Chapter 112: Highway Circus (6)

Among the fifteen players who have turned into children, there are only five girls, but none of these girls, whether they have facial features or demeanor, can be reminiscent of Ji Xiaoye, who has become a child.

The most important thing is that if the person she meets after entering the dungeon is really Ji Xiaoye, there is no need for her to hide her identity in the clown dungeon line, unless there is some special reason.

And there are a lot of fifteen players, which means that Ji Xiaoye just now is also here......

After Lu Zhi and Qin Rang confirmed their eyes with Qi Yan, they also looked for Ji Xiaoye's figure among these little girls.

"May I ask if you—" Lu Zhi stepped forward and tentatively questioned a relatively suspicious female player.

Strange to say, there seems to be something in the Joker's tent that can block the "magnetic field signal", and after entering, Lu Zhi's keen sense of smell for "violators" is completely out of order.

He became indistinguishable from a normal person, unable to identify the unusual players among them.

The female player looked at him strangely and shook her head: "Did you recognize the wrong person?" ”

“…… I'm sorry. Lu Zhi said a little sneeringly.

"Dear children, I have prepared a fun game for you on this long and exciting night!" The clown standing in the ruins of a smile shook his round red nose and grinned comically.

"Now that the children have arrived, please take your red balloons and stand in a circle around me," the clown's eyes rolled, and although he kept an exaggerated smile on his face at all times, there was not the slightest smile in his dark eyes, "You seem to be a little nervous, what's the matter?" Isn't Uncle Joker's house fun? ”

Players: "......"

The clown giggled: "But it doesn't matter, it's normal for the children to not get used to my smile for a while, the children are shy!" Before the game starts, let me tell you three cold jokes! ”

"I like children who are honest and happy about themselves!"

The Joker's gaze swept over all the players: "On an ordinary afternoon, I went to the gym in town, and the tall coach in a sweatshirt looked down at me, and he said to me in a funny tone, 'Joker, are you going to work on your abs too?' I giggled at him, 'No, sir, I need to practice my laughing muscles', hahaha. ”

The moment the clown's words fell, the fifteen children on the ruins looked at each other, and only the clown himself gacked and laughed.

The clown didn't seem to mind the cold, and then told a second joke: "Hey, do you know why the clown often limps when he walks?" ”

He paused deliberately, his black eyes looking at the child-like player like a prey, "Because there are always naughty children who throw endless candy into my shoes!" ”

As he spoke, the clown took off his black leather shoes comically, and really took out a red and white candy from his shoes: "Look! I didn't lie to you! ”

"Does any kid want it?" The clown held the candy out of his shoes in his hand and asked the children with a grin.

Still no one made the slightest movement.

"Hey, hey, the kids are really shy." The clown happily unwraps the candy wrapper and stuffs the candy into his mouth.

"There's one last bad joke left," said the clown, munching on candy, "it was a night of performances, and I was doing my best on stage, but there was no laughter from the audience, and it was very quiet!" I was working hard, I panicked, I lost my center of gravity and fell off the stage, my face hit the ground, my teeth fell out, the bridge of my nose was crooked, it was funny! Oh! It hurts too! A bloody face! Just then, a happy boy got up from his seat, and he pointed to the bleeding man and said, 'Look, that stupid clown has come out of the woods!' Hahaha! The audience erupted in the loudest laughter ever, and the night ended to a round of applause. ”

"It's such a nostalgic closing ceremony, a clown without talent should be a joke hahahahaha!" The clown standing on the ruins bared his broken front teeth and laughed.

The Joker's cold jokes and his absurd way of telling the story sent chills down the spine of everyone present.

At this moment, a dry laugh suddenly came from the originally silent players: "Haha, hahaha." ”

All the players looked in the direction of the sound, and the player who was smiling dryly felt the pressure of his gaze, and he paused for a second, then continued dryly with "hahaha".

He even tugged the player next to him, lowered his voice and said, "Laugh! The Joker has said that he likes to express happy children! ”

"But, it's not funny..."

