Chapter 123 Weird and Horror (X) Brave RPG (√)
On the plates placed on the table, there were several cockroaches crawling out of the intestines. A handsome little boy covered his mouth after seeing it and did not dare to scream.
At this time, everyone except his mother, including Li Nuo, saw a panel that only he could see pop up in front of his eyes.
But the panel content is the same for everyone.
[The current time lapse has been locked]
[Please read carefully to the end]
[A large number of zombies have appeared in Nerimaba City, and the city government is struggling to resist. The city is now very dangerous, and the government troops have not yet completely broken through on the periphery] [Number of players in
this mission: 18 ]
[Players are equally divided into three areas to complete the prologue]
[In the prologue, attacks on each other are not allowed]
[Remember the following three points:]
[1. Ms. Asahina adopted you as children, she loves you, she has gone crazy]
[2. Everyone The ability is temporarily unavailable, the backpack grid has been sealed, the door is locked, you cannot go out before the task is completed] [3.
Except for special circumstances, don’t be naughty, otherwise you will be punished if you do something wrong, but mom will also She will forgive you and protect you to the death, because she regards you as the most precious treasure, even if something terrible kills her] [
Prologue mission time: 15 minutes]
[Also note: In view of the usual behavior of some players Expression, in order to allow this mission to proceed normally, there is no hidden world view or side missions. Please follow the plot honestly (players please be aware)] The
last one is aimed at me, right... Li Nuo cursed and looked into the restaurant.
There are still people who have not finished reading the panel, so time is at a standstill.
Mother stood behind Li Nuo, smiling, with a strong sense of... loving kindness, which was in great contrast with the large plate of raw intestines and liver on the table in the room.
In the house.
There were three boys and a girl sitting on either side of the long dining table.
Everyone is a player.
[Ready to move, now the prologue "Dead or Eat" begins]
[Task requirements: Meet the requirements for leaving the house]
You can move.
But no one moved.
The children (players) lowered their heads, stared at the food on the table, and fell into a state of "what to do?"
The first thing Li Nuo did was to hold his mother's hand. He squeezed her soft but rough hand and said with a smile: "Mom, mom." "
What's wrong?" His mother looked down at Li Nuo and said with a smile. : "Ah... By the way, I forgot to take your dinner plate."
This sentence is a reminder that at least one player can get out of here.
Li Nuo said, "I'll take it myself."
Mom said, "No, you have to sit at the dining table during meal time."
Li Nuo said, "Okay, can I go to the bathroom?"
Mom said, "No, How can I go to the bathroom during meal time?"
Li Nuo said: "But, my stomach is so full, how can I eat the food made by my mother without defecation? Please, mother, I will be back soon. You also know that I just Naughty ran out. He was so scared that he almost lost his temper. I'm about to..."
Mom said: "Then you go, but you will be back in ten minutes. Everyone is waiting for you..."
Li Nuo said: "Fifteen Minutes."
Mom said, "Twelve minutes."
Li Nuo said, "Deal."
Then he ran out.
The mother turned her head and said to all the children: "Let's eat first."
The player named Wu Di raised his hand: "Mom, I also want to go to the bathroom."
The mother said: "No, there is only one toilet in the house."
She said , while watching Li Nuo walk to the bathroom door, the two of them waved their hands. Li Nuo shouted: "Mom, I'm going!"
Mom said: "Go quickly."
Li Nuo entered the bathroom, closed the door, and held his forehead. : "What conversations did I say..."
He didn't lock the door, just put his ear to the door, and there was no sound of footsteps.
Then he turned his head and saw himself in the mirror.
He is a primary school student, neither fat nor thin, with a popular face. The glasses on the bridge of his nose are as thick as the bottoms of two beer bottles.
Wearing a black short-sleeved shirt and slippers, there is nothing wrong with him from his temperament to his hairstyle to his trousers. He is a typical good boy.
Even Li Nuo wanted to slap him and bully him.
He took off his glasses and found that his vision was blurred, everything he saw was double, and he was highly myopic.
"It's quite true. Myopia is so serious at such a young age. It's more congenital. The stupid system...is mocking me."
In order to pretend to be more like him, he took off his pants and sat on the toilet.
Hunched over and touching his lower lip with his fingers, a storm began to blow in his mind.
