Chapter 20 Seeking the Path
What do the twelve zodiac signs represent?
What's at the end of the corridor?
The underworld?
In this dark corridor with no end in sight, everyone moved forward tremblingly.
After the previous high-intensity rounds of "games", everyone felt physically and mentally exhausted. At this moment, they suddenly relaxed, and the aura of death that had been lingering around them also faded.
Qi Xia turned his head inadvertently and saw Ringo standing beside him.
She always covered her mouth and nose with her hands.
"Don't you feel uncomfortable like this?" Qi Xia imitated Ringo's example and put his hands on his mouth and nose. "Although the smell here is very unpleasant, you will have trouble breathing like this." .🅆.
"Breathe?" Ringo was startled for a moment, then smiled, "I don't feel it's difficult to breathe, but it just feels weird when I don't cover my mouth and nose, like..."
"like what?"
"It's like you're not wearing any clothes." Ringo smiled sheepishly, and then took off the hand covering his mouth and nose.
Her nose is very straight and her lips are very red, so there is no need to cover them up. Qi Xia didn't understand what "like not wearing any clothes" meant.
Ringo smiled slightly, but still felt uncomfortable, so he covered his mouth and nose with his hands.
"A little shy...don't you feel awkward?" Lin Ju asked Qi Xia, "Exposing your mouth and nose like this."
"Why is it awkward?" Qi Xia felt strange.
"It's just a "mask"..." Lin Ju also looked at Qi Xia in confusion, his eyes were like looking at an alien, "Why can you be so calm if you don't wear a 'mask'?"
"mouth……"
Before Qi Xia could react, a strange light suddenly came from the distance.
Everyone was struck by this light
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Attracted, they all looked forward.
It's the exit.
There was a bright light, like the setting sun, coming in from the exit.
"We're going out!!" Qiao Jiajin shouted excitedly, "I can see the light of the sunset!"
This shout undoubtedly gave several people a shot of cardiotonic. Doctor Zhao supported Han Yimo and followed the others to speed up the pace.
"Sunset?" Qi Xia thought for a moment and said to everyone, "The time we woke up was twelve o'clock. After more than an hour of game time, it should be around two o'clock now. Whether it is two o'clock in the morning or two in the afternoon It’s impossible to see the “sunset” at all.”
"I think you are worrying too much." Officer Li shook his head, "The time in the room may not be accurate. Maybe the real time now is evening."
Qi Xia nodded slightly. He knew that Officer Li was right. All his knowledge of time came from the clock in the room, but no one could guarantee that the clock in the room was the correct time.
After taking a few steps forward, everyone saw a dark figure next to the exit.
As they continued to advance, the black shadow gradually emerged into a human form. He was also wearing an animal mask, but this mask made everyone feel nauseated.
What is different from all other animal masks is that this person's mask is not made of the head of a single animal, but a product made of many organs sewn together with wool.
His mouth resembles that of a crocodile, his nose resembles that of a cow, his face is made of fish scales, and his neck is made of snakeskin. In addition, he has stitched a lion's mane and a stag's antlers onto his mask.
This animal, Jane
It's like...
"Hello, I am "Human Dragon"." The stitched monster slowly spoke, "Everyone survived? How novel it is."
"dragon……?"
Everyone stopped subconsciously, and all the nerves in their bodies became tense.
It's not that there's anything scary about "dragon", but they are too familiar with this opening.
Every time someone introduces themselves like this, a horrible game ensues.
"Don't be nervous, everyone, your "test" has come to an end." Renlong waved his hand, and everyone discovered that he still had eagle-claw gloves on his hand.
All the animal organs on his body were rotten and bloated, exuding an unpleasant smell, but he seemed to know nothing and kept talking to himself:
"I will not bring you a new "test", just give you some advice."
Everyone didn't say anything, they just stood close together and looked at the group of people in front of them with vigilance.
"Ten days, you have ten days to change everything." Renlong said slowly, "If you don't get 3,600 "Taos" within ten days, then the world you are in will be annihilated. Everything you see will also be buried with you.”
This short sentence is difficult for everyone to understand.
"Three thousand six hundred "Tao"?" Qi Xia frowned, "What is "Tao"? You said that our world will be annihilated, what do you mean?"
"You have a question, hey hey, that's good." Renlong nodded, "Having a question means you are still awake. The so-called "Tao" is..."
Renlong put his hand into his black suit pocket, fumbled for a long time, and took out four small golden balls.
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The outer ring of the small ball is white, and the inner ring is golden. The whole body is shining with golden light, which looks a bit strange.
"This is the Tao." Renlong continued, "As long as there are 3,600 Tao, you will be saved."
Qi Xia pondered for a moment, then reached out and took a small ball. The ball was not hard to the touch, and was even somewhat elastic.
"Take it, this is yours." Renlong said with a smile.
Qi Xia thought for a while and took the four "Tao".
"You have passed four tests, "Liar", "Sprung Bamboo Shoots after Rain", "Death from Heaven", and "Right and Wrong". This is your reward and your "chip"."
Everyone never expected that what they had exchanged their lives for many times would be these inconspicuous beads, and they didn't know what to say at this time.
"Tao..." Qi Xia frowned and said helplessly, "You mean, if we can't find 3,600 such balls, this place will be destroyed?"
"Hehehe, that's right. If this place is destroyed... you won't be able to get out." The human dragon nodded, and the fish scales and lion's mane on his face swayed with his head, looking very awkward.
"It seems that you have a lot of these little balls. Can't you get 3,600 of them by yourself?" Officer Li said decisively, "And you are stronger than us. You can obviously find them by yourself, so why choose us?"
"Me?" Renlong sneered, "We are all guilty people. Sinful people cannot obtain the "Tao". Only the chosen people like you can obtain the "Tao" and eventually become "gods"."
"This is so ridiculous!" Zhang Chenze interrupted the crowd. She folded her hands in front of her chest and asked slightly angrily, "Do you know what you are talking about?"