It’s over, I’m surrounded by weirdos and players

Chapter 140: They are all poisoned (4486 words in total)
The illusion disappeared in an instant.

The surrounding scenery suddenly returned to normal, as if everything that happened just now was just a dream that Lin Yi had.

[It has been detected that you have been poisoned, current toxicity: 42]

In just a short time, the toxins in his body increased a lot.

"Strange." Lin Yi realized at this moment that he was standing in the wrong position.

He remembered that he was standing in the center of the altar before, but now he was standing at a corner in the northeast.

Could it be that he has been moving around since he was hallucinating due to poisoning?
What about flowers?
Lin Yi raised his feet and wanted to run up to the altar to check, but he felt a pain in his feet.

A bone-white hand was firmly grasping his ankle, and it hurt whenever he moved.

"Something really grabbed my foot!" He lowered his body to break off Bai Gu's fingers, and this time he freed the ankle easily.

A red hand rope caught Lin Yi's attention.

The four stone walls stand tall and straight, and are covered with simple zodiac patterns. Each zodiac image is lifelike and lifelike.

He noticed a groove next to the stone door, which seemed to be where something was placed.

Picking up the lighter that fell on the ground, Lin Yi walked over to Bian Yi, who was still hanging his head.

The mechanism behind the stone wall is at work.

It's just that their order is confused.

From left to right, the twelve zodiac animals are engraved in order: tiger, snake, pig, chicken, dog, rabbit, dragon, horse, ox, rat, monkey and sheep.

His body was stiff, his mind was blank, and he didn't respond to any movement.

No wonder I feel some tingling when I walk.

Perhaps after the stone door is opened, people will wake up naturally as soon as the air circulates.

Lin Yi stared at the Shimen in front of him with great expectation, feeling that he was about to succeed.

Lin Yi suddenly turned his head and saw Bian Yi opening his eyes in pain. There was confusion in his eyes. He had not yet realized where he was and what he was doing.

Could it be a key?
Because they didn't place this thing when they entered, so the stone door closed automatically?
Lin Yi began to carefully observe the zodiac signs with suspicion in his heart.

Lin Yi bowed gratefully to the white skeleton. If the other party hadn't grabbed it like this, it would have been a bit difficult to wake up.

For a moment, he felt his breathing stopped and his heartbeat seemed to disappear.

The stones are embedded in the stone wall with very small gaps and look like they are one piece.

"Is it related to the order?" Lin Yi could only think alone at the moment, and no one could give an answer.

Time seemed to freeze, and I fell into a sense of boundless panic and powerlessness.

"Hey, are you okay? Wake up." Lin Yi reached out and shook Bian Yi's shoulder. He noticed the strange smile on the other side's lips, and it was obvious that he had been tricked.

"Ah" a scream sounded in the space.

Fortunately, he also had a mahogany sword as a weapon, which blocked the sharp arrows coming straight at him, and he also dodged left and right to avoid the sharp arrows fired from other directions.

The cold light flickered, and there was an icy breath.

He quickly walked to the stone wall with the rat, reached out to move the monkey and sheep beside it, and found that the pattern was a stone that could be removed.

Hanging from the red bracelet is a pure black small stone with a golden word "WEI" engraved on it.

He placed the four people neatly beside the stone door, waiting for the door to open and drag them out.

Bian Yi only had time to say "Ah" in confusion before he saw a sharp sword flying towards his face.

Who knew that in the next second, only a whistling sound could be heard, and countless sharp arrows were shot from the stone wall.

He opened his trousers and found a circle of lavender bruises around his ankles, and the skin nearby was also somewhat red and swollen.

However, the sharp arrow strayed from the direction and hit Bian Yi's left foot.

But there was one thing Lin Yi forgot.

"You finally woke up." He shouted excitedly, getting up while shouting and continuing to dodge the flying arrows.

According to the order of rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, chicken, dog and pig, Lin Yi rearranged some of the confusing zodiac animals.

But fortunately it's not a big problem.

No matter how much he shouted, he couldn't wake up.

He put down his trousers and walked quickly to the altar, confirming that the flowers had been burned out and the fragrance in the air had faded a lot.

Behind him were four players lying on the ground sleeping soundly.

While his parents were celebrating him, they were suddenly woken up by pain.

As soon as the last zodiac sign was placed, a clicking sound was heard.

Bian Yi was having a sweet dream, in which he made major breakthroughs in academic research and received world-class honorary certificates. All his relatives and friends were proud of him.

Isn't it really going to be cold here?
Lin Yi stood up and looked around, trying to find a way to open the stone door.

One of his feet stumbled unintentionally. He reached out and used his peach wood sword to slightly block the sharp arrow that was heading straight for his head, and fell to the ground.

"Wei?" He put away the red rope and glanced at the bones uncertainly, unable to determine the identity of the other party.

