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Chapter 72 Strange Talk Town (9)
As long as she remains motionless, the zombies around her will not hurt her.
Even though he knew this well, when Bai Shuangxing was caught off guard and saw the scene in front of him, he still couldn't help but get a chill down his spine.
Dark red lanterns are hung in twos and threes on the corners of the eaves, giving off a faint halo, blending seamlessly with the boundless night.
As far as the eye can see, there are only the red of the lantern, the dark black, and the pale faces of the dead bodies.
Completely different from the blood-splattered massacre, this is a unique Chinese style of "deception". There is no killing, and there is no thrilling chase. Everything is quiet, but it is creepy.
The child's voice was crisp and clear, spreading throughout the entire mansion.
As if the zombies had been instructed, they all looked away and stopped looking at Baishuangxing.
Bai Shuang wiped the cold sweat on his palms.
These corpses are not restricted by the rules, no matter what stage of the game, they can move around as they like.
The only difference is that when the "one, two, three wooden men" sounds, they will turn their heads instantly and stare at the nearby humans;
At other times, the zombies can only use their breath to find people, jumping around aimlessly in the courtyard.
For now, as long as they are extra cautious, they have a good chance of surviving.
Bai Shuangxing sorted out her thoughts and walked forward quickly.
The zombies around him all looked dead for a long time, all wearing old-fashioned gowns with simple styles and rough fabrics, most likely they were servants in the house during their lifetime.
Like the story of Painted Skin Ghost, the background here is also hundreds of years ago.
She thought about it carefully, and always felt that something was wrong.
Why are there so many corpses in an ordinary game of "one, two, three wooden men"?
In White Night, there are corresponding evidences for the appearance of ghosts and ghosts. There are a total of thirty zombies in the mansion...
It won't be overnight, all these thirty people will die, right?Due to natural disasters?Or a killer who suddenly broke into town?
Can't figure it out.
The current situation does not allow her to think more, Bai Shuang took a deep breath and focused on the "game" in front of her.
Carefully walking through the corridor, she came to another more spacious courtyard.
Obviously, the family is very wealthy.
The courtyards are connected one by one, and looking around, the central pond occupies a huge area, supplemented by ancient stone bridges and pavilions.
It's a pity that all the lotus leaves in the pond are withered, and the stagnant water has no ripples, showing a decadent green like death.
Halfway through the walk, Bai Shuangxing looked around, and his eyes lit up——
The place was wide and empty, and apart from the pale corpses wandering around, there was another figure.
Shen Chan also caught a glimpse of her, did not dare to make a sound, and waved her hand excitedly.
The two met in the gazebo, Shen Chan let out a long breath, and if met with amnesty:
"Finally found my teammates, this place is so eerie and weird! Did you notice it? When we couldn't move, all the zombies were staring at us!"
She is usually careless and looks fearing nothing in Heaven or Earth, but she is an ordinary student in essence, and it is natural to be afraid when encountering such a situation.
——It's not just her, Wen Chuchu must have been frightened even more.
"Ok."
Bai Shuangxing lowered his voice: "I was also taken aback. However, these zombies..."
Before he could finish his sentence, he heard a child's voice, high-spirited and cheerful, singing a little tune like a song.
"Clang clang—"
"One, two, three, wooden man!"
The two stopped moving.
Shen Chan even breathed very lightly, slightly slanted her gaze, and peeked at the distant corpse from the corner of her eye.
Fortunately, she was lucky enough to meet a teammate, who was the most familiar and reliable Baishuangxing.
When two people are together, the feeling of fear will be reduced by half, and people will no longer feel isolated and hopeless everywhere.
Shen Chan keenly noticed that this time, the speed of Tong Yin's words was much faster.
From the sound to the end, there is only two or three seconds for them to react.
If the speed is getting faster and faster... Will they need to stop all movements in just one second?How could that be possible?
Ten seconds later, Tong Yin chuckled.
"Okay, I'm turning around."
"Speaking faster, right?"
