Happy time travels are all similar, and unhappy time travels each have their own misfortunes.
—Iwamatsu Tolstoy Bai
Gu Bei felt something was wrong.
When he woke up from confusion, he felt a terrible headache. My brain felt like it had been stabbed with needles, and I couldn't think at all. He didn't know what was happening or where he was, and the feeling of drowsiness made him uncomfortable.
However, he realized without thinking that this was not the small bed he was used to sleeping on.
what's the situation
The surrounding environment was a bit depressing, the space was smaller than the cubicle he rented, and the dim light teased his eyelids. Not far behind, the vague sound of water droplets came faintly, making people feel a little tight...
and hushed voices.
"He seems to be really dead. Annie, you struck too hard!"
It was a reproachful female voice.
"I didn't mean it. How did I know that his body was so weak? Besides, besides, I actually didn't do anything."
The woman known as Anne said, sounding a little flustered.
"Stop talking, you should think about how to explain to Michelle."
"Michelle... No! What should we do? Michelle will definitely kill us!"
"Don't drag me into this. It's all your fault. You killed him. It had nothing to do with me..."
The conversation was still going on, a little noisy, and it was causing trouble in Gu Bei's mind along with the headache. However, after a moment of adjustment, he gradually got used to the pain and regained his basic observation and judgment abilities.
He forced his eyes open.
This is a narrow room, like the basement in some suspense movies. It was pitch black all around, the torches on the walls being the only source of light. Sticky moss grows on the corners of the walls and ceiling, and the thick humidity makes people feel very uncomfortable.
Gu Bei tried to move his body.
He immediately discovered that he was tied to a chair, and his hands tied behind his back were painfully strangled by thick hemp ropes.
Not only that, he also found that his body was extremely weak.
There was something strange about being weak.
"What to do... Michelle... Oh my God, she, she is here!"
The slow but firm sound of high heels interrupted their conversation and Gu Bei's feeble struggle.
Under the dim firelight, a vague figure gradually emerged.
It was a woman wrapped in a large robe, with a hood covering her face, so her appearance could not be seen clearly. The dark green robe covered her tightly without revealing any flaws. Even if there was a mannequin inside, no one would be able to tell.
The reason why Gu Bei knew she was a woman was entirely because of the sound of high heels just now and the name "Michelle".
Although he was still in a state of confusion, his instinct told Gu Bei that he should pretend to be dead now.
Therefore, before anyone noticed him, he relaxed his whole body, fell into the chair, and remained motionless.
Close your eyes tightly, open your ears, and pay attention to the development of the situation.
"Michelle, you're here..."
Anne's voice sounded trembling.
"Wake him up." A muffled female voice came from the robe.
"Michelle, I..."
Anne spoke hesitantly, as if she was considering her words, but was suddenly interrupted.
"It's all Anne's fault!" Another woman suddenly shouted, her voice was sharp, and Gu Bei's mind went numb. "Michelle, it's all Anne's fault. She killed the person, not like me. It doesn’t matter!”
Awkward silence.
"Michelle, I..." Anne tried to defend.
"He's not dead." Michelle interrupted her again.
Gu Bei's breath couldn't help but suffocate.
"What?"
"He's not dead." Michelle seemed a little impatient, "Wake him up."
"Ah, yes, yes..."
Gu Bei sat there with his eyes closed, and suddenly felt a chill all over his body, and couldn't help but shudder. The clothes on his body became wet in an instant, sticking tightly to his skin, sticky and uncomfortable. Gu Bei felt like vomiting.
The woman named Annie poured cold water on him.
Knowing he couldn't pretend anymore, he opened his eyes.
"He's not dead!"
One of the women exclaimed, and Gu Bei was finally able to see everything clearly.
There were three people in the room. The two women were dressed exactly like Michelle, with dark blue hooded robes covering their entire bodies, making it difficult to see their faces. They looked a bit like a horror movie.
Three robed monsters surrounded Gu Bei, like some kind of evil sacrificial ritual.
Gu Bei felt a chill running down his spine.
"You two can go and rest." Michelle said.
The two women nodded and left, perhaps going to argue over the complaint just now.
Gu Bei felt Michelle's gaze returning to him, like a poisonous snake staring at its prey. He felt very uncomfortable. But there was no other way. In the current situation, he could only lower his eyes and pretend not to see anything.
Michelle didn't say anything, and the two just faced off like this for a while.
The short time seems extremely long.
Finally, Michelle spoke.
"What's the way to open the treasure house?"
Gu Bei raised his head: "I don't know."
"Your Excellency Riese." Michelle didn't sound surprised at all. "Resistance is meaningless. You can return to the royal capital to be your noble genius, or you can rot in the belly of a mouse. The choice is yours. , I also hope you can make the right decision."
"I am not Mr. Riese, you have arrested the wrong person."
"Your Excellency Riese, my patience is limited." Michelle spoke slowly, but with a strong sense of oppression, "Or, you are not satisfied with the service just now, do you need me to find Anne again?"
