The middle-aged man looked around and suggested, "Since we don't know why we're here, why don't we find the exit first?"
[Ding! Congratulations to the lucky ones who have been chosen by God's Game. I am the judge of the Black Cloth Labyrinth.]
Everyone was stunned and asked: "Who's speaking?"
[Hello players, this is the third level of God's Game.] The voice did not sound human, but like a lark speaking human language, it was crisp and pleasant.
[Please find the exit of the Black Cloth Labyrinth within ten hours.]
[Hint: The black cloths are not to be damaged during the process of clearing the level. Successful completion will result in corresponding rewards. Failure to clear the level will result in you merging with the game. The countdown of ten hours begins now.]
"Who exactly are you?"
There was no answer.
"Come out, who are you?"
The young man who had vomited in the cave earlier clenched his fists in agitation. "What kind of bullsh*t game is this? Congratulations my ass, did we agree to this? Why did you bring us to this damned place?"
He grabbed a black cloth angrily and tore it.
At this moment, a strange scene happened.
The black cloth wrapped around the young man's feet as if it was alive.
It was so tight that the young man almost fell.
"Ah, let go of me!"
The others jumped in fright—
The black cloth was wrapped up and the young man cursed as he bent down to tear it apart.
In the end, he could not tear off even a single black thread.
The others went up to help.
Unexpectedly, no matter how they pulled the young man out or tore the black cloth, it was useless.
They tried everything they could to save the young man from the black cloth but it was to no avail.
Seeing that the black cloth had reached his knees, the young man panicked and shouted, "Which one of you took the scissors? Hurry up and give it to me."
"No, I didn't take it."
"Neither did I."
"Oh right, I have scissors in my bag." The short-haired girl quickly rummaged through her bag.
The boy beside her pressed her hand and said in a trembling voice, "Do you remember what the judge just said?"
[The black cloths are not to be damaged…]
"Screw the judge, hurry up and take out the scissors, hurry up!"
The black cloth wrapped around him at an extremely fast speed. In just the time it took to speak two sentences, it had already entangled the young man's thigh.
He leaned forward to snatch the scissors, but lost his balance and fell to the ground.
In such a short time, the black cloth had already wrapped around his lower body.
"Scissors! Give me the scissors!" The young man shouted madly, his face covered in sweat.
The middle-aged man said, "Give him the scissors and let him cut it himself."
The girl quickly handed over the scissors with trembling hands.
The young man grabbed the scissors and went to cut the cloth on his body.
Unexpectedly, he could not cut it. The moment the black cloth wrapped around him, it was no longer an ordinary cloth.
He was so anxious that he used the tip of a pair of scissors to scratch it, but it left no trace.
"These useless scissors can't even cut the cloth."
The girl said with a pale face, "I… I just bought it. It's very sharp."
...
It did not work.
Nothing worked.
No matter how they tried to stop it, the black cloth continued to wrap itself around the young man.
His hands were also entangled. He shouted in fear, "Quick, think of a way. I don't want to die, I don't want to die."
When it reached his upper body, the speed at which the black cloth wrapped around him increased.
Everyone was flustered, but there was nothing they could do.
"What happened?"
"Ah, my feet."
The other buzz-cut young man's feet were also entangled. At the same time, the middle-aged woman beside him was also entangled.
The plump girl trembled as she grabbed Nancy's wrist and retreated.
Nancy said in a soft voice, "They tore the black cloth just now. It should be judged that they damaged the game equipment."
Everyone's expression changed and they took a few steps back in fear.
Clutching their violently beating heart, they were extremely glad that they had not tried to damage the black cloth.
"Help us! Help us!"
The middle-aged woman and the buzz-cut young man were so scared that they started tearing at the cloths in panic.
But this time, no one dared to help.
"Help us! I don't want to die! Ah!!"
"Help! Help!"
"You can't leave us to die, you cruel heartless people. After we die, you will not live for much longer!"
The young man from earlier was already covered in a black cloth cocoon.
A few seconds later, the black cloth dispersed and the young man disappeared into thin air.
Not even a strand of hair was left behind…
Everyone was stunned.
Two minutes later, the woman and the buzz-cut youngster were also entangled into two black cocoons.
The black cloth trembled slightly.
What followed was a soft splashing sound!
The people inside were gone.
The scene went silent.
There was no sound at all.
These people who lived in a peaceful society for half their lives were stunned.
Their hearts pounded and their faces turned pale.
They were trembling so badly that they could not make a sound or regain their senses.
In the silent maze of black cloth, the voice of the judge appeared again.
[Cursing the Gods and damaging the black cloth will turn you into its nourishment. I hope that all the players will remember the rules of the game and focus on challenging the current level instead.]
"Murder…. murder!"
The short-haired girl trembled like a leaf: "This is a game of killing. People will die. This is a game of killing."
[This player is wrong. This is God's Game.]
"God will not kill!"
[God will not kill, God will save.]
"Then, what was that earlier? The three of them died. They disappeared without a trace. Not even their corpses remained."
[This is a game. If there are rewards, there will be punishments. The three of them violated the rules of the game, so they received punishment.]
The headband youth said with a trembling voice, "Is—is the punishment murder?" Only then did he feel fear.
The short-haired girl suddenly hugged her head and broke down. She shouted: "Why me? Why did you choose me? I'm an unlucky person who has never won a lottery draw. Why was I chosen this time? I want to go home. Sob, sob, I want to go home."
She collapsed onto the ground and started bawling.
The others were also in a state of panic. Some grabbed their hair and breathed rapidly, feeling extremely anxious.
Even the calm middle-aged man frowned.
He took out his phone from his pocket, unlocked it, and took a look. There was no internet or any signal.
Only at this moment did these people understand reality.
They had really been chosen by the God's Game.
"What should we do now?" The headband youth scratched his head anxiously.
Nancy said softly, "We can only find the way to clear it in ten hours."
This was what the judge had just said.
They had to find a way to clear the level within ten hours or they would fail.
The consequence of failure… was to become the black cocoon.
The middle-aged man put his phone into his pocket and said, "Then let's find the way."
The short-haired girl cried and said, "This place is covered in black cloth. How do we find it? There's no exit at all."
Nancy said softly, "Since it's a challenge, there must be an exit."
The plump girl nodded. "That's right. The lark wants us to work hard and clear the level. That means there's a way out."
The short-haired girl said with reddened eyes, "Why do you believe it? It just killed three people. This is not an ordinary game. People will really die."