Under the loud and cheerful background music, the dazzling white light gradually dissipated.
Everyone finally saw the scene in front of them.
In the wide white world,
There was a small round stage in the centre, surrounded by cheap multicoloured light bulbs.
The two-meter-tall giant Mario stood on this small stage.
The light bulbs flickered.
He proudly made a classic thumbs-up pose. It was very funny.
Above the stage,
An LED light was suspended in the air.
The light showed the red number '6456'.
With the stage as the centre,
The white light retreated.
The surrounding things slowly appeared.
Tang Mo's eyes narrowed.
The entire white world was covered with a huge Monopoly game map!
Mario's stage was in the centre of the map. 150 one-meter-long squares were connected from end to end.
They surrounded the stage. The squares were connected vertically to form slender rectangles.
They meandered from the feet of the eight people and spread forward. After nine turns, they finally reached the small stage where Mario was.
At Tang Mo's feet,
It was a bright red square. This grid was different from the others.
The edges of the other grids shone with white light.
Only the grid at the feet of the eight people was filled with red. Tang Mo had seen this colour before.
It was as red as blood.
There was an English word written in the centre of the grid.
“Everybody,
Mario’s
Game！”
The deep male voice startled everyone. They looked up and saw that Mario was no longer posing. He stood on the small stage with his hands on his hips. "My dear children, welcome to Mario's Monopoly game. I am your childhood best friend, Mario!"
Tang Mo often played Super Mario when he was a child. The mushroom-loving plumber was once popular all over the world and created history for Nintendo. He was really familiar with Mario. But whether it was Tang Mo or the other seven people, they couldn't relax when they saw the giant Mario. They all stared at him with vigilance.
Mario didn't seem to be aware of it. He was moved. "Oh, look at your eyes. Don't cry. Children, I am your beloved Uncle Mario. This is a moment worth celebrating. The children's love moved Uncle Mario to the point that he secretly wiped his tears in the sewer every night. You like Mario so much that I decided to open this Monopoly game for you! Children, this game is for all the humans who like Mario! "
Tang Mo didn't hear much of this nonsense. He seemed to be staring at Mario, but in fact, he had been paying attention to the seven people around him and the Monopoly grid on the ground.
Since he was already in the game, he would not focus too much on taking revenge on the seven people who dragged him into the game. He needed to focus more on how to clear the game.
The most dangerous thing now was this strange game.
A young man stood up and said with a trembling voice, "What … what kind of game is this?"
"Good question, lovely child." Mario made a thumbs-up gesture with his right hand. "This is a reward game. Every obedient and sensible child could get a generous prize from Uncle Mario. Children, come and play the game. Come to Uncle Mario's side and all the prizes will be yours. "
Mario moved sideways. Suddenly, a small mountain of gold appeared behind him. Countless gold, silver, and jewelry were piled up on the small stage, forming a small hill. Mario stood back, and the gifts disappeared.
"F * ck, so much gold?"
"There are also diamonds, a lot of diamonds!"
Mario showed a kind smile. "Children, these are all yours."
Tang Mo asked coldly, "What are the rules of the game?"
"Do you see these grids? My lovely Uncle Mario wants to play a Monopoly game with you. Only the child who arrives on the stage the fastest can get all the rewards. Have you ever played Monopoly, children? "
A young woman hesitated for a moment before standing up. "I have played it. There are many kinds of Monopoly games but they are all dice. The number of grids you throw is the corresponding number of grids. There might be a reward in the grid, or it might be a punishment, and there might even be a retrogression? This is the case. "
"Yes, this is the case. I have played it." Someone echoed.
Mario laughed. "My children are so smart!"
This black tower game's character was the familiar Mario. After such a long time, he had been talking kindly to everyone. Everyone gradually became less defensive and dared to stand up and speak.
Tang Mo still looked at Mario and didn't say anything.
"In Mario's Monopoly game, there is a magical die." Mario stretched out his hands and clapped. A huge die fell from the sky and landed in front of the players with a loud bang. "This die is called the Lucky Die. Each child throws it in order. Whatever number they throw, they will advance a certain number of grids. Whoever gets here first will be the last lucky person and can get all the prizes Uncle Mario prepared for you. "
It was that simple?
