I Was Once a Legend

On November 11th, the Pure White Realm has entered the winter season, and everyone wore thick clothes and came to the station again.

Among the many pilgrims with large and small luggage, they are undoubtedly a group of aliens, empty-handed, without any luggage.

Dong Zheng distributed the four tickets he bought to everyone, and Cui Zuojing was in his prisoner's space, so that he could redeem one less person's ticket and save [-] points.

After coming out of the bug trail in the snow field, Fu Zhe told them that he got definite news that the next tour of the Hell Circus will be at the top of the giant tree. After losing Allen, their points are exactly enough for four tickets.

After discussing with everyone, we decided to leave here.

Before leaving, they went to see the proprietress, to tell her the news of Alan's death, and to bid her farewell.

Dong Zheng didn't even want to recall the scene at that time. Compared with crying and crying emotionally, what made him more unbearable was the tears that Kazama Eri suppressed. She invited them to have the last meal. Give her a four-leaf clover bracelet, and wish them all the best for their subsequent pilgrimage.

She died in a box three years ago, and was picked by Kether to be a manager, opening a spa tavern in the Xll area.

She met all kinds of people who disappeared from her world after a brief encounter, died in the box, or left Xll forever.

Allen also told her that the team would go to the next area after gaining enough points, and she was relieved after a short period of sadness, as long as they left each other with good memories that would last a lifetime, that would be enough.

There is no need to know each other's endings, and we will part when we love each other the most, without any bad spots, and only keep the best appearance of each other in our memories.

But now Allen is dead.

Dong Zheng didn't tell her what happened to Allen in the end, and telling some things would only make her sadder.

Before the car came, everyone went to the platform, and was stopped by a huge monster with two heads at the gate.

"Ticket check."

"We go to the top of the giant tree."

The monster looked at their tickets one by one, tore off the secondary tickets, and said in a voice like thunder rolling from the sky, "You should know the rules, you must pass my test if you want to enter the platform."

Everyone has known for a long time that the closer the area to the Queen's Palace, the stricter the inspection. After all, the ticket is just a chance for them to participate in the test. If they fail to pass, they need to buy another ticket until the guards are willing to let them go.

Dong Zheng: "We are ready."

The guard hummed in satisfaction, then caught off guard and took out a set of mahjong from behind, and put it on the small table where he drank tea: "Come and play mahjong with me. If you win, I will let you pass."

Everyone was stunned for a long time, Dong Linhai asked blankly: "Mahjong?"

The caretaker had already cleared the table on his own, and took the cards out of the box: "Yes, there are not many people who can win in my hands, you should be careful."

Dong Linhai was speechless: "...you must have been from Sichuan before."

"Who knows, I don't remember what happened in my previous life for a long time." The monster sat on the dealer's seat, took out a dice from his pocket, opened two eyes that seemed to be awake, and pointed to the remaining three dice. A position: "Come on, don't waste time."

Everyone had to sit down, but Wang Que couldn't, so he just stood aside and watched.

Lin Hangzhi whispered: "I can't remember the last time I played mahjong..."

He was very busy at work, and when he got home he fell asleep except for eating, and he had no other entertainment for a long time.

Dong Linhai: "Me too..."

Dong Zheng didn't speak, but his unskilled card sorting skills already explained everything.

Cui Zuojing was watching in the prisoner's space. The boy sat by the bed and said, "It's okay, I'm pretty good, and I can command you."

Everyone didn't have much confidence. They thought that the watchman's test would require a certain amount of force or strategy to complete, but... didn't expect it to be playing mahjong!

What a miraculous test!

After setting up the cards, the watchman rolled the dice, and everyone started to take the cards. Dong Zheng didn't show any expression, but Cui Zuojing felt that he should be a little nervous.

After all, playing mahjong is not what everyone is good at. Since the guard put forward this test, he must have good skills.

After touching all the cards, Lin Hangzhi was stunned for a moment. Just as the dealer's watchman wanted the cards, Lin Hangzhi cleared his throat and said, "That..."

The watchman's eyes, which were bigger than a bowl, immediately looked at him: "?"

Lin Hangzhi swallowed nervously, took a deep breath, pushed down his own row of cards with both hands, and said, "It's all the same, Tianhu."

Everyone: ………………………………………………

The train stopped at their destination, the top of a giant tree.

Lin Hangzhi was depressed as he clutched his head to the bag that was knocked out on the door frame when he got on the train.

There were not many people traveling with them. Dong Zheng went to apply for a residence in this area first. Cui Zuojing was released and was looking at everything at the station.

I came here again after many years, and it seems that not much has changed.

After completing the housing application, they went over to take a look, and it was still a house with a roof.

Standing on the rooftop, Dong Linhai recalled that he was obsessed with Dong Zheng's deception after the U.S.-Soviet war, and that Allen ran up to comfort him in the middle of the night. wallow in sorrow.

It's good that he misses Allen, and so does everyone, but it must not get too deep.

Back at Fu Zhe's castle, Lilian had already prepared lunch and was waiting for them. After so long, the girl who was a prisoner of Wang Que had fully adapted to the life of taking care of everyone in the castle, and she had no complaints. .

