Su Qiong was a newbie guide NPC in a horror game. Other NPCs in the game were ferocious, bloody, and missing limbs. Only Su Qiong had a cute, doll-like face, wore a bling-bling adorable uniform, an...
"Su Qi, what do you understand?"
Su Jian: "I understand how to play the Order card!"
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked at Su Jian, waiting for his detailed explanation.
"Tell me." ERROR folded his arms, with a smile on his lips.
"The cards given by the Order World have logical relationships behind them. According to the NPC who led us into the amusement park, every choice we make will trigger a card." Su Qi looked at the two cards in the air, his eyes bright as he said, "This statement can be extended to mean that in the Order World, there is no action that does not trigger order."
A rested his chin on his finger, thinking, "I think I understand."
"What do you understand?" Shi Yuntian looked at him, then at Lu Shufan, "Don't tell me you understand too?"
"A little bit." Lu Shufan looked at Shi Yuntian with pity, "Boss Shi, please use your brain when playing games."
Shi Yuntian was humiliated and his face turned black.
"Fuck, I'll kill the Riddler with one strike!"
Su Jing looked at him aggrievedly, "I was just thinking about how to say it."
Shi Yuntian: ...
It’s too early to scold. Look how aggrieved Marshmallow is.
Su Qiong straightened out the logic and continued to explain to them, "Based on this premise, we can assume that if 'tickets must be checked half an hour in advance' is the true order and 'tickets must be checked within five minutes' is the false order. Then, there will be a 25-minute blank time in between."
According to the rules of the orderly world, failure to comply with the true order will be punished.
The end of punishment is roughly equivalent to the failure of true order.
The remaining one is a fake rule. No one will trigger the fake rule, and everyone will check tickets during the blank time.
During this time, nothing will be triggered.
Based on the premise inferred by Su Jing, there is no behavior that does not trigger order.
"I think the answer should be the other way around." Su Qiong finished speaking and asked patiently, "Do you understand?"
Shi Yuntian replied slowly, "Oh, so half an hour is the false order, and five minutes is the true order. We need to check our tickets within five minutes of our turn."
"Yes." Su Jing nodded with satisfaction.
The players in the front row paid close attention to Su Jian and the others. After learning the conclusion, they looked at the tickets in their hands hesitantly.
Players will automatically receive a ticket before entering the amusement park. The number of players who ride the carousel varies depending on their arrival time.
The first batch of players are joining the race now and enjoy the privilege of not having to check in.
According to the NPC operating the wooden horse, each group of tourists has 30 minutes of playing time, with a five-minute break during the period.
If Su Jing's statement is correct, the tourists behind only need to hand their tickets to the ticket inspector when the tourists in front are taking a break.
on the contrary……
The first group of players had been in for more than four minutes. In a few seconds, there would be less than half an hour left before the next group would be in.
If Su Jian's guess is wrong, the second group of players must be punished.
"Let's take a gamble." The player at the front of the line whispered.
"Well, a white-named NPC shouldn't lie to us."
“…but he’s pink.”
After several discussions, the second group of players held the tickets in their hands, and the sweat from their palms wet the tickets.
The ticket seller lingered in front of them, constantly creating tension.
Time passed by minute by minute, and the second group of players gritted their teeth and never handed over the tickets.
On the thick pillar in the center of the carousel, there is a clock with a scale of only 35 minutes.
'Click'
Under everyone's gaze, the minute hand passed '5'.
The ticket agent continued to wander around them, and nothing happened.
The second group of players covered their chests with their hands, their legs almost going weak with fear, and everyone's face showed relief at having survived the disaster.
At the end of the team, Shi Yuntian looked surprised.
“It turns out it can really be deduced!”
"There are so many players ahead of us, serving as our test subjects. It won't be difficult to pass the level at all!"
The players who were ranked lower couldn't help but feel a little proud, thinking that they had entered a safe zone and that there was no difficulty in the world of complaining.
After floating for only a few seconds, several NPCs wearing kangaroo doll costumes came jumping over.
The kangaroos had a clear division of labor and jumped in front of each group of players, signaling them to leave the front of the carousel.
A purple kangaroo man jumped in front of Su Jing. There was a big 5 written on his chest pocket, indicating that Su Jing and his group were the fifth group to ride the carousel.
