By the time everyone arrived at the Midnight City, He Qin had disappeared.
He disappeared without a trace, as silently as water dissolved in water. When leaving, he only had time to whisper two words in Wen Zheliu's ear: "Wait for me."
Xie Yuanyuan knew a little bit about what was going on between them, so naturally he wouldn't ask any questions. When he got off the bus, even his teammates who had doubtful eyes were greeted by Du Zijun with a cold look, and they all wisely kept their mouths shut - as if they had no questions. Doubt the whereabouts of Happy Dawson's body.
The area of the Midnight City is almost the same as that of the Melancholy City, but the style of the entire city is obviously different from the first floor. Compared to the chaos and colorfulness of the first floor, this floor is more inclined to a neatly planned modern city. , the skyscrapers rising from the ground divide the sky into small, narrow pieces, the neon lights are layered on top of each other, and the streets are like a shining galaxy, with ripples like fish scales on the long river in the city.
After entering the city gate, the group planned to go their separate ways.
Bai Jingxing inserted a glittering invitation into Wen Zheliu's personal terminal and solemnly invited him: "Take a rest for the night and come to the place specified above tomorrow. I'm afraid we both need to share some information."
Du Zijun glanced sideways, his face showing no emotion.
"Intelligence." He said, "What information have you received?"
Although this sentence is a question, his tone is flat, just like an affirmative sentence.
Li Tianyu and Xi Ling also came over. Xi Ling said: "The news I just received is that when we are about to reach the third world, something has indeed happened here."
"Please come together." Li Tianyu said, his eyes flashing with confusion, "Obviously... Although I can't figure out what happened, this time it was a joint call from several large groups at the same time."
Chen Feiluan said: "It's very rare. I don't know what happened."
Wen Zheliu looked at the invitation and nodded. There are many members in the group, and the information is also complicated. The information they can learn immediately is naturally much more comprehensive than that of an idle player like himself who works alone.
"Okay," he said gratefully, "thank you for the invitation."
Du Zijun lit a slender cigarette, and the smoke lingered around his face. He did not speak. Bai Jingxing already said: "Well, without you, I'm afraid it would be impossible to clear the difficult mode perfectly in 80 hours." It’s a legend.”
As he said that, he waved his hand and said with a smile, "See you tomorrow!"
Wen Zheliu waved to him and said goodbye to the remaining people one by one. Looking at the city lights shining brightly in the dusk, he and Xie Yuanyuan collapsed into a ball from exhaustion.
Wen Zheliu: "I'm so tired—"
Xie Yuanyuan: "I'm so tired—"
There is a saying that the hotel owner's driving skills are really not very good. The car in the vast wilderness seemed to have eaten some fairy grass. It flew high in the clouds and mist, swayed left and right, and was so bumpy that I almost vomited when I smelled the broken willows. He Qin held him in his arms and held him tightly, whispering in his ear to distract him. When He Qin left, most of his energy and energy seemed to have been taken away with him. , just want to lie on the ground motionless.
"Get up quickly," Du Zijun frowned, like a serious elder sister... elder brother, "I want to go back to the hotel to sleep."
When he was in Melancholy City, Du Zijun went to the most luxurious hotel in the city center and bought a package ticket for everyone, including He Qin. As long as they can pass through one world safely and reach the player transfer station in the next world, they can always enjoy discounts at the best hotels and free accommodation services for the first three days.
When Wen Zheliu asked him in surprise how he came up with the idea of buying this, he replied nonchalantly: "Taking advantage of consumers' fluke mentality to promote business should be the most basic ability of a business decision-maker. There is nothing to make a fuss about."
"I'm going to vomit -" Seeing him turning around and about to leave the two embarrassing pools of liquid on the ground, Xie Yuanyuan wailed and grabbed Du Zijun's waist, letting him drag him away. Wen Zheliu followed closely behind, grabbing Xie Yuanyuan Their waists were twisted into a long string, and the veins on Du Zijun's forehead jumped, and he wanted to pick up these two little ones and beat them up.
After stumbling all the way to the car and reaching the upper floors of the hotel, Wen Zheliu was lying on the bed, half of his clothes were off, and he was already asleep.
The next day they slept until about three o'clock in the morning, and then they lazily got up to wash up and eat, waiting to go to the afternoon player gathering.
Xie Yuanyuan opened his personal terminal and showed him the ranking list of Blue Spire: "Look, the rankings have been updated this time."
Wen Zheliu swallowed the fried egg in his mouth, and took a closer look. The holographic image of the minaret suddenly appeared on it.
Ranking list of cleared players
No.1: He Qin, the clearance time is 76 hours, 12 minutes and 13 seconds, collection achievements: full story achievements (difficult)
No.2: Wen Di, the clearance time is 76 hours, 12 minutes and 13 seconds, collection achievements: full plot achievements (difficult)
No.3: Ghost collision during the day, clearance time is 76 hours, 12 minutes and 36 seconds, collection achievements: 2/3 plot achievements (difficult)
No.4: Leng Ao and Kuangye, the clearance time is 76 hours, 12 minutes and 38 seconds, collection achievements: 2/3 plot achievements (difficult)
No.5: Little Transparent also has spring. The clearance time is 76 hours, 12 minutes and 37 seconds. Collection achievements: 2/3 plot achievements (difficult)
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Wen Zheliu frowned and glanced at it. From first to ninth, they almost completed the top ten. Even though the clearance time of the tenth place was one hour and forty minutes shorter than that of He Qin, who ranked first. But there is no "difficulty" mark behind his full achievements to increase the ranking weight.
