midnight ten

For repairs, if you want to permanently cut off these passages, you must dig out and destroy all 13 yuan owl jade in the same night. "

"So what you destroyed is not the level, but the path connecting the level to the real world?" This is slightly different from Tang Lin's previous cognition.

"Yes, BUG Owl clearly stated that the passage is closed." Xu Wang affirmed, and then changed the topic, "But if the passage is closed, all passers-by inside will be directly bounced back to reality, and there will be no newcomers Inhaled, so from the perspective of our passers-by, the checkpoint is closed, but for those inside the checkpoint..."

He thought about his words: "Whether it's a program or an NPC, it should still be running. After all, it has been running on its own for so many years, and some NPCs seem to have a vague sense of autonomy..."

"Self-awareness?" Tang Lin has never experienced the first thirteen levels, but according to Fan Peiyang and Zhuzi's description, it is more like a game world that runs according to the program. All the level content and NPCs can be stored in the next day like data. Perfect restoration.

"We haven't figured out the details," Xu Wang raised his hand and pointed at Wu Sheng, "Anyway, he thinks that even if the access is closed, the level world inside will continue to operate." It was Xu Wang who decisively threw the blame on his own mind. Captain's natural skills.

Tang Lin nodded.

In fact, whether the attribute of the first thirteen levels is a virtual space or a different space, whether it is a data program or a conscious imagination, is not the focus of what he wants to know today.

Because the last ten levels are obviously two worlds from the first thirteen levels, the experience of breaking through the levels is completely different, and the rules and forms of the levels are also very different. The only thing that can be regarded as the intersection of the two is the "Owl" system.

So what Tang Lin wanted to focus on today was this: "Mr. Fan said that the reason why he could find a way to leave early was because the owl had a bug. You also said that the bug owl told you how to close the passage. But I think It doesn’t make sense, why does the owl have a BUG? Even if it does happen, why is it not a level disorder or other influences, but this kind of BUG with a tendency to self-destruct?”

Xu Wang said: "I can't give you a definite answer to these two questions, but I can tell you about my affairs and our deduction together as a reference."

Tang Lin frowned in doubt: "What about you?"

Xu Wang said, "Yes, I'll tell you from the beginning."

Tang Lin: "From the first level?"

Xu Wang: "From ten years ago."

Tang Rin: "..."

Mr. Tang stopped talking and silently refilled Captain Xu's glass.

tea room.

After drinking for three rounds, Fan Yebai was a little bit on top, while he was still sober, he temporarily stopped drinking with his former teammates to recall the past, and asked the person guarding the study door over there, "How is the situation?"

The young gatekeeper said: "A pot of fresh water was delivered in the middle, it seemed that only two people were talking, and the other two listened without saying a word, just like the leader."

Fan Yebai rubbed his forehead: "Which two?"

The gatekeeper youth said, "Just those two."

Fan Yebai understood: "Oh, those two."

The gatekeeper asked, "Then I passed?"

Fan Yebai said, "Go."

When people walked through the door, the men on the other side of the sea of ​​tea looked confused, which two were they?

Fan Yebai didn't bother to explain: "You still don't understand."

Only those who have been in contact with Wu Sheng and Fan Peiyang's special temperament can understand the essence.

study.

Tang Lin felt like he had heard a science fiction story.

The matter really goes back ten years ago. There are not only Xu Wang and Wu Sheng in the story, but also Mr. Fan.

It was a rainy night, and Xu Wang, who was still a high school student, was briefly involved in the third of the first thirteen levels, a zombie-infested doomsday city.

His entry was "abnormal".

Those who are normally selected to break through the level should enter the first level when they first arrive in the level world, and then get familiar with the rules a little bit, and break through the level.And Xu Wang not only directly entered the third level, but also in the form of a "transparent person", that is, he can see the level-breakers who are in the same level, but the level-breakers can't see him, and can't hear him. He will also pass through his body.On the contrary, those zombies can bump into him, but they won't attack him, it looks like he is the same kind of NPC.

In this state, he saw Mr. Fan's team that was breaking through the barrier, followed them, and watched a "breakthrough" from beginning to end, until the team finally handed over the vaccine to the old doctor.

