Chapter 29 The Fifth Problem
His nasal cavity was filled with blood, and under the strong stimulation, his sense of smell seemed to be impaired. He closed his eyes tightly and heard the deafening sound of rain coming from outside.
The accumulated rainwater had already flooded over my calves, and my feet felt like they were sunk into flames. Every time I moved, the severe pain from above made my nerves twitch uncontrollably.
The sticky feeling returned to my hands again.
He didn't have time to care about all this for the moment. He just stumbled and groped his way out. On the way, he heard the clanging sound of objects colliding, but he turned a deaf ear to it. He had only one thought in his mind - to escape from this room.
The sticky liquid on his hands made it difficult for him to grab anything to hold on to. He wiped his hands, trying to get rid of the thing, but found that no matter how he moved, the liquid seemed to have become a part of his body.
It disappears and comes back again.
Stay on him forever.
He staggered outside, his eyes still stinging and difficult to open. A hand thrust into his eyes in confusion, and he shuddered, forcing one eye to close.
It was a large water tank that could hold two or three adults. Half of his body had sunk into it, and the front end of his arm was soaked in water, as cold as a long icicle.
The water was swaying. There was no moon tonight and it was dark all around. Occasionally, a bright flash of lightning would illuminate his face imprinted on the water, making it exceptionally clear and cruel.
He saw that half of his face was stained with blood, the strands of hair on his forehead were wet with cold sweat, his eyes were narrowed into blurry black lines, and his thin chin showed weakness.
The clear water in the jar was gradually dyed black and red by the blood on his hands. His consciousness became weaker and weaker, his brain felt heavy, and the temperature of his body gradually dissipated...
"Li Ziyue."
He suddenly started and lifted up his upper body which was about to be swallowed by the water in the tank.
The blood and water mixed together, and his face was as white as the wall behind him.
Ji Mingyun stood beside him with a smile on his face, holding a black iron chain in his naturally hanging hands, the other end of the chain was connected to a strong man who was still gasping and bleeding.
Lightning struck, and the momentary bright light and long-lasting darkness made him look like the Black and White Impermanence from the dark underworld.
The iron chain at the other end made a slight sound of struggling, but he just stared at Li Ziyue.
"You still killed her."
"I don't."
Li Zi became more and more drowsy, and his throat was so swollen that he could hardly speak.
"Your hands are covered in blood." Ji Mingyun walked towards him slowly, "You killed someone, Li Ziyue."
"I don't."
The noisy sound of running could be heard again outside.
[“The murderer is inside!”]
[“Catch him! Hang him!”]
Li Ziyue frowned and felt his brain becoming more and more dizzy.
A voice so old that he thought he had forgotten it came to his mind.
[“I was the one who killed your seniors. Why, do you hate me?”
[“Do you hate me for having the same face as yours and for deceiving your senior sister?”]
"I..." Countless strange images flashed through his mind like a kaleidoscope. The huge amount of information made it difficult for him to adapt. Li Ziyue opened his mouth slightly, not knowing what he was thinking. He just numbly said over and over again, "I didn't..."
"I didn't kill anyone..."
"I……"
"elder brother!"
The word "brother" was like a blow to the head, bringing Li Ziyue back to his senses instantly.
He suddenly opened his eyes. Although his eyes were still confused, they were much better than before when they were completely empty.
Sun Yuancheng looked at him worriedly.
His mind was still buzzing, but his body was not as weak as before. Li Ziyue lowered his eyelashes unconsciously and was slightly dazed when he saw his relatively fair hands.
Clean, no blood, it seemed like I was just dreaming.
The blood in his body was flowing rapidly, and he felt the coldness in his dream gradually dissipate, his body temperature rose, and his forehead was hot again.
The sound of my heartbeat resonates with the impatient thunder in the sky.
"Boom, boom, boom."
"Brother, what's wrong with you? I called you a few times just now and you didn't respond."
