The Midnight Owl

At midnight, the hands of the manor's grandfather clock coincided and made a loud and heavy sound.

Friends who have experience, put down the black tea early this time, pack their bags, organize their clothes, and calmly welcome the new battlefield.

A bright light flashed, and the five of them were already in a secret room.

The space is about half the size of a classroom, surrounded by off-white walls, the ceiling and the floor are also the same color, no windows, no doors, and no furnishings, the whole space is like a gray and white box.

Such a space makes people instinctively anxious, but fortunately, within a few seconds, "peers" came one after another.

First to appear is a "colorful stormtrooper", falling in from a purple vortex that suddenly appears from the ceiling.The five passers-by are all wearing the same type of jacket, but in different colors, elegant gray, sky blue, wine red, deep purple, bright orange, not the brightest, only brighter.

Xu Wang's squad and them looked at each other, and after catching the defense in each other's eyes, they skipped the greetings tacitly, each picked a corner of the secret room, settled down, and waited for the follow-up.

But Captain Xu still couldn't hold back. After sitting down against the wall, he reasoned with his teammates in a low voice: "The one in elegant gray should be their captain."

The four partners deeply agreed—the same jacket, other people can only choose the square dance color, but he can choose the cool and elegant style. Apart from the captain's privilege, there is really no other explanation.

As soon as the two teams calmed down, a purple vortex appeared on the floor in the center of the room, and in an instant, five people came up.

They were stunned for a few seconds by the space they were in. It was obviously the first time they came to this level, and they were unprepared for the large-scale gray-white impact. Then they saw the two teams in the left and right corners.

When seeing the colorful stormtroopers, their reaction is normal, quiet, silent, guarded.

When they saw Xu Wang's team, their expressions suddenly became vivid.

Xu Wang, Wu Sheng, Qian Ai, and Kuang Jinxin widened their eyes when they saw these people.

In the confined space, the eight little friends made a "cry of joy" at the same time——

Sheng, Wang, Jin, and Qian: "Tall, handsome and skinny?!"

Tall, handsome, thin, and white: "Damn it!"

Chi Yingxue and the fifth person on the other side were left with blank faces.

The colorful stormtroopers frowned one after another, unable to determine the relationship between the two teams for a while.If you look at Xu Wang's side, the joy on his face is like "friends reunited", if you look at the handsome and thin side, the black lines on his face look like "the road to the enemy is narrow".

"Uh," the fifth member of the tall and thin white team was the first to interject. He said to the big tall guy, "Captain, I might need a summary."

The tall man's expression became very subtle.

It's not a good story to teach new teammates.

Just then, the third team appeared.

On the wall opposite Xu Wang and the others, a purple vortex opened up, and the five people entered in a file like entering a door, leisurely and leisurely.

The leader is a handsome young man with a big smile, 27 or 1 years old, with his hands in the pockets of his sweater, and his eyes are agile. As soon as he came in, he saw the Xu Wang team in the corner 2, the colorful stormtroopers in the corner [-], and the tall and thin white team in the middle of the room. After reading them all, at the end, he waved to everyone: "Hi~"

Behind him is a man wearing glasses, also 27 or [-] years old, but there is a touch of stability between his brows, and the eyes behind the glasses look harmless, but inadvertently, a witty gleam will flash.

The remaining three teammates came in almost at the same time. One was tall, fair-skinned, and handsome, but his expression and gaze were cold, like an ice beauty; the other was full of energy, athletic and sunny, with a brighter smile than the leader; One was tall and muscular, half a head taller than everyone else in the team. His resolute features naturally carried a sense of majesty, and he gave people oppressive force without frowning.

The colorful stormtroopers watched silently.

Gao Shuai gathered the white team into formation, frowning vigilantly.

As far as Xu Wang's team was concerned, the four teammates looked at it curiously, and Captain Xu responded with a smile: "Hi~"

"..." Gao Shuai Shoubai looked at this side, then at the other side, and finally knew where the strange sense of disobedience came from.The two teams collided, okay? They collided to death!

"Ding--"

"Ding--"

The "twenty-in-one" prompt sound has its own echo effect in a confined space, especially if it rings twice in a row.

