The Trial Game of Life

After six hours of rest, Tang Cuo's HP recovered to 30% and stopped rising. The bright "-8" hung there, laughing silently.It seems that as long as he has a negative score for a day, he will not be able to recover to a full state for a day, and he will always be in this bad state of dying.

The young man in the mirror was still pale.

Tang Cuo dug out the chocolate beans from the supermarket plastic bag and poured two into his mouth, then put the box in his pocket, went to the window and looked around again, and found——

There is no day in Evernight City.

The reason why I said that, instead of saying that there is no sun in Eternal Night City, is because there was no moon in the sky last night.

The Eternal Night City at this moment is no different from last night, but perhaps because the new players have gone to rest, the streets are much quieter.Tang Cuo plans to go to the game hall, do a task to practice his hands first, and clear the negative points by the way.

Although he is lazy and knows how to die, he doesn't really want to die after all. In most cases, he just doesn't care about it or doesn't care that much.

Pushing the door out, the door next door opened almost simultaneously.

"Morning." Today's Mr. Clown didn't wear a fringed leather jacket, but changed into a set of army green overalls and military boots. His messy hair was still randomly grabbed and tied. He was tall and handsome, but his face was more A silver mask covering the part above the nose.

Tang Cuo nodded, he didn't have any bad feelings towards him, nor did he have any special liking for him.

The two went downstairs together.

Jin Cheng leisurely followed Tang Cuo with his hands in his trouser pockets, he was still yawning as if he hadn't slept well.Tang Cuo didn't care, but when he walked to East Cross Street and walked a certain distance, he found that Jin Cheng was still following.

"Are you on the way?" Tang Cuo looked sideways.

"Have you forgotten what happened last night?" Jin Cheng kindly reminded, "You caused me to fall from Area A to Area F. Not only did I have to go up level by level, but I also wasted a potion last night to save you. Fate, don't depend on who do you depend on?"

Nonsense.

Tang Cuo didn't believe even a hair of him.Judging from Zhang Xing's tone of mentioning the elites in Area A, the players in Area A are at the top of the pyramid of combat power in the entire Eternal Night City. Even if they fall back from Area A to Area F, they will be able to return quickly.

Relying on Tang Cuo, an inexperienced rookie, has no other benefits except asking for trouble.Tang Cuo also didn't believe that the other party could see how powerful he was just by meeting him and wanted to make friends with him.

As for opportunistic revenge?This is even more nonsense.

But he can follow if he wants to, the road is so wide, Tang Cuo can't control where he goes.It was about ten o'clock in the morning, and although there was no daylight in Eternal Night City, the early shop was still open, at the corner of East Cross Street.

The boss is a middle-aged woman who is blind in one eye, her expression is cold and not very warm, but the buns she makes are very delicious.It was written on the blackboard at the door that vegetarian steamed stuffed buns cost 800 yuan each, and meat stuffed buns cost [-] yuan each.

"Boss, do you want to pay on credit?" Tang Cuo ran out of money again.

"Go away." The boss replied very simply.

Jin Cheng laughed from behind, and then under Tang Cuo's watchful eye, he bought six steamed buns, three meat and three vegetarian, but Tang Cuo didn't share any of them.

Tang Cuo turned his head and left.

Jin Cheng walked fast with long legs, and followed after a few steps. While eating delicious steamed buns, he joked, "Do you have any special skills? If you have a special skill, maybe you can take the special recruitment exam in Eternal Night City, like The boss opened a store just now, so there is no need to do the task."

Tang Cuo: "You can go by yourself."

If things are that simple, then everyone has done it, why bother to struggle between life and death.

Jin Cheng smiled, and stopped talking. He ate the steamed buns slowly, and stopped halfway to buy two cups of soy milk and a few fried dough sticks.Tang Cuo didn't wait for him. When he saw a bus stop by the side of the road, he went over to take a look, but he had to pay for this bus, so he gave up.

At this time, Jin Cheng followed up again, shaking the two remaining buns in his hand, and asked with a smile, "Do you want it?"

Tang Cuo accepted it as if nothing had happened, without any grudges.

Jin Cheng: "Aren't you angry?"

Tang Cuo asked back, "Why are you angry?"

Jin Cheng: "Because I didn't give it to you just now, and this is what I left over from eating."

"Oh." Tang Cuo only focused on the bag in Jin Cheng's hand: "Then do you still eat the leftover fried dough sticks and soy milk?"

This is a point that outsiders often cannot understand Tang Cuo.He has never followed universal principles in his work, and has a eccentric temper, which is his own style.

Jin Cheng handed him all the rest of the breakfast, and even helped him plug in the soy milk straw.He seemed to be getting more and more curious about Tang Cuo, and he never took his eyes off Tang Cuo's face.

Don't care about Tang Cuo eating, let alone watching, and there will be no missing pieces of meat.

Tang Cuo was [-]% full with two steamed buns, a deep-fried dough stick, and a bag of soy milk.About half an hour later, the two entered the central area from area F, and saw the outline of the game hall from a distance.