Because of the fever, his fair cheeks were stained an abnormal pink. Fortunately, the light was dim at night and Sun Yuancheng did not notice anything unusual. He even thought that he had a ruddy complexion and was in good health.
Li Ziyue just shook his head, and where Sun Yuancheng couldn't see, he swallowed the fishy blood in his mouth.
There was a commotion outside, and he barely raised his eyes to look over there—
A familiar black shadow flashed before his eyes stealthily.
Li Ziyue felt as if his brain was suddenly pushed into a freezing lake, causing him to feel dazed.
The afterimage of the object seemed to still be before his eyes, and he subconsciously blinked again.
What? !
That is...
Before he could think about it, chaotic screams came from the wall door behind him.
"Run! Quick! Zombies! Zombies are coming!"
"Zombies are entering the temple!"
"Don't worry about him! Let him die. If you don't run away, you... Ugh!"
"Close the door! Close the door! Where are the people? Who is there... who else..."
The sudden high level of tension made Li Ziyue's already weak body even weaker. His vision became increasingly blurred. He felt as if the world was spinning, and a bitter taste appeared in his mouth.
Li Ziyue's forehead hit the hard wall beside him and he closed his eyes in pain.
Two seconds later, Sun Yuancheng felt a hand so cold that it seemed to have no temperature grabbing his wrist.
Li Ziyue panted slightly, coughing a few times from his chest: "...Let's go."
Passing by the front area of the temple, it had been occupied by zombies that broke in through the main gate. Several players, whose ankles were grabbed by zombies, were desperately crawling towards the depths of the temple. However, it seemed to be of no avail.
Their shoulders were firmly held by the zombies, their bodies were stiff, and the tears on their faces merged with the rain falling from the sky.
Zombies are much stronger than ordinary people, and this copy does not allow players to use weapons...
Being caught is basically a death sentence.
Below, the blood of the living mixed with the faces of the dead.
It was difficult for them to even utter a scream. The whole scene was like a black and white pantomime, with people's hands waving wildly in the air and heads falling in the rain.
The zombies made a suppressed "hissing" sound, like giant pythons lurking on the ground.
Li Ziyue closed his eyes impatiently and said something in his heart.
Sin.
The players who escaped to the corridor gradually discovered that although the zombies had entered the temple, they still could not go up the corridor and enter the room where the Buddha was hidden.
This discovery made them ecstatic. On the one hand, when facing the zombies, they still had a shelter they could rely on for the time being.
on the other hand.
Where no one could see, someone sneered cruelly.
They had legitimate reasons to enter the temple room and kill the bride.
The number of players remaining in the corridor gradually decreased. People with bad intentions had already quietly sneaked into the surrounding rooms. Li Ziyue did not take any action for the time being.
He glanced at the players around him without leaving a trace. After being caught in this strange rain, everyone had more or less developed symptoms of coughing and fever, and several weak ones had already fallen against the wall, gasping for breath.
After water shortage, zombies, infighting among players, and hunger, the fifth problem appeared -
Epidemic.
The rain was still falling, and the momentum seemed to be slower. However, the temple was still heavily flooded. Even though they were standing on the slightly higher corridor, there was a thin layer of rain water under their feet.
There was no way to solve this problem. The rain kept coming, but there was no outlet. Unless one stayed in high places, by daytime everyone would have rolled in the water, and no one would escape the fever.
However, just as the questions that appear in large-scale exams basically have complete answers, normal copies will definitely provide players with a path.
There is no shortage of players who have completed the "Suicidal Farmer" dungeon, so it stands to reason that there wouldn't be such a setting where the entire army was wiped out...
Which link has he not figured out yet, or what else does he not know?
Li Ziyue rubbed his temples impatiently. After having a fever, his brain often paused for unknown reasons. He had to think about some very simple truths for a long time...
We need to find a solution to the fever soon...
If I stay in the corridor now, I will be drowned by more and more rain. However, where should I go?