The Uncanny Valley is different from ordinary games in that it does not allow players to choose the difficulty of the game independently. If Jenny hadn't been summoned rashly this time, the difficulty of the world line wouldn't have increased significantly, allowing them to achieve a perfect ending in the difficult escape mode by mistake.
Du Zijun was wearing a nightgown, lying on the giant round sofa in the hotel, holding a cup of coffee expressionlessly.
"It's already a big deal outside." He said calmly, "As soon as I go out, almost everyone will mention the rankings when chatting."
Wen Zheliu asked curiously: "What did they say?"
Du Zijun said: "Of course they asked us how we achieved a perfect difficult ending in the escape mode. Some people said cheating, and others said we must have some high-end props in hand, or we unintentionally unearthed the true ending... or something like that."
Xie Yuanyuan turned over, got up from the pile of snacks, and asked Wen Zheliu: "So what's going on? Have you and Brother He really unearthed the true ending in the legend?"
Wen Zheliu smiled bitterly, shook his head and objected: "It's too exaggerated. Not even half of the nine worlds have been completed. How can there be a real ending? It's just a prop."
He thought for a while and decided that it was not good to hide the secret from his two friends, so he told them about the pendant half-heartedly: "... Just like this, because of Jenny's intervention, the difficulty of the world line will be passively increased. "
Du Zijun paused and looked up at him. There was no emotion in his eyes, but it made Wen Zheliu feel guilty, as if Du Zijun had seen what he was covering up.
"Yeah, I got it." He nodded.
On the other side, Xie Yuanyuan was extremely excited and almost jumped up: "Wow! That's the boss of the first world! She is actually willing to help you and can be summoned by you! This is too cruel!"
Wen Zheliu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He could only say with some emotion: "She is willing to help. It would be good to have one more person to help."
Du Zijun said: "Okay, let's get ready and go see the so-called player gathering."
After several people changed their clothes and arrived at the meeting place, they saw a private property.
It is also possible to purchase private real estate in the Uncanny Valley, but those who would do so are generally only cash-rich players who have a lot of money to burn, or groups that always need a base camp.
"This is the territory of the Fire of the World." Du Zijun raised his eyes and said.
Wen Zheliu really wanted to laugh when he heard this. He didn't know what was going on. A mere player camped on his own and asked Du Zijun to tell him. Inexplicably, he had the illusion that he was involved in the underworld.
The three of them swiped the invitation at the door and went in without waiting for anyone to greet them. When they got to the third floor, Wen Zheliu went over and knocked on the door of the conference room and turned the handle.
"Excuse me." He said casually.
As soon as the door opened, surprisingly, there weren't many people inside. Except for the previous teammates, the remaining ten or so players were all unknown players.
Bai Jingxing pushed up his glasses, stood up and introduced: "Wen Zheliu, Xie Yuanyuan..."
"Du Zijun." Du Zijun said to himself.
Bai Jingxing didn't take it seriously and said with a smile: "These are our teammates in the Midnight Happy Show."
The leader of the men stood up, his features were strong and heroic, and his face was somewhat similar to Li Tianyu. Wen Zheliu could guess that he must be Li Rong, the leader of the Fire of the World.
Li Rong nodded slightly towards them: "Jiu Yang, thank you very much for saving my sister at that time."
Li Tianyu blushed and waved to them. The man next to him smiled slightly and did not stand up. He just said to them: "Made by God, Yuhong shakes."
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Hearing this name and looking at him, not only Wen Zheliu was a little stunned, but Du Zijun's eyes couldn't help but wander on his face, and Xie Yuanyuan had already said "Wow" in shock.
Yu Hongyao is a very special man, special because of his appearance.
He is undoubtedly a very skillful leader, but the controversy surrounding his face has never stopped. Not only does his name sound like the second or third male lead in a third-rate Mary Sue novel, but he doesn't look very human either. Those slender eyes that are raised at the end always make people think of many fox demons and ghosts that haunt the night. The skin is too fair and shiny, but the lips are red and plump like sauvignon. It is simply too monstrous. . As early as in the City of New Stars, there were rumors that he had plastic surgery 300 times a year. People familiar with the matter broke the news an average of five times a week, causing his supporters and haters to fight online and offline every day. To this end, Nova City has also opened a room in the Slaughterhouse for the first time for individual players, dedicated to pink and black battles.
Yu Hongyao elegantly chewed an ebony and silver-plated pipe. She seemed to be accustomed to this kind of gaze. The red-haired man sitting opposite him also said: "DK, Richardson Gary."
"The sword is like a dream, Li Zhengqing."
"Jiangshan smiles, Chi Qingliu."
Wen Zheliu hurriedly returned the greetings. In front of him, Li Rong frowned and took the lead in throwing out a piece of information. He said in a deep voice: "Let's forget about the small talk for now. Let's take a look at what is said here. Everyone. What are your thoughts on the two newly opened game modes?”
"Massacre mode and defection mode?" Yuhong raised her slender eyebrows, "I'm afraid it's not good."
The author has something to say: Here we go! Head to the third dungeon of the Edo period!