Suspended Life Game

Chapter 73: Interlude

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"Hmm..." Xie You thought for a while and said, "Senior, do you feel like you are stuck in a level? It means that the difficulty of the game will suddenly increase after passing a certain level. Most people can't clear the level at once after playing here. times to pass."

"Yes." Shen Mu agreed, "If ten rounds is the end, then it is reasonable to have a checkpoint in five rounds. I don't think it will be like this anymore. Players from the winning camp of each round can clear the level. The last victorious player can advance, or there are other rules that are completely different from the current ones."

Shen Mu paused to think about the common game settings in the real world, and then continued: "For example... everyone has their own exclusive task besides winning the faction. This task may also be different from the superficial 'team task'. ' is contradictory, everyone's winning conditions may be different, and the mutual tasks... are also conflicting and contradictory."

"However, according to the rules, it takes 5 years for this game to be read once, and the number of players will drop sharply in the fifth round. The reduction in players is reasonable, but if the reduction is too small..." Shen Mu's speech slowed down, "So In my opinion, there are three possibilities. One is that the additional rules of the fifth game will be changed, and more failed players will get the opportunity to return to the previous number of rounds instead of being directly judged as a failure; the second is that the fifth game is not as difficult as we thought , If it is true that most of the players are GG, there are too few players in the next five rounds."

"Third, there are more players in this game than I imagined." Shen Mu's eyes flashed, "If there is enough player base, even if a large number of players are wiped out suddenly in the fifth game, the remaining players will be enough to support the rest of the game." five games."

"Maybe the game system doesn't care how many players can pass the fifth round?" Xie You's eyes fell on the front right, obviously also thinking, and proposed another possibility, "If there are players, start the game, if there are no players, don't start. Unqualified players don’t want it.”

"This is also possible." Shen Mu also thought of this situation, showing a hint of a smile, "If the system is so strict, then we have to make another psychological preparation."

"The fifth round is not a screening, but the beginning of a difficulty. From the fifth round onwards, every round is at least this difficulty, and it will become more and more difficult."

In the real world, the specific situation of different multi-level games is also different. In most games, after a certain level suddenly becomes difficult, the difficulty of the following levels will drop to the player's acceptable range, which will be higher than the level before this level. The level should be difficult, but it will not make the player "retreat" due to the bad game experience - after all, every time a boss is killed, it will give the player time to upgrade and recharge their batteries, and most players will not be able to complete it. The task of killing the BOSS in a row. Then the difficulty of the level will gradually increase until the next "BOSS level level" is encountered.

But there are also many challenging games. Once the difficulty of the game is raised, it will not drop again. Some players will retreat in the face of difficulties, while other players will rise to the challenge and become more courageous as they get frustrated. They enjoy Games, like challenges and fun, don't admit defeat - if you lose, you will read the file and try again.

"I hope it's not in this mode. It takes too long to read a file." Shen Mu's voice was a little emotional, but there was still a smile on his face, showing no signs of fear.

Xie You finished contemplating after listening, and suddenly blinked: "Speaking of senior, don't you know about the fifth game and what happened after?"

There was a little curiosity in Xie You's voice, Shen Mu was stunned for a moment: "I don't know." Seeing Xie You's thoughtful expression, Shen Mu asked: "Should I know?"

"Ah, if the senior doesn't know..." Xie You finished his contemplation, looked at Shen Mu and smiled, "It means that whether you know it or not, it won't have much impact on the game itself, and there is no way to prepare in advance. Know in advance Now, it won’t change anything about the game at that time, but it will affect the state of the previous rounds!”

Shen Mu got what she meant, and his brows and eyes were also stained with a slight smile: "You are right. Let's talk about this at a later time. If you are obsessed with the imaginary enemy of the future and fall in front of you, the loss outweighs the gain. Maybe We're right in the fourth game, and it's been four years since we saw the fifth game."

Xie You blinked, huh? Is it the fourth game? Now... it's the third game.

In other words... Is there an absolute chance to pass this round

After finishing the tree hole, Xie You's sensitivity to emotions and judgments has increased a lot: ... I seem to be the only one who is worried about this round...

Xie You's expression changed slightly, and his mind turned over and over for a moment: ...or I don't worry about it.

Talking about the 12th, and talking about today's events naturally, Shen Mu remembered the coldness of the 12th and the anger and confusion of the 2nd, and asked: "Sister, what do you think of the 2nd and the 12th..."

