My body is so cold, so cold that I almost lose consciousness, and my sleepiness is getting thicker and thicker. I, I can't hold on anymore...
(No! The remaining time limit of the mission is too long. If I continue like this, I will 100% die before others find the last card. Once I die, all the efforts of everyone will be in vain. I can’t wait, I can’t I just sit back and wait. I can't place all my hopes on others finding the No. 8 card before I die. I have to make contact. I have to find Brother Peng and the others while I am still alive, and then hand over the cards I have to In their hands, only in this way will everyone not lose all their efforts, and even if I die, the card statistics will not be affected.)
"Ahem, how do I contact you? How do I let Brother Peng and Chen Xiaoyao find me? What should I do? What should I do... Ahem!"
At this moment, as time passed and he felt his body getting colder and his sleepiness getting stronger and stronger, Li Tianheng suddenly realized that waiting was not an option. After all, God knows whether Peng Hu and the others could find the last one in just one or two hours. card? Thinking of this, the young man panicked. In his panic, he stopped lying on his side and hurriedly raised his body with one hand on the ground. He then muttered to himself and looked around.
As far as the eye can see, the environment of the scene has not changed. It is still inside the forest full of trees. I have just moved my position. What I can see is indeed the same. Unfortunately, there is no one around. Except for myself, who can't move, the surroundings are dark and empty.
"Hey! Is there anyone? Is there anyone nearby? Brother Peng! Chen Xiaoyao, and Kong Ling, how can any of you hear... Ahem, I'm here, come and take the cards from me, I , I’m about to die, I can’t hold on any longer!”
"Is there anyone? Is there anyone nearby!?"
After looking around for a long time, there was no one around. Gradually, the young man became anxious and shouted loudly, hoping that a passing teammate would hear the voice. With his heart full of urgency, Li Tianheng shouted for a long time, but unfortunately there was no result and no response, no matter how long he shouted. No matter how loud his voice was, there was always silence.
"No, no, don't, God please, please be kind and let others find me, please! Woo, poof!" The shrill cry echoed sadly in the night sky. In order to attract his teammates to find him, Li Tianheng Just like a madman, he kept shouting continuously, using various tones and even many words, shouting in the sky in a pool of blood, until the shouting violently injured his internal organs, and then he spurted blood from his mouth and almost fainted.
Shaking his fuzzy head that was so sleepy due to the injury to his internal organs, the young man was forced to stop shouting, and then breathlessly muttered to himself: "Hoo, ho, ho, no, shouting all the time is not an option. We must change our strategy and use other methods to induce him." Come teammates..."
(Huh? Other ways?)
It was like thunder in the rainy night, like lightning flashing in the flood. Just as Li Tianheng was muttering to himself in confusion and silence, mid-sentence, the young man suddenly thought of something and found that he was seriously injured and his whole body was unresponsive. Otherwise, And why do you just focus on shouting? Shouldn't we think of another way? As for the method...
(Shouting alone has no effect. Contact devices such as mobile phones or communicators have also been blocked by the strange signals everywhere in the forest. No, I seem to have thought wrong. My purpose is not to contact my teammates, but to reveal my location. Exposing the direction is just to let others discover me. If I just want to reveal the location, I should probably create something, something that is both obvious and easy for others to discover.)
(Something that is both obvious and easy for others to spot, wait, wait, there is a way!)
………
The mental confusion of being seriously injured and dying made Li Tianheng slow down his thinking and reaction. It was not until the severe pain in his internal organs that he almost died. The young man suddenly woke up under the stimulation of pain, and then realized that he did not need to contact his teammates, he only needed to reveal his position. Yes, As long as the position is exposed, his teammates will definitely find him and get the card, and then he will be able to die without regrets.
After all, the feeling of forcing yourself to hold on and not die is so uncomfortable, it is simply worse than death!
As for how to reveal the location...
Very simple, fire!
Yes, setting fire. Setting fire in a forest full of flammable vegetation and flammable trees is undoubtedly the most direct method, and it is also the most effective method. As long as the fire increases, unless you are blind, anyone nearby can Easily spot the fire and witness the flames with your own eyes! .
"Fire, fire, set fire, I want to set fire..."
While muttering to himself, Li Tianheng moved. He hurriedly rummaged through the warehouse and groped around. He used his only remaining left hand to rummage around his body, searching for any place where items could be stored, such as pockets and pockets. Then he blindly grabbed and searched eagerly. , took out all the belongings on his body and threw them in front of him. As the items were taken out one by one, soon, some scattered items were scattered in front of the young man, including a thin wire hook used to pry the door and unlock the door, and the ineffective copper seal of the general. , there were sharp knives, cat-eye flashlights, scrapped mobile phones, communicators, etc. All the things I had on me were taken out of my pockets and thrown in front of me. There were quite a lot of things, but after searching for a long time, I couldn't find any fire. I can't find the arson tools!
