When the first ray of sunlight shone into the greenhouse, the thick, dark green color in the greenhouse gradually lightened. It was diluted by the blurry and warm sunlight into a vibrant green.
The ceiling light flickered a few times before it went out. However, the interior of the greenhouse became brighter and brighter. The bright reflection on the tip of the leaf was like a diamond suspended high in the air. It was so bright that no one could open their eyes. As the temperature outside rose, the airtight greenhouse gradually became hotter. When Number 46 climbed up to the leaf where the assembly point was, the first thing he saw was Lin Sanjiu lying on the root of the leaf. She was chewing on a blade of grass that she had picked up from somewhere. Beside her was an indigo flower that was bigger than a human head.
"When did you come back?" Number 46 rubbed his sore thighs and asked in surprise. He thought that he had come back early enough. "Where did you find the flower? I looked for it for the whole night, but I couldn't find anything. "
"I came back before dawn," Lin Sanjiu replied. She took the blade of grass and sat up. Number 46 wanted to say something, but when he saw Lin Sanjiu, he frowned, "What happened?"
Lin Sanjiu lifted her eyelids and patted the leaf, "Sit down first."
Number 46's expression gradually turned serious. His fringe seemed to have grown longer. When he lowered his head, it covered half of his face. Even though he pursed his lips tightly, Lin Sanjiu could tell that he was on high alert.
"Before I tell you, I want to ask, what did you discover tonight?"
"Nothing. It's very strange," Number 46 sighed with a heavy expression, "I've been to many places, but I didn't even see a single person, let alone an indigo flower. It doesn't make sense."
"Then, what do you think?"
"Something's not right," Number 46's voice naturally calmed down as he pondered. "I analyzed the situation while I was walking outside. There are only two possibilities. One, there is only a fixed number of indigo flowers and they have all been picked. That's why the others didn't come out to look for them. Two, the growth of the indigo flowers has been controlled by the other teams. Otherwise, I can't explain the current situation. "
Lin Sanjiu nodded. "What else did you find?"
"There's something else that's strange," Number 46 tilted his head and narrowed his eyes. When he said this, he seemed to be trying his best to suppress the countless thoughts that surfaced in his mind. He said in a low voice, "… No one attacked me."
Number 46's condition. As expected, everything matched up with Baldy's words.
"That's because they don't need to attack us anymore …" Lin Sanjiu chuckled grimly.
"What do you mean?"
She sighed softly and tried to pull herself together. She told Number 46 everything about her conversation with Baldy.
Unexpectedly, after Lin Sanjiu finished her sentence, a voice suddenly rang out. Even though Number 46's face was pale, he did not seem to be shocked at all.
After a long while, he let out a long sigh and said softly, "… If that's the case, then everything makes sense."
"What do you think? Is this really a dead end? "
"Impossible." Number 46 denied it without a second thought, "Even though it looks like cluster 5 is at a disadvantage on the surface, there must be something hidden by Harry. We just haven't thought of it yet. After all, I've been through so many apocalyptic worlds and I've never heard of a pocket dimension that is truly a dead end. If there's no other way, we can still kill everyone — "
He paused when he said that. Suddenly, he raised his voice and shouted, "Harry! I want to confirm everything with you. "
"Go ahead."
"First, I want to confirm if what Baldy said about the number of people in the other clusters and the current ranking of each cluster is true."
Even though Lin Sanjiu had already confirmed the information, Number 46 needed to hear it for himself before he could be assured.
"I can't reveal the number of people in each cluster, but the current absorption rate ranking of each cluster is true."
Even though Number 46 was mentally prepared, he still paused for a moment as if he was struggling to digest what Lin Sanjiu said.
"Is the absorption rate ranking based on the total absorption rate of the entire cluster or the individual absorption rate?"
"Oh. Let me give you an analogy, "Harry answered seriously. Harry replied very seriously, "At this moment, the absorption capacity of each person in the fifth group is 150 micrograms per day. So, the ranking will be based on this' real-time absorption capacity per person '. Of course, your absorption rate may change five minutes later, two hours later, or tomorrow, but that's not important. What really determines life and death is the energy that you absorb. What really determines life and death is the 'real-time absorption rate per person' on the tenth day at seven o'clock sharp. After all, if the ranking is based on the total absorption rate of the entire cluster, it's unfair to the smaller clusters. "
[This guy really has the cheek to say that it's unfair?]
