At eleven o'clock in the evening, the snow stopped and the sky and the earth were frozen.
To the west of the memorial hall, a large group of people were standing there. Chen Yang was in the middle of the front row. He was facing Liu Zhi, and they could look into each other's eyes just by raising their eyes slightly.
But it was not him who made the summary, but an older man in the team who was a scholar. He was the kind of person who was well-read and had great conversation skills.
Chen Yang was absent from duty. He asked Guan Xiaoyun about the dismembered body of the female tourist, but she was indeed unaware of it.
Who knew that when renovating a room, body parts would be stuck into the walls and under the floor.
The guards of the experience center are still chasing Guan Xiaoyun. They have to complete their mission and are not in a good mental state. It is impossible for them to take care of her who is also in a bad mental state, so they handed her over to the people in the management office. Her life or death depends on her luck.
Chen Yangqingshuang, life and death are determined by fate, wealth and honor are in the hands of God. This sentence is a kowtow to fate, even if it is insincere.
There was a hand on his back, tapping his spine a few times with the fingertips. His breathing quickened a bit: "I'm not negative."
Chao Jian saw that Chen Yang was telling lies, so he was silent and grabbed the corner of his clothes.
The uncle has finished telling the story of Guan, Cheng and Ye. To be precise, there were two murders and one missing person case.
“I didn’t expect…” Liu Zhi bit his thick gloves and pulled them off. He reached into his pocket with his exposed hands and took out a cigarette case and a lighter. “I really didn’t expect…” He lit a cigarette against the wind and snow, and repeated those words again.
Chen Yang came back to his senses: "Now that the murderer has been found, can the matter be resolved?"
Liu Zhi seemed to be immersed in his own thoughts: "I always thought that the guards of the experience center were made up and fake, but I didn't expect they really existed."
"Captain Liu!" Chen Yang growled.
"Ah?" Liu Zhi seemed to have just reacted. "Okay, let's put this matter aside. Tomorrow is the Tourism Festival. Everyone should go back and go to bed early. Tomorrow will be very busy."
Everyone: “…” Are we going to adjourn the meeting now? Are you kidding them? If you don’t leave any clues, don’t even think about leaving!
A group of people stopped Liu Zhi and shone the flashlight on his face: "What is the black miracle?"
Liu Zhi seemed quite confused: "I don't know."
"We're all neighbors, don't be like this." He raised a large flashlight that was several times brighter, "Let's talk it over."
Everyone was furious and said, "Get lost! Who are you, our neighbor?"
"Everyone, I am from the same generation as some of you. This is the first time you have heard of Black Miracle, and so am I." Liu Zhi said kindly, "If there is a problem, let's solve it together. There will always be a solution. There is strength in numbers, so don't panic."
"I want to beat him to death right now!" Someone in the team was breathing like a cow.
"Be patient, it's not time yet." "It doesn't matter if we wait a little longer." "We are still neighbors with him now, we haven't taken off the disguise." There were a few calmer voices trying to dissuade people.
Chen Yang's eyes were blown shut by the wind. He squinted and walked to Liu Zhi: "Back then, something strange happened in the experience hall and it was sealed. Now it has been reopened by Guan Xiaoyun. What precautions should we take?"
Zhang Qi spoke from behind Chen Yang: "Should we notify the tourists as soon as possible and ask them to leave? And the residents of Sanlian Bridge should all be dispersed!"
"How can the tourism festival be held?" Liu Zhi shouted coldly, his voice lowered, and a strange smile appeared on his lips. "If everyone leaves, how can it be a tourism festival? They can't leave. They have to stay. The more the better. It will be lively and lively."
"If we don't let everyone go, then when the experience center mutates again, won't everyone die?" Zhang Qi shouted, "We don't know the specific situation or what kind of mutation will happen. Shouldn't we be fully prepared?!"
Although those people are NPCs to the tasker, in their world, they are all human beings.
"Alas... Many things cannot be done just because we want to. I can only say that we should try our best to do our job well." Liu Zhi returned to normal, his voice caught in the wind and unclear, "As for the experience center, everyone must keep their mouths shut, and family members cannot tell either. The fewer people who know, the better, so as not to cause unnecessary panic."
"After all, the experience hall has been closed for many years and has long been removed from the list of Sanlianqiao attractions. No one mentions it anymore. There won't necessarily be any trouble during the tourism festival. The black miracle is just a legend. Who knows whether it's true or not?" Liu Zhi murmured.
Liu Zhi's chicken soup came unexpectedly, and it smelled like death: "Nothing has happened now, don't scare yourself, go back and take a hot bath, the sun will rise tomorrow, and it will be a new day."
"The guards have appeared, and you still say nothing happened?" Chen Yang sneered at him.
"Everyone has their own duties and responsibilities. That is not our concern. What we need to do is to maintain public security in the scenic area." Liu Zhi was not angry. He took two puffs of his cigarette and said kindly, "I believe that everyone will work together and will definitely be able to assist other staff members to make the tourism festival a success."
