Neurotics think big, mentally challenged children have lots of fun.

Tang Mo did not respond to his words, the doll-faced youth spoke again, his tone sincere: "Tangtang, guess correctly and I'll really give you the dice." On the white tender face was a big smile that was piercing to the eyes.

"At the very beginning, I wondered why Ning Zheng came to participate in this game." Tang Mo looked at Bai Ruoyao and Ning Zheng in the grid, his voice was calm: "Those who can come to this game must be players who have gotten a Christmas branch before. The surviving players and returnees have just gone through a big battle, most players won't rush into such a dangerous game, so the ones who can come in must be the best of the players." Once again, one should also have cleared the second level of the Black Tower or have a lot of confidence in their own strength.

Bai Ruoyao narrowed his eyes with a smile, "Continue."

Tang Mo: "Whether they are regular players, reservists or stowaways, their common enemy is returnees. Returnees are in a very dangerous situation in this kind of copy. But the Black Tower says that a total of three Returners have entered the game. The reason why the other two entered the game aside, Ning Zheng ......" his voice paused, Tang Mo looked at the young man beside him, Ning Zheng looked at him in silence. He continued, "Ning Zheng is a very cautious person, even if there is only a 30% chance of his life being threatened, he will not participate."

So in Dodgeball Smash, it's clear that Ning Zheng has a chance of reclaiming his apple, and even opening Eve's reward. After leaving the elevated road, he chooses to turn around and leave without looking back, forfeiting the reward.

Tang Mo: "At first I just thought it was strange, but then it was a coincidence that you, me and Ning Zheng were in the same group. Given your character, even if you don't know Ning Zheng at all, you would have deliberately provoked him. But just now you talked to me and the other two players, consciously avoiding Ning Zheng, so I think you guys already know each other."

Bai Ruoyao looked at Tang Mo with a smile on his face and did not say a word, however, upon closer inspection, one would notice that the curves of his mouth had risen a bit more, as if he had been guessed.

Tang Mo touched the 6-point dice in his hand, "Before the game started, you found him and joined forces with him. The tactic was nothing more than coercion." Tang Mo pondered for a long time and raised his head, "You are strong, but Ning Zheng is a Returner on the Time Ranking, he has participated in many more games than you, you won't have something that can tempt him. Luring is impossible, so it is ...... coercion? You've got something on him, Bai Ruoyao."

"Snap-"

In the center of the lattice, the doll-faced youth did not mince his applause.

"Tangtang, you understand me so well, I almost thought you had a crush on me. But you also understand Ning Zheng ...... so well you're really a womanizer." Bai Ruoyao frowned, "What should I do, I have to give you the dice?"

Tang Mo was not to be denied, he had no shortage of 6-point dice, and Bai Ruoyao's words could not be trusted with even a single punctuation mark.

As expected, the next second, the doll-faced youth raised his hand, "But what a pity, Tangtang, I'd like to give you the dice too, but I don't have any 6-point dice right now." After saying that he turned his head to look at Santa Claus, "I concede."

Santa Claus listened to the conversation of Tang Mo's group with great interest, as if he had guessed what was going on, he said helplessly, "Alas, children why are you all so kind and unwilling to fight with your companions, every duel ends the fight before it begins. Well, Santa Claus likes honest and kind children the most, take away your dice."

Bai Ruoyao smiles and takes the 1 point lucky dice from his sock.

If Tang Mo guesses correctly, he will give the 6-point dice to Tang Mo, but unfortunately, he doesn't have any 6-point dice left, so he can't make another dice to give to Tang Mo.

Bai Ruoyao walks back to his original position and winks at Tang Mo.

Tang Mo was oblivious. He looked calmly at Ning Zheng in the center of the grid and watched as his opponent jumped back to the starting point to finish his game.

"Tangtang?"

Tang Mo didn't pay any attention to Bai Ruoyao, his fingers gently rubbing the small lucky dice, his brain working quickly.

