Chapter 4: The Game of Life and Death

"What the hell are you two going to do?"

As soon as the migrant worker uncle hugged the tall boy, he pulled it back, and finally separated the two who were scuffling together.

"You can't die well!" the glasses woman stared at the boy viciously, and the blood beads hanging from the corners of her mouth slowly slid down.

With a cold snort, the boy turned his head to look out the window and stopped making a sound.

After rummaging for a long time, Ling Yi found that along with the woman in the suit, her blood-colored letter disappeared, and although the other items were intact, they did not provide any help in analyzing the case.

There was a rush of footsteps from far to near, Ling Yi immediately turned over and hid behind the sofa next to him, while the others were also looking for their hiding place in a panic.

"Bang!"

The connecting door of the carriage was slammed open, and the strong man looked around and yelled, "Get out of here!"

Sneaking out his head to take a look at the situation, the thin and cowardly man silently crawled out from under his seat slowly.

"Why did you turn off the lights just now?" the middle-aged man in white noticed the blood stains on the ground, "What's going on?"

"Big sister is gone!"

The little girl came out from behind the backrest and cried slightly: "It was dark for a while just now, and when it was bright again, the big sister disappeared!"

"Disappeared...... middle-aged man squatted down silently, wiped a little blood with his hand and sniffed it, "It's blood, that's right." ”

"I want to ...... The possibility of murder can be ruled out for the time being. ”

In the darkness, Ling Yi turned his back to everyone and said in a deep voice: "There is no doubt that this train is a hunting ground for the purpose of killing, and all of us will become its prey. ”

"It?"

"That's right. ”

Ling Yi looked at the electronic watch above the carriage and continued, "If it is an indiscriminate killing, we will all be killed...... But I always believe that this hunting ground, known as the game, must have its rules. ”

Everyone was silent, only the strong man kicked on the sliding door of the carriage and shouted: "What a bullshit game, if you are alarmist, Lao Tzu will be the first to kill you!"

As if he hadn't heard the strong man's threat, Ling Yi said unhurriedly, "Five minutes have passed. ”

"Fart!" the strong man was furious, "I've been fucking in this broken car for at least half an hour!"

"yes......"

Ling Yi slowly turned around with a cane and said with a smile: "Then may I ask, why did all of us, as well as the time on the train, remain surprisingly consistent, only five minutes have passed?"

Everyone looked at each other, and the strong man finally shut up.

"Tell me why. The middle-aged man in white confirmed the time on his phone and said in a low voice.

"Because, that so-called time is not time in our real sense at all, but the countdown to death in the game!" Ling Yi's tone was categorical and indisobedient.

"If I'm right, the lights will go out every once in a while, and one of us will die. Speaking of this, even if Ling was calm again and again, he unconsciously began to beat his heart faster.

"I'm telling you to talk nonsense!" the strong man grabbed his phone and rushed towards Ling Yi.

"Stop!"

The middle-aged man in white shouted angrily, rushed up and grabbed the strong man's arm.

"What are you stopping me from doing, this little cub keeps nagging, see if I don't beat him!" The strong man dragged the middle-aged man to commit violence.

"Calm down!"

The middle-aged man suddenly exerted his strength and knocked the strong man to the ground with one punch!

"You're all crazy?huh? Do you believe that kind of nonsense?" the strong man faced the indifferent gazes of everyone, and the hatred in his eyes became thicker.

Sighing, the middle-aged man in white replied in a low voice, "Because what he said...... There is a good chance that it is right. ”

Without waiting for everyone to come to their senses, he took a form out of his pocket and pressed it on the table.

The tall boy saw the key information at a glance, and then read it out loud: "The train journey is unknown, the number of kilometers is unknown, the departure time is 0:00, and the end time is 0:40?"

"Here's the driving information I ripped out of the cab door. ”

The middle-aged man in white sat on the sofa decadently, helplessly looking at the stagnant numbers on the electronic watch.

"What does this mean?" the woman with glasses looked at Ling Yi in confusion.

Spreading his hands, Ling Yi explained simply: "According to the calculation of five minutes for one person to die, there are ten of us in total, and we have fifty minutes, but within forty minutes, most of us will die, and only two of us can make it to the end." ”

After listening to Ling Yi's words, everyone's faces turned extremely pale, as if death had befallen everyone.

"Wait!"

The tall boy seemed to remember something, and suddenly said, "How to explain the matter of Huang Mao? If he is dead, time has not changed...... Either that, or he's not dead!"

