Chapter 207
When Xu Heng realized this, a chill quietly crept up his spine.
Due to holding his breath for a long time, his brain was in a mess, his whole face was burning uncontrollably, and his lungs were in pain due to lack of oxygen.
At the moment when his thoughts were churning, Xu Heng even had an extremely dangerous idea.
The sea cucumber had most likely discovered him. After all, they were so close, so close that his heartbeat was clearly deafening.
But the sea cucumber did not leave, nor did it attack. It just quietly pressed its face against his, causing him great suffering.
There was no longer a trace of oxygen in his lungs, yet Xu Heng's eyes were still filled with darkness and silence.
He didn't have time to think about whether Yitu and Huasan would take action, or to speculate on more outcomes. He only knew that he could no longer hold on.
When Xu Heng took the first breath of air through his nose, he subconsciously licked his numb lips, which tasted inexplicably sweet and fishy.
The very next second, he was violently pushed backwards.
But there was no solid wall behind him, and he fell into the icy river.
The familiar feeling of suffocation came over him again, and the river water, with its despairing atmosphere, completely drowned him.
This change happened so suddenly that Xu Heng didn't even react to what was happening.
Before his eyes and around him, there was only endless darkness and river water, which had a fishy, cold, and flowing feel.
No matter how he struggled or swam, it seemed as if he would never be able to reach the surface of the river.
However, in fact, he could not tell the direction he was in, and had no sense of sinking or upstream.
At this point, Xu Heng also realized that he had no chance of surviving, and could only reluctantly use up a resurrection card.
But he really couldn't understand why such an amazing change would happen in just a dozen seconds.
There was not a single sign, not a single hint, except for the terrifying darkness that followed like a shadow.
Ever since the sea cucumber entered the room, he had been shrouded in darkness and had never taken a single step out.
Xu Heng didn't know whether this was a premeditated act or a condition that would inevitably trigger death.
He couldn't think of any more answers. He just felt that he was about to drown in the cold river and fall completely into darkness.
And he had no way to save himself unless a guiding light appeared on the river.
The thought only flashed through his mind, but the next second something he never expected happened.
A death-choice question appeared before him, although this death-choice question did not leave Xu Heng any room for choice.
[Today, you are asked by Fang Qin to stay in a fixed room, anxiously waiting for the next task of killing fish.
Night falls, darkness descends, and terror approaches. Unfortunately, you are targeted by a monster hiding in the darkness. In your panic, you decide:
A. Ignoring the old woman's warning, he lit the candles in the room to dispel the darkness.
This death multiple-choice question is not long because it is essentially an incomplete multiple-choice question.
The only option A emitted a faint light, indicating the fact that Xu Heng had no other choice.
The appearance of the death multiple-choice question only told Xu Heng what would happen next, but he had no ability to change it.
Just when Xu Heng felt extremely powerless, in the silent room, Yi Tu and Hua Shan both saw the scene of Xu Heng being pressed against the face by the ape.
They had no idea of the bizarre things Xu Heng had encountered in just a few seconds, nor did they know that Xu Heng had been forced to complete the first death choice question.
Yitu was still thinking about how to protect himself and save Xu Heng, but the facts proved that this was simply impossible.
Especially since this fish was completely hidden in the darkness after entering the door, only a vague outline could be seen.
What's more, before approaching, it covered itself with a blanket to camouflage itself, so there was no way to distinguish the characteristics of the sea cucumber and call out its name.
Just when Yitu was about to give it a try and prepare to knock the sea cucumber away, a ray of fire suddenly lit up in the room.
It wasn't bright, but it was enough to show the stunned expressions of Yi Tu and Hua San.
At this time, Xu Heng also struggled out of the nightmarish river water. The moment he broke through the water, he finally opened his eyes successfully.
At this moment, there was no trace of the so-called "鮜" in the room. There was only a candle that appeared at the bedside at some point, and the candlelight was dim and lighted by someone unknown.
The three of them were stunned, and then the next second, Huasan rushed over without thinking and put out the fire.
However, it was all too late. Yitu looked out the window and saw tall and thin shadows walking out from the dark doors of every household that were open to the outside.
They were rushing towards their direction.
"Why are there candles here?" Huasan looked at Xu Heng and Yitu, his tone filled with disbelief.
Yitu shook his head. Before Xu came in, he was absolutely sure that there was no lighting in the room, let alone a candle placed on the bedside.
However, the candle appeared out of thin air, and it was still lit.
Yitu was also caught off guard by this sudden change, but he did not lose his composure. The more advanced the card game, the less likely they are to play by the rules.
Some of them may have patterns to follow, but for others, the reasons may not be known.
The abalone disappeared in the room, but the quilt that the abalone had covered was still piled on the ground, proving that the thing had indeed appeared.
Yitu picked up the quilt. In addition to the strong fishy smell from the abalone, there was also an indescribable smell.
It tastes sweet and fishy, but not like blood.
"Xu Heng, did you just encounter a death choice question?"
Yitu stood up, looked at him and asked.
Xu Heng's face was hidden in the darkness, and it was not clear, but his tone was slightly complicated:
"Yes, I did a multiple-choice question."
"A multiple-choice question with only one option."
Yitu was slightly startled when he heard this answer, "Are you sure you didn't see it wrong?"
Xu Heng shook his head. "I don't know what happened. I had the illusion of falling into the river. I almost drowned in it, and there was no way to get out..."
"That scene was so real, so real that I couldn't tell whether it was true or not. And then that multiple-choice question appeared."
Xu Heng paused for a moment and completed his sentence:
"It leaves me with option A, which is to light the candles in the room."
