Screaming Cycle

February 15th, seven o'clock in the morning.

The artificial intelligence Xiaobai stood by Ji Shu's bed early and provided him with a wake-up service.

Today is the day when all participants in "Peach Blossom Spring" must enter the "world".

Ji Tuan finished his breakfast with a heavy heart, packed up the exchanged props, and came to the hourglass cube according to the time guidance on the watch.

At this time, there were more than ten people lined up in front of the gate of the building.

Ji Lu did not find any familiar faces in the queue, no one spoke, and the expressions on everyone's faces were like prisoners waiting to be pronounced, nervous, uneasy and solemn.

The team moved very fast, and after two minutes, Ji Tuan entered the Hourglass Cube.

Only the hall where he had registered eleven days ago has disappeared. There is only one corridor in front of him, and at the end of the corridor is another door.

Ji Shu walked through the corridor and opened the door.

Then, he felt that his consciousness was forcibly pulled out of his body by an unknown force at the moment he opened the door, and he didn't know anything when his eyes went dark.

"Hey, Ji Xiaoniao!"

In the dimness, Ji Yu felt that someone was slapping him on the cheek, "Wake up, wake up!"

He was so excited that he turned over and jumped up.

While waking up, the clues of this "world" were immediately perfused into his mind.

Ji Lu's current identity is a researcher of a certain research institute, and he is being escorted by a team of special forces to investigate a mysterious incident somewhere.

In the mountains and forests of a certain place, there used to be an iron ore mine. Hundreds of miners, together with their families, built a small town called "Sunset Town" nearby.

Ten years ago, the miners dug some kind of "thing" deep in the mine tunnel.

Half a month later, the mine announced the suspension of work, all personnel were evacuated, a mysterious scientific research institution took over it, and a large research institute was built on the original site of the mine.

After losing the mine, the town of Sunset did not decline due to this. The townspeople turned to serve the research institute. I don't know when it started, a new sect quietly popped up in the town.

However, half a month ago, one morning, a huge light film suddenly appeared without warning, covering the town of Sunset, the mine behind the town, and the surrounding mountains and forests.

The outside world tried their best to get in touch with the research institute in the mine or the residents of Sunset Town. The officials sent two investigative teams in one after another, but they all went in and out. Since then, there is no news.

Those who participated in the performances, Ji Lu and the others, acted as members of the third batch of investigation teams, escorted by a team of soldiers, ready to enter the sunset town to find out.

"Fuck, this is the beginning of an old-fashioned cricket thriller!"

Ji Yu rubbed his sore forehead and sat up straight.

He found himself sitting in the trunk of a military pickup truck. He was wearing a white beaming overalls. Next to him was Ren Jianmo, who was also dressed. On the other side, he was wearing a camouflage uniform with a pistol at his waist. Tiangen.

Next door to Mr. Dagen, there are two elder brothers who are sitting in a riffraff, and one of them is still chewing gum.

"Oh, leader Xiaoji, are you finally awake? Did you sleep well?"

Brother Bing chewing gum raised a corner of his lips.

These two soldiers are obviously Asians with black hair and black eyes. The camouflage uniforms and the berets on their heads are definitely not the standard of the Chinese army, and they behave more like those of the Mi Di soldiers in the movie. , "We are almost there."

Ji Tuan answered vaguely, and stopped responding to them.

These two soldiers are different from the actors from "Peach Blossom Spring". They are plot characters in "World", similar to NPCs in online games.

Approximately to demonstrate the fit between the actors and the characters themselves, "World" assigned Ji Lu and Ren Jianmo the status of a researcher in a certain institution, and Mr. Dagen became a member of that team of special forces.

"It looks like you guessed right."

Ji Lu took a close look at Mo Tiangen's outfit, leaned close to Ren Jianmo's ear, his eyes shone with reverence, and said softly:

"It's true that you didn't waste points to change guns and ammunition."

Ren Jianmo didn't say anything, only smiled faintly.

He said in his heart that this kid is very clever and has a good mentality, but he needs to practice his observation skills.

After watching the trailer, both Ji Lu and Mo Tiangen thought that they were about to face a group of humanoid monsters, and at least they should each change a gun and bring them into the "world".

However, this suggestion was rejected by Ren Jianmo.

Because he saw a lot of soldiers in the trailer, holding hard guys with great lethality in his hands.