"All the windows in the room are boarded up, which obviously limits the player's ability and prevents the player from using force to break out from the beginning." "So
'Mom's' fighting ability should be within the scope of a normal person. I squeezed her hand just now. The meat is not too hard."
He raised his head and looked around.
Then open the task panel again and check again.
Ten seconds later, Li Nuo frowned slightly, smiled and sighed: "I see..."
...
on the other side.
When my mother saw that no one was using their chopsticks, she smiled and asked, "What's wrong? Today's food doesn't taste good?"
No one among the players spoke.
The player named Milo asked: "Mom, I remember...we also ate these yesterday?"
There are two possibilities for his question. "I" feel that today's meal is not right, or "I" forget it. Asking whether you ate this yesterday is a common gossip. Since "Mom loves us", you will answer patiently.
And it ensured that my mother would not become suspicious.
Mom smiled and said: "Yesterday...Dad was cooking."
She suddenly thought of something and said in surprise: "Sorry, Xiaobai, I forgot to make your food, and the children, while Wu Lang is going For the bathroom time, I will add another dish for you, which is called boiled meat. Wulang loves meat the most, and he will be very surprised when he comes back." Mom hummed
a little tune and walked happily to the open kitchen at the other end of the room . , then opened a dog can and handed the dog food to the dog named "Xiaobai" in the room.
Xiaobai smelled it, took a lick, and then started eating comfortably.
"Don't leave. I will punish anyone who goes out to be naughty." Mom said with a kitchen knife.
The four players looked at each other while listening to the sound of chopping meat.
Among the players in the room this time, the two named Wu Di and Milo were the kind of people who were not good at fighting, but had a somewhat broad mind.
The insight value of such players is generally high.
Milo is level 20 and has an insight value of 43. He currently looks like a thin primary school student with medium-long hair.
Wu Di's level is 22, which is a type of all-round balanced growth, with an insight value of 37. The primary school student he plays is only 7 years old, but he looks a little anxious.
Of course, having a high insight value does not mean that they are smart. It may also be that their ability does not support their ability to use force to overcome obstacles, so they can only consider using their brains to think about the problem.
When the two of them saw that Li Nuo could try to get out of the bathroom, they considered that "mom" would not "take action" rashly.
Wu Di pursed his lips and secretly left his seat.
"Who is disobedient?" Mom said suddenly, looking at the mirror that could see the dining table.
Wu Di returned to his seat: "I'm afraid that my impulse will cause bad consequences, let's discuss it first?"
Milo whispered at this time: "Have you ever played the ghost story game?"
"You mean, the prologue mission refers to the ghost story?" Wu Di was confused. Said: "The rules of ghost stories should be given, but the current rules... there are only three, and apart from the fact that backpacks and abilities cannot be used, and that you cannot walk out of here, there are no other restrictions. In other words... all ghost stories need to be given. Two contradictory hints allow you to tell which one is right and which one is wrong. Obviously there is no such thing now."
Milo did not answer, but whispered: "Do you have any ideas?"
He looked at the other two people. , a handsome boy who couldn't be looked at directly, shining like a ray of light into his eyeballs, even dimming the intestines on the table... boy.
He is like Demohan who ran away from the set of "Doraemon", exuding wisdom and perfection all over his body.
So Milo and Wu Di couldn't help but look at him. Wu Di spoke first: "The mirror opposite can reflect the appearance of all players. We can't let go of any clues. The system assigned you such an appearance. Maybe it has a purpose." , friend... I just guessed that the system uses the roles assigned to us to tell us that each person's characteristics have special meaning." At this time,
the dog suddenly sighed...
Chen Shou looked in the mirror and looked at this picture of himself With a handsome face that couldn't be looked at directly, he could only say: "Even though I look like this, I'm not the type to use my brain." "
Okay then." Milo continued helplessly: "The one who played 'Goro' just now Didn't the player of 'run out? He bought us twelve minutes. Mom said that we all have to eat together, so if 'Wuro' doesn't come back, the real difficulty may not have begun." "But only one can go out
. People, on behalf of the system, are telling us that there is one person who can search the room during this gap and find out the key to solving the problem. The rest of us are here waiting for the plot to begin. After 'Wuro' comes back, if he can bring useful information It will be a lot easier once the intelligence comes in." Milo said with a look of embarrassment: "I just don't know...if Wulang can find a way to survive." "...
