Chapter XXXV. Transactions
The old man bowed his head expressionlessly and said:
"Yes, this is a very important cursed map for you, how? Does the cursed map have to look like a map? ”
Xiao Mo didn't answer, but continued to fiddle with the "navigation" in his hand, "navigation" did not have any zài buttons, he pressed it randomly and did not see any reaction from it.
"How does this thing work?"
Xiao Mo didn't want to work hard by himself, and the things he got back at great risk were just a piece of useless waste.
"Curse the existence of the map, you can also think of it as an electronic navigator and a radar locator. In short, it is to be used with the bus, and it needs to be placed on the bus, and when the bus starts again, its specific purpose will be known to you.
Young man, you can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, it's already your thing, are you still afraid that it won't grow wings and fly away? ”
The old man's words were somewhat ironic, Xiao Mo glared at him with a bad face, and then planned to pass him and leave, but suddenly remembered one thing:
"What were the items I carried when I participated in the challenge before......"
"It's all been taken by your friends."
"Oh, I see."
This news made Xiao Mo relieve some of his worries a little, but soon, he remembered one more thing, and his face couldn't help but be much gloomy.
"Since you can't bring props and other things in, why don't you explain it to me before I go in?"
Hearing Xiao Mo ask about this, a few smiles appeared on the old man's dry face:
"Do you really think I made this curse? I'm nominally the face of this camp of escapees, though. But in reality he is just a servant for him to drive, and he must follow the rules he has laid down. And then there's the content of the challenges that each escapee goes through. and the rules of the challenge are different, and they are completely different from person to person. ”
"How do you know that everyone is experiencing a different deadly challenge?"
Xiao Mo was not fooled by the ugly smile on the old man's face, but asked coldly.
"I'm the spokesperson for this camp, and afterwards, I still have the right to know, but that's all." The old man paused slightly when he said this, and then he emphasized another sentence:
"The curse won't let me know too many important secrets. Because it will never allow opportunistic tricks, you don't have to doubt me, you should be able to understand what I mean. ”
Of course, he understood the meaning of the old man's words. Obviously, the old man had long known that they were suspicious of him, but there was no need to say this kind of thing at all, and he didn't know what the old man deliberately picked out what he was talking for.
Xiao Mo didn't say anything. Standing quietly in place, it seemed to be waiting for the old man's next words. Not much. The old man really spoke again, and this time he was much stricter and more solemn than before.
"Seriously, I'm a little surprised that you survived the deadly challenge, because the survival rate of participating in it is not one in a thousand."
"A thousand or not?" Xiao Mo was a little unconvinced, although it was difficult, but it didn't seem to be much more difficult than ordinary events, at least he survived in a bit of a daze.
"Otherwise, why do you think the curse calls this test a "deadly challenge"? The Deadly Challenge is simply a shortcut to whether or not you can beat the Cursed Game. It is more of a springboard that will help you reach higher heights. On the contrary, if you can't step on it, you will immediately fall into the abyss.
So you're lucky because you're one of those people who step on the springboard. ”
"It seems that you have already told me these words before, and now you repeat them, I wonder what you want to express?" Xiao Mo looked at the old man suspiciously, but the old man didn't seem to look at him, but just said to himself:
"I just want you to make it clearer that this cursed game is very meticulous and linked to each other, and don't try to challenge the rules it creates."
"Don't worry, I naturally won't do that kind of thing with enough to eat."
"Well, curses and games haven't been combined for a long time, but places like the Escapees' Camp have been around for countless years. Of course, the term "innumerable" years is an exaggeration, but it is true that no one knows exactly when it appeared. ”
"Wait a minute." Xiao Mo suddenly interrupted the old man at this time, and then he asked uncertainly:
"Listen to you, you mean to say that there is more than one place like the Escapees' Camp in this curse?"
The old man nodded without surprise, and replied flatly:
"Yes, there are indeed many similar places, and this is just one of them, and it only accepts Chinese people. As for people from other countries, Africans, Americans, they all want to come and save in other camps.
