Chapter 78 "The Witch's Kaleidoscope" 1 Don't let him find you...
After asking around in the game, Zhu Ci found that no one he knew was willing to participate in this mission. The reason was that this dungeon was most likely not a team mode, but a solo mode. Mo Yangbing had a lot of information, so what he said was very likely. Of course, he was not the only one who thought so. There were also many people analyzing the situation on the in-game forums, and they came to similar conclusions as Mo Yangbing.
Because it's a reward, there's only one.
Mo Yangbing advised him to think it over carefully. He knew Zhu Ci's character and he would most likely not kill anyone on his own initiative. If he fought alone in the dungeon, he would be at a disadvantage in terms of strength, not to mention that the person who issued the task was the blood-licking Little Red Riding Hood.
The blood-licking Little Red Riding Hood, whose real name is Ren Annuo, is the president of the Desperate Guild. She has not appeared in front of the players for a long time. It is still unknown whether the top three players in the game will continue to play. Now she suddenly appears, holds this competition, and specially invites Zhuci. It would be unreasonable to say that she did not come for Zhuci.
Since there is no possibility of forming a team and there is no answer to the question, there is no need to think too much about the speech.
The gilded email was short and concise, without any emotional inclination. Zhu Ci clicked the "accept" button in the "accept" section.
When he pressed the button, he did not hesitate.
The few short paragraphs of text on the email on the game interface suddenly turned blood red and even started to move.
It was as if they were dropped into clear water, gradually merging into one drop, rich and terrifyingly real, before slowly dissolving.
Witnessing such a change, Zhu Ci just raised his eyebrows, he didn't seem surprised.
The red letters reorganized in front of him, forming a few sentences: "Humanity crawled under the feet of ants, blood was scattered in the dust, the frozen magma hid the eternal secret, and the disappeared space hid in the river.
The beautiful flower blooms in the monster's mouth, and the hard diamond melts on the eve of early spring."
Congratulations: "..."
At this time, he finally regained some of his literary accomplishments.
These sentences describe a weird scene, and the multiple images may represent different things, metaphorically indicating something that is about to happen.
But this does not prevent Zhuci from closing this paragraph.
When he played the game before, he felt that some of the puzzle-like prophecies in the game had no other purpose except to create mystery.
Zhu Ci had a good impression of the president of the Candlelight Guild because, although he was a bit weird, he was very careful not to make Zhu Ci feel that his life was a planned conspiracy.
Mo Anan suddenly asked him: "Zhuci, have you decided to participate? There is a bounty post about you in the game recently. Have you seen it?"
Congratulations: "No."
Mo Anan said: "Recently, someone on the Internet seemed to have been stabbed in school. You have to be careful. My brother said that some players are killing potential players who have not yet grown up."
Congratulations: "...Good."
Unexpectedly, even Mo Anan knew about his stabbing. Fortunately, there were no photos on the Internet that exposed his name.
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There are quite a few newcomers participating in this competition. Zhu Ci has only experienced two games, so he is still on the rookie list. There has never been such a drastic difference in the ranking of the rookie list. If the second place player still wanted to overtake Zhu Ci when he suddenly became the first place, but after the second game, he completely lost any idea of competing. This is a completely insurmountable gap.
Zhu Ci didn't know why he was always assigned to high-difficulty dungeons, but the level of the next dungeon would definitely not be too high.
The facts turned out to be just as he expected.
"Witch's Kaleidoscope" copy, difficulty level, B.
The president of the Despair Guild did not keep the players in suspense. After the news was announced in advance, all the registered players were excited.
This guaranteed difficulty is really too low.
However, everyone saw the additional positioning of the copy later - "Personal Points Competition".
If the difficulty of the dungeon is deliberately reduced in order to make it easier for players to fight each other to the death, then it sounds understandable.
What is the mode of the individual points competition?
As Zhu Ci was thinking about this question, the strange words in the email appeared in his mind.
All of this will be revealed in the next copy, and the most puzzling thing is actually the attitude of the Desperate Guild towards him.
If they wanted to kill him, this copy would certainly allow them to do it secretly.
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[Welcome all players to enter the "Witch's Kaleidoscope" game copy. The game will record the points of all players in real time. Please explore the way to increase the points by yourself, and the most important point——]
【Follow the rules and survive! 】
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The introduction to the system is as short as ever, making it hard to figure out how to play this dungeon.
Zhu Ci opened his eyes and saw a tidy bedroom.
A clean desk, bright windows, and a TV.
The most incomprehensible thing is that there are no players here, only Zhuci.
The "individual points competition" not only reflects the fact that you cannot form a team, it also reflects "one person".
Zhu Ci opened the game panel, and the huge score "0" reminded him that he was indeed in the game copy.
He opened the bullet screen in the live broadcast room.