“…”
Gu Bei was about to cry but had no tears: Sister, I really don’t know anything!
After being awake for so long, he probably has some understanding.
Before that, in the middle of the night, he was lying on the table, preparing a speech that his boss would use the next day.
At that time, he had been working overtime for half a month and was exhausted both physically and mentally. Because he was so sleepy, he couldn't hold on and fell asleep in front of the computer. In his dream, Gu Bei saw the forty-year-old boss with a gun on his head, pointing at his nose, and yelled: "Balala energy, transform!"
There was a buzzing in my head.
Then, his memory began in this basement.
We can't rule out the possibility that these women got crazy and thought they were Mr. Riese, and kidnapped themselves here. It does not rule out the possibility that the dream was too terrifying and caused great harm to his body and mind, causing him to have hallucinations.
but…
The moment he spoke, Gu Bei realized that he was not speaking Chinese, but some language similar to English.
I haven't spoken English in years.
Gu Bei is not a fool. He is an ordinary person, living an ordinary life and having extraordinary dreams - he has also read a lot of online novels. Therefore, the moment he realized something was wrong, he quickly connected with himself and came to a conclusion.
He traveled through time.
For some unknown reason, he time-traveled into the body of a person named Mr. Riise, replacing the original owner. However, as luck would have it, Mr. Rise was not very lucky and was kidnapped by several neurotic women and suffered some non-sensual torture.
Now, it was his turn to be tortured.
Gu Bei sighed, mourning that his salary had been delayed for half a month - he accidentally suffered an anal fissure while skiing in Finance, so he didn't come to work.
He must be the unluckiest time traveler.
"For the Riese family, that treasure house is just a grain of rice in a huge granary. You have thousands of treasures in it, so why would you throw away your precious life for such a thing?"
Michelle might have thought that Gu Bei's sigh was a sign of wavering, so he started to take the persuasive route.
Gu Bei raised his head, looked at the darkness in the other person's hood, and said word by word:
"I have no idea!"
He believed that his eyes must be as sincere as a deer's.
But Michelle didn't believe it.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Riese. You made a wrong choice." Michelle's voice was so cold from beginning to end, but this time Gu Bei heard a faint murderous intention, "I think, maybe you I’m starting to miss Ms. Anne.”
Gu Bei shuddered.
He didn't know what these crazy women had done to the original owner of this body, and he didn't really want to know. Why? Because the original owner of the body was beaten to death by them!
With the facts in front of him, he didn't dare to doubt the torture methods of these crazy women.
The moment Michelle turned around, Gu Bei stopped her:
"I...I can't tell you yet."
Gu Bei had no choice. Even if he was dealt a bad hand, he could only bite the bullet and play it.
Regardless of whether he traveled through time or not, he didn't want to die.
"Why?"
Michelle did not turn back, but stopped, turned her back, and asked coldly.
"If you don't keep your promise, you won't let me go even if I tell you." Gu Bei tried hard to search through various movie and novel plots in his mind, and pretended to be calm and said, "I can tell you how to open the treasure house. method, but you must ensure my safety."
A chuckle came from the hood.
The atmosphere relaxed a lot, and Gu Bei breathed a sigh of relief.
"You are very smart." Michelle turned around, "I didn't plan to let you go in the first place. In order not to be hunted by the Riser family. After getting what I want, I will kill you immediately and chop you into pieces. Throw the sauce into the sewer and feed it to the rats without leaving any trace."
Gu Bei couldn't wait to swallow what he said.
"...Then I won't say anything."
"If you don't say anything, we will torture you until you can't bear to speak." Michelle's voice sounded very perverted, "You can choose to die without pain, which is much better than the other option."
“…”
What a bad luck.
Gu Bei now just wants to dig out the soul of Mr. Riise, pinch his neck and call him back to his soul, so that he can leave this strange world quickly.
Damn it, I’m just a passerby!
"madness."
Seeing that the other party had no intention of speaking, Michelle shook her head and prepared to find someone else.
In desperation, an idea suddenly flashed through Gu Bei's mind.
"etc!"
Michelle didn't seem to hear her, and her steps didn't slow down at all.
Gu Bei could only shout with all his strength:
"The treasure house of the Riise family can only be opened by the blood of the Riise family. Kill me, and you will never get it in your lifetime!"
Michelle finally stopped and walked back in high heels with great rhythm.
Gu Bei's breath that was choked at the top of his lungs finally relaxed.
Only family blood can open a treasure house—the most clichéd plot setting in novels. Unexpectedly, it has become his only life-saving straw at the moment.
After a moment of silence, Michelle suddenly spoke:
"You are not of Rise's own blood."
What? !
Gu Bei was shocked, and the hands tied behind his back suddenly tightened.
"To the Rise family, you are just a relative." Michelle's tone seemed to be contemptuous, "Your aunt married into the Rise family, and you just followed her and mixed in with a Rise family. Last name. You don’t have any bloodline from the Rise family at all. Your so-called bloodline can open a treasure house, and even you can’t do it yourself."