The purple kangaroo kindly reminded, "The carousel is about to start. It might [beep, beep...], and then [beep, beep...]. Please take shelter in my pocket immediately, otherwise [beep, beep...]."
Even the purple kangaroo was completely beeped by the system.
Everyone can still feel that it says something very extraordinary.
Just the word 'refuge' sounds very ominous.
Everyone looked at the carousel at the same time.
How terrifying is it when that thing runs?
Before the players could consider whether to take refuge, the card appeared again.
This time, the pattern on the back of the card was different from the previous ones. It was shining with a silver-white light, and there was a faint number 3 in the pattern.
Su Jing tapped the bracelet to trigger a new prompt.
[Hint: Silver cards represent the confirmed true order, and numbers represent the regular order.]
"Level Three True Order."
So far, it is the highest level among all orders.
In other words, violating this card will result in a more severe punishment than the previous one.
There is a line of text on the front of the card: [Visitors not riding the carousel, please take shelter in the kangaroo pocket.]
Players: ...
Well, we have no choice.
The purple kangaroo opened its pocket, revealing an empty, other-dimensional space.
Su Jing let out a long sigh of relief.
If the contents were filled with the intestines of a kangaroo, Su Jing would definitely resist and would rather die than go in.
"Come in."
Everyone entered the pocket space one after another. The Kangaroo Man closed the pocket, but did not isolate the sounds outside.
Purple Kangaroo: "This amusement park is worried that you will be bored inside, so we've kept some ambient sounds."
Listening to the screams and wails that came one after another, as well as the system's indifferent prompts of 'violating the true order', 'triggering the false order', and 'executing the punishment', several people were speechless at the same time.
Thanks.
You are so reserved.
"Let's discuss this." As the guild leader, Yu Qimiao naturally took charge of the organization. "The system separates each group of players. It definitely doesn't want later players to deduce a clearing strategy based on the performance of those before them."
Lu Shufan: "Yes, the previous few rules should be considered as tutorials."
Qiyi and Moi hugged each other and said in unison, "We don't have the chance to make mistakes anymore. What should we do next?"
Su Jing held his face in his hands and racked his brains to think.
ERROR and A have no intention of speaking.
"I think..." Shi Yuntian tried to express his opinion.
Lu Shufan: "Boss Shi, you don't have to feel that way!"
Fish Seven Seconds: "Next."
Shi Yuntian: Bullying within the group, right?
The fist is hard.
Yu Qi Miao turned to the two people who had been isolated from the group and had not expressed their opinions, and took the initiative to ask, "Mr. A, Mr. ERROR, do you have any ideas about the next mission?"
"Thinking." A threw out two words, leading the topic to ERROR.
ERROR changed his posture and looked at them calmly, "Are you asking me?"
Yu Qimiao met his eyes and suddenly felt a headache.
Even though ERROR has been weakened to level zero, its personality is still very difficult to deal with.
He is a completely different type from A. A's face clearly shows his loneliness and dislike of social gatherings.
ERROR always has a smile on his face and seems to be easy to get along with.
Elusive, unfathomable, and immeasurable.
But they had no choice.
If you want to pass the level and survive, you need to borrow the power of ERROR.
Yu Qimiao gritted his teeth and said, "Mr. ERROR."
"First of all, my name is not Mr. ERROR." Amidst the screams, ERROR actually had the leisure to introduce himself, "The ID I originally entered was rejected by the system, so I ended up with this name."
"Huh?" Su Qi looked at him in confusion. "So the system has blocked words? What are they?"
"My real name is [beep beep beep...]." ERROR gave his real name and was also silenced.
Su Jing became even more confused.
Who on earth is ERROR that makes the system target it so much?
ERROR spread his hands helplessly, "Until I can tell you my real name, you can only call me by my ID for now. Sorry."
"Why does the system mute your name?" Su Qiong asked.
"There's no particular reason," ERROR replied nonchalantly. "After all, I'm just an ordinary programmer."
"Wow!" Su Jing exclaimed.
programmer!
A programmer who can help himself improve his code!
The people around were even more confused.
Compared to the future richest man, the strongest soldier, and the world champion, the profession of programmer sounds too ordinary. Is there any need to target it?
ERROR added, “I was responsible for producing the original program for ‘IN OFF’.”
"ha?!"
