Chapter 13 Welcome Party (Thirteen)
The physical changes were almost instantaneous.
The heart in the chest cavity beats faster, pumping blood forcefully with each contraction.
The blood rushes rapidly through the blood vessels, the body temperature rises with the rapid heartbeat, but the hands and feet quickly become cold, stiff and numb.
My stomach tightened and my neck seemed to be strangled. It seemed that no air could enter my lungs with every breath, so I involuntarily began to increase the amplitude of my inhalation and exhalation.
fear.
There's no way to move.
At first Mu Yu thought he was frightened by the monster, but he soon realized that something was wrong.
This was not a spontaneous reaction of his body.
He knew himself very well, and no matter how scared he was, his reaction would not be so great.
This was a feeling of impending death imposed upon him by external forces.
The feeling of real death coming.
Lu Zhongnian's voice became a little hoarse: "If we don't answer, we may die soon."
When Jing Qiao just talked about what happened between her and Wang Lei in the rehearsal area, not only him, but Mu Yu should have also considered whether there was an option of "not answering".
But wouldn’t it be too easy to get away with not answering?
Now they have the answer.
A dull person might think that their physical reaction at the moment is caused by nervousness, but as their breathing becomes more and more difficult and their heart beats more and more, they will soon realize that if they do not answer this question, they will die immediately.
Depending on how quickly the reaction intensifies, the deadline could be less than a minute.
This is the countdown of life.
One of them must answer the shadow's question.
Mu Yu stared at the dark shadow and breathed heavily.
After issuing the invitation, the black shadow neither moved nor spoke, his brain working rapidly.
In fact, when he saw the third rule just now, he had already imagined such a situation.
In the absence of other clues, the default rule is true, that is, you must follow the rules here and accept the invitation when the monster makes it.
If you don't agree, you may die quickly, but if you agree, there is a chance of survival. After all, you may not be drowned immediately after entering the water tank.
But if they can't find a way to solve this copy in time -
Then the flat-headed man is the final fate of the person who entered the water tank.
He exhaled, endured the discomfort and said: "Don't rush to answer, Lu Chongnian, let's sort out the clues again."
Sacrifice is a difficult thing to do, but it is also an easy thing to do. The difficult part is how to let two people survive together.
Mu Yu wanted to live with Lu Chongnian, so he didn't regard answering the questions as a sacrifice.
This is a level. Many clues can only be discovered after the monsters appear. What they have to do is to seize the time, find clues, discuss the next plan, and then make a decision together.
Lu Zhongnian said, "The time limit is one minute at most."
Mu Yu frowned: "I know, then don't waste time--"
Lu Zhongnian suddenly raised his left hand and held his cheek, staring at him, and said, "That's not what I'm talking about, Mu Yu."
“There is a time limit for both, so why does the second rule give a reminder but the third does not?”
Mu Yu was stunned and a light flashed through his mind.
2. If you find any props marked with "×", they are discarded props. Please destroy them on the spot within three seconds of discovery.
3. If the performer asks you to cooperate in trying out props, please be sure to agree.
That’s right, there is also a time limit. The second rule clearly tells them that they must destroy the props “within three seconds”, but the third rule does not say that they must accept the monster’s invitation within about a minute!
Why?
If it is because the time limit for answering questions does not only exist in the prop area, the people who designed the dungeon are too lazy to add these few words to the rules of each graded dungeon -
But since He could directly impose a time limit by inflicting a sense of impending death, why bother wasting words and writing a time limit in the second rule just by writing the rules? !
Why not also use the feeling of impending death to urge them to destroy the props within three seconds?
Thinking of this, Mu Yu realized something and immediately picked up a roll of tape at his feet. There was a red cross drawn on the side of the tape that had originally touched the ground.
Mu Yu just held it and stared at it without moving, one second, two seconds, three seconds.
Three seconds passed and no punishment came!
He squeezed the tape tightly: "The three-second time limit is a cover-up!"
If there really is a time limit, the copy can just use the sense of dying to control the time. The fact is that there will be no penalty at all if the props are not destroyed within the time limit!
