The Midnight Owl

Chapter 188: go to war

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At 10:00 Beijing time, Chi Yingxue closed the door of the venue from the inside, raised his head, his team captain had already adjusted the microphone on the stage.

Xu Wang wanted thirteen teams, and Yue Shuai found him sixteen teams. Nine of them were on the list that Xu Wang had dealt with, and the remaining seven were completely unfamiliar. But Yue Shuai trusted them, and Xu Wang trusted Yue Shuai.

Less than a hundred people, in this large venue, does not appear to be many. In particular, the teams are still not organized and disciplined. When they first arrived, they could still communicate with each other and greet each other politely. After a while, they began to let themselves go, chatting, drinking water, swiping their mobile phones, online battles, and whatever. No matter how you look at it, they don't look like serious people who want to do big things.

Until Xu Wang finally said his first hello on stage: "Hello everyone..."

The audio equipment in the venue is top-notch. It is not loud, but it surrounds all the corners of the venue, as if it is in everyone's ears.

Everyone raised their eyes when they heard the sound, no matter what they were doing, the atmosphere of the venue changed in an instant.

In those eyes, there is curiosity, playfulness, vigilance, and caution.

The moment his eyes met, Xu Wang threw away all the drafts he had made earlier.

"I won't introduce myself. Those who know me already know me, and those who don't know me should inquire."

Xu Wang held the microphone and jumped onto the table with one hand. Sitting was much more comfortable, and his legs could sway comfortably.

"Why are we here today, Captain Yue made it clear when he came to you. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. If you want to stay, I will welcome you. If you want to leave, I will not stop you," Xu Wang took out his phone and glanced at it. Put it on the table, "Ten minutes, when the time is up, if you still sit here and don't leave, I'll take you in."

Quiet, silent.

It's not that I was shocked, it's really nothing to ask. Xu Wang wondered how they bought the information, how the owls summoned in the wishing house, and why they finally gave up leaving early and chose to close it. After this series of events, Yue Shuai was completely frank, even if the information was bought by them with money, he did not hide it.

They can come because they can trust Yue Shuai. But let them unconditionally obey Xu Wang's orders and arrangements, and everyone will be muttering in their hearts. The information was bought by Xu Wang and the others, and the Wishing House was also bought by Xu Wang and the others. Who can prove that what Xu Wang said is the truth

But if this question is mentioned, it will hurt peace, and nothing has been done. If you hurt peace first, no team is willing to come forward.

"There are still six minutes." Xu Wang leaned forward slightly, as if he wanted to have a long talk with the audience, "No question? So tacit understanding?"

"Tsk, everyone is dumb?" Wang kicked the chairs in the front row in dissatisfaction, breaking the dullness with ease, "I believe in the owl jade, if not, it will be revealed as soon as I dig it." He raised his chin towards Xu Wang, " But how do you prove that the result of destroying thirteen pieces of owl jade at the same time is to close the first thirteen levels, and not the others?"

No one should expect Wang Xiaoye to pay attention to the time, place and character.

The boss started, and Jiang Dachuan could only follow on behalf of his teammates: "Yes, only you and the bug owl have spoken, in case the owl jade is destroyed to satisfy your personal wishes."

"Crack!" Xu Wangmeng slapped the table, and his voice spread out from the microphone, shocking the audience.

Wang Ran suddenly stood up: "Scare me?"

"Have you seen it, this is what it looks like to do something serious!" Xu Wang jumped off the table, his eyes finally lit up, "I'm not afraid of you asking, I'm afraid that you won't ask, Xiaojuan, Dajiang, Good question!"

Wang Duanran: "..."

Jiang Dachuan: "..."

Chen Guan, Gu Nian, and Kong Lize looked at each other in dismay - it's true that they didn't get ahead.

"How to prove it? I can't prove it." Wang asked the question flatly, but Xu Wang looked at the audience for the answer, "So I'll give you a chance to go back and leave quickly. You told me to quit on the battlefield, that's sorry, no matter if it's inside or outside the owl, don't even think about living in peace."

Taking a deep breath and exhaling slowly, Xu Wang calmed down, his eyes like fire, like a knife: "To close the owl requires thirteen levels to work together, think clearly, and then join the team, you are alone when you come to the juncture, and the brothers at other levels. It's a waste of life."

