Chapter 36
"Your speed is much faster than I expected."
Qu Bai held down her panicked boyfriend's hand, her eyes fixed on the man who had remained silent, her expression complicated.
The reason why he and Wang Xiaolei were able to reach the library so quickly was because the key to the first-level apostle's card room could open any door in the card room leading to the destination.
But even so, looking at the books that had already been flipped through in their hands, these two people were obviously faster.
Jiang Hanyu was keenly aware of Qu Bai's gaze, and his brown eyes swept across him lightly.
For some reason, Qu Bai inexplicably felt a faint sense of oppression. Although it was not strong, it could not be ignored.
"The Key of Space's ability to travel between places looks impressive."
Jiang Hanyu and Qu Bai's eyes met, and the latter was immediately shocked.
This guy knows his skill card! Qu Bai was confused inside, but he remained calm on the surface.
"Have we met before?"
Qu Bai couldn't figure out the person in front of him, so he could only test him in a subtle way.
Apart from the best players in the top 100 teams, he couldn't think of anyone else who could see through his skill card at a glance.
Wang Xiaolei was also extremely shocked, with a look of "What the hell" written all over his face.
Yi Tu accidentally glanced at it and couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth.
If he hadn't asked more questions last night, he would be one of the people standing here confused today.
Jiang Hanyu told Yi Tu that the key of the room on Qu Bai can open any door in the card room, regardless of whether it is locked or not.
When the player holding the room key enters the room door, the place he thinks of is where he will go.
So this is also the reason why Qu Bai appeared quietly and out of nowhere in dormitory 307.
Apart from being restricted by the door frame and terrain, the Key of Space has almost perfect teleportation capabilities.
It has no upper limit on usage. Once the shuttle is successful, the next usage will be refreshed immediately.
In other words, as long as Qu Bai remembers the terrain and uses it correctly, he will have the ability to travel through space endlessly.
Such an amazing skill card made Yitu tremble with fear.
However, Jiang Hanyu disagreed. In his opinion, the Key of Space, which enabled terrain travel, was a rather weak prop to use.
At first Yitu didn't know what he meant, until this morning when the man took him directly from the gym to the library. The moment his toes touched the ground, he realized it.
The person with truly terrifying strength is his spouse, who is known as the Spade King.
It is true that Qu Bai has stable teleportation abilities, but Jiang Hanyu can tear space apart at will.
The key to space has no limit on the number of times it can be used, but it is restricted by the terrain, while the man basically ignores the terrain.
Qu Bai's skill card can help him escape quickly, making it almost impossible for him to be caught by NPCs or players, but Jiang Hanyu can.
As long as the man tears apart the space where Qu Bai is, the key to space will become a completely useless card.
Because once the Key of Space fails to be used, its cooldown time is terrifyingly long.
The points required are also an amount that high-level players cannot afford.
When Yi Tu knew that Jiang Hanyu had the ability to tear space apart, he realized that Qu Bai's Key to Space was completely restrained by the man instinctively.
But despite this, Jiang Hanyu was still somewhat interested in the Key to Space.
"Maybe." There was no clear expression on the man's face.
Jiang Hanyu didn't know Qu Bai's real name. He just saw it by chance in a low-level competition of the Top 100 Teams Tournament.
It was obvious that the team this person belonged to was surrounded by the other two and could only helplessly wait to be strangled, but the key of space used by Qu Bai miraculously helped all his teammates escape safely.
Jiang Hanyu thought it was interesting, but after learning its specific purpose, he was a little disappointed.
Such a first-level apostle card is still too weak to face the suppression of many god-level cards in the high-level field.
After hearing the man's answer, Qu Bai couldn't help but frown.
He couldn't figure out this man's attitude, and the man's strength was probably far above his.
At this time, Wang Xiaolei couldn't help but speak.
"Brother Hao, let's quickly change places. If the four of us gather together, the chances of being selected will be much higher."
Hearing this, Yitu realized something was wrong, "What do you mean by chosen?"
"What happened before you came?" Jiang Hanyu asked calmly.
After all, the strong are fearless. After they entered the library, they did not pay attention to the movements outside.
Qu Bai glanced at the man, hesitated for a moment, and decided to tell them.
"The rules of the game of hide-and-seek appear, and the monitor lizard will randomly select a student to become its guide dog to catch its prey."