What do Bai Ruoyao and Ning Zheng want?

If it were any other multiplayer game, these two could indeed team up to pose a threat to Tang Mo. But it's clear that Santa's game ostensibly forbids violence, and their only chance is the big dueling stage on the sixth frame.

Bai Ruoyao triggered the duel for the first time, and instead of Tang Mo, he chose the young woman.

Now he purposely switched the dice to Ning Zheng and took the 1 point dice himself ...... What is his purpose? How does this benefit them. In a game where the murderer must die (punished by Santa Claus), what do these two fearful people plan to do to him?

A hint of foreboding welled up in Tang Mo's heart. The super-intelligent mind made him smell something a little bit wrong, but with his logic, he couldn't understand what was going on in the psychopath's head, nor could he convert it by proxy.

Closing her eyes and letting out a long sigh of relief, Tang Mo shook her head.

The way to deal with a psychopath is to ignore him and not treat him as a human being. The other party's plot will naturally come out in time anyway.

The truth came sooner than Tang Mo thought.

When it was Bai Ruoyao's turn to roll the dice, he threw it into the sixth square without hesitation. Seeing this scene, Tang Mo's eyelids twitched slightly as he looked at Bai Ruoyao who jumped into the sixth square in the distance, only to see his opponent waving his hand at him, "Tangtang, come to duel."

Tang Mo: "......"

Santa Claus said that in the Dueling Stage, players are not allowed to kill their opponents or they will be punished by Santa Claus. But injuries are inevitable.

Tang Mo walked into the sixth square without expression and threw his dice into the Christmas stocking. The small white dice had just left her hand and had not yet landed at the bottom of the stocking, when a black shadow quickly flashed past and rushed towards the baby-faced young man standing in the center of the grid with a whoosh.

Bai Ruoyao let out a surprised "eep" and then sidestepped Tang Mo's surprise attack.

Tang Mo pulled out the small Yang San from his waist and opened it with a snap, knocking Bai Ruoyao away with the umbrella. The pink umbrella was like steel, Bai Ruoyao subconsciously blocked it with one hand, but when he touched the umbrella, he felt a pressure as heavy as a mountain. This little Yang San was far from being as fragile as it looked.

Bai Ruoyao laughed, "Tangtang you're actually serious?"

The answer to Bai Ruoyao's question was the tip of the umbrella, which was incredibly sharp.

Tang Mo's strokes are powerful and windy, and little Yang San cuts a trail of shadows in the air. Sometimes opening up the defense, sometimes closing the attack, Bai Ruoyao constantly dodging from side to side, as if he was losing the battle.

Tang Mo never wanted to admit defeat. Indeed, without the use of supernatural powers and props, his physical fitness and fighting skills were incomparable to Bai Ruoyao's. But now the two could use props. But now both of them could use props.

Bai Ruoyao is obviously someone who doesn't often use props and relies on external objects.

Another attack that broke through the air, Bai Ruoyao's eyes turned cold, his wrist moved, and the silver butterfly knife flew out of his sleeve. The two knives flew up into the air, Bai Ruoyao kicked on the hilt of the knives, and the two knives flew towards Tang Mo. Tang Mo immediately opened the small Yang San to block the attack, and the silver knives left two white marks on the surface of the umbrella, and flew back into Bai Ruoyao's hand.

Bai Ruoyao's fingers danced and snapped the butterfly|knife shut. He looked at Tang Mo and smiled cheekily, "Tangtang, I'm really going to get it on oh."

In the next moment, the two didn't even hesitate for a second as they rushed towards each other together.

Two hours had passed, and a total of ten battles had erupted on Santa's dueling grand stage, the first nine of which were completely incomparable to this one. The difference in strength was evident at this moment. The young woman who was robbed of her dice by Bai Ruoyao was no longer able to catch Bai Ruoyao's and Tang Mo's attacks with her eyesight, and she swallowed fearfully, realizing that Bai Ruoyao was just teasing her, not taking her seriously.

