The young city lord said: "It doesn't count! It doesn't count if you bully my good friend Miaomiao!"
"you!"
Feeling that it would be a waste of time to continue arguing with him, Qi Mi stopped talking at the right time.
The girl in the red hat was smart. She knew that Qi Mi just wanted to follow her to find the young city lord, so no matter how scared she was, she stood there motionless, refusing to reveal the young city lord's specific location.
The two men stood there in a stalemate.
After a while, Qi Mi seemed to suddenly think of something, squatted down, picked up a stone and wrote and drew on the ground.
The girl was curious, so she looked over and found a crooked line drawn on the ground.
This is the route map from Third Street to the wooden house. After running it once, it was imprinted more clearly in Qi Mi's mind.
There were many winding streets on the road, and it took her less than half an hour to run here. At her speed, the distance should be about seven or eight kilometers.
Connecting the two points, the straight-line distance is about four or five kilometers.
The two walkie-talkies in his hands were the same model, belonging to Hunter No. 7 and the girl respectively. They had no number keys, only two knobs, and were likely professional walkie-talkies capable of long-distance calls. These professional walkie-talkies, if not affected by the environment, could theoretically reach 3-8 kilometers, but generally did not exceed 8 kilometers.
In the Third Street area and in this wooden house, the two intercom voices were very clear, indicating that the range where the young city lord was talking to them should be within this 8 kilometers.
If the maximum distance is 8 kilometers...
Qi Mi picked up a wooden stick and gestured to draw a circle of roughly the same size from both ends of the line segment. The two circles intersected at two points, on the east and west sides of the route respectively. Combined with the direction that Hunter No. 7 had wanted to report before... he could roughly guess the range where the small city lord was located.
But the range is still too wide, and we need to find a more accurate way to determine the location.
Qi Mi slowly stood up, returned the walkie-talkie to the girl, and went back to the city in the direction he had just guessed.
After more than ten minutes, the nursery rhyme being sung on the radio suddenly stopped.
After a rustling noise, the city lord announced: "Attention, attention! Prey number 20 has found me! One of the ten spots has been lost, leaving nine spots. Everyone, please keep up the good work!"
Qi Mi stopped and looked at the body of a prey lying on the ground in the distance. There were still hunters active in the city, and the game of hide-and-seek was not over yet. To be on the safe side, it would be better to hide for the time being.
She went into the nearby store and looked around carefully. When she looked towards the cashier counter, she saw a big black head.
"Big Head" also heard the noise, screamed, and quickly covered his mouth.
It’s Yuexi.
"How dare you wander around the street? Hide here!" Yue Xi was afraid of being discovered, and even spoke in a whisper. He kindly made room for her.
Qi Mi took a look, supported himself on the cabinet, and landed quietly on the ground, squeezing in next to her.
"Have you been hiding here since the beginning of the game?" Similarly, Qi Fan also lowered his voice.
Yue Xi nodded, carefully glanced out the window, and continued: "I don't dare to go out. It's too scary outside."
"But our goal is to find food. If we don't find it, we can't enter the city that never sleeps."
Yue Xi: "If you don't want to go in, then don't go in. I think saving your life is more important."
Qi Mi was lost in thought. Indeed, Yuexi was from this world, and even if he didn't enter the Nightless City, he should have somewhere to go. But they were different. If they wanted to leave this polar night apocalypse, they had to enter the Nightless City to find a pass.
They must enter this city.
The radio just announced that player number 20 has found him. Player number 20...
"Who is Participant No. 20?" Qi Mi muttered softly, trying to search for the impression of Participant No. 20 in his faint memory.
"Isn't number 20 the big, strong guy?" Yue Xi replied, "He's the one who later grabbed the hunter and recorded a message for us. He was standing in front of me, and I noticed that he was wearing number 20 on his wrist."
"It's him."
After Yue Xi's description, Qi Mi gradually pieced together the tall and mighty image of the eldest brother in his mind.
Hunter No. 7 still has his walkie-talkie, so I can try my luck...
"Find a way to get to the inn next to where the game starts. I'll come find you later." Qi Mi supported himself on the counter and jumped out.
Just as Yue Xi opened his mouth to ask why, he saw her disappear in a flash.
The streets were as quiet as usual.
Qi Fan hid in a narrow alley and answered the intercom: "I just stumbled upon a hidden clue in the game. You're not actually 'food', you're 'bait', right?"
The radio was turned on, and a clear and soft voice slowly flowed out from it, filling the streets of Carnival City.
Qi fans guessed that in order to ensure his own concealment, 'Shi' would keep Participant No. 20 who found him by his side, and it would be impossible for this big brother to walk around and be discovered by others.
Then the big brother should be able to hear what she said.
Probably confused by Qi's fan talk, after a burst of clattering noises, the city lord's voice appeared on the radio and intercom one after another: "What???"
