Chapter 136 Resurrection Game (Part 1)

The entire Tianhuo Square still has the afterglow of the rainstorm.

[60-second teleportation countdown, please do not leave the current game map...]

“There is actually such a reminder sound…”

The air was filled with the damp smell of burning objects being extinguished. The players ended this round of the game with a sense of loss and were about to exchange information about other copies with their new friends.

"That's not right. Why do I feel like there are a few people missing?"

"There are not just a few of them. More than a dozen of them have gone to the elevator portal. Let's see if we can stay in the map before the time is up."

One player responded: "Is this how you can stay in the game for a second round? Enter the elevator?"

"That depends on whether you have the luck. Didn't you hear the reminder when you came to the square to participate in the game before..."

After shutting off the transmission of lake water, Qiao Song jumped down from the shadow of the shrine, sat back on the back of the pterosaur, and successfully flew to the vicinity of the elevator before the 60-second countdown ended.

The huge pterosaur quickly turned back into a thin piece of paper after she left.

Qiao Song put the paper in her pocket and took out the mirror after entering the elevator. Xiao Ni's voice had been ringing inside for a long time: "Sister Qiao Song, are you here?"

Ding—the elevator door opens.

Several familiar faces looked at each other.

Xiao Ni raised the things in his hand with sparkling eyes, showing his gains: "Look, Tong Yao and Tong Nan helped me find it."

What he held in his hand was something made of grass stems that looked like a straw raincoat.

Qiao Song felt that the material looked a bit like a campfire base.

It seems that this is what the boys and girls are busy doing when they enter Tianhuo Square this time.

The two little paper figures beside the elevator stood together with their hands crossed, looking grumpy but speaking in a good tone: "He is different from us. If he doesn't wear this coat, he will suffer a great loss later."

Qiao Song also noticed something strange in the elevator. The lights were not on and the light was dim. Only the last bit of natural light from Tianhuo Square illuminated the scene inside the elevator.

Soon, the 60-second countdown ended and the elevator door gradually closed until it was completely locked.

Before the countdown for closing the door ended, Qiao Song sent information to the group. Aunt Huo and Tang Xiaoxiao also entered the elevator. Lin Xuan did not reply to the group message, probably because he did not have time to enter.

Although players can use their mobile phones to contact each other briefly, they cannot send messages across dungeons.

Lin Xuan may have been teleported out by the copy.

Tong Yao, who was standing next to her, had a little wet hair, probably because she was also affected by the heavy rain caused by the lake.

She looked at Qiao Song putting on the straw raincoat for Xiao Ni with a rather complicated look. Her mouth felt sour and she wanted to make a sarcastic remark, but she felt that she would be beaten if she opened her mouth, so she had to shut up.

Tong Nan, who was standing next to him, seemed to have remembered something and was about to open his mouth to remind them when the elevator suddenly shook.

Boom.

The elevator reaches the first floor.

The elevator door that automatically locked the floor opened very slowly. Qiao Song noticed that this time when the door opened, it was no longer the living room.

There was thick fog outside the door, and the scene in the village could be vaguely seen. They were actually outside the house where the players were staying.

There were creatures moving in the fog, and heavy, slow footsteps could be heard from time to time.

I don't know when a bright red notice appeared in the elevator, with some new elevator rules written on it.

[1. Please do not stay in the elevator for a long time unless you have the protection of local villagers]

[2. Please do not leave the elevator until the fog in the village has dissipated.]

[3. There are only paper-making craftsmen in the paper-making village, but no villagers]

[4. Please keep your aesthetics consistent with the village style]

[5. Even if you die, please take care of your body to avoid being eaten by paper beasts from outside the village]

What do these five rules mean?

The first two points are contradictory, but elevators do protect them.

Qiao Song noticed that the fog outside the elevator seemed to have consciousness and tried to get in after the elevator door opened.

Before the elevator opened, Qiao Song felt two little paper figures silently approaching him. If this happened in any other copy, it would most likely be a prelude to a ghost attacking the player.

But these two guys now know that they can’t beat Qiao Song, so they won’t do that.

A layer of strange white light spread from the little paper man and enveloped Qiao Song, resisting the erosion of the grayish-white mist.

Um?