The veins on Lin Sanjiu's forehead throbbed. She couldn't help asking, "Is the current situation fair to cluster 5?"
"Of course." Surprisingly, Harry replied without the slightest hint of guilt, "I've carefully considered the situation of each cluster. That's why I arranged for all of you to enter the greenhouse in this order. "
"Unless we kill everyone, cluster 5 will definitely die," Lin Sanjiu finally couldn't stand it anymore. Lin Sanjiu couldn't hold it in any longer. She sneered, "You call this fair?"
"Oh, of course, the overall situation is fair. It's just that you probably haven't noticed it," Harry sounded a little aggrieved. "I don't know why you think of me as such an evil person. Actually, there is a way to not die in every stage … It's just that you chose not to do it." Harry's voice sounded a little aggrieved.
Lin Sanjiu's face immediately turned red. Just when she wanted to say something, the leaf beneath her suddenly moved slightly. Then, it started vibrating along with the approaching footsteps.
Number 46 and Lin Sanjiu looked up at the same time. They saw Number 45, who had just climbed back along the leaves, and Number 47, who was still panting. They seemed to have bumped into each other near the assembly point. They nodded to each other as they greeted each other. Number 45 turned around and asked, "What's wrong? I heard it on the way. What are you asking Harry about? Why do you all look like that? "
Lin Sanjiu glanced behind them and realized that there was nothing behind them. Her heart sank.
What Baldhead had told her seemed to be verified bit by bit.
"Oh! You guys have found an indigo flower! " Number 45 exclaimed when she saw something behind Lin Sanjiu. However, she only took two steps forward before she was stopped by Number 46. She shot a glance at Number 46 and stopped with a dark expression on her face.
"Number 49 heard a piece of news. According to him, the four spawning points of the indigo flower are under control. " Number 46 looked at the two people in front of him with a serious expression, "Did you guys find anything outside?"
"Spawning points?" As Number 45 shook her head, Number 47 said anxiously, "Now that you mention it, I, I, I, I understand!"
Lin Sanjiu and Number 46 immediately perked up.
It was probably because he was still weak. Number 47 coughed twice before he said to the anxious gazes of the others, "My stamina is too weak. Even though I had rested for a while, I still couldn't walk when I went out to look for the indigo flower. I had no choice but to move slowly. After searching for a while, I was too tired, so I sat on a leaf to rest. For safety's sake, I even climbed to the top of the leaf.
"After sitting there for a while, I dozed off unknowingly. When I woke up, I realized that I couldn't go down. I didn't know when a person had appeared under the plant. The person was sitting with his back facing me. As the person was wearing a loose hoodie, I couldn't tell if the person was a man or a woman.
"I didn't have the stamina nor the indigo flower. I would be courting death if I went down. So, no matter how anxious I was, I could only sit there and wait for the person to leave. However, when morning came, the person didn't move. The reason why I came back late was that I waited for an hour ago. I really didn't know what to do. Just when I decided to take the risk and leave, the person suddenly stood up and bent down. "
Just when Lin Sanjiu was wondering why he had to explain such a small detail to her, she suddenly gasped as realization dawned on her.
Looking at her, Number 47 nodded, "You figured it out too. That person had plucked an indigo flower from the ground. "
"When I first went there, there was nothing on the ground. That person obviously knew that the indigo flower would grow there, so he went there in advance to wait for it! " Number 47 said with a flushed face, "I was puzzled at first, but after hearing what you guys said, I understand now. That place must be a spawning point. I still remember the way. We can go there anytime! "
[Found a spawning point for the indigo flower!]
Lin Sanjiu felt her heart thumping in her chest. For a moment, she felt a little excited. In any case, the disadvantage on their side had changed a little. When she thought of this, she subconsciously looked at Number 46, who was beside her.
Number 46's face seemed to be covered with a layer of gloomy ice.
It seemed that his expression was even worse than when he was told that this was a dead end.
Lin Sanjiu was taken aback. Then, Number 45 and Number 47 also noticed the subtle heaviness in the air. They looked at Number 46 with puzzled faces.
"What's wrong? Isn't this a good thing? "
Number 46 opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something. However, his lips trembled a few times, but no sound came out. After a long while, he wiped his face with all his might and asked a question that made no sense at all.
"Harry, what time is it now?"
"Ten o'clock in the morning," Harry replied immediately.
