Chapter 5 Primary Election and First Round
Suddenly, there was a jumble of voices in the darkness, and there seemed to be a lot of people nearby.
When the world was bright again, Ye Qingmian was in a large and spacious room, behind him was a quaint door, tightly closed, in front of him a thick and gorgeous wooden long table was placed in the center of the room, and ten finely carved chairs were surrounded by it.
The wall on the right is lined with bookcases, and the rows of old books inside are spotless. The curtain on the left is closed, revealing the only floor-to-ceiling window that has no sense of closure, but it is dark outside, and even a little starlight cannot be found, as if it is completely empty, swallowing everything.
Flames rose in the fireplace directly opposite, occasionally crackling. There are no lights in the house, but there are many candle stands fixed on the walls around it, and countless candles and fireplace flames still brighten the room.
Except for Ye Qingmian, there were nine people in the room, all of whom were nervously examining this new environment. There is no doubt that these were transferred in the shadow of a total solar eclipse.
A man casually opened a wine cabinet next to him, carefully poured a little into the goblet, and tasted it slowly, revealing an intoxicated expression. After a short exchange, the ten people initially unified a fact. Not long ago, there was a strange total solar eclipse in the world, which only some people could see, and those who could see the total solar eclipse were transferred here after darkness fell.
Ye Qingmian knew that there were far more than ten people who were transferred, because he didn't see Ye Qingsha and Yu Hanzi. When Ye Qingmian was worried about the two of them, the others also unabashedly expressed their worries about their own situation. The experience of detachment from reality, the unfamiliar environment that is not under their control, and the difficult direction of fate to grasp make everyone full of uneasiness.
"Anyway, we seem to have been chosen by a god-like fellow. The man with the goblet shook the red wine in the glass, and although he pretended to be relaxed, his heavy tone and look betrayed his heart.
"Rather than interpreting this as the power of God, I prefer to believe in science. Maybe we are hallucinogenic by some drug and see a false image. We could have been kidnapped. Ye Qingmian was very surprised, the person who said this was an old man, and he thought that the old people would be more superstitious.
"Old man, I don't know if you don't believe it, or if you don't dare to believe it. But I think you're well aware that there is no one person or organization that will kidnap ten unrelated and worthless people in ten cities at the same time, across geographies. Another young man said.
"And there won't be any hallucinogenic drugs that can make so many people see the same illusion at the same time. A middle-aged man added.
The old man sighed and did not refute again. After a brief exchange before, everyone also thought of the possibility of kidnapping, but after asking each other about the location before the accident, several people were silent.
Ye Qingmian is from Hangzhou, the silent old man is from Dijing, the man drinking red wine is from Guangling, the young man who refuted the old man is from Chang'an, and the rest of the people are also from different cities, and they have no relationship with each other.
"Could it be a perverted game like Saw Horror?!We're all going to die in the end!" a woman cowered nervously in her chair, her eyes flickering, as if trying to see through the fear in the rest of the group. But it was found that everyone was very restrained and unusually calm. Then the woman's expression changed suddenly, and she was no longer afraid, but said with a boring face, "It's really boring, everyone is very strong in their hearts?"
"What can fear be, it's better to wait calmly, I think the Lord will appear soon. You're not going to be dragged to starve to death in this inexplicable place, are you?" said another woman smoking a cigar as she fiddled with the cigarette she had pulled out of the cigar cabinet, seemingly beginning to be somewhat satisfied with the environment.
It's not normal, Ye Qingmian's heart tightened. If an ordinary person experiences a strange event that goes beyond the scope of science, it is inevitable that he will be nervous. Being in a closed and unfamiliar environment will inevitably lead to panic.
But a few people here, after a short period of panic, all slowly calmed down, no matter what they were doing, at least this ability to control their emotions was very surprising. If Ye Qingsha and Yu Hanzi were in a similar environment, they would be at a loss, and the slightest disturbance would make them nervous.
It can be seen that these people who are with them are at least the best in some aspect of the original world, or they have a strong heart and independent judgment beyond ordinary people. Reminiscent of the words of the Gray Palace, if this is a game and each room is a game, then, Ye Qingmian feels that this may be a high-end king game that is out of the novice room and the ordinary area.
Dozens of minutes later, several people got acquainted with each other, chatting about something from time to time, only Ye Qingmian was relatively silent, thinking quietly alone. These people here seem to be calm, but Ye Qingmian can feel that they are more cautious hidden under the calm, and they are the same.
In the center of the room, a ball of light glowing blue appeared out of thin air, attracting everyone's attention. Even though he knew that there was a supernatural force involved, suddenly seeing such a scene still made Ye Qingmian nervous.
