Seven days later, in the early morning, the so-called test began silently in a way that no one had imagined.

When the volunteers woke up from their sleep, they found that they were no longer in the well-equipped personal room, but lying on a circular square paved with colored bricks.

As far as the eye can see, large and small amusement rides stand among the large weeds, the surface is rusty and mottled, and it is obvious that it has not been started for a long time.

Apparently this is supposed to be an abandoned playground.

"Yes, you are the best one in the people who came this time." A slightly immature teenager's voice came.

Li Mengnan turned his head to look, but saw an ordinary-looking young man with glasses staring at him with a smile, seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a standard black and red jacket HX volunteer uniform, full of student spirit.

Although he is not familiar with him, Li Mengnan also recognizes this person.

The boy's name is Hao Yiming, who is said to have been imprisoned for killing his stepfather who abused his mother, and he has a somewhat middle two personality, and is the youngest of all the volunteers this time.

"Do you dare to be bored any more? I thought I had traveled to "Infinite Horror"......" Li Mengnan rolled his eyes and slapped the dust off his body.

"Oh? Brother Li, do you also know "Infinite Terror"? I just said this to several people, and no one paid attention to me, which is really flattering to the blind......"

This boy named Hao Yiming has one of the biggest characteristics, that is, he is the sweetest, relying on his young age to sell cuteness everywhere, when he sees a man, he is called a brother, and when he sees a woman, he is called a sister, and his popularity among the volunteers is quite good.

"Boss, what are you talking about? Why can't I understand a word? Guo Debiao also woke up from the ground at this moment, shook his head and got up, and leaned to Li Mengnan's side with a shy face.

"A divine book that teaches us to love life and cherish the present, but the wise see the wise, and the prostitute see the prostitution, many people can't understand the philosophy of life that the author wants to convey to us, but only see selfishness and killing, and later the rotten girls made up a lot of unsightly little books to entertain themselves......"

Guo Debiao's face was sluggish, obviously more confused.

"Brother Li, don't you think it's very similar? Our volunteers this time are exactly twenty people, and the plot copy in the book, twenty people is the top difficulty......" Hao Yiming's eyebrows fluttered, as if he was very proud of his discovery.

"What about watches? According to the plot of the book, each of us should have a watch on our wrist that the main god uses to issue tasks, right? Li Mengnan raised his hand and shook his empty wrist.

"That's a problem, but the infinite stream of novels doesn't stipulate that you have to use a watch to release a task." Hao Yiming still refused to give up his conjecture.

At this time, the others also woke up one after another, and noticed that the surrounding scenery could not help but start to stir a little.

"Where is this? How did I end up here? ”

"Didn't that dead house say that there was going to be some bullshit test today? Why did you get Lao Tzu here? ”

"Like, isn't this a joke?"

Just as the crowd was excited, a man with glasses who looked like a gentleman stood on the edge of the abandoned fountain in the center of the square, shouting and raising his hands to attract everyone's attention.

"Everyone, listen to me - the HX Institute fished us out of prison, it can't be just for pranks, inferred from the time, it is very likely that it is now the beginning of the test, although the content of the test is not known yet, but I hope you can stay calm and be patient."

This personable man with glasses is called Wen Jiahao, and it is said that he is a fraudster, using high interest rates as bait to illegally raise funds, and the amount involved is as high as 200 million, which is one of the few highly educated criminals among the volunteers this time.

"This young man has a very fast brain, but he can't hold his breath." Tian Laogen walked to Li Mengnan's side, twisted his beard and looked at Wen Jiahao, who was appeasing everyone not far away, and nodded secretly.

"Boss, what do you mean by what Old Man Tian said?" Guo Debiao knew that he was not using his brain, so he was not ashamed to ask.

"This Wen Jiahao is trying to get the leadership of this group of volunteers."

Human beings are social creatures, and no matter how much they emphasize democracy and equality, they will subconsciously obey the instructions issued by their superiors, which has long been engraved in human genes as a survival instinct.

This Wen Jiahao is very smart, he sensed the potential danger from the unusual start of this test, and immediately stood up to save his sense, so that when everyone encountered a crisis, he could naturally take over the first leadership and put himself in the safest position.

Even if someone more suitable to be the leader of the team appears in the middle, he can take a back seat with this table and play the role of a wise man, which is definitely offensive and defensible.

It's just that he can't be the only smart person among the volunteers this time, and he has certainly seized the opportunity by standing up early, but it is also easy to attract hatred and offend those who have the same idea as him.

At this moment, a bell suddenly rang in everyone's ears, and the source of the sound was actually a tattered public IC card phone nearby.

The eyes of everyone present invariably turned to Wen Jiahao, obviously temporarily recognizing his status as a team leader, Wen Jiahao couldn't help but feel relieved, and stepped forward to pick up the phone.