Ten minutes later, no team left.

"Old Qian, send a map—" Xu Wang put the microphone back on the table and stepped down neatly.

There are a total of thirteen maps, with two copies—one for the Soul School, written by Wu Junshi’s manuscript; one for the Realistic School, redrawn by Chi Yingxue based on the Soul Draft.

Counting Xu Wang and Yue Shuai, there are 18 teams in total, 17 of which resolutely chose the realistic school to read it carefully, and Captain Xu led everyone to face the soul.

The position of the owl jade determines the difficulty of being in charge of this level. After each team has turned over it, they have a rough idea in their hearts.

It was Yue Shuai who came to the stage again, no nonsense, and started to choose the level directly. The general policy was to recommend oneself.

Fu Wenqing was the first to raise his hand without any hesitation: "10/23 Flying Chess, we are very familiar with the environment there."

Qin Rui, Helanshan, Wu Yanchao, Zhao Muchen: "..."

Only the captain of his own family can say "it's impossible to survive or die" in such a fresh and refined way.

The happy line team, who no longer wanted to ride a broom, followed up with a statement: "6/23 Castle, we..."

Yue Shuai: "Okay, it's all about you!"

Happy Line: "..." They want to say that we absolutely don't want the 6/23 old castle!

These two "volunteering" in a row reminded Lao Qian. He immediately turned around to find the tall handsome and thin white who was two rows away, and enthusiastically suggested: "You guys can take the 2/23 red-eye flight!"

"..." Gao Shuai Shou Bai didn't want to speak, just wanted to throw at him.

Soon, there are teams in charge of eleven levels, and only 7/23 Story Solitaire and 9/23 Inner Hell are left.

The two levels are the only two without a map. When I turn to that page, there is only a four-character prompt:

7/23 third scene

9/23 Source of Fear

Ya Hui Nan, the captain of the Multicolored Charge, was already waiting on 7/23, but there were at least two teams in the story, and one team of partners was still missing.

9/23 is no one at all, and no one wants to face their own or teammates' inner fears again.

The teacher Wei team of the 11/23 troubled times and the Republic of China has been selected. After discussing for a long time, Zhu Mo raised his hand lightly: "Team Yue, how about we change to nine..."

"Let's come at the ninth level." Han Buting said, his deep voice had a reverberation effect, which easily covered Zhu Mo's voice.

Zhu Mo looked back at him.

Han Buting nodded slightly, with a gentleman's demeanor.

But this gentleman wanted to learn to dance with him, and every time he thought of this reason to strike up a conversation, Zhu Mo wanted to hit someone.

In the end, the teams responsible for each level are as follows:

1/23 Snow Forest - Yuequan First Team (full process: First echelon of Yuequan's complex social relationship circle)

2/23 Red-eye flight - tall, handsome, thin and white

3/23 Doomsday City - Yuequan Second Team

4/23 Moonlight Labyrinth - Team Camouflage Brawlers

5/23 The Infernal Affairs of the Haunted House - Yue Shuai, Su Mingzhan, Tao Anan, Wei Tianhang, Ji Yiming

6/23 Castle Quest - Happy Broom Team

7/23 Story Solitaire - Wucai Charge Yagray Men's Team + Yuequan Third Team

8/23 Accidental Demon - Le Xing, Zhao Yukan, Fu Qi, Jing Jinglin, Dong Xi

9/23 Hell in the Brain - Han Buting, Li Zijin, Li Xia, Qi Shan, Xu Yange

10/23 Lucky Flying Chess - Fu Wenqing, Qin Rui, Helanshan, Wu Yanchao, Zhao Muchen + Yuequan Team 4

11/23 The Republic of China in Troubled Times - Wei Menghan, Zou Jun, Feng Rang, Zhu Mo, Ji Yunlei

12/23 Halloween Ghost Hunt - Wang Dianran, Chen Guan, Jiang Dachuan, Gu Nian, Kong Lize

13/23 Amnesia Building - Xu Wang Squad

There are still three teams of relatives and friends recruited by Captain Yue, who are not sure about the level, and are fully mobile to make up for it in case of emergencies.

Posting the map and confirming the level is only the first step. In the next few days, each team has to hurry to their own position - not every team is just at the level they are responsible for, and it takes time for each team to be in its place.

