The computer on the coffee table was still on. Baili Xin inserted the memory card into the computer and clicked on the recorded video.
As the play button was pressed, an enlarged image of Li Qiuzhi's face appeared on the screen.
Li Qiuzhi adjusted the direction of the lens several times and made sure it was aimed at the bed before turning off the lights and going to sleep.
Nothing changed in the first few hours after darkness fell. As the time got closer to ten o'clock, Li Qiuzhi, who was originally sleeping soundly, suddenly sat up from the bed.
It was clearly the same face, but the feeling Li Qiuzhi gave him now when he sat up was completely different from usual.
It was cold, damp, and had a heavy air of death.
"Li Qiuzhi" stared at the camera in front of him for a full ten seconds before slowly getting off the bed.
He disappeared from the screen for a few seconds, and then his figure squeezed into the picture again and sat at the end of the bed close to the camera.
With his legs casually crossed, "Li Qiuzhi" caressed his body in an ambiguous way, but his eyes were still fixed on the camera. It looked like he was taking a selfie specifically for someone who was about to watch the film.
He combed his hair neatly in front of the camera, walked slowly to the closet to find his suit, and took out the sapphire blue tie from the corner and put it on.
Only after he had dressed himself up did "Li Qiuzhi" chuckle at the camera and utter his first words of the night: "Li Qiuzhi, I've been waiting for our wedding for years."
"We agreed before that we would walk down the aisle together in the romantic sea of flowers."
"You took my betrothal gift, and I waited for you for years. We can finally be together."
"I love you, my dear bride."
"You are mine and only mine. Not even life and death can separate you and me."
"You told me that you liked me, loved me deeply, and wanted to be with me forever. I feel the same way. Even if it's me, I want to be with you."
He stroked his cheek gently and said in a drowning tone: "My love, let's go, our wedding will begin soon."
After saying this, "Li Qiuzhi" stood up from in front of the camera and slowly walked out of the camera.
The time in the upper right corner of the screen stopped at ten o'clock in the evening, when the train stopped at the station.
s419m: No wonder Li Qiuzhi said that everyone he saw in the past year looked like Zhao Ming. He always felt that Zhao Ming was following him and he kept dreaming about him. It turned out that Zhao Ming had been living in Li Qiuzhi's body all this year.
It is a little surprised: I will not let you go even if I die, what a paranoid and strong love.
Blissin: …
Coming out of carriage A-3, Baili Xin heard several footsteps and hurried conversations.
He looked sideways and saw a person standing in front of the A-7 carriage not far away.
The woman and man in their fifties looked around the pale young man in front of them in panic, looking him up and down, their voices tinged with tears: "Lili, where have you been? Dad and I are so worried, you know? I've been looking for you since we got separated in the cherry blossom forest."
The young man looked at the man and woman in front of him expressionlessly. The woman excitedly hugged the young man in her arms, her voice choked with sobs: "My child, wuwuwu, my child, you are my only child. You can't get hurt, otherwise mommy won't be able to survive."
Noticing Baili Xin's probing gaze, the pale young man raised his eyes slightly and glanced at Baili Xin, then withdrew his gaze indifferently. When the man and the woman had cried enough, he gently pushed the two people in front of him away and said lightly: "I'm back, Dad and Mom. Don't worry, I won't leave, even if you chase me away, I won't leave." The woman smiled through her tears, "Silly child, you are my most beloved baby, how could I chase you away? I love you so much that I can't stop. I love you, baby."
The pale young man raised his shoulders slightly when he heard this. He raised his fingers and gently hooked a strand of hair behind his ear, twisting and kneading it. His eyes fluttered and he revealed a bright and strange smile: "I love you too, Mom and Dad. Let's go back."
He pushed the door open and took two steps forward. His steps twisted uncomfortably at first, then returned to normal and he walked into the room steadily.
The woman and the man looked at each other, and the woman asked in a puzzled voice, "Why does Lili's hair-twisting action look so familiar?"
Man: "Now that you mention it, I think he looks familiar. But isn't it the same action to hook the hair? Maybe it's just that his hair has grown longer. Don't worry about it. As long as Lili can be found safely, he can't stand the stimulation now. Let's not ask anything and don't talk too much."
Woman: "Okay, I know this, you don't need to remind me."
With a bang, the door of the carriage closed, blocking out the sound of their conversation.
Baili Xin looked at the door of A-7 thoughtfully for a few seconds before finally returning to his own A-1 compartment...
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In the medium-sized carriage, Li Cangshan and Zhou Guang looked at each other across the table.
