Chapter 273 Who is the Golden Ball?
Three minutes later, the princess' rampage ended and she returned to the vicinity of the castle.
Youxi, who had already climbed up the tree, looked down and saw that nearly one-third of the original giant forest had been cleared.
The fallen trees and flying weeds and flowers had disappeared, and the area where the plants had been cleared became a blank, revealing the black mud underneath.
This "clearing" was really too clean. But think about it, if the remains of these flowers, plants and trees did not disappear, with their size, they could continue to hide in them. There
are a total of fifteen people. If they make three mistakes to clear the forest, as long as they make six more mistakes, all the plants in this forest will be cleared.
By then, the remaining six people will have nowhere to hide and will be easily found by frogs.
She frowned slightly. No, that's not right.
If that happens, even the traveler who draws the "golden ball lottery" will have nowhere to hide and will be bitten to death by frogs at any time.
If the person who draws the "golden ball lottery" has to hide to pass the level like them, it is impossible for the game to be set to clear all the forest plants when there are only six people left.
Her mobile phone vibrated at this time. It was a message from Lin Wu, with only two words.
Lin Wu: No, that's not right.
It seems that he has also noticed something wrong.
Unless the person who draws the "golden ball lottery" gets some props that make him immune to frog attacks when drawing the lottery, he will definitely die.
But if that happens, his cheat is too big, which is relatively unfair to other travelers.
This kind of situation is unlikely to happen in the Nightmare Paradise game.
Youxi simply typed his guess in the group.
Just after the message was sent, the giant frog appeared again. It rushed into the forest and started its next round of ball-finding mission.
Compared with the previous time, everyone hid better this time. For a while, the frog couldn't find anyone and croaked angrily.
But this is not a solution. More than ten minutes have passed, and the countdown on the bracelet is ticking away.
Youxi hid behind the branches of the huge tree trunk and felt his phone vibrate again.
Tang Yatong: Don't worry, there is still time. Let's recall the rules and precautions. According to the information about other night games that Xiaoxi gave us before, many games always like to play with loopholes in the rules.
You Zhenzhen: But the rules don't give any hints about who draws the "Golden Ball Lottery". How do we find it? If it weren't for the frog chewing people into balls, we wouldn't even know that we are the Golden Ball.
When You Xi took it out to check, she happened to see the message sent by You Zhenzhen.
She suddenly seemed to have caught something and recalled the rules again.
- Rules: Something bad has happened. The princess's golden ball is missing again! Find the golden ball and return it to the princess within an hour to win the game!
- Note: The princess will be very sad if you make three mistakes~
The rules only say that finding the golden ball and returning it to the princess will win the game, and there is no mention that they are the "Golden Balls".
The reason why all of them had such a judgment was first because of the lottery process at the beginning, and secondly because the frog said "golden ball" and "return the golden ball to the princess" after chewing the person into a "ball".
But what if their judgment was wrong?
Suppose, what if the lottery process was just a meaningless cover? That's right! The lottery was indeed carried out before the rules of the game were announced; suppose again, what if the frog's purpose of existence was to mislead them - she just thought of this, and there was a loud noise not far away. It turned
out that the frog collided randomly and hit a big tree. Because of the excessive force, the trunk broke and a traveler fell from the tree.
The frog immediately croaked and jumped up.
Another person was found. The traveler fended off the frog's attack while shouting to other travelers to help.
But no one responded to him. He was at a loss and furious. He immediately said to the frog, "I know who the Golden Ball is! Don't kill me. I'll tell you where she is!"
"Quack?" The frog's attack really stopped.
Youxi had a bad feeling. Sure enough, the next moment, the traveler pointed to a nearby vine and said, "There is a pit under the vines. The person is hiding in the pit."
This is what he saw when he was hiding in the tree and looking down. There was a place where a traveler who couldn't climb trees and had no tools to use could hide.
The person heard that he was betrayed, dragged his weapon, and attacked frantically the moment the frog pulled open the vines. She was not aiming at the frog, but at the traveler who spoke.
She knew she couldn't beat the frog, but she wanted to hold back the person who betrayed her even if she died.
Just like that, the frog swallowed the traveler in one gulp, and before she was swallowed, she beat the person who betrayed her into a sieve.
In a blink of an eye, two more people were gone, and there were only ten travelers left in the venue.
The atmosphere became more tense. If one more person died, the giant princess would go berserk again, and the area of the forest that could be hidden would be reduced by one third again.
The behavior of the traveler who betrayed others was like a signal, which was seen by other travelers, making them all have their own plans.
Youxi frowned. Everyone was afraid of the frog but didn't dare to really kill him. If they were unlucky and were found by the frog, they would not be willing to not hold someone responsible. This would only speed up the consumption of people and leave the remaining people with nowhere to hide.
She concentrated again and continued her previous thinking.