Fortunately, this matter is not in a hurry, they have time to prepare and run in.

Xu Wang held the map and thought optimistically.

That night, 0:00

In the snowy forest, it was deserted.

The partners dispersed at noon, but even if they didn't, they had to be separated when they came in together—the first round of each team was an independent space.

This made it easier for Xu Wang to test the communication.

The team that planned to do something together before was undecided, and Xu Wang was afraid of unforeseen problems, so he just held back his itch. It was useless once, and he covered this ability tightly.

Before the icefall, Xu Wang and his friends confirmed: "I started?"

"Hurry up." The four partners were also looking forward to it.

Closing his eyes, Xu Wang concentrated, trying to build some kind of connection in his brain like he was using stationery for the first time.

The difference is that the connection text has a specific direction, and this communication connection is that Xu Wang unilaterally sends signals to all directions, waiting for a response.

One minute.

two minutes.

three minutes.

Here comes the response.

"Ah..." Xu Wang suddenly squatted down and hugged his head in pain.

Wu Sheng squatted down in a hurry: "What's wrong?"

Xu Wang gasped, let go of his hand, and raised a pale face: "A thousand ducks are quacking."

Wu Sheng was distressed and angry: "Don't post in groups, chat privately one-on-one!"

Xu Wang was obedient, and immediately closed his eyes again, adjusted his breath, and changed to a point-to-point mode. The first person that came to mind was naturally Captain Yue.

One minute.

two minutes.

[Xu Wang? Crazy, can you get into my head? !]

"The ability given by the owl," Xu Wang slowly opened his eyes and tried to see if the communication would be interrupted, "Can you still hear me now?"

[can. But this kind of brain communication is very scary...]

"Then you use your mouth, just like voice and phone calls."

"Come on, don't tell me sooner!" Captain Yue's voice clearly resounded in Xu Wang's ears.

"As long as you can talk, I'll try another person and talk back."

"Hey, wait, how did the owl give you..."

click.

Captain Xu cut off the voice unilaterally, neatly and unrestrainedly.

After half a minute.

Le Xing: "How many other skills do you hide that we don't know?"

Xu Wang: "It's gone, I swear by my boyfriend."

Lexing: "… "

After a minute.

Wang Danran: "What kind of stationery are you? It's so fucking cool! Do you have any more? How much?"

Xu Wang: "Someone has contacted me, bye."

Wang Duanran: "Okay, wait a minute... You wait for me, can telepathy be able to cut the queue?!"

After half a minute.

Fu Wenqing: "On the day you found Owl Yu, did you rely on this communication?"

Xu Wang: "Yes."

Fu Wenqing: "Very good, a big problem has been solved. Since there are such convenient conditions, I have some new ideas for the plan. Let's talk about it some time later."

"..." How obsessed this partner is with "talking"!

The more he used his skills, the more skilled he became, and the time he waited for a response was getting shorter and shorter. He persevered and harassed his partners for an hour or so, and Xu Wangji could communicate at any time.

After finding an ice cave and sitting down, Xu Wang breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that after two days, the teammates left Beijing, arrived at other levels, and tried a few more times.

But after a long night, I was idle and idle, and Xu Wang was eager to move, and wanted to try group chat. One-by-one communication is too efficient. If it is like multi-person voice, everyone is online at the same time, and it is convenient for each other.

When the four of them saw Xu Wang's posture, they knew that the captain was about to dial again.

This time, Xu Wang restarted the mode of the first round, and sent the olive branch of communication to all 18 teams, even his teammates were not left behind.

Soon, there was a lot of noise in the brain, making people have a splitting headache.

Xu Wang gritted his teeth and insisted, trying to clear the chaos, stripping the familiar voices of each partner from the mixed voice, and combing them.

[Didn't you try it? again?]This is the impatient king categorically.

[I just had a good dream, which made you disturbed.]This is Teacher Wei who is yawning.

[Anything else?]This is the calm Han Buting.

[Only... 6 days left...]

Xu Wang hurriedly opened his eyes, his face full of astonishment.

Wu Sheng raised his eyebrows in confusion: "Huh?"

Xu Wang shook his head, did not speak, and closed his eyes again to look for the voice.

[Only... 6 days left...]

