Chapter 215: Stormy Mountain~

In the darkness of the cabin, three thumps were heard and a light suddenly came on, illuminating the room.

It is a long, narrow wooden corridor, dimly lit by the old, dull yellow wood trim. Tang Mo, standing at the end of the line, reached for the door and pulled it open, turning his head to say, "It won't open."

Fu Wenduo and the others didn't object to his words, and Bai Ruoyao looked on with a smile. A few players from the other districts gave Tang Mo a cold look, and one by one they went up to check the door handle themselves.

It does not open.

None of the players thought of using props to open the door, but it was clear that The black tower had locked them in. The group watched the players around them warily and then moved forward down the corridor in turn. The corridor was silent, not a sound was heard, and Bai Ruoyao, feeling bored, suddenly gave a cheeky laugh.

Everyone immediately turned their heads in unison to look at him.

The baby-faced youth blinked, " Noah's dinner on the ark ...... yah, what the hell is this dinner. That flood just now was obviously Noah's bath water, so Noah should be pretty tall." He gestured with his hands, "He's a giant? Then he wouldn't be eating people. My meat ain't good, Tangtang, how about yours?"

Several players frowned unhappily and a middle-aged, burly blond man said coldly, "Shut up."

If you can shut up at his word, you are not Bai Ruoyao.

Bai Ruoyao hummed a little tune, and the strong man was displeased, but did not dare to make a move.

Those who have made it here are some of the best players in the world. They don't know who Bai Ruoyao is, but this man is definitely very strong, that's clear to everyone.

Tang Mo's gaze swept over each of the sixteen men, and in addition to Fu Wenduo and Mu Huixue, whom he already knew, there were two young men with oriental faces, a strong black woman, and nine white men. The nine whites, apart from Andrei, were divided into five men and three women, and Tang Mo's gaze slowly stopped and settled on one of the white males.

Tang Mo averted his eyes immediately as the other man's sharp eyes swept towards him. He looks to Fu Wenduo, who shakes his head.

Fu Wenduo : I hadn't seen this guy before Earth came online.

Tang Mo is silent for a moment.

This man, an old man.

When Earth came online, two groups of people were almost unconditionally eliminated from The black tower. One is a child and the other is an old man. People like Chen Shanshan and Fu Wensheng are no longer children. Fu Wenduo is twelve years old and is capable of defending himself. It is the children under the age of seven or eight who are really hard hit, and they will probably all be dead within the first game of The black tower.

The second is the elderly.

The elderly are inherently less fit, in terms of physical strength, speed and brain power, than younger people. And although the elderly are experienced, they are quite out of touch with modern culture. They are generally inferior to younger people in this aspect of playing games.

Tang Mo has played so many games of The black tower that he has only seen one old man in the Monopoly game at the beginning, other than that he has not seen a single The black tower player over the age of 60.

But the white male with white, wrinkled hair in front of him is at least seventy years old.

"He could be very strong, stronger than anyone else." Tang Mo lowered his voice and said to Fu Wenduo.

Fu Wenduo slowly squinted his eyes and gave a soft "hmm".

He was born with inferior conditions to others, yet he has managed to survive until now and become the top player in the world. This old man is bound to be extremely strong.

The group was silent, walking with their heads down, each with their own thoughts in mind. Each was quietly watching the other players, trying to get more information and find the group hidden among them. After walking for about five minutes, the black woman standing at the front stopped and turned back to say in English, "There's a door."

The crowd did not say a word.

The black female said, "I'm opening the door."

There was no retort as she naturally took hold of the door handle and gently opened the door.

The moment the door opened, the black woman jumped back two steps, raising her own weapon defensively. The door creaked open and instead of any enemies, there was a strange smell coming from it.

Mu Huixue's nose twitched and she raised one eyebrow, "Bread?"

Bai Ruoyao's sniffling was much more of a problem, as he sucked in the air hard and then exhaled. Eyes glancing towards the door and seeing what was inside, Bai Ruoyao turned his eyes away and exclaimed, "Wow, and the smell of egg tarts, cheese and cream. Huh, what's that smell ...... of my favourite wine? The smell of Château d'Haut-Brion?"

All spoke in English as a matter of course, without revealing their native language.

They entered the room cautiously, Tang Mo looked up and around and his eyes narrowed.

It is a two-storey castle.

From the exterior of Noah's Ark, there is no way that such an ancient fortress could have been hidden inside this large ship. Gothic stained fragmented glass, sharp black iron candelabra with a slender candle in it. Dozens of candles illuminate the lobby, the centre of which is a long table with gold-rimmed white porcelain cutlery, covered with an assortment of exquisite pastries and bread.

The fortress was completely out of place in the interior of a ship, but everyone knew that the corridor they had just walked down for five minutes was also far longer than the Noah ark should have been.

"Twelve chairs in all." A blonde foreign man said, "There are seventeen of us here."

The black female looked around for a moment and her eyes stopped in the middle of the table, "Instead, there are seventeen small dolls."

At the sound of her voice, everyone followed her line of sight.

At the sight of the seventeen little wooden dolls, many faces changed slightly, obviously remembering a famous story. It was at this moment that an ear-splitting thunderclap suddenly rang out outside the old castle. There was no bright flash of lightning, but a rumble of thunder descended suddenly. Andrei went to the window and looked out, "It's all darkness out there, there's nothing."

Just as he finished, there was another thunderclap.

