April 23rd, cloudy.
It was already 12 noon when Qisi woke up, and there were only two hours left before the agreed time to enter the instance.
He stayed in bed for a while, washed his face briefly, took the elevator downstairs, left the community through the back door, and walked into the busy streets.
After the morning market ended, two rows of fixed shops were left, and now all the restaurants were busy preparing for lunch.
Chis walked into the breakfast shop he often went to - perhaps it should be called a lunch shop at this time, but he didn't see the familiar proprietress.
In the smoky storefront, a young couple set up a simple grill on the counter near the door, sweating profusely while grilling barbecue skewers.
Seeing Qisi look over, the husband raised the meat skewers in his hand with unknown ingredients and asked: "Brother, do you want to buy skewers? Three skewers for ten yuan, five skewers for fifteen yuan."
Chis has no interest in barbecue. He stood for a while and said, "I remember that this place used to sell egg-filled cakes."
The husband was stunned, but the wife beside him smiled and said, "You mean Sister Wang's egg-filled cakes, right? Sister Wang is going back to her hometown. She has given the shop to us in the past two months."
The husband came to his senses and added: "I don't know when I can come back. If I can't come back, I will. Keep renting to us.”
Zeiss nodded in understanding.
He suddenly remembered that it was such a cloudy day the last time he came here. The landlady seemed to have mentioned to him that she would go back to her hometown in two days to attend the funeral of a friend.
I am too old, and I have seen the death of my peers. Things have harmed their own kind. It is not impossible to stay in my hometown and enjoy my old age without coming back.
Chisi's thoughts spread out endlessly, causing him to feel inexplicably irritable. He didn't know whether it was because he found that his memory was getting worse, or because he didn't like the changes in the familiar environment.
In the past, I was used to the people, objects, and scenery around me, and I always felt that they would always exist well, and they could interact with each other at any time. But one day, I realized that everything will change.
Familiar things will be replaced by unfamiliar things, and familiar people and relationships may suddenly turn into unfamiliar faces.
That undoubtedly means trouble and uncertainty, especially in such gloomy and humid weather, which is really not a good sign.
Qisi approached the counter, took out his mobile phone and scanned the QR code on it for 150 yuan: "Fifty skewers of mutton skewers."
The young couple were originally on the same page. Si's temperament was as gloomy as a ghost, and he was also a little worried. At this moment, he was smiling happily. He quickly grabbed handfuls of mutton skewers from the plastic box behind him and put them on the grill to grill.
Qisi tilted his head and looked at it for a while, then said: "No need to bake the rest, just pack it up for me to take away."
The husband hesitated: "Brother, how can we sell kebabs without grilling them..."
The wife next to him quickly hit him with her elbow, pulled off the plastic bag and stuffed the mutton kebabs inside. , and smiled at Qisi: "Okay, I'll put it in a plastic bag for you! Plastic bags cost one yuan each, but if you buy more, you won't be charged."
Qisi Packing I couldn't hear the clumsy little calculation in the words, took the plastic bag and continued walking along the street.
As soon as I turned the corner, I heard the sound of footsteps, very light and fast, belonging to animals.
A big black dog stood among the garbage piles, digging its paws and mouth into food. After noticing Zis's arrival, it came over wagging its tail.
It has been a long time since Qiss came to feed it, but it seemed to still remember Qiss, looking like it was a happy reunion after a long absence.
I have to say that animals have much better memory than humans in some aspects. It may also be because there are fewer things that can be stored in their minds, so they can properly process the very little information.
Seeing Qisi looking at it in a daze, the black dog awkwardly raised its two front paws, brought them together, and bowed. The confused dog looked longingly at the plastic bag in Qisi's hand.
It opened its mouth wide, its wrinkled tongue hanging from between its teeth, dripping with sticky saliva.
In order to prevent it from jumping over in excitement and throwing the garbage juice everywhere, Qisi directly poured the entire bag of mutton skewers on the ground.
The black dog got the approval and lowered his head to lick the mutton skewers on the ground. At the same time, he did not forget to wag his tail faster and more forcefully as a way of thanking his owner.
Qisi threw the empty plastic bag into the trash can, turned around and walked back to the community along the way he came.
It was already one o'clock in the afternoon when he got home, and there was still an hour before entering the dungeon. He went to the kitchen to grab a pack of instant noodles, threw it into the pot and cooked it, hastily finishing breakfast and lunch.
When he was ready, he lay on the bed, took out his mobile phone and played Happy Match for a while. When the time showed two o'clock, he closed his eyes and entered the weird game.
In the temple-like game space, Qisi slowly opened his eyes, but felt that his hands were heavy, as if he was holding something.
He raised his hand, and after seeing clearly what was in his hand, his eyes narrowed into a narrow line.