Maybe Wulang is the most dangerous." Chen Shou suddenly said, Judging from the guy's performance, he basically guessed that Wulang was Li Nuo.
If you ask Chen Shou which boss or Li Nuo is scarier, he may not be able to tell you why.
But if we say, which one creates more unknown terror.
The answer is undoubtedly Li Nuo... Who knows that guy will make some troubles that are difficult to deal with but can be dealt with by him.
Fortunately, Marger shouldn't be here.
Otherwise...
Milo agreed with Chen Shou's words and said: "I understand that Wulang's attempt to find something to break the barrier... will definitely involve danger."
Chen Shouxu looked at it, no... you still don't understand.
The dog sighed again.
Wu Di looked at the dog food and said: "It eats better than us."
"Stop talking nonsense, let's sort out our thoughts." Milo has obviously become the one to organize the topic: "The task gives three tips , First of all, we are the children adopted by Ms. Asahina. She loves us, but she has gone crazy."
Chen Shou said: "It's just a puzzle horror puzzle game... Mom may adopt us as food, she loves our taste , so she is dangerous (already crazy)."
"It is possible." Milo said: "It is also possible that she is just reminding us that she is a dangerous person because love imprisons us, but we must never provoke a madman. "
Wu Di said: "The second reminder, 'Your abilities are temporarily unavailable, and the backpack grid has been sealed', is to tell us that force cannot be used in this level, so the player's original ability may be stronger than 'Mother', but because Imprisoning our abilities just ensures that none of us can beat mom together."
Milo nodded: "I agree, the system does not want us to use force, but it will prevent accidents, so we are reminded... force is useless. The door is closed Locking it may be reminding us that mom has the key."
Chen Shou nodded imitatingly, thinking that something might happen when Li Nuo comes back soon...so, it doesn't matter what he says now.
Milo continued: "The last one, 'If you do something wrong, you will definitely be punished, but your mother will forgive you because she regards you as the most precious treasure'..." He paused and said, "If you do something wrong
, If you do something, you will be punished. In a city full of zombies, what is the most precious treasure?"
Wu Di said: "Food..."
The dog sighed again.
Milo concluded: "Mom is very dangerous. We cannot use force against her or kill her. If we act rashly, we will definitely be punished by our mother. The so-called punishment may be to cut off a piece of meat and put it on the dining table, like these The same as the intestines."
Wu Di was silent for a while, and then said: "The name of the mission is 'die or eat', so... we need to eat to avoid death. In short, the script cannot let us break the situation so quickly and cannot leave the restaurant. You can at least be active in the restaurant, right?"
Milo said: "In the restaurant, there must be many hints, such as time, date, world view, and even 'Mom's' weaknesses, and even the key to open the door." The restaurant was
empty There were no cabinets, and all the furniture had been dismantled and made into wooden boards to seal the windows.
Milo thought that the so-called "die or eat" means eating to avoid death. During the meal, his mother should have mentioned the "key" to get out.
The next step is how to get the key in a short time.
Or...
there is another solution.
There's one player missing here.
Wu Lang (Li Nuo) is the key figure in the whole incident, and it is very likely that another player is somewhere in the house and has another tool to kill Mom completely.
Based on his experience playing some side-scrolling horror games, the prologue won't be too difficult, but it will most likely involve supernatural issues.
The mission must be completed within the fifteen-minute limit, otherwise the mother may start attacking the player.
Even scarier things happen.
For example, real ghosts or zombie-like monsters appear.
"Later...I'll hold mom, and then whoever gets the kitchen knife." Milo looked at everyone.
Wu Di and Chen Shou were speechless.
He set his sights on the fourth player.
A fat and dark little girl, this girl never spoke, but kept looking at those intestines in trance.
Milo sighed and whispered: "Okay, you can help me hold my mother down later."
Chen Shou and Wu Di nodded.
Milo looked at the prompts on the mission panel again, trying to find out if there was anything he hadn't discovered yet... As he looked, he suddenly noticed a somewhat scary place... At this moment, Li Nuo came back
. .
Everyone had their eyes on him, including Milo.
Mainly because he was carrying a big bag and a bag of snacks and came in while eating.
Milo was stunned.
It's only been less than five minutes, and you're using it to find snacks?
