Rubik's Cube Seven Days Dream

Xu Minglang opened his eyes, it was still night outside the window, and the snow was still falling.

The girl opposite was curled up in a ball and fell asleep soundly. He wanted to check the time, but the last battery of the phone was also exhausted in standby.Physical exhaustion reminded him that he would not fall asleep for too long.

But no matter what, this test was easier than expected, and the clown has not found him until now.This may be due to the dispersal tactics he proposed. There is only one clown in Nuoda's Summer Kingdom, and it is not easy to find everyone.

Xu Minglang got up and wanted to change his lying position, but saw a small figure on the ground through the window, walking towards the control room of the ferris wheel.

Xu Minglang leaned over like lightning, breaking out in a cold sweat, his nerves tensed.After a few seconds, when the feeling of blood rushing to his head subsided, he poked his head out and looked outside again.The colorful pointed hat with a larger than normal head circumference made Xu Minglang sure that it was a clown.

In a panic, Xu Minglang also found that their cockpit had passed the apex and was slowly moving down.Once the clown does come and happens to see them, open the door and kill them...

What to do now... Xu Minglang regretted hiding in the Ferris wheel, it was too inconvenient when he wanted to escape.He woke Ye Jiawen up, and both of them put up all their energy, lowered their bodies as much as possible, and hid themselves under the window.

Don't come here... Don't come here... Xu Minglang said silently in his heart.

Someone was walking up the green-painted stairs, then stepped onto a simple platform built of steel plates, pulled off the useless iron chains, and peeked at every cockpit passing by.

Seeing that his cockpit was about to slide to the lower end, Xu Minglang told Ye Jiawen in advance to open the door and slip out from the exit. There is an enclosed roller coaster less than 100 meters ahead.He himself would stay to stall for time. If the clown didn't arrive with luck, he would transfer with Ye Jiawen.

It's a pity that the god of luck didn't favor the two of them. Through the cabin door, they all heard the sound of footsteps rubbing against the steel plate.

At this time, the cockpit was still one space away from the ground, and it was estimated that he would bump into the clown when he opened the door. It seemed that he was destined to learn Dong Cunrui's spirit. It is better to die alone than two.

A pair of big hands pressed on the glass and made a "bang", and a pair of deep and fanatical eyes were staring inside.Ye Jiawen was completely stunned, and even missed the chance to escape. She buried her head in her arms and didn't dare to look up, otherwise she would see a tall man squeeze in after the door was opened, ignoring the stunned young man sitting opposite, Bully went up and pecked the other party's earlobe.

"Did you miss me?"

Xu Minglang reacted and kicked Zhou Xuerong's calf. Zhou Xuerong was too tall, his head hit the roof and made a sound, and he was instantly stuck in the cabin.Xu Minglang told Zhou Xuerong to get down quickly, and asked again: "Why are you here?"

Zhou Xuerong didn't say what he was following all the way, but just looked out the window, trying to find the clown's trail.

"The clown is near the control room..."

"...is gone now."

"Is it true?" Xu Minglang turned around to look, and there was no clown outside the window.Just to be on the safe side, he took a few more glances, for fear that the clown would shoot back.

The situation is safe for the time being, Xu Minglang heaved a sigh of relief, and at the same time apologized to Zhou Xuerong.It is true that Zhou Xuerong has too many doubts, but he also never abandons his teammates in times of crisis, and even has the grace to save his life for him. A man should open the sky and speak openly.

Just as Xu Minglang wanted to ask, Zhou Xuerong half-kneeled on the ground and stroked the roof of the cabin, his chiseled side face was focused, and he asked instead: "What did you find?"

Zhou Xuerong's nails were gnawed bald by himself, and he worked hard for a long time, but he could only buckle up a wrinkled edge of the clown sticker on his head, so he stopped doing useless work: "Do you think it's too coincidental, the paradise is so big, we hide In a different area, why did the clown come straight to you?"

"Maybe he chose this one of the three routes? Besides, we have been hiding for some time, and we both took a nap just now..."

Ye Jiawen took a look at her cell phone from her pocket, then interjected, "Well...it's 10:[-] in the morning, and we've only been asleep for [-] minutes."

Xu Minglang realized that something was wrong. Twenty minutes might be enough for the clown to get to the Ferris wheel, but not enough for him to check the other amusement facilities in the magic forest one by one. In other words, unless the clown knew they were hiding in the Ferris wheel, the logic It doesn't make sense.

"You mean the clown knew we were hiding here a long time ago." Xu Minglang was in a state of confusion. Looking back on what happened just now, he always felt that his recklessness had exposed his whereabouts. The more he thought about it, the more he regretted it, and asked, "Did he follow along Did you find the footprints?"

