After holding on to her strength and relaxing, Xiaolan cautiously retracted her hand, moved her body to the right, and stood aside.
With a plop, the fat man fell down.
The thin man held the knife in both hands, and blood dripped from the tip of the knife.
"Crack!"
The dagger fell, and the thin man knelt down in despair, covering his face with his blood-stained hands, and his body began to tremble violently.
Xiaolan turned around and wanted to leave. After taking a step, she paused and turned back.
The fat man's body was twitching and life was passing by.
How miserable.
Xiaolan observed two seconds of silence.
Then, she quickly squatted down, picked up the three pearls that the fat man had dropped on the ground, turned around and ran out.
In the large room at the beginning, the announcement screen became brighter and began to flash.
The number under DO becomes 0, and the number under FA becomes 9.
It looks like they are about to win.
It seems that the first team to get ten pearls should win.
Then they only have one left.
Xiaolan held onto the wall and scanned the huge room with her eyes.
I always feel like I'm here...
What exactly is...
The thatched door at the entrance creaked. After being kicked, the thatched door could not be closed. Now it was blown back and forth by the breeze outside the house.
Xiaolan's eyes focused on the grass gate.
bright!
On the upper edge of the inner side of the grass gate, a group of glimmering lights was buried deep in the straw, emitting a faint but persistent light.
This is the last one.
"Xiaohong!" Sister Ming's anxious voice sounded from the corridor next to her, "Xiaohong, what's wrong with you? Did you call me?..."
Sister Ming appeared in the corridor shouting, Xiaolan had just raised her arms to indicate the location of the last pearl excitedly, and Sister Hong's suddenly widened eyes told her that something bad was going on.
Behind him, a cool breeze blew.
Xiao Lan turned around in an instant and saw the thin, twisted face of the thin man approaching quickly. With a flash of silver light, Xiao Lan only had time to put her hands in front of her body before she was knocked down by the thin man.
This man is crazy, really crazy.
"You killed your teammates! You have already lost!"
Xiaolan used all her strength to hold the thin man's knife-gripping wrist tightly with both hands, preventing him from inserting the blade into her body.
The thin man's bloodshot eyes and maniacal smile made even Xiaolan feel wary. After all, to a certain extent, madmen are more terrifying than ghosts.
"Xiaohong!" Sister Ming shouted, about to get closer.
"Sister Ming! The pearl... is on the door! Don't come here... go get the last pearl!..."
Sister Ming stood there struggling for less than two seconds before rushing towards the two of them.
"You piece of shit, let go of Xiaohong!"
The thin man cast his evil eyes on Sister Ming.
Xiaolan also forgot that this was just a virtual game, and tried her best to restrain the thin man's hand, for fear that he would hurt Sister Ming.
"Sister Ming!——"
Sister Ming took a flying kick.
Xiaolan seemed to hear the sound of ribs breaking.
The thin man flew out in a whoosh, broke several wooden railings, and rolled into a pile of straw, unable to move.
"Xiaohong, are you okay?" Sister Ming knelt on one knee beside Xiaolan and reached out to help her up.
"I'm fine," Xiaolan still hadn't recovered, "That's right! The last pearl is on the door!..."
Finally, Sister Ming put Xiaolan on her shoulders. Xiaolan stretched out her arm and raised her hand to reach it. The moment the golden ball rolled into the palm of her hand, the scene faded.
Sister Ming is still here.
The two stood together, watching the scores scroll on the announcement screen.
Xiaolan raised her eyes and quietly looked at Sister Ming's side face.
"Xiao Hong," Sister Ming suddenly said, "We probably won't meet each other again from now on."
Xiaolan was silent for a few seconds, and then said "Yeah".
"If I can't win, I hope it's you who wins." Sister Ming frowned, and her big, turbulent eyes gently dropped to Xiaolan.
That soft wave of water rippled directly into Xiaolan's heart, making her heart warm, "Me too."
The mechanical sound sounded, announcing the success of the second mission.
The score will appear.
Xiaolan took a deep breath.
"Sister Ming."
"Um?"
Xiaolan stared at Sister Ming's face and said seriously.
"I think you are beautiful."
The corners of Sister Ming's mouth trembled a few times, and then tilted into a crescent-like arc.
Sister Ming disappeared.
The announcement screen refreshes and the third task starts.
Another capital F.
Before F, the icon has been fixed. It is the symbol that looks like an equal sign that appeared when scrolling. If you look closely, it looks more like an equal sign composed of two wavy lines.
I have a headache, what does this mean?
In addition to cooperation and competition, are there any other ways?
The letters in front of the icon scrolled and finally stopped on F.
Fighting yourself in Zone F?
The figure he noticed while queuing flashed in Xiaolan's mind.
Which one will it be?
A more ominous thought appeared in my chest.
Shouldn't they meet one of their own people?
The announcement screen disappeared and the world fell into darkness.
Getting darker.
Getting darker.
"squeak--"
In front of me, there was the sound of the door opening.
There is the warmth of light.
Xiaolan found that she had closed her eyes at some point, and when she opened them, everything came into view.
He was standing at the door of a dark room. In front of him was an open door, and behind the door was a bright and warm room.
"This is...ah!"
Xiaolan took half a step forward and suddenly felt a slight pull on her shoulder. Xiaolan looked behind her and found someone standing behind her. She was so frightened that she screamed.
The man was also startled by Xiaolan's cry. He quickly pulled off the black blindfold on his face, rubbed his eyes and looked over.
Um?
Xiaolan closed her mouth, stretched her neck and looked at it carefully.
Why does this person look familiar?
"It's you." The man smiled and threw away his blindfold and pointed at Xiaolan.
Brown curly hair, light water-colored eyes...this is the beautiful sister I met while queuing at the door!
"Ah, it's you!" Xiaolan tried her best to hide her panic, "You...are you from Area F too?"
The pretty sister nodded, "Yeah."
Xiaolan couldn't help but become wary.
I hate Lu Mao, he makes me unable to believe in this world anymore.
"Then it seems... we will go through this level together." Xiaolan forced a smile.
The pretty sister nodded, "Yes."
"Then..." Xiaolan still refused to go into the house, "Do you know the meaning of that icon?"
The pretty sister thought for a while, then nodded, "Choose."
"Your choice?" Xiaolan frowned, "Why does it sound like you're grabbing Malatang?"
The pretty sister showed her canine teeth, narrowed her eyes and smiled.
Compared with when we met at the door just now, we are much more friendly now.
"Self-selection...does it mean that you can choose whether to cooperate or compete?" Xiaolan analyzed.
The beautiful sister continued to nod, "Yes."
Xiaolan glanced at her sideways and said, "Then how can there be competition? If you can cooperate, of course it is cooperation."
"Score." The beautiful sister said generously.
Xiaolan felt a little relieved.
I actually thought of this answer. Since this girl has admitted it so carelessly, maybe... she won't be a bad person.
"My name is Xiaohong, what's your name?"
The beautiful sister held Xiaolan's outstretched hand.