Five full seconds passed, and their palms were still touching in mid-air.
The reason why the boy clapped his hands and shouted "yeah" was because the skill he sealed was Wen Shi's, not his. If he could really seal a few of them successfully, he would be in an absolute advantage before the end of this game. The only drawback was that there were tourist attractions to visit later, and if too many people died, he might have to bring in a new group of players.
Six of the current batch were sent in by Li Nan using team-building props, and their shadows are of high quality, but the next batch may not be the same. It doesn't matter if the original body is strong, but the trouble is encountering idiots who betray teammates, such as the current situation.
"You're dead." The similar peach blossom eyes narrowed like a cunning fox.
Wen Shi opened his eyes, his cat-like round pupils full of smiles: "Little idiot."
The scarecrow has gone to find a brain, so from now on, this title will be given to the boy in front of me.
Wen Shi lowered his hands again, looked at everyone and said, "The Screaming House will definitely generate a side quest. Don't forget that I have a shuffling item."
As soon as these words were spoken, the pairs of eyes seemed very bright in the darkness.
"It cannot refresh special side quests."
So far, Wen Shi has only done one special side quest, [Butler's Request] in the castle dungeon. The Screaming House is definitely not a special side quest. Under normal circumstances, the risk rate of this link is extremely low. As long as you choose a player of average strength to seal the skills, it is easy to pass the level.
Unfortunately, the more ordinary something is, the more it tests people’s hearts.
Even if all players vote for an underdog, the decision is still in Shadow's hands because of the uneven number of teams.
Shadows enjoy killing players, and they won't go directly to big guys like Nanyu Xingzhou, the risk is too high, the best way is to eliminate someone who is relatively powerful and within the controllable range. The shadows of several big guys and their original bodies combined can at least block the skills of a newcomer.
The plan is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.
Wen Shi gave a warning in advance: "There is no guarantee as to what the final outcome will be."
As a free attraction provided by the travel agency, the Scream House is a must-visit place. In the best case scenario, you can vote again, and in the worst case, anything can happen.
"It's okay." A player said immediately.
Whatever happens, it's better than now.
However, Wen Shi stood aside with his arms folded, with no intention of moving, and his actions clearly told everyone: I'm going to raise the price.
He looked at the ticket seller and asked, "How many people voted for me and my shadow in total?"
The ticket seller at this newly upgraded 5A-level scenic spot was quite friendly: "Twenty-seven people."
Excluding the tour guide and the teenager, almost half of the players want to know what their skills are.
The game temporarily closed the points transfer function. Shadow did not have a player number, so no transactions could be made within the system. Wen Shi thought for a moment and looked at the players first: "Those who voted should stand up and use props to replace them. Each person should provide spiritual compensation worth no less than 3,000 points."
Then he looked at Shadow and said, "As for you, use a contract item to promise me one thing in the future. Of course, this does not include unreasonable requests such as asking you to die."
"Dream on." The burned player was the first to refute, with a sneer on his face. Apart from anything else, the shadows of several big players would never agree.
Unexpectedly, Wen Shi's next sentence removed the shadows of several people, including Yu Xingzhou and other powerful players: "Forget about it."
Wen Shi also has the ability to sow discord.
"You want to hitch a ride with others without even thinking about whether you can get the ride." He suddenly felt that the brainless little scarecrow was not that stupid.
Some players looked at Li Nan and the others, wanting someone with a say to come forward and say a few words. After all, too many casualties would not benefit anyone.
Xiaohua did speak, but unfortunately she didn't say what they wanted to hear. Her smile deepened: "You didn't take a single word of what our president said earlier. Don't forget what the president's skills are. We will use the lives of some idiots to open the safe passage."
As soon as these words were uttered, some people who wanted to take advantage of the situation looked completely disgraced.
—Time pauses.
Yu Xingzhou's skills were no secret, and some people had even witnessed them with their own eyes in the waiting room.
Shadow Xiaohua asked coldly: "Some people agree, and some people don't want to agree?"
Wen Shi was calm and composed: "If there is one less, I won't start the group."
Shadow Xiaohua glanced at the boy. The other party also had a refresh item in his hand, so perhaps he could lower the price through vicious competition.
