Under the cliff of the fifth pillar.
The tough guy was fiddling with the ropes and tools for rock climbing. Seeing how seriously he took his work, Xia Qi hesitated for a moment and suddenly asked, "Did you run into your ex-boyfriend on the island?"
The strong man suddenly stopped what he was doing and looked back at him curiously, wondering why Xia Qi wanted to ask him about his personal affairs.
The tough guy was silent for a moment, feeling a little uneasy, and replied, "I met him, and his teammates were also dead. But later, Lin Qing asked me to catch some pearl fish, so I didn't talk to him."
Xia Qi frowned, and roughly understood the whole story. It turned out that the young master first sent the strong man away, and then threw Tony under a big rock, leaving Tony to fend for himself.
However, Mengnan was unaware of Tony's affairs. Fortunately, he was unaware of it. If he had facilitated this, Xia Qi might have carefully considered whether to continue cooperating with him.
"Lin Qing originally had only one box, but later it became two boxes." Xia Qi reminded.
"Oh, two boxes, where did he get them?" The strong man said as he fiddled with the rope. Suddenly, he seemed to think of something and paused with his right hand.
It's not what he thought...
The more the tough guy thought about it, the colder he felt. His neck made a crisp sound and he raised his head with all his strength: "You mean... Lin Qing killed..."
"Yes." Xia Qi looked at him sympathetically.
Then he walked to a large rock beside the cliff and pointed to the branches and leaves covering the ground: "He is right here, do you want to see it?"
Hearing this, the strong man trembled all over. After a while, he walked to the big rock step by step as if he had lost his soul, and then knelt down.
Xia Qi patted his shoulder, told him Tony's last words, and then said, "I'll go up first."
The tough guy lowered his head to hide his red eyes and said with a sob: "Okay, I'll wait for you downstairs."
Xia Qi nodded at him, then grabbed the rope and slowly climbed up.
This time, Xia Qi climbed very smoothly. He found that the entire Mermaid Island seemed to have become unusually quiet, and he no longer heard the sound of the octopus.
What was even more outrageous was that he didn't even hear the sound of birds singing. The entire island fell into a deathly silence.
Something is wrong.
While climbing to the top of the cliff, Xia Qi still remained utmost vigilant.
After he climbed up the platform completely, he found that Wang Ke appeared next to the fifth pillar which was originally empty.
Unexpectedly, when Xia Qi mentioned the devil, he would appear. He originally wanted to look for Wang Ke, but Wang Ke actually showed up on his own initiative.
Wang Ke was squatting beside the fifth pillar, and seemed to have been waiting for him for a long time. When he saw Xia Qi stand up and walk forward, Wang Ke greeted him enthusiastically and grinned, "Brother Xia, you're here."
"What are you doing here?" Xia Qi slowly took a step back and put the silver dinner knife in his right hand against his back to guard against Wang Ke's sudden attack.
In the sin game, sometimes players are scarier than ghosts, and Xia Qi has deeply understood this.
Now, he, Mengnan and Wang Ke are the only living people on the entire island. Wang Ke suddenly appeared near the fifth pillar, which made Xia Qi puzzled.
"I'll wait for you here." After Wang Ke finished speaking, he immediately took out two boxes from his backpack and said very sincerely, "Brother Xia, these are two boxes. Take them and activate the pillars."
Seeing Wang Ke take out two boxes, Xia Qi felt even more strange.
Seeing that Xia Qi still didn't trust him, Wang Ke rubbed his hands nervously and said, "Brother Xia, I really don't have any other thoughts. I just want to finish the game quickly. Please take the box and activate the pillar. I've had enough, really."
Xia Qi raised an eyebrow at him: "Okay, then throw the box over here."
In Xia Qi's heart, Wang Ke's trust value has always been negative, and it is impossible for him to reach a positive value in this lifetime.
"Hey, Brother Xia, why are you so distant?" Although Wang Ke complained, his hands were very honest. He threw the two boxes into Xia Qi's hands one by one.
After Xia Qi opened the boxes, he found that one box contained the spine and the other contained the skull.
"You believe me now, right?" Wang Ke said with a smile, and the gold chain around his neck sparkled as he moved.
"Well, okay, I believe you." Xia Qi lowered his eyes and responded lightly.
After the two reached a cooperation agreement, Wang Ke took the initiative to ask Xia Qi to make way, allowing Xia Qi to use his dorsal fin to open the fifth pillar.
After activating the fifth pillar, Wang Ke suddenly asked, "Brother Xia, how many boxes do you have?"
Xia Qi glanced at him and said, "There are still 6 more. We should be able to activate 11 pillars."
"Why is there still a box missing?" Wang Ke looked a little uneasy. He looked around and muttered, "Could it be that someone left it with them?"
