Chapter 249: Sea of Death Flowers
Chapter 249: Sea of Death Flowers
No one noticed Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai, at least not the big tree.
This big tree has a very high basic score, and with the win, it now has more than 1,300 points.
The score represents strength.
It's also very happy to show its scores.
Just at this moment, the score appeared above the big tree.
The whole audience was shocked. After the second round of card drawing, he could still retain so many points...
How could this big tree be so confident?
Although the score is not combat effectiveness, it can also intuitively represent something.
Is it possible... that this tree's score might be as high as several thousand, but after using a lot of cards, there are still more than 1,300 points left?
The tree said:
"If you don't obey, I don't mind using you to make up the points. You should have discovered that killing people will give you points."
This is actually a little secret, but now, the big tree has revealed the secret directly.
Some of the weaker normal species were trembling.
The rare species do not dare to confront the elite species-level trees, as they all have their own plans.
"Since no one objects, I will not kill easily. To win this kind of team competition, we need order and cooperation."
"Next, you, go light up statue number one."
There are one hundred statues, with one hundred forms and one hundred numbers.
The vast majority of monsters present believed that the number was secondary information, and the core information was the shape of the statue.
Statue number one is a lamp.
The lamp has the meaning of guiding the direction. From the image point of view, even if the lamp is a wrong answer...it should not cause too much killing.
The big tree thought so too, but it also thought of giving priority to the one with the least number of deaths.
Its vines pierced into the ground, and soon vines appeared next to a monster. This monster... was indeed the weakest normal species.
Even though the tree appeared to be very strong, it was unclear whether there were other beings of the same level hiding among a crowd of 5,000 people.
The big trees are also very particular. For the No. 1 statue, only one normal one is allowed to be planted.
If it is number seven or ten, it will control the corresponding number of people.
Wen Xishu observed silently, and Zheng Zai whispered:
"Brother...did you find anything?"
Wen Xishu shook his head slightly:
"There are too few clues now... The idea of this tree is to find the answer through the shape of the statue, but I think it's wrong."
"The statue has two pieces of information: shape and number. The last round was digitally decrypted, and this round is likely to be the same."
Zheng had already figured it out at this time, and started from the beginning again in the last round.
But another riddle is a mirror, ten square mirrors that make people look square... This is a hint, indicating that the "length and width" are the same.
So the answer that Brother Wen gave at that time was the square numbers from one to ten, because each number can be broken down into n times n.
Wen Xishu said:
"This time, I think it may still be digital decryption... but it will be very obscure, and there may be variables."
"At present, we only know that the number represents the scale of death and the shape represents the manner of death."
"But since we have cannon fodder, let them go. The tree's choice was not wrong. If it didn't know the rules, it would have been right to choose statue number one, since only one person would have died. In addition, it knows how to play psychological warfare."
Zheng Zai also saw that Dashu first arranged a group of weak persimmons.
Although the big trees are an elite species, everyone has been deprived of their abilities and can only compete with their innate strength.
The tree is huge in size and its strength should not be underestimated. The trees it chooses are also the weakest normal species.
Everyone accepted it, because the weak should become cannon fodder for the strong. At least in this weird competition, in the eyes of the doomsday monster, everything was reasonable.
This reasonable rule is also beneficial to those rare species.
In this way, the rules of the big tree are naturally recognized by certain rare species.
Even if the normal species wanted to resist, they would not just be fighting against the big trees.
Zheng Zai De sighed, thank goodness that Brother Wen had ridiculous stats and was able to draw many incredible cards, otherwise... he would most likely be the one to light up the statue this round.
"The host said that if the person who lights up the statue is not the correct answer, then this person will definitely die..."
"But some people will die randomly. The range of randomness is probably related to the person who lit the statue."
Wen Xishu had to admit that this tree saved him a lot of trouble. It was quite thoughtful.
Next, just wait quietly for the lighting result.
Ten key figures.
First of all, we can rule out the pattern from the previous round, but a different pattern does not mean that certain numbers are different. So will it be the correct answer this round?
Wen Xishu waited silently.
The normal species chosen by the big tree was already covered with plant vines. Those vines could actually control the normal species like the threads that control a puppet, forcibly controlling it to touch the mechanism that lights up the statue.
Is this the innate power of the tree?
Wen Xishu was still quite wary of this big tree. But now, his attention was also focused on the statue.
The lamp, which originally looked like a stone sculpture, suddenly lost its original rock gray color and gradually began to take on the color of a copper lamp.
