Falling into Abyss-themed Roller Coaster

In the "Integrity First" live broadcast room:

[Hahahahahahahaha lmao, disregarding the past hatred!]

[Really, being a guest and acting like a host, shame on you!]

[Can't laugh anymore, dog liar's Victims Alliance solemnly condemns!]

…disregarding the past hatred?

Disregarding the past hatred!!??

Wen Ya's eyes were burning, and her teeth were gritting.

If it wasn't for her teammates blocking her, she would have rolled up her sleeves and rushed forward to fight this shameless liar.

"Sister, what he said is correct. The minimum personnel limit for all projects in this park is five."

Lilith also ran back from the gate of the thriller zone at this moment and spoke in a low voice.

Chuan Ze frowned slightly:

"In this case, temporary cooperation is probably the best choice."

What the anchor just said was right. The rules of this thriller zone required anchors to form a team to challenge; if they opposed each other at this juncture, it would not only consume their own strength needlessly but also waste the opportunity in vain.

"..."

Hearing this, Wen Ya also gradually calmed down.

She looked up at him.

The young man she had only met twice was tall and slender, with blue sky, white clouds, and colorful balloons behind him, staring at her with soft amber eyes amidst the cheerful music of the amusement park.

Compared with the previous instance, this liar's temperament had changed drastically. She still remembered that in the Fukang Hospital instance, the other party was wearing a blood-stained white coat and thin gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose. There was a ghostly aura hidden in a pair of dark eyes, and even a simple look from him could make people feel chills all over.

If she hadn't had a deep impression of the captain of the black team, it would have been difficult to connect the young man with a clean smile and clear facial features with the doctor boss of the previous instance.

…It was really not easy.

Wen Ya took a deep breath, "…then cooperate."

She turned her head to look at her teammate, gritted her teeth fiercely, and said, "But after entering the project, you must be careful about this guy. His level is too high. He is the kind that can never be easily believed; do you understand?"

Chuan Ze and Lilith nodded: "Of course!"

After learning about Wen Ya's encounters before a few instances, they could be said to be extremely wary of the captain of the black side in front of them, who could play the whole instance. Even if they were forced by the situation this time to cooperate with each other on the next project for a short time, it was impossible to take him lightly.

Soon, the three reached an agreement.

Yun Bilan: "It's decided?"

Wen Ya took a deep breath: "Naturally."

She stepped forward and stretched out her hand to Yun Bilan: "Happy cooperation."

After brief self-introductions to each other, a group of seven people turned in the direction of the roller coaster.

"The taboo of the roller coaster project is very clear, and the venue is relatively limited." Yun Bilan said as she walked, "But no one knows what's inside or what might happen…"

Lilith said bluntly: "But isn't there already a hint on the sign outside? Don't open your eyes and look around when passing through the tunnel, don't count the turns silently—"

Yun Bilan stopped her pace and turned to look at Lilith: "You really thought the project here would be so simple?"

Lilith choked for a moment: "But…"

"Have you forgotten what my teammate said just now? As long as there is an anchor who clears the project, it will be closed and cannot be entered." Yun Bilan squinted her eyes, turned to look at the entrance of the roller coaster playing cheerful music, and said slowly: "Before we entered the haunted house, there was a team of seven anchors who entered the roller coaster, and after we left the haunted house, the roller coaster project reopened. Why do you think that happened?"

At that moment, a chill climbed up the spine of several others

This could only mean…

All the anchors of that team were wiped out.

Seven people and none of them survived.

Seeing someone approaching, the green-haired clown sitting at the door jumped up: "Welcome everyone to Fantasy Amusement Park to experience our themed roller coaster project!"

It pointed to the sign on the side: "Each ticket costs 10 coupons!"

Yun Bilan pointed behind her: "Seven people."

The anchors took out the coupons from their pockets and handed them over. The clown took the coupons and took out the tickets from his baggy trouser pocket:

"Okay, have a nice time!"

Wen Jianyan looked down at the colorful ticket in his hand with the words "Fantasy Amusement Park Themed Roller Coaster" written on the front, and he turned the ticket over.

Surprisingly, very clear black letters were also printed on the back of the ticket:

[Through the jungle-themed roller coaster rules]

1. Pregnant women, the elderly, and people suffering from cardiovascular disease and mental illness are not allowed to enter.

2. Children under 1.4 meters in height are not allowed to enter.

3. The themed roller coaster consists of three tunnels and fifteen turns. When passing through the tunnels, please do not open your eyes and look around, do not count the turns silently in your heart, and do not look back.

