Chapter 030 Chapter 30
The crows nearby were startled by the gunshots and flapped their wings and flew away.
As it flew, it made an ear-piercing sound.
All six bullets in the magazine were empty.
Doctor Zhao fell to the ground with a thud, his legs weak.
The knees rubbed against the grass, making a "squeaking" sound.
He was sweating profusely, thinking that he was going to be shot into a sieve again. However, the excruciating pain of being shot through that he had experienced repeatedly in the past day did not come as expected.
He nervously pried open his eyelids little by little and found a thin line of smoke coming out of the silver-white muzzle of the gun right in front of him.
The gun wasn't pointed at him.
All six shots grazed his cheek.
Xia Meng put away the gun neatly, put her index finger through the ring on the trigger, hooked the gun on her finger and turned it twice.
She gave him a meaningful look.
At this moment, where was Dr. Zhao's usual harshness and majesty?
The whole person looked as if he had been broken into pieces and then put back together again, looking very unrecognizable.
Xia Meng: "Do you think I will kill you?"
She shrugged. "I don't have many good qualities, but respecting my teachers is one. Since you've mentored me for several months, I won't kill you."
But, it won't make things easy for him.
This is another of her strengths, she knows how to reciprocate.
For all the "care" he'd given her over the past few months.
And because he had just tried to swing the frying pan at her head.
He deserves a lot in return.
The noise made by the shots just now was loud enough.
Enough to attract everyone nearby.
This is also Xia Meng’s purpose.
She took two steps, bent down and picked up the frying pan that had been thrown aside.
Then a new line of words appeared on the light spot on the ground.
[Each candidate is only allowed to bring one answering tool.]
Xia Meng thought for a moment, threw the empty pistol on the ground, and went to pick up the frying pan. Sure enough, the text had disappeared.
She picked up the frying pan and walked back towards Dr. Zhao, who looked frightened.
Walk up to him and smile at him.
All six bullets were used as signal flares, and the real work has not been done yet.
She didn't forget the scoring rules of this exam: you have to hit the target with the answering tool.
Xia Meng: "I'm so sorry! Doctor Zhao! After today, we're done with each other!"
Doctor Zhao's face was haggard and pale, and he knelt in a very decadent posture. He didn't even have the strength to get up and run away.
Being stuck in this hellish place for a whole day and night had exhausted all his physical strength and energy.
Xia Meng turned her wrist, then raised her arm and swung it towards his face mercilessly.
There was a crisp sound of "bang".
Dr. Zhao was hit by the frying pan and his face turned sideways. He fell down and fainted.
New words immediately appeared in the light at my feet.
[Candidate Xia Meng scored 1 point. Total score: 1 point.]
Well, there were still nine heads left for her to get out of this damn place.
Xia Meng raised her hand and placed the frying pan on her shoulder.
The frying pan is also very easy to use.
But for now, her favorite thing is the bow and arrow.
It can attack from a long distance and quietly without making any noise. Most importantly, the bullet will be scrapped once it is used up, but the arrow can be recycled as long as it is not split.
Xia Meng muttered in a low voice: "Looks like I have to find a way to get a bow and arrow later."
She didn't linger.
The gunshots just now were loud enough, and people nearby must be moving over here.
She had to hide first.
Thinking of this, she left with the frying pan.
The rules of this exam are not very detailed.
If you want to cheat, there are actually many loopholes you can exploit.
For example, the rules only say that you can score points if you hit one person, but they don't specify to what extent the "hit" must be. Is it to kill with one hit, or is it enough to just swing it and hit it like she just did?
Xia Meng had been thinking about this question until the frying pan gave her the answer.
After Dr. Zhao was hit, no words like "eliminated" appeared on his body.
This means he can still continue with the exam.
If that's the case, does she just need to gather ten people and have them hit each other with a frying pan, which has the least lethal effect, to get the points directly?
This is a new idea that everyone can win.
It seems quite feasible.
Thinking of this, Xia Meng quickly left the "crime scene".
She didn't go far, but hid in a secluded place in the distance.
Ergou stayed and, using his spiritual power as an advantage, quietly kept an eye on Dr. Zhao.
After about twenty minutes, people finally came over one after another.