Wen Xishu also noticed that two blue butterflies and three red butterflies appeared on the stone sculpture. To be exact, they had already appeared before the stone sculpture was lit up and stayed for quite a while.
The warm light illuminates the surroundings, and this light makes people feel happy.
Everyone cheered, thinking they had found the correct answer!
Even the normal species felt lucky that they survived!
The big tree itself was also very satisfied with this round of selection. If it found the wrong answer, it would not feel anything, but if it was the correct answer, it would undoubtedly increase its prestige.
But at this moment, someone suddenly said:
"No... Look, it's melting!"
The normal creature that lit up the statue still had a smile on his face, as if he saw a bright future:
"I... want to evolve! I want to evolve!"
In the apocalyptic era, it is a weak normal species. In order to survive, it is actually more cowardly than humans.
When some red houses wandered around, they were really afraid that they would not be able to survive...
It had survived many times, and this time, under the warm light, it saw a bright future. It saw its loved ones before it became a monster...
But now, its body began to melt like ice cream, and finally, under the "warm" and healing light...
It's completely dead.
It turned into a pool of strange liquid.
Not only it, but the four people closest to it also appeared to be melting, gradually turning into a pool of pus-like liquid.
After killing a total of five people, the illuminated statue gradually lost its luster and returned to its original rock gray color.
There was silence.
The tree said:
"It seems that the correct answer is not 1."
This is of course nonsense, but no one said anything.
At this time, someone asked:
"What's going on...why...why did so many people die?"
"That's just one! That's just the statue numbered one!"
“Why did five people die?”
A rare species floating in the air spoke:
"Could it be that... the person who lights the lamp must die, but the others must stay away. If they get too close, they will also die?"
This rare, talking species has a torso similar to a cross between a lobster and a bat, with huge membranous wings covering its back and an ellipsoidal mass on its head covered with short tentacles.
It floated in the air and looked quite scary.
But everyone thinks it makes sense.
Because the dead person is the one closest to the normal species.
At this moment, the survivors standing next to the dead normal species were all frightened.
It seemed that if they took one more step forward, they would die.
The crowd subconsciously took several steps away from the pus on the ground.
Zheng Zai, who was in hiding, said to Wen Xishu:
"Brother, what do you think?"
Wen Xishu said:
"It's more difficult than I thought... and look there."
Wen Xishu pointed at the big tree.
In order to shock others, Dashu showed the points above his head, which was 1,340 points.
But now, it has become one thousand three hundred and ninety points.
Dashu's score increased by 50 points.
Zheng Zai also showed a solemn expression:
"Oh my goodness, it...it got a higher score?"
Wen Xishu was not worried because his stats were too awesome.
But if your stats are similar to Lao Zheng's, then this situation will be quite difficult. If you let your opponent do whatever he wants, he will only get stronger.
If you don't have hundreds of thousands of points to back you up, then you have to decrypt it as quickly as possible to prevent an opponent from becoming too powerful.
Moreover, Wen Xishu doesn’t think it is a “scope” problem.
The four extra people who died did not die because they were too close to the person who lit the statue, but because of other reasons.
But indeed, Wen Xishu also felt that the so-called random death was most likely not completely random or absolutely random, but rather gave priority to those who were close.
"The most troublesome problem now is that everyone thinks one is wrong, but one... may not really be wrong."
Wen Xishu said this out of the blue, but Zheng Zai was puzzled:
"In this case, One has been illuminated, but the person who illuminated it is dead... One must be wrong."
Wen Xishu said:
"I still need to verify...at least one round."
Fortunately, Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai were both in hiding.
Lao Zheng has already sensed the perversion of this game. Wen Xishu looked at the sky.
The four-colored butterflies in the sky would occasionally land on a statue...with no regular pattern.
He looked for a long time, but there was no pattern at all.
At the same time, he found the strangest sentence in the host's words in his mind.
“The strong can dominate the weak to light up the statues and make the weak the steps for you to look out, but you will not be taller than these steps, nor shorter than these steps.”
This is the most riddle-like of all the words... Wen Xishu is also certain that this is the riddle.
He actually had his own understanding of this sentence, but he still had to verify some things.
Soon the second round of candidates were selected.
This time, the tree chose the number 2.
Dashu's idea is correct. Since option 1 doesn't work, then choose option 2. Since the number and the appearance of the statue remain unchanged, then the correct answer with the least number of deaths should be chosen first.
As long as we find an answer, we may be able to deduce the pattern.
This time, the tree controlled two normal species.