The other two groups, Fu Wenduo and Mu Huixue, also noticed the battle here.

Fu Wen sounded a bit anxious, "Sister Shanshan, didn't you say that based on physical strength and props alone, Tang is no match for that psychopath. What can we do?"

Chen Shanshan's breathing quickened a bit, she didn't know much about this aspect of combat and couldn't give Tang Mo any advice. But she chose to trust Tang Mo: "Brother Tang Mo must have his own judgment."

Fu Wenduo clasped his hands on his arms and watched the ferocious duel silently through a red film of light.

Tang Mo didn't hold back at all, and Bai Ruoyao almost did his best as well. Silver blades and pink Yang San clashed with each other, making a thumping sound. Santa Claus was so involved in the fight that he was about to yell, "Fight!

The sharp butterfly knife pierces Tang Mo's arm, and his shirt is cut into rags, with the sleeve resting completely on his arm. Red blood runs down his skin and drips onto the ground, staining Tang Mo's hand. Bai Ruoyao is also slightly injured, but in a much better condition than Tang Mo.

Time passed and no one reacted when a cheerful "Christmas Carol" blared through the white space.

Even Santa Claus was staggered, "What is this ...... ah! It's time!"

Nice, Santa's Dueling Stage has a five-minute time limit.

When the time came, Tang Mo wanted to make another move, but Bai Ruoyao stopped first. Tang Mo had already guessed his intention and stared at him coldly.

Santa said, "Awww this is going to be tough. Both of you kids are very good and you didn't have a winner in five minutes. Then it's up to Santa Claus to give a fair verdict. I am the fairest and most democratic Santa Claus, and I will listen to every suggestion from the children. In my opinion, this round should go to this child ......"

"I concede."

Santa Claus' voice came to an abrupt end as he stared blankly at Bai Ruoyao. after a moment, he withdrew his hand from pointing at Bai Ruoyao and laughed hoarsely, "So that's how it is. Good, since the child you yourself have admitted defeat, then the winner is this child."

Bai Ruoyao wipes the bloodstain on his neck from the little Yang San, smiles, and walks over to Tang Mo, reaching into his sock behind him and pulling out a 1-point die.

Tang Mo clearly won, but his expression got a little colder.

Tang Mo: "I have such a deep grudge against you."

It's an affirmative sentence, not a question.

This actually asked Bai Ruoyao, who froze for a moment before smiling cheekily, "It doesn't seem like it, but Tangtang, don't you think it's boring."

Tang Mo: "Bored of what?"

Bai Ruoyao : "Every day is boring. Games, copies, attack tower ...... You're so cute, I can only find you to play."

Tang Mo sweeps him off his feet, takes his own dice, and turns away.

Bai Ruoyao spread his hands innocently.

Don't try to guess the brain circuits of a psychopath, Tang Mo can't understand Bai Ruoyao's motives. If you think about it carefully, the relationship between the two of them is really not to the extent of a blood feud. Bai Ruoyao's interest in Tang Mo was initially due to the death aura around Tang Mo, which was so dense that it had become a substance, but he was unable to die. Then Tang Mo forced him to cut off his own arm, and since then Bai Ruoyao has remembered Tang Mo.

And the reason why Tang Mo used a big match on Bai Ruoyao and forced him to cut off his own arm was because Bai Ruoyao took away his Moon Flower.

In the end, there were only three players left in that copy of the Jeweled Corridor. Tang Mo, Bai Ruoyao and Fu Wen Sheng.

Bai Ruoyao and Fu Wen want to clear the level without the Moon Flower, which is their reward for clearing the level. Tang Mo wants to pass the level, but he has to put the Moon Flower in Queen Hong Tao's bedroom. So at the end, Bai Ruoyao suddenly turns against Tang Mo and takes the Moon Flower, thus getting two rewards.

