Chapter 43: five newcomers
A very spacious tent, about 100 square meters, I can't see what it looks like from the outside, but the inside looks a bit dreamy.
The interior of the tent is purple, but the purple seems to be mixed with silver sand. When a string of golden light strips on the top of the tent lights up, the soft and not dazzling light makes the whole The interior of the tent has become starry, and even if you don't step out of the tent, you can feel the starry sky.
A purple multi-layer gauze curtain hangs down in the middle, layer upon layer, you can vaguely see the light coming from the gauze curtain, I don’t know if it is light or candlelight.
"Lord Guide, we are all here"
The speaker is standing outside the gauze curtain, with a red afro, a clown makeup on his face, plus fat blue overalls and red stripes, that is obviously Just a clown! The difference is that this clown has a crying face painted on his face, and a few blue tears are painted on his face, which is a little different from those clowns who are jumping around with smiles in the circus.
The clown held several balloons in his hand, and from time to time he pretended that he was going to be dragged by the balloons, crying for a while, panic for a while, and he had a lot of fun with himself.
The person standing beside the clown touched him with his elbow, and the clown seemed to remember something, restrained his movements, and stood respectfully with the others beside him.
"Please introduce yourself." A voice came from inside the gauze, it sounded like a young man, gentle and gentle. However, the speaker seemed to have just woken up not long ago, so there was a bit of laziness in his voice.
"I have seen the guide, I am in charge of performing body cutting in the circus. You can call me a 'magician'." The first to introduce himself was a gentleman in a black dress and a top hat. With a perfect mustache and a thin figure, his expression is very serious, "Standing by my side is the 'Escape Master' of the circus."
"Woooo!" Standing beside the magician was a strange man who had tied himself into a mummy. And the limbs were tied to the extreme, only the nose part exposed the ventilation holes.
"Please forgive me, the guide, this master is an escape maniac. Even in daily life, he is always honing his escape skills." The magician next to him seems to be helping Cheng Mummy's friend explained, "This is just his habit, not rude to the guide."
"It doesn't matter, in this world of trials, we are all just colleagues." The voice behind the gauze did not sound like he cared.
"The guide is just like the legend, a very kind person." Then a man in a black leather jacket and a black motorcycle helmet spoke, "I am in charge of performing Universal Speedy motorcyclists, everyone likes to call me 'Headless'."
The headless voice didn't come from the motorcycle, but more like it came from the chest, with a dull feeling.
"Good afternoon, the guide, I'm in charge of the aerial rope show, that is, the flying trapeze. Well, everyone likes to call me the 'flying man'." The self-proclaimed trapeze is a man with long limbs, He looks like a young man about two meters tall, with a bald head and no hair on his body.
The trapeze seems to be a little unsteady, and his hands and legs will subconsciously swing, just like being drunk.
"I'm the clown, the clown who brings sadness to the circus, woohoo." The last remaining is the clown who started talking, with crying makeup and a sad face, looking like It really doesn't make anyone happy at all.
"So, you are the main workers of this world?"
After everyone introduced themselves, the layers of gauze curtains were automatically folded in front of them, so that the clowns standing in a row could see the curtains clearly The latter "Lord Guide".
The guide who stood in the candlelight wore black clothes and black trousers, looking neat and slender. Outside, he was wearing a long purple coat with the texture and weight of silk. The coat had various embroidered patterns that looked mysterious, and some pendants that looked like crystals.
When the guide stretched out his hand, the wide sleeves of the coat slipped off, and the sleeves stacked on top of each other had a wonderful layering, adding a sense of solemnity.
A short black hair without any decoration, just wearing a long purple earring on the left ear of the guide, which seems to be made of silk and crystal, with the guide of the guide Move lightly.
There is only one person who appears here as a "guide", and that is Su Qingxing, who is the guide of the underworld.
Su Qingxing has always pursued a simple and neat image. But this time, Zhu Sha felt that a hidden boss must have an aura that fits his identity, so he just put the coat and earrings on Su Qingxing, and moved a little bit on Su Qingxing's lips.
In the words of cinnabar, this is self-cultivation as a boss.
"I heard from the builder, this is a newly constructed world, and there are some troubles?" Su Qingxing kept in mind the mission he came here, "What happened."
