When it comes to swimming, many people panic. But someone quickly retorted.
"It won't be swimming." These words are undoubtedly reassuring to many people: "Generally, I will choose something that everyone can do, otherwise too many people will die, and who will play the game then?"
Now, not only this group, everyone started to talk about what they knew about this type of game. Now, no matter if it was hearsay or what they saw on the Internet, they would talk about it first and see if there is anything useful in it.
“It seems like the games are different in each area, but they basically take six days.”
"Yes, the themes and methods are different. I heard that Japan is the most BT."
"I heard that the fighting peoples in the north give each person some weapons and hunt each other."...
Xining returned to the bed, grabbed another pillow to prop him up, and covered himself with a quilt after lying down. I closed my eyes and listened to the chatter.
After a while, someone came over: "Why are you lying down? Can you sleep?"
Xining opened his eyes a little, and it was the Virgin Man: "You should also lie down for a while, it's still early."
The Virgin Man was surprised: "Why do you think it's still early?"
Xining yawned, closed his eyes, and said in a slightly muffled voice: "This game is still secretive in China, but in some places it is very popular, and there are even lottery stations. If you guessed correctly, it is usually The game doesn’t start until noon, just to take care of the rich.”
"Huh?" The Virgin Man was puzzled.
"Do rich people get up so early? They must wait until they wake up, eat a veal steak, hold a whiskey with ice cubes in their hands, sit on the sofa and watch the players kill each other to pass the time. Next time.”
The Virgin Man was stunned for a long time, turned around, found a bed and lay down on it.
That's right. It's still early anyway, so you should lie down, take a good rest, and conserve your energy.
Just like this, half asleep and half awake, I finally waited until the sound came. The soft but probably artificial voice sounded: "The next game is about to start. Please pay attention to all contestants, line up and follow the direction indicated by the staff..."
Finally, when the time came, Xining got up, and the Virgin Man also got up.
There were a total of seventeen people in the whole group. The original sixteen plus the one whose belly was sewn this morning, a total of seventeen, gathered together, lined up in a long line, and followed the team slowly forward.
It was the same passage we came from before, but this time we didn’t go to the elevator. There was a staircase next to it, so everyone walked up the stairs.
The stairs lead directly to the ground. From behind the tree, follow the arrows on the ground and you will reach the place where yesterday started and ended, as big as a playground. Because the stairs are behind a row of trees, I didn't see them yesterday.
Someone roughly counted the number of stairs and then said softly: "It's about 12 meters deep, as deep as a four-story building. It should be some kind of underground fortification."
Hehe, will this work for them? Are you planning to escape?
Everyone stood in this open space, the sun was in the sky and it was a bit hot.
The elevator slowly rose, and after the door opened, the staff inside pushed out a trolley filled with plastic bags. Because it was in a black plastic bag, I couldn't see clearly what was inside, I just felt it was deflated.
The prompt sounded: "Please line up each contestant and come forward to get one, but do not open it before starting."
We have to queue up to get something again, but this time we don’t have to jump in line, everyone will get a piece. After some people got it, they touched it with their fingers.
People still waiting in line couldn’t help but ask: “What’s inside?”
"I don't know." He felt it while touching it with his fingers: "There seems to be lead wire inside, and there is also a length... it's probably a pen."
Saying it means not saying it. You will know anyway.
Xining touched it after getting it, but she couldn't guess what was inside.
When everyone got their things, a voice sounded. The pace of speaking was much slower than before, just to let everyone hear the request clearly: "Open the package after it is confirmed to start. Assemble the materials inside and let it fly up beyond the position of the balloon above."
Everyone raised their heads. There were red hydrogen balloons tied to the four corners of the open space, about five meters high.
"The time is thirty minutes. The countdown will start immediately. When the time reaches 0, you can start. For the fairness of the game, do not start early."
It was the same as yesterday, but this time no one took it lightly.
"Start now." The electronic clock jumped to "29", "28", "27"...
The countdown starts from 30 seconds again, this period is the most difficult. Seeing the guns in the hands of the staff, no one dared to open the black packaging first.
He was so anxious that he had the thing in his hand, but he just couldn't open it... Xining couldn't help but express his admiration to the organizers. They really have a thorough grasp of human psychology.
If you can't open it, you squeeze it with your hands. Some people even shake it, trying to figure out what is in the opaque black packaging bag.
As time passed by and the last few seconds passed, someone actually stared at the package in his hand so hard that he broke out in sweat.
"3, 2, 1..." Someone suddenly opened the packaging bag, but at the same time gunfire rang out.
"Bang~" Smoke was coming from the muzzle of a gun, and the person who opened the packaging bag was shot in the temple and fell to the ground together with the opened packaging bag in his hand.
The counter jumped to "0", and a beep sounded: "The game begins!"
In just one second, this man paid the price with his life. Rules are rules and are not allowed to be broken!
Everyone had no time to think about the man who fell on the ground. This guy had become a corpse. Even if it wasn't a corpse, it wouldn't be able to help them complete the game. If you don't want to be a corpse lying on the ground, you must do your job first.
Xining carefully opened one side of the packaging bag and looked at the contents inside. There is paper, wire, paste, candles and a small package.
She took out the small bag and opened it to see that it was a simple match bag with a total of three red-headed matches inside.
Add these things together, and the game requirement is to fly higher than the height of the red balloon, then this game is...
Someone shouted the answer: "Kongming Lantern!"
Yes, Kongming Lantern. In ancient times, they were mostly used for military purposes and for communicating information. Later, it was mostly used as a prayer. Write blessing wishes with your own hands and place the Kongming Lantern in the sky, hoping that your wish will reach heaven and be seen by the gods in the sky, and your wish will come true.
But now, it has become a life-threatening game!
When some impatient people tore the bag, they also tore the white paper inside. He was so anxious that his eyes were red and he was sweating like rain.
If the white paper is torn, even if it becomes a lantern, heat will leak out from the damage and the lantern will not fly... In desperation, he thought of grabbing it.
"Let go, this is mine." The person who was robbed tightly grabbed his bag and did not dare to let go, and was knocked over by the opponent's fist.
In order to survive, he would not hesitate to use other people's lives to fill it. The ugly side of human nature is fully exposed at this time.
