Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 7
Option 20 30%, Option 20 30%, Option [-] [-]%, Option [-] [-]%.

Zheng Zhuo was stunned.It was the first time he saw such a neat numerical arrangement.

Moreover, there are two top items.

This is how to do?
Just when he was in a daze, the value trembled.

Option three went up a little bit.

……

【Option [-]】

[Enter the fork road on the left.The map shows that the road ahead is narrow and the distance is medium. The first entrants can block the passage to prevent the later entrants from entering.There is an air chamber at the end, which can stay for a certain period of time.The follow-up is not finished, I don't know if it can lead to the exit. 】

……

"(This means, option three is the same as option five? No, three and five are the same to begin with...)"

The situation he encountered for the first time made Zheng Zhuo hesitate for a while.

However, at this time, the explorer behind him had already caught up.

It's too late!

Zheng Zhuo gritted his teeth and ran to the fork in the road on the left.

Footsteps came from behind.It sounds like Explorer has landed where he left off.

At this critical juncture, Zheng Zhuo's brain was running at an unprecedented high speed.He ran to the depths of the passage on the left and climbed all the way up. The sound of large pieces of rubble being pushed aside echoed in the cave.

Just as the rocks rolled down, there was the sound of boots trampling on the ground.

After all, the performance of the explorer's hiking boots is better than that of Zheng Zhuo's poor sneakers.

It didn't take long for the mountaineering man to enter the corridor.

……

then.

The mountaineer raised his head in surprise because of the black shadow at a very close distance——

"Hey!"

Zheng Zhuo forcefully kicked him in the face.

……

【Option [-]】

[Preemptive strike.While the opponent has not climbed up, take the initiative to attack and try to subdue the opponent. 】

……

Zheng Zhuo pushed aside the gravel.However, he didn't climb up!
He still remembered the vote just now.The preemptive score is also high.

"(The two options are the same, which means that both methods are chosen by the most people...)"

So, is it the best answer to implement the two methods together?
"it is good!"

Taking advantage of the time when the explorer man fell backwards, Zheng Zhuo tried his best to climb up, and kicked down the gravel that had just been pushed aside.

He wasn't sure if he was right, but...

"(Right now... I can only do it according to my own explanation...!)"

The rubble fell down with a clatter, blocking the entrance of the cave.

However, at the same time, with the help of the faint light, he could clearly see that the other party supported the ground and stood up.

Moreover, he held the silver knife in one hand.

"Oops……!"

In an instant, large beads of sweat appeared on Zheng Zhuo's forehead.

He still didn't understand why the knife in the explorer's hand would attack.In case, at this moment, he uses it again...

however.

The Explorer backed away, neither looking up nor attempting to attack.

As if he was afraid of something.

"What's going on? Don't care—!"

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zheng Zhuo pushed the biggest rock around him.

The rocks rustled and fell downwards.

Accompanied by the splashing sand and dust, it firmly blocked the passage, leaving only a gap that couldn't be stretched by the palm of your hand.

"(--it is good!)"

Zheng Zhuo turned his body sideways to prevent the weird attack from entering through the gap.He breathed hard, trying his best to recover his strength.

After a few seconds, he slowly calmed down.

That's why I noticed the weirdness.

There was no movement outside.

Explorer didn't attack, didn't leave, and didn't try to clear the rock.

He seemed to... stand still in place.

what happened?

Zheng Zhuo was surprised, but he didn't dare to speak out.

After a while.

He heard the explorer whispering to himself.

"...Just kicked me? It shouldn't be. Is it a non-combat type? No, his reaction when he saw me..."

"……I see."

"Ha ha ha ha……"

Eerie laughter echoed through the passage.

"I know, I know. You don't, you don't have [ability]! Because it's your first time to participate—because your predecessor was eliminated in the last game!"

"I know, I know who you are. Haha, haha...!! You are...you are..."

"You are—[Explorer]——!"

Zheng Zhuo was shocked.

He didn't dare to stay here any longer, and randomly pushed all the stones within his reach towards the entrance of the cave.

With the rustling sound, even the narrow gap was completely sealed.

