When Ji Thrush came out of the small dark room in the Colosseum, Ren Jianmo and Mo Tiangen were already waiting for him on the first floor.
I heard from Mr. Dagen that the Fan family sister and brother came out just now, but the two of them were so tired that they had already gone back to the apartment to catch up on sleep.
The three of them walked back along the central hall all the way, talking without saying a word.
Ever since he watched the "Brave Live" promotional video, Ji Thrush had some strange thoughts in his heart.
But this is the "Peach Blossom Land", every participant is accompanied by a ubiquitous artificial intelligence, every move is monitored, and some words must not be said casually.
So he, who is usually quite talkative, was not even interested in talking at this time, and he only set aside one ear to listen to Mo Tiangen's ramblings along the way, and then echoed a few "hmmmm".
Teacher Dagen quickly noticed Ji Xiaoniao's absent-minded look.
However, he felt that Ji Thrush might just be tired—after all, last night, he and Ren Damei ran around and broke through two strange talk sites in one breath. However, the overdraft is not so easy to recover.
The three returned to the apartment, agreed on a time and place to meet at night, and then took the elevator back to their rooms.
Ji Xiaoniao's room is still the same as when he left, but the dirty clothes thrown into the laundry basket before going out have disappeared, replaced by freshly ironed clothes, all according to the owner's placement habits, added to the wardrobe.
Ji Thrush took a set of clean and soft cotton pajamas, got into the bathroom, and took a comfortable hot bath.
Then he ordered a lamb chops set meal, and tried the sparkling champagne from a world-renowned winery for the first time. After eating and drinking, he rolled into the soft bed contentedly, hugged the quilt and began to sleep.
However, Ji Xiaoniao, who usually sleeps well, now stares at the ceiling with his eyes open, his mind is full of thoughts, and he can't fall asleep peacefully at all.
After he finished watching the promotional video of "Brave Live" in the small dark room, Ji Thrush suddenly realized that the participants of "Peach Blossom Land", in essence, are not the same as those of the twelve seasons in the game. any difference.
They are limited by the rules, even in the rest period between the two "worlds", even if they return to the safe "Peach Blossom Spring", they have to prepare for the next challenge - in the face of the pressure of death, they can only put everything together. Focus on thinking about how to become stronger, and how to survive...
——What exactly is "Peach Blossom Spring"
Ji Thrush found that he had never delved into this question before.
After seeing all the magic and abnormalities, the participants will soon be completely controlled by "Peach Blossom Spring", live in a comfortable room with peace of mind, eat delicious food, wear well-fitting clothes, and enjoy everything it has to offer resource.
At the same time, because they knew they were powerless to resist, they could only abide by the rules silently, and then, like a donkey, they worked hard towards the carrot called "Breakthrough SS-level difficulty" hanging in front of them...
"That does not work… "
Ji Thrush murmured softly with a voice that only he could hear.
—However, what should be done
Classmate Ji Xiaoniao closed her eyes, and there was a slight wrinkle between her brows.
He suppressed the unspoken questions in his heart, forced himself to clear his mind, and took the time to rest.
Even though many problems are getting bigger and bigger like snowballs, some things cannot be rushed.
Ji Thrush knew that he was too weak and ignorant now.
And the monitoring of "Peach Blossom Spring" is everywhere.
Therefore, he must not reveal a word to anyone until he has enough ability to do something.
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Ji Thrush didn't sleep well this time.
He had a very confused dream.
In the dream, he seemed to have entered a strange "world" unprepared, without a companion by his side, not even a human being in sight.
Forced to flee through a jungle, he is chased and scurrying about by a horde of grotesque creatures.
What's even more frightening is that Ji Thrush finds that there is always a black shadow whose face cannot be seen clearly in his peripheral vision. That shadow seems to be a person, always following him like a shadow.
But every time he looked back, the black shadow would disappear.
But as long as he turned his head back, at the next inadvertent moment, as soon as his sight was deflected, that figure would appear in his peripheral vision again.
In the dream, Ji Xiaoniao was almost mentally weakened by this almost hopeless feeling of being watched, but he had already tried his best to deal with those monsters that appeared endlessly, and his life was hanging by a thread several times, and he almost survived. , There is no time to think about how to deal with the black shadow that only exists in his peripheral vision.
In the end, Ji Thrush lost one of his arms in his dream, and also lost his precious longbow. His two thighs were covered with wounds so deep that the bones could be seen. Injury, I am afraid that he has lost the ability to move because of pain and blood loss.