"Hey, Captain Liu, wait, I want to ask you something." When Jiang Jiang approached Captain Liu, he lost his balance and bumped into him, hugging him tightly.
Liu Zhi supported him: "What's the matter?"
"That's right, what time does the tourism festival start tomorrow?" Jiang Jiang reluctantly let go of Liu Zhi.
"Same as last year." Liu Zhi said.
"… "
After Liu Zhi left, everyone looked at Jiang Jiang.
"It's at this time that our large temporary team has some tacit understanding." Jiang Jiang took out a key chain with three keys hanging on it.
Everyone did not delay and they split up to act. One group tried to use various excuses to delay Liu Zhi so that he would discover that his key was missing later, and the rest went to the management office.
The door is closed and there is no staff on duty tonight.
Chen Yang thought this was a good start, but half a minute later he realized that he was overthinking. No, he was thinking the opposite.
The key won't open the door.
Chen Yang pushed the key into the lock again, and the lock made an uncomfortable sound, as if saying, the size seems to be correct, but it is actually not, please |pull it out|.
Jiang Jiang and the people who were gathered nearby said in unison: "It's okay, we still have two."
Those outside were also talking at the same time. Why were you in such a hurry? If this key is not the key to the front door, then it must be the one among the other two.
Chao Jian pinched the back of Chen Yang's neck.
Encouraged by his partner and teammates, Chen Yang grabbed the other two keys and inserted one of them into the keyhole... but still couldn't open it.
The aura around Chen Yang exploded at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"It's okay, brother, it's okay. There's only one last one, and this one will definitely be the winner." Zhang Qi comforted Chen Yang and everyone else.
The air around them became a little agitated, everyone's breathing became unstable, and something seemed to be about to break out.
"Let me try again." Chen Yang wiped the sweat from his palms on his pants. He took a deep breath and tried it one last time carefully.
And then... it didn't open.
Hold.
Chen Yang was about to jump up and kick the door, but Chao Jian carried him aside.
"My goodness... fake... all three keys are fake!" Jiang Jiang's face was red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple. Liu Zhi put the keys in the inner pocket of his coat. He struggled for a long time to get them out. The result? Hmmmmmm
There was a chorus of curses in the team.
"What the hell? They're digging a hole for us!"
"… "
"Hahaha, it's a huge pit. It buried our entire team in one go."
"Fuck, this is the most cunning NPC I have ever encountered!"
"… "
Everybody has a bad expression, who doesn't? In the past, the main NPCs were either eerie and elusive from the start, doing evil blatantly, with the word "troublemaker" written on their foreheads, or they were pretending to be a good person from beginning to end. I won't expose your skin, you don't hurt me, we'll be well with each other, and there will be world peace.
This time the type is really "lively", making fun of them like monkeys.
There was an old man with a circle of kisses tattooed on his neck who was using a brick to break the lock. The "clang, clang, clang" sound was extremely loud and it was really frightening.
Some of the others encouraged him, while others disapproved of this move. Jiang Jiang was one of the latter. He grabbed his companion's arm and stretched his head like a young wife: "Brother, will your smashing affect the tourists?"
Before the old man could say anything, the tasker next to him jumped out and said, "Where did the management office get the tourists?"
"No, didn't you notice? There is a homestay near the management office." Lao Xiao's partner pointed in a direction.
As soon as he finished speaking, an angry roar came out from a window of the B&B: "Who is this? Are you annoying? Are you going to let me sleep? Damn it, don't force me to complain!"
The brother silently stopped what he was doing, and the next moment he couldn't control himself and threw the brick out.
The brick bounced up as soon as it hit the ground and flew far away.
I got tricked by NPCs, threatened and complained by tourists, and the door lock of the management office is so fucking infuriating. I smashed it for a long time but there was no change. A normal lock would have been broken long ago.
The triple blow made the taskers furious to the point of breaking point. For a while, the team was filled with the smell of cigarettes and the crisp sound of snack bags being torn open, mixed with the banging of hammering trees and kicking walls.
Everyone used different methods to relieve their emotions. They knew in their hearts that this mission was different from the previous ones. In the past, there was only one main mission and at most one side mission. But this time, there were missions connected to each other, all of which were main lines, interrelated, restrained and crossed with each other. You are in me, and I am in you.
From the beginning of the mission with a hundred people until now, the special nature of this mission has been strong enough, and no one knows what dangers are waiting for them.
Chen Yang squatted at the foot of the wall, using his suction to keep himself one centimeter away from the edge of madness, but he didn't dare to go too far, let alone completely away. He could only put himself on the line where he could go crazy at any time.
"Back in Laoji Village, you used a piece of wire to open the door lock of the ancestral hall. What about this time?" Chen Yanghong looked at Chao Jian.
"You forgot that I can't participate." Chao Jian said.