He only snatched Tang Mo's, not the weaker Fu Wen Sheng, out of his own bad taste. At the same time, he also leaves Tang Mo a way out, as long as Tang Mo snatches Fu Wen Sheng's Moon Flower, Tang Mo will be able to pass the level without any problems.

Tang Mo, on the other hand, doesn't want to take the reward from the kids, and he has the Huo Ji egg, which he can read and start over.

Bai Ruoyao can never imagine how Tang Mo could have guessed his intentions in the first place and driven him to the brink of extinction. But that doesn't stop him from deciding to haunt Tang Mo and make his life less "boring".

As Tang Mo walks back to the starting point, he has already figured out that he and Bai Ruoyao are killing each other.

"Neurotics have a wide range of thinking, and mentally challenged children have a lot of joy." Tang Mo concluded.

Bai Ruoyao was just jumping back to the start when he heard Tang Mo seemingly speak and he came over, "Hehehe, Tangtang what did you say?"

Tang Mo smiled but didn't laugh, "I praise you for being smart." After a pause, Tang Mo adds, "And you keep your word."

Bai Ruoyao himself was amused by Tang Mo's comment, he pretended to be serious: "I am very good at keeping my word, when I have a 6-point dice next time, I will definitely give it to you."

Tang Mo believes that he is not as good as Fu Xiaodi is not afraid of Fu Wenduo.

Would Bai Ruoyao really give the dice to Tang Mo?

Tang Mo's eyes moved from side to side between him and Ning Zheng.

No, they're trying to fight a war of attrition.

Tang Mo didn't win because he couldn't beat Bai Ruoyao, and Bai Ruoyao didn't beat Tang Mo because on one hand he couldn't finish the fight in 5 minutes, and on the other hand, he never wanted to beat Tang Mo, he wanted to hurt Tang Mo.

Hurting the enemy a thousand times hurts the enemy eight hundred times.

That's what Tang Mo guessed Bai Ruoyao was thinking.

Needless to say, this kind of thing is absolutely crazy, and Bai Ruoyao's loss is not 800, at most 400. This is a very good deal.

Killing is forbidden in Santa's copy, but what about out of it?

Once Tang Mo was seriously injured and couldn't heal in a short period of time, that was Bai Ruoyao's chance.

The only thing Tang Mo can do now is to wait and see what happens, and pass the game as soon as possible. Soon, however, Ning Zheng throws the dice into the sixth compartment and looks at Tang Mo: "I choose him."

Tang Mo was silent and walked up to the lattice.

Ning Zheng, unlike Bai Ruoyao, is more interested in winning the game, so instead of throwing the dice into the sixth square at the beginning, he throws the first five squares first, and walks to the sixth square step by step. But he still chose Tang Mo.

Tang Mo took out the dice, "You and Bai Ruoyao are different, I might win."

Ning Zheng is very strong, but he is also strong in his powers. Without his powers, it's hard to tell who will win or lose between him and Tang Mo.

Ning Zheng was silent for a moment, "So now I'm at 6:00 and so are you."

The implication is that he has nothing to lose even if he loses.

Tang Mo thought to himself, "So this is why you and Bai Ruoyao exchanged dice.

Tang Mo smiled, "I'm curious, what did Bai Ruoyao catch you on, that made you help him so much."

Tang Mo's memories of Ning Zheng's role as a triple agent in Dodgeball Battle are still fresh in her mind. What would make such a prudent and life-conscious person go out of his way to help a psychopath, even if it threatened his own life?

Without saying a word, Ning Zheng throws the dice into his sock and then turns to attack Tang Mo. At first, Ning Zheng's attack was not fierce, and it seemed that he did not try his best. Bai Ruoyao put his hands to his mouth and made a trumpet shape, "Ningning, you have to work hard to become stronger!"