Tang Mo frowned and was about to speak when an old voice was heard in front of him. "Are these grids dangerous?"
Tang Mo turned his head and saw the old man who pretended to twist his foot.
Mario happily asked, "How can the lucky child be in danger?"
Tang Mo changed his words. "What is in these grids?"
In the Monopoly game, every time a player walked into a grid, they would encounter a reward or punishment. In ordinary Monopoly games, the reward was mostly gold coins or the privilege to move a few steps forward. The punishment was losing the gold coins or even going back to the starting point.
Mario said, "In the 150 grids, there are many small gifts that Uncle Mario gave to the children. Lucky children can get these gifts. I call them reward grids. However, there are good children and bad children. Sometimes children will do things that make Uncle Mario sad. Thus, there are some grids that contain props for punishing bad children. These are punishment grids. "
Everyone's heart jumped when they heard the punishment.
The cute giant Mario looked at everyone with his dark eyes and the corners of his mouth slowly hooked up, revealing a strange smile. "For the more obedient children, Uncle Mario gave them better rewards. As long as you enter these grids, you can get things you can't imagine, such as an ability or a chance to save the game. I call these grids the king's grid. "
Tang Mo's breathing stagnated.
Ability?
Game save?
In this Monopoly game, one could actually get this kind of thing.
The other seven people were also shocked. Their eyes shone and it was difficult to restrain their fiery gazes.
Tang Mo immediately calmed down. If there was a reward, there would be a punishment. Such a good reward, the corresponding punishment would be …
"There are also some grids that Uncle Mario calls offenders. Bad children who did bad things were all unforgivable evildoers. They don't like Mario anymore. They like that weird-looking Angry Bird and those colorful candies that would disappear when touched! " Mario's expression instantly became incomparably sinister. He was still smiling, but his eyes revealed hatred and disgust as he looked at everyone. "Uncle Mario has accompanied you for so many years. What's so good about that disgusting bird? Why do you like it?! Speak! "
Boom!
Mario stomped on the stage. It was like an earthquake had arrived and the white world shook violently.
"Oh, my lovely children, where was I?" Mario's face suddenly changed. The aftermath of the earthquake hadn't subsided yet, and he put on a kind face again. "Uncle Mario knows that you are all good children. Good children will not encounter those disgusting criminals. Only bad children will encounter them. Uncle Mario specially prepared an interesting grid for playful children. It is called the free jump grid. "
The earthquake gradually subsided but Tang Mo's expression was very ugly.
The strength of this giant Mario was beyond his imagination. To be able to cause such a movement, he seemed to be stronger than the big mole.
Mario didn't seem to feel the other people's fearful eyes as he said, "When someone walks into the free jump grid, they can choose which grid to jump to. There are two choices. The first is to jump forward and jump up to 30 grids. The second is to jump back and return to any grid you haven't been to. Children love to move freely. Such an interesting grid, you will definitely love it. "
"There is one last grid. This is the biggest surprise Uncle Mario prepared for you. It is called the clearance grid. Yes, you didn't hear wrong. As long as someone is lucky enough to step on this grid, they can directly clear the game! "Mario waved his hands and spoke excitedly.
After a moment, he looked down at the eight people. "Children, the game is about to start. Are you ready?"
"Ding dong! The large multiplayer instance, Mario's Monopoly Game, has officially started. The rules of the game — "
"First, you are only allowed to advance or retreat the corresponding number of grids according to the die's points or the rules of free jump."
"Second, the king grid accounts for 5% of the total number of grids. The prize is the black tower's tacit approval and can be taken out of the instance."
"Third, the offender accounts for 5% of the total number of grids and the law of causality punishes you."
"Fourth, the free jump grid accounts for 20% of the total number of grids."
"Fifth, the reward grid and punishment grid account for 20% of the total number of grids."
"Sixth, the player who steps on the only clearance grid can directly clear the instance."
"Sixth, the rest are blank."
"Seventh, death in the game is death outside the game."
"The lovely Uncle Plumber likes obedient and sensible children but he is never soft on bad children."
The clear child's voice rang in everyone's ears and everyone's expressions changed.
Mario stood on the small stage with a smile on his face as he looked at the eight humans in the audience.
