"It's just gold and jade on the outside, but ruins on the inside."
Shaking his head, Bai Zhi didn't even stay here to see the final judgment results. He turned around and walked towards the hook in the corner.
In the corner, Xu Feng, who was impaled on the back and hung on the hook, looked very miserable. He was hanging there half-dead by the iron hook. Only the slight rise and fall of his chest proved that he was still alive.
"It's a pity. In fact, the best destination is for you to die on the way here..."
Looking at the other party's miserable state, Bai Zhi sighed softly, and uttered a very inexplicable word in his mouth.
Volume One: The Gap between Imagination and Reality: Chapter 70, Chapter 69, Complete Clearance Achievements
With Lin He's help, Xu Feng was released from the hook, but he was still in a coma after losing a lot of blood.
"What do we do now?"
Holding the unconscious Xu Feng with one hand, Lin He asked Bai Zhi with a slightly worried expression outside the shop.
"Based on the deadline of three hours, excluding the time we have spent so far, we can stay in this town for less than an hour at most. We have to rush back, otherwise we will not be able to catch the bus."
"How many hell coins do you have now?"
Glancing at the shops on both sides of the street, Bai Zhi looked noncommittal.
"… one hundred."
After a moment of hesitation, Lin He answered.
"Xu Feng will leave it here for now, and the two of us will continue to pass the level."
Bai Zhi glanced at Xu Feng's neck that had been healed by the plasticine and spoke.
"The guides of the stores I passed before may be able to give you some help, but the rules may be changed at the clown's place. The risk is too high and I don't recommend it. You'd better not go to the doll's place, but you can go to the ghost woman's place. Give it a try, but what you need to note is that you'd better choose an instrument that can overpower the opponent's sound throughout the whole process, and remember to plug your ears. I recommend that you choose gongs and drums that are not difficult at all and just bang it as hard as you can. "
After briefly explaining the strategies he had summarized before, Bai Zhi pointed at the [Gourmet] behind him.
"You have just seen the guide about this store. It is worth noting that there are strict requirements for the dishes and the tasting objects selected. For example, the cat in the [Billiard Hall] and The ghosts inside [Tingyu Pavilion] are different from those paper puppet clowns... Anyway, just follow the steps I just took strictly. Do you need me to provide you with some supplies?"
As he spoke, Bai Zhi took out a large bag of domestic garbage from his backpack and placed it on the ground.
"I originally wanted to throw it into the trash can on the way, but I forgot about it because I got into the wrong car."
“…”
Looking at the big bag of domestic garbage in front of him, Lin He twitched the corners of his mouth slightly and nodded.
…So you really put everything in your backpack
"Okay, you can go about your business and meet here when the time comes."
After waving his hand, Bai Zhi walked straight towards the next shop adjacent to [Gourmet].
"..."
Looking at Bai Zhi's back, the expression on Lin He's face seemed a little incomprehensible for a moment. A silver-white pistol appeared silently in his hand, and the muzzle of the gun was already pointed at Bai Zhi's. Back, but very quickly, the gun disappeared again.
With a gentle sigh in his mouth, Lin He helped Xu Feng who was on the ground and sat down under the eaves of the [Billiards Hall]. After taking one look at them, the Orange Cat store manager wearing a yellow mandarin sat at the table. He turned his head again.
After doing this, Lin He turned around and walked into [Gourmet].
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In this small town located at the entrance to hell, there are a total of ten shops distributed evenly on both sides of the street.
[Pawn Shop], [Play House], [Riddle Room], [Listening to the Rain Pavilion], [Martial Arts Hall], [Billiards Hall], [Gourmet], [Baicao Hall], [Testing Dancing Hall], [Ghost Building] .
Every time you clear a store, you can get a reward of 100 hell coins, but similarly, if you fail once during the process of clearing a level, it means you have lost that life.
The store manager of [Budoka] is a panda wearing a kung fu suit. The main test is fighting skills. The conditions for passing the level are very simple. If you persist for one minute without being killed, you will win.
