February 15th, seven o'clock in the morning.
Xiaobai, the artificial intelligence, stood at the head of Ji Thrush's bed early and provided him with wake-up service.
Today is the day when all participants in "Peach Blossom Spring" must enter the "world".
Ji Thrush finished his breakfast with a heavy heart, packed up the exchanged props, and came to the Hourglass Cube according to the time guide on the watch.
At this time, there were more than ten people lined up in front of the gate of the building.
Ji Thrush didn't find any familiar faces in the queue, and no one spoke. The expressions on everyone's faces were like those of prisoners waiting to be sentenced, uneasy, uneasy and dignified.
The team moved very fast, and after two minutes, the season thrush entered the hourglass cube.
It's just that the hall where he had registered eleven days ago has disappeared, and there is only a corridor in front of him, and at the end of the corridor is another door.
Season thrush walked down the corridor and opened the door.
Then, he felt as if his consciousness was forcibly pulled out of his body by an unknown force the moment he opened the door, and when his eyes went dark, he knew nothing.
"Hey, Ji Xiaoniao!"
In the dimness, Ji Thrush felt that someone was patting his cheek, "Wake up, wake up!"
With a jolt, he turned over and jumped up.
While waking up, the clues of this "world" were poured into his mind.
Ji Thrush's current identity is a researcher of a certain research institute, and is being escorted by a team of special forces to investigate a mysterious incident somewhere.
In a mountain forest in a certain place, there used to be an iron ore mine. Hundreds of miners and their families built a small town called "Sunset Town" nearby.
Ten years ago, miners unearthed "something" deep in the mine tunnel.
Half a month later, the mine announced a shutdown, all personnel were withdrawn, and a mysterious scientific research institution took over it, and built a large research institute on the original site of the mine.
After losing the mine, Sunset Town did not decline because of it. The townspeople turned to serve the research institute, and at some point, a new sect quietly became popular in the town.
However, half a month ago, one morning, a huge film of light suddenly appeared without warning, covering Sunset Town, the mine behind the town, and the surrounding large forests.
The outside world tried their best to get in touch with the research institute in the mine or the residents of Sunset Town. The government sent two investigation teams in one after another, but they all went in and out, and there was no news since then.
Participants like Ji Thrush and the others were members of the third investigation team, escorted by a group of soldiers, and were about to enter Sunset Town to find out.
"Damn it, what kind of standard is the beginning of a corny thriller!"
Ji Thrush rubbed his sore forehead and sat up straight.
He found himself sitting in the back of a military pickup truck, wearing a white tunic, next to Ren Jianmo, who was also dressed in the same outfit, and opposite Mo Mo, who was wearing a camouflage military uniform with a pistol on his waist. Tiangen.
Next door to Mr. Dagen, there are two other men who are sitting in a ruffian manner, and one of them is still chewing gum.
"Hey, Team Leader Xiao Ji, are you finally awake? Did you sleep comfortably?"
Brother Bing, who was chewing gum, raised one corner of his lips.
These two soldiers are obviously Asians with black hair and black eyes, but the camouflage uniforms on their bodies and the berets on their heads are definitely not the standard of the Chinese army, and their behavior is more like those of the Midi soldiers in the movie. , "We're almost there."
Ji Thrush responded vaguely and ignored them.
These two soldiers are different from the participants from "Peach Blossom Spring", they are plot characters in "World", similar to NPCs in online games.
Probably in order to show the fit between the participants and the characters themselves, "The World" assigned Ji Thrush and Ren Jianmo the status of researchers of a certain institution, and Mr. Dagen became a member of that team of special forces.
"It looks like you guessed right."
Ji Thrush carefully looked at Mo Tiangen's outfit, leaned close to Ren Jianmo's ear, his eyes sparkled with reverence, and said softly:
"It is indeed correct not to waste points in exchange for guns and ammunition."
Ren Jianmo didn't say anything, just smiled lightly.
He said in his heart that this child is very clever and has a good attitude, but his observation ability needs to be practiced.
After watching the trailer, both Ji Thrush and Mo Tiangen thought that what they were about to face was a group of humanoid monsters, and at least each of them should change their guns and bring them into the "world".
However, this suggestion was rejected by Ren Jianmo.
Because he saw a lot of soldiers in the trailer, all holding hard guys with great lethality in their hands.