The light in Chen Yang's eyes disappeared in an instant.
Chao Jian touched his eyes and said, "Even if I can participate, I can't open the lock. I can only use the key."
Chen Yang closed his eyes in Chao Jian's palm: "Only Liu Zhi has the key, he hid it very well. Tomorrow is the Tourism Festival, and we haven't entered the Experience Hall yet."
He turned his head away from Jian, not letting Chen Yang see the deep gloom between his brows.
Participants who enter this mission are prone to panic and collapse, and their strength will drop significantly from their original level. Comfort will be of no use.
Before Chao Jian could say anything, a cold hand reached into his clothes and muttered, "I thought about it. Since the final mission location is the experience hall, we will definitely be able to get in."
Chao Jian was stunned for a moment and smiled: "Yeah."
He lowered his back and put his head close to his body so that those around him could warm their hands better inside his clothes.
It was almost midnight, and a group of people left the management office, walking slowly in the wind, under the night, and in the alleys.
Chen Yang remembered something he had forgotten. He found Zheng Zhitan in the team and asked, "Where is the idiot?"
"I sent it back a long time ago." Zheng Zhitan said, "I'm dreaming sweet dreams in my own bed right now."
Chen Yang sighed: "Are you okay?"
"Okay." Zheng Zhiqin walked slowly, "I'm used to it."
Chen Yang frowned: "Is separation and death something we can get used to
Zheng Zhitan said without hesitation, "Of course."
Chen Yang pursed his lips: "I can't."
"That's because you had someone named Chao escort you on your second trip. You didn't go through many stops, so there weren't many people around you, and naturally not many people left." Zheng Zhitan teased, "Like me, I also ran away for the second time, but I went through many stops, and there were too many people who left me to count."
"I'm too lazy to see you off for the last time." Zheng Zhiqin put his hands in his pockets, raised his head slightly to look at the night sky, and sighed from his throat.
Chen Yang chatted with Zheng Zhiqin for a while and gained a lot of negative emotions.
He ran fewer stops this time, but his first trip was more. I wonder how many new and old teammates he saw off.
That memory was made of blood, and he hadn't remembered it yet.
When he remembered, there was nothing he could do except find a place to put them.
Chen Yang saw Chao Jian peeling a slice of milk and handing it to him. He opened his mouth and bit into it, then turned his face to Zhang Qi: "Brother Qi, are you coming to my house?"
“No, no.” Zhang Qi stroked his stubble with one hand and waved at him with the other. “I’ll go back to my place. See you tomorrow!”
For a moment, Chen Yang felt that this was a very ordinary end of the show, and they really were neighbors.
All of them were just ordinary people living in Sanlianqiao, and their topics were trivial matters like mortgages, car loans, wives and children.
There are no missions, no deaths, and no ID numbers in their pockets.
Chen Yang wiped his face roughly, and in a few seconds he wiped away the dazed expression on his face. He sighed deeply.
She whispered to Jian, her breath was full of milky scent: "Brother, do you want to do it tonight?"
"Do it." Chen Yang nodded firmly. This was the only way for him to get rid of the pain.
Chao Jian's pursed lips twitched, and he ate a few more milk tablets to replenish his strength.
Someone was passing by with big strides as if he was about to be reborn. Chen Yang brought Chao Jian closer to him to prevent that teammate from touching him.
After doing this, Chen Yang was stunned for a moment. He lowered his head and scratched the tip of his nose.
"This is your possessiveness of me." Chao Jian laughed softly.
"I know!" Chen Yang glanced at him, "Stop laughing."
Chao Jian bargained childishly: "Brother, let me laugh again, I'm so happy. The last time you treated me like this, you were still alive..."
There was no sound above Chen Yang's head, and at the same time, his hands were being handcuffed so hard that they hurt.
"Stop, stop, stop. Tell me, what will happen if we go on strike tomorrow?" Jiang Jiang suddenly ran to the front, jumping up and down with his hands raised. "If we don't go, I wonder what Liu Zhi can do to us!"
This suggestion was immediately criticized by teammates.
"Bullshit, this is our mission, a matter of life and death, do you understand? Do you really think you are the security guard here?"
"If this were a job, I would quit, not to mention strike. I would quit without a job, in a minute."
"No, no, no, if this is a job, I will never go on strike, let alone resign. I will work hard, actively give back to society, sacrifice my small self for the greater good."
"… "
Jiang Jiang slipped away with an embarrassed look on his face. He really thought he was a security guard... He was too immersed in the role and couldn't pull himself out.
It’s not like this when I do missions normally, but this time I integrated into the game and even developed feelings for the NPCs.
The main reason is that his parents divorced many years ago and have their own families. He studies and works in other places. This year he will go to his mother's house for the New Year, and next year he will go to his father's house for the New Year. No matter whose house he goes to, he feels like a guest and has no sense of belonging.
And my parents haven't eaten at the same table in these years.