Shen Chan whispered, "What did you want to say just now?"
"These zombies should not have complete intelligence. Not only are their movements slow, but their behavior patterns are also very rigid."
Bai Shuangxing smiled: "As long as we hold our breath when passing them, we will not be in danger-the meaning of the existence of corpses is largely to put pressure on us and make us lose our feet in fear."
Shen Chan heard that this was comforting her not to be afraid, and made a salute gesture: "Understood!"
Next, you need to continue moving towards the exit of the house.
It's very big here, and the night is dim, but fortunately, the lanterns are on, so it won't be pitch-dark.
For a long time, the child's voice did not sound again.Bai Shuangxing knew in his heart that the purpose of doing this was to make them relax their vigilance.
Absolutely can't be in a trance.
Passing through the lotus garden, you can see a winding path.
There are dense bamboos growing on both sides of the road, and the shadows float under the lights, which makes people inexplicably think of moving ghosts.
Beside the bamboo forest, there seemed to be several familiar figures.
Ji Fenglin, Wen Chuchu and Xue Zizhen walked quickly in the middle of the path, with a shivering child at Ji Fenglin's side.
Seeing Chen Sheng, Bai Shuangxing felt a little sympathy.
From the beginning to the end, the child was tortured, following them all the way in fear, bouncing back and forth on the line of life and death.
Hide-and-seek, one-two-three wooden figures, and bedtime stories are all childhood memories full of innocence, missed and loved by countless children, but they have become an inescapable nightmare for him.
There were five jumping corpses on this road. She and Shen Chan were careful not to make a sound. While paying attention to the movement of the system beside their ears, they quickened their pace and caught up with the people in front.
Wen Chuchu is timid, Bai Shuangxing doesn't want to appear suddenly and scare her in this situation;
Xue Zizhen has received professional training, and I am afraid that he has developed a conditioned reflex. Once he notices movement behind him, he may catch him on the spot.
Bai Shuangxing thought for less than a second, then stretched out his right hand and poked Ji Fenglin's shoulder.
He seemed to guess that it was her, and when he turned his head, there was a smile in his eyes.
As soon as Ji Fenglin stopped, Xue Zizhen and Wen Chuchu also realized that it was tricky, and turned around following his movements.
"Finally reunited!"
Seeing the two teammates, Wen Chuchu was relieved: "We were discussing just now, where will you appear?"
Ji Fenglin lowered his head and glanced at the umbrella in Bai Shuangxing's hand.
Because her identity is a vampire who can't see the sun, she has been holding an umbrella since she left the hotel. Now that she is pulled into the game, she can only close it and hold it in her hand.
"Is there no danger?"
He said, "Umbrella, do you need me to help you?"
Bai Shuangxing was taken aback, then shook his head: "No, thank you."
"It's not far from the exit."
Xue Zizhen lowered his voice: "Let's make a quick decision—"
She spoke very fast, before she finished speaking, she stopped suddenly.
In the direction of the exit, from the end of the path... suddenly there was a jingle bell.
The ringtones were crisp and continuous, and in the overwhelming silence, every sound clearly hit the eardrums, spreading a palpitating itchiness and numbness.
In this game, how can there be the sound of bells?
Bai Shuangxing was puzzled, and looked at the other side from a distance.
Under the cover of green bamboo, she saw a beating figure.
Like the other zombies, the body was stiff and upright, and under the light of the lantern, its skin appeared strange red, white and black.
The chest of the corpse was wounded, soaked with dried blood, and two golden bells were tied on the ankles.
The clothes on it are obviously expensive, and they don't match the coarse clothes of the servants. Judging by its identity, it is likely to be the owner of the house.
Although the temperature around him didn't change, there was a chill rushing towards his face, which brought a palpitating sense of oppression.
Suddenly, Bai Shuangxing met its eyes.
Those were a pair of scarlet eyes full of madness and hatred, and tears of unwilling blood were oozing out like complaints.
Her intuition told her that this zombie... was dangerous.
