Chapter 268 NPC No. 18
For the sake of the track and safety, only ten jumping cars
will enter the venue at the same time during the day. But at this moment, there are a total of twenty jumping cars at the starting point of the track. This also means that the twenty people entering the venue will compete at the same time.
There are winners and losers in competitions. Although the tourists are still unclear about the current situation, there are always some sensitive people who have an inexplicable bad premonition about losing the game.
"The child's voice we heard before said that the result of the game failed. Was it a joke?" Although they said so, they quickly looked at the other people around them. When they saw the tall and strong man, they subconsciously frowned, and when they saw the slender Youxi, they quietly relaxed their brows.
Youxi: ...
The lights on the racetrack have not been turned on yet. The preparation area at the starting point is empty. The other tourists were all selected for the night game for the first time. They didn't know that there should be an NPC waiting inside the game venue at this time, so they didn't find it strange.
Youxi just searched around, her eyes swept over the facility control room, and after confirming that there was no one, she gave up.
Maybe some night games don't have NPCs participating. After all, this is only the second game she has participated in, and the information she knows cannot be used as a complete basis.
Just like last night, the tourists who came to the night amusement park for no reason had different attitudes and talked a lot.
The difference is that there are more family tourists in the "Little Red Riding Hood" area, and the tourists are older, so there are more people who think carefully about problems, and no one acts impulsively for a while.
But at the same time, no tourists followed the instructions of the voice just now and rushed to choose the jumping car. Everyone stood together, discussing and analyzing this sudden strange event.
Seeing that the ten minutes were about to arrive, the lazy male voice sounded again.
"Now I will announce the rules of the game, everyone listen carefully.
Track game: a small road in the suburbs.
Rules: Little Red Riding Hood walks alone on a small road in the suburbs, and wants to bring cakes and wine to her grandmother to taste. Drive the jumping car quickly to the finish line, the time limit is ten minutes, and the one who reaches the finish line within ten minutes wins.
Note: Little Red Riding Hood who is late will be eaten by the big bad wolf, unless you can find the only hunter."
Tourists: ? ? ?
What is this nonsense?
Obviously, there was no NPC with a visual impact like yesterday to "show up and tell the story", and such game rules sounded like a joke.
Gradually, some tourists became impatient, and together with a few tourists who couldn't stand it anymore, they turned around and walked towards the entrance they had just entered.
When they walked out of the open space and were about to step onto the passage, with a bang, someone suddenly jumped down from a high place and blocked them.
The man fell to the ground on one knee in a self-protective posture. Because he lowered his head, his face could not be seen for the time being, but his slender and powerful limbs and the top of his head...furry gray ears? !
Youxi frowned. That person should be the NPC of this game. He had been hiding in the shadows high up in the venue, observing them from above. Now that he saw someone was about to leave, he suddenly showed up.
She frowned not because he showed up, but because she didn't notice his existence before he showed up.
This NPC No. 18 is a bit tricky...
Several tourists were startled and woken up in the middle of the night. At the same time, the worries and fears after vaguely noticing various abnormalities broke out at this moment.
They scolded the person who had just landed and had not yet gotten up. The words they said were similar to those of the tourists yesterday. They said they wanted to complain and protect their SVIP rights, etc.
[Air Hair Dryer] appeared silently in Youxi's hand. She looked at the other party, not daring to let down her guard.
"What are you arguing about!" Sure enough, when the other party spoke again, the clear male voice turned into a rough and hoarse roar, with a beast-like roar.
He stood up slowly, and the face he raised was a furry wolf face.
Beast pupils, a protruding long mouth, and a mouth full of fangs.
Several tourists were hit at close range and retreated with screams.
Youxi frowned and stared at the other party's face. Yesterday's NPC looked like a human, but she recognized at a glance that the other party was wearing a humanoid mask. But today, she looked at him repeatedly several times, but couldn't tell whether the other party was wearing a mask.
The wolf face was too realistic, with a 360-degree angle above the neck. When it opened its mouth to roar, in addition to two rows of fangs, you could also see the blood-red tongue inside.
But there was a very obvious dividing line on the opponent's neck. Above the dividing line was the gray wolf head, and below the dividing line was the fair skin of a human.
This... was simply like a human being with a wolf's head sewn on.
Probably because the scrutiny in Youxi's eyes was too strong, the NPC with a wolf head and a human body suddenly turned his head to the side, staring at her with blue-green eyes.
