Chapter 162
On the 49th floor of the Red Heart Tower, a headless female corpse lay quietly on the ninth train track. A large amount of blood seeped into the ground and dyed the gravel under the track red.
Apparently, she wasn't the first person to try the track, nor the first player to die on it.
Even though the woman's death was so tragic, the players standing outside the track were not surprised at all, and most of them had numb expressions.
No one screamed, and there wasn't much discussion. After going through the layers of screening and elimination in the A-shaped tower, the remaining players were all already accustomed to the bloody and horrific scenes.
They just watched silently as the headless corpse was automatically cleared by the track after a few seconds and gradually disappeared from everyone's sight.
There was no longer any foreign object on the long track that could block the train from passing, but the blood that had seeped into the ground did not disappear.
Nine little children carrying green school bags and wearing blue jackets ran out from the depths of the woods again, jumping and skipping.
They all wore red hats, and one by one they put their arms around the shoulders of the child in front of them. From a distance they looked like a group of small train carriages.
These children look no more than five or six years old, and their faces still have the innocence and liveliness that children should have.
But the players standing on the other side, who had already witnessed death time and time again, had a slight flash of fear in their eyes the moment they appeared.
"Train number nine is about to leave! Beep beep! Beep beep!"
"Eight kids are playing games, one is taking a break, and the number nine train is beeping!"
"Green carriage, red front, blue driver, no axle."
"Left sidestep, right turn, a kid truck axle."
"The driver quickly got out of the car to check..."
When they sang this line, the children suddenly stopped and turned back to look at everyone. Their cute looks instantly became terrifying.
With distorted faces, blackened skin, and eyes gushing blood, they sang the last sentence in unison.
"Eight children lying on the ground, and one child looking for his head!"
A green train with only one carriage came from a distance. It seemed to be some distance away, but in the blink of an eye the train was already there.
No one was surprised by this strange scene, but when the car door opened with a clang, everyone's face darkened.
In fact, they had already wasted too much time on this level of the tower, watching many players die one after another, but they were still powerless to do anything.
Apart from the players who used the Tower Key to directly avoid this level, they have not seen any player pass the level so far.
Soon, the ticket in the hand of another player in the crowd lit up with a strange golden light, silently urging him to get on the bus.
"Fuck! Is there anyone willing to get on the bus early?" The middle-aged man looked panicked, holding up the glowing ticket and shouting to the people around him:
"Is there anyone who wants to exchange a ticket with me? No one?!"
The more he shouted, the weaker his voice became, and his face became ashen, indicating that he was in complete despair.
Before getting on the bus, every player tried to exchange tickets with the player with a later number. The same words were shouted countless times, but no one stood up to respond.
But even so, every player still dreams of struggling before dying.
The middle-aged man's time was almost up. The train ticket in his hand no longer glowed, but the ticket body was incredibly hot.
If he doesn't get on the bus within the allotted time, he will be automatically eliminated from the tower, and his death will be particularly tragic.
Some had their heads cut off like the girl just now, while others were crushed into meat paste.
Instead of being killed by the system directly, it is better to grit your teeth, get in the car and give it a try.
The middle-aged man's face was pale. He held the ticket in his hand and got on the bus with great trepidation.
The moment the car door closed, the middle-aged man disappeared.
After a long while, the train started moving, but the door suddenly made a clanging sound, as if someone inside was banging frantically, struggling to survive.
Soon, the train pulled away from the players, dragging a carriage of flayed passengers hanging from the roof away.
Everyone watching this scene couldn't help but feel cold all over, and they always felt that they would be the next person to be hanged.
The last train has left and the next one won't come until five minutes later.
Even if time is stretched out, it is only a moment of survival.
Yi Tu, who had changed his appearance, mixed in with the crowd and heard that some people around him were crying out of fear.
She was a fair-skinned little girl who looked so young, probably only thirteen or fourteen years old.
The train ticket in her hand was already wrinkled, and with her tears and snot, the ticket number was almost unrecognizable.
The little girl cried pitifully, but no one around came forward to comfort her. Instead, they scolded her impatiently and told her to shut up.
In this situation where everyone is in danger, no one will have any unnecessary sympathy.
In the face of absolute threat of death, the most correct approach is to strive to protect yourself.
But there was also a young woman who really couldn't bear it, so she stepped forward and comforted the little girl softly, but she still couldn't stop crying.
The woman was puzzled, but when she saw the ticket number on the little girl, she finally said nothing, just sighed and left.
Yi Tu only glanced at it from a distance and didn't see the specific number, but it was still not difficult to guess that this little girl might be the next person to get on the bus.
As soon as the player enters this level of the tower, a train ticket written in black and white will automatically appear in his hand.
There is no starting point, naturally no end point, not even time.
