"Congratulations on successfully passing [Fairy Tale I - Hameln], the points are being settled for you, please wait."
The woman's voice sounded in her head, and the dazzling light gradually disappeared. Dong Zheng opened his eyes, and the familiar scene was reflected on his retina. On the gray-white table were two copies of the "Instruction Manual for Newcomers in the Pure White Land Realm".
He was sitting at the table, holding a box in his hand, on which he drew a simple and childish pattern with colored crayons. The original blurry drawing became clear after customs clearance, and it was the shape of a frog and a flute.
The lid was half open, and there was only one box of medicine inside.
Dong Zheng took out the medicine box and opened it. There was one pill left. After "eat me" on the instruction manual, a sentence was added: "Where is Alice? It's time to take the medicine."
Lin Hai was sitting on another chair next to him, and there was no blood on his body. The young man stared at the box in Dong Zheng's arms in disbelief, reached out and touched it in disbelief, and said, "Just came out like this?"
To be honest, the difficulty of this box, um... It seems to be similar to the original beginner's guide.
In a daze, it passed.
"Complete the settlement, successfully pass [Hamelen] to get 20 points, defeat Henry to get 20 points, detect the illegal use of abnormal energy, deduct 30 points, your team's existing points are 44 points, get items that can be brought out [Medicine for delusional patients x1].”
As soon as this result came out, both Dong Zheng and Lin Hai were stunned.
"Illegal use of abnormal energy detected? What is that?" Linhai said dumbfounded, "No, why are you deducting so much all of a sudden? Isn't it only 20 for normal customs clearance?"
Dong Zheng frowned, he pressed the prison pattern on his left hand, and shouted, "Cui Zuojing?"
"I'm here." The boy's figure appeared out of thin air, and when he was summoned, he didn't directly focus on the two people in front of him, but looked sideways at the blue and white sky outside the window. His eyes were unclear, but he could still detect it. to a trace of nostalgia.
It was the pure white sky he hadn't seen in years.
Dong Zheng: "The settlement just now shows that we illegally used abnormal power in the box."
"This." Cui Zuojing turned back and looked at the young man in front of him. Dong Zheng had Zhou Zheng's facial features and a handsome outline. He inadvertently showed the temperament of a superior. His pale lips were slightly pursed into a straight line, especially that A pair of eyes, dark and sharp, seemed to be able to see through everything.
I don't think he would be an ordinary person in the real world.
"I took back a soul fragment, maybe it was noticed."
The light cloud in Cui Zuojing's tone successfully made the two frown deeper, Linhai was confused, the whole plot development of the box made him stunned, but this did not prevent him from having a big fire: "What shards? Our points have been deducted by a full 30 points, and the points for this whole trip to clear the customs are only 20!"
Cui Zuojing immediately said with kindness: "That must be taken back. If it causes trouble to you, I apologize."
Then he changed the subject: "But don't forget, if it wasn't for me, you would all have to die in that simple and terrifying low-level box, but I saved you twice."
Dong Linhai choked, and he said the angry words just now without thinking. In fact, he knew very well that if it wasn't for Cui Zuojing, he and Dong Zheng would have been cold.
Dong Linhai said "I'm sorry, but he stopped talking. He is not the kind of unreasonable leader. He finally whispered, "I'm sorry, I didn't say anything."
"Let's not talk about the points, but can you explain what soul fragments are? You should have seen it too, we have only come here not long ago, this is the first official box we have experienced, and there are many more Unclear things."
Cui Zuojing's attitude towards the training object that he can barely make his eyeballs is slightly better, except when he just signed the blood contract, this person wants to order himself as the master, the rest of the time his performance is very impressive to Cui Zuojing Zuo Jing is satisfied.
The teenager stretched out his right hand and showed the man his wrist, a pale green pattern faintly lit up.
"The Pied Piper in that box is not an ordinary NPC. The NPCs and monsters in the normal box are made of dead people, but he is different. He is a piece of the soul of a friend of mine, or in other words, it is His lost 'goodwill' long ago."
Many doubts in the box have been explained, and Dong Zheng probably understood: "So he said that I have a familiar feeling because you became my prisoner?"
Cui Zuojing: "Yes, of course, he finally recognized me, so I took this fragment away with a little method."
Dong Zheng: "Do you want to give that friend back to you? I remember you called him Fu Zhe."
Cui Zuojing hummed.
Dong Zheng nodded, and then threw another question: "When I used [Cronos' Fingerprint], why wasn't the time the Pied Piper was restrained as in the description? It was about the eighth second. , he was in front of me in an instant."
This guy... how come he's all asking so on-point
To be honest, Cui Zuojing didn't want to answer this question. The time prisoner's identity has not yet been known to others, at least not now.
Like Cui Zuojing, Fu Zhe was also selected by the elements of this world and controlled the power of space. Although he became a prisoner of space because of the queen's curse, the Pied Piper was just a fragment of his soul, but a mere god of time. Fingerprints were simply not enough to trap him.
"That can't be said yet."
Dong Linhai asked, "Why?"
Cui Zuojing has a good impression of Dong Zheng, but it does not mean that he will treat Dong Linhai well because of this. Until now, the performance of this young man has been terrible in his eyes. It's fine if the brain is not so good, there are still so many words, the first reaction to ask his brother for help when he encounters something, and those who don't know think he is a three-year-old child.