"I don't know exactly how long students become guide dogs, but it shouldn't be very long," Qu Bai said. "If we don't want to reveal our positions together, we must act separately."
"Is this... using players to hunt down other players?"
Yitu never expected that the essence of hide-and-seek was to make players kill each other.
If some players are chosen as guide dogs, they have to expose the students' positions for the monitor lizard to catch people. If he guesses correctly, if the guide dog cannot catch people, there will probably be a punishment.
And this punishment is nothing more than being eaten by the monitor lizard.
Therefore, in order to survive, the selected players can only choose to hunt and kill other NPC students or players.
However, what Yitu is most worried about is that some players will selectively kill people for the sake of ranking.
If this is true, then the situation will be extremely bad.
Jiang Hanyu glanced sideways when he heard this. He was really surprised by how smart his spouse was.
"What the hell? If that's really the case, then the player rankings..." Wang Xiaolei just realized this.
Today is the third day of this card game, and half of the five-day limit has passed.
If anyone wants to reset player rankings, this game is undoubtedly a great opportunity to do so.
Thinking of this, Yitu opened the virtual panel of the game, and the information scrolling in the card room owner's interactive area instantly appeared in front of him.
[Anonymous player 480: This game rule is so disgusting. Aren’t cannibalism prohibited in other card games except the Spades game?
Anonymous player 1402: That being said, the essence of the game is to eliminate players. Whether it's NPCs or players who kill them is not important (spreading hands)
Anonymous player 429: Well, it would be fine if the dead NPC students were there, after all, there are still a lot of them.
Anonymous player 731: Emmmm, let's see what they choose. If they really can't catch the NPC, then the players will have to do it...
Anonymous player 1022: Holy crap! Someone's changing, someone's changing. That thing can only change a chain in five minutes!!!
Anonymous player 320: !!! This time is too short, but is it really okay for you to time it like this? (with a sincere look)
Anonymous player 1022: This interaction cannot be displayed (this player violated the rules and has been blocked by the system!)
Anonymous player 370: Hahahaha, 1022 left too fast, it’s so funny!
Anonymous player 473: It was very fast, and then the black room warning appeared (dog head.jpg)
Anonymous player 309: Damn, brother, you really dare to say that. You should get points deducted (crying and laughing)
Anonymous player 892: Stop reporting, brothers. If you do, the interactive zone will be blocked. (qiuqiule.jpg)]
Yitu did not miss that important piece of information and said after closing the interactive area:
"The monitor lizard changes guide dogs every five minutes. I don't know who's been chosen now, so let's disperse."
Qu Bai and Wang Xiaolei didn't stay long. They pushed open the door of a lounge and their figures suddenly disappeared in the white light.
At this time, there were only two of them left in the library.
Jiang Hanyu looked at his spouse who was standing in front of him, weak and unable to take care of himself, and his eyes fell on his injured abdomen.
"Do you still want to be with me?"
If this person were caught, he would probably die immediately.
Yitu naturally noticed his gaze and subconsciously blocked it with his hand.
Although the wound still hurts, as long as it doesn't crack and bleed, the situation is already very good.
Although there is no better choice at the moment, it is better to act alone than with two people.
Especially Jiang Hanyu, if a man was chosen, Yitu would give up resistance directly because it would be useless and futile.
He was about to refuse, but he heard the man speak slowly:
"Although there's a chance I might be chosen, killing a crawler is pretty easy. It's just that thing will constantly reshape itself, and if you kill too many of them the system will crash."
"If the board is reset....By the way, you don't mind playing again?"
Jiang Hanyu considered it very seriously, and even asked Yi Tu about his wishes.
Yitu: “…” Mind, who the hell wants to play it all over again?!
"No, I think I'm fine alone." Yitu laughed.
Listening to this person describe the whole process of the incident so skillfully, I'm afraid he must have done many such immoral things.
After spending so much time with the man, he almost forgot his crazy nature.
Yi Tu was brought by Jiang Hanyu to the third floor stairs of the teaching building, and the torn red hole slowly closed behind them.
There was no one else in the corridor and it was very quiet.
"Are you sure you don't want to come with me?"
Jiang Hanyu frowned slightly, and the huge black wings that had not spread out behind him retracted slightly. The smooth and beautiful feathers made Yi Tu unable to take his eyes away.