If the frogs exist to mislead their judgment of the information, then put aside the frogs and the lottery for the moment, and just understand the literal meaning of the game rules, their task is actually very simple, which is to find the correct golden ball and return it to the princess.
Where is the correct golden ball? In
the well? But she didn't see the existence of a well in the entire venue.
No, that's the plot of the Sound of Music version. According to the dark version of the story, the golden ball accidentally dropped by the princess should be in - she knows!
Because of the frogs can dive, all the tourists did not hide in that place before, fearing that they would be easily found by the frogs, which also made it a vacuum zone in the venue!
Youxi took out her mobile phone and sent her guess in the group, saying that she was not 100% sure, so she wanted to go there alone to try it first.
You Zhenzhen: I'll go with you. I have a shield that can block the acidic pus!
Lin Wu: No, you stay, I'll go with her.
Lin Wu's skills are far superior to You Zhenzhen's, and his hiding place is also the closest to You Xi. While the frog has not returned from the princess, the two of them quickly came out of their hiding place, gathered together, and ran towards the edge of the forest.
Although the two of them moved lightly, the sharp tourists still discovered their movements.
At this time, everyone was hiding, and the two people who suddenly appeared immediately became suspicious. Some tourists even shouted that one of the two must be the "Golden Ball" and that they had other hiding places and were moving now.
You Xi turned a deaf ear to them, dragged Lin Wu and ran with him, and soon they were far away from the area where the tourists were hiding.
The movement here quickly attracted the frog's attention. It was thrown to the ground by the princess again. Just when its anger value was rising, it struggled to get up and prepared to return to the forest again.
At the same time, Youxi had arrived at her destination - the deep pool in the forest. The pool was located at the edge of the forest. Because the princess's rampage had cleared all the surrounding plants, it was exposed on the empty ground without any cover.
This is a dangerous area, so she had planned to come here alone to try.
The frog had turned around and was about to see them.
She didn't hesitate at all, and she and Lin Wu clicked to use the props: breathing bubble, and then the two of them slid into the water silently at a constant speed. Because of the special nature of the breathing bubble, no bubbles floated on the water surface.
The huge figure of the frog rushed into the forest, passed by the side of the pool, and went straight to the place where the sound was just made.
A moment later, the sound of fighting was heard there, and the shouting traveler could not escape the frog's search.
Not long after, screams were heard, and another traveler died.
While the frog ran to the princess, Tang Yatong quietly moved to You Zhenzhen and asked her to turn on the shield.
In the forest, the giant princess's rampage began again, and under the water, there was a quiet world.
This is a very deep pool of water. Although the area is not large, it seems to have no bottom. If she goes down alone, she may not be able to search the entire pool in a short time.
After Youxi and Linwu dived to the bottom of the pool, their cell phones vibrated from time to time. It was a message from Tang Yatong.
Tang Yatong: There is only one-third of the forest area left. Another traveler was found by the frog after the plants were cleared, and it took him to the princess. Among the four remaining travelers except us, three of them checked each other's bracelets and temporarily formed an alliance. They are now searching for another traveler and us. They didn't know that you went to the pool, but they all listed you as "Golden Balls" and are looking for you frantically.
Tang Yatong: The three travelers found another traveler, subdued him and tied him to a big tree... The frog came back and took the eighth person away.
Tang Yatong: ...The eighth person is not a Golden Ball either, your guess may be correct.
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Time passed by minute by minute. The bottom of the pool was full of dark mud and dense aquatic plants. From time to time, small man-eating fish would suddenly appear from the aquatic plants to attack them.
The teeth of those piranhas were sharp. If it were an ordinary person, they would probably have their bones crushed by one bite.
Lin Wu's physical fitness was not as good as hers, and he had already turned on the shield. He motioned You Xi to stay in the shield with her, but You Xi refused. The two of them would have a higher chance of finding it if they searched separately.
As for these piranhas, it would hurt when they bit her arms and calves, but they could not bite through her skin for a while, so she simply ignored it and continued to search every inch of mud quickly.
Finally, when she came to a fluorescent green water plant that was different from the other dark green water plants, she was attacked crazily by dozens of piranhas.
Lin Wu noticed the movement here, swam over quickly, and protected her with a shield. The piranhas that were biting her body were all bounced away. She pushed away the fluorescent water plants and saw a bit of dazzling gold at the root of the water plants.
Found it!
It's here!
**
There is no forest above the water.
When Youxi found the golden ball, the ninth person was also found. The princess ran away for the third time, and the last hiding place disappeared.
The remaining two passengers and Tang Yatong were forced to fight the frog. You Zhenzhen had a shield and was not afraid of the frog's pus for the time being. Tang Yatong's weapon had high attack power and could completely kill the frog with output.
The other two passengers were also very powerful. One was very fast and was always ready to dodge the pus. The other used a skill and temporarily grew wings, which allowed him to attack or retreat.
But none of the four dared to kill the frog, for fear that they would kill the frog and cause them to lose the game.
