20.Seek the Way

What do the signs of the zodiac represent?

And what's at the end of the corridor?

The netherworld?

In this dim corridor with no end in sight, the crowd moved forward tremblingly.

After several rounds of intense 'games' earlier, everyone felt physically and mentally exhausted. Suddenly relaxing at this moment, the aura of death that had been haunting several people also faded.

Qi Xia inadvertently turned his head and saw Ringo standing beside him.

She always had her hand over her mouth and nose.

"Won't it be hard for you to do that?" Zixia followed Ringo's example and placed her hand on top of her mouth and nose as well, "Even though the smell here is awful, you'll have trouble breathing like this."

"Breathe?" Ringo was slightly stunned, then revealed a smile, "I don't find it hard to breathe, it's just that it always feels weird not covering my mouth and nose, like ..."

"Like what?"

"Like having no clothes on." Ringo smiled in embarrassment, then took off the hand covering her mouth and nose.

Her nose was straight and her lips were rosy, so there was absolutely no need to cover them. Zixia didn't really understand what 'like she's naked' meant.

Ringo smiled slightly, still not feeling too comfortable, and covered her mouth and nose with her hand again.

"A little shy ... Won't you guys feel awkward?" Ringo asked Zyxia, "Just showing your mouth and nose like that."

"Why would it be awkward?" Zixia felt strange.

"It's the 'mouthpiece' ah ..." Ringo also looked at Zixia with great incomprehension, the look like he was looking at an alien, 'How come you guys can be so open without wearing a 'mouthpiece'?"

"Mouth ..."

Before Qi Xia could react, a strange bright light suddenly came from the distance.

The crowd was attracted by this bright light and looked forward.

It was the exit.

There was a bright light that looked like the late sunset that came in from the exit.

"It's going out!!!" Qiao Jiajin shouted excitedly, "I see the light of the setting sun!"

This shout was undoubtedly a shot in the arm for several people, and Dr. Zhao assisted Han Yimo, following the crowd as he quickened his pace.

"Sunset?" Qi Xia pondered a little and said to the crowd, "The time we woke up was twelve o'clock, and after more than an hour of game time, it should be around two o'clock now. Whether it's two o'clock in the morning or two o'clock in the afternoon, it's impossible to see a 'sunset'."

"I think you're overthinking it." Officer Li shook his head, "The time in the room isn't always accurate, maybe the real time now is evening."

Qi Xia nodded slightly, he knew that Officer Li was right, everything he knew about time came from the seat clock in the room, but no one could guarantee that the seat clock in the room was the correct time.

After taking a few more steps forward, the group saw a dark shadow next to the exit.

As they continued to move forward, the black shadow gradually took on a human form, he also wore an animal mask, but this mask made the crowd feel a wave of revulsion.

Unlike all the other animal masks, this person's mask was not made from the head of a particular animal, but was a product of many organs sewn together with floss.

His mouth looked like a crocodile's, his nose like a cow's, the scales of a fish were used beside his face, and the skin of a snake was used for his neck, and on top of that he had sewn a lion's mane and a stag's horns to his mask.

This animal, which is almost like ...

"Greetings, I am the 'Human Dragon'." The stitched together monster slowly spoke, "All survived? What a novelty."

"Dragon ...?"

The crowd subconsciously stopped in their tracks, their nerves tensed.

It wasn't because there was anything scary about 'Dragon', but they were all too familiar with this opening.

Every time someone introduced themselves like this, a terrifying game would follow.

"Don't be nervous, gentlemen, your 'test' has come to an end." The human dragon waved his hand, and the crowd realized that he still had the gloves of an eagle's claw on his hand.

Everything animal organ on his body was a bit rotted and bloated and smelled bad, but he was talking to himself as if he didn't know anything about it:

"I'm not going to bring you a new 'test', just a bit of advice."

The crowd didn't say anything, leaning close together with a wary look at the human dragon in front of them.

"Ten days, you have ten days to change all this." The human dragon slowly said, "If you guys don't get 3,600 'Dao' within ten days, then the world you are in will be annihilated. Everything as far as your eyes can see will also be buried with you."

The short sentence made it difficult for the crowd to comprehend.

"Three thousand six hundred 「Dao」?" Qi Xia frowned, "What is a 'Dao'? What do you mean when you say that the world we are in will annihilate?"

"Problematic, heh heh heh, very good." The human dragon nodded, "Having questions means that you are still awake, the so-called 'Dao' is ..."

The Human Dragon reached into his black suit pocket and fumbled around for half a second, pulling out four small golden balls.

The little balls were white on the outer rim and golden on the inner rim, glittering with golden light all over, looking a bit strange.

"This is the 'Dao'." The human dragon continued, "As long as there are three thousand six hundred 「Dao」, you will be saved."

Qi Xia pondered for a moment and reached out to take a small ball, which wasn't hard to the touch and was even a bit flexible.

"Take it, it was meant to be yours." The human dragon said with a smile.

Qi Xia pondered for a moment and took the four 'Dao'.

"You have survived four tests, 'Liar', 'Raining on the horizon', 'Death from the sky', and 'Right and Wrong', this is your reward and your 'bargaining chip'."

The crowd never expected that what they had traded their lives for many times would be these insignificant little beads, and at this point they didn't know what to say.

"Dao"..." Qi Xia frowned and said with a helpless face, "You mean to say that if we don't find three thousand six hundred of these little balls, this place will be destroyed?"

"Heh heh heh, that's right. If this place is destroyed ... you guys can't get out oh." The human dragon nodded, the fish scales and lion's mane on his face bobbing along with his head, looking very awkward.

"It seems that you have quite a few of these little balls, can't you get together three thousand six hundred of them yourself?" Officer Li said on the spot, "And you're stronger than all of us, why did you pick us when you could have gone looking for them yourself?"

"Me?" The human dragon snorted, "We are all guilty people. Guilty people can't obtain the 'Dao', only heavenly chosen people like you can obtain the 'Dao' and finally become 'gods'."

"This is ridiculous!" Zhang Chenze opened her mouth to interrupt the human dragon, her hands clasped in front of her chest as she asked with some slight anger, "Do you know what you're saying?"