Chapter 46.2 (1/2)
At this time, the others woke up one after another. Aside from Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian, there were five other people. Unfortunately, these five people were obviously newcomers who had just entered the game.
“What is this place?”
“Why am I here? Who are you? “
“Is this some sort of trick game…”
Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian looked at each other and felt like daughters-in-law that had finally become mothers-in-law. After being rookies for so long, was it finally their turn to be veterans?
But they were rookies who had only experienced two missions!
Looking at the group of ignorant newcomers, Xiao Tangqiu couldn’t help but feel as if they were looking at a group of kids who were crying to be fed. At this time, he was finally able to feel a little bit of what the old players had felt when they saw newcomers.
He and Tang Mianmian looked at each other and decided to be kind older brothers. He simply explained the current situation. Once the instance officially began, he and Tang Mianmian couldn’t take care of this group of newbies. After all, they were all in danger. Now, they could only tell them what little they knew so that this group of newbies would make fewer mistakes and take fewer detours. As for whether this group of newbies accepted their explanation or not, it was none of their business. They were already considered extremely kind.
The five newbies this time were all young people. Perhaps young people had a higher degree of accepting new situations so they quickly accepted what Xiao Tangqiu and Tang Mianmian said. Although they still had some doubts, they were at least not as rash as the newbies that Xiao Tangqiu met before, loudly rejecting the situation despite knowing nothing.
There were three men and two women, basically college students or fresh grads. Among the three boys, one looked like he was good in sports and had a really good body and physique, another was a chubby geek wearing glasses and the other was a handsome boy who was well-dressed. The handsome boy and the other beautiful girl seemed to be lovers. They were holding hands and the boy was gently comforting the girl the entire time.
In addition to the pretty girl, there was another girl who looked more ordinary. She stared warily at the people around her, apparently full of doubt towards everything, only partially believing Xiao Tangqiu’s words.
Xiao Tangqiu didn’t force them either, “…You can choose to believe what I say or not. To tell you the truth, my friend and I are just rookies who have just completed two missions. This is as much help as we can give you.”
They looked at each other, apparently still sizing each other up. Just then, the sporty student took the lead in saying, “I believe what you said. I heard… the voice earlier. It suddenly appeared in my head.”
“I would like to reserve my opinion,” snorted the chubby geek. “I’ve played a lot of horror escape games so I’ve seen a lot of games like this… I need to see it for myself before I can believe you.”
Xiao Tangqiu smiled, “Feel free.”
Just then, the handsome boy suddenly said, “Since you said our mission is to escape from this amusement park, if we don’t go in the beginning, does that count as completing the mission?”
He arched an eyebrow, looking very confident, “So many horror movies are started by the main characters themselves. If we don’t seek death in the beginning, wouldn’t the horror movie never start?”
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Xiao Tangqiu nodded, “That makes sense. Your attitude of not seeking death is worth encouraging…”
Seeing the handsome boy show an expression of smugness, he suddenly changed his tune, “However, there is a time limit for this mission. If you keep waiting at the gates and cannot complete the objective of escaping from the amusement park in one day, you will be killed on the spot.”
“Of course, you can also set an example and prove to us whether this kind of loophole can be exploited or not.”
The handsome boy snorted, “There’s no point for empty talk. Do we have to believe everything you say?”
Xiao Tangqiu’s tone was calm, “You can choose not to believe me. This is your right.”
“Who knows if what you said is true or not. If we go straight back, we might be able to go home soon. There’s no need to enter this stupid amusement park!”
Xiao Tangqiu nodded, “You can give it a try.”
The handsome boy turned around and found that besides the amusement park in front of them and the space within a few meters of their feet, the surrounding environment was shrouded in a murky darkness. Looking at that, he couldn’t help but gulp.
“Alright, alright, it’s better if we listen to our predecessors and go in!” Seeing this, the sporty student quickly came out to play mediator.
The handsome boy stuck out his neck and insisted, “I’ll wait outside! Maybe nothing will happen… “
“Then, you can wait outside,” Xiao Tangqiu didn’t even bother to give him another look, turning to Tang Mianmian. “Come on, let’s go in.”
Tang Mianmian took a deep breath and finally made up his mind. “Go! Let’s play this instance!”
The two men took the lead in walking towards the broken gates of the amusement park. When they approached the gates, it creaked open on its own.
Sporty Students and Chubby Geek hesitated for a moment, but they still followed up. The two girls looked at each other and nervously followed them as well.
Finally, the handsome boy was left alone outside.
He stiffly twisted his neck and looked back at the endless darkness behind him and ran after the people in front of him, trembling with fear.
When the last person walked into the amusement park, the broken gates slowly closed again.
Compared to the last instance, the starting time of this one was at night. When Xiao Tangqiu entered the amusement park, he found that the whole park was also shrouded in darkness, a blank sheet of black where it was impossible to even see your fingers if you stretched out your hand.