First Player

Chapter 53 "Su Lin is still on the way here on horseback."

"clang--!"

A bell rang, and the originally bright hall suddenly darkened.

Xiao Ai retracted her legs, and several players who were watching the excitement also fell silent.

Nine gold candlesticks were placed in front of people, the flames flickering like ghostly shadows.

This final lineup of nine people really shocked people, and many betting markets collapsed and went bankrupt.

Not to mention Aini, Flora, Lu Shu, Yamada Machichi, Luna and others from the second echelon were eliminated, even Edward, Alande, and Alger, who were given the first echelon who were favored by the public, were not there.

"Ta, ta."

Steady footsteps suddenly came from above. The castle had four or five floors and covered a very large area. The sound came from the stone stairs.

Since the oil lamps were extinguished, leaving only the weak light source of the fireplace and nine candlesticks, they could not see clearly the appearance of the man, but he should be the issuer of the rules.

"...Looking at the vague shape, isn't it a Boss Rabbit?" Shirley said softly.

In the past, it was Boss Rabbit who issued the rules to them, but now it seems that someone has changed.

The man walked along the way, neither in a hurry nor in a slow manner, like the last guest of honor at a ball. He looked very high-spirited and classy.

The nine players in the field, the four guides... and the hundreds of millions of spectators outside the field are all waiting for the person hidden in the darkness to come to the light source.

Suddenly, a blinding halo shot out from Su Mingan's wrist and suddenly hit the man in the face, causing the man to shrink back suddenly.

"——Good morning, dear An Jiang! The Aduke Evolution III artificial intelligence watch will tell you the time on time. It is now January 11, 2024, 12 o'clock in the morning! Today I have loaded the hometown ditty "Good Luck" for you. Come"--"

"Bang!" Su Mingan turned his wrist, covered the watch on the table and knocked it, and it suddenly became quiet.

"I told you to turn on the light but not to speak," he said.

He just wanted to shine a light, and this watch even said "An Jiang"... It was obviously an intelligent AI that could learn, but it learned all the nonsense.

Dr. Xu, who makes the watch, originally wanted the watch to follow him and let the AI ​​gradually grow and evolve. As a result, the watch learned to be "safe".

Su Mingan raised his hand, and the strong light hit the man again, taking in his entire appearance.

The other players were stunned - the rule promulgator appeared like this, obviously to show his high-level style. As a result, Su Mingan hit the light and instantly ruined the style of walking with darkness.

They looked towards the man shrouded in light and saw that the man was wearing a solid black robe.

The man seemed to be dazed by the bright light. He covered his face with a pair of pale and slender hands, looking a little afraid of light. Like a mouse that was forcibly dug out of the ground.

"——It's you!" After seeing the appearance of the man in black robe clearly, Joey's eyes widened.

He recognized the man in black robes - wasn't this the guy who deliberately abducted and lost his sanity guide, and drove the cursed black beast to kill people in the sky?

Su Mingan also recognized the man in black robe.

He and the man in black robe had fought in the cave a few days ago. The man in black robe captured the guides precisely because he wanted them to be used as energy sources to drive dangerous monsters.

For some unknown reason, the man in black robe's initial favorability towards him was 95 points.

After being dazzled by Su Ming'an, the man in black robe immediately quickened his pace and quickly walked to the fireplace.

He wore a dark mask so no one could see his face clearly.

The warm firelight danced on his pitch-black mask, glowing with a sharp metallic color.

"You can put away your light, outsider, before I get angry." He said to Su Mingan.

Su Mingan turned off his watch.

This watch has no other function. The brightness is so high that he almost goes blind when looking at it from a distance.

He looked at the man in black robe in front of the fireplace and thought to himself.

He was now certain of two things.

First, this NPC in black robe may not be able to attack players at the moment.

Secondly, the man in black robe's favorability towards his character is indeed very high, so high that even if he is teased like this, he will not lose his favorability...

"——Welcome to my castle."

The man in black robe suddenly opened his arms and his voice rumbled in the empty hall.

He stood in front of the fireplace, with the light behind him. People could only see clearly his slightly reflective metal mask, and saw the silver beast pattern on the mask. The pattern seemed to affect people's spirits, making them seem to see A primitive picture of people and hunting in ancient times, showing knives and fire in the grassland and forest.

He was welcoming guests from afar with a calm and confident attitude as a host. The firelight danced behind him, and he spread his arms like an upright, dark cross before the fire.

...However, the wave of follow-up lighting just now made him lose all his strength in an instant.

The players looked at him with some embarrassment, even their sleepy eyes looking north were awakened by the bright light.

"What was it just now?" He rubbed his eyes: "It's so bright..."

"——At your age! How can you sleep!" Lu said.

Bei Wang looked at him with dull eyes, and there seemed to be a hazy mist in his eyes, as if he hadn't woken up yet.

"——Every guest who has come from afar, welcome to my banquet." The man in black robe ignored the whispers of the players and continued:

"——You are all contestants in the festival, and you have fought all the way to get here, so I have prepared a grand banquet for you..."

This was the first time for Su Mingan to see such a shameless rule introducer.

Players like Lu and Bei Wang were talking about theirs below, and the man in black robe was talking about his above. The two lines didn't seem to intersect at all, reminding him of a university open class.

"...But before attending the banquet, you need to know some rules..." When the man in black robe said this, the players finally had some reaction and raised their heads.

A blue panel appeared in front of everyone.

…

[Final Silver Star Copy]

[Copy Name: Castle Exploration]

[Difficulty: 5 Silver Stars (the winner will receive 5 Silver Stars)]

[Number of participants: 9 people]

[It is recommended that players are good at: intelligence, luck, and acumen. 】

[In the old castle, there are clean and tidy corridors and warmly decorated rooms.