"Report to the guide, this is the case..." The magician with the most serious expression bowed respectfully, "Although this trial world has just been built with the efforts of the builder, it has already received five A team of sub-trialists."
"But..." The magician paused, "Whether it's the seniors they call themselves, or the newcomers, all the testers failed at the first level, so the builder thinks that The difficulty of our trial world is too high, and I hope Lord Guide can help us."
"Tell me how many levels you have set up." Su Qingxing sat down on a wooden chair behind the gauze curtain, and on the wooden table opposite the chair was a black candlestick and Large crystal ball placed in purple flannel.
The moment Su Qingxing sat down, a little white snow wolf jumped directly onto his lap, and after finding a comfortable position, he closed his eyes and rested. And Su Qingxing also skillfully helped Little Snow Wolf smooth his hair while listening to the reports of the staff in front of him.
"Yes." The one who reported was still a serious magician, but he did seem to be the most reliable of all the staff.
"The theme of our trial world is 'Death Circus', the main staff are us, and some accompanying actors who act according to the builder's script." The magician said slowly. "Every time I enter the circus city, there are five trial characters, and the clown will assign them to each of us as apprentices."
"There are three levels in the whole trial, the first level is to follow the five teachers to practice 'Flying Trapeze', 'Global Speed', 'Clown Acrobatics', 'Body Cutting' and 'Water Tank Escape' , if the tester dies during the practice, it is considered to be eliminated."
"The second pass is the mid-term assessment. The fortune-tellers of the circus city...that is, the guide, will score the testers, and those who fail to pass will also be eliminated."
"The third stage is the official performance, and all the remaining testers will officially participate in the final death performance of the circus city." The magician emphasized the word "death performance", "Only in The tester who received the most applause from the audience and judges in the official performance will be able to successfully pass the test."
"In other words, there is only one person to clear the customs." After the magician finished the last sentence, he bowed and saluted and returned to the other team.
"There doesn't seem to be any problem with the structure." After thinking for a while, Su Qingxing looked up at the five acrobatics and magic teachers in front of him in the candlelight, "It seems that the problem can only be in the process of trial. To find out, the tester should have arrived at the circus city, right?"
"Yes, Lord Guide, I will go to meet the five tender newcomers immediately" The clown shook the balloon in his hand, "I hope the newcomers will like my meeting ceremony. Hee hee hee"
"Then our circus city must also open immediately." Su Qingxing got up from the chair holding the little snow wolf in his hand, "Everyone, please go back to your post."
"Yes, Lord Guide." Everyone bowed respectfully.
"Wrong." Su Qingxing shook his head, "Since the circus has opened, I think you should call me by another name."
Several circus teachers were stunned for a while, and then immediately corrected in unison: "Yes, Mr. Fortune Teller!"
The fortune teller who masters the life and death of the tester, the mysterious fortune teller hidden in this death circus, this is the identity that Cinnabar specially prepared for Su Qingxing.
"Everyone has worked hard." Seeing the circus teachers turn around and leave, Su Qingxing added, "If you encounter any problems, or if you encounter something you want to discuss, you can also You are welcome to come and sit in the fortune-telling house at any time.”
"You've worked hard too, Mr. Fortune Teller."
When the five teachers of the circus left the tent of the fortune-telling house, the tent that was originally spacious was even more empty, and only Su Qingxing and Xiao Xuelang were left standing at the gauze curtain, the figure in The candlelight is stretched a little bit, and shakes with the shaking of the candlelight.
When Su Qingxing came to this trial world, he naturally appeared in this tent that was set up as a "divination house", and the familiar little snow wolf was lying next to the table and chairs in the fortune-telling house On the soft couch, he slept soundly.
Little Snow Wolf looked exactly the same as "Sisi", and Su Qingxing was a little overjoyed at the reunion after such a long absence.
But soon, Su Qingxing discovered that the little snow wolf in his arms was slightly different from Sisi. Although there was no difference in appearance, when Su Qingxing called out the name "Sisi" At that time, Little Snow Wolf did not respond, just continued to sleep in another place.
