The forest seems to have no end.
The sunlight casts rays of light miserably in the dense jungle, and shines among the tangled roots and messy stones on the ground. The smell of moss mixed with rotting leaves wafts in the air, and the deeper you go, the more so. One foot stepped on a piece of bluestone, but the moss covered on the bluestone slipped. Canon fell to the ground, and the angry black teenager took out the revolver and almost exploded the hateful bluestone under his feet.
A metal javelin leaned over and pressed lightly on his hand. The cold metal of the gun head made Kanon's body temperature, which was raised due to anger, slightly drop. Lafite said quietly: "Don't mess around, unless you want to inform Lucy that we are here."
"Rafi, maybe that bitch lied to us, and it's not the first time she lied." Canon put away the revolver, stepped on the bluestone again in bewilderment, and then gave up.
Lafite shook his head: "I don't think so. Emily is not strong, as you have seen, she was knocked down by us in a few moments. She has no ability to protect herself, but she walked here alone. Lucy rendezvous, so…”
Just as he was talking, something suddenly flickered by the corner of Lafite's eyes. He caught this point vigilantly, and turned his head to look at a place twenty meters away. A piece of low bushes shook suddenly, Lafite immediately winked at Kanon, the two lowered their bodies, and surrounded them silently.
There was nothing behind the bushes, except moss-covered boulders and tree roots floating above the ground. Kanon spread his hands and shrugged, indicating that there was nothing. But Lafite squatted down, reached into the bushes and fumbled for something. After a while, he took out a piece of clothes.
The fibers at the edge of the clothes are torn, and they should have been torn off by hooks. Lafite announced his discovery to Kanon, and the two continued to track. Ten minutes later, another shallow footprint was found on the mossy clothes on the rocks.
In this way, they found that the prey they were chasing seemed to be in a hurry, and more and more flaws were exposed. According to these traces, they found an old tree that had died. Only a dry trunk of the old tree remained, and a black hole had been corroded in the trunk. The bushes in front of us were slightly parted unnaturally, as if something had just forced their way through the bushes.
The two stood outside the tree hole, and through the light, they could see a faint figure in the tree hole. Lafite winked at Canon, and the two shot at the same time. A javelin flew out of Lafite's hand, and at the same time, Kanon also shot towards the tree hole. Anyway, they couldn't get the antidote, and they didn't expect Lucy to obey their request, so they simply killed the third-ranked girl to avoid complications.
A cloud of blood mist erupted in the tree hole, the space inside was limited, no matter how powerful Lucy was, there was no place to avoid it. But Lafite was very cautious, after he stopped attacking, he let Canon stay outside, while he went into the tree hole. He leaped forward and stepped over the bushes. The short body burrowed into the tree hole, and the foot fell, and the sole of the foot immediately felt a tingling pain.
Looking down, it turned out to be the entrance of the tree hole, and some sharp broken bones were stuck upside down on the ground. The broken bone was sharp and sharp, Lafite stepped on it inadvertently, and immediately got stuck into the sole of the shoe. Fortunately, he only scratched his foot, which was a minor injury at most. But it was clearly a trap, especially in the depths of the tree hole. His javelin had nailed a jacket to the wall of the tree hole, and the corpse of a young roe deer was lying on the ground, so the meaning of the trap was even stronger.
Lafite wanted to warn Canon outside, but suddenly found that he couldn't shout, and his limbs began to lose control. when he
When his head fell to the ground, he saw an imperceptible lavender fluorescent light at the tips of the bone fragments under his feet.
poison
Lafite was shocked, and finally knew what happened to him.
Outside the tree hole, Kanon knew something had happened when he saw Lafite suddenly fall down. Before he could find out who set the trap, Allen had already rushed out of a bush ten meters away.
As soon as Fang appeared, Allen used the tactical long knife as a javelin and threw it at Canon vigorously. The long knife pierced through the air and let out a sharp whistling. Kanon immediately rolled on the ground, then bounced and fired. Allen's Kuangtu came to him as early as when the long knife was out of his hand, Kuangtu stood up like a shield, and Canon's bullet hit the knife hard. The shock made Allen's mouth hurt, and it was already cracked.
However, Canon has no chance to fire a second shot, and Allen has already bullied him. With a roar, the black boy flew up and stepped down towards Allen. A smile flashed in the latter's eyes, and his body suddenly turned to the side, making Kanon's attack miss.
The figure in front of him suddenly disappeared, and before Canon could recapture the opponent's figure, he suddenly felt that his whole body was floating. The world was spinning in his eyes even more strangely, and finally he saw Alan and his own body that had been slaughtered with a knife!
The entire battle process took place in just a few seconds.