"Hello? Who is it? ”

Wen Jiahao asked a few times, and a cold voice came from the other side of the phone: "The test begins - the task is to find in the kiosk twenty meters south of the fountain, please strictly follow the mission instructions." ”

The human voice on the phone was obviously recorded, and it was impossible to ask any questions, so Wen Jiahao had to hang up the phone helplessly, and turned around to tell everyone what he heard word for word.

Although I still couldn't guess what kind of medicine was sold in the gourd of the HX Research Institute, now that I had obtained the exact information, everyone's feelings finally calmed down a lot, and they came to the kiosk indicated on the phone in groups of three or five.

The so-called kiosk is actually a small tin house, with an area of about 10 square meters, and the surface has long been rusted and tattered due to years of abandonment, and it feels as if it can collapse with a gust of wind.

Not long after the two men entered it, they carried out a small box from inside.

Several people stepped forward to open it, but Wen Jiahao raised his hand to stop them.

"Hey, boy, don't think you're really the boss when you answer the phone...... Get out of the way, I'm going to see what the hell is in there. A big-eyed strong man said with a fierce look on his face.

Wen Jiahao seemed to have expected this situation for a long time, but he did not panic, and said with a smile: "Although everyone comes from different places, since they have signed up for this test, they are all partners and should be in the same boat...... It doesn't matter who sees this thing first, I'm just afraid that it's something else inside. ”

"Something else?"

"Weapons, for example." Wen Jiahao's face suddenly became extremely solemn, "Don't you think the way we appear here is a little special?" If it was a normal test, we could have been transported in a sealed compartment like we came, but they chose to bring us here in a stun, so it's likely that this test project is not that simple......"

"Boy, you mean ......"

"I once watched a movie about rich people who, in order to satisfy their bad tastes, lured some civilians with high prizes, threw them into a closed island, gave them weapons, and made them kill each other, like the gladiatorial arena of ancient Rome."

As soon as Wen Jiahao's words came out, everyone was in an instant uproar, and they all scattered in all directions, making a defensive posture and staring at the people next to them vigilantly, and several timid women were even more frightened to sit on the ground and cry.

"It can't be." Li Mengnan finally stood up at this moment, "If, as you said, this so-called test is a bloody gamble, then in order to ensure the excitement of the gamble, the organizer will never put us people together directly, so it is completely torture for women and the old and weak, and there is no way to make an upset in the gambling game...... And judging from the muscular power of the two people who carried the box just now, the weight of this box is obviously very light, and the chance of hiding weapons inside is very small. ”

Wen Jiahao's face was displeased, and he was about to open his mouth to refute, but Li Mengnan took the first step to block his words: "Of course, for the sake of insurance, we can send two women to open the box." ”

Li Mengnan's mention was immediately unanimously approved by everyone, the threat of women is low, even if there are two pistols inside, they may not be able to use it, and letting them open the box is obviously the safest decision.

Soon, the female inmates' side introduced two of the least threatening members.

One is a rural woman in her forties named Zhu Ronghua, and the other is a young woman in her early twenties named Ke Cailian.

The box was quickly opened, and to everyone's dismay, there was only a stack of envelopes inside.

No more, no less than twenty.

The envelope was quickly handed out, containing only a piece of paper, and the contents were the same in everyone's hands.

"After sunset, please follow the route specified on the map, and reach the fairy tale castle in the center of the amusement park before twelve o'clock and keep watch until dawn."

After reading the task instructions, everyone couldn't help but look at each other, what kind of task is this, it's too simple, right? Is it the test with a legendary mortality rate of up to 50 percent?

"Oh! I remember! One of the female prisoners suddenly clapped her hands, "This is Hejia Amusement Park, a key investment attraction project in Sanshan City seven years ago, and then the investors were arrested because of economic problems, and most of the amusement parks that have been built have been taken over, so they are abandoned......"

"You're saying we're still in Sanshan City?" A woman asked hurriedly.

"I've been to this amusement park once before, and it's located in the northwest of Sanshan City, about an hour's drive from the city."

Most of the female prisoners present were from Sanshan City, and when they heard what their companions said, they all wanted to take this opportunity to go home and have a look, even the male prisoners on Li Mengnan's side couldn't help but be a little moved.

After all, this opportunity is too rare, and God knows when the next test will start after this test, and if they change places again, they will probably never have the opportunity to see their families again.

And the only limit for this mission is to arrive at the central castle before twelve o'clock, which means that they have nearly a full day of free time.

Most of the twenty people present quickly left, and Guo Debiao and Hao Yiming also wanted to leave and go home to have a look, but they were dragged back by Li Mengnan one by one.

"Boss, what's the situation?"

"Yes, Brother Li, I still want to go back to see my mother!"

Li Mengnan glanced at Wen Jiahao, who had also gathered a group of people in the distance, and gave Guo Debiao and the others a look, and said, "This is not the place to talk, if you don't want to die, follow me." ”

Just when Guo Debiao and Hao Yiming were still hesitating about their doubts, a weak voice came from the side: "You can let me ...... Follow you? ”

Li Mengnan turned his head and saw the white young woman named Ke Cailian standing behind him timidly with her hands pinched uneasily.