There is only the flight number and the train ticket number purchased by the passenger.
Everyone was on train number nine, the only difference was the train ticket number that followed.
Since Yitu had spent a lot of time on the first few floors of the tower, when he reached the 49th floor, a large number of players had already gathered there.
Therefore, the train ticket number he got was quite late, and it would not be his turn to get on the train for a while.
If Yitu hasn't met the King of Hearts yet, he might not be in a hurry. It might be a good idea to observe for a while.
But now, he doesn't have any extra time to waste any more.
Yitu used his spiritual sense to scan the people around him, and after confirming that there were no people from the King of Hearts here, he walked towards the little girl.
"Stop crying. Can you show me the ticket?" Yitu stopped two steps away from her and asked in a low voice.
The little girl looked at him, her face full of tears, and she sobbed again. She stuffed the ticket into Yitu's hand with trembling hands.
The train ticket in my hand was wet. After unfolding it, I saw that it was indeed the number of the next train.
Yitu thought for a moment and handed his train ticket to the little girl.
He ignored the little girl who was still standing there in a daze, turned around and left without saying a word.
Even though he had changed to a ticket with the most urgent departure time, Yitu was still a little worried.
Ever since he met Ding Rong by chance in the City of Elves and taught him a lesson, Yi Tu habitually used his divine sense to explore Ding Rong's mind before leaving.
In the end, Ding Rong's hysterical remarks were not without basis.
Without the Queen of Hearts and Ou Cheng, the Nightingale was severely damaged and fell out of the top 100.
And the fact that it was able to climb back tenaciously in the end was thanks to the member of the top 100 team that it was on good terms with.
If it was just an ordinary team without any backing, Yi Tu would just laugh it off and not take it seriously.
But if a team has the courage to help the already notorious Nightingale, it cannot be a simple team.
Lingque is apparently a team composed of free players, but in fact the captain of Lingque is a formal editor of the Chique team.
In a sense, there is still a certain difference between the team's registered external editor and the directly clear affiliated team.
The former is about sharing interests, while the latter exists to provide comprehensive services to the main team.
However, even if they are beneficiaries, the captain of the listed team often does not have any real power, and at critical moments he still has to listen to the listed team.
Therefore, being listed as an external editor only sounds better in reputation, but in reality, the treatment is not as good as that of an affiliated team.
The Lingque team is Chique's affiliated team, and Chique's captain is the Red Heart King Minghuang.
With the Emperor Ming as his backer, it’s no wonder that Ding Rong dared to act so arrogantly in the Red Heart Tower.
But the last words that Ding Rong said made Yi Tu a little more alert.
After all, a tall tree attracts the wind. Moreover, Handian was established not long ago, but its reputation is almost surpassing several old teams, and there is a tendency to dominate the field.
There are also many players who are just watching the fun and taking the opportunity to fan the flames and exaggerate.
The rise of Handian is not impossible, but its appearance must not block the way for certain people, not to mention that it has already threatened the status of the throne players.
All advanced players of the Gambler's Game know that ever since the battle for the throne two years ago, even to this day, the four Kins have been in a state of checks and balances with each other.
Despite the different colors, the four Kings are destined to have different strengths.
Hearts and diamonds can neither defeat the brutal spades nor the cunning clubs.
But the Heart King Minghuang is good at scheming and attacking people's hearts, and the Diamond King Xingzhu is even better at gathering people's strength.
The former is difficult to chew, and the latter is impossible to chew.
Such a situation will inevitably lead to the balance and restraint of the four kings, and precisely because of this, it is difficult for the four queens to take the throne.
From the nature of the identity card, the Queen will not be oppressed by the King's rank like the Jack, and there is almost no impact.
But despite this, before Yi Tu, the three queens either became vassals or were restrained by all parties.
The Queen of Clubs, Weizhou, stood on the side of the King of Spades, causing their strength to begin to crush.
But soon the appearance of the Diamond King Xingzhu and his unparalleled cohesion became the key to balancing the big devil.
The King of Hearts and the King of Clubs, who are relatively weak, have a feud with each other and have always been incompatible, but they dare not fight easily.
As a result, even if the Spade Queen and the Flower Umbrella had ambitions, they were suppressed by all sides and could not move.
The highest level of the throne players is always a stalemate, unless an outsider comes in to break the peace.
The queen of spades is one, and the queen of hearts may not be the second.
The former was convicted for love and ended up in a hasty manner, while the latter gradually became powerful from a weak position.
Although the rise of the Queen of Hearts was not yet strong enough to change the situation, it had already threatened the position of the Ming Emperor.
Among the players of the throne, there has always been a default rule of the game.
If a king cannot suppress his queen, he will be replaced.