"Ding dong!"
"Congratulations to the challengers who have encountered the corpse king!"
The system's voice was smiling, making no effort to conceal the joy of watching a good show.
"In a place where yin qi gathers, once there is an unrepentant corpse, the resentment will condense and form a zombie."
"People who are bitten by zombies will die quickly and be assimilated, becoming dead, living corpses."
[The first zombie was invulnerable and poisonous, and was called the "King of Corpse" because of his strongest strength.】
"what."
The corner of Wen Chuchu's mouth twitched: "We met this thing, what is there to congratulate?!"
Xue Zizhen: "For the system, it may indeed be a good thing."
As we all know, the Baiye system has a strong killing intent towards human beings.
Monitoring System No. 520, of course, is no exception.
In the void in the dark, the little man in the gown silently watched what was happening, with unpredictable expressions in his eyes.
coming.
After being found by this group of people time and time again for finding bugs, picking wool, and robbing points, in this game called "One Two Three Wooden Men", it was finally able to regain its home court advantage and save what little dignity it had left.
If the problem could be solved by simply moving, the game would be too boring.
In a good mood, the little man in the long gown took a good rest and squinted his eyes.
Here is the most dangerous part of the journey.
"Compared to ordinary zombies, the corpse king has a stronger perception of humans."
"After being approached by it, remember not to move, not to make a sound, and not to breathe."
"Otherwise... your flesh and blood will be its dinner tonight."
The master-like corpse came slowly, and everyone stood there without moving.
Jingle bell, jingle bell.
With the sound of the golden bell, accompanied by the approaching footsteps, Bai Shuangxing held his breath, with an ominous premonition in his heart.
——In the face of this zombie, they probably won't be able to get away with it.
Compared with ordinary corpses, the "corpse king" must be more sensitive.
Sure enough, when passing by them, the corpse paused.
It seemed a little confused, lowered its head slightly, and looked at Wen Chuchu who was closest to him.
It's not exactly a pleasant experience to be stared at by a half-decomposed, mangled corpse.
Wen Chuchu cursed 10,000 obscenities in her heart, she remained motionless on the surface, but her palms and back were covered in cold sweat.
It shouldn't be able to hear her heartbeat, right?
Staring for a while, the zombie straightened up in silence.
Wen Chuchu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the crisis was resolved, but never expected that it would do the same, and looked at Chen Sheng and Xue Zizhen beside her.
Xue Zizhen didn't change his face, his expression was calm as if he was on vacation; on the other hand, Chen Sheng's eyes were faintly red, and his body was so tense that it was almost awkward.
The average adult can hold their breath for about 40 seconds.
For kids, there is only less time.
And half a minute has passed since the corpse approached, they held their breath one by one, and they stared at each other in silence.
Chen Sheng's face turned red, and his body trembled slightly.
And this kind of trembling just happened to make the other party stare at him more closely.
...it doesn't work.
The breath in his body had reached its limit, the boy clenched his fists——
The moment he breathed hard, Chen Sheng ran away!
After he breathed, the corpse king would definitely start killing. In order not to harm other people around him, Chen Sheng thought, the farther he ran, the better.
He was destined to not be able to hold his breath for so long, and sooner or later he would be discovered by zombies, and he would be dead anyway, so he couldn't involve others.
Bai Shuangxing guessed his thoughts, and when Chen Sheng made a move, he quickly opened the skill panel.
Her eyes fell on "Burning Heart", she was just about to click to use it, but suddenly, she froze.
Attracted by the boy's breathing, the corpse king let out a hoarse howl from his throat, and stretched out his right hand without hesitation, his movements full of murderous intent.
The howl fell, and the other zombies on the path responded at the same time, frantically flocking towards the boy.
The master-like corpse moved violently like the wind, and it was about to touch Chen Sheng, but for some reason, it stopped suddenly.
On its right hand, Baishuang could vaguely see a translucent silk thread connecting the air.
this is
She felt something in her heart, and looked back at Xue Zizhen.
