Chapter 802 One for One
Qi Xia walked on the road for a long time, then looked up at the beads above his head.
If we don't find Diniu quickly, the beads will disappear soon. After all, the so-called "Sky Serpent Moment" will only last for two hours at most.
There is no watch or clock now, so there is no way to know the time, but Qi Xia always feels that the time is about to pass.
He shook his head and took in the memory coming from his brain.
"Although it is risky... it also proves that there is no problem with this method." Qi Xia looked at the bead above his head again, "Through "life and death" to "retrace time", Qinglong, did you see it? "Time" does not exist , we can only see traces of "time" from each person. As long as we can trace back a "person", we can theoretically trace back "time".
He looked down at his hands again, becoming more convinced of the underlying logic of the entire "Land of Ending".
This is a strange place that relies on the tyrannical power of "endless life". People keep looking back in place, but time is rushing forward in this land. The strange paradox was born many years ago.
Are people left where they are, or is the world left behind?
Qi Xia walked for about ten minutes according to the map in his hand, and finally saw the "zodiac" game venue.
This game venue is much larger than Qi Xia imagined. It looks like an open-air football field that has been abandoned for a long time.
The only thing that puzzled Qi Xia was that the football field was too dilapidated. If the location hadn't been clearly drawn on the map, even Qi Xia wouldn't have been sure that this was Di Niu's playing field.
He had visited "Zodiac" many times, and the football field in front of him was obviously the most dilapidated one, and it was so dilapidated that it was a bit abnormal.
Is it because it is open-air? Or is it that the "zodiac signs" who work here never take care of their own premises?
Qi Xia came to the front of the field and found that there was no "zodiac sign" here, but he could faintly hear a few distant shouts coming from the field, so he put away the map and walked into the open-air football field from the main entrance. .
Due to his wide field of vision, Qi Xia saw at first sight the stadium that had completely turned into yellow land with no grass growing, and then the people in the center of the playground came into view.
An extremely thin-looking local cow was pulling a black rope, and at the end of the rope were six participants gathered in a pile.
This seems to be a tug-of-war that looks fair but is unreasonable in detail.
The six men were holding the rope with bulging veins in their hands, and they all leaned back. Each of them gritted his teeth and tried to kill someone. They seemed to have a clear division of labor. Some were responsible for shouting slogans, while others were responsible for shouting slogans. The person is responsible for tying the rope around the waist.
And the thin local cow stood there with his head bowed, holding the rope steadily with both hands. The black rope was stretched as tight as the end of the pen in mid-air, but it never moved at all.
Qi Xia stood in the distance and quietly watched this unsuspicious game, and a question quickly arose in his mind.
Di Niu seemed to still have some strength left. He could end the game in an instant, but he never let the "participants" lose. He just pulled the rope without fully exerting his strength, and seemed to be toying with these people.
What does it mean?
On the other hand, the six participants in the distance had increasingly painful expressions, and the hands holding the rope began to turn red. At first, they were trembling all over. Di Niu stepped on the ground and exerted force, and the rope tightened instantly, making them All "participants" fell to the ground.
Qi Xia frowned slightly when he saw this scene. This game seemed a little too strange.
Although the form of each prefecture-level game is not uniform, they must have a core, and that is "killing".
No matter how you think about the tug-of-war game in front of you, it is impossible to cause the death of the "participants", so what is the purpose of Di Niu's game?
Qi Xia recalled what he had just done by pulling on the rope and consuming the physical strength of all the "participants". He instantly understood something: "No... the game is not over."
Sure enough, when all the "participants" fell to the ground and gasped for breath, Di Niu slowly walked forward and spoke to everyone: "The first round is over. Now you can choose whether to proceed to the second round. "
When this person spoke for the first time, Qi Xia realized that the thin Di Niu in front of him was a woman.
"The second...round?" A tall and thick-looking man lay on the ground and looked up at the local bull, "What second round?"
Di Niu reached out and touched his breast pocket, then took out a dagger and threw it out.
The dagger left her hand, spun around in the air and then stuck into the ground.
"One life is exchanged for one of my limbs." Di Niu said, "You can choose which teammate to contribute. For each person I contribute, I will use one less limb, most Westerners. If you can win the tug-of-war with fewer people, each of you will If you lose one person, the reward will be doubled, or you can choose to leave now, but of your own free will."
"What does "less use of a limb" mean?" asked a tall and thin man.
"Isn't this difficult to understand?" Di Niu put one hand behind his back and said to everyone, "I can only use one hand to hold the rope, or I can tie the rope around my waist without using both hands. , or I can lift one leg off the ground. In short, it’s up to you to choose which limb I don’t use. Do you understand what you say?”
Qi Xia raised the corner of his mouth slightly at this time. The situation was similar to what he expected. The only thing he didn't expect was that "the reward will be doubled for each person lost." The next participants will need to make a dilemma.
Should we give up all the "tickets" and leave, or should we invest greater costs to obtain excess returns?
Perhaps everyone can make a rational judgment anywhere - that is, it is a loss to exchange one's life for anything, but this is not the case in "The End".
"I suggest letting Brother Wang contribute." A man said, "Brother Wang has "responsed". After we earn "Tao", we can share it with him next time, otherwise it will be too much of a loss to leave now."
"What...?" A man's eyes suddenly widened. It looked like he was Brother Wang that the man was talking about. "What the hell is this? What if I can't win even if I die? I died in vain." !”
"I have a suggestion...!" said a fat man wearing glasses.
"What's your suggestion? Tell me quickly!" The man called Brother Wang asked anxiously as if he had seen a life-saving straw.
The fat man pushed up his glasses and said with a serious face: "People only have one limb in total, and the "zodiac" says that one life is exchanged for one limb! As long as we contribute Western limbs, we will win."