The Midnight Owl

The bottom of the pit without water is ten meters deep by visual inspection, and the light of the badge flashes on the bottom of the pit, like a star in a distant galaxy.

The air was suddenly quiet, as if extremely fast cold air was blowing past, causing a thin layer of ice to form on the slightly rippling lake surface.But in the next second, that flash became a needle again, piercing the thin ice.

The first one to activate was Wang Duanran. Without any hesitation, he just jumped off the slate square!

He is in the 24th grid, and after walking 3 steps, he will reach the take-off point C, and above the badge position is the C1 step, so apart from Chi Yingxue, he is the closest to the badge!

Chi Yingxue was still debating whether to jump or not - if it was the past, he wouldn't even have to hesitate at all, he could do whatever he wanted, no one could do anything to him.But now, he unconsciously began to think about whether the team wanted him to take the risk of fouls to grab the badge, or would rather give up the badge and reach the finish line first.He didn't like the feeling of being restrained, but it seemed that he was not under the direction of his brain, and all the crackling concerns were all this kind of inexplicable concern-and before he could figure out why, Wang jumped out of the way.

How could he think well, he jumped down immediately, and there was only one thought in his messy head - in front of me, grab our team badge, no way!

The moment Wang Duanran jumped down, eye-catching coiled springs appeared on the soles of his shoes, which looked like armor.As he landed, the spring was immediately compressed by 1/3, which served as a great buffer.

He bent his legs to strengthen this cushion, and at the same time began to lift the stationery in his mind so that it would not be bounced again.After all, his purpose is to land smoothly, and then run over to get the badge, bouncing back and forth does not meet tactical needs.

As soon as the idea of ​​releasability came up, before it was fully conveyed to the stationery, the top of his head darkened, as if the light was blocked by a large shadow.

Wang Duanran raised his head subconsciously, and saw one falling towards him. He couldn't see clearly what was tall, short, fat, or thin, let alone his face.But at this critical moment, the most natural kindness in his heart came into play, he stretched out his arms almost reflexively, and took the person into his arms.

Picking up a big boy who fell ten meters with his bare hands is still like a princess hugging, no one can break his arms, unless - he is stepping on a spring under his feet.

Originally, only 1/3 of the spring was compressed, and it was pressed to the bottom in an instant, buffering most of the momentum brought by Chi Yingxue. Even so, the pain from the impact on his arm still made Wang grin his teeth decisively, but just like this, he was stunned. Did not let go.

Chi Yingxue jumped down to fight, because he didn't have any armor, so he could only hang the badge first, and throw himself on Wang Duanran. Anyway, the opponent would definitely use armor, so he buffered two at a time, so don't waste it.He had even made predictions about the future battle situation. After Wang Juanran was pounced, the two of them would definitely fight. He had to solve it quickly so that he could get the badge before Owl sent them back to the starting point.

But he had calculated thousands of times, and he didn't expect Wang Kuanran to "take the initiative to pick him up". After being caught by the other party, the two of them let the spring "bang" bounce up huge heights together, which made him completely confused.

He was ignorant, and Wang Duanran was also ignorant, it was not a pleasant experience to hold an old man in his arms.

The two parties were dumbfounded, and the five people on the chessboard and the three people on the air seat were even more confused.

Is this to fight or not to fight?Is it worth taking the risk of fouling and jumping off with a few people to help?If you have to go all out and go back to the starting point, can't you have a regular battle! ! !

I don't know if he heard the cries from the hearts of his teammates and opponents, but Wang Duanran finally seized an opportunity when the jump height was weakened. The moment he landed, he lifted the stationery and threw Chi Yingxue out at the same time!

He couldn't let Chi Yingxue go, strangled his neck, fell to the ground by himself, and knocked Wang down!

[Owl: Foul!foul!foul! 】

The ear-piercing notification sound came without warning, and it was taken for granted.

Before the two of them got up, they were blown back to their respective take-off points by the strong wind—I don’t know if it was fate, but they both set off from take-off point C.

So they returned to the same grid, the distance between them was no more than half a meter, you look at me, I look at you, Chi Yingxue asked first, very seriously: "Are you an undercover agent?"

Wang Chuanran felt a pain in his heart, the throbbing pain was so painful that he gritted his teeth: "I, yes, boss!"

Chi Yingxue frowned, seemingly puzzled by his actions, and seemed dissatisfied with the well-planned battle that made people mess up: "Then what were you doing just now?"