He raised his voice in a high tone, as if to say, "Even I, the game planner, don't know what you are talking about."
Qi Mi pricked up his ears and listened around him, then continued to make up a story: "You are the bait, set up by the hunter to trick us prey into seeking our own death. The real prey is actually someone else, right?"
She put down the intercom and continued to listen carefully to the movements around her.
A few seconds later, the same question came from the radio and intercom: "Are you talking about Senmo?!"
After feeling that there was no special movement nearby, Qi Mi looked at the empty streets and continued to walk towards the area where he speculated that the little city lord was.
"Participant 20, can you hear me? If your wristband isn't removed right now, find a way to leave immediately! I repeat, find a way to leave immediately!"
Her tone was so serious that it left no room for doubt, and in an instant, the tense atmosphere of the game reached its peak.
Qi's fans are gambling, betting that the big brother will be more willing to choose to believe her as a fellow participant in this information that is difficult to distinguish between true and false.
In the game, the status of both parties is obviously unequal, and the rules are completely biased towards the hunters and planners. Under the inertia of thinking, they, as participants, will naturally feel fear towards the dominant party with a slightly higher status, especially when it involves this kind of life and death game.
In terms of interests, although there is competition between the participants, there is no urgency of life and death.
Just like Yue Xi said, since they can't enter the city that never sleeps, they can go anywhere. There is no need to risk their lives here.
However, these leaders are different. From the rules of the game, it can be seen that they disdain the lives of these participants. In addition, Qi Mi's words are so convincing that they have planted a bomb in the heart of the big brother that can explode at any time.
As expected, the big brother's questioning voice appeared on the radio.
"What bait? What does it mean?"
The young city lord hurriedly stopped him: "Shh—didn't I tell you not to talk?"
"If you won't let me talk, why don't you just explain what 'bait' is?! Damn it, I just handed you the bracelet! And you—"
The radio was turned off and the sound stopped abruptly.
At this time, Qi Mi was standing on the street and could vaguely hear the big brother's roar.
To accurately determine her location, she struck while the iron was hot: "Participant 20, can you still hear me? If you can't get out, you can find a way to signal me, and I'll come find you right away!"
The intercom fell silent and there was no response.
Two hunters wandering nearby heard the sound and gathered over, staring at Qi Mi with murderous eyes.
Qi Mi ignored it and continued looking for the location of the big brother.
Anyway, the game is currently temporarily suspended. Even if the two hunters are here, they cannot take any action without the order of the city lord.
At this moment, the sound of a window opening was heard, and a few hundred meters ahead, an arm stretched out and waved towards her:
"Hey! I'm here! Can you see me?!"
The two hunters exchanged glances and immediately rushed over to stop Qi Mi: "Prey No. 17, you're cheating!"
Qi Mi snorted coldly and threw the intercom to one of them. "I found the person with my own ability, how can I call it cheating? Get out of my way!"
“No!”
The two hunters roared, pulled out their guns and pointed them at her.
Qi Mi glanced at them, his smile deepening. "You haven't received any instructions yet, so you can't shoot... If even you can break the rules, does that mean I can too?"
She drew her scimitar, and her strange blue eyes flashed: "I have always followed the rules. Don't make me cause a scene here."
The hunter was shocked.
While the two were confused, Qi Mi quickly made a fake move and ran around them to the location of the locked "food".
As soon as I climbed to the fourth floor, I heard a lot of noise coming from one of the rooms.
Brother No. 20 believed it and roared at the young city lord to return his bracelet.
Qi Fan kicked the door open and saw a very interesting scene——
The older brother stretched his hand out of the window with great effort to greet the visitors. A boy about seven or eight years old grabbed his other hand tightly. After being dragged to the window effortlessly by the older brother, the boy had to use a lot of force to pull the older brother away from the window.
The two of them were pulling each other back and forth.
Seeing Qi Mi, the eldest brother roared as if he had seen a relative: "Wasn't it you, my little sister, who was talking to me just now? You really came to save me! This guy is really not the 'shit' we are looking for. He is the 'bait' to deceive us, right?"
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Qi Mi seemed to have heard a subtle difference between the two sounds, but he didn't dwell on it. He quickly apologized to the elder brother with a smile, "I'm sorry, elder brother. I lied to you just now because I wanted to find the young city lord. He is actually the 'food' we're looking for. You're not mistaken. There's no such thing as bait in the game. I made it up. I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I was wrong."
After hearing this, the eldest brother was stunned and stopped howling. "My sister, did you find the wrong person? What I mean is, I gave the bracelet to him and he has something wrong with me?"
Qi Mi smiled awkwardly: "No."
"Oh my god, why didn't you tell me earlier! This guy scared me so much that I screamed and cried. I was so tired!" The eldest brother took a deep breath and sat back in the chair.
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