4. There is no possibility of failure in this project. If the equipment stopped working, please sit quietly on the seat and wait for the equipment to restart.

5. Please do not destroy the decorations on the roller coaster, especially the humanoid wooden decorations.

6. Please make sure that the number of passengers on the roller coaster is not 6 or a multiple of 6. If the number of people on the roller coaster is 6 or a multiple of 6, please do not sit on it.

7. The music equipment will not stop for no reason. If the equipment stops playing music during the journey, please contact the staff immediately and leave the track and its surrounding area as quickly as possible.

Wen Jianyan raised his eyes and looked toward the green-haired clown standing at the doorway.

The other party's face was smeared with thick white paint, and the corners of the red mouth were raised high, as if smiling happily all the time.

It looked almost the same as an ordinary person in a clown costume, and its skin didn't look sticky, so it was impossible to tell whether it was a frog or not from its appearance.

In fact, the clown at the door of the haunted house was actually the same.

In fact, before Wen Jianyan realized that the other party might have a problem, he never noticed any difference between its skin and ordinary human beings until he saw the note left by the last clown employee on the invoice—connecting it with his previous speculation about mental pollution, it might be that in this instance, unless the instance itself judged that the anchor had found tangible evidence that the employees were frogs, they couldn't distinguish them from ordinary employees in appearance.

According to the introduction on the use of clown dolls on the invoice, it was very likely that the clown at the entrance of the roller coaster was a frog.

But…

Unlike the haunted house at that time, not only did the other party not ask them to abide by the rules, the tickets handed to them also did not hide key rule information, nor did they repeat the park rules for them in their own tone.

It was almost as if they were not intent on misleading tourists at all.

Wen Jianyan frowned and put the ticket in his pocket.

After checking the tickets, the group of people walked toward the "entrance".

After entering the tunnel, the light suddenly dimmed, and the air was filled with the smell of stale and damp wood. The footsteps of the seven people echoed in the darkness.

Soon, they came to the side of the track.

On the long track, there was a roller coaster parked quietly. Its body was smeared with colorful ink, and various green plants were painted on it. There were enough seats for thirty people on it, but half of them were occupied by delicately crafted wooden puppets with bright smiles on their faces, mechanically waving their hands at the visitors under the action of spring.

In the control room next to it, a green-haired clown came out: "Everyone can choose their own seats. After sitting down, put on the safety device, and we can go!"

"..."

The anchors looked at each other and walked into the roller coaster.

Everyone carefully avoided the seats next to the puppets and took their seats in the empty seats.

Wen Jianyan chose a seat behind a red-nosed puppet and sat down. After checking that there were no unknown substances or anything suspicious on the safety device around him, he fastened the safety device according to the instruction.

Accompanied by a burst of tinkling music, the roller coaster under their bodies slowly began to move.

"Lalala, lalalala…"

The lovely child's voice sang a cheerful tune, and the speed of the roller coaster began to increase little by little. A corner of the sky not far away slowly approached, and the light gradually became brighter.

"Zzzz…Zzzz…"

It was unknown why, but there was a little weird electric sound mixed into the tone.

In the next second, a strong male voice sounded in the cheerful background:

"Hello! Welcome to the Falling into the Abyss-themed roller coaster! I am your captain, and I will lead you to start a brand new fantasy journey!"

Wen Jianyan was startled and raised his eyes in astonishment.

What?

He remembered very clearly that the ticket said "through the jungle-themed roller coaster".

…not falling into the abyss.

What's going on?

Several other anchors also noticed this and asked in surprise, "What's going on? Why did the theme of the roller coaster change?"

"If this is the case, wouldn't the previous rules behind the tickets be invalid?!"

"What should we do? Then should we still have to abide by…"

While everyone was discussing, the roller coaster began to climb slowly. Its body tilted up little by little, and climbed toward a high place—

The icy wind howled in their ears, and the roller coaster was vibrating, emitting a mechanical roar.

Under the strong wind pressure, Wen Jianyan poked his head out with difficulty and looked down over the roller coaster.

Unexpectedly, what was outside the roller coaster was not the amusement park they saw before they entered; on the contrary, what jumped into their eyes was a bottomless black abyss. The thick darkness could not be penetrated by sight at all, giving a weird, almost dizzy feeling.

In the feeling of weightlessness, as if his whole person was about to fall down, Wen Jianyan felt his heart beating wildly.

