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Chapter 871 42. Countdown to Three Days ([-] words)

[Main task: Pioneer]

Explore the first island (completed)

Find communicable biomes (done)
Garrison the island until the countdown ends: 71:59:29 (in progress)

Content: You are safe, for now.As a homeless survivor, this may be a real home - but time will tell.You know that the next few days will be critical - and that will determine your future.is to retreat; or to have land of your own.And, beware of outsiders, beware of disasters, beware of weirdness... Beware of the same kind.

"What triggers the main quest?"

"Murals on the walls."

Amidst the trivial whispers that sounded, Wangwen Wenqie let go of Musu, and returned to Qianye's side to observe the murals.

Although the murals are crude and weathered by the sea breeze, they barely maintain the coherence of the mural story: in the first part, a group of human silhouettes landed on the island in a wooden boat, followed by some simple lines that were wrongly engraved and crossed out.In the second part, the group of human silhouettes encloses the open space, and the flames rise, surrounding the hideous silhouette revealed.In the third part, people set up a camp stone house in the heart of the island where they fought against the terrifying silhouette.

In the fourth part, the mural stopped abruptly and was only half: people fell in a pool of blood, and the countless simple lines made people hopelessly densely packed with islands and sea areas.

"It should be a kind of group nature, almost invisible, but strangely afraid of fire." Qianye analyzed.

Although the murals were painted tens or even hundreds of years ago, combined with the main line of the third section, it can be regarded as a reminder.

Within 72 hours of the countdown, they may appear and attack the island.

Players gathered around to watch the murals, and then searched for traces of murals in other stone houses.

"Explore the second island scatteredly. We have to take control of this place before noon." Qianye arranged for the players who had finished watching the murals to do things, and at the same time reminded: "Dodge those sketches, and retreat first if you find something strange, don't rush in."

Maybe there's still time to explore the entire island before nightfall.

The players dispersed one after another to explore the flat island.

Qianye did not leave.There are still seven or eight stone houses, so we should be able to find more clues from them.

It's a pity that the long time has corroded too much, and only the stone house itself is left standing, and even two stone houses have collapsed.Some players are moving the rock pile, trying their luck to find something.

Over time, players who explored the island returned one after another, bringing unexpected news: the island was empty.

"The calm before the storm, Jacky Cheung before the dawn." Mu Su whispered slowly at this time.

Look, hear, ask, hear, and fall into some kind of thinking.

"What did you think of?" Qianye asked him.

Wang Wen asked and thought carefully: "Is this some kind of stalk we haven't heard..."

"Don't think about such things."

The emptiness of the second island and the main quest are conjectures of a "safe house", but this island does not completely belong to them at the moment.

Before the sketch grass of the dry forest of the creeper-like branch has not been processed.

Qianye doesn't like to let his companions use their lives to verify a certain result, although this is the best way.

But they had to.

Tianmo's volunteering to dispel Qianye's guilt, he remembered to remind, everyone looked at the grass close to the sketch, observed him, reached out to touch——

The fruit of sketch grass is like a dandelion, swaying gently.

Nothing happened.

Tianmo stood up, looked at his companion in the distance, and smiled confidently: "It's just a fruit, there's nothing to be afraid of."

Musu covered his eyes, unable to bear to look any further.

The cruel scene has not yet come, and the sketched dandelion behind Tianmo is still swaying with the breeze.

"What kind of weirdness is this?" Wangwen Wenqi stood next to Musu at some point.

Mu Su glanced sideways: "Why do you think I know?"

Wang Wen Wen was speechless, and asked without giving up: "Do you have any suggestions?"

"I don't know if it can't be saved, just wait for death."

Regarding how to deal with sketch dandelions, the player base is divided into two camps.

One thinks it should be destroyed, and the other thinks it should be kept.

In the end, led by Qianye and Wangwen Wenqie, they chose the latter.

"Apocalyptic background We should not expect plants to remain unchanged...they will inevitably change due to the environment. We have no evidence that cleaning them will make the island safer, but we also have no evidence that not cleaning them will bring disaster...so understanding them is Do nothing, keep your distance, and do nothing."

Apparently, Stone House will be their next home.Some people stayed to clean and strengthen the stone houses, and the rest dispersed to collect firewood and supplies in the dry forest.

"Are we still fishing?"

Many players are starting to feel faintly hungry.Tolerable for the time being, but there's no way they'll go without food for the next three days.

"Fishing on the west coast." Qianye arranged after hesitation.

Amphibians apparently came from the northeast, and fishing to the west might hide their presence.

Then when the players cleaned the stone house and swept away the dust, they found a surprise on the surface of the stone house: it seemed that naturally formed cracks and gullies were connected on the surface of the stone house to form a pseudonym similar to "ten thousand".

What makes it stand out from coincidence is that every stone house has the same crack.

"what is this?"

"It's ten thousand characters." Mu Su said with certainty.

Qianye was thoughtful, approaching Wangwen Wenche and whispering in a low voice.

"First this, then that, and then... muttering, muttering, muttering..."

Wangwenwenqian remembered what Qianye explained, and whispered the same.

"These humans must be sacrificed to our Lord"

A player with a strange expression passed behind Mu Su who was dubbing Qianye and Wangwen Wenqie.

After the whispering ended, Wangwen Wenqie quickly returned with a few players.

Waiting for them to row to the initial island on a raft, Qianye appealed to the truth: "Do you remember that we couldn't see this stone house when we looked at the island in the cave? Maybe it has something to do with this rune..."

Looking at the two rafts docking, looking at the coast.Waiting a moment, the caves emerged their insignificant outlines.

The news came from outside the game: they could see the player... but they couldn't see the stone house, nor the people in the stone house.

The relic stone house became the key to their survival.

Now, they have a gathering place.

Qianye asked the player to try to copy this rune, but Wang Wenwen asked him not to come back.

Because the cunning rabbit has three holes.

And another thing she whispered to Wang Wen Wen Qie: a traitor.

The main task "Beware of outsiders, beware of disasters, beware of weirdness...beware of the same kind" almost clearly indicates that there may be betrayers among them.

Mu Su was undoubtedly the most suspected, but Qianye guessed that he was not an insider.

Then things get easier.After clearing the safe house and catching the catch, it was approaching evening.The players erased their footprints in the sand, covered all traces of them, and retreated to the stone house.

The players hid in the stone houses, and the raft acted as a wooden door to block the cold sea breeze at night, and it also made it difficult for the light of the bonfire to shine outside the stone house.

Wangwen Wenqie and others who were far away on the first island also reoccupied the auditorium and blocked the entrance.

Then it is obvious that--

The spectator cannot endure three days of idleness in a sleepy state;

Their first camp won't go well;
The world will not be kind.

(End of this chapter)