The boy totally ignored his teammates' hints, and had a premonition that his invisible advantage was about to be eliminated again, with a hint of hostility in his eyes.
Wen Shi wanted the props in order to sell them for points after he got out. These things were useless to him, and he couldn't sell the junk props in the copy.
For a moment, the bloody color of the terrifying screaming house faded away, and everyone gathered together to discuss the matter.
Some players swore that they definitely did not vote, while others asked for a lie detector test to find out who actually voted.
Burned Player: "I won't give it to you even if I die."
Xiaohua: "Either give it to us or ask Pei Wenwei to organize a tax reduction campaign for Shadow, and we will hire Shadow to kill you."
Someone asked with a guilty conscience: "Are three thousand points worth of props too much?"
The noise from Shadow's side was even louder.
"With his character, if he agrees to something now, he will definitely cheat us to death in the future?"
"The key is to have a future, so let the more capable ones formulate the contract terms."
"I'm so annoyed. Why don't you just start not listening to advice?"
The tour guide held the bill and said absentmindedly: "I don't want to wash the dishes, I don't want to wash the dishes..."
You and I were arguing back and forth, and in the end we almost got into a fight, it was just like a vegetable market.
The girl covered her ears silently and moved to the side.
Wen Shi looked at the clock on the wall. It was already past eleven. It would probably take until midnight for them to finish arguing. He walked towards the counter helplessly and talked to the ticket seller to kill time.
The dispute ended faster than Wen had imagined. A few people with a say made the final decision, and under the pressure of the herd mentality, they finally reached a consensus.
"Just as you said... Where are the people?"
The player who spoke looked around and finally saw Wen Shi, who was chatting happily with the ticket seller in front of the counter. The ticket seller even gave him a cup of tea and the two of them talked and laughed.
People doing things?!
There was a sudden silence behind him. Wen Shi turned around and raised his eyebrows at Yi Shui's resentful gaze: "Have you thought about it?"
Everyone nodded.
Frankly speaking, the price is not very high and is within the affordable range for most people. Only about half of the players in the team voted for Wen Shi's shadow, which did not cause any conflicts in the whole team.
In the next ten minutes, Wen Shi collected so many props that he was overwhelmed. He felt very sorry that Yingzi didn't have a player number, otherwise he could have earned a lot of points.
"Forget it, one should not be too greedy."
After he goes out and sells the item, he can activate the "Come to my house" function.
The terms of the Shadow Contract were drafted by Yu Xingzhou's shadow, taking almost every situation into consideration. They were only willing to agree to do something for Wen Shi as long as it did not violate these terms.
Wen Shi only glanced at the regulations and said, "No problem, sign it."
The restrictions set by Shadow were all for their own safety, and seeing Wen Shi agreed so readily, Shadow Li Nan seemed to have thought of something.
The young man's face darkened. It was not until then that he understood Wen Shi's true intention. He wanted to use these people to restrain himself.
"Be obedient, and I won't instruct anyone to harm you in private." Wen Shi blinked.
The girl stood in front of the boy with a serious expression and stared at Wen Shi. When she was not pretending to be soft, her pair of dark pupils were very intimidating.
Wen Shi actually took a step forward, smiled and said, "Compared to his life, I am more interested in the life of Scarecrow Shadow. My scarecrow needs to evolve."
Some things cannot be copied. They have the same memory, but the boy's skills are far inferior to Wen Shi's.
The girl believed that at his age, she would never be so cunning. The other party's first sentence was to reassure Shadow, implying that the target to be killed was the boy, and the second sentence was to reassure himself, telling her that in his eyes, scarecrow was more important than the boy.
"Actually, I have a third purpose," Wen Shi said in a low voice, as if he knew what the girl was thinking, "I believe you will know it soon."
As soon as he finished speaking, he used the [King Box].
"I have detected that you are currently in the [Screaming House]. Do you want to refresh the side quests in this area?"
"yes."