Ning Zheng's eyes twitched as he flipped his hand and took out a crimson prop dagger to stab Tang Mo.

After five minutes, Ning Zheng and Tang Mo were not able to distinguish between them. Tang Mo thought for a long time and said, "I concede."

Ning Zheng gave him a look, "I won't take your favor."

Tang Mo laughs, "Did I say I need you to appreciate it?" After saying that, he takes away his 6-point dice.

In Santa's Hopscotch, players can throw the dice into whichever compartment they want, and can even throw the dice into the sixth compartment at the beginning, triggering the Duel Grand Stage. At the end of the duel, however, win or lose, the player counts as having lost the game and ends the round.

Other than that, the duel is lost and the player's round is over.

Tang Mo conceded defeat so that Ning Zheng could continue the game. On the surface, he said, "I don't need Ning Zheng's favor", but the corners of his mouth curled up slightly and he walked back to the starting point calmly.

Bai Ruoyao and Ning Zheng then took turns to drain Tang Mo's stamina.

With the short game time and constant battles with the best, Tang Mo's body inevitably suffered many wounds. Fu Wenduo quietly watched this scene from the other group, his line of sight coldly sweeping a glance at Bai Ruoyao. The baby-faced youth noticed the man's cold gaze and thought Fu Wenduo was trying to greet him, raising his hand to wave at Fu Wenduo.

Fu Wenduo suddenly smiled, his thin lips hooked up as he stretched out his right hand to wipe his lower lip.

In the third group, Fu Wen sound backed up a breath of cold air, "Big ...... brother is angry!"

Chen Shanshan: "????"

Fu Wen voice scared scalp numb, survival desire is extremely strong: "Big brother really angry! It's over, it's so scary, what about Shanshan, can we pretend we don't know Big Brother after we leave the game? I don't want to meet with this kind of big brother ah!

Chen Shanshan was about to say, "Even if Major Fu is really angry, it's not because of you." Suddenly, he heard an ear-splitting system crash.

The loud system dangling sound resounded throughout the space, and all the players turned their heads in unison to look at the place that made that sound.

Only to see the points "2" and "5" group of the most front of the grid, a black figure steadily landed in front of Santa Claus, feet into the ninth grid. No one noticed when this woman walked all the way to the front of Santa Claus. Perhaps it was because she moved so quickly that once she mastered the technique, she was able to learn it on the fly.

Hearing the familiar sound of the computer system shutting down, Mu Huixue lost her concentration for a moment. She braced her hands on the ground, and there was a bloody gash on her forehead, which was left behind by the marshmallow threads in the fifth frame. Mu Huixue coughed, and the blood on her forehead flowed down to cover her eyes. She wiped the blood away and stood up straight, looking up at the tall Santa in front of her.

"...... I won?"

Santa stayed for a long time, and the corners of his mouth widened a little bit, revealing a smile, "My child, it's obvious that you failed the game." Santa's smile was sinister and cunning, but he had to pretend to be very sorry and kind, causing his expression to look a bit funny.

Mu Huixue guessed as much. She moved her body, "So where did I lose?"

From the first to the ninth square, she passed through each square without a hitch, not taking an extra step in any of the squares, and managed to avoid the candies' attacks as well. Eventually she came to the ninth square.

Mu Huixue thought for a moment, "Does that mean that coming to the ninth frame doesn't count as passing the game? Or do I have to go back to the beginning?"

Santa: "No, son, entering this ninth frame in the correct order and without violating the rules of the game is considered passing the game."

Mu Huixue : "I didn't violate the rules of the game and entered the ninth frame as well." Mu Huixue tapped her chin with her finger, "Sure enough, the correct order isn't that simple." Saying that, she turned to look behind herself.

Behind her were eight large figures suspended in mid-air.

At the top of each of the eight squares, there was a huge number with a flashing red light. Just now, Mu Huixue had jumped step by step to the ninth square in the order of these eight numbers.