"What's going on? Where's the lighter? Where's the lighter?"
As mentioned above, as many items were taken out of his pocket, Li Tianheng became more frightened and frightened the more he searched. He suddenly found that he did not seem to have any tools to start a fire, but he did not have the essential lighter for setting a fire!
"No, it's not true, it's not true..." His expression changed accordingly, and his despair became more obvious. Until his pocket was empty and there was nothing left, Li Tianheng felt like he had fallen into an ice cave. However, just when he was so panicked that he didn't even know what to do. At this moment, he thought of something again, and immediately hurriedly touched his arms, touching the last place that he had not searched for.
result……
He took out four digital cards, and together with them, there was a crystal clear crimson ball. Needless to say about the cards, the ball was something Zhao Ping stuffed to himself along with the cards before he died. Although he didn't know why. Things, but one thing is undeniable, that is, there are only these things in my arms, and there is still no lighter.
It’s over!
This was the first thought that Li Tianheng had after searching his body and finding nothing. He was confused and dumbfounded. While dumbfounded, he looked up at the sky. The despair in his eyes was so obvious. He didn't expect that he could not find it when he searched all over his body. A lighter. Without a lighter, it means that you can't set a fire. Being unable to set a fire means that you can't reveal your position to attract teammates. As long as your teammates don't come, you will definitely die from your injuries in a moment. He doesn't care much about death, but the problem is As he died, the four cards on his body were inevitably cursed and excluded from the statistics.
Tears flowed out of his eyes uncontrollably. At this moment, Li Tianheng was desperate. His body was shaking, his arms were shaking, and everything in his body was twitching and shaking. In the trembling, the young man was regretful and pessimistic, regretting that he had not brought it with him. It was difficult to ignite the fire with the lighter, and he was pessimistic about the fact that there was no way to save the day. At this moment, he really hoped that He Fei could open the spiritual link again, but unfortunately, this was unrealistic. The other party was not a god. He Fei, who was far away on the farm, could not foresee the forest. What is happening, I also have no way of knowing my current situation, so...
It was over, there was no hope, he could no longer hand over the cards to his teammates before he died. .
Excessive despair led to pessimism, and pessimism led to emotional collapse. Finally, staring at the cards and red beads in his hands, Li Tianheng shook his head, and bitterly threw away the items in his hands to the ground, throwing them away like many items before. forward.
However……
Snap.
As the ball fell to the ground and made a soft sound, the next moment, something happened. An unexpected incident happened that even shocked Li Tianheng's jaw on the spot!
indistinct!
As soon as the red ball hit the ground, a whistling sound was heard. On the ground, the light rolling ball suddenly flashed, like a luminous bead, as clear as a crystal stone. The diffused red light surrounded the sphere, and bursts of light continued to appear, just in the blink of an eye. , the already dazzling red light increased violently, geometrically increased, and increased countless times. A large dazzling red light burst out from the ball, shooting out in all directions, just like this. An extremely dazzling giant light pillar suddenly shot upward from the center. The red light was dazzling and bright, and the light spread crazily. What's even more amazing is that the huge light pillar has been maintained for a long time since it appeared, reflecting the sky from beginning to end!
As for the specific coverage range of the red light beam...
10 meters, the red light range is 10 meters!
"Ah, ah...ah...ah..."
Li Tianheng was stunned. He was so startled by the sudden shocking change that his eyes widened and his mouth opened wide. Moans surged in his throat. He still couldn't say a word. He just remained frozen in the red light package until... …
Until my thoughts returned after being stagnant for a long time, until I stared at him for a long time and felt slightly familiar.
(Um?)
Yes, while gazing, Li Tianheng gradually discovered something, a trace of déjà vu. At the same time, his memory also told him where he had seen the light beam in front of him. As for the specific time and place...
The sorrow of death! Yes, dead silence is dead silence. I remember that I had seen a red light beam from a distance once when I was performing the dead silence mission. That was before the mission was about to end, when I and He Fei witnessed a red light beam rising from the Orr Manor. , due to the emergency situation at the time, I hurriedly left the scene without having time to think about it, and ignored and forgot about it afterwards. However, what I never expected was that not long after, I actually witnessed it again, and I witnessed it in an immersive way. , and the source of the red light is precisely the crimson ball in front of you! .
This, this thing is...
Although the name is unclear, I have heard of the effect of red light. It seems that the red light beam can defend against spirits. The specific duration is about half an hour.
It turns out that the red ball that Zhao Ping stuffed into himself before he died turned out to be...
Ding!