Four teams look at the arms simultaneously.

<Roster>: You have 5 minutes of exemption time, choose [Retire] or [Kick], the countdown starts.

<Cheat Sheet>: There are still 7 minutes before the official opening of 23/15, and the countdown begins.

The first rule is familiar to all teams, because when the five-person team was first formed on June 6, there was a reminder. As long as it is a five-person level, after the team with a complete lineup enters, it will first receive such a reminder, which is convenient for those who want to adjust The team is replaced directly.

As for the second article, it is completely different from 6/23.When the last level, the team in the banquet hall, no matter when the addition of members is completed, they can enter the castle halfway and start to break through the level.

According to Chi Yingxue's "spoiler", this one should be related to the nature of the battle in this level - since it is a board game, all teams must start the battle at the same time, if a team comes first and joins later, then there is no way to play Yes, so no matter whether it is a remnant team that wants to add members or a team that wants to change players, they must complete the lineup adjustment within these 15 minutes. If the time limit is exceeded, even if the team is full of people, they will not be able to enter the checkpoint. They can only wait for tomorrow .

"It's the first time for those three teams to come here." Wu Sheng withdrew his sneaky scrutiny and said in a low voice.

Xu Wang nodded: "Well, but the teams that can come here are not good, we can't take it lightly."

Qian Ai frowned: "How do you know that they are all here for the first time?"

Chi Yingxue said lightly: "They are still looking at the prompts. This reading time is in line with the performance of digesting and understanding unfamiliar rules."

Qian Ai: "..."

Kuang Jinxin comforted: "Brother Qian, I didn't see it either."

Qian Ai patted his head: "But you are lucky..."

Either cunning, or wisdom, or explosive force, or give the whole team a lucky buff... Qian, who didn't find any advantages in himself, fell into deep anxiety that he would be kicked out of the team at any time.

After 15 minutes, these four teams were still in the secret room——no new team came in again.

The further the checkpoint, the smaller the number of teams, Xu Wang thought of this, but it was the first time he had a real feeling.

[Owl: 7/23 is officially open, don't be nervous, it's just a board game~~]

"Ding--"

<cheat sheet>: Please select a participant.Chi Yingxue/Kuang Jinxin/Qian Ai/Wu Sheng/Xu Wang?

The four partners raised their heads and looked at the chosen candidate—Wu Junshi in unison.

Wu Sheng nodded slowly and steadily, his eyes full of confidence.

The ears of the four partners echoed again. During the day when the manor was discussing who would go to war, the campaign speech of their military division——

[Werewolf Killing, Three Kingdoms Killing, Killing Games, Flying Chess, Backgammon, Four Kingdoms Checkers, Strategy, Battle, Logical Reasoning...Only I don't want to win, without me I can't win. 】

With a steady chance of winning, the five of them pressed the selection button together.

Wu Sheng's figure flickered and then disappeared completely.

A live video suddenly appeared on one wall of the secret room. Wu Sheng had already appeared in another room. There was a gorgeous round table and four golden chairs, and Wu Sheng was sitting on one of them.

Soon, the other three teams were selected, and the round table in the game room was finally full.

The tall, handsome and thin white team chose the tall guy, and the colorful charge team chose Ya Hui, who was the captain by visual inspection, but the team that came in at the end chose a steady man wearing glasses. The moment he sat down, he gently pushed He took off his glasses, and at that moment, Wu Sheng on the opposite side seemed to feel some kind of aura of the same kind, and raised his eyes to look over.

The young man with glasses nodded politely and said something.

Wu Sheng also smiled, and replied something.

Only then did the friends in the watching room realize, shit, the live broadcast has only shadows and no sound!

"Kankan? Hello——" The leader of the glasses youth team seemed unwilling to give up, and called out to the live broadcast wall again.

"Captain," the handsome Sunshine Boy sighed, "Brother Zhao has said it many times, he refuses this nickname."

The one who was called the captain hadn't spoken yet, and the tall and strong one was already under the black line: "Xiao Dong, Brother Zhao also said, don't reveal your name casually."

Xiao Dong looked at him pitifully: "Brother Qi, you just revealed my last name."

Tall and strong Fusaki: "..."

The innocent Dong Xi: "..."