Intermittent, electric sound, not teammates, but owls!

"What six days?" Xu Wang panicked.

His sudden voice startled the four companions.

[Six days later... The location of the owl jade... will be completely changed...]

"Why? You didn't say a time limit!"

[You... were noticed...]

[eliminate... unstable... activated...]

"Then wait for the owl jade to change, and you will give us a new map?"

[I can not find…]

"You, don't joke with me." Xu Wang was not confident enough. Without a map, it's looking for a needle in a haystack. He fished out thirteen needles in the sea in one night, and he had nothing to do with it.

[Only... 6 days left...]

[Only... 6 days left...]

The last words the owl left behind resounded in Xu Wang's ears like a nightmare.

The cold wind blew into the ice cave, and he shivered.

If he hadn't ignored the violent communication signal, if he hadn't insisted on stripping the noisy voice one by one, he might have brushed aside the message. Thinking of this, Xu Wang was afraid.

"What's the matter?" Wu Sheng grabbed his cold hand and covered it, "What time limit?"

Xu Wang raised his head, looked at him, and looked at the other three partners: "After six days, Owl Jade's position will change."

"Repair?" Chi Yingxue said.

Xu Wang nodded: "It said that we have been discovered, and the elimination of instability has been activated."

Qian Ai: "Then you shouldn't touch the owl jade, you should touch us?"

Chi Yingxue threw away the ice cubes in his hand that he had been playing with for a long time, and said with a clatter, "Maybe if you move the owl jade, it will move us."

"..." Qian Ai decided not to interrupt, so as not to hear more shocking speculation.

Ten minutes later, Captain Xu, who successfully initiated the group chat for the first time, threw it down—

"Six days?!"

This two-word roaring base is the first reaction of all teams.

Then slowly, the prospects of each team became clear one after another—

Camouflage strong man: "We're fine, I don't want to stay here for another day!"

Wang Duanran: "With our strength, six days is too long."

Happy Line Team: "Yes, I can recognize every grass and tree in the castle with my eyes closed."

Ya gray male: "Then there is no chance to practice..."

"Damn, we're still on 5/23!" Captain Lexing, in charge of 8/23.

A lot of people's back-and-forth contacts didn't stop until it was approaching 5:00.

Back at the hotel, Xu Wang was so exhausted that he fell out of bed and didn't want to move.

Wu Sheng put his clothes on and lay down beside him, hugging him into his arms.

"There are only six days left." Xu Wang closed his eyes, there was a path in his mind, and the end was vague.

"There are still six days." Wu Sheng lowered his head and kissed his hair.

Xu Wang gritted his teeth, but his head rested on his chest, and his sullen voice was not deterrent no matter how he heard it: "Just be blindly optimistic."

Wu Sheng corrected: "This is called optimism based on strength."

Xu Wang looked up at him angrily for a long time, and kissed him fiercely.

Five days later, 0:00.

"Cuckoo-"

Xu Wang couldn't remember how many times he had heard this cry, but not once was it as nervous as today.

As if the referee in the last lap of a long-distance race is ringing the bell, the finish line is just ahead, and success or failure is at stake.

The mist-shrouded building was empty and silent, with no one in sight.

Their 13/23 is on the books and technically they don't belong here anymore. In fact, all those who have passed this level will not have a second chance to come back here - they will directly enter the Wishing House after submitting the papers successfully. The mode is completely cut off from the first thirteen levels. Even if the submission fails, it will follow the rules of the last ten levels and will not return to the first thirteen levels.

So until four days ago, no one knew what 13/23 was like, and they forgot what they knew.

Four days ago, Xu Wang and the others returned here, and they were greeted by this cloud-covered building.

They no longer lost their memory, or in other words, the level was not triggered at all, and it was the same place for four days in a row.

When they passed the thirteenth level, what they experienced, whether they were in this building or not, was not important to the current Xu Wang team.

The owl jade map on 13/23 is a floor plan. After three visits, they have locked the location of the owl jade—the financial office of a company on the tenth floor.

All the way up the stairs to the 15th floor, the team is familiar with the way to the financial room. There is no need to say much when entering the door. The division of labor has already been clearly defined - Wu Sheng, Qian Ai, Kuang Jinxin, Chi Yingxue, shovel and pickaxe, dig floor tiles, Captain Xu Sit in the corner, connect with other teammates, and make room for your teammates by the way.

