Bizarre Investigation Bureau, Infirmary.
Ning Xu opened her eyes, with blurred vision, she saw Fu Jue sitting on the bedside, holding a knife and focusing on peeling an apple, as serious and silent as a good student in high school.
Fu Jue noticed her awakening, but did not raise his eyes to look at her. He just said in a pronouncement tone: "The investigators who blocked Li with you at the elevator entrance were all dead, and you were the only one who survived. They wanted to censor you, but I stopped them."
Are they all...dead?
Ning Xu felt that she should be sad, but there are only so many sadnesses in people. Her emotions were exhausted when she faced Li who occupied Chang Xu's body and was shocked to the point of death by the divine power. , at this moment, she only felt empty in her heart, with no feelings at all.
After a long silence, she said in a solemn voice: "I don't know. I thought I would never wake up and see you again."
"I know." Fu Jue said, "Let you There are many possibilities for survival. It may be because you have a weak connection with the weird game, or it may be because Li has just come to reality and his control of power is not accurate enough.
"But the headquarters has a strong opinion on me. , some people have begun to doubt me. After you recover from your injuries, I will send you out to deal with strange incidents to avoid direct scrutiny. ”
Ning Xu was silent.
She is a civilian, and all her experience in dealing with weird things is just talk on paper. Going to the place where weird events happen in person is like a sheep entering a tiger's mouth.
But there is no better way. Once she faces scrutiny, no matter what the outcome is, what awaits her will be to be taken into the dark underground fifth floor. It would be better to die outside.
She even felt that instead of waking up and facing this terrible situation, it would be better to be killed by Li directly...
"I want to go to Qijia Village." Ning Xu said.
Fu Jue was slightly stunned. A confused light flashed behind the lens and then disappeared.
He nodded and said: "That is a newly arrived B-level weirdness, and its activity has been greatly reduced not long ago, so the degree of danger is not high."
The real reason was not this, but no one said another word.
In silence, Fu Jue finished peeling the apple, placed it on the bedside, and stood up.
Just as he was about to push the door open, Ning Xu called out coldly: "Lin Jue."
This was a name that had not been called out for a long time, due to certain considerations. , deliberately buried in the dust of history, unknown to most people, and only displayed once or twice as an antique on certain days to commemorate something destined to be forgotten.
Ning Xu said: "Wish me good luck."
Fu Jue paused for a moment, then turned around and smiled a slightly awkward smile that he had not shown for a long time: "I wish you good luck."
......
Xiangcheng Sea Port , Dong Xiwen huddled in the huge wooden box containing red wine on the cargo ship, holding his breath and paying attention to the movements outside.
Nian Fu didn’t know what happened, and suddenly fell ill and died; Bai Yao didn’t know why he went crazy, and accused him of teaming up with Qiss to kill Nian Fu in the copy of "Colosseum".
The moment the wanted order was issued, Dong Xiwen was completely confused. He sprained a foot and scratched a layer of skin before he managed to escape from the Tianping Church base.
Now he just feels that there are too many slots to talk about: Isn’t this script of the bird disappearing and the bow hiding, the rabbit dying and the dog cooking coming too early?
"Brother, be careful, they are coming." The voice of my younger brother Dong Ziwen sounded faintly at the bottom of my mind.
Dong Xiwen's whole body tensed up, and his right hand subconsciously clenched the pistol.
He heard Dong Ziwen's voice an hour ago. At that time, he thought he missed his brother too much and became mentally ill.
Under Dong Ziwen's explanation, he realized that it was Dong Ziwen who used up all his points and life-saving props when he was about to die and attached his soul to the jade pendant.
He had many things to ask Dong Ziwen, but now was not the time to dwell on messy things. He had to admit that, at least in terms of escape and killing, his brother knew much better than he did.
"This is the cargo ship of the Nulvis family in Eagle County. They don't dare to be too unscrupulous. In all likelihood, it is just a formality." Dong Ziwen said.
Dong Xiwen listened to the footsteps getting closer and closer, his face turned bitter: "What if there is still a 1 to 2 chance? And...I didn't look at the almanac when I went out today. If I'm too unlucky, they can do whatever they want What if they found us?"
"Then kill them," Dong Ziwen said, "There are only three of them, it's very simple."
The next second, Dong Xiwen felt himself. His body was out of control, and his soul seemed to be thrown out, and he was able to rise to the ceiling of the cabin to overlook the movements below.
He saw himself pushing open the lid of the wooden box and standing up. The moment the three white-robed believers turned around upon hearing the sound, they strangled one of them by the neck like electricity, twisted it in the opposite direction, and made a "click" sound.