The young woman originally took the initiative to pick up the giant die and hold it in her arms. Once she heard that Mario was going to start the game, she was shocked and looked at the young man next to her. "Lin … Lin Bangcheng, I don't want to roll this die. You … you go first."
"Why me?" The young man's expression changed. "Why did you take this die in the first place?"
The woman hurriedly threw the die to the ground.
A bald middle-aged man hesitantly said, "There must be an order. I propose that we have a total of eight people in this game. We will roll the die in reverse order according to the order in which the game was triggered. The last person to trigger the game will be the first to roll the die. How about it? "
Everyone looked at Tang Mo. Only the old man looked angry.
Tang Mo calmly looked at them. "There is no problem with me going first. You guys don't seem to know each other. What I want to know now is, why did you guys work together to pull me into this game? "
Everyone was relieved when they heard that Tang Mo was willing to be the first to roll the die.
A middle-aged man with a beer belly said, "Little brother, I am sorry. You don't know how disgusting this game is. The moment we touched the flower bed, we were suddenly told by the black tower that we triggered a large instance game. However, this instance is an eight person game and requires eight people to form a team to enter. The black tower told us that if we didn't find everyone, we wouldn't be able to leave the 10 metre area around the flower bed and would be trapped there forever. In addition, the other person must touch the flower bed during the game time, which is between 6 am and 6 pm. I waited all day and only managed to gather eight people. "
Tang Mo nodded thoughtfully. "Then you are the seventh?" He looked at the old man.
"I was tricked by this group of liars!" The old man snorted. "Why should we roll the die from the back? You people tricked us into the game. The first person to trigger the game should be the first to roll the die! She's the one who dragged us into this game! "
A middle-aged woman suddenly turned pale. "I … I didn't want to. I just wanted to sit on the edge of the flower bed and rest. Who knew it would become like this? I … I don't want to be the first to go. I will come from the back! "
The seven people began to quarrel.
"If you hadn't triggered the game, would the rest of us have been trapped? I think it should start with you. "
"You clearly don't want to roll the die from the back because you are the fifth person. You were very straightforward when you cheated the old man and the young man with us. What are you doing now? "
"You …!"
"Don't quarrel!" Mario's loud voice was suddenly heard, overwhelming everyone's voices. "Obedient children never quarrel. Could it be that all of you are disobedient children, huh?"
Everyone shuddered at the thought of Mario's earth-shattering kick and didn't dare speak.
The inconspicuous Tang Mo suddenly shouted, "It's time to start the game. Lovely Uncle Mario, there are eight of us to play the game but there is only one die. There must be an order. When we entered the game, I heard the black tower announce the names of the eight of us. Why don't we start the game in that order? "
Tang Mo reacted too quickly and said a lot of words at once. The others hadn't reacted yet.
After 10 seconds, someone recovered and stared angrily at Tang Mo. "What the fuck do you mean …"
"Oh, my clever child, what you said makes sense. Uncle Mario didn't think about it well. Then let's start in the order the black tower announced the names. Let me see … the first one is Li Zhen? Li Zhen, child, where are you? Come and roll the die! "
The middle-aged woman's face was pale, her shoulders trembling and she didn't move forward.
Mario asked again, "Where is Li Zhen, my child? Where are you?"
The middle-aged woman trembled and took a step forward.
Suddenly, Mario's voice was cold. "My child, don't you want to play this interesting game?"
The temperature plummeted, and a bone-chilling cold swept over. The middle-aged woman was so frightened that she almost fell to the ground. She hurriedly ran forward and picked up the die. "I'll play, I'll play! I'll play now! "
Mario's gaze was like a knife, forcing the woman to throw the dice in her hand subconsciously without thinking about it. At the moment she threw it out, Mario seemed to have forgotten or deliberately let out a strange laugh and said in a low voice, "Oh, my children, I forgot to tell you that the first child will receive a reward from Uncle Mario. However, the last child really doesn't know how to play the game. Uncle Mario will keep him here and teach him how to play the game. "
Tang Mo was startled and looked at the huge Mario.
Mario's face was full of a bright smile but his black hole-like eyes weren't tainted with a smile.
Dong!
