Not everyone knew that Deathmatch was going to kill him.
Many news are only discussed secretly at high levels, and even some small war zones are not eligible to participate in anonymous meetings.
Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary trialists, Lin An, who can shine in two trials and even get first place, is obviously worthy of their attention.
...
"Sir Lin An, Miss Fiona, do you want to form a team with us?"
A friendly smile appeared on his face.
A middle-aged man with a thin stature and a short staff on his waist carefully sat cross-legged next to Lin An, and then pointed at a young man with sunken eyes behind him.
“Although I don’t know what this trial is about, I think it’s always right to have more people.”
Swallowing, the man with the short staff subconsciously glanced at Fiona's face.
"I am Agassi, the awakened member of the European Union, the Xantia Theater. Of course, we only belong to the Nordic Theater in name only."
Somewhat embarrassed, the man with the short staff looked at Lin An expectantly after finishing speaking.
For humble subordinates like them, Lin An and Fiona are simply big shots in their eyes.
His willpower attribute was very low, and it could be said that it was all due to the equipment that the entire safety zone had scraped together, which pushed him to the edge of qualification.
There was no rejection and no consent.
In silence.
Lin An stared ahead. In the dark corner of the living room, there was an old woman with a stooped figure, sitting quietly as if fixed on a chair.
She faced an iron bucket with some fire coming out of it.
Bending over, she stretched out her wrinkled, ginger-like hands above the flames, roasting them stiffly.
The tongue of fire licked her palm, making a sizzling sound.
It was not far away, and Lin An could even smell a faint smell of burning.
If he hadn't heard her voice before entering the door, Lin An would have thought she was dead.
No one around the awakened people paid attention to this. Obviously, they were accustomed to everything here.
A strong sense of uneasiness surged into Fiona's heart.
She couldn't help blurting out and asked the bearded man with a short staff:
"How long have you been here?"
She saw it, piled in the corner of the living room, hidden in the shadows, the bones that had been chewed clean.
Silence, silence.
Fiona's question seemed to make him hesitate.
The rest of the people, except for the angry expression when Lin An first entered, after staring at him and Fiona for a second, they dispersed and sat on the floor.
Many people were even a little dull and depressed, banging their heads against the wall behind them.
Amidst the crackling sound of firewood, a white-haired young man leaning against the wall slowly turned his head and stared at her:
"21 days and 6 hours."
After saying that, he grinned and showed an inexplicable smile:
"You're lucky."
"Come now."
Fiona was stunned when she heard the sound, and strong vigilance suddenly flashed in Fiona's eyes.
Lin An, who had been silent for a long time, also frowned for a moment:
"21 days? No food?"
"There is a problem with the system and the task is not released?"
"So you are cannibals?"
The reaction speed was extremely fast. After thinking for a moment, Lin An stared directly at the man with the short staff:
"wrong."
"It is impossible for the system not to issue tasks."
"So..."
"Someone killed other people before the mission started. As a result, the mission did not have enough people and could not be started."
"So you're stuck here?"
"Only when the number of people is gathered can we start the mission and solve the current situation?"
Everyone was shocked when they heard the sound, obviously not expecting Lin An to react so quickly.
Sitting next to him, the man with the short staff opened his mouth in surprise:
"You...how did you know."
They didn't tell any information, and no one had the strength to explain it to Lin An.
In other words, they don't want to mention what happened here.
Lin An, where did this information come from? ?
"It's very simple."
The tone is flat.
Lin An glanced at the bones piled in the corner:
"Before I came in, you said you had been waiting for a long time. (It's just you)"
"There are many of you, but you are all sitting here, which means the mission has never started."
"Obviously, you have received, or the system stipulates, a mission that requires a certain number of people to start."
"Combined with your obviously disappointed expressions when you saw Fiona and I alone."
"That means there are still not enough people."
Lin An frowned slightly at the old man who was warming his fingers over the fire like sculptures:
"She should be the mission NPC, right?"
"You are so indifferent to her abnormality, does it mean that she barely communicates and interacts with you?"
"Without additional information, you can only wait."
After a moment of pause, Lin An turned his gaze back:
"It has human bones and it's very clean."
"You were obviously waiting for someone, but someone died..."
"You also clearly know the number of people who have started the mission."
"That can only mean that when there were enough people at the beginning, someone maliciously killed others and ruined the mission process."
"And the NPCs don't care about you..."
"If my guess is correct."
"In that pile of bones, there should be the original murderer."
Listening to Lin An's calm analysis, everyone couldn't help but turn their heads and look.
That's right, the mission requires 30 people.
That old woman wouldn't say anything except that you're here.
And 21 days ago, when the mission was about to begin, a "madman" killed one person inexplicably.
Before the "crazy" awakened person wanted to kill someone, everyone had to work together to kill him.
But then, they desperately discovered that there were not enough people...
In addition, the system has not replenished the trialists, causing them to be completely trapped here.
His eyes flashed, and the man with the short staff became more enthusiastic, with a sad smile on his face:
"That's right."
"After you arrive, there is still one person left to start the trial."
"what a shame."
"We've searched all over here and there's nothing."
"In other words, we don't dare to go out."
Angrily, he weakly hammered the wooden floor. Agassi, the stickman, swallowed dryly and licked his lips.
As a conditioned reaction, Fiona remembered how everyone swallowed saliva instinctively when they saw her, and their expressions instantly became ugly.
"ah!"
Agassi noticed Fiona's cold gaze and waved his hands repeatedly:
"You don't have to worry."
"No matter how hungry we are, we will never eat people. After all, no one knows when the awakened ones will appear next."
"If we don't start the mission and end the trial, everyone will die."
After that, he leaned against the wall slumped:
"This damn system..."
"We can only pray now. The last awakened person should come over quickly..."
"I don't know why we have to send a group of people away after a while..."
Turning his head, he smiled ingratiatingly:
"Your Excellency Lin An."
"Thank you to the system for sending you here and giving us some hope...otherwise...we would have gone crazy."
"Hey Hey..."
In the darkness, the laughter was scary.
