Chapter 33: Dead Silence: Silent Theater
The moment the puppet appeared, all the actions of Lu Yu and the others stopped. Zhu Xiaowen's outstretched hand froze there, although he didn't receive the thing, he didn't take it back, and Lu Yu was half-bent over, maintaining the end of the throwing thing. Seth kept the sword in front of his chest to protect himself, and Nao crossed his hands in front of him, and they were relatively flawless among the four.
But all this is meaningless. Their movements stopped, not in a cautious posture.
It's just that you can't move.
(Is this some kind of spell power...... What does it have to do with the eyes of those puppets? οΌ
Although Lu Yu's body couldn't move, his head could still be controlled, he looked around and found that after the puppet landed, the other puppets who were originally standing on the shelf and observing them also jumped down. Their eyes were still glued to this side, but the difference was that at this time, the eyes of all the puppets were 'clouded' with a thin layer of green light, so many puppets stood around, and the green light in their eyes converged more vigorously, looking like they were surrounded by a pack of hungry wolves in the dark night.
The situation is very critical, but the puppets seem to have no other plans for the time being, although they have some mysterious method to restrain their movements.
"I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Billy, and this is our family."
The puppet bowed gracefully to the crowd again. Only then did Lu Yu realize that it was the one who attacked him in the kitchen of the restaurant, and at this time it had changed into clean clothes, but the face that was ready to laugh at any time and the eye-catching red 'color' bow had not changed at all.
The "Billy Family" mentioned in the ballad undoubtedly refers to the group of puppets in front of them. A drop of cold sweat oozed from Seth's forehead, and he tried his best to push his body, but he still couldn't break the spell.
"It's useless, your physical ability is the strongest here, but to break the spell, the 'essence' divine power is too far behind...... Oh? β
Billy laughed halfway through, suddenly widened his eyes in surprise, and turned to Lu Yu's side as if he sensed something. Lu Yu's movements were very slow, but his hands and feet were moving little by little, and he slowly straightened his body from that awkward posture and changed to a normal standing posture.
"There's a person here who has very powerful 'spirit' powers." Billy praised, but showed no mercy. His eyes widened, and he shot two dazzling green rays at Landing Feather, and the light in the eyes of the other puppets around him also increased violently. Lu Yu's face changed, and the hand that was halfway up stopped suddenly, and he was completely restrained again.
This type of skill was originally a competition between 'essence' divine powers. Originally, Lu Yu's A-level "'spirit' god" could be completely destroyed, but first, he was not familiar with how to use this aspect of power, and secondly, Billy, as a boss-level figure in the field of "essence" divine power and "manipulation", was also A-level in these aspects, not to mention a group of small minions to help. Under the elimination of the other, Lu Yu's counterattack was suppressed again.
After glancing around to make sure that several people couldn't move anymore, Billy wiped his sweat with an exaggerated gesture: "Well, it's really careless to deal with a few of you, and I almost got unraveled." β
(Almost headed!) How much you love acting! Hurry up and get to the point! οΌ
Lu Yu complained in his heart, he couldn't speak now, it was really suffocating him. Billy looked at him again, and after making sure that it was okay, he slowly paced to the wall and ripped off the curtain that had been covering the wall.
As the curtain slid to the ground, Lu Yu and the others finally saw the hidden game target.
Game Name: Dead Silence, Level: 4 of Hearts, Number of Players: 4
The goal of the game: to survive until the end of the game
Game Tip: When you gaze at this line, you will get a time signal for the remaining time.
At the same time, all the players' minds were simultaneously sounding with an emotionless 'female' voice to announce the time.
"Time remaining: three hours, four minutes, and fifteen seconds."
"It's a survival game." Osman scoffed, as if the bloody fight he had hoped to see was not possible. Although they are not players, they can also hear the system's prompt sound towards the player, and as soon as they heard that there were more than three hours left, the 'sexual' Osman stood up and wanted to leave.
Feng Xian stretched out her hand and grabbed him: "Why are you in such a hurry, maybe it's more 'refined' below." β
Her big eyes flashed with curiosity at this time, and they looked a little brighter than usual. When it comes to the game, the "Observer" doesn't know much more than the player, and she didn't know that the goal of the game would be to survive. However, when I think about it at this time, I feel that the answer is really logical.
"The game isn't designed to be impossible to beat." βThis is the iron rule of the "Land of Revelation." Therefore, no matter what the goal of the game is, it should be something that the player can easily find the hint with, or even if it can't be found, it will not affect the level.