……

…………

………………

Zheng Zhuo moved forward all the way.In subsequent caves, groundwater flooded part of the corridor.He had to wade through the water and move forward.

His sneakers were filled with water, his jeans were already soaked, and his sweater was sticky to him.

Pain, blood loss, cold, wet.Zheng Zhuo's physical strength is constantly losing.He only felt that the golden stars were popping up in front of his eyes, but he didn't dare to stop and rest for a moment.

Finally, before completely losing consciousness, Zheng Zhuo reached a slightly higher position.

It has dry land and high domes.Presumably, it is the air chamber drawn on the map.

"It's... It's here..."

Zheng Zhuo fell to the ground on his back.

There is no dressing material on the body.Even if there was, he wouldn't.

"... a little... rest... for a while..."

His eyelids slowly became heavy.

"……no!"

Zheng Zhuo was startled and woke up.

Body temperature keeps dropping.The shoulder has lost blood to the point of being unconscious.

Must move forward.Otherwise, you will really die here.

He propped up his heavy body with all his might.

……

Zheng Zhuo kept going, kept going.He went all the way to a place where the map didn't even draw it.

The terrain fluctuates.The water soaked his whole body, and his strength was lost bit by bit.

His feet kept tripping.There are facilities similar to simple rails underwater.It seems that this place was originally mined as a mine, but judging from the water inflow, it has been abandoned for many years.

Worse……

There are many forks in the road, but the passages that Zheng Zhuo entered were all blocked by gravel.

From this point of view, after the mine was abandoned, it was blasted and closed.

And the original mine exit...

He looked towards the slightly higher ground.

There, there are more, thicker, and larger pieces of gravel.Not even a breath of wind could blow in.

No Exit.

He finally chose to return.Because only the air chamber has completely dry land.

When he finally returned to the air chamber again, Zheng Zhuo exhausted all his energy.

He fell on the high ground and passed out.

……

…………

………………

"..."

I don't know how long it took.

Zheng Zhuo felt the light and heat, and at the same time, heard the sound of Xixisuo.

"...This guy didn't bring anything? No way, what's going on? He lost something? Could it be that it wasn't a [props] type? No way——I thought the sword aura must be coming from him That’s right! Isn’t this a waste of my [ability]?——What kind of thing is this, whoops, whoops! If I had known, I might as well just squat outside! At least, I can still sleep in a squat Good night's sleep-"

He felt that someone turned him over and over, and the person was cursing and searching his pockets roughly.

Zheng Zhuo wanted to struggle, but he couldn't move.He was so unconscious that he almost passed out again.

But right now.

There was a gunshot from the direction of the passage.

"—!"

"Alas!"

The gunshot woke Zheng Zhuo up instantly.He opened his eyes subconsciously.

In front of him is the person who flipped him just now.This person just screamed, turned his head, his eyes were fixed on the direction of the passage, completely oblivious to the fact that Zheng Zhuo had woken up.

The person who flipped it was on fire.The firelight helped Zheng Zhuo see the thief's face clearly - it was a thin and short man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks.

at the same time.

He also saw a familiar interface.

……

【problem】

【You wake up from a coma and find yourself encountering a thief!Meanwhile, gunshots are heard in the distance, distracting the thief.Next, how do you act to get out of the predicament? 】

【Option [-]】

[Pounces on the thief hard, pressing him into the water on the ground, trying to make him unconscious and lie here instead of himself.Bet on your remaining physical strength. 】

【Option [-]】

【shout loudly.Get the shooter's attention.Bet on the attitude of the shooter. 】

【Option [-]】

[Knock out the thief's fire, and plunge the surroundings into darkness.Bet on the thief's attitude. 】

【Option [-]】

[Close your eyes.Continue to pretend to be unconscious.Resign yourself to fate. 】

……

Before Zheng Zhuo realized what happened, the histogram fluctuated.

Statistics have already begun.

　After [Option 1], [Option 1], [Option [-]] and [Option [-]], you can leave a message in the form of [this chapter says]. A message under [-] id counts as [-] vote.

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