Ren Jianmo feels that this at least shows that in the next "world", they can find weapons such as guns and ammunition through the plot, and they don't need to exchange them from the "Peach Blossom Spring".
And more importantly, they didn't have enough points to exchange for better equipment than the soldiers had, so there was no need to waste them.
Thinking of this, Ren Jianmo reached out and snored twice on Ji Thrush's head.
—It’s just such a curly-haired kid who dares to say that he wants to protect himself!
But to Ren Jianmo, the companions Ji Thrush and Mo Tiangen were a little silly, but they were better at being able to listen to opinions.
After listening to his analysis, the two felt that it made sense, so they gave up their plan to exchange guns from "Peach Blossom Spring", and changed to other props according to his instructions.
Of course, in addition to props, Ji Thrush and Mo Tiangen also used points to strengthen their bodies.
Mr. Dagen, as a fitness guy with straight aesthetics, did not resist the temptation after all, and spent thousands of points on building up muscles and strengthening strength.
Ji Xiaoniao doesn't care as much about physical fitness as he does, but focuses on strengthening the vision of the eyes, as well as the strength of the arms and wrists.
Although it is not very useful now, Ji Thrush has a feeling that the bow he has practiced since childhood is the most convenient weapon for him. Not this time, it will be the next time. One day, he will Picked up his bow again.
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The military pickup truck drove along the winding mountain road for a while, slowed down slowly, and then stopped.
"Here we are."
The soldier with the beret on one side spit out his chewing gum, stood up and opened the car door, and jumped down first.
Ji Thrush straightened his clothes, carried the backpack with the props on his back, and followed the soldiers out of the car.
He raised his head and saw a transparent and "high wall" standing in front of his eyes.
The high wall is a thin film of light, which is very similar to the transparent cellophane used to wrap gifts at Christmas. Ji Thrush tried to change the angle of observation, and found that it would refract light and change into various colors, just like the surface There is a layer of liquid flowing slowly.
Two other pickup trucks also stopped in front of the "high wall".
The rear compartment opened, and twelve people came down one after another, four of them were wearing white breeches like Ji Thrush, and the remaining eight were dressed as soldiers.
"Okay, since you're here, let's go in."
A female soldier came out more and more, hung her gun on her shoulder, and pouted at the high transparent film-like wall standing in front of her.
Ji Thrush turned his head and carefully observed the speaking lady.
The other party was about thirty years old, with bright features, tall and slender, with short hair cut and dyed crimson. At first glance, his hairstyle looked like the male protagonist of a famous basketball manga in Japan, with a rather fierce aura.
She wears a black wrist watch on her left wrist.
Based on this alone, Ji Thrush can judge that she must be a participant just like himself.
The identity of the red-haired beauty is probably the leader of these special forces, and her words are very important. As soon as she finished speaking, the soldiers quickly lined up and protected several researchers in the middle in a fan shape.
"Hey, are you a participant too?"
The red-haired female officer walked up to Mo Tiangen who didn't know how to line up, stretched out her long legs in military boots, and kicked him on the buttocks, "Quickly stand behind!"
I don't know if he was intimidated by the opponent's power, but Mr. Dagen didn't say a word, and walked to the vacant position in the fan formation with his head down, standing still and not daring to move.
"Let's go!"
As the red-haired beauty spoke, she took the lead and walked towards the film-like high wall, and the others—whether they were the participants or the plot characters of the "world" itself, obediently obeyed her orders and followed behind her.
Ji Thrush took Ren Jianmo's hand and fell to the end.
"Hey… "
He lowered his voice and said softly to the people around him: "Tell me, what will happen if we turn our heads and leave now, and refuse to go in?"
Before Ren Jianmo could answer, the man in front of them turned his head first.
The man has an ordinary face, neither handsome nor ugly, with a round face, thick eyebrows, and a very indescribable pot head. He looks like an otaku who is addicted to games.
"I advise you not to do this."
The pot-headed nerd wiped the sweat from his forehead, and emphasized nervously: "I will die, the plot will kill."
The so-called plot killing is the death of the plot arrangement.
For example, in the game, there are often plots where certain characters die. As long as the progress of the game is reached, it will definitely appear, and no matter what efforts the player makes, it cannot be changed.