Jin Cheng also guessed his destination, and asked, "There are special equipment stores and pharmacies here, and there are discounts for newcomers, why don't you go and have a look first?"

"No, I'm poor." Tang Cuo said confidently, and walked away without looking back.The money collected from Zhang Xing has been used up, and it is unrealistic to buy it with points. The most regrettable thing is that the bone chopping knife cannot be placed in the equipment column.Fortunately, he still has a tarot card. Tarot cards can be put into the equipment bar, and it may come in handy at critical moments.

But he didn't plan to tell Jin Cheng for the time being.

Jin Cheng stopped talking nonsense, and the two came to the game hall.Tang Cuo stopped, turned his head and glanced at him, and the two exchanged names tacitly.

"Cheng Jin."

"Tang Cuo."

I don't know where this shit tacit understanding comes from.

Before going in, Tang Cuo asked one last question: "Why are you covering your face?"

Jin Cheng crossed his arms and pondered for a few seconds, as if he was thinking about some big problem, tilted his head slightly, and answered, "Maybe it's because I have a scar on my face?"

He laughed again, and said in a nonchalant tone: "I have many enemies, and this face is too recognizable. If people know that I have fallen back to the F area, it will not be so good. I Although I don't mind fighting, peace has always been my pursuit."

Tang Cuo wanted to roll his eyes, but he held back.

In the game hall, it was as lively as ever.

Jin Cheng took Tang Cuo through the amusement facilities with ease, and didn't introduce much, anyway, he just said one sentence - "These games are quite boring, do you want to hold the doll? There are many easter eggs hidden in it, but there are also some that are not very interesting. Wonderful debuff, the deadly kind."

Of course Tang Cuo chose to refuse, and at this moment, he saw three virtual electronic screens hanging in the center of the hall.The piece facing him is "Mr. Crow's Blacklist", K27216 Glorious Crane Tail.

"It's amazing." Jin Cheng also saw it.

"Since you can be angered by the crow, it proves that you have the capital to be angered, so - which one are you?" Tang Cuo asked.

"Guess?" Jin Cheng neither denied nor admitted, with a smile on his lips.He really hoped that Tang Cuo would make a bold guess, but Tang Cuo was not as he wished, and lacked interest.

He turned to look at the task.

The wall of the game lobby, also known as the task wall, seems to be made of some kind of black crystal, with thousands of tasks scrolling on it. From a distance, it looks like the data stream generated when hackers attack computers.People came and went in the whole hall. From time to time, some people came to the wall to stop for a while, their expressions were dignified or numb, or a little relaxed, talking in twos and threes, and then walked into the task wall.

Ripples appeared on the black wall, people walked in without hindrance, and disappeared from everyone's sight in the blink of an eye.

"The missions here are all random, the number of people is variable, the content is variable, and the difficulty is variable, but if they enter at the same time, there is a high probability that they will be divided into the same instance. In Eternal Night City, almost everyone will have a fixed team in the end. , it is easy to die alone." Jin Cheng explained.

"Was that your teammate yesterday?" Tang Cuo said, and then had a flash of inspiration, and asked, "Can't people from different districts do missions together?"

Jin Cheng folded his arms and smiled: "Yes, sir, I can only form a team with you, a rookie. If I don't get promoted back to Area A, then we will have to die in the game together, and die together."

Tang Cuo raised his eyebrows: "Are you sure that the task will be easier if our two blacklists are put together?"

"It depends on luck."

"I've had bad luck."

"Do you think I'll let you go by saying that?"

"Tsk."

Tang Cuo actually kindly reminded him, because his luck was really bad.But the other party wants to die, and he can't stop it, so it's none of his business.And to be honest, he really wanted to experience the effectiveness of this blacklist.

"Let's go." Without saying much, Tang Cuo walked directly into the wall.It was pure black, and I couldn't see my fingers, and even Jin Cheng beside me disappeared.

About 5 minutes later, the familiar bell sounded.

"Ding--"

"A new player is detected, the priority is triggered, and the series of tasks "Returning on a Snowy Night" in Blizzard Villa begin. There are a total of eight players in this round of the game, and the goal is to kill Yingjun."

"I wish you a happy life!"

The picture flashed, and Tang Cuo found himself standing in the lobby on the first floor of a hotel.

This is a youth hostel, and the hostel's green fir tree sign hangs behind the counter.Looking around, the decoration of the entire hostel is exquisite and warm, small wall lamps are everywhere, warm yellow lights hit the white walls, and there are many clip art and landscape photos hanging there.Of course, there is also the wish wall that is indispensable for every similar hotel.

The hotel is organizing dumplings, including Tang Cuo, there are four people here.

The hour hand pointed to six o'clock in the evening.

"This guest, do you want to help?" The waiter is a girl with a round face, she smiles when she speaks, and looks very pleasant.

"I won't." Tang Cuo was calm and composed, his eyes swept over the remaining two people.Both of them were wearing different styles of jackets, a man and a woman, in their twenties, sitting very close to each other.

The moment Tang Cuo met their eyes, the two almost jumped up.

Players no doubt.

