He had to go to the puzzle card hidden by the martyrs in order to complete the agreement with the jar merchant, but it was obvious that the martyrs would never tolerate this happening. .
But things like these can be left alone for the time being. The first thing Bai Zhi needs to figure out now is where the puzzle card is hidden in the core area.
If he couldn't figure out this kind of thing first, then he shouldn't talk about anything else.
(The puzzle card must be in the core area. There is no doubt about this. At the same time, it is constantly splicing cards... Then there is a certain probability that it can be judged that the hidden puzzle card is constantly moving. ...And in the past, the place of martyrdom was conquered and occupied by countless strange stories...)
With his eyes slightly closed, Bai Zhi, who was sitting at the table with one hand supporting his chin, subconsciously tapped the table with his fingers.
(If you consider these clues together, can you think that... the hidden puzzle card is disguised as a powerful ghost story walking in the eternal night? This ghost story must be very powerful and very special at the same time... )
After frowning and thinking for a moment, Bai Zhi gave up this unnecessary speculation.
The direction of his guess may be correct, but just one direction cannot solve any problem. After all, the area in the core area is quite vast. He may not have encountered that weird story at all, and there is no way to guess.
And even if he really deduces it, can he still run into the eternal night and accurately find the monster surrounded by so many monsters
But although everything seemed to be on a dead end, he still had the only breakthrough.
- Gravekeeper.
His request is very simple, he just needs to walk in front of the puzzle card, and the only one among everyone who can help him in this situation is the person over at [Kaitan Cemetery] The gravekeeper.
So now...
Bai Zhi observed the [TV Tower] behind him from a God's perspective.
Although nothing could be seen from the surface, he was sure that because the questions he had asked the host before had made the other party wary of him, the "host" was absolutely Everyone is paying attention to him.
Once you do something extreme, or try to leave here and enter the eternal night, in order to eliminate those unstable factors, the other party will most likely choose to take action against you.
—Fortunately, he had left a few shadow guards at the [Kaitan Cemetery] before.
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Volume One: The Gap between Illusion and Reality: Chapter 865 Chapter 855 Ending? Cemetery Keeper
Gravekeeper, one of the nine martyrs.
Bai Zhi didn't know how many martyrs were still alive, but the tombkeeper was definitely one of the survivors.
In fact, according to the original logic, no martyr would choose to help him in this kind of matter, but the tombkeeper may be the only exception.
Therefore, after deducing that information, Bai Zhi decided to go to Muyuan again.
This time it was not the shadow puppet that went there, but the real body.
—He has to show his sincerity.
At this time, three hours had passed since he arrived at the TV tower. In three hours, it was enough for him to complete three tag tasks and get rid of the troubles of those tags.
Of course, if you have a dark face and fail to refresh the second label three times out of six times, you may still be troubled by that kind of label... Take Axi, for example.
After quietly summoning the shadow puppet from the shadow under the table, Bai Zhi first teleported the shadow puppet to the cemetery, and then quietly completed the exchange with the main body.
Multitasking is not difficult for him.
But this time when he came to the cemetery, the figures of the two people, who were still smiling and shy, had disappeared. Among the large piles of graves around them, there was a quiet small wooden house. stands in the open space.
In addition, Bai Zhi also discovered that time had begun to flow again in the cemetery. The figure of a handsome and mature-looking middle-aged uncle was doing stretching exercises in front of the wooden house.
When he looked at the other party with a very strange expression, the middle-aged uncle also looked at him. The expression on his face was surprised for a moment, and then he asked him a slightly strange question.
"What, are you in trouble?"
"No...where's the old man from before?"
Looking at the figure in front of him who was at least several dozen years younger than the previous image of a dying old man, Bai Zhi, who vaguely guessed something, couldn't help but look a little weird.
"Who are you calling an old man? As I said, my real age is only over 40 years old. I am in my prime, do you understand?"
Grinning, the tombkeeper dragged out a table and two chairs from the wooden house, and then took out a bottle of wine and two small glasses and placed them on the table.
"Come on, no matter what you want to see me for now, just have a few drinks with me first."
"Where did you get this wine?"
Sitting down on the chair, Bai Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly as he looked at the bottle of high-end goods on the table in front of him whose brand he couldn't identify.
"That friend of yours gave it to me, and I gave it to me a few cigarettes."
As he spoke, the tombkeeper took out two thick cigar-like cigarettes from somewhere, and threw one to Bai Zhi.
"Try it, one stick will refresh your mind, two sticks will beat..."
“Two roots will never tire, three roots will last forever.”
Pouting his lips, Bai Zhi reached out and took the cigarette.
"Speaking of which, is this a comeback for you?"
"I'm just returning to my original appearance. I was severely hindered by that thing before. Fortunately, you severely damaged it, otherwise I might not be able to return to what I am now."
After lighting the cigarette in his hand and taking a deep puff, the tombkeeper picked up the wine bottle and filled everyone's glasses with wine.
"As for your two old friends, I sent them to a safe place outside the core area, and also provided an extra coffin, so you don't need to worry about anything... Come on, I'll do it, up to you!!"
As he spoke, the tombkeeper raised his head and drank the wine in one gulp.
"You're dying, right?"
Then, Bai Zhi's sudden words made him freeze there.
"... Do you know that if you say something like this at this time, I have every reason to kill you here?"
