In the hourglass cube of "Peach Blossom Spring", the hourglass containing countless "worlds" actually has no top cover.
It has been extending to the boundless darkness, the depths of darkness, and it is a space independent of another dimension.
In that space, there is a group of white light clusters, floating in the mid-air in a posture that seems to have no gravity.
These light clusters are like jellyfish swimming in the ocean, but they are actually energy bodies without entities.
They are constantly busy, stretching out countless long tentacles, intercepting projection fragments that meet their requirements from thousands of time and space dimensions, making them into "coordinates", and then handing them over to energy bodies with higher authority review.
After confirming that the world lines pointed by these coordinates can be added and influenced by external forces, the reviewer will set the difficulty coefficient for these "coordinates" one by one, and then keep them in the shape of a cube, put them into the "hourglass", and wait for the participants They draw.
And outside this space, there is another group of "wills".
They watched these energy bodies busy collecting and sorting coordinates from a higher dimension from a "overlook" perspective.
Intangible fibers of light are intertwined in the void like a spider's web, exchanging consciousness with each other.
[Has A0551 come back?]
In the invisible optical network, a consciousness was transmitted.
[Yes, he is back.]
Another Will replied.
[Why can he come back?]
[Didn't it mean that after data simulation analysis, the possibility of his death this time is as high as 91.3%?]
[What went wrong?]
Multiple questions wandered in the optical network, and after being intercepted by each consciousness terminal, feedback was given in milliseconds.
[According to the data simulation analysis, the probability of survival of A0551 is only 8.7%.]
Immediately a reply was sent out through the optical network.
[This is the data obtained after logical simulation and calculation based on his past behavior patterns and thinking tendencies.]
This time, more questions flashed through the thinking threads of every participant, and their questions were summed up in one sentence:
[What caused the 8.7% to happen?]
This time, the answer came a little later than before.
The "will" responsible for answering spent more time on calculation and analysis.
It took a full two seconds before the accurate answer was delivered:
[A0551's behavior pattern has changed.]
He analyzed:
[A0551 rarely participated in teamwork in the past, so we arranged for him a [world] in which he had to rely on the cooperation of multiple people to find the optimal solution based on his logical preference that he spent more than 90% of the time acting alone .]
Immediately afterwards, the background and settings of "Painting Walls and Changing Souls" were quickly transmitted to the optical network, allowing every participant to learn the details of that "world".
[But we didn't expect that he changed his previous mode of action, relying on teamwork, and almost perfectly cleared the above-mentioned [world].]
After getting this answer, all "wills" fell into a brief silence.
A moment later, a question resonated with every thought on the optical network.
[So, what is the reason for the change of A0551?]
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When Ji Thrush woke up, he was indeed back in the small black room in the "Peach Blossom Spring" Colosseum.
He looked down at his own appearance, the loose T-shirt and jeans and the wool rolls that just covered the ears, the little master and shoulder-length hair that belonged to the ancient world all disappeared.
"Very good, it's still more refreshing like this."
While talking, Ji Thrush stood up and checked his "equipment".
Sure enough, apart from his beloved longbow that turned into a bracelet, the short knife for self-defense, flint and other disposable props all disappeared without a trace.
However, from the butt pocket of his jeans, he took out a thin stack of white paper-cut figurines. It was the B-level collection "Onmyoji Shikigami (Elementary)" that Zhao Zhui gave him. After using it at that time, There were more than a dozen left, and he brought them back together.
—Well, this collectible is quite useful.
Ji Thrush shook his head, and thought with some regret: But it's not good to just leave the rest of this behind, so I'd better find a chance and return it to Zhao Zhui.
Thinking so, Ji Xiaoniao raised his hand and touched the mirror-smooth wall of the room.
Ripple-like ripples started from where he touched, and spread out in circles.
[Confirmation number C0919 Participants entered the 〖Peach Blossom Spring〗, conscious and in good spirits, ready to interact.]
The artificial intelligence Xiaobai who turned into a beautiful young man appeared in front of him.
This time he changed into a silver tuxedo, with his hair combed back, like a young pianist at a classical concert.
[Welcome back, serial number C0919, Mr. Ji Thrush, always at your service.]
He smiled slightly at Ji Thrush, and saluted respectfully.
Ji Thrush was already very experienced, so he raised his hand to stop Xiaobai's nonsense.
"You don't need to exchange pleasantries, you can directly start to settle the points."
[Okay, now I will settle the points for you.]
Sure enough, Xiaobai was obedient and didn't waste the master's time. He simply got to the point, took a deep breath, and started his performance with a dramatic voice:
[〖Painting the Wall and Changing Soul〗world, difficulty B, 52% exploration rate of the main map, 62% exploration rate of key maps, 58% contact rate of key characters...]
Hearing these numbers, Ji Thrush frowned slightly.
"Contact with key people" is a new condition for this settlement, but I also know that the deduction point is probably at the "Wutongshen" - he didn't enter Tongtian Pavilion at that time, so naturally he couldn't get in touch with it personally Wutongshen has closed the bottom boss.
—And not only this item, but the figures for several other items are not too high.
Ji Xiaoniao couldn't help feeling a little bit worried about her points.