After getting along for a while, Su Qingxing discovered that the little snow wolf in his arms would not be coquettish or cute. He would only sleep in one place, and then sleep in another place after a while... He Si Thinking is really far behind.
"But who made you and Sisi look exactly the same?" With thoughts about Sisi, Su Qingxing carried Little Snow Wolf all the way back to the table and sat down directly opposite the crystal ball .
Through the crystal ball on the table, Su Qingxing can see everything that is happening in the circus city.
Including the five testers who just came to this trial world.
I feel that this crystal ball is cumbersome, but it is more like a rare work of art.
After Su Qingxing stroked the surface of the crystal ball with his fingers, an unfamiliar picture of Su Qingxing appeared in the crystal ball like a movie, and he could even hear the sound in the picture entering his ears.
This death circus city covers a large area, with tents large and small built beside the beautiful lake.
The largest colorful tent is hung with bright neon lights, surrounded by various small tents, plus the "tourists" entering and leaving the circus, and cheerful background music , All this makes the whole circus city lively and energetic.
Outside the gate of the circus city, five people who looked like testers stood there blankly, looking up at the sign on the gate of the circus city, which said "Swan Circus City" Five big letters.
"Where is this place?" The first to speak was a boy with a watermelon Taro head, who looked like a student, and was holding the schoolbag in his arms timidly. Such a circus?"
"Don't think about it, if there is such a big circus, how can you miss it?" A tall and thin middle-aged man walked to the watermelon head. He should have been wearing The suit, but now it is tattered, and even dried blood can be seen on it. "Boy, have you read that kind of infinite novel? We are now in an endless world of horror."
"Endless horror world?" Standing on the other side was a tall and handsome boy, after hearing what the lanky man said, he smiled, "It sounds very exciting. Uncle, are you the senior who often appears in the story?"
"Hehe, what a senior, it's just one more world than you and more experience than you." The tall and thin man said, reaching out to the tall and handsome boy, "Hello, little brother, I'm Lin Zexue, an ordinary person who works hard to survive in a world of terror."
"Don't trust him too much." A girl with a very calm expression stepped forward, "Uncle Lin, as long as he can let him live and let him do anything, he is considered a good man. Unscrupulous guy."
"Xiao Ai is still so strict." Lin Zexue, a tall and thin middle-aged man, laughed twice and introduced to the others, "This little girl is called Zhang Ai, and she is a companion who shares weal and woe. "
"Don't get me wrong, I just accidentally survived." Zhang Ai glanced at Lin Zexue, "It's better to die than to live in such a place, I just haven't found one yet. A comfortable way to die."
"Nice to meet you, my name is Ou Yi, a college student." Ou Yi showed two rows of white teeth when he smiled, "I like to pursue excitement."
"This, is this really a world of terror?" The watermelon-headed boy holding a schoolbag shrank, his expression a little scared, "I, my name is Wang Peng, just an ordinary high school student, If this is a world of terror, wouldn't I be dead? Uncle, don't scare me!"
"Uncle, I also want to tell you the good news, but the situation is so bad now, what can I do?" Lin Zexue shrugged, "The good news is that this circus is always coming and going. Man, it doesn't seem very scary. Let's put it this way, the ghost tracking in the cemetery that Zhang Ai and I experienced before is dozens of times scarier than this circus now!"
"Isn't the circus scary?" The man who had been silent from just now until now, and was almost taken by Lin Zexue and them as an ordinary tourist suddenly spoke up. He was as sad as the weird clown. A hint of vigor, as if the sky above his head was also turning a grayish color.
"I always thought the most terrifying thing was the clown in the circus." The man with the bitter face looked young, maybe in his twenties or thirties, "There is no one in this world. The happy thing, obviously the salary is so low, and obviously they have been playing the role of being made fun of, why are they still laughing so happily?"
All the testers standing near the man stepped back subconsciously. Although the contact time is not long, everyone feels that this bitter-faced man is full of negative energy, and his words are too pessimistic.
"This pessimistic... No, what's this gentleman's name?" Lin Zexue and the others already knew each other's names, so they only needed to know the pessimistic gentleman in front of him.
"Cheng laugh, degree of Cheng, laugh with a smile." The pessimistic man said two words "laugh" in a row, but he couldn't smile at all.