The middle-aged woman in the same carriage had already gotten off at Sakura Station and left, and now there were only two of them in the room.
Li Cangshan hesitated for a while, but still asked his question: "Brother Zhou, I saw Chai Li and his family in the carriage just now. Chai Li seemed to be a different person... What happened to you in the cherry blossom forest?"
Zhou Guang rubbed his brows tiredly, picked up the hot coffee and took a sip, "It's not like I've become a different person, I've really become a different person."
"Flying Butterfly Enters the Forest. It was not until the end that I understood what the little girl wanted. She didn't want a heart, she wanted a body."
"It was Chai Li who chose to give up his body. I did nothing in the end. The elder sister returned to his parents using his younger brother's body and felt the true parental love that he had never felt before. His younger brother's soul will remain in this cherry blossom forest forever."
Zhou Guang's eyes were deep. "But the boy's body is about to fail. The heart he replaced later also had problems. That body only has one year to live."
"I'm a lawyer. I've said before that if this were in the real world, I would use legal weapons to send the parents to prison to repent for the rest of their lives." He looked out the window, and the desolate and withered cherry trees were quickly left behind. "But this is not the case. Souls have their own expectations and their own ways of revenge."
"I am not a lawyer now. I am just the Party B trying to meet the needs of Party A. As for what Party A will do later, I have no right to ask."
In the cherry blossom forest that was flying past him, he seemed to see a boy standing alone, waving quietly towards him...
The insatiable Emperor Ga thoroughly demonstrated what a dangerous train is.
The train stopped at Zangshan for two days before returning. On the day of returning to City X, Zhou Guang and Li Cangshan didn't even see the shadow of Baili Xin.
It was not until the next day that Baili Xin was helped down from the train with trembling legs by a satisfied man.
Back in City X, Baili Xin finally couldn't stand the attack of the wild and unruly man anymore, so she called the little black-haired monster over and told it to send them away.
This time the little black-haired monster did not come alone. There were two scarecrows, one black and one white, following it.
Originally, the two scarecrows were jumping around when they first came out, but the moment they saw Emperor Ga, they immediately became cowardly and stood at the farthest diagonal distance of five or six meters, wishing they could fly out of the room.
The black-haired little monster said a few more words of tsundere parting remarks before drawing a black vortex passage in midair: "From here you can return to your original world. Your rewards will be distributed to you after you return to your world. I wish you can complete other games and leave that tower as soon as possible. See you later!"
After bidding farewell to the black-haired little monster, Baili Xin stepped into the vortex...
After a dizzy spell, Baili Xin heard a long-lost familiar voice: Lord Baili Xin, you finally showed up! I've been waiting for you for a long time.
Baili Xin rubbed his temples, which were a little headache due to the compression of time and space, and greeted weakly: Sister Tong, long time no see.
Escape System: It's been a long time. Do you know how long you've been gone? You've been gone for more than half a month. I've been waiting for you at your place these days. Where on earth have you been
Sister Tong, s419m shouted exaggeratedly, "Why do you only care about the host and don't ask me if I am okay? I am so heartbroken."
Escape System: Brother M, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you too, and you are the one I miss the most.
s419m: Tongmei, I miss you, I miss you, I miss you so much!
The dull pain gradually disappeared from his body. Baili Xin felt like his head was about to explode as he listened to the disgusting conversation between the two Tongs. He took a deep breath and saw a card glowing with golden light falling on the table in front of him.
Baili Xin took the card in his hand and examined it. It was a square card that he had never seen before.
It is square, only the size of the palm of a hand, with a round monster silhouette on the front and a few thorns drawn on the back.
Escape System: Ding! Congratulations to player Baili Xin for obtaining the rare item card [Monster Favorability] x1. Using this item card can improve your favorability among monsters, making them give up chasing you or even become your helpers. If you are lucky, this item card can help you clear the dungeon directly.
This prop card is a repeatable prop card, level S, an upgradeable prop, the highest level is level 3, and the current level is level 1.
In lv1 status, the item can be used on one target, the probability of successful use is 50, and the CD of use is 24h.
Escape System: Wow, Lord Bailixin, you got a hidden item card this time, congratulations, that’s great.
Baili Xin held the card and looked at it for a while before throwing it into his backpack. It should be the reward mentioned by the black-haired monster. Sister Tong, are there any other rewards? For example, performance points, mall points, etc.
Escape System: Wait a moment, let me check... Sorry, Lord Baili Xin, there are no other rewards.
Baili Xin couldn't help but tighten his fist:...
