“I didn’t expect that these things that looked like children’s graffiti actually hid secrets. Not bad, not bad. For the sake of fairness, I won’t kill you.”
Behind An Yinong was a two-meter-tall man. He had strangled Fengchi’s neck with a rope, a string of prey still dripping with blood hung around his waist, and he had a bow and arrow on his back.
Feng Chi struggled and made a whimpering sound.
Looking at An Yinong’s obvious white hair, which was a sign of his transformation period, the big man opened his mouth, revealing bloody teeth: “A man in his transformation period also came here to die? Boy, give me what you have in your hand.”
“You won’t kill me?”
“Of course,” the big man said, “but you have to give up the spoils.”
“Okay.” An Yinong suddenly turned around, and something colorless and odorless sprayed out of the can in his hand.
The big man’s eyes widened, and he fell down heavily without even having time to react. He couldn’t understand why a single contestant in the transformation period would carry such a fast-acting psychedelic spray.
An Yinong waited for a few minutes, put away the spray bottle, approached the big man, opened his watch, and pressed the “Quit” button. “For the sake of fairness, I won’t kill you.”
The contestant’s mission watch emitted a yellow light, and a layer of special mist sprayed out of the watch and quickly formed a thin film on the surface of the man’s skin.
An Yinong snapped his fingers, and grass leaves emerged from the soil, wrapped around the big man’s body and dragged him into the mud.
“If everything goes well, someone will come to pick you up in thirty days.” He looked at the bow and arrow in the big man’s hand without blinking, “Since you can’t use these other things…”
At five o’clock, An Yinong left. He took the man’s transforming metal, bow and arrow, and prey with him (not counting the big man’s protective suit).
Now he was roasting the meat by the same fire where he had made before, where there was ready-made firewood and he didn’t have to spend time looking for it. He didn’t know how long this contestant worked to catch these five large prey. They had been skinned and gutted, and were ready to be roasted after being spread out with branches.
He turned the branches, cut off some when they were a little ripe, and ate them while roasting. The taste was not very good, but it was enough to fill his stomach. Feng Chi did not have such trouble. Although he was newly born, he already had sharp teeth in his mouth and could eat raw meat directly.
The aroma of barbecue attracted a passing contestant, but they looked at the bow and arrow on An Yinong’s back, the knife in his hand, the ring on his finger, and Feng Chi who was also eating meat beside him, and cautiously left. Anyone who possessed three or more pieces of equipment and had subdued a beast must not be as harmless as he appeared.
Players passed by one after another. They were a little shocked when they saw An Yinong’s length. However, when they got closer, they thought: Wow, this guy was quite well equipped! They must be deliberately imitating the Chenghua period Zerg to fish here, how cunning.
As a result, no one took action, allowing An Yinong to have a good meal.
After eating and drinking his fill, he threw away the thigh bone in his hand and burped. He had eaten one and a half of the prey weighing seven or eight kilograms by himself, and the remaining half was eaten by Fengchi. Although the little guy was just born, he had very strong teeth and could chew and eat both meat and bones.
“My mouth is just a little dry, and there’s no water.”
An used a disposable napkin to wipe the grease from his mouth and hands, and then opened the animal skin scroll.
The pictures on the animal skin scroll were as abstract as the rock paintings, basically some strange lines, and the only special thing was a curved tusk-shaped mark. Considering that the “tusk” may be a reward and encouragement for the tribe, An Yinong suspected that the tusk was the symbol of the “treasure”.
“Is this winding line a river? What is this straight line with thorns? And this circle…” This picture was too abstract, and there was nothing symbolic about it. For now, the best plan was to find this winding river first.
Even if it wasn’t for the purpose, he had to find a river first because he needed water.
After collecting the remaining three smoked prey, An Yinong set off with Feng Chi. Ancient Zerg would not live far away from a water source. Fish was part of their diet, and there were water fish on the pottery jars, so there should be a water source nearby.
An Yinong reached out and touched the grass, feeling their condition.
“In this direction?” He raised his head and looked somewhere.
“It’s about one in the afternoon now.”
Assuming it was the southern hemisphere now, 1:00 p.m. was 13, and half of it was 6.5. An Yinong pointed the number 6 on his watch toward the sun, and the direction of 12 was north. This was how he determined the direction. If you are in the Northern Hemisphere, the situation may be the opposite, but using this method at least you can be sure that you are moving forward instead of going in circles.
The main game venue for 30,000 people was set up on a continent on a certain planet. It was said that it took three years and cost countless funds to build.
The main venue of the game would be rebuilt into an ordinary amusement park during the period, and during the game, there will be tips from the audience to cover the broadcast fees, so the organizer would not lose money but would make huge profits instead.
Judging from the death rate at the end, this game should use settings to force the players to gather together and then take them away in batches.
An Yinong thought viciously that if he was the designer, he would definitely create a shrinking poison circle, forcing the survivors to gather in one direction and then kill each other. If he was the planner, he would definitely do this.
An Yinong still doesn’t know what’s going on in the game, but the most important thing now was to find a water source.
“As an indigenous person, do you have any ‘instinct’ or ‘gene’ to find food?”
“Awoo?” Feng Chi showed confused little eyes. He was still a baby.
An Yinong was just joking. He slowly walked across the grass with Fengchi. The man and beast faced the wind and sun, and they were as small as sesame seeds in the entire aerial shot.
At this time, other players were also exploring new areas of the game. Some of these players fell into the sea, some fell into the rocks on the shore, and some, like An Yinong, fell into the woods or on the grass.
