Chapter 295 Colosseum (XI) "Man Is a Slave to Desire"

Amidst the continuous announcements, some players turned into beams and entered the tower one after another, while the remaining players returned to their rooms to take out their masks and put them on.

Nian Fu is an exception.

Since Ziss had brought out the mask before, she took care of it directly in the black cube and appeared in front of the players in the form of an animal.

The players only saw a huge tiger appearing where Nian Fu should have been, slowly walking towards the chessboard and stopping at a certain square.

The tiger looked very old and its fur was damaged in many places. But from the white mist surrounding it and the green tiger eyes, one can still glimpse its former power.

Although the image is a bit weird, the painting style is a bit inconsistent.

Soon, all the other players put on masks and stood on the chessboard under the guidance of the cursor.

Then they discovered that the distribution of types of chess pieces seemed a bit strange.

——There were actually two tigers and not a fox.

…

The ninth floor of the tower.

After Qisi consumed a game coin, he felt that his vision dimmed instantly. When he could see again, he was in a completely unfamiliar place.

He sat by the river, with round and smooth pebbles spread all over the river beach. The water in front of him was clear and clear, reflecting his shadow like a mirror.

Qisi raised his eyes and looked around. The endless forest extended in all directions. From the outside, the space in the tower seemed to be limited, but it was endless. The transparent wall could not be found, and naturally there was no way to see what was going on outside the wall.

An eight-hour countdown appeared in the upper left corner of the vision. Based on the previous words of the goat, it can be judged that this is the duration of today's beast fighting game.

Another row of constantly changing numbers appeared in the lower right corner of his sight:

【00:59:59】

Is it a one-hour countdown?

Zeiss stared at the time, thoughtfully.

The next second, he felt his wrist being grabbed by a cold hand, as wet as if he had just been fished out of the water.

He lowered his head and saw a white and wrinkled arm stretching out from the water and hanging on his wrist.

That arm didn't use much force, and it seemed like it was just to get his attention by actively touching him.

Qisi looked along his arm and saw his reflection in the water showing a gentle smile, nodded as if to say hello, and then slowly put his hand back into the water.

"Hello, another me." The reflection's voice was clear and clear, just like him, "I've been in the water for a long time, and suddenly I feel a little bored. Are you interested in changing with me?"

This tone sounded like he was dragging a snakeskin bag filled with corpses up the back hill, and after encountering an acquaintance by chance, he asked someone to help him carry the things.

Qiss asked with interest: "If I say I'm not interested, will you give up?"

"No." The reflection smiled sincerely, "How about this, let's play a game. We only play three games to calculate the net victory. If you beat me, I will let you go.

"If you lose, I will take your place on the shore. And you will take my place and lie in this cold river forever.

"Anyway, I am you, and you are me. Through competition, the better one will be retained. It's a good deal, isn't it?"

Chiss stood up, turned around and left.

However, just as he was about to step into the forest, an invisible force softly pressed his shoulders, pushed him back to the river, and sat down again.

"It sounds like a good game, and it seems like I can't refuse it." Qisi looked down at the river as if nothing had happened. "Now that the matter is over, please tell me the rules of the game."

Reflection smiled and said: "It's a very simple game, rock, paper, scissors, rock beats scissors, scissors beats paper, and book beats rock. If the same gesture is made, it will be a draw.

"You have an hour to think... Well, it seems like you just wasted a few minutes. You only have fifty-four minutes."

Chiss also laughed: "I don't think you can play such a boring game and judge the quality of your level through the results of victory and defeat... By the way, do you and I comply with the principle of mirror reflection?"

The reflection said with a smile: "At least in terms of gestures, I think it is consistent."

The gesture complies with the principle of mirror reflection, which means that no matter what gesture Zis makes, his gesture in the water will be the same.

Because he is his shadow, his projection and reproduction in the water, it should be... the same.

The reflection continued: "But I suddenly thought of a question. Maybe I am not your reflection, but you are my reflection? Do you remember the copy of "Dialectical Game"?"