The two normal species were very unhappy, but they had no choice. After all... everyone was eyeing the twenty points. If they were not happy, the others would not mind. Dashu would take the lead and kill the two men.
The second round begins.
The second statue is a giant smiling face, and the elements that make up the smile are very simple...
Two disks, like eyes, and then a half-moon, outlining the smile at the corners of the mouth.
The two normal people prayed that the number 2 was the correct answer. Wen Xishu actually felt that the probability of the correct answer appearing between numbers one to three was very high...
He also watched carefully.
There are two red butterflies, but only one blue butterfly this time, and there is also a white butterfly.
Before lighting the statue, Wen Xishu kept his eye on the butterfly.
Soon two blue butterflies flew over, making a total of three blue butterflies, and then a purple butterfly flew over.
It became quiet, and there was no change in the butterflies for a short time. No more butterflies flew over, and the butterflies that rested on the smiling face statue did not fly away.
It's rare to have all four colors of butterflies: blue, purple, red and white.
Of the two normal species, the thinnest one still had the outline of a human, but the flesh and blood in his body had rotted away.
The vines pierced its flesh, causing it to feel excruciating pain.
Zheng Zai felt physically uncomfortable watching this.
He was not a virgin, but he did feel it... the law of the jungle in the last days was so naked, and the opportunity to change one's fate was really hard to come by.
The normal species knew that if they didn't light up the statue, they would die immediately...
It gritted its teeth, and finally made up its mind to light up the statue.
Laughter appears.
A laughter that made people relax their brows unconsciously appeared in people's ears. This time, although everyone retreated very far, very far...
But they still heard laughter.
Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai also heard the laughter.
I have to say, this laughter immediately eased the tense atmosphere.
The smiley face statue lost its stone gray color and radiated a golden luster. I lit up the statue's normal state and started laughing.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"
It laughed very happily, but then the normal species next to it suddenly began to eat its flesh. It also began to eat the flesh of the normal species next to it.
It was still laughing, and so was the normal species next to it, as if they were laughing like crazy, their eyes were full of murderous intent, yet they looked so happy. And just like that... the two normal species died together.
The laughter suddenly no longer made people feel happy, but fearful.
Statue No. 2 resulted in two deaths.
Just when everyone thought that they were far enough away to escape disaster this time...
Laughter broke out in the crowd, and those on the edge began to laugh.
"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha……"
The voice was harsh, and the owner of the smiling face became hideous and terrifying.
There was more than one such case, a total of four people.
At the edge, four people began laughing crazily and then attacked each other.
In the end, all four of them died.
The second round of lighting up the statues ended, and the tree head rose by sixty points.
Five people died in the first round, and six died in the second. In the first round, everyone saw that after the person who lit up the statue died... it should have ended with his death, but in the end, four more people died.
It was the same this time, four more people died.
The tree said:
"It seems... no matter how far we retreat, there will always be people closest to the person who lit the statue, and there will always be four people buried with him."
This seems reasonable. Four more people died in the first round, and four more people died in the second round.
Many monsters nodded at the same time, and they all felt that what the tree said was right.
But Wen Xishu didn't think so.
Even Zheng Zai noticed something was wrong.
"No, Brother Wen, you must have figured it out. It's not like that. Thinking like that is too simplistic and crude."
Wen Xishu nodded:
"Yes, this is to deliberately think about the problem in a simple way that they can understand. Other elements are deliberately ignored."
Wen Xishu could actually use brute force and use his other magic cards to try and error, but now, he is almost solving the puzzle.
Statue numbered 1, two blue and three red. Five dead.
The statue numbered 2 has three blue, two red, one purple and one white, and six of them died.
Wen Xishu quickly began to arrange this information in his mind.
At the same time, the tree started the third round. The third round statue, number 03, was a flower.
Because it is a flower, there are many butterflies, just like they are collecting nectar.
Wen Xishu said:
"Old Zheng, I think I have found the correct answer. In this round, Dashu's choice is still wrong. Many people will die in this round. Based on previous experience--"
"Random death prioritizes the closest one... Let's step back."
Zheng nodded, and now he would naturally do whatever his brother Wen said.
The flower statue was about to be lit up, and attracted a large group of butterflies. The bright red flowers especially attracted red butterflies, which surprised Wen Xishu.
He conservatively estimated that there were about a hundred red butterflies. Although there were butterflies of other colors, Wen Xishu could see that... the number of blue butterflies and red butterflies was the largest, and naturally there were more than other butterflies. The total number of purple butterflies and white butterflies was far less than that of blue and red butterflies.
