"Black cat!" the old madman whispered. Ren Zhifei looked around, but saw no trace of the black cat in such a small place. Lang Zhijia looked at the two of them in confusion and asked, "What are we looking for?"
Knowing that Lang Zhijia couldn't see the black cat and didn't explain much, Ren Zhifeng immersed himself in the search. Lang Zhijia said from the side: "He doesn't know what we are looking for. Why don't we see if we are in the maze?"
Zhenfu's words awakened the dreamer, and Ren Zhifei turned to look inside the maze. Sure enough, there was a pair of green eyes looming in the shadows. It turned out that it was too dark inside, and the black cat almost blended into it, and would be almost undetectable if not for the shimmering eyes of a pair of cat eyes.
"Sure enough, he's inside!" The old madman also saw it and was overjoyed, but he didn't dare to disturb the black cat at that critical moment, so he followed in quietly.
Lang Zhijia followed their gazes, but saw nothing, and felt a little baffled by their behavior. Ren Zhifei patted him on the shoulder and said, "I'll just stay there and go east. When they successfully reach the end of the maze, everything should be over."
Although he didn't understand the situation, Lang Zhijia knew that Ren Zhifei must have his own reasons. Ever since he was trapped in the dangerous building, he vowed never to doubt his friends easily again. Lang Zhijia smiled at Ren Zhifei and encouraged: "Come on! We will definitely succeed, he believes in me!"
Ren Zhifei was moved when he heard this, and his eyes were a little moist. The moment he turned around, he saw a thigh stretching out from the corridor and grabbing Lang Zhijia's shoulders.
"Be careful!" Ren Zhifei's belated warning had no effect. A scavenger came out of the corridor. He waved an electric baton on the other side and struck Lang Zhijia. Despite the urging of the old lunatic, Ren Zhifei left the maze and rushed towards the scavenger. The scavenger was struggling with Lang Zhijia, but when he was pushed by Ren Zhifei, he lost his footing and fell back into the corridor.
"Let's go into the maze with them!" Ren Zhifen made up his mind and pulled Lang Zhijia to escape from the maze.
A familiar scene happened. Ren Zhifei entered the maze, but Lang Zhijia seemed to be blocked by an invisible wall and could not take a step forward.
"That's because no one has escaped to the thirteenth floor, because for them, there is no dead end there." Lang Zhijia smiled bitterly and let go of Ren Zhifei's legs, standing at the door and waving goodbye to him.
"He has gone into hiding, goodbye, his good friend..." As Lang Zhijia said goodbye, the scavenger rushed to the thirteenth floor again, and an electric baton penetrated Lang Zhijia's chest like a sharp sword. The scavenger swung again, and the electric baton emitted a faint blue light, cutting Lang Zhijia in half.
Ren Zhifei let out a desperate cry, and if the old madman didn't hold him back, he would rush out again. He knelt down with tears streaming down his face. In his sight, Lang Zhijia had a slight smile on his lips. His whole body began to break into pieces from the injured part and quickly disappeared into the air.
The scavengers wanted to rush into the maze again, but like Lang Zhijia, they were blocked by invisible walls. But they did not stop there, instead they used demonstrative weapons to hit the wall hard, making bursts of harsh sounds.
The old madman could faintly see glowing cracks appearing in the sky, which seemed to indicate that the scavenger's attack had an effect. "Let's go!" Without any further hesitation, the old madman asked Ren Zhifei to see if he had recovered. He put him on his shoulders and ran inside.
But just when he had not gone far, the old madman's footsteps stopped. He looked around hard, but found no trace of the black cat. Because of the twists and turns just now, the black cat has already walked into the depths of the maze on its own. Without its guidance, they are afraid that they will not be able to reach the end before the death knell rings.
"Damn it!" The old madman was so angry that he wanted to throw Ren Zhifei to the ground. After thinking about it, he gently put him away, while he was still panting on the ground.