Originally, Canon could fire at least two shots, but Allen, who shot first, used a tactical long knife to interfere. When he avoided the long knife, it also meant that he lost a chance to shoot. If it can be done again, maybe Kanon will risk his chest with a long knife and shoot Allen at his death, then the ending may be different.
Unfortunately, there has never been a what-if in the world.
So Canon died, Alan picked up his revolver, and sent a bullet that was too late to fire inside to Lafite in the tree hole. Lafite is a cautious person, which can be seen from the fact that when facing a weak person like Emily, he would not take the risk of fighting, but liked to throw tricks behind his back. But now he also died of his own caution. If he hadn't stepped into the tree hole to confirm Lucy's death, he wouldn't have stepped on the broken bones that made Alan apply neurotoxin.
Using the toxin from the violent wolf's saber teeth in exchange for Lafite's life, Alan felt that this was a good deal. If possible, open a few more times.
It was dusk when Allen returned to Lucy's hideout after the hunt was over. It was dusk, and the evening sun cast a dark yellow light on the ground. When Allen just slid down the backlight from the previous grassy slope, at the moment when the light and dark changed, a cold pistol had already been pointed at his temple. Then the pistol was retracted, and Lucy whispered against the grass slope: "You are back."
Allen shook his head: "I didn't tell you to hide."
"Hiding is not my style." Lucy shook the pistol: "I don't like hiding, fighting is my option."
"Go to hell with your options." Allen said angrily, and he took out the antidote he got from Emily. Throw it to Lucy and say, "Drink it."
I don't know if it's because of the feeling of being in the shadows, Allen always feels that Lucy doesn't look as weak as before. Lucy was obedient this time, took the bottle and poured the contents into her mouth without saying a word. Allen couldn't help but said, "Don't even try it. If it's poison, you'll be finished."
"I believe you," said Lucy nonchalantly.
Those four simple words hit the heart of Allen.
Soft, he limply stood in place. Instead, Lucy looked at him strangely: "What are you doing? Could it be that you were also poisoned?"
"It's just... not!"
"Then why are you blushing? Oh, I see. Little Alan, are you thinking of something bad?"
"I didn't think anything bad, don't talk nonsense." Allen opened Lucy's claws stretched towards his face, and said, "I'm just a little tired. I killed three people this afternoon..."
Having said that, he paused and said, "Emily is dead."
Lucy nodded: "I know."
"you know?"
"She is a smart child, but she is too smart, she will kill herself." Lucy shook the empty bottle in her hand: "She must have hidden this thing, since you got it, she must be dead, No matter what means you use."
"So, how did she do it?"
"Mr. Hanny." Allen simply reminded.
Lucy thought like lightning, and immediately figured out the key point: "Did you use Teacher Aisha?"
"Well, they swapped the strengthening potion you used."
"No wonder..." Lucy shook her head: "Forget it, let's not talk about this. What's the plan next, my hero?"
"First, let's get something to eat. Second, leave here tomorrow and find a place to hide him for two or three days..." Allen has already started to clear the nearby grass and prepare to start a fire: "When you are completely healed, we will go trouble someone else."
"I like this plan!" Lucy snapped her fingers.
While they were eating dinner by a fire, a metal ball flew from above the forest and fell on top of their heads. A few laser beams were shot down from the bottom of the metal ball, and a screen was quickly constructed. Several portraits slid across the screen in a loop. They were the dead teenagers. The conference broadcast live the entire process of the death ring, and every night, these metal balls would appear near the survivors and announce the death list to them.
Of course, after the roster is announced, the metal ball will leave quickly. They fly very fast, even if a teenager wants to find his competitor through the metal ball, he can't keep up with its moving speed.
After the death list played three times in a loop, the bottom of the metal ball closed and the light screen disappeared. The sphere rose towards the night sky, and then sprayed out a few thin blue flames, which disappeared into the night in an instant.
In the death list announced just now, the death toll has reached 14. Of the 22 teenagers, only 8 remained in less than two days. Judging from previous death rings, this is considered normal. In the first three days, most of the teenagers will be eliminated, and the rest are all elite players. Usually at this time, the death ring will really enter the climax.
For the remaining teenagers, it is time to truly test life and death.
The next day, after Allen eliminated all information about the camp, he took Lucy away. They traveled north and spent a day traversing a prairie. Find a valley at noon the next day. The slope of the valley stretches obliquely into the air at a 45-degree angle, and below it is a turbulent river bend. A big river meanders from the northeast, turns sharply at a thrilling 90-degree angle at the bottom of the valley, flows to the north, and disappears into a vast forest.
Standing on the top of the slope, Allen looked into the distance and said, "Let's just stay here for two days."
(end of this chapter)