midnight ten

The meeting of the four ended with Tang Lin dragging President Fan away.

If you don't delay, you can't, if you don't delay, Fan can change [-] ways to fight Wu Sheng again, endlessly.

If you want to return to the checkpoint, you have to wait until midnight. Before the time came, Tang Lin asked Shan Yunsong to take them back to the villa.As for the company, since it has been fully entrusted, there is no need to show up and cause unnecessary speculation and influence.

After delivering the two bosses, Shan Yunsong withdrew without asking a single word from the beginning to the end.

In the villa that had been vacant for a long time, the windows were bright and clean, and the refrigerator was full. In addition to convenience foods and canned food that could be stored for a long time, Tang Lin even found some fresh vegetables and fruits.

"Giving the spare key to Special Assistant Shan is indeed a wise choice." Tang Lin closed the refrigerator door and returned to the living room with the small box of vanilla ice cream he found.

Mr. Fan was still sitting on the sofa. After he entered the door and took off his coat, he sat there without a straight face, leaning back slightly, as if looking at the ceiling, but his eyes were far away.

Occasionally, he would empty out like this, in order to give his long-term non-stop brain a moment of rest.

Tang Lin is also very used to it.

But just because of habit, he can easily tell the difference between "going short" and "pretending to go short but actually I'm depressed".

Fan Peiyang was depressed.

Tang Lin could feel it.

This kind of depression is not really because he and Wu Shengcheng lost quickly, but because he could have confidently said that they were in a relationship, not that they had been.

... Uh, although it's not a healthy relationship.

Sighing softly, Tang Lin put the small ice cream box on Fan Peiyang's face.

The sudden cold startled Fan Peiyang and turned his head.

Standing in the soft light of the living room, Tang Lin was more real, more vivid, and more beautiful than every Tang Lin in Fan Peiyang's past memory that he kept recalling on the way back.

But this Tang Rin wouldn't kiss him, wouldn't say he loved him, and would only ice his face with a box of children's treats.

Also tried to confuse with a smile.

"Vanilla flavor, do you want to eat?"

Fan Peiyang didn't even think about it: "I never eat this kind of thing."

Well, it's a waste of gallantry.

Tang Lin took back the ice cream and sat on the sofa opposite Fan Peiyang.I originally hoped that the ice cream could bring some sweetness to President Fan's depressed mood, but now I can only enjoy it by myself.

Uncover the lid of the ice cream, scoop a small spoon into your mouth.

There is milk and vanilla in the coolness.

The brain that was disturbed in Mr. Fan's villa before gradually calmed down in the coolness of the tip of the tongue.

Just after digging the second scoop, Fan Peiyang who was opposite suddenly got up.

Tang Lin didn't know, so he looked at him.

Fan Peiyang walked around the coffee table, came to the sofa next to Tang Lin, and sat down beside Tang Lin, and it was very close, shoulder to shoulder and leg to leg.

Tang Lin was taken aback, thinking that Fan Peiyang was going to make a surprise attack like in the car again, and wanted to hug him for any reason.

But no.

After Fan Peiyang sat down next to him, he sat firmly.

Tang Lin was completely at a loss.

Such a big house, such a spacious living room, so many sets of sofas, why not squeeze one with yourself?Okay, even if you want to sit on the same side as me, you don't have to be so close... Wait a minute.The previous meeting of the four of them flashed through Tang Lin's mind. Wu Sheng and Xu Wang seemed to be sitting so close to each other from the beginning to the end, so Mr. Fan was inspired by "successful people in love"?

Before Tang Lin could figure it out, someone grabbed the wrist holding the ice cream scoop.

Fan Peiyang took Tang Lin's hand and ate the second scoop of ice cream.

Immediately.

Mr. Fan frowned like a karst landform: "It's so sweet, how do you eat it?"

Tang Rin: "..."

So why on earth would you sit and grab his ice cream? ?

Although rejection was written all over his face, while Tang Lin ate all the ice cream, Mr. Fan reluctantly followed suit and ate three bites.

A small box of ice cream is just a few mouthfuls.

Tang Lin looked at the hollowed-out ice cream box and fell into deep thought—is Fan Peiyang reluctant or outspoken?

Fan Peiyang drank two glasses of water in a row before suppressing the sweet taste.

Tang Lin likes to eat sweets. He didn't understand it before, and he can't understand it now.

When we first started dating, Tang Lin always asked him to eat sweets, but after being rejected by him about seven or eight times in a row, he never mentioned it again.

This should have been a long time ago.

It's been so long that when Tang Lin handed over the ice cream today, he forgot that the other party liked it.

The water washes away the sweetness, but the vanilla flavor remains.

Faint, gentle, like Tang Lin's smell.

Fan Peiyang savored it quietly, and felt that it seemed to be not bad.

He may have to re-evaluate whether sweets are good or not.

Tang Lin was still meditating on the empty ice cream box.

But after thinking about it, thinking about it, the direction began to deviate, from whether Fan Peiyang thought he was blunt, to how he would feel if he really fell in love with this person?

Strong Fan Peiyang.

Fan Peiyang who speaks ruthlessly.

Fan Peiyang, who has made a decision that none of you want me to be shaken...