After hearing the man's words, Yitu immediately came to his senses and refused without thinking.
This answer was more decisive and straightforward than expected, and Jiang Hanyu tried hard to suppress his laughter.
Yitu didn't notice anything wrong, and in order to distance himself from the man, he turned around and went upstairs without hesitation.
Jiang Hanyu stood at the bottom of the stairs, watching the man hurriedly leave without even turning his head.
The curve of his lips that had just been raised disappeared, and the joy of teasing people disappeared without a trace.
Huh? Is he really that scary?
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Yi Tu could have chosen to stay in the library, but he still asked Jiang Hanyu to take him to the teaching building.
Although the library seems to be much safer than the teaching building, some lounges even have locked doors.
But he knew the game was one of pursuit, not hiding.
Once players can no longer gather and can only act separately, it would undoubtedly be a very stupid decision to stay in one place.
The monitor lizard changes its position every five minutes, and the students chosen are random.
In this process, it is inevitable that some escaping students will enter the library, and his position will be exposed.
It will be too late to leave by then.
He was not so foolish as to think that a thin wooden door could stop a giant lizard that was three or four meters long.
Only outdoors can he use the terrain to escape more easily.
And more importantly, he had to know who the selected guide dog was as the monitor lizard changed positions every five minutes.
Because students are constantly moving around, even though the campus is large, people will still run into each other.
Then the moment they meet, the direction and location of their departure will be exposed to each other.
If that person happens to be chosen as a guide dog, there is a 99% chance that he will turn around and give chase.
Yitu's brain was working rapidly as he went upstairs.
There were no students in the teaching building where he was. It was not until he climbed to the top floor that he heard some movement from behind the building.
Yitu moved to a more secluded position and looked outside.
A boy ran hurriedly between the teaching building and the flower bed. As he ran, he helplessly called out the names of his classmates, trying to find out where they were hiding.
A red chain was tied to his right foot, and the other end of the chain extended far into the corner of the wall.
Yitu couldn't help but frown. This was the NPC student chosen by the monitor lizard, but he didn't see the monitor lizard.
If it weren't for the thin chain, he would have thought that this was just a student who had lost his companions.
Yitu didn't know whether this trapping strategy was thought up by the boys or the monitor lizard.
If it is the former, it is undoubtedly a terrible fact.
The boy kept shouting his companion's name, and his voice became hoarse because he was shouting too loudly.
"Qiu Ming! Qiu Ming! Where are you? Please come out quickly. I'm really scared..."
"Qiu Ming, come out! I don't want to die! I don't want to die yet!"
"I beg you to save me! You are right here! I saw you! Please come out!"
The boy was completely devastated. The classmate he had just met was clearly in this area, so why couldn't he find him?!
He was going crazy with anxiety because the chains on his legs were starting to close the distance.
"No! No, teacher! Please give me some more time! I will find it soon, right away--"
The time was up and the impatient teacher rushed out from the corner.
It dragged the chain anxiously, and the boy's hands were rubbed on the ground, leaving blood marks, but it was of no avail.
He couldn't shake the giant lizard's terrifying power at all.
Soon the boy was dragged in front of the monitor lizard, and its long tongue stretched out.
When the monitor lizard left, only a pool of dark red blood and some black hair left from its beak remained on the ground.
Yitu watched the whole process in silence. The chill on his back had not completely subsided yet, and the third guide dog chosen by the monitor lizard appeared.
He went down the stairs. He couldn't stay in one place for too long as the chance of being found was too high.
However, as soon as he turned a corner, he ran into Han Wei, one of the players.
Both of them were shocked, and Victor Han breathed a sigh of relief after seeing the other person’s face clearly.
"Don't go to the back, that thing is near the theater." Han Wei hesitated for a moment, and then reminded:
"He has chosen an NPC student, so be careful."
Players generally don't deliberately remember the appearance of NPC students, especially when there are so many students that it is impossible to remember them all.
It’s great that Han Wei can remind you of this.
Yitu nodded and thanked him, and the two of them hurriedly passed each other and left.
With Han Wei's reminder, Yi Tu avoided the NPC students from a distance when he saw them to avoid being hit.
But even so, Yitu was unlucky enough to run into three or four NPC students near the gymnasium.
They were running hurriedly from the direction of the theater, as if something was chasing them, and these four students were all girls.
