Chapter 2
No one knew what had happened on the boat. The river was as calm as a bottomless abyss that swallowed up several lives in an instant.
"Was that Liu Dashan's flash ball just now?" Huang Tianfang, who has always had no presence in the team, spoke up.
Yi Tu looked in the direction of the voice. The woman was short and standing next to the high school girl Ruan Mengmeng, they looked like real sisters with a difference of more than ten years.
She was not as pretty as Fu Xue, spoke very little, and rarely took the initiative to communicate with others, but she was the first person to arrive here.
Liu Dashan is the fitness coach in tights, and Huang Tianfang had a brief conversation with him.
"That should be it. He probably used that flash ball to see his surroundings clearly." Zhao Haichuan raised his glasses frame.
Flashing balls are common and low-level props in gambler game stores, and their function is only to maintain a short period of light.
Fortunately, the flash ball has a wide range of illumination and is quite affordable, so many novices and low-level players buy it.
"They just... died like that?" Lin Fei covered his swollen face and looked at everyone in disbelief.
"What else?" Fu Xue smiled sweetly and said lightly.
"Impossible, this is just a joke, you must be kidding me!" Lin Fei didn't believe it and started to make trouble again.
"Sister, I want to go home... I'm scared..." Ruan Mengmeng held Huang Tianfang's hand and couldn't help crying, "Will we all die here?"
"No, that was just...an accident." A complicated look flashed across Huang Tianfang's face.
In fact, they all knew very well that such accidents would only become more and more frequent and more and more terrifying.
"This card game is the Three of Hearts, which is of a low rank, and the suit is hearts, which symbolizes wisdom and love. This shouldn't happen," Zhang Queshan frowned.
What's more, the focus of their clearance this time was in the village across the river, but no one expected that two of them would die just as the game started.
"Love?" Yitu turned to look at Zhang Queshan, "Here?" There is love in horror games?
This person's mysterious focus shifted again. Zhang Queshan took a deep breath.
".....How do you expect me to explain this official response?"
He told Yitu that different suits represent different meanings in the card field. For example, spades symbolize spears in the card field, representing killing and fighting.
The plum blossom symbolizes clover and represents luck and unexpected events.
The diamond symbolizes diamonds and represents wealth, while the heart symbolizes wisdom and love.
Although they don't know why the heart suit represents love, this suit is the gentlest one compared to other card games.
"Let's think of a way to cross the river and get to the village on the other side." Fu Xue said:
"It's late at night, I'm afraid it won't be safe."
Once the time passes eleven in the card world, the danger will increase significantly, especially for those who gather together like them and stay in one place, they will die faster.
"I'll try it in the water." Aniu said to Fu Xue with his head down, then strode to the shore and reached out to test the water temperature. It was very cold.
"Can you?" Fu Xue hesitated, but didn't stop him. "Then you have to be careful. The water is cold, don't get cramps in the water."
Ah Niu nodded and said, "It's okay, I can handle the cold."
After saying that, he took off his shirt, revealing his muscular body, and jumped into the river with an experienced attitude.
"Aniu swims in winter every year, so this temperature should be no problem for him," Fu Xue explained. "The river isn't too wide, so he can swim across in fifteen minutes."
"If we can get to the village across the way, maybe there's a way to pick us up."
After all, not everyone can swim. Fu Xue can't, so she has to find another way to cross the river.
After entering the water, Aniu tried to swim a few meters before he disappeared from everyone's sight.
However, he didn't swim far before he quickly changed direction, his movements were very urgent.
Just when everyone was confused about the situation, a trace of nervousness appeared on Ah Niu's unchanging face and he looked back quickly, as if he was confirming something.
He took a deep breath and dived directly into the water in a panic. The moment the water splashed, Yitu seemed to see a small pale hand reaching out of the water, trying to grab Aniu's hair.
But the hand quickly retracted into the water, with an unusually fast movement.
"There seems to be something in the water." Yitu frowned and whispered.
Everyone was shocked, and Fu Xue immediately clenched his fists.
Aniu disappeared in the river, and Fu Xue's face turned ugly.
"Did you see it wrong?" Zhang Queshan asked uncertainly.
"He's not wrong." Duan Zixi, who had been standing aside and remained silent, suddenly spoke.
"A little kid's hand. I just saw it."
"There's something in the water."
The world of cards is completely different from the normal world, where unnatural phenomena occur quite frequently.
But they didn't expect it to appear so quickly this time.
"Aniu has a fourth-level apostle card."
After a period of silence, a complex expression flashed across Fu Xuejiao's pretty face.
In the store, players can use joker points to redeem cards with certain directional functions. Cards are divided into two categories, called apostle cards or acolyte cards.
