Chapter 8 Because, I want to live
Ye Qingmian, the drunkard, the smoker, the old man, and the beauty were stunned by the previous scene, the five living people were shattered into slag in front of their eyes, and the small pieces of meat left on the ground made people have to praise this meticulous knife work, and the bloody breath made people breathless.
The drunkard retched, then slapped his chest vigorously. The old man's face was ruddy and almost bewitching, and he was obviously frightened by such a cruel way of elimination, and his body trembled slightly. The beauty's face was the opposite, pale and without the confidence she had before. The smoker tried several times to put the lit cigarette in his mouth, but failed because his hands were shaking too much.
Ye Qingmian is really no better, and he is bent on cursing the gray palace. What game is worse than life and death, and if you can't win to the end, you can simply admit defeat the first time. It sounds like you don't have to die if you lose, but where does the picture in front of you look like you scolded angrily after losing, and then went home dejected!
Can't lose! Can't lose! Absolutely! Can't lose! Everyone's hearts thundered like this. Although they won, the mentality of the victors at this time is like that of gamblers who have lost everything, their eyes are red, and they are full of hostility towards each other. Losing means that there is no corpse to die, and the others in front of you are obstacles to their survival.
"Ask the winner to move on to the second level. The blue ball of light made a sound, and then, the faces of the five people stabbed at the same time.
"My face!" exclaimed the beauty.
"Your face—" The drunkard tried to speak, but found himself suddenly unable to speak.
Ye Qingmian saw a strange pattern on the faces of the other four people, thinking that he also had something similar.
"The second level, totemic beliefs. The blue ball of light began to explain, "The ancient gods blessed mankind, giving them food, houses, and happiness. Among them, the god of life guarantees the health and longevity of human beings, the god of death watches over the souls of human beings after death can smoothly enter the underworld reincarnation, and human beings have always believed in the gods because of gratitude, and prayed sincerely every day. ”
But with the advent of laziness, greed, and betrayal, part of humanity has tried in vain to turn its back on the gods, to stop praying, and to yearn for the protection of the gods. Eventually, the gods were furious and decided to bless only their faithful believers. Now the five of you have a totem of life representing the god of life and a totem of death representing the god of death, and you can see each other's totems, but you cannot see your own. Only faithful believers can know the totem that their face represents, and this is a test of God, so no one can reveal the totemic message of others. ”
"Only the most devout believers know the totem on their face and are protected by God. There are three rounds of this game, and the first two rounds are 15 minutes. 5 minutes for voting, 10 minutes for thinking, and only 5 minutes for voting in the third round. During the game time, you can get your own totem information in your own way. During voting hours, you can open the door and drop the confirmed results into the box outside the door. ”
With the explanation of the blue ball of light, the door opened with the sound of creaking teeth, it was an even more empty hall, and in the center was a black stone pillar full of mysterious runes, on which was a white jade, and a small box with carved decorations wrapped in gold on the periphery, and a small hole at the top of the box.
The five people who were staring at the box suddenly had something extra in their hands, and when they looked down, they saw that there were two small balls in black and white.
"Now you have 1 black ball and 1 white ball in your hands. If you confirm the totem on your face, then during voting time, open the door. The black ball represents the totem of death, and the white ball represents the totem of life. Within three rounds, those who vote in the first round will receive 3 badges. Those who cast the correct vote in the second round will receive 2 badges. Those who cast the correct vote in the third round will receive 1 badge. Those who make erroneous votes are eliminated. No votes were cast during the three rounds of voting, and they were eliminated. Any violence is forbidden during the game, otherwise it will be eliminated. Badges are used as the base currency in future games to exchange for items. ”
Hearing the word elimination, everyone couldn't help but shudder. Ye Qingmian naturally trembled, where is this so simple to eliminate, it is too much to be euphemistic!
As the blue ball of light flickered, the corpses on the ground seemed to melt into the ground, and the blood disappeared, replaced by a burst of fresh and cool air, which made people feel very comfortable.
Not having to face the mutilated body of the loser naturally reduces a lot of pressure, but the new round of the game still makes people's hearts heavy.