It is precisely because there is no strict hierarchical suppression between the King and the Queen that the Queen often usurps the throne.
Although there has been no usurpation of the throne among this generation of throne players, the gaming history of earlier generations of throne players is still recorded in the notes of the servants.
Before Yitu became the Queen of Hearts, Judith had already taken over three novice players like him.
The first two lived for less than thirty days, while the third lived a little longer, two months and six days, and died in a mid-level card game.
So this is why when Judith first met Yi Tu, she acted very businesslike and didn't show any emotional involvement.
Although Yitu had no intention of usurping the throne, the Ming Emperor still became wary.
Seeing that the Easter egg game is getting closer day by day, and the identity of the king may increase the chance of survival, at this critical juncture, how can we not be extremely careful.
Yitu only thought about the possibility that the Emperor Ming would target him, but did not give it any further thought.
Firstly, his strength had improved qualitatively, and it was impossible for Emperor Ming to kill him directly.
Secondly, there are many people and scattered members in the tower, so it would take a lot of effort for Emperor Minghuang to find an opportunity to take action.
Although he considered everything very comprehensively, for the sake of his own safety, Yitu immediately closed his viewing area after leaving the Elf City.
However, what he never expected was that he would meet the King of Hearts' men on every subsequent level of the tower.
At first, Yitu didn't take it seriously until a few players with obvious actions deliberately stood in front of him, trying to hinder his progress.
After scanning with his mind, he realized that these players were all players from Chi Que's affiliated team. They were not very strong, but they were quite difficult to deal with.
They were all sent here under the orders of Emperor Ming to deliberately delay Yi Tu's progress.
Perhaps they knew they could not cause any substantial harm to the Queen of Hearts, so their intention was to target other members of the Cold Palace instead of trying to make him suffer.
After all, Handian has just passed the observation period not long ago, and there are only six members now. As long as one person is missing, the data will be immediately deleted by the system and enter the observation period again.
The Ming Emperor would not spend too much effort to deal with him, he just needed to make Yi Tu powerless.
A Queen of Hearts that cannot stand its ground is not enough to threaten the King of Hearts that has already established deep roots.
Although Yitu knew that the Emperor Minghuang was good at scheming and attacking people's minds, it was only after they actually fought that he realized how difficult he was to deal with.
I don’t know where the Emperor Ming got the news from, but he actually knew the agreement he had made with Shen Yueshu and others long ago.
After passing the 50th floor, players will be prohibited from entering the viewing area, blocking all sources of information.
In order to ensure the safety of the team members, Yitu agreed with them to meet on the 56th floor of the Spade Tower, and then meet again every 10 floors.
Such information would absolutely not be known to any outsider except the members of Handian.
And all the red-heart players who were sent to prevent Yi Tu from passing the level actually knew about it.
While Yi Tu felt chilled, a terrible thought came to his mind.
If the information disclosure was not accidental, then the person who leaked the information would probably be Xie Yan, who was not very conspicuous.
Xu Heng and Ou Cheng were both brought by Yi Tu personally, so there was no need to say much about Shen Yueshu.
As for Song Jingchen, because of his relationship with Wei Zhou, there was no need for him to betray him.
The only one left is Xie Yan, who is mysterious and whose detailed origins are unknown.
Thinking of this, Yitu immediately went to the viewing area of Song Jingchen and Xie Yan.
Not surprisingly, the viewing area that the two had kept open was closed at some point.
However, Xu Heng, Shen Yueshu and Ou Cheng did not have the habit of opening the viewing area.
In other words, Yitu only realized at this time that he had completely cut off contact with his teammates.
There was no way to pass the message to others, and he was worried that Xie Yan would do something bad to Song Jingchen.
You know, if you want to reduce the number of people in Han Palace, Song Jingchen, the weakest one, is undoubtedly the best target.
Especially since this kid was very low on guard and sentimental, Xie Yan had saved him just once, which made him completely let down his guard.
What's more, after that, we spent a long time together.
If Song Jingchen died, Handian would not just enter an observation period, but would directly return to the starting point three months ago.
By the time the re-established team had passed the observation period, it was already too late to catch up with the Spring Joint Tournament.
The Emperor Minghuang had a very good plan. He restricted the growth of the Queen of Hearts from the root and nipped its bud in the bud.
The more Yi Tu thought about it, the gloomier he felt. He had wasted a lot of time in the Red Heart Tower. If Shen Yueshu and Ou Cheng were at their speed, they would have reached the 56th floor long ago.
It was impossible for the Emperor Minghuang to ignore this information and set no trap, allowing them to meet safely on the 56th floor.
In fact, Shen Yueshu did not reach the 56th floor as quickly as Yi Tu imagined.
Even he himself never expected to meet an old friend he hadn't seen for many years on the 50th floor of Spade.
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