Ren Jianmo feels that this at least shows that in the next "world", they can find weapons such as guns and ammunition through the plot, and they don't need to specifically redeem them from the "Peach Blossom Spring".

And the more important point is that the points they have on hand are not sufficient, and they are not enough to exchange for better equipment than the soldiers, so there is no need to waste it.

Thinking of this, Ren Jianmo stretched out his hand and snored twice on Ji Shu's head.

——Just such a curly-haired child, he even said brazenly that he wanted to protect himself!

However, for Ren Jianmo, the companions of Ji Lu and Mo Tiangen were a bit naive, but they were better than being able to listen to their opinions.

After listening to his analysis, both of them felt very reasonable, and they gave up their plan to exchange guns from "Peach Blossom Spring", and changed them to other props according to his instructions.

Of course, in addition to the props, Ji Tuan and Mo Tiangen also used points to make some physical enhancements.

As an upright fitness man with a straight aesthetic, Mr. Dagen did not resist the temptation at all. He spent thousands of points on increasing muscles and strengthening strength. Now he can consciously carry it out. It is not a problem to hit ten at a time.

Ji Xiaoniao didn't care about physical fitness as much as he did, but focused on strengthening his eyesight, as well as his arm strength and wrist strength.

Although it is not of much use now, Ji Shu has a feeling that the best weapon he uses since childhood is the best weapon he uses. Not this time, it will be the next time. One day, he will Picking up his bow and arrow again.

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The military pickup truck drove along the winding road for a while, slowed down slowly, and then stopped.

"Here we are."

The soldier wearing his beret spit out the gum, got up and pulled the door open, and jumped down first.

Ji Yu straightened his clothes, packed his rucksack with props, and followed the soldiers out of the car.

He raised his head and saw a transparent "high wall" standing in front of his eyes.

The high wall is a thin sheet of light film, and the texture is very similar to the transparent cellophane used to wrap gifts at Christmas. Ji Xuan tried to change the angle of observation and found that it would refract light and change into various colors, just like a surface. There is a layer of liquid flowing slowly.

Two other pickup trucks also stopped in front of the "high wall".

The trunk opened, and twelve people came down one after another. Four of them were dressed in white tunic suits like Ji Shu, and the remaining eight were dressed as soldiers.

"Well, since it's here, let's go in."

A female soldier came out more and more, hung the gun on her shoulder, and slammed against the transparent film-like high wall standing in front of her.

Ji Lu turned his head and carefully observed the talking lady.

The opponent was about 30 years old, with bright features, tall stature, short cut hair and crimson dyed hair, and his hairstyle looked like the male protagonist of a famous Dongying basketball comic at first glance, and his momentum was quite aggressive.

She wears a black wristwatch on her left wrist.

Based on this alone, Ji Yu can judge that she is just like herself and must be a participant.

The red-haired beauty is probably the leader of these special forces. Her words are very important. As soon as her voice fell, the soldiers lined up quickly and fanned several researchers in the middle.

"Hey, are you also a participant?"

The red-haired female officer walked to the side of Mo Tiangen who didn't know how to line up, stretched out her long legs in military boots, and kicked him on the ass, "Get to the back and stand!"

I don't know if it was deterred by the opponent's power, Mr. Dagen did not say a word, bowed his head and walked to the vacant position of the fan formation, standing still and dared not move.

"Let's go!"

As the red-haired beauty said, she took the lead and walked towards the filmy high wall. Other people, whether they were the actors or the plot characters of the "world" themselves, obediently obeyed the orders and followed behind her.

Ji Yu took Ren Jianmo's hand and fell to the end.

"Hey……"

He lowered his voice and whispered to the people around him: "You said, if we turn our heads and leave now, what will happen if we are determined not to go in?"

Ren Jianmo hadn't spoken to answer yet, the man in front of them turned his head first.

The man had an ordinary face, neither handsome nor ugly, he was very round, his eyebrows were thick, and he had a very hard-to-word pot head. His appearance looked like an otaku who was addicted to games.

"I advise you not to do this."

The otaku on the lid wiped the sweat from his forehead and stressed nervously: "It will die, the plot will kill."

The so-called plot kill is the death of plot arrangement.

For example, in the game, there are often plots of the death of certain characters. As long as the progress is reached, it will definitely appear. No matter what the player makes, it cannot be changed.