No wonder the little black-haired monster had to wait until they left before giving them the mission reward. Turns out there was nothing
Is this because they are afraid that they will see that the reward is too small and will not be able to resist beating it
Escape System: But where did you and Brother M go
s419m told the escape system about their experiences during this period, and the escape system suddenly realized: It turns out that Lord Baili Xin lost the gap in time and space, and I know that place.
That is the product of the failed evolution of the copy, and it has been abandoned by the main brain. Therefore, even if you enter there and complete the task, you will not get any performance points or mall points. To put it simply, this is the official server, and that is the private server. This side does not recognize that copy. However, the difficulty coefficient of that copy is very high. In the main brain's files, the level behind that copy is S+ level. It's great that you can return safely. I have never been separated from you for so long. I really miss you.
As the escape system spoke, his voice became slightly choked up, and it was obvious that he really missed him and s419m.
Baili Xin had just sat down for a while when his private chat window started ringing non-stop. Baili Xin opened the chat interface and found that several people he knew had sent him many private messages frequently in the past few days.
One message came after another, and the message alert sound lasted for more than twenty seconds before stopping.
Although he didn't read the chat content, he immediately realized that something might have happened, otherwise everyone would not contact him at the same time.
The most recent message at the top was sent by Li Cancan to him, and it was sent two minutes ago.
Li Cancan: Mr. Xin, if you see my message after you come back, please contact me immediately.
Baili Xin: I'm back, what happened
Li Cancan's message came back almost immediately, "Great, you're back!" Something happened in the guild, and it's not clear in the private chat. Can you come to the guild office now? Song Yuantian and Sun Ning are also here.
Baili Xin frowned slightly: Okay, I'll go there now.
Without any hesitation, he stood up and walked out of the villa and headed for the Core Fire Guild.
There are guilds in this game hall, and the guilds are divided into different levels.
Among them, the Shentian Guild, as the oldest, largest and most mysterious guild, has always occupied the first place.
The Sand Sea Guild was once the number one guild. However, as the second largest guild, the Fury Guild, split due to internal strife, the Sand Sea Guild won without a fight and jumped from number one to become the second largest guild.
The Fourth Guild naturally became the largest guild.
He had known Song Yuantian for a long time. He was the president of the Sand Sea Guild. Ever since he saved Song Yuantian's lover Hongyue, the relationship between the two guilds had become very close.
Although there was no formal alliance, close friends of the Sand Sea Guild and the Core Fire Guild saw it.
In the last large-scale game "Everyone's War", the Sand Sea Guild put in a lot of effort to help them.
The current leader of the Fury Flame Guild is Sun Ning, but for a period of time, Sun Ning was sidelined and even kicked out of the Fury Flame Guild. As the second largest guild in the game, the former leader of the Fury Flame Guild was Sun Ning's brother. Because his brother unfortunately died in the dungeon, other ambitious people in the Fury Flame Guild quickly occupied the guild.
He and Sun Ning met during the period when Sun Ning was sidelined. They collaborated on two copies at that time, which gave him a more comprehensive understanding of Sun Ning.
Sun Ning was a very smart woman with extraordinary wisdom. After a period of dormancy, she counterattacked again and successfully recaptured the Fury Flame Guild. However, the traitors of the Fury Flame Guild were still a bit cunning and left with half of the resources and people of the Fury Flame Guild, causing the Fury Flame Guild to be less powerful than before and its ranking fell from second to a lower position.
Sometimes he would meet with Song Yuantian, and sometimes he would meet with Sun Ning.
But he had never met Song Yuantian and Sun Ning at the same time. Two influential guilds in the game appeared in his guild at the same time. Something must have happened.
While riding the elevator, Baili Xin opened the management information of the Core Fire Guild. After seeing the list of information clearly, he couldn't help but frown.
The Xinhuo Guild was founded by Zhou Guangxia Chi and others. They created this guild for themselves and later handed it over to themselves. Although he is the president now, it must be said that he is not competent as the president. Almost all the affairs of the guild are handled by the four of them.
The Xinhuo Guild does not advocate expansion or increasing its rankings. The number of guild members has always remained at around 100. Although the performance ranking is not high, it is considered to be making steady progress.
But looking at the member list of the Core Fire Guild today, it had dropped from 120 people when he left to just 100 people.
More than twenty people were lost in half a month. This is very abnormal.
After closing the management interface of the Xinhuo Guild, Baili Xin opened the chat window again.
It didn't take much effort for him to find Sun Ning's private chat window.
Sun Ning didn't have many unread messages to send him, only a few.
Baili opened it and read it carefully.