The first person to arrive was a young man in his twenties. He didn't look like a student, but more like an ordinary person who came to the hospital for treatment.
Xia Meng didn't move.
She looked through Ergou's eyes and saw him approaching cautiously at first. After noticing that Dr. Zhao was unconscious, he did not immediately relax his vigilance. Instead, he slowly approached, walked in front of the pistol, raised his foot and swept it, sweeping the gun away for a distance before approaching Dr. Zhao.
And he didn't move his gun away at all during the whole process, it was always pointed at him.
Xia Meng thought that this person was too wary.
I don’t know if it’s my nature or for some other reason.
The man bent down to confirm that Dr. Zhao was unconscious, and first shot him in the leg. The light on the ground immediately showed that he had added a point.
He then grabbed Dr. Zhao's hand and dragged him away.
The man didn't care whether the dragging would hurt anyone.
The movements were so rough and casual as if he was treating a sandbag, leaving Dr. Zhao upside down with his head dragged on the ground.
Xia Meng frowned slightly.
The man's unhesitating action made her feel a little uncomfortable.
I always felt that this action was too rough and cruel, as if in his eyes, he didn't regard the other person as a living person at all.
At this moment, she suddenly felt a little regretful.
Dr. Zhao shouldn't have been pushed into this situation.
But think again.
Even if he hadn't met her at that time, he would still not be able to escape the same ending if he met this person with just a frying pan.
In this place where the strong prey on the weak, being weak is the original sin.
Xia Meng felt that she had finally seen through the essence of this exam.
After thinking for a while, she signaled Ergou to follow quietly, while she followed from a farther distance, waiting for an opportunity to act.
At this moment, she couldn't tell whether this person was a sentry. If he was, she would be easily exposed if she followed too closely.
Passing by the place where Dr. Zhao had just fallen, Xia Meng thought for a moment, and the cruel scene of the man raising his gun and shooting without hesitation flashed before his eyes.
She eventually traded the pan back into a gun.
The magazine is empty, but at the critical moment, maybe you can bluff a little.
After a short delay, Xia Meng followed Ergou again.
After walking for about half an hour, she stopped again and squatted behind the grass in the shelter.
There are a lot of people in front.
He seemed to be an acquaintance of the young man from before.
Xia Meng quickly looked through Ergou's vision again.
Sure enough, I saw about four or five people gathered together, and the young man was among them.
In a blink of an eye, she found that Dr. Zhao had his hands tied and was hung up.
These people got a rope from somewhere, tied him up and hung him from a tree.
Those people stood in front of him, gathered together and discussed something loudly.
Through Ergou, she could roughly sense that at least one of those people was a sentry.
That man was also the leader among them.
I only heard him loudly propose something, and soon the people around him began to echo him.
One of them took off the longbow and arrows on his back and handed them to the sentry.
Then the sentry drew his bow and aimed at Dr. Zhao.
An arrow was shot out, and then a line of light words appeared on the ground.
[Candidate Chen Geng scored 1 point. Total score: 7 points.]
Xia Meng was a little stunned. What did he want to do?
Is it necessary to use a bow and arrow at such a close distance?
Besides, she clearly saw that some of them were carrying baseball bats. Wouldn't it be more convenient to just use that to hit them?
It seems they are not looking for convenience.
Instead, we are pursuing a more...novel way of playing.
In the next few minutes, Xia Meng watched them take turns holding longbows and shooting arrows at Dr. Zhao.
Some arrows hit him between the eyebrows, some hit his throat, some hit his heart, and some hit his crotch.
Full of malice and extreme cruelty.
Each person shot at least five or six arrows.
Even if the next few arrows didn't score, they still enjoyed it.
When the arrows were used up, they walked over and pulled out the arrows from Dr. Zhao's body, chatting and laughing, and used them repeatedly.
“Whoosh—”
“Whoosh—”
“Hahahahahaha——”
Arrow after arrow.
Xia Meng's fists stiffened when she saw this.
Her eyes widened, and she finally understood. No wonder Dr. Zhao looked like he was on the verge of a mental breakdown at that time.
Anyone who spends a day and a night in such an environment will become like this.
No matter how much Xia Meng hated Dr. Zhao, she would never do such a thing.
And they were strangers to him.
But he could kill them without hesitation.