In other words, if any participant dared not enter the known plot trigger point according to the setting, but deliberately wanted to use avoiding or hiding methods to speculate, the rules of "Peach Blossom Spring" would give him a no matter what Unable to escape the plot kill, let him out forever immediately.

Ji Lu quickly withdrew the thought of death at that moment, and followed the main force to move forward.

When passing through the transparent film, Ji Xiaoniao felt an inexplicable sense of oppression.

The air in the film seemed to condense into an invisible jelly, and he rubbed his skin with a chill and greasiness, causing him to get goose bumps involuntarily.

"I go……"

Ji Yu shuddered and looked up to the sky, "This place is even more weird than the City of Ashes..."

At this moment, they are like a few small flying insects that accidentally broke into a huge soap bubble, and everything they can see is covered by a transparent film.

Obviously it was still daytime, the sky was clear and the sky was clear, but as soon as they walked through the high wall with no solid body, they immediately felt that the light inside was obviously much darker than the outside.

Moreover, the film seems to have the effect of filtering light waves of certain wavelengths. Everything that everyone sees seems to be covered with a blue-green filter.

Ji Yu also used his white tooling sleeves as a reference for comparison, and confirmed that the feeling of seeing things turning blue and green is real, not because of his psychological effects after being in the woods for a long time.

"Report to Captain!"

A special soldier held a walkie-talkie, and after fiddling with it for a while, he raised his head and said to the red-haired female officer: "All our communicators have lost their signal."

"Um."

The red-haired beauty raised her eyes and glanced at the soldier, and replied coldly, "I see."

In fact, there is no need to report from the correspondent, and every participant present knows it.

The communication device is malfunctioning, and the inability to contact the outside world is the basic configuration of thriller horror movies. It is the same as 1+1=2, which is a common sense-if this person tells them that the intercom function is available and can contact the headquarters at any time, then it is worth it Surprising things.

"In short, let's hurry up."

The female officer said:

"Before it gets dark, you must rush to Sunset Town."

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Although all the communication devices are malfunctioning, fortunately, the settings of this "world" are not so frantic that they can't even use the compass.

So the group of people looked for road signs in the mountains and forests based on the map and compass, and walked towards the location of Sunset Town.

Although the mountain road is rugged and difficult and the surrounding environment is weird, the progress bar displayed on the participant’s watch is still just beginning, and the pointer color is also very safe green, so everyone’s expressions are calm and the atmosphere is on the way. It's still easy.

Taking this opportunity, Ji Lu, Ren Jianmo, and Mo Tiangen exchanged information with their team of red-haired beauties.

Because "Taohuayuan" has the rule that the room number can be searched after knowing the appearance and name, the participants of different teams will generally not exchange their real names until the other party is determined to be trustworthy.

When Ji Yu introduced himself, he only called himself Ji Xiaoniao, and at the same time called Mo Tiangen and Ren Jianmo Dagenge and Mr. Ren.

As for the other team, there are a total of five people.

The red-haired beauty is the captain. She gave herself a very tacky but also very arrogant code name, called Flame Rose.

For the remaining four people, the pot-little otaku who had spoken to Ji Shu and the others was called Fatty Huang; there were also two thin and tall young men, brothers, known as Xiong Da and Xiong Er; the last one was a look. A delicate girl with a gentle and gentle temperament, her name is Linglong.

Rose told them that these people in her team had entered the "world" for the third time.

After this time, the five people will be forced to upgrade to the level of B difficulty by the rules, so they are here to try their best to stimulate the abilities of all members.

"I don't like to play intrigue, you cheated me and I harmed you, so I should be a villain first, then a gentleman, and put it first."

The red-haired beauty said as she walked:

"There are currently only three abilities in our team, and at least two special props are needed, so if we encounter any items that may be props, we will definitely grab them."

She raised her eyebrows towards Ji Shu and others, showing a provocative smile:

"If you want it too, everyone will have their own abilities, and whoever gets it will count whoever, how about it?"

Ji Yu looked at Mo Tiangen and Ren Jianmo next to him, and silently estimated their combat effectiveness in his heart.

He himself had already stimulated the abilities.

Although the "ordinary power bank" is very cheating, no matter the name or the rules of use, it is a good idea to use it first.

But Dagen-teacher has no abilities, and considering the future world, he really must find a way to find a special prop for him.

As for Ren Jianmo...

Ji Shu looked away, "Yes."

He nodded and said.