Not to mention how Xie Cheng nodded frantically under Cheng Ying's death threat, and how Chen Jianzheng was glad that he didn't speak. While both of them were frightened, they only focused on the word 'game'. Kong Ling was already happy. After learning that everyone was about to disperse, she immediately became excited. Then she jumped up and down with her two ponytails and clapped her hands and cheered: "Haha, fun, fun, now it's interesting. I I can't wait to participate in this game called 'Escape to Heaven'. By the way, Sister Cheng Ying, Sister Tang Meng, you guys talk first, I'm going to charge the generator!"
There was no need to explain. Since she was born with no fear, and she was still young and loved to play, even though the manor was gloomy and she knew that there were slugs in the manor, the girl did not show the slightest nervousness. Instead, she couldn't wait to leave first. It was obvious that I want to try my hand at charging the generator! This scene was shocking, and everyone was dumbfounded when they saw it.
Unfortunately……
"Wait! Kong Ling, please wait a moment!"
"Huh? What's wrong with Sister Cheng Ying?"
The girl became playful and tried to leave, but Cheng Ying quickly grabbed her and touched her head. Cheng Ying smiled bitterly and said, "Kong Ling, please wait."
While speaking, Cheng Ying reached into her pocket and quickly took out a small communicator.
Upon seeing this, everyone was suddenly enlightened and hurriedly took out the machine. The purpose was very simple, that is, to test whether the communication was normal. Next, a miracle happened!
After some simple testing, I saw that the communicator, which was often blocked in the mission world, could now communicate smoothly! No matter who contacts whom, all the executors in the manor can communicate with each other through the machine, and the result is certain. Everyone is overjoyed to see that the communicator signal is normal, and no explanation is needed. After all, everyone knows the importance of a smooth signal.
After confirming that the signal was smooth and uninterrupted, and seeing that the time had reached 00:10 unknowingly, Cheng Ying looked at her watch without hesitation, nodded, and directly ordered to everyone: "As the mission said, from now on, Everyone dispersed and manually charged the generators scattered throughout the manor. If there was any abnormality, they could use the communicator to contact each other. Remember, no matter what, 10 machines must be fully charged within 5 hours. Okay, I’ve said all that needs to be said, then…”
"action!"
Ta-ta-ta, ta-ta-ta.
Following Cheng Ying's order, everyone nodded and immediately dispersed in different directions. Kong Ling jumped forward and rushed to the front. Tang Meng ran non-stop to the north, while Li Tianheng took a detour and ran to the back of the villa. Even Shen Jian Forced by Cheng Ying's gaze, she and Xie Cheng also dispersed in various ways, watching the group of people drifting away. Cheng Ying did not act immediately, but slightly lowered her head and looked down at her body, looking at the person who was still there until now. The Taoist priest surnamed Chen stepped on the soles of his feet!
"Woo, woo woo woo..."
Maybe the female killer stepped on her with too much force. At this moment, Chen Xiaoyao looked extremely miserable. In addition to continuing to struggle and scream in pain, there was faint foam coming out of her mouth! Obviously, if he continues to step on it for a while, this guy will most likely have his neck broken and die!
"snort!"
Fortunately, Cheng Ying had no intention of killing this man. Seeing that Taoist Chen was foaming at the mouth and already half dead, she snorted coldly. Cheng Ying took back her right foot and turned to leave. Before leaving, she gave a cold warning: "I'll spare you this time." You have half a life, get up quickly and go find the generator!"
So, just like that, when Cheng Ying also turned around and disappeared into the night, only Chen Xiaoyao was left on the scene, and the game cursed by the name "Escape to Heaven" has officially begun!
……………
The round moon hangs in the night sky above. Under the moonlight, the manor is quiet and silent. It is so quiet that there is no breeze. Because there is no wind and no sound, the surrounding trees and vegetation tend to be still. It feels like a frozen scene. Of course, the feeling is just a feeling, not actually the case, and the evidence that represents the denial is the human figures moving around below.
Yes, compared to previous supernatural missions, which were full of mysteries and often relied on investigating clues to find a way out, this mission is quite special. In addition to being divided into game modes, the curse also rarely gave the executor clear hints, that is, directly The direction of the escape route is specified, and the escape route is 10 generators scattered throughout the manor. The executor only needs to fully charge all the generators before the time reaches 5 o'clock in the morning. The gate of the manor will open by itself. If the time limit is reached before The executor has not yet left the manor, and the only thing waiting for everyone will be obliteration.
There is a clear direction of escape and a specific game process, so it is natural that in order to escape from the manor in 5 hours, the executor must race against every second no matter what. Since every second counts, then decentralized actions are undoubtedly inevitable.
The manor is large in area and has a complex internal environment. The most obvious building is a dilapidated villa erected in the middle of the manor.