Snapped.
A crisp sound accompanied his head being slapped hard.

The sharp sword almost grazed the back of Lin Yi's hand, and a red mark spread on his hand.

"It was so close. It was so dangerous." He quickly dragged Bian Yi away from the sharp scissors and hid in a safe corner.

The remaining three people slept peacefully and were not affected by the sword at all.

After all, the sword's launch still has a certain height, and they are just outside that range.

Only Bian Yi was unlucky enough to be implicated by Lin Yi's sword blocking.

"Slow down." Bian Yi gasped in pain. He had a sharp arrow stuck in his left foot and was dragged around, causing the wound to open.

After it was safe, Lin Yi immediately let go of his hand and said quickly: "Sorry, sorry, I'm really sorry. The wound must be treated as soon as possible, otherwise it will become inflamed."

"It's okay, I just brought some medicine and a bandage."

Bian Yi carefully moved the injured foot. If he wanted to bandage it, he had to pull out the arrow first.

"How about I help you pull out the arrow first?" Lin Yi looked at Bian Yi moving with difficulty, and felt a little guilty in his heart. Otherwise, he would have forgotten the person behind him when he was hiding, and he would not have caused other people's feet to be injured. .

"Okay, I really can't do it." Bian Yi nodded and took out the prepared medicine from his pocket to indicate that Lin Yi was ready.

Lin Yi took a deep breath. This was the first time he had drawn an arrow for someone else, and he was still a little nervous.

"Then I'll pull it out." He raised his eyes and looked at Bian Yi, counted three times silently in his heart, then grasped the middle part of the sword with both hands and pulled it out.

There was a pop, and blood spattered out.

Bian Yi's face became distorted by the pain at the moment he pulled out the arrow. He quickly stabilized his trembling hands and sprinkled powder on his wound.

The white powder covered the wound and immediately stopped the bleeding.

Lin Yi wrapped the person carefully with a bandage.

"Have the flowers been burned? What happened to the sharp arrow just now?" Bian Yi wiped the cold sweat on his forehead and his face turned a little pale.

His last consciousness was that he gave the lighter to the other party, and he had no memory after that.

"The flowers have been burned, but you haven't woken up yet."

"I was wondering if I could open the stone door to let the air circulate, so that you could wake up."

Lin Yi pointed at the three people who were still asleep until now, then pointed at the zodiac signs on the stone wall and continued to explain: "I found an original groove near the stone door. I suspect it is the key to some kind of mechanism."

"So I checked around and discovered that the zodiac signs are movable stones."

"I guess after placing them in order, the stone door can be opened."

"I didn't expect that what came out was a sharp arrow."

"I'm really sorry for causing you to be hurt."

Lin Yi apologized seriously to Bian Yi.

Bian Yi shook his head, "This is not your problem. If it were, I would solve it according to this idea, no matter who it is, it would be the same."

"Perhaps placing the zodiac signs in order is not the solution, but just a trick to confuse people."

"Let's look for other clues?" "Okay, is it just your foot injury?" Lin Yi glanced at the newly bandaged foot hesitantly, obviously having difficulty moving.

Bian Li stood up reluctantly by holding on to the wall with his hands, "With one more person and more strength, we can get out of here earlier."

"How about you go and study how to wake them three up, and I'll look for clues nearby?" Lin Yi saw the other party's unsteady appearance, and immediately walked over to support him.

The sharp arrows were fired for a while and then ended.

After Lin helped Bian Yi to settle down next to the three of them, he began to explore around.

First, he looked through the piles of bones, and then the ones with cloth hanging on them.

Before, he had glanced at it hastily and had no time to examine it carefully.

"Huh?" Lin Yi fumbled with the navy blue cloth on one of the bones and found that one piece was a little thicker than other places, as if something was hidden.

He reached out and removed the entire piece of fabric. Inside was a piece of folded kraft paper.

[It is detected that you have obtained the Boneyard Map*1]

Boneyard?

What is this place?
As soon as Lin opened the kraft paper, there was a picture drawn on it. There were three red marks, which were clearly the altar, the blood pool, and the birthplace.

Each marked location has a line of annotations next to it.

The annotation on the altar reads: Infatuated tears are filled with infatuated hate, and the pink skull is pitiful.

It exactly corresponds to the words on the stone door.

So their current location is at the altar.

After reading the front side, I turned to the back, and there was another kind of black writing on it, which said "Incense Ash Can Be Decoded".

It is different from the red annotation on the front map.

Can incense ash be dissolved? What is the solution?
Lin Yi suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and immediately put away the map and ran to the altar. He carefully checked the ashes in the incense burner, and there was indeed something abnormal.

The ashes of the four incense burners were checked one by one.

The remaining amount of incense ash inside is obviously different, some are more and some are less.

Combined with the sentence written on the map, the direction is already clear.

Someone has used incense ash to dissolve something.

