In the unobstructed wilderness, the night wind seems to be more fierce than during the day. A bonfire made of some broken branches and dead leaves flickers and dances in the wind, and the smoke column is sparse before it rises into the sky.
The earth disappeared in the sky.
Apart from this small fire, there is no other source of light in the world - even the stars, which were dim in the past, were completely obscured by thick clouds tonight.
In the darkness, six people and one rabbit sat around the fire. The flickering light of the fire lit up the heavy expressions on everyone's faces. For a long time, no one spoke.
Six hours have passed since Bai Xiaoke and the other three disappeared.
Although no one said it explicitly, everyone knew in their hearts that there was probably little hope of saving the person alive——
Finally, the rabbit looked around and broke the silence. It asked a question that it had actually confirmed several times: "... Green Meat, you were in the sky at that time, did you really not see anything strange?"
"
"Really, boss," Lu Rougua said with a mournful face, and his tone was depressed and numb: "I don't dare to let go of any trouble! But except for those seemingly endless mountains, it's really
There is nothing...not to mention traces of human activity, not even a bug."
——This afternoon, when the [Dog Frisbee] light came on and they stopped after seeing that they had left the dangerous area, Lin Sanjiu suddenly remembered that they could let Green Rougua put on his [Cloud Mimicry Raincoat] and rise to the level of
Go to the sky to check the situation.
Although the [Cloud Mimicry Raincoat] can only make people rise straight from where they are standing, and cannot move in the air. But if you can climb high and look far, you may be able to discover something... It's just this idea that will soon change.
became a disappointment.
Although they did not dare to step into that area rashly, everyone also tried their best: special items that could be released to detect the situation were released; after they all came back with nothing, they spent a lot of money
Kung Fu caught two bugs, tied them on a line, and threw them into the area.
In order to find out what was going on, in addition to the green meat melon that was monitoring the sky, Lin Sanjiu also called out the diary card. Regardless of the complaints it kept showing, such as "Oh, it's so disgusting", he put the card together with the bugs.
Tie it up and put it out together.
When the rope was pulled back, the other end was indeed empty without insects, leaving only a diary card shaking back and forth. Lin Sanjiu suppressed the excitement in her heart, took it out and took a look. She found that the diary card only recorded
One sentence: "5:04pm. The disgusting bugs suddenly disappeared."
I called Lu Rougua down again and asked. His answer was not much better - "I only saw two small black figures rolling around and then disappeared... I couldn't see clearly how they disappeared. It seemed like they were
In the blink of an eye."
At this time, everyone was really in a helpless situation.
After a while, someone suddenly let out a long sigh.
"This matter is all my fault." The person who spoke was Lin Sanjiu. She lowered her head and stared at the small patch of ground in front of her: "...if I hadn't brought you here recklessly, they wouldn't have all
……Lost."
I don't know which of the twins it was, but suddenly sniffed loudly.
"I can't blame you for this, Sister Lin!" Hui Chuyan immediately became a little anxious: "We all agreed to come here together. Before approaching this area, you told us to be on guard... It's just this
The fact is so unreasonable that no one could have predicted it!"
Lin Sanjiu patted her hand gently, as a sign of gratitude for her willingness to defend herself, but he didn't say anything, seemingly not agreeing with her statement.
There is another thing that has been buried in her heart and has not been spoken out.
...The place where the light turned on was no longer where they originally stopped. It was at least two to three hundred meters away. Lin Sanjiu thought for a while, but couldn't figure out the reason for this situation - and what's more.
What was confusing was that the more she thought about it, the more uncertain she became about whether she had remembered it wrong.
After all, this area has been deserted for a long time. There are weeds and ruins everywhere, all looking the same. There is nothing conspicuous that can be used as a mark. I was in a hurry at the time, so it is very possible that I remembered the wrong place.
Others don't seem to notice this yet, which may be a proof.
"...Let's analyze it." Lin Sanjiu rubbed her face and said as if sighing. - No matter how much I regret now, I can't bring the person back, so why not try harder.
"The bugs were released together with the diary card. The bugs disappeared, but the card is still there... This probably means that only living things will disappear?" Her eyes scanned everyone, with a faint expectation.
"That should be true." Rabbit responded immediately, "And only things on the ground will disappear..."
"But the strange thing is that the missing people and the insects are not in the same place, they are quite far away from each other..." Xue Gu hesitated and spoke: "If something attacked them, then
Is there more than one of these things?”
Lu Rougua immediately denied her guess: "Impossible, let alone several. Even if there is only one, I should have discovered it long ago."
The discussion reached this point and soon reached a dead end - Lin Sanjiu scratched his hair anxiously, and many thoughts rolled through his mind: Is it a mutated creature? A fallen species? A special item? A copy?
As soon as the word "copy" came into her mind, she immediately raised her head, attracting everyone's attention.