"From now on, both of you will silence me!" The whole team's name has almost been half-exploded, Lexing, the leader of the band, is on the verge of collapse.

Jing Jinglin, who had been quiet all this time, glanced at Team Xu Wang and Team Gaoshuai Shoubai with cool eyes, and sighed: "It's obviously the same game, but we can't communicate with each other by name."

Tall, handsome and skinny: "..."

Xu Wang looked at his teammates without saying a word: "Do you have a familiar feeling..."

Qian Ai and Kuang Jinxin: "I seem to be looking at myself back then..."

Chi Yingxue: "Low configuration version."

"It's about to start." Gao Shuai, with a thin and white face, looked at the live broadcast wall and said in a low voice.

In the game room, the light and shadow of an owl appeared in the center of the round table, and then the light and shadow dispersed, and the whole round table suddenly became transparent. On the transparent table in front of Wu Sheng, Zhao Yukan, Ya Huinan, and Da Gao, who were already in place, appeared The same image—twenty cards buckled.

None of the four people in the battle rushed to touch them.

Although it is the first time to come to this level, but to reach 7/23, you must have suffered all kinds of hardships, and know the truth not to act rashly.

Sure enough, between the game room and the spectator room, a voice similar to "Owl" but more calm sounded at the same time.

This time it's not in the ear, but from the ceiling, like two rooms with simultaneous amplifiers—

【The content of the game is announced below...】

Everyone, including Xu Wang's team, pricked up their ears.

[This is a game of Story Solitaire.Each participant has 20 cards in front of him, including 15 story cards, 3 interrupt cards, 1 exchange card, and 1 ending card.Participants need to use the keywords on their own story cards to tell and solitaire stories, and finally guide the story to their own ending cards.

[The specific rules are as follows: among the four participants, the person who has entered here for the shortest time will be the first to tell the story. Every time a keyword on a story card is used, the corresponding story card can be played.If the following three situations occur during the narration, the right to narrate will be transferred—1. If the story cannot go on, you can designate the next Solitaire narrator; The person with the story card directly discards the story card and continues the story; 2. When someone else uses the interrupt card to directly interrupt the story, the person who uses the interrupt card continues the story.

[Exchange cards can only be used when they have the right to tell the story. The user can use any card in his hand to randomly exchange a card of the same kind from other people; the interrupt card cannot be used for those who have already played 15 story cards. people use.

[The player who is the first to complete 15 story cards + 1 ending card wins.

[Friendly reminder: 1. The narrator's story is extremely unreasonable and will be forcibly interrupted. 2. If the bedding between the two story cards is too long, it will be forcibly interrupted. 】

In the game room, the 20 cards in front of each of the four people were slowly opened. When they looked at their own cards, they could see clearly at a glance, but when they looked at other people's desktops, they were completely transparent.

In the viewing room, the sixteen friends couldn't see any images on the round table, only four of them looked down at their table, focused and serious.

At this time, Xu Wang's team was in a very complicated mood——

Qian Ai: "Story Solitaire... Is it strategy, battle or logical reasoning?"

Xu Wang: "Language expression."

Kuang Jinxin: "Brother Sheng...can you?"

Xu Wang looked at the live broadcast wall, feeling ashamed.

OK?Even if Kuang Jinxin asked such a question, it must be impossible! ! !

"I'm sorry," Chi Yingxue sighed quietly, "I should have listened to the content and rules last time before giving up my body."

"Ding--"

In the viewing room, the ding sounded again.

The sixteen friends were not mentally prepared for this reminder. After all, the battle is about to start, so what else is there to remind?And looking at the live video, the four participants in the game obviously did not receive this prompt.

<Cheat Sheet>: Please select the plot staff.Chi Yingxue/Kuang Jinxin/Qian Ai/Xu Wang?

Drama staff?

Xu Wang's team raised their heads and found that the other three teams were also at a loss.

The sixteen little friends looked at each other, and the entire gray-white secret room was slowly shrouded in a shadow called "foreboding"...

The author has something to say: The gameplay and rules of Story Solitaire are borrowed from a real board game "Onceuponatime" (Chinese name: Once upon a time)~~ Friends who like it can play it~~