Yitu turned around and ran without thinking. Even though his wound was pulled, he endured the pain and did not stop until he was far away from that area.
The female students like to gather in groups of three or four. It is obvious that they are being chased by their companions.
The facts were indeed similar to what Yitu had guessed. This time, the guide dog captured five or six students for the monitor lizard.
The number of NPC students began to decline, and there were fewer and fewer students to be seen on the huge campus.
Anonymous player 497: Awesome! Killing six teammates in one go, absolutely amazing (pretty girl speechless.jpg)
Anonymous Player 496: Don't you think the number of NPC students is decreasing too quickly? If there are too few of them, it will be difficult for players to deal with them.
Anonymous Player 509: I bet a bag of spicy noodles! The next person to be chosen must be this player!
Anonymous player 796: Oh, I'm really afraid of seeing people who deliberately kill players. They are really cruel.
Anonymous player 971: What can be done about this? If you want to survive, you can only sacrifice others. If you don't care about yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth (dog head.jpg)]
Victor Han looked at the interactive area in front of him with a frown, and immediately closed it after a few seconds.
Just as he was about to continue walking forward, he suddenly felt a chill on his back.
"Good student, this time it's your turn to help the teacher catch the kids!"
Han Wei turned around stiffly, and the giant lizard opened its mouth ferociously at him. The chain bound the man and the beast tightly.
He was unlucky enough to be the first player to be picked.
But he was lucky, because just a while ago, he passed by Ji Han, one of the players.
"Let's go, let's go, we only have four minutes left!"
The monitor lizard's hoarse voice urged him in his ear, and Han Wei clenched the identity card in his hand.
The moment he closed his eyes, any slight sound around him entered his ears and images came flooding in.
"Found it."
Ji Han held his breath and hid in a tea room in the library, his heart beating violently.
Her palms were full of sweat from her nervousness, and Victor Han was chasing her with the giant lizard.
Obviously, that person didn't see her at all, but Han Wei knew her escape route very well.
Ji Han bit her lip. Hiding in the tea room was undoubtedly the worst option for her at this moment.
Once Victor Han finds her, she won’t be able to escape at all.
In the small room, she could only hear her own heartbeat. Five minutes were almost up, and she just had to get through these five minutes.
Ji Han forced himself to calm down. Victor Han was probably listening to the sound to identify the direction of her escape.
I wonder if he can hear my heartbeat.
Just when she was very uncertain, footsteps stopped outside the tea room door.
Ji Han's face changed and the blood in his body almost froze.
Someone grabbed the door handle of the tea room, and with a creak, the door opened a crack.
"Squad leader?" A female voice screamed in fear.
Xi Tao pushed the door open and looked at Ji Han standing against the wall with surprise.
"Why are you here?"
Ji Han was also stunned, and he instantly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Someone chased me here." Ji Han pulled her in and asked in a low voice:
“Have you seen Victor Han?”
"Han Wei is chasing you?" Xi Tao was a little surprised. "I saw him catch an NPC student outside the library. I entered the library after the giant lizard left."
"He captured the NPC?" Ji Han was stunned.
"Yes, he won't..." Xi Tao didn't say it out loud, but thought about it again and again:
"It would be better if fewer NPC students died, otherwise players would just kill each other."
Ji Han shook his head with a wry smile. Things were far from that simple.
It’s impossible for Xitao not to understand, she just didn’t say it explicitly.
Thinking of this, Ji Han knew that he could no longer stay with her.
"I have to go." Ji Han said, "The library is not safe. You'd better not stay here all the time."
Xitao nodded obediently. After watching Ji Han's departing figure disappear, she left the tea room and walked upstairs.
The second floor of the library was exceptionally quiet. She walked through rows of wooden bookshelves, trying to find a place to hide temporarily.
The tea room was originally very nice, but who knew Ji Han was in it.
Xitao didn't dare to stay in a place known to others, so she had to settle for the next best thing and go upstairs to find the lounge.
When she pushed open the door of the lounge, someone had already occupied the territory before her.
The man lay sideways on the wooden table, revealing his cold and handsome profile.
Because he was too tall, his long legs could only be slightly bent.
He was sleeping so lazily and relaxed that Xi Tao's entry into the room didn't attract the man's attention at all.
It's him!
Xi Tao couldn't help but tremble slightly and walked over quietly.
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