Zhou Xuerong was also thinking about this possibility. Tonight, the snow flakes were so small that they were close to powder snow, and there was no wind. It was possible that the snow would not accumulate easily and could not cover the footprints of the two of them. But the alertness engraved in his genes reminded him that something was wrong.

The Ferris wheel climbed to the top again and was about to start descending in a few minutes. Seeing that Zhou Xuerong hadn't sat down, Xu Minglang was worried that he would be seen by clowns from the outside, so he took out the empty seat and dragged Zhou Xuerong to sit down.

Zhou Xuerong lowered his head, a large shadow covering Xu Minglang's head loosened, and the wrinkled clown sticker was exposed. Xu Minglang's arm brushed Zhou Xuerong's ear, and tore off the sticker in one go.

His wrist was strangled by Zhou Xuerong, Xu Minglang was about to withdraw his hand when he saw Zhou Xuerong's eyes staring at the sticker became more and more frenzied...

"...What's wrong with you?" Xu Minglang wanted to say "Are you suffering from rabies?" The next second, his lips were squeezed heavily. When he realized that it was a kiss, Ye Jiawen was stunned. Squeeze out a few syllables to express her shock.

On the other hand, Zhou Xuerong's demeanor was calm, as if the kiss was just wiping the sauce from his mouth with a paper towel after a meal, he didn't even look at Xu Minglang, let alone notice Xu Minglang's ashen complexion.

Xu Minglang couldn't bear it anymore, and when he was about to scold, Zhou Xuerong said: "Brother, you are so smart, you are really my lucky star!"

"Stay where you are cool!!"

"I know how the clown got it."

"what?!"

Zhou Xuerong raised the sticker in Yang's hand: "It just blinked."

The cold wind poured into the room along the open door, and filled the gift shop with fear.

Zhao Dongxiang curled up under the long table near the window, his eyes fixed on the ground, he saw a long shadow moving towards the door, his footsteps were frivolous and rhythmic, he could imagine the clown walking on tiptoe excitedly look.

Compared with Zhao Dongxiang, Yu Hao's hiding place is not so hidden. He hides directly opposite Zhao Dongxiang, under a round table full of tower-shaped candy jars.The four sides under the round table are open and unsheltered, the only thing that can keep Yu Haohuai from being exposed is the darkness, but he knows that the clown will find him soon.

He heard the sound of the tablecloth being lifted, and the clown's dissatisfied muttering.The clown stood in front of a glass cylinder filled with plush toys, grinning ferociously while taking out the doll frantically, but until the cylinder bottomed out, no one was seen inside.

The clown let out a low growl like a beast, and his footsteps gradually accelerated. Amidst the sound of rummaging and grunting, the clown's feet finally landed in the middle of the aisle where Yu Haohuai and Zhao Dongxiang were.The clown pointed his toes at Yu Haohuai, leaving his heels to the trembling Zhao Dongxiang, and made a meaningful sound of menace in his throat.

Yu Haohuai hated this feeling of sitting and waiting to die, but he couldn't resist the fluke psychology of human nature. It would be safer to hide in the dark than to stand up and resist.He and Zhao Dongxiang looked at each other, but out of the corner of their eyes, they saw Cao Jing's arms spread across the aisle!

How to do?If things go on like this, Cao Jing will definitely be discovered!

While struggling, Yu Haohuai saw the candy jar that fell not far away. It was used for self-defense just now. Although it was not considered a weapon, he could use it to divert the tiger away from the mountain and throw it out to attract the clown's attention. Take the opportunity to run out, so that Zhao Dongxiang can take Cao Jing out of here...

But he will die if he does this... Thinking of this, Yu Haohuai's whole body turned cold, and he suddenly realized that his lofty ambitions became vulnerable in the face of death.His life is his own. If he loses his life, what is the meaning of the glory he has achieved in the past?Wouldn't the evidence he spent half a year investigating about the Rubik's Cube killer and the justice he was seeking be in vain?

He can't do it.He can't sacrifice himself for a stranger. Compared with this superficial and vain single mother, he can create more value in life.

Yu Haohuai collected his thoughts, and waited motionless for the footsteps to leave him... Under the moonlight, he saw the glass sugar bowl emitting a cold halo, and the clown sticker on it was facing him, his eyes were dull and stiff.

At the same time, Yu Haohuai noticed that the clown's footsteps disappeared, where did he go?Yu Haohuai looked at the opposite side, trying to mouth Zhao Dongxiang's clown's whereabouts, but before he had time to put out the first word, there was a small shaking sound from the top of his head.

He kept his neck stiff, but his eyes slowly looked to his left side...