Facing this murderous panda, Bai Zhi barely managed to survive this minute with the help of lime and sand in his backpack and a large bucket of lubricant.
[Baicao Hall] is a shop next to [Gourmet]. The manager of this shop is a strange and slender monster. The test in this shop is to cure diseases and save people. Within a limited period, who can do it first? You win if you save 10 people.
Originally, Bai Zhi was still curious about where these patients would come from, but in the blink of an eye, the illusory black figures he had seen outside the town walked in one after another.
Half of the head is missing, all the intestines and internal organs are exposed, and fat maggots are crawling everywhere in the black eye sockets... These walking zombies that seem to have crawled out of the soil are more terrifying than the last, especially when they are so close. Physical contact.
It has to be said that this is quite a challenge. This has gone beyond the scope of disgusting, but has reached a level that makes people physically uncomfortable just by looking at it.
- Of course, this is for others.
The biggest impact on Bai Zhi is that he gets hungry again after treatment...
Seeing the walking zombies that he had stitched together return to the outside of the store and then lie down on the ground and blend into the ground, Bai Zhi suddenly understood what the smooth fleshy ground was made of.
Among the walking corpses he treated, Bai Zhi even saw the headless corpse of Zheng Yaowen, who had lost his head in a sneak attack by a monster before...
Generally speaking, the average person cannot complete this challenge.
[Courage Testing Hall], as the name suggests, this is a pure test of courage. As long as you keep making no sound throughout the whole process and don't have a nervous breakdown, you can pass the level.
The owner of this shop is a very imaginative fan... God knows how electrical appliances become so sophisticated.
The last shop, [Ghost House], is the weirdest shop among the ten shops. Bai Zhi also spent the longest time in this shop. Until he came out of this shop, he I don't even know who the manager of this store is.
At this point, the number of Ming coins held by Bai Zhi reached 890 points. He spent 10 points to redeem Xu Feng from the pig-headed man. When converted into game coins, it was 8900 points, which was a huge sum of money.
The higher the risk, the greater the reward, this saying is not unreasonable.
After completing all levels, seeing that Lin He hadn't come out yet, Bai Zhi went straight to the first shop [Pawn Shop].
Bai Zhi sat down in front of the counter, tapped the table with his fingers, and asked a question to the paper man behind the counter.
“Where can we get through this town?”
Volume 1 The Gap between Illusion and Reality: Chapter 71 Chapter 70 The Trial from Hell
In the [Pawn Shop], the paper man sitting behind the counter raised his head slightly, with that weird smile still on his face.
"This guest, what happened after the town... wait, you have passed nine stores!?"
Before the paper man finished speaking, he was interrupted by himself in shock, and at the same time, his whole body almost flew into Bai Zhi's face.
"What? Is there anything else you can get as a reward for clearing all levels?"
Bai Zhi stepped back with a look of disgust on his face.
"Also, stay away from me."
"...So far, you are the third person who can clear all the stores within the three-hour limit."
Sitting back on the chair again, the paper man's words seemed a little complicated.
"But based on the overall ranking of time spent doing it, you rank first."
"So? Does this ranking have any practical significance?"
Rolling his eyes, Bai Zhi looked noncommittal.
"...After the town, there is the next stage of the trial. You will know when the time comes."
After a moment of silence, the paper man answered Bai Zhi's original question.
"Before that, it is best for guests to raise their level to above level 30. This is my personal advice to guests."
"Do you know about the player's existence?"
Looking at the paper man sitting behind the counter, Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.
"Any item here can be pawned, including souls, knowledge, skills, levels, equipment, and even lives. If the guests have any needs, they can purchase some corresponding supplies from me. Guests can choose to purchase the pawned items on the list as they see fit. One piece.”
Without intending to answer Bai Zhi's question directly, the paper man placed a brand new list of items in front of Bai Zhi.