In front of the villa door, at this moment, looking at Cheng Ying's slender back that had faded into the night, Chen Xiaoyao trembled twice before standing up with his hands and feet wailing.
"Oh, my neck, my neck..."
Perhaps because he was afraid that Cheng Ying would really step on his neck, Chen Xiaoyao kept performing from the moment he was stepped on, wailing miserably at the girl's feet. In the end, he deliberately foamed at the mouth and convulsed, sparing no effort to disguise himself as someone on the verge of death. Not to mention the dead state, this trick had an effect. Seeing that the wretched Taoist priest was about to die, the female killer retracted her right foot, and then turned away and disappeared into the night after uttering a cold warning. Only when the other party disappeared did Chen Xiaoyao dare to stagger. Standing up, to be honest, although his earlier pain had a certain element of performance, it is still undeniable that he was indeed trampled hard. Although half-death was not considered half-death, he was still slightly injured. As soon as he got up, Chen Daoshi stood in the villa He grinned and rubbed his neck, cursing...
"Damn! You stepped on me in front of a newbie. Don't you want to lose face? Ah Ying, just wait for me. I will definitely provoke Peng Hu to trouble you next time!" Looking at the direction where the female killer left, she patted the shit With the yellow jacket, Chen Xiaoyao was indeed unhappy and wanted revenge. He quickly constructed a revenge plan to kill someone with a borrowed knife. He directly used a certain bald man in the entire team who dared to challenge the female killer as a tool. Of course, revenge is revenge and a plan is a plan, but in fact it is just Later, it is not the time to think about this yet, or he has more important things to do at the moment, which is...
Charge the generator!
Sure enough, after rubbing his neck, he scanned the empty and dark manor environment. The next moment, Chen Xiaoyao moved and hurriedly walked around the villa to the right. Yes, because he had watched the video preview in advance, Chen Daoshi knew the terrain of the manor. Understand the environment of the manor, and also know the locations of many generators. As expected, there should be a generator on the right side not far from the villa.
Since there are only 7 executors at full capacity, there are 10 generators. In addition, no one went to the right side when the team just broke up, which means that the generator is currently vacant. In order to end the game and return to the train as soon as possible, others Spreading out to look for the machine, Chen Xiaoyao also had to seize the time to charge it.
However...
In front of the villa, as soon as he turned around, just when Chen Xiaoyao was about to move to the right as planned, he seemed to suddenly think of something, and for some reason, he stopped.
During the pause, he put his right hand into his pocket and took out the cat-eye flashlight.
Snap.
As he pressed the switch to turn on the power, the flashlight beam shone to his side and straight to the door of the villa.
The result was certain. Since the villa was dilapidated and had no door, the light easily reached the living room and instantly locked onto something, the statue, the skeleton statue holding a sickle and wearing a black robe!
As mentioned in the description at the beginning, the executor has a basic understanding of the manor because he has watched the video preview in advance. Since he understands it, it must include this weird statue displayed on the first floor of the villa. It is true that the statue has a weird shape and looks terrible. It was called terrifying, and it even made the executioner stunned and nervous. But then again, the statue was just a statue after all, a stone dead thing carved from pure rock. Chen Xiaoyao had deliberately touched the skeleton when he walked out of the villa. Statue, no matter how he touched it, observed it, or even raised his hand to knock it and listen for the sound, the answer was always the statue, a solid object made entirely of rock.
Since the statue is indeed made of the purest stone, and there is nothing abnormal about it, does the executor still need to be nervous and concerned?
The answer is of course that it is not necessary. It is precisely because the statue is ordinary and has no abnormality that Cheng Ying and other executors will ignore it. Even the special ethereal eyes do not see anything, otherwise the girl would have warned everyone.
only……
Just such an ordinary skull statue, a dead stone object that was so ordinary that even Cheng Ying, who was always good at observation, ignored it, was now inexplicably noticed by Chen Xiaoyao. Prompted by the inexplicable intuition, he instinctively took out the flashlight and focused his eyes again. observe.
At this moment, with the help of the excellent light-concentrating ability of the cat's eye flashlight, Chen Xiaoyao was staring at the sculpture through the door motionlessly.
With the help of bright lights, the two-meter-high sculpture is clearly visible to the eye. In the field of vision, most of the fleshless body is wrapped in robes, and the exposed face is completely a skeleton. In addition to the tall body and terrifying shape, the bone hands are also tight. He is holding a huge scythe that is almost the same height as his body. The overall shape is extremely terrifying. Even if it is just a statue, ordinary people will still subconsciously feel fear after taking a look at it. What's even more terrifying is...
If you just look at the appearance of the sculpture, unless you are a country dweller like Chen Xiaoyao who lives in the mountains all year round and has no contact with outside information, anyone will instinctively think of a certain existence from the appearance of the sculpture, a kind of creature that can harvest life in Western legends. Horror exists...
