Infinite spooky game

Amid the successive broadcasts, some players transformed into beams of light and entered the tower, while the remaining players returned to their respective rooms, took out their masks and put them on.

Nian Fu is an exception.

Since Qis had brought the mask out earlier, she put it in the black cube and appeared in front of the players in the form of an animal.

The players only saw a huge tiger appear where Nian Fu was supposed to be, walking slowly towards the chessboard and standing still at a certain square.

The tiger looked very old, with its fur damaged in many places, but from the white mist surrounding it and its turquoise eyes, one could still see how powerful it was in the past.

Although the image is a bit weird and the style of painting doesn't match.

Soon, the rest of the players also put on masks and stood on the chessboard under the guidance of the cursor.

Then they discovered that the distribution of chess pieces seemed a little strange.

——There were two tigers, but not a single fox.

……

The ninth floor of the tower.

After Qis spent a game coin, he felt his vision suddenly darken. When he regained his sight, he was already in a completely unfamiliar place.

He sat by the river, with round and smooth pebbles covering the riverbank beneath him. The water in front of him was clear and transparent, reflecting his shadow like a mirror.

Qis looked around and saw endless forests extending in all directions. The tower, which seemed to have limited space from the outside, was actually boundless. He could not find the transparent wall, and naturally had no way of seeing the situation outside the wall.

An eight-hour countdown appeared in the upper left corner of the field of vision. Combined with the goat's previous words, it can be judged that this is the duration of today's beast fighting game.

Another line of numbers that kept changing appeared in the lower right corner of my sight:

【00:59:59】

Is it a one-hour countdown?

Qi Si stared at the time, thinking.

The next second, he felt his wrist being grabbed by a cold hand, which was wet as if it had just been pulled out of the water.

He lowered his head and saw a white, wrinkled arm extending from the water and hanging on his wrist.

The arm didn't use much strength, and it seemed that the arm that touched him was just to get his attention.

Qi Si looked along his arm and saw his reflection in the water. He smiled gently, nodded as if in greeting, and slowly put his hand back into the water.

"Hello, my other self." The reflection's voice was clear and exactly the same as his. "I've been soaking in the water for a long time and suddenly felt a little bored. Are you interested in switching with me?"

The tone sounded like someone was dragging a snakeskin bag full of body parts up the back hill, and when he ran into an acquaintance he was asking them to help carry the stuff.

Qi Si asked with interest: "If I say I'm not interested, will you give up?"

"No." The reflection smiled sincerely, "How about this, let's play a game, just play three rounds to count as a clean win. If you beat me, I'll let you go.

"If you lose, I will take your place on the shore. And you will take my place, lying in this cold river forever.

"Anyway, I am you and you are me. The better one will remain through competition. It's a good deal, isn't it?"

Qi Si stood up and turned away.

However, just as he was about to step into the forest, an invisible force gently pressed his shoulders, pushed him back to the river, and forced him to sit down again.

"It sounds like a good game, and it seems I can't refuse it." Qi Si looked down at the river as if nothing had happened just now. "Now that things have come to this, you can tell me the rules of the game first."

The reflection smiled and said, "It's a very simple game, rock-paper-scissors. Rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, and book beats rock. If the same gestures are made, it's a draw.

"You have one hour to think... Well, it seems that I just wasted a few minutes, so you only have fifty-four minutes left."

Qi Si also laughed: "I don't think playing such a boring game can judge the pros and cons of a player by the results of victory or defeat... By the way, do you and I conform to the principle of mirror reflection?"

The reflection smiled and said, "At least in terms of gestures, I think it fits."

The gestures conform to the principle of mirror reflection, which means that no matter what gesture Qis makes, the gesture of him in the water will be the same as his.

Because he is his shadow, his projection and replica in the water, and should be... the same.

The reflection continued, "But I suddenly thought of a question. Maybe I am not your reflection, but you are my reflection? Do you remember the copy of "Dialectical Game"? "

Qi Si narrowed his eyes, but did not respond. Instead, he thought seriously: "This game doesn't seem to have much suspense. So, if we tie, how do we determine the winner?"

