death game

The candles in the house are flickering, while the world outside seems to be plunged into pitch black thick ink, only the whistling wind and the rustling of the branches and leaves of the red maple trees can be heard.The few invaders who were rejected were still yelling at the wooden door just after it closed, and those who were close were desperately slapping on the fragile wooden door, intending to crash in.However, these voices reversed in a short period of time and turned into panicked screams and pleas for help. The sound of the wind was mixed with vague "cracker" sounds, and then the faint human voices were gradually lost in the wind.

The 49 raiders in the house were crowded in a small wooden house, and everyone was very close to each other, but their expressions were indifferent.Everyone seemed to have nothing to do with themselves, or drooped their eyes in silence, or stared at the candle that seemed to be extinguished at any time, or tried to peek into the dark world from the gap in the wooden house.

The movement outside became more and more noisy and chaotic, but there was still a dead silence inside the wooden house, and the atmosphere became more and more dull and depressing as time went by.

Wang Lin looked out from the cracks in the planks. The sticky blackness made him feel as if the world was trapped in a ball of foul-smelling mucus, which made him feel uncomfortable.He leaned against Sheng Ming, looked up at Sheng Ming's gentle eyebrows and eyes under the soft candlelight, and swallowed back what he originally wanted to say.Forget it, although the vision of choosing the dungeon is a bit poor, but whoever makes this person who I believe can only be pampered!

Suddenly, everyone heard a "stab--" sound from above their heads, which was the sound of branches and leaves scratching across the roof.The only tree that exists here is the red maple tree. Everyone's face is not very good when they hear this voice. If the cabin is not safe, they don't know where to hide.

Everyone held their breath and waited for a while, but there was no further movement, as if it was just a small accident before, and most of them breathed a sigh of relief.Wang Lin noticed that the darkness outside the capital seems to have lightened a little, and the wind noise has also become quieter. It seems that the dark period is about to pass.

Sure enough, after a few minutes, a ray of soft sunlight pierced through the obstruction of the heavy clouds and fell to the earth.In a blink of an eye, the sticky black dissipated, and the gloomy wind disappeared, and the red maple forest regained its original tranquility and beauty.At the same time, the wooden house that sheltered them disappeared in an instant, and everyone crowded together in the red maple forest. One or two bright red maple leaves fell off the branches, and swirled and floated towards the people below.

Everyone was silent for a moment and then left separately. No one planned to stay or communicate and cooperate with the same kind of people who shared weal and woe.

Wang Lin pulled Sheng Ming in a random direction and left, "Four hours, two hours of safety, one hour for finding ways to survive, and one hour of darkness. I think someone will start this time. Eliminate other raiders, after all, the number of people accommodated in the wooden house is likely to be reduced next time."

"I don't think the previous scraping sound was an accident." Wang Lin said, "We are likely to face the attack of the red maple tree in the dark period afterwards."

"What are you going to do?"

"What else can I do? Look for it." Wang Lin said calmly, "Since there is a possibility of confrontation, there must be a way or item to restrain the red maple tree in this dungeon."

A smile flashed across Sheng Ming's eyes, "But there is nothing here except red maple trees, not even soil."

"Try to find out if there are other things first. If not, start from the wooden house." Wang Lin said.

The two first checked the red maple tree, but both the branches and leaves of the red maple tree were clean, without any traces of other animals and plants, not even a trace of moss.

Wang Lin frowned, there was no tree, could it be among the fallen leaves under the tree?

He looked at his hands, it was just digging up a fallen leaf, it was not impossible for him to do it, but it would be demeaning.Letting Jethro with his nostrils facing the sky know that he must ridicule the underworld for having no rules, and the gods act like ordinary people.

"What's wrong?" Seeing his hesitation, Sheng Ming asked softly.

"Let's grab a few people and come over to work."

"Okay." Sheng Ming had no objections, and he didn't want Wang Lin to do it himself.

The unlucky guy who bumped into their hands was an acquaintance, the three guys who had sneaked up on them before.Since they were acquaintances, Wang Lin was even less polite. He forced them to find someone farther away from the tree roots and started digging, while he and Sheng Ming supervised the work.

"Feras." Sheng Ming took his hand, "You are unhappy."

Wang Lin paused, "It's okay, I just... thought of Jethro."

Sheng Ming raised his eyes, and those deep black eyes were always gentle and tolerant when looking at him, "Feras, heaven and the underworld, me and Jethro are completely different. You are the god of the underworld and mine. Mate, you don't need to think about the rules of heaven, and you don't need to care about Jethro's ideas."

"Jethro wants to be a god who looks down on all things and makes all the creatures in the world fear him. That's his business and has nothing to do with us. What I want is a peaceful and ordinary life. I just want you by my side. "

Wang Lin pursed his lips, feeling a little uncomfortable. He also liked the past life, but he was afraid of the end he was about to usher in.

