The prophecy came true
"The flying axe was my first warning to you,
The path of escape is your ultimate fate. ”
While holding his knees and gasping for breath, Xiang Nanxing suddenly remembered these two prophetic poems written on the inside back cover of the book. At this time, he finally understood the meaning of the poem, the first half of the sentence was of course about the throwing of an axe like the strange man "Magician A" meeting and greeting, and the second half of the sentence described what happened to him just now.
In the past few minutes, he and Ji Fenghua were like two dogs with their tails between their tails, and they didn't even care about the wrong direction. Yue Ming's moans were still faintly coming from the inside of the warehouse, Xiang Nanxing knew that he couldn't abandon him, but they couldn't knock down the enemy on the spot and go in to save people.
It's just that this weirdo is too beyond common sense.
The opportunities created by Xiang Nanxing and Ji Fenghua's exquisite cooperation can be said to be incomparable. With their strength clearly at a disadvantage, they in turn took advantage of the momentum of the opponent's forward rush and relied on the opponent's own strength to stab the iron drill into his body. The part of the iron drill pierced into the shoulder, which was the result of the opponent's best dodge. It might have been fatal, but it was enough to severely impede the movement of his arm, and the length of the obstruction was enough to make him almost unable to move freely, even if he could endure the pain of such an iron hammer. If the other party is the kind who knows the times, he should also know to retreat after being injured to this extent, so as not to be slowly worn to death by the two people here.
However, to their surprise, the strange man just raised his head and yelled, and then raised his hand to grasp the end of the iron drill and slowly pulled it out of the wound on his shoulder. Blood gushed from the gaping hole, but the strange man tore a piece of cloth from the edge of his cloak as if he had no sense, and bandaged it with one hand.
"What kind of magician is this, this is a berserker!" Xiang Nanxing's whole person was stunned, "The strength has skyrocketed, the skin is rough and the flesh is thick, plus ignoring the pain......"
He suddenly felt a cold current welling up from under his feet, and his breath rushed to the back of his head, making him shiver. When he came back to his senses, he noticed that it was the strange man's gaze, and the other party was looking at him with the most obvious killing intent in his eyes.
Although he felt such a threat when he faced the enemy almost instinctively just now, his survival instinct made him fight with the same passionate emotions. However, now that he has slightly regained some of his ability to think, this killing intent is like an invisible knife, and the frustration that arose in the fight just now directly killed his consciousness.
"Run! What a daze! ”
Ji Fenghua pulled him up at this time, and rushed out in a random direction. Her face was flushed and she was out of breath, apparently feeling the same threat. It's just that the eldest lady's way to relieve pressure is to move, instead of standing in place like the one next door, which directly saves the two of them.
Xiang Nanxing's mind was almost blank, and he just let his feet run forward with his senior sister. By the time they came to their senses, the two of them had almost run to the bottom of the art building.
Running all the way here, both of them were exhausted, and if the other party caught up, I am afraid that they would not even have the strength to turn back and fight to the death. But fortunately, the strange man may have been treating the wound at the beginning, or because the injury affected his speed, he was no longer visible in the middle of the process.
The nervous mood eased slightly, Xiang Nanxing staggered to the steps in front of the art building and sat down, raised his head against the wall and gasped, waiting for his strength to recover. Ji Fenghua sat next to him like him, but his eyes were firmly fixed on the way he came, ready for the next round of escape.
"After a long time, everything in that book is true." She snorted coldly, "But you already know this." ”
Her eyes were staring ahead, but the spearhead in these words was directed at Xiang Nanxing. The latter smiled bitterly and did not answer, so she shrugged her shoulders and continued.
"Before you even opened the book, your reaction was visibly startled, and I guess it had something to do with the word 'game' written on it. What is a game? What kind of game is it? We're confused, but you know something, don't you? ”
She snorted again: "The prophetic poem written on the inside page of the back cover after opening it should actually be something like 'rules of the game', or at least it also previews the next game progress." If you could have studied it carefully, you might have been able to avoid a tragedy, but it's because you don't report it......"
She turned her head suddenly, raised her hand and grabbed Xiang Nanxing's collar fiercely: "That person is ...... like this"
"Yue Ming's matter, I must take responsibility." Xiang Nanxing interrupted him with a calm face, "But if you want to say that I have already guessed the next development before, this is wrong." ”
He tapped his temple lightly, allowing the prophetic poems from his memory to resurface.
"When I was thinking about it, I thought too much about its symbolism, and I didn't expect those two sentences to be so realistic. The flying axe is directly the throwing axe, and the way to escape also represents the only option we have to flee in the face of a strong enemy. If you reinterpret the poem in this realistic direction, the way to clear the game should be hidden in it. ”
"So you know what 'game' means." Ji Fenghua said with a cold face.
Xiang Nanxing smiled bitterly and avoided the topic.
