"clang-!"
A bell rang, and the originally bright hall suddenly darkened.
Xiao Ai retracted her legs, and several players who were watching the excitement also fell silent.
Nine gold candlesticks were placed in front of people, the flames flickering like ghostly shadows.
This final lineup of nine people really shocked people, and many betting markets collapsed and went bankrupt.
Not to mention Aini, Flora, Lu Shu, Yamada Machichi, Luna and others from the second echelon were eliminated, even Edward, Alande, and Alger, who were given the first echelon who were favored by the public, were not there.
In addition to Su Mingan, Noel, Mizushima Kawakora, Lu and Bei Wang, these five top ten players were expected by them. Angel,
Joey and Shirley are both ranked extremely low.
...They were actually gathered together at this time.
"Ta, ta."
Steady footsteps suddenly came from above. The castle had four or five floors and covered a very large area. The sound came from the stone stairs.
Since the oil lamps were extinguished, leaving only the weak light source of the fireplace and nine candlesticks, they could not see clearly the appearance of the man, but he should be the issuer of the rules.
"Looking at the vague shape, isn't it Boss Rabbit?" Shirley said softly.
In the past, it was Boss Rabbit who issued the rules to them, but now it seems that someone has changed.
Ying's inspection mission has been completed 100%, so naturally he won't pretend to be the boss rabbit to promulgate rules anymore.
The man walked all the way, his footsteps ringing one after another, not in a hurry, not slow, like the last distinguished guest at a ball. He looked very high-profile and classy.
The nine players in the field, the four guides, and the hundreds of millions of spectators outside the field were all staring nervously and expectantly at the dark staircase, waiting for the person hidden in the darkness to come under the light source.
Suddenly, a blinding halo shot out from Su Mingan's wrist and suddenly hit the man in the face, causing the man to shrink back suddenly.
"Good morning, dear Anjiang! The Aduko Evolution III artificial intelligence watch will tell you the time on time. It is January 11, 2022, twelve o'clock in the morning! Today I have loaded the hometown ditty "Good Luck" for you. "Come" - "
"Bang!" Su Mingan turned his wrist, covered the watch on the table and knocked it, and it suddenly became quiet.
"I told you to turn on the light but not to speak," he said.
He just wanted to shine a light, and the watch was called "Anjiang". He was obviously an intelligent A who knew how to learn, but he was not a good learner. He had learned all kinds of nonsense names.
Dr. Xu, who made the watch, originally wanted the watch to follow him through various world copies, allowing A to gradually grow and evolve. As a result, the watch learned to be "An Jiang".
Su Mingan raised his hand, and the strong light hit the man again, taking in his entire appearance.
The other players were disappointed - the rule promulgator appeared like this, obviously to show his high-level style. As a result, Su Mingan hit the light and instantly ruined the style of walking with darkness.
They looked towards the man shrouded in light and saw that the man was wearing a solid black robe.
The man seemed to be dazed by the bright light. He covered his face with a pair of pale and slender hands, looking a little afraid of light. Like a mouse that was forcibly dug out of the ground.
"It's you!" After seeing the appearance of the man in black robe clearly, Joey's eyes narrowed and the slits in his eyes widened.
He recognized the man in black robe - wasn't this the guy who deliberately ran away and lost his spiritual guide, and also drove the cursed black beast to kill people in Bendui?
Su Mingan also recognized the man in black robe.
He and the man in black robe had fought in the cave a few days ago. The man in black robe captured those guides precisely because he wanted them to be used as energy sources for the cursed black beast.
Drive these dangerous monsters.
For some unknown reason, the man in black robe's initial favorability towards him was 95 points, but because he recognized the other person as Su Lin at that time, his favorability dropped by 5 points and was wiped out by Su Ming'an. The man in black robe immediately quickened his pace. He quickly walked to the fireplace.
He wore a dark mask so no one could see his face clearly.
The warm firelight danced on his pitch-black mask, glowing with a sharp metallic color.
"You can put away your light, outsider, before I get angry." He said to Su Mingan.
Su Mingan turned off his watch.
This watch had no other function. The brightness was so high that he almost went blind from a distance. The man in black robe facing the bright light must have suffered a lot of light pollution.