Just when the little bird was exhausted physically and mentally, and was almost desperate, a mutated toad taller than a person jumped out from between the banana leaves that covered the sky and the sun, and knocked him to the ground in an instant. He didn't even have time With the only remaining hand he drew the knife to resist, a long tongue full of spikes shot towards the center of his eyebrows.
Ji Thrush instinctively closed his eyes.
It was at this moment that, out of the corner of his eye, he saw the black shadow that had been following him for the last time.
The shadow is beside him, bending over, watching his death condescendingly...
…
However, the sharp frog tongue did not pierce the quarter-thrush's eyebrows in the end, because he woke up with fright at this moment.
"Aha!"
He opened his eyes suddenly, and what he saw was the snow-white ceiling of his room that was spotless, and a disc-shaped ceiling lamp that was shining with soft white light.
For a full half a minute, Ji Thrush lay on the bed in a daze, his whole body stiffened as if he had been swallowed up, unable to move at all.
It wasn't until his heart rate gradually calmed down to one hundred and twenty that he blinked vigorously, shook off the sweat from his eyelashes, sat up, and slowly climbed out of bed.
Ji Xiaoniao grabbed the pillow towel, wiped off the cold sweat on his face and neck, and looked at the electronic clock on the bedside table.
What was projected on it was 4:30 in the afternoon, a full hour before the dinner time he was accustomed to, and it was even earlier before the meeting with a few partners.
Season thrush scratched his soft wool roll in distress.
He wandered around the room with nothing to do for a while, finally took potato chips and Coke, entered the study area, sat down in front of the big desk, and took out a book he had always wanted to read before, like an imageless Like an otaku, he gnawed on junk food while slowly turning the pages of the book.
Ji Thrush selected the latest work in a series of new-style weird novels with a good reputation. The previous few novels were also filmed. The heroine is a beautiful and heroic policewoman, who is the goddess in Xiaoniao's eyes.
But this time, it seems that there is a real object of admiration in my heart. The image of the handsome female police officer in the book always involuntarily overlaps with the figure of another person.
Ji Thrush looked at it, and then lost his mind.
His eyes drifted away from the text on the page, and fell on the communicator next to him.
- How about... give him a call
Ji Thrush heard his own voice suggest in his head.
— No, no, it's still early, what if Ren Jianmo is still resting
—And it will be time for the meeting soon, why are you struggling for a while
Although he tried his best to convince himself, like all unrequited young people, once the idea of hearing the voice of the person he likes arises, it cannot be easily suppressed by reason.
Ji Thrush stared at the communicator, struggled silently for three minutes, and finally dialed a room number tentatively, [Wisteria 0010]
The call was quickly connected.
"Little bird?"
Ren Jianmo's voice came from the terminal:
"What's up?"
— Fuck!
Ji Thrush was stunned.
Just now he just wanted to hear Ren Jianmo's voice, and dialed the communication on impulse, but he never thought of finding a reason to contact the other party in advance.
He can't tell the truth that because I miss you, he can't even wait for two hours, so he should call you in advance!
In desperation, Ji Thrush looked around, and caught a glimpse of a small transparent glass box placed on the corner of the table, and a small card with words written on it under the box.
"Is such that… "
He hurriedly took the box, opened it, and said:
"The collection I brought back from 'Ghost Talk Twenty-Four O'clock', there is a card in it..."
While speaking, he hastily pulled out the card that was padded in the box, glanced at the words on it, and was surprised, but also heaved a sigh of relief.
——Great, it really made me find the topic by mistake!
Ji Thrush felt that his brain had never been so flexible, and he had organized his lines in an instant:
"The card is an 'Instruction Manual', and the things inside are very special. It seems that it is not suitable for Yao Wanguan's appraisal, so I think it is necessary to inform you in advance."
"yes?"
Ren Jian at the end of the communicator paused, "In that case, let me come over now and take a look."
"what?"
Ji thrush was stunned for a second.
Immediately afterwards, a visit request popped up on his communication terminal, which was sent by Ren Jianmo.
Student Xiaoniao never expected that Ren Jianmo's reaction would be so direct, that he would simply say that he would come to his room now.
He quickly pressed the "Agree" button, then jumped up like a rabbit, swept the potato chip residue and Coke paper cups on the table into the trash can, and then rushed to the bed like an arrow, Lu Ping fell asleep in a mess Quilt.
Although he moved very quickly, he only had time to do these two things.
Because of the special structure of the apartment chains and gondolas, if the performers wanted to drop by, it was really just a matter of stepping into the elevator and then getting out of the elevator.
The door opened.
Ren Jianmo saw standing next to the big bed in the middle of the room, a classmate Xiaoniao in white cotton pajamas with curly hair as messy as a bird's nest.