Chapter 98 Countdown
very tired.
Very tired.
Every step forward is carried with an extremely heavy weight, my back is wet and sticky, and I just want to sit down right where I am at any moment, ignoring everything, not caring about anything, not wanting to take another step.
The bright corridor in memory has become blurred, the lights on the ceiling are like dim stars, and Lin Han walks in darkness every step.
The sound of "woooo" crying accompanied them all the way.
He could only see four people around him, their backs bent and moving forward stiffly.
The light was too dim, and Lin Han couldn't even see their faces clearly. He could only squint his eyes hard to tell that the person closest to him was Ye Ting.
The monster's hand covering his eyes almost became solid. Although he couldn't actually touch it, when Lin Han tried to touch his eyes, his fingers felt like they were pressing into cold sand, and a sticky feeling lingered on his fingertips.
When the monster's body was completely solidified, its hand covering Lin Han's eyes would become real flesh and blood.
Less and less light can penetrate.
Lin Han knew very well that in a short while, he might really lose his sight.
Fortunately, Ye Ting and the others' eyesight was not affected.
But compared to Lin Han, they were under even greater pressure from the monster on their backs.
The monster on Lin Han's body was full of malice towards him and tried to deprive him of his sight from the beginning, but it was still standing and just followed Lin Han step by step.
Although she would put pressure on his shoulders out of mischief, everything was still within the tolerable range.
Even if Lin Han said a few nice words to him, although it would not let go of the hand covering Lin Han's eyes, it would be willing to stand up straight to give Lin Han a chance to straighten his back and catch his breath.
It was as if, although it was a monster that was tightly entangled with Lin Han and wanted to kill him, it still retained some dignity and face as a human being, and would not show its ugly appearance of being an ignorant and unconscious monster that would do anything to achieve its goals in front of Lin Han.
But the monsters on Ye Ting and the others are different.
They are like plaster monkeys.
Although it has a human appearance, it is empty and numb. It is desperately trying to shrink its body and lock the person it is entangled in tightly in its arms.
The arms are tied around the neck, the legs are wrapped around the waist, and they are exerting force all the time. It doesn't matter if their bodies are twisted or their faces are hideous, as long as they are not separated from the chosen people.
They were still in an indescribable state between entity and phantom. Ye Ting and the others couldn't even resist, and the props in the mall had no effect. They could only become weaker and weaker under this heavy pressure.
Because of her petite stature, Ye Ting was in the worst condition among the four of them.
She was carrying a monster that was almost bigger than her body. The monster had very wide arms, and its hands were open and tightly wrapped around her arms and chest. Its thick legs were wrapped around her legs, and she was directly trapped in the monster's arms.
Her skin was squeezed to a horrible purple color, and she even had difficulty breathing.
It was all thanks to Lin Han's treatment that she was able to hold on until now.
But Lin Han is Lin Han, he is not Su Fu. He can treat Liao Ye Ting once, and he can treat Ye Ting twice, but there are three other people who also need his help, and he also needs to rest.
In fact, Lin Han didn't have much time to rest at all.
So in most cases, Ye Ting could only breathe hard with her mouth open, enduring the force that almost crushed her body, and then ask Lin Han for help when she could no longer hold on.
[Behind] The dungeon requires players to survive here for 24 hours, but only 16 hours have passed.
Carrying such a heavy load for such a long time can almost be regarded as a physical and mental torture.
They were completely unaware of the passage of time. When Lin Han suddenly remembered the countdown, he was even a little surprised to see that there were only eight hours left. It turned out that they had been staying in this corridor that seemed to have no end for so long.
They didn't stop, but just kept standing and walking. Blisters formed on the soles of their feet, which were then burst as they kept moving forward, and new ones grew and were burst again.
Every step I took hurt, but the pain in my feet became less obvious because of my physical fatigue. It was a dull pain that I only felt after a while.
Jiang Lili said they looked like five little mermaids, wondering if they would turn into foam if they kept walking.
No one responded to her joke at this moment. The other three were too tired to speak. Lin Han wanted to speak, but his monster was talking to him behind his back.
"Foam? What color foam do you want to be?"
Lin Han ignored him.
"I like the most ordinary white foam. It looks very beautiful when the sun shines on it. How about I turn you into foam like that?"