Thinking of this, Li Tianheng's heart trembled violently. After trembling violently, he raised his head and looked up at the night sky at the top. As far as he could see, he saw a pillar of light rising from the forest at some point, a large group of bright red light that was both clear and obvious in the dark night. !
………
The time returns to 10 minutes ago, at night, at 20:05.
Hooray, hooray.
The low temperature enveloped the forest, and the cold wind lingered for a long time. In this endless black forest that seemed to have no boundaries, Peng Hu truly experienced what it means to be a blind man searching for a path in vain.
A day and a night passed. Although the snowflakes stopped falling, the coldness never decreased by half. The bone-chilling wind was still blowing through the forest. Of course, Peng Hu didn't care much about the harsh environment. With him, His personal physique can support him for a long time even if he is forced to do so. It is true to say that. However, facing the same forest environment no matter where he goes, the bald man gradually becomes more worried, and then gradually begins to have doubts. , a cruel question that may never have an answer, that is...
Are there any cards left in the forest? .
Yes, from yesterday to now, in order to end the mission as early as possible and return to the hell train, Peng Hu, who knew that the faceless man was terrifying, has been running around without stopping, carrying the still unconscious Kong Ling and the seriously injured Together with Chen Xiaoyao, they blindly shuttled through the forest, searching while moving, running around the forest with unprecedented urgency. The purpose was naturally to find card No. 4 and card No. 8, but the result...
A day and a night passed, and there was only the last day and a half left before the end of the mission. Unexpectedly, no matter how many people searched for it, the two seemingly promising cards were nowhere to be seen, and what's even worse is...
"Hoo, ho, ho..."
"Wait, Brother Peng, wait, I, I can't, I can't walk."
In the night, when the three of them passed through a certain forest area that seemed to have been there but not yet, Chen Xiaoyao, who was following them, couldn't walk anymore. He was panting and yelling to stop. Peng Hu turned his head and looked intently. He saw Taoist Chen leaning against a big tree with his chest rising and falling, his face turning pale and his body shaky.
Seeing this scene, Peng Hu frowned slightly. Of course he knew why Chen Xiaoyao was like this. The reason was nothing more than exhaustion of energy. Yes, since Chen Xiaoyao came out of coma and regained consciousness yesterday, the other party has been mentally depressed and exhausted for a long time. From the beginning to the end, The reason why he maintained his sickly appearance was explained by Chen Xiaoyao himself. On the one hand, he was physically injured, but mainly because of his exhaustion of energy. Due to the frequent use of Taoism that excessively consumed his energy, after he woke up, the young man was already half-disabled and used Taoism. Don't think about it. He even had very little physical energy left. Fortunately, there was still food in the Ethereal Backpack. After devouring it, his physical energy recovered slightly. If not for this, he would not have been able to follow Peng Hu until now.
Unfortunately, the slight recovery was only a slight recovery. As time passed and the day passed, eventually, after all the food energy was consumed, Chen Xiaoyao became sluggish again.
"Hey, hey, hey, what's wrong with you? Don't tell me that you're weak again. Yesterday, I didn't even eat a bite of Miss Kong Ling's food and gave it all to you!" As expected, seeing the young man half-dead leaning against a tree to catch his breath, Peng, who was already nervous and frustrated, Hudeng was shocked, and then frowned and explained the truth. He told the truth without any adulteration. Unexpectedly, Chen Xiaoyao shook his head and smiled bitterly. First he took a few breaths of exhaustion, and then answered with an expression that was several times uglier than crying: "I said, Brother Peng, we can't settle the accounts like this. Yes, I admit that you gave me all the food of that girl yesterday, but that little food was of no use, not to mention that you also know that my current problem is not Not in terms of physical fitness, but in terms of energy, plus walking for another day and night, it’s a miracle that I can persist until now.”
"you……"
Listening to Chen Xiaoyao's bitter answer, Peng Hu was speechless for a moment and didn't know what to answer. However, after thinking about it carefully, it was indeed the truth. Not to mention that Chen Xiaoyao was seriously injured and was in poor physical condition. At present, he was both tired and tired. Hungry? To be honest, I was actually on the verge of reaching the limit of my physical strength. The reason why I was still moving around forcefully was because I was scared of the tigers? He was so frightened by the faceless man, who was even stronger than the Earthbound Spirit, that he panicked and desperately wanted to collect the remaining cards. Otherwise, he wouldn't have spent sleepless hours searching frantically. ,only……
When he thought of the cards, Peng Hu actually had doubts. Then after glancing around, he changed the subject with frustration and asked Chen Xiaoyao suspiciously: "By the way, we all know that there are only cards No. 4 and 8 left. There are two of them. It stands to reason that I have been looking for them all day long. No matter how unlucky I am, I won’t be able to find one. Is it difficult? Is it difficult..."