Go out? There are zombies everywhere outside.
Find a room to hide temporarily? Which room? Every room looked the same, how could he be sure that the room he entered was not the one where he happened to "kill someone"?
The accusations made by Ji Mingyun against him in his previous dream seemed to be still before his eyes, and Li Ziyue felt nauseous.
He looked around and found that in each room, which he could see through the windows, there was a Buddha statue as long as he could see inside, and a bride in red was kneeling in front of the statue, praying.
They are all the same, exactly the same. Where is the breakthrough point?
Perhaps because he was indeed sick, or perhaps because he was too focused on his thoughts, Li Ziyue accidentally bumped into someone while walking in the corridor.
He took a few steps back before he could steady himself. He was about to say sorry, but when he looked up and saw that person, he suddenly stopped talking.
"you……"
Li Ziyue rarely felt the cleverness of the word "incredible".
The man frowned, his face full of panic. It was clearly him who bumped into someone, but he ignored Li Ziyue, just turned his body and walked away quickly.
After he left, Li Ziyue's eyes suddenly turned cold.
The man who bumped into him earlier was none other than the man Li Ziyue saw before entering the temple...
A man with a crew cut whose neck was bitten by zombies.
Li Ziyue pursed his lips silently. The collision actually made him sober up a little.
"Oh my God," Sun Yuancheng, who was walking in front, suddenly shouted, interrupting Li Ziyue's thoughts, "What a fat rooster! I didn't expect this poor village still raises chickens! Brother, let's catch that chicken and roast it. I'm starving."
[Oh my god, Sun Yuancheng, you can still think about eating chicken at this time, you are a strong man in another sense]
[Being able to eat is a blessing. Compared to being bitten by zombies when you are hungry, I think it is more dignified to be bitten after being full]
[No, is there a possibility, an option to not be bitten by zombies? ]
chicken?
Li Ziyue raised his eyes upon hearing this, and with his other hand he grabbed Sun Yuancheng, who had rolled up his sleeves and was about to catch the chicken: "Groom, do you want to eat too?"
Sun Yuancheng was stunned.
"ah?"
Li Ziyue sighed: "Did you see the other big red flowers on it?"
"According to folk customs, roosters are good at exorcising evil spirits and have a lot of yang energy, so they are often used to replace the groom who cannot attend the wedding. The groom is either far away or dead, and the rooster is needed to bring the yin and yang together."
"etc."
Li Ziyue suddenly paused and his eyes stopped at the door of the house where a rooster was tied.
Logically, the bride should marry the Buddha in the room, but why is there a rooster left at the door of this room? Could it be that the bride who entered this room is marrying someone else?
In other words, is there no Buddha statue in this room?
Li Ziyue asked Sun Yuancheng to shut up, and the two of them walked over there quietly.
The big rooster with dark red feathers was tied with a rope to the pillar in front of the house, with only the upper head able to shake left and right. Its dark round eyes kept following the movements of Li Ziyue and Sun Yuancheng.
Li Ziyue looked at it coldly.
The line of sight from the rooster is like a surveillance camera, as if someone is spying on his every move through these eyes.
This gave Li Ziyue uncomfortable goose bumps all over his body.
He suppressed his disgust for the moment, slowed down his pace, hid at the door, and peered into the room from the corner of his eyes.
This room is really strange. There is no Buddha in front of the door. It seems that there are countless identical wooden doors inside, all of which are half-closed with a gap. Going deeper, it is just pitch black and you can't see the end clearly.
Before Li Ziyue could figure out what was going on, he saw Sun Yuancheng suddenly cover his mouth, and fall backwards weakly, his eyes red with tears of fear.
Li Ziyue: “?”
Why are you crying for no reason?
Sun Yuancheng didn't dare to speak. He closed his eyes in fear, shook his head constantly, and pointed his trembling hand in front of him.
Li Ziyue looked in the direction he pointed.
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