Who invited the witch into the eerie game?

Chapter 79: Please welcome the Witch Band!

boom!

Caught off guard, the player who got close to Su Xiaoshuang was blasted away by the small blue fireball.

Tan Qi, the special investigator standing next to Su Xiaoshuang, felt a gust of wind sweep past.

The next second, the player who tried to deliver the cola was blown to smithereens.

A faint burnt smell lingered in the air.

What happened?

Tan Qi was bewildered and wanted to ask this question.

However, upon looking down, she realized that what she was holding was not cola at all, but rather a pollutant with a pungent odor.

She threw the contaminant out.

The pollution landed on the ground, causing all the surrounding lawns to wither.

It's hard to imagine what would happen to her if she took a sip.

"Isn't he human?"

"Um."

'

Su Xiaoshuang nodded.

This player somehow found this cola, thinking that drinking it would help him maintain his sanity, but it wasn't cola at all; it was pollution.

However, Su Xiaoshuang didn't care about any of these things.

She had seen even more outrageous things at Blackrock Mountain College.

At least, the food at Blackrock Mountain College is meat.

This is pure pollution.

So stingy! Is there some kind of eerie messenger behind this carnival music festival?

"Where do we go next?"

Tan Qi, following Su Xiaoshuang, asked, "Do you want the happiness magnifying glass?"

She suddenly remembered that Su Xiaoshuang had just used a fireball spell, right?

She had seen players who used magic, but they all needed to chant spells.

However, Su Xiaoshuang not only didn't chant any spells, but also didn't use her wand; she cast the spell instantly.

Ironically, this player was marked as a "newbie player" in the publicly available files within 725 games.

If Su Xiaoshuang is a newbie player, what is a top-level investigator like her?

From another perspective, Su Xiaoshuang could casually pull out the mysterious object 031.

This was something she simply couldn't understand.

"No need, you can keep it."

Su Xiaoshuang said.

She lowered the brim of her witch's hat slightly and continued walking forward.

Upon entering the eerie game-themed music festival, a series of prompts began appearing on the game terminal:

[■ permission detected.]

[Administrator privilege conflict detected. Your privileges will be hidden, and your presence will not be detected.]

[The complete rules for the bizarre music festival, "Carnival Game," have been released.]

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Su Xiaoshuang glanced at it and summarized it simply:

Players entering the Carnival Music Festival will receive an initial 60 points of Frenzy and 80 points of Sanity.

The Frenzy Value represents the degree to which a player is assimilated by the music festival. Players need to ensure that their Frenzy Value is within a normal range so that they can act normally.

Watching the main stage performance will continuously earn you Frenzy Points.

Dancing to the rhythm of the music will quickly boost your Frenzy Points.

During the party, drinking the special beverages provided at the venue will quickly bring your frenzy level to its peak.

When the Frenzy level is too high, players can stay in the rest area or use entertainment equipment that consumes Frenzy points.

However, it must be noted that once the frenzy level exceeds 100, the player will become completely lost, their body will begin to mutate, and they will become a bizarre monster within the music festival.

If the fanaticism value reaches zero, the player will be petrified and dance to the music until they are completely reduced to ashes.

As for rationality, all players who participate in the bizarre game are familiar with it.

But at the Carnival Music Festival, things are a little different.

Watching a performance on stage for an extended period of time and listening to distorted music will lower a player's sanity.

Seeing players die or mutate will also lower your sanity.

Entering the rest area will cause your sanity to be lowered due to pollution.

Looking directly at certain special guests can lower one's rationality.

Participating in a main stage performance will lower one's sanity.

There are only three ways to regain sanity. One is to find the tent in the music festival where the idol is enshrined, go inside and hide for a while, which can restore some sanity.

Secondly, find a sobering drug and take some every now and then to restore sanity.

Thirdly, self-harm, using intense pain to regain rationality.

If a player's sanity is reset to zero, they will experience a mental death and become a walking corpse.

Alternatively, the soul's consciousness may undergo cognitive restructuring, causing everything it perceives around it to become distorted.

Setting up conflicting fanaticism and rationality levels is clearly designed to leave no room for players and viewers to survive.

No wonder the audience at the music festival is assimilated in a short time.

Su Xiaoshuang checked her passion level and rationality level.

Currently, all values ​​are in their initial state.

No exception.

Tan Qi, who was beside me, was also there.

