"Whew...... Whew......"

The sound of rough breathing echoed in the ears, and the gas brushed the abscess in the throat, and the smell of blood poured up in the throat, the pain, stimulated the nerve endings, and made the chaotic consciousness sober up a little.

Thoughts, as if being forcefully pulled back to the cold reality from the depths of darkness, the heavy head is like a sponge soaked in dirty water for a moment of awakening, and there is still a bit of trance, the weight of thousands of catties on the eyelids is opened, the scattered consciousness wakes up little by little, and the line of sight gradually focuses.

He gradually realized that he was still alive.

Alive.

It seems like it's just living.

And where is it? Who are you? It seems that these deep-seated problems have not had time to think about it too much.

The pain in his throat and face cleared his consciousness a little more.

He found himself on his knees.

Bending his back, his hands and feet were firmly locked by iron cuffs fixed to the ground, and the whole person was forced to prostrate on the ground, showing a bow shape. The rusty iron cuffs wore through his skin, the cold iron pressed the beating pulse of his wrist, and he tried to move, but he couldn't break free from the restraints of his hands and feet.

The iron cuffs are locked.

"Kala......"

As he moved his movements, the chains behind him were dragged for a moment.

He found himself wearing a neck cuff around his neck, which was around his throat, locking him like a dog, and the neck cuffs were connected to the chain.

He looked back and saw that the chain extended to the wall behind him, and in front of the wall stood a few gray pillars, chains, fastened to one of them.

An ominous premonition crept over him with a cold sense of fear, and he slowly turned his head and coughed.

"Ahem......"

Sharp pain in his throat as he coughed. Swallowable saliva poured up his throat, causing him to cough up blood even harder, filling his mouth with the smell of blood.

The restraint on his face and neck made him suspicious, and he lowered his head and tried with his fingers, which could only move slightly, only to find that his face and neck were wrapped in gauze, and the layers of gauze cut off his skin, but the pain coming from under the gauze was clear and abnormal.

"Help......

There was a faint cry for help from another man.

He followed the sound and saw a few paces away, the same person in a bent position, locked to the floor.

It turned out that he was not the only one who was also imprisoned.

It was a spacious room, and under the black dome, all of them were prostrate facing the round stone platform in the center of the room, and there were twelve of them, including him, who were arranged exactly the twelve scales of the clock, and behind them there was also a thick chain, the end of which was also fixed to the gray pillar beside the wall.

Like him, they were chained like dogs, and they bowed down like slaves, as if the devout saints were prostrating themselves to the supreme faith in their hearts.

Over here. Where exactly?

Before he could think, his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a cacophony of electricity.

"Zizi-"

The screeching sound of electricity came from the dome overhead—

"Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the [Minghe System], I am the executor of the rules of the [Minghe System], you can call me [Judge]."

The voice-changer processed the voice, which was difficult to distinguish between men and women, and sounded echoed in the large room.

He held his breath for fear of missing any keyword.

"Those of you present have been systematically processed and deprived of their memories. Some of you have committed murder, some have committed treason, some have been part of a terrorist organization, and some have been felons for robbery, rape, bombing, poisoning, and so on. ”

"It doesn't matter what you've done before. The important thing is that you are now given a chance to redeem yourselves. ”

"If you can survive the game and become the ultimate victor, then you can be forgiven of your previous sins and gain [rebirth], otherwise you ......" the voice paused slightly, and the conversation changed, "Your consciousness will remain in the [Minghe System] forever, becoming a sacrifice of the system, and when you enter the darkness of the eternal night, you will also become the walking dead and [atone] for yourself." ”

Hearing this, he swallowed silently and couldn't help clenching his fists.

"This game is a [code name battle], the rules are very simple, the twelve anonymous people present will compete for the identity of an official player, and after obtaining the identity, they can officially enter the system as a new player."

As soon as the words fell, only a "click" was heard, and everyone's handcuffs and footcuffs were released at the same time.

"Smack-"

A headlamp fixed to the dome suddenly turned on, and the light pierced the darkness of the room like a sharp sword.

He unconsciously raised his hand to cover his eyes.

After adjusting to the light, he saw himself and 11 other people locked up in a circular room, men and women, old and young, all dressed in black and white striped prisoner jumpsuits, all handcuffed around their necks.

And he was kneeling in the direction of 6 o'clock on the stone platform.

"Gala Gala ......"

When everyone is looking at each other. The sound of gears turning came from behind him.

The 12 people each looked back, only to see 12 circular rigid blades standing in front of the wall, the twelve gray rigid blades were about two meters high, densely covered with steel thorns, and gradually turned, rolling the iron chain into it little by little, and the iron chain that was originally loose and hanging on the ground was gradually tightened.

