Chapter 120 Paper Town
Qiao Song knew that it was not a good idea to run away at this time. Anyone who was a little smart would definitely notice her abnormality, but she had to run away, otherwise she could not take back the shrine in her arms!
[The shrine is being charged. A large number of the same species have been detected. Please replenish the raw materials in time.]
【2/100】
The shrines of other people's homes rely on incense and offerings for survival, but the shrine of her home relies on shrine fragments. It had previously obtained two small pieces of wood fragments from the hail, but now they have completely disappeared.
And judging from the tone, he'll have to spend at least another 98 yuan.
Qiao Song tried again to put the shrine back into the toolbox. When he failed, he looked up and saw hail falling from the sky. It was like small magnets falling, bending into an arc.
They are already flying towards me. If I don’t run now, when will I run?
If you stand in a crowded place, you will definitely become a target.
She was also convinced that this broken toolbox should either remain silent or give herself a big one.
No wonder the little cat in Aunt Huo's house said she didn't need anyone to build a shrine for her. So this is what she meant. Who knew she could come up with such a thing from her broken toolbox.
Fortunately, Qiao Song had a good paper-folding skill before, so she ran away. She had a very good adaptability to this body, and for a while, few people could catch up with her. Maybe they hadn't reacted yet.
Until the hail in the sky began to change its momentum, like a meteor, from free fall to flying in an oblique direction, chasing Qiao Song's departing back, the players left on the stone beach suddenly became dazed.
"Did the system broadcast the weather change? Why did the hail turn into a meteor shower?"
"What meteor shower? It's obviously controlled by a skill. It looks like some player wants to monopolize all the shrine fragments. What are you doing standing there like an idiot? Go after him!"
"I was wondering why those kangaroos suddenly ran away!"
Since obtaining the shrine fragments dropped in the hail, new players have also understood from the system prompts that this is the gift in the weather game.
Now all the gifts have grown wings and flown away, so of course we have to chase them.
Qiao Song was now only thankful that she had run in time. She had already noticed the lizard man and his two kangaroo companions following behind her, but it didn't matter. At the moment, only these three guys could barely keep up with her, and the rest of the large group was left far behind.
Her goal is very clear. She will run into the meadow first. Now it seems that the shrine fragments will come to her by themselves. There are many paper beasts in the meadow, which can delay the player's pace a little.
Spring has only begun half an hour ago, and everything is coming back to life in this season. This may be the time when paper beasts appear the most in the next period of time. She must seize this opportunity.
Unlike the previous times when he had actively avoided the ambush of the paper beast, this time Qiao Song specifically observed and ran to wherever something looked wrong, actively stepping on some unusual pits and bushes that obviously contained objects.
This was like stirring up a hornet's nest. Wherever she passed, all kinds of strange paper beasts rushed out. Qiao Song didn't even turn her head. Apart from occasionally using an axe and a chainsaw to block them, she just ran around in circles.
"Fuck, did this guy do this on purpose?"
But it was tough for the three people following her, as their tracking turned into being hunted.
"Don't worry about it. There's no need to kill these paper beasts. The paper beasts played by NPCs are too difficult to kill. Find a way to lure them away."
After hearing this, the lizard man reacted and was almost amused by Qiao Song's anger: "Are you using us to wipe your ass?"
He said that this guy was like he had thorns on his body when he was running for his life, and he was provoking the paper beasts hiding in the grass everywhere.
"Team leader, can you please stop being so rude? Come on, let's distribute the weapons. One for each of you. Don't be polite."
The kangaroo with a pocket full of weapons confidently puffed out his fat belly. His companions did not hesitate to be polite with him. They took out the large weapons they needed from the kangaroo's pockets on the left and right.
An RPG rocket, leaving a long smoke tail, blasted directly into a meadow ahead.
The kangaroo in the baseball cap exclaimed: "This is much better than my billiard stick. Times have changed."
The loud explosions were louder than the thunder in the sky.
The lizardman captain slapped him on the head, almost flattening his skull: "Can't you be quieter? There are only three of us chasing her now, and you've made such a big scene that everyone else has been attracted here."
The hail in the sky just turned a corner at this time, like a meteor with a tail, and flew directly towards the area where Qiao Song was.
