Chapter 8: The Killing Carnival (Part II)

When Hull re-walked to the building, not only the viewers who were watching the live stream on the dark web, but also the "Most High" wearing the beast masks were shocked.

So far, there has never been a precedent for "prey returning voluntarily after escaping a certain area"; The guy who was chasing Hull with a chainsaw had already taken it for granted a few minutes earlier that he had gone to another location through the secret passage behind the building.

Now, Hull made a time difference and came to a place where there was no ambush.

Hull ran back to the first floor of the building, and walked with the soles of his feet on the ground, wading through the triangular spikes that remained on the ground, and quickly traversed a corridor at a speed.

Due to the layout of the building, those rooms above the second floor and facing east are not illuminated by moonlight at this point in time, but there are several rooms on the first floor that can be illuminated; Those were the rooms where Hull went.

Most of these abandoned buildings have been visited by homeless people or addicts and used as residences by them, and these people usually choose to live on the first floor.

One of the reasons is that many of them have some degree of disability, and those who are not disabled are also in poor physical condition, so climbing the stairs can be avoided.

The second reason is ...... Anyone who has been wandering all year round knows that no place is "safe" for the homeless. They are all people who have been abandoned by society, people who "don't attract much attention even if they disappear suddenly...... Delirious drunkards, upbeat thugs, psychopathic murderers, federal police officers, peers, etc., there are so many things that can put them in danger. If you're unlucky, you can be beaten, robbed, caught, abused, or killed while lying down...... Therefore, choosing to live on the first floor will at least make it easier to escape in the event of some kind of accident.

At this moment, Hull's purpose of returning was to go to the first floor to find some items left behind by the homeless.

There is no doubt that the homeless also have a "legacy", and before they die of starvation, disease, or other cause of death that only God knows, they will more or less hoard some "useful things" in the place where they live. Of course...... What seems useful to them is probably just garbage to us.

Empty bottles, old clothes, tattered sofas, cracked mirrors, expired shampoos, unused paper ......

What Hull wants now is something similar, and he must use everything he can to survive this grossly unfair escape; The probability of finding something useful in this building is obviously higher than in the woods outside.

Five minutes later, Hull had completed his search - by moonlight, he had found a small folding knife, an iron pipe more than a meter long, a plastic water bottle with a lid that was still relatively clean, a dirty and worn waist bag, but not a hole in it, and a half-unused roll of duct tape.

Having found these things, Hull immediately walked away, and ran back into the woods; Although he had generally guessed that the person who was chasing him just now probably didn't expect to come back to search, he wasn't sure if the other party had left, and he couldn't know if the other party would turn back again.

The only thing Hull knows for sure is that he's probably being watched by cameras in the shadows for the most part of the show, so it's wise not to linger anywhere for too long.

After running into the woods, Hull walked a little further, coming to a place he hadn't been before, before stopping and using the tape he had just found to treat his wounds.

At this moment, he didn't have time to think about hygiene and ventilation, in short, he just plugged up those scars to prevent them from tearing again during the operation; Considering that the injections given by the judge had helped him stop most of the bleeding from his wounds and avoid the risk of infection, it should not be a problem to deal with it in a short period of time.

With this looming injury out of the way, Hull is back on his feet.

The moonlight is still fine tonight, and the moonlight shines through the trees, lighting up a hazy road ahead.

As Hull progressed, he was also watching for clues left by the Most High; Somewhat unexpectedly...... There really are, and there are a lot of them.

As mentioned earlier, in terms of the rigor of the layout and production, the "Killing Carnival" is far inferior to the "Judgment Show", if the Judge's team is a group of RTS e-sports players who can control the situation to the second, then those guys who call themselves "Supreme" are ordinary players who play Krypton mobile games.

In the case of unequal conditions, it is not difficult for ordinary people to deal with ordinary people: one side has the comprehensive monitoring of cameras, is very familiar with the environment, and has the advantage of numbers, equipment, and psychology...... The other side is in a dark and unfamiliar unknown environment, psychologically in a state of hunted down and helpless panic.

Such a killing duel must be a one-sided "carnival" of the former.

But today, there is an outlier in the show...... With the help of the judges, Hull's mind was out of the category of "ordinary people", and he not only suppressed his fear, but also did not let anger blind his reason, when he observed and thought with relative calm...... It's easy to find a lot of flaws - footprints, indentations of heavy objects, tire prints on motocross bikes, pits over ladder legs, etc., and when these things come into view, it is natural to find the exact location of the camera and the various traps.

One thing to say, the traps set by those "Most High" are indeed worthy of praise...... Large traps, pits full of steel nails, and foot ropes made of barbed wire...... They were all pretty vicious, and they were well hidden, and it wasn't hard to guess that there were professionals in setting traps among them; However, in the vicinity of each hidden trap, there are several cameras that are not very well hidden, and the traces left by the large number of cameras that have been placed in large numbers. Although it is understandable that they want to shoot "shots of the target being damaged by traps" from multiple angles, this method is indeed too amateurish.

In this way, Hull dodged one trap after another, and walked for quite some time without any hindrance.

This...... It undoubtedly caught the "Supreme One" by surprise.

You must know that while Hull escaped efficiently, the other "prey" who were caught were all kinds of traps, injured, wailing, and crying bitterly...... He was then teased and killed like a toy by one or more of the "Most High" wearing masks and armed weapons, two of whom had already died.

Right now, although Hull was the last "prey" to "wake up" and set off tonight, he was the one who had recently taken over the edge of the "hunt zone", which was certainly something that the "Most High" did not want to see.