"Behind each of you is a spiral blade, which is attached to the chain, which has been welded to the neck cuffs, and will gradually tighten as the blade turns. If you don't want to be ground into a pulp, find the key and open the cuffs. Note: There are only five minutes to go, and whoever can open the neck cuffs and pull out the stone sword from the stone platform within five minutes will be the winner of this round. Now, the game begins. ”

"Zizi-"

With the cacophony of electricity, the judge's voice faded away.

The 12 people present looked at the high-speed spinning blade behind them, and suddenly fell into a panic.

"What's going on...... this?"

"Help, help—"

"Neck cuffs...... How do you unravel this?! ”

Twelve men were in a mess, mixed with the sound of chains dragging across the ground, making the cacophony of blades spinning even more harshly.

(How do I untie the cuffs?) ）

He groped for the cuffs with both hands and found that the cuffs had a keyhole, but he groped around his body and couldn't find the key. They were all dressed in one-piece prison uniforms, barefoot, with no pockets on their bodies, let alone a place to hide their keys, if not on their bodies, where would they be?!

I am in doubt. He suddenly saw a dagger at his feet, it had been at his feet from the beginning, but because the room was too dark, and his hands and feet were handcuffed and difficult to move, he did not notice the existence of the dagger.

He looked up and realized that he wasn't the only lucky one. Everyone, there is a dagger.

And apparently, everyone has noticed this.

At ten o'clock, a woman with a low ponytail tried to cut the chain with the dagger. At one o'clock and three o'clock, the two men tried to pry the keyhole with the tip of the dagger. People seem to have realized that panicking at the moment is useless, and saving themselves is the only way to survive.

"Gragra ......"

The chains are tightening little by little, and it's a creepy countdown.

Everyone wants to live!

It's only five minutes for all!

He looked down and examined the dagger carefully. It was found that the dagger was not long, the blade was even a little rusty, and the tip of the dagger was too blunt to cut the iron chain, let alone pick the keyhole like a silver needle.

(Not true.) ）

(That's not how the dagger is used.) ）

He subconsciously bit his lower lip, because of the wound that involved the masseter muscle of his face, a tingling pain came, and blood gradually oozed out of the gauze wrapped around his cheeks, but compared to the fear brought by the rapid rolling blade behind him at this moment, this pain was nothing at all.

[Warning: Four minutes left.] 】

The warning sound of the system came from the overhead broadcast system, and suddenly, he noticed that the end of the dagger was engraved with a pattern, like a totem. This is a snake that eats its own tail and wraps its body around a ring. It's like this.

（…… Ouroboros. ）

(Head to tail joined, swallowing itself...... ）

(The end of the serpent's body...... in the stomach. ）

(The end point is the stomach?) ）

Suddenly, as if he understood something, he looked at his abdomen in a daze.

"Gurrah—"

The chains tightened, and he lost his balance unexpectedly, and was strangled backwards, and the spinning blade accelerated, rolling the chain between the blade and the wall, and he was dragged backwards little by little.

[Warning: Three minutes left.] 】

"Damn it......" he coughed up a mouthful of blood, cursing in a low voice in his hoarse voice.

Before he had time to hesitate, he leaned sideways and held the handle of the knife, the tip of the knife was aimed at his left abdomen, gritted his teeth, and pierced it.

"You, what do you want to do......" A flat-headed man at five o'clock next to him was stunned when he saw him do this.

"Take the key." He replied through gritted teeth, clenching the blade of the knife and his joints turning white.

The knife was blunt, and a single knife could not cut the abdomen at all, only cutting a layer of the epidermis, and he was ruthless, holding down the handle of the knife with his right hand, increasing the force, and fiercely inserting the dagger into his stomach, forcibly cutting the stomach.

Blood filled his stomach pouches, and he couldn't help but vomit a large mouthful of blood.

"Gurrah—"

The chain dragged him back a few meters, dragging a long bloody streak from the floor tiles beneath him.

He drew the dagger, and his left hand reached into his abdomen along the wound, the wound space was long, and he tore at the edge of the wound with both hands, and forcefully tore the abdominal muscles along the way. Warm blood gushed down his fingers, and his fingertips touched the soft stomach and the lubrication of the omentum in his abdomen.

[Warning: Two minutes left.] 】

Running his fingertips down the cut wound into the stomach pouch, he grabbed up and down his stomach.

Sure enough, he came across a long, hard strip.

(It's the key!) ）

With a twist on his heart, he turned around and changed his posture, lying on the ground, his right hand bending his elbow to support the ground, his left hand clenching into a fist, and then extending his fingers after the whole fist went deep into his stomach, and he grabbed the long strip between the fingers of his index and middle fingers, and the next moment he grabbed the thing out of his stomach.

"Click."

A key half the length of a finger fell to the ground, mixed with the stench of blood and gastric juice, and warm.