She was rescued at the most desperate time, and she has a comforting life, what else is there to be satisfied with?

Having just arrived at the top of the giant tree, Cui Zuojing, Victor and Fu Zhe sat together and talked about the Hell Circus.

"I need to ask the clown about the cancellation of the blood contract. Although Dong Zheng is not so easy to die now, we can still cooperate well by relying on the prisoner link, but I put my life in his hands. It’s not a long-term solution either.”

Fu Zhe hummed, and said: "I can also feel a piece of my soul in this area, and he gave me a very strong feeling. When the time is right, I should be able to guess which box he is in. It’s time for your help.”

Victor: "Of course, we not only encountered J in the snowfield worm trail, but also encountered difficulties from Kether. We must get back our own power as soon as possible."

After talking about what Victor thought of, he asked Cui Zuojing: "By the way, Zuo, do you think it's a bit strange that the signal can only be sent by pressing the button in the main control room of the Biochemical Research Institute?"

Cui Zuojing nodded: "I have experienced so many boxes, and this is the first time I have seen this kind of box that requires gambling to complete the final level. Personally, I tend to think that this is a test of Kether's ability to navigate. After all, in that box Here, all of us have shown our abilities, only Hangzhi has always acted like an ordinary pilgrim who has not awakened."

Victor sighed: "As I thought, by now, the queen should have almost touched everyone's abilities."

Cui Zuojing: "On the bright side, at least there are world rules outside the box, they can't do anything to us directly, and Kether can't put a lot of unreasonable settings in the box, these are already very friendly to us ... As for the ability to be discovered? Aren't we familiar with them too?"

Fu Zhe said: "Chang Hui should have no malicious intentions at present, otherwise, the energy she put into Dong Zheng's body would have killed him long ago. As the weakest one, Midnight Cat is nothing to be afraid of. The only one who must be cautious It's J and "Mystery of Worms", one of them is good at disguising, the other can manipulate people's hearts, if you don't pay attention, you may—"

Fu Zhe didn't go on talking, he saw Wang Que walking downstairs, holding a huge picture frame in her arms, the little girl had no expression on her face, only her eyes filled with unspeakable sadness.

She walked to the living room, nodded to the people who were talking, then walked to the wall opposite the fireplace, looked at the blank part, and asked Fu Zhe, "Can I hang the painting here?"

Fu Zhe: "Please feel free."

Dong Linhai came out of the bathroom, saw Wang Que was hanging a picture, and hurried over to help, he stepped on the chair to adjust the position of the picture frame, Wang Que stood in the distance, making sure it was upright, nodded and said: "Okay."

Dong Linhai jumped down from the chair and moved the chair back to its original place. Cui Zuojing looked at the painting. In the frame measuring 1.5 meters by [-] meter, a young man with red hair and blue eyes was squatting there, stretching out his hand to gently scratch Vic. Chinless, the white cat lay on the ground, tilting its head up and squinting its amber eyes in enjoyment.

Behind them, the fireplace burned quietly, casting a warm glow on everything.

No one spoke for a while, Wang Que looked at it carefully for a while, and said: "My painting is not bad."

"Great." Cui Zuojing said softly. He thought this from the bottom of his heart. Wang Que's painting really made him feel that Allen was still by their side.

Dong Zheng put the snowflake ball in the snowflake box in his bedroom, where he could see it at a glance. He hoped to remind himself not to lose any companions.

Victor lay on the sofa, staring at the painting on the wall all day long. He licked his paws and was hugged by Cui Zuojing who came downstairs. Others followed. The Wonton Splitter Squad Including Fu Zhe, they all gathered in the living room.

"I'm sure everyone can guess what I'm going to talk about today. It's about the past of me, Victor, and Fu Zhe." Cui Zuojing spoke unhappily. Seeing that everyone was listening carefully, he suddenly didn't Out of the idea of ​​selling off.

We have been born and died together so many times, what else is there to hide?

So he said: "Actually, there is nothing to say. The team we three were in at the beginning was called the afternoon tea party. You should have heard of it. The extra information given by the intelligence provider when we first bought information was about our team. There are five people in our team, and we can be regarded as the strongest group of pilgrims that year.

"At the last moment of the pilgrimage, we confronted the queen directly, were selected by the five great powers, and at the same time endured the queen's curse. In the end, only Victor and I went out. Fu Zhe was trapped in the castle, and Luo Ying wandered in dreams. Nana is missing.

"And just this spring, knowing that Victor Cat's body was numbered, I brought him back. It was also to rescue my former teammates and lift the curse on him. I was summoned by Dong Zheng and became his prisoner."

Cui Zuojing paused, and said: "Okay, the situation is like this, what we have to do is not only to lift the curse on each of us, but also to overthrow the Queen's rule, because the so-called successful pilgrimage can leave the Pure White Realm, It was a scam from beginning to end."

After accepting so much information at once, except for Dong Zheng who had known about it for a long time, everyone else was stunned. Cui Zuojing nestled on the sofa, took a sip of water from Dong Zheng, and said: " Is there anything you want to ask?"