Chapter 553: NPC11 in the Natural Disaster Game
The soldiers drew their bows and arrows, and another group lit the arrows.
Captain Wang raised the flag high and shouted, "Release!"
In an instant, countless flaming arrows streaked across the sky like meteors and fell into the town.
The originally silent town was instantly engulfed in a sea of fire.
The first to catch fire were the huts at the town entrance. Because the rain had stopped a long time ago, the dry thatch caught fire and the flames spread rapidly, moving wildly along the roofs and walls.
The fire grew stronger and stronger with the help of the wind, and the crackling sound was endless.
Soon after, the fire spread into the town.
The wooden houses were quickly transformed into huge torches by the flames.
There were only a few uninfected residents left in the town, who were frantically looking for shelter from the fire.
Those who were still struggling in pain on their hospital beds let out desperate cries and screams when they saw the fire approaching.
But he couldn't move his body and could only wait to be burned to death by the fire.
As the fire spread, the whole town turned into a sea of fire.
Thick smoke filled the air and the pungent smell was suffocating.
In the distance, the county magistrate and Captain Wang stood at the entrance of the town, looking at everything in front of them with complicated expressions on their faces.
In the shelter under the well, Feng Niang saw the fire outside with her spiritual consciousness and knew that the final moment had finally arrived.
She won't have any problems here for the time being.
The hole she dug was about five meters from the ground, enough to isolate the high temperature caused by the fire.
The thick smoke was drifting upwards, and since she was hiding underground, she naturally wouldn't be choked.
At this time, Feng Niang still had the leisure to spread out her spiritual sense to see how other players were taking refuge.
Many people have died in the town these days, leaving behind a large number of empty houses.
Some players set their sights on the wealthy families and hid in their secret rooms.
This kind of secret room is usually very hidden. Even if the whole outside is on fire, it will not affect the inside of the secret room.
Some players started at the rockery of a wealthy family, entered the rockery group, and then dug a cave downwards to use as a shelter.
No matter how big the fire is, it is just the fire caused by burning some wood, and the burning point is not enough to destroy the stone. This idea is correct.
However, what surprised Feng Niang the most was the way one player took refuge.
He didn't do anything fancy like the others did. He simply threw a large bathtub into a well and then lowered it down the rope.
Then he tied the bathtub tightly with a well rope, sat in the tub himself, and then took out a lid to cover the tub.
It's like sitting in a simple boat. Although the space is small and certainly uncomfortable, you don't have to worry about being engulfed by the fire or being choked by the smoke. If you just want to avoid the fire, it is indeed a good way.
The fire burned in the town for three days and three nights.
Whenever the fire showed signs of dying down, the soldiers outside would fire another round of flaming arrows.
It was not until he saw from a distance that there was no standing building in the entire town, only a pile of charred ashes, that Captain Wang finally stopped ordering the arrows to be fired.
But Captain Wang and his men did not leave.
They covered their mouths and noses with cloth, wrapped their hands and feet, took protective measures, and began to clean up the ruins.
Each soldier carried a bag of lime and stood upwind.
Every time they took a step forward, they would sprinkle lime on the ground in front of them before moving forward.
On the way, if they found a building that had not been completely burned down, the soldiers would immediately light their bows and arrows and fire another round of shots until the building was completely burned to ruins, and then they would continue to advance.
During this process, as long as the soldiers saw any living people in the town, they would shoot arrows from a distance, kill them and then burn them to ashes, leaving no one alive.
If they saw a well, they would pour a lot of lime into it.
Feng Niang hid in her own shelter, watching every move outside with her spiritual sense.
At this time, the soldiers had not yet found her location.
She acted quickly, walked quickly to the cave entrance, took out all the soil that had been stored in the space when the cave was dug, and blocked the entrance to the cave tightly.
However, she did not seal it completely. She left an inconspicuous hole near the top of the cave to allow ventilation and air to enter.
But the player who put the bathtub directly in the well was in trouble, as he was caught red-handed.
The soldiers discovered the well during their search, and when they poured lime into the well, the player knew that if he was exposed, he would definitely die.
So he pretended to be dead in the bathtub, pretending that there was no one inside.
But when the soldiers saw such a large bathtub floating in the well, they naturally would not pretend not to see it. Not only did they continue to spread lime, they also poured oil on the bathtub and threw down torches.
After a while, the bathtub was set on fire.
At first, the player could still hold back and planned to wait until the soldiers above left before coming out.
But as the tub grew hotter and hotter in the fire, the pain he endured increased exponentially.
Finally, he couldn't stand it anymore, so he suddenly opened the lid of the bathtub and tried to climb out of the well.
But what awaited him were arrows shot by the soldiers.
After being shot by the arrow, his hands instantly lost strength and he fell straight into the well.
Then, the soldiers poured a large amount of lime into the well. The player's miserable condition can be imagined, and his miserable wails echoed in the night sky for a long time.
Ever since someone was found hiding in the well, the soldiers have been more strict in checking places like wells.
In the following time, several more players and townspeople who had been hiding were pulled out, and their fate was the same: to be burned to death.
Today is the last night. As long as players can survive this night, they can leave the game.
Feng Niang didn't know whether she would leave this world or stay in it after the game ended, but her intuition told her that this last night would not be peaceful.
Sure enough, around eight or nine o'clock in the evening, it suddenly started raining heavily.
The rain was coming down hard and fast. If he continued to stay under the well, his shelter would be flooded sooner or later as the water level continued to rise.
In desperation, Feng Niang had to put on oilcloth and climb to the wellhead to check the situation.
At this time, the whole town was dead silent, and not a single soldier was to be seen.
But when she looked outside the town, she saw that the entire outskirts of the town were filled with soldiers' tents.
Apparently, the soldiers did not evacuate, but instead set up camp outside the town to keep an eye on it to prevent anyone from escaping.
Feng Niang immediately retracted her head.
The current situation is that there is a barrier outside the town, trapping all players and residents without special settings in the town and unable to leave.
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