"Your future life is already loaded with success!"
The simulator's beep suddenly disappeared.
The darkness that shrouded his vision was slightly illuminated by the bonfire.
One by one, the clay statues appeared from the front. Each statue had a naive smile on its face, and its mottled face looked towards Su Wu with a smile.
Behind Su Wu, the villagers' frightened whispers could be heard from time to time.
"There's no point in retreating..."
"It's still in my sight, it seems closer than before!"
"I couldn't help but blink. Even if I closed my eyes, I could still see it standing not far away and would come over at any time!"
Some people couldn't withstand the huge pressure of the strange and approaching people and wanted to turn around and run away.
But those mud statues crawled into their vision. Even if they turned their heads, the mud statues were still there, even a little closer.
In this way, those who wanted to escape gave up their thoughts.
Leaving here will not make the situation they face any better.
On the contrary, it may be worse.
Su Wu listened to the discussion behind him, but he did not turn around to look back. He also knew that these villagers would focus on him from time to time, hoping that he could provide a solution to the problem.
He turned to look at Taoist Huang next to him with a meticulous look on his face: "Taoist Priest, next I'm going to take a look in the depths of darkness.
If we keep waiting like this, we will die here sooner or later.
If you just try to break through, you might be able to find a way out."
The mud tire also crawled into Taoist Huang's sight. When he heard Su Wu's words, he was slightly startled, and then asked Su Wu: "Do you need us to prepare anything for you?"
Standing in the square now, although sooner or later you will face the fate of death, at least you are safe at this moment.
But if you leave the square, death may come instantly.
Taoist Huang understood that if Su Wu left, he would inevitably face a near-death situation, so his expression became solemn.
"Nothing is needed."
Su Wu shook his head and said to the people behind him: "You can take turns looking at the clay statues, you don't have to all stare at them.
As long as at least one person keeps watching them, these mud tires cannot take people away and disappear."
After saying this, he glanced at Taoist Huang: "Taoist Priest, I'm leaving."
Taoist Huang opened his mouth.
I want to say something, but I don't know what to say.
In the end, he just nodded and waved goodbye.
Seeing Su Wu leave this place and walk calmly into the darkness, even his back was swallowed up by the darkness.
"Everyone, let's take a step at a time.
Cherish the present,
Don't think too much about other things." Taoist Huang sighed and said a few words to the villagers behind him.
Low sobs sounded from the crowd.
In the darkness, more and more mud tires popped up.
…
Step, step, step...
Su Wu's footsteps echoed in the thick darkness.
There was a shimmer in his eyes, and even though he was walking in an environment where he couldn't see his fingers, he still felt like he was walking in the daytime.
In the depths of this darkness, one can still see clay statues.
They were scattered in various directions, and most of them turned their faces towards the square where the villagers were.
Su Wu only saw three mud-tired faces, facing in a different direction.
The body of a mud tire was slowly rotating on the spot, as if it was continuously tracking something. It rotated for about half a minute, and then suddenly disappeared without a trace;
A mud tire suddenly faced southwest and then turned due west.
After rotating like this for about half a minute, it also disappeared;
The face of the last mud tire is facing in the opposite direction to most of the mud tires - it stands among the mud tires, its eyes outlined in oil are smiling, and it is staring at Su Wu steadily!
Just because the mud tire turned around and continued to look at Su Wu, he also understood: the two mud tires that disappeared just now corresponded to the two disappeared villagers!
There must be two villagers who couldn't bear the pressure and didn't dare to look at the mud tire anymore, so they turned around and ran away - after they escaped a certain distance, they couldn't share the effect of others looking at the mud tire to protect themselves from disappearing.
As a result, the mud tires in the darkness began to rotate continuously, and their faces always corresponded to the direction in which the two villagers fled.
When the two of them did not look at each other for more than half a minute,
Mud Tire disappeared directly with them!
