Chapter 20: Seeking
What do the zodiac signs represent?
And what's at the end of the hallway?
Netherworld?
Above this dimly lit corridor with no end in sight, everyone trembled and moved forward.
After several rounds of high-intensity "games" before, everyone felt physically and mentally exhausted. At this moment, he suddenly relaxed, and the aura of death that had been wrapping around several people also faded.
Qi Xia inadvertently turned his head and saw Lin Yi standing beside him.
She covered her mouth and nose with her hands all the time.
"Won't you feel bad like this?" Qi Xia followed Lin Yi's example, and put his hand on his mouth and nose, "Although the smell here is terrible, you will have difficulty breathing like this." ”
"Breathe?" Lin Yi was slightly stunned, and then showed a smile, "I don't feel difficult to breathe, but it always feels weird if I don't cover my mouth and nose, like ......."
"Like what?"
"It's like you don't have any clothes on." Lin Yi smiled embarrassedly, and then took the hand covering his mouth and nose.
Her nose was straight and her lips were ruddy, and there was no need to cover it at all. Qi Xia didn't understand what it meant to "be like you had no clothes on."
Lin Yi smiled slightly, still not feeling very comfortable, so he covered his mouth and nose with his hand again.
"I'm a little shy...... Don't you feel awkward? Lin Yi asked Qi Xia, "Just show your mouth and nose like this." ”
"Why is it awkward?" Qi Xia felt strange.
"It's a 'mask'......" Lin Yi also looked at Qi Xia very incomprehensibly, his eyes seemed to be looking at an alien, "If you don't wear a 'mask', why can you be so calm?" ”
"Mouth ......"
Before Qi Xia could react, a strange light suddenly came from the distance.
Everyone was attracted by this light and looked forward.
It's an export.
A bright light like a sunset came from the exit.
"I'm going out!!" Qiao Jiajin exclaimed excitedly, "I see the light of the sunset!" ”
This shout undoubtedly gave a shot of heart booster to several people, and Dr. Zhao supported Han Yimo and followed everyone to speed up their pace.
"Sunset?" Qi Xia thought for a moment and said to everyone, "The time we woke up was twelve o'clock, and after more than an hour of playtime, it should be about two o'clock now. Whether it's two o'clock in the morning or two o'clock in the afternoon, it is impossible to see the "sunset". ”
"I think you're overthinking." Officer Li shook his head, "The time in the room may not be accurate, maybe the real time is evening now." ”
Qi Xia nodded slightly, he knew that Officer Li was right, all his knowledge of time came from the clock in the room, but no one could guarantee that the clock in the room was the correct time.
After a few more steps forward, the group saw a dark figure next to the exit.
As he continued to advance, the black figure gradually emerged into a human form, and he was also wearing an animal mask, but this mask made everyone feel sick to their stomachs.
Unlike all other animal masks, this person's mask is not made from the head of a single animal, but is made by sewing many organs together with velvet thread.
He has a crocodile-like mouth, a cow-like nose, fish scales on the sides of his face, snakeskin on his neck, and a lion's mane and stag's horns sewn into his mask.
This animal, it's like ......
"Hello, I'm the Human Dragon." The stitched monster slowly spoke, "All alive?" It's a novelty. ”
"Dragon ......?"
Everyone subconsciously stopped, and the nerves in their bodies tensed.
It's not that "Dragon" is anything scary, it's that they're all too familiar with the opening.
Every time someone introduces themselves like that, it ensues with a terrible game.
"Don't be nervous, your test is over." The human dragon waved his hand, and the group realized that he still had the glove of the eagle's talon on his hand.
All the animal organs in his body were a little rotten and bloated, and they smelled unpleasant, but as if he didn't know anything, he said to himself:
"I'm not going to give you a new 'test,' just a little advice."
Everyone didn't speak, they leaned close together, and looked at the human dragon in front of them with a wary expression.
"Ten days, you have ten days to change all that." The human dragon said slowly, "If you don't get 3,600 'Dao' in ten days, then the world you are in will be annihilated. Everything you can see will be buried together. ”
A short sentence that was difficult for everyone to understand.
"Three thousand six hundred 'Tao'?" Qi Xia frowned, "What is Dao?" You say that our world will be annihilated, but what do you mean? ”
"There's a problem, hey, hey, it's good." Renlong nodded, "If there is a problem, it means that you are still very sober, the so-called "Dao" is ......."
Renlong put his hand into the pocket of his black suit, fumbled for a long time, and took out four golden balls.
The outer ring of the ball is white, the inner ring is golden, and the whole body is shining with golden light, which looks a little strange.
"This is the Word." Renlong continued, "With only 3,600 'ways,' you will be saved. ”
Qi Xia groaned for a moment, reached out and took a small ball, this small ball was not hard to the touch, and even a little elastic.
"Take it, it's yours." Renlong said with a smile.
Qi Xia thought for a while and took the four "Dao".
"You have passed four tests, "Liar", "Mushrooms after the Rain", "Death from the Sky", and "Right and Wrong", which are your rewards and your "chips".
Everyone never expected that the things they had exchanged their lives for many times would be these inconspicuous little beads, and they didn't know what to say at this time.
"Dao" ......Qi Xia frowned and said helplessly, "You mean that if we can't find three thousand six hundred of these balls, this place will be destroyed?" ”
"Hey, hey, yes. Words of destruction here...... You can't get out. The human dragon nodded, and the fish scales and lion's mane on his face swayed along with his head, looking very awkward.
"It seems that you have a lot of these balls, can't you make up three thousand six hundred by yourself?" Officer Li immediately said, "And you are stronger than us, you can find it yourself, why choose us?" ”
"Me?" Renlong scoffed, "We are all guilty. The sinful cannot get the "Word", and only the chosen ones like you can get the "Word" and finally become "God". ”
"This is ridiculous!" Zhang Chenze opened his mouth to interrupt Renlong, her hands clasped in front of her chest, and asked with a slight anger, "Do you know what you're talking about?" ”