[Skill card: 100% empty-handed catch - 100 ghost coins]
[Skill Card: Sword Hidden in Smile—100 Ghost Coins]
[Skill Card: Summer of Cat Story—200 Ghost Coins]
[Skill Card: Time is a butcher’s knife—300 ghost coins]
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At a glance, there is a series of skill cards of various levels on the list, at least dozens of them.
Under these skill cards, there are various equipment props and special items. Bai Zhi even saw the existence of a perfect level prop.
"You really gave me three of the above things for free? How can you be so embarrassed? I'm not greedy, and I can't let you suffer too much, so you can just give me one for free. How about it? "
Raising his head, Bai Zhi glanced at the paper man with enthusiasm on his face.
Almost all of the items on the list can be said to be the kind that have a price but are not available to the outside world and will trigger looting.
"...Guests can only choose one item and have to pay."
It seemed that he was shocked by someone's shamelessness. After a moment of silence, the paper man answered aloud.
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When Bai Zhi walked out of the pawn shop, Lin He, who was covered in scars, had also walked out of the shop and was bending down to carry Xu Feng on his back.
"I have saved enough money for the ticket, thanks to your strategies."
Seeing Bai Zhi walking over, Lin He smiled at him.
"I have no problem here, what about you?"
"Then let's go, it's time to leave here."
Nodding to Lin He, Bai Zhi took the lead and walked in the direction he came from.
- There was quite a tacit understanding. The two of them did not mention anything about Xu Feng, who was in coma.
When they walked through the twisted woods to reach this small town, it took about 25 minutes, and now there are still 40 minutes left before the three-hour deadline. In theory, the time is more than enough.
Soon, Bai Zhi, who was walking in front to explore the road, and Lin He, who was walking behind with Xu Feng on his back, followed the road paved with bones. The previous town was getting further and further away from them. The surrounding area quickly fell into complete darkness.
"..."
Looking closely at the completely defenseless figure of Bai Zhi walking not far in front of him, the silver-white pistol in Lin He's hand disappeared and reappeared, appeared and disappeared, and cycled back and forth.
Just as he was hesitating in his mind, Bai Zhi's careless voice came from the front.
"If you don't shoot, you won't have a chance. You should be familiar with this place, right?"
"..."
After a long silence, Lin He sighed with relief, put down Xu Feng behind him, and looked at the back figure in front of him.
"When did you notice it?"
"When I was in the car... it was very early, but at that time I just had some speculations in my mind."
Turning around, Bai Zhi looked at Lin He not far away.
"Since this is a bus leading to hell, I think the passengers on the bus must be the dead. This is hell, but not the real hell. As the dead stay here for a long time, their minds will deteriorate. The body transformed into a monster... just like Zheng Yaowen before."
Bai Zhi looked at Xu Feng, who was lying on the ground.
"I treated Zheng Yaowen before at [Baicao Palace]. Based on my extensive medical knowledge, his head and spine were pulled out by himself. He attacked us in the forest before. The long and flat monster is his head with its own spine... You already knew this, right?"
"..."
Lin He tightly grasped the silver-white pistol in his hand and said nothing.
"Also, the shops in the entire town clearly feel that they are only suitable for single-player challenges, and trials like those are all prepared for players. If it is a trial, , two players are completely redundant, after all, the significance of the town’s existence will be reduced with the guide.”
Looking at Xu Feng on the ground, Bai Zhi shook his head slightly.
"Xu Feng is actually dead a long time ago, but he has never realized this and never recognized the reality. That's why the pig-headed store manager said such things. In addition, the dead did not challenge those stores Qualified, so he was just hung up... Otherwise, have you ever seen an example of a person who failed in the challenge and still survived?"
"...Yes, everything you said is right. Everything is exactly as you said. This is indeed a single-player trial for players."
After a long silence, he let out a heavy breath, put the pistol in his hand back into his backpack, and Lin He nodded.
"In other words, this is a trial from hell that belongs only to you."
"how about you?"
Looking at Lin He in front of him, Bai Zhi raised his eyebrows.
"Who are you?"