There was a slight breeze at first, but it miraculously became quiet the moment the Camellia Princess opened her mouth. The fallen leaves that were caught in the air lost their support and fell back to the ground with a rustling sound.
Sur took out his tablet and prepared to record a sound and play it on a loop to save himself a lot of trouble.
Princess Camellia stopped him in time and quickly changed the subject: "Aren't you curious why the game didn't give you a choice after you passed the inevitable death stage?"
"Not curious."
Su Er was not moved at all. He had his own persistence and was obsessed with how to become a host.
Seeing that he refused to listen, Princess Camellia's expression became stiff and she disappeared without a word.
"Forget it. It's not good to push too hard." Ji Heng shook his head.
Princess Camellia, hiding in the shadows, felt a subtle touch of emotion. Soon, she heard the other party continue, "Buy information from the Smiling Face Merchant later; it's much more trustworthy."
Soul nodded thoughtfully and got on his bike.
A series of tracks were left on the muddy ground. Princess Camellia stared at them for a moment and felt that the wheels were actually running over her heart petals.
It's not too far from the library and museum.
As they passed the library, one floor of the building was lit. Suer vaguely saw a figure wandering through the reading room. The figure, sensing something, drifted to the window, gazing at the two men on their nighttime bicycle tour.
"Where is my lover's return? I'm leaving you in the Jade Tower." Su Er seemed to understand the sentiments of the ancients and shook his head, saying, "It's really sad."
Ji Heng had no choice but to correct him: "Feng Peng and I don't have much to do with each other."
Su Er blinked and said, "If you stay, we can 'rekindle our past relationship'."
The corners of Ji Heng's mouth curved slightly. The host's words had some effect. He was indirectly reminding himself of the troubles he would encounter if he became an indigenous person again.
Without waiting for the expected reaction, Su Er coughed lightly and said, "If I choose to stay in the dungeon world, Feng Peng will think that you are still obsessed with your feelings for him and will abandon me for this."
He slowly fabricated the future: "Besides, Feng Peng is a ghost, under the jurisdiction of the Ghost King. You become the key to the central plan. If you can't kill him, you can only endure it, of course..."
At this point, Su Er deliberately dragged out his tone: "You can also confess and explain that everything was done to get through, but I'm afraid you will not be able to live in peace for the rest of your life."
Ji Heng helped to summarize the central idea succinctly: "You don't want me to stay."
The tone is very firm.
Soul nodded in acknowledgement.
Ji Heng: "Why?"
"Of course it's because..." His brows furrowed, and when he realized he couldn't find a reason, Su Er said in a deep voice, "Anyway, I'm doing this for your own good."
After he finished speaking, he pedaled harder and in a few breaths he was ten meters away.
Ji Heng, who was left behind, was slightly stunned and laughed helplessly.
The city museum has a lot of hype and is listed as a must-see tourist attraction. However, there are not many tourists visiting it every year, and it is mainly visited by students organized by schools on daily basis.
Zhu Yu and the others were waiting across the street, with no intention of going in for the time being. Xu Yangyang was the first to see them and waved. When Su Er approached, he whispered, "Do you want to call?"
Before leaving, the man asked for a phone call, but only Suer had the contact information.
Sur looked around, including the high ground in the distance.
Zhu Yu saw what he was thinking and said directly: "There is no one else nearby."
Hearing this, Su Er felt a headache. The possibility that Li Shuo was in trouble suddenly increased. Social order hadn't completely collapsed yet. The first day of the disaster was actually when the government's credibility was at its highest. The old Taoist priest had been labeled a dangerous person. If he had been discovered, there was no reason not to make arrangements on the periphery.Youfei novel
With a light sigh, his gaze finally fell on the museum's gate. Su Er's face was cold and he said, "It's empty outside, there must be something fishy going on."
Xu Yangyang frowned: "That's called..."
"Li Shuo."
Xu Yangyang: "Once he's infected, it's like a tiger's den and a dragon's den."
Maybe a trap has already been set and is waiting for them.
Zhu Yu smiled grimly: "Why not burn it all down? Let the conspiracy and the detector hidden inside be destroyed in the sea of fire."
