Chapter 92 The Lost Ball
Four people at the end of the corridor were waiting for Lin Han.
Two men and two women, all very young.
Unlike what Lin Han had imagined, their attitude was very friendly.
At least at this time, there should not be a competitive relationship between players.
When we met, we introduced ourselves to each other to facilitate communication in the subsequent copies.
One of the two women was called Jiang Lili, the tallest of the five, probably about 1.9 meters or nearly 2 meters tall. Lin Han saw her about to look up; the other one was called Ye Ting, she was petite, and seemed to have a good relationship with Jiang Lili. She put her arm around her and looked very cuddly.
Lin Han's gaze didn't linger on them for long, he subconsciously paid attention to the other two men.
One is called Wen Cheng and the other is called Dai Zisheng.
Unlike the girls with beautiful looks, they look more ordinary. They are about the same height as Lin Han, Wen Cheng is rounder, and Dai Zisheng is very thin.
This was not Lin Han estimating the opponent's strength. Using body size as a basis for judging strength would not work in the new world.
Lin Han was guessing who that special person was.
Lin Han was the first to rule out women, but these two men gave Lin Han the feeling that they were just ordinary and could not be compared with Yin Yue and Wen at all.
It’s not that Lin Han looked down on them. It’s just that apart from the weird and contradictory temperament of the first two, their appearance also left a deep impression on Lin Han when he first met them.
As for the two people in front of him, it seemed that as long as he turned around and calmed down for a while, he would completely forget their appearance.
There are no memorable points.
The person Lin Han is looking for is not here.
However, there are ten players participating in the [Behind] copy, and it has only started for more than ten minutes, and five players have not arrived yet. It is not certain that the person he is waiting for is among the other five.
Lin Han's scrutiny was not very obvious. Even though she made eye contact with Dai Zisheng twice, she just smiled and looked away.
Lin Han appeared to be timid and taciturn, and he did not want to express his opinions too much.
No one spoke, the team fell silent, and everyone continued to wait.
The five of them were standing in the same corridor.
On the left side of the corridor, which is the direction Lin Han came from, there are ten corridors connected, and at the end of each corridor is a red-painted wooden door that Lin Han is familiar with.
Because the distance is too far, I can't tell the difference.
After the player leaves the initial room, the walls inside the room will advance rapidly, closing the door along with them. If Lin Han and the others didn't remember which corridor they came out of, they probably wouldn't be able to tell which room the players hadn't come out of yet.
The nine corridors are like this, except for one that is different.
The door at the end was open, and from a distance I could see a person lying at the door, half inside and half outside.
Perhaps because of this, the copy determined that he had not yet come out of the room, so the wall was still slowly advancing at the original speed.
Just look at the dark red bloodstains spreading across the ground...
That player is dead.
It was too far away to see clearly, but no one wanted to get closer to take a look.
Lin Han narrowed his eyes. The man seemed to be missing part of one side of his body, vaguely including part of his head.
According to his judgment, this player must have been unlucky at the beginning and had part of his body swallowed by the wall, but he did not die on the spot. He forced himself to open the door before falling down. This is what Lin Han and the others saw.
Lin Han did not hide this from them.
Basic information can serve as a stepping stone to friendly relationships.
But he didn't expect that, except for him, the other four people were completely unaware of this mechanism.
According to them, unlike Lin Han who stayed in the house for a while, they chose to open the door and walk out almost as soon as they opened their eyes, and then met at the end of the corridor at about the same time.
As for what would happen if they stayed in the room, they hadn't thought about it at all.
Even the fact that the door suddenly closed was simply attributed to them by the dungeon trying to block their way back.
Lin Han: “…”
Are you all so bold?
"What if there is any danger outside the door?" Lin Han looked at the four people and couldn't help but ask.
Ye Ting raised her eyebrows: "If there is danger outside the door, don't you think it is more dangerous to hide in a room with no other exit?"
The other three looked at Lin Han, and seemed to have the same idea as Ye Ting, and nodded in agreement.
Wen Cheng also spoke up: "You have to go out eventually, and when there is only one way out, how can there be fatal danger?"
Lin Han was speechless.
He was indeed convinced by them and could not find any reason to refute them.
Perhaps it was the shadow left on him by the previous copy. As soon as Lin Han entered this copy, he was alone in an unfamiliar and uncomfortable environment. The excessive silence made him subconsciously substitute the previous high pressure, and everything seemed full of danger.
It was not until this moment of conversation with Ye Ting and the others that he felt some breath of life and felt less tense.
Lin Han laughed dryly and said, "I don't have much experience in dungeons yet, so I'm still a little timid."
Lin Han was telling the truth, but just like Shen Qiuqiu, the four people in front of him didn't seem to believe Lin Han's honesty and just kept saying "being cautious is a good thing."
Lin Han didn't argue much.
Because there were more than ten corridors connecting ten rooms, the corridor they were in at the moment was at least sixty meters long, and at the end of both ends, leading to the right, there were also two turning corridors.
The wall on the left said "Left" and the wall on the right said "Right", as if asking them to choose which way to go next.
Lin Han followed and took a look. At the end of the two corridors was also a horizontal corridor, leading to the left and right sides respectively.
But at this moment no one dared to go in, and everyone just kept a relatively safe distance.
The corridor they were in was their safe area at the moment, and taking a step in any direction would bring unknown dangers.
The current direction of this copy is similar to some PC games that Lin Han knows. They are usually horror-oriented and often involve choices at forks in the road. Choosing left or right will trigger different results.
