Chapter 1 Welcome to our park. We sincerely wish you a safe and pleasant stay...
——"I have prepared a great gift for you."
——"Shh, shh, don't get excited, be good."
——"How will he die? I'm looking forward to it. What about you? You must want to know too, right?"
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"Little boat, little boat, sizzling... on the water... sizzling..."
A naive little angel sculpture was lying in the wet soil. The out-of-tune nursery rhyme, which was obviously out of touch, was coming out of its body. The creepy and weird childish voice echoed in the empty square.
"Little boat, little boat, take me far away... zizizi..."
The distorted nursery rhyme was cut off due to poor contact. An Rao opened his eyes amid the harsh sound of electricity and found himself standing in a team. There was an empty square all around him. The distance was shrouded in thick fog and nothing could be seen.
The air in the square is filled with the sweet aroma of popcorn and cotton candy, and the brand new cartoon sculptures are wrapped with festive colorful balloons and shiny ribbons.
The deserted square made the joyful atmosphere created by the music balloons and ribbons disappear into nothingness, making it seem even more eerie.
Joy and sweetness came out of nowhere, almost like an illusion.
An Rao pinched himself hard. After all, five minutes ago, he was fired for discovering evidence of his boss's crime. A minute ago, he picked up all his belongings and walked out of the law firm before he took three steps when he was knocked to the ground by a sudden dizziness.
And then we got here.
In this strange, eerie place, An Rao adjusted his glasses. His dark eyes were like deep pools. All the belongings in his hands disappeared, replaced by a folded paper and a strange wristband tied around his wrist. The screen of the wristband displayed the time and an unknown value of "800".
“Where is this place… wuwuwu…” The girl standing behind An Rao started crying in fear, “It’s so scary, wuwuwu, I want to go home!”
"It must be some kind of prank reality show," someone said viciously, "Wait till I get out, I'll beat the bastard who did this to death!"
No, this was not a prank. An Rao's unusual intuition about danger told him that this place was very dangerous.
A strange nursery rhyme was humming out of the little angel speaker. An Rao lowered his head and looked at the paper in his hand. He felt a chill on his back. He felt a cold gaze on his back, as if an animal staring at its prey. An Rao turned his head to look at the source of the gaze. There was no one there, only the little angel speaker lying on the ground, holding its face and looking at the sky innocently.
This familiar feeling of being watched made An Rao's nerves tense. He turned his head and lowered his attention back to the paper in his hand. The innocent blue eyes of the little angel behind him slowly moved to the edge of his motionless eye sockets, looking coldly at the tall and thin young man in the team who was wearing a simple white shirt and black pants, who was looking down and frowning, reading carefully.
The paper in An Rao's hand was a map of an amusement park. The park was not large, and there were only six rides. All the rides were fanned out with a place called Happy Square as the center. There was a blank circle directly below each ride, as if it was reserved for people to stamp and check in. But now, on the map in An Rao's hand, except for the pirate ship icon, the other nine game icons were blurry.
In the lower right corner of the map, the words "Garden Guide" were printed in blood red, and below that were all small scarlet characters. Out of professional habit as a lawyer, An Rao read quickly word by word as he slowly moved with the team:
"Welcome to the Happy Infinity Amusement Park. Please enjoy the fun and follow the park guidelines at all times. The park sincerely wishes you a safe trip and a safe return home:
1. Each person can only receive one park map. Please keep your map properly. If you lose it, please go to the staff home immediately. Welcome to become a member of the park;
2. The staff of the park are trustworthy. The dolls of the staff are consistent with the corresponding amusement projects. The doll staff will never have human faces, so please identify them carefully;
3. The amusement rides in this park are marked on the map. There is no circus in this park. If you see a circus sign, please ignore it.
4. If you are in the park on the closed days of each month, please keep quiet no matter what you see, and do not let any of their eyes see you. If you are seen, Article 3 of this guide will be invalid, and please go directly into the circus;
5. There are no red seats in the park's amusement projects. Red is the color of blood. If you can't tell, please observe your blood;
6. If the amusement project you are participating in has already started, you are not allowed to quit midway;
7. Eating and drinking in areas other than the food court is prohibited; except for the food court and rest area, there are no other water sources in the park;
8. Pushing, fighting and quarreling are prohibited in the park;
9. There are no white stones in this garden. If you are unlucky enough to find one, please destroy it immediately. White is the color of bones. If you cannot distinguish white, please observe your bones.