At this time, her mother turned around and shouted: "Wulang, get ready to eat!"
Li Nuo smiled and waved: "Okay!"
"Brother!" Milo whispered: "You have twelve minutes in total, and you will be back in five minutes Then you found a bunch of useless things?"
Li Nuo put the bag on the ground, opened it and said, "Ah... I found a watch, nails, glass bottles, lighters, linen, and some replacement clothes."
Mi Luo said: "Is there anything useful..."
"Who says it's useless?" Li Nuo said: "These things can make high-inflammation weapons. We are unarmed primary school students. How can we survive without any technology?" Milo said
. : "Can you think about it now..."
Li Nuo dug out some snacks: "There are many snacks suitable for primary school students, but they seem to have expired. Do you eat them?" "
This is even more useless..."
"This is useless too ?" Li Nuo pointed outside and said, "I found a bikini magazine under a bed."
"Fuck..." Milo covered his forehead, who is he...
Chen Shou suppressed a laugh, and sure enough, Li Nuo It would be unseemly just to come out...
but he was relieved.
At least it shows that Li Nuo has a solution.
"Brother... don't be ridiculous." Wu Di said, "You can get these things after the mission is completed. What you need now is..." "Stop chatting
." At this time, his mother came over and smiled helplessly: "You guys Child...I heard all the reminders about the task...play after dinner." Milo, Wu Di and Chen Shou became nervous.
After dinner... play again... what?
Mom: "And you, Wulang, you said you were going to the bathroom, why did you take it..."
At this moment, Li Nuo took out a nail gun from his bag.
With a bang, it hit my mother on the forehead.
Mom suddenly collapsed to the ground.
Li Nuo looked back at them, and several of them stared at him with big eyes.
[The prologue has been completed, go to the door within 30 seconds]
Li Nuo: "Look, it's only 30 seconds. How can the system give us extra time to search for things."
He walked over and picked up his mother's kitchen knife and kicked the dog. Foot: "Stop pretending."
The others had already walked out of here, and when everyone came to the gate, everyone was sent directly outside as if they were teleported.
It was daytime outside, but the streets were deserted.
The lights on billboards on roadside buildings, business premises and houses were all dimmed.
Desolation permeates the air, and even with the sun shining, it can't hide the weird atmosphere.
[There is still a group of players who have not completed the prologue, please wait here for a moment]
As soon as the sound of the system ended, a protective shield with a ripple pattern appeared in front of them. The shield expanded and became larger, surrounding the area within 20 meters. Separate from the outside world to form a safe area.
Li Nuo breathed a sigh of relief and waved to Milo and Wu Di: "Hello, I hope the cooperation will be pleasant~" "
Ah... Same, I hope the cooperation will be pleasant..." Milo touched the sharp chin that did not belong to him and turned He turned his head and looked at Li Nuo with blank eyes, and asked, "Can you tell me... what's going on?"
Wu Di and Chen Shou also wanted to know.
Milo said: "How can you kill 'Mom' directly with your nail gun?" "
Because Mom is an ordinary person with a combat power of only five. You can feel it when you squeeze her hand just now." Nuo smiled and said, "You don't think this is some rules game, do you?"
No one answered.
Li Nuo pushed up his glasses and smiled "Hey".
Milo and Wu Di felt a chill sweeping through their bodies.
Chen Shou turned his head to the side, thinking it was time to murmur again...
"Are you sure you want to know?" Li Nuo asked.
Milo: "Well, at least I want to know."
Since Li Nuo entered the room and saw the nervous expressions on Milo and Wu Di's faces, he didn't plan to say much. The special feature of this script is that they are adults for the time being. No one can compare to a primary school student.
When players lose their abilities and props, they are no different from ordinary people.
At this time, if there is a hint of fright, the mentality will be greatly fluctuated.
Milo was silent.
Wu Di was confused.
Chen Shou was stunned.
Li Nuo set the task panel to be visible to all members and pointed at three prompts.
[1. Ms. Asahina adopted you as children, she loves you, she is willing to protect you, she has gone crazy] [2. Your
abilities are temporarily unavailable, the backpack grid has been sealed, and the door is locked. Before the mission is completed, you It’s impossible to go out]
[3. Except for special circumstances, don’t be naughty, otherwise you will definitely be punished, but your mother will forgive you because she regards you as the most precious treasure and swears to protect you to the death, even if there are terrible things that will kill you. Kill her]
"Acrostic poem." Li Nuo said, "Remove the content in the middle and read the keywords before and after."