He retracted his gaze and looked up.

The rails under the roller coaster extend upward, and at the top of the cold steel, there was a sudden downward bend, which plunged straight into the bottomless darkness, exactly as the voice said just now—

[Falling into the abyss-themed roller coaster]

Wen Jianyan was under the pressure of the wind that almost crushed him, and his mind was running fast, looking for any way to rescue himself from this state.

The rules at the door were useless now.

He had no doubts that if they still couldn't find a way to crack it when the roller coaster rose to the top, even before they had time to wait for any tunnels and turns, the people on their entire roller coaster would die without a place for burial.

Then, the only thing that could be used now were the rules of the "through the jungle-themed roller coaster" on the ticket.

…the number of people.

Did it have anything to do with the number of people?

Before getting on the roller coaster, Wen Jianyan counted carefully. There were ten puppets in the car, and there were exactly seven people on their team.

Or it might be…

They were playing falling into the abyss, not through the jungle roller coaster, so should they keep the number at 6?

"Crack." A faint voice sounded from in front of him.

Wen Jianyan was slightly taken aback and looked in the direction of the voice.

Only to see that the red-nosed puppet sitting in front of him seemed to be crushed by the strong wind, and his head was slightly bent to one side. Under the brown-yellow wooden paint, the soft skin belonging to a human was faintly visible.

This is…

Wen Jianyan's eyes widened slightly.

Under the pressure of the safety device on his body, he reached out with difficulty and groped around the puppet's head.

"Crack—"

Wen Jianyan pulled a thick wooden shell off the puppet's face, and a pale, terrified face appeared in front of his eyes.

The face of the corpse was stiff and distorted; its mouth was wide open, and its gray eyes were wide. It looked like it had experienced something extremely terrible. Even though it had lost its life, it was still screaming.

Although he had already expected it, Wen Jianyan's pupil couldn't help but shrink.

He recognized the other party's facial features.

This was one of the anchors of the team that had gotten on the roller coaster ahead of them.

Wen Jianyan turned his head and shouted in the loudest voice: "Hurry up and check! How many corpses are there among all the puppets around here?!"

"I have one here!"

"This one is also a corpse!"

"The one next to me is a real puppet!"

The wind pressure increased little by little, and the downhill curve was approaching.

Wen Jianyan's eyes were fixed on the top of the track in the distance, and all his attention was focused on the voice of everyone behind him. While listening, he quickly calculated in his mind—

There were seven of them in total.

Among the ten puppets, five were the corpses of the previous challengers.

In other words, he guessed right. The reason why they entered the theme of "Falling into the Abyss" this time instead of the roller coaster with the theme of "Through the Jungle" was because of the number of people.

Obviously, due to the presence of more passengers on the roller coaster, their number was determined to be a multiple of 6 or 6 by the instance.

But the question was…

Were the five corpses judged to be the passengers, or were the five puppets judged to be the passengers?

Other anchors quickly realized this as well.

According to logic, the bodies of previous challengers were no longer considered living things; that is to say, the other five puppets were the culprits for their current situation.

But…

The fifth rule of the roller coaster: do not damage the decorations on the roller coaster, especially the humanoid wooden decorations.

Throwing a puppet off a roller coaster, it was impossible for it not to be counted as vandalism.

"…Damn it."

Wen Ya turned her head to look at the smiling puppet not far away from her and finally realized the insidiousness of this project. She couldn't help but curse secretly.

The designer of this project was really too disgusting.

Damage to the puppet was not allowed, but the number of people couldn't be kept at 12. This meant that one person must sacrifice themselves and either jump off the roller coaster or push a puppet off — Judging from the consequences of breaking the rules shown in this project, pushing the puppet down was probably the same as jumping off the roller coaster for a person.

At this moment, there was a soft "click" sound from the front, like the sound of a bumper being opened and lifted.

Several anchors sitting in the back row raised their eyes in astonishment and looked in the direction of the voice.

In the next second, Wen Jianyan left his seat, grabbed the dead body on the seat in front of him with one hand, and moved down along the angle of the roller coaster—

"What are you doing?"

Wen Ya, who was closest to him, widened her eyes in shock and asked.

Wen Jianyan grinned at her: "Destroying the puppet."

…What?

Wen Ya couldn't react.

Could it be… that this guy is going to sacrifice himself and throw the puppet off the roller coaster?

How can it be?

The roller coaster climbed slowly. Seeing that the sudden inflection point was approaching and the body of the roller coaster was already approaching vertical, people had a feeling of almost suffocation.

