Chapter 39: The Evil Hunt
The spacious council hall was filled with the smell of gunpowder more than ever, and the whole hall was clearly seated by two groups of people, one group was in the middle and upper echelons of the overall strength of the school, each of them held a white mask with blurred facial features, and the other half was mainly composed of the so-called "bad students", they were holding black masks, and each of them had a half-person-high backpack on the table, and on each side of the backpack was a strange stone of red and white with half red and white colors.
The high ambition of the white mask is in stark contrast to the low ambition of the black side. From time to time, the former made remarks or ridiculed or ridiculed, as if he was destined for the latter.
Mu Zilei looked at the black mask in his hand, and saw that the facial features on it were distorted, and what made him feel weird the most was the mouth on the mask, with six lips and a mouth.
"This mask is too hideous, isn't it?" Ghost Tiger laughed dumbly, "No wonder in the annual evil hunt competition, half of the people who play the evil spirits are beaten by people, and almost all of them are spared, and this ugly mask alone makes people can't resist the urge to send a few punches." โ
Lin Dumb next to him touched the strange mouth on the mask, and was surprisingly quiet. Since the last time he had a conflict with Duanmuan, his whole person has become more silent, absent-minded all day long, as if he has been pondering something.
The most attractive thing in the entire lobby is the area where the Star Tower Special Training Class sits, they are the only group wearing uniform white spirit suits, and the six-pointed star pattern on their chests is particularly conspicuous. Mu Zilei found that Duanmu An occupied two seats by himself, and sat in them out of place. Like Duanmu'an, Shi Chisha and his henchman Shi Haoyu were both arranged to play the role of gods. Shi Chisha, the old enemy, met his gaze and sneered maliciously.
"Zilei, look over there, Shadow Dance is actually on the side of the evil spirits. Ghost Tiger pointed to a girl in front of him and said, the long scorpion braid on her back was the most obvious sign of Shadow Dance.
Before Mu Zilei could say anything, there was a stirring around him, and nearly one-third of the teachers of the Bacon Academy entered the venue one after another, and even the two professors who usually rarely appeared, and the two professors in charge of the Star Tower Special Training Class, Black and White, were also present, as always, their four eyes kept scanning back and forth under the stage, as if they were looking for something with interest, and the bronze delicate collar on the strength exuded a charming metallic luster under the lamplight.
Dr. Jing stood up from his seat, and the whole hall was silent.
"The annual Festival of the Gods is coming, and the prize of this year's Spirits Day Hunting Contest is fifty fetal bone pills. โ
"Wow!" the audience burst into exclamations. Even Mu Zilei, who doesn't know much about the pill, has long heard of this fetal bone pill, it is a dream elixir for any underage spirit fighter, not only can gradually strengthen the physique, but also nourish the spiritual power in the body, and finally achieve the effect of rebirth over time, but once the person who takes it becomes an adult, the pill will no longer play any role.
For a moment, the students were either engrossed in watching the hall leader Jing Wang or whispering to their neighbors, but when Jing Wang spoke again, the hall fell silent again.
"This batch of fetal bone pills is the main medicine immortal of the gourd valley in the holy land of medicine refining in this hall, it took seven seven and forty-nine days to refine it by hand, if you have tried the rejuvenation pill that she tried to refine, although it is only a short time between three breaths to make people's appearance ten years younger, the effect is ......."
Instructor Ouyang Huo cleared his throat loudly.
"Wellโmaybe now is not the time to discuss the elixir," said King Jing, "where have I come to it? By the way, in short, the effect of this fetal bone pill lasts longer than the lasting effect of the Huiyan Pill, and it will not lose its effect until you reach adulthood. I don't think you can wait......"
He looked around the audience, compared the completely different reactions of the black and white sides, paused and said, "Maybe at least half of them, next, ask our instructor to give a simple explanation of the rules of this evil hunting competition." โ
He turned around and nodded at Ouyang Huo and began to walk back to his seat, the serious instructor had already stood impatiently in the original position of King Jing, he coughed lightly and said:
"The contestants of the Evil Hunt are divided into black and white masks, and the black and white sides will face off in a maze. Not only does White have to collect as many black masks as possible against Black's opponent, but he also has the responsibility of guarding the maze to prevent Black's man from exiting the maze through the exit in the center of the maze. Black's man has to do his best to escape White and get out of the labyrinth. If 50 or more of Black's players come out of the maze, Black wins, and all Fetal Bone Pills go to the first 50 Black players to come out of the maze. Otherwise, White wins, and the Fetal Bone Pill goes to the top 50 White with the most Black Masks. โ
"If white's mask is taken from the game, regardless of whether he is incapacitated or not, it means that he is disqualified from the game and cannot continue the game, while Black is not subject to this restriction, once the mask is taken, Black's people can stay in the maze as long as they want to try to defeat other whites, take the black masks that may be collected from them and put them on, and finally walk out of the maze exit, wear a black mask with their faces, and verify that it is indeed Black to be considered valid, and those who cheat will be severely punished according to the court law. โ
"The game can only be declared over if Black has fifty men to escape the maze, or if less than fifty have stayed in the maze after being pursued by White, otherwise it will always be played. The longest time ever held for a Witch Hunt was three days and three nights before the winner was decided, so we've prepared enough food and water bladders for each of you to put in your backpack, which can also be used to collect or store masks. โ
Trapped in a labyrinth for three days and three nights, it is torture to think about, but it can also be seen from this that the Bacon Academy has good intentions in order to sharpen the will of the new students. Many people couldn't help but swallow their saliva about the possibility of turning into a marathon race, but more people seemed to care about another issue, especially girls, Mu Zilei heard the girls around him start to whisper about how to solve the problem of going to the toilet, which seemed to be expected by Ouyang Huo, only to hear him go straight to himself.