For the first time in his life, Qiao Song felt obvious kindness from these two little guys.

Tong Yao and Tong Nan looked a little unnatural, as if they were deliberately explaining something: "We are afraid that no one will take us out. After all, we promised our uncles, so please don't misunderstand anything."

At the same time, Xiao Ni was also pulled by the two men to stand together with Qiao Song, sandwiched between them.

Seeing that the two of them were also looking at the rules carefully, Qiao Song understood: "You have never entered the village at this time before?"

The two little paper figures shook their heads. Although they had never participated, they pointed to the rule book and said:

"My uncle's copy is different from the other copies. This thing is absolutely correct and we must abide by it."

They were not completely clueless. At least they had prepared some things in advance. There was thick fog outside the elevator, and they had no intention of going out after the door opened. Instead, they took the initiative to stand on both sides of Qiao Song.

The straw raincoat that the little monk had just put on also emitted a very faint white light.

Qiao Song narrowed his eyes slightly.

Why does this fog look like the thick fog on the Infinite Highway? Generally speaking, only hearses can resist it. Any player who is not in a car will disappear in the fog, even NPCs are no exception.

Guys like Boss Cai have to drive a hearse when they go out, but the white light of the straw raincoat on Xiao Ni can resist the fog?

Seeing her eyes widen, Tong Yao's eyes widened immediately and she spoke quickly: "What's wrong with that look in your eyes? Don't think of destroying my uncle's copy. This raincoat is only useful for ghosts and monsters, and it can't completely resist the outside fog. It just temporarily prevents them from being dragged in. What do you want to do?"

She hurriedly gave a long explanation, and only then did she see a look of pity in Qiao Song's eyes.

Based on her understanding of this player in the past few days, if she wanted Qiao Song to think that the grass stem products in Tianhuo Square could resist the fog, her uncle's copy would probably be directly plucked out.

"That's a shame."

Qiao Song said sincerely.

However, she did have a piece of grass in her toolbox, which she had dug up out of habit in the dungeon. After all, she even had lake water in her toolbox. It was the raw material for a base that could even catch skyfire. It would be okay to take some away for research, right?

Although the boys and girls said it was useless, it was her personal habit to never go empty-handed.

Of course, there is no time to pull the grass from the lawn and make it into a raincoat for experiment.

The boy and girl said that the fog would dissipate in a while and that it would be fine as long as they didn't go out. However, they only stayed quietly in the elevator for a few minutes before they clearly noticed the changes outside.

The fog was bustling with activity, and the footsteps were hurried and heavy, as if many creatures had gathered together.

Qiao Song keenly felt a suction force. The mist was like a hand trying to drag out the people hiding in the elevator.

The two little paper figures looked a little puzzled: "Strange, why is the fog so aggressive today?"

Even though they were reluctant, the two little guys took the initiative to hug Qiao Song's waist. Qiao Song grabbed Xiao Ni's shoulders, and the fog outside showed no signs of weakening.

The suction force was increasing, the roars were becoming more rapid, and the unknown creatures in the fog seemed to be fighting.

Rule 3 mentions that there are no villagers in the village, so the ones fighting now should be paper beasts?

The kind outside the village and the kind inside the village.

Rule 3 is easy to understand. If there is only one paper-folding craftsman in the village, then the other villagers may also be paper figures made by the paper-folding craftsman.

[4. Please keep your aesthetics consistent with the village style]

This may be a regional division. There are four villages in the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest. Each village has a different style of clothing, and the aesthetic styles of the paper figures made are also different. Perhaps it is used to divide the camps.

Are these paper beasts from several villages fighting each other?

Just as the boy and girl's faces became increasingly ugly, Qiao Song took the initiative to push the little nun into their arms.

"What are you doing? Are you going out to get yourself killed? Did you read the rule book for nothing?"

"Don't worry. My shrine seems to be able to protect against this. You two should be considered villagers. Keep an eye on Xiao Ni."

There are a few things here that seem contradictory at first glance, but they are not a problem for Qiao Song and the others.

The girl glanced at the rule book and then saw the wooden box that Qiao Song took out, and finally shut up.

Before Qiao Song came out, he felt the wooden box in his arms was getting hot.

