Screaming Cycle (Infinite Flow)

Chapter 10: City of Ashes - 10

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The burly man in blue originally wanted to dismiss Ji Thrush.

In his opinion, this curly-haired boy with a baby face is most like an "experienced person", but it's a pity that the big guy volunteered and led the people on their side away. The long-haired man is actually a couple with that baby face.

Brother Jie felt that the plan he made with great difficulty might be completely useless.

He had no choice but to turn around resentfully and go back to his followers.

"Jie, brother Jie..."

Seeing that the "boss" was back, the couple pushed each other twice, and after being elbowed by his girlfriend, the young man had no choice but to bite the bullet and stepped forward, asking the burly man in blue in a reserved tone. : "That's right, I want to ask you about our plans for tonight's fight..."

While talking, the man looked up at the gray sky outside the glass door.

Since everyone came to this city, the sky has been shrouded in lead clouds, and the sky has never been bright.

But that doesn't mean time won't pass.

As long as they pay attention a little, it is not difficult to see that the sky has gradually darkened, and dusk is coming soon.

These people were all terrified when they saw their companions burned down to nothing but a set of clothes by the "Golden Snitch", and they were unwilling to step out of the safe zone at all. In a large supermarket with food and drink, wait until the rescue comes.

Brother Jie squinted at the young man, a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes.

In his opinion, these "newcomers" are too weak and unworthy.

According to the standard of "Peach Blossom Spring", one of the five under him is counted as one, and they couldn't even pass the "first game", they deserved to be cannon fodder.

So, of course, Brother Jie didn't intend to protect any of them.

The reason why he took them all the way was just to get some kind of particularly important "props" from these people.

Thinking of this, the face of the strong man in blue darkened again.

This is already his "third show".

In other words, starting from the next round, "Peach Blossom Spring" will force him to enter a more difficult world, whether he is willing or not.

Jack is actually quite self-aware.

His personality is not cautious, not shrewd enough, and he is not good at analyzing or solving puzzles. His combat power is only average. Even this muscle is adjusted and strengthened by consuming the points rewarded for customs clearance. In addition to being stronger, Apart from running faster, there is actually no difference between them and "newcomers" with better skills.

In the first two games, "luck" was the most critical factor for him to survive.

But even if he was lucky enough to survive until now, in the first two games, he never got the key "props" that could make him reborn.

And this is his third.

If we use an online game as an analogy, the first three games with relatively low difficulty are the opportunities for them to level up from "Peach Blossom Spring".

During this period of time, gamers need to explore the rules of the game, familiarize themselves with various skills, practice survival skills, and most importantly, transfer to a certain professional specialization. Only in this way can they cope with the more difficult dungeons later.

However, "Peach Blossom Spring" is not an online game.

No matter who it is, from the moment they enter the world as a participant, they will no longer receive any guidance other than the plot.

No one tells you where to trigger the mission next, where to get experience, where there are red-named monsters, how to solve the mystery...

And as long as the progress bar on the watch starts to move forward, the participants will be synchronized with the plot, and they can neither save nor log off. This is a real life and death conceit. Once they die in the world, it is equivalent to a real demise up.

Although Brother Jie barely made it to the present by relying on a little luck, he still has no reliable team, and he also lacks the capital to save his life.

According to the experience of the "predecessors" in "Peach Blossom Spring", after the difficulty has been upgraded, those who have not obtained special props and stimulated special abilities can only be regarded as waste, and there is no way to survive.

But in a sense, he is indeed a lucky person.

Because he actually met a lot of newcomers in the last game before entering the next level of the world.

Experienced participants in "Peach Blossom Spring" know that the more people participate in the world, the more chances to obtain special props.

And a world full of newcomers will be particularly beneficial to "experienced people" like Jie Ge.

This means that Jie Ge can regard the newcomers as "broilers" who can be bullied at will, become the leader of the team easily, and then disclose some specious, half-true and false information to them to gain their absolute confidence. rely.

Not only can he use them as human shields in case of danger, but more importantly, he can control everything they acquire-so that no matter who gets the special item, he can easily trick the owner into it handed over...

... But what if he is not the only "experiencer"

Jie Ge cast a gloomy glance in the direction of Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo.

Although he had never seen any of Ji Thrush and others in "Peach Blossom Spring", the place was too big, and the participants came and went, no one could tell how many there were, and his qualifications It's not too old, and there are many people I haven't met.