One tourist didn't know if he was too frightened and his brain crashed. When the wolf head in front of him turned to look elsewhere, he suddenly took two steps forward and reached out to pull the fur on the wolf head's face.
The big wolf head turned around instantly and bared its teeth and growled at him: "Roar... Are you a cheapskate? What are you looking at? Go to the competition, or I'll eat you if you keep watching!"
"Is it true?!" The tourists turned around immediately and rushed to the jumping car.
Youxi: ...
It's obviously very weird, but why did she suddenly feel a little speechless?
**
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jumping car is not an all-inclusive means of transportation. It is somewhat similar to a space suit with rollers. The cockpit is located at the top, like a kangaroo's pocket, in a semi-arc shape. There is a standing position for one person inside, and it can barely accommodate two people if you squeeze in.
On the front control panel, in addition to the power button and the steering wheel for controlling the steering, there is only a simple jump button.
During the day, when tourists use the jumping car, they need to wear full body protective gear, then stand in the cockpit, turn on the power and step hard on the high and low pedals under their feet to give the jumping car kinetic energy to move forward.
Therefore, this is not an amusement facility for children, and you need to be at least 16 years old to enter and participate.
The tourists were frightened by the wolf-headed man, and after quickly climbing into the jumping car and fastening their seat belts, they found that there were no protective gear provided. But the game has officially begun, and a small ten-minute countdown appears above their wristbands.
The originally dimly lit track suddenly became brightly lit. Some people stretched out their hands to cover their eyes, and some people were stimulated by the light and subconsciously began to step on the pedals, and the car immediately drove forward along the track.
Humans always follow others blindly when they are in a panic. After the first jumping car drove out, the second one immediately followed, and then other cars rushed onto the track.
Youxi was still the same as last time. She didn't rush to move at first.
She remembered that the "Hungry Wolf Track" was not very long. With the speed of the jumping car, even if it was frozen for one or two minutes in the middle, it could still be completed within five minutes. If it followed the rules of the daytime game, everyone could reach the finish line within ten minutes.
So, there must be something wrong.
When she drove the jumping car to the starting line, the wolf-headed NPC was watching her not far away.
He had just fiercely urged other tourists to start the race, but now he calmed down, leaning against the outer wall of the control room with his arms folded. The big gray wolf head opened its bloody mouth and yawned, looking like a passive worker.
At this moment on the track, the tourist who was in the front had already driven two or three hundred meters. He actually slowed down deliberately, after all, he was in the first place and needed to wait and see.
Seeing that everything was going well, he stepped on the pedal with more force and speed to increase the speed of the car, and suddenly a projection of a wolf appeared on the empty track in front of
him. This wolf was three or four times larger than the projection during the day, with silver-blue hair all over its body, six legs, and long and sharp teeth. As soon as it appeared, it turned its head with a sly expression and stared at him.
Its huge body almost filled the entire lane. The man had just accelerated and couldn't stop at this time, so he decided to take a gamble and see if he could jump over accurately to avoid the projection. If he failed, he would be frozen in place for at most one minute.
Youxi narrowed his eyes and stared at the projection of the silver-blue giant wolf. Suddenly, he reacted and turned on the car's loudspeaker and said anxiously: "Wait - stop!"
However, it was too late. The jumping car jumped up accurately just before it touched the giant wolf's projection. It was about to pass over the giant wolf's head and fall on the other side. The giant wolf's projection suddenly raised its claws and slapped the jumping car above its head.
With a bang, the car jumping in the air was hit directly, and the heavy body of the car lost its balance and fell heavily to the ground.
The tourist in the car was thrown all over the place. Before he could react, he saw the giant wolf that was supposed to be fixed at the projection point and unable to move flying towards him.
"Ah - no, no -"
With a scream, blood flowed out of the broken car body.
The tourists in the other jumping cars at the back were all frozen. They stopped pedaling, braked the car, and stared at the track in front of them with wide eyes in amazement.
That was not a three-dimensional projection of a wolf, it was a real giant wolf!
The screams and blood seemed to be a signal. Soon, on the track in front of them, one silver-blue giant wolf after another appeared.
Those were not projections at all, they were all real wolves.
The giant wolves turned their heads in unison and stared at the "lambs" on the track.
**
The scene became chaotic in an instant.
Some people were so scared that their ears were filled with noise and their heads were buzzing. Their hands and feet were stiff for a moment and they didn't listen to the instructions at all. Their cars also stopped moving.