[How is it? ] Xu Wang quickly spread the information.

Everywhere in the twelve levels, fixed-point reception, and feedback came soon—

Yuequan 1st team: "I'm going to the sign point, there are ice chisel stationery too, don't worry!"

Gao Shuai, thin and white: "I just boarded the plane and haven't flown yet. We can't take off the luggage rack now."

Yuequan Second Team: "We have obtained transportation, but we have not found our peers for the time being. Zombies do not pose a threat to us. Don't worry."

Camouflage brawny: "I'm running... hu chi... the maze is so winding... hu chi... I don't have time to tell you more..."

Yue Shuai: "I'm a peach blossom ghost now, I'm so beautiful, but unfortunately I didn't have the chance to send you a selfie..."

The image of Xu Wang's high-cold commander broke through the Yue team: "My dear, your mission is owl jade, not a ghost house cospy."

Before Yue Shuai could answer, the Happy Broom Team responded first: "Ahhh-"

Xu Wang was nervous, and quickly connected with the other party: "Is something wrong?"

Happy Broom Team: "No... ah... good... ah... going to the chimney ah ah-"

Xu Wang was silent.

Qian Ai finally dug up a floor tile, wiped his sweat, and asked, "What's wrong? Who is in trouble?"

Xu Wang said, "It's fine, the Happy Team is riding the broom again."

Qian Ai, Wu Sheng, Chi Yingxue, Kuang Jinxin: "..."

Six lines, go back and choose the happy line, isn't this just disgusting!

Xu Wang could hear the voices of all the teams, but in turn, the teams could only hear the voices of Xu Wang communicating with themselves. The teams in the last few levels were afraid to mix with those reported earlier.

Zhao Yukan: "Everything is normal. At the current speed of the tour group, we can arrive at the location in an hour. I will report any new situation in time."

Xu Wang wondered, "Where are you, Captain Lewake?"

Zhao Yukan: "I just got scratched by the car, and the fragments of the flowerpot rubbed a little, and the hot coffee was spilled all over my body. I'm cleaning it up, it's no big deal."

"..." Xu Wang looked at his teammates who were in full swing, feeling like angels.

Captain Fu Wenqing, a flying chess professional, inserted: "I'm not free now, I'll talk about it later. Dachuan, don't throw the dice, you can't fly again, use it!"

Xu Wang was startled, fish, this is... Owl jade has come out, is it in the water? Efficiency!

Wei Menghan: "Xu Wang, where?"

"Yeah." Xu Wang hurried back, as busy as customer service, while sorting out information in his head, this classmate should be in troubled times and the Republic of China on 11/23.

"Our five refresh points are different. I'm rushing to the meeting point. It shouldn't be a big problem." Wei Menghang just said, and a gunshot rang out.

Xu Wang was startled: "What's wrong? Are you alright?"

"It's okay, we're catching the thieves."

"Then stay away."

"I am a thief."

"… "

Click!

An abrupt cracking sound interrupted Xu Wang's call, raised his head, and the ground was full of potholes, mixed with purple debris.

Xu Wang couldn't believe it: "It's done?"

Kuang Jinxin laughed, Qian Ai opened his mouth wide, and Chi Yingxue frowned.

Wu Sheng stood with the shovel, and Yushu faced the wind: "I said earlier, I'm optimistic based on strength."

Xu Wang wanted to jump up and kiss them one by one, but Wang Dianran's voice entered his ears one step ahead: "It's done."

"You have also become?" The double happiness came too suddenly, and Xu Wang couldn't catch it.

"Also?" Wang Ran's tone rose, "Someone got ahead of us?"

"...No." Xu Wang now has a bigger picture.

Levels 12 and 13 are done, and 1-6, 8, 10, and 11 have responded.

It's only 7 and 9, the only two levels without a map.

Xu Wang's heart hung up.

7/23, Story Solitaire, Game Room.

Ya Hui Nan, the third captain of Yuequan, a young man in a sports suit, and a mature man in a black T-shirt, the four of them sat around the round table.

