Ruan Qing and Third Sister were the only players left in the game copy. They had already fled to the jungle.
Asmaud, who did not notice two people's presence in the castle, froze. The bone castle remained stuck in a strange position until a dissatisfied voice sounded.
"How long will this situation last?" Because the castle suddenly deformed and was stuck in the narrow space of the stairs, Bai Leshui had to shrink his hands and feet and be princess carried by Rong Zheng. Of course, he did not hate being close to Rong Zheng, but wasn't this space narrower than a elevator too cramped?
Rong Zheng frowned, before he could say anything, the castle moved again, Asmaud restored the castle to its original state. The castle was still the same as before, with gray-brown stone bricks, wall lamps that could glow without electricity or wax, and clean and bright glass windows.
No one would have thought that all of this was made of piled bones. But as long as they don't think about it, the castle is still quite comfortable to live in.
"What happened just now?" Bai Leshui got off Rong Zheng and asked in confusion, "Are the people in the prayer room still alive ma?"
Rong Zheng used the card to check the number of players directly and replied, "There are two players left." After saying that, he looked out the window. If they were still alive, it meant that they were no longer in the castle, but had escaped into the jungle.
"I got cards!" Bai Leshui opened his card package, which contained two new cards, both marked with the words 'Power obtained from player Huang Pi, only for use in this copy'.
Rong Zheng asked, "What kind?"
"Let me see." Bai Leshui flipped through the cards one by one, "[Become more attractive ba] card, a strengthening card, can increase the target's charm value, and will be very eye-catching in any occasion. [Wishing dice] card, a golden dice, throw the dice when making a wish, the wish will come true when six points appear. The easier the wish is to come true, the higher the chance of six points. Well... let's not talk about the latter, the charm card is completly useless ba."
"Whether it can be useful or not depends on how you use it." Rong Zheng said, "Use both cards ba, just one for each player."
Bai Leshui took out the [Become more attractive ba] card, hesitated for a long time, selected Third Sister in the target list, then used it.
The effects of both cards are one-time. After use, the cards turned into golden dots and disappeared, Bai Leshui took out the second one.
"How to make a wish? Hope that he will be eliminated from the dungeon?" Bai Leshui said, "If it's not six points, this card is equivalent to a waste. Make a simple wish that is easy to achieve?"
Rong Zheng whispered in Bai Leshui's ear, Bai Leshui smiled and nodded, used the card to take out the dice, and threw the dice while making a wish.
The golden six-sided dice rotated and rolled quickly on the ground, then finally stopped. Seeing the bright red six points on it, Rong Zheng's mouth curled up and showed a satisfied smile.
"Success, will he be eliminated ma?" Bai Leshui asked.
Rong Zheng held Bai Leshui's waist: "There are still two days before the end of the dungeon, about right ba."
Bai Leshui: "Then what about us ne?"
Rong Zheng whispered in Bai Leshui's ear: "Go back to sleep."
"Not going to chase?"
"No." Rong Zheng said, "After that it's their job, we just have to wait." While speaking, he glanced behind him, the shadow hiding in the corner was frightened and quietly left.
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Third Sister ran madly in the jungle. She didn't even pay attention to the direction. Everything was to shake off the pursuers behind her.
Whether it was Hong or Ruan Qing, they were threats to her now.
There were still two days before the end of the game. Stealing... no, the current situation could be said to be robbing openly. Of course, she couldn't return to the castle after stealing the property in the castle. At present, Third Sister faced two difficulties. The first was to survive two days and one night in the jungle. The second was to avoid being chased by Hong or other servants, and not to meet Ruan Qing.
If it were normal, Third Sister would definitely choose to cooperate with another player. The combined strength of the two would always be able to survive. One more friend is better than one more enemy. However, Ruan Qing chose to frame Shi Qiu without any need. Such a person who would pit others as a leisure pastime could not be trusted. Who knows if he would stab herself in the back during the cooperation.
Third Sister used the acceleration card, her running speed was three times faster than before. Not to mention Ruan Qing, even Hong was left far behind by her. Even so, Third Sister still dared not relax. This jungle was full of unknown dangers, especially when the evening gradually approached.
Originally, she planned to quietly find valuables and hide them, then pretend that nothing had happened to attend the dinner. Of course, before that, she has to catch Ruan Qing to prove Shi Qiu's innocence. As a result, after being found to have entered the tower and taken away jewelries, everything became irreversible.
Obviously, everyone agreed to find clues together in the morning to pass the level, but now she was left hiding in the jungle. This game was lost too quickly and too suddenly, just like a game of chess that was clearly played well, and victory was in sight, but the person in front of her said that they didn't want to play anymore and flipped the chessboard. When she came to her senses, she found that she only had the last chess piece left.
Accident? Or was there an invisible hand secretly manipulating it from behind?
Third Sister's steps gradually slowed down, she suddenly remembered the words of a senior player in the game alliance: If you encounter a sudden change in the dungeon, and you can't figure out what happened, feel that the change has nothing to do with other players, there is a ghost in this dungeon.
