On November 12, the pure white world has entered winter, and everyone dressed in thick clothes came to the station again.
Among the many pilgrims with large and small luggage, they were undoubtedly an outlier, empty-handed and without any luggage.
Dong Zheng distributed the four tickets he bought to everyone, and Cui Zuojing was in his prison space, so that he could exchange one less ticket for one person and save 200 points.
After coming out of the snow bug trail, Fu Zhe told them that he got the exact news that the next tour of the Hell Circus will be at the top of the giant tree, and after losing Allen, their points are just enough for four tickets.
After discussion, everyone decided to leave.
Before leaving, they went to see the proprietress to tell her about Ellen's death and to say goodbye to her.
Dong Zheng didn't even want to recall the scene at that time. Compared to the emotional breakdown and crying, what he couldn't bear was the tears that Huili Kazama had forcibly endured. She invited them to have their last meal with Allen on her wrist. Give her a four-leaf clover bracelet, and wish them a smooth journey on their pilgrimage.
She died in a box three years ago and was chosen by Kether to be a manager, opening a spa in the Xll district.
She has met all kinds of people, and after a brief encounter they disappeared from her world, died in a box, or left the Xll area forever.
Ellen also told her that after the team has obtained enough points, they will go to the next area. She is relieved after a short period of sadness. As long as they leave each other with good memories that are enough to recall a lifetime, it is enough.
Don't need to know each other's ending, parting when they love each other, there is no unpleasant spot, only the best look of each other is left in the memory.
But now Allen is dead.
Dong Zheng didn't tell her what happened to Allen in the end. Saying something would only make her sadder.
Before the car came, everyone went to the platform and was stopped by a huge monster with two heads at the gate.
"Check the ticket."
"Let's go to the top of the giant tree."
The monsters looked at their tickets one by one and tore off the sub-tickets. Their voices were like a dull thunder rolling from the sky: "You should know the rules. If you want to enter the platform, you must pass my test."
Everyone has known for a long time that the closer to the Queen's Palace, the stricter the audit, the ticket is only a chance for them to participate in the test.
Dong Zheng: "We are ready."
The guard hummed with satisfaction, then took out a pair of mahjong from behind and placed it on the small table where he was drinking tea: "Come play mahjong with me. If you win, I will let you go."
Everyone was stunned. For a long time, Dong Linhai asked dumbly, "Mahjong?"
The caretaker has cleaned the table by himself and took the cards out of the box: "Yes, there are not many people who can win in my hand, you have to be careful."
Dong Linhai was speechless: "...you must have been from Sichuan before."
"Who knows, I have long forgotten what happened in my previous life." The monster sat in the dealer's seat, took out a dice from his pocket, opened his eyes as if he had not woken up, and pointed to the remaining three A position: "Come on, don't waste time."
Everyone had to sit, but Wang Que couldn't, so they stood on the sidelines and watched.
Lin Hangzhi whispered, "I can't remember the last time I played mahjong..."
He was very busy with work, and when he got home, he wanted to sleep except to eat, and he had no other entertainment for a long time.
Dong Linhai: "Me too..."
Dong Zheng didn't speak, but his inexperienced card management skills had already explained everything.
Cui Zuojing was watching in the prisoner's space, and the boy sat beside the bed and said, "It's okay, I'm pretty good, I can command you."
Everyone was not very confident. At first, they thought that the test of the guards would require a certain amount of force or strategy to complete.
What an amazing test this is!
After laying out the cards, the guards rolled the dice, and everyone began to take the cards. Dong Zheng showed no expression, but Cui Zuojing felt that he should be a little nervous.
After all, playing mahjong is not something everyone is good at. Since the guards put forward this test, he must be very skilled.
After all the cards were drawn, Lin Hangzhi was stunned. Just when the caretaker who was the dealer wanted the cards, Lin Hangzhi cleared his throat and said, "That..."
The guard's two eyes bigger than the bowl looked at him immediately: "?"
Lin Hangzhi swallowed nervously, took a deep breath, pushed down his row of cards with both hands, and said, "All in all, Tianhu."
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The train stopped at their destination, the top of the giant tree.
Lin Hangzhi held his head over the bag that was knocked out of the door frame when he got into the train, and felt depressed.
There were not many people traveling with them. Dong Zheng first went to apply for a place to live in this area. Cui Zuojing was released and was looking at everything at the station.
After many years, I came here again, and it doesn't seem to have changed much.
After completing the housing application, they went over to take a look, and it was still a house with a roof.
Standing on the rooftop, Dong Linhai remembered that he was entangled in Dong Zheng's deception after the US-Soviet hegemony. Allen ran up to comfort him in the middle of the night. He shook his head and forcibly threw those pictures out of his eyes, telling him not to Indulge in sadness.
It's good that he misses Allen, and everyone is the same, but he must not fall too deep.
Back at Fu Zhe's castle, Lillian had already prepared lunch and was waiting for them. After so long, this girl who was a prisoner of Wang Que has fully adapted to taking care of everyone in the castle, and she has no complaints. .
