Doomsday Wonderland

On the other side of the bike path, a few meters away, the bus station stood silently in the sky.

From where the two were, they could only see the large advertisement behind the bus stop and the stop sign standing aside; but neither Lin Sanjiu nor Pan Cui was in a hurry-they turned their heads and looked at the mime The back figure finally completely disappeared in the shadow of the alley, and then he let out a long breath in unison.

"Really gone," Lin Sanjiu said with a bit of disbelief. "He actually just left? I thought he would stay and make sure we take the next road."

"I thought so too," Pan Cui looked around suspiciously. "The road hasn't been blocked... Even if we don't go to the bus station and go somewhere else, how would he know?"

This road is a common two-way road in the city, with smooth front and rear, extending in all directions. It not only connects several roads in other directions, but also has a pedestrian bridge or a few zebra crossings in the distance; on both sides of the two-way road, there are groups of buildings. , the alleys are dense, if someone wants to escape the control of the copy, this seems to be a good test site.

When no one made a sound, the entire empty and abandoned city was suppressed by a heavy, solidified silence, and even the sound of breathing seemed to be crushed by it at any time.

"Let's try walking?" Lin Sanjiu suggested, "Although I don't think the dungeon will let us go to the end in one breath, it won't hurt to give it a try."

Pan Cui pursed her lips and turned her eyes to the bus stop not far away.

"I think since the copy dares to put us here, there must be precautions." She really disagreed, but she didn't hide it, and said bluntly: "Besides, the area here is too large to see the end at a glance. We can't go on forever... it's a waste of energy, a waste of time, and the risk of not finding a way back."

Her concerns were justified; seeing that she was unwilling, Lin Sanjiu put down the topic, nodded and said, "Let's go over then?"

Pan Cui smiled at her. "You're a rare person," she whispered, stepping down the bike path. "A lot of people I met couldn't stand people's disagreement with him, and always felt that it was an attack on him personally..."

Lin Sanjiu suspected that she was blushing at the moment; she coughed dryly, followed up, and replied, "Where is it?"

"And you are also very gentle," Pan Cui said as she walked away, boasting endlessly, "You were thinking about Pina just now, which is rare among the evolutionaries who sweep the snow in front of the door. Speaking of which, I I'm also a bit ashamed, you saved me with your 'extra action', but I didn't use my 'extra action' to help you or Pina..."

"'Remaining action'?" Lin Sanjiu was startled.

"Ah, that's my name. You should have found it too, right?"

Pan Cui looked back at her and said, "Among the actions assigned to us by the mime actors, some are basic actions required for the action, some are clues, some are the key to successfully leaving, and some are traps... and some are our own. It's not used in the scene, it's superfluous, and I suspect it can be used to help others. This also explains why we are still limited by the pantomime's movements after we each leave the scene."

Lin Sanjiu half-opened his mouth and stuttered a bit when he spoke: "Ah, yes, yes, I found it too."

Teacher Yi whispered, "I'm sorry for you."

So, the action of "shampooing" must be one of the traps... Lin Sanjiu turned a deaf ear to Teacher Yi, coughed again, and changed the subject: "Did you see the sign for the next road?"

"Look to the other side," Pan Cui said, walking around the bus stop—then the sound of her footsteps was abruptly stopped.

Lin Sanjiu's heart tightened, and he rushed over immediately, his eyes swept away, and then he was stunned in the same place as Pan Cui.

The sign for the next road was affixed to the front of the billboard at the bus stop, just blocking the face of a model.

"The road to the end?"

The road in front of this card should not be one of the roads leading to the final casino.

The road before the card is a difficult road, and you can enter after betting at least 70 points.

The road in front of the card is 6 meters long. After the road is completed safely and the conditions are met, the winner is the winner. If you linger on the road for more than 24 hours, it will be judged as a loss. After losing the bet items, the gambler will be sent back to the starting point.

The road odds before this card are 1:7, and the winner can get back his bet chips at the end of this road, and also get 490 points of chips paid for this road (calculated as 70 points for the bet).

The road in front of this card can only allow one person to enter every fifteen minutes.

"No...Impossible?" Pan Cui stared at the sign and muttered one by one: "It's not the road to the end, it's difficult to walk, and the bet points and odds are so high..."

This also means that this road is not only risky and much more difficult than the previous two roads, but even if they can get away with it, all this will be useless.

"Wait a minute," Lin Sanjiu suddenly reacted. He quickly touched Pan Cui, and after pulling her attention back, he said, "This sign is different from what we saw before?"

Pan Cui was startled, and then she understood.

Previously, there was only one sentence on the front of the sign to remind the bet points, and the back was more explanations, rules and precautions; but this time, only a few explanations appeared on the front of the sign, and the sign itself was firmly The ones posted on the billboards can't be turned over at all.