"Maybe." Xia Qi nodded, preparing to go down the cliff to meet up with the tough guy. "Let's activate the pillars first, and we'll look for the last box later."
Wang Ke's expression was somewhat unhappy, but since Xia Qi didn't have the box, he had no choice but to say, "Okay, okay."
Next, Xia Qi and Wang Ke came to the foot of the cliff to meet up with the strong man.
Near the big rock under the cliff, a strong man was sitting on a small mound of earth and smoking.
Xia Qi looked under the empty stone and thought that the tough guy must have buried Tony. He still had a little conscience.
"Can you still walk?" Xia Qi asked the strong man politely.
The tough guy smiled tiredly, patted the mud on his legs, and stood up: "It's okay, let's keep going."
Faced with Wang Ke's sudden joining, Mengnan had no objection.
His mind was in a mess now, and he just hoped that Xia Qi would quickly activate the pillar and send him back to the central space. He needed some time to calm down.
After the three of them arrived at the sixth pillar, Xia Qi activated the pillar expressionlessly, without any joy on his face.
Today, all his actions seemed to go too smoothly, so smoothly that even Xia Qi suspected that he was cheating in this game.
Obviously, he didn't cheat, so everything was wrong.
When they reached the seventh pillar, Xia Qi took out the box and asked Wang Ke: "This spine was originally yours, why don't you activate the pillar yourself?"
Wang Ke took a step back, waved his hands quickly, and grinned, "No, no, you should do it. You have always been the one to activate it, and I am not good at it."
Xia Qi glanced at him, then walked forward silently and activated the sixth pillar with his appendage bone.
Since activating the sixth pillar, Xia Qi discovered that the blood rain falling on their heads was increasing in frequency.
Although the dark clouds in the sky had half dispersed, revealing large patches of sunlight, the ghostly shadows of the mermaids became clearer and clearer.
Xia Qi vaguely discovered that those condensed shadows happened to float above the six activated pillars.
Because he had activated six pillars, and on each of these pillars, there were six broken human figures.
However, those broken figures looked very ugly, almost identical to the cruel patterns painted on the pillars. If you look closely, you will find that they are the mermaids painted on the pillars. The mermaids painted on the patterns have all had their heads chopped off, their internal organs dug out, their tails chopped off, or their spines removed. They are suspended in the air, which makes people feel a little creepy.
Xia Qi felt a little uneasy. What would happen when all 12 pillars were activated
"Where's the octopus?"
Xia Qi was on his way to the seventh pillar. He looked around for the octopus, but found that it had completely disappeared.
Why didn't the octopus come and stop him
Where is the female deputy? Where did she go
Xia Qi walked and thought, and when he came to the seventh cliff, he looked at Wang Ke suspiciously and suddenly asked, "How did you get into the game?"
Wang Ke paused for a moment and explained: "Don't mention it. Someone told me that I could make money by participating in the game, so I joined in..."
Xia Qi pondered for a moment. It was all for money again. This was very Wang Ke.
Next, Xia Qi used his fingers to activate the eighth pillar, then his fingernails to activate the ninth pillar, followed by his eyes to activate the tenth pillar, and finally, they came to the eleventh pillar.
Looking at the sky which looked clear now with only a patch of dark clouds left, Xia Qi turned around and whispered to Wang Ke, "Look, the mermaid figures on the 11 pillars are all looking at us."
Hearing this, Wang Ke felt a tingling sensation on his back.
In fact, when he was walking below, he had already discovered that the mermaids on these pillars all looked extremely miserable and terrifying. They either had their heads chopped off and their eyes gouged out, or all the flesh on their bodies had been cut off. What was even more outrageous was that when Xia Qi activated the tenth pillar, this group of mermaids actually turned around together and stared at them with their eyeless and nose-gouged faces, as if they had some deep hatred with them.
Although these mermaid shadows are not alive, being stared at by a group of ghosts that look neither human nor mermaid still gives people a lot of oppression.
Wang Ke smiled awkwardly, and then urged: "Brother Xia, are you kidding? Quickly activate the pillars and take us through the level."
Xia Qi smiled and suddenly took a step towards Wang Ke. He said, "We are about to pass the level. How about I recite a poem to cheer you up?"
"Ah? What kind of poetry?" Seeing Xia Qi's sudden change in attitude, Wang Ke's smile became even more awkward. He kept glancing in the direction of the 11th pillar and said stumblingly, "How come you are so talented?"
The tough guy also frowned in confusion. Why did Xia Qi suddenly want to show off his talent? Weren't they in an escape game
When they were coming up just now, he was worried that an octopus would suddenly appear and beat them to death. As a result, Xia Qi ignored the octopus and continued to recite poems in front of the eleventh pillar!