She speculated that even without the shrine, players could still temporarily survive in the fog, which should be different from the fog on the Infinite Highway, otherwise the previous players would not have been able to survive until the second round.

It seems that the fog will not dissipate until the second round of the game begins, but hiding in the elevator all the time is not an option.

As soon as Qiao Song left the protection of the two little paper men and entered the fog, he felt a distinct tingling sensation.

Her skin felt slightly warm, as if something was corroding her skin.

Qiao Song stretched out her hand and felt it for two or three seconds before she held the shrine back in her arms. Soon, a very faint white light appeared around her, resisting the fog.

She looked down at the scar on the back of her hand. In that short moment just now, she had lost a piece of flesh and blood.

It turned out that she understood why some players, who had gained great soul strengthening after the second round, would have so many bones exposed when they re-entered the game.

This mist seems to corrode the power of the soul.

No, it would be more accurate to say it is cannibalization.

Qiao Song felt as if his soul had turned into flesh and blood, being bitten bit by bit by small insects.

Must go out and see.

It is true that the games in the paper-folding town have ended, but the games they played were never played in the village.

What are those NPCs in the village doing? Have those paper beasts outside the village broken in?

Is the rule book restricting the players who stay, or is it protecting them?

Qiao Song intuitively felt that he had to understand these questions before he could leave this copy.

She determined the direction and moved forward slowly.

In the elevator, Xiao Ni was pinned to the corner of a metal frame by a boy and a girl. Tong Yao felt that neither she nor Tong Nan could hold this guy down any longer.

"What should we do? Why don't we follow them and go see uncle again..."

As soon as Tong Nan opened his mouth weakly, he was rejected by the girl.

"No, this is a critical period. If something unexpected happens, uncle will have to take care of us. Can't you see that they have been busy behind our backs recently?"

As the dungeon managers, Fan Xi and Fan Heng had to completely separate the boys and girls into another camp if they wanted to do so, and not let them touch anything too core.

She and her brother were about to be sent away, and she couldn't hold her uncle back any longer...

The more the virgin thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt.

Xiao Ni howled and took the opportunity to bite Tong Yao's palm, mumbling: "I can control the paper beast, I want to go out and help!"

Tong Nan's eyes lit up. Yes, I almost forgot about this. This way it doesn't count as a violation and safety is also guaranteed.

Tong Yao realized it later and pushed Xiao Ni away in disgust. She wiped her saliva on Tong Nan, glared at Xiao Ni again, and then took out a paper beast kit.

Because of her congenital deficiency, she and Tong Nan could only work together to control a paper beast. Xiao Ni was free and summoned Hei Dou to control a velociraptor himself.

The three little monsters went to chase Qiao Song. Of course, their real bodies were still in the elevator. They were not Qiao Song and could not walk freely in the fog.

At this time, Qiao Song in the fog was also hesitating whether to use the paper beast.

Firstly, after changing the field of vision, the details of some clues may not be so clear. Secondly, the original human body shape is more suitable for movement, avoiding bumping into things in poor vision.

She felt that there were a lot of big guys here.

There were so many rules on the elevator bulletin board, but she only cared about rule five.

[5. Even if you die, please take care of your body to avoid being eaten by paper beasts]

After seeing the players performing resurrection missions in Tianhuo Square, Qiao Song suspected that the Zhazhi Town had other secrets regarding the issue of player deaths.

Corpse?

When a person dies, how do you deal with his or her body?

The shrine in her hand glowed faintly, enveloping her in a very light glow. She soon realized that a big creature in the fog seemed to have discovered her.

Densely packed red compound eyes, like dim lights, locked onto this side through the fog.

Dong—dong—from the gradually clearer sound of heavy footsteps, Qiao Song quickly determined that this guy had more than two legs.

It was large, crawling on all fours, and panting heavily, so it was most likely some kind of composite beast, just like the ones we saw at the edge of the village during the day.

It was getting pretty close.

Qiao Song hugged the shrine and tried to keep his breathing as low as possible.

She leaned against the edge of a courtyard wall, with a ghostly red compound eye floating above her head.

There was a heavy breathing sound, and Qiao Song knew that it was the thing smelling its prey.