[The completion of the main line is 98%, triggering the achievement [All team members survived], triggering the achievement [The survival rate of all players is higher than 30%], triggering the achievement [I will not kill you], and based on this Achieved [Perfect Customs Clearance] achievement...]
When Ji thrush heard this, his eyes widened involuntarily.
He never expected that he actually got a "Perfect Clearance" this time!
Xiaobai continued to finish the rest of the settlement:
[A total of 38,520 points were obtained for the above, and the first time to clear the B-level difficulty [World], the points bonus was 50%, and a total of 57,780 points were obtained.]
"what?"
Ji Thrush almost thought he had heard wrong.
"More than 57,000 points!?"
Thinking about the results of the first two worlds, he felt as if he had won the jackpot by buying the Mark Six lottery, and he was a bit overwhelmed by his sudden wealth.
You know, he scored more than 3,400 points in the first "world", and in the second "world" because he was deducted from the completion of the main line, he only scored a pitiful 2,500 points .
In addition, before he entered "Painting the Wall and Changing Soul", he bought explosive energy storage candy, strengthened his body, and hired a coach robot to teach him how to fight. In the end, only the poor three were left. More than 100 points.
As a result, this time, he came back from the B-level difficulty "world" and directly scored more than 57,000 points!
Ji Thrush's cheeks were flushed, and he clenched his fists excitedly.
——Sure enough, the greater the risk, the greater the reward. After the difficulty is increased by one level, the points will be directly added with a zero!
"By the way, can you tell me what happened to those two young masters who looked exactly the same at the end?"
Ji Thrush suddenly remembered that the easter egg was pinched just after reading the beginning, it felt so uncomfortable, so he couldn't help asking.
Artificial intelligence Xiaobai confirmed it:
[Do you mean that [Story Review] needs to be carried out?]
Ji Thrush nodded.
[Okay, now we will start the 〖Story Review〗.]
Xiaobai took a step sideways and moved away from the wall behind him, so that Ji Thrush could watch the ending through the image floating on the wall.
After watching from the perspective of God, Ji Thrush quickly figured out what was going on.
It turned out that the house-filling wife Zhao who married into Mingjian Mountain Villa was originally from a family of cultivators. Although it has been in decline for many years, there are three nails on the broken boat, and the emaciated camel is bigger than a horse. At least some good things have been handed down from the family, but because of the years For a long time, no one knows.
In the dowry Mrs. Zhao brought, there was a magical artifact—it was the inkstone she gave to the young master as the four treasures of the ordinary study.
The pine smoke ink in that inkstone is made by a real immortal who was a painter who was a Taoist who collected rootless water, burned out soot from thousand-year-old pine wood, and then sifted, pounded, and hammered through countless tedious processes. After absorbing the spirit of an immortal, honed by time, absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, finally condensed a spirit.
It's just that this treasure has been in the hands of dozens of generations, and no one knows its origin.
But no one used the inkstone, and the spirits inside it naturally fell asleep.
It wasn't until it was donated by the Zhao family to the young master of Mingjian Villa, and the young master used it to grind ink and paint, that he awakened the magic of this treasure.
Although the young master is young, he is really talented in painting. In addition, the inkstone itself is a treasure. The wall painted with this has the ability to communicate with the world, creating a "painting". Middle World".
However, the presence of Chongbao in this world will inevitably lead to disasters.
After the mural painting was completed, auspicious clouds and auras surrounded Mingjian Villa day and night, attracting the coveted Wutong God who passed by, leading a group of monsters into the villa, and slaughtered all the living people inside.
Qi Ling in the inkstone watched the bloody tragedy happen in front of his own eyes.
But it is just a tool spirit, without substance, and cannot even take a step away from the inkstone.
It could only watch helplessly as the young master died in the study room, the hot blood stained the drawing paper, and then flowed down the penholder in his hand to its ink stick.
The moment she realized what this meant, Qi Ling lost control.
It can't break free from the shackles of the treasure itself, but it can use the painted wall as a medium to reverse the false and the real, and trap everything it wants to keep in the world inside the painted wall.
Whether it was the ghosts that invaded the house or the souls of those killed humans, they were all sealed in the painting wall by him for a long time, unable to escape or leave.
But even so, Qi Ling failed to find the young master.
No, it should be said that after forcibly triggering the divine power in the ink ingot, it is no longer the simple tool spirit that only relied on the inkstone without sorrow or joy.
In a daze, it forgot who it was.
It even felt that it was the young man who painted the wall, and together with countless souls in the house, was trapped in this mansion forever.
Gradually, Qi Ling has forgotten how all this happened.
It just remembers that it is looking for someone.
As for who it is and how to find it, I don't even have a clue...
... By the way, can't you still play hide and seek
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"Fuck!"
After Ji Thrush finished reading, the expression on his face completely changed to the word "囧".
"...It means that your love is back to the base, can you not hurt the innocent people?"
Classmate Ji Xiaoniao complained while watching:
"I've been looking for people in various poses for hundreds of years. It turns out that the person I'm looking for has long been locked in the inkstone by his obsession. This kind of meme is really old-fashioned!"