"It's love and killing each other!!" Xie You's eyes lit up suddenly, and an inexplicable aura of faint excitement suddenly exuded from his whole body, Shen Mu interrupted before he could finish speaking.

Shen Mu: "... the posture of No. 12, I almost hate No. 2 to the bone..."

"That's hate born of love!!" Shen Mu felt as if she wanted to jump over and shake herself, "Where is there hatred for no reason!! It should be disgust for those who hate it!! Look at number 12 Looking at the eyes of No. 2, the eyes are full of such deep hatred, but there are more complex emotions hidden in the depths of the eyes, and it is not as simple as pure hatred!"

Shen Mu suddenly remembered the night when he returned to school, when he attended class monitor Lu Ying's birthday party, when Bai Luo and several other girls looked at him, the sparkling eyes and the mysterious aura emanating from his body.

"No, wait a minute," Shen Mu rubbed his temples, feeling that this is poison Amway, "Hate without reason is indeed rare, but if number 2 hurts someone important to number 12, it's normal to be hated... and !" Seeing that Xie You was about to resist, Shen Mu resolutely increased his tone, "Even if No. 12 really has complicated emotions towards No. 2, No. 2 sees No. 12's expression very strangely. It doesn't seem like a disguise. No. 2 doesn't know each other Number 12!"

How could Shen Mu stop her: "No. 2 doesn't know No. 12, how could No. 12 hate him! Now No. 2 looks like he doesn't know No. 12, no matter if he really doesn't know him or pretends not to know him, there must be more stories among them ! This is falling in love and killing each other!... And!"

Seeing what Shen Mu wanted to say, Xie You imitated him and emphasized his tone before: "Besides, during today's meeting, the atmosphere on the 2nd and 12th was tense, but after the meeting ended, they all left the venue tacitly, and the 2nd has to leave It's understandable, and on the 12th, there was no trouble at all, don't you think they met in private!"

... Such a statement seemed very reasonable, yet Shen Mu couldn't refute it. Shen Mu also felt that No. 2 and No. 12 couldn't be shutting themselves in the room during the day and deliberately not seeing each other, and then

Let's solve it in the game the next day. It's fine for one day. It's impossible to be like this every day. It's too contrary to harmony.

… No, no, if No. 2 is a killer, and you clicked No. 12 tonight, you don’t have to worry about seeing this person the next day, and it’s normal to disdain to communicate with him—no matter how experienced No. A commoner, if the killer kills him, he will die. There is no need for a dying person to talk nonsense with him, and No. 2 only needs to avoid it for one day today. After No. 12 dies tomorrow, he doesn't need to hide during the day anymore.

But No. 12 is a civilian, so don't you worry that No. 2 is a killer? Or are you confident that you can cast No. 2 today? ...or... Shen Mu's pupils darkened, or these were not important to him at all.

If you play more games and sleep longer, your thoughts and spirit will become more and more deviated from the track.

But if this assumption is true, does No. 2 and No. 12 really know each other? What did No. 2 really do to No. 12 and feel guilty? Or is it just pure fear, although I don't know No. 12, but there is no need to go into the reason, and there are extra problems

No. 1 voted for No. 5 in such a tense and exciting process, so No. 5 must not be the leader of the killer, so who is the leader? Will it be number 2? Or the youngest No. 4, or the mediocre No. 10

At this moment, Shen Mu felt Xie You's gaze, looked up, and saw that she was looking at him expectantly, her eyes seemed to say: Look, it's what I said!

Shen Mu's instinctive scalp numb: "Wait, do you like falling in love and killing each other very much? Don't you think that in this environment, falling in love and killing each other will eventually lead to BE! Do you like BE!"

"It's better not to have BE." Xie You's voice was a little sentimental, but then he smiled mysteriously: "I'm an omnivore. Don't worry, senior, I won't forget you! I'm just taking these CPs casually, I'm still... "

Shen Mu: "No wait, thank you, you should just forget about me!"

At this time, Xie You's eyes were bright, his whole body exuded an excited aura, and there was an unconcealable smile on the corner of his mouth. He didn't have the initial uneasiness, feeling like No. 5 and Lu Yuling had been thrown out of the sky.

Shen Mu couldn't help sighing: It's really a miraculous thing to eat CP!

After chatting casually, Shen Mu left.

