14 items were placed in the centre of the truth clock. A minute later, Tang Mo said the names of 12 items and gave up on eliminating two items. A blue glow appeared on these 12 items. Tang Mo paused, raised his head and spoke in a calm voice. âThe 15th and 16th items, the players Tang Mo and black rabbit. The individual truth between these two items is that they are human players.â
On the truth clock, the blue glow became sharper.
The next second, the truth clockâs mechanical voice spoke. âYou have successfully eliminated the individual truth between players and wonât advance a square.â
Tang Moâs heart jumped and then he sighed, revealing a helpless smile.
The blue wall rose slowly and revealed the black rabbit standing on the other side with an ugly expression. It couldnât hear what Tang Mo had said to the truth clock but it could guess. The black rabbitâs red eyes stared at Tang Mo with resentment, as well as a hint of hope and begging.
Tang Mo looked over the black rabbit before sitting cross-legged and continuing to rest.
The hour and minute hands moved as Tang Mo recalled what the black rabbit had said and nodded.
It was as the black rabbit said. It wasnât certain who would win the game.
There were three ways for Tang Mo to win the game: eliminate all items, catch the black rabbit or have the black rabbit die from the penalty game. The black rabbitâs way of winning was unknown but it would certain that it would win if it caught Tang Mo, otherwise it wouldnât clamour to chase Tang Mo and eat him.
Tang Mo knew the truth between the black rabbit and the two players but as long as Tang Mo didnât succeed in eliminating all the items, the black rabbit had hope. 2~58 items would appear on the truth clock. Basically, if more than 10 items appeared at once, it was unlikely that Tang Mo would eliminate all of them. If Tang Mo won, there was a 90% chance it was because he caught up with the black rabbit.
Thus, this game was now completely fair.
Tang Mo wouldnât be forced to retreat two squares and they both stood at the same starting line. Whoever removed more items and advanced more squares would win.
âPlayer 0 has moved back one square and Player 6 has advanced one square. Player 0 has triggered a level three grey fallacy and Player 6 has triggered a level three grey fallacy.â
The black rabbit paled and Tang Mo calmly walked forward. At this moment, Tang Mo stood on the 23rd square while the black rabbit stood on the 1st square, leaving 22 spaces between them. They had just stood in the square when a violent storm appeared above their heads. Both of them were panting after enduring three minutes of the Schrodingerâs Box punishment.
It was the resting time and the black rabbit looked at Tang Mo with a complicated gaze. Tang Mo thought it was going to say something but the black rabbit just looked at him and didnât open its mouth.
The next round started quickly with 16 items. Tang Mo advanced two squares and the black rabbit advanced one square.
Then in the next round, 24 items appeared. Tang Mo advanced four squares and the black rabbit advanced two squares.
The black rabbitâs performance surprised Tang Mo. He thought that the other person wasnât strong enough and could only play stably when there were less objects. He didnât expect the black rabbit to unexpectedly eliminate many items, so that Tang Mo was slowly to catch the black rabbit.
Tang Mo thought, âPerhaps the human potential was stimulated in a critical situation?â
This question couldnât be answered by the black rabbit.
The black rabbit no longer cared about Tang Mo. It didnât talk to him and ignored him. It stared at the truth clock with red eyes. Whenever a new item appeared, it stared without looking, trying to find out the individual truths. Even so, the distance between it and Tang Mo was shortening. Without the advantage of âforcing Tang Mo to retreat two squaresâ, the black rabbit moved forward far less than Tang Mo.
Once the 23rd round finished, there were only six squares left between the two of them. The black rabbit was in front and Tang Mo was behind it. Tang Mo only needed six squares to catch the black rabbit and the black rabbit would fall into the black hole of truth.
The hope in the black rabbitâs eyes dimmed as the distance between them shortened. It looked down at the ground and its thoughts were unknown. The voice of the truth clock was heard but the black rabbit was no longer in the mood to listen. It quietly waited for its fallacy punishment to arrive.
ââŠPlayer 0 has triggered a level three grey fallacy and Player 6 has triggered a level one origin fallacy.â
The black rabbitâs head jerked up and it looked at Tang Mo with disbelief. Tang Mo also looked at the truth clock beneath his feet with astonishment. Schrodingerâs Box was about to open and the two players had a few seconds to prepare. The black rabbitâs mouth became bigger as a crazy smile appeared on its ugly doll face. It yelled madly, âYes! I havenât lost yet! If you die then I will win! I won!â
As soon as its words finished, Schrodingerâs Box opened.
It was dark in front of Tang Mo. When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the Spirit Prairie. The cold wind was like a knife scratching his face and his expression sank as soon as he looked up. He saw hundreds of black bugs surrounding him on the dark and cold prairie. These disgusting bugs looked at Tang Mo. The next second, they all rushed at him.
On the truth clock, the black rabbit jumped to cope with the sudden flames and eagerly watched Tang Moâs situation. From its point of view, it saw Tang Mo constantly dodging and jumping inside the clockâs invisible cage. Tang Mo seemed to have encountered some enemies as his face was gloomy and he used the small parasol to defend and attack.
Suddenly, a deep and bleeding gash appeared on Tang Moâs shoulder.
The black rabbitâs eyes shone and it recited, âDeath, death, death, deathâŠâ
The wounds on Tang Moâs body increased and his evasive actions were becoming slower. Hundreds of black bugs forced him into a corner and spat venom at him. Tang Mo couldnât help groaning. He used the small parasol to block the venom but it was coming from every direction and couldnât all be stopped.
