Bai Jingxing apologized to the confused hotel owner, and the group hurriedly took Li Tianyu, who was pale, upstairs.
It would be useless to stay here. With things like this, the boss wouldn't tell them much anymore for a while.
In the living room, Xie Yuanyuan listened to Zhe Liu's intermittently talking about the whole story. He scratched his hair and wondered: "Does this Miss Li have some kind of mania? Ever since we saw her, she has been rolling her eyes and talking. Ridiculous, angry, what's going on with her?"
"The eldest lady is just out of temper," Du Zijun wiped the barrel of the gun with a flannel out of boredom, "It's normal. I've seen it too many times."
Wen Zheliu sighed troubledly: "But this is the uncanny valley. If she continues to be such a young lady, I'm afraid not only will her own life be in danger, but we will also be dragged down by her."
"That's true..." Xie Yuanyuan rubbed his cheek in distress, "Now it's about escaping, not winning... If she is eliminated, our difficulty will have to increase..."
While they were talking here, a group of people over there had already begun to study the extra marks on the back of Li Tianyu's hand.
"Well," Wen Zheliu raised his chin, "I already have the mark of the Holy Nun on my hand. I don't know how I'm going to get through tonight."
Du Zijun raised his eyelids: "Isn't she that Li Rong's sister? How did her brother teach her to become a retarded person?"
"She is quite capable in terms of skills." He Qin leaned against the wall, seeming to be thinking about something, "But that is to gain an advantage in competitive games. I'm afraid it won't work well in situations like this that require the use of brains." ”
While he was talking, John came in with a plate and greeted everyone: "Guest, this is the fruit cut by the kitchen for you. Please use it slowly."
Wen Zheliu's eyes lit up and he shouted hurriedly: "Wait a minute!"
He Qin stood up, went over to take the two things, and handed them under the waiter's nose, "Look at this, is it left by the previous guest?"
John stared at the lipstick and medicine bottles, his expression as motionless as a dead clay sculpture.
Hearing that Zheliu suddenly became vigilant, he walked to He Qin and stared closely at the NPC opposite who was not sure whether he was an enemy or a friend. His hand slowly touched the cane on his waist, and he called out tentatively: "Hello. ?”
"Yes!" The next moment, John suddenly beamed and said loudly with great interest, "I remembered, a beautiful lady, a handsome gentleman, yes, it is theirs!"
Everyone present was silent, looking at the waiter suspiciously, watching his startled movements like a clockwork doll.
Wen Zheliu's hand was still on his waist, and he asked cautiously and gently: "So, where are they now?"
The waiter looked at him strangely and replied: "Of course it is here, sir."
"Where?" Wen Zheliu asked.
"At the Midnight Fun Show, sir," the waiter said, "They are now residents of Melios, the Happy Town."
Everyone stared at John. The waiter's face was stiff with muscles, his eyes were shining brightly, and he slowly showed them a huge, full-toothed smile.
He stared straight ahead, with an exaggerated smile on his face, and hissed to the players: "Merios, Happy Town... welcome you."
An empty town, shut-in residents, a luxury hotel that exceeds the normal scale, and a grumpy boss in the hotel, the only waiter... and the "Midnight Joy Show" whose name has only been heard but whose appearance has not been seen.
Xi Ling stood up and asked seriously: "What is the so-called midnight joy show?"
However, he regretted it as soon as he asked, because this question was like turning on some kind of switch. John put one hand on his chest, raised the palm of the other hand up high, and made an extremely exaggerated opening gesture towards the players. , said in a high-pitched tone: "Midnight happy show, happy and good life!"
He Qin raised his eyebrows and pulled Wen Zheliu to take a step back, away from the waiter who suddenly went crazy.
But then, John bowed slightly and raised a finger nervously. His behavior was dramatic, as if he was facing the camera in front of the TV. He asked in a mysterious tone: "Does your life lack fun? Do you need happiness? Does work and boring textbooks make you feel that life is always boring?" "
"Friendly reminder, if you have a heart condition, please don't watch if you are eating." John laughed out a very regular, wind-up laugh from his chest, "Because it will make you happy! Turn it over! sky!"
Finally, it ended with an action of turning around in a circle, lifting up the non-existent skirt in a coquettish manner, and curtsying to everyone.
An empty and luxurious living room, nine shocked and speechless audience members, and a nervous actor.
John was tall and thin, with an unattractive appearance and a patch of freckles on his face. It should be very funny and ridiculous for an adult man to do this action, but when the normal people present watched him perform this play with excellent singing and stern expressions, they all felt chills and a strange chill came from him. The spine whizzes toward the brain.
"The above is the Midnight Happy Show." He suddenly stood up at attention, his face relaxed, and solemnly concluded, "The program that brings us happiness is the Midnight Happy Show."