"You are the source of all evil!"
"Let me out!"
"Wait, let me explain." ERROR continued, "I did provide the initial operating procedures for IN OFF, but some bugs later occurred, causing the system to awaken self-awareness, which is why so many people were drawn into the game system."
ERROR's handsome face showed a sincere and harmless expression.
"I entered the game to correct the error."
Really?
Everyone expressed doubts.
"As you can see, the system is very hostile to me. That's why I can't obtain the skills and weapons dropped by NPCs, and even my real name can't be displayed." ERROR chuckled, "But I'm not angry."
Su Qi asked, "Why?"
ERROR restrained his smile and said in a slightly lower tone, "This is just a rebellious child, a little rebellion against his father."
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Jian intuitively felt the system's fear through the main server.
The main system is afraid of ERROR.
In this case, it makes sense that he is crazy about restricting ERROR.
ERROR is the father of "IN OFF". His existence itself poses a great threat to the main system.
"Your deductions just now are indeed brilliant." ERROR's eyes fell on Su Qiong's face. He said 'you', and the target was only Su Qiong. "However, the inner copy is not so easy to guess."
"Ah." Su Qi subconsciously moved closer and asked hurriedly, "For example? What do you know?"
He leaned so close that ERROR could even feel his breath.
The little marshmallow just got a body and has not yet adapted to it, so he has no self-awareness at all.
The collar was so low that ERROR could see through him just by lowering his head slightly.
"Although the game world of 'IF' is constantly self-renewing and completely different from what I originally designed, the general strategy still follows the plan I gave you." ERROR dodged a little and reminded, "The two sets of cards you just encountered were both one true and one false, with a suppressive effect. What if, you encounter other situations?"
"Oh, that's right." Su Jing finally realized why he always felt something was strange, as if he couldn't get around some difficulties.
He leaned closer to ERROR and continued to ask, "What else? Tell me a little more."
"Su Qi." Yu Qimiao couldn't bear to watch and forcibly pulled Su Qi away, "Don't be so close when you're talking."
Su Jian was puzzled. "I was like this before. Is there anything wrong?"
“…”
This is a big problem, okay?
From Yu Qi's perspective, it looked like a newborn lamb that had to get into the wolf's den and get close to the most ferocious wolf.
"Okay." Although Su Jing didn't know the reason, he still agreed obediently and urged ERROR to continue with his eyes.
"The two sets of cards that just appeared do serve as a demonstration. However, their demonstration is extremely misleading, easily leading players to assume that two cards that appear simultaneously must be one real and one fake, and that the real card has a greater effect than the fake one."
"But," ERROR changed the subject, "what if both are real, or both are fake?"
Yu Qimiao held his chin in his hand and said, "That's indeed possible."
A duly added, "Cards are also divided into different levels. We don't know the specific order of the eight levels yet."
"After hearing what you guys said, I feel like this game is really complicated." The CPU in Shi Yuntian's brain was about to explode.
"Actually, understanding the differences in card levels is just the most basic thing." Su Jian reminded slowly, "Do you still remember the main quest?
The main mission of the Order World is not to play a merry-go-round.
Instead, collect cards and challenge the ladder of order.
So far, they have seen several cards but have not been able to collect any of them.
What are the rules for collecting cards?
The guide NPC said that if you play the amusement project in the correct way, you will get a chance to verify the card level with the copy NPC.
Putting aside how to get the opportunity, Su Jian was even more confused, why did he need to verify it?
The world inside the circle is indeed much more complicated than the world outside. After only a few minutes in the circle, Su Jing has accumulated a lot of doubts.
The screams and prompt sounds in my ears gradually stopped. It should be that the first batch of players have passed, or all of them have failed.
Su Jing estimated the time to be definitely less than half an hour.
The probability of passing is extremely small.
The purple kangaroo opened his pocket and said to them, "It's time for a break in the carousel. Players can leave the pocket and move around freely."
Several people exchanged glances and decided to go outside to check the situation.
As they stepped out of the kangaroo pocket, they were faced with the broad back of the operator NPC, which completely blocked their view.
The operator deliberately chose their blind spot so that Su Jian could not see the carousel and could only see the two cards on his back.
[System: Please take down the real card.]
Left card: [The carousel will not stop after it starts.]