The lizardman wearing Happy Birthday glasses slapped his thigh and said, "Damn, did this guy put a potion on the shrine fragment? How can he chase her directly? No, skills and props, don't hide them, use them all, there is something wrong with this player!"
He was also summoning props himself. After all, he was in a soul state and possessed a paper beast, so many things were not on him.
As a player who has participated in two rounds of the Paper Village game, he knows very well that experience is the most terrifying thing in this copy. That is why some players will try their best to stay and play the second round after seven days of the first game, just to gain more advantages than the previous round.
There is only one purpose for obtaining these advantages, which is to obtain the shrine.
Obtain a shrine belonging to a human player.
This is something that any human player will have to face when they reach the end of this road to survival. Even in a large guild, only the top players know the secrets of the shrine.
The copy of the Paper-Zha Town only appears on special maps and its appearance time is not very long, otherwise it would have been occupied by the top players of major guilds, who would have directly brought the new players with them.
Of course, that’s what the Raiders are doing now.
But before he had stayed there for long, such a big change occurred, and all the accumulated experience was destroyed after a player appeared.
"No wonder the president wrote the strategy list himself this time." The lizardman with a triangular scarf immediately decided that even if he couldn't kill the other party, he had to find out what happened to her that caused the shrine fragment to follow her.
One, two, three...
Qiao Song was numb. She saw a large amount of hailstones that the players had actively fought for before, carrying pieces of shrine fragments, rushing towards the shrine box in her arms as if throwing themselves into her arms.
[Replenishing energy...]
【6/100】
In just a short while, six hailstones had already hit her! Except for the first two that she took out her knife to catch, the rest were all chasing her in arcs.
The wooden box in Qiao Song's arms was much larger than the shrine she saw underwater, but the color was a little dull. After eating so many fragments, some color had appeared in the corner.
Anyway, it looks much weirder than the underwater shrine.
Qiao Song hid in the grass nest to make things more difficult for the pursuers behind him, while continuing to look for a safe house or something like that.
She had to muddy the waters a little, or she would be besieged sooner or later.
The weather in spring is changeable, sometimes it rains heavily and sometimes it rains lightly. Now the rain has weakened and the thunder is not so obvious. Qiao Song suddenly heard the croaking of frogs.
[Spring is over and summer is coming, please be careful to prevent mosquito disasters. 】
He said mosquitoes, but what was heard was the croaking of frogs.
When Qiao Song heard the system broadcast, his eyes lit up and he ran forward quickly. He soon saw an open area like the previous one, paved with pebbles.
Although the shrine could not be put into the toolbox for the time being, fortunately she was tall now, so she stuffed the thing into her arms and covered it with a handful of grass, so it could not be seen for the time being.
The sudden appearance of the humanoid paper beasts scared the players who were hiding in the cobblestone area. Just like the previous area, those guys with agile bodies had obviously gone through the previous round of the game. They had done a good job of preparation in advance and made bodies for themselves that were well adaptable.
Those players who had difficulty walking and barely relied on their skills to get to the safe area were extremely wary of the sudden appearance of Qiao Song. What's more, the season had just changed and everyone was still trying to figure out the rules. Suddenly, a human figure appeared, and it was obvious at first glance that he was a paper beast that was much better than the other players.
In the crowd, a cat-shaped paper beast with a vertical cut-out paper man next to it suddenly moved slightly. After making eye contact with Qiao Song, it immediately realized something and pulled the guy next to it who was still chattering and looked like a square wardrobe.
Lin Xuan, who was terrible at manual labor and had rubbed his body into a shape that was almost like a brick, was suddenly dragged into a trance. Fortunately, he had a good ability to read people's expressions and noticed that Aunt Huo, whom he had just met, had a change in expression, so he knew that an acquaintance must have come.
"Didn't you say you wouldn't meet Tang Xiaoxiao first, or is there a new partner coming?"
Tang Xiaoxiao had been in the same area with them before. After Lin Xuan recognized Aunt Huo, he was about to go and talk to Tang Xiaoxiao, but was stopped by Aunt Huo.
It is said that Tang Xiaoxiao is cooperating with an old player, so don't interfere with him for the time being.
As a result, after the frogs croaked, Tang Xiaoxiao followed the old player out.
Or maybe there is some new person coming now?
He crouched down and just finished asking a question when he saw the new member joining the marginal area.