His inquiring voice was gentle, but different from Silver Moon's and Alfred's.
So Lin Han didn't want to open his mouth.
Having missed the best opportunity to answer Jiang Lili at the beginning, it would be a bit awkward to speak again, so Lin Han did not respond to her in the end.
The group of five people walked forward slowly.
My thighs and calves were sore, and even my back couldn't bear the weight of my body.
If you want to bend down after taking a few steps, place your arms on your legs and the newly created support will make your body a little more comfortable.
But after holding on for a while, they wanted to squat down, and after squatting, they wanted to sit down, and they also wanted to lean against the wall and take a long breath. It seemed that the burden on their shoulders would be lifted, and then they could fall asleep in the next second with their eyes closed.
I just sat down and couldn't get up.
So the footsteps in the corridor were still those of the five of them.
Then there were new left and right choices. Wen Cheng, who was in good condition, confirmed the direction and led everyone to turn right.
The corridor they had come from was empty, the walls and doors still catching up.
In other words, the walls and doors were not chasing them from the beginning, but them.
There were a total of 10 players matched in the dungeon, and 5 of them died at the beginning. Lin Han and the others had never seen anyone before and could not recognize them at first. However, the monster on Wen Cheng's back had only one hand and half of its head was missing, similar to the corpse they saw lying at the door from afar.
The monster on Dai Zisheng's body had the icon of an organization they all recognized on its face.
Half and half, the five dead players are entangled with the five living ones.
As for the one on Lin Han, he didn't say much, just assuming that it was once just an ordinary player.
Earlier, when the wall and the door were approaching them, they found that the monsters held on tighter until they were far away.
After several attempts, they concluded that the threat from the wall and door behind them was aimed at the monsters on them. That belonged to their backs, but this did not mean that Lin Han and the others had a way to deal with the monsters behind them.
The closer they are to the walls and doors, the greater the impact of the monsters on them. They are entangled so tightly that it is impossible to separate them from the monsters, and they themselves will be swallowed by the walls and doors.
Ye Ting and the others had tried it a long time ago, otherwise they wouldn't have been so resigned to their fate and walked forward with their backs hunched.
Lin Han also wanted to take advantage of the discovery that players could not go back, and after stepping into the corner, use the barrier to peel off the monsters behind him, but they had no idea how far the wall would advance.
After leaving the initial room, it seemed to have lost its established distance mechanism, and no one knew how far it would advance in the next second.
Such attempts will only lead to their early death.
If the monsters' methods were not so simple, they would have suspected that the other five players had completely different ways of passing the level.
There are eight hours left. How can I get through these eight hours?
Lin Han took a deep breath. He was just too hot and too tired, but what he smelled on his nose was the stench of sweat from his own body or the people next to him.
They're all going bad.
Lin Han coughed softly to suppress the itch in his throat.
He followed Wen Cheng around the corner and into the correct corridor.
When he took the first step, Lin Han suddenly stopped. Ye Ting and Jiang Lili, who were holding him, paused for a moment and looked back at him in a daze after a while.
"Why did you stop?"
Ye Ting looked up at him. To be honest, Lin Han looked much better than them at this time, because the monster on his back that looked a little more well-behaved did not make him as embarrassed as they were.
When Ye Ting was almost unable to walk, she couldn't help but think that if she and Lin Han switched places, maybe she wouldn't be so tired. But when she met the bright red pupils of the monster on his shoulder, she didn't want to switch anymore.
It’s okay to be a little tired, but it’s not impossible to hold on a little longer.
Everyone turned to look at Lin Han. The young man, who was being watched, waved his hand in front of his eyes, a wry smile on his face: "Now I really can't see at all."
There was a soft laugh in his ear, but Lin Han pretended not to hear it.
Originally, Ye Ting was holding his hand. He took two steps forward following the force, touched her hand and gave her another treatment. He could clearly feel that Ye Ting's heavy breathing had become much smoother.
Lin Han's forehead was sweating again: "Do you need it?"
The treatment would consume Lin Han's energy. This short treatment obviously made the fatigue on his face even worse. The other three looked at each other, shook their heads first, and then realized that Lin Han could not see anything, so they whispered a refusal.
"I can hold on a little longer."
"I'm okay too."