The moment the item took effect, everyone heard a notification from the system at the same time:
"Attention everyone, player 460872 has used an item to refresh the collective side quest. Since the Screaming House is a must-go attraction, the quest cannot be reset. There are currently two options:
1. Re-vote
2. The voters remain the same, the Screaming House is downgraded from a 5A scenic spot to a 2A scenic spot, and the number and power of different-level skills are reduced as appropriate
3. Since this task is a collective task, the voting result will be decided by the majority. "
Games love to play with human nature. Wen Shi thought of all the possibilities, but he never expected that it would do this at the last minute.
The risk has been greatly reduced, and the greed of players who have just lost their props has been aroused again. It is only a 2A-level scenic spot, and the mortality rate is not too high.
Not to mention Shadow, everything that happened before was enough to show how numerous and terrifying Wen Shi's skills were. If some of them were not sealed, he would become their biggest threat in subsequent team battles.
Song Yan noticed the changes in these people's expressions and felt a little scared. He moved to Wen Shi's side and swallowed his saliva: "Will anyone choose the second one?"
Wen Shi: "Have you ever seen a gambler stop? Remember to stay closer to Li Nan and the others later."
A 5A first, and then a level close to 3A, it seems that it is just so-so, this is the perceptual confusion caused by the comparison. In fact, the difficulty of the scenic spot, which was originally only A-level, has more than doubled, and it is definitely not easy to pass it.
"A black businessman." Wen Shi sighed.
50 and 49 are different psychologically. 2A and 3A - basically no difference, but the former is easier to accept.
This time, the young man next to him did not curse "idiot", but called him "idiot" instead.
He suddenly felt a trace of human sadness. This is the mentality of gamblers. When they throw down the first chip, they are destined to have nothing in the end.
Just half a minute later, the game's cold reminder sound came online again:
"Option 2 is selected."
"The mission content has been updated."
[Side Quest: Screaming House
Mission content: After a long journey, you finally arrived at the first stop, the Screaming House. During the previous journey, you were fed up with the arrogance of a player and decided to work together here to seal his skills.
Please read the precautions for playing in the Scream House carefully.
After the announcement, the conductor's mouth, which had never been suppressed, drooped a little: "Strange, why haven't some frozen fossils thawed yet?"
In the plastic basket, only a small part of the fossils thawed and began to move.
I moved my ears to make sure I heard it correctly. The tour guide rushed to the counter and said angrily, "We have other trips later. We don't have time to wait. Just use as much as you can defrost now."
The ticket seller felt a little regretful, but as there was no sign of the remaining fossils being unsealed, he could only reissue the ticket and settle the bill.
She wanted to soak the living creatures further, so she went upstairs to make arrangements. Everyone gathered together to read the regulations. There were not many things to pay attention to, except for the one Wen Shi had just seen, there were only two left:
1. Visitors can leave only after experiencing all the themes and cannot stay for more than 30 minutes.
2. Tourists are not allowed to make loud noises. If the noise exceeds a certain decibel, their belongings will be stolen!
Half an hour later, the ticket seller came down from upstairs, panting: "You can go up now. There are three theme scenes for everyone to visit today, namely "Sword in the Song", "Have a Bowl", and "Night of the Resurrection".
When Wen Shi heard the name, his mouth opened slightly and he couldn't even control his expression.
You really know how to play the game.
The complex and twisted expressions made many people who were eager to find out the other party's secrets become active, mistakenly thinking that this was a kind of anger and shame before the secret was revealed. In addition to fear, they also felt a bit of excitement about the Screaming House, which had been downgraded three levels as a scenic spot.
Xiaohua walked over to Wen Shi with a smile, "Would you like to give me some hints?"
Wen Shi knew that Xiao Hua would not vote for him. He thought for a moment and said, "Protect her..."
The ticket seller interrupted their conversation: "Please go into the house as soon as possible."
Obviously, such communication is not allowed.
Wen Shi glanced at Xiaohua's head suggestively, signaling her to protect her head. The first two themes are easy to guess, and the last one, "Night of the Resurrection", should be aimed at the life value of 101.
Under the urging gaze of the ticket seller, everyone lined up to go upstairs, not forgetting to be on guard against each other in the narrow stairwell.
There was only a simple curtain door on the second floor. Li Nan was the first to walk in. He glanced at the people who were deliberately standing back, wanting to go in later, and said, "The tour guide said that we are a whole group this time. If we don't all go in, we can't start the game."