He put the towel on his arm again and smiled at the stunned people: "Please use your fruit slowly."
After saying that, he turned around and left without any hesitation, closing the door of the living room behind him.
Main mission: Investigate the town hotel (1/1) has been completed.
Obtain rewards: 300 experience points and 500 copper coins. The rewards have been sent to your package.
Congratulations, your level has increased to: level 17
The main quest has been updated: Watch the Midnight Fun Show (unlimited times)
There was a dead silence. When everyone came back to their senses, they discovered that their mental values had dropped by about 2%-5% due to the waiter's performance just now.
"What the hell is this..." Xie Yuanyuan was speechless, "Damn it, the mental pollution value is too strong..."
Bai Jingxing didn't speak, Chen Feiluan, Lin Miao and others also looked ugly. Wen Zheliu had subconsciously held the cane behind his back from just now, waiting to chop it off at any time, and he has not let go until now.
"Baby, baby?" He Qin reached out and gently opened his fingers. "He's gone. It's okay. Just relax."
"It's not him who is mentally polluted," Wen Zheliu whispered, "it's the so-called midnight fun show."
"Ah," Du Zijun held the burning cigarette between his fingers. It was almost burning to the end. He ignored it and just frowned. "What he just performed should be the opening remarks of the reality show."
"-It's just the opening remarks." Xi Ling pursed her lips tightly, "The main mission tonight should be a fierce battle."
Li Tianyu wrapped the blanket around him tightly, exhaled a trembling and uneasy breath, and said with a low cry: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I really don't know what's wrong with me, I..."
"Okay." Du Zijun lowered his eyes and reached into the ashtray to dust off the cigarette. "Things have reached this point. It's just a waste of time to hear you say sorry. It's better to calm down and think about what to do next. manage."
He Qin looked around, scanning everyone's faces, and finally took Wen Zheliu's wrist and ordered: "Go back to your respective rooms to rest for a while. It's best for everyone to eat something and get ready."
"Chen Feiluan," he said, calling out to the man who tilted his head slightly toward Li Tianyu and was deep in thought. The latter did not expect that He Qin would suddenly call his name, and his expression suddenly looked a little surprised, "Please worry about Miss Li's condition. We are in escape mode now. If anyone delays, it will affect the final ranking of the team. I think everyone’s goal should be more than just satisfying the basic requirement of clearing the level, right?”
Although his tone was light and there was a careless smile on his face, there was an irresistible sense of decision-making from a superior person in his words. This made Chen Feiluan straighten his body, nod solemnly and said: " OK, I see."
Bai Jingxing frowned and stared at He Qin's leaving back. For a long time, he slowly relaxed his brows and smiled with interest.
"Let's go too." He pushed up his glasses and said to Lin Miao.
After returning to the room, Wen Zheliu whined depressedly, threw himself face down on the bed, and smothered himself in the fluffy and soft silk quilt and stopped talking.
He Qin walked over and slapped him on the butt, "If you want to go to bed, take off your clothes before going to bed."
Wen Zheliu sank into the soft bed and struggled to turn his face: "No, how are we going to play this? Until now, a key clue has not been found, and there is also a teammate who specializes in bad things. This is too difficult! "
He Qin folded his arms and looked down at him in a funny way. After hearing the willow howl for a while, he suddenly thought of something. He hurriedly stood up and sat up, shouting to He Qin: "That's right! I forgot to ask, please tell me the truth. , how on earth did you get out!"
He Qin dragged a chair and sat down in the gap between the two beds. "You remembered to ask? I thought you had forgotten."
"Don't change the subject!" Wen Zheliu raised his fist and was about to punch his brother in return, but He Qin suppressed him with force.
"Okay, okay," He Qin squinted his eyes lazily like a big leopard basking in the sun, "Actually, the reason is very simple, it was Marianne's last signed name."
Wen Zheliu was shocked: "What's going on? I'm trying to be a doctor, but I didn't expect it to actually work?"
He Qin nodded: "Well... the carriage is taking you to the City of Melancholy, and the ticket signed by Marianne is your authority to use the carriage. She signed my name on the ticket, which means... "
"...It means granting you permission and recognizing your identity as a player!" Wen Zheliu suddenly figured it out and almost jumped out of bed with joy, "So that's it, great! I said, how can you become a Saint? The nun's men escaped, in this case..."
When he said this, the cheerful expression on his face couldn't help but froze. He opened his mouth, slowly closed his lips, and swallowed the words he had not finished speaking under his tongue.
For children of this age, emotions come and go quickly, like a gust of wind in summer. He Qin brushed away his sweaty forehead and asked in a low voice: "What's wrong, baby?"