Maybe give it a try.

Lin Yi reached out and grabbed a handful of incense ashes and ran to Bian Yi and said, "I found some clues. It says that the incense ashes can be solved."

"I just don't know if it can be used to wake them up."

As he spoke, he took out the map and opened it for Bian Yi to see, while explaining what was found in the incense burner.

"It's a method, you'll know after you try it." Bian Yi took some in his hand and sniffed it gently, "It looks like ordinary incense ash. Even if it can't be digested and eaten, there should be no problem."

"The most it can do is make you feel upset."

"It's better than getting hurt."

Although pain is a solution, no one knows how much pain it will take to wake someone up.

After all, Lin Yi and Bian Yi felt pain differently.

It's better not to try it lightly. If it kills someone, it won't be worth the loss.

"Okay." Lin Yi nodded simply.

The two of them divided their work and sprinkled the ash into their mouths. To make sure they did it right, they smeared a layer of ash on their noses.

Whether it’s eating or smelling, there’s always one that’s right.

The two of them waited quietly for three minutes.

"Bah, bah. Bah."

The first one to wake up was Ah Jiu. He made a grimace and said, "What does it taste like in your mouth!"

Then Ah Qi frowned and stood up quietly, rubbing the center of his brow with his hand, looking a little tired.

The last one was Liu Jingjing. She woke up two minutes later than the other two. Her condition was not as good as the two in front of her, and she was still a little confused.

Lin Yi speculated that it might be related to the amount they inhaled and their physical fitness.

However, without exception, everyone shouted in unison: "I have been poisoned."

This surprised and confused Lin Yi.

Because when Bian Yi woke up before, he didn't say anything about being poisoned.

"I thought I was the only one." Facing Lin Yi's surprise and confusion, Bian Yi explained: "I was actually poisoned too, but I wasn't sure whether it was because of the aroma or other reasons, so I didn't mention it."

"It seems to be the reason for the aroma." Lin Yi said categorically that he was also poisoned.

It seems that this poison has an effect on both NPCs and players.

Hearing this, the four players felt a little heavy in their hearts. Even an NPC as powerful as Lin Yi was poisoned, so what should they do?

I'm afraid this poison is difficult to cure.

Everyone fell into silence for a while, and no one spoke first.

After a while, Lin Yi broke the silence, "Look for more clues while there is still time, maybe we can detoxify the poison."

"Yes, yes, anyway, our toxicity is not strong now, so we can still hold on for a while." Ah Jiu echoed, trying to ease the heavy atmosphere.

At this time, Liu Jingjing looked up at the four in front of her and asked in a low voice: "How toxic are you now?"

"24, increase by 1 point every two hours." Ah Qi reported it directly without any concealment.

Everyone is the same anyway.

Unexpectedly, Ah Jiu exclaimed "Huh?" in surprise after hearing this.

"I'm different from you. It's 18 o'clock, and it increases by 1 point every three hours."

Ah Qi was stunned. He didn't expect that everyone's toxicity and growth rate were different.

"What about you?" He looked at Liu Jingjing and asked.

"I" Liu Jingjing's pale face seemed to indicate some kind of answer. She was more serious than others.

Not only was he the closest one, he was also the first one to fall, and even the last one to wake up.

"36, half an hour. Increase by 1 point." Liu Jingjing's voice trembled a little, and her words were a little awkward.

She had even begun to imagine how she would eventually die from poisoning.

"Oh, it's not very high. There's still time." Ah Jiu looked at the other person who looked like he was about to cry and couldn't bear to comfort him.

Ah Qi had no reaction to this, but turned to look at Bian Yi and asked, "What about you? How much is it?"

"I'm also 24, but the interval is one hour and one o'clock." Bian Yi slowly reported his situation.

"Huh?" Ah Jiu made a confused voice, "That's not right. Why are you two poisonous and have different intervals?"

"I remember that Bian Yi is the furthest away. Am I remembering it wrong?"

Ah Qi also looked puzzled. Judging from the values ​​​​of the three of them just now, it can be analyzed that the toxicity is related to the distance between them at that time.

The closer people are, the more they inhale, the stronger the toxicity, and the shorter the interval.

Why did it change again when I got to Bian Yi?

"Maybe it also has something to do with everyone's physical fitness." Lin Yi interjected upon seeing this.

"It is indeed possible." Ah Qi nodded, looked at Lin Yi and asked, "Is it convenient for me to report yours as well?"

"Me?" Lin Yi smiled, "I am also 24, and the time interval is six hours and one o'clock."

He was not sure whether players and NPCs were unified or special, so he could only make up a fake value.

In fact, he does not have a fixed increase time. He often encounters a sudden aroma attack and then directly presses 6 o'clock to increase the amount.

Unexpectedly, these words shocked others again.

They only have one thought in their minds: they must not offend each other!
(End of this chapter)