"That is to say, apart from these explanations, do you have any other information to provide..." Pan Cui wiped her face and said, "Perhaps you are right, we still have to walk around. See if there are other ways?"

Lin Sanjiu didn't speak, and nodded silently.

There is another thought that is expanding uncontrollably and occupying her mind-if the "difficulty of the road" and the "probability of reaching the end" are negatively correlated, that is, the higher the former, the lower the latter, does this mean that , the puppet masters and the others embarked on a road that could not lead to the end early?

It's just that until she gets more information, it's no use worrying, because she doesn't know if the premise of her guess is correct.

However, she understood this truth, but she couldn't stop thinking about it; it wasn't until after she and Pan Cui separated and went out separately for a while, that another thought gradually cast a shadow large enough to drown her previous worries.

According to the agreed time, an hour later, Lin Sanjiu returned to the bus station.

Not to mention fatigue for the time being, she only had to glance at Pan Cui's face from a distance to see that she might have the same feeling as herself - the neighborhood is too connected, and every road has branches in several directions , there are several high-rise buildings on each branch; if you choose any direction, you will face more choices, as if you will never finish the city.

Because there are so many choices and so many places, no matter how far they have traveled or how many roads they have seen, it feels as if they have not taken a single step.

"It's not a coincidence," Lin Sanjiu said with a frown. "We walked in a randomly selected direction for an hour, and we didn't see any sign indicating the start of the road..."

"I'm afraid no matter how far we go, there won't be a sign for the next road at all, right?" Pan Cui smiled bitterly and said, "From the rooftop, the roads we encountered became more and more difficult, requiring more and more points. There are many, but the possibility of getting to the end is getting smaller and smaller... and even the number of roads to choose from has finally been reduced to one. It is certainly no coincidence."

Lin Sanjiu sat down on the bench waiting for the bus, feeling that his exhaustion was floating in a daze.

"Like you said, if this is a trend, then even if we can complete this road, the next road will be more demanding, and it will definitely not reach the end. Failure is a matter of time." She thought for a while, Said: "We can't sit here all the time... Do you remember the final failure condition written on the notice board on the rooftop at the beginning?"

"You mean..." Pan Cui's brows tightened. "People who still linger in this city for more than 24 hours after losing all their chips will become dungeons?"

"Yes," Lin Sanjiu nodded, "it didn't make it clear. If someone still has a bargaining chip, but wanders around the city and doesn't choose a path, what kind of punishment will there be."

In fact, this point may not need to be made clear - just look around at this seemingly dead city, and you will know that this kind of "self-exile" is a kind of punishment in itself.

If someone is unwilling to give up their special items, and is unwilling to bet on a road that cannot reach the end, they will continue to walk in an empty and endless city, with no direction, no supplies, no supplements, and no companions. ...only to wait for the teleportation that will appear after being disturbed by the great flood.

What's more, Lin Sanjiu still needs to go out as soon as possible to reunite with the puppet master and his party. If they don't go on the road, they will be separated. If they are separated now, they will meet again. I don't know when.

The two sat in silence for a while at the bus stop.

"I think it's better for us to hit the road."

Pan Cui finally spoke up: "Not going on the road is not an option, unless you plan to spend hard to teleport. We have only earned 35.05 chips so far, and if we bet all of them, we have to add another item. If you fail on the road, you will lose nearly 35 points...which is a very good special item. This risk is indeed very big."

She paused, then added: "But, from another perspective, this road is only 6 meters long, and no matter how difficult it is, it has a limit. As long as we can win the chips on this road, we will have an extra 420. The points are available. Even if we fail on the next road and are sent back to the rooftop of the starting point, we still have enough capital to start over again... At the risk of losing 35 points, we can gain a profit of 420 points. This risk-benefit ratio, in my opinion, is Well worth a try.”

"Her thinking is really clear," Teacher Yi suddenly sighed in her mind, "She just doesn't know, you don't need her to analyze the risk-benefit ratio, you have to go."

Even if the starting point is different, the final decision of the two is the same: bet.

In addition to the 35-point blank chip that she won—she didn’t even bother to take out the 0.05 sign—Lin Sanjiu took out the [teaching according to her aptitude]; after she finished betting for a while, she would find a 5-point blank. chips.

"I'll go first," Pan Cui shook Lin Sanjiu's hand and said solemnly, "I'll still stop in front and wait for you just like in the office."

Anyway, you have to stop and wait for someone, it doesn't make much difference who goes first. Lin Sanjiu nodded and watched Pan Cui put down a few chips under the sign.

Sure enough, a yellow arrow appeared on the road surface in front of the bus stop - but strangely, only one arrow appeared.

Pan Cui stepped on the arrow and was a little dazed: "Where is the next arrow?"

The answer to her was a bus that suddenly and silently approached in the distance; under the stares of the two, the bus with dark glass slowly slid into the platform, and the yellow arrow pointed to exactly the On the door.

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Finally finished, I'm fucked