"You care so much, now you're passing the book and not really watching the show..."

"But I always felt that something was wrong......"

"Don't hesitate, laugh quickly!"

The player next to him hesitated, and just about to raise the corners of his lips-

Suddenly, the clown standing on top of the ruins stopped laughing exaggeratedly, and he rolled his bottomless eyes to finally stop on the player's face with a dry smile: "Let me see if it's the dishonest kid." ”

"It's a pity, I like kids who express their emotions honestly, you're not honest, I don't like you!" The smile completely disappeared from the clown's face, replaced by an angry hideous, "Because of my jokes, it's not funny!" It's not funny at all! ”

"Goodbye, dishonest child."

The player who laughed just now was completely stunned, he winked at the clown in fear, and then subconsciously took a step back: "No, no, no, no-"

"Let go of the balloon in your hand!" The partner beside him noticed that the clown's gaze was resting on the red balloon in his hand at the moment.

Hearing this, the player who laughed dryly tried to let go of the hand holding the balloon, but the balloon seemed to grow in his hand, and there was no way to get out of his hand: "No, I can't do it, I can't let go, I ——! ”

"Bang!"

With a loud explosion, the skull and red balloon of the Dry Laughing Player exploded at the same time, and the scarlet blood and tissue fluid splashed the faces of the surrounding children, staining the pale smiley masks scattered around them mottled red.

The remains of the balloon floated in fresh blood, flowing, polluted, and spread like rotten tomato crumbs.

For a moment, all the players present were stunned.

The Dry Laugher's companion's eyes widened stiffly, trembling uncontrollably, and he stared at the clown on the ruins with a renewed smile, bewildered.

The clown smiled generously at him: "Do you still want to laugh now, poor and lovely little friend?" ”

The player, soaked in blood and tissue fluids, shook his head in a daze, his lips moving, and he couldn't make a sound at the moment.

The smile on the clown's face expanded, and he raised his hands to make a gesture of taking a picture: "Bang! Child, I love the look on your face right now, honest, vivid and fearful. ”

"Children, you can express your happiness implicitly, but don't be hypocritical to me, I'm tired of hearing such false laughter!" The clown chewed on his candy in his mouth, "The short heat is over, let's start tonight's game!" ”

"Dear children, welcome again to the ruins of smiles, to the clown's house, where you will be playing a one-hour game of hide and seek tonight!"

At the same time, the system has updated each player's questline -

[Hello Dear Traveler, congratulations on opening the main quest of the Highway Circus "Clown's Smile Abandoned Hide and Seek Game", game time: 1h]

[Game goal: Don't let the clown and his friends find you!] 】

The Joker and his buddies? The wording of the system caught Qi Ji's attention, which meant that it wasn't just the joker they had to avoid in the game.

"The rules of the game are very important, please keep your ears up and listen." The clown raised his wrist and looked at the time, "It's 7:57 and the game of hide and seek will start at 8 p.m. sharp." ”

"First of all, I will give you three minutes to hide, during which time you are completely safe; Secondly, the game is one hour long, so hide and seek will end at nine o'clock tonight, and the children who are not caught by me after the game will be rewarded handsomely, as for the children I found... Hee-hee-hee, their pretty red balloons will pop! Finally, Uncle Clown likes to share happiness with the children the most, welcome the children to join my camp, and find other cute children with me, don't let me fight alone! ”

The third rule of the clown hide-and-seek game confirms Qi's guess that it is not only the clown that they need to dodge, but also the players in the clown camp.

So being a player in the clown camp is the same thing as applying to be a cast member in the brochure?

After the bloody "hot show" just now, most of the players present have obviously become uneasy.

"Don't be nervous, dear children, before the game officially begins, Uncle Clown will sing you a ballad," said the clown, rhythmically shaking his hat with a bell and dancing and singing, "Once upon a time there was a lonely clown, who was very punctual and hated to be touched by the clock in his house; The clown is hospitable and doesn't mind sharing his life with children; The Joker has a secret, and the child who discovers the Joker's secret will be able to join his team......"

