Chapter 208 Hunter's occasion test × relay race × tacit partnership...
According to the address of the hunter test given by the guide, the bean-faced man who was waiting for the candidates in advance led the players to the interior of the venue.
They were not the first to arrive, and there were already several candidates gathered or scattered waiting in the venue.
The four players naturally stayed together.
Later, more and more candidates arrived at the venue, all of them were full of fighting spirit and exuded an aura that they were not to be trifled with.
As the number of people in the venue increased, it became increasingly crowded, and some inevitable minor frictions arose. From time to time, arguments between candidates could be heard.
In such a tense atmosphere where any spark could explode, a vacuum zone suddenly formed near the player, with no one approaching.
The players who were sitting properly just looked to the left, at a strange man with a head full of nails, who looked very unapproachable and kept making a strange "tapping" sound from his mouth.
Look to the right.
—A magician who exuded a dangerous aura, whose sticky gaze, as sticky as a substance, lingered and evaluated everyone present, occasionally chuckling creepily.
The Knight is probably the most harmless-looking of the group, but if a candidate inadvertently steps into his pre-planned, invisible territory, an antenna will be installed on their head and they will be uncontrollably forced to return the same way they came, as if being manipulated. This is so strange that the other candidates give the Knight a wide berth.
After observation, the player came to the conclusion that even if Illumi was alone, the situation would be similar - if you get too close, you will really be poked by the nail on his head.
All candidates who passed the preliminary selection were present, and the examiner in charge of the first exam arrived late.
"I'm Dam, the examiner for this exam. I'm about to take the first test," the examiner, wearing goggles, introduced himself. He moved aside, and the entrance to dozens of narrow aisles at the back became fully visible to their field of vision as the examiner moved.
"What you are about to face is a relay race in pairs." The examiner officially announced the content of the test.
Without giving them any time to recover, the examiner urged them in an almost scolding tone, "Now, divide into pairs and go over there to get your wristbands. Those with the same color represent a team."
The group selection is very free. If you want to team up with people you know well, both parties can choose the same wristband.
The player casually took off a dark blue bracelet and put it on his left hand, fiddling with the buttons and joysticks on it, whose functions were currently unclear.
"Tatatata..." Ilmi noticed the player's actions and his eyes fell on her wrist.
The nail-headed weirdo began to search aimlessly on the shelf for the bracelet he liked, but after a quick look, he found nothing.
He looked up and saw Hisoka holding a dark blue bracelet in his hand.
"..." Ilmi fell silent and turned to look at the player.
"Why are you staring at me all of a sudden?" The player said uncertainly, pretending to take off the bracelet. "...Do you want to team up with Hisoka?"
"...Click, click." The purple face full of pins turned away.
The knight extended an invitation to Ilmi without any gloom: "Ah, they have already chosen, so let's wear it too."
Ilmi said nothing, took the bracelet handed to him by the knight and put it on.
"You and your teammates will each enter a different passage. The stone wall behind you will continue to advance. If you want to avoid being annihilated, you will forfeit your qualification for the test. You can only use your wristband to send the correct information to your teammates to open the large door in front of you."
After hearing what the examiner said, the players whispered to each other: "Wow, if we slow down a step, we will become a stuffed sandwich."
Only Ilmi appreciated the players' dry humor, but no one understood what he was saying.
Examiner: "The person wearing the button-equipped bracelet can remotely control the flying spherical tracker to see their partner's situation and give them prompts by pressing buttons. The person wearing the regular bracelet can also transmit their voice to their partner through the bracelet."
"Attention, if one person in the team fails, both will be deemed unqualified!"
The examiner announced all the precautions and asked loudly whether there were any candidates who voluntarily withdrew from this stage.
Not a single person stepped out of the crowd that had been agitated by the demanding exam content. The examiner diligently explained the methods for giving up the qualification to take the exam - pressing the [×] button on the left side of the wristband or taking it off.
The player holds up a bracelet with a small screen on it to confirm that she is the one giving the guidance.
Hisoka didn't react in particular. He placed the spade-colored playing card between his fingers and kissed it. He then tapped the tracker floating in the air with the corner of the card and said in a frivolous tone, "Well, I'll take good care of you."
In contrast to the happy atmosphere among the players, the knight looked down at the bracelet with a screen on his wrist.
I just subconsciously chose the one with many operation buttons...
He looked to the side and made eye contact with Ilmi, who turned to look at him: "Tatatata..."
Knight: “…”
How to communicate this?
Boom...
The stone door behind him slammed shut, and he could even feel the vibration coming from under his feet.
The perspective of the spherical tracker around Hisoka is connected to the screen in the player's hand. She can remotely control the movement of the tracker and change the perspective through the joystick on the bracelet.
The player takes the lead and moves in the only direction, but the way out is blocked by a door.
"The password is a square~" Hisoka's voice came through the bracelet. On the screen, he was like a mime actor, leisurely drawing the shape he had just seen in the air with his two hands.
The player standing in front of the closed secret room door immediately presses the other eight buttons except the center on the nine-square grid code.