Let’s not talk about the specifics. Anyway, Taoist Chen couldn’t imagine that kind of existence. Even so, he still instinctively cared about the statue prompted by some inexplicable intuition, and even smelled a hint of danger from the statue. , a hint of coldness without any logic or even evidence, and this is the real reason why he stopped abruptly and looked at the statue.
However, the intuition is true, but after all, he has inspected the statue, and the statue itself is a real solid statue. There is nothing abnormal about it. To say the least, even if there is something abnormal about the statue, all the people, including Chen Xiaoyao, It is impossible for the executioner to do anything to the statue. After all, the statue is huge and the whole body is made of granite. With such abnormal hardness, a bullet hitting it will only create a white spot, unless it is blasted with a bomb or forced with the help of professional machinery. Dismember it, otherwise humans will never be able to destroy it in a short time, not to mention that the executor is still racing against time and must fully charge all 10 generators within a limited time, so...
Facing such a strange and indestructible statue, Chen Xiaoyao was in crisis, but he couldn't do anything. The only thing he could do was instinctively move the house cautiously, and make a small move that was of no use. for example……
He took back the flashlight and glanced around on both sides. After seeing that the environment was still dead and nothing unusual, Chen Xiaoyao walked into the villa and returned to the living room. He first came to the statue, and then took out a yellow Taoist talisman from his arms.
And then……
Snapped!
Keeping his brows furrowed, Taoist Chen rotated his hands and shook them up and down. After quickly making a Taoist gesture of unknown meaning, with a slight sound, the Taoist talisman was attached to the chest of the statue.
After doing this, Chen Xiaoyao walked away without saying a word. Since there were no doors or windows in the dilapidated villa, Chen Xiaoyao was too lazy to turn back and go out. Instead, with his agility that was not inferior to Cheng Ying's, he jumped up and passed directly from the side. The window jumps out of the villa.
Boom.
Landing smoothly like a squirrel, Chen Xiaoyao ran straight into the night and ran for about two hundred meters. Soon, at a hidden intersection leading to the backyard, he found his target, a car about half a person tall. The square machine comes into view.
Obviously, this is a generator, a hand-cranked generator. It is also the first time that Chen Xiaoyao has observed this thing up close.
With the help of the moonlight, I lowered my head and took a closer look, and saw that the machine was covered with complicated parts, and various unknown circuits were exposed on the rusty motor body. Its complexity was enough to make people dizzy. It can be said that with this level of complexity, unless you are a professional Electrician, otherwise it would be difficult for anyone to sort out the clues. Ordinary people can't, and Chen Xiaoyao, who is a country boy, doesn't need much. Fortunately, there are no absolutes. The generator is complicated and confusing, but that one is similar to the tractor starting rocker. The handle clearly told him how to operate the machine.
"Well, turning this thing should be enough, right?"
Seeing the presence of a rocker on the side of the machine, Chen Xiaoyao, who was a country boy but not an idiot, understood it in an instant. He muttered to himself, then held the rocker with a trial attitude and began to exert force, officially turning the machine rocker, and then …
Squeak, squeak, squeak.
Buzz, buzz buzz.
As the joystick is turned up and down, the next moment, the machine makes a sound. At the same time as the mechanical sound is made, a display screen above the machine gradually lights up as the joystick turns. Looking closely, I see numbers appearing on the screen. The initial 0:00 turns into 0:001.
Seeing this scene, Chen Xiaoyao understood instantly! Yes, as expected, the numbers on the display should represent the power value. That is, the longer the joystick is turned, the higher the value will be until it reaches an integer of 100. Once the value increases to 100, it means the power of the generator. Full!
The above is the power supply logic that Chen Xiaoyao instantly understood during the rotation. The process is extremely simple. It is nothing more than turning the joystick repeatedly. That is true, but the problem is that the power generated is too small! ?
Yes, after holding the joystick and turning it for a full minute, the screen value representing power only increased from 0:01 to 0:10.
This, is this him...
Faced with this extremely slow power generation speed, even though Chen Xiaoyao's math skills were only average, he still quickly calculated the approximate time it would take for the electricity to be fully charged, half an hour! In other words, if you want to fully charge a generator, you must continue to turn the rocker for at least half an hour. Moreover, the generator is not allowed to leave the machine during work, and must always stay in front of the machine and turn it by hand!
First of all, you need to know that there are currently 10 generators scattered in the manor. The task time limit is 5 hours. There are 7 executors. They can charge 7 motors at the same time. If, if we use this speed and the number of people to make statistical estimates, , if you want to fully charge all 10 motors, it is estimated that it can be completed in 4 hours.