"5 … I'm 5!"
The woman trembled as she said the number on the front of the die and carefully stepped forward. As soon as she walked out of the 'START' grid, she ran forward frantically, as if something was chasing her. She ran to the fifth grid in one breath.
She stood on the fifth grid and the white light on the edge of the grid changed to yellow. The woman waited in fear for a moment but nothing happened.
Mario smiled and said, "This is a blank square. Congratulations, my lovely child."
The middle-aged woman collapsed to the ground.
The second person to throw the die was the bald middle-aged man. With a straight face, he picked up the die and placed it on the "5" side, muttering, "5 … 5 … 5!"
The die landed and the front was 6.
The bald man gulped and nervously walked to the sixth grid. The moment he stepped on the grid, the edge of the grid suddenly changed from white to red. Tang Mo carefully stared at the light on the edge of the grid. At this time, the familiar Super Mario music filled the air.
This change made the bald man stagger and almost step on the middle-aged woman's fifth grid.
"Ding dong! The reward grid has been triggered and you will receive one of Mario's red magic mushrooms. Eating the red magic mushroom can replenish physical strength. It only works in the instance and can't be taken out of the game. "
A round, colorful mushroom appeared in the air and landed in the bald man's arms.
The man was trembling with fear when he suddenly received a reward. He stayed in place for a minute before ecstatically picking up the big mushroom and eating it in two or three bites. It was obviously an uncooked raw mushroom but when the man bit into the mushroom, a strong fragrance came out. Many people couldn't help but swallow their saliva and stare at that man.
10 minutes later, all seven people threw the die.
The old man and the young woman were lucky enough to throw a six and, like the bald man, got the magic mushrooms.
The man with the beer belly stepped on the fifth grid like the first woman.
The young man and another middle-aged man who had never spoken to each rolled a four. They stepped on it in fear. Fortunately, the fourth grid was blank like the fifth. They all sighed with relief.
Finally, it was Tang Mo's turn.
Tang Mo always felt that his luck was very bad. After the earth went online, he participated in a total of three games. Helping Mosaic find the book, the first floor tower attack game and Mario's Monopoly game. In each case, he was forcibly pulled into the game by others.
For the vast majority of Chinese players, they were only forced to participate in the tower attack game by Fu Wenduo once.
But for Tang Mo, his life … was full of tragedies. Of the three games, none of them entered willingly. Official players had abilities. Other people could breathe fire or plant poisonous flowers. He only got a book and that book was particularly cheap. If it didn't insult Tang Mo every day, it would feel uncomfortable.
In summary, Tang Mo's luck really didn't seem to be good.
He looked at the die in his hand with a complicated expression and quickly threw it.
Dong!
The die landed on the '3' point.
No one had gone to the third grid yet. Tang Mo threw this point and the other seven people looked at him curiously. The two people standing on the fourth grid were happy. Mario said that he would leave the last player here. Now that Tang Mo was here, they weren't last for the time being.
Tang Mo walked to the third grid with a blank expression. Once he stood on the third grid, the white grid suddenly changed to red. The game music sounded and Tang Mo frowned. His right hand quietly pressed the big match pattern on his left wrist and he looked around vigilantly.
"Ding dong! The first level punishment has been triggered. Punishment content: within three minutes, say a bad thing you have done. "
Tang Mo, "…"
Even if he was unlucky, he didn't need to be this unlucky!
What kind of punishment was this? Was he looking down on people?
Tang Mo was speechless but there was no reaction on the surface. His brain was working quickly.
The first level punishment grid might have a second and third level punishment grid in the future. This punishment requirement wasn't painful. Would the other punishment grids be so simple?
While thinking about this, Tang Mo opened his mouth and said in a calm tone, "In junior high school, I liked to bully people and often bullied my classmate's chair. During class, he unknowingly stood up to answer a question and his pants were stuck to the chair, revealing his underwear. The teacher still doesn't know I did it. " Tang Mo paused and looked at Mario in the centre of the stage. "After all, I am a good child."
Mario agreed. "Yes, you are a good child to punish evil and promote good!"
The other seven people, "…"
At the same time, outside a community in Pudong New Area.