The reason why he suspected that there were "experienced people" among the three was because their responses were too sophisticated.

After all, Brother Jie is also an old fritter who has participated in the third scene, and he has seen a lot of newcomers.

Ordinary newcomers—including himself back then, when they wake up in the "first scene" and find themselves in a strange space that is completely different from the real world, they are always panicked, coping too much, and have weak psychological recognition ability Yes, it's not surprising to be scared to collapse.

So in the first match, the death rate of the newcomers was also the highest, and most of them burped for no reason before they even figured out the situation.

But Ji Thrush, Mo Tiangen, and Ren Jianmo not only escaped the attack of the dragonfly, but also found a safe haven before them, and helped them. No matter their attitude or response, they seemed calm and unhurried. It makes people feel that they probably have something in mind.

It is human nature.

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will quickly take root and germinate, and it is impossible to stop.

The more Jie Ge watched, the more suspicious these three people became, and he wanted to find the one who was most like the "experienced person" among them.

There is another rule in "Peach Blossom Spring" that newcomers haven't had a chance to know.

That is, every time the participants enter the world, they have the opportunity to watch the trailer.

This 30-second preview is no different from an ordinary movie trailer. It will not explain the complete world view and plot line. It can only provide them with some fragmentary fragments, allowing the participants to figure out what they are about to face. What is it, and be prepared in advance.

It was after watching the trailer that Jie Ge exchanged his points for a gun and a large amount of bullets, and brought them to the city of ashes as life-saving props, but they haven't been used yet.

It is also because of the existence of this rule that Jie Ge thinks that the bag Ji Thrush carries must be the "prop" he brought, and thus concludes that this person is probably an "experiencer" just like him...

"It's alright, alright, don't babble!"

Brother Jie glared at the young man, then turned his head to look at the three quail-like weak girls, his expression became even more impatient.

There are just such a few wastes, other than holding him back along the way, they are useless at all, let alone helping him find the special props he has been longing for, they are not even useful as human shields.

"With such a big Wal-Mart, can't you find a place to stay overnight?"

He purposely turned up the volume so that Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo could also hear it.

Since there are also experienced people there, Brother Jie thinks that he should change his strategy.

In this scene, he had to get special props no matter what.

If the other experiencer refuses to let go, he doesn't mind using some necessary means to make him retreat—at least, get out of the way and don't get in his way.

Sure enough, both Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo raised their heads and glanced at him.

On the other hand, the lovers group and girlfriends group all showed expressions of relief when they heard their bosses say they would spend the night here.

"Heh, is this going to drive us away?"

Ji Thrush hummed softly, "The lion opened his mouth wide."

Ren Jianmo looked up and looked in the direction of the glass door.

"It's almost evening."

He stared at the dark red in the hazy sky, and sighed softly: "This place is not as safe as they think..."

"Oh?"

Ji Thrush turned his head, his big eyes were wide open, staring at him in surprise, "You mean, staying here will be dangerous?"

He blinked and asked, "What danger will it be? How do you know?"

Ren Jianmo looked back at Ji Thrush, and there seemed to be a faint glimmer of light in a pair of different-colored pupils.

Ji Thrush's cheeks felt hot when he saw it, and his heart beat suddenly when he thought of the hands they clasped just now for no reason.

Ren Jianmo raised his lips and smiled at him, "I don't know..."

As he spoke, he seemed to have lost his breath suddenly, clenched one hand into a fist, put it against his lips, and coughed a few times in a low voice.

Only then did Ji Thrush remember that this person's health seemed to be not in good shape. When we first met, he coughed so badly that he couldn't even stand upright.

He quickly patted Ren Jianmo on the back a few times to help him relax.

Ren Jianmo coughed for two minutes, and finally stopped before finishing the second half of the sentence: "I just have a vague premonition."

Ji Thrush: "..."

Foreboding such illusory things, believe it or not, and no one can come up with evidence.

As an unlucky and lucky E who has never been lucky with money since he was a child, and can only win a pack of tissues in the New Year's lottery that the hypermarket claims to have a 100% winning rate, Ji Thrush has never counted on "luck". I don't believe in the so-called sixth sense anymore.

—But... if it's Ren Damei...

He raised his hand and stroked his precious bow bag.

—Perhaps, people's hunch is more accurate