Qisi narrowed his eyes, but did not continue, but began to think seriously: "There seems to be no suspense in this game. By the way, if we draw, how should we calculate the outcome?"

"Even if it's a draw, I win." The reflection's smile remained unchanged, "Those who make the rules always have more privileges, right?"

"Well, it's a very unfair game." Qisi always has a little more patience with himself, and at this point he still has a chatting attitude, "It's still early, I also want to live a little longer and talk a little longer.

"For example, let's talk - what are your desires?"

…

Outside the tower, Chu Xun, as another tiger, took the lead in moving one space towards Nian Fu's "tiger".

There is only four spaces left between the two tigers, one real and one fake.

It has to be said that as a muscular teammate, Green is very capable at doing things as long as he doesn't use his own brain.

Entering the tower at about the same time, he defeated the NPC in the mini-game with three strikes, five strikes, and two strikes, gaining the upper hand.

When selecting the reward link, there are three options: [One Action Point], [Five Hundred Points], and [Two Foods].

Green chose the action point according to Chu Xun's instructions in advance.

They are far ahead in points and the need is not urgent. As for the food problem, I believe that with points, it can be solved to a certain extent.

As for action points, they involve games under another set of game rules. Naturally, the more the better.

In fact, rationally speaking, it is best for the six teams on the battle beast chessboard to adhere to the principle of non-aggression between the enemy and me.

But Chu Xun had other plans.

He needed points, and before Chang Xu killed Qisi and ended the instance, he needed to accumulate enough 3,000 points that might help him realize his wish.

That wish has been buried deep in his heart for too long, and it has become increasingly dim over the years. Whenever he sees the required number of points hanging above his head in the game space, he will feel despair.

The Sphinx's question gave him a glimmer of hope, and even if it seemed false and absurd, he couldn't help but reach out to grab it.

Give it a try... maybe it's true?

Therefore, Chu Xun needs to be the first to take action and set the tone of a fratricidal melee.

Involve more people into this fight without a winner, and then try to get the benefits you need from it.

It would be great if Nian Fu could be killed.

He hoped that Qisi could last longer. The simplest way was to let Nian Fu die, transfer her game coins to Qisi, and let Qisi stay in the tower for a while longer.

Even if he couldn't kill Nian Fu, he could still use this as a threat to get those forces that wanted to attack Chiss to export benefits to him in exchange for him staying put.

[Congratulations to your team for getting 1 action point, please make an action choice within 10 minutes]

Another countdown appeared in Chu Xun's sight shortly after Green cleared the game.

This game seems to like to disrupt the player's mood through countdowns and urge decisions to be made.

Chu Xun stood up and walked towards Nian Fu.

After all, man is a slave to desire, and so is he.

…

The ninth floor of the tower.

Zeiss asked the reflection: "What is your desire?"

"My desire..." The reflection sneered with half-squinted eyes, "My desire is to climb up and replace you, and then kick you into the water and soak you."

He stretched out his hand to pull Qisi again, but as usual he was too weak to exert any strength.

Ziss was dragged by him, pretending to think for a while, and said: "I think if I were you, lying in your position, I would have the same desire - but there is a guy who said that I have no desire."

The reflection said seriously: "You are not lying in my position, so of course you have no desire."

"What's the difference?" Qis asked seriously, "Didn't you also say that? You are me, and I am you."

The reflection tilted its head and thought for a while, then said: "Originally, I had no desire, because I was just lying in the water, not knowing who I was or where I was going.

"But after you came over, I knew that I was you. I thought of many things and realized that I didn't like the feeling of being in the water.

"And I think you are the same. You have never been in the water, so you don't know how painful it is. Of course, you don't know how happy it is to live on the shore.

"You don't know anything and have never experienced anything that I have experienced, so how can you have the desire to leave?"

"Is that so?" Zizi held his chin and stared at the reflection in the water. After a long time, he said, "I understand."

The next second, he fell forward and threw himself into the water.