Some people were panicking and wanted to turn around and escape, but as soon as they turned around, they crashed into the rocks beside the track.
...
For the tourists, they seemed to have fallen into a bottomless nightmare in an instant. Screams and blood filled their sight, but they didn't even know how to escape.
In the chaos, the cold female voice that had just sounded spoke again through the loudspeaker in the car: "Don't worry about the rules during the day! Don't worry about the track! Drive directly to the finish line! The night rules of this game are to drive the jumping car to the finish line within ten minutes. Just do these two things! Run away - don't let the hungry wolf catch up with you!"
This calm voice was like a shot of cardiac stimulant in the chaos of life and death. With clear and definite instructions and directions, all tourists who wanted to live took action.
They gritted their teeth and stepped hard on the pedals to accelerate the car, then separated to the left and right, bypassed the track, drove onto the grass, and drove towards the finish line based on their memories.
The distance from the starting point to the end point is about 4 kilometers if you follow the track completely. However, this is an indoor venue, and the track is not only curved, but also on the outer circle. Now the car cuts directly through the grass, which is equivalent to taking a shortcut.
However, this shortcut is not so easy to take. Because it fits the fairy tale theme, it is made into a suburban terrain.
First there is grass, then giant rocks gradually increase, and finally it transitions from grass to forest.
There are trees standing in the forest area, and it is easy for a jumping car to bump into it.
In addition, there are many giant wolves running around. It is a very difficult task to reach the end station in ten minutes, even if you take a shortcut.
But now, with such a difficult level, Youxi’s feeling of uneasiness disappeared. It was obvious that such a difficulty level was in line with the game rules of the night amusement park.
However, for a game of this difficulty, at least half of the tourists would not be able to reach the end point within the specified time, so there should be other ways to break through!
Last night was her first night game, and she did not dare to make any unnecessary changes. Now that she had roughly understood the rules of the game, she naturally wanted to bring more people through to the best of her ability.
She once again recalled the game rules and precautions announced by the wolf-headed man.
- Little Red Riding Hood who is late will be eaten by the Big Bad Wolf, unless you can find the only hunter.
What this sentence means is that tourists who arrive at the end point beyond the time limit will be declared to have failed the mission and lose their lives, unless they can find the only "hunter"!
However, during the day, the "Hunter" is hidden on the track, and will suddenly appear for a short moment on the road that tourists must pass, and it is an immovable projection.
Now, the wolves are alive and can chase cars all over the field, so the "Hunter" must no longer be an immovable projection.
However, due to the usefulness and cheating nature of the "Hunter" (it can make the car that exceeds the time turn the defeat into victory), it is absolutely impossible for it to appear as easily as the hungry wolf and be found by tourists in an instant. Therefore
, the characteristics of the "Hunter" are: hidden, unexpected, and on this basis, it will definitely give hints as a ray of hope.
Youxi's sight suddenly turned and fell on the wolf-headed NPC who was still leaning against the wall.
Her previous idea that NPCs might not participate in the night game was just a one-sided guess, but what if the NPCs this time actually still participated in the night game?
She remembered the wolf-headed man's previous actions. Although he looked very scary, if you look beyond the surface, he actually showed up at that time to prevent tourists from leaving.
In contrast, yesterday's NPC only cared whether the tourists violated his attack rules. He attacked without saying a word and hurt people. When the tourists left the venue, he just watched coldly and let the tourists break the rules and turn into black and gray.
But today, a tourist also took the initiative to touch the wolf-headed man. Although he roared and cursed, he did not really attack.
Today's NPC is different from yesterday.
Twenty tourists (including her), twenty jump cars, the number is not a problem, so his way of participating is not to drive the jump car to the finish line.
Putting aside all other possibilities, the remaining answer should be the correct answer no matter how outrageous it is!
**
You Xi moved, from unbuckling the seat belt to jumping out of the car, and then rushing to the wolf-headed man and putting the Tang sword on his neck, it only took seven or eight seconds. She wanted to save people, so she didn't slow down at all.
The cold blade was right at her vitals, but the wolf-headed man still looked indifferent, and even yawned again, then slowly asked her why she didn't go to the competition yet?
"You are the hunter, right!" Although it was a question, the tone was indeed affirmative.
A sharp light flashed across the wolf-headed man's blue-green eyes. At this moment, his eyes finally had something different. He spoke with a very mocking tone: "Do you want to know? Beat me first."
He moved, the wolf-headed man dodged the blade with one side, raised his foot and kicked her hard.
