Chapter 701: Death in the Blink of an Eye
[Wings of Escape (Blue)
Gift of Wealth
Effect: Immediately teleport to another room on the map randomly after use.
Let cool for ten minutes.
"Brother, you are not in the cemetery road, so I came to the Wrongful Death Cemetery to find you!"
Hearing the sound of hide-and-seek in his ears, Qi Ge breathed a sigh of relief:
"I'm alive! Goddess of Wealth, from today on, I will be your most devout believer!"
"Sister Ye Yao, Sister Ye Yao, are you looking for my brother too?
Then I'll go take a rest first."
"Mi Zang has temporarily stopped its actions, and Ye Yao has not followed. Good news, this gives me precious breathing time to wait for the CD of the prop."
Qi Ge looked around and found himself in a huge bathroom.
This bathroom has two pools, one large and one small. One pool is filled with steaming warm water, and the other is filled with cold water.
"Wait a minute, the bathroom... Could this location be another road to the Sacrifice Market?!"
Qi Ge frowned slightly.
“I remember Mi Zang ran into Shi Xin on the way to the bathroom and took a break.
That means the Stone Heart is likely nearby.
Qi Ge looked at the gorgeous golden door of the bathroom and moved his throat slightly.
"She might even be behind that door, waiting for me to go out."
“Then I might as well not go out and wait for the CD of Wings of Escape to finish in the bathroom.
Qi Ge knew clearly that the most important task at hand was to survive, not to find props.
Although finding props is important, the ultimate goal of finding props is to survive better and get through the last hour.
If you take risks just to find props and end up not surviving even the last hour, that would be putting the cart before the horse.
“The stone heart is likely blocked outside.
Another me left a last word, 'Stoneheart is a statue, keep an eye on her!', which means that if you don't keep an eye on Stoneheart, you will be in danger.
If I leave the bathroom, I may not be able to find Shi Xin the first time. It's too dangerous. It's better to wait quietly for the golden dragon to teleport. "
Qi Ge turned towards the bathroom.
Because he had moved many corpses from the mass grave and the quilt on him was stained with a lot of rotten blood and flesh, it was now dirty and smelly. Almost every second, Qi Ge was tortured by the stench.
“As a professional gamer, I can tolerate such stench, but the sense of smell is also an important part of providing information.
Among the female ghosts that have appeared so far, Leng Yu’s crotch smells strange when you get close and smell it, but if you move a little further away, you can only smell her fragrance.
The scent of Lengyu is a bit like gardenia.
The fragrance on Ye Yao's body is stronger than Leng Yu's. Even in a fetid environment like a mass grave, I can vaguely smell the scent of jasmine on her body.
The smell on them will have an aphrodisiac effect, and even make my body involuntarily...
If I can get rid of the bad smell on my body, then I will have another way to judge whether there is a red wedding dress nearby."
Qi Ge looked at the bathing pool, thoughtfully.
"Since I'm here, I might as well take a shower while teleporting to the bathroom.
These two baths, like the fountain, are most likely the shelters prepared for me by the sea god.
I remember that when I came out of the fountain before, the quilt on my body dried instantly.
Perhaps these pools of water have the function of cleaning and removing odors.”
As soon as he said he would take a shower, Qi Ge went to the warm water pool and observed the water surface carefully.
He had clearly put his head above the pool, but his reflection did not appear in the pool.
"No reflection, safe."
Qi Ge jumped into the warm water pool without hesitation.
In an instant, a familiar sense of security and warmth immediately surged into Qi Ge's heart, making Qi Ge inexplicably moved.
“Wow, wow, in this gloomy and terrifying bloody wedding room, only the protection of the sea god can bring me a little warmth.
Those female ghosts all want to kill me, which makes me extremely nervous. Every day feels like a year."
Qi Ge was in the bathroom and took a look at the bottom of the tub, but there was nothing.
This made him feel a little more at ease.
“That’s what I said. How could a high-level player like me die so many times? Eleven times is already exaggerated.
It seems that the difficulty of this treasure house is still within my acceptable range. Last time I reached the last hour, maybe I can pass it directly this time."
"Wait a minute! There's also a cold water pool..."
Qi Ge climbed out of the warm water pool. At that moment, his clothes and quilt were instantly dry, and all the foul smells disappeared, as if they had been through a washer-dryer.
"Amazing! This is really amazing! Poseidon technology is mind-blowing."
Qi Ge sighed and confirmed that there was no reflection in the cold water pool before jumping into it.
He looked down and the familiar purple color immediately caught Qi Ge's eyes.
Seven Pigeons: ...
"Huh?! Why are there any last words here?! I died more than eleven times?!"
The seven pigeons were startled.
He lay down in the bathtub and read his last words carefully.
As a result, the first last words made Qi Ge depressed.