Xue Zizhen's face was cold, and his right hand was slightly raised. On the slender index finger, there was also an imperceptible thin line.
This is her ability in the game, "Puppet Art".
Using the thread as a medium, it can control a certain monster in a short period of time, and it can only be used once in the white night.
It worked.
Xue Zizhen's eyes sank slightly, and his fingertips moved again.
As a low-level puppeteer, to be honest, her "puppet art" is very limited.
First, puppetry can only be used on real objects. Once you encounter an illusory ghost, it will be reduced to worthless waste.
Second, puppetry is very much influenced by the "puppet" itself.
If the selected puppet is active in thinking and has a strong sense of resistance, then the silk thread will soon be broken away by it and lose its effect.
And the zombies in front of me...
Xue Zizhen blinked.
Zombies certainly have entities, and judging by their sluggish jumping and jumping, they must have low IQs.
Everything is just right, matched like a match made in heaven.
——Professional, right.
The translucent silk thread shuttled through the forest, and in the void, 520's smile froze at the corner of his mouth.
The corpse king moved fiercely and swiftly. Behind it, several zombies stepped forward, scrambling to reach out their right hands to Chen Sheng.
The pale faces of the dead were expressionless, and their mouths were half-opened, like distorted black holes one by one, trying to swallow the boy into their stomachs.
It is a chilling image of a boy surrounded by doomed life and bones.
But who can tell it why the corpse king suddenly stopped and stretched out his right hand amidst the crowd of corpses...
Kicked the nearest zombie away with one punch?!
520:?
The dead king himself:???
The accident happened suddenly, the most powerful corpse king defected, and the rest of the corpses were all stunned.
—— Immediately afterwards, the corpse king let out a long howl, as if Mount Tai was overwhelming, protecting the human child!
Relying on instinct, although the zombies didn't understand what was going on, they still grinned and attacked together.
And the master-like corpse was surrounded by them, and the power exploded instantly, unstoppable.
……wait.
What happened?!
The body was suddenly out of control, and the corpse king was horrified, trying to stop his movements.
It is a zombie that feeds on the flesh and blood of living people. It is cruel and vicious by nature. How can it disregard its own life and death to protect a human child under heavy siege?
It had a strong will, and just as it was about to leave sideways, out of the corner of its eye, it caught a glimpse of a zombie's bony hand.
That hand was only a few centimeters away from Chen Sheng.
Flickering, narrowly escaped death.
Following Xue Zizhen's manipulation of the silk thread, the corpse king roared with a ferocious face, and resolutely stepped forward, blocking between Chen Sheng and the corpse!
At this moment, it was both dazed and shocked.
How could this be?
It has always regarded human beings as worthless, why did it see this child, and the body would rush forward involuntarily, guarding in front of him regardless of life and death?
After being a zombie in the house for so many years, it thought that its heart was already as cold as the bell on its feet.
Could it be...
In its rotten and dirty heart, how much of the goodness of human beings still remains?Or, the child in front of him reminded him of the joy of being a father at the beginning, and gave birth to a heart of compassion?
At this moment, it thought of running under the sunset many years ago, that was its lost youth.
At the same time, the other corpses also fell into a daze.
They are thinking hard with what little IQ they have left.
How could this be?They were strangers to this group of strangers. Why did the master take the risk of being besieged and died, desperately protecting the human beings not far away?
Could it be...
The master wants to tell them with his life that in this extremely dark world, no matter what, they must not forget their original intentions?Even if they become monsters to be punished by everyone, they still have to guard the last piece of pure land in their hearts?
Is this the brilliance of human nature, or the Nirvana of morality?!
Coincidentally, they convinced themselves.
For a moment, the corpse king resisted even more vigorously, and no one could stand alone; the corpses were ashamed of themselves, and stopped their movements one after another, silently meditating——
Dead for half his life, he is still a teenager when he returns.
520: ...
520: ...
A bunch of zombies, please don't add so much drama to yourself!