Two young men and a young woman walked into the community and soon found the six strange bodies in the garden in the centre of the community. The young woman with a ponytail squatted down and carefully examined each person's wound. Finally, she returned to the first body, took off her gloves and placed her hand on the fatal wound on the middle-aged man's chest.
She pressed her hand on it, and a white light shone from her palm. The young woman closed her eyes and frowned, seeming to feel something.
After three minutes, the young woman looked up and said, "He was killed by that person." She pointed to a body lying next to her. Then she got up and walked to the other five bodies, pressing her hand on their wounds in turn. Finally, she concluded, "These six people killed each other."
The young man in the black down jacket frowned. "It is in line with the characteristics of the second instance. There have been three such bodies nearby and there should be an entrance to the second instance nearby. Now it isn't game time and the second instance is safe. We have to hurry and find possible entrances to the second instance. With this community as the centre, the area within 500 metres is a potential hidden area for the entrance to the second instance. We will split up and meet in the garden at 12 o 'clock. "
The three people glanced at each other, nodded and split up.
On the other side, in Mario's Monopoly game, the first round of rolling the dice had ended and the eight people threw three more rounds.
After four rounds of throwing the dice, everyone had advanced more than ten steps.
After the second round, Tang Mo's luck seemed to have improved. He moved forward 17 squares and was currently standing on the 20th square. In the second to fourth roll of the dice, he stepped on a reward square and two blank squares, and stood in the second place among the eight people without any mishap.
In the reward grid, he received an "Invincible Police Flower". It was exactly the same as the props in Super Mario, with strange mushrooms and flowers. After eating this flower, Tang Mo would get five minutes of invincibility. Unfortunately, this flower had to be eaten as soon as it was in his hand and couldn't be carried on his body.
After Tang Mo ate the flower, his body flashed with a faint golden light. From a distance, he looked a bit like a Buddha statue.
He really didn't fit in with the others. He was the last to enter the game, unlike the first few people who triggered the instance. They had been waiting for a day or two and were a little familiar with strangers. In addition, Tang Mo made him the last to roll the dice before the game started.
The order of rolling the dice didn't seem important because the dice points were random and wouldn't change based on how many people rolled the dice. But in the first round, the order was actually the most important.
Rolling the dice didn't rely entirely on luck.
The angle and strength of the dice could greatly affect the result of the throw. When playing flight chess, some people could often roll a 6 and take a big step forward. It wasn't necessarily just good luck. Sometimes it was because they mastered the skill of rolling the dice.
In addition, if the last person to roll the dice stepped on the free jump grid, they could use the reference of the people in front of them to better choose the grid to jump.
Tang Mo also had this idea, so he wanted to be the last to roll the dice and let the seven people in front of him explore the way to determine the content of each grid. Unfortunately, when he tried it himself, he realized that the die was too strange. It was big and heavy and humans couldn't control the number of points thrown. After everyone threw it, the dice rotated freely on the ground. In the four rounds of rolling, Tang Mo tried to roll a fixed number each time but he never succeeded.
It should be that the game itself killed the possibility of players controlling the dice points.
In the current game situation, the first player stood on the 22nd grid, the second was Tang Mo's 20th grid and the last player stood on the 14th grid.
In the four rounds, three players stepped on the free jump grid. They were smart and did not choose to blindly jump forward. Instead, they jumped to known reward squares and empty squares that had been stepped on by players, or they chose not to jump and stayed where they were.
At the end of the four rounds, the last person to hold the dice was Tang Mo.
The 20th grid was the reward grid. Tang Mo ate the flower and then it was the middle-aged woman's turn to roll the dice.
The dice flew in the air and into the hands of the middle-aged woman.
Tang Mo ate the flower and kept his head down, looking at the remaining roots of the invincible police flower in his hand. The flower body had been eaten by him, leaving only the slender green root. This reward seemed better than the magic mushroom (other players stepped on the other mushroom rewards. At present, it was known that the red mushroom could replenish physical strength, the green mushroom could enhance the player's strength for 10 minutes and the purple mushroom could give the player a sharp weapon for only 10 minutes). However, the invincible police flower must be eaten immediately after it was obtained and it only existed for 10 minutes.
By the time the eight of them reached the 20th square, they had already triggered the other punishment squares.