But when most of the squad members were killed and bounced back to reality, after Mr. Fan ran away, Xu Wang was not ejected. Instead, he saw the old gentleman who took the vaccine, took the vaccine out of the instrument and threw it into the garbage can.

At the same time, Mr. Fan's team used a stationery, <[Magic] Soul Painter> when fighting.After this stationery is used, a little three-flowered cat will appear to help inquire about the situation in the room. After Mr. Fan's team leaves the checkpoint, the little three-flowered cat is still there.

Xu Wang picked up Xiao Sanhua, and then heard Owl calling for help.

It was a broken electric sound in the ear, repeating: help me...

But before Xu Wang asked how to save him, he was bounced back to reality, and the little Sanhua in his arms was also brought back to reality, turning into a cute keychain.

But the moment he returned to reality, his memory in the checkpoint was erased, and he mistakenly thought that the keychain belonged to Wu Sheng, so he kept it secretly, and passed ten years safely until he was involved in the checkpoint world again.

This time, he entered as a normal "breaker", and reunited with Wu Sheng inside, and because of some opportunities, he recovered the memory of that night ten years ago.

Tang Lin listened carefully from the beginning to the end, and the most curious thing was, why did Xu Wang secretly keep it for Wu Sheng's keychain?And that rainy night high school ten years ago, why did Xu Wang and Wu Sheng leave the dormitory and run to the classroom?

No, Tang Lin suppressed his desire to explore and forcibly withdrew his divergent thinking.

He has been troubled by a man's emotions so much that he can't sleep at night. At this time, when he explored the other two male classmates ten years ago, no matter what he thought, he was digging a hole for himself.

"That is to say," Tang Lin tried to conclude, "Owl had a BUG ten years ago. The BUG not only found you that night, but also found Mr. Fan who ran out of your sight, but didn't actually leave the checkpoint." , you have not finished listening to the follow-up, Mr. Fan has finished listening."

"Yes," Xu Wang said, "At that time, BUG Owl hoped that Mr. Fan could help him close the passage of the first thirteen levels, and Mr. Fan also agreed, but when he came to the Wishing House, BUG Owl gave him a second choice, which is If you don't choose 'Close', you can choose 'Leave Early'."

Leaving early is naturally more tempting than closing the first thirteen levels with uncertain future and difficulties. Given this option, it is short of saying "I don't want you to choose to close".

But the more Tang Lin listened, the more confused he became: "Since BUG Owl wants you to help it close the path, why do you want to make such an option to interfere?"

"Wu Sheng guessed it was the self-healing ability of the program." Xu Wang said, "The BUG owl is actually the original owl system, but when the system realized that it had broken down, it repaired itself and overwrote it with the new 'owl system'. Old, that's why the BUG owl didn't reappear in the next ten years."

"But it has not been completely wiped out," Tang Lin understood, "but it is dormant in the wishing house, so in order to avoid risks, the new owl system puts a layer of 'protection' on the last remaining BUG, ​​that is The option of 'leave early', so that even if someone triggers the BUG owl, they will choose to leave early without hesitation, and will not choose 'try to close', which will affect the normal operation of the first thirteen levels."

"That's it." Xu Wangmeng nodded.For the first time, I felt that it was so easy to talk to a smart person. This clear summary is not inferior to Wu Sheng at all.

Moreover, he is gentle, makes people want to listen to his words, and has good-looking eyebrows and eyes. Although his temperament is a bit cold, his smile is like a cool breeze, which has a special taste...

"Boom." A glass of water was placed in front of him.

Xu Wang withdrew his gaze, looked up blankly, and met Fan Peiyang's eyes.

The regular visitor on the top thirteen levels, the man who took 100 million in vain without frowning, the man who never said anything other than his own name from the beginning to the end of the day, is looking at him intently at this moment, Say, "Drink water."

The pressure came suddenly.

Xu Wang swallowed, picked up his original water glass: "Uh, I have it."

Fan Peiyang nodded lightly: "Then have two glasses."

Xu Wang: "..."

Damn, he remembered the fear of being dominated by a dog-headed boss when he graduated from university and just joined the job!