Su Xiaoshuang continued reading:

Every hour, players who enter the music festival will be forcibly teleported to any main stage.

Players must perform on the main stage and meet the expectations of the audience.

Audience expectations are rated on three levels: perfect, acceptable, and unacceptable.

A perfect score will greatly increase your Frenzy Points and earn you extra rewards.

Passed, slightly increases Frenzy Value.

If it doesn't meet the standards, there's a chance it will be eaten by the audience.

These rules have no effect on Su Xiaoshuang.

That's not what she wanted.

Just as she was thinking this, she and Tan Qi appeared on a stage.

"Now, please welcome our newest addition—the Witch Band!"

"This is what the bird-man host on stage said."

Because this happened suddenly, it could only be named according to the characteristics of the player who came on stage.

It's worth mentioning that while it's common to see people dressed like magicians, this is the first time a player has dressed like a witch—

see.

It felt like something was wrong.

However, its limited intelligence prevents it from making many judgments.

"Next, please let the Witch Band begin their performance. I hope they can get a passing grade and not be as pitiful as the last band, who were devoured by the audience."

It pretended to shed some tears, but what actually came out was drool.

Yes, it ate it just now too.

"show?"

Tan Qi stood on the stage, holding the mysterious object 031, unsure of what to do.

Should I start performing with musical instruments like the other players?

"Su—Xiao Shuang, what should we do?"

Tan Qi looked at Su Xiaoshuang beside her and suddenly didn't know how to address her.

"what?"

Su Xiaoshuang slightly lifted her witch's robe and took out her magic wand.

"Hahaha, look what this witch is doing!"

She took a thin stick from under her witch's robe.

"This is so elegant and so interesting."

"I have a stick too."

"Based on this move alone, I would give it a score: pass!"

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Tan Qi's face was very dark.

However, we can roughly deduce something.

For example, Su Xiaoshuang's gaming device didn't turn into a watch, bracelet, or anklet like most gamers' devices; instead, it became a leg bracelet.

"I hope everyone enjoys my performance."

Su Xiaoshuang pointed her staff at the sky.

Suddenly, a small fireball appeared above the staff.

Suddenly, the magical circuit that had condensed the small fireball changed, and the small fireball transformed into a super-large fireball.

The flames were raging, and to the uninitiated, it looked like the sun.

"Pass! Pass! Pass!"

The audience below the stage shouted.

It's unclear whether they were simply trying to survive or genuinely impressed by Su Xiaoshuang's performance.

boom!

Regardless of their true intentions, Su Xiaoshuang threw the large fireball down directly.

With a deafening roar, a massive fireball engulfed over a hundred audience members in front of the stage.

In the blink of an eye, all of them turned to ashes.

"Gah—"

At the edge of the stage, the bird-man host stared at the scene in disbelief.

Seeing Su Xiaoshuang looking over, it immediately announced, "Congratulations to the Witch Band for a perfect performance!"

In an instant, Su Xiaoshuang and Tan Qi returned to the crowd.

The birdman host breathed a sigh of relief.

"Just now----"

Tan Qi took a deep breath.

She no longer knew what to say.

Judging from the power of the fireball released by Su Xiaoshuang, it was at least Sequence 5, or even higher.

However, she is currently only a Sequence 7, so it's impossible to make a clearer judgment.

Ok?

Su Xiaoshuang looked at the stage where the performance had just taken place.

She was even thinking of using the "happy magnifying glass" to zoom in on that bird-like host from earlier, but unexpectedly, the eerie monster simply hid away.

what a shame.

"what?"

Su Xiaoshuang looked around and realized that this was the food area of ​​the music festival.

Drinking water and food will be provided in the music festival's food area.

Consuming it may randomly increase or decrease fanaticism or sanity, or grant temporary, wondrous abilities.

However, the possibility of negative abilities cannot be ruled out.

Or it may be directly contaminated.

Like the player who invited me to drink Coke as soon as we met.

If players need safe food, they must be prepared to pay a high price, which requires players to exchange memories or emotions for it.

Moreover, it's not guaranteed that it will be detected.

This was the first time Su Xiaoshuang had seen this rule.

Surprisingly, some bizarre monsters are interested in the player's memories and emotions.

Normally, players in bizarre games are just toys, food, and superfluous memories and emotions are merely seasonings for pleasure, utterly insignificant.

Besides, players won't come back to the eerie game they've been through, so what's the point of taking away their memories and emotions?