But Lin Han had only heard of it and had never played it. He never expected that one day he would experience this thrilling choice personally.
However, he couldn't even stay in the copy.
Just like forcing them to walk out of the room, they will be forced to go left or right and have to make a choice.
Perhaps the end of the wall is not at the red-painted wooden door. It will chase forward and swallow up anyone who stops.
Lin Han: “…”
Because of his own imagination, he became nervous again uncontrollably.
But he hid it well and didn't show it in front of others.
Time passed minute by minute, and there was no movement in the four corridors that Lin Han and the others were waiting for, and there was no sign of the doors opening.
Jiang Lili said that she was the first person to arrive at this corridor. Wen Cheng, Dai Zisheng and Ye Ting appeared one after another. There was no possibility that anyone entered the fork before them.
[Countdown: 23:14:58]
The maximum safe time allowed for them in the initial room was one hour, and now, three-quarters of this safe time had passed.
Most of those who haven't come out yet are probably dead. Even if they are not dead, they will not continue to wait regardless of their own safety.
Before the deadline, they have to make a choice between the left and right corridors.
To the left or to the right, this is most likely a fatal question.
When it all depends on luck, it is difficult for Lin Han to make the right choice.
At this moment, he even suspected that the New World did not enable the reward function for him because it was afraid that he would cheat here by relying on Song Ziyi.
Choose left to reward 1 point, choose right to reward 2 points, and he might be able to get out of the dungeon with the support of Song Ziyi outside the dungeon.
Lin Han: “…”
Feeling upset.
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At the same time, Song Ziyi outside the copy did find his comfort zone in this copy.
When he saw Lin Han's slightly frowned brows, he knew that Lin Han and he had the same idea, but the new world was not a humane one and did not give him any chance to perform.
But before Song Ziyi could say anything, the internal test live broadcast was suddenly updated, adding a new option - first-person perspective and third-person perspective.
Song Ziyi knew very well what this meant, and he changed to the first-person perspective without any hesitation.
From this moment on, all he can see is what Lin Han sees in the copy. He will experience the copy [Behind] from Lin Han's first-person perspective.
Thanks to the new technology of the new world, he seemed to have entered Lin Han's body, shifting his perspective with his every move.
Of course, the barrage area is still there, and Song Ziyi can freely choose where to place it.
He could also switch perspectives freely, but Song Ziyi was in a state of overflowing curiosity and naturally wanted to "immerse himself in the scene", so he did not notice that the number of people in the live broadcast room suddenly decreased by one-fifth.
Song Ziyi: "Come on! Follow me!"
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Afraid that the other four would come to ask for his opinion, Lin Han was about to confess his bad luck when he saw that they were already prepared.
"Props Division, one ball per corridor, take turns." Ye Ting conjured two palm-sized balls out of thin air. They were clearly dark red, but the color was exceptionally bright. "I'll go first, Wen Cheng next, then Lili and Dai Zisheng, and last."
Lin Han didn’t know what her arrangement was, but that was secondary. The problem now was that he had no idea what this ball was.
Just based on Ye Ting's words "prop game", he guessed that the ball was a kind of prop, and should have been purchased in the mall, so the five people had to take turns to share the cost, but Lin Han had no idea what it was used for.
More importantly, Lin Han didn’t have the value to buy the props, and he didn’t even have a mall.
The other three responded one after another, only Lin Han remained silent, so their eyes all fell on Lin Han.
Lin Han: “…”
Ye Ting: "Any comments?"
Lin Han quickly shook his head: "No, no, it's just that I...can't afford the props."
The other four were stunned and looked at him with frowns: "?"
"Not even ten?"
Lin Han, who had just gotten out of the restaurant with a free meal not long ago, pursed his lips and said, "Don't even mention ten o'clock, that's not even time at all!"
But in this situation, he couldn't say it openly and could only pretend.
Lin Han smiled awkwardly: "I've used up all the money I had before... and no one has given me any tips, so... not even a little bit."
He was being ambiguous, but the more he said, the more mistakes he made, so it was better to let them guess for themselves.
Ye Ting: “…”
The young man in front of her was obviously a little embarrassed and didn't dare to look her in the eye. Although she didn't want to believe it, she didn't want to delay here.
"Okay," Ye Ting threw the ball in her hand to Lin Han, "You'll be responsible for recycling it later."
Lin Han nodded quickly.
Although he didn't know what recycling meant, he took it one step at a time.
After Ye Ting finished her instructions, she led the other three people with different expressions towards the corridor on the left. Lin Han followed behind, quietly putting the ball into her backpack and taking it out again to obtain information about the props.
[Lost Ball: Within a certain range, it will automatically roll towards danger.]
Ten points for a ball is not expensive. This requires props to pave the way, and it is indeed the best choice now.
Lin Han, who had no money to spend, chose not to speak and to reduce his presence, so that they would not remember that someone was getting something for free.
Ye Ting was the first to walk to the corridor on the left with the word "Left" written on it. After standing still, she threw the ball in her hand towards the end.
The strength she used didn't seem to be very great, but she controlled the strength very well. The ball bounced twice on the ground, rolled a few times, and finally stopped at the fork at the end of the corridor.
After staying there for about five or six seconds, the ball shook and slowly turned to the left, getting faster and faster.
This means there is danger at the end of the corridor on the left.
They have to go to the other side.
But before they could change direction, before the ball was about to be blocked by the wall and completely out of sight, a pale blue hand stretched out first, its slender joints bent, grabbed the ball and slowly retracted.
“…”
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