Although Peng Hu has not finished what he said next, who is Chen Xiaoyao? As a smart young man who was often praised by his master in public, as soon as Peng Hu said these words, he immediately understood what the other party meant. As expected, seeing the uneasy expression on the bald man's face, Taoist Chen shook his head decisively and took the opportunity to rest while affirming He refuted it in a tone of voice: "No, Brother Peng, don't think nonsense. I know you are currently doubting whether the curse is playing tricks on us, and then guessed that the curse did not put eight cards in the forest at all, but only six in total. To tell you the truth, before I entered the forest, I had doubts about the curse just like you, and wondered whether the curse would use cards to deceive us. However, since I entered the forest, since I came into contact with and even witnessed the terrifying power of the faceless man, I have completely changed my mind. Removes that suspicion.”
"Eh? What do you mean by that?" After hearing the young man's extremely cautious refutation and scratching his smooth scalp, Peng Hu became curious and asked quickly, while Chen Xiaoyao continued to explain without doubt: "It's very simple. First of all, let's It is already clear that the faceless man named Slender Man Shadow is a monster, an invincible being that is more difficult to deal with than the Earthbound Spirit. It is conceivable that facing such a monster that cannot be countered and has so many abilities, the curse is like Still adding traps to the mission is really unjustifiable, or if the curse really dares to use cards to deceive us, then this mission will definitely die. It is an unsolvable mission that is destined to destroy the team. It is hopeless to die without a solution, but The problem is that Curse has never released an unsolvable mission so far, so I am sure that even if this mission is extremely difficult, there will always be a way to survive. Whether it is to survive for 7 days or to find cards, the two major mission objectives are all there. A glimmer of hope."
After a pause, Chen Xiaoyao continued: "As the saying goes, if you are not in your position, you will not seek to govern. Although I don't know what the way to survive on the farm is, but I can guarantee that the way to survive on the forest side must be cards. Eight cards. They all exist inside the forest. As long as we can collect all eight cards, we will definitely be able to complete the mission by then!"
Chen Xiaoyao is worthy of being a quick-thinking person, and his analysis is very orderly and logical. Of course, Chen Xiaoyao is smart and astute, and Peng Hu is also worthy of his title of veteran. When he learned that the remaining cards definitely existed, he touched his chin Hu Zha, the bald man followed closely and talked about the key point: "Since you are sure that all eight cards are missing, and you even believe that all the cards are in the forest, then why did we find nothing after searching for a day? Only the remaining No. 4 and 8 have no shadow? What the hell is going on?"
"Um, this..."
Peng Hu asked Chen Xiaoyao with reality. Faced with the above questions, Chen Xiaoyao, who was shaking his head next to the tree just now, finally changed his expression slightly and fell into hesitation. It is obvious that according to the theoretical analysis, Chen Xiaoyao can indeed guarantee that the curse will not deceive people. He was also sure that all eight cards existed. Even so, he couldn't figure out why the remaining cards disappeared and why they were missing after searching for so long. Just as Peng Hu just described, he stayed up and went crazy all day and night. I searched almost half of the forest, but couldn't find even one. How should you explain such an abnormal phenomenon? In addition to the curse deliberately deceiving people, is there a second guess explanation? .
then……
Chen Xiaoyao stopped talking. Although he seemed silent on the surface, it could still be seen from the frown on the young man's face that he was currently thinking about it and even racking his brains to analyze the problem.
There was silence for a long time, until two minutes passed quietly. Under Peng Hu's suspicious eyes, the young man stopped thinking and raised his head slightly. He raised his head and responded with an uncertain tone: "Actually, it is not necessary to find both cards. No, don't forget that besides us, Zhao Jingyan and Li Tianheng are also running around in the forest. According to the probability, uh, maybe, I mean maybe, maybe they have found one of No. 4 or No. 8. , if this is the case, there is actually only one card left that has not been found.”
"Okay, even if Zhao Ping and the others find one more card according to the probability, what about another one? You also know that once the eight cards are gathered, we will instantly return to the train, but judging from the fact that we are still staying in the forest, , the answer is definitely not all found yet, at least one card is missing!”.
Peng Hu pointed out the key point simply and clearly, pointing out the helpless reality that even if everyone has collected seven, there is still one left.
As for Chen Xiaoyao...
He nodded, first acknowledging the other party's statement, and then...
I don't know whether it was a flash of inspiration in his brain during thinking or something vaguely thought from the conversation just now. He nodded his head. Before Peng Hu could continue to speak, Chen Xiaoyao spoke again and asked the other party a question in a strange tone. A question that was enough to make even Peng Hu... A question that will surprise anyone who hears it:
"Brother Peng, from the time we entered the forest until now, all the cards we found seem to have been stuck on the trees, right?"