"Welcome to the game of reincarnation, where the primaries begin. ”
"What are you?" a young man growled.
"Where are we?"
"Why are we here?"
"Who the hell are you, and what is your purpose?"
The scene became chaotic, and everyone was excited, abandoning their previous calm, and shouting their questions at the strange blue ball of light.
But without exception, no one got a reply from the blue ball of light, as if a recorded voice continued to say according to the set beginning, "This is a path to the truth, this is a trial of transcendence, a reincarnation primary." You are the chosen ones, be the ones who win to the end, go out. There are only wins and losses here, no abstentions and rejections. Now, the reincarnation primary, begins. ”
"This game is divided into three rounds, and those who successfully complete the three rounds will be the winner, who can retain their memories and get reincarnation rewards. Losers are eliminated. Violence is forbidden in the reincarnation primary, otherwise it will be eliminated. It is forbidden to violate the rules of the game in the reincarnation primary, otherwise it will be eliminated. In order to ensure that the relationship between the reincarnation primary contestants is fair and equal, everything in the real world is erased, and it will return to normal after the end of this round. ”
"Hey, is anyone there?" I don't understand what you mean!" a voice shouted again.
"If it comes, then it will be safe, listen to it. An old man said.
In the real world, Hanae returned to the dormitory in a daze, feeling a headache and a dry throat, and wanted to go to the hospital because she seemed to be hallucinating.
When I got up from the hotel bed not long ago, I still had some nausea. Last night was her first time drinking, and she was a drunken mess. At first, it was because I lost the pendant and was in a bad mood, but later I was in a very good mood after seeing Ye Qingmian. Before I knew it, I was so drunk that I didn't know who sent me to the hotel, but when I woke up, I saw Xianyue playing with her mobile phone next to her, and Huazhi knew that she must be fine. It was very safe to have this roommate around.
After having breakfast with Huazhi in the hotel, Xianyue ran out alone in a hurry. The hangover flower branch has no strength to toss blindly with the moon, while breathing in the fresh air and enjoying the rare sunny day, while walking to the bedroom, only to find that the sky is getting darker and darker.
For Hangzhou in the rainy season, today's sunny day is simply a miracle, thinking that it is going to rain again, the flower branches casually raised their heads, but saw a clear solar eclipse.
When Huazhi took out her mobile phone in surprise and prepared to shoot, she found that the sun on the mobile phone screen was still dazzling, which was completely different from the scene she saw. "What about the solar eclipse?" asked herself. But when you look with your own eyes, the apparent eclipse continues.
When it was time for class, countless pedestrians and bicycles rushed by on the road leading to the teaching area on campus, but none of them seemed to pay attention to the vision of the sky.
"Am I dazzled?"
Like Ye Qingsha, Hua Zhi also curiously asked a few students passing by, and the results shocked her. Hanae finally determined that she was hallucinating, and as the eclipse slowly turned into a total solar eclipse, the whole world became more weird.
This terrifying change made Flower Branch almost scream. At that moment, Huazhi felt that the world had become strange, as if everyone was like a walking corpse, blind to the truth, and he was the only boat with color and clarity in the torrent of gloom and numbness. At the same time, Huazhi also began to question herself, whether she was different from others, maybe she was really hallucinating.
Fortunately, all this did not last long, and when the world returned to normal, Huazhi was finally freed from it. But at this time, she was more and more sure that she must be hallucinating, and her head hurt. Hua Zhi chalked it all down to the after-effects of a hangover and vowed never to drink again.
A few kilometers away, at the entrance of a residential area, on the ground, a silver-haired old man was playing chess with a young man. The young man stared blankly at the sky for a long time before returning his attention to the chess game.
"Reincarnation..."Bai Dotted watched the total solar eclipse gradually take shape and disappear, and remembered his former self. Bai Diandian seemed to see the whole world at this time, but he couldn't see that the old man was quietly taking Bai Diandian's car.
When Bai Diandian turned his head and stretched out his hand to walk the car, he looked at the chessboard and thought for a long time, "Where is my car?"
"I've already knocked it out. ”
"Old stick, you fart!"
"Why are you scolding people at such a young age?" the old man was reluctant, and looked at Bai Dian with a dissatisfied face.
"This game doesn't count. "Sweep the board with a white dot and rearrange it.
"You lost this game, give me the money, and I am willing to give you the money if you lose the bet. When the old man saw that Bai Diandian wanted to play again, he quickly grabbed his arm.
The two of them, the old and the young, began to tear endlessly, until a grandfather Mao fell in front of the old man, and at the same time, a hand slapped on the shoulder of Bai Diandian.
Bai Diandian turned around and saw a handsome man in a suit, a difficult character that Bai Diandian didn't want to see.
"I'd like to talk to you. ”