Mu Huixue chuckled lowly, "That's kind of interesting."

The words fell out of her mouth, and surprisingly, she didn't question Santa any further, but walked herself back to the starting point.

Santa was ready to humiliate the player, who expected the other to turn his head and walk away, Santa subconsciously said, "Boy, I'm surprised you didn't ask again?"

Mu Huixue : "Will you answer when asked?"

Santa: "...... won't."

The woman in black smiled and grinned with a mouthful of white teeth, "SO~"

Three or two times, Mu Huixue jumped back to the starting point.

Santa: "......"

The white space was silent.

Chen Shanshan kept thinking about the conversation between Mu Huixue and Santa Claus, while the other two groups got much less information than Chen Shanshan's group because they could only hear Santa Claus's voice and not Mu Huixue's.

However, at the same moment, Tang Mo, Fu Wenduo, Bai Ruoyao, and Ning Zheng ...... all realized in unison, "The order is wrong!"

Tang Mo turned his head to look ahead.

Nine large numbers are suspended high in the air, and from the beginning players throw the dice and hopscotch in the order of these nine numbers. However, Mu Huixue has just failed.

Tang Mo believed that with Mu Huixue's strength, it was impossible for her to violate the rules, so she could only have gone in the wrong order.

What's the real order?

Santa Claus was very depressed at Mu Huixue's defeat. He shouted, "Hey kids, Santa Claus must remind you that there is only half an hour left before my shopping mall closes. Yet not a single one of you actually made it through. You guys are really the worst batch of kids I've ever brought up!"

Only half an hour left?

The players were in an uproar.

Fu Wenduo's eyes lingered on each of the nine numbers, and eventually he stepped up to the starting point, ready to begin the game. On the other side, Bai Ruoyao prides himself on not wanting to exaggerate his eyes: "Wow, there's only half an hour left. What am I going to do? Am I going to die here if I don't pass the game? Hehehe, let deer, Tangtang and Major Fu be buried with me, oh yeah and Ningning ...... don't look at me like that, I didn't forget about you Ningning. it feels good for us to die here together too."

Ning Zheng :"...... "He suddenly wanted to rebel once more and slap this psycho paste away.

The young woman was less concerned. She was extremely anxious. She had long since realized that she was the weakest among the four people in this group, and was not even comparable to the other three at all.

Maximum of three passers per group.

In any case, there was no way she was going to get through. What should she do? Was she really going to die here?

"Cooperation, how's that?"

Bai Ruoyao's disgusting laughter stopped abruptly as he looked towards Tang Mo for a moment before laughing, "Tangtang, you actually want to work with me? I am so open ......" minded.

"I say, how about the two of us working together, teaming up ......?"

The smile on Bai Ruoyao's face instantly faded, and Ning Zheng frowned.

The young woman looked at Tang Mo in shock and pointed at herself, "...... You mean me? We work together?!"

Bai Ruoyao faintly said, "Tangtang, your eye for picking teammates doesn't seem to work."

Tang Mo did not glance at him and looked at the young woman seriously, "He is the strongest Returner in Beijing at the moment, Ning Zheng on the Time Ranking.His name is Bai Ruoyao, and his strength is no worse than Ning Zheng's." After a pause, he said, "With them around, it's impossible for you to be in the top three, and unfortunately, I have no intention of sacrificing for you to be in the top three. So ...... cooperation? Only women and villains are hard to raise, I didn't recognize this saying before, but now I think that villains are indeed very distracting."

Bai Ruoyao yelled, "Tangtang, don't think I don't know you're talking about me."

The dark-haired young man looked calm, his gaze trusting and powerful as he quirked his mouth.

"Hey, cooperate?"

The young woman's eyes got hot. Her pupils trembled as she stared at Tang Mo dead in the face, and in the next second, she said forcefully, "Okay, cooperate!"

Tang Mo smiles softly.

Published at: 10/04/2024 03:00