With a bang, the open door closed again, "After 15 minutes of countdown, the second level of totem belief officially begins." ”
The blue ball of light vanished, and a countdown hung over the room, silently, beginning its journey.
In another world, at dusk, in a deserted café, the Gray House sat at the morning table, picked up the cup, only to find that the coffee had long been empty. Two black swirls appeared on the chair across the table, but the waiter didn't seem to see the strange phenomenon. The black vortex rotated and twisted at great speed, slowly turning into a human form, which was Ye Qingsha and Yu Hanzi.
The Gray Palace breathed a sigh of relief, and his face, which had been cold for a day, finally had a hint of joy. Seeing the palpitations on the faces of the two of them with a little worry and excitement, the gray palace was even happier.
"You've passed?!"
"yes, scared the old lady to death. Yu Hanzi patted his chest and said.
Although it was almost certain that the two of them had successfully passed the test, after hearing the confirmation with their own ears, the gray palace was completely relieved.
"It's... What the hell is going on?!Gray Palace, you must know, you say it quickly!" Ye Qingsha forced herself to calm down, frowned and thought for a while, a little disappointed, "Yes, you told my brother before leaving, you can't talk about it." ”
"Alas. The gray palace said a little low sigh, said that it hurt them, if they don't say it, they may not live long, looking at Ye Qingsha and Yu Hanzi's confused and helpless appearance, the gray palace said helplessly, and then forced a smile, "I didn't say it before, because I was afraid that you would think too much and be distracted, but now you can talk about it." This is, the game of reincarnation. ”
"Reincarnation game?"
"The stage you are at now is the reincarnation primary, with the aim of selecting the best reincarnation from a large number of candidates through game after game again and again to enter the temple of reincarnation. ”
"Reincarnation, Samsara Temple, what is this?"
"Actually, it's a bit early for that. The Temple of Reincarnation is the final battleground. "The reincarnation game is played once a week, and many games are played at the same time to select the most valuable people. Until in the end, there are 108 victors left and enter the temple of reincarnation. ”
"What happens to the people who fail to eliminate?" Ye Qingsha asked with some concern, "I saw that the loser disappeared directly out of thin air, and he won't die, right?"
"No, it won't. "At least in the early stages of the reincarnation game, there will be no death." Those who fail and disappear will also return to this world, but they no longer have memories of the reincarnation game and will forever lose the opportunity to enter the temple of reincarnation. It's as if other people who can't see a total solar eclipse don't notice anything unusual. ”
"It scared the hell out of me. Yu Hanzi breathed a sigh of relief, it was good to be immortal in the secret way, but after thinking about it, he was a little uneasy, "You said that there would be no death in the early stage, so it will be in the later stage?"
"It also depends on luck in the later stage, there is a kind of game, we call it a death trap, this kind of game, usually only one person can survive, and the other losers are not eliminated and disappear, but... Knock out the dead. Of course, this kind of death trap usually doesn't appear, at least in the last reincarnation, as far as I know, it only appeared three or four times. The Gray House explained.
"What's the use of this badge?" Ye Qingsha asked, fiddling with a badge and handing it to the Gray Palace.
"These badges must be kept, they are of great use, and they must not be used at will. ”
Ye Qingsha and Yu Hanzi simply ate something, but they couldn't feel the taste of food at all, and their minds were full of everything that had just happened, in fact, the first game was not difficult to say, and it was not easy to say that it was simple.
The key point to victory is that except for Ye Qingsha and Yu Hanzi, everyone else doesn't know each other. The two pretended to be strangers but secretly united, and finally passed the test with a tie for first place.
The gray palace is also very emotional about this luck, after all, the world is so big, it is really not easy for two newcomers who know each other to meet together in the first round, not to mention friends who dare to trust each other.
The three of them waited for a long time, and when they didn't see Ye Qingmian come back, they couldn't help but be a little worried. Although I know that even if I fail, at most I will lose my memory of the reincarnation game, and I will not die.
But what if... The three of them didn't want to think about what would happen if Ye Qingmian happened to encounter a death trap, they just waited quietly, and as time passed, the nervousness began to spread.
On the other side, Ye Qingmian began to relax.