“…”
This "Lord Riese" is actually just a bastard from a wealthy family
The headache seems to be getting worse.
Gu Bei was a little desperate. What it means to shoot oneself in the foot, what it means to dig a hole and jump out, he has experienced it personally and thoroughly.
There were other ways to go, but they were all blocked.
What to do now
His journey through time has only begun for half an hour, don't tell him that he will be stopped in arrears.
Michelle sneered and continued: "Do you think I didn't investigate before kidnapping you..."
"Your test is meaningless!" Suddenly, Gu Bei interrupted her sternly, as if he was a different person, "I am from the Rise family, and I have the most orthodox bloodline of the Rise family. Making up such a story is a test. Me, what are you suspecting?"
"you… "
Gu Bei was aggressive: "If you're afraid that I'm stalling for time, it means you're just bluffing. Are you panicking about kidnapping a noble? The people sent by the family are coming soon. If you delay any longer, you will only lose yourself. life."
Michelle suddenly became silent, as if there really was a dummy in the robe.
Gu Bei sneered several times.
You bet right!
If he was just a relative, how could he know such secrets as the family treasure house? If he was really just an insignificant relative, then there would be no need for Michelle to kidnap him, right
Thinking of this, Gu Bei immediately realized that the other party was trying to trick him.
Michelle must have discovered something was wrong with Gu Bei, "Lord Lisser", so he made up the identity of a foreign relative to test himself. If you take the bait, you will be dead. The other party will find that he is not the real Lord Riise, and he will not be of any use value.
But fortunately, Gu Bei was calm enough, and Michelle's temporary identity as a relative was also full of loopholes.
The body I traveled through is the genuine blood of the Rise family!
He took advantage of the situation and suppressed this woman who was pretending to be mysterious.
"Ms. Michelle, if you really want to open the treasure house, then I think you need to act quickly." Gu Bei took advantage of the victory and mocked the opponent mercilessly, "The people of the Lise family are not that easy to mess with. .”
Silence, a long silence.
"… you win."
Gu Bei raised his eyebrows teasingly.
Michelle's words seemed to pop out from between his teeth: "I will take you to the location of the treasure house, you open the door for me, and we will keep a distance from you when you open the treasure house. Once the door is opened, we will not have any idle supervision. You, you have every chance to escape on your own."
After hearing this, Gu Bei finally smiled:
"make a deal!"
call…
The big stone that was weighing on his heart finally let go, and Gu Bei saw that glimmer of hope again.
While feeling lucky, he couldn't help but sigh that he was indeed the unluckiest time traveler.
Others rely on golden fingers to save their lives, but the only one he can rely on is himself.
However, now is not the time to relax.
Now that he has made up a lie, he has to continue making up lies. This crazy woman still has to take her to open the treasure house, and she must find a chance to escape, otherwise she will still die if the lie is exposed.
The game has just begun.
Gu Bei returned his attention to Michelle.
As if she was very dissatisfied with Gu Bei, Michelle took a few steps outside, tapping her high heels extra hard. Facing the dark corridor, she called out to her "little brothers":
"Sally, Annie, it's time to go!"
She should be planning to take Gu Bei and his men to evacuate here and go to the location of the treasure house.
However…
Empty corridor, no one responded.
oh
It seemed that something had happened, Gu Bei hid his gloating expression.
"Sally? Annie?"
Michelle increased her volume, and her calm voice rarely wavered.
Finally, a voice came over:
"Michelle, something happened!"
Despite these words, Michelle still looked a lot more relieved.
Figures in hooded robes hurriedly emerged from the shadows.
"The Reese family members are coming soon! Michelle, something serious is going to happen!"
After hearing this, Gu Bei instantly became happy, but soon became a little uneasy.
How should he deal with relatives he has never met
On the other hand, if the Riese family catches up, Gu Bei doesn't think Michelle will let him survive.
Headache.
Michelle, however, remained calm and continued to ask: "Annie, where did Sally go?"
"I, I don't know..."
"Annie, tell me, where is Sally?"
Anne's voice was stumbling, and she must have been very nervous at the moment:
"Sally disappeared... I, I'm not sure. She said she was going to take a look around, and then she disappeared. I think... I think she must have discovered the Reese family and ran away secretly! Or! … She may have been caught by the Riise family!”
Michelle was silent.
Annie stood opposite her, and her hooded robe could not conceal her panic:
"Michelle, it's time for us to leave. If we delay any longer, they will definitely catch us!"
But Michelle remained silent.
The silence made Anne feel a little embarrassed. She was like a funny person who was trying her best to tell jokes, but she didn't answer even a single word of compliments. One minute, two minutes... The whole scene was so cold that she could hardly keep the expression on her face.
It was Gu Bei who broke the awkwardness.
His voice was drawn out, with a kind of pretended surprise, and he felt like he deserved a beating:
"Annie, did you kill Sally?"