This is a smartphone that looks like the one he commonly uses in real life. The second before he entered the weird game, he was playing Happy Games on it...
However, this phone seems to be incompatible with weird games. No matter how Zisi presses it, the screen can only light up for a few seconds and cannot be unlocked.
【Warning! Detected (data deletion) violation loading game... Error! mistake! 】
Blood-colored text crawled all over the system interface, turning into blood-thin lines and spreading across the boundaries.
Qis subconsciously held the Poseidon's scepter, and the golden vine shadow bloomed from behind, intertwined with the blood threads on the system interface, and faded together until they could not be distinguished with the naked eye.
There was no word on the system interface, and the mobile phone in his hand disappeared. There was no evidence to prove what just happened, but Qiss was extremely convinced that what he saw before was not an illusion.
After the special bracelet, he accidentally brought his mobile phone into a weird game again...
What is the principle of this? Is there anything in common between the two?
Lin Chen's voice sounded in my mind: "Brother Qi, you haven't entered the dungeon yet, right? Can you stop entering the dungeon and come to the guild station? There are important things."
Qisi knew that he would not be able to figure out the matter of the bracelet and mobile phone in a short time, so he simply put the questions aside.
He stood up and walked a few steps quickly, pushed open the door of the temple, entered the Ruins of the Sunset, held the emblem in his pocket, and teleported to the Frog Hospital.
There is no figure of Lin Chen in the corridor, only a tiger grass is placed quietly on the floor, and a note is left next to it:
[Brother Qi, "The Ghost" I didn't play any role in the dungeon in the whole process. I took your performance points to become the MVP and get the reward props.
[I already have two summoning props. I can’t use this prop, so I’ll give it back to you. Be more careful during joint operations and take care! 】
Qisi picked up the straw, and the system prompts flashed before his eyes.
[Name: Straw Tiger (consumable)]
[Type: Prop]
[Effect: Summons a tiger that obeys the prop holder and continues to exist , until killed. 】
[Note: A certain evil god became obsessed with making handicrafts when he was extremely bored. He made countless weird animals out of paper and straw and released them into various worlds. Although they are discarded works, they still contain considerable divine power. 】
This is exactly the reward prop that Lin Chen received for successfully clearing the copy of "The Ghost".
He left the props and left, probably because he was afraid that Qisi would refuse to accept the props and insist on giving them back to him.
Qisi put the straw tiger into the props list with peace of mind and returned to the game space.
He did not start matching copies immediately. Instead, he entered the game mall and spent 500 points to buy a [Prop Appearance Modification Coupon] to use on the cursed pendulum.
The scarlet pendulum is still scarlet after the modification, but at first glance no one would think of it as a "red pendulum".
It was more like a throwing weapon like a dart. The black chain on the tail was connected to a black ring, making it easier for the owner to retrieve it after throwing it.
Qisi put the ring equipped with the cursed pendulum on the middle finger of his right hand, and put the white ring from Kyushu on the tail finger of his left hand.
He tilted his head to make sure nothing was left behind before walking to the full-length mirror.
His original face was reflected in the mirror, with scarlet smeared in his pupils, making his face look pale and inhuman.
He stepped into the mirror and let his whole body fall into darkness.
[Randomly generating a dungeon] [Loading dungeon... Loading completed]
...
Yanghua Town, atop the ruins filled with bones, Liu Yuhan Gritting his teeth, he stepped over the piles of ashes and moved his eyes to look around.
The copy of "The Ghost" has been permanently closed and will no longer be put into the game pool for players to be randomly matched or designated to enter.
She had to spend more points to get a chance to enter the ruins of Yanghua Town, where she could only stay for an hour.
She knew that an hour would not help, and she also knew that there was a high probability that she would not be able to find any clues, but she still searched among the ruins almost wishfully.
Maybe? Maybe we can find a few words left by that person? Even if it's just fragments...
Liu Yuhan held the lantern and walked forward step by step. Her trance-like eyes drifted to the upper left corner of her sight, where the words "Evil God Follower" appeared on the system interface.
Previously, she targeted Lin Chen and wanted to report him to the Kyushu Guild and put him on the list of dangerous persons, but at the last moment, he was bound by the contract, which prevented all her thoughts from turning into action.
For the first time, she knew that the scope of the contract was so wide. As long as she did not terminate the contract, she would not be free for a day...
Fortunately, since signing the soul contract, she has cleared the level twenty times. There are six copies.
When the copy of the joint operation is cleared at two o'clock in the afternoon, and there are still seventy-three copies left, she will be free.
Unconsciously, Liu Yuhan walked to a huge mirror.
The mirror stretches across the north and south. Looking far to both sides, you can't see the edge.