Xu Yangyang couldn't help but shudder when he heard this. This woman was really cruel! He had never thought there would be such a simple and violent way to break the deadlock.
Jia Kanhua, who had rarely expressed his opinions, said, "I agree."
As for whether innocent people would be implicated, he did not consider it. After playing the game for a long time, even the most harmless-looking people would have their minds twisted to some extent, or even become perverted.
Zhu Yu looked at Su Er: "What about you?"
Su Er was looking at his tablet and looked up when he heard this: "This museum has an online tour, and there are no detectors in the exhibits."
"That's normal. That period of history has been deliberately obliterated and cannot be publicly displayed."
"Back in the library, Ji Heng and I discovered the freezer in the underground secret room," Su Er said slowly, "We can't rule out the possibility that the same thing could happen here."
If they burn it rashly and destroy the mechanism, how can they get through the ground and find the detector?
After weighing the pros and cons, Zhu Yu temporarily gave up the idea of setting fire and instead emphasized, "It's too dangerous to just charge in. We might all be wiped out."
Everyone was thinking of countermeasures, including Sur, but unfortunately he couldn't think of a good solution for the time being.
Xu Yangyang suddenly had an idea: "Let your clay figurine explore the way first?"
Soul shook his head: "It doesn't fit."
Putting it in the pocket can provide a cover. Once Li Shuo becomes a parasite, it means that there are many insect eggs hidden in the museum. After the clay figure with peach blossoms merged into it goes in, there will probably be nothing left.
Xu Yangyang is good at reading people's eyes, and once she is sure that they are not lying, she will no longer force them.
The tablet screen suddenly lit up, and Li Shuo sent a message asking where he was.
[Almost there.]
After replying these three words, Su Er looked up and looked forward, making up his mind: "Divide into two groups, and enter through the front and back doors at the same time."
There was no point in wasting time, and no one expressed any objection. Of the five people, Ji Heng and Su Er were bound to fight Li Shuo after entering, so they formed a separate group, leaving the remaining three in a group.
The other players had to go around to the back, so there was a time difference. Soul planned to go in two minutes later. While waiting, he said, "The clay figure's head is still intact. If we have enough time, we can find a way to check for antibodies."
Ji Heng: "Don't trust the host too much."
At this moment, the Camellia Princess's resentful voice floated over from somewhere: "Be careful with your words."
Su Er was fairly fair in his view of things and whispered, "He wouldn't lie about something like this."
"Telling the truth and setting traps don't conflict." Ji Heng said calmly, "It's like the note from the Green Lotus Sage, saying it can be used in life-or-death situations... but how do we define a desperate situation?"
If the danger you encounter is not desperate, but you still have to rely on the note, silently reciting "Flower Blooms" three times before using it will turn it into a death warrant.
Su Er understood: "The possibility of escaping by thinking for yourself is actually greater."
Ji Heng nodded. "Similarly, there are countless parasites. The possibility of the researcher being infected cannot be ruled out. Going there might be a way to his own death."
In the shadows, the host did not refute.
Just like the options given by the game after players have passed a dead end, the benefits and tips given by the host are often intended to invisibly reduce the chance of survival.
Su Er lamented that the routine was too complicated, and seeing that it was almost time, he stepped into the museum.
The security guards seemed to have left in a hurry. Their batons and shields were not locked. There were several pools of blood in the hall, indicating that there had been a disturbance during the day.
As Soul picked up his baton, his gaze suddenly caught the eye of the skylight overhead. The design on it was quite artistic: a vibrant peacock. What really caught his eye were the peacock's feathers, dotted with false eyes. Wherever he went, those eyes seemed alive, watching his movements.
——The eyes are the windows of the soul.
This sentence suddenly came to my mind.
So far, this clue obtained from deception has been of no use at all. The moment he saw the peacock, Sur connected the two together for no reason.
Ji Heng looked up for a few seconds and stopped him from staring at it for too long: "These fake eyes are not right. If you look at them for too long, you will easily develop hallucinations."
Su Er already felt a strong palpitation, his head was dizzy, and he closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths.
After he felt better, Ji Heng said, "Contact Li Shuo."
