Chapter 263: The Illusion of Characteristics

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Chapter 263: Chapter 263: The Illusion of Characteristics"Cough cough!" the clown fake-coughed. "Next up is the prize trivia section." "If you answer correctly, in addition to receiving a pink little hat, each visitor who bought the same ticket will also obtain a carefully prepared gift from the amusement park." "But if you answer incorrectly, you must face the amusement park’s punishment game." "What’s the punishment game?" Yan Jiayu immediately asked, "Dressing up as a clown to scare children?" The clown rolled his eyes, huffed and puffed to inflate two balloons and then burst them before saying, "So do you want to answer the question or not?" "No problem," Yan Jiayu cracked her knuckles, "I’ve never lost a buzzer challenge since I was little." The clown let out a strange laugh, then waved his hands, and the large mirror glowed faintly, as all the floating mirror pieces surrounding them lit up; images flashed across them, each depicting scenes from their time after entering the Mirror Tent campsite. A few seconds later, three of the mirror pieces flew in front of the large mirror, turning into three glowing spots. "These are your questions; you may choose any one of them to answer." Yan Jiayu turned to Xu Huo, "Will you do it?" Xu Huo signaled for her to go ahead, and Yan Jiayu rolled up her sleeves and grabbed the one in the middle. Then a balloon squeezed out from the mirror, burst, and a strip of ribbon formed into text fluttered down with the question: "What is the object sold by the rabbit with the serial number five in front of the Mirror Tent, and how many has it sold today?" Yan Jiayu stared at the question for two seconds, let go of her sleeve, then resolutely turned back to Xu Huo, "I don’t know, do you?" S~eaʀᴄh the Novёlƒire.n(e)t website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality. "Bubble blower and kites, not a single one was sold," Xu Huo easily gave the answer. The ribbon transformed into fireworks that burst above their heads, and the small mirror vanished, as the clown reluctantly returned to the large mirror to take out the trivia prize: two pink hats of different shapes and a doll hair clip. Yan Jiayu took them and handed one to Xu Huo, then said, "The hair clip is a lighting accessory." Xu Huo fastened it to her hat and then asked the clown, "If we’d answered incorrectly, would we have to go back to the entrance of the amusement park and buy a ticket again?" "How could the Mirror Tent be so cruel to children!" The clown seemed a bit unhappy, waved them off with a gesture indicating they should leave, while muttering, "I knew I should have made the questions harder..." The large mirror disappeared, and darkness returned to the tent. A doll bear came over to lead them out, babbling, "Go west from here and you’ll reach the Bear Bear Pavilion where the hopscotch game is, but Bear Bear goes to sleep after four in the afternoon. If it’s woken up during sleep time, it gets really unhappy, so better hurry." As they exited the tent, the sky outside was turning dusky, the doll bear looked up, said "It’s going to rain," and shut the tent flap. Then all the stuffed animals outside the tent exploded into fireworks and vanished one by one from the campsite, as even the shops, tents, and signs were suddenly lifted off the ground by appearing balloons. "The campsite is moving," Yan Jiayu said. "We should hurry as well." Xu Huo nodded. The Mirror Tent campsite was originally off the beaten path, and they had to go back the way they came to reach the Bear Bear Pavilion. Since the doll had given a hint, it was best to complete the game at this Game point before four o’clock. Taking advantage of the distraction, they left the campsite at top speed, but they didn’t head directly to Bear Bear Pavilion. Instead, they deliberately walked in the opposite direction. "Follow them." Several players within the camp exchanged glances and dispersed, trailing behind them. Having been trying to recruit a new player, Tang Xiao hesitated for a moment before choosing to follow as well. Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu were fast, running for over ten minutes until they slowed down in a complex jungle area. Xu Huo kept the same direction, while Yan Jiayu veered off course, vanishing into the dense foliage. The four players, not counting Tang Xiao, who followed behind, lost sight of Yan Jiayu in the blink of an eye. The tattooed man leading the group immediately stopped on a tree and scanned the surroundings alertly. The next second, he leaped backward, hurling a spherical object from his hand! Yan Jiayu smashed the flying sphere with her Stone Stick, and colorful bubbles flew out, rapidly enveloping her and continuing to expand! "Capture!" The tattooed man, having jumped down from the tree, shouted back, and the bubbles converged on Yan Jiayu from every direction, lifting her up in the air like a balloon. Although trapped, the tattooed man cautiously retreated, increasing the distance between them. Meanwhile, behind Yan Jiayu, another player armed with a rope appeared; with a heave of the rope’s end, the rope automatically flew towards the person suspended in midair. "Got her!" The player with the Grappling Hook beamed with joy; however, a fine streak of light suddenly blocked his way, cutting the rope in two! "Can you break free?" Kicking away another intercepting player, Xu Huo used Sword Qi to repel the tattooed man and quickly returned to Yan Jiayu’s side. "No problem!" Yan Jiayu tore the bubbles apart with her bare hands and swung her Stone Stick at the Grappling Hook player’s neck. The Grappling Hook player, more concerned with his own safety than his damaged tool, exchanged a glance with the tattooed man, and as they both retreated, they each threw another sphere! But this time, Xu Huo didn’t wait for them to burst; he sliced through the spheres with his sword before they could explode. Yan Jiayu, who had preemptively sidestepped his strike, leaped up to catch a vine hanging from a branch the moment the spheres burst and swung straight towards the Grappling Hook player, landing a blow on his shoulder with her stick! A distinct crack of bone echoed as the Grappling Hook player tumbled through the air, rolled twice in the underbrush, and then quickly disappeared into the trees! Such deft movements made Xu Huo and Yan Jiayu exchange a glance, both realizing something at the same moment: this player wasn’t carrying a small hat. According to the game rules, players couldn’t destroy hats. The hats had protective functions, but once fighting started, there was a risk of damaging them on both sides. The Grappling Hook player’s actions were without hesitation, indicating that he hadn’t placed a small hat on his back. "Then there’s no need to be polite," Xu Huo turned his attention to the tattooed man. The tattooed man glanced at Yan Jiayu, who had chased off, and then back at Xu Huo. After a two-second standoff, he turned and ran behind a tree, shouting in a certain direction, "Go!" As his words were about to end, a thin line shot out from behind the tree, quickly weaving back and forth among the trees. In the blink of an eye, it zigzagged countless times, creating a net-like pattern throughout the woods. The tattooed man stayed on the periphery of the line, moving along with it and sticking his small hats onto it! Xu Huo backed away following the moving line, dodging an attack from another player and then pulling out a lighter. "Click! Click! Click!" With several flicks of the lighter, a few dry trees caught fire, revealing the player hiding behind the tree manipulating the line. Xu Huo used a guitar string to catch the thin line, dragging the person out from behind the tree! Almost simultaneously, this player appeared below the tree. Xu Huo swept his sword toward the player’s throat, but unexpectedly, the strike hit nothing but air. The sensation of cutting through the void made Xu Huo slightly frown and look up, only to find that the person who should have stood before him was now three meters away, and the Crimson Sword had merely sliced through a human-shaped illusion!

Chapter 263: The Illusion of Characteristics

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