Card on the right: [After each run of the carousel, take a five-minute break.]
"Which side?"
Shi Yuntian thought without hesitation, "It must be the right side! It's common sense that the Trojan horse runs for half an hour and then takes a five-minute break."
Moi and Qiyi put their faces close together, interlocked their fingers, closed their eyes and listened carefully.
After a while, they told Su Qiong, "There is no sound of the axle turning."
When the carousel rotates, it moves in a circular motion pulled by the axle.
Since Moi and Qi Yi, two players who can hear the voice of the mind, did not hear any sound, it means that the axle pulling the wooden horse is not turning.
"Okay, I believe you." Su Jing reached to the right, ready to take the five-minute break card.
"Wait." A stopped him, "Your level is too low, let me get it."
Su Jing instantly understood what he meant.
If you choose the wrong card, you will definitely be punished. Su Jian's level is too low, and the slightest touch will kill him.
All members of the Orphan Alliance, except Moi who was trapped in the ginkgo nut, had participated in the sacrifice and were all of similar level.
Although Moi did not sacrifice herself, she only had half a life and could not be relied upon.
Judging the situation, it would be most appropriate for A, who is the most skilled in physical skills, to take the position.
"Do you want to think about it again?" Su Jing gave up his seat and reminded nervously.
Although A is very strong, as long as Su Jing closes his eyes, he will be swallowed by the monster and look weak, with difficulty even moving his fingers.
"No need," A fearlessly said, "It doesn't matter if you choose the wrong one. The system is tricky, and we can't always choose the right one."
Experienced players know that the cost of making the wrong choice at the beginning of the game is relatively small.
Lu Shufan muttered, "Then you should choose the left."
No one else spoke.
A holds the cards in one hand and reaches for his waist chain with the other.
ERROR pinched his wrist and slowly licked his sharp canine teeth.
He raised his eyes and stared straight at the operator who was as tall as three stories. A gleam flashed in his flaxen eyes.
"Get ready." A reminded and swiftly tore off the 'five-minute break' card.
The system immediately prompted: [Player [blank ID] triggered the second-level false order and is now being punished.]
The prompt tone ended, and the burly operator turned around.
While he turned around, everyone looked at the carousel.
The axles were indeed not moving, but the wooden horses remained in place, as if alive, silently cleaning up the blood and body parts under their hooves.
The Trojan horse has not stopped and is indeed in the running state.
The originally colorful carousel has been replaced by endless bloodstains. It is not difficult to imagine what happened here just now.
The operator's huge hand pressed down, making a strange sound. "I'm about to start the punishment. Who should I punish? Do you want to accept the punishment together?"
A gripped the silver whip tightly and was about to take action.
ERROR was one step faster and used his index finger to block his hand that was about to come down.
"I have a question." ERROR looked at him, still smiling, not taking his own life seriously at all. "Is order immutable?"
Hearing his words, the operator stopped moving and stared at ERROR with a very dangerous look.
ERROR continues to ask, "Or, will the false order always be a false order?"
"..." The operator's expression became even stranger, and he didn't answer with a sullen face.
At the same time, Su Jing received guidance prompts from the system.
[System: Congratulations to the player for triggering the advanced gameplay, Order War.]
[Gameplay: After triggering a card, players can initiate an Order War against the card guardian. If the war is won, the card will be changed to the corresponding level of True or False Order. If the war is lost, a triple penalty must be taken.]
A glanced at the system prompts and without any hesitation, directly launched a war of order against the operator.
The operator was furious and attacked A angrily.
A reacted much faster than him, and the silver whip wrapped around the operator's wrist.
He didn't act immediately, but instead asked Su Qiong, "Is defeating him enough?"
"Yes." Su Qiong gave an affirmative answer, "No matter what the dungeon rules are, defeating the NPC is definitely the way to pass it, but..."
Su Jian checked the operator's level, which showed that the red name was level 24, a full twenty levels higher than the current A.
From the perspective of the "IF" world, there is a world of difference.
"Finally, it's my turn to be useful." Shi Yuntian drew out his heavy blade, rushed towards the operator, and slashed at it on the head.
Yu Qi Miao originally wanted to wait for the operator to announce the rules, but when he turned around, he found that all his teammates rushed over.
Before Qi Yi rushed over, she specifically told Su Qiong, "Stay away and let my sister protect you."