But the rules of this task assigned him the identity of a family of four. His parents have a good relationship, his brothers and sisters have a harmonious relationship, and his family is happy.
It's easy to get stuck on things you want but don't have.
Jiang Jiang ran even faster.
"Jiang Jiang, wait for me!" His companions hurriedly chased after him, "You are running in the wrong direction!"
Chen Yang looked back at the thick night behind him, at the quietly sleeping grass and trees, and the bricks and tiles covered with traces of time. He wondered what would happen to the familiar and unfamiliar faces at Sanlian Bridge tomorrow.
The Sanlian Bridge tonight is no different from the previous two nights.
At around two o'clock in the morning, Chen Yang lit a cigarette and sat in front of the window on the inside of the bed with his legs curled up to smoke.
The air conditioning temperature is just right, not too dry nor too cold, making people feel comfortable.
Chen Yang took out the ashtray in his arms, lit it, and flicked the ash into it. He cleared his dry and sore throat and said, "Chao Jian, pour me a glass of water!"
"The water is still boiling." Chao Jian quickly entered the room, "Wait a moment."
"You didn't have a fever last night?" Chen Yang pressed his head, "Why do I remember having a fever?"
Chao Jian didn't say "You remembered it wrongly", he just said: "I've finished drinking it."
"Oh." Chen Yang hooked his finger and smiled like an old gangster, "Come into my brother's arms."
Chao Jian’s face was pitch black.
Chen Yang left the last two puffs of cigarette to Chao Jian. He leaned against the other's broad back and touched his thin but clear abdominal muscles.
Twenty years old, what a good age! Chen Yang sighed: "How does the song go, time is gone and can never come back, the past can only be recalled?"
Chao Jian held the cigarette butt in his mouth and said in a deep voice, "It's off-tune."
"It's not important." Chen Yang said seriously, "As long as the meaning is conveyed."
"Do you want to sleep or not?" Chao Jian looked at him.
"I'm not going to sleep anymore." Chen Yang said, "Go check the water. I think I heard it boiling."
Chao Jian pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray and said, "No more smoking." Then he got out of bed and went to the kitchen.
"Who cares?" Chen Yang snorted with amusement. He crawled to the bed, reached the backpack on the cabinet, and pulled it onto his legs.
Chen Yang opened his backpack, took out "The Relationship between the World and Consciousness in Quantum Theory", and started reading it from the beginning. He could memorize most of the content, and now he was purely looking at emotions and beliefs.
Turning to a page with several words "go home" written on it, Chen Yang read it out loud. He buried his face in the book, smelling the ink and staring blankly.
"What are you doing?" Chao Jian's voice came from the room.
Chen Yang took a deep breath: "I am absorbing energy." He raised his head and drank a sip of water from Chao Jian's hand, "It's warm."
Chao Jian: "Put it on the balcony to dry."
Chen Yang was stunned for a moment: "Sometimes you seem older than me."
"Isn't this normal?" Chao Jian said calmly, "I am bigger than you in many ways."
Chen Yang made a "tsk" sound.
He glanced at Jian and said, "What are you thinking about? I'm talking about hands and feet."
Chen Yang: “…”
"I have a feeling that I can enter the last level this time. It will be almost done." Chen Yang threw the book aside, took out the diary and spread it out, flipping back the pages one by one, and long and short lines came into view.
Not getting a response, Chen Yang's gaze shifted from the diary to Chao Jian's face, and he fell into the deep sea in his eyes.
There is a hazy halo over the sea, and dawn is approaching.
Chen Yang was stunned for a moment before he retracted his gaze and continued to look at the diary. He could sense that Chao Jian, as his partner and person who shared his ID number, could naturally do the same.
But he didn't tell Chao Jian because he was afraid that he would panic.
After Chen Yang finished reading the diary, he reached to the bottom of his backpack and touched the two large diamonds given by the painter. He didn't know if the diamonds would still be there after he returned home. After all, diamonds are different from books. They are not real things in the real world.
If not, it can only be said that they are not destined to be together and are not destined to be a family.
Chen Yang took out a white card from his pocket. His body temperature was still on it. It should be said that it was warm all year round and never cold.
After all, I carry it with me 24 hours a day, even when I sleep.
Chen Yang's fingertips rubbed over his ID number, 0-1-9-. He then flipped through the white card and stared at his face in silence.
Usually Chen Yang kept the white card carefully, fearing that it would be folded or lost. He tried to throw it away in a casual manner. At that moment, he felt unprecedented ease and comfort.
Chao Jian stayed with Chen Yang the whole time, watching him vent.
Chen Yang drank more than half a glass of water, complained about the task rules for a while, and then fell asleep. Chao Jian put away the things that he had messed up.
Chao Jian leaned against the head of the bed and held him in front of him like a child.
Chen Yang sat astride Chao Jian, subconsciously wrapped his legs around his waist, found a comfortable position, and lay in his arms to dream.