Still silent.
Milo could tell, but he wasn't sure.
Li Nuo had no choice but to read: "Ms. Asahina has gone crazy. There is no way for you to go out except to kill her." "It's
too far-fetched!" Milo said: "I also see that there is a problem with the text, but with the theme of death and eating What does it matter?"
"At least we passed, right?" Li Nuo said: "After all, if I can find the nail gun, it means that the mother can be killed. A certain writer once said: There is a nail gun hanging on the wall of the living room. A shotgun, then this shotgun must shoot out bullets in the end."
"That simple?" Milo was a little doubtful: "Are we...thinking too much?"
"Yes, we have habitual thinking. We must often be deceived by the system." Li Nuo smiled. His smile now hangs on the face of a 7-year-old child. He looks very honest and honest, even a little cute... "That's not right...
we There are six players here, and one didn’t show up..." As Wu Di said, he saw the dog named Xiaobai lying down behind...
Li Nuo said: "Who said players have to play the role of primary school students? He
looked at the dog, and white light seemed to appear on the lenses of his glasses: "Really, Lao Ma."
The dog trembled...
Marjie... turned into a dog...
Li Nuo looked at "De Mushan" again, He smiled and said: "Brother Shou, long time no see."
Chen Shou's beautiful eyebrows trembled: "Yes... you recognized me..."
Li Nuo said: "A person's temperament will not change, Shou Brother, your temperament of wanting people to treat you as a mascot is more conspicuous than the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles among the black chickens." "It's not
such a metaphor, right?" Chen Shou started to complain again.
Li Nuo smiled. With Chen Shou to complain, it would dilute some of the sense of depression and allow the other two players to at least stop being nervous and delaying things.
"Do you all know each other?" Milo asked.
"Ah... we know each other, we came together." Chen Shou said, "But we are both good people."
They looked at the corner, where the fat girl was leaning against the wall with her arms folded across her chest, looking awkward. .
"Do you know this one too?" Milo asked.
Li Nuo took out "Mom's" kitchen knife from his bag and threw it over, and the fat girl caught it naturally.
The fat girl is Cha Bai...
So except for Milo and Wu Di, Li Nuo became a simple and honest elementary school student, Chen Shou became a handsome elementary school boy, Cha Bai became a little black fat girl, and Marjie became Dog...
From this perspective alone, the weirdness of this script has surpassed all previous scripts.
Wu Di breathed a sigh of relief, patted his head and walked to a trash can, then looked inside to see if there was anything there.
Milo went over to hold him back, indicating not to act rashly.
At this time, Cha Bai walked up behind Li Nuo and whispered: "There must be other reasons why you came up to take action, right? The intestines and internal organs on the dining table seem to come from the human body." Li Nuo secretly took the medicine from behind his waist
. He took out a diary from under the elastic band, handed it to Chabai, and said, "The last five pages."
...
This is Asahina's diary:
About a year ago, the zombie virus invaded.
She and her husband have been sheltering at home.
Because her husband used to do canning business, the house has a lot of food in stock. As for the water source, they can drink supplies dropped by the government. They believe that the government will clean up the zombies in the city.
However, time passes day by day.
The Sakura government no longer cares about the survivors in the city, and supplies are running out.
A month ago, the family's food and water sources were gone.
The husband was going to go outside to find some water to drink, but when he came back, he found bruises on his body.
"I didn't encounter any zombies, I think I was knocked down." The husband explained.
Asahina comforted him and killed her husband with her own hands that night.
She was left alone to live, but she still didn't dare to walk out of here.
Until one day, she was completely overwhelmed by fear and loneliness and became a madman.
The madman lost his basic sense of fear, and Asahina even began to hunt zombies passing by his house and store them as food.
Her body felt more and more strange.
At this time, Asahina realized that there might be only a thin line between herself and the zombies.
On that day, five elementary school students and a wild dog came. Asahina took them into her home and played the role of mother in the last moments of her life.
And recorded in the diary: "I am a mother, so I must make sure the children are full, but if they don't eat... I have to consider..." "I want to
protect them and protect them to the death, food."
... ...