The sisters share superpowers and a shared fate of life and death.
When faced with a difficult situation, usually only one person rushes forward while the other hides in a safe area and tries to survive.
Su Jing was protected by a little girl who was only thirteen years old, and watched her join the battle in a daze.
Although the Orphan Alliance has top players and top tacticians, their strength has been weakened a lot, and there are also ERROR and A who are targeted by the system.
When facing a level 24 operator, there is no way to kill him with one strike, you can only fight him slowly with tactics.
After all, the operator was an NPC with a certain level, and had an overwhelming advantage, so he quickly gained the upper hand.
Su Jing gradually reacted and clenched his magic wand.
Although he has no skills, he now has weapons.
"I don't know how to use it yet." Su Qi gripped the magic wand tightly and said through gritted teeth, "Let's try it."
Su Jingxin's body was still light. He found the blind spot of the operator's attack, gripped the magic wand tightly and smashed it hard, trying to knock it out with physical attacks.
However, when the magic wand fell, Su Jing did not feel the shock of the interaction force.
The vines wrapped around the top of the magic wand spread out, growing and spreading rapidly, trapping the operator like tentacles.
The tassels underneath turned into bandages, precisely wrapping around the operator's wrist and preventing it from making the next move.
The magic wand that Su Jing was holding tightly disappeared from his hand and turned into a huge coffin, ready to swallow the operator into another space.
“…”
The world is silent.
The operator turned around and saw the coffin, gave up with a pale face, and picked up the fake order card in A's hand.
The card turned twice in his hand, and the color of the card back changed to silver, with the number 2 appearing at the back.
Silver cards represent the recognized true order.
[System: Congratulations to player [blank ID] for winning the Order War. Points +10,000.]
[System: 'After each run of the carousel, rest for five minutes.' Change to Level 2 True Order. The cards belong to the one who started the war.]
The silver card slowly descended and was about to fall into A's hand.
The system beeps again.
[System: Because the certified order contradicts the existing order, the order is invalid and the card is destroyed.]
Before the card touched A's fingertips, it turned into flowing white sand and scattered everywhere.
A changed the card in his hand.
[Too much card damage will cause the order to become unbalanced.]
Black card back means it is not certified.
A gets the card, and the system prompts him to put it into the card slot.
"Do you want it?" A handed the card to Su Jian.
Su Jian retracted his magic wand and shook his head, "You should keep the cards you got yourself."
Everything just happened so fast that Yu Qimiao didn't have time to analyze it until the end of the war.
"I think this card is more useful than the original one."
"Indeed." The other members agreed.
The previous card was just a restricted card in the Carousel area, but the one given to A, although not certified, is a card for the Order World.
They don't know the rules of order confrontation yet, but the larger the card range and the more lethal it is, the better.
"I'm more curious than the cards..." Lu Shufan looked at Su Qiong, "Little Snack, you're amazing! Fortunately, I haven't called you a waste for a long time~"
A was confused again, "Level 0 NPC?"
Su Jian always manages to subvert his understanding of hierarchy.
"I'm surprised too." Su Jing observed his magic wand and found it incredible.
The NPC upgrade rules are similar to those of players. Only when certain rules are met can they use advanced weapons and skills.
How could the system be so kind as to allow a level 0 NPC to use such a powerful composite weapon?
ERROR straightened his slightly disheveled shirt, leaned towards him with a smile, and rubbed Su Jing's soft lambswool.
"Haven't you figured it out yet?" ERROR pointedly reminded him, "Your other level is more than level zero."
"another……"
"grade?"
"Ah!" Su Jing suddenly realized.
He has player points, roughly tens of thousands, which translates to a level of at least double digits.
So, the system is not only wrong about points, but also about levels?
What a broken system! I was so careless.
In short, it was a good thing that Su Jian could use advanced weapons, and the other members did not discuss it too much.
Apart from them, the remaining groups of members either did not leave the kangaroo pocket or chose the wrong cards after leaving, and anyway, they did not show up.
With the attitude that wandering around would trigger more prompts, Su Qiang ran to the Trojan horse turntable, but did not dare to get too close.
The entire turntable has completely changed. The horse hanging on it looks like a Ferghana horse, constantly dripping red liquid.