"... She won't find you and then take you back, right?" Thinking of this, Wen Zheliu couldn't help but anxiously bent his knees and hugged him with his arms. This was an extremely insecure posture, "No way. ?”
He Qin laughed dumbly and comforted: "No, the fair and just part implanted in her character is still affecting her. Now that the game has begun, she will not take action here and destroy the second world. balance.”
"How fair and equitable!" Wen Zheliu complained miserably, "The game agreement stipulates that no one under the age of 18 can enter. I'm not yet 18. Well, why did you throw me in?"
He Qin shook his head and wiped the sweat from his forehead, "Look how old Xi Ling is. Isn't he only 14 years old this year?"
"Gah?" Wen Zheliu was dumbfounded, "Yeah... I forgot about him, so what's going on?"
"From the moment Ceresa broke through the Turing Wall and declared herself to be an independent intelligent life, she was no longer controlled by Nova City. Naturally, the so-called agreement made for her by humans cannot have any constraints on her. "He Qin said, "But the game world has its own rules for natural operation after all. Even she has to succumb to 'fate'."
"'Destiny'..." Wen Zheliu murmured, "You told me that it was a very huge computing module, right?"
He Qin smiled and said: "Not one, but countless, billions. They are like ubiquitous threads, connecting the nine worlds of the Uncanny Valley, determining the outcome of the NPC and the ending of the story."
"In the same time and space, there are millions of the same worlds, millions of different groups of players, and millions of different endings." He Qin smiled at him, "This is the role of 'destiny'."
Wen Zheliu sighed: "It sounds so grand."
"So don't be afraid," He Qin touched his head. "Although she is the god of the Uncanny Valley, she can only achieve omniscience and omnipotence, and there is no way to break through the shackles of omniscience."
"Omniscient and omnipotent, knowing everything and being able to do anything... So what is omniscience?" Wen Zheliu asked curiously.
"Observe." He Qin smiled indifferently and said, "Observe yourself, observe the world, observe the exiled truth, observe the final answer to things, and then the will transcends latitude and reincarnation - this is all-seeing."
Wen Zheliu pondered for a long time and suddenly said: "Beyond the limitations of time and space, and then see time and space. Is this what you mean?"
He Qin opened his eyes slightly and turned to stare at Wen Zheliu. After a moment, he sighed softly.
"Sometimes, you're just too smart," he said worriedly, "but at the same time, you're too kind—to put it bluntly, too soft-hearted. I don't know if that's good or bad for you, but I It's clear that one day, you will be dragged down by them."
"No way?" Wen Zheliu was a little frightened by his serious tone, "I didn't do anything..."
He Qin didn't say anything more, just smiled: "Go to sleep, there are still a few hours until night, take a nap first, and I will go to the kitchen to get some food later."
"Aren't you going to sleep?" After a long journey, he heard that Zheliu was indeed a little sleepy. He yawned and looked sideways at He Qin with watery eyes.
"I won't sleep, I'm watching you." He Qin took off his coat, closed the window, and drew the heavy curtains, "Put the quilt on, it will get cold soon."
This is true. There is little vegetation coverage in the western region, and the temperature difference between day and night is huge. As soon as the sun sets and the evening wind blows, it is enough to make people shiver with cold.
Hearing Zhe Liu muttered something, he turned over and covered himself with the quilt, and fell asleep peacefully.
He Qin stared at his sleeping face and sighed silently.
-No matter what happens, I will always be watching over you.
Soon, it was approaching midnight.
Wen Zheliu ate some sandwiches and fruits that He Qin brought from the kitchen - but according to He Qin, there was no one in the kitchen at all, and he and a few other people made the sandwiches together.
Wen Zheliu was indeed a little hungry. He devoured one and said in a daze, "Hey, you should have told me earlier and asked me to go down and do it. I used to work in a fast food restaurant!"
"Eat yours." He Qin sat on the bed without raising his head. He bent one leg and was wiping the long knife with a velvet cloth in his hand. The crystal lamp on the ceiling shone brightly, and the reflected blade also surged with cold light like water waves, like thousands of rivers and seas. The blade is covered with naturally forged whirlpool patterns from top to bottom. From a distance, it looks like a row of crystal-piercing animal teeth biting diagonally, which makes one's eyes tremble.
"Is this... the ring-shou sword?" he asked.
"No," He Qin said with a nostalgic smile on his lips, "This is called the Hengdao, and this is the knife I used to learn knife skills since I was a child."
Wen Zheliu nodded in understanding. After eating, he drank the bottle of experience potion that could only be used once in a world, and instantly reached level 18, unlocking all the effects of the knight's cane.
"Let's go, let's meet in the living room." He took a deep breath and said.
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