Xie You walked to the side of the bed and sat down slowly, her long eyelashes flickering like a fan, her eyes were a little sad: other CPs are just licking casually, if you bee, then bee, you don't want bee... I The intention is to be vegetarian for three days!

"Boom boom boom..."

Within a few minutes of Shen Mu, there was a sudden knock on the door, and the knock was not loud. Xie You recovered from his contemplation, walked to the door, and gently held the doorknob.

Is Shen Mu back again, or...

The golden hair of No. 5 flashed in front of Xie You's eyes. He felt a little pain between his brows. He calmed down and took a breath. Xie You slowly opened the door and saw the person outside the door with a look of surprise in his eyes: "Huh? It's... Mr. Tang?"

Tang Youchen seemed taken aback: "You don't need to be so solemn, just call me Tang Youchen."

Eh? It was also called Mr. Tang before... Xie You was also a little confused. At that time, you didn't think there was anything wrong...

How do you feel... Tang Youchen is sneaky today, he seems a little guilty...

Narrowing his eyes calmly, Xie You felt more and more that his feeling was right, but he opened the half-covered part completely, and said with a sweet smile: "Brother Youchen, come in and tell me something."

Sister Shen You is very familiar! for a while don

Youchen still felt a little familiar, but after thinking about it to no avail, he didn't go into it, so he followed Xie You's invitation and went into the room to talk.

Xie You closed the door politely, and asked with some doubts: "Brother Youchen is looking for me for something?"

"Oh, it's nothing. I came today to ask you about someone."

At 12:30 noon, Shen Mu left the room and went to the restaurant for dinner.

When he came to the hall, the game hall was empty. Shen Mu walked to the end of the hall and pushed open the door of the dining room. The door was very heavy, as if it was made of some heavy metal material or alloy material. to the original position.

Shen Mu walked into the restaurant. The restaurant was not very big. There were four silver tables inside, which seemed to be metal tables. They were neatly arranged in two rows. Each table had four fixed meals. All served on big silver trays, like the ones you might find in a cafeteria. Several servings had clearly been used, and some tables were missing silver trays.

At this time, there were people in the restaurant, and there were not many people. There were two people - No. 1 Liu Hai and No. 10 woman with waist-length long hair. They were sitting at a table far from the door, and the two sat diagonally opposite each other. They were the two farthest positions on the table. They seemed to be eating and chatting.

Seeing Shen Mu coming in, Liu Hai and No. 10 looked this way, Shen Mu naturally walked over and greeted them.

Seeing this situation, No. 10 took a look at Shen Mu with unknown meaning. After all, she was the first person on the field to take the lead to get out of Shen Mu. Number 10 also showed a meaningful smile: "It's Number 7, are you here for dinner?"

The other two meals on this table have not been touched, and it is impossible for anyone to tamper with this place: not to mention that the equipment on everyone's body is uniformly distributed by the system, and it is impossible for someone to have one of the medicines that can harm others. Category. Just talking about murdering players off-site, even if it is not a direct violence to the player, but an indirect harm is also an act of destroying the game. Whether this kind of borderline behavior will be punished, I am afraid no one will be willing to try it lightly. Violating the rules, the result of waiting is directly obliterated.

If you think about it more carefully, even if someone tried to use indirect methods to harm people and was not punished after success, it would be difficult for this kind of thing to spread. The scenes and characters in each game are different, and the methods are even more difficult to replicate.

At least until the fifth round, players can concentrate on playing the game without worrying too much about things other than the game.

Shen Mu walked over directly, pulled away the chair beside Liu Hai and sat down, chatting with them.

When it comes to the topic of who has come to eat, Liu Hai said that he came as soon as 12 o'clock arrived. At that time, No. 2 and No. 6 were also there, and No. 2 took two meals and left directly.

When talking about the two meals, Liu Hai showed a meaningful smile on his face, and No. 10's eyes flickered. It seemed that it was not the first time she knew the news. She should have talked to Liu Hai just now, but it still remains to talk about this information again. Enough to make her daydream.

"Didn't you follow me out to have a look?" Shen Mu said jokingly.

Liu Hai smiled and didn't speak.

On the 10th, he opened his mouth and said in a slightly mocking tone: "The portion here is so big, I don't want to eat it at night if I can't finish one, and the food will be refreshed tomorrow. There is no need to store up food. Bring two A meal, can it be your own dinner?"

Shen Mu smiled and didn't speak, and for a moment seemed to have a tacit understanding with Liu Hai beside him.