The door opened.
The first thing players notice is a pile of puzzle pieces and an empty platter in the middle.
What Hisoka faced was an incomplete puzzle. There was no keyhole or place for people to enter the password.
After seeing Hisoka's situation on the screen, the player began to pick and choose from a pile of puzzle pieces.
Find the correct pattern and place the puzzle pieces that Hisoka is missing on the empty platter opposite.
The stone door blocking Hisoka opened from right to left as the last piece of the puzzle fell.
“…”
The players and he maintain an efficient and fast pace, moving forward in an orderly manner, and the obstacles blocking the exit are overcome one by one.
The movement behind them now sounds like it's still a long distance away from the players. Once they encounter a complex password, the time they have to breathe will be greatly shortened.
While one party is solving the puzzle, the other party can only wait passively, bearing the pressure of approaching danger.
“…”
While Hisoka got the password and told it to her, there were constant muffled banging sounds and cries of pain reaching the player's ears through the thick walls, indirectly revealing what kind of crisis the other players were facing.
"Ding... Dingling..."
Hisoka struck the tuning forks in sequence, and the subtle sounds were amplified after being transmitted through the bracelet.
There was only a "click" sound, and it was as if the last door of the endless corridor slowly opened in front of the player's eyes at a fixed frequency.
Unlike the glare of underground lighting facilities, soft light along with the open plain re-fills the players' field of vision.
Hisoka had only one hurdle left to overcome. He hummed with interest, "Hmm..."
He is faced with a multiple-choice question where he has to choose between two options. The passage ahead branches into two roads, left and right. The answer to which road leads to the correct exit is on the paper the player has just received.
The player first sees the words [End] written on the left and right sides, and [Starting Point] written at the bottom.
This is a 'map' for navigating a maze.
Start from the starting point and move forward. Whichever destination you eventually succeed in is the right one.
The player places his fingertips on the starting point and moves along the line little by little.
There are densely packed and intricate lines on it, and players must concentrate and focus, otherwise they will make a mistake and all their efforts will be wasted.
It was rare for Hisoka to be quiet, and even his occasional humming and laughing could no longer be heard.
He played the cards with one hand, without urging anyone, and waited patiently for the player's progress.
He didn't say anything, but the gradually growing rumbling sound from behind was clearly conveyed to the player through the bracelet.
The player's hand moved to the word "End", and she immediately told Hisoka the correct answer by pressing the button.
【right】
The player who had unconsciously held his breath finally relaxed again. The Hisoka on the screen lowered his head to confirm the answer given by the player, and rushed to the fork in the road on the right without hesitation.
Hmm, Hmm! ?
The player looked at the scene on the screen in confusion, which had nothing to do with the exit. If it weren't for Hisoka's combat experience that allowed him to brake in time, he would probably have fallen into the flame-burning deep pit in front of him, which was more than ten meters long, due to inertia.
boom……
The danger was approaching from behind, and Hisoka could already see the outline of a stone wall blocking the way he had come, and also cutting off the possibility of him turning back and making a new choice.
"Hmm, what should I do now~" Hisoka's eyes were shining with the firelight. He seemed not to feel the scorching heat. His posture was relaxed and calm, as if he was staying out of it as if it had nothing to do with him.
The spherical tracker captured Hisoka's face as he turned around, and the player also saw the oil paint of water droplets and stars on his face.
Is there a water drop on the right side of the face? Stars on the left?
Is it... the opposite?
There's a trap!
In the previous way of completing the game, the player never used the direction buttons, which resulted in him not realizing that the scene he saw on Hisoka's side was actually a mirror image.
The wall that could knock Hisoka into the fire pit was already coming towards him. The player quickly sent a [↑] forward arrow and controlled the monitor to fly into Hisoka's hand.
"Hmm~ So that's the plan~" Hisoka instantly understood the player's intention and laughed happily.
Hisoka stuck the "Stretchable Love" on the monitor and used his arm strength to throw it to the other side of the deep pit. He used the monitor's hovering ability as a fulcrum, and with the help of his mind, which was similar to the resilience of chewing gum, he used his clever strength to swing himself across the more than ten-meter-long deep pit.
“…”
The player and Hisoka successfully entered the passing queue and waited for the results of other candidates.
With a loud bang, the wall next to them broke apart. The player and Hisoka turned towards the source of the sound at the same time. The knight with an antenna on his head was holding a little devil phone in his hand. He was covered in dust and dirt, and even his shiny short golden hair was dull.
It's hard to imagine what he went through in just a few hours.
The knight didn't care about his image and sat on the ground, rubbing his legs that were shaking from overdrawn energy. "Phew... That was close. Luckily I plugged in the antenna."
Boom——
Before the player could speak, there was another loud noise that was no less commotion than the one made by the knight.
A clenched fist was suddenly pulled back from the wall that was smashed through. The whole wall became shaky with this action and collapsed in just a few seconds. Ilmi's disguised face of a nail head appeared in everyone's sight.
Player: =O=
These two people...
Could it be that he just broke through all the walls directly...?
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