"..." Wang Fengran also wanted to know! ! !

[Owl: Babes, a friendly reminder, if you have accumulatively committed two fouls, your team will fail to hand in the paper directly~~]

This additional reminder made the little friends who had their own plans in their hearts hesitate.

Wang Chuanran wanted to jump down once more, but now he died.

Chen Guan, Kong Lize, and Jiang Dachuan all looked at Wang Duanran at the same time, waiting for the boss's instructions—the boss can be willful, but if they want to give up their grades, it depends on Wang Duanran's will.Even if Jiang Dachuan and Kong Lize have just taken off, they should choose carefully, after all... it is not easy to take off.

However, Wang Duanran is also entangled now. There is only one chance to foul. If it is really used here, it would be good to get the badge. Give it up.In a sense, a foul is a gold medal to avoid death.

He glanced at Xu without a trace, knowing that his opponent also had these concerns, otherwise the opponent would have jumped down like crackling dumplings, how could he still stand still until now.

Wang categorically guessed half right.

Xu Wang has concerns, but he is also planning to take a slant.

Before planning, he gave Chi Yingxue a "well done" look.Without Chi Yingxue, the badge is already in Wang Duanran's hands, so this foul is worth it.

After affirming his teammates, he seemed to roll up his sleeves, but in fact he quietly clicked an icon.

At this time, the dice were in Chi Yingxue's hands, and he was still thinking about the badge, so he threw it to the bottom of the pit.

10.

27(C)-28, take off.

Jiang Dachuan and Qian Ai: "..."

Others take off like eating and drinking, but they take off like Yugong moving mountains.

Although everyone was still thinking about the badge, but Chi Yingxue's vote still drew back some of everyone's attention.

At this moment of distraction, a small three-colored cat appeared at the bottom of the pit.

Wu Sheng, Qian Ai, and Kuang Jinxin were slightly taken aback imperceptibly, and immediately understood the captain's purpose, but on the surface, they should still be calm, hard-working, and naive.

Chi Yingxue had never seen this soul painter before, so her expression was real surprise and bewilderment, and her painting style was completely integrated with Wang Duanran's team.

The little Sanhua first tilted her head to look at the people above, then raised her paw, scratched her ear, and after scratching, licked her paw and wiped her face. After finishing a set of procedures gracefully, she turned around and started walking catwalk.

Xu Wang was dying of anxiety in his heart, and he couldn't show it on the face, so he could only use his thoughts, coaxing him gently and begging Xiao Sanhua to get the badge.

But Xiaosanhua was not originally for fetching things. It looked left and right, and the catwalk was not firm, as if it was looking for a space where it could display its "soul painting skills".

Xu Wang seldom calls it out, and hasn't really established a set of effective communication methods with it, so he can only hope for the blessing of the god of luck at this moment.

Suddenly, Little Sanhua stopped.

It stopped at the bottom of the D2 steps of Chenguan, a few meters away from the C1 of the badge, but it just stopped, and its small nose stuck to the dirt floor to smell it, and suddenly raised two small front paws to dig up the soil !

Xu looked at the black line, is this using the bottom of the pit as a litter box?

Wang Duanran was dumbfounded, because a few paws went down, and the ground was planed by Xiaosanhua to create a fist-sized hole. The ground he just stepped on was definitely not soft. Is this a cat or a pangolin!

The fly of the dice interrupted Wang's astonishment. He threw the dice hastily, 8, and the take-off failed.

He was not discouraged either, and his mind was on the Sanhuamao below.

At this time, the hole the size of a fist has turned into a hole the size of a top hat, and at the bottom of the hole, there is a touch of crystal clear purple.

Xiaosanhua arched her head, and the purple came out from the soil. It opened its mouth to catch it, arched its back, kicked its hind legs, and rushed out like lightning, running along the soil wall to the pit!

Its claws are deeply embedded in the soil, and it runs up very steadily with every step. In the blink of an eye, it ran up to 32 stone slabs, and no one was there, and the nearest friend couldn't reach it.

It threw the thing it was holding onto the slate, only to hear a crisp sound, and the thing shattered in two.

At this time, the friends could see clearly that it was a square purple translucent plate, no bigger than a palm, and no material could be seen. It looked like crystal, glass or jade, but it was not exactly the same, but the translucent The owl's head embossed on the board is familiar to them—the owl's logo printed on their arms.

The embossed owl's head, along with the shattering of the purple board, split into two halves. After a while, it slowly disappeared without a trace. If it weren't for the little three flowers still there, people would really think that the embossed board was an illusion.

