Chapter 31: Board Game Begins
“Tap tap tap…”
Xiao Xiao and the glasses man watched as the game piece on the table, symbolizing a player’s identity, tapped rhythmically on the surface.
The two exchanged a glance.
The glasses man pushed up his glasses.
“Is it Morse code?”
After entering this game, players would learn many things they wouldn’t learn in everyday life.
Xiao Xiao also understood a little Morse code.
The code being used on the table was basic, so there was no need for a decryption key.
“The three of us are on the fourth floor.”
This was the first sentence Wang Xuming transmitted.
This one sentence was enough to convey a lot.
“They actually went up to the fourth floor.”
Neither of them had chosen to go up.
Xiao Xiao was a little worried about Bai Cha, but this wasn’t a good time to verify information.
“The board games on both sides are connected. The layout of the fourth floor and the first floor is the same.” Wang Xuming quickly sent the second sentence.
Leaving the two of them some time to guess, Wang Xuming sent the third sentence.
“We can’t go down. Two worlds. Maybe the board game is the key.”
Xiao Xiao and the glasses man finally replied.
“Keep in touch.”
Morse code wasn’t suitable for transmitting long messages, and it wasn’t possible to exchange information instantly. Both sides indeed faced difficulties.
Right now, the board game seemed to be the only way.
The glasses man and Xiao Xiao each picked up a game piece.
The three people on Bai Cha’s side also picked up game pieces.
At the same time, she heard the system’s mechanical voice.
[The “Strange Tales Guesthouse” board game has officially begun.]
A hint of surprise flashed through her mind.
From the time she entered the game until now, she hadn’t heard any game-related prompts from the system.
There were clearly only two possibilities for this. One was that her method of entering the game was special, and the other was that the game prompts were probably closely related to the entire instance game, so there were very few prompts.
It was like a pop-up window appearing when a task was triggered in a game.
[Number of players participating in this board game: five.]
[Board game rules introduction: Players are divided into five colors: red, yellow, blue, green, and white, in the order of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The player with the red piece starts by rolling the dice. After getting the number of dots, move the piece on the board according to the number.
There is a deck of playing cards next to the board game. Each card has a corresponding task. If a player’s piece lands on a task point, they must draw a card and perform the task on it.]
[Regardless of whether the task is failed or not, players cannot refuse to perform the task, otherwise the player will be eliminated due to failure!]
[Note: Once the board game starts, it cannot be stopped until a winner is determined, until all four players have cleared the game, and the remaining one player is actively eliminated.]
The game’s mechanical voice was cold and carried a strange intonation.
After the announcement of the game rules ended, the players in both worlds fell silent.
What would be the consequences of elimination?
Clearly, no one wanted to know, but one out of the five people would definitely be eliminated.
At this moment, everyone looked at the color of the game piece in their hand again.
Wang Xuming: Red.
Bai Cha: White.
Ponytail girl: Blue.
Glasses man: Green.
Xiao Xiao: Yellow.
No one had considered the order of the colors when picking up the pieces. Whether to change now wasn’t really necessary, as being in the front didn’t necessarily mean it was better.
Wang Xuming shrugged.
“Then let’s start with me.”
This board game was actually the simplest version of Ludo, with practically no rules.
However, the most difficult part of this game was actually the task cards next to it.
Wang Xuming picked up the dice on the table, which felt somewhat heavy and cold to the touch, and threw it down.
People on both sides watched as the dice spun around and then stopped at one.
“Tch!” Wang Xuming wasn’t annoyed. He picked up his piece and placed it on the first position.
The first position required drawing a task card.
Just as Wang Xuming was about to reach for the playing cards, the cards on the table suddenly moved on their own.
It looked like someone was standing there picking up the cards, shuffling them, and then spreading them out again on the table.
He raised an eyebrow. Was it the front desk?
Bai Cha was very certain it was the front desk because she felt the location of the dodder in that area, but she couldn’t see the front desk.
Looking at it this way, the two worlds seemed more like they were in different time-spaces.
Wang Xuming reached out and drew a card.
[Hearts 7.]
[Task: Bring out a serving of meat from the kitchen.]
“Tsk.”
Wang Xuming threw the card he was holding onto the table and stood up.
“Then I’ll go to the kitchen first.”
Ponytail girl and Bai Cha watched him leave, and silence fell in the room.
The direction of the kitchen remained quiet, without any sound.
Logically, the kitchen door was already broken.
Bai Cha was thinking about the thing that had gone into the kitchen. Going into the kitchen to get meat would probably mean confronting that thing, right?
About ten minutes or so passed, and suddenly a meaty aroma wafted over.
Wang Xuming came out carrying a plate of meat, his expression normal.
However, the plate of meat was a human hand that was still dripping blood.
Yet, it emitted an enticing fragrance, like perfectly grilled pork belly fresh off the charcoal.