The drunkard drunkenly said, "I've seen a similar reasoning question, and it says something like this. There is a very old village, this village has two kinds of people, red eyes and blue eyes, and there is a square in the middle of this village, which is where the villagers gather, and now there are only three people in this village, and they live in three places. In this village, there is a rule that if a person knows the color of his eyes and commits suicide at night, he will ascend to heaven, and the three of them cannot tell each other what color their eyes are in any way, nor can they see the color of their eyes with mirrors, water, and all other reflective substances. They could only think with their thoughts, so they came to the square early in the morning, and sat face to face, thinking about the color of their eyes, and the days went by, and there was no progress at all, until one day a stranger came, and he came to the square and said a word, which changed their fate, and he said, At least one of you has red eyes. After saying that, he left. After hearing this, the three men sat face to face again until the evening before going back to sleep, and the next day they came to the square and sat for another day. On the third day, when the last person came to the square and saw that the two people had not come, he knew that they had succeeded in committing suicide, so he went back and committed suicide that night! ”
The drunkard turned his head to look at the four of them, "Is it similar to our current situation?"
The beautiful woman thought for a while, and began to analyze the reasoning question that the drunkard said, "At least one of the three people has red eyes, then there will be three situations." One red and two blue, two red and one blue, three red and no blue. If it is one red and two blue, then the red-eyed person sees two blue eyes and knows that he must be red, so he can commit suicide on the first night. So one red and two blue are excluded. ”
The drunkard took the beauty's words and continued to analyze, "If it is three red and no blue, then the information obtained by the three people is equal, and it cannot be judged, so it can also be ruled out." So it should be two red and one blue. One of the red-eyed people would think, if I were blue, then the other red-eyed person would see two blue eyes, and he would know that he was red, so he would kill himself on the first night. The other Red-Eye thought the same thing, but they didn't act on the first night. And the blue-eyed person sees two red eyes and can't judge their own color. The next day, the three of them appeared in the square again, and the two red-eyed people saw that the other party did not commit suicide, which meant that they were not blue-eyed, so the other party could not judge, so they all knew that they were also red-eyed, so they committed suicide the next night. On the third day, when the blue-eyed man saw that the two red-eyed men did not come, he also knew his color, so he committed suicide on the third night. ”
After the drunkard finished speaking, everyone else fell into thought, it was too similar, it was indeed too similar to the situation that everyone is facing now.
"Maybe it's just a game at all. The smoker took a puff of his cigarette and slapped his face vigorously.
"But it seems that there is one less condition, will we be reminded when the countdown is over, before the voting begins?" said the old man.
"I think so, but I'm thinking, how do I guess the result in the first round? Is it a matter of luck? If so, it would be unfair. The drunkard said.
"Are you still thinking about that badge reward? It doesn't matter how many rounds he guesses, as long as he doesn't die, he gets to the third level, and then he lives. The smoker glanced at the drunkard and shook his head, as if he disagreed with his greed.
Ye Qingmian looked at the faces of several people, the faces of the beautiful woman and the smoker were death totems, and the faces of the drunkards and the old man were life totems. But he couldn't see his face, which seemed to have a life totem flowing with the brilliance of life.
Ye Qingmian raised his head slightly, struggling in his heart, his hands clenched, and his nails deeply embedded in the flesh.
"It's okay, we'll all be fine. The old man saw that Ye Qingmian's state was very wrong, came over and patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "If you have any ideas, let's talk about it." Everyone brainstorms and tries to get out of this dangerous game smoothly. ”
"I..."Ye Qingmian choked up a little, as if he didn't dare to look at people, "I'm thinking, is the totem that flows with the breath of life really a totem of life?
"Are you stupid? This kind of question still needs to be asked, didn't the rules just say that the black ball represents the totem of death, and the white ball represents the totem of life. The beauty said disdainfully, she looked down on Ye Qingmian's weak character.
"The white ball represents the totem of life, but is the white totem exuding the breath of life on our face really the totem of life? Is the black totem with the feeling of cold death the totem of death?" Ye Qingmian muttered to himself, his expression was twilight, with guilt and self-blame that would not be noticed. "I'm sorry. Because, I want to live, so..."
"Hehe, first crazy one. The drunkard smiled, didn't look at Ye Qingmian again, and raised his head to take another sip of wine.