Su Xiaoshuang didn't understand.

There are some special shops near the music festival's food area that sell various unique items.

For example, earplugs that can block out sound, sunglasses that can see through strange disguises, and small speakers that can create safe zones.

None of these are needed.

Su Xiaoshuang checked the rules and continued reading.

The backstage area of ​​the music festival's main stage is a restricted area, guarded by professional staff to prevent visitors from entering.

The audience disturbed the star who was about to perform on stage.

"star?"

Su Xiaoshuang stared at the rule and glanced at the location of the main stage.

Currently, a team of players is performing on the main stage.

Not a celebrity.

Could the celebrities in this bizarre game be the bizarre bosses?

If I kill him directly, will the game end immediately?

Su Xiaoshuang shook her head.

That probably won't work.

Because the Carnival Music Festival is no longer just a simple bizarre game, but a bizarre area rooted in the reality of Shanghai.

If not directly controlled or destroyed, the bizarre control over the carnival music festival will continue to expand.

It might even destroy the entire city of Shanghai someday.

"Make a note of this place; we can go there first."

Su Xiaoshuang silently noted down her position and continued reading the subsequent rules.

Sharpening your axe won't delay your work; reading all the publicly available rules will ensure you don't go wrong.

Players can form teams of up to 3 people, whether performing on stage or playing games at the carnival music festival.

During team play, players can balance each other's fanaticism and sanity, and share the buffs they gain during the game.

However, if one player loses control, the loss of control will quickly spread to other teammates.

Secondly, as long as both parties agree, a dark ritual can be initiated to sacrifice another teammate.

The sacrificed teammates will be forcibly sent onto the stage to participate in special challenges.

Challenges include dangerous acrobatic performances, puzzle-solving, and hunting specific monsters.

For each round of challenges that the sacrificed player completes, the teammates who initiated the dark ritual will receive a large reward.

If the sacrificed player dies, the teammate who initiated the dark ritual will inherit the sacrificed player's legacy, but will permanently lose some of their sanity.

Hidden rule: all players who participate in the challenge will die.

"Be careful!"

Tan Qi stood to the side and shouted loudly.

A player, resembling a zombie, was seen running towards them, back down and on all fours.

"what?"

Su Xiaoshuang blinked and subconsciously threw a fireball, blasting the bizarre player into pieces.

Several spectators nearby were blown away, but they seemed completely oblivious to the pain, getting up while bleeding and continuing to dance and party.

Tan Qi gripped the strange object 031 tightly, shocked once again.

Su Xiaoshuang acted too quickly.

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Ignoring the little incident, Su Xiaoshuang continued reading.

Since it's a bizarre game, there will be a way for players to leave.

Players who want to leave the venue need to participate in the competition on the main stage of the music festival.

During the competition, players need to complete a solo performance to gain the audience's final approval.

Final recognition will depend on the player's performance throughout the festival and the quality of their solo performance.

Only those who are recognized as successful can be granted an exit ticket and leave the game.

However, no specific standards are mentioned here.

It's safe to say that this music festival is designed to keep the players from leaving.

In addition, the Carnival Music Festival has two achievements: one is performing on a secondary stage, which allows your performance to overshadow the main stage and thus influence the control of the entire festival.

During the period when the music festival's control center is affected, the entire music festival will be suspended, which will attract attacks from various staff members and performers.

Players need to persevere and hold on until the very end.

Hidden rule: Upon achieving this achievement, the player can leave the game.

"core?"

Su Xiaoshuang looked at the sky and then at the ground, wondering what the core of the music festival was.

Do we need her to find a stage to perform a guitar solo?

Another achievement was participating in multiple performances at the music festival, becoming one of the festival's brightest new stars and the lead performer.

In this situation, players can control their fanaticism and sanity at critical points, gaining immense power.

Consequently, players will become an integral part of the carnival music festival forever, never to leave again.

Until one day, the title of leading actor was taken away by other players.

Finally, to prevent discordant sounds, the carnival music festival implemented various sound pollution and lighting measures within the area.

trap.

To prevent discordant sounds from escaping, knights carrying speakers will patrol the perimeter of the music festival.

Any player targeted will be killed by the knight while the background music plays.

"Finished reading."

Su Xiaoshuang blinked, determined the direction, and walked towards the restricted area backstage of the main stage.

She wanted to see if the eerie boss inside was the final boss.

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