You must know that since the launch of the "Killing Spree", there has never been a case of a "real prey" successfully escaping...... Not a single one.

Although they say in every issue that "those who successfully escape will get a large amount of money", this is just to say, and the "Most High" never thought of letting go of the "prey", let alone giving the "prey" money.

Every time they see someone running away, they will temporarily change their odds and go after them in a frenzy to make more money online.

Of course, if they keep doing this, they will be seen through, so they have found someone to "play" a few times, that is, let a mercenary who has colluded with them pretend to be "prey" and escape according to the hints and routes they have given in advance, and they pretend to start a crazy chase before the target is about to flee as usual, but in the end they let him escape in a thrilling way.

Afterwards, they will also publish the proof of their transfer to the "survivor" on their website, and publicize how good the other party is living after getting the money...... In this way, viewers (at least partially) will believe that someone has actually escaped the "killing spree" and received a prize.

But in fact...... Those "fake prey" are just taking a commission to act.

In addition, the rule that "only one person who escapes can get the money" is also in the service of making it easier for them to control the outcome; Because in the early days of the show, there were many "prey" who fled together after encountering, which brought a certain obstacle to the "supreme" killing the prey, after all, after all, after more people, they will be bolder and more difficult to deal with...... But after adding this rule, the "prey" have to watch out for each other, always pay attention to whether they will be stabbed in the back, especially in the stage before fleeing, the greed in human nature is bound to change people's minds - as long as you give your companion a stick before escaping, even if you don't kill the other party, just knock them out in place and wait for death, then you have a good chance of getting a huge bonus, rather than being chased and abused for a night in vain, and then returning to the original gray life...... This kind of temptation is indeed too great, and when it comes, there are few people who will not think about it.

However, Hel tonight is acting alone, he doesn't have to think about that, he just needs to escape on his own.

As the "Most High", there are two options at this time: one is to give up chasing Hull, and simply release another "prey", so that they can say that "because the two escaped, no one will get a reward"; But this situation ...... It has never happened before.

If it had happened, the "killing spree" might not have been able to go on long ago.

The reason is simple...... If someone escapes without receiving the bonus, they will inevitably call the police afterwards, and the location of their "hunting zone" will be exposed the next day.

Besides, at this moment, the other "prey" far away from Hull is already scarred and dying, and even if he is left alone, he may not be able to hold out until he escapes...... If the "Supreme" started paddling now and let Hull run, only to have the other person stunned for half a day while they were paddling, the audience would surely be able to tell that they were deliberately slacking off because they didn't want to give the prize money.

To sum up, they are left with only the "second option" - to chase and kill to the end.

After deciding on the decision, the twelve "supreme ones" went into action, leaving three of them in charge of monitoring, commanding, and supporting the headquarters, and the remaining nine soldiers divided into two routes, six to chase Hull, and three to kill the guy who was almost dead. At the same time, those who stayed in the headquarters also hurriedly changed the real-time odds of various bets to attract more spectators to bet.

So he said that he would go after the six men of Hel...... They worked in pairs, on off-road bikes, and with night vision devices, each of them scurrying towards Hull through a route without traps.

When the "Supreme One" kills with his own hands, it is usually done by one person with a weapon, and the other person with a camera to shoot from a first-person perspective, but sometimes it can be done alone, because many of their torture props have their own cameras.

The reaction of the "prey" when it is killed is the biggest attraction of the "killing carnival", the kind of real blood and death that no cult film or exploitation film can present, as well as the reaction and tragic situation of people when they are killed...... It's hard to describe, and it's enough to change the viewer's mental state.

"Hey, guys, something seems to be wrong."

As the six "Most High" approached Hull's location, their accomplices in the headquarters suddenly spoke to them through the communication channel.

"What's the situation?"

"That guy is gone."

"What do you mean? What does it mean to be missing? ”

"It's just gone, he was under the surveillance of the T012 probe just now, and then he found T012 and destroyed it, and then several nearby probes also lost their signal one by one, and now the image of that area is completely black, and I don't know where that guy is."

"Damn! He wouldn't have run away, would he? ”

"No, the cameras at the border are working properly, I didn't see him running out."

"So he didn't keep running?"

"It's impossible, when you get to the T0 area, you can basically see the road in the distance, and it's impossible to get lost there."

"Could it be...... He deliberately didn't run out...... Stay there and ambush us? ”

"Even if it's for money, it's not going to be like that, is it? This guy's ID shows that he is an ordinary office worker, and he is not a special soldier, what does he think he can do? ”

"You ask me, I'll ask, anyway, you can only rely on your own night vision devices, be careful in everything."

"Don't worry, the location of the trap is marked on the electronic map, just by virtue of an uncle like him......"

Click-

At this moment, the communication conversation was abruptly interrupted.

There was a strange noise coming from the half-spoken man's communicator, followed by a cacophony of tumbling and the sound of the motorcycle engine coming to a standstill.

"Hey! What's wrong? Rhinoceros? Lion? Hear it, please answer! ”

The one at headquarters called the code name of the speaker and then the code name of his companion on the same motorcycle, but he repeated it several times, but no one responded.

"What's going on? What's wrong with them? ”

"Damn! Hurry up, it's not funny at all! ”

In addition, the two cars were also very nervous, and their motorcycles with the "Rhinoceros" and "Lion" were wrapped around the area in a trident shape, which was not too far away, but it would take two or three minutes to drive through the woods to support.

The gang of people who unilaterally torture and kill their "prey" on weekdays are ...... at this moment When their accomplices may have been in danger and they may be in danger, they react no differently from those of their "prey", and they also feel fear and panic.