There was a bamboo forest in the dream, and Chen Yang was digging spring bamboo shoots.
Chao Jian squatted beside him, frowning: "Brother Yang, what I told you, did you..."
"Why call me Brother Yang? Just call me brother." Chen Yang grabbed a bamboo shoot and knocked off the dirt on it.
Chao Jian pursed her lips: "Brother."
"Be good." Chen Yang touched his black head. "If the NPC wants us to dig spring bamboo shoots, then we should dig them. God will bless good and obedient children."
“Oh…” Chao Jian looked at him eagerly, like a big dog waiting to be fed by his owner.
Chen Yang gave him a milk tablet.
"This brand is too sweet and not tasty." Chao Jian said pickily while eating.
"Then give it back to me." Chen Yang pretended to be angry and stretched out his hand, as if to snatch it back.
Chao Jian tilted his head back: "It's all in my mouth."
The next moment, Chao Jian was held down by the shoulders and pulled forward, the milk tablet in his mouth was swept away, and he stood there in a daze.
Chen Yang ate the milk slice and said leisurely, "It's sweet. Too sweet. I'll try another brand next time."
Chao Jian stood up quickly and said, "I, I'll go somewhere else to dig spring bamboo shoots."
He turned around and walked towards a place, and like a drunk, he bumped into a bamboo after taking a few steps.
Chen Yang laughed heartily in his dream, and in reality he also curled up the corners of his mouth and laughed out loud.
"Did you dream about me?" Chao Jian held the medicine bottle in his left hand to remind himself to control his emotions. He held the person in his arms tightly with his right hand. He smiled bitterly, "You must have dreamed about me, brother. After all, I am your girlfriend."
The person in the sleep murmured: "Chao Jian..."
Chao Jian's heartbeat stopped for a beat, and then started beating wildly the next second, and the sound made his ribs ache.
"You dreamed about me." Chao Jian stroked the curve of Chen Yang's lips, leaned over to taste it, it was sweet, and he closed his slightly red eyes in satisfaction.
Chen Yang was awakened by the sound of gongs and drums. He woke up without moving, looking a little melancholy.
He had dreamed about things before the reset so many times that he could count on one hand, and this was the first time he dreamed about Chao Jian.
Chen Yang raised his eyelids and unconsciously grabbed the chestnut hair in front of him. In his dream, he dyed his hair this color, while Chao Jian's hair was pure black and not dyed.
This is most likely a habit that Chao Jian developed after he fell ill.
Chen Yang felt a pang of sadness.
With his face lifted up, Chen Yang quickly rubbed his eyes with the back of his hand and said hoarsely, "What time is it?"
"Six o'clock." Chao Jian touched the corners of his still slightly wet eyes.
Chen Yang opened the curtains and looked out through the glass window. He didn't know when the small colorful flags and balloons were hung up, and they circled the entire Sanlian Bridge.
The tourism festival has begun.
When Chen Yang went out, he met Miss Qiao. She was still wearing cheongsam and red high-heeled leather shoes. She didn't care about the inconvenience of her luggage.
"Good morning." Miss Qiao was carrying a small bag, looking elegant and relaxed.
Chen Yang smiled and said, "Good morning." He adjusted the red armband on his arm and turned to wait for Chao Jian who was still changing shoes at the entrance.
Miss Qiao left first, and the crisp "tapping" sound echoed in the corridor.
Chen Yang looked at Chao Jian and closed the door: "Sister Qiao didn't talk to you, did she?"
Chao Jian put a baseball cap of the same color on Chen Yang's head: "Why is she talking to me?"
Chen Yang was speechless.
"Everyone has his or her own way of survival. She is smarter than you think, especially when it comes to men. She didn't approach me because of her sense of safety." Chao Jian pushed Chen Yang downstairs.
Chen Yang raised his eyebrows: "Among all my teammates, you only praised Sister Qiao. Earlier you said she was good at fighting, and this time you said she was smart. And I first heard about her addiction from you. You know her well. Before she reset, did you have more than one cooperation?"
Chao Jian did not comment. After a few moments, he paused and pressed his fingers on Chen Yang's shoulders with a trembling sound: "Are you jealous?"
Chen Yang asked curiously, "Why should I be jealous?"
Chao Jian walked past him.
"…" Chen Yang hurriedly chased after him, "I'll eat, I'll eat."
At 6:50, all the taskers wearing red armbands gathered at the second bridge of Sanlian Bridge. Everyone chose to determine the number of people by counting, which was faster.
After the count was reported, the current number of survivors came out: fifty-two.
Everyone faced the wind in silence. Today was their fourth day here, and almost half of their teammates were gone.
The mission is not over yet.
The oldest tasker in the team is Lao Jiang, who is the owner of a soy milk shop. At this moment, only the boss's wife is busy in the shop.