The flowers were lit up, the stone sculptures were slowly losing their slate grey, and although they had not yet fully come alive, the fragrance of the flowers had already attracted them, and the four-coloured butterflies had gathered.
Wen Xishu was particularly concerned about the number of red and blue butterflies. Although the butterflies kept flying around and it was difficult to count them, Wen Xishu still tried his best, relying on his memory and dynamic vision...
After noting down the number of butterflies, he soon formed a number in his mind.
A horrific death toll.
"Retreat, Lao Zheng, keep retreating to the back."
Zheng's heart skipped a beat. They were already downstream of the crowd, so why did they have to retreat? Could it be that many people would die?
Lao Zheng felt unsure and suddenly began to fear what he was about to see.
"We won't be wiped out, will we? Brother, how far should we retreat?"
Wen Xishu smiled:
"Don't worry, they won't all die. I'm counting them."
The flowers are lit up and more and more butterflies gather.
The monsters around were still unaware.
No one dared to retreat behind the big tree, but Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai dared.
Because they are in hiding.
The number 3, even if four extra people will die... in the eyes of everyone, it's only seven people who will die.
This time, the tree had already wrapped seven normal species with its vines, hoping to send them to their deaths. Although the monsters were eager to retreat, they also knew that if you retreat, they would retreat too, and only strength was the foundation of survival.
So many monsters showed their points one after another.
Use points to indicate where you can stay.
Soon, the monsters all found their own positions.
0到10分，10分到30分，30分到50分，50分到100分，100到200分，200到300分……
In each segment, the lower the score, the higher the ranking.
It is worth mentioning that the big tree is not the one with the highest score. The one with the highest score is the rare species that spoke very early, the rare species whose trunk resembles a hybrid of a lobster and a bat.
It flew in the air, and the vines of the big trees couldn't do anything to it.
And its score is 1,700.
The score of rare species is higher than that of elite species... This is really rare. Wen Xishu can be sure that this rare species with a peculiar shape must have some treasure or very high-quality characteristics.
However, behind the big tree were always Wen Xishu and Zheng Zai.
His score was the best in the whole venue. He was not on the same level as everyone else in the venue.
Wen Xishu said:
"A lot of people will be eliminated this time. Then, the statue numbered four in the next round is normally a wrong answer. It is unlikely to become the correct answer just because of the butterfly. Old Zheng, let's continue to wait for a good show."
Zheng Zai said:
"What are you going to do?"
Wen Xishu said:
"Nothing to do. We just need to hide behind the big tree and wait for this round of death wave to end. After this round is over, the situation will change completely. It will be very interesting."
Zheng Zai was surprised and said:
"Did you find the correct answer?"
Wen Xishu nodded:
"In fact, the answer is very simple. Although the tree doesn't know the answer, its result is correct. Start from one, two, and three. When you try the fifth number, you will find the answer to the puzzle hidden by the host."
"But unfortunately, it ignores the variable of butterflies."
The flower has completely turned livid. It is a seven-color flower, which emits a beautiful luster...
Attracted countless butterflies.
It's beautiful, but it's also brutal.
A scene like Asura Hell appeared.
The head of the person who lit the flower statue split open like petals.
Without exception, all seven people "bloomed". Their bodies were arranged in a circle, and they turned from individual flowers into a cluster of flowers.
But just when everyone thought that the "blooming" was over...mass death occurred.
0到10分，10分到30分，30分到50分，50分到100分，100到200分，200到300分……
In each section, people's heads started to explode.
The crazy scene frightened everyone into looking terrified.
Someone saw the person next to him, and his head suddenly split open. The next second he thought, he was finished... He was indeed finished, because soon his head also split open.
Countless dreams of becoming stronger were shattered when a flower bloomed.
It was not until the 500th minute that this grand blooming finally came to an end.
Although the highest scores include players with hundreds of thousands like Wen Xishu, and more than 1000 points like Dashu...but they are all in the minority.
The majority were those with scores between 0 and 400. The more than people who were ranked by distance...were all eliminated in this round. The scarlet flowers all over the ground were like a sea of flowers, presenting a strange beauty.
But the smell was disgusting.
The more than one hundred survivors in the field were all dumbfounded. They had expected more deaths, but they had never thought that so many people would die.
And that’s only the number 3.
There were still ninety-seven numbers left to test to find the correct answer. It was a hopeless situation.
Even a strong tree would be completely stunned at this moment...
In an instant, there were less than 200 people left in the field from more than 5,000 people. These 200 people were not simple people.