The danger level of the game field during the day was not high, and many hunters acted at night. But even so, a large number of players still lost their lives or voluntarily gave up the game. Thirty thousand people were selected randomly, and the quality was mixed, so this result was not surprising.
“Is the game designer a giant animal lover?” A player in the sea had just escaped from a fish, and when he looked down, he found that he had stepped on the tail of a colorful little fish and was stung.
The pierced area quickly became red and swollen, and then black and purple for a few minutes, so the contestant had to give up. He chose to run back into the sea and pretend to be dead, so that the waves might be able to take him away and the sea would not be more terrifying than the other contestants.
This game was full of surprises, big and small, and all kinds of dangers were hard to guard against. In order to ensure survival rate, some players chose to form a team: “At least survive the early stage.”
Players took action, some were responsible for cleaning up the temporary settlement, some were responsible for obtaining food, and some were responsible for looking for possible clues to treasure chests.
Finding treasure chests was a traditional event in this game. It was said that the organizer of each game would prepare one hundred treasure chests, and the clues to the treasure chests were hidden in some background information.
The contents of the treasure chests varied. Some had food, some had equipment, and some had clues to game mechanisms, but the most useful items were weapons.
“Three thousand people have been eliminated in such a short time?” A girl with green pigtails in the guard camp looked at the information on her watch in surprise. They were a temporary team and chose to set up camp on the grass near the water tonight.
After getting off the aircraft, she also encountered some scary animals from several players. At that time, she would show her fists and show her strength, and these players and animals would leave when they realized that she was not easy to mess with. But this was too tiring, so she chose a team that looked suitable to join.
“They should be low-level Zerg civilians with no combat power. They are not good at fighting to begin with, and will voluntarily give up the game when they find the situation is not good. A lot of people will be eliminated on the first day, and the elimination rate will stabilize from the second day.” A tall and thin man with green braids who was cooking with him was arranging dead branches while observing the surroundings.
The weeds around the place had been cleared, fearing that there might be something dangerous hiding there. He had just seen an adult wind-controlling beast roar past, which looked much scarier than the one in the game, but luckily it was just passing by.
“But even if they give up, it doesn’t mean they are safe. Some people enjoy killing. They cannot kill in real life due to legal issues, so they find loopholes in the rules to enter the game.” said the man with green braids.
The tall and thin man nodded in agreement, “Single-person killing is not the most terrifying thing. The most terrifying thing is the guys who come in as a team.”
“Similar to the Bear Slayer Team?” The man with green braids frowned. This kind of experienced team was the most terrifying.
When a single player comes in, he will choose to bring the things he urgently needs, but the multi-player team can discuss and bring more and more things. And they cooperated well, one plus one was greater than two. If there was no one-on-many strength, players who encountered a small team will choose to avoid it.
“Yes, but the most dangerous people in the game are those with special purposes and strong personal abilities. They are even scarier than a small team.”
The tall and thin man thought of something: “I participated in the last game, but unfortunately I ran into big trouble on the 27th day and had to give up.”
“What’s the trouble?” asked the man with green braids.
The tall and thin man smiled and said, “It’s better not to know. This game is more complicated than you think.”
The waiting time was boring and long. They wanted to find someone to chat with, but they were only a temporary team and were still wary of each other. They would not let their guard down easily, and there was not much they could talk about.
Green Braid thought for a long time and asked a question that many people knew: “I heard that the Explorer’s Qin also participated in this game?”
“Ice Sword ‘Qin’? Well, I don’t know how he got the qualification. When the quota was announced, the website crashed.”
After thinking for a while, the tall and thin man added: “Rumor has it that his spiritual field is severely damaged. He will be completely shattered and dead in a year at most. If you see him, don’t think about anything else, just run. The dying high-level Zerg are the most terrifying. I guess no one would want to mess with a madman.”
“What a pity,” said Green Braid, “He’s still the man of my dreams.”
“Huh? You actually regard the leader of an anarchist organization as your dream lover?”
“He is indeed very handsome, isn’t he?” The man with green braids defended, “When he led the independent group away from the military to fight against the mechanical clan and the soul clan alone, he was a hero! Of course, I’m not that extreme. I’m not a fan who shouts ‘the Great Emperor’, nor am I a hater who curses ‘Wild Dog’.”
The tall and thin man shook his head: “No, you already have a position. So if you meet him, he will propose to you?”
“Courtship? How is that possible? It’s really crazy when you think about it.”
Just as the tall and thin guy said, the dying high-level Zerg had a very serious tendency to destroy themselves and others, and Ice Qin was a ‘killing weapon’ trained by the military. He is often on the wanted list. This was a game that allowed killing…hiss, it’s even more terrifying.
When the orange-red sun was hanging crookedly in the sky, An Yinong found the river. In addition to the clear river water, he also saw a man standing in the water.
The man had his back to An Yinong. He was wearing pants but his upper body was bare. The wind blew his long black hair, and light accentuated his silhouette. An Yinong took a closer look.
Feeling An Yinong’s gaze, the man turned around. He had a handsome face, sword-like eyebrows and phoenix eyes. His pair of ice-blue eyes were as beautiful and dangerous as blue flames.
An Yinong was attracted by those eyes, his heart was racing, and the man was also looking at him, his eyes were not blinking. The wind was humming softly around him.
“Excuse me, what’s your name?”
WhiteMoon x BlackSun 