The furnishings in the whole room were very simple, with dense ear patterns all over the wallpaper. Apart from making people with trypophobia uncomfortable, there was no threat. A sword was hung in the center of the wall. On the other side, against the wall, a faceless zombie was holding a harp.
Frozen fossils can only imitate skills, but other details cannot be portrayed, such as the real appearance of the zombies.
Everyone looked around and there was no attempt to cover up the truth. It seemed that the Scream House would directly demonstrate Pei Wenwei's skills to them.
This is simply exposing the secret to the sun.
The few people standing at the end of the team looked at each other. There were big players in front, and they would take over this skill, which would make things much easier for them.
The idea is similar, even some powerful players are not too vigilant. They have encountered too many unknowns, so it is inevitable that they will be calm when facing the open cards.
This theme is obviously a combination of sonic and sword attacks.
They still maintained basic vigilance, and when the sword floated in the air, they did not rush over rashly.
The simple long sword automatically exuded an unstoppable aura. At first it was just the sound of wind, which turned into rolling waves in a moment. It was only one sword, but the momentum alone was extremely terrifying.
The game is the best at playing word games in the world. It emphasizes in the prompts that the skill power will be reduced. However, this sword once killed hundreds of monsters in seconds when he helped Wen in the big factory. Even if the game adjusts the power to half, it is still not something that ordinary players can resist.
Launching a missile or shooting a gun at an ordinary person has the same effect despite the different power.
"One sword—"
A faint hollow sound rang in everyone's ears, which was the onomatopoeia made by the absurd monster.
The sword did not come straight at them, but first raised an arc. At this time, the three insect people were the ones who reacted the fastest. They did not pin their hopes on others, nor did they expect to resist. They ran towards the zombies without any hesitation.
The insect people did not make any sexual attack movements. They said in unison in a horrible wave of swords: "Tie Tie—"
They shrank their bodies and stuck to the zombies' shoes. The zombies raised their feet but failed to crush them with their heels.
As the fat bug passenger on the track said, there are many beings that have the ability to kill bugs, and considering the disgusting nature, they are too lazy to even step on them.
The long sword seemed to have a strong evil taste, its movement was slow, and it had not yet fully unleashed its killing move.
Seeing that it was slow to move, someone tried to rush forward two steps. At that moment, a long sword slashed through the air, and the whistling sound affected the hearing, so they could only vaguely catch the word "Ping".
In such a short time, there is no time for thoughts to function, and they have to rely on instinct. Both Yu Xingzhou and his shadow have to subconsciously use [Time Pause]. Yu Xingzhou was concerned about his teammates and was about to divide the time barrier into one section, which resulted in him being half a beat slower. His shadow paused time first, and he himself was temporarily fixed in place.
Shadow took the opportunity to run away alone, until he saw the almost solid shadows of sword light in the air. Only a few of them were targeting the necks of female players, while the others were all aimed at the lower bodies of male players.
So despicable!
He turned around, carried his original body and rushed out together. This was certainly not a virtue of saving people, but he had never seen such a perverted trick. The first scene was like this, so how could people survive the next two
The time-stop skill is powerful, but has a cooldown.
Based on his understanding of the original body, the other party will definitely not owe anyone anything, and the next time it is the original body's turn to use a skill, he should be taken away.
At this moment, there was only one thought left in Shadow's mind: Look at what they have been forced into, they have no choice but to slow down and save the players.
Worried about the loud noise, he didn't dare to run too fast. Fortunately, the small room was only a few dozen square meters and not far from the door, so there was plenty of time. By the time the blockade was lifted, Shadow had already successfully escaped with his original body.
The exit was also a curtain door, and the next theme scene was in front, separated by a narrow corridor. When Shadow was considering whether to take a look first, he heard music from behind.
clang!
Without exception, everyone almost felt like vomiting the internal organs the moment they heard the piano music. Some music can pollute the soul.
"Ugh..." The volume couldn't exceed too many decibels, so the player who almost vomited covered his mouth and swallowed it back. This scene was accidentally seen by other people, and the urge to vomit became even stronger.