At this time, You Xi and Lin Wu, carrying a huge golden ball, finally broke through the water.
After the plants were cleared, they emerged from the pool, and the others and the frog discovered the two of them.
You Xi now had two choices. The first was to give the golden ball to the frog and let the frog return the golden ball to the princess. The second was for her to return the golden ball to the princess herself.
The frog probably saw the golden ball she was carrying, so it croaked twice and jumped high towards her. With just one jump, it shortened the distance by half.
In an instant, You Xi had made a choice.
"Hold the frog!" She shouted to the others, turned around and ran quickly towards the princess with the golden ball.
Her speed at this moment was faster than when she ran with Lin Wu before. She ran out of the afterimage and avoided the blood-red tongue shot out by the frog that jumped high again.
The frog's tongue missed and it fell heavily to the ground. When it was about to jump for the third time, the princess's joyful voice came from the direction of the castle: "This is my golden ball! Thank you for finding my golden ball!"
In an instant, joyful music sounded from all directions, and the frog stopped attacking.
The bracelet countdown stopped, and the game was won.
You Xi sat down on the ground. This was the most tiring time for her in so many night amusement parks.
Carrying such a heavy golden ball and running at the maximum speed, even she reached her limit this time. There
were fifteen people, and now there were only two left besides the four of them. Tang Yatong didn't want to provoke the other party any more, so she winked at You Xi and took You Zhenzhen to leave through the exit first.
The two tourists passed by her and Lin Wu, and seemed to want to speak, but finally frowned and walked around them and left.
**
Although the special game this time was difficult, the prizes were also rich, especially Youxi, because she was the one who handed the golden ball to the princess, so her prize was even richer: a valid ticket for one stop and two props.
Lin Wu and the other three probably knew that they were in the same team as her, so they could choose between tickets, props and space. In the end, everyone chose tickets.
On the way back to the hotel, they saw Xiyuan, who had not been seen before. He was actually there from the beginning to the end of the game just now, but this time he was not an NPC, but played a character in the plot, so he could not do anything that violated the plot.
"One of those giant guards?" Youxi had already guessed.
"Yeah." He didn't cling to her and act coquettishly. He checked her arms and calves from top to bottom. There were still bite marks that had not faded. They were all piranha teeth marks, but fortunately, there was no bleeding.
Everyone was afraid of attracting attention, so they hurriedly exchanged a few words and quickly returned to the hotel.
After this incident, they knew that too many tourists in the same area would trigger special games, so for the rest of the days at the station, they temporarily divided into two groups and went to other areas closer to "The Frog Prince".
These areas are only a ten-minute shuttle bus ride away from "The Frog Prince". In case the station is closed suddenly, they will have time to rush here to get on the bus and leave.
The idea of splitting into groups was proposed by Xiyuan. His original intention was to continue to be alone with Youxi and let the other three friends be together. As a result, You Zhenzhen laughed twice and joined Youxi and his group.
In the following ten days, Xiyuan's mood was jumping back and forth between happiness, envy and sadness every day.
You Zhenzhen can live in the same room with Youxi, but he can't.
You Zhenzhen can sleep in the same bed with Youxi, but he can't.
You Zhenzhen can take a bath with Youxi, but he can't.
Wuwuwuwuwu...
...
Youxi soon discovered that "Husky" felt wronged every day and always rubbed against her desperately when You Zhenzhen was not around.
Youxi: ???
Even if You Zhenzhen went to Lin Wu and Tang Yatong's group, did he think she could do the things mentioned above with him?
Xiyuan knew that he couldn't do that, so he just pretended to be aggrieved so that he could take the opportunity to rub her more.
Every time Youxi pushed his rubbing away with a blank expression, but before pushing him away, she would rub his furry ears or face as much as she could.
Although she didn't say it, nor did she show any expression of liking, he had already discovered that Youxi... seemed to like furry things...
He wanted to let her touch him a few more times while he was still at this station and hadn't changed back.
You know, she had never touched him like this before in the original world.
At 6 o'clock in the afternoon of the last day, with only five hours left in the countdown, the two groups of friends gathered together to show off all the props, memory fragments, and various delicacies and novel foods they had obtained in the past ten days.
Afterwards, they went to the castle restaurant of "The Frog Prince", chose the highest floor, and enjoyed their last dinner at this station in the terrace dining area.
At 8 pm, when the sun was setting, the color of the sky was still dreamy and beautiful. The nightmare paradise of this station has probably been put on the right track, so the difficulty value is temporarily maintained at a very stable state.
However, it may also be that the galaxy is too large, and the nightmares at night have not yet affected the beauty of the day.
Maybe one day, the threshold here will cross that baseline, but those are things after they leave.
At 10 pm, everyone's mobile phone popped up a boarding reminder message.
They walked into the True Love Bar in the square, and the scene in front of them changed. They were already in the departure hall.
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