He looked at the man in black robe in front of the fireplace and thought to himself.
He was now certain of two things.
First, this NPC in black robe may not be able to attack players at the moment.
Secondly, the man in black robe's favorability towards his character is indeed very high, so high that even if he is teased like this, he will not lose his favorability.
"Welcome everyone to my castle one by one."
The man in black robe suddenly opened his arms, and his low voice rumbled in the empty hall.
He stood in front of the fireplace, with the light behind him, and a long shadow stretched out in front of him. People could only see his slightly reflective metal mask, and saw the silver beast pattern on the mask, which seemed to It can affect people's spirits, making them seem to see the original picture of people and hunting in ancient times, and see the knives and fire in the grassland and forest.
He looked extremely proud, welcoming guests from afar with a calm and confident attitude of a host. The firelight danced behind him, and he opened his arms, like an upright, dark cross standing in front of the fire, like the god embracing the flames sung in the story.
...However, the wave of follow-up lighting just now made him lose all his strength in an instant.
The players looked at him with some embarrassment, even their sleepy eyes looking north were awakened by the bright light.
"What was it just now?" He rubbed his eyes: "It's so bright..."
"At your age! How can you sleep?" Lu said.
"..." Bei Wang looked at him with dull eyes, and there seemed to be a hazy mist in his eyes, as if he hadn't woken up yet.
"Every guest who has come from afar, welcome to my banquet." The man in black robe ignored the whispers of the players and continued:
"One by one, you are all contestants in the festival. You have been through thorns and thorns all the way to get here. You must have experienced hardships. Therefore, I have prepared a grand banquet for you..."
This was the first time for Su Mingan to see such a shameless rule introducer.
Players like Lu and Bei Wang were talking about theirs below, and the man in black robe was talking about his above. The two lines didn't seem to intersect at all, reminding him of a university open class.
"But before attending the banquet, you need to know some rules." When the man in black robe said this, the players finally had some reaction and raised their heads.
A blue panel appeared in front of everyone.
[Final Silver Star Dungeon] [Dungeon Name: Castle Quest] [Difficulty: 5 Silver Stars (the winner will receive 5 Silver Stars)] [Number of Participants: 9 people] [Recommended player areas of expertise: intelligence, luck, acumen . 】【In the old castle, there are clean and tidy corridors and warmly decorated rooms.
The hospitable Qiongdi people will prepare a pleasant vacation for you.
As outsiders from afar, you will spend three warm and healing nights here]
There was a soft "swish" sound, and a black feather suddenly appeared in everyone's hands.
Su Mingan took a look and saw a bright red 1 written on his feathers.
"Now, all of you should have a feather in your hand." The man in black robe said:
"Your mission is to search this castle, get more feathers, and add the number in your hand to 10 points.
At noon on the third day, you can come to the lobby to gather and hand in the feathers in your hands. Only when everyone's total reaches 1 point will you be considered a winner.
But there is a mole among you who wants to deliberately destroy the feathers. They have replaced the original person. They are no longer the person you know.
They will deliberately destroy the feathers scattered everywhere so that you cannot reach 100 points in the end.
Please be wary of them and kill them early!
Friendly reminder, when someone dies, the feathers in his/her hand will be automatically destroyed, so please do not accidentally injure innocent people, lest the feathers fail to reach 100 points in the end. "
After the man in black robe finished explaining the rules, several people took a while to digest them.
They really didn't expect that this last dungeon would be a camp cooperation system. They thought they would kill each other.
"Excuse me, what is the basis for determining the number of the initial feathers we have?" Mizushima Kawakora asked.
The feather on her hand has a distinct number 3.
The numbers of the people next to them are not big. Among them, Lu and Beiwang's numbers are 12, Noel's numbers are 18, and Herbert and Joy are 3 and 4.
points, Shirley's number was the highest, a full 24 points. Angel's feathers were protected by him and were not exposed.
"According to your degree of kindness." The man in black robe said: "The more pure and kind the person, the higher the number.
Su Mingan stared at the bright red number 1 on his hand and took a look.
...Humph, you tricked him again.
He turned his head to look at Xiao Ai's feathers, and his eyes suddenly froze.