Now, the mud tire turned towards Su Wu also corresponds to Su Wu itself.
If he doesn't keep an eye on this mud tire, he will disappear without a trace in half a minute!
Watched by the clay tire with a smile,
Even though he was in the simulation, Su Wu couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.
If you continue to walk outward like this, you will eventually go farther and farther, and eventually the mud tire will be out of your sight, and you will no longer be able to look at it.
However, the rule of "if the gaze is interrupted for more than 30 seconds, it will disappear" will not change!
At that time, I will still suddenly disappear without a trace!
In that case——
Su Wu suddenly strode towards the mud tire that was 'looking' at him, held it in his arms, and whispered: "In that case, I will take you with me, we are face to face, eye to eye.
It’s good enough to see the ground!”
He put the mud tire under his arm, with his face facing him.
Every ten seconds, he lowered his head and looked at her.
Avoid expiration of time and your sudden disappearance.
Entering the simulation this time, Su Wu's first goal was to find a way to stop the mud tires from tracking the villagers.
In this regard, he had a general idea in his heart - since he entered the village, he needed to pay the fare to Weiyi.
So can I pay the ‘protection fee’ to Weiyi now?
In this way, to avoid the result of mud tires causing villagers to disappear?
If the weirdness that exists here is willing to open this hole, then it will definitely set up a 'merit box' around the many mud tires.
Then put some money in it and you will see if it works.
Su Wu patrolled back and forth in the darkness around the square, gradually expanding the search area.
Along the way,
He has seen more than ten mud tires disappear suddenly.
In the end, more than ten villagers could not hold back the fear in their hearts, turned around and ran away, and were then 'taken away' by the mud tire.
Where did these villagers go?
Is it life or death?
Can't be sure at the moment.
They have not been able to find a way out for the survivors, and Su Wu has no time to care about those who have disappeared.
There is a rich charm intertwined in the darkness.
In this environment, Su Wu was also deeply afraid and did not dare to easily use the power of the corpse ghost's hand to travel through the shadows.
He could only explore outward layer by layer on foot.
We walked around the square again and again.
Gradually approach the edge of the square.
Every ten seconds, Su Wu would lower his head and look at the mud tire in his arms for a moment - and in his sight, the reflection of the mud tire inevitably appeared.
The mud tires mottled with oil fields kept approaching in his sight.
From the first ten steps away, we are already close to the current five steps away.
As the mud tire continued to approach him visually, Su Wu also felt that as long as he stopped looking at the mud tire for more than fifteen seconds, he would be taken away by it!
'The shortening of the visual distance will lead to a reduction in the time to interrupt the gaze.'
'Once the mud tire in your vision comes face to face with you and the visual distance is reduced to zero, I'm afraid that if you continue to look at it without blinking, you will be taken away by it!'
Su Wu's steps were very fast,
I even heard the sound of wind.
He kept increasing his speed, trying to find a way out before the mud tire in his vision came face to face with him.
He ran so fast that he even gained a temporary talent: Cyclonus.
Cyclonus (white): When you run at full speed, your speed will be increased by 20%.
Su Wu's physical fitness has surpassed that of normal humans.
Running with all his strength, coupled with the bonus brought by his hurricane talent, he circled the square four times in three minutes, and the distance of each circle was longer than the previous circle!
In three minutes, the mud tire in his vision was only three steps away from him!
But in the darkness, the ‘merit box’ was still missing!
Did you make a mistake in your judgment?
There is no merit box in this place?!
The method of paying "protection money" to the scheming won't work?!
Thoughts popped into his mind one after another, and Su Wu gradually slowed down.
At this moment,
In the darkness all around, the panicked voices of the villagers suddenly sounded.
"It's less than twenty meters away from me!"
"A villager ran away just now. I saw that he disappeared within thirty steps from this end..."
"Mr. Su, you can't run away. If you stay here, you will die sooner or later. What should we do now?"