And according to Liu Hai, after No. 2 left, No. 5 also came to get food and left, and at this time, No. 6 almost left after eating. later almost the same

Time, the 3rd, 10th, and 11th all came, and the 3rd didn't seem to eat much, so he ate a few bites and left. When he said this, Liu Hai pouted at the table next to him, and Shen Mu saw that there was indeed a meal on the next table that only took a few mouthfuls.

"Number 11 ate very quickly and left within a few minutes, while number 10..."

No. 10 smiled and said to himself: "I have been eating very slowly, so I just chatted with Wang Peng. Eating too fast is not easy to digest, haha. Ah, yes, Wang Peng is No. 1, and my name is Zhou Meng , how about you on the 7th?"

Huh? I accidentally learned the name of No. 1 Liu Hai.

Wang Peng... a name that I don't remember at all... I really forgot everything, Shen Mu thought silently in his heart.

But is Wang Peng's real name? If it's not your real name, if you take it as your real name, it will reveal your secrets... Although amnesia has nothing to do with the game itself, and the opponent can't do anything to him if he reveals his secrets, but Shen Mu doesn't want the enemy to know too much about himself, so if he can prevent it from happening Let's go.

... It's better to deal with him as soon as possible, Shen Mu glanced at No. 1, as for the name, whether it is real or not, let's just call it Liu Hai! Shen Mu made a decision in his heart, and if there was a problem, he just took it as a "joke".

"Hey, I asked your name, why didn't you say anything?" Seeing that Shen Mu was a little distracted, No. 10 long-haired woman Zhou Meng raised her eyebrows and said dissatisfied.

"Forget it, the name has nothing to do with the game, people don't want to say it." Shen Mu was about to report his "imperial pseudonym" An Mu, but Liu Hai took the initiative to save the siege.

"Hmph." Zhou Meng snorted dissatisfiedly, but didn't say anything, but picked up a piece of chicken and ate it slowly.

Shen Mu also stopped talking, it was already 12:40, she turned her eyes away and concentrated on eating.

Today's dishes include braised potatoes and chicken, fried rice with eggs (intuition is eggs), fried cabbage, seaweed egg drop soup, and an orange. The nutrition is very balanced, and it also fits well with the management atmosphere here.

And next to each plate on the table, there is a bottle of milk and a pack of compressed biscuits. The milk bottle is made of white plastic with only a little transparency. It can be vaguely seen that it is a full bottle of milk. There is also a strip of light gray paper wrapped around the bottle, like the bottled milk sold in the real world. wrapping paper.

It's dinner and breakfast. I thought there was only one meal in this round. It seems that the third game is still a more humane game, and I don't know what conditions will be reduced in the fourth game.

At this time, girl No. 4 also came to the restaurant. She didn't seem to plan to eat in the restaurant, but planned to take the food back to the room to eat, so this point came. She pushed open the thick door with her slender arms. When she saw the three people in the room, she didn't have any big expressions on her face. She just glanced at them and stopped looking at them. She didn't communicate with anyone and brought food. just ran away.

It was already 12:50 at this time, Shen Mu had almost eaten, and was about to leave. Liu Hai, on the other hand, planned to wait until the last few minutes before going back and watching the whole lunchtime. No. 10 had no intention of leaving, and Shen Mu ignored her and left directly.

After walking a few steps in the corridor, Shen Mu suddenly thought that if the restaurant was closed and he hadn't come out, he would not be able to leave the restaurant until the next day. Then the player will be obliterated directly.

A strange feeling flashed across Shen Mu's heart.

However, no one can hurt others, and it is impossible to lock other players in the restaurant. If someone really doesn't leave, it can only be because they don't want to live anymore.

Thinking back to the scene at the meal just now, the 1st and 10th... it's hard not to think too much

Ah, interesting.

Of course, civilians and ordinary policemen don't care whether they hide their relationship with others, but Liu Hai, an undercover agent...

No. 1 and No. 10 have a clear conscience, so they sit together calmly? Or test each other? Or... the prophets are well aware of the identities of the two parties, even if they can't exchange information, they still want to get closer to each other

Shen Mu himself will definitely not get in touch with An Yu too much—and he can't pass on information, although he can deliberately explain if he gets in touch and is seen, "If I really have something with him, how can I let you see it in public? ", this looks like a decent reverse thinking tactic.

But... Shen Mu turned around and looked at his own reflection on the glass night window.