The broken relief board disappeared, but Xiao Sanhua didn't move. Instead, she looked up at Xu Wang, tilting her head, as if asking for credit.

Xu Wang seemed to be in a fog for five miles.He didn't know what Xiao Sanhua did, why he did it, what the board was, and why nothing happened after the board was broken?

Usually, something should happen, right?

When the dice came to Chen Guan, he threw a 7 hastily. D2 reached the finish line, and then returned to D3. There were still 3 steps away from the finish line.Immediately after him, Jiang Dachuan threw a random 1, 4-5, and stood on the same grid as Kong Lize, but the two did not communicate much.

All the focus of the audience was on Xiao Sanhua and Xu Wang who was watching Xiao Sanhua.

Xu Wang could only sneer, "Well, my cat's name is Wang Wang."

Kong Lize, Chen Guan, Jiang Dachuan, Gu Nian: "..."

Wang Duanran: "Woof?"

As if responding to her own name, Xiao Sanhua immediately yelled in a childish voice: "Zhi——"

The whole black line of Wang Chuanran's team: "Zhi——?!"

"Boom--!"

The huge sound like a cannonball hitting the ground shook the eardrums of all the friends, and it also shook the dust at the bottom of the pit!

Xiaosanhua disappeared suddenly, and became the cute icon in Xu Wang's inventory again.

Just when the pit was covered with dust, Xu Wang's team heard the pleasant reminder——

[Owl: Congratulations on finding a 10/23 flight badge! 】

There is a beep when the badge enters the hidden item grid, so the five-in-one "ding—" resounded through the dust.

Wang Duan realized later: "Damn, badge!"

After the dust settled, Wu Sheng stood under the steps of C1, smiling at everyone.On the other side of him, there was a pit half a meter deep, as if some heavy object had fallen and smashed it.

But within a radius of [-] meters, Wu Sheng was the only one. In other words, he fell like a heavy artillery shell, smashed a big hole, kicked up dust, touched the badge, and a sneak attack dragon came.

"You guys are ruthless!" Wang decided to regard Xiao Sanhua as a cover-up, and he was sure that this was the other party's conspiracy, but soldiers never tire of deceit, and they have to admit it when they lose to a conspiracy.

Moreover, there is also their own indecisiveness in it.If he is decisive, how can he give Wu Sheng a chance to sneak attack!

Xu Wang silently accepted the "praise" without refuting.Although Wang Chuanran did overestimate him, he was the one who released the little Sanhua, but Wu Sheng was really not, but he didn't expect that the little Sanhua didn't get the badge, but dug up another strange thing, and he didn't expect that Wu Sheng would get out of the flying chair. rush down.

In Xu Wang's memory, Wu Sheng should have no stationery that can help him jump from a high altitude without getting hurt, but now, Wu Sheng is indeed unscathed, and can still stand proudly against the wind, pretending to be aggressive every day.

On the chessboard, the dice came to Kong Lize's hands. He was stunned for a moment, a little surprised, because Wu Sheng made a foul, shouldn't he be punished for the foul before continuing to throw?

The warning did not appear, the chair flew upside down, and Wu Sheng was lifted up again, and he was sent back to the sky with great care.

"Remember, those who have completed the chess game must not interfere with the subsequent game, and those who violate it will be regarded as a foul." Wu Sheng repeated Owl's reminder verbatim, and finally bowed his head and innocently spread his hands towards the opponents on the chessboard, "I But it didn't interfere with the chess game at all."

The audience: "..."

He did not interfere, but he made a puddle of dust, and the dust flew under the flagstones and stopped without touching their feet.

Gu Nian turned his head and looked at Wu Sheng with thoughtful eyes.

He had also pondered over the six words "do not interfere with the chess game", and it was not that he did not think of exploiting loopholes, but he still did not dare to try it rashly for the sake of caution.This is where Wu Sheng excels. He has brains and courage.

Wu Sheng didn't pay attention to Gu Nian, because Xu Wang was calling him from below.

"Wu Sheng." Xu Wang called him, and smiled at him without saying anything else.

When he laughed, Wu Sheng was happy, and the jump was worthwhile, but no matter how beautiful his heart was, his face was full of the elegance and pride of a military adviser.

Xu Wang liked his pretentiousness, so he admired it for a long time before asking, "What stationery do you use?"