A hand stretched out from the side, and returned the water glass that Mr. Fan had put down, with the same "boom".

"Thanks, he doesn't have enough to drink, you can drink mine."

Tang Lin didn't pay attention to the sparks around him, all his thoughts were on the information he could process at high speed.

The bug that appeared ten years ago is basically confirmed, but why it appeared is unknown.

Whether Xu Wang's team's experience in digging owl jade is applicable to the last ten levels is unknown.

Xu Wang's team accidentally dug out a piece of owl jade, which caused the temporary closure of the level where the owl jade was located, but it was repaired soon, and they didn't know what they did.Later, they broke through the thirteen levels, entered the wishing room, and summoned the BUG owl, only to realize that the owl jade dug out at that time was the key to closing the first thirteen levels...

and many more.

Tang Lin carefully recalled what Xu Wang said, the time when they accidentally dug out the owl jade for the first time, his eyes lit up, and he couldn't wait to say: "Xu Wang, the time when you accidentally dug out the first owl jade is We're...uh..."

The sudden severe headache cut off the second half of Tang Rin's sentence—it was the eve of the increase in difficulty of the level we found in the dungeon.

Caught off guard, he lowered his head abruptly, gritted his teeth so as not to hold his head in embarrassment, and beads of sweat instantly oozed out.

Fan Peiyang stretched out his hand to embrace him, clasped the back of his head, and pressed his head into his shoulder: "Didn't I tell you, don't tell them about the last ten issues."

Wu Sheng and Xu Wang: "..."

The voice is absolutely displeased, and the tone is absolutely reproachful, but what kind of coordinated action is this gentle embrace of the other party's head?

Tang Lin pressed against Fan Peiyang's shoulder, and the sweat on his forehead wet the other's clothes. It took a long time before he felt the pain gradually dissipate.

He gasped lightly, feeling that he would never touch the taboo again in the future.

I haven't experienced the first thirteen levels before. Although I know that I will be warned by a headache if I try to disclose it, I don't have such a strong sense of "prohibition". Now I remember it.

One punishment is enough to ring the alarm bells.

However, although the matter cannot be discussed with Wu Sheng and Xu Wang, Tang Lin is [-]% sure that the increase in difficulty of the last ten levels has something to do with the other party's unintentional digging out of the owl jade, which may have stimulated the owl system , like fixing a BUG, ​​because you feel the danger, you have a stress response that increases the difficulty.

Just one piece of owl jade makes the difficulty of the next ten levels more difficult. Now that all the owl jade has been destroyed and the access to the first thirteen levels has been completely closed, how much will it affect the next ten levels?

Tang Lin couldn't imagine it.

Is it just that you can't open the gate?Or is it using the temporary peace to brew a bigger disaster?

Xu Wang didn't know what Tang Lin was thinking, but he simply felt that the two in front of him had been hugging for a long time. Although it was not a hug in the strict sense, it was just one head against the other's shoulder, and the other one was clasping the back of his head, as if he wanted to touch his hair , and hesitated, not knowing what to worry about...

Are he and Wu Sheng who are sitting opposite each other airless?

There is also this very familiar intimate and delicate atmosphere, is it his illusion?

"Cough," Wu Sheng cleared his throat, mercilessly breaking the ambiguous atmosphere, "In short, that's all the information we can provide, and I hope it can be helpful to you."

Xu Wang immediately straightened his back, silently applauding his military division's behavior of forcibly kicking over the "suspected dog food" with his eyes.

Tang Lin was almost slow, and wanted to leave Fan Peiyang's shoulder, but found that the big hand on the back of his head showed no sign of letting him go.

Tang Lin didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but he also felt that the naive Fan Fan was a little cute in such a small place.

Without a trace, he gently tugged at the corner of Fan Peiyang's clothes with his hands.

Mr. Fan received a clear message, so he couldn't pretend to be stupid anymore, and let go of him resentfully.

"Sorry." Tang Lin smiled at Wu Sheng and Xu Wang, apologized for his gaffe just now, and then said sincerely, "Thank you for being willing to tell us so much, this information is very useful to us."