One corpse fell limply to the ground, and the remaining two opened their mouths to scream.
Dong Ziwen approached one person like a ghost, covered that person's mouth, raised the silencer-equipped pistol, pointed it at the other person's heart, and pulled the trigger.
"Bang, bang..." The two newly deceased corpses fell one after another, making a muffled sound like meat being thrown onto the chopping board.
Dong Ziwen hummed a song, dragged up the corpses on the ground, and threw them into the sea, one after another...
Dong Xiwen's soul was floating nearby, witnessing all this, and felt cold for no reason.
He suddenly realized that the world seemed to be different from what he thought since then...
...
Tianxianglou Restaurant , in the private room on the second floor, Qisi and Jin Yusheng sat opposite each other, engrossed in eating.
After researching for a long time and finding that the temple door could not be opened, Qisi went to the restaurant in Sunset Ruins to find Lin Chen who was waiting eagerly, and had a symbolic meal with the latter looking so excited that he almost cried. A few bites of food.
The only dish available in that restaurant was Longjing Shrimp. Qisi decisively broke up with Lin Chen after a few bites and returned to reality.
He took out the two notebooks "How Will Zeiss Die" and "What a Miserable Death" that had already eaten dust from the drawer, and recorded the way he died in the copy of "Colosseum" respectively. And the deaths of Chang Xu and Liu Yuhan.
At this moment, he really felt a meaning called "end", and even felt that there was nothing to regret about dying in the next second.
Of course, he didn't plan to die just yet. He felt uncomfortable when he thought that his death would be equivalent to solving a big problem for the Weird Investigation Bureau.
He lay down for a while longer, took out his cell phone stained with "divine blood", and dialed Jin Yusheng's number: "Jin Yusheng, come out and have a meal together."
"Old Qi, why do you suddenly want to have dinner with me? In the past, you refused to go out even if I invited you three times. Is this a change of gender?" Across the round table, Jin Yusheng stirred the drunken shrimps in the wine cup with chopsticks. With a face full of gossip, "Isn't it because something is wrong...Emotionally? In life? Philosophically?"
Qisi put down his chopsticks and said: "Call Ning Xu, I want to talk to her Say a few words." "We want to meet and talk about this? I can just push her WeChat to you..." Jin Yusheng was talking nonsense and suddenly realized, "Wait a minute! She has a leg, she wants to clear the door, right?"
He looked serious, turned over and hid behind the chair: "Let me explain in advance, the relationship between me and her is purely that of the coerced and the coerced. , even though she suddenly kicked in the door and took me back to the Public Security Bureau for interrogation, I was willing to die to defend the key information about you..."
"I know it has nothing to do with you," Qisi said lightly. , "We just had a few chats last time and we got along very well. We made an appointment to continue chatting next time."
"Lao Qi, don't look at this woman's sweet voice, but she is actually a ruthless character who beats people without blinking an eye..."
"Three, two, one..."
" Stop, stop, stop!" Jin Yusheng quickly took out his phone, clicked on the contact interface, put the phone on the glass turntable and turned it to Qisi's side, "She told me last time that if you come to me, she wants to To contact her, just call this number."
Qisi picked up the phone and pressed the dial button. Jin Yusheng was still chattering beside him: "I feel that the force she belongs to should not be underestimated. Nian's family probably can't beat them... She's trying to recruit you, right? I feel like everything she does is licking blood..."
The call was connected, and Jin Yusheng shut up knowingly. .
The voice that sounded from the opposite side was not Ning Xu's voice, but a deep male voice: "Hello, Si Qi, I am Fu Jue."
All the recognized secrets in the past were officially revealed at this moment , Fu Jue is affiliated with the Weird Investigation Bureau and is the person behind Ning Xu. Even if he withdraws from Kyushu, he is still disconnected from the official power that Kyushu symbolizes.
Qisi walked out of the private room and stood on the empty viewing platform. He smiled and said: "Hello, Fu Jue, I have long admired your name. Chang Xu almost killed me, and I am still thinking about what to say to him. How much mental damage compensation does Jiuzhou ask for? "
He used a joking tone, and Fu Jue replied seriously: "The screen projection venue worth 500,000 points in Sunset Ruins belongs to me. Private account. After this round of campaigning, the ranking of the unnamed guild rose to 97th place. "
"What does the unnamed guild have to do with me?"
"This action is a cooperation between the two major guilds and has nothing to do with individuals."
The meaning is very clear. Since public opinion has elevated Chang Xu's behavior to the level of Jiuzhou Guild's targeting of the unnamed guild, all compensation will also be Directly to the guild level.