"Even if it's a draw, I win." The reflection still smiled. "People who make the rules always have more privileges, don't they?"

"Yeah, it's a very unfair game." Qi Si always had more patience with himself, and even at this point he still had a chatty attitude, "It's still early, and I want to live a little longer, so let's talk for a while.

"Like, let's talk about - what are your desires?"

……

Outside the tower, Chu Xun, as another tiger, took the lead and moved one square towards Nian Fu's "tiger".

There are only four squares left between the two tigers, one real and one fake.

It has to be said that as a muscular teammate, Green is very capable in getting things done as long as he doesn't use his own brain.

They entered the tower at almost the same time, and he quickly defeated the NPC in the mini-game, gaining the upper hand.

There are three options for selecting the reward session: [One Action Point], [Five Hundred Points], and [Two Servings of Food].

Green chose the action point according to Chu Xun's prior instructions.

They are far ahead in points and their needs are not urgent. As for the food problem, I believe that with the points, it can be solved to a certain extent.

Action points involve gaming under another set of rules, so the more the better.

In fact, rationally speaking, the six teams on the chessboard should adhere to the principle of not moving unless the enemy moves, and not invade each other.

But Chu Xun had other plans.

He needed points, and he needed to accumulate the three thousand points that could help him realize his wish before Chang Xu killed Qis and ended the copy.

That wish had been buried deep in his heart for too long, and it became increasingly slim over the years. Whenever he saw the required number of points hanging above his head in the game space, he would feel despair.

The Sphinx's question gave him a glimmer of hope, even though it seemed false and absurd, he couldn't help but reach out to grab it.

Give it a try... maybe it's true?
Therefore, Chu Xun needed to be the first person to take action and set the tone for a melee of fratricide.

Involve more people in this fight with no winners, and then try to gain as much benefit as possible from it. It would be best if Nian Fu could be killed.

He hoped that Qisi could hold on longer, and the easiest way was to let Nianfu die, transfer her game coins to Qisi, and let Qisi stay in the tower a little longer.

Even if he couldn't kill Nian Fu, he could use it as a threat to force those forces who wanted to attack Qi Si to give him benefits in exchange for his inaction.

[Congratulations, your team has obtained 1 action point. Please make an action choice within 10 minutes]

Another countdown appeared in Chu Xun's sight shortly after Green finished the game.

This game seems to like to disturb the player's mind through countdown and urge the decision to be made.

Chu Xun stood up and walked towards Nian Fu.

After all, people are slaves to their desires, and so is he.

……

The ninth floor of the tower.

Qisi asked the reflection: "What is your desire?"

“My desire…” The reflection half-closed its eyes and sneered, “My desire is to climb up and replace you, and then kick you into the water to soak.”

He reached out to pull Qi Si again, but as usual his hand was limp and he had no strength to pull it.

Qi Si let him pull him, pretending to think for a while, and said, "I think if I were you, lying in your position, I would have the same desire - but there is a guy who said I have no desire."

The reflection said seriously: "You are not lying in my position, so of course you have no desire."

"What's the difference?" Qi Si asked seriously, "Didn't you also say it? You are me and I am you."

The reflection tilted its head and thought for a while, then said, “Originally I had no desires, because I was just lying in the water, not knowing who I was or where I was going.

“But after you came over, I knew I was you, and I remembered a lot of things, and then I realized what it felt like to be in the water, and I didn’t like it.

"And I think you are in the same situation. You have never been in the water, so you don't know how painful it is, and naturally you don't know how happy it is to live on land.

"You know nothing and have never experienced what I have experienced, so how can you have the desire to leave?"

"Is that so?" Qi held his chin and stared at his reflection in the water for a long time. Then he said, "I understand."

The next second, he fell forward and fell into the water.

……

Following Green, Qin Mu also completed a game and chose [an action point].