Are these people still worthy of being called human beings?
It's not the end of the world when social order collapses. Are they just trapped in a weird mental picture and can't wait to expose the meanness and darkness of human nature?
Or perhaps, they know that this is a spiritual landscape and no matter what they do, they will not be punished by law, so they are so unscrupulous?
Xia Meng unconsciously tightened the gun in her hand.
Even though the gun left a red mark on her palm, she was unaware of it.
The scenes before her were too cruel, too evil, and too... disgusting.
She even wanted to rush out to stop all this evil from happening.
But she had no bullets in her gun.
Even if she had, she alone would not be able to withstand the simultaneous attack of five of them.
At this time, Dr. Zhao woke up.
At this time, his body was covered with blood holes and it was a horrible sight.
The next second, he cried out in unbearable pain.
But his throat had been damaged, and his painful roar turned into a broken and intermittent wail, extremely hoarse.
Through Ergou's five senses, it was clearly transmitted to Xia Meng's mind.
Xia Meng gritted her teeth and couldn't help moving, trying to get up.
At this moment, a familiar breath suddenly approached from behind. A hand reached out and gently covered her eyes. Warmth was transmitted through the contact of skin. A familiar voice said in her ear: "Don't go out. Don't look."
Xia Meng almost immediately figured out who was behind her.
It’s Li Zhou.
He is actually here.
Very good.
Xia Meng gently closed her eyes in his palm, and for a moment, she felt a little relieved.
She pursed her lips and whispered, "They've gone too far."
Li Zhou whispered in her ear, "What do you want me to do?"
Xia Meng opened her mouth.
For a moment, she even wanted to say, tooth for tooth, let them also taste this deep despair and pain.
But the next second, she realized that this was not going to work.
If she did that, how would she be any different from them?
What's more, she couldn't let Li Zhou do something immoral for her just for her own selfish desires.
Li Zhou: "Don't hesitate."
Li Zhou seemed to see through her hesitation and entanglement. He whispered softly in her ear with a coaxing tone: "What do you want to do? Tell me, I will do it for you. I can be the knife and sword in your hand."
Xia Meng raised her hand, held the hand that was covering her eyes, and gently took it off.
She turned to look at him.
The detailed rule before the exam was still lingering in her mind.
Teams are not allowed.
Don't trust anyone—
Screw the exam details!
It’s better to just ruin this damn exam!
Xia Meng looked at Li Zhou and asked with great seriousness, "Can you finish this exam?"
So many innocent people were dragged into this.
At this moment, I wonder how many other places are experiencing the same nightmare.
If the previous exam was somewhat interesting, then this exam was undoubtedly a naked test of human nature.
During her first year of psychology class, she clearly realized one thing: one should never test human nature casually.
Not many people can withstand this test.
Li Zhou lowered his eyes, looked at his hand held by her, and gently curled the corners of his lips: "Okay, as you wish."
As he was about to stand up, Xia Meng held him even tighter.
Xia Meng looked up at him and warned him, "Don't let yourself get hurt."
Li Zhou paused.
She seemed to be able to see what he was thinking.
Indeed, he had just thought of using a more extreme method to stop the exam from being held.
To put it simply, the spiritual picture is the world constructed by spiritual power.
As soon as he came in here, he realized what was happening here.
The mental images of several sentinels merged together.
Everyone's mental attributes are different, they blend with each other and repel each other.
So the spiritual images merged and then collapsed, and in the mutual penetration and influence, the place became more and more strange.
He was sent to another examination room.
That’s the one Yang Hao was invigilating for.
It was a Chinese language test.
"I wish I had thousands of mansions to shelter all the poor people in the world and make them happy."
In that exam, everyone's task was to send the NPC to the corresponding building based on the information given by the NPC assigned to the exam.
Along the way, demons and monsters appeared frequently, and evil spirits were rampant.
Normal people can hardly move at all.
Fortunately, Li Zhou did not take the usual route. He simply carried the NPC and climbed over the eaves and walls, leaping over the roofs and ridges, and successfully delivered the person to the destination in no time.
Then, he came here.
Fortunately, she is here too.
She wanted to end the exam, which of course she could do. As long as she released her own mental power, she could immediately disrupt the mental fluctuations in the exam room. Wen Lan's mental strength had reached A-level, the highest among the three of them, but it was still not enough in front of Li Zhou.