"Really...what a good name." Looking at Chen Xiao, who couldn't laugh at all, Lin Zexue boasted embarrassingly, "Every time we enter the horror world, we will Have a period of self-introduction during which nothing horrific will happen,"
"But since we have introduced ourselves now, we have to choose how to go next." Lin Zexue pointed to the gate of "Swan Circus" in front of everyone, "If I don't If we guess wrong, as soon as we walk through this gate, the story begins."
Five people lined up in order at the gate of the circus city, they were the senior uncle Lin Zexue, the senior girl Zhang Ai who wanted to die, the tall and handsome Ou Yi, the timid high school Born Wang Peng, and Cheng Xiao, whose whole body was full of negative energy.
It has to be said, and it is also a team full of personality.
Su Qingxing has been using the crystal ball to watch the various performances of this trial team. I really can't guess how the clown will arrange these new trialists. These trials How should the players be allocated to the various acrobatics and magic items?
"Swan? The name of this circus city is quite fairy tale. Swan means swan, right?" Ou Yi raised his head and looked at the sign of the circus. Six small earrings, I don't know if it adds or subtracts points to his external image.
"Fairy tale?" Lin Zexue sneered, "It would be interesting if these two words were not alluding to bird language, but simply near-sound words."
"Near-sounding words?" Ou Yi suddenly did not respond, "What do you mean?"
"The Circus of Death." Zhang Ai had been standing aside with a calm expression, but now he said, "Don't you think Swan and Death are very similar?"
After Zhang Ai finished speaking, Wang Peng, who was terrified with his schoolbag at first, didn't seem to want to put himself in the schoolbag now.
"It must be what I mean, I have never met anything good in my life, and I have always been the unlucky one since I was a child." Cheng Xiao, who was full of negative energy, began to chant again, "This is the circus city. This place is very uncomfortable, the clowns are crying, the animals are crying, the acrobats who are all injured are also crying, only those who don't know the so-called audience are laughing, completely unaware that their laughter is based on other people's pain..."
"Okay, okay!" Lin Zexue couldn't help interrupting Cheng Xiao, "It's not that bad, let's decide whether it's better to walk into the circus city or turn around and run now. !"
Three of the five people already believe that this is a world of horror, so they remembered that since they have not entered the circus city, they can choose to enter or leave.
"I think it should be more exciting to go in." Ou Yi hesitated.
"Also, if it is called the circus of death, maybe there will be people in it who are very good at seeking death." Zhang Ai, who wanted to find a comfortable way to die, suddenly reached an agreement with the newcomer Ou Yi.
"Hey! What's the matter with your thinking of seeking death? Do you just want to die?" Lin Zexue suddenly found himself alone in this team, and couldn't help saying anxiously, " Isn't the most important thing to get out of here alive? As long as I can leave alive, it doesn't matter if you let me kill people and set fires, let me lick my shoes and kowtow!"
Speaking, Lin Zexue looked at the remaining two newcomers and said loudly: "Wang Peng, Cheng Xiao, you also want to leave here alive and go home safely, right?"
"Yes, yes!" Wang Peng flinched, "But, but what if the outside is more terrifying?"
"I don't care." Cheng Xiao still had a bitter face, "Anyway, no matter where I go, I will always encounter the most unfortunate things, maybe I will die when I enter the circus city, and I leave The Circus City will also die. Mr. Lin, people will always die, but sooner or later, it's just in different places, just think about it."
"How could it be possible!" Lin Zexue almost vomited blood because of the popularity of the rest of the team.
"Wang Peng, let's go!" Lin Zexue waved decisively to the high school student, "Uncle, I'll take you out of here!"
"But..." Wang Peng stood beside Ou Yi and Zhang Ai without moving, burying his whole head behind his schoolbag, "But there are more people here, uncle."
When a person is afraid, of course, he will subconsciously choose the side with more people.
"Hee hee hee, if you don't know how to walk, why not follow me?" A strange and strange voice suddenly came from the side.
All the testers looked at the place where the sound came from, and then saw a strange clown who was clearly laughing, but the makeup on his face was crying bitterly.