She was teleported back to the chessboard outside the tower, hurriedly moved one space away from the other players, and returned to the tower.

She is a [Cat], at the bottom of the food chain among all the players. She is all alone and is simply a walking supply station.

Any player with a bit of ambition would come and try to attack her; she must protect herself first before considering other things.

The third person to complete the game was Chang Xu, and he chose [Five Hundred Points].

Lin Ye and Lenaan also made the same choice.

No one wants their team to be at the bottom of the points list, so as long as one person chooses to climb up the rankings by 500 points, the others will naturally follow suit.

After almost everyone finished the first round of the game, the players outside the tower all turned their attention to the ninth floor of the tower.

There, Zis was lying half dead in the water, seemingly chatting happily with the NPC.

"What on earth does he want to do?" Liu Yuhan muttered to herself.

She had a lot of contact with Qi Si and knew what kind of old bastard he was. She couldn't help but have a bad premonition.

The situation that I thought was a sure thing seems to be not foolproof, and I am afraid there will be unexpected changes...

"He is stalling for time," Fan Zhanwei said. "During the eight hours of the Beast Fighting Game each day, players can theoretically hurt each other. He must ensure that he is in the tower within these eight hours to avoid being killed directly by someone."

Dong Xiwen was shocked: "Good guy, but it feels like the tower is not much safer than outside the tower. Playing rock-paper-scissors with your own reflection and having to win, is this a game that a human can come up with? By the way, why do I feel that the game he was matched with is much more difficult than others!"

Chu Xun adjusted his glasses. "Combined with the speed at which other people cleared the game, I guess everyone was matched with a game that was just within their capabilities. Qi Si should have known the solution, but he just wanted to drag it out until the last second."

Nian Fu had known Qi Si's plan for a long time, and the two had discussed almost all the details before they parted.

She looked at Chu Xun, who was only four squares away from her, and said with a half-smile, "Brother Chu, it seems that you don't know everything.

"You knew that Qisi was going to hide in the tower and not come out, but you still wanted to eat me so that you could give him my game coins -

"How come I don't know? When did you reach a cooperation agreement?"

"I'm only doing this for myself." Chu Xun's expression and tone were all frank. "It only takes 3,000 points to make my wish come true. It's such a good opportunity. I want to at least give it a try before ending this instance."

Liu Yuhan shook her head slightly: "You calculated wrong, a team only has six game coins, which is converted into rewards, that is six action points or three thousand points or six portions of food.

"You have one thousand points. To fulfill your wish, you need two thousand points, which is four game coins. And if you want to kill Nian Fu, you need to spend at least five game coins."

"That's right." Chu Xun nodded, "So if I insist on killing Nian Fu, it will be a lose-lose situation. But we both have another choice.

"I remember that points can be loaned out. I also know that someone needs to choose food as a reward in order to meet the two portions of food consumption per day."

In many cases, the expansion of capital does not depend on personal effort, but on transactions.

Ever since the transaction began, behaviors such as raising prices arbitrarily and making money out of nothing have emerged and become rampant.

As long as you seize the opportunity, you may be able to make a big profit with a small investment.

Dong Xiwen blinked and asked, "You want us to lend you points, and then your team will be responsible for solving the food problem? That's not right. Why can't we choose the food ourselves after clearing the level? Why do we have to exchange points with you?"

As of now, Chu Xun and Green and Lin Ye and Fan Zhanwei both have a total of 1,700 points and are tied for first place.

Dong Xiwen and Ryan have 1,600 points and are ranked third.

Chang Xu and Liu Yuhan, 1,500 points, fourth.

Nian Fu, Qi Si and Qin Mu all had 1,100 points, ranking last.

The rankings changed dramatically in an instant, although no one can tell what this change means now.

Chu Xun raised his eyelids and glanced at the top of the tower, then said calmly, "Because your points are far lower than ours. And I believe that points are roughly equivalent to advantage and voice." (End of this chapter)