I've run out of use, and I'm not afraid to let my opponent know, so I just ask to satisfy my thirst for knowledge, otherwise I will keep thinking about it, and it will be easy to get distracted when I throw the dice later.

His question also aroused the curiosity of other partners, including Wang Duanran's team. They really couldn't figure out how Wu Sheng jumped from the pit.

Junshi Wu is always willing to share knowledge: "<[Fantasy] I'm really afraid>."

Xu Wang was taken aback: "Is this the function?" This stationery made them ponder for a long time, but they still haven't come to a conclusion.

Wang Duanran's team became more and more confused as they listened. This has nothing to do with high-altitude jumping.

Wu Sheng said: "Actually, I'm just taking a gamble to see if I'm right."

Xu Wang: "Did you bet right?"

Wu Sheng: "Of course."

Xu Wang: "So what is the meaning of this phantom?"

Wu Sheng: "I'm-really-scared. When I'm serious, I'm even afraid of myself."

Xu Wang: "..."

Qian Ai, Kuang Jinxin, Chi Yingxue: "..."

Wang Duanran's team: "..."

<[phantom] I'm really scared>

Full name: I am even afraid of myself when I am serious

Effectiveness: It varies from person to person and from purpose to purpose. It can maximize the potential of people in a specific direction in a short period of time.

……

Beijing time 3:00

Xu Wang and Chen Guan arrived at the finish line one after another.

Beijing time 4:00

Wang Chuanran and Chi Yingxue, who were sent back to the take-off point due to a foul, arrived at the finish line.The former arrived five rounds earlier than the latter, so the two staggered perfectly on the last five steps, and the tragedy of stationery PK did not break out.

Beijing time 4:15

<Small copy paper>: Qian Ai uses <[Wu] Before there are wolves and back there are tigers>, Jiang Dachuan fights with wild beasts, and is seriously injured; Jiang Dachuan uses <[Wu] hurts muscles and bones>, Qian Ai fractures.Jiang Dachuan bled too much, Qian Aisheng.

Jiang Dachuan returned to take-off point A.

Beijing time 4:30

<Cheat Sheet>: Qian Ai uses <[武] Mini Blood Droplet>, Kong Lize loses a strand of hair; Kong Lize uses <[武] Injures Muscles and Bone>, Qian Ai fractures.Kong Lize wins.

Qian Ai: "..."

He thought that the miniature might be less lethal, but it doesn't need to be miniature to this extent! ! !

Qian Ai returned to take-off point A.

Beijing time 4:45

Kong Lize reached the finish line.

Qian Ai and Jiang Dachuan were still standing at take-off point A.

There are only 15 minutes left before the closing of the owl, and the two men who have not thrown 6 and 10 again, you look at me, I look at you, suddenly there is a kind of sadness of sympathy.

Qian Ai: "I won't hide it from you, in fact, I've always had bad luck."

Jiang Dachuan: "Do I look like the lucky one?"

That's all there is to say, all in the gaze.

Beijing time 4:58

"Ding--"

<Cheat sheet>: Flying chess is over, and one person from each team has not reached the finish line. The winner will be determined by the number of rounds of throwing dice.The team with the fewest cumulative rounds wins.

Those who reach the finish line earlier will have fewer rounds to throw. In other words, the decision of the outcome depends on which team of four arrives at the finish line faster.

Wu Sheng and Gu Nian, almost at the same time, pulled out the arrival order list in their minds——

1. Wu Sheng

2. Gu Nian

3. Kuang Jinxin

4. Xu Wang

5. Chen Guan

6. Wang categorically

7. Chi Yingxue

8. Kong Lize

Qian Ai and Jiang Dachuan had the same number of throwing rounds, and there were eight people left. It was obvious that Xu Wang's team had the upper hand. This was not because Wu Sheng took No.1, but because Kong Lize took No.8.

After Chi Yingxue reached the finish line, Kong Lize threw for another 45 minutes. No amount of advantage in the front was enough for him to throw. What's more, Wang Duanran's team was in the front, and he didn't have any advantage at all.

At this moment, Wang Duanran's team finally understood the four words "destined to be destined" - the four-person team at the take-off point A, Xu Wang's team took up one spot, and his own team took up three spots. , the outcome is already decided.

2 minutes passed quietly.

Xu Wang's squad, which had fought fiercely for five hours, felt for the first time that the owl's voice was so sweet——

[Owl: Congratulations on passing the test, and handing in the test successfully on 10/23!Dear, see you tomorrow~~]