Two of the punishment grids were the same as the third grid that Tang Mo encountered. They were painless and easily passed. However, there was a punishment grid. After the young woman stepped on it, a huge black mushroom suddenly appeared. The young woman screamed in fright and pulled out the fruit knife she carried with her. After fighting with the black mushroom for three minutes, she finally killed it. At the same time, her arm was bitten and her bones could be seen.
This punishment grid was a level three punishment grid.
As Tang Mo imagined, the punishment grid was also divided into levels. The higher the level, the greater the difficulty of the punishment.
Then … what was the highest punishment grid and what kind of danger would he encounter?
Tang Mo looked at the root in his hand and his eyes gradually narrowed.
The invincible police flower shouldn't be so weak. The five minutes of invincibility seemed powerful. But if he encountered the black mushroom or other monsters with a terrible punishment grid, it would be an artifact. But the eight people took turns to roll the dice. It would take at least 10 minutes for Tang Mo to roll the dice in the next round.
The invincibility time was five minutes and he had to wait for 10 minutes to walk to the next grid.
Tang Mo's five minutes were completely wasted. He didn't move forward and it was impossible for him to encounter any danger.
Then … what was the purpose of this flower's existence?
What was the meaning of this reward?
Tang Mo squeezed the green root and his brain thought quickly. However, he couldn't think of an answer.
At this time, the middle-aged woman was about to throw the dice when Mario suddenly spoke. "Oh children, I forgot to say it just now. My memory is bad. Uncle Mario is 36 years old this year and is an old man in the game world. I actually forgot to say such an important thing. "
The middle-aged woman looked up at Mario with a blank expression, holding the dice that hadn't been thrown.
Tang Mo vaguely noticed that something was wrong and a strange sense of uneasiness surged in his heart.
No, definitely wrong …
Something was wrong!
Mario raised his big mouth and his dark eyes stared emotionlessly at every player standing in the grid. He said he was smiling but there was a gloating tone in his voice. "From the fifth round of rolling, players standing on the same grid will trigger the 'Who will share your joys and sorrows?' effect. Take the 19th grid for example. If you … "Mario pointed to the middle-aged woman." If you roll 2 points now, you will go from the 17th grid to the 19th grid. Then this will become your grid. After you, as long as someone steps into this grid, the 19th grid will trigger the 'Who will share your joys and sorrows?' effect. "
The smile on Mario's face grew wider and wider, and his excitement and delight in other people's misfortune became more and more obvious.
"When the effect is triggered, no matter what the grid was originally, it will immediately become a level seven penalty grid. Only when there is only one player left on the grid will the level seven penalty grid return to the original grid. No matter what, as long as there is only one player left on the grid or no player, it will return to its original state. "Mario added." Oh yes, it doesn't matter if you go to the 19th grid. There might be a child above but he only went to the fourth round. The 'Who will share your joys and sorrows' effect will only apply to players after the fifth round. "
Tang Mo's eyes slowly widened and his hair stood up.
The seven people didn't understand Mario's meaning at first but after a few minutes, they understood one by one.
The middle-aged woman was so frightened that she sat on the ground, her body trembling. "No, no … you want us to kill each other, you want us to kill people!"
At this moment, Tang Mo finally understood the role of the invincible police flower.
If someone stepped on the invincible police flower, they would become invincible for the next five minutes. The person who stepped in after him no longer had the invincible police flower because the moment he stepped in, the grid changed from a reward grid to a level seven penalty grid.
The level three penalty grid was the dangerous black mushroom.
What would the level seven penalty grid be?
Everyone panicked and didn't know what to do. Tang Mo took a deep breath, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and raised his head. His eyes suddenly swept to the huge LED sign above Mario's head. His mind flashed and he asked, "Is there any special meaning to the number on the sign?"
In the white world, Mario stood on the stage and looked up at the '6456' number above his head.
Mario gave a strange smile and replied, "Ah, you are asking about this. Lovely child, your curiosity is really heavy. This is the total number of children who have played Mario's Monopoly game with me. It is a pity that they are unlucky and disobedient children. None of them were able to come here and win my prize. The 6464th child, will you be a lucky child? "
This was Mario's Monopoly game.
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