novelRona 303、Life and death
303、Life and death
The cave was very quiet, and Chen Youcai walked for a while, almost thinking that he was circling in circles.
Fortunately, the light stick still emitted an orange halo, barely able to illuminate the two-meter range around him, which made him feel a little at ease.
The sound of ticking water came from not far ahead, and Chen Youcai lifted his spirits, quickened his pace, and walked forward with all his strength.
The cave gradually became wider, and the dust under his feet changed from dry to wet and greasy... When the sound of ticking water turned into roaring, Chen Youcai was startled.
At the end of the cave, there is a water curtain waterfall. When you look up, you can't see the end at all.
There are only countless small fish like fireflies, wandering leisurely in the rapids, like walking on flat ground.
Holding the stone tablet, Chen Youcai didn't know what to do for a while, held up the fluorescent stick and scanned the surroundings for a while, and finally he found a strange rock under the waterfall.
On the side of the stone, there is a diamond-shaped slot, which looks a bit like the card slot of an ATM... Chen Youcai hesitated, and tried to insert the stone card in his hand into it.
"Insufficient merit balance, unable to open the soul-testing site... insufficient merit balance, unable to open the soul-testing site..."
The cold female voice suddenly came out from inside the strange rock, making Chen Youcai tremble all over in fright, and almost fell to the ground.
After calming down, he stared at the blue stone tablet in the groove, his head was full of black lines, and the corners of his mouth twitched especially violently.
Well, this thing is really cool, it's really the same way as an automatic teller machine... It's just that what needs to be invested is merit points.
The reminder was still ringing, and Chen Youcai was inexplicably a little embarrassed, as if it was reminding himself that he was a poor man... He took out the stone tablet, not knowing how to proceed for a while, and suddenly became at a loss.
"Use mine."
A gentle voice sounded from behind, and Chen Youcai froze for a moment, then he was overjoyed and suddenly turned around to look.
Lu Ningxiang stretched out her bright wrist and handed the stone plaque in her hand to Chen Youcai, her eyes met, and bursts of joyful smiles appeared in the depths of her eyes.
"You, didn't you enter the cave early, how could..."
Chen Youcai did not go to pick up the stone tablet, but asked with some concern.
"The heart-knocking test will trap the candidates, and those who break through the barrier may be fast or slow. This shows that you are better than me, and you have come ahead of me."
Lu Ningxiang blinked mischievously, and smiled, Chen Youcai's old face burned, and she felt a little embarrassed, as if she was showing off on purpose...
"Don't worry, just use my merit points. At worst, I'll just borrow it from you."
Lu Ningxiang handed over the stone tablet again, and Chen Youcai twitched the corners of his mouth. He always felt that this scene seemed familiar, and there was a strange feeling...
Right now, he couldn't allow him to continue to think wildly. After thanking him, he took Lu Ningxiang's stone plaque and inserted it into the groove of the jagged rock.
"Three thousand merit points will be deducted, and the soul test will be successfully opened!"
The next moment, the entire strange rock glowed with a faint green light, and then there was an adsorption force coming from the waterfall.
Chen Youcai's complexion changed, and before he had time to say anything to Lu Ningxiang, he felt as if he was riding a cloud and riding the fog, and he was going upstream along the current of the water, going straight to the top of the waterfall!
With small green fish swimming around his cheeks, Chen Youcai gradually calmed down, and slowly got used to this "water elevator".
He was quite surprised to see it, but just as he was about to open his eyes wide, he suddenly found that those small fish zoomed in rapidly in his field of vision, and then opened their bloody mouths towards him!
With a plop, a large transparent blister spit out from the mouth of the fish, wrapped Chen Youcai in it, and then shook its head and tail.
"..."
Through the water bubbles, Chen Youcai saw the top of the waterfall from a distance, which turned out to be a suspended torrent.
And in the direction not far from his side, there were dozens of water bubbles floating in large and small sizes. There were men and women inside, and their encounters were exactly the same as his own.
As the water flow rolled and drifted away with large bubbles, Chen Youcai began to think calmly, secretly guessing what was the key to this heart-knocking trial.
At this moment, a bubble was pushed desperately by the figure inside, and it hit Chen Youcai's side unexpectedly.
Fuck, what is this for? ?
Chen Youcai's expression froze, and he quickly imitated that person, using both hands and feet to push the air bubble away, narrowly avoiding the opponent's deliberate impact.
The two bubbles passed each other, and he clearly saw the person inside with a blue face, which seemed to be a terrifying and hideous appearance on the verge of suffocation.
A loud bang interrupted Chen Youcai's thoughts. He turned his head and saw two more bubbles colliding together. The person whose bubble was smashed screamed and fell into the torrent, disappearing after a few strokes. .
However, the person who took the initiative to hit him had a relaxed expression, and laughed ecstatically, and his originally blue face gradually returned to blood.
Something is wrong, something is wrong... The oxygen in this bubble will be slowly consumed by the people inside over time!
After figuring this out, Chen Youcai's muscles tensed up immediately, and his breathing rate decreased at the same time.
He finally understood that those guys who maliciously hit other people's bubbles were actually trying to steal the remaining oxygen in the opponent's bubbles... But even if it was to pass the test, they wouldn't be so shameless, right?
The sound of splashing water became more and more intense, Chen Youcai's eyes turned cold, and he saw someone behind him pushing the air bubbles towards him.
He hurriedly pushed the air bubble to avoid it, only to see the man glaring at him bitterly, his whole face had turned into a big purple eggplant, which made Chen Youcai secretly startled.
Plop, plop into the water sounded from the front, and those virtuous envoys who refused to bump into others to deprive them of oxygen to survive, all passed out at the bottom of the bubbles due to lack of oxygen and suffocation.
Immediately afterwards, the bubbles burst one after another, and those people lost their support for drifting, fell into the water one after another, and disappeared after being swept by the tide.
"..."
Seeing this scene, the remaining virtuous envoys also began to deprive each other of the oxygen in each other's bubbles. For a while, there were constant crashes on the water surface, and the sound of falling into the water was like dumplings being poured into the pot.
Chen Youcai looked coldly at these virtuous envoys who were killing and fighting each other in order to survive, and suddenly realized.
To test the soul, the test is the human nature in the desperate situation!
But then again, if the oxygen in the bubble is exhausted, and after it shatters, the people inside fall into the torrent... can they still survive?
Take the lives of others, or stick to your heart and wait for death... This is clearly a proposition!
A sense of suffocation squeezed from all around, as if a pair of invisible big hands were wrapping around the throat, indenting little by little.
Chen Youcai's face was ugly, he knew that the oxygen in his bubble had been exhausted to the critical point.
If this continues, he will definitely die from lack of oxygen and suffocation... But is he really going to learn from others and deprive others of their oxygen?
When he was upset, Chen Youcai gritted his teeth and sat down, breathing very gently bit by bit.
Only by sticking to your heart can you pass the test!
After a while, his head tilted, and he passed out completely due to lack of oxygen and suffocation.