Later, the senior smiled and told her, as a newcomer, not to take this sentence too seriously. The probability of encountering a ghost in a primary dungeon is almost 0. In an intermediate dungeon, you only have the unlucky chance of stepping on dog shit and falling on bird droppings when walking. Only in a high-level dungeon do you need to be vigilant in many aspects, the probability of encountering one in a promotion dungeon is even more negligible, so don't worry too much.
And the current situation makes Third Sister feel like she has encountered a ghost.
But even if there is a ghost, what does it matter? She didn't pay attention to it at all, so she never carefully observed the NPCs in the game. The price of guessing wrong is to be ejected from the dungeon directly, she has no clues.
This can only be taken as a lesson.
The coast is in front of her, not the pier where she came from. Third Sister planned to walk along the coastline to the pier, thinking about ghost's matter, but she didn't notice there was a set of footprints on the beach behind her, following her and getting closer and closer.
Ruan Qing lost Third Sister when he left the castle, but he was not in a hurry. He knew that Third Sister would return to the pier no matter where she went, so he simply waited near the pier. Sure enough, he saw Third Sister from a distance. Third Sister 's invisibility card was used up, but Ruan Qing's was not. After seeing Third Sister's figure, he turned on invisibility and quietly followed Third Sister. At first, in order to hide his whereabouts, he deliberately stepped on the footprints left by Third Sister. Unexpectedly, Third Sister was so preoccupied that she didn't notice it at all.
When the two were close to each other, he pounced and pressed Third Sister to the ground, canceled the invisibility effect at the same time. He wanted to see Third Sister's expression when she saw him.
"Ruan Qing?" Turning her head and seeing the person who was suppressing her, Third Sister was shocked and angry, "I didn't expect you to hunt players."
"Hunt players? No, I don't have that interest." Ruan Qing was satisfied after seeing Third Sister's expression, but she was still defending, "I did all this to pass the level, seize the fruits of victory from other players. Isn't this very common ma?"
Third Sister: "You put the painting in Shi Qiu's room, right? You obviously have other safer ways to take the painting, but you used a way that would definitely expose you, and you also put the blame on others."
Ruan Qing shook his head: "How is it possible? I really have no way." Of course no.
"I have very few cards in my hand, because I don't have extra game coins to buy, and the ones I save are handed in every month. The clues about the painting came from you, so I want to give you a painting directly, and share clues." Lying to people.
"What nonsense are you talking about, didn't you scratch the painting?" said Third Sister.
Ruan Qing raised an eyebrow: "Hey? Don't you know ma? The hidden content of the painting is in the canvas. The canvas is two layers, and the clue is on the bottom one. I deliberately destroyed the painting to remind you." How is it possible? The painting was destroyed first, then the clue was found.
Ruan Qing said sincerely: "I did it for your good."
Of course, Third Sister didn't believe a word, otherwise why is she suppressed now?
"Of course, one thing is one thing. I am more curious about the treasure now. You have found the treasure, right?" Ruan Qing leaned over and whispered, "Give it to me, okay?"
Third Sister sneered: "What if I don't give ne?"
"Well... In order to pass the level, I can only search you from head to toe. Don't worry, I won't take off your clothes, just touch you." Ruan Qing smiled innocently.
Third Sister was so angry that she was shaking: "You will be warned by the system and will not be able to enter the game for a long time."
"It doesn't matter. As long as I pass the level, I will have a long vacation and will not enter the dungeon. Even if I have to go to jail, I won't lose anything." Ruan Qing said, "So you should hand it over honestly ba."
Third Sister gritted her teeth and finally said, "I know, I will give you a part."
"Give me a part?"
"You should leave me some to pass the level ba." Third Sister was furious, "This is a promotion dungeon. I will suffer heavy losses if I am eliminated!"
"Okay ba." Ruan Qing also knew people should not be pushed too hard. If a rabbit is pushed too hard, it will not only bite people, but also eat people.
In order to continue to happily muddle in dungeons in the future, he didn't want to be bitten too badly.
Ruan Qing let go of his hand, watched Third Sister stand up and pat the sand, then naturally stretched out his hand.
Third Sister stared at Ruan Qing for several times, finally took out a golden necklace from her pocket helplessly and handed it to Ruan Qing. Ruan Qing took it and took a closer look, frowning: "This is gold-plated, not worth anything."
Third Sister widened her eyes: "Gold-plated?"
"Don't you know?" Ruan Qing said, "I used to deal in gold and silver. This thing is silver plated with gold. Even if it's a little old, it's not worth much."
Third Sister was stunned, then her face blushed: "I just graduated from high school not long ago, how could I know so much."
"What else ne?" Ruan Qing stretched out his hand and continued to ask.
Third Sister took out two brooches and handed them to Ruan Qing. They were also golden, with red stones inlaid in the shape of flowers, and emerald turquoise inlaid. The emerald didn't look green enough and the quality was average. Ruan Qing looked at Third Sister as if he was looking at trash.