The fog obscured its vision, but did not completely block its sense of smell. It had been to this village many times. During the restart every seven days, the managers of the copy were busy fighting each other, which allowed these foreign paper beasts to hunt freely.

There will be a lot of smart players here.

They finished the game but didn't leave quietly, thinking of using the bug to enter the next round.

But now is not the time to monitor the game.

If he eats just one, just one, he will be free...

Separated by a wall, fearing that the electric saw would make too much noise, Qiao Song took out an axe in his other hand.

She stuck to the wall, holding her breath, trying to determine where the four-legged creature on the other side of the wall had gone, when suddenly, a scream came from a distance.

"Xiao Cong, watch out behind you!"

Qiao Song frowned and soon noticed that the group of monsters in the fog were becoming agitated.

If you lose your vision, sound will reveal your location the fastest.

Even the giant paper beast on the wall behind her hesitated for a moment and then chased after that place.

Qiao Song could tell that the exclamation just now came from Brother Hulu, and Xiao Cong was the girl using the mattress.

Didn’t they stay for one round before?

If we stay, it will be the third round. Will the game allow such imbalance?

It turned out that Qiao Song's guess was correct. She ran in the thick fog for a while and soon found two people who were surrounded by many monsters in the center of the venue.

At this time, the gourd boy's appearance had once again degenerated into half skin and half muscle.

It can be clearly seen that the dreadlocks on his head are being corroded by the mist one by one.

Without the protection of the shrine and the help of local villagers, the thick fog can cause extraordinary damage to the players.

Lin Qun held Xiao Cong in his arms. The mattress had been put away at this time. The girl seemed to still be asleep. Many invisible dream tentacles, like a big net, bound the monsters around her firmly in place.

There were too many of them. Lin Qun's shout just now directly awakened most of the monsters nearby.

But if he hadn't reminded her, Xiao Cong would have been eaten in one bite.

The invisible tentacles transformed from dreams were about to collapse. Lin Qun held the girl's head in his arms and let the thick fog consume him first: "Don't be afraid, I see an elevator ahead, let's find another one to hide in!"

Xiao Cong grabbed his clothes, his eyes were tightly closed, and he mumbled incoherently, like he was mumbling in a dream: "In their stomachs, is..."

Lin Qun held down his prop card and tried frantically to clear the way, but cracks had already appeared on the gourd and his props were being eroded by the fog.

Because he had to judge the terrain and find the elevator, he didn't dare to fly too high. Soon he saw a metal reflective object standing alone on the ground not far away.

It should be an elevator!

Soon, the faint light in front of my eyes was blocked.

A dark mouth suddenly jumped up from below, so fast that his mind couldn't react.

In Lin Qun's last consciousness, he only felt a frog tongue like an elastic rope tying him and Xiao Cong and putting them into a black pocket.

He felt like he had fallen into a washing machine and was being ravaged and scrubbed. He was unable to breathe or struggle, as if his entire body had turned into a piece of jelly.

It’s over, I’m really in trouble this time.

Buzz buzz buzz——

His remaining hearing made him feel that something was making a sound.

Then came the sound of cutting the skin from the outside in, the sound of the blade cutting through the flesh bit by bit, sticky and disgusting, but it broke his fate of completely losing consciousness.

With a crash, Qiao Song quickly dragged out the two people inside a ripped-open frog monster.

Lin Qun was covered in mucus.

His right hand was still holding Xiao Cong. In such a short period of time, the two of them were locked in two different white cocoons respectively, with only their hands not being completely separated.

Afterwards, Lin Qun felt that he was rolling rapidly on the ground, as if he was being dragged forward.

The pain soon woke him up.

Seeing that the person had woken up and summoned the gourd to fly, Qiao Song let go of the hand that was dragging the big cocoon.

Seeing Xiao Cong on her back, Lin Qun breathed a sigh of relief.

Qiao Song only cared about saving his life, but she didn't care how painful it would be to be dragged on the ground.

"Are you still sane? If you can fly, go straight in this direction. There is an elevator in 800 meters."

Upon hearing this, Lin Qun instantly came to his senses. He decisively increased the speed of the gourd. At the same time, he discovered that the erosion of the thick fog seemed not as serious as before.

Is the copy finally coming to an end and a new game cycle beginning?