Without waiting for everyone to stretch their eyebrows, Ling Yi immediately said, "He is dead, this is inevitable...... The reason why time has not changed, I think, is because the makers of this game have decided that he is suicidal and cannot be the driving force behind time. ”

Ling Yi lightly tapped the handle of the crutches and continued: "If Huang Maozi commits suicide, time will advance one less time, and then the quota that could have survived two people will be erased...... That is, there is only one of us left to live to the end. ”

Although Ling Yi's statement seemed extremely absurd, the others could not find any reason to refute it, so they could only choose to believe his theory.

"What are we going to do next?"

The middle-aged man in white looked extraordinarily calm.

"I think...... Since it's called a 'game', we need to first clarify the rules of the game, and then we need to find the key to escape. Ling Yi looked at the middle-aged man in white, wanting to get his approval.

"It's not an option to wait like this, we might as well go to the next carriage to find out if there are any new clues. ”

They exchanged glances with each other, and everyone nodded understandingly.

Under Ling Yi's command, everyone was divided into two rows and sat in a rectangle around the narrow aisle.

"Everyone is holding hands with the people next to them, and if the lights go out for a while, no one should panic and hold the hands of the people next to them. Ling Yi stood on the sofa and dispatched troops.

"I don't hold hands with him, change people!"

The glasses woman opened the palm of the tall boy's hand and said angrily: "It's good that this scumbag is dead!"

Ling Yi was in a hurry, so he had to switch places with her and sit next to the tall boy.

"What does this handle mean?" the strong man was puzzled, but he still obediently did it.

"In the darkness we couldn't see clearly, and the chances of escape were almost zero...... Similar to the rules of board games, the time left by the game maker to beat the level is during the light on, and the time to hunt the monster after the lights are turned off. ”

Ling Yi took out the blood-colored letter, glanced at the time change on it, and continued: "If I'm not mistaken, the lights went out for about half a minute just now...... As long as we work together to help those around us when they are in danger, we will win for 30 seconds. ”

As long as there is a 1 in 10,000 chance, Ling Yi is willing to try, if this round can turn the danger into a disaster, the goal of surviving to the terminal is not out of reach.

"And then?"

Everyone looked at Ling Yi impatiently.

"In front, the worker's uncle is the leader of the row and walks to the next carriage, and the little girl is the tail of the row, during which no matter what happens, don't let go, don't scream, if the lights go out, people who feel dangerous directly shout for help. ”

Ling Yi understood that waiting for them would eventually die, and if he wanted to find a chance to survive, he had to take this step bravely.

Lined up, everyone began to march towards the second carriage step by step, and suddenly in the silence of the carriage could only hear the sound of everyone's breathing, which had become heavy due to nervousness.

Reaching out to hold the doorknob at the end of the carriage, the migrant worker uncle swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and then pulled it away hard!

"Click!"

Suddenly the lights started flickering violently!

"Don't panic, everyone, follow the method ...... before"

Before Ling finished speaking, the entire carriage instantly fell into boundless darkness!

Holding his breath and concentrating, Ling Yi clearly felt that the boy's hand in front of him was trembling violently!

"Don't be afraid...... Ling Yi lowered his voice and held his palm hard.

One......

Two......

Three......

Ling Yi silently memorized the seconds in his heart, but after more than ten seconds in a row, there was still no movement in the entire carriage......

"Ah!!h

Just as Ling Yi counted to twenty seconds, the glasses woman behind him suddenly let out a heart-rending scream!

Throwing away the palm of the tall boy's hand, Ling Yi's arrow steps rushed towards him like the boundless darkness behind him......

"Since it's a targeted killing, it shouldn't attack non-prey targets......" Ling Yi prayed in his heart as he heard a loud crashing sound from the ceiling!

Exactly the same way as before!

In the face of the endless darkness, the order between the people in Ling Yi's mind clearly appeared in front of him!

"Behind me is a middle-aged man in white, and then a woman with glasses!"

Ling Yi was confident in his memory, this time, no matter what kind of demon or monster it was, he had to see its true body!

The distance between the three positions......

This is it!

Ling Yi pounced directly on the calculated position in his mind!

His face was soft for a while, and before Ling Yi could react, he actually rolled under the sofa with a person in his arms!

"Nothing...... Did I miscalculate the distance?"

Ling Yi struggled to get up, but he heard the miserable howl of a tall boy where he was originally located!

It was too late to run over again, Ling Yi wanted to explore all the items around him that could be used, but there was nothing to do.

In the darkness, a sound like the bursting of a balloon came, and the crying came to an abrupt end!

"Zizi Zi ......"

The sound of the lights being energized sounded, and the carriage turned from a dull yellow color to its original light......

Ling Yi panted heavily and looked forward......

From frightened to sluggish, the scene in front of him turned out to be a terrifying picture that no one could accept......