The black rabbit saw that Tang Moâs body was suddenly being corroded at a speed visible to the naked eye. The muscles rotted, revealing white bone. Its heart thumped as it saw Tang Moâs right hand was cleanly corroded, leaving only white bone. Then it happened to the arms and shoulders.
The corrosion continued!
âYou are going to die!!â
The invisible venom was just about to corrode Tang Moâs chest when it came to a halt.
Tang Moâs body fell to the ground and a burning pain was coming from his right shoulder. He didnât have to look to know that his arm was gone. Tang Mo used his other hand to pull out the earthwormâs tear and he placed it on the white bone of his arm. It lit up with a warm light and the flesh on the arm was gradually restored.
The black rabbit looked at the scene with a dull expression. Its mouth was wide open and it couldnât speak for a long time.
The wounds on Tang Moâs body were healed and the earthwormâs tear became hard. The white stone became smaller and weaker, eventually becoming the size of a thumb. It shrank to the smallest size and split into two halves, turning into yellow sand and flowing away from Tang Moâs fingers.
Tang Mo got up from the ground and glanced between the desperate black rabbit and then the centre of the truth clock.
One minute passed and four items appeared in the centre of the clock.
This was the 24th round and this time there were only four items, so the truth would be particularly difficult.
The black rabbit stared at Tang Mo and seemed to suddenly think of something. It said, âAt least you wonât dare to casually eliminate items. You are afraid to trigger a level one fallacy and will give up on the elimination of undetermined items.â The black rabbit said this like it would sure its victory. However, it didnât see the strange expression on Tang Moâs face when he saw these four items.
The second hand started to move as the players prepared to eliminate the items. Once the blue wall rose again, the black rabbit waited for the truth clock to announce the number of squares they would move. Yet something seemed different this time. It waited for 10 seconds and didnât hear the voice of the truth clock.
The black rabbit stared strangely at the truth clock. Suddenly, its eyes widened and it stared at Tang Mo with horror.
âNo, you canât, you canâtâŠâ
The next second, a childâs voice filled the dark space.
âDing dong! Player Tang Mo has completed the main mission âMr. Rabbitâs Truth Clock Gameâ and eliminated all items.â
Snap.
The moment the black tower stopped speaking, there was a cracking sound from the black rabbitâs head. Tang Mo looked at the other side with surprise. There was a crack in the outer shell of this Russian rabbit doll. The crack became larger and wider until it was completely broken and the man hidden inside revealed.
Tang Mo clearly saw the other person. The man who had been hiding inside the Russian dill felt like his brain was dull and the world seemed blurred.
His name was Li Siqi.
Six hours ago, when Tang Mo was still running away from the fire on the Spirit Prairie, Li Siqi had fallen into this dark space.
Today was March 25th and there were still a few days left until the three months players had to attack the tower. He was a cautious person. His ability might be very weak and tasteless but he was careful enough to survive to the present after the earth went online. He knew that it was better to attack the tower in advance than to be forced to attack the tower with other players around the world in a few days. The difficulty of the game now might be lower.
He believed that the black tower was also human. At the very least, the black tower liked players to attack the tower.
There must be some differences between actively attacking the tower and passively attacking it. Even if it was only a slight difference, he wasnât willing to give up on the possibility of reducing the difficulty of the game.
Thus, he attacked the tower early and opened the tower attack game. He was attacking the black towerâs first floor.
He completed two strange side missions. Once he finished the second task, he fell into this black space. Then he heard the black tower constantly repeating.
âDing dong! Data error, data error! Instances overlapping, instances overlapping.â
He listened to these unclear sentences. The black tower repeated it for 10 minutes before suddenly stopping. Once it spoke again, the black towerâs words had become, âThe data is correct, the data is correct! Player Li Siqi has completed the side missions âdelicious carrotâ and âbreakfast for Mr. Rabbitâ and successfully opened the black towerâs first floor (hard mode). Player Tang Mo has opened the black towerâs third floor (normal mode). In three hours, the main mission âMr. Rabbitâs Truth Clock Gameâ will be opened. Player Li Siqi has triggered the low level protection and received the âRussian Black Rabbit Matryoshka Dollâ prop, and will be given priority information about the game. The black tower will hide the identity of Player Li Siqi and give the two squares retreat advantage.â
Li Siqie was stunned and couldnât understand anything when he heard the black tower say,
âDing dong! You have three hours to meet the boss of the black towerâs first floor (hard mode), Player Tang Mo.â
âFriendly tip: Player Tang Mo is the first person in the world to clear the black towerâs first floor (hard mode) and cleared it four months ago. The probability of Player Li Siqi smoothly passing through the black towerâs first floor (hard mode) is 1%. Please try to attack the towerâŠâ
The black rabbitâs wooden body crumbled to pieces and the revealed Li Siqi kept shaking. It seemed like he was laughing and crying. Tang Mo looked at this crazy player and then raised his gaze above the playerâs head.
[Stowaway]
The blue light on the truth clock was getting darker and darker as footsteps came from the depths of the darkness. Li Siqi laughed and cried while Tang Mo stood still. The next moment, a hoarse voice filled with hate was heard. âThe strategy to clear the instance is to be strong. Be strong! I havenât lost yet, I havenât lost!â
Boom!
Li Siqiâs body shot forward like a rocket towards Tang Mo.