As outsiders from afar, you will spend three warm and healing nights here...]

…

There was a soft "swish" sound, and a black feather suddenly appeared in everyone's hands.

Su Mingan took a look and saw a bright red 1 written on his feathers.

"Now, all of you should have a feather in your hand." The man in black robe said:

“Your mission is to search the castle, obtain more feathers, and add up the numbers in your hands to 100 points.

At noon on the third day, you can come to the lobby to gather and hand in the feathers in your hands. Only when everyone's total reaches 100 points will you be considered a winner.

But there is a mole among you who wants to deliberately destroy the feathers. They have replaced the original person and are no longer the person you know. They will deliberately destroy the feathers scattered everywhere so that you cannot reach 100 points in the end.

Please be wary of them and kill them early!

Friendly reminder, when someone dies, the feathers in his/her hand will be automatically destroyed, so please do not accidentally injure innocent people, lest the feathers fail to reach 100 points in the end. "

After the man in black robe finished explaining the rules, several people took a while to digest them.

They really didn't expect that this last dungeon would actually be a camp cooperation system. They thought they would be fighting each other.

"Excuse me, what is the basis for determining the number of the initial feathers we have?" Mizushima Kawakora asked.

The feather on her hand has a distinct number 3.

The numbers of the people next to them are not big. Among them, Lu and Beiwang's number is 12, Noel's number is 18, Herbert and Joy's numbers are 3 and 4, and Shirley's number is the highest, which is enough. At 24 o'clock, Angel's feathers were protected by him and were not exposed.

"According to your degree of kindness." The man in black robe said: "The more pure and kind the person, the higher the number."

Su Mingan stared at the bright red number 1 on his hand and took a look.

...Humph, you tricked him again.

He turned his head to look at Xiao Ai's feathers, and his eyes suddenly froze.

Xiao Ai's hand protected the feathers so that no one else could see it, but he had already seen it - the number on her feathers was 99.

1+ calculations should not go wrong.

...Already won?

What are you playing in this copy?

"Ask a question, does the mole know that he is a mole?" Lu raised his hand and said.

"I know." The man in black robe said.

"You just said that someone among us was replaced by an insider, so where did the original player go?" Noel asked.

"Of course they have their own ways of getting through customs," the man in black robe said.

"Does the mole know the personal information of the replaced players and their past?" Shirley asked a very critical question. This will be their method of identifying the mole.

"This... you can guess for yourself." The man in black robe said vaguely.

Others wanted to ask questions, but the man in black robe no longer answered.

He took a step back and his figure melted into the light.

"There are various interesting things in the castle related to the 'Perfect Clearance', and I look forward to everyone exploring them." The man in black robe lowered his head slightly: "Then - I wish everyone a happy holiday."

The fireplace flickered, the fire suddenly went out, and the hall fell into darkness.

Su Mingan immediately turned on his watch and accurately illuminated the man in black robe.

This man still wanted to play the trick of escaping into the shadows, but he scored twice and was completely illuminated by this light.

"Don't leave yet. Do you have anything to do with the chief? Why are you the rule promulgator of the dungeon?" Su Mingan asked.

When he talked about Su Lin in the cave a few days ago, the man in black robe's favorability dropped by 5 points, which meant that the man in black robe must know Su Lin, and he was most likely from Feng Zhang's side.

However, the man in black robe did not respond to his words and ran very fast, like a mouse with greased soles.

"Ding dong!"

The system prompt suddenly sounded.

[The game has started, and all contestants begin to be randomly transmitted——]

…

Su Mingan held Xiao Ai's hand. His 1 point plus hers had to wait until the submission session at noon on the third day to win directly.

However, this was a scattered teleportation, and when he opened his eyes again, there was no one around him.

He looked up and saw darkness.

Once the lights in the castle were turned off, everything in sight was pitch black.

A "chacha" sound suddenly sounded, like something twisted approaching. Due to the laws of the dark forest, he did not rush to turn on the light, but stood quietly.

But the next moment, his sixth sense suddenly started to alarm, as if something life-threatening was approaching rapidly——!

[You must find the light source as soon as possible, otherwise you will be swallowed by darkness! ! ! 】

A bright red prompt lit up like blood, and the writing looked like dripping blood, which was extremely scary in the dark vision.

Su Mingan no longer hesitated and turned on the light directly.

"Click!"

The next moment, the numbing sense of fatal threat immediately faded away, as if some huge shadow flickered at the edge of his vision and dissipated.

He turned his head, but could only catch a faint black shadow, and a few low chewing sounds came from the darkness.

He glanced around and saw that he was in a large room. In the corner was a bamboo candle basket with three bright red candles and a match.

…This is supposed to be an initial bonus, if someone doesn’t have a flashlight, these candles are their poor little source of light.

If they failed to touch these candles before the threat arrived, they would be dead.

[The built-in light source is only effective within the first hour, please collect more light sources as soon as possible! 】

The bright red prompt popped up again.

Su Mingan put three candles and matches in his pocket - these things cannot be stored in his backpack.

He took a step forward, but was paused.

At the feet - I don't know when a purple-black corpse appeared. The flesh was rotten and covered with spots. Its arms and legs were as slender and shriveled as spider legs.

His foot landed on the back of the corpse's hand, and there was a "click" sound, and thick, dark blood covered the sole of his shoe.

"..."

He stared at the corpse in a hideous state of death.

...This is the [warm and healing] castle vacation.

Sure enough, it is still a familiar world game style.

"——Su Mingan?"

He turned his head and saw a road with ocean blue hair, holding a red candle dripping with wax and walking in from the small door.

…

[SAN value: 50 points]

[Number of survivors: 13 people]

[Su Lin’s status: Passionately fighting in the jungle. 】

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