Sheng Ming hugged him with some strength, "Don't leave me."

Wang Lin leaned his head on his shoulder, closed his eyes, and let out a soft "hmm".

As long as there is a glimmer of hope, I will not give up, and I will be with you until the last moment.

Digging fallen leaves was not a difficult task, and the three quickly dug several meters down.The fallen leaves around them tended to collapse, but what they dug up was nothing but red maple leaves. They were afraid of being sold by the fallen leaves like their previous companions, so they could always beg for mercy like the two of them.

Wang Lin looked at the fallen leaf pit with a frown, and glanced at the roots protruding from the fallen leaves of a red maple tree. He thought for a while and said, "You guys come up first, and dig in another place."

The three of them quickly climbed out of the pit, and when they found out that Wang Lin wanted them to dig close to the roots, they all felt miserable. Everyone knew that these red maple trees were evil, wouldn't it be more dangerous to dig close to them?

Several people wanted to run away immediately, but they were easily suppressed by Wang Lin, and they could always curse and pray in their hearts and go to the root of the tree to dig fallen leaves.The protruding tree root does not grow downward, but extends outward flatly. There are large and small bumps growing on the root under the fallen leaves, which looks weird.

Wang Lin took a look at the direction in which the roots of the tree extended, and if it went all the way, there would be another red maple tree at the end.He frowned and said, "I don't care about this for now, you dig down and dig out all its roots."

The roots of the red maple tree are not small, and the three of them might not have enough time to dig them all out. Sheng Ming glanced at him and left, and after a while, he arrested five people and came back.Wang Lin watched the eight people gritted their teeth and dug a hole, and suddenly felt that he was an evil exploiting landlord. Why was he in a good mood?

After more than half an hour, everyone dug out the roots of the tree completely.The twisted and tangled roots are coiled together, and the shape looks like a head. Only a few roots extend out like hair, and with the knots on the roots, it looks even more creepy.But what frightened them the most was not the shape of the roots, but that they dug up all the fallen leaves, and the roots were still suspended in place without any support.

Wang Lin asked everyone to leave the dug hole, and anyone stepping on the soft fallen leaves kicked heavily on the tree trunk.The red maple tree didn't move at all. Normally, it would drop its leaves, but when he kicked it, none of the leaves fell off, and the leaves didn't even tremble.

Sheng Ming broke a branch at random, but the red maple still didn't respond at all.He stabbed the branch into a lump, and there was an ear-piercing scream in an instant, and red viscous juice oozed out of the lump, which was still trembling slightly.

Everyone felt chills down their backs. They had lost their abilities now. There were thick fallen leaves floating under their feet, surrounded by dangerous red maple trees. If they were not careful, they would turn into a lump on the root of the tree.Probably due to psychological effects, the more they looked at these bumps, the more they looked like distorted human faces.

The two-hour safety period will soon pass, Wang Lin waved his hand and said, "Okay, let's go."

The few people who had been squeezed were still a little unbelievable. After confirming that Wang Lin really planned to let them go, they ran away in a hurry.

The two of them didn't leave, they still guarded the dug up red maple tree. Wang Lin counted the time without taking his eyes off the tree.

The moment the one-hour countdown appeared, the red maple trembled, and the surrounding fallen leaves slowly slid into the dug hole.Wang Lin watched coldly, not letting go of the slightest change in the red maple tree.

The knots on the root of the tree slowly shrunk and shrunk. After a few minutes, the root of the red maple tree became smooth, and several small red fruits appeared on the tree. It's hard to spot without looking carefully.

The two looked at each other, Wang Lin stepped forward to pick the fruit, while Sheng Ming stood by his side to prevent the red maple tree from attacking.

As soon as his hand touched the warm fruit, a red maple leaf flew towards him like a dart.Sheng Ming waved the branch, the branches and leaves collided like swordsmen trying to strike, and even sparks splashed out.

Wang Lin quickly picked a few fruits, and with Sheng Ming by his side, he was assured of his own safety.

More and more red maple leaves flew from the hidden weapon, and Sheng Ming responded calmly, but there were not many fruits on a tree, and Wang Lin picked them all soon.The power of the red maple tree seems to be released slowly. The counterattack ability is weak at the beginning, and the attack power becomes stronger the further back.

Wang Lin picked three trees, and the fruits he got were only thirty or so.He was about to find the next tree, when he suddenly saw something strange on the petiole of a red maple leaf, the petiole of that leaf was swollen as if it had some disease.Wang Lin picked off the leaf without hesitation, and the red maple tree trembled crazily as if it had suffered a major attack, and even the branches and leaves began to move.

He didn't dare to delay any longer, and quickly moved away from the red maple tree with the fruit and leaves.