"The maze is divided into outer, middle, and inner circles, and there are plenty of latrines at the junction of the circles, and White will draw lots to determine which circle the initial location is, but he can freely hunt Black across the circle, and as the backbone of White's team, the 100 students of the Star Tower class will start with a team of five and force them to be divided into 20 teams and scattered throughout the maze, while Black will start from the outer circle and advance all the way to the inner circle until he finds an exit to leave the maze. During the game, both sides can freely form teams or play alone.
"In addition, each of your backpacks has a signal stone soaked in a special potion, which is composed of red and white, and the signal will rise when the two stones of the same color are rubbed and collided vigorously. โ
"This is a white signal that is released when defeated or surrendered. The chief instructor took the white end of the two stones and touched them lightly, and a dazzling white light signal rose in the air for a long time, "After our patrol teachers see this signal, they will rush to the location of the signal release from the nearest secret door to take the defeated, surrendered or unconscious players out of the maze." โ
"This is a red signal," he said, turning the two stones to the other side, red and red collided, and an even more dazzling red light signal rose, "If you release this signal in the event of an emergency, the teachers will also appear as soon as possible to deal with the incident." โ
"Finally, I want to remind everyone that no matter what the reason is in the game, no one is allowed to attack one of their own side, otherwise once discovered, the qualification will be cancelled, and the entire competition is only allowed with bare hands, and it is strictly forbidden to fight with weapons or private fights, otherwise they will be severely punished according to the court admonitions, do you understand?"
"Understood. There was a uniform echo from the audience.
"Then put on your backpacks, put on your masks, and set off. The instructor announced in a loud voice.
The entire lobby suddenly resounded with a rumbling sound, and the black-and-white masked people each walked towards two different gates.
Mu Zilei and Ghost Tiger followed the crowd through a long black and creepy passage, and finally, they found themselves in the center of a circle, and in front of them appeared six bronze gates, each with a triangular pattern carved in the center of the gate, and some words carved under the pattern.
The people in front of them walked in twos and threes picking the lucky door in their hearts. When it was their turn, Mu Zilei picked the last door, and when he got closer, he was able to read the words engraved on the door-
"Life is a labyrinth of good and evil, and the further you go, the more you confuse yourself. โ
He nodded backwards to the Ghost Tiger, and together the two of them pushed the door open and walked into the maze side by side.
No sooner had their heels passed through the door and landed on the ground than they heard what seemed to be the snapping of gears, and then they felt the ground tremble slightly, and when everything came to a standstill, they were already in a very large labyrinth.
It was surrounded by towering black walls, dimly lit, and the surroundings were quiet, and there was no one in sight.
Mu Zilei and Ghost Tiger looked around, and when they saw the hideous masks on each other's faces, they were so frightened that they hurriedly looked away.
"This labyrinth is too gloomy," the tiger cursed quietly as he walked, "and it matches the mask we're wearing." โ
"Well," Mu Zilei took the lead, "it seems that this maze is much more complicated than imagined, we have to be careful, as long as we try to avoid the people on the white side and go out to the center of the maze as planned as possible......"
At this moment, the surrounding light disappeared all at once, and darkness shrouded it, and it was suffocating black. After a while, the darkness retreated, and the faint light returned.
The sudden change in light and darkness startled Mu Zilei, and he hurriedly looked back, and a wall appeared out of thin air in front of him. He heard the ghost tiger's shout coming from behind the wall, he answered loudly, while anxiously looking for a way around the past, but found that he was going farther and farther, when he tried to turn back, he found that he couldn't find the wall just now, looking at the silent wall around him, Mu Zilei realized that he was lost.
At this moment, more and more students are already feeling the weirdness of this dynamic labyrinth. With the first encounter between the black and white people who were the first to enter the labyrinth, the Bacon School Spirits Day Hunt officially kicked off.