10. Please abide by the rules of the attractions. If there is a conflict with this guide, please follow this guide.
This paradise sincerely wishes you a peaceful life. "
An Rao looked up and saw a bronze iron fence at the end of the line. A park employee in a bunny doll work clothes was checking tickets for everyone. The fat bunny doll was wearing a tattered medieval navy uniform, an eye mask with a black skull pattern, and black earrings on his long gray ears. The adorable fat bunny looked very cute in his pirate outfit. While checking tickets, he waved and blew kisses to the players entering the park enthusiastically, wishing everyone a happy time. He was very dedicated.
So according to Article 2 of the "Garden Guide", this amusement project should be the pirate ship. An Rao's eyes fell on the pirate ship icon on the map. On the top of the tattered sail, a skull pirate flag was flying high. There was no one on the old crimson ship, like a bloody mouth.
There are still four people in front, and An Rao's sixth sense has begun to sound the alarm. The content of the "Garden Guide" in his hand is nothing special except for the slightly strange wording, but An Rao, who has been living in dangerous cracks for many years, still smells a strong smell of blood.
What is the problem?
"I don't want to play, I don't want to play! Don't you understand? Let me out of this damn place!" The tattooed man in front of An Rao suddenly shouted, and tore the map in his hand into pieces. Then he kicked the stainless steel railing used to prevent people from cutting in line, and pushed An Rao away with his strong shoulders and squeezed back, "Get out of my way!"
The cheerful nursery rhyme came to an abrupt end, the sweet candy aroma disappeared, and an invisible sense of oppression came over me.
The smiling pirate rabbit stopped checking tickets and walked stiffly to the tattooed man. He stared at him with his one dark eye without the eye patch. His voice changed from the cute and cheerful one just now to a hard and slow one without any ups and downs, as if he was a rusty and broken machine trying to imitate humans: "Article 8 of the Park Guidelines: Pushing and shoving are prohibited in the park. Please observe the order and queue up to enter."
"I said I don't fucking want to--ho! ho! er--"
Before he could finish his words, the man fell silent and started scratching his own neck with a painful expression. He immediately fell to the ground and struggled. His expression was ferocious and terrifying, and his bloodshot eyes almost popped out of their sockets, but he could no longer make any sound. It was as if he was performing a silent film. Soon the man's neck was scratched to a bloody mess and it was a horrible sight.
The ground was soon covered with the man's blood. Everyone was terrified and fell into eerie silence.
As the man continued to struggle, the map he had torn up fell to the ground and scattered, and was then blown away by the wind. The pirate rabbit's stiff and cold eyes suddenly disappeared, and it began to jump happily again. It struggled and diligently moved the railing in front of the man with broken arms, and said excitedly to the man who was still rolling and struggling on the ground with full emotion: "Welcome to join us! Please move to the employee home, my dear new colleague!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the man who was rolling and struggling on the ground seemed to have pressed the pause button. He stopped scratching immediately, then stood up with a blank look in his eyes, holding his neck which was almost broken by his own digging. He walked out through the gap in the railing with an expressionless face. His hands hanging at his sides were covered with the pieces of flesh he had dug out, and blood kept dripping, leaving a string of glaring red on the ground.
An Rao looked at the pool of blood in front of him. With so much blood loss, the man would definitely not survive, but he walked out straight and unreasonably! In the bleak sunlight, the smell of blood became stronger.
There are two more people in front.
The entire team was frightened by this sudden change. No one clamored to quit anymore. Amid the sound of happy music and the sweet aroma of candy, the group walked towards the entrance in silence and tremblingly.
So we have to follow the rules, Anrao pushed up his glasses.
It was my turn, but there seemed to be words on the wall behind the rabbit's round body.
An Rao coughed lightly and said, "Excuse me, could you please move aside a little? I want to see the words on the wall."
The young man had a clear and pleasant voice. If you didn't pay special attention, you wouldn't even be able to hear the tremor in his last tone.
"Oh, of course! I'm very sorry to block you!" The pirate rabbit swept away the weirdness and terror just now, bowed to An Rao very attentively, looked around, and then took small steps to move as far as possible to the open space next to him, so that An Rao could read the words on the wall more easily.