But these two obviously knew each other, and they quickly lowered their heads and whispered.Tang Cuo didn't intend to talk to them at all, so he walked to the door of the hotel and opened the windshield curtain to look out.

The door of the hotel is an old-fashioned red wooden door, and you can see the outside situation through the glass on the door.At this time, ice and snow had formed on the glass, and the howling wind came in through the crack of the door, which was bitingly cold.

Blizzard Villa, an isolated island model that is common in reasoning works.Tang Cuo understood the content of the mission the moment he heard the system broadcast—the new player was him, so his priority was triggered—this was probably based on the content generated by his profession to take care of the new players.

Tang Cuo is a private detective, but in his short two-year detective career, he rarely came into contact with murder cases.

On the contrary, cats, cats and dogs in the city will get lost by accident every now and then.

There are also a lot of cheating, but Tang Cuo always takes some hot-eyed photos, and as time goes by, he focuses on looking for cats and dogs.In addition to looking for cats and dogs, he also does anti-fraud.

These days old men and women don't trust their children, they trust the scammers outside, but they trust Tang Cuo more than the scammers.It is not because Tang Cuo is eloquent, but because he is good-looking, with heroic and upright facial features, commonly known as "Xueba", "other people's child", "he must be right when he says it", and "the treasure of grandparents".

Otherwise, Zhang Xing would not be able to deceive him.

The waiter's smiling voice sounded from behind: "The broadcast said that after seven days, the road repairers will come after the wind and snow have stopped. Originally, my contract expired and I was about to resign and go down the mountain. I just waited for new employees to come. Handover, I'm stuck here and can't go. But don't worry, there are often heavy snows here, so our hostel not only has its own generator, but also has a lot of food. Even if you stay for ten days and half a month, there is no problem at all. Oh, and hot water, enough hot water pipes!"

Tang Cuo didn't speak.

Just at this moment, there was a sudden exclamation from upstairs.

The men and women in jackets looked up vigilantly, but they only felt a blur in front of them. The little brother who was standing by the door just now had already run up the stairs.The two hurriedly followed, and when they reached the second floor, they found everyone gathered in the room at the end of the corridor.

This is a public bathroom. At the entrance, there are two washbasins and a row of lockers. Going inside, there are four shower rooms separated by plywood.Regardless of gender.

At this moment, everyone gathered in front of the locker, looking at the second locker from the left in astonishment or concentration.Tang Cuo stepped forward and found a dead body hidden in the cabinet.

Male, about 30 years old, short hair, stubble, wearing a black fur collar leather jacket, strong build, unknown cause of death.

Then he scanned the surrounding people, plus the men and women in jackets and Tang Cuo himself, there were eight people in total.The broadcast just said that there are a total of eight players in this round of the game, and they are all here. What about Cheng Jin?

Did he not come in?

When Tang Cuo frowned, a middle-aged man in a jacket with a calm demeanor took out his ID card from the body pocket.The light in the bathroom was dim, but it did not prevent him from accurately reading the name on the ID card——

"Li Yingjun."

"Handsome?!" A student-looking boy with a cropped cut hurriedly leaned over to look at it, and then he was stunned: "Isn't this mission to kill Handsome? Why is he already dead?"

He couldn't help looking at the boy wearing black-rimmed glasses beside him. The boy pushed his glasses and said, "Blizzard Villa is definitely not as simple as killing someone."

The two looked like they knew each other.

"That's right." The middle-aged man glanced around and said, "May I ask who is the newcomer here? Everyone should have heard the broadcast. There are newcomers among us, so the priority was triggered. This dungeon should be what he is good at. "

Hearing this, everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, but no one admitted it.

Tang Cuo was very sure at first, but he unexpectedly discovered that besides him, there was a newcomer here - the girl in red who met in the square last night.

She was leaning against the door frame with her arms crossed, turning a blind eye to Tang Cuo's gaze, but she did not expose Tang Cuo either.

No one answered, the middle-aged man frowned slightly.

The black-rimmed glasses showed no special reaction, and he immediately checked the corpse, "There is blood in the back of the brain, it should be injured by a blunt instrument. No wounds have been found in other places for the time being. The corpse is stiff and the temperature here is low, so there may be several dead. Hours. Who was the first to find the body?"

"That person isn't here." The beautiful girl with short hair raised her hand and pointed to the slit window: "He jumped out of the window."

"There is one more person?" Cun Tou blinked his eyes, and then counted them one by one like a fool, and asked, "Aren't there already eight people here?"

The girl shrugged: "You ask me, who am I to ask?"

Cun Tou wanted to ask again, but at this moment, a gust of cold wind poured in from his back collar, making him shiver.He turned suddenly, facing a face wearing a silver mask.

That's where the window was, and someone came in through the window, wearing black military boots and overalls, with a vigorous figure like a cheetah.When he looked up, there were still a few snowflakes on the silver mask, and with a flick of his right hand, a blood-stained bronze statue the size of a trophy rolled towards the corpse.

"You looking for me?" he asked.

The author has something to say:

Jin Cheng, do not take the usual path.