This game is the latter. If Lu Yu and the others had been wandering around the town and couldn't find clues, they would still win when the time came. But in order to bring them into the game, the game will design various events to lead them to the side of the Billy family under the theater. For example, if they hadn't entered the restaurant, they would have found puppet murders elsewhere, or if they hadn't followed up on the murder, they would have been taken away by the police and then had a tunnel in the prison where they could be found.
In short, according to the normal way of playing, most of them will come here. Unless you see through this early on as a survival game, you choose to do nothing. However, in the absence of confirmation, it will undoubtedly take considerable courage to do so.
But compared to the goal of the game, the puppets' approach is a bit strange.
"In that case, why not just kill them?" Feng Xian held his cheeks, "'NPCs who are enemies should prevent the player from achieving the game goal as much as possible', according to this, since the player has been restrained, wouldn't it be over if you take this opportunity to do it?" β
"That ability is not a bondage."
Osman explained coldly: "I've seen the version of this ability used by players, it's a buff skill called 'green' 'revenge', people who are illuminated by green' light will enter a state of charge, the greater the light intensity, the longer the 'shot' time, and the higher the proportion of bonuses, the disadvantage is that the body will enter a forced charge during the 'shot', that is, it can't move, and as long as it touches it, it will be interrupted instantly." This puppet is probably a version of the 'spirit' god spell binding setting. But if those puppets want to kill people directly beyond the seckill setting, they will probably be counterattacked the moment they touch it. β
"Have you ever encountered such a skill?" Feng Xian asked curiously, "Then with your 'sexual' personality, will you let the other party complete the accumulation, right?" β
"Of course, it made me wait there for a long time. Several people used this trick at the guy who looked the strongest inside, and 'shot' at full power, and the last few who used the skill were exhausted and paralyzed. β
"The result? The rest must be superb. β
"I don't know." Osman yawned boredly, "It's all a one-hit solution anyway, but it should be quite strong." β
He looked down again, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously 'revealed' a smile: "So you said that the bottom is more 'fine', maybe." With so many horns and 'colors' together emitting 'green' and 'revenge', the increase that can be increased by charging up for 3 hours is simply unimaginable to ordinary people, of course, provided that someone can live until that time......"
"I think you've heard the countdown, but I can't." Billy grinned and said, "But it doesn't matter, I can see it." β
With one hand, it ripped off the curtain on the other wall. A huge LCD countdown screen appeared in front of everyone's eyes. It was supposed to say 3:00:00, or three hours, but after Billy pulled the curtain, the forbidden LCD screen began to count down.
(This is three hours, which is 4 minutes faster than the system time...... Is there any moral to it? οΌ
Lu Yu and the others were not slow to react, and immediately noticed the difference in time between the two countdowns. As an enemy, Billy shouldn't be so kind to show them the time to clear the level, there must be other inside information. Billy seemed to see through the doubts in their hearts, and then gave the answer.
"The countdown you see should be a few minutes less than the clearance time. Quite normal because this is the limited time of 'My Game'. β
Billy's small wooden palm raised three fingers: "Three levels, you only need to complete three intelligence tests to pass, the time allocation is up to you, but it must be completed within my time." I'm sorry if this countdown is over and you haven't finished yet......"
Its face suddenly became hideous: "When the time comes, I have to kill you here." β
But in the next second, Billy changed to a kind smile again.
"Since you want to play a game, how can you do it without rules?" Billy clapped his hands, and a couple of small puppets stumbled over with a man with his hands tied behind his back and his mouth gagged by a cloth, and when he looked closely, it was the missing waiter.
(Turns out he's still alive.) οΌ
Lu Yu 'revealed' the expression of "it's actually him", if he hadn't seen it here, he would almost have forgotten that there was still this horn. The other three were not as calm as him, and the moment they saw the waiter, Nao and Zhu Xiaowen glanced at each other, and they both saw fear in each other's eyes.
Billy just said that he was going to introduce the rules, and then brought the man out, and the only explanation was probably ......
He's a guinea pig for presentations!
"You guessed it right." Once again, Billy showed his ability to read minds. He continued: "The rules are simple, there is only one rule. β
With that, it pulled the cloth off the waiter's mouth. As soon as the mouth was freed, the waiter immediately began to beg for mercy: "Help, don't kill me!" Help ......"
Before he finished speaking, his face suddenly changed greatly, and the voice below became fragmented. I saw blood 'shoot' out of his mouth like an arrow, and a piece of 'flesh' and 'color' was jerked twice, and then flew out and fell directly into Billy's palm. It raised the object in its hand and showed it to the people, it was a fresh tongue.
"There's only one rule." Billy said, "Death to the one who speaks." β
The waiter fell to the ground with a bang.