An Rao heaved a sigh of relief. His black hair, soaked with cold sweat, stuck to his forehead, making his pretty face look pale as if it had been washed by water.
The bet was right! Article 2 of the Park Guide states that the staff is trustworthy and that it is safe to follow the rules. As long as the rules are not violated, the staff will try their best to meet the players' requirements - just like a real amusement park.
There is a blackboard on the wall behind the pirate rabbit. On the blackboard, the pirate ship rules are written in white paint in the shape of human bones:
“1. Welcome to ride the pirate ship. People under 1.4 meters tall, pregnant women, the elderly, or people with heart disease, high blood pressure, motion sickness, etc. are not allowed to ride this project;
2. Each seat is equipped with a red emergency button. If you feel unwell, please press the button immediately. Do not use the button in non-emergency situations, otherwise you will be responsible for the consequences;
3. Players must consciously maintain the symmetry and balance of the pirate ship;
4. The pirate ship is a large-scale amusement facility fixed on land. There is no water, parrots or pirates near the pirate ship. If you see them, please believe it is an illusion.
5. Please do not touch the decorative ornaments on the amusement facilities at will. If there is any damage, you will be required to pay the price. Please do not ■■■■■■;
6. Don’t ■■■■. ”
What do you want? What do you want? Why is there smearing? An Rao rubbed his eyebrows. What is the purpose of this amusement park?
In any case, based on what happened to the man with tattoos and my own attempts, I can at least confirm two things: first, the map is very important and must not be lost; second, do not break the rules.
An Rao's palms were cold and wet as he stared at the pirate rabbit in front of him. This dedicated employee was enthusiastic and polite. He cheerfully checked the tickets and let the players in. He then jumped and waved goodbye to the players who entered. However, he seemed to be muttering something after sending a player in.
What is he mumbling about?
"Hello, the pirate ship ticket is one hundred points!" The rabbit tilted its head and said to An Rao affectionately, which was in stark contrast to his cool pirate costume.
"But I don't know where the points are..." An Rao pretended to be embarrassed, frowned and said a little embarrassedly.
"It's okay, the points are on your wristband, I'll help you swipe them!" The Pirate Rabbit was very patient. He gently lifted An Rao's wrist and touched it in front of the machine.
"Beep." The 600 on the wristband screen turned into 500. At the same time, another message popped up on the screen: "Dear X Bank general card user, your account with the last digit 2876 has transferred 1 million yuan, and the balance is 5,003,610 yuan."
The points from this damn place are actually linked to my only bank card?
No, there is internet in this damn place?!
No? The tickets are so expensive?!
Wait, if I can spend, I should be able to earn as well...
An Rao, who was hit by the overwhelming wealth, instinctively developed an eagerness for wealth in his uneasiness.
"Okay! You can go in, but be careful not to damage the decorations on the boat! Have fun!" The rabbit jumped and waved at An Rao.
An Rao, who was standing at the entrance pretending to study the wristband, heard Rabbit muttering behind him: "Twenty-eight, two more to go."
The third rule of the pirate ship game is that players must maintain the symmetry and balance of the pirate ship. The purpose of the rabbit counting thirty players is to protect the players. Otherwise, if the number of people entering is an odd number, it is absolutely impossible to keep the pirate ship symmetrical. If the consequences of not complying with the park guidelines are so terrible, it is hard to say what good results will come from not complying with the rules of the amusement project.
But can the pirate rabbit really be trusted? An Rao's fingers tapped on the map subconsciously, tap ...
Feeling that something was wrong, An Rao looked up at the bow of the pirate ship in front of him and discovered that unlike the icon drawn on the map, there was actually a life-size decorative wooden sculpture of the captain standing on the bow of the pirate ship.
Is this captain who does not appear in the map icon counted in the number of people?
The Pirate Rabbit staff followed the pirate ship game rules and counted an even number of players entering, but if the captain was included, it was obvious that thirty-one people would not be able to keep the number of players on the pirate ship symmetrical and balanced.
And why thirty players?
An Rao immediately ran towards the pirate ship. Sure enough, there were many places in the ship, but the pirate rabbit only counted thirty players coming in. Why?
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