In other words, if any participant dares not to enter the known trigger point of the plot according to the setting, but deliberately wants to use avoidance or hiding to opportunistically, the rules of "Peach Blossom Spring" will give him a no matter what. The inescapable plot kill made him immediately and permanently out of the game.
Ji Thrush quickly withdrew the momentary thought of dying, and followed the large group of troops forward.
When passing through the transparent film, Ji Xiaoniao felt an inexplicable sense of oppression.
The air in the film seemed to condense into an invisible jelly, which grazed his skin coolly and greasy, making him involuntarily get goose bumps all over his body.
"I go… "
Ji Thrush shuddered and looked up at the sky, "This place is even weirder than the City of Ashes..."
At this moment, they were like a few flying insects that accidentally broke into a huge soap bubble. Everything in their field of vision was covered by a transparent film.
It was clearly still daytime, and the sky was clear and clear, but as soon as they passed through the high insubstantial wall, they immediately felt that the light inside was significantly darker than outside.
Moreover, the film seems to have the effect of filtering light waves of certain wavelengths. Everything that everyone sees seems to be covered with a layer of blue-green filter.
Ji Thrush also specially used the sleeves of his white work clothes as a reference to compare, and confirmed that the feeling of turning blue and green is real, and it is not a psychological effect after staying in the woods for a long time.
"Report to the captain!"
A special soldier held a walkie-talkie, fiddled with it for a while, then raised his head and said to the red-haired female officer, "All our communicators have lost signal."
"Ok."
The red-haired beauty raised her eyelids to look at the soldier, and replied coldly, "I see."
In fact, there is no need for a communicator to report, and every participant present knows it well.
The failure of the communication device and the inability to get in touch with the outside world is the basic configuration of horror movies, just like 1+1=2, it is a common sense-if this person tells them that the walkie-talkie works and can contact the headquarters at any time, it will be surprising things.
"In short, let's hurry up."
The female officer said:
"Before dark, we must arrive at Sunset Town."
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Although all the communication devices are out of order, fortunately the settings of this "world" are not so insane that they can't even use a compass.
So, guided by the map and compass, the group of people searched for road signs in the mountains and walked towards the location of Sunset Town.
Although the mountain road is rugged and difficult to navigate, and the surrounding environment is strange, the progress bar displayed on the participants' watches is still in the initial state, and the color of the pointer is also a very safe green, so everyone's expressions are very calm, and the atmosphere of hurrying Also quite easy.
Taking this opportunity, Ji Thrush, Ren Jianmo, and Mo Tiangen exchanged information with the red-haired beauty and her team.
Because "Peach Blossom Spring" has a rule that you can search for the room number if you know the face and name, so before confirming that the other party is trustworthy, the participants of different teams generally will not exchange their real names.
When Ji Thrush introduced himself, he only called himself Ji Xiaoniao, and at the same time called Mo Tiangen and Ren Jianmo Brother Dagen and Mr. Ren.
As for the other team, there are five people in total.
The red-haired beauty is the captain. She gave herself a very tacky but also very arrogant code name, called Flame Rose.
The remaining four people, the pot-headed otaku who had talked to Ji Thrush before was called Fatty Huang; there were two other thin and tall young men, they were brothers, anonymously called Xiong Da and Xiong Er; A delicate and delicate girl with a refined temperament, her name is Linglong.
Rose told them that these people in her team had entered the "world" for the third time.
After this time, the five of them will be forced to upgrade to B-level difficulty by the rules, so they came here to try to get all of them to activate their abilities.
"I don't like to play intrigue, you trick me and I hurt you, so first the villain and then the gentleman, let's talk first."
The red-haired beauty walked and said:
"There are only three supernatural beings in our team, and at least two special props are needed, so if we encounter any items that may be props, we will definitely go out and grab them."
She raised her eyebrows at Ji Thrush and the others, showing a provocative smile:
"If you want it too, everyone can rely on their own abilities. Whoever gets it gets it. How about it?"
Ji Thrush looked at Mo Tiangen and Ren Jianmo beside him, and silently estimated their combat strength in his heart.
He himself had already activated his abilities.
Although the "ordinary power bank" is very cheating in terms of name and usage rules, but at least let's use it first.
And Mr. Dagen has no supernatural powers. Considering the future of the world, he must find a way to find a special prop for him.
As for Ren Jianmo...
Ji Thrush looked away, "Yes."
he nodded.