"Why is there a new humanoid guy here? Could it be an NPC? No, NPCs can only move in bushes."
But even for an experienced player, it is impossible to make such a complete humanoid paper beast in one go when preparing for the event. Is this a villager from some paper-making village? They were attacked by similar paper beasts on the way...
Wait, this axe, this hammer...
You can still see traces of paper-made patterns on the axe, but the hammer is different. Isn’t this his sister Qiao’s weapon?
Huo Siran patted him on the back: "How many lottery tickets do you have that can be used now?"
Lin Xuan straightened his back immediately, knowing that he was about to make a big profit.
Soon he remembered something: "This has very weak control over human players. Our safe zone committee is all human, so it may not work."
Although he didn't know what Qiao Song had done, Lin Xuan firmly believed that there would be chaos wherever she was.
"Don't use it on people, shoot it in the bushes later."
Aunt Huo suddenly meowed, and a small piece of paper on her body immediately flew down and quickly disappeared into the air, like a piece of transparent plastic paper. Without attracting anyone's attention, it quietly flew to where Qiao Song was.
Qiao Song soon felt the small piece of paper climbing up his shoulder.
She made eye contact with Aunt Huo at the first moment. There was another reason: they both had shrines, and it was an extremely weak mutual induction, as if they had met their own kind.
The paper man with two cat ears on his head quickly climbed onto Qiao Song's shoulders.
【Meow Talk Meow】
[Cats have their own unique behavioral language to communicate. A small rubbing action or a small smell may contain a lot of information]
Qiao Song held the small piece of paper and quickly heard a series of information in her mind. She immediately swung the sledgehammer in her hand and smashed it directly at a guy in the crowd.
Aunt Huo is an expert at gathering intelligence, and she already has a grasp of the situation of everyone in this gathering place. As long as she lights a fuse, the whole place will be detonated.
Lin Xuan, who was holding a bunch of lottery tickets in his hand and ready at any time, was also stunned for a moment: "Qiao Song's hammer was a great hit, it just hit that shameless thing."
That was the scumbag he had mentioned in the group before.
I don’t know what charm the scumbag has. He had been tricked by the ex-girlfriends’ alliance in the village to find out the identity of the real wolf. But he quickly hooked up with a rich woman who kept him safe.
Lin Xuan didn't understand and was greatly shocked. If his daughter grew up and was deceived by a man like this, he would definitely skin the man alive.
Another reason why the atmosphere in their safe zone was so subtle was that the two sides, ready to fight at any time, were staring at the corner. If someone wanted to kill the scumbag, someone else would protect him.
When it rained in the spring before, they even called each other shameless when they were fighting over the hail fragments.
Lin Xuan was enjoying eating the melon, but Qiao Song smashed the melon to pieces with a hammer.
“What are you doing!!!”
Qiao Song's hammer had just landed on the extremely handsome human-shaped doll in the corner when a wolf-shaped paper beast next to it immediately became angry and pulled out a knife to chop her.
At this moment, the female nurses also seized the opportunity and pounced into the corner the moment the wolf-shaped paper beast shifted its attention.
The balance that had been maintained with great difficulty was broken. Qiao Song didn't even look back. He ran after the fight, leaving behind a safe zone that had instantly become chaotic. In this way, few people would notice the debris turning and flying over in the sky.
[Charging the Shrine]
【13/100】
At the same time, in an unnoticed corner, a strange insect began to take off.
The buzzing of mosquitoes clearly indicates the beginning of summer.
Although the rain slowed down, it did not stop completely. The air could even be said to be more humid, and many of the paper figurines were peeling off more and more. Qiao Song could even see that the paper figurine that was said to be the scumbag had a faint black color after its outer skin became wet.
black?
Qiao Song took a brief look and quickly ran again. This time, when the lizardman and the two kangaroo brothers caught up with him, they witnessed the chaotic scene here.
Originally, he thought that the commotion caused by the player just now was enough to make everyone chase after her, but why did he hear strange keywords, such as "a pretty boy is shameless", "it's not a mistress, it's a mistress", "sister, wake up and eat something good!" and so on.
The werewolf who was surrounded and beaten became more and more courageous, and pulled the scumbag who was like a little white flower and only knew how to show weakness behind him.