Zhu Ci didn’t know how he became so popular. He opened it so many times and there were so many people every time.
"I just shouted 'Hi, wife' confidently."
"Did the anchor open the pop-up screen?"
"This type of copy is really rare."
"Everyone has a room, and every room is different."】
…
Zhu Ci couldn't see the content of their discussion about this copy, but he could clearly see some inappropriate words.
When he came in this time, he changed his clothes on purpose, and dressed like those people who have entered society. He would definitely not be looked at as younger than before.
Thinking of this, Zhu Ci decided to look for clues on the spot. There was a bedside table next to the bed where he was sitting. On the bedside table was a little yellow duck alarm clock, which pointed to six o'clock in the morning.
The first clue was placed in a very conspicuous place.
Zhuci pulled out the note from under the alarm clock.
The note read: "Rule One: You are a student, dress like a student."
Congratulations: “……???”
His hand paused for a second when he saw the first rule.
Why does it feel like the first rule is directed at him?
【“Hahahaha, it was only after seeing this rule that I realized what the host was wearing today.”
"This is the first time that the anchor has dressed like this. Who did you learn this suit from?"
"It's so funny. The first line of the game has the anchor dressed as a student. Is he really possessed by the dean of education?"
"It's reasonable to suspect that I can't even watch the game anymore."】
Zhu Ci opened the closet, originally intending to find a piece of clothing that would fit him. However, the moment he opened the door, the sudden heavy weight made his heart sink, and his hand stopped trying to open the door.
Through the crack in the door, a pair of eyes suddenly stared at him, and his heart suddenly tightened.
Zhu Ci dodged to the side, allowing the unknown object to fall heavily to the ground with a dull "bang".
He looked down at the "object" from above. There was no doubt that it was a fresh corpse with its limbs already stiff.
Zhu Ci stretched out his leg, raised it to the front, and looked at the corpse seriously. Then he saw a piece of paper in the corpse's mouth.
Zhu Ci squatted down and tried to take the note out of the man's mouth, but he was biting it tightly.
Zhu Ci patiently tried to pry open his mouth.
[“This dead man died with his eyes wide open.”
"This is too scary. It keeps staring at the anchor."】
Indeed, those eyes seemed to be bulging out of their sockets. Zhu Ci turned his head to meet those eyes that had lost their luster.
The deep hatred seemed to be able to take shape. If it were an ordinary person, he would have thought he was stealing a corpse.
Zhu Ci grabbed the corpse's jaw and couldn't pry it open, so he ran to find a knife, inserted it into the gap between the teeth, and pulled it out.
His calmness was scary enough, but it was even more terrifying when combined with the words on the note.
"Rule Two: You are a murderer, and you must not let anyone know that you have killed someone."
Zhu Ci took a look at the corpse and felt uncomfortable. Any normal person would feel uncomfortable being in the same room with a corpse, and he didn't know whether he could successfully get rid of the corpse in this copy.
This is of course unrealistic. Zhu Ci guessed that if the body was left here, it would most likely become a corpse in the future.
He glanced at the creature's hands and feet, used a knife to cut the tendons in the hands and feet of the corpse, and then he found a rope to tie its neck, hands and feet together.
【“…The anchor is really not a human being.”
"Oh my god, I feel like the anchor is exactly the same in reality as what is described on the note."】
After doing all this, Zhu Ci opened the door and kicked the corpse out temporarily. He needed to calm down and adapt himself first.
Yes, the bedroom can still be opened, and after opening it is a living room. The living room has not been inspected yet, and the bedroom has not been fully inspected.
He searched in the closet and found a piece of clothing that looked clean, and then his eyes fell on a teddy bear in the closet.
The doll's eyes are very interesting, like glass, and you can touch the beautiful eyeballs with your hand.
Zhu Ci reached out to it, then plucked out its eyes, and a piece of blood-soaked paper jumped out.
"Hey, did you see that? That deep love and hatred. I'm watching it."
Zhu Ci's eyes moved, and then he looked around. Things became strange. But soon the physical discomfort temporarily overshadowed the psychological discomfort.
The bear's eyes were ripped open, revealing the flesh inside. Blood gushed out, staining Zhuci's hands red.
Zhu Ci stared at the dirt on his hands and frowned: "..."
He went to the bathroom to wash his hands, took a quick look in the mirror, where he looked the same as always, then changed his clothes and went out.
After he walked out, bright red words suddenly appeared on the mirror.
"Don't find him, don't let him know that you found him, just pretend you know nothing!!!"
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After changing into his school uniform, Zhu Ci felt that his previous change of clothes was totally unnecessary. He put away the clothes he had brought in, simply cleaned up the floor, and then sat down at the desk.
There were many books on the table here, and Zhu Ci also found a note on the table: "Rule Three: No books unrelated to study can appear on the table."