Chabai closed the diary.
"If she eats, she will do it. If she doesn't eat, she will do it. She can only do it first." Cha Bai asked, "Is that so?" "I don't know." Li Nuo said, "I'm not sure
. The truth, but it can be determined. If the full picture of this matter is shown, there may be problems with the mentality of the two strange players." "
Why?" Chabai continued.
Li Nuo turned his head and looked at Chen Shou, whose face became tense because of what he heard, and said: "Skinny brother obviously has a mental problem."
Chen Shou: "Please... we are elementary school students now... we have no limits. With such power, how can I not be afraid..."
He sighed and looked at Cha Bai who looked like a chubby girl. Due to her appearance, Chen Shou was not as nervous as he was in "Neil": "Haha~ Long time no see. "
Cha Bai nodded, almost no different from ignoring him.
Li Nuo looked at Chen Shou and asked, "By the way, Deki Shan-kun, what level are you at?"
"16." Chen Shou said.
"Hmm..." Li Nuo hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I'm level 25." "
So you're just doing this for fun!" Chen Shou said with a frown.
"Heh..." Li Nuo pushed up the frame of his glasses and said, "Demoshan, let me tell you something. Shizuka will marry me in the future." "
Brother, can you be more serious..."
At this time, Milo Return with Wu Di.
Milo asked: "If you don't want to tell your real name, do you want to give each other a code name?" "
Okay." Li Nuo smiled and said, "I will compete with Nobita in the field."
Chen Shou: "Then I'd better give out the wooden shirt. Milo
smiled and said, "My name is Milo."
Wu Di hesitated and said, "Ah... just call me Xiao Wu."
Everyone was speechless and just looked at him.
Wu Di was confused: "What's wrong?"
Li Nuo said directly: "Your face... Although you are also a primary school student, it is not against the rules to call you Lao Wu."
Wu Di had to say: "Wu Di!"
Li Nuo: "I can see it. Yes, I can see it."
"Hey! There's something in your words!" Wu Di said: "I'm not that invincible, I'm that Wu Di!" Li
Nuo glared at him with the face of a simple and honest primary school student: "Listen to what you are saying. What?"
Wu Di held his head and said: "Okay, I am invincible! I am invincible!"
Li Nuo: "Okay, okay, I got it."
Milo suddenly discovered something, it seemed that the atmosphere was not as depressing as it was at the beginning.
The way he looked at Li Nuo changed.
This guy...is a bit interesting.
They looked at Chabai.
Cha Bai nodded like a chubby girl: "2B."
Wu Di felt that his thinking was a little short-circuited.
Milo was also stunned and touched his ears, trying to delete the chubby girl's so-called nickname from his mind.
Who are these people...
Finally, they glanced at Marjie, but no one said anything.
It's too awful.
Milo was wondering, what qualities did this player have that caused him to turn into a dog?
[Seller of sphincter]?
Li Nuo thought of the reason, maybe it was because of Marjie's [title].
[The last group of players has been wiped out]
[The remaining players now: 12]
[Main mission: Dragon Quest]
[Mission details: Youth and blood are always the main theme. You young people have descended on this city destroyed by zombies. You You have a mission and fight for justice. Please defeat all bosses and defeat the "evil dragon" in "Hezong Plaza" in Nerimaba City]
[Mission time: 1 hour]
"What the hell..." Li Nuo was shocked: "What does Dragon Quest have to do with zombies? This is so nonsense!"
Chen Shou said: "I'm used to it...it doesn't matter anymore."
Milo took a deep breath: "Yeah...since he is a brave man, he should at least have Some equipment."
[One of the players was right]
Milo was stunned: "Huh?"
[Next, please receive the key props for this script]
Each of their hands lit up, and Marger was the one with the mouth. inside.
After the light faded, a ten-sided die appeared.
[As a group, every time you find and defeat a mini-BOSS guarding the level, each person in the group can throw a dice] [One
to ten on the dice corresponds to the percentage of your ability to recover]
[If you roll the number 10, Then directly restore 100% of the ability]
[Now, you can start rolling the dice as an opportunity to end the prologue] [
Please complete the throwing within one minute]
[I wish you a relaxed and happy journey in the future]
Li Nuoxiao He shouted: "Here are the DND rules?" Then he was
the first to throw the dice to the ground
...