"You all should be quiet and let Su Xiaoyou be quiet.
He should be thinking of a solution!" Huang Taoist's voice was mixed with the voices of the villagers, floating in the darkness all around.
Those frightening voices continued to sound behind Su Wu and around him.
Someone even asked him.
However, Su Wu could only hear their voices, but could not see their figures!
what happened?
"Please note that there are other people outside the simulation world who are trying to communicate and interact with you. You can respond after exiting the simulation."
"Do you want to exit?"
The simulator beeps.
Su Wu felt awe-struck.
In the real world outside, some villagers could no longer hold themselves back. At the same time, they noticed that he had not moved for a long time, so they asked him questions!
I hope Taoist Huang can stand in his way!
He gritted his teeth and stopped.
When I was hesitating whether to exit the simulation, I suddenly saw several trash cans in the corner of the square not far away.
Next to the trash cans, there stood a box half as tall as a man.
Su Wu's heart moved and she walked over quickly.
See the whole box.
An old wooden box with most of its red paint peeled off, with only a narrow entrance through which money could be stuffed.
On the box, there are three pale gold words written - 'merit box'.
It turns out to be here!
Su Wu felt a little happy,
But at this moment, a creepy feeling enveloped him!
In his field of vision, the mud tire that was originally standing three steps away from him suddenly moved forward at this moment, and was only one step away from him the next moment!
The mud tire in the field of vision was constantly shaking, and a rich and mysterious charm emanated from it.
Even if Su Wu continued to stare at the mud tire in his arms, the distance between him and himself in his field of vision was still getting closer!
One step away,
step,
Half a step!
Whoosh!
Su Wu took out his wallet, took out a coin, and threw it into the merit box!
As the mud tires in his vision approached, his speed suddenly stopped.
Then it continued to tremble and kept approaching him!
One dollar is not enough!
Ten bucks!
not enough!
One hundred yuan - that's enough!
In the field of vision, the mud tire that was about to face Su Wu suddenly stopped motionless. Su Wu stared at it. For at least ten minutes, it did not move!
Subsequently,
He pondered for a moment,
Then he threw the clay tire in his arms to the ground.
No more looking at mud tires.
More than ten minutes passed in this way, and the mud tire in vision still stopped half a step away without any movement.
It's safe for now...
It seems that putting money into the merit box can indeed stop the mud tires from approaching me visually.
The amount of money invested may depend on the position of the mud tire in vision - the farther away the mud tire is from itself in vision, the less money may need to be invested.
This still needs to be further verified.
He thought for a moment, then put the mud tire and merit box on the ground under his left and right armpits, turned around and walked through the dark area back to the villagers.
At this time, most of the villagers in the simulation have disappeared without a trace.
——After all, he spent too much time in the simulation. During this time, the villagers were completely approached by the mud tire in their vision and took themselves away.
Place the merit box in front of the remaining villagers,
Su Wu appeased everyone and asked them to put money into the merit box one by one, and then got everyone's feedback.
In the visual field of mud tires, villagers who are ten steps away from themselves only need to invest one to five yuan to freeze the mud tires and prevent them from moving forward;
Villagers who are five steps away can immobilize the mud tire for ten to fifty yuan.
There is no villager within one step or so to invest money.
At this distance, the villagers could no longer bear it and ran away in panic. They would not stay where they were and wait obediently for Su Wu.
"Exit simulation."
Su Wu looked at the villagers gathered around him, the panic on their faces still not fading, and said something silently in his mind.
The scene in front of me was quickly shrouded in darkness.
The figures of the villagers suddenly faded away.
"You have successfully exited this simulation!"
"Rating: C-medium.
Comment: Although you have worked very hard, the result is still unsatisfactory - more than 80% of the villagers in Longshan Village still died.
Reward: The basic reward for a C grade is 30 yuan jade;
It costs 100 yuan jade to resist the invasion of the unawakened ‘Sanqing Zhigu’;
Rescued 350 villagers and paid 700 yuan in jade.”