No, the fog around was still very thick, but near Qiao Song's range, visibility became higher and the fog became lighter.

strangeness.

Without having time to think about the reason, he quickly found the elevator in front and rushed in with Xiao Cong.

Qiao Song was finishing up at the back. She had just thrown out a small paper man, a paper beast with six hands, and with her multitasking, she successfully managed to briefly resist the pursuers behind.

What surprised her was that she heard the roar of dinosaurs and the familiar sound of quarreling behind her.

"I asked you to step on his tail, why did you hit his head? You almost bit me."

"What does it matter? They are all noobs anyway. Where's Sister Qiao Song? She seems to have run away."

"How can you call her that? You are not allowed to call her sister!"

Xiao Ni ignored the two boys and girls, and dealt with the pursuers with a few roars, trying to buy time for Qiao Song.

After all, it's not the main body fighting, so there's no need to be afraid of covering the rear.

After realizing that it was the little paper man who was helping him, Qiao Song didn't stop. He collected the other things he dug out of the frog's stomach and slipped back into the elevator.

Although the elevator door could not be closed at this time, with my own paper mannequin blocking the door, my sense of security increased dramatically.

The boy and girl stood there motionless, as if they had just severed the connection with the paper beasts. They felt a little sad that they had been under siege and had not had time to recover.

Xiao Ni ran over quickly wearing a straw raincoat and tried to cover Qiao Song with the clothes.

He had just seen it outside. Most players would be corroded by the fog when they encountered it.

"I'm fine, look, there's no wound at all."

The skin on Qiao Song's fingertips has healed.

Although the whole town is filled with fog, there seems to be a very faint smell of incense, which can be considered as one of the helps for players. Even if they accidentally enter the fog, their soul power will not be exhausted quickly.

Of course, other players cannot be in the same state as Qiao Song.

call--

In the corner of the elevator, Lin Qun was lying down, covering his face with wounds of varying sizes, gasping with gritted teeth.

It was almost game over.

Xiao Cong woke up slowly beside her. Most of her skin had been corroded, but she was holding something tightly in her hand.

The little girl didn't have many wounds on her body, but it looked painful. However, she didn't say a word, just stared at the palm of her hand for a long time before she slowly said:

"Lin Qun, I found my aunt and the others' things."

Due to exhaustion, she couldn't even summon a mattress while escaping, but from beginning to end, Xiao Cong used her last dream tentacles to protect the things in her arms.

That's a card.

【Convenience laundry shop·Zhang Hongying】

It's what's in the monster's stomach.

In order to get this card, she was almost eaten.

If players can exploit a bug and enter the second round of the game, they will face corresponding risks, and if they enter for the third time, they will receive epic attention from monsters.

But Xiao Cong does not regret it.

Only then did Qiao Song realize that Xiao Cong and Lin Qun had originally planned to leave this copy after the game ended, but Xiao Cong said that he had a strange dream.

"When I regained all my flesh and blood in the second half of this dungeon, my abilities were upgraded."

[Sleeping mattress reviewer · prophetic dream. 】

[A good mattress can bring a good sleep, and naturally make the reviewer have a good dream. Treasure the reminder it gives you, it may be a major decision that can change your future, or it may put you in a dead end. ]

"This business card is from my aunt's store. We were in the same car before entering this game, and we came here because of a car accident."

Later, for various reasons, the players gradually dispersed to other copies. The last time she heard from her aunt, she had gone to Zootopia.

"The monster I saw before was a big sika deer. Visibility was poor in the fog, but many monsters were still able to find Lin Qun and me and attack us. But the sika deer didn't eat me. It had this business card in its mouth. Will it..."

"Shh-"

Qiao Song held the girl's shoulders and heard footsteps outside the open elevator door.

Outside the elevator blocked by paper beasts.

A huge sika deer came towards this direction with a clear goal.

She had bright red antlers on her head, with several different small animals, mice, unknown birds, and the corpses of rabbits stuck on them.

The eyes of the sika deer are as red as gems crying blood.

She opened her mouth and made a strange sound. Gradually, the deer's cry turned into intermittent, but increasingly clear and terrifying human language:

"Xiao Cong, help your aunt. Your aunt is here."