Qisi decisively ignored the unpleasant topic and said: "Ning Xu said that you wanted to know something and were willing to exchange the same amount of information with me. How do you understand it?"
"I already know everything I need to know." Fu Jue said, "You sent Liu Yuhan into Kyushu before to try to find out the principle of making the team ring. I can tell you that the key to bridging reality and weirdness is God's Pollution, things soaked in divine blood, and objects entrusted with obsessions can all be used as props."
Qisi snorted: "You are too late to tell me this information. I already know it from a certain evil god. I’m very curious, if divine blood is the key raw material for making props, then gods are undoubtedly consumables for higher-level beings, yet they haven’t become extinct yet?”
Fu Jue said: "After the old gods go, there will be corresponding new gods to take their place. They are the wine cups that hold blood and the dinner plates for feasting on flesh and blood. When they are damaged, the rules will choose new tableware. ”
This should be the information Fu Jue really intends to provide, but the purpose is not just out of friendship.
Qisi sneered: "It seems that becoming a god is not a good thing. If this continues, no one will want to become a god." He paused, "So you don't mean to say, In order to fill the vacancy where no one wants to become a god, you volunteered, sacrificed yourself and put yourself on the throne of God? "
"This is the most ideal situation," Fu Jue said calmly, "What I have to do is break all the tableware of the rules. If I am selected, then I only need to kill myself. "
"You will kill whoever becomes a god, right?"
"Yes."
Chis laughed out loud, laughing so hard that he was out of breath.
He laughed for a while and said: "It's such an arrogant ambition. I don't understand why you told me."
Fu Jue said: "You have mastered the Colosseum, and you have the same power as me. It’s a bargaining chip, that’s all.”
The trump card was revealed, and Chiss praised: “That’s right, it saves me the trouble of going to the Weird Investigation Bureau to inform you.” Isn’t that the information you told me?”
Fu Jue continued: "The second piece of information is that in the real world on May 5, 2034, the final copy will be opened. The location is the Tower of Babel in the Ruins of the Sunset. Once those with the identity card enter the Ruins of the Sunset, they will be automatically taken into the tower. , matching copy."
"Oh? You call the tower behind the World Tree the Tower of Babylon?"
"The third message, Li came to reality with the help of Chang Xu's body, I once left a backhand on Chang Xu, and he can't go back. The irrelevant factors have been eliminated as promised. I look forward to your answer."
"I don't remember that I had anything to do with you before today. Communicate." Qisi narrowed his eyes, "Can I ask who you made the agreement with?"
"Qi, that is, Si Qi."
The call was hung up unilaterally, and Chiss called again, but this time the call did not go through.
"The number you dialed is not available, please check before dialing."
"The number you dialed is not available..."
The busy tone repeated coldly. , bringing about a weird uncanny valley effect in words, the call just now was like a hallucination imagined by a psychotic patient.
The night wind was cold, blowing the hem of his white shirt, and the cold air rushed into the collar. Qisi stood for a while longer, then returned to the private room and returned the phone to Jin Yusheng.
After Jin Yusheng smiled mischievously and asked, "What did you guys talk about?" Qisi smiled and looked into his eyes: "What is your relationship with Ning Xu?"
Jin Yusheng broke into a cold sweat. Came down: "Old Qi, don't attack me with your persecution paranoia. We have been friends through swords and fires for six years... Well, I did have some thoughts when I first met her, but after being attracted by her He was gone after hitting his head with a gun."
Qisi looked at Jin Yusheng's face: "Really?"
"Yes," Jin Yusheng swore. "And people don't like me either. This is not a romance novel or a short movie about Sakura no Mansion. How can there be love and hatred between police officers and criminals..."
Qisi nodded in approval. His statement.
Things were getting more and more confusing. As soon as the old mystery was solved, a more complicated mess came overwhelmingly without waiting for him to react.
The final copy is coming... The Weird Investigation Bureau has already grasped his movements... Qi and Fu definitely don't know what agreement was reached... Li has been excluded...
The Tin Ping Church keeps making small moves. , will be out of his control at any time... The Xiela Guild just became active for a while and then stopped. I don't know what is brewing...
In the palace of thinking, the lush red leaves of the trees are windless, and each wisp belongs to human beings. Hanging on the tree mixed with the monster's soul, indistinguishable from each other.
Chisi knows that these are the only things he can fully trust at the moment.
He must enter the next copy as quickly as possible, just like a gambler walking on a knife's edge eager to turn over the next card, expecting a big card to overturn the current situation. (End of this chapter)