Seeing this, some people may want to ask, since the seven executors are enough to charge all 10 motors before the time limit is reached, why does Chen Xiaoyao feel uneasy after estimating the time?
reason?
The reason is simple, that is...
Although what everyone is currently playing is just a game, a cursed game called 'Escape to Heaven', this is also a supernatural mission! And in any supernatural mission, there is always danger, a death risk that is enough to pose a fatal threat to the executor!
As for what specifically represents danger? Without even thinking about it, the answer is often yes!
If the falcon acting as a supervisor appears during the task and attacks the executor, or if an executor is chased or killed by the falcon during the task, how many executors will be able to actually work in front of the motor to generate electricity?
Undoubtedly, if this happens, the apparent 4 hours will be destined to be extended, even to the point where it is difficult to fully charge all the motors within 5 hours. Once all the motors cannot be fully charged before 5 o'clock in the morning, The gate of the manor cannot be opened. Failure to open means escape failure. Failure to escape is equivalent to the annihilation of all members. All executors in the manor will be forced to die by the curse rules.
Time is tight, extremely tight!
"Gan! Curse you, you bastard, for actually setting the time to be so tight. You did it on purpose. You must have done it on purpose! I wish you were struck by lightning and killed without a single corpse!"
Creak, creak, buzz, buzz buzz...
After thinking about the logical cause and effect, Chen Xiaoyao suddenly felt that time was running out. Under the urgency, the young man suddenly became angry and cursed frequently. Although he greeted and cursed his family, his movements did not stop. After that, he just stayed next to the machine and worked. He was cursing in anger as he shook his head.
It is conceivable that even Chen Xiaoyao can quickly figure out the truth, why can't others understand it? Why is it not clear? Just when Chen Xiaoyao was standing in front of an intersection motor cranking the generator and cursing, his vision moved sideways, past the central villa, and finally came to a dense patch of grass adjacent to the villa...
Creak, creak, buzz, buzz buzz.
"The curse next door to Mahle, you will not die well! You will not die well!"
The same shaking sound, the same curse words. If you look closely through the grass, you will see a generator displayed in the grass, and there is also a person beside the motor, a young man with a hairy head who is gnashing his teeth and cursing in a low voice. He cursed, but he never stopped moving, always holding the joystick tightly and turning in circles. The actual state was almost the same as that of Chen Xiaoyao. Of course, if you have to look for differences, strictly speaking there are a few differences. Yes, compared to Due to the open area where Chen Daoshi was located, he could only work openly and openly. However, the motor located in the dense grass was obviously much hidden. Because the location of the motor was relatively hidden, Li Tianheng did not act openly and openly. Instead, he knelt down half-kneeling on the ground and shook it, using the cover of the grass to secretly Charging, it’s a pity...
Although the grass can cover the body to a certain extent and facilitate concealment, Li Tianheng's anxious state of mind cannot be concealed no matter what. It is obvious that, like Chen Xiaoyao, after finding the motor and starting to work, the young man with the glitch also quickly calculated the time when the motor is fully charged. The approximate time, coupled with the fact that there are too many motors, if the supervisor played by Qi comes out during this period, the consequences will be disastrous!
This is said to be true, but it is also true. In the grass, shaking his arms, turning the joystick, and staring at the pitiful value of only 0:12 on the screen, Li Tianheng was frightened and scared, fearing that an accident would occur during the period, which would lead to his already He was pressed for time and could not continue charging.
At the same time, the view shifted again, passing through the grass on the east side, passing through the adjacent tunnel, and finally came to another open area covered with weeds, which was the west corner of the manor.
Compared with the east side of the manor, which is close to the villa and is small in area, the west side area is quite spacious. Although it is also overgrown with weeds, the weeds are only in the corners. In the middle, there is a scrapped truck parked that has been unable to start. Of course, the truck It's not the point. The point is that there is also a square motor on the opposite side of the truck.
Next to the motor, Cheng Ying frowned, her beautiful almond-shaped eyes full of nervousness, and she was just staring at the screen in silence.
There is no doubt that Cheng Ying was in front of the motor. Although she did not move and just stared, she was certain that she must have turned the motor before, observed the values, and then quickly obtained the calculation results that were exactly the same as those of Chen and Li. The result was that time was running out. , even if everyone scattered around to work collectively, it still took 4 hours to complete the task.
But, something strange is...
The facts are clearly in front of us, and time is obviously tight. However, in reality, Cheng Ying did not start working as hurriedly as Chen Xiaoyao or Li Tianheng. She did not crank the electricity by hand. Instead, she frowned and pondered after testing the power generation speed. She thought for a moment, girl. He moved, turned to look behind him, and looked at an iron gate near the motor. The gate was none other than the west gate of the manor that had long been sealed due to lack of electricity.
Next, Cheng Ying moved, prompted by some unknown thoughts, and walked straight to the opposite door.