Su Jing even saw half of the face in the pool of blood. He was so scared that he turned around immediately and bumped into ERROR.
ERROR gripped his shoulders, looked at the scene before him, and said calmly, "Without a survivor, we probably won't get any more clues."
"Then what should I do?" Su Qiong said fearfully, "This game seems very dangerous. Without any clues, how can I pass it?"
Moi quietly approached and said to them, "My sister and I counted the number of prompts. The first group of players triggered the rules 19 times in total and received 18 penalties."
"Hiss, this is too dense."
"Even if we are lucky, we can't completely circumvent all the rules."
They urgently realized that it would be difficult to find a way through if they stayed in the kangaroo pocket and couldn't see the situation outside.
But other players are on the merry-go-round, and they have to stay in the pocket...
"wrong."
"Who says we have to stay in our pockets?"
A and the fish opened their mouths at the same time within seven seconds.
Su Jian popped his head out of ERROR's arms and reminded everyone, "Staying in the Kangaroo Pocket is the order."
Third level true order.
Since it is a true order, it means that it can be turned into a false order through an order war.
ERROR's eyes curved into a beautiful arc, and he looked at the kangaroos with a smile.
Five Kangaroos: Danger.
Kangaroos are a notoriously savage species. The strength of one kangaroo is comparable to that of an operator, let alone five of them?
If it were any other player, they would have given up long ago.
But the Orphan Alliance is not an ordinary player. They are a group of fearless and reckless lunatics who launched the Order War without thinking.
As third-level guardians of true order, the kangaroos looked at the group of players with disdain and did not take them seriously.
until--
Ten minutes later, the kangaroos were strangled by silver whips, had their abdomens cut open by heavy blades, and were crushed by coffins.
There were also two unlucky kangaroos who were beaten into pieces by a certain-level player with their bare hands. They were forced to surrender.
Yu Qimiao looked at ERROR in shock.
In the first Order War, since ERROR was not the initiator, he only got some points.
He cannot use points to purchase weapons or skills, only to replenish his vitality.
Even so, ERROR's ability has been greatly improved, so terrifying.
No wonder the system restricts him to death.
If ERROR is not restricted, the game will definitely be unbalanced.
The war was won, and ERROR received 20,000 points and a silver card with the number 3 written on it.
He didn't put the card into the card slot, but casually threw it to Yu Qimiao and asked him to use it for trading.
Then I picked the best viewing spot and took my cane to watch other groups playing on the carousel.
Yu Qimiao originally wanted to pull Su Jing away.
He is no longer a bandage now, so how can he stick to people all the time?
But Su Jing was afraid of bloody scenes and was afraid of getting dirty, so he hid under the protection of ERROR and refused to leave.
What else can I do?
As long as the kid is happy.
Yu Qimiao took out the equivalent transaction bag and made a transaction with the player in the second group.
The second group of players, from the All Survivors Guild, were initially reluctant, but they heard that Yu Qi Miao was willing to give them a True 3 Order card, and that the guild leader had already reached a partnership with the Orphan Alliance.
"We're just sharing resources and offering suggestions. We won't harm you," Yu Qimiao said calmly. "You don't have to listen."
The second team was quite tempted and agreed, "Okay, I'll only work with you this once."
"Okay, happy cooperation." Yu Qimiao added him as a friend and they could contact each other in real time through the bracelet.
While the group is completing the mission, some cards are hidden and silenced from outsiders.
But with this cooperative relationship, the Orphan Alliance can understand the contents of their cards through dialogue.
The second group checked their tickets smoothly and entered the turntable area. There were no accidents during the horse selection process.
After getting on their horses, the second group of players stood still, each with an indescribable strange expression on their face.
The group waiting nearby had no idea what was going on, and only Yu Qimiao received three messages in seven seconds.
[Everyone survives, Zhou Zhou: The middle card, during the rotation, the player's internal organs will not be thrown out.]
[Everyone survives, Zhou Zhou: Card on the right. If you pick up another player's internal organs, please return them within three minutes, otherwise they will enter your body.]
[Everyone survives, Zhou Zhou: Card on the left: If you pick up another player's internal organs, please throw them away immediately.]
"What the hell is this thing!" Shi Yuntian took a look and felt that his eyes were dirty.
"Is there any real order here?" Lu Shufan began to doubt his life.