It was an enlarged, upside-down face.The cracked oil paint and the empty eyes stared at him like a puppet without taking their eyes off.In the space where Yu Haohuai was stunned by the shock, that face smiled at him.

"Bang bang—" The round table was overturned to the ground, and the glass sugar bowl shattered to the ground.Yu Haohuai's body acted before his reason. He got out from under the table and confronted the clown across the table. Neither of them moved.

Yu Haohuai held back his fear and stared at the face in front of him, and looked at the door from the corner of his eye. He might be able to run out, but it was closer to the clown, and the clown would stop him halfway.There's supposed to be a back door in the gift shop, but it's somewhere behind him, and if he turns around at this point, the Joker will easily roll over the wreckage and kill him...

At this time, it would be great if someone could help him attract the clown's attention... But Zhao Dongxiang didn't mean that at all, he just hid under the table and took care of himself.

Damn it, I just have to let it go.

Yu Haohuai mobilized his limbs, and ran towards the door at the corner at the fastest speed in his life. The clown seemed to have finally tasted the joy of the game, and was excited to catch this poor creature who threw himself into a net like a goalkeeper.

"Uh...it's so cold, where am I..." The woman's weak voice sounded, causing the clown to look back, and Yu Haohuai rushed out without even thinking.

He ran all the way and didn't dare to turn back. Fear caused his body to break through the shackles and exert its maximum limit. Until his mind was dazed and his legs were so heavy that he could no longer lift it, he hid in an unknown place and was panting.

"Blinked?!" Xu Minglang and Ye Jiawen said in unison.

"That...Brother Zhou, did you read it wrong? Why do the stickers blink..." Before the girl finished speaking, the clown sticker suddenly let out a strange cry. The stickers turned into powder.

Zhou Xuerong didn't even look at Ye Jiawen, and the girl shut her mouth wisely.

"You mean, this sticker is equivalent to a monitor, and the clown knows our exact location through this?"

Zhou Xuerong nodded.

Xu Minglang wiped his face, but his twitching Adam's apple revealed how uneasy he was at the moment, which made Ye Jiawen nervous because she didn't understand: "Brother Lang, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing that Xu Minglang didn't intend to speak, Zhou Xuerong spoke for him: "If the stickers are monitors, then there are such things everywhere in the Summer Kingdom."

"Ah..." Ye Jiawen slumped on her seat. It turned out that the so-called hide-and-seek game was just a trap that players must lose!

"This... this is cheating! It's not fair!"

Zhou Xuerong glanced at her lazily, as if expressing sympathy for the girl's innocence with his eyes.Under the absolute overwhelming advantage of the shady, the rules are just a fig leaf used to whitewash the killing. Instead of complaining here, it is better to think about how to survive from desperation.

Xu Minglang spoke suddenly, with a tired tone: "You already knew that, didn't you... This is the 'rule' you mentioned..."

"Brother Lang, that's not the case..."

"Don't rush to deny it, I didn't mean to question you," Xu Minglang pinched the bridge of his nose to organize his words, "I just want to take this opportunity to ask you some questions. First, are you a shady person?"

"No."

"Okay. Second, this is the second time we face the test of life and death. If we want to survive, there must be some kind of 'rule', right?"

"Yes."

"Do you know what the 'rules' are?"

Zhou Xuerong shook his head.

Reminiscent of Zhou Xuerong's excited reaction when he discovered the secret of the stickers just now, his words should be true, so he asked again: "When we left the supermarket, the roller blinds were intact, which means that no one else forcibly opened them, so should I?" Think of it this way, the door opened automatically because we met some kind of 'permission to leave' condition?"

This time Zhou Xuerong didn't respond, instead he twitched his masseter muscles twice, and only choked out a sentence: "Brother, don't force me, I don't want to lie to you, but I really can't say..."

Xu Minglang breathed out, he had accumulated a lot of truths that were as thick as street stall literature, and wanted to tell this young man who was younger than himself that he had nothing to worry about in front of his life, and if he kept concealing something at this time, he would only Let the whole team fall apart.

Such a simple truth, Zhou Xuerong will not fail to understand, he is willing to risk being suspected and excluded by his own people, and insists on not revealing the reason...

What is it?

So Xu Minglang silently stared at the tall young man who lowered his head, his serious and scorching gaze almost burned through the other's hair, while Ye Jiawen, who was sitting across from him, sat upright, not daring to show his air.

Xu Minglang was defeated by Zhou Xuerong's impenetrable silence, and he asked the last question: "Have we met somewhere before?"

Zhou Xuerong raised his head, raised his eyelids for the first time, his light-colored pupils were big and round, his lips trembled, and just as he was about to speak, the whole cockpit trembled.

Xu Minglang slammed his head on the window, and when he stood still, he realized:

The ferris wheel actually stopped.