The young man dragged himself onto one of the seats with difficulty, holding the corpse tightly in his arms. His body was half-hanging dangerously in the air, looking precarious.

His slender arms were tense, veins bursting from overstretched muscles.

All the anchors focused their eyes on him, subconsciously holding their breath, and their heartstrings tightened.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath, lowered his head, and glanced at the lowest position. He then gathered all his strength and dragged the corpse to the back of the chair beside him.

He seemed to have used some prop.

The corpse dressed as a puppet was firmly attached to the back of one of the chairs.

And below the corpse, directly opposite the chair, just across the aisle from Wen Ya, a smiling puppet was sitting on top of the chair.

Wen Ya took a breath.

She understood what this guy wanted to do!

This was a level C prop "adhesive". Each anchor could only purchase it once. It could firmly stick any object to a certain surface. The time limit was 30 seconds. It was often used as a control prop on some kind of monster to fix them in place, making it impossible to continue hunting down the anchor.

She didn't expect…the other party would use it like this!

Now the roller coaster was climbing, and when it reached the top, it would fall vertically rapidly. At that time, the prop would fail, and the body that was originally glued to the back of the chair would hit the puppet at a very high speed!

The young man raised his amber eyes; his gaze was extremely focused. His eyes fixed on Wen Ya deeply, and he smiled at her.

In the howling wind, his voice was clear, even carrying a soft smile:

"Remember to hold me later."

The next second, the roller coaster rose to the top.

After a brief, almost scalp-numbing pause, the entire roller coaster's body tilted suddenly and fell straight into the abyss!!

"Aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh——!"

The fierce wind shredded the cry that broke through the throat subconsciously. The strong gravity crushed the human chest cavity, the rapid fall brought a strong sense of weightlessness, and the adrenaline soared in the body, abruptly pushing people to the borderline of death.

Under this sudden change of gravity, the young man's body suddenly hung upside down, and the whole person fell toward the abyss!

At that moment, Wen Ya felt her heart firmly lift into her throat. She almost had no time to think or recall; there was no thought in her blank mind, and all her actions were based on instinct!

A prop was activated.

A rope came out of nowhere, circled around the chair, and reached toward Wen Jianyan very purposefully.

Wen Ya's heart was beating wildly, and layers of cold sweat broke out on her body. Under the pressure of strong gravity, she poked her head out of the safety device with difficulty. Her ears were full of whistling wind and she looked toward the back of the chair under a pressure that could almost broke her neck bone—

Wen Jianyan was hanging from the end of the rope, holding the end of the rope tightly with his slender palms, hanging on its end like a kite, precarious.

The strong wind messed up his hair, and he was like a soft flag fluttering violently.

The young man raised his head and looked in this direction. Across the chaos, distance, wind, screams, shaking, and dizziness, those amber eyes were extremely clear.

He smiled and moved his lips:

Thank you.

For no reason, Wen Ya felt as if her heart had been twisted viciously as if someone had punched her hard in the chest. She didn't know if it was because of being crushed by the wind, but she was a little out of breath for a while.

It was just a short moment of distraction, and the 30-second limit of the adhesive was over.

The prop lost its effect.

In the next second, the heavy corpse separated from the glued back of the chair, and under the acceleration of strong gravity, it slammed straight toward the puppet at the bottom!

"Crack!"

The puppet on the seat was hit hard by the violent impact; sawdust flew wildly, limbs were broken, and the whole thing scattered!

The scarlet blood and the fragments of internal organs immediately splashed, like an extremely cruel rain of blood!

No one broke the puppet.

The real murderer was the roller coaster falling at a fast speed. Its speed was too fast, causing the puppet to hit the corpse that was not fixed, and then both sides become pieces together.

Now, it didn't matter whether the corpse would be judged as a "passenger" or the puppet would be judged as a "passenger".

The quantity was reduced by two.

The number of people would definitely not be a multiple of 6.

"Aaaaahhhhhhhh—"

The speed of the roller coaster was still accelerating. The wheels rubbed against the track, sparks were flying, and everything was spinning and accelerating. A strong desire to vomit hit the mind of every anchor, and the screams were forced out from the depths of their throats almost uncontrollably.

However, the terrifying, boundless darkness around them was dissipating.

Through the screams, they could vaguely hear the melodious music playing—"Lalalala! Welcome to the Through the Jungle-themed roller coaster! I am your captain, and I will lead you to start a new fantasy journey!"