"I'll sing a song for you." Xia Qi had a blank expression on his face as he slowly walked towards Wang Ke. A piece of the magic wand of true love appeared from his sleeve. He chanted, "The chrysanthemums are withered, the ground is covered with wounds, your smile has turned yellow... The flowers have fallen and people are heartbroken, my thoughts are flowing quietly! [1]"
-True Love Value 1000
True Love Spell: Chrysanthemum Withered
Effect: After the enemy is locked, an indescribable part of his body will be attacked by the Heartbreak Knife.
Time: Effective immediately.
Note: The fatal wound that even Ma Yinglong cannot cure will cause permanent damage to an indescribable part of the enemy.
Wang Ke was looking at Xia Qi in a daze. However, when Xia Qi pointed the magic wand at him, he seemed to be suddenly stabbed by something.
"ah!!!"
Wang Ke let out a shrill scream, suddenly jumped up while covering a part of his body, then fell to the ground and began rolling around wildly.
"Wang Dazhuang, tie him up." Xia Qi looked at Wang Ke lying on the ground and frowned in disgust.
After receiving Xia Qi's reminder, the strong man slowly came back to his senses.
He felt like he had just watched another big drama, but when the drama was over, he still didn't understand what had happened.
However, he never liked to talk much, so he just did whatever Xia Qi asked him to do. So he walked over silently and tied Wang Ke tightly with a rope.
"Ah—Xia Qi, why did you attack me!" Even though he was tied up, Wang Ke did not forget to scream. His face was pale, big beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, and his pair of red eyes looked at Xia Qi viciously.
Xia Qi frowned and asked in a deep voice: "Tell me, what deal did you reach with the female deputy?"
In fact, he didn't like to attack other players, but Wang Ke was so vicious that he had to use spells to deal with him.
Because killing people on the altar would trigger the death condition, and Wang Ke was just an ordinary mid-level player. Unlike the young master, he was not equipped with a lot of equipment. Xia Qi did not dare to use spells with high damage values such as being struck by lightning, flying sand and rocks, and being crushed to pieces on the fragile Wang Ke.
Therefore, Xia Qi could only use this spell with a relatively "low" damage value to take the initiative and make Wang Ke lose his combat effectiveness.
Wang Ke was stunned for a moment, and even forgot to cry out in pain. He looked at Xia Qi in disbelief: "How did you know?"
Many mid-level players only know how to foolishly kill bosses or complete the game according to the mission requirements. They have no idea that they can use NPCs to achieve certain goals... But why does Xia Qi know
Xia Qi looked at him coldly and said, "Your box was given to you by your female deputy, right?"
Xia Qi originally wanted to snatch the box containing the skull from the female deputy, but he didn't expect Wang Ke to take the initiative to deliver the box to his door.
How could this not arouse suspicion
Thanks to Cha Gong for giving him a vivid educational lesson, Xia Qi knew to be wary of other players who disrupted the normal players' progress.
At the beginning, the Red Team found that they could not pass the game normally, so they simply gave up and formed an alliance with the old earl, taking the abnormal path to pass the catalytic boss.
I’m afraid Wang Ke’s current plan is similar to Cha Gong’s.
"How can you insist that it was the box she gave me? Couldn't I have snatched it away? Isn't there still one box left that hasn't been found?" Wang Ke bit his pale lips and tried to argue.
Facing this greedy and evil landlord who refused to admit his mistake and wanted to harm others, Xia Qi shook his head and said, "Unfortunately, I own 10 boxes. I just said I had 9 boxes, but I lied to you."
Including the two boxes given by Wang Ke, Xia Qi has collected all the boxes with open pillars.
He deliberately said that he had 9 boxes to deceive him.
"What! You actually collected all 10 boxes!" Wang Ke's expression changed drastically. It turned out that Xia Qi had all the boxes except his 2 boxes. No wonder he was so sure that he had a deal with the NPC!
"I... I won't tell you!" After being completely exposed, Wang Ke gritted his teeth and refused to speak.
Xia Qi frowned and asked the tough guy, "Do you have any way to make him speak?"
The tough guy was stunned for a moment. It was true that he was good at fighting, but he was not good at torture.
So he raised his fist hesitantly and said, "Let me punch him a few times to see if I can give it a try?"
"I won't say anything even if you hit me! Humph!" Wang Ke raised his head stubbornly, looking fiercely at the two people opposite him, like a dead pig that is not afraid of boiling water.
Xia Qi didn't expect that Wang Ke, who was usually so timid, would be so strong-willed.
"Hmph! Xia Qi, you idiot, you'll never know the answer even if you die!" Wang Ke was wailing and cursing Xia Qi as he was in severe pain in a certain part of his body.
Xia Qi had long lost his patience with his howling. He took a step forward, pointed the magic wand in his hand at Wang Ke's stomach, and said coldly: "How about you try the chrysanthemum residue again?"