This story is about the first game played by the player "Amano" in the Land of Apocalypse......

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Amano, Rank 1

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In the silent dark room, a dazzling light suddenly lit up. Seven pale blue 'colored' clusters of the same size appeared in various corners of the room, and as the light slowly shrank, the light gradually dimmed, and the silhouette of the seven humanoids slowly emerged.

Game Name: Stump Chamber, Level: 5 of Hearts, Number of Players: 7

The goal of the game: to escape from the secret room and reach the outside world

Game Limit: Time limit is about 2 hours

All remaining Survival Points will need to be staked in this game

With a puppet-like stiff prompt sound, Amano slowly opened his eyes. He couldn't get used to the transition from the very bright to the dim for a while, and it took several blinks to ease up.

In front of him, the other six people were doing the same thing.

Sitting opposite him was a bald man, although he was about the same height, and his muscles and flesh did not look like the well-defined type of Mr. Bodybuilder, but judging from the fullness of the muscles and flesh on his body and the fierce aura on his face, nine times out of ten he was the kind of person who made a name for himself on the street. This type of person Amano has seen a lot, although he can't deal with fitness equipment as well as those fitness coaches, but he really has to fight on the street, the kind of fitness man with a body of muscle 'meat', he can fight ten.

The bald man was flanked by a bearded, mature uncle-like man, and a young man in a vest. The bearded man should actually be in his thirties, of medium stature, and of average appearance, but the beard on the 'lips' and chin adds a bit of maturity to him, making him look a lot older than his actual age. The figure of the man in the vest is highly similar to that of the bald man, but it is slightly inferior in the fullness of the flesh and muscle, which can be seen as a weakened version of the bald man. Amano speculated that he should also have some combat power.

And on the opposite side of these three people, that is, the one who was sitting next to Amano at this time was a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes and a flat haircut. His biggest feature is that he wears a formal white suit, which looks like he is hosting at a certain party.

Two of the other than the five big men (including Amano himself) are all girls. The one on the left is tall, with a pair of eyes that are very moving, long hair fluttering, although she is wearing a set of T-shirts and shorts that are easy to move, but it is still difficult to hide her graceful temperament. And the temperament of the other 'girl' is completely opposite to her. I saw that she had a short hair that was extremely rare among 'girl' students, and she was deliberately dyed burgundy', and she was wearing a black 'color' vest and black leather 'pants', coupled with a few tattoos on her 'naked' and 'exposed' arms on both sides, and the whole person exuded a rebellious taste of punk rock.

At this time, they looked at each other on the ground, and the expressions on their faces were not only unfamiliar, but gradually 'revealed' a little frightened. Amano also noticed in the sweep just now, and everyone in the room was wearing something like an iron hood on their heads. This hood covers almost the entire entire area of the head, covering the upper part of the face and the nose, and only 'exposing' the two eyes. However, the cheeks and jaw area were not covered, but the steel cables pulled from both sides of the hood locked a jaw-like ball in the mouths of the people, making it impossible to speak or swallow.

The most terrifying thing about this hood is that the lower part of it is tightly locked on the necks of everyone, and it is very tightly attached, and there is no possibility of lifting it at all. Their skin could clearly feel the sharp metallic touch coming from it, as if their heads would be cut off by a single mechanism at the start of a mechanism.

While someone was still relentlessly trying to remove what was on his head, Amano, who had tried a few times to no avail, had already turned his attention to other aspects. He turned his head slowly and began to take a closer look at the room. It looks like a space of about two or three hundred square meters, but it doesn't seem too big as a stage for seven people, because there are still a lot of places in this room that can be used for things like phone booths. Amano noticed that there was a picture on the 'door' of the phone booth with different things drawn on it, such as the phone booth closest to him, which had a piece of paper and a pencil on it. On the other side of him was a large LCD screen on the wall, which was still dark and did not seem to be plugged in.

In the other corners of the room, it was a terrifying bloody scene. All sorts of human stumps were still on the ground, some of them still looking fresh, as if they had just been cut off, others had begun to turn black and rot, and some of them were almost rotting into bones, as if they had been left in this room for a long time. Seeing this, just seeing this pile of things Amano had a nauseous urge to vomit, but his mouth was tightly locked by the jaw ball, and even if he spit it out, most of it was swallowed back by himself, so he could only hold back desperately.

Just as Tianno was still struggling with his physiological instincts, the bald man was already holding on to the wall and staggering to his feet. The added weight of the iron hood affected his balance a little, but fortunately the thing wasn't too heavy, and he shook his head and gradually got used to it.

He was the first in this group of people to stabilize his emotions, although the legendary game type of "hearts" made him feel a little weak, but after all, he was an old player, and he had several thrilling escape experiences between life and death, and his psychological endurance was not comparable to a few rookies here.

At this time, the bald man narrowed his eyes, trying to see the information of the others first. However, perhaps because the proportion of the face covered by the iron hood was too large, the system failed to determine it, and the bald man did not see the player information that appeared at a glance as usual.

At this moment, the system's prompt sound rang in everyone's ears continuously.

"The special rule has been triggered, and the player's equipped items have been moved to the backpack."

"The special rule has been triggered, and the backpack is locked throughout the game, and the items in it cannot be used."

It is estimated that some players tried to use the equipment on their bodies, or some players tried to take out items from their backpacks, which triggered the system's special rule prompt. These two appear one after the other, first saying that the equipment is moved into the backpack, and then the backpack is locked, to put it bluntly, the power of equipment and items is not allowed in this game.

The bald man was thinking that since the power of equipment and items had been blocked by the system, he should be disposed of along with "that thing" if nothing else. Sure enough, just as he was thinking of this, the system's prompt sounded again.

"A special rule has been triggered, and players cannot use skills in this game."

The bald man looked up and saw the white suit's eyes wide, looking at his own palm. It was clear that he had just used some kind of skill in his attempt to break free of the hood, which triggered the system's prompt again.

After a short period of 'chaos' and 'chaos', everyone gradually calmed down. In fact, except for Amano who played the game for the first time, most of them were not completely because of the situation in front of them, but more frightened by the "hearts". In the legend among players, "hearts" is a type that itself represents high difficulty, at the same level, the "hearts" type of puzzle solving difficulty is half higher than "blocks", but the reward points are as many as the latter, and you have to bet all the collateral points in the middle of the game, which can be said to be a type with high risk and low reward, which is very cost-effective.

But just because you think of it as a "block" puzzle game with a difficulty level of 6 or even 7 doesn't mean you can't beat it. After figuring out this relationship, players cheered up, put aside the distractions in their hearts, and concentrated on observing the situation, trying to find a way to solve the situation in front of them. Even Amano, who was a newcomer, resisted the discomfort in his 'chest' at this time and stood up against the wall.

Just as everyone began to think about how to get out of this secret room, the large LCD screen on the wall in the center of the room suddenly lit up, and a piercing rustle attracted everyone's attention.

They turned their heads at the same time, only to see the snow-like distractions of old-fashioned TV on the screen. However, the sight only lasted for two seconds, and as the image became clearer, a puppet-like head appeared in the center of the screen.

"Hey, hey......" said the puppet-headed grin, "welcome to my stump paradise!" ”