The former are card props that are chosen and used voluntarily, while the latter are card props that play a role automatically and directly serve the card holder.
There is a strict hierarchy between the Apostle and the Page cards, from level one to level five, with level five being the lowest and having even less effect.
Aniu has an apostle card related to water.
"This card only works in water. The longer the holder is deprived of oxygen in the water, the faster they will swim."
The reason why Ah Niu chose to dive directly into the water was probably because he had no choice but to use this card.
"Things in the water move very fast." Fu Xue's voice was soft and trembling. "There's a good chance that A Niu won't be able to get out."
He and Aniu are not only partners in the card world, but also good friends in real life. Their sufficient understanding and tacit understanding allow them to leave the card room alive every time.
But this time it was completely beyond their expectations.
Fu Xue had helped Aniu time his breath before, and she knew very well the longest time her partner could hold his breath.
Three minutes.
"If he doesn't make it to shore in three minutes..."
Fu Xue stared at the watch on Yi Tu's wrist. There were only ten seconds left before Aniu went into the water.
Everyone's heart was in their throat, but the river remained silent.
Until the last second, a hand with bulging veins suddenly rushed out of the water and grabbed the stone edge in front of Yitu's feet.
Ah Niu suddenly emerged from the water, his face, pale from lack of oxygen, filled with fear. He shouted with his last bit of strength:
"Pull me up! Pull me up!"
Hearing the sound, everyone quickly pulled him up. The moment he was pulled out of the water, a snow-white head emerged from the water.
Yi Tu was caught off guard and met the creature's completely dark eyes, and a strange and uncomfortable feeling instantly came over him.
And this is just the fastest one among them.
Soon the surface of the river was covered with dense hair, and pale and creepy faces began to appear, staring at the people on the shore with indifference.
These are the villagers who drowned after their boat capsized not long ago, as well as... game players.
For some reason, they all turned into water ghosts in the water.
Everyone was speechless for a long time. When all the water ghosts slowly left the river bank and sank to the bottom of the river, until they could no longer see any trace of the water ghosts, the players breathed a sigh of relief.
“I almost couldn’t get up.”
Aniu collapsed on the ground, gasping for breath, and it took him a long time to recover. Fu Xue took out a handkerchief and wiped his face covered with river water.
If his reaction had been a little slower or his eyesight had been a little worse, he would not have been able to come back so safely.
Aniu's night vision was enhanced by the cards, so when he first noticed something was wrong, he turned around immediately.
"Those things are very fast, and their attack is very targeted." Ah Niu got up from the ground and said, "It's impossible to swim over them."
"It's good that you're okay. Swimming across was just an attempt. If you can't make it, you can think of other ways." Huang Tianfang comforted.
"Stop bragging, what other ideas do you have?" Lin Fei folded his arms and sneered, "Just tell me how we can get through here. I'm so sleepy!"
After all, he was an old scoundrel who didn't learn his lesson even after being beaten. Looking at Ah Niu's silently clenched fists, Yi Tu shook his head speechlessly.
At this moment, everyone's face looked unhappy, including Fu Xue, who was always smiling. Her face turned gloomy.
Lin Fei's heart skipped a beat, and he knew that he had stirred up a hornet's nest this time, so he turned around and ran.
But he was no match for Aniu. Before he could run out, Aniu, who was like a gibbon, grabbed him by the back of the collar, and scared Lin Fei so much that he screamed.
"Don't hit me! Don't hit me! I was wrong, big brother. I was wrong. I was really wrong!"
Ah Niu, who was furious, ignored him expressionlessly. Lin Fei quickly pointed behind everyone to divert their attention and shouted:
"Look! Look! There's a boat! There's a boat coming!"
However, such a trick couldn't even fool a three-year-old child. Everyone felt that Lin Fei was insulting their intelligence by shouting this.
It's outrageous.
So Lin Fei wailed and took a solid punch from Ah Niu. He knelt on the ground and curled up, but he still pointed at the crowd behind him and groaned in grievance:
"There really is a boat... I'm not lying!"
Everyone was stunned. Looking back, they saw a boat slowly approaching on the river.
"Damn, it's actually true." Zhang Queshan looked surprised.
Fu Xue was also quite surprised, and said to Lin Fei with a smile:
"If I had known beating you would be so effective, why would I have waited until now?"
"Yes, I'll try it next time I have the chance." Yi Tu also thought it was great when he saw it.
"You are not human, you are not human. Are you still human?" Lin Fei wanted to cry but had no tears.
There's actually another chance?!
When the boat stopped steadily at the shore, everyone's heart was lifted.
You know, not long ago, a similar wooden boat took the lives of their two companions.
Will this one be the same as before?
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