"In other words, the indigo flower grows at around nine o'clock in the morning. The fifth cluster entered the greenhouse at around five to six o'clock in the evening. If we calculate the time, the first cluster should have entered the greenhouse at around nine o'clock in the morning or even before that …" Number 46 mumbled to himself. Lin Sanjiu, who was beside him, could barely hear what he was saying.
"What's wrong with that?" Lin Sanjiu asked doubtfully.
Number 46 turned a deaf ear to her and ignored her. He took a deep breath and asked softly as if he was looking for comfort, "Even if the indigo flower grows at a fixed time, the interval shouldn't be long, right? After all, this is a pocket dimension. They should give us a way out, right? "
When he reached the end of his sentence, his expression was a little frightening.
"About that," Harry said briskly, "Every spawning point will grow an indigo flower at the same time within 24 hours. As for the exact location, you guys have to find it yourself. I can't tell you. "
Number 46 sat on the ground with a thud. He stared blankly at his feet.
"It's over. I was right … "He glanced at Lin Sanjiu. "You should have figured it out by now, right?"
Lin Sanjiu was stunned. Her face turned pale.
"Even if we can occupy that spawning point, there are only nine indigo flowers left until the end of the maturation period. Even if everything goes smoothly, we can only kill nine people. Furthermore, since all four spawning points bloom at the same time, even if we know the location, we can't get the indigo flowers from so many places at the same time. The reason is simple. We can't fight against the other clusters. In other words, we have to kill everyone except for us. This is an impossible path, "Number 46 muttered with a bitter smile.
"But … why do we have to kill everyone?"
Since they were late, Number 45 and Number 47 didn't know what was going on. They looked at each other and Number 47 couldn't help asking. However, the other two had a grave expression on their faces, as if they were facing imminent disaster. For a moment, none of them spoke up.
"Say something —"
Before Number 45 could finish her words, she felt a shadow looming over her. Before she could raise her head to see what was going on, the shadow had already swooped down on her and Number 47, engulfing her and Number 47.
Number 45 instantly let out a scream from her throat. Just when she wanted to twist her body to avoid the shadow, she felt a gust of wind behind her. Amidst the chaos, she couldn't see what was happening around her. She felt as if she had accidentally kicked something away.
When she scrambled to the other side of the leaf, she turned around and was immediately dumbfounded.
"Young man, your analytical skills are pretty good."
The voice was very familiar to them. The man who was wearing a martial arts singlet was standing at the edge of the leaf. He was the one who killed Number 48 the moment he arrived. Behind him stood four other unfamiliar men and women. Each of them had a rope tied around their waist. The rope extended all the way to the depths of the leaf where the naked eye could not see.
It seemed that this was the reason why they were able to carry out a surprise attack without being detected by Group Five. But for some reason, among the five members of Group Four, there was not a single one of them. However, for some reason, none of the five members of Cluster 4 had an indigo flower on them.
A smile appeared on the squarish, angular face of the man who was the leader.
"That's right. Based on the current situation, there's no way you can turn the situation around. This time, we are only here for insurance. With this, your group will definitely be at the bottom of the list. "
As he finished speaking, he waved Number 47, whose collar had been grabbed.
"Otherwise. If all of you commit suicide or die at the hands of the other teams, we won't be able to do anything about it. "(To be continued)
PS:
Don't complain that this chapter is tasteless, I almost didn't finish writing it … Today's rewards are very generous, it's all because I pretended to be a white lotus in the group this afternoon … Sigh, who would've thought that Aizen Zi, Chao-chan, and Twilight Rain String Song are all so straight … I'd like to thank you all here for the two Heshibi and one coin bank that I received, as well as the monthly votes of those who enthusiastically started the reward activity (Aiya, I feel so embarrassed), Running Fast Troop, Sweet Mama Cake, Unquenchable Old Hatred, Sunflower Neckache, CH Natsuki, Facepalm in Fugue, Strawberry, Zhuo Jue, Little Fat Bird, Hidden Winter, Not Afraid of the Wind, Living Treasure, Mikasayou, Augustmilk, Little Feather-Kun, Hashimoto, and a few passers-by, Drowned Spring, Ghost King, Jiujin Hall, zzyytt2010, Youth's Death, Charming White, Gundam, Indigo Yoyoy, Zither Yiyi, Full of Snow, Nirvana Rebirth, Susanna Julia, Sissy Sissy, Qianli, Marciaa, and many others!
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