"You're welcome." Xu Wang waved his hand, then hesitated to speak.

Tang Lin looked at him questioningly.

Xu Wang couldn't hold back anymore: "We have answered so many questions for you, can you answer me one? Just one?"

Tang Lin smiled: "A few are fine, you say."

"You all bought the information about leaving early, why do you continue to break through the level?" Xu Wang was really curious, even if the local tyrants like to throw money, there is no need to pay for it, leave the level world completely, and return to reality How do you want to spend money? How to sprinkle, how happy.

Tang Lin hesitated.

It's not that he doesn't want to answer, but that he doesn't know if this answer will trigger some "disclosure of information" and cause a headache. He is really scared.

"I bought the information," Fan Peiyang said in a deep voice. "At that time, he didn't enter the checkpoint. I was in the Wishing Room and made a wish to draw him in. I bought the information and didn't leave because I wanted to make a wish."

Xu Wang and Wu Sheng were both stunned.

The amount of information is a bit large, and they have to sort it out one by one.

Xu Wang: "Which checkpoint did you pull him into?"

Fan Peiyang: "Yes, he didn't pass the first thirteen levels, and he entered the last ten levels."

Wu Sheng: "Why did you pull him in?"

Xu Wang: "Yes, why, he owes you money?"

Fan Peiyang: "..."

Very good, it seems that as long as the specific content of the last ten levels is not involved, you can talk with peace of mind.

Tang Lin took over from Mr. Fan who was silent, and gave the answer generously: "I am terminally ill, and he wanted to save me, so he pulled me into the checkpoint and used a therapeutic illusion."

Xu Wang opened his mouth wide, knowing why he couldn't become a boss who spends millions. This idea is outstanding, the key is not only daring to think, but also daring to do it.

Wu Sheng was even more curious about the follow-up: "Is it cured?"

Tang Lin paused and nodded, "Well, it's all right."

Wu Sheng: "Is it okay to return to reality?"

Tang Lin: "At least until now, the physical indicators are normal."

After the shock, Xu Wang suddenly found that he had overlooked a more important matter, which was far more important than Fan Peiyang's bold idea.

"So..." He looked at Fan Peiyang, "You gave up 100 million information, gave up the opportunity to leave, and even used a wish that can achieve many things, just trade him in, and trade him for his health?"

Fan Peiyang asked lightly: "Is it not worth it?"

"It's worth it." Xu Wang didn't hesitate.Not only is it worth it, but it's also impressive.He looked for Wu Sheng with steamy eyes, and there was only one question in his blinking eyes: Is it touching?Just ask if you feel touching?

Wu Sheng: "..."

Whether it is touching or not will be discussed later, he must suppress that shy Fan Peiyang, otherwise if Xu Wang is so moved, his love story will be completely bleak.

How to say that sentence, people are more dead than others, and goods are better than goods.

Fan Peiyang, this is a door-to-door provocation!

"Actually, we have been separated for ten years." Wu Sheng took a sip of water from his cup and turned on the memory mode. I saw it in the checkpoint."

Tang Lin didn't expect that there were still ten years of misses in the middle, and he immediately felt very emotional: "You are high school classmates, separated for ten years, and you can still meet in the checkpoint, it is really a rare fate."

Wu Sheng shook his head: "It's not fate. If I hadn't come back to look for him, if I hadn't been in the same city as him, or even the area was very close, I might not have been selected to join the owl together."

Tang Rin: "..."

If he still can't hear the other party showing affection at this time, all these years of life will be in vain.

"We started our business together," Mr. Fan said indifferently, but he inserted into the chat with a strong posture, "We were together many years ago, starting from scratch, and until now, we have been together in the best and worst days."

Tang Rin: "..."

Why are you saying this all of a sudden?

Wu Sheng: "For three years in high school, we ate and lived together."

Xu Wang: "..."

What the hell is this desire to win!

Fan Peiyang: "I live with him now."

Wu Sheng: "I also live with him now."

Fan Peiyang: "We have been in love."

Wu Sheng: "We are in a relationship."

Fan Peiyang: "..."

The battle is over, President Fan, died.