[There is a resurrection item on top of the bookshelf in the bedroom. Remember that the item cannot be used to change clothes by Leng Yu.]
Seven Pigeons: ...
"Why didn't you leave such important information in the fountain? What did you think of the other me?"
"No, that's not right! There's no way I could be that stupid."
Qi Ge is very confident in his level and he believes that he will not make such a low-level mistake.
In other words, those who left their last words in the bathroom must have had their reasons for leaving them in the bathroom.
“I know myself well enough to leave information in the fountain if I could.
Perhaps there should be some restrictions on where to leave a will, which is why I could only write the message here before. "
Qi Ge carefully recalled the hint left by the Magic Goddess:
“Every time you die, you can leave a magic reminder in the death area.
The number of words that can leave magical hints is proportional to the time you survive before death."
“Death Zone….
Stay in the same room with Mi Zang and die.
Area...room..."
Qi Ge carefully pondered the differences between his last words and the Magic Goddess's hint.
“Rooms and areas should not be the same concept.
The range of a zone is larger than that of a room, but a zone also has its limitations.
For example, the bedroom and bedroom corridor are likely to be one area.
Even the bedroom, kitchen and fountain garden are one area.
I haven't figured out how the specific areas are divided.
But if I die near the baths, I probably won’t be able to leave my last words in the fountain.”
Qi Ge knocked his head and thought:
“It seems that the last me in the fountain has also realized this problem.
That’s why [he] deliberately died near the fountain when he was about to die, and within the limited number of words, he moved key information such as [unicorn horn] and [top of bedroom bookshelf] into the fountain.”
Qi Ge is about to shed tears just thinking about it.
“I was the last one, and I managed to survive until the last hour, but suddenly I found that the red moon had descended, and the difficulty increased.
The props he had might have been used up, so he desperately rushed back to the fountain garden area, leaving behind invaluable hints.
That's why only [his] message is particularly long.
The me now is the successor of myself who died a dozen or even dozens of times before.
This treasure house is not a marathon for just me, but a relay race consisting of countless me.
The baton I hold in my hand now is a weapon created by the countless me’s who came before me.
And I, with the will of countless myself, will be the last one!"
Qi Ge encouraged himself and continued to look at the remaining purple words.
[Be careful when offering sacrifices at the market. Go straight ahead in front of the market and there is a teleportation item at the end of the mass grave. Died in a hide-and-seek situation.]
[There is a hot spring and a dead tree in the woods on the left side of the market. The dead tree arm can be removed, but I died the moment I took it off. The cause of death is unknown.]
[There is red fog in my mass grave, so I didn't get close. The dead tree's arm is the [Barrier Breaker Hammer], and he died in the same way as above, but the cause of death is unknown.]
[Teleport obtained, hammer obtained, cause of death is blood shadow. The shadows of all trees in the forest may turn into blood shadows. ]
Zi Zi's last words ended here, and three lives were exchanged for a crucial piece of information.
Qi Ge took a deep breath and had a vague guess.
"After reading these three tips, I successfully got the hammer, so there are no other messages.
It turns out that it’s not that no one mentioned the dead tree and the market, but the relevant information about the dead tree and the market is here...
The number of words here is obviously more than that of the fountain. It seems that those of me who arrive here have lived longer.
The one I encountered in the mass grave was the Night Demon, and I didn’t mention the Night Demon among these four…
Is it because there are not enough words, or is it that the distribution locations of all the female ghosts will be randomly refreshed every time they die?"
Qi Ge took another breath and vaguely realized a problem.
"Wait a minute, including these four messages, I have died 14 times.
I still have 30 energy points left, which means I have found peaches worth at least 70 energy points?
It's so dangerous here, and there are so many people like me who step on the door and die in a short while, so why can I still find so many peaches?
Either a peach adds a lot of energy, or peaches are easy to find.
It's impossible for a peach to add 70 energy points, right? That's unrealistic... Then peaches should be easy to find.
So, why didn’t I, the first one to find the peach, leave the location of the peach behind?
Why didn’t I mention it when I found the peach later?
Here, energy is life. If it were me, I would definitely emphasize such an important item.
Could it be... the kitchen?"
Qi Ge's eyes fixed.
“If Peaches was in the kitchen, it would make sense.
If the female ghost is randomly refreshed, it means that not everyone will encounter Hide and Seek so quickly.
The kitchen is so close to the fountain garden and there is no threat of hiding, so they will most likely search it first.
Of course, there is another possibility.
That is, the probability of peach refreshing will continue to decrease as the number of times I die increases.
It’s possible that I found peaches easily in the first few, but it became increasingly difficult to find them after that…
In short, no matter what, you must go to the kitchen.
Just as Qi Ge was thinking, he suddenly felt that the originally warm pool water had become a little cool.
This slight chill suddenly made Qi Ge's heart tighten!