…

Following Green, Qin Mu also cleared a game and chose [an action point].

She was teleported back to the chessboard outside the tower, hurriedly moved one space away from the other players, and returned to the tower.

She is [Cat], at the bottom of the food chain among all players, and she is alone. She is simply a walking supply station.

Any player with a bit of ambition will try to attack her; she must protect herself first before she can consider anything else.

The third person to pass the game was Chang Xu, who chose [Five Hundred Points].

Lin Ye and Lenaan also made the same choice.

No one wants their team to be at the bottom in points. As long as one person chooses to climb up the rankings through 500 points, the others will naturally follow suit.

After almost everyone completed the first round of the game, the players outside the tower unanimously set their sights on the ninth floor of the tower.

There, Zeiss was lying half-dead in the water, seemingly chatting happily with the NPC.

"What exactly does he want to do?" Liu Yuhan muttered to herself.

She had had more contact with Qiss and knew what kind of old cunt he was, so she couldn't help but have a somewhat bad premonition at the moment.

The situation that was originally thought to be a sure thing does not seem to be foolproof, and there may be unexpected changes...

"He is stalling for time." Fan Zhanwei said. "During the eight hours of the beast fighting game every day, players can theoretically hurt each other. He must ensure that he is in the tower during these eight hours so that he will not be attacked by some People are killed directly.”

Dong Xiwen was speechless: "Good guy, but it feels like the inside of the tower is not much safer than outside. You have to win when playing rock, paper, scissors with your own reflection. Is this a game that people can come up with? Why do I feel that he is a match for the game? It’s much harder than others!”

Chu Xun adjusted his glasses: "Combined with the speed of others' clearance, I guess everyone's game is just within their ability. Qi Si should have known the solution, but he just wanted to delay it until the last second."

Nian Fu knew Qi Si's plan a long time ago, and the two had discussed all the details before they separated.

She looked at Chu Xun, who was only four squares away from her, and said with a half-smile: "Brother Chu, it seems that you are not completely ignorant.

"You knew that Qi Si was going to hide in the tower and not come out, but you still wanted to eat me so that you could transfer my game coins to him——

"How could I not know? When did you reach a cooperation agreement?"

"I just did it for myself." Chu Xun's expression and tone were all frank. "It only takes 3,000 points to realize the wish. With such a good opportunity, I want to at least try it before ending this copy."

Liu Yuhan shook her head slightly: "You calculated wrong. A team only has six game coins, which is converted into rewards, which is six action points or 3,000 points or six portions of food.

"You have 1,000 points. If you want to realize your wish, you need 2,000 points, which is four game coins. And if you want to kill Nian Fu, you need to consume at least five game coins. "

"That's right." Chu Xun nodded, "So if I insist on killing Nian Fu, the situation will be a lose-lose situation. But we all have another choice at the moment.

"I remember that points can be lent. I also know that someone needs to choose food as a reward to meet the two portions of food consumption per day."

In many cases, the expansion of capital does not rely on personal efforts, but on transactions.

Since the emergence of transactions, behaviors such as raising prices and making money out of nothing have appeared and become rampant.

As long as you seize the opportunity, you may not be able to make a small profit.

Dong Xiwen blinked and asked without understanding: "Do you want us to lend you points, and then your team will be responsible for solving the food problem? No, why can't we choose food ourselves after passing the level, but have to exchange points with you?"

As of now, Chu Xun and Green and Lin Ye and Fan Zhanwei have a total of 1,700 points, tied for first place.

Dong Xiwen and Lenaan have 1,600 points, ranking third.

Chang Xu and Liu Yuhan, 1,500 points, fourth.

Nian Fu, Qi Si, and Qin Mu all have 1,100 points, the bottom.

The rankings changed dramatically in an instant, although no one could tell what this change meant.

Chu Xun raised his eyelids and looked at the top of the tower, saying calmly: "Because your points are far lower than ours. And I believe that points are roughly equivalent to advantages and voice." (End of this chapter)