They all have relatively high scores, and it may not be easy for the tree to control them. Facing this huge baptism of death, watching the crazy increase in points on the tree's head...
At this moment, all the monsters realized one thing——
If we allow the big tree to continue to take command, even if we survive by chance and find the rules... it will only benefit the big tree.
This creates the super powerful existence of the tree.
The massive deaths allowed the tree's score to break through 40,000 points...it did not feel any regret for the deaths and mistakes.
At this moment, the tree thought... As long as he could survive! More than 40,000 points! If he could draw a magic card, he would definitely be able to evolve into a red house!
It didn't notice at all that once the number of deaths became too large and the points obtained exceeded a certain level... it would cause a qualitative change in the situation.
Now, the tree's score was too high, and it had become the object of everyone's fear. At this moment, the way to light up the statues had changed from being distributed by the strong to being distributed by luck.
At this time, many elite and rare species felt that a rule should be established instead of letting the big tree decide who would light up the lights. After all, if the big tree did the distribution... other people wouldn't get any benefits at all.
This is human nature.
Even Wen Xishu had the idea of getting rid of the big tree.
But Wen Xishu did not do anything because he didn't need to.
The remaining hundred or so rare species and a few elite species have now surrounded the tree.
If you don't destroy the tree at this time, and wait until it starts a new round of card drawing, the tree will become too powerful.
So they must now ask the big tree to join them in implementing the new rules for lighting the statues.
"We want to change the rules, such as drawing lots, to enable some kind of random rule. We can't let you arrange it anymore!"
The flying monster with the highest score becomes the leader.
Other rare and elite species responded one after another.
Dashu was furious inside, but he was also wary of these hundreds of people.
It immediately started painting the pie:
"If you are willing to obey my assignments and stay with me until the end, then I promise you that I will protect you after I draw a good card in the next round."
"If I die, these tens of thousands of points won't fall on you, right? Instead of wasting them, it's better to let them play their due role."
Wen Xishu had to admit that Dashu was quite smart.
Its words actually split up quite a few monsters.
Yes, killing the big tree will only add 10 points, but if you help the big tree and finally become the hero of the big tree... then it is equivalent to gaining a super ally with nearly points.
This is really heart-warming.
For a moment, the situation was at a standstill, but it didn't last long, because the rare species flying in the air obviously relied on their brains to make a living:
"Oh, you're kidding me? You have such a high score. You must have killed so many people and eaten so much flesh and blood. You must be aware of it, right?"
"In the end times, it is meaningless to rely on others' strength. Only by becoming strong yourself can you succeed. For those who are willing to continue to help the big tree, I ask you, thousands of people died in the third round of lighting. If I let you light the fourth round, would you dare?"
silence.
The tree really wanted to kill the flying monster, but it couldn't.
After half a minute of silence, all the rare species and elite species reached a consensus:
"We need a new way to decide who gets to light the statue, instead of you appointing them. Either you agree, or we fight to the death right now!"
Zheng Zai said:
"Brother...what are we going to do now?"
In fact, although Zheng Zai was shocked by the large-scale deaths in the last round, he still had confidence in his heart.
As long as Brother Wen is here, he is not afraid. Because of Brother Wen's extremely high stats, they have the ability to hide.
It can almost be said that it has escaped from the dispute.
Zheng Zai also knew that Brother Wen must have another trump card. He was able to watch a group of monsters die so leisurely, and hide behind the strongest tree without being discovered.
He no longer questioned the value of the 530,000.
Wen Xishu said:
"I will monitor the death toll until we have no choice but to take action. I originally wanted to kill as many people as possible to help you score some points..."
Wen Xishu indeed thought so. A kill was worth ten points, so he should help Lao Zheng get some points.
"But I also need the death of cannon fodder to find the pattern and help me solve the puzzle, so I've been delayed."
"Unfortunately, too many died in the third round. Now the remaining ones are all favorites to win. Every score is higher than yours. They are all threats from behind. So let's let them fight each other and kill as many as possible."
"When the number of deaths lit by the statues in a certain round exceeds the number of survivors, I will take action and put an end to them."
Zheng's heart moved. As expected, his younger brother was confident that he could kill everyone in the field. It was just that he needed these guys to find a pattern in the early stage, so he didn't kill them indiscriminately.
Zheng Zai still didn't find the pattern:
"So many people died in the third round...how many more will die in the fourth round?"
Wen Xishu said:
"Don't worry, not many will die. After all, there are only a few statues that butterflies are interested in."
(End of this chapter)