Although Li Mengnan had never spoken to this Ke Cailian, and he didn't know what crime she committed to go to prison, he intuitively felt that the other party should not be a bad person, so he didn't directly reject her, but just asked: "Isn't there a group of people over there?" Why are you following us? ”

Li Mengnan is not shirking, he is just curious, after all, he is Tian Laogen, Guo Debiao, Hao Yiming, and a few people, old and young, no matter how you look at it, they are not as strong as Hei Qiang and Yue Laosan over there have combat effectiveness, if it is to seek protection, it is obvious that it looks more reliable over there.

"They...... Unlike good people, I'm afraid. Ke Cailian subconsciously hugged her shoulders.

"Sister, your eyes are really sharp...... That's right! We are all 24k pure good people on our side, you can rest assured! ”

Hao Yiming obviously had a good impression of this virtuous young woman's sister, and immediately patted his chest and packed the ticket.

"Then you can follow us."

Li Mengnan smiled indifferently, bringing this lotus picking is not just a burden, it is said that a man will play extraordinarily in front of the beautiful opposite sex no matter what he does, so he should bring a mascot to boost morale.

But Cailian didn't expect Li Mengnan to agree so happily, and hurriedly thanked her.

Li Mengnan took Tian Laogen, Hao Yiming and the other four to an empty mushroom-shaped room nearby that he didn't know what he had used to do, and after confirming that there were no other tails behind him, his expression instantly became extremely solemn.

"What I'm going to say next, you may have a hard time believing it, but I hope that whether you understand it or not, you must do what I say, and it's at the cost of each and every one of you." Li Mengnan's gaze swept over the faces of the four people present one by one, took a deep breath, and said, "Although it may be similar, the world we are in now is not the world we used to be. ”

The four people present were extremely surprised, but Hao Yiming was the first to react and said in ecstasy: "Hahaha, I'll just say it!" If it were the real world, how could it be transported while asleep? Brother Li, this should be the world of infinite streaming, right? Where is the Lord God? Could it be the broken phone? ”

Li Mengnan knew that this second-year teenager would say this, shook his head and said, "Sao Nian, you think too much...... There is no main god, there is no infinite stream, this is just a dream world. ”

Guo Debiao picked up a piece of broken glass on the ground and knocked it on the wall, and said in disbelief: "Boss, you said we are in a dream now?" But it's not like I haven't dreamed, how can things in dreams be so real? ”

"The kind of dreams you usually have are just a chaotic combination of fragments and memories generated by some conscious activities, so they are all vague and without details, but if someone consciously asks you to access all the memories in your subconscious, then you can see a dream as real as it is now......"

The principle of illusion is like this, Li Mengnan is very familiar with this hand, but the only thing he can't understand is what means the HX Research Institute used to connect the consciousness of these twenty people together, so that they can be in the same dream together.

To take an example, the illusion he casts is like a single-player game, in which all the familiar people are actually just NPCs created by subconscious memories, and they will only talk according to the habits in their memories, but they cannot communicate freely as in reality.

And the mysterious method used by the HX research institute is like throwing twenty of them into an online game server, although the body is not the real ** in reality, but the consciousness can really be freely communicated.

This is a very remarkable thing, if there was such a means in the first place, Li Mengnan would be able to directly use his consciousness to enter Ju Xiaoxing's dream and witness the whole process of the case with his own eyes, instead of imagining it only by describing it in words.

Tian Laogen twisted his beard and nodded, although he still didn't understand it a little, but among all of them, he was the one who knew Li Mengnan's true identity the most, and when it came to ethereal things like dream illusions, no one had more say than Li Mengnan.

"Brother Li, I believe what you said is true, so what is the purpose of them leaving us here?" Hao Yiming asked.

"A qiē should be on this piece of paper." Li Mengnan shook the task description, "Although there are only two sentences on it, it is actually very informative, it depends on whether you can read it......"

"Brother Li, is this the rhythm of playing Conan?" Hao Yiming had a bitter face, he turned these two sentences around and looked at them for a long time, but he didn't see any hidden information.

"That...... The keywords should be sunset, prescribed route, twelve o'clock, and keeping until dawn, right? ”

The young woman Ke Cailian raised her hand hesitantly.

Li Mengnan was very surprised, he didn't expect that this little young woman with the temperament of a full-time housewife would have such a mind, and she was really unseemly.

He nodded in affirmation: "Sister Lian is right, there are a few doubts in this - judging from the road map drawn on the map, what we have to pass through is nothing more than a few abandoned amusement facilities, the whole journey is less than three hundred meters, and the task time is four or five hours, which is a bit too long."

And the second sentence tells us to stay until dawn after arriving at the castle, note that this is used to guard, not wait, which means that the night here may not be as calm and safe as the day. ”

"That'...... What will happen then? Ke Cailian said fearfully.

"I don't know."

Li Mengnan shook his head regretfully, every aspect of the illusion is determined by the caster, and what they will encounter at that time depends on what the people at the HX Research Institute want them to see.