In the simulation in Longshan, the score was mainly based on how many villagers were rescued?
The more villagers you rescue, the higher your score will be?
If more than 80% of the villagers are rescued, can it get a Grade A rating?
And——the strange thing hidden in Longshanji is called the ‘Intestine of Sanqing’?!
Is Sanqing what I thought it was?
Thoughts raced in Su Wu's mind.
later,
He suppressed the thoughts swirling in his mind and returned to reality.
The moment he returned to reality, Su Wu saw the clay statue standing quietly fifteen steps away.
The villagers gathered around him and looked at him worriedly.
Taoist Huang comforted the villagers: "Don't worry, Su Xiaoyou is considering countermeasures, everyone still needs to stabilize their emotions.
Never leave the team without permission.
Someone escaped just now, and you saw his ending, and he disappeared on the spot!"
In the simulation, it was precisely because of Taoist Huang's advice and comfort that the villagers did not continue to disturb Su Wu.
From that time until the end of the simulation, Su Wu spent about two to three hours in the simulation.
In reality, only about a minute has passed.
Taoist Huang continued to comfort everyone with words.
"Taoist Master, could you please call Xie Yunqing and ask him to bring all the villagers over there."
In the eyes of everyone, Su Wu, who had remained silent and stared blankly at the mud tire, suddenly spoke to Taoist Huang.
Hearing him speak, people's expressions changed one after another.
Someone cautiously asked him: "Mr. Su, have you thought of any solution?"
"Mr. Su, the distance between the mud tire in my vision and me is only seventeen or eight steps."
One person asked a question,
Everyone started asking questions in a hurry.
"I found a way to stop everyone's visual mud tires.
Please be patient, everyone.
When everyone gathers here, we will go to a place to temporarily freeze the mud tire in your vision.
There’s enough time.”
Every villager here is related to Su Wu's score in the simulation. When he faced these people, his expression became a little more friendly.
But when the villagers saw his gentle expression, they became even more noisy and rushed to ask various questions.
"Mr. Su, I..."
"you……"
…
When Su Wu saw this, his face suddenly turned cold: "Shut up, everyone!"
"If you keep yelling, I won't take you to that place!"
As soon as this statement was made, the effect was immediate.
The villagers fell silent one after another, and no one ignored his words anymore.
He ignored these people, took out his cell phone, dialed Yun Nishang, and asked her to bring her people here as well.
The crowd of people in the square began to gather in the direction of Su Wu.
Following Su Wu's instructions, they took away some clay tires so that everyone could keep an eye on them and ensure that nothing went wrong before getting the merit box.
This is a moment where everyone's lives matter,
No one is dawdling at this time.
They all followed the leader consciously and gathered around Su Wu in a few minutes.
"I'm going to get something.
That thing can temporarily stabilize the mud tire in everyone's sight, so that it will no longer continue to approach people.
You ask everyone to prepare about 100 yuan in cash.
It will be used when the time comes.
Remember, ask them to prepare more change and try not to use whole money."
Su Wu gave some instructions to Yun Nishang and Xie Yunqing.
When the two of them heard that he asked everyone to prepare cash, their expressions were a little complicated, but when they heard that he wanted to prepare some loose change, their expressions became strange.
Even if this person wanted to take the opportunity to ask for money, he wouldn't just ask for a hundred yuan from each person, right?
And also try to prepare as many people as possible with loose change?
Money makes the world go round - could this proverb really come true in this strange shrouded area?
Yun Nishang, Xie Yunqing responded to Su Wu's request.
Su Wu turned around and ran into the darkness.
The crowd in the square began to form a long queue in accordance with the request of Yun Nishang and others.
People looked eagerly at the darkness where Su Wu stepped.
Within a few minutes, I saw him running out of the darkness with a mud tire under one arm and a red lacquered wooden box under the other!