After an unknown amount of time, the speed of the roller coaster slowly slowed down.

Finally, the train stopped.

"Screech——"

The roller coaster's doors opened automatically, and the safety devices buckled on everyone's shoulders were also automatically released, slowly going up.

All the anchors stumbled off the roller coaster:

"—puke!"

The sounds of vomiting sounded one after another.

"Cough…cough cough cough…"

Wen Jianyan coughed and struggled to get up from the ground.

He felt pain all over his body. Although he was pulled by the rope when the roller coaster fell, he still inevitably hit the ground and chairs around him. Even though he consciously protected his important parts, his body was still bruised and purple from being hit.

His internal organs were overwhelmed.

The place where the rope was bound on the waist was even more painful, which made him grind his teeth. It should not be as simple as bruising; it was estimated that even the skin was worn out.

In his dizzy vision, he saw a pair of feet stop in front of him.

"Hey."

A suppressed female voice sounded above his head.

Wen Jianyan raised his head and looked in the direction of the voice.

Only to see Wen Ya standing in front of him condescendingly, with no expression on her face, but with complex and indistinguishable emotions in her eyes: "Are… are you okay?"

Wen Jianyan smiled, but it hurt his wound, and he grimaced with a wry smile:

"Thank you; it's fine."

"You—"

Wen Ya looked at him in confusion, blankly, almost in disbelief, and opened her mouth, but in the end, she only uttered a chaotic syllable.

She wanted to ask many things, but it was unknown why she didn't know where to start.

At this moment, a suppressed and shocked voice came from not far away:

"Hey, come and see!"

Ball, who was standing at the exit, raised his head, looked at the smooth wall in front of him, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said in a slightly trembling voice:

"The exit…is gone."

"..."

Wen Ya, who remained on the roller coaster, heard the noise not far away. She frowned, turned her head to look at the place where the commotion came from, and asked doubtfully, "What happened? Shouldn't this project be over?"

At this moment, the young man in front of her let out a "hiss" and pulled her back from her contemplation.

Wen Ya turned her head to look.

Only to see the other party half kneeling on the ground as if he wanted to stand up but failed. He raised his eyes a little shyly. His amber eyes below his long and soft eyelashes looked over. Pursing his lips, he seemed a little embarrassed and said in a low voice:

"That… can you give me a hand?"

Wen Ya: "..."

Her eyes flickered, her face was cold, and she stretched out her hand reluctantly, pulling the young man up on the ground. She said stiffly, "If you are injured… just sit down for a while."

"——I'll go and see the situation."

After finishing speaking, she turned around quickly, as if to run away, and fled off the roller coaster.

Wen Jianyan sat down on one of the chairs, narrowed his eyes lazily, stretched his numb wrists, and turned his head, glancing lightly at the place where he just fell.

The slender, spiderweb-like prop had reached the limit of its use and disappeared automatically.

Wen Jianyan looked away, and a smile flickered across his lips.

Naturally, it was impossible for him to pin his own life and death on whether others lent a helping hand.

As early as when he decided on his action strategy, he had already found a way out for himself—as his body started to fall, an invisible spider web spread out, enough to stick him.

However, that didn't mean he couldn't take advantage of his vulnerability.

The Savior Complex was deeply hidden in everyone's heart.

Everyone loves the feeling of being trusted unconditionally. When a person was willing to surrender their life unconditionally, the emotional bond created at that moment couldn't be replicated in any other situation.

The Eternal Day Guild would still be useful in the future.

In this instance, he needed teammates, not enemies.

After the worst impression had been left, no matter how hard one tried, it would be useless and even counterproductive. How to reverse the impression as quickly as possible and bring the relationship closer?

Wen Jianyan lowered his eyes happily.

Of course, let yourself be saved by the other party.

***

Lilith looked at Wen Ya, who was walking toward this side, and went forward nervously: "I just saw that you seemed to be chatting with the anchor who scammed you. What's going on? What happened?"

"Is that guy planning some bad idea again?"

Chuan Ze narrowed his eyes vigilantly.

Wen Ya: "..."

She pursed her lips and rarely didn't respond. Instead, she turned her head and looked in the direction of the door, abruptly changing the subject: "What happened?"

???

Lilith and Chuan Ze looked at each other in surprise.

Wait…why was Wen Ya's attitude a bit strange?

Didn't she hate that guy the most?

The author has something to say:

Lilith and Chuan Ze: ???

Sister? Didn't you tell us to be wary of this liar?!