So what you have seen all along is only the tip of the iceberg of the curse table. In fact, its tentacles can be found in every corner of the world, and it can pull all of humanity in as long as it wants. ”
Xiao Mo heard that a little cold sweat was oozing from his forehead, he seemed to be a little sitting in the well before, thinking that this curse was only active in country Z, and the research society was the culprit who linked the curse and the game, but he didn't know that it was just the tip of the iceberg, but the actual situation was not like this at all.
Xiao Mo eased his mind a little, and then he couldn't wait to ask:
"What the hell is this curse trying to do? Bringing the game to life? Finally pull all of humanity into one game and struggle for reincarnation? ”
"I can't answer you at that, because I'm also very curious.
I think you should be able to surmise that the form of the curse has been changing with the times, such as involving humans in the form of physical objects at first, and compensating for the imperfections of the hints with simple speculative conditions. And now, with the development of games and the increasing impact of games on human beings in life, curses have begun to shift to gamification and numerization.
In addition, there are great improvements in prompts, rules, and improvisation. Because you were involved in the two long before they were combined, you don't have a very deep understanding of the concept of the cursed game. But for those who are ruthlessly involved because they have played this game in reality, the so-called supernatural events are living horror games.
They don't feel like they're performing any supernatural events, and they don't have the consciousness to think too much about the existence of ghosts and curses. It's just a realistic way of thinking of it as a horror game, where they're either aiming for a pure struggle to escape or seeking thrills.
In short, they seem to me to be a superficial survival, and even if they survive to the end, they are destined to change nothing. The old man sighed as he said this.
Xiao Mo didn't have the heart to care why the old man sighed, what he was concerned about was why the old man suddenly told him this, you must know that he had asked the old man some things before, but all the old man's previous answers added up, and their content could not catch up with half of the current one.
He didn't believe that the old man was suddenly in a good mood, so he suddenly opened his heart to him. He speculated that the old man probably saw that he had survived the deadly challenge, and thus had some kind of qualification that made it necessary for him to speak, or to save his attempts to take advantage of him.
"Why did you suddenly sue me so much today? I remember asking you the first few times, and you looked like you didn't know anything. ”
"In this curse, every qiē is based on the premise and capital of being alive." The old man motioned for Xiao Mo to come over and sit down and talk, Xiao Mo did not restrain himself and sat next to the old man, while the old man continued:
"Generally speaking, I rarely interact with escapees, because most of the escapees who come here don't show up once. So some words come out and just waste your saliva and consume your expectations. ”
"Then it seems that when we first met, you deliberately played tricks on us, or did you afford to look down on us?"
"I've been in this place for a long time, and I can't help but tease a few words when I meet a stunned young man, it has nothing to do with these." When the old man saw that Xiao Mo was still mentioning this kind of thing about Chen Sesame and rotten grain, he couldn't help but scold him in his heart for being careful.
Xiao Mo saw that the old man was a little deflated, and he couldn't help but feel a sigh of relief in his heart, it can be said that since he saw this old guy, this old guy has been making him panic in his heart, as if a golden treasure chest is placed in front of you, not only can you not open it but also can't move it away. And this treasure chest is still very golden, and I am hinting to you that I am full of treasures here, all money, and subconsciously hook my heart.
And this old man is obviously like that treasure chest, with something about this curse in his heart, and he himself is very unfathomable, but he does not owe a single one between his teeth, and no matter what he asks, he can only get perfunctory answers.
So this time, seeing that this old man seemed to be begging for him, he naturally wanted to seize this opportunity to turn over and be the master, so when he caught the opportunity, he could sarcastically mock this old thing, which could be regarded as giving him and Li Shuai their evil anger.
The old man didn't care about Xiao Mo either, he coughed lightly and turned over the embarrassment in front of him, and continued:
"There are still so many things I know, I won't go around in circles with you, I'll just pick it out with you, I want to make a deal with you."
"Make a deal?" Although Xiao Mo had already guessed the old man's thoughts, he still deliberately pretended to be stunned:
"Do you really think this is a curse for our amusement?"
"This transaction is just a verbal transaction, and it will have no effect on your future execution events." The old man waved his hand to interrupt Xiao Mo, and in order to dispel Xiao Mo's concerns, he explained:
"You only have to verbally agree to one of my conditions, and I will inform you of everything I know about this curse. In addition, I know a secret that I am afraid that even you don't know about yourself! (To be continued......)