"Originally, it turned out that the key was in the stomach!" Seeing this, the flat-headed man next to him cried out in surprise.

And this exclamation alerted everyone present, and everyone lifted their clothes and looked at their stomachs. The bold are busy following this practice and disemboweling the key, while the timid are still hesitating, afraid of the pain.

[Warning: There is one minute left.] 】

The system's countdown prompt made him panic, his hand trembling as he picked up the key, the pain in his stomach made his consciousness more awake than ever, and the smell of blood filled the air, he lowered his head and tentatively inserted the key into the keyhole of the cuffs.

"Gurrah—"

The blade snapped tightly, pushing him backwards, and he fell to the ground, throwing the key out.

Behind him, the sound of the blade spinning turned out to be closer and closer, and it was only less than three meters away from him!

[Warning: Forty seconds left.] 】

He hurriedly got up, his right hand squeezing at the ground, and his left hand tried to pick up the tossed key, but the annoying fingertips were still a few centimeters away from the key.

It's not close!

The ears were filled with the screams of others in pain as they dissected their abdomen, the sound of gears turning, the sound of blades spinning, and the sound of chains rubbing against the floor tiles...... The room of twelve people instantly turned into a hell on earth.

The "Gla......" chain tightened a little more, and the cuffs sank into his flesh, causing a pain in his throat.

"Ahem...... coughed up blood splattered on the floor tiles, like a blooming blood-colored flower.

(Not almost!) ）

He stared at the key, which was less than a centimeter from his fingertips, his eyes full of determination, and his right hand was clasped into the gap in the floor tiles, allowing him to gain a little grip.

(I want to ...... Stay alive! ）

At the moment of life and death, the idea of survival overwhelmed everything, he gritted his teeth and grabbed the key with all his strength!

It worked!

He suddenly relaxed, causing his body to be pulled by the chain, and his back slammed into the ground, and the rapidly spinning blade was less than a meter away from him!

[Warning: Twenty seconds left.] 】

He inserts the key into the keyhole!

Ten seconds!

He turned the key from side to side!

Five seconds!

With a "click", he opened the neck cuffs!

He threw himself forward, freed from the shackles of his neckcuffs, which were carried into the blade by the chains, and were instantly twisted to pieces, and fine pieces of iron flew in all directions, and he was busy protecting his head, but his scalp was still cut.

"Ahh

There was a miserable wail beside him, and when he looked up, he saw that those who had not had time to untie their necks were swept into the two-meter-high rigid blade, and the fragile human body was crushed and crushed by the high-speed rotating rigid blade, and the gushing blood rushed straight to the black dome, and the white bones and soft muscle tissue were crushed by the rigid blade, and splashed all over the ground.

A small leg bone flew to him, and he watched in horror as the flat-headed man who had been locked up by his side had turned into a meat foam.

Just a little bit, I became the same meat foam.

Blood ran down his scalp, which had been cut by the blade, staining the gauze on the right side of his face, and the pain in his abdomen reminded him that the nightmare was not over......

Standing up tremblingly, he looked around and saw that he was not the only survivor, there were survivors in the direction of twelve, three, and nine, but they were no better—a man had been cut off half of his left shoulder by a piece of minced iron; The other man was lying on the ground, the wound cut across the abdomen was somewhat large, and the soft intestinal segment fell out of the abdominal cavity along the wound; Another man was standing up against the wall, holding his left abdomen, looking at him with the same alarm.

Apparently.

It's a war between two people—

Knowing that he could not hesitate any longer, he stepped towards the stone platform in the center of the room.

Seeing this, the other party's figure moved, and he also rushed over.

In this game, there can only be one survivor of the twelve.

He didn't know what the so-called [Minghe System] was.

But the only thing he knows is that if he had to choose between life and death, it must not be him who died!

He rushed to the stone platform one step ahead of the other party, shaking and holding the stone sword inserted in the stone platform. Seeing this, the other party stopped a few steps away and punched him. Feeling a pain in his cheek, he subconsciously let go of the stone sword and staggered back a few steps. Once he was on his feet, he tightened his grip on the key he was still holding, stuck it between the index and middle fingers of his right hand, and smashed it into his opponent.

The tip of the key sliced through the other man's face, piercing his eyeball, and the moist eyeball was taken out of the socket, and with a wave of his hand, he threw the eyeball to the ground.

The other man wailed and fell back.

He took the opportunity to take a few steps forward and grasped the stone sword.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw two other survivors not far away struggling to crawl in his direction.

Blood stained the stone sword red along his finger-bony hand, and he held the sword with both hands and pulled it out of the gap with all his might!

(I'm the winner!) ）

He held the stone sword in his hand, and was half-crouched on the ground with no physical strength.

"Congratulations, you're the winner of this game—"

The judge's voice came from the overhead megaphone.

"You'll get your code name, Arthur."