The werewolf girl, while fighting against the women who were besieging her, shifted her sights to the person who had previously attacked the scumbag.
While Qiao Song was escaping, he looked at her from a distance.
wrong.
This look is so calm, without any madness or crazy, more like a calm observer.
Moreover, when she was protecting the scumbag behind her, she did not show any care for him. Instead, she would pause for a moment when she saw the black color of the scumbag's soul.
This is inconsistent with the information Aunt Huo got from Lin Xuan. Did this werewolf woman deliberately jump out to protect the scumbag?
Qiao Song withdrew his gaze and ran away.
She used large clumps of mess to stop the guys chasing her, and the effect was remarkable. She felt that the lizardmen and kangaroos who were chasing her the most had disappeared.
She stared at the increasing number of suspended objects in the sky. This time it was not hail, but mosquitoes as big as fists.
The strange thing is that these mosquitoes have glowing objects hidden in their stomachs. If it weren't for the unforgettable buzzing sound that is unique to mosquitoes, she would almost think they were fireflies.
Shit! Could the shrine fragment be hidden in the mosquito?
Fortunately, he had just informed Aunt Huo. Not long after Qiao Song turned around the safe zone, he saw a square creature running out, panting and jumping.
Lin Xuan, who quietly ran out to provide support, looked like an automatic lottery ticket machine at this time, constantly spewing out large amounts of scratch-off tickets.
Scratch-off tickets, which are not so effective against humans, are very effective in controlling creatures with lower IQs.
A large group of mosquitoes floating in the air were instantly controlled, and Qiao Song took an axe and instantly split the mosquitoes in half like playing Fruit Ninja.
Snap, clatter, those glowing objects were indeed the fragments of the shrine. After they landed on the ground, they were attracted by a magnet and flew quickly towards the direction where Qiao Song was.
[Charging the Shrine]
【22/100】
Lin Xuan's eyes widened. Having experienced spring once before, he of course knew that the small gifts rewarded in the game were shrine fragments. So many people were scrambling for one or two pieces, but Qiao Song actually took so many at once as if he was purchasing stock.
No wonder he deliberately caused trouble in the settlement. By the time other people realize this, he’ll become public enemy number one!
Aunt Huo also slipped out. A small paper figure on her shoulder was glowing continuously, and it seemed that it had activated the ability of hide-and-seek.
She also owns a shrine and has obtained fragments before, but seeing Qiao Song like this, Aunt Huo was stunned for a moment.
"Qiao Qiao, why is your shrine..."
Qiao Song shook his head and looked around quickly. Seeing that the pursuers had not arrived yet, he quickly explained his situation in a few words.
Aunt Huo didn't hesitate for a second and gave her the fragment in her hand.
"Then you take it, I have no use for it."
The fragments that are closer to Qiao Song will be attracted by her and fly directly in this direction. The strange thing is that the ones in Aunt Huo's hands will not happen. It is not until she lets go of her hands and pushes again that those things move towards where Qiao Song is.
Aunt Huo brought more than just that: "As far as I know, players collect these fragments in order to adapt to the impact of the shrine on them in advance. According to old players, on the day of the bonfire meeting, there is a key ceremony at the end that will open a certain passage. When facing the last link, many players don't even know what happened before the game ends."
There is another clue vaguely obtained from old players. The shrines left over from the previous round of the game will be broken into pieces before the bonfire party, and painted as rain, hail, etc., and will be continuously dispersed among the players in various forms.
This kind of shrine fragment without sacrifices can help players adapt to the shrine's bewitching ability in advance.
But Aunt Huo had tried it before. She could enter the underwater shrine directly without being affected at all. She did not need these fragments to adapt herself in advance.
Logically speaking, Qiao Song shouldn't need it either.
"It could also be that the shrine produced in my toolbox is different from this shrine erected according to the normal process?"
She knocked on her toolbox helplessly, and pushed another wooden box in her arms into it, but she really couldn't put it back.
The hammer and chainsaw can be retracted and deployed freely, but this wooden box cannot. It seems that the shrine can only be held temporarily until 100 energy bars are consumed.
Aunt Huo’s shrine is placed in her toolbox, guarded by the cats.
"Perhaps it's because there are no living creatures living in the shrine?"
She could feel that Qiao Song's shrine was far more powerful than her own, but it was empty.