She was rescued when she was most desperate, and with a life of comfort, what was there to be unsatisfied with
Just arrived at the top of the giant tree, there is no important task for the time being, Cui Zuojing, Victor and Fu Zhe sat together and talked about the hell circus.
"I need to ask the clown about the cancellation of the blood contract. Although Dong Zheng will not die so easily now, we can still have a good cooperation relying on the prisoner link, but I put my life in his hands, after all Nor is it a long-term solution.”
Fu Zhe snorted and said, "I can also feel that one of my soul fragments is in this area, and he gave me a very strong induction. When the time is right, I should be able to infer which box he is in. It's time for your help."
Victor: "Of course, in the snow bug trail, we not only met J, but also suffered from Kether's difficulties. We must get our own power back as soon as possible."
After talking about what Victor remembered, he asked Cui Zuojing: "By the way, Zuo, do you think it's a bit strange that you can finally press the button in the main control room of the Institute of Biochemistry to send a signal?"
Cui Zuojing nodded: "I have experienced so many boxes, but this is the first time I have seen this kind of box that relies on luck to complete the final level. I personally think that this is a test of Kether's ability to navigate, after all, in that box Here, all of us have shown abilities, only Hangzhi, who has always acted like an unawakened ordinary pilgrim."
Victor sighed: "As I thought, by now, the Queen's side should be able to touch everyone's abilities."
Cui Zuojing: "On the bright side, at least there are world rules outside the box, they can't directly attack us, and Kether can't put a lot of unreasonable settings in the box, these are already very friendly to us. ... As for the ability to be figured out? Aren't we familiar with them too?"
Fu Zhe said: "Chang Hui should have no malicious intentions at present, otherwise, with the energy she put into Dong Zheng's body, he could have been killed long ago. Midnight Cat, as the weakest, should not be afraid, the only one to be cautious. It's J and "Worm Mystery", one of them is good at disguise, the other can manipulate people's hearts, if you are not careful, it may be-"
Fu Zhe didn't say any more. He saw Wang Que walking downstairs, holding a huge picture frame in his arms. There was no expression on the little girl's face, only her eyes were filled with unspeakable sadness.
She walked to the living room, nodded to the people who were talking, then walked to the wall opposite the fireplace, looked at the blank part, and asked Fu Zhe, "Can I hang the painting here?"
Fu Zhe: "Please feel free."
Dong Linhai came out of the bathroom and saw Wang Que hanging a picture, so he hurried over to help. He stepped on the chair to adjust the position of the picture frame. Wang Que stood in the distance, making sure it was straight, and nodded, "Okay."
Dong Linhai jumped off the chair and moved the chair back to its original place. Cui Zuojing looked at the painting. In the one-meter-five-by-one-meter picture frame, a young man with red hair and blue eyes was squatting there, reaching out and scratching Wei Wei lightly. Kedo's chin, the white cat lay on the ground, looking up in enjoyment and squinting amber eyes.
Behind them, the fireplace burns quietly, giving everything a warm glow.
No one spoke for a while, Wang Que looked at it carefully for a while, and said, "I can draw pretty well."
"Excellent." Cui Zuojing said softly, he was thinking from the heart, Wang Que's painting did make him feel that Allen was still by their side.
Dong Zheng placed the snow globe in the snow bug track in his bedroom, where he could see it at a glance. He hoped to use this to remind himself not to lose any more companions.
Victor was lying on the sofa, staring at the picture on the wall all day. He licked his paws and was held in his arms by Cui Zuojing who came downstairs. With Fu Zhe, everyone gathered in the living room.
"What I'm going to talk about today, everyone can guess. It's about me, Victor, and Fu Zhe's past." Cui Zuojing said unpleasantly. Seeing that everyone was listening carefully, he suddenly didn't The mind of selling off.
Everyone has been born and died together so many times, what else is there to hide
So he said: "Actually, there is nothing to say. The team that the three of us were in was called the afternoon tea party. You should have heard that the extra information given by the intelligence agent when we first bought the intelligence was about our team. There were five people in our team, and they were the strongest group of pilgrims that year.
"At the last moment of the pilgrimage, we directly confronted the Queen and were selected by the five powers. At the same time, we also suffered the Queen's curse. In the end, only Victor and I went out, Fu Zhe was trapped in the castle, and Luo Wan was wandering in a dream. Nina disappeared.
"And just this spring, knowing that Victor Cat's body is out of time, I brought him back. It was also to rescue my former teammates and remove the curse on his body. He was summoned by Dong Zheng and became his prisoner."
Cui Zuojing paused and said, "Okay, this is the situation. What we have to do is not only to lift the curse on each other, but also to overthrow the queen's rule, because the so-called successful pilgrimage can leave the pure white world. It's a scam from start to finish."
After receiving so much information all at once, except for Dong Zheng, who had known for a long time, everyone else was stunned for a moment. Cui Zuojing nestled on the sofa, took the water that Dong Zheng handed over, took a sip, and said: " Is there anything you want to ask?"