If you stay in the water pond forever, you will die, water soul!
Qi Ge grabbed the bathing tub platform with both hands and jumped out of the bathing tub with a splash. He rolled onto the floor, then quickly stood up and turned to look at the bathing tub.
A faint chill lingered above the cold water pool for a moment, then disappeared. If Qi Ge had not looked very carefully, he would have thought it was an illusion.
He clenched his palms, took a deep breath, mustered up his courage, and walked towards the cold water pool.
He looked down beside the cold pool and immediately saw his own reflection.
There were green candles on the walls of the bathtub. It was normal to have reflections in the water, but at this moment, the reflections made Qi Ge feel frightened.
[Don’t go into a pond with reflections, because the reflections are the spirits of the water.]
These last words he left behind once again appeared in Qi Ge's mind.
He stared at the reflection. There was clearly no wind, but the reflection in the cold pool was slightly swaying as if blown by the wind.
Suddenly, for a moment, Qi Ge saw his reflection suddenly turned into a beautiful girl with red pupils, blue hair and no clothes.
"hiss!"
Although the figure flashed by, Qi Ge saw very clearly that she was opening her arms towards him with an expectant smile on her face, as if she was ready to jump out of the water and pull him in at any time.
This made Qi Ge take a deep breath and move away from the cold water pool, no longer daring to get close.
Water Spirit. A Red Wedding Dress that has the ability to break through the protection of the Sea God and appear directly in the pool.
She can turn a safe spot that is extremely important to Qi Ge into a terrifying ghost zone.
To Qi Ge, the threat posed by Shui Po was no less than that posed by Mi Zang and Ye Yao.
Qi Ge could easily imagine a scene where he was cornered by a female ghost and had no choice but to hide in a pool to survive, but in the end, he was caught by the water spirit.
At that time, he could only die instantly, and there was nothing he could do.
At the bottom of the fountain, there are two descriptions of water spirits.
This means that Qi Ge has died at Shui Po's hands at least twice.
"Luckily, I acted quickly. If I hadn't seen the previous warning, I would not have noticed the slight change in water temperature and would have died again."
Qi Ge breathed a sigh of relief and stood up from the floor.
He looked at the [Wings of Escape] in his hand, and the CD of the Wings of Escape had already cooled down.
But the current situation is somewhat different from the previous one.
"Mi Zang is resting, Leng Yu has left, Xue Ying is restrained by my quilt and can't hurt me for the time being, Ye Yao is in the mass grave, Shui Po is in the pool behind me, and the Red Moon has not yet arrived.
Of the nine Red Wedding Dresses, I have survived five of them. The Red Moon has not descended and there is no threat.
The only ones left are Blood Charm, an unknown singing female ghost, and Stone Heart.
Tao Zi is probably in the kitchen, so I'm going to check it out anyway.
If I teleport randomly, I have no way of guaranteeing where I will be teleported to.
If I were teleported to a completely unfamiliar map, or a dangerous place like a mass grave, I might not be able to find the way back to the kitchen.
Compared to this, it would be better to go out and face Shi Xin head on."
People die for money, and birds die for food.
“Outside the Treasure House, my energy value is my life.
In this treasure house, too! In a physical sense!
The peach that can restore my energy is worth the risk.
Not only peaches, I also have to go to the woods to get a hammer.
To get to the woods, I have to get out of the bathing pool. Sooner or later, I will have to face the Stone Heart, so I might as well gain experience .
There are two pools of water behind me now. The Water Spirit can only guard one at most. There must be another one that can be used. If it really doesn’t work, I can retreat and hide in the pool.
Next time I run into Shi Xin, I may not have a way out."
When two brave men meet in a narrow road, the brave one wins. Qi Ge thought about it for a long time and finally decided to take the risk!
He walked to the door of the bath, opened it a crack, and looked around.
Outside the door of the baths is a road very similar to the one around the fountain garden, but more advanced.
A large number of tiny elf stones were spread on the road, like LED lights, emitting a faint light.
In the gardens surrounding the path, beautiful orange trumpet flowers bloom.
"Wait a minute, those flowers..."
When Qi Ge's eyes swept over the morning glories, he vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he didn't know what was wrong.
He squatted down and observed carefully, then he realized that the buds of the morning glory were actually all the heads of elves!
The heads of each of these elves were slightly different, but all of them had their mouths slightly open, without eyes or teeth, and their dark eye sockets and around their mouths were filled with dried blood.
"Hiss... Shit... Do you have to be so scary?"
Qi Ge shuddered and once again realized that he was playing in a horror game.
"Luckily these morning glory buds are not my head, or I would have been frightened to death."
It’s not that Qi Ge is timid.
Anyone who has been tortured by a group of female ghosts in turn would tremble in his heart when suddenly seeing such a situation.
Qi Ge observed for three minutes, but there was still no movement outside the bath.