Having said that, Qiao Song himself also had this feeling.
It seems that the so-called sacrificial objects may be the standard configuration of every shrine. Aunt Huo’s shrine was originally built by the cats, and they moved in very naturally.
Qiao Song’s own was just born a few minutes ago. She had a few shells in her net bag, so why not give it a try?
She first took out the ordinary shells from the toolbox and tried the blue shells. It is said that these little creatures, which are not yet intelligent, seemed to have grown legs the moment they approached her shrine. They quickly crawled out and used the shells as legs to run away.
Qiao Song grabbed the escaped blue shell and threw it back into the net bag, then took out the white shell that was still dozing off.
At least this idiot can talk.
The little white cicada was still sleeping when it was suddenly woken up by a slap in the face. Then it felt a force that made it extremely terrified and trembling. It was like a big mouth that was ready to bite its prey, and it gave it a second electric shock to its soul.
"Shit! What is this?!"
The white shell with foam at the mouth ran even faster than the blue shell after Qiao Song pressed the shrine closer. It was almost evolving from a shell into another living animal.
Qiao Song quickly stopped it, but before he could ask what was going on, he heard a large number of mosquitoes buzzing again, followed by thunder in the sky and a light drizzle.
"No, the weather is getting hotter. We have to find a way to hide. In about half an hour, summer should be turning into autumn. If the grass withers due to the season, the problem will be even more serious."
Now they can still run around in the grass, using the paper beasts hiding in it and the players who are provoked by conflicts to divert attention. When the smart people react, Qiao Song will become the target of all players.
Not only does she have a shrine, but her shrine can also devour the fragments of other shrines.
This problem is not generally serious.
"The best solution right now is to quickly feed it with 100 fragments, and then I'll put it away." Qiao Song patted the big wooden box with a sour look on her face. The quality of her shrine was quite good, and it only made a dull thumping sound.
The group quickly moved to another location. During this time, Qiao Song poked Bai Haibe several times. It was the first time that the latter trembled like this. He refused to say anything and just foamed at the mouth. His shell opened and closed as if it was shaking non-stop.
Qiao Song had a strange look in his eyes. Could it be that the issue of the origin of the shrine had been touched upon?
She remembered that Little Beike had said before that it could not answer any questions related to this matter, otherwise it would be severely punished by the system.
A sacrifice? It seems like she might really need to stuff a living creature into her stomach because her stomach is empty and she always wants to eat?
In addition to putting shells in the shrine, you can also put some other spirits in it like a kitten.
Why don't we go back and try to find a ghost?
The premise is that the ghosts are not afraid.
Qiao Song and the others were unable to hide their tracks for long. The Lizardman, holding a scan map in his hand, finally caught up with them.
[Minesweeper game map (friendly force shared vision version)]
[Use numbers to guess the hidden units around you. This is an independent game like Minesweeper. Except for the first step, which may require luck, the rest requires brains.]
[Every time you successfully complete a minesweeper game, you can temporarily obtain a map of the locations of all living creatures within the current 1 km range. ]
I am a younger brother who likes to play military games and I have many useful skills. The minesweeper game with a range of 1 kilometer is quite difficult. I finally completed a game perfectly and can finally use it to continue tracking.
The kangaroo next to him, holding a billiard cue, tried hard to stick the cardboard that had fallen off his body back on with a unhappy expression.
"Team leader, are we really not going to spend money to buy some paper beasts from the transparent display cabinet? I can wear them if you don't want to. The quality of this one I made myself is really not good. I don't think it will last through the fall."
Unlike the cowboy lizard that had gone through a round of dungeons, these two guys had just entered the dungeon a few days ago, and their handicrafts were really not that good. The kangaroo they made could run and jump, and they had practiced it many times outside the dungeon in advance.
At present, it has experienced several heavy and light rains. Even if it is slightly blocked with tools, the cardboard has already curled outwards and it doesn’t look like it will last for too long.
The lizardman put away the scanned image in his hand, and his tone was much more serious than before. He took out a metal cake-cutting knife and held it in his hand: "Even if our union is not so short of money, I still advise you not to spend money in the dungeon so early. The things here will become more and more expensive day by day. Be patient and save your spending until the last day."
This is not an experience, it is a lesson.
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