Everyone is very friendly, and the solitaire is also proceeding in an orderly manner. The stories that have been received are as follows:

Cute girl a, secretly in love with handsome senior b, wrote a love letter and stuffed it into his desk, but when green tea girl c found out, she secretly changed it to the desk of bad boy d, who was in the same class as senior b. The bad boy d mistakenly thought that the girl a liked him, so he asked the girl a to watch a movie. The girl a came to realize that it was a misunderstanding, she clearly rejected the bad boy d, and told her that her sweetheart was the handsome senior b. Saying that girl a left, bad boy d watched the movie of the couple's seat alone, but found that in the next seat next door, handsome senior b was also watching this movie alone.

"The bad boy d gets angry when he sees b, and immediately rushes over..." Sportswear was talking about it, but was interrupted by surprise.

"Interrupt!" Ya Hui Nan played out the first interrupt card, took a deep breath, and brewed for two seconds, "The moment when the bad boy D grabbed the collar of the handsome senior B, he suddenly felt that violence could not solve the problem, it would be better With handsome senior b, learn how to get a girl's love, so he decided to apprentice... "

The elegant gray man played a card [apprentice].

Sportswear: "… "

Black T-shirt: "… "

"But there must be a ceremony for apprenticeship, so the bad boy D chose the one he is most familiar with, the ktv pocket and exquisite box!"

Ya gray men play cards [ktv].

As soon as the card came on, he couldn't wait to shout, "Xu Wang—"

The two of them at the same table almost made this voice go to pieces.

Ya gray male has no time to understand: "Can you hear me? You let him dig in the ktv, and I will control the field in the game room!"

The first scene, the classroom where the love letter is delivered.

The second scene, the cinema.

The third scene, ktv pocket box.

Xu Wang, who was far away on 13/23, captured the information almost instantly, and immediately forwarded it to Xiaotianlan, Xiaojiuhong, Xiaoshenzi, and Xiaomingcheng: "Owl jade is in the box!"

In fact, Xu Wang doesn't need to say, the red, blue, purple and orange four students are also considered scenes, but according to the plot, only the bad boy d (little wine red) and handsome senior b (in the sportswear team) are really transferred to the scene of the box. drama staff).

As soon as she arrived in the box, Xiao Jiuhong immediately turned on the three-foot-digging mode, and felt that the captain was caring while looking for it. Pocket-sized, dainty, and the Captain squandered all the mini-adjectives in his thesaurus in order to frame the third scene as small as possible.

The handsome senior B was dumbfounded by the side, and repeatedly confirmed that there was no new Solitaire plot, so he watched Xiao Jiuhong who was frantically rummaging through boxes and cabinets and trying to dig the ground, silently retreated to the corner, and the cold air rushed to his forehead.

The information of Ya gray man made Xu Wang's heart loosen, and now there is no sound from Han Buting.

Fifteen minutes ago, 00:01, 9/23, hell in my head.

Han Buting woke up in his seat, he knew that his body was still sleeping in a dark compartment, but his consciousness entered the hell of his teammates.

This is a spaceship. Anyone who has seen science fiction movies will recognize it. Looking up, there is a vast universe outside the spaceship. He was sitting in the main driver's seat, and his teammates also woke up one after another in the second-hand positions on the left and right.

Xu Yange, Li Xia, and Qi Shan.

No plums come close.

Everyone, including Han Buting, looked surprised.

This is the fourth time they have come to this level. The first three times were Xu Yangge's nightmares. They took it for granted that this time it was the same.

"How is that possible..." Qi Shan looked around reluctantly, but he knew in his heart that it was indeed Li Zijin who was left behind in the dark cell.

Xu Yange pondered for a moment: "Maybe it was the previous few times that I passed the test, which relieved part of my pressure. Recently, I really don't think about those things much."

When the biggest fear fades away, the natural backup in second place.

It's easy to figure out, but they didn't expect it to be Li Zijin.

What kind of nightmare does Li Zijin have

The only thing Qi Shan can think of is to retire, but Li Zijin is clearly ready to come back, and he has been very active recently. Besides, what is the connection between retirement and spaceships

Boom!

The ship shook violently with the sound of loud artillery fire, and the control panel issued an attack warning.

Qi Shan reacted at once: "We were hit!"

Han Buting, Xu Yange, Li Xia: "..."

What kind of sci-fi nightmare is this? !