Xiao Ai's hand was protecting the feather so that no one could see it, but he had already seen the number 99 on her feather.
1+99=100, his calculation should not be wrong.
...Already won?
What are you playing in this copy?
"Ask a question, does the mole know that he is a mole?" Lu raised his hand and said.
"I know." The man in black robe said.
"You just said that someone among us was replaced by an insider, so where did the original player go?" Noel asked.
"Of course they have their own ways of getting through customs," the man in black robe said.
"Does the mole know the personal information of the replaced players and their past?" Shirley asked a very critical question. This will be their method of identifying the mole.
this. ...you guess for yourself. "The man in black robe said vaguely.
Others wanted to ask questions, but the man in black robe no longer answered.
He took a step back and his figure melted into the light.
"There are all kinds of interesting things in the castle, related to the perfect clearance, I look forward to everyone exploring." The man in black robe lowered his head slightly: "Then
——Wish you all a happy holiday. "
The fireplace flickered, the fire suddenly went out, and the hall fell into darkness, with only nine weak candles flickering.
Su Mingan immediately turned on his watch and accurately illuminated the man in black robe who was about to run away.
This man still wanted to play the trick of escaping into the shadows, but he scored twice and was completely illuminated by this light.
"Don't leave yet. Do you have anything to do with the chief? Why are you the rule promulgator of the dungeon?" Su Mingan asked.
When he talked about Su Lin in the cave a few days ago, the man in black robe lost a little favor, which meant that the man in black robe must know Su Lin, and he was most likely from Feng Zhang's side.
However, the man in black robe did not respond to his words and ran very fast, like a mouse with greased soles.
"Ding dong!"
The system prompt suddenly sounded.
[The game has started, and all contestants start to randomly send one.] Su Mingan grabbed Xiao Ai, and his 1 point plus her 99 points were enough to win. As long as she waited until the submission session at noon on the third day, she could win directly.
However, this was a scattered teleportation, and when he opened his eyes again, there was no one around him.
He looked up and saw darkness.
As soon as the lights in the castle went out, everything in the field of vision was completely dark, and you couldn't even see your fingers.
A "scratching" sound suddenly sounded, like something twisted was crawling closer. Due to the laws of the dark forest, he didn't rush to turn on the light.
Instead, he stood quietly.
But the next moment, his sixth sense suddenly started to alarm, as if something life-threatening was approaching rapidly!
[You must find the light source as soon as possible, otherwise you will be swallowed by darkness! ! ! 】A bright red prompt lit up, and the writing seemed to be dripping with blood, which was extremely terrifying in the dark field of vision.
Su Mingan no longer hesitated and turned on the light directly.
"Click!"
He raised his hand, and the round watch light lit up, like a nuclear flashlight in a horror game.
The next moment, the numbing sense of fatal threat immediately faded away, as if some huge shadow flickered at the edge of his field of vision and dissipated.
He turned his head, but could only catch a faint black shadow, and a few low chewing sounds came from the darkness, like chewing human bones.
He glanced around and saw that he was in a large room, like a lounge. There was a bamboo candle basket in the corner, with three candles as red as blood and a match in it.
…This is supposed to be an initial bonus, if someone doesn’t have a flashlight, these candles are their poor little source of light.
If they failed to touch these candles before the threat arrived, they would be dead.
[The built-in light source is only effective within the first hour, please collect more light sources as soon as possible! 】The bright red prompt popped up again.
Su Mingan put three candles and matches in his pocket—these things couldn't be put in his backpack.
He took a step forward, but was paused.
At the feet - I don't know when a purple-black corpse appeared. The flesh was rotten and covered with spots. Its arms and legs were as thin and shriveled as spider legs.
His foot landed on the back of the corpse's hand, and there was a "click" sound, like the sound of burning paper money. Dark, thick blood covered the soles of his shoes.
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He stared at the corpse in a hideous state of death.
…This is the [warm and healing] castle vacation.
Sure enough, it is still a familiar world game style.
"One Su Ming'an?"
He turned his head and saw a man with sea-blue hair walking in from the small door holding a red candle dripping with wax.
[SAN value: 50 points] [Number of survivors: 13] [Su Lin’s status: In the jungle with passion. 】
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