After the power of [One Sword Flattened] was weakened, the speed slowed down. The sword energy came in three layers, and the first wave was barely resisted. Li Nan used the skill [Rebound] to build a natural barrier for several players around him. At the same time, Xiaohua used the skill [Imprisonment] to temporarily seal off a space. The area that [Imprisonment] can seal off is extremely limited. The sword energy came from all directions, and the people behind had no time to squeeze into the safe area.
At this moment, Li Nan no longer cared about whether the volume would exceed the decibel level. He sprinted forward at the fastest speed without hesitation, and the same went for the people around him.
Not everyone has the skills to resist the sword energy. Three seconds later, some people began to feel a piercing chill in their bodies. When they realized what was happening, their minds went blank and all they could say turned into a sharp scream.
"ah-"
The sound stunned the earworm fossils hidden in the wallpaper. Out of some subtle sympathy, they were not going to argue too much with these tourists, but some people seemed to be afraid that they couldn't hear it.
"ah-"
There was more than one person screaming.
Downstairs, the tour guide was puzzled. It was the first time she heard tourists making such noises in the Screaming House.
"Killing chickens?" She shook her head.
The sound was like a rooster being strangled.
Wen Shi and the young man, who also had the aura of a cutting princess, turned their faces away from each other guiltily.
Upstairs, the nightmare continued.
One sword defeated it, and the third wave of sword energy defeated it. After lowering the difficulty, the zombies only spoke three times. The players who reacted quickly endured the severe pain and nausea and rushed forward with their last strength.
Finally, they rushed out of the small room.
Those who were a few steps slower were not so lucky. Their heads hit the ground with a bang, but their eyes were still open.
The sword was hung on the wall again, and the zombie hugged the piano and closed his eyes, as if he had fallen into a permanent sleep.
A foul smell of blood spread between the narrow paths.
Several female players could only look at the ceiling as much as possible to show their final respect.
The insect people who survived the disaster regained their self-esteem amid the tragic scene of many people being covered in blood.
Some people were only concerned about the progress of the dungeon. The players and the big guys in the shadow team counted the number of people at the first opportunity. In the process, they noticed that at least seven or eight of the people who were still alive had been killed.
At first they thought these people were quite strong, they just shed tears and took medicine, and they never cried again after coming out. Until the person who was cut opened his mouth and screamed "ah" twice, they desperately pointed at their ears, indicating that they could not speak or hear.
After exceeding the specified decibel level, these people had their voices and hearing taken away, including the burned player. This person's vitality was extremely tenacious, and he was alive, but unfortunately something in his body was gone.
The pervasive despair made Xiaohua feel embarrassed to think of using the rules to trick him.
“May Buddha have mercy on me.” She sighed softly.
"Go on." Facing the miserable state of some people, Li Nan deliberately lowered his voice and could not tell whether he was happy or angry. "Didn't you choose them all?"
At this point, we can only go ahead with it.
They walked to the end and opened the second curtain door. The scene inside was even more perfunctory than the first one. There was only a bloody man holding a bowl standing in the middle, staring at them.
After the previous bloody journey, another war of attrition would completely wear out people's will, and at this time people must have some hope. Yu Xingzhou was very decisive, asking the players to stand behind him, indicating that he would use time pause, and then everyone launched a group attack.
Almost at the same time as he hinted, he set up a time barrier with the position in front of him, and used skills seamlessly.
In that second when time stopped, everyone realized how correct this decision was. The bloody man was so fast that he stopped half an inch in front of Yu Xingzhou, still holding the bowl.
Its body was extremely tough and no weapon could penetrate it completely. People with attacking skills took the lead in the attack and they worked together to finally pierce through the bloody man's head.
The process went smoothly, no casualties were reported, and the unbalanced mentality was slightly adjusted.
Yu Xingzhou said in a deep voice: "There is only one topic left. I don't want anyone to engage in stupid internal fighting at this time." He issued a warning in advance: "No matter who plays tricks, I will definitely kill him."
Someone smiled bitterly: "Don't worry."
The first two waves were deadly enough, and no one is willing to gamble with their lives now.
The group walked forward, and for the first time their main focus was not on guarding against the people around them, but on the possible dangers ahead.
Downstairs, Wen Shi, the boy, and the tour guide gathered together to eat melon seeds.