After a moment of silence, he put down the wine glass in his hand and raised his head to look at him.
"Based on the information revealed in your sentence."
"Really? But speaking of which, talking to smart people saves trouble and saves a lot of effort."
Shrugging indifferently, Bai Zhi picked up the wine glass in front of him and took a sip.
—Since he had never had any alcohol before, he couldn't help but frown slightly.
"But I personally have no ill intentions. Before you choose to take action, can you listen to me tell you those things?"
"… Just tell me."
After taking several more puffs of cigarette, and after a long silence, the tombkeeper spoke in a deep voice.
-He is indeed dying.
Nine martyrs, nine epic-level puzzle cards, most of the world's resources, decades of planning, thousands of strange stories... After giving so much, they are finally approaching the final step. .
After [Time] was spliced and this [Ghost Story Cemetery] was presented as a sacrifice, he, as the martyr of the [Time] puzzle card, naturally could not survive.
-This is the fate destined for these martyrs.
Either die before that or die after that. There is no third option. He has already had this realization, or every martyr has had this realization decades ago.
His only regret was that he was unable to meet his wife before he died. After the [Qualification] sub-card appeared on a large scale in the core area, it already meant that the [Qualification] had been spliced. Go up.
Originally, [Time] should have been spliced up at this time, but some accidents happened in the middle, which caused the time point when [Time] was spliced up to be delayed.
But in fact, it doesn't matter. At most, it allows him to face death calmly with a better attitude. But when he suddenly found that the secret he had kept for so long was easily exposed by the other party.
He admitted that at a certain moment, he did have murderous intentions.
He had sacrificed almost everything for that puzzle card, and there was absolutely no way he could tolerate mistakes at such a critical moment.
"Before that, let me tell you a story."
Without leaving any trace, Bai Zhi pushed the glass of wine on the table in front of him away from him and spoke.
"story?"
"Yes, it is a story about an apprentice and her master."
With a slight shrug, Bai Zhi opened his mouth and told the story about Tianhuo and Master Tianhuo from the beginning.
In the past, although he said that he had told this story to the other party, he had left out too many details. But now, he can say that he has done everything in detail.
What happened to Tianhuo, what happened to the purple-haired machine girl Loli... and so on.
During this process, the tomb guard has always behaved quite calmly. Except for his breath that seemed a little unstable when he described the appearance of Tianhuo's master in detail, at other times, the tomb guard behaved quite well. Of composure.
"So, what do you want to express?"
-The gravekeeper raised his head and looked at him expressionlessly.
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Volume One: The Gap between Illusion and Reality: Chapter 866 Chapter 856: Chess Pieces and Conspiracy
Strange tales of the cemetery.
After Bai Zhi said those words, the expression on the tombkeeper's face did not change much, but his tone was slightly colder than before.
"So, what do you want to express?"
Looking at him expressionlessly, the tombkeeper asked this question again.
"You should know what I want to say."
Bai Zhi looked noncommittal.
"Yes, I know, but why should I believe what you say?"
Picking up the wine bottle on the table, the gravekeeper poured himself another glass of wine.
"My daughter is safe and happy now. Besides, she doesn't have the opportunity to become a player at all, and she can't be as powerful as you said."
"Really? But I think it's still possible."
Bai Zhi shrugged slightly.
"Inheritor, you have told me about this concept in detail before. I have reason to believe that she is actually an inheritor now, and the inherited power system is one of you or your wife, and You should be more familiar with mechanical-related abilities than me, right? Is it inherited from you or your wife?"
"...I don't believe what you said."
After a moment of silence, the tombkeeper raised his head and looked at him.
"Everything is too coincidental. I am more inclined to think that this is a trap you deliberately set for me. Give up. It is absolutely impossible for me to betray the belief that I have insisted on for decades. That puzzle card is The hope for our entire world.”
"Whether you believe it or not, I have no interest in that puzzle card. As for coincidence..."
Bai Zhi raised his head and looked at the sky that was completely covered by darkness.
"Have you ever heard this sentence? Every ordinary day we experience may be a series of miracles."
"..."
The gravekeeper didn't reply, he just drank silently. It wasn't until a long time later that he spoke.
"Even if what you said is right, the matter is over. I don't care whether the girl you said is my daughter or not, but she can't appear here again."
"Really? But I don't think so."
Bai Zhi shook his head slightly and spoke in a calm tone.
"I know that I can't convince you with that alone, so let's ignore those things and let me analyze your situation now. First of all, is the advancement of that puzzle card what I thought it was, right?"
"..."
The tombkeeper smoked the cigarette in his hand silently and said nothing. However, Bai Zhi didn't care at all and continued to talk to himself.
"I don't know the specific ritual for the advancement of that puzzle card, but I can guess some of it. The splicing of nine epic-level puzzle cards, plus the thousands of strange stories contained in these places of sacrifice. , and so far, the progress of that card’s advancement has reached 4/9.”
Bai Zhi stretched out four fingers in front of him.
"There are currently only four of the five places represented by the five coordinates displayed on the [Qualification] card. Adding in yours, there are five more."
"so what?"
The gravekeeper's face was expressionless.
"Let me ask you a question. According to the original plan of you martyrs, if I hadn't severely damaged the thing under the cemetery, would this place still exist now?"
"… Won't."