The museum was too quiet, and making a phone call would completely expose his current location. Su Er changed the message alert tone to vibrate, then sent a message to Li Shuo and received a reply quickly.
Ji Heng: "How do you say that?"
Soul: "Shall we go to the exhibition hall on the third floor and meet...?"
Ji Heng looked at him, or to be more precise, at the clay figure in his pocket.
There is a lot of white fluff in the museum, and carrying a clay figure will easily make you a target of attack. It just so happens that there is a place where it needs help.
Su Er understood and said, "Go outside the museum and find a way to climb onto the roof."
Ever since entering the museum, the little clay figurine had felt uneasy and took on the job without hesitation.
"By the way," Su Er added after a pause, "After we go up, try to observe through the peacock's false eyes and see if you can find anything."
The little clay figure nodded twice and couldn't wait to leave the museum.
Seeing that he had no backup plan, Ji Heng raised his eyebrows: "Aren't you afraid that the clay man will run away?"
Soul: "The eggs are spreading everywhere. There is no safe place in this world for them."
If you are smart enough, you will know that the only way out is to cooperate with yourself.
"Let's go up." Ji Heng smiled and stopped talking about this topic. He looked around and said, "Zhu Yu and others are checking the first floor."
The two chose to go up the escalator, with Su Er walking in front. "Now that I think about it, even if I hadn't met Li Shuo before, I might have run into him at the museum."
The relevant departments are tracking down the whereabouts of the old Taoist priest. Now that the old Taoist priest has appeared in the museum, those people will definitely come after him.Youfei novel
It's just that the timing was so perfect that several waves of people just collided with each other, it seemed more like the game was secretly pushing everything.
After not hearing a response for a long time, Suer turned around and saw that Ji Heng had a sharp dagger in his hand.
"What's wrong?"
The latter made a gesture to keep quiet, temporarily hid the dagger in his pocket, and looked at both sides vigilantly.
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Skylight.
The little clay figure climbed up successfully, found a place for a fake eye as Suer instructed, and lay on it to peek down.
The museum seemed to be immersed in water, and everything was a little blurry. I don't know if it was because of the color of the pseudo-eye, but the colors inside were slightly distorted when viewed through it.
Just as the clay figure opened its eyes wide to observe further, various mottled colors suddenly appeared in its pupils.
The peacock was alive, its body expanding several feet. It rushed down like lightning and swallowed the two people on the escalator in one gulp. Everything happened in a flash, and it didn't even have time to be surprised.
…
The moment he raised his head, Sur saw a bloody mouth.
This mouth is too big. No matter which direction you run, the possibility of escaping is slim.
"Close your eyes."
The moment Suer took out the stun gun, Ji Heng pulled him behind him.
After hesitating for a moment, Soul put away the props and closed his eyes.
Sticky liquid dripped from the top of his head, and soon blood from all directions sprayed onto his face. He was glad he closed his eyes early enough; any later, it would have gotten into his eyes.
I don't know how long it was before someone wiped my face with their sleeve.
Ji Heng: "Okay."
Su Er quickly wiped it twice before reopening his eyes.
In addition to blood, there was also a fishy and smelly mucus on his body, like saliva, but there were no monster corpses around.
Ji Heng: "It's a peacock."
Su Er was stunned for a moment and looked up. The peacock pattern on the roof was still there, but the feathers were a little messy.
"Alive?"
Ji Heng: "When the witness comes down soon, we'll know the answer by asking him."
Knowing he was referring to the little clay figurine, while waiting, Soul opened his backpack to check if the tablet had any water in it.
The little clay figurine arrived later than expected, with a crumpled plastic bag pinned to its chest.
Su Er frowned: "What kind of look is this?"
"I, I thought you were eaten..." The little clay figurine explained in a panic, "I... I'm in mourning."
In fact, it was mainly because the sad electric shock device was eaten by the monster.
"…"
Rubbing his temples, Su Er went straight to the point: "What did you see up there?"
Just as the little clay figure was about to speak, a sharp scream suddenly came from not far away.
Su Er: "It seems to be Zhu Yu."
Ji Heng said in a deep voice: "Go and take a look."
Having just been ambushed, both of them were extremely cautious, keeping an eye on the peacock picture above their heads while moving towards the source of the sound.