"Let's focus on deciphering the poem first. First of all, in the first sentence, 'Soul born in twilight and despair, I summon you in the six-pointed star array, and before the sun rises, magician A will perform the duty of judgment on my behalf', which indicates at least two important points here, in addition to the information we already know, the first is 'the six-pointed star array' and the other is 'before the sun rises'. The former explains the trigger condition of this game, which is to crack the information contained in the first six 'incredible' and find the hidden 'seventh incredible'. We could have avoided this, but unfortunately, because of my curiosity, this condition was finally met. ”
"The past is gone." Ji Fenghua thought thoughtfully, "The key is the latter." ”
"Yes, 'before sunrise' is a very important reminder, and I guess that the game will last until sunrise. But there are two interpretations of this, whether we win if we persist until sunrise in the pursuit, or if we do not complete the following instructions before sunrise, even if we lose? ”
Xiang Nanxing himself replied: "I think it's the latter." The reason is the last two sentences. A prophecy of the axe throwing when we first met, and instructs us to begin the 'flight'. The other sentence makes it clear. 'Before the time limit expires', 'Giant Fist of Destruction', combined with the 'escape' of the previous round, should mean that the chase will continue until dawn, in other words, if we can hold out until that time, we have a good chance of winning. ”
But then he shook his head again.
"I'm not going to win that way, though. The second half of the poem mentions a way to find the 'Eye of the Array' and make everything 'return to nothing', which I guess means finding a mechanism and closing it to declare the game a victory. This should be the orthodox way to win in the game. If I can't get in touch with the outside world in the end, I'll have to choose this. ”
"This choice is because of Yue Ming?" Ji Fenghua was keenly aware of the meaning of his words.
"Yue Ming's injury is the most important reason." Xiang Nanxing nodded, "In retrospect, although the part where the axe hit was in the chest, that place was also protected by the hard sternum in the human bones, and although the amount of blood dripping at that time was not small, it should not be the level of artery rupture." I could still hear him moaning after falling through the window, which showed that he was still conscious at that time, and as long as he rescued him in time, he would have been able to turn the corner in time. ”
"But that 'Magician A' is right next to him." Ji Fenghua said worriedly, "Will it be ......?"
"It's possible, but I'm sure not." Xiang Nanxing said, "Let's think about it, although that guy has super strange power, but the speed of the sprint start is not fast, he has to run for a while to reach the highest speed, and it is difficult to control the body after the speed comes up, so he will be injured by our joint efforts." This means that he has a lot of weight and a lot of inertia in his movements, and I don't think it's easy to jump on the air with that kind of body, even with his strength. What's more, if Yue Ming still retains consciousness, he should be able to interfere with the window with the poles and other equipment in the warehouse to prevent people outside from climbing in. ”
"As for the main entrance, because it was sealed with cement, it was difficult for him to open it unless he ran for a distance and then hit it with all his might. But in this way, Yue Ming may also take advantage of the opportunity of his vision being blocked or his body collapse after hitting the door to escape, so I guess he won't do this, because the injured Yue Ming can't leave the warehouse, for him, it's like trapping a prey in a chase game, and the prey's injuries will continue to worsen over time, gradually losing the ability to resist. Now that it was still far from dawn, he didn't have to risk disposing of it. ”
Ji Fenghua thought for a while and said, "But I think we should leave here immediately and ask for help from the outside world......
"I don't recommend it either."
Xiang Nanxing shook his head. He pulled Ji Fenghua to the back of the art building, picked up a branch and threw it forward. Ji Fenghua was still puzzled, but suddenly heard a crisp sound of "crackling", and the branch that had just been thrown seemed to hit something in mid-air, and suddenly burned into a small fireball, and finally turned into a few scorched black things and fell to the ground.
"High-voltage wires!" Ji Fenghua gasped. She reacted so quickly that she only felt fear for a moment. If Xiang Nanxing hadn't paid attention to the strange cables hanging in the air just now, and they continued to move forward according to their original thoughts, they must have been the ones who hit the line and turned into a roast suckling pig at this time.
"Yes, high-voltage wires. This is one of them. ”
Xiang Nanxing nodded with a cold face. "Although I don't know how the other party arranged such a mechanism in such a short period of time, it is not surprising that the other party has done this by means. The meaning here is already obvious. I can spot it, and I can dodge it and move on, but I don't know what else awaits me, after all, not every trap can be successfully seen through. ”
"Now it seems that the circle formed by the six buildings of the 'Hexagram Array' is the scope of the game it has delineated for us. Whether it is chasing or fleeing, it cannot go beyond this range. This is where the game will be. Xiang Nanxing exhaled a long breath, "Although there must be other people in the teaching area, such as the library. However, with its wrists, martial law has been drawn on the outside of this circle to prevent unsuspecting people from approaching. Expecting passers-by to find anomalies is unlikely. ”
"So, if you want to call for help from the outside world, you can only hope that your power bank will restore the function of the phone."
"I understand the truth, but ......"
Ji Fenghua looked directly into Xiang Nanxing's eyes: "Before that, answer me first, who is this 'it'." ”
The latter sighed, and then replied word by word:
"Lord, holder, man."
Two completely different emotions stirred in their hearts, Ji Fenghua was confused and fearful, while Xiang Nanxing was angry and determined. Such emotions were so intense that both of them here neglected to be vigilant about their surroundings.
None of them noticed that not far behind them, the red cloak was rising in the wind.
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