The melon seeds belong to the tour guide.
This has nothing to do with letting go of prejudices. Waiting is just too boring.
Wen Shi frowned: "Why did you take so long?"
The first two topics are all about speed, so they shouldn’t take that long.
Ignoring him, Wen Shi glanced at the ticket seller and deliberately said to himself: "How strong! There were only a few screams in total."
The scene was set by the conductor, who must have known what was going to happen.
NPC always has the mentality of showing off his work. The ticket seller's voice is very soft, but the arc of his mouth is constantly rising: "Maybe he wants to shout but can't."
Can’t shout out
Have you become mute
Wen Shi continued to eat melon seeds, but an unknown emotion flashed in his eyes.
A melon seed kernel accidentally slipped and fell to the ground. When his sight shifted, Wen Shi's eyes met with the tour guide's, but he looked away calmly.
Under the illumination of the old light bulb, even a melon seed kernel on the ground could cast a shadow.
Wen Shi stared at it for a long while.
The existence of the shadow interfered with his judgment. Wen Shi had always thought that the focus of this copy was on the struggle between the light and dark sides of human nature, but now it seems that the focus of the problem is not copying, but deprivation.
The game started by taking away their shadows, then blocked their abilities, and now it's taking away their voices.
It takes away the player's belongings piece by piece. Once everything is taken away from it, won't the player disappear from the face of the earth
Wen Shi's heart was overshadowed. He had not taken the blocking of his skills too seriously. After all, it was only for a single instance, and the scenic area would not be completely blocked after being downgraded. Now it seemed that the more things were taken away from the instance, the more disadvantaged it would be.
Wen Shi frowned and was thinking about a solution when he heard a prompt from the system:
"Player 460872, your skill [One Sword to Flatten the Sphere] has been temporarily sealed;"
"Player 460872, your skill [Zombie-Shell Breaking] has been temporarily sealed;"
"Player 460872, your health points are temporarily adjusted to 100, zombies are disabled."
"The above blockade period ends before this instance is cleared."
A series of beeps proved that the people upstairs had successfully passed the Screaming House.
Although the report should have made people uneasy, Wen Shi seemed to have other thoughts and smiled silently. He stood up and took the initiative to walk to the stairs to greet his teammates.
The sound of footsteps coming down the stairs was not loud, and it seemed that everyone's footsteps were very light.
Wen looked up and saw that some people had horrible bloodstains on their pants and their faces were pale. Some were holding the handrails and walking down the stairs with dull eyes. Some seemed to have aged ten years overnight.
It was not until they saw the lights below that they realized they had escaped from the devil's cave.
Wen Shi coughed lightly: "So long?"
A person who was either a player or a shadow rushed in front of him and pressed down on Wen Shi’s shoulder. “Why did it take so long? Let me tell you the answer. We used our skills to kill a blood corpse in the second theme, and then we went to the third theme room, where the Black and White Impermanence and the Judge stood.”
"Judge?"
"It doesn't matter. They are all made of paper. They have no attack power." The man laughed crazily. "What matters is that the judge held a book without words and kept saying nonsense about his life span not ending and returning to the dead tonight. Guess what happened?"
The function that was sealed was the blood-locking function. The judge was responsible for deciding life and death. Wen Shi had already guessed what was going to happen next, but he still cooperated and asked, "What's going on?"
"The blood corpse actually appeared behind us. It came back to life! After it resurrected on the spot, it rushed over and beat us up!"
This resurrection was beyond everyone's expectations. Some people had their heads split open and were killed. If the blood corpses had not slowed down a lot after resurrection, at least half of them would have died there.
The man was about to collapse, and there was a gap on his head.
"What I cannot accept most is..."
Wen Shi listened to him patiently.
"I chose the first option! The first option! I requested a re-vote, but a bunch of idiots almost sent me down a path of no return."
“…” Now Wen Shi really began to sympathize with him.
The more miserable the tourists are, the happier the tour guide is.
She came over excitedly to watch the show, but after seeing a lot of blood-stained pants on the stairwell, she fell silent. After a while, the tour guide's mocking words turned into an erratic look: "Well... It's late today, everyone should go back and wash up and go to bed early."
(End of this chapter)