S-level mental power can easily destroy the stability of the entire mental picture.
But at the same time, in order to protect those who enter this mental picture from being affected by the shock, he must also release his own mental power to stabilize this world.
At that time, all the backlash caused by the mental power will rebound on him alone.
It’s actually not a big deal.
It's just a minor injury.
He's used to it.
But--
"Don't let yourself get hurt," she said.
Li Zhou looked into her clear eyes.
Her eyes were bright with a gentleness that was unique to her.
How could there be such a guide, he wondered.
So sharp, so wise.
It seemed as if she could see through his thoughts at a glance, and yet her gentleness made him hesitate.
He felt lost.
He had clearly been searching for his guide for a long, long time, traveling to every corner of the world and searching through every corner of his memory. He always had an unwavering belief that his guide must be somewhere in this world.
But ever since he met her, he couldn't help but stop and look back, couldn't help but look at her.
I can't help but miss every one of her eyes that are as bright as the morning light.
He felt an almost instinctive attraction to her.
How could this happen?
He kept thinking about it, but he still couldn't figure it out.
Maybe...is she his guide?
No, probably not.
She had clearly just awakened.
And his guide, he had been looking for that person for almost ten years.
"Well..." he whispered, "I might need you to do me a favor."
Xia Meng: "What?"
Li Zhou lowered his eyes and looked at the gun held tightly in her right hand.
Xia Meng followed his gaze, raised her hand in confusion, and held the gun in her palm: "You want this?"
Li Zhou shook his head: "It's not me who uses it, it's you who uses it."
Xia Meng: "But I have no more bullets."
Li Zhou: "You can replace it with something better."
Xia Meng was puzzled: "What do you mean?"
Li Zhou blinked at her and said, "Have you forgotten? Everything in the mental image is made up of mental force. Your gun and bullets are also made up of mental force."
Xia Meng understood instantly.
yes!
Wen Lan's mental power constitutes this examination room and the gun in her hand.
So, why can't she use her own mental power?
Moreover, she forgot the most important point——
She is a guide, and her spiritual power is naturally different from others.
If the Sentinel's spiritual power has a powerful destructive ability, then the Guide's spiritual power is the power of healing and purification.
Rather than saying that these two spiritual forces repel each other, it is better to say that they can cancel each other out.
Just like she used a knife to open Huo Qingyu's door.
She can also transform her mental power into bullets and lead them out of here.
In an instant, Xia Meng looked at him with burning eyes.
Xia Meng: "I understand, what do you need me to do?"
Li Zhou glanced over there and said, "I can briefly pause time in my mental image. This ability lasts about a minute for sentries below rank B, and only about 15 seconds for A-rank sentries. I need you to shoot within 15 seconds and hit them with your bullet."
If he doesn't use his mental power to destroy this place, then this is the safest way.
Xia Meng thought about it.
15 seconds, 5 shots. One shot every 3 seconds.
It doesn't seem difficult.
She nodded: "I can try."
But how to approach them quietly is a problem.
There was a sentry among them.
She had a clear understanding of her marksmanship - that is, before they entered her shooting range, she was discovered by them first.
Li Zhou: "This problem is easy to solve."
Xia Meng tilted her head: "How to solve it?"
Li Zhou lowered his eyes to look at her and slowly took half a step forward.
He said, "I'll take you there. I can stop time before they know it."
Xia Meng's eyes lit up. It was indeed a good idea.
At this moment, Li Zhou held out his hand to her with a clear and innocent look, and asked pointedly, "How do you want me to take you there? In my arms?"
Carrying it on your back... is not impossible.
But on his back, she had to use three of her limbs to hold him steady, and the remaining hand greatly affected her performance.
Holding... doesn't sound appropriate. Could it be that being held in his arms won't affect her performance?
The most important thing is that she was afraid of affecting his performance!
Xia Meng pondered for a moment and came up with an idea.
She: "How about this! I'll hold your arm! You can treat me as a pendant on your arm, a weight. When we get to the right place, I'll let go, and then we can do what we need to do! Divide the work and cooperate!"
Li Zhou: “……………………”
You are awesome.
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