Sun Ning: Are you there? What are you going to do about this matter of the Shentian Guild
Sun Ning: Not here? Where did you go? If you see the message, please reply as soon as possible. I need to establish information and connection.
Sun Ning: Although I don't know where you went, I will make it short. The Shentian Guild has come down to earth. It has started to snipe other players just like it did to you in the Mermaid Dungeon. The Shentian Guild has now established an alliance system. They are the managers of the alliance. All guilds can only be protected by joining its alliance, otherwise they will be sniped.
Sun Ning: At first, a few guilds refused to obey, but they were soon attacked in the dungeon. The fear of death made the players surrender, and in just a few days, more and more guilds joined the Shentian Guild.
Sun Ning: The Shentian Guild specifically mentioned the name of the Xinhuo Guild, saying that the members of the Xinhuo Guild are the targets of sniping. As long as the members of the Xinhuo Guild go to the dungeon, they will be sniped. I believe that if it were you, you would definitely not sit and wait for death. Now I want to know what you think.
Sun Ning: Get back to me as soon as possible.
When the elevator opened, the clouds in Baili Xin's eyes were so thick that they could not be dispelled.
He strode into the guild. At this time, the Core Fire Guild was no longer as bright and cheerful as before. Although there were still many members gathered in the guild, no one had the mind to train and all looked gloomy and depressed.
Baili Xin greeted the members hastily and walked quickly into the meeting room.
The conference room was already full of people, even Zhou Guang and Li Cangshan who had just returned were there.
The atmosphere in the not-so-cramped room was very stagnant. Baili Xin sat down and got straight to the point: "Sorry, I'm late. I've learned the general situation through the message sent by Sun Ning. What's the current situation of each guild?"
Li Cancan bit her lip. "Five members of the Xinhuo Guild were attacked in the dungeon. After I found out about the situation, I told all members not to enter the dungeon for the time being. Although everyone is panicking, these members were carefully selected by us, so so far, except for a dozen members who couldn't bear the pressure and quit, the rest of the membership is relatively stable."
She paused, "I'm sorry I didn't take good care of the guild while you were gone."
Baili Xin: "No, you have done a good job and stabilized the situation at the critical moment. Thank you for your presence, Cancan."
He looked around, his eyes swept over Zhou Guang, Xia Chi, Song Yuantian, Hong Yue and others at the long table, and finally fell on Sun Ning's face. Before he spoke, Sun Ning quickly said: "I have explained the general situation in the private chat, now I will talk about the situation so far."
"Of the top ten guilds, six have already joined the Shentian Guild Alliance. Shentian Guild is currently trying to win over the guilds in the front first. In addition to coercion, Shentian Guild also uses inducement. The strategy used for the guilds at the bottom is death threats, while the guilds at the top are treated with both soft and hard tactics."
"Since President Song Yuantian has chosen to sit here, I think you have made your position clear. I want to tell you my attitude. I will never join the Shentian Guild Alliance!" Sun Ning's wise eyes suddenly condensed, and her eyes were full of determination. "I have investigated the real cause of my brother's death. My brother was not killed by the Little Overlord because he turned into a monster. Instead, the Little Overlord used some props."
"My brother has always been rigorous and alert. He has been in the dungeon so many times and has never been contaminated and turned into a monster. I have always been suspicious about the fact that the dungeon turned into a monster for no reason. Until not long ago, Xiaobawang participated in the sniping. In order to snipe the players, he showed a rare item. It was a mirror. I don’t know how to activate the mirror yet, but the players who are illuminated by the mirror will quickly turn into monsters in the dungeon."
"That's how the little bully killed my brother!"
"I don't know how my brother offended him, but I must avenge my brother. Even if I, Sun Ning, am the only one left, I will never compromise. One day, I will hold the little bully's head to pay tribute to my brother's soul."
"Baili Xin, I hope to form an alliance with you." Sun Ning looked at Baili Xin, "There are no eternal friends in the world, but I selfishly regard you as a friend I can trust. But friendship is not important on the battlefield, only winning or losing. Friends aside, we have common interests and goals, and we also have the same enemies—Shentian Guild and Little Overlord. I need your answer."
Baili Xin and Sun Ning looked at each other for a few seconds, then looked away and looked at Song Yuantian.
Song Yuantian's overly white face remained expressionless. He hesitated for a few seconds and said, "I think I have made my attitude clear from the moment I walked here."
"I don't think the Shentian Guild suddenly took action because of Baili Xin or the Xinhuo Guild. Even if Baili Xin makes them suffer, those thousand-year-old turtles will at most stick their heads out to bite people, and they will never swim out of their safe holes."
"There must be other reasons that could make them so crazy right now."