The clown dances happily, setting off the current atmosphere more and more eerie and infiltrating.

Blood-stained players look at the absurd scene in front of them, and the minutes and seconds pass by, and soon it will be eight o'clock, and a game of hide and seek that will decide their life and death will unfold in this ruin.

Qi Zhen pricked up his ears to listen to the lyrics sung by the clown.

The clown hates when others move his clock, so the player is not allowed to dial the clock time in the space without permission; The clown doesn't mind sharing his life with the kids, so in the process of playing hide and seek, they can flip through the clown's house at will to find clues; Whoever discovers the Joker's secret can join the capture team, which means that if they discover the so-called secret, they can avoid being found and killed......

"Bell Bell ——!"

In a suffocating silence, the clock struck eight times.

"Hide and seek has officially begun!"

The players immediately scattered around the ruined apartment.

Qi Jiu, Lu Zhi and Qin Rang exchanged glances, and the three decided to act together for the time being.

"Let's go, let's go to the second floor first."

"Wait a minute! Oh no, all the items in my inventory about dodging, teleporting, and stealth are locked by the system! ”

"Damn, but these props are perfect for hide-and-seek scenes! The system is too chicken thief! ”

"The relevant items are locked, and then we are very passive......"

Hearing this, Qi Ji opened his system inventory to confirm while looking for a hiding place.

Lu Zhi is right, all hide-and-seek-related props are locked, and it seems that the system wants players to immerse themselves in the circus performance and find clues from the plot to solve the death game.

But......

Qi Ji looked at his "NPC time-limited hire" skill, which can still be used at the moment.

Qi Ji's mind turned quickly, and he soon had an idea.

Although in the face of danger, summoning a temporary working NPC can distract the clown, and it is a temporary way to save his life.

But instead of diverting his attention, Qi decided to use the precious opportunity to hire NPCs elsewhere.

He's already figured out how he's going to use it—

Chapter 113: Highway Circus (7)

The Joker's red-and-white tent is like an enchantment, and the interior space is infinitely extensive, and the apartment building in the ruins is very spacious, and the fourteen players who have become children scatter in all directions and soon lose sight of each other, perfect for a game of hide and seek.

"I won't peek, don't worry, go and hide!" The clown blindfolded himself and began to count down with a cracked mouth: "179, 178, 177......"

Players who turn into children have three minutes to find a place to hide.

"Remember the children who want to hide themselves, don't lose the red balloon in your hand!"

Qin Rang complained while climbing the stairs quickly: "It's as if we can throw away the balloon at will, this balloon is a dog skin plaster at all, and we can't shake it off." ”

Qi Zhen didn't answer, he was a little concerned about the clown's wording: Only the "little friends" who want to hide need to keep the balloons? Conversely, is it possible to discard balloons as long as you become the one who catches people, or break away from the identity of a "child"?

"By the way, Brother Qi, did you pick up something just now?" Lu Zhi hesitated for a moment, and finally brought up the question that was pressing in his heart.

Just before the Joker's countdown began, he saw Qi Yan hiding in the crowd, quickly putting on waterproof gloves, and bending down to pick up something in the spreading blood, at that time he didn't see what Qi Yan was holding in his hand, and the Joker didn't care about Qi Yan's actions.

Qi Yan took out the bright yellow badge that had been wiped clean: "Did you say this?" A visitor badge for a player who has just passed away. ”

This is the visitor badge that the staff handed out to each player when entering the circus before, and he specially reminded that it was a status symbol for tourists.

Lu Zhi stared at the badge that Qi Yan held in his hand, and said puzzledly: "Do you want it for any use?" ”

Qi Zhen put away the badge again: "It will always be used, after all, the identity of tourists is very important." ”

Qi Zhen said this, Lu Zhi didn't continue to ask, at this time the three of them had already come to the third floor of the ruined apartment, and there were no other players on this floor for the time being.