At this point, The black tower tells a story in a clear, childlike voice -

" When Noah had lived to be six hundred years old, The black tower looked upon the earth and saw that mankind was full of evil, and that all his days were filled with thoughts of endless evil. Greedy humans love to eat simple The black tower monsters, skinning them and devouring them; cunning humans always deceive the naive earthlings and make them lose their fortunes."

"So The black tower said to Noah, build a ship and take away the really good humans, that's the real hope."

" Noah bowed respectfully to The black tower and prayed reverently - "

"O my almighty The black tower, allow me to take a bath, eat and then select for you the kindest human beings to lead them out of this evil world."

The black tower tells the story in an incredibly serious tone, and all the players listen to its words with different expressions on their faces.

Bai Ruoyao muttered in a low voice: "I wouldn't dare to bullshit like that."

The black tower: "All players are invited to assist Noah by preparing a sumptuous meal for Noah. As a friendly reminder, the sinful The black tower monster has infiltrated the ark disguised as a human. Capture the monster and make a delicious barbecue of its flesh and blood, Noah's favourite food."

At this point in the story, everyone's heart tightened when they heard "The black tower monster disguised as a human", and they all looked at the player standing next to them with suspicion.

After the story is told, The black tower announces in a clear, emotionless child's voice that

"Dingdong! Successfully triggered the main quest 'Noah's dinner on the ark'."

"The rules of the game--"

"First, a total of sixteen players have managed to enter the game, and there is a The black tower monster disguised as a human, mixed in with them."

"Secondly, there are twelve rooms in Noah's Ark."

"Third, in Noah's ark, every two hours is a day and two hours is a night. During the day all players must leave the room altogether, and during the night all players must enter the room, the door of which will be locked."

"Fourthly, each night, three players may be recognised by The black tower and leave the room. The identities of the three players are hidden and the players in the same room may not know the identities of the three players."

"Fifth, the black tower monster's task is to stop Noah from saving humanity; the human player's task is to catch the monster, grill it, and give it to Noah."

"At the end of the sixth and seventh day and night, Noah will appear. If it cannot eat the barbecued monster, Noah will eat all humans."

"Seventh, at the last minute of each day, players may travel the right to vote, with each room having one vote, for one object that they believe to be a monster. The object being voted on will be restricted, and all powers and props will be unavailable."

"Eighth, all players in the game will have their powers restricted to varying degrees, as determined by The black tower. All props cannot be used."

" Noah thought the barbecue monster was delicious, and he thought the humans were delicious. It's a beautiful thing to eat anyway, so why not just eat them both."

"Rumble-"

A piercing thunderclap rumbled outside the window, shaking the whole castle slightly.

Tang Mo's eyes slowly turned away and looked out the darkened window. He squeezed his fingers together and softly uttered five words, "...... Blizzard Hills."

Meanwhile, China, Beijing.

Since Tang Mo entered the game, Chosen has taken control of The Black Tower, which is suspended above the Forbidden City, and Chen Shanshan, Li Miaomiao and the others have taken up temporary residence in a nearby building. The first person to appear out of nowhere is Ning Zheng, who is covered in wounds and in a terrible state of disarray. Chen Shanshan is stunned at the sight of him, his eyes lingering on his long hair for a few seconds.

Fu Wensheng looked directly at Ning Zheng's chest and his eyes went straight, the kid couldn't hold back: "...... Crap!"

Ning Zheng's left leg was bitten off by something, bleeding profusely, and his right hand was severed. He struggled to get up and leave, this was not a good place for him. Chen Shanshan and the others didn't stop him, after all this was one of China's most powerful stowaways and no one knew if Ning Zheng had any second thoughts, and they had no grudges.

Fu Wensheng, probably because he thought Ning Zheng was too badly injured, hesitated and took out a bottle of mineral water and handed it to him.

Ning Zheng gave him a look and took the water.

In no time at all, Ning Zheng left the black tower area.

After another hour, Ruan Wangshu appeared below The black tower. He wasn't as lucky as Ning Zheng and managed to walk on his own. Using the king's gold coins to leave the game had taken all his strength, but luckily Li Miaomiao was there. Li Miaomiao rushed up and pressed her hand to Ruan Wangshu's wound to divert it.

Fu Wensheng mumbled, "What game is so hard, Ning Zheng ...... er, that's Ning Zheng, right? And Ruan Wangshu, they've all turned out like this. How good of a The black tower monster must this be, at the level of the head of the Strange Circus?"

Not a bad guess, except the quantity is a bit off.

The black tower monster is the head of six strange circuses.

China, Shanghai.

Luo Fengcheng, dressed in a white coat, sits in his black SUV, looking at the black tower in the distance. When Tang Mo and the others heard The black tower announce the rules of the game, little did they know that on Earth, The black tower had also sent out a message.

"Ding Dong! Official Europe 9 player David-Connor fails to pass."

"On June 18, 2018, 16 players from District 6 successfully entered the main game on the sixth floor of The black tower."

"Total 1 from East Asia, 1 from South East Asia, 1 from Russia, 2 from Europe, 4 from USA and 7 from China."

Jackass said suspiciously, "This is the first time I've seen this kind of game with so many players in the main game together, Doctor. What kind of game is this, Smash? Melee? The main quest hasn't even started and so many people have been eliminated." The black tower The sixth floor is really scary ......

Luo Fengcheng slightly curled his lips: "Sixteen people ...... actually have a game that is quite suitable."

Jackass said curiously, "What game?"

Luo Fengcheng laughed, "The Blizzard Hills."

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Author's Comment.

Here it comes, the blizzard hill essential to every speculative text ......2333333

By the way, the famous story that players remember when they see the little doll, you know, is the granny's lifelessness~