The mirror is bright and clear, reflecting the image of the ruins behind it, like a calm lake, giving people the intuition that they can pass through.
Liu Yuhan tentatively stretched out her hand and it penetrated the mirror.
A suction force rose out of thin air, and she staggered into the mirror. The scene around her was turned upside down in an instant.
The intact town stands like an illusion. The wooden buildings on both sides and the dark mansions in the distance are clearly visible, but there is not a single person in sight, only endless nothingness.
This is an empty town, a ghost town.
Liu Yuhan felt chills running down her spine. The cold air seemed to penetrate into her heart and condense into mist, making her feel a sense of confusion.
A gust of wind blew gently at the lantern in my hand. The green candle flame penetrated the thin paper shell, and the green light shone miserably.
Liu Yuhan looked in the direction where the wind was blowing. There was nothing there, but she had an inexplicable intuition and asked cautiously: "Tang Yu, is that you? Are you here?"
< br>There was no response, only the strong wind from the sky, blowing the tiles with a crackling sound, and the lantern in his hand bumping and shaking.
Liu Yuhan grinned and laughed at herself, smiling and tears fell.
[The countdown has ended, and we are about to return to the game space]
The cold electronic sound sounded, and the scene of Yanghua Town collapsed into pieces in front of our eyes. When Liu Yuhan's vision returned to clarity, she had already returned to her study room. in the game space.
Entering the game at this point today, going to Yanghua Town is just a side trip. What she really wants to do is to participate in the joint operation of the Kyushu Guild.
She volunteered after knowing that Qisi would participate in this operation. She wanted to find out what was going on with Lin Chen who had cleared the copy of "The Ghost" alone.
But, will Chis be willing to tell her?
Even if the answer is no, give it a try...
Liu Yuhan raised her hand and wiped her face, put on the white ring issued by the Jiuzhou Guild, and opened a large book with a gold cover on the desk. , let yourself be sucked into it.
【A copy is being generated randomly】
【A copy is loading...Loading is completed】
……
In the marble Colosseum-like game space, Chang Xu sat on the stone platform. He first put the white ring on the little finger of his left hand, then counted the props one by one and put them in the prop column.
In the upper right corner of the sight, an identity card with the main color black hanging high.
On the card, a figure in a black robe embroidered with gold stands solemnly on a high platform, holding an open book in his left hand and a cross pendant in his right hand, as if he is preparing to read something.
[Identity Card: Dark Judge]
[Effect: You can declare a player guilty, and the instance will continue to generate bounties for that player until you die or the identity card is unbound. ;While the sentence is in effect, your existence will continue to be exposed】
This was the identity card he had bound in the previous dungeon, and the effect was quite extreme. After learning about it, the Weird Investigation Bureau strictly prohibited him from using it privately.
This identity card seems to have no other use than being a ticket to the final copy.
But... is it really so?
Chang Xu has experienced the copy of "Hopeless Sea" and knows that Qisi's skills are related to the contract and have the same origin as the puppet master's skills.
So after seeing the cheating post of "Frog Hospital", he was convinced that the massacre player Cheng An described in the post was Qiss.
Qisi had only one skill, and he happened to know Lin Chen. How could there be such a coincidence?
At that time, Chang Xu submitted the above suspicions to the database of the Weird Investigation Bureau, but what he received was the news that they were rejected by the headquarters.
Although he was puzzled, he also knew that the information in the forum was far less reliable than the records on the list stone.
Not long ago, the ranking records clearly pushed Lin Chen to the forefront, and Chang Xu was finally completely sure that Qisi had definitely become a massacre player and was taking advantage of Lin Chen.
As for why Zis’s name does not appear in the records...
Chang Xu has partnered with the "dummy" Zhang Yiyu, so he knows that players who have fallen into ghosts will not be able to get on the list.
Chiss most likely degenerated into a ghost in "Frog Hospital", which is why there is no clearance record left in the copy of "Frog Hospital".
The clues are connected and the logic is perfect. Chang Xu once again made a request to the Weird Investigation Bureau to include Qiss on the supervision list.
However, this time the application still came to nothing.
Chang Xu gradually came to his senses, I am afraid that the Weird Investigation Bureau has been infiltrated, and there is a big shot that he cannot shake protecting Qisi.
He is stuck within the framework of the organization and will never have the chance to rule out Ziss, a dangerous figure.
——He must transcend the rules.
Chang Xu jumped off the stone platform, pushed open the iron door, and walked in.
[Your last live broadcast won unanimous praise from the audience. Congratulations on becoming a rising star in the live broadcast room! 】
【Will the live broadcast continue for this copy? 】
"No. It will not be opened in the future."
[The default settings have been saved for you]
[A copy is being randomly generated]
[The copy is loading... Loading Entry completed】(End of this chapter)