You Xi took a step back and quickly folded the Tang sword to block. The opponent's foot was about to hit the Tang sword, but it was retracted in an instant and jumped to the side.
The two of them confronted each other under the lights on the starting point for less than a second, and You Xi rushed towards him again with a Tang sword.
This time, the wolf-headed man finally saw the weapon in her hand clearly.
This weapon exceeded the standard for carrying in the park. It was a Tang sword!
Tang sword!?
His eyes shook violently, and the next second he looked at the woman rushing towards him again.
Time was running out, and when they fought again, You Xi released her speed and strength to the extreme. Although her purpose was just to hold him, at this time, facing a strong enemy, she could only fight to the death, anyway, as long as the wolf-headed man was still alive.
Maybe he sensed her imperative, but after fighting her for ten rounds, his attack suddenly weakened. She followed the trend while being alert, tied him up tightly from head to toe with a climbing rope, and then carried him back to the car. The
driving area was not large, so the two of them could only squeeze together. Youxi secured him with a seat belt at the back, then took out the [High Temperature Perfume] and sprayed it into the air, frowning and warning: "Don't act like a demon, or I'll turn you into black and gray!"
The wolf-headed man looked at the pink crystal bottle in her hand, and suddenly laughed, with a long tongue hanging out of his blood-red mouth.
This was the first time that Youxi saw a wolf head smiling at him at such a close distance. The visual effect was particularly terrifying. Sure enough, wolves and dogs have been one family since ancient times. What is the difference between this and a husky?
On the field, the giant wolves were still chasing the car. Some tourists, with their superb sense of direction and bursting physical strength, desperately avoided all the giant wolves and drove the car across the finish line smoothly within the specified time. The giant
wolf that was originally chasing the jumping car immediately gave up chasing when it saw the car pass the finish line and turned to look for other tourists.
Ten minutes was a short time. When the countdown was two minutes, about eight or nine tourists finally reached the finish line by jumping and detouring. Youxi also crossed the finish line at this time.
After she crossed the line, the countdown on the bracelet stopped automatically, and a line of small words appeared below: Congratulations on finding the only hunter, you will get a special reward after the game!
The wolf-headed man is indeed a hunter!
This game is too cunning. If she hadn't stayed at the starting point to observe the situation, even if she guessed this possibility, she would not have risked going back to bring the wolf-headed man to the finish line. After all, if she guessed wrong and the time to cross the finish line exceeded 10 minutes, she would die.
Youxi did not get off the car, nor did she relax her vigilance against the wolf-headed man. She shouted at the top volume through the loudspeaker in the car to the dozen or so tourists who had not yet reached the finish line: "The hunter has been found! Those who cannot reach the finish line within the stipulated time should not give up! You must avoid the attacks of the hungry wolves and come to the finish line. I will watch the hunter and let him take each of you across the level!"
- The late Little Red Riding Hood will be eaten by the Big Bad Wolf, unless you can find the only hunter.
The only thing is the hunter himself, but there is no regulation on the number of times the hunter can be used.
This is the biggest vitality hidden under the rules of this game!
**
Ten minutes later, with the help of Youxi, the last tourist also crossed the finish line with the wolf-headed man in the car.
The game was over, and the giant wolves that were running around and howling all stopped, and then disappeared one by one. The tourists who survived looked at their bracelets, crying and laughing: "Passed, passed! Survived, thank you... That's great..."
Youxi didn't say much, it was just a natural thing to do.
She put away her Tang sword and glanced at the wolf-headed man before leaving. She didn't have time to untie him, but the climbing rope that was tied up tightly with a knot broke into pieces and fell at his feet.
The ferocious wolf head faced her, and its eyes fell on her motionlessly.
Youxi frowned slightly, turned around and walked towards the exit.
At one o'clock in the morning, the darkest moment in the park, she walked through the screams and cries and walked towards the hotel.
When she was about to arrive at the Nishiki Hotel, she stopped abruptly and looked behind her.
There was no one, and there was no movement.
Could her usually sharp senses be wrong?
She didn't stay for long, turned around and went directly into the hotel elevator.
At three o'clock in the morning, You Xi opened her eyes in the dark room. She was not asleep. She would not fall asleep before the nightmare paradise was over.
She just lay on the bed with her eyes closed, because if she didn't pretend to be asleep, how could she lure out the person who had just followed her?
She stood up suddenly, grabbed the follower beside the bed, and pinned him to the ground with a neat movement.
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