"This...could it be a dungeon?" Lin Sanjiu said slowly, her heart pounding because of this small breakthrough.
"Holy shit, it's possible!" Rabbit suddenly jumped up, "Don't some copies just disappear without a trace, and you don't even know they were introduced to you?"
Except for Xue Jin, who had just evolved and didn't quite understand the meaning of "duplicate", the others also cheered up and swept away their previous dejection. They discussed the possibility of duplicates one by one.
For half a day.
"If this is really the case, then they may not die for the time being -" Probably because everyone's confusion has eased a lot. Rabbit expressed his worries in one breath: "The dungeon cannot be done according to the normal routine! We still have
Have time!"
Lin Sanjiu also felt that the heaviness that had been pressing on her internal organs was relieved a lot. The guilt was relieved, and her thoughts became more active. She immediately answered: "Although I don't know what form this copy is, it must still be there."
There is a next step. We must be prepared... Well, let's do this. I have taken out a lot of things from the Eden Laboratory. I will divide them one by one tonight and try to increase our maximum combat power in a short period of time."
Before escaping from the Garden of Eden, she ordered the girls who were following her each to carry a big bag. If she couldn't find a backpack, she tied it with a bed sheet and made a big cloth bag on her back. After all, she could do it herself.
There were only 8 items that were converted, so I only picked out large items that were difficult to hold. The small items that I carried out were all turned into cards later on along the way.
Lin Sanjiu lined up everything that might come in handy in the form of cards on the ground.
Xue Jin's eyes moved and he was the first to pick up a card. It was the one who caused them so much trouble at that time [the girl who blew bubbles].
"This can be used as a night guard!" she said a little excitedly.
【Girl blowing bubbles】:
Produced by the Machine Technology Department of Eden Laboratory, it looks like a sturdy kindergarten girl with a height of 1.8 meters, holding a bottle of soapy water and blowing bubbles. In the bottle of soapy water, there is an extreme energy compression device, and the bubbles blown out are
All can achieve small explosions. But the most powerful thing is the "enemy tracking ability" of the bubbles - they track all the way, and only after confirming the enemy's figure, the bubbles will explode at the enemy.
Lin Sanjiu nodded and eliminated the robot from being stuck - suddenly a plastic-like doll with a bright color and a stiff smile on its face appeared in the night, and its tall shadow seemed to bring some excitement to everyone.
Feeling a sense of security. While Xue Qui was studying how to operate it, everyone also looked at the remaining cards and divided some as needed.
After having a clue, everyone's mental state was much better. After experimenting with things for a while, the elder sister of the twins spoke metaphysically: "...Boss, it's still early before dawn. Wouldn't it be better to rest for a while?"
Because no one knows what the next step of the dungeon is, waiting in fear is not an option. Rabbit thought for a while, and arranged the people who took turns to watch the night in a very bossy manner: "I think so, everyone should recharge their batteries this morning.
Rui... Lu Rougua, you deserve two hours of sleep, and then, uh, what is your name? Go back to Chu Yan, right..."
Seeing that Rabbit had arranged things in an orderly manner, Lin Sanjiu took out a backpack and used it as a pillow, and lay down next to the fire. Rabbit gave the last instruction: "Please count the number of people every thirty minutes to make sure you don't miss anyone again."
!", then they found a comfortable place to lie down and huddled together.
He really looks like a boss.
Except for Lv Rougua who was on duty at night, everyone else was lying on the ground in twos and threes. Although no one fell asleep for a while, they still quickly became quiet, and soon even each other's breathing could be heard clearly.
Staring at the night sky for an unknown amount of time, Lin Sanjiu fell asleep in a daze even though she was still half-hearted.
Unexpectedly, I slept peacefully - quietly, nothing strange happened.
When she slowly opened her eyes naturally from her dream, it was still dark, the fire had been extinguished, and everything was dark. She could only vaguely see a few shadows not far away, and the tall [blowing bubbles] beside her.
Hot girl].
It seemed like nothing happened... Lin Sanjiu rubbed her eyes, sat up, and asked in a low voice: "...Who is on night watch now?"
The sound of wind passed by in the distance, and all she received in response was silence.
Lin Sanjiu's palms suddenly became sweaty.
If you look closely, those shadows seem to be backpacks that everyone uses to sleep on... However, the backpacks are empty, and there are still traces of being pressed down.
People, where are people?
Somehow, the first thing she did was to call out "Dog Frisbee" - and then she took it into her mouth.
The lights did not turn on as she expected. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
ps: Thank you marciaa for the pink ticket! It’s just this one today, it feels so precious, don’t you~~
Unfortunately, I was on my menstrual period today. I vomited all afternoon, but I was able to write a chapter. I found it incredible...
I feel that the quality of at least 1.5 chapters has not been very satisfactory recently...
Although no one is watching...no one will notice, haha...