"Hello everyone, it's the clown, and I will show you the Swan Circus here." The clown held five balloons in his hand and began to perform his favorite show there again. Just pretending to be dragged away by the balloon, and then showing a look of horror and happiness on his face.
"Sorry, I don't plan to go in." Lin Zexue looked at the weird clown in front of him and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, "I just passed by."
After finishing speaking, Lin Zexue took a step forward and walked in the opposite direction of the circus.
Before Lin Ze learned to walk a few steps, he found that his footsteps became strange. He had been working hard to move forward, but the scenery in front of him had not changed at all.
When Lin Zexue reacted, did he realize that he had been standing still somewhere?
"Hee hee hee." The crying clown laughed, "It's useless, everyone has been dragged by me from the beginning."
"You!" Lin Zexue turned his head, but suddenly saw an even more bizarre scene!
On the five ordinary balloons of different colors held by the clown, I don’t know when sketches of human faces began to appear!
Judging from those facial features, it clearly corresponds to Lin Zexue and the five of them!
"Hee hee hee, am I right? You've been dragged by me from the very beginning! Hee hee." The crying clown turned around with the balloon. Taking a particularly exaggerated positive step, he walked straight into the very lively "Swan Circus City".
The five testers who originally stayed at the gate of the circus city seemed to be unable to control their bodies at the moment, their legs were pulled like marionettes, and they followed the clown closely Behind him, willingly or reluctantly, he was dragged into the circus city.
"Our circus city is very lively!" The clown jumped forward like a child, "We are definitely the largest circus city in the vicinity!"
"Because there is only your circus city nearby, right?" Cheng Xiao continued to spread negative energy, "It's so pitiful, there is no one to compare."
"..." The clown's movements were instantly stiff for a few seconds, but he recovered quickly, continuing to spin and jump to introduce the circus city in front of him to the testers.
"Our circus city consists of five main parts." The clown said, and stopped at the entrance of the largest colorful tent, "This is our acrobatics, there are many, many every day Audiences come to watch our circus performance at nine o'clock every night!"
Nine o'clock every night?
Lin Zexue looked around suspiciously, it looked like it was only one or two o'clock in the afternoon.
If the performance starts at nine o'clock in the evening, why are there so many pedestrians in the circus city now?
But the next second, Lin Zexue, who knew that he could not leave, immediately put on a flattering smile, rubbed his hands and said to the clown in front: "Boss... No, Mr. Clown, please let us finish the show. Can I get out of here after that?"
"Okay, let's move on, kids!" The clown held up the balloon in his hand, like the piper in Hamelin, and continued to move forward with the testers .
The moment the balloon was raised, the five testers immediately lined up like elementary school students. Lin Zexue, who was walking in the front, was rubbing his hands flatteringly, and Zhang Ai, the second one, was scrambling to Going forward, the third Ou Yi looked around with curiosity and excitement, the fourth Wang Peng continued to hold his schoolbag to cover his face and trembling, and the last Cheng Xiao sighed and walked forward with a bitter face.
"Please, save us! We have been kidnapped!" Wang Peng didn't know where he mustered up his courage, and even shouted at the tourists walking around the circus city , "Please, save us!"
But the tourists walking in the circus city seemed to have not heard at all, talking and laughing on their own, walking forward on their own, completely ignoring Wang Peng's call for help.
"Hee hee hee." The clown couldn't help but snickered a few times and continued to lead the team forward.
The rest area for the new people, the smaller one is the rest area for the new people.”
"What does this kind of thing have to do with us?" Cheng Xiao's negative energy is classified as negative energy, and it seems that he especially likes talking to the clown.
"Dangdang!" The clown made a 540-degree turn, turned around and walked into the small gap between the tents and walked towards the back of the acrobatic city, "Next, I will give you See one of the best places in our Acrobatic City!"
"Shout!"
The testers who had to follow behind the clowns heard the roar of the beast before they saw the tent.
"Of course it's the animal house in our Swan Circus!" The clown danced an ugly dance at the door of the animal house, "As long as it is a beast you can think of, there are Oh!"
Staring at Su Qingxing who had been looking at the crystal ball, he suddenly found that the clown turned his head to look at the sky, and found the camera very accurately, no, a certain key point of the crystal ball, facing Su Qingxing outside the crystal ball blinked.