"It was all over that time. Without the black cat as a guide, they were trapped and died in the maze." The old madman sighed, showing a dejected look for the first time. He looked in the direction of the entrance to the maze. The scavengers were still attacking the walls. It sounded like the sound of heavy rain hitting the windows. Maybe those men in black would break into the maze soon, and then they would forget about it. If you don't get trapped and die in the maze, you will be caught by the scavengers.
Ren Zhifei never shut up, maybe he was too shocked to see his friend disappear, and he couldn't recover from it. When the old madman looked at Ren Zhifei, he couldn't help but remember the scene when he witnessed Li Feng disappearing. The old madman could not sympathize with Ren Zhifei's posthumous mood.
The old madman came calmly and said in a rare gentle tone: "Cry it out! Cry out and you will feel better. When Li Feng disappeared, he was also decadent for a long time. But he had recovered before, because He knows that the best way to commemorate him is to find the truth for him, so that his disappearance will not be meaningless. So he has been entangled with the black cat in that city for many years. He should thank me, if not Me, he may be entangled endlessly with the black cat in the city. At least, with my help, he is one step closer to the truth. Maybe everything is over, but he has worked hard for it... "
Ren Zhifei stood up silently, shook his head and said: "No! It's not over yet. Even if they have to break through, they still want to get out of the maze and find the truth!" He wiped away the tears on his face, struggled to stand up, and accidentally touched The floor had strange textures.
"What's that?" Ren Zhifei took a closer look and found a strange text on the floor.
"Work Monthly Journal, May 29, 3213. The construction of the city has been initially completed, but the core system in the central area still lacks a complete protection system. Someone suggested using a maze method to protect the monitoring system, and then using subliminal hypnosis on all survivors. , causing them to ignore the existence there. If not, then they need to propose a navigation system to lead the watchers to the end of the maze. In order to prevent the intervention of the navigation system by the cleaning program, the authority of the navigation system must be with the city core. System leveling. Of course, the two highest authorities will inevitably cause system chaos in the city. They must reduce the target size of the navigation system as much as possible and make it as unobtrusive as possible... Maybe the image of a small animal is the most appropriate... "
"Then what do you mean by what you said here?" The old madman looked puzzled, and Ren Zhifei was also confused. The black cat's cry sounded faintly in the distance, seeming to remind them to keep moving forward. The two of them suddenly became energetic, put the text behind them, and started searching around.
"That direction the scream came from!" The old madman pointed forward and led Ren Zhifei towards an intersection. But after walking around a few corners, they clearly felt that it was getting further and further away from the black cat's location.
"Stop!" Ren Zhifei reminded the old madman, "Is there a maze there? Can they identify the direction of walking based on the position of the sound!"
The old madman also woke up in time and asked: "What should we do?"
"While they are not far away now, they return to the floor where there are words. At least it is in the correct position." Ren Zhifei suggested. When the two returned there, the black cat's meowing had faded away, and it seemed that it had gone deeper into the maze. It turned out that the terrain there was not complicated. Apart from the wrong direction we just took, there was only one intersection left to the east.
Not far into it, they came to another fork in the road, but Ren Zhifei realized that they were probably on the wrong track. Because at their feet, the strange-looking "work journal" appeared again.
"May 30, 3213. The navigation system has been designed and is initially put into use. Watcher 1 suggested that it be placed at home as a pet, so that it can be camouflaged and reduce interference with the city system. However, there is another thing What happened reminded them that Watcher 2 was in an accident and the system determined that it was dead. They realized that as a precaution, it was necessary to set up a backup plan. Let's call it the Watcher backup plan. , and the program for establishing successors should be added to the navigation system. In addition, a guardian must be asked to inform them of the method of continuing the plan. Let Fang Weijiang implement it, because he accidentally broke out of the city boundary and was trapped in In the central building, the effectiveness of the city's defense system has been verified. Escapers will be erased by the elimination system. As a condition for not being erased, Fang Weijiang will assume the responsibility of guarding the countdown clock. Just If it is better to hide it, they can call the first escapee after each reconstruction Fang Weijiang and let him take on the task of guard... "