Lao Jiang was originally an ordinary retired worker. The reason he can get to where he is today is because of the word "adaptation". He can adapt to any environment.
"I've left some soy milk and fried dough sticks for you. Come get them from me. Enter through the back door. You can't skip breakfast. Eating breakfast will give you strength..."
Lao Jiang paused, and the last few words were not "work" but "escape".
When it comes to a life-and-death situation, "escape" is the first choice to save your life.
A group of people went to the old soy milk shop in a mighty manner.
Chen Yang and Chao Jian were walking at the end of the team. The wind in the early morning was bitingly cold. He put his hand to his mouth and blew on it. He didn't know if only ten of the fifty-two people could survive in the end.
Only a few out of ten people can make it to the final level and see their own life unfold in a revolving kaleidoscope.
A platform was set up on the open space west of the memorial hall and a red carpet was laid.
At 8 o'clock in the morning, the Tourism Festival opened and the leader gave a speech.
Tourists and local residents were on the periphery, people from the management office were on the stage, and next to them were Chen Yang and a group of volunteer volunteers.
Chen Yang stood in the last row. He didn't know why, but he felt like he was on a bumpy boat. He felt dizzy and his stomach was upset. It might be due to excessive tension and panic.
The first time I did the mission, it didn't reach this level.
"I want to vomit." Chen Yang whispered to Chao Jian beside him.
Chao Jian frowned and said, "I'll take you away."
"Can I walk?" Chen Yang said, "The leader is still speaking, and there are people all around." He made a few cigarette-smoking movements and shook his head, "Forget it, I'll hold on a little longer, maybe I'll be fine in a while."
Chao Jian couldn't drag him away, so he had to choose another way: "Give me your hand."
Chen Yang handed his hand to Chao Jian and watched him press the acupoints on his hand. The force was neither strong nor light, and the places where they were pressed felt a little sore.
It might be a psychological effect, or maybe it was because Chao Jian was more experienced, Chen Yang felt better.
Ayuan, who was standing in front, reached back and handed over a mint candy.
Chen Yang thanked him in a low voice, he opened the mint candy, put it into his mouth and held it, the cool taste spreading on the tip of his tongue.
"Do you still remember the hint for this mission?" Chen Yang said in a voice that could be heard by a small circle of teammates.
"Remember, just 'listen'." Jiang Jiang, who was sitting diagonally opposite, said.
Anyway, the ears are not accessories that can hear everything. If there are important clues in there, we will get them, but we will have to eliminate a large area of them.
"Experience Hall, listen to the sounds of the old times." Lin Shuwei on Jiang Jiang's left said to himself, "The hint refers to the experience hall."
Jiang Jiang screamed in excitement, and his companion on the right covered his mouth in time to prevent the sound from being heard completely, which would have disrupted the tourism festival.
The taskers around were whispering to each other.
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that? Isn't the theme of the experience center about listening?!"
"In fact, resolving disputes in scenic spots is also linked to 'listening'. We have to listen clearly to the cause and effect."
"I told you at the beginning that this hint runs through both missions, but you guys didn't take it seriously!"
"… "
"Anyway, the tourism festival is only one day long, so be careful today. We are walking on a knife's edge. If we fall, blood will splatter three feet."
“The catwalk has begun!”
The participants in the communication task all looked up at the same time, and saw a group of handsome men and beautiful women in ancient costumes taking turns to appear on the stage.
Almost all the tourists outside raised their mobile phones.
After the show, there was a song and dance performance. Chen Yang could not help but be alert to his surroundings throughout the whole process. Perhaps he sensed that he was about to enter the last level, and his threshold was lower than when he came in. It was as if he could see an invisible line floating in front of him, just waiting for him to cross it.
I don’t know how long it was before all the shows finally ended. The dragon and lion dance teams came down from the stage and moved closer to the crowd with clanging sounds, creating a very lively atmosphere.
"This makes me so excited." Zhang Qi couldn't hide his excitement.
Chen Yang was the same. His heart was beating violently. All the feelings came quickly and deeply, and continued to intensify, more violent than ever before, like waves upon waves, one layer upon another.
The three previously closed attractions are now open, and there is a long queue in front of the memorial.
Chen Yang looked in that direction from the open space in the west. He then retracted his gaze to the ground beneath his feet. Under the ground was the experience hall.
"Dear tourists, please note that today is the annual tourism festival of Sanlian Bridge. Please be patient and do not push each other!" The scenic area's broadcast repeatedly reminded, "Personal belongings must be kept safe, those with children should take care of their children, those with elderly people should take care of them, travel in a civilized manner, safety first, travel in a civilized manner, safety first..."
Chen Yang was about to talk to Chao Jian when a foreign backpacker came over to ask for directions. With the thought of "I'm still young and I should be brave enough to try", he communicated with the other party in poor English, and the other party looked at him with innocent eyes.
"Come here." Chen Yang twitched his mouth and pulled Chao Jian's hand.