“Could it be that Stoneheart is somewhere further away, or has already left?
In any case, it should be safe outside this bath."
Qi Ge mustered up his courage and went back to the cold water pool to take a look. The reflection was still there...
“You’re really waiting for me… I’ve already taken a shower, and I really don’t want to take another one.
Sister Shuipo, let’s meet again if we are destined to do so.”
Qi Ge turned around and left without any regrets. He squeezed out of the bathing pool door, looked around, and confirmed that he didn't find anything like a statue. Then...
Qi Ge had half of his body sticking out of the bathroom, but he suddenly stopped where he was.
“Bang!”
Just now, he heard a clapping sound in his ears.
"What's going on... Night Demon?! The Night Demon is here again?"
Qi Ge maintained the same posture and dared not move at all.
He didn't see the Night Demon, but that didn't mean he couldn't follow the rule of one stop, two go.
“At that time, Mi Zang was on the market road, so far away from the mass grave. Even if Ye Yao clapped his hands, she would stop.
The Night Demon's ability is likely to have a very large range, and may even be effective in the entire treasure house.
You must follow the Night Demon's instructions, stop once, move twice... The most important thing is the sound, whether you can see the Night Demon or not may not be important."
I was trapped, and the other female ghosts were probably also trapped.
Qi Ge relaxed and started to daydream.
"The stone heart is a statue, and statues are supposed to stay still.
I clearly remember Mi Zang saying that she met Shi Xin on the way to the bathroom, so why can't I find him?
Hmm? Could it be that the Stone Heart is behind a corner, and my view is blocked by the flowers and trees on both sides of the road?
Or…”
At this moment, a possibility suddenly occurred to Qi Ge's mind, and this possibility made his heart beat faster.
"Just because there's nothing in front, behind, or around doesn't mean there really isn't anything...
In the horror games I've played, there are many ghosts that fall from the sky.
This is the bathroom. The bathroom is enclosed and has a roof. The roof is also my blind spot. No matter how hard I look from the door, I can't see what's happening on the roof.
By the way, it is very likely that Shi Xin is on the roof of the bathhouse!
The roof of the bathhouse should not be part of the bathhouse room, but also belong to the scope of the bathhouse road.
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! Fortunately, I didn’t go out just now. If I had just gone out, it would be like turning my back to Shi Xin.
The way to deal with Shi Xin is to keep an eye on her, which means that as long as Shi Xin is not within my field of vision, I will most likely be killed by her.
This... Night Demon saved my life again.
I'm a bit lucky this time, is this destiny, that I'm destined to end this treasure house?"
Qi Ge breathed slowly and hard. He decided to sweep the roof as soon as Night Demon gave the order to act.
“Pah!”
When the order to act came, Qi Ge tied the quilt around himself without hesitation, then turned around, lay on the ground, and did reverse push-ups, arching his stomach and chest.
This is a very deformed and strange action, but it is the best solution at this time.
The seven pigeons only need to slightly turn their heads and eyes to observe in four directions: front, left, right, and sky.
Qi Ge’s two blind spots in vision – the ground behind him and the bathroom at his feet – are both safe areas that can make Qi Ge feel at ease.
This was the largest field of vision Qi Ge could think of. There was no other movement that would allow him to observe without blind spots.
At this moment, Qi Ge, wrapped in a blanket, walking backwards on all fours, with her neck twisted, looked more like a ghost than those enchanting and beautiful red wedding dresses...
Qi Ge crawled out of the bathroom in this strange posture. Every two steps, he would stop and look around.
A little bit, a little bit...
The seven pigeons' view of the bathhouse roof expanded little by little.
Suddenly, Qi Ge saw a white protruding stone on the red roof of the bathing pool!
"hiss."
Qi Ge's heart tightened. He stared at the stone and crawled forward two steps.
He finally saw clearly!
On the roof of the bathroom, there was a lime statue of a vampire girl kneeling!
She was not wearing any clothes and her whole body looked very smooth, even the hair between her legs was carved out vividly.
It was as real as if she were a real vampire turned into stone.
Behind her was a pair of open bat wings with many holes on them, looking tattered.
Her hands were spread flat on her chest, one in front and one behind reaching towards the sky. She raised her head slightly with her mouth open, her expression sad and desperate, as if she was praying to the sky for something.
"Is it Stoneheart?"
Qi Ge was not sure, so he tried and blinked his eyes very quickly.
“What the hell!!”
Qi Ge's eyes widened in horror and he almost jumped up from the ground.
In the blink of an eye, Shi Xin, who was originally on the roof, appeared in front of him!
She was suspended in mid-air, and the expression on her face changed from sadness to extreme bloodthirstiness and sadism.
Her mouth opened wide, revealing her sharp fangs, and her hands almost grabbed Qi Ge's neck.