"Are they all gold-plated?" Third Sister asked in disbelief.
Ruan Qing nodded.
"You didn't lie to me ba." Third Sister looked at Ruan Qing with suspicion. Ruan Qing smiled coldly, took out a dagger and scratched the jewelry fiercely. Sure enough, silver was seen inside the scratch. The brooch was okay, but the necklace might not be pure silver.
Third Sister's eyes were desperate. She looked at Ruan Qing and murmured: "You can actually see it at a glance..."
Ruan Qing didn't want to talk anymore.
Of course he could see it. He often resold things to make money in his original world. Few people who came and went were honest. If he didn't have this kind of eyesight, he would be cheated to death.
"Is there nothing else ma?" Ruan Qing asked.
Third Sister searched her pockets and finally found a handful of silver coins and two jade pendants: "This is all."
Ruan Qing raised his eyebrows. A silver coin is only about a hundred yuan. Unless it is a rare currency, it is almost the same price. This handful of silver coins looks like a lot, but the amount of money is not enough. Just as he was about to sigh, he saw the two jade pendants and his eyes lit up immediately.
The two jade pendants are actually two jade plaques, with pictures engraved on the front and words on the back. If one look closely, they are names, Si Bei and Qian Yuniang.
These are probably the jade pendants that once belonged to these two people, but this is not important. What is important is that the jade is made of top-grade white jade and is worth a thousand gold.
"This is a good thing." Ruan Qing said while holding the jade pendant, "This one is enough." After that, he put the jade pendant engraved with the name of 'Si Bei' into his pocket and waved to Third Sister: "If there is a chance, see you in the next copy, bye."
Third Sister watched him go away, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she could no longer see his shadow. She put the other jade pendant away, as for those worthless items, she threw them all on the ground without even looking at them.
After leaving, Ruan Qing came back not far away, but this time he did not come back alone. He saw Hong and appeared very 'kindly' to attract Hong's attention, then used the invisible card to disappear, and repeatedly led Hong all the way here.
Until Hong saw Third Sister from a distance, her attention was instantly drawn to her, she completely forgot about Ruan Qing who had been chasing by her.
Ruan Qing hid in the woods and watched Hong attack Third Sister. Third Sister hurriedly used the card to escape, but failed to escape. Red blood dyed the beach bright red, and the jade pendant fell to the ground.
Hong did not pick it up, including those worthless jewelry. She didn't even look at them. She reached out and grabbed Third Sister's hair and dragged the body into the jungle.
The blood left a trail on the ground. Ruan Qing showed up, picked up the jade pendant, washed it with sea water, and put it away.
The more fare you pay when you get on the boat, the safer it is, Ruan Qing thought so.
For two days and one night, Bai Leshui and Rong Zheng lived very comfortably in the castle. They had done all the preparations they needed to do, and the rest was waiting for the game mechanism to complete itself. Even if they failed, Ruan Qing was the only player left, which was already a victory for ghosts.
In comparison, Ruan Qing lived a miserable life. He had no water or food. There were always black shadows with strange auras passing through the darkness. The hidden cards that lasted for two days consumed a lot of energy. In addition, he was extremely hungry and lacked water.
Although he was on an island and surrounded by the sea, he couldn't drink a single sip. People need to drink fresh water. If they drink sea water when they are short of water, they will be dehydrated and die. There was no choice but to endure it. If he couldn't bear it, h ewould chew some leaves.
Finally, he endured until the last day. Ruan Qing waited at the dock early and saw the white ship approaching on the sea level.
In the castle, Bai Leshui leaned against the window and looked out: "Is that the boat to pick up people? It's so small."
"It's enough to pick up only one person."
"He's still there. Did we fail?" Bai Leshui asked.
Rong Zheng put his hand on Bai Leshui's cheek and rubbed it gently: "It doesn't matter, failure is failure, it can only be said to be bad luck, try harder next time ba."
"Yeah."
Rong Zheng paused while stroking Bai Leshui's cheek, he looked at the sky and calculated the time.
Players arrived on the island in the afternoon, just before dinner. Now there is still some time before dinner time, it is not yet fifteen days away, so the ship came early.
Perhaps the action to eliminate the last player did not fail, but it has not yet started.
The author has something to say:
Ruan Qing: I will be promoted very soon.
Rong Zheng: Haha.
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A little knowledge: When you are thirsty due to lack of fresh water at sea, you cannot drink seawater directly. Excessive salt in the body requires a lot of water to excrete the excess salt. So when the body is dehydrated, although drinking seawater replenishes water, it also replenishes a lot of excess salt. Then, in order to excrete the salt, the body will need more water than the intake to excrete the salt. The more seawater you drink, the more water you will consume to excrete the salt. In general, drinking seawater is a process of continuous dehydration, which can kill people.
When I was a child, I couldn't understand why people who were shipwrecked at sea would die of thirst. Now I understand.