After hearing this explanation, Huasan couldn't help but frowned, looked at Yitu, and said in a complicated tone:
"Is a death multiple-choice question with no options still a multiple-choice question?"
Yitu remained silent, but in fact they had already guessed something in their hearts.
The death multiple-choice question at the second password point may not be without options, but the options are deliberately hidden and they cannot see them.
The multiple-choice question will only appear when the player finds the correct way to save himself, or the death multiple-choice question will never be triggered, thus directly declaring death.
This means that those in the second code point were guessing the answer based on their imagination.
There is no fixed time, no fixed options, it’s just a matter of thought.
In a single thought, there are tens of millions of thoughts and tens of millions of different possibilities, but they all have the same ending.
However, Yitu is not sure whether this is the rule of the game for the second password point.
He didn't have time to think further, as outside the gate, dark and tall shadows were approaching at an extremely fast speed.
They were all fish attracted by the sudden fire.
"We must do something. The death multiple-choice questions here will not appear on their own!" Yi Tu looked at the flower umbrella and said quickly.
Xu Heng, who was standing at the door of the second room, also nodded and suddenly asked, "Where is that old woman? Why is she gone?"
At this moment, in the room where the old woman should have been hiding, there was no one on the bed except for the rag doll fluttering in the wind hanging on the ceiling.
Upon hearing this, Huasan even opened the two wardrobes in the room. One was full of the old woman's clothes, and the other was piled with several heavy quilts.
Two people, one big and one small, disappeared out of thin air just like that.
"You're kidding, right?" Xu Heng said with an unpleasant expression, somewhat unacceptable.
"Could it be that the NPCs in this password point can come and go freely as they please?"
Whether it was the abalone that disappeared inexplicably before, or the old woman who disappeared at this time.
Although there is no necessary connection between them, as NPCs in the game, if they do not have a way to leave, then they must have mastered some specific rules.
It’s just that this kind of rule is something that only Yi Tu and the other two can’t touch or see.
After discovering that the old woman had disappeared, the three of them immediately searched the other rooms.
Nothing unusual was found, not even a clue.
Seeing the monsters outside the gate getting closer and closer, their terrifying faces gradually became clearer. Just by looking outside, Xu Heng felt his scalp tingling.
"Can't let them in, they can't come in!"
Shrouded in immense fear, an incomparable sense of crisis gripped Yitu's heart. Without even thinking, he spoke:
"Close the door! Don't let them in, they can't come in!"
Huasan was stunned for a moment, "But closing the door would violate the NPC's warning."
Yitu rushed out, leaving only one sentence: "We have violated the rules, haven't we?"
Xu Heng also rushed over. At this moment, several sea cucumbers had already reached the door. It was impossible for Yi Tu to close the door alone.
However, the two men's speed was no match for the monsters. The next second after they rushed over, they were almost face to face with those things.
A face distorted to the extreme, with bulging eyes on both sides of the cheeks, and a mouth full of densely packed sharp teeth, almost split to the neck.
With a face like this, even a god would never be able to recognize its appearance in life.
The same went for Yitu, who couldn't tell whether the fish was male or female, let alone call out its name.
There was almost no suspense as he was thrown to the ground with such force that his speed and strength were beyond the reach of ordinary people.
The fishy smell rushed into the nose, making it almost impossible to think, and the sharp webbed claws scratched the arms, causing waves of burning pain.
This is by no means an illusion.
The moment the pain came over him, Yitu immediately denied his previous thoughts.
He had always had deeper thoughts about Xu Heng's experience, but now, he no longer thought that all this was just a dream imagined by the old woman.
The sea cucumber clung tightly to Yitu's body, so tightly that he could see five rows of sharp teeth in its mouth, so densely packed that they looked particularly creepy.
Although the thing was extremely ugly, Yitu suddenly heard a slight laugh.
In an instant, he called out the name of the fish.
"Han Xiao!"
The old woman's irrelevant description of Han Yun's eldest daughter mentioned that Han Yun's eldest daughter loved to laugh, while the second daughter was only seven years old.
Even if it turns into a dragon, it will only reach the height of a person's waist.
Although the incident happened suddenly, Yitu still vaguely remembered that there was a dwarf goby following not far from this goby.
It turned out that Yi Tu was not wrong. It was Han Xiao's sister, Han Yue.
The moment Yitu called out Han Xiao's name, a look of horror appeared on the face of the sea cucumber, and it froze in place instantly.
Yitu reached out and gave it a gentle push, and it shattered like water, collapsing on the ground as if it could die at any moment.
"Hurry! Yitu, close the door!" Xu Heng, who was standing aside, shouted immediately when he saw Yitu escape from danger.
Yitu got up and rushed over without saying a word, and the two of them worked together to close the door.
The next second after the door closed, countless turtles and countless distorted faces stared at them.
Their abdominal cavities kept rumbling and making horrifying human sounds.
"Let us in! Let us in!"
"We are not bad people, and we will not hurt you. Open the door!"
"Why are you closing the door? The real monster is hiding inside!"
"Yes, yes, don't you know that Fang Qin and her granddaughter are the monsters? She is lying!"
"They are the murderers, let us in! We want revenge, we want revenge!"
"We are just ugly in appearance, but we are real people. Why stop us..."
Yitu stood inside the door, looking at the darkness surging outside, listening to these tempting words, and felt a chill on his back.
The old woman told them that the abalone had an intense desire for human flesh, so they could not believe anything the abalone said, let alone respond to it.
But Ao said that the old woman and her granddaughter were the real monsters and she lied.
No one knows whether the monster in human skin is a human, or the human in human skin is a monster.
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