It was also at this moment that he finally figured out one thing!
He had been wondering just now that the two roommates in the last round did not know that there would be new rules in this place, and they would most likely choose to pick up the props without knowing anything.
But they didn't know that they had to destroy the props within three seconds, which meant they were breaking the rules right from the start.
Could this be how they brought out the monster?
And he and Lu Chongnian have been following the rules, so nothing happened?
But again, is there such a cheap good thing? At this point, can they still believe that they can be safe as long as they follow the rules?
Now all the puzzles are solved.
The second rule of the prop area is a problematic rule. The three-second time limit is fake and has nothing to do with triggering monsters!
Its only function is probably to make them destroy the props as soon as they see them, thinking that there is a time limit, without them having time to discover that the X-mark comes in red and blue colors!
Mu Yu threw away the tape and grabbed a handful of hair: "But before the feeling of near-death came, we didn't find any clues that contradicted this rule. We can't avoid this pit! Is there really something wrong with the way we judge true and false rules?"
But if this is the case, how can we play the game?
He didn't think that the person who created this copy game should take extra care of them, but such an unreasonable game would be boring for him, right? Is it interesting?
Lu Zhongnian: "I don't think there's anything wrong with our judgment, but maybe we can break down the types of fake rules."
Mu Yu grabbed her hair and then let it go, quickly calming down: "Is it because of this fake rule that players won't necessarily die even if they get caught? Because it's not a fake rule that means they'll definitely die, so even if players fall into the trap, there's still a chance they can survive, so maybe they won't give us any clues to make our own judgments? Do they really want us to wade through this muddy water?"
Lu Zhongnian was also in deep thought and could only utter two words: "Maybe."
The first rule of the rehearsal area that induces Wang Lei to make mistakes is not a fake rule that must be avoided. There are auxiliary clues to help players determine the problems in the rules.
The rule they face, which requires them to destroy items within three seconds, is not a fake rule that will kill them, but there are no clues to help them make the judgment.
Perhaps this type of false rule has such uncertainty, and whether this is the correct answer or not, they can only find out by continuing to advance the copy.
As Lu Zhongnian spoke, he began to walk around, using his toes to flip over a few props on the ground, revealing the X-shaped marks on the bottom.
The black shadow stood there silently without interfering, only the feeling of impending death kept growing, making people feel dizzy.
"All props have an X-shaped mark, and the mark only comes in two colors: red and blue."
"The rules are to instruct us to destroy these items as quickly as possible, probably because red and blue represent two camps," he quickly analyzed as he scanned the area, "Items of one color are good for the monsters, and items of the other color are good for us."
"We will definitely find the problem, but if we have destroyed a large number of our team's props before we find the problem, then our chances of clearing the level will be reduced, and we may even fail to clear the level due to the destruction of key props."
Lu Zhongnian stopped and looked at the motionless black shadow with some inquiry.
"But at the same time, this isn't some battle royale game, and this monster obviously isn't going to use its items to hack and kill us... so its items probably aren't meant to be used to attack it."
"If one tool is destroyed, we will be destroyed. Then if another tool is destroyed——"
On the ground, an iron box with a blue cross painted on it was crushed from top to bottom.
At the same time, the dark shadow beside the water tank clearly twisted and shook for a moment.
Everything was captured in the eyes of the two.
Mu Yu stared at the black shadow and said word by word: "——The one who is destroyed is the monster."
Blue is the monster's representative color.
Just now, at the moment when they turned over the first blue fork item, the monster appeared in front of them.
In this copy, monster props are not the monster's bayonets, they represent the monster in the prop area itself.
Lu Zhongnian's voice softened: "Yes."
The method for clearing this graded copy has finally taken shape.
There is still a little time left.
But it’s almost here.
Mu Yu looked at Lu Zhongnian and said, "Lu Zhongnian, I——"
Lu Zhongnian picked up a prop, turned around, and said calmly to the shadow: "I accept your invitation."
Mu Yu suddenly froze.
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