973 Water can carry boats, but water can’t carry many boats
"That is to say, none of us can agree to charter a boat until we have heard all the rules."
The old-school gentleman with silver hair on his head nodded thoughtfully and raised his voice: "This dungeon won't be that simple... There must be more regulations, right? Just say it all at once."
"I am a person who is very afraid of trouble," said the speaker dryly, "the rules I make are not complicated. Listen, it will take you ten minutes to walk through the water from here to the other side; you can get on the boat,
It will take ten minutes to pedal it back again. I am too lazy to maintain the pedal boat. Even if you break your legs, you can't pedal fast. Anyway, it will take ten minutes to go back and forth."
Everyone looked at the pedal boats on the other side of the lake in silence, and paused while listening to the speakers, as if they took a sip of water.
"Oh, by the way, because I really hate trouble, I only accept one person to return the ship and refund the deposit every ten minutes, otherwise I wouldn't be able to withstand such great work pressure."
"Eh?"
The fair-skinned girl who seemed to be from Eastern Europe opened her eyes and just uttered a syllable before being silenced by her teammates. The problem she was aware of also came to everyone's mind at this time; everyone looked slightly solemn.
Get up and continue listening.
"When you arrive at the pedal boat parking spot on the other side of the lake, I can't hear anything you say to me. If you want to talk to me, you have to go back to the rental spot." A smacking sound came from the speaker, "But,
There is only one exception... If you plan to renew the lease, then even if you talk to me on Mars, I can hear you. For money."
"Of course, I want to remind you one thing. After the thirty-minute time limit is up, even if you don't get on the boat, I don't care. If you want to renew your lease, you must speak out before you can board the boat."
When everyone heard this, someone finally couldn't help it.
The squad leader glanced at his companions uneasily and whispered: "I...why don't I understand?"
Lin Sanjiu knew very well what her doubts were, because she herself was in the same confusion.
"It only takes ten minutes for us to walk there. At least there are... there are more than a hundred pedal boats." The squad leader whispered, "Just jump on one and we will return immediately. The round trip only takes a little over 20 minutes."
. Even if he only accepts one person's withdrawal every ten minutes, the worst we can do is wait here from the 21st minute! As long as we renew the deposit, we can all pass the level smoothly. This dungeon... is it just for the sake of letting people return?
Shall we take a boat ride?"
Her team members turned around and glanced at Lin Sanjiu after hearing this, with thorns in their eyes.
"Since she dared to release this copy," the round-faced team leader snorted, "she must have a back-up plan."
"Listen first, maybe there are regulations." The monitor said a little hesitantly.
"There are no rules anymore," the loudspeaker interrupted abruptly, "There is just a warning that you need to know."
Several people immediately shut up.
"...Although there are many pedal boats, I can't guarantee which ones can be used and which ones can't be used, and how long the ones that can be used will last."
As soon as these words came out, even Lin Sanjiu was stunned for a while.
"What do you mean it's not guaranteed to work?" the Eastern European girl asked. Ever since she heard that the water level would rise, her face had been turning green. The reason was simply because she was the smallest among the six, only about 1.6 meters tall.
"That's the literal meaning. There are many people who come to the lake to swim, and many people drown here. But even so, I'm still too lazy to repair those pedal boats... At worst, I'll give you a warning in advance, and it won't be me who drowns again.
It’s about that.”
"Wait a minute," the round-faced team leader reacted immediately, "you mean, if we pick a boat at random, it might sink as we paddle...?"
"That's it. I can't remember how many intact boats there are. Most of them are leaking to some extent, and they sink after every stroke. Every time the water is released, I have to take advantage of the surface of the lake.
When descending, I picked up the sunken ships and put them back to their original places... Although it was very troublesome, I just couldn't be bothered to repair them. Well... there were so many tourists here last time, it seemed like they were all old and young, and finally
How many survived? Oh, yes, four."
At this point, the voice on the loudspeaker chuckled: "Well, there should be four strong and intact ships now."
Six people, four boats?
And he was still submerged in such a dense mass of pedal boats?
Everyone's expressions suddenly turned ugly - only Lin Sanjiu suddenly let out a long breath, feeling that her heart finally fell back into her stomach; her breath was so obvious that they all turned their heads,
His eyes were gnawing at her, as if trying to scrape out an answer from her flesh.
Fortunately, luck among misfortunes.
As long as this dungeon rule does not create a situation where a five-person team joins forces to deal with Lin Sanjiu alone, then it is a good thing for her. No matter what happens in the dungeon, Lin Sanjiu knows that she will definitely be listed as the first one to be flooded.
The person who died; what she was most worried about was that the other party would use the advantage of numbers and the rules to kill her in the dungeon - after all, force could not help her much here.
But once the other party knows that another person needs to be sacrificed in the five-person team, the situation becomes delicate.
Who to sacrifice?
"We don't necessarily have to play this dungeon. Why?"
The man with a suffocating look on his face dropped his face seriously at this time, with a bad look on his face: "She released the copy. If she is gone, the copy might disappear."
"But special items and abilities are different..." the Eastern European girl said.
"Don't be stupid," Droopy Face interrupted her rudely, "As soon as this woman dies, aren't we the ones who have the final say on whether any special items on her body will maintain their effects?"
As soon as he finished speaking, a reply came from the loudspeaker.
"Seeing as you are not tall, you are not short in spirit." The voice of the dungeon host said leisurely, "When you are both submerged in the water, you cannot use force. Only if one party is on the boat can you start attacking each other.
."
The five people fell silent. After two seconds, the man with a drooping face said deeply from his throat: "It's not too late."
In that loudspeaker, there was no mention of which party can launch an attack on the ship... It can only be assumed that any party can launch an attack on the ship. In other words, the earliest attack on her by the five-person team will probably be after the start of the instance.
Ten minutes - that is, it happened when they approached the pile of pedal boats and started looking for the boat.
"It's useless to kill me," Lin Sanjiu almost smiled bitterly, "Are you stupid? I put the copy myself, and I got myself involved in it?"
"That's not necessarily the case. It's not the first day we've entered the dungeon." The round-faced man had a pair of pointed eyes. Whenever he looked at Lin Sanjiu from the corners of his eyes, he looked as if he was about to be raped.
Buns cut with sharp lines. "Perhaps you are pretending to participate in the game. Do you have any hidden advantages or back-ups?"
"You have no doubt at all about the only missing person?"
"That person is a member of our Nocturnal Girls. I have an impression of him." The squad leader immediately added, "He has no reason to harm us. Maybe the scope of the copy did not include him - there may be many reasons."
Lin Sanjiu just wanted to sigh.
All in all, she has not signed in for a whole day and a night; from this point of view, the words "life is in danger" may be on this copy.
"Let me remind you," the middle-aged man with silver hair spoke slowly, speaking very elegantly: "There are still some key questions that we have not asked - how to identify which ship is intact? This is the first time.
For the deposit, should a certain evolutionary ability be randomly drawn, or can you choose it yourself?"
"Huh?" There was a genuine surprise in the speaker, "Didn't I say that?"
Lin Sanjiu had an ominous premonition.
"The deposit is for all evolutionary abilities. Not only advanced abilities, but also basic physical strength enhancement." When everyone turned pale and couldn't say a word, the speaker continued: "As for how to identify... I don't know.
How do I know if I’ve sat there? I heard it’s easy to tell them apart, so do your best.”
The list of thanks is a bit too long... I guess I can't fit in the comments... I have seen everyone's comfort to me, and I am really grateful. I will open a separate chapter to formally thank you!