"Let's talk about it later."
Lin Han nodded when he heard that and grabbed Ye Ting's hand first.
Her palms were wet with sweat.
Lin Han: "Ye Ting, hold my hand and let the others stay away from me. If there is any danger that cannot be solved, please tell me."
What’s the point of telling you about danger if you can’t see someone?
Such thoughts easily came to their minds, but before they could think about it deeply, Lin Han gave an explanation.
"I have a tool that I can only use in life-threatening situations so it won't go to waste. Stay away from me," Lin Han raised his head and faced everyone. "Don't give up even a sliver of hope. I don't want to die."
Who wants to die?
They have come this far with such hard work, all thanks to their persistence.
We only have one life, it is extremely precious. As long as there is a chance, everyone will grab it tightly.
After a brief silence, Ye Ting held Lin Han's hand tightly: "Okay."
No one spoke anymore and the team continued to move forward.
The bewitching voice in his ear was still trying to influence him, but Lin Han directly used his exclusive perspective and turned it into an imaginary cabbage.
Anyway, he couldn't see anything. Although the exclusive perspective couldn't block his voice, Lin Han still felt a strange sense of pleasure in turning the other person into a cabbage.
I don’t want to listen, it’s just a turtle chanting.
Lin Han is not that generous. He doesn't want to share his props with others.
Just like before, his priority was to ensure that he would not be abandoned by the team.
Without vision, he could hardly move forward alone. Even if he had two experience cards, they could only protect him for 20 minutes, which was not enough to protect him until he completed the dungeon.
Ye Ting and the other three looked like normal people. They were also considerate of Lin Han's help and never showed any hostility towards Lin Han from beginning to end.
But they knew Fei Jia.
Ye Ting was silent for a short time when she recalled Fei Jia. It was obvious that she did not think Fei Jia was as easy to talk to as Lin Han said.
"Why are you pretending? What good things can come in here?"
Lin Han still remembers what Fei Jia said.
At first he really didn't understand why Fei Jia said that, but after he was almost chopped on the head late at night, Lin Han found out.
They are indeed not good people.
So it seems that the people who belong to the same unique internal test as Fei Jia, Ye Ting, Wen Cheng, Jiang Lili and Dai Zisheng, are not good people either.
It’s just that Lin Han always acted very useful, so no one took off their disguise in front of him.
At this moment, Fei Jia and the others probably really have no other options.
They may have different powers, but they have never used them in front of Lin Han. However, they must have tried them secretly, otherwise they would not be as desperate as they are now.
So Lin Han asked them to never let him go at any time and to pretend to the end.
There are only eight hours left, let's hold on until the end, he will definitely help if he can.
Ye Ting held Lin Han's hand. Knowing that the corridor was always the same and almost no difference, Lin Han walked boldly and there was no need for them to stop and wait for him.
Because of the obstructed vision, Lin Han had more time to pay attention to the countdown.
Although frequently checking the time is not a good habit and will bring him greater psychological pressure, Lin Han, who has nothing to do, can only check the time.
Lin Han easily convinced himself and opened the task interface. He saw that it was not affected by the monsters.
He could even find joy in this misery, after all he was not completely blind.
But he soon froze in place.
[Countdown: 7:16:39]
There were clearly eight hours left when he checked before.
In such pain, time does seem to be very long, but this does not mean that their discussion just now would take that much time.
That couldn't have been his hallucination.
Ye Ting, who was holding Lin Han's hand, was the first to notice that something was wrong with Lin Han. She once again stopped the others who were still moving forward.
Everyone's face was identically numb, and even this pause was draining their energy.
Ye Ting turned her head to look at Lin Han, waiting for him to speak.
During the time when Lin Han stopped moving, the countdown was still ticking down second by second. It seemed normal, and the passage of time was neither fast nor slow, one second at a time.
Just when Lin Han was about to think that everything was just his illusion and that so much time had passed, it paused again.
【Countdown: 7:16:00】
An absurd idea came to Lin Han's mind.
He took two steps back, and the countdown flashed and began to tick, the time increasing.
[Countdown: 7:20:32]
The black numbers continued to jump in front of Lin Han's eyes, second after second, until they paused again.
【Countdown: 7:20:00】
Lin Han: “…”
Fuck the countdown.
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