"Shh! Our beasts are all made of natural materials, designed and created by the builder himself, and you can enjoy VIP-level luxurious treatment every day." The light voice said such a sentence, from the strange gaze of the other party, this sentence is obviously explaining to Su Qingxing on the other side of the crystal ball.
"No matter how good the treatment is, isn't it all locked up?" The negative energy Cheng Xiao started to activate again, "It's like we are now bound by unknown forces, become Dolls manipulated by others. No, humans are dolls bound by this world and this society from the very beginning."
Joker: "…"
"Ferocious beast?" Seeing the animal house in front of her, Zhang Ai blinked, and finally said, "It sounds like it hurts, so forget it."
"It's so exciting, can you take a group photo?" Ou Yi's eyes lit up instantly, "Lions and tigers are a bit old-fashioned, I wonder if there are crocodiles and pythons?"
Joker: "…"
"The main event is next!" The clown jumped and rotated, covering up the cold sweat he was unknowingly tossed by this group of strange testers.
The clown led the five testers behind him to the last part of the circus city, which looked like the most lively place in the whole circus city, with many stalls selling magic props and small toys , There are also various popular playground games in the colorful tents, such as shooting games, ring games, and various doll machines.
But this is a circus city after all, and there are all kinds of entertainers who are performing circuses, most of which are all kinds of clowns walking around on unicycles and throwing colorful balls.
The clowns looked more normal than the one who was dragging the trialists forward.
"This is the entertainment city of our circus city. After night, it will become even more exciting!" The clown led the testers through a series of lively booths and tents, and finally walked away. Arrived outside a large purple tent.
Su Qingxing, who had been staring at the crystal ball, noticed that the clown had brought the testers to the outside of the fortune-telling house, and immediately waved his hand to make the crystal ball that was "playing" the influence change into a Returning to his original state, he sat upright on his seat with Little Snow Wolf in his hands.
Seeing that the testers were about to enter the fortune-telling room, Su Qingxing looked at the fortune-telling room where he was, and after thinking for a while, he lifted his fingers on the table. The curtain was immediately lowered, completely covering Su Qingxing who was sitting inside the gauze curtain.
In this way, the testers who entered the divination room could not see the true face of Su Qingxing.
"It's better to keep some sense of mystery when we meet for the first time, don't you think?" Su Qingxing teased the little snow wolf on his knees, but the little guy was still sleeping on his own. There is absolutely no intention of waking up.
"This is the fortune-telling house in our circus city." The clown and other testers had already walked in from outside the tent, "The fortune-teller here is the best fortune-teller in the entire circus city, hee. Hee hee hee, maybe you guys can divination from here to the way to leave”
"Welcome to Swan Circus, I believe you will have a great time here." Su Qingxing's voice came from behind the gauze to the ears of the testers.
The nervousness from the beginning seems to be gradually calming down.
"Mr. Clown, the guests seem very tired. Why don't you let them rest here. Can you wait outside for a while?" Su Qingxing, but Su Qingxing could not see the tester on the other side of the gauze curtain.
However, Su Qingxing watched through the crystal ball for so long just now, and he could distinguish the testers standing outside the gauze just by the sound.
"Okay, Mr. Fortune Teller." The clown turned around in place and did another trick of pretending to be dragged away by the balloon. He staggered out of the tent, "Wait, I'll be back soon ah ah ah!"
With the standard lines of the villain, the figure of the crying clown disappeared from the tent of the divination house.
"Okay, before you leave the fortune-telling house, you can have a good rest." Su Qingxing continued to speak behind the gauze curtain, "I am the fortune-teller of this circus city, my surname is Su."
"Although I am very sympathetic to the suffering of the guests, I am just like everyone else, just a part of the circus city." Although Su Qingxing's voice was still gentle, it gradually sank. , "There is a very scary existence in this circus, no matter where you are, he can find you. So no matter what you do, it is impossible to escape from here."
"If you want to escape from here, please work hard to live. Only by desperately living can you have a chance to escape."
The candlelight was blown by the wind that should not exist, Su Qingxing's figure was reflected on the thick gauze curtain, and the last sentence he said kept ringing in the ears of the five testers—
"After all, this is... Circus of Death."