He rudely said: "Do you know what the core of the Cthulhu mythology is? The more you know, the crazier you are, and the less you know, the more stable you are. The same applies here, you are far from being exposed to these things. At times, if you want to make yourself feel better, don’t ask too much.”
Lin Hai was stubbornly beaten by Cui Zuojing, and fell to his knees with anger, but in front of the gap in strength between the two, he could only shut up no matter how unconvinced he was.
Seeing Cui Zuojing like this, Dong Zheng became more and more certain that this young man would never be ordinary. Ever since he knew him, Dong Zheng had never seen any warmth in Cui Zuojing's eyes, even when he recovered the old friend's soul fragments, the pair of bright His eyes were cold, and there was only a broken depression left.
Would a normal person kick an old friend away without hesitation
"Linhai and I will improve ourselves as soon as possible. I can feel that you have a lot of stories about you. It's normal to be vigilant when you just met, but in any case, I hope we can have a day of real honesty."
Dong Zheng covered the box and put it on his seat, stared into Cui Zuojing's eyes, and said with the most sincere attitude: "There is a relationship between the prisoner contract and the blood contract, and it is estimated that we still need to get along for a long time. It's urgent, I haven't been able to get to know him formally, but now I have a chance."
Dong Zheng's good attitude made Cui Zuojing very useful. There were only two chairs in the room. The young man removed the water glass and sat down directly on the coffee table, saying, "Well, you come first."
"Dong Zheng, 26 years old, working in the family business in the real world, died in a car accident three days ago."
The world's top 10 dual-degree masters in finance and management, the identity of young entrepreneurs is definitely a capital in the real world, but here, there is no use at all.
Dong Zheng is very self-aware.
"Dong Linhai, 18 next month, just finished the college entrance examination, and died with him." Speaking of his own death, Linhai moved uncomfortably, "I am a sports student, my physical fitness is relatively good, at least better than Hello bro."
Two rich kids.
Cui Zuojing nodded clearly, no wonder Dong Zheng has the temperament of a superior, while Dong Linhai feels pampered and grown up.
"Cui Zuojing, the prisoner's name is Arabidopsis thaliana, his age is... 16 years old, I can't tell you what I experienced in the pure white world for the time being, but just remember one thing, I am much stronger than you think. With my help , you can definitely live here for a long time, at least not die on some stupid things like most newcomers."
There will never be help for no reason. Dong Zheng noticed the sound of Cui Zuojing's words: "What are your conditions?"
Talking to a smart person is comfortable, Cui Zuojing said rudely: "Don't rely on the existence of the blood pact to call me, don't use those three absolute orders without my knowledge, and don't easily hurt yourself. I'm afraid of pain, pain will make me feel bad, and if I go crazy, I'm afraid of myself."
This is not a difficult condition to achieve, Dong Zheng immediately agreed: "Yes, what else is left?"
"No, you can ask me any questions at any time. As long as I know, I will say whatever I can."
"Now there is a most important question." Dong Zheng took out his mobile phone from the drawer and opened the APP with an all-white icon on the desktop. This appeared on his mobile phone automatically when he came to the pure white world.
He studied it, and it included many functions needed here, including basic information, online trading platform and intelligence center, etc.
Dong Zheng clicked on the basic information and handed the phone to Cui Zuojing: "Right now, the Linhai team and I only have 44 points, and the night of clearing will come in five days. If we don't have 60 points before then, we two One of them will be cleared."
Cui Zuojing glanced at the team information on the screen, then looked at the date in the upper right corner, April 3, it was indeed time for the bloody night to come.
In the pure white world, it is not necessary to survive as long as you successfully pass the box. Points are definitely one of the most important things. For every day spent in the pure white world, a point will be deducted. Buying various things from the store also requires points as currency, and the 8th of each month is the night of clearing, when all people with less than 30 points will be deducted. was "cleared".
The most extensive way to earn points is to clear boxes and trade items. After Dong Zheng and Linhai completed the novice box, they only had 40, and it took 3 points for each person to survive. Going down, I didn't expect that the points earned were deducted and there were only 10 points left.
"It's easy to handle, isn't it just points, just go through another box." Cui Zuojing returned the phone to Dong Zheng, with a look of "I thought it was a big deal", and said easily, "You guys Let's take a rest for two days, and when you have enough energy, go and earn some points back."
After speaking, the young man stopped looking at the reaction of the two, stood up straight, walked to the window, stretched out his hand and pushed open the narrow window of the Tongzilou, looking at the city's high and low pavilions, the vein-like roads, and far away. That completely pure white area.
There is a circus there, the endless train passes by the door of the tent every day, and the smiling clown is responsible for welcoming the people who come here for the first time and guiding them to live in this afterlife world.
In the distance, there is a connection between the sky and the giant tree. The winding train tracks pass through the clouds. Whales are born from the afterglow of 10,000 lightning bolts. Flowers and fires give birth to endless snow fields in tears.
Farther away, Kether dominates the information superhighway, the entrance to the dream is already distorted in the roar of the steam engine, the sea fog fills everything and hides everything, the entropy flows against the current, and the queen's palace stands in the back garden of the gods forever.
This is the pure white world he is familiar with.
——Volume 1 Hameln [End]——
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