Chao Jian had been in Germany for a long time, but his English pronunciation did not have a German accent, but more like American accent, so he sent the person away after just a few words.
Chen Yang didn't understand, so he turned the page silently.
"Give me the backpack." Chen Yang said, he must be prepared to enter the final level at any time.
Chao Jian took the black bag off his back and put it on Chen Yang.
Chen Yang passed by Ye Yu's sister's stall. He wanted to buy two cups of sugar water but couldn't squeeze in. Her business was very good and she was too busy to handle it.
In the morning, Chen Yang was patrolling near the memorial hall and nothing happened. In the afternoon, he resolved two conflicts, drank three cups of coffee, and went to the toilet several times.
When Chen Yang was standing by the sink washing his hands for the fourth time, questioning voices came from the women's restroom next door.
"What? Rainbow? Is that true? Okay, okay, I'll go right away!"
Chen Yang stopped washing his hands and asked, "Rainbow?"
How could a rainbow appear at this time? Chen Yang ran out without even turning off the faucet, turned off the faucet for Jian, took his baseball cap, and strode after him.
Chen Yang was stunned when he walked out of the bathroom. Not only was there a real rainbow, but there was... a row of it!
One after another, they built a colorful bridge in the sky, which was beautiful, dreamy and mysterious.
"Oh my god..."
“Ahhh!!!”
“So many rainbows!!!!”
"Hurry up and take a picture! It will be gone in a moment—"
Excited shouts came one after another, accompanied by the sound of shutter clicks. Those who came here to take photos and ordinary tourists were eagerly taking photos and recording videos. Local residents were also taking photos. They felt as if they had seen the beauty of heaven.
This scene was hell in the eyes of the taskers. It was over. Something strange had happened.
Chen Yang's breathing became disordered. He dragged Chao Jian along and ran to look for Liu Zhi, but he couldn't find him. Not to mention Liu Zhi, he didn't even see a single staff member from the management office. There were too many people.
"Go to the management office!" Chen Yang turned to face Chao Jian, but he froze halfway through.
Chao Jian raised his eyelids and looked where Chen Yang was looking.
Countless black lines gushed out from one direction, rushing upwards, like a backward black waterfall, pouring towards the sky.
That direction is... Chen Yang looked along the root of the black line and it was the west side of the memorial hall!
Coming out of the underground experience hall? Chen Yang's heartbeat was so fast that he felt a little nervous. He clutched the clothes on his chest and took a few deep breaths.
Chao Jian picked up Chen Yang and kept stroking his back with his hand.
Those black lines danced in the air like living nematodes, twisting wildly.
"earphone?"
At the end of each black wire, there is a U-shaped object floating in the air. Chen Yang looked at it and it really looked a bit like headphones.
It was like a curtain was drawn open, and the tourists who were close to the headphones became inexplicably excited and order became disrupted.
"Back off quickly! Don't come any closer, retreat quickly..." Lao Jiang raised a loudspeaker he got from somewhere and shouted a warning in his rough voice.
No one listened.
Countless black lines stretched infinitely into the sky, like black bean sprouts, standing one by one in the air until they penetrated the clouds. People looked up, but the dazzling sunlight made it impossible for them to open their eyes. They could only vaguely see that after penetrating the clouds, the black lines twisted and fell towards the crowd below like raindrops.
All the noise disappeared in an instant, and the world seemed to be asleep.
As the black wires fell, Chen Yang finally saw clearly that the ends of the black wires were indeed black headphones. Each black wire was connected to a headphone.
The tourists were all stunned, and the local residents seemed to be seeing this kind of scene for the first time. They stared in amazement at the headphones that were cutting through the sky.
Chen Yang walked to the west side of the memorial hall. The open space was already crowded with people. He took bigger steps and accidentally bumped into a tourist.
“I’m sorry…” Chen Yang stopped talking. He looked at the tourists walking straight towards the open space, and his facial muscles suddenly tensed up.
Chen Yang had a terrible guess in his mind, and he tentatively called out, "Hey!"
The tourist seemed not to hear anything and only had eyes for the headphones.
Chen Yang's eyes widened, and the information Guan Xiaoyun had said surfaced in his mind. He lost his mind and was bewitched...
"Don't bite yourself." Chao Jian stopped Chen Yang from biting his index finger joint.
Chen Yang looked at Chao Jian, and as if he had gained some strength, he continued to move forward towards the starting point of the mutation.
Those headphones that flew down did not fall to the ground, but floated in the air like balloons.
"Grab it!"
Someone shouted, and then the order on the scene was finally completely disrupted. The crowd went crazy. They jumped desperately and rushed to pull the headphones off.
Then, as if he was taking drugs, he put the headphones on his head with great excitement.
After a while, the situation at the scene made all the taskers shudder. They saw that all the people on the open space were standing curled up, motionless like sculptures. Each of them had headphones on their heads, and the headphone cord extended to the sky.