As long as you touch it, it will definitely become the focus, be discussed and noticed! Why do you want to "use tactics to escape from death" after becoming the focus, it shouldn't be the focus in the first place!

And even if the strategy is successful and this round is successfully completed, when there is no new focus in the second round, the players should intentionally or unintentionally turn to the previous focus.

Therefore, if there is no other purpose, Shen Mu himself will definitely not play tricks on this point, but Shen Mu really doesn't know what Liu Hai thinks. After losing his memory, Shen Mu really doesn't understand Liu Hai at all.

There is also number 2, food for two to take away.

The amount of food here is quite large for everyone. Most people will be full if they can’t finish one portion. Unless they are big eaters, they won’t need a second portion. Are you planning to eat it at night on the 2nd? Maybe He's really hungry... Shen Mu thought like he was reading.

Great reading: No. 2... probably went to see No. 12.

Didn't the school girl just goof off

The young man walked slowly, his translucent reflection reflected in the glass.

Tonight is another exciting night.

After walking around slowly, without meeting anyone on the way, Shen Mu returned to his room.

After turning the handle and pushing the door open to enter the room, Shen Mu narrowed his eyes and immediately noticed an extra thing on the ground.

A piece of gray paper folded in half.

That's... Shen Mu picked it up, the wrapping paper of the milk bottle.

Open the note, and there are clear scratches on it. Although it is not easy to identify, it can still be seen clearly when facing the light.

'Don't try on the edge of cheating, the judging criteria for this round will be very strict. Even if it is a small behavior, not being punished will affect the fortune, which will be discussed in detail in the future. AY'

Shen Mu's eyes fell on the last four words, and the corner of his mouth unconsciously showed the same mysterious smile as Xie You before.

That winter night in the real world became clear again at this moment, and his cold voice also rang in his ears.

"Then let's move out."

After this battle is over, go back to your hometown and get married! Ah, no, it is to move out after the end of the Suspense game and go back!

Shen Mu turned his attention back to the content of the note.

Even if An Yu didn't pass the note, Shen Mu wouldn't cheat. An Yu wouldn't think that he would make such a low-level mistake, so he specifically emphasized this matter. It can be seen that due to the particularity of this rule, marginal The criteria for judging behavior are very strict.

In fact, Shen Mu also thought that it's okay to be careful when meeting directly, and knock on the door when there is no one there, the possibility of accidents is not very high. But today is the first day, and the ticket is tied during the day, and now everyone is basically there, and the situation is relatively chaotic. The most important thing is that it is impossible to cheat. , Solve the undercover agent and the killer first.

Apparently, An Yu felt the same way, so he just wrote a note first, as a reminder just in case, the specific situation will be discussed at another time. Throwing a note, which is completed in an instant, is basically risk-free, unlike knocking on the door, waiting for someone to open the door, and the person may not be inside the door.

This fortune... refers to the luck of drawing cards? For example, people with good luck will easily draw simpler boards and more favorable ones, while people with bad luck will draw more difficult roles.

However, although the rules are not absolutely fair to the several camps participating in the game, it is still a fair game on the whole, so in this regard, even if you are unlucky, it is not that serious, and the worst is not too bad.

Does this fortune refer to the fortune of turning the punishment dial

The more Shen Mu thought about it, the more he felt that this speculation was reasonable.

Some behaviors, such as a and b are teammates, a accidentally coughed when b spoke to a certain point. Others may think it's nothing, but to B's ears, this is the amount of information. Although the amount of information is not much, and if it is misunderstood, it may cause adverse effects, but this is the amount of information outside the venue. And a just coughed, and did not cough continuously. It is impossible for the system to just erase a, but is there really no punishment

If these behaviors that are not considered violations, but are not right, are being secretly "booked" by the system, then it can be explained.

If a makes a sound when his teammates or acquaintances speak, then a's luck will be reduced. If a lucky person spins the turntable, he may get a direct pass; if a person with average luck spins it, he may draw a few steps backwards.

One round or another round, and those who are unlucky are not surprised to be directly judged to have failed.

If you want to be opportunistic, it may have some benefits, or it may not be useful, or it may be misunderstood by your teammates and cause bad effects. These are unknown, but once you try on the edge of the rules, your luck will definitely decline. Shen Mu initially came to such a conclusion.

So, Shen Mu sighed, even if a person really catches a cold, he has to endure it. But most people, especially the new players in the early stage, don't know these things...

It's a life-threatening game full of traps.