Those people's faces showed madness and intoxication. It seemed that there was the most beautiful sound in the world in their headphones, and they were all intoxicated.
"What's in the headphones?" Chen Yang murmured. The previous experience hall had the sounds of the old times, but it was definitely not the same after the mutation, so what kind of sounds would there be
Chao Jian said: "Only the person wearing the headphones knows."
Chen Yang's mouth was dry and he didn't want to listen.
Just as Chen Yang was thinking this, a deafening roar came from the crowd.
"Ah—I want to listen too! I want to listen too!!!"
"Give it to me, give it to me now!"
Many tourists failed to get the black headphones. When they saw others wearing the headphones, they breathed heavily, their eyes were red, and their expressions showed abnormal desire.
Finally, some people couldn't help it and rushed towards those who were wearing headphones, one by one, trying to snatch the headphones from their heads. The people whose headphones were snatched showed strong anger on their faces, as if their sweet dreams were disturbed.
Chen Yang walked towards the two people who were in conflict with each other, who were closest to him. He had to maintain order. His mind was confused. How was he going to maintain this order? I didn't know. I would just try my best. I wouldn't escape. I would just fulfill my duties and do what I could.
The one wearing the headphones was a teenager, and the one trying to snatch the headphones was a middle-aged man. They seemed to be relatives who came here to travel together. When the two were struggling violently,
“Crack!”
The black headphone wire was suddenly torn off, and the headphones on the boy's head shrank away like fruits that had lost their nutrition.
"Ah!" The young man held the headphones on his head and let out a heart-wrenching scream.
As Chen Yang stared in disbelief, the boy’s headphones dried up, and then his head also dried up, followed by his neck, and then his body…
The whole person was like a fruit with its roots broken, shrinking rapidly as if all nutrients had been sucked out.
"Bang!" The corpse fell to the ground like a dry leaf, without any life.
At this moment, the scenic area's radio suddenly sounded, and the announcer was no longer the same as before. Her tone was cold and unfamiliar, mixed with a bit of rustling sound from long ago.
"Attention all staff!"
"The following is an emergency notice. Due to an emergency, the number of places for the Black Happiness event is limited. Please ask the staff to quickly drive the extra tourists away from the square. Thank you for your cooperation..."
Chen Yang didn't have time to think about it. He quickly stood with his teammates who were moving closer to him. They held hands and formed a human wall to drive away the tourists. "Everyone, stop pushing forward. Move back!"
"Please cooperate with our work..."
"There's a dead person! Didn't you see it? Is he blind? He doesn't want to live anymore, right?"
“Don’t push!!!”
"My hair, stop grabbing my hair!"
"My clothes are ruined!"
"What the hell is this abnormality? Ah! Can order still be maintained?"
"… "
The taskers are about to collapse, and the tourists have already collapsed.
“Ah! I can’t stand it anymore! I want to hear... I want to hear..." Those tourists had lost their minds long ago without realizing it. They repeatedly rammed into the human wall formed by Chen Yang and his group, grabbing and kicking, spitting and swearing at them, like crazy.
There was no other way, Chen Yang could only knock people out and beat them one by one.
Other task participants also followed suit, but some did not care about this and just kicked and punched.
Chao Jian is an illegal immigrant who has passed the customs. He is a bug and is not restricted by the rules. He is out of tune with this violent scene, like a cultivator passing by, far away from the world and life and death. In fact, his hope and sunshine are here.
Chao Jian didn't attack this time because those tourists couldn't hurt Chen Yang.
"Stand behind me!" Chen Yang turned around and shouted, "Put on your mask, don't let your face be scratched!"
Chao Jian did as he was told and seemed quite obedient.
The next moment, he grabbed a person who was about to hit Chen Yang on the back and twisted the person's neck backwards.
Chen Yang threw the fainted person into the bushes nearby. His eyes paused as he inadvertently glanced at Qian Qin. What was Qian Qin doing? Why was he standing there motionless
After a few short gasps, Chen Yang followed Qian Qin's line of sight and looked in the direction he was looking. He saw something and his pupils shrank. It was the boy in Qian Qin's car!
Where are the child's parents? Why aren't they with him
Chen Yang quickly found the boy's parents. They had put on headphones, immersed in their own magical world, and left him behind.
The small figure was constantly pushed by the crowd.
Someone grabbed the headphones, but before he could put them on, several other people fought over them. The headphones floated and floated until they landed in front of the boy, and he stretched out his hands uncontrollably.
A strange miracle happened at this moment!
The boy stopped!
In an instant, his eyes looked through the gaps in the crowd and found Qian Qin: "Big brother, save me—"
In Qian Qin's vision, the child's childish face gradually turned into another face, looking at him with a pair of clean eyes full of trust, silly and stupid.
Without thinking, he pushed aside his teammates and tourists in front of him and rushed into the center of the outbreak.
Don't be afraid, brother is here.