Among the countless Fan Peiyangs that Tang Lin had imagined, she only saw darkness.

If they are really together, he will not be able to bear the "domestic violence"...

wrong.

Tang Lin suddenly recovered.

What was he thinking about?This assumption is itself problematic.When he just came out of the wishing house, even when he heard Fan Peiyang say that they were dating, he was swiping the screen with a million impossibilities, why now he suddenly started to imagine after dating!

……

At midnight, the purple halo vortex brought the two of them back to the 3/10 assembly area, 9087, Tang Lin's room.

They left here, and naturally returned here.

The sense of weightlessness dissipated, and the vision had just regained clarity when the two heard the beeps from their respective arms.

"Ding--"

"Ding--"

There are two messages in total.

<Cheat Sheet>: From now on, all checkpoints will be permanently open.You can enter the checkpoint if you meet the corresponding conditions of the checkpoint, and the total number of people/teams entering the checkpoint is unlimited; you can pass the checkpoint after completing the checkpoint assessment, and there is no limit to the total number of people/teams that pass the checkpoint.Welcome to break through at any time.

<Cheat Sheet>: The monotonous battlefield has become yesterday, and the lively carnival is singing.Let's fight!Layers of levels pave the way home, and what awaits you at the end of the tenth level is not only wealth but also freedom!

Tang Lin looked down at his arms and remained silent for a long time.

The second is definitely the most deceptive message he has ever received since he entered the level world.

Although many passers-by here hold the belief that "you can go home after passing all the checkpoints", according to what he has learned, such a clear guarantee issued by the owl system like this has never appeared before.

On the contrary, when the four of them met not long ago, Xu Wang mentioned that in the communication with BUG Owl, he was told by the other party that he could go home after passing all the checkpoints.But this is the information revealed through the BUG, ​​and the <cheat sheet> issued through the normal operation of the owl system is completely of two natures, just like one is an internal document and the other is an official announcement.

And this "announcement" revealed one more reward - wealth.

In other words, as long as the passers-by can make it to the end, they need money and money, and they want freedom and freedom.

Health can be managed through the treatment room. Judging from the fact that there are treatment rooms in the Water World Hotel and the 3/10 assembly area, there is a high probability that every time you pass a level, you can usher in a new treatment room. Is it nothing more than the two in <Small Copy Paper>?

Money is useless in the checkpoint world, but take the money home to achieve financial and personal freedom in one fell swoop, do you want it?

Between the lines, it is almost written "I am tempting you to break through".

At this time, look at the first item above again, all the gates are permanently open... Tang Lin shuddered, as if seeing that abysses had opened up, waiting for those who could not resist the temptation to jump down.

"The information time is 22:00 here," Fan Peiyang raised his head first, "it was two hours ago."

Tang Lin saw it.This means that all the gates have been opened before they return here: "What do you think?"

"The gameplay has changed," Fan Peiyang hit the nail on the head. "The first thirteen levels are closed, and no newcomers will come in. They need new rules to stimulate those who didn't want to break through the levels."

"But this will only speed up the consumption of passers-by." Tang Lin said, "The previous limit on the number of passers-by in the dungeon was obviously to limit the consumption of passers-by from the source. The flow speed of the participants is slower, why the previous checkpoints are closed, and the rule guidance becomes the opposite?"

Four eyes facing each other.

The two had a premonition almost at the same time.

If the rules are only the 1% that is visible on the surface of the iceberg in the level world, I am afraid that the 99% that is invisible under the water will have been turned upside down along with this 1%.

[Captain Captain, I'm Nan Ge, Zhu Zi and I are outside the door, please reply. 】

Suddenly, an extremely formal militarized call from his teammates came from his ears.

Tang Lin didn't know whether to support his forehead or be moved.

With such a call, there is no sense of horror at all, and it also has some sense of mission for no reason.In order not to scare him, the captain, Nan Ge really worked hard.

Open the door, and sure enough, the three partners are outside.

Tang Lin frowned: "I didn't say that, you don't need to wait for us."

Returning at zero is fixed, so before leaving, he specifically told his teammates that they should take a rest and not wait for the door.

"I can't sleep even when I go back." Zheng Luozhu glanced downstairs, "It's all like this."

The lobby downstairs is as lively as a vegetable market.

A large number of passers-by gathered at the pass, stretched their necks and looked out without crossing the threshold, and those who had read before were withdrawn, and those who wanted to see were added later. what.

There are more people walking around, exchanging information and discussing with each other.

Uneasy, anxious, uncontrollable curiosity, and intuitive fear.

These complicated emotions intertwined into a thick net, covering the assembly area in the middle of the night.

"Where's Huo Xu?" Tang Lin looked left and right, but didn't see his new team member.

"He can think about it," Yue Pangpang envied and hated, "he went back to sleep in his room early, and his mentality was beyond Buddhist."

"If he wants to be a Buddhist, I can ascend to heaven," Zheng Luozhu was speechless, "He is a social barrier, so he broke the can."

"Have you found anything?" Nan Ge, the only one who still remembered the business, asked Tang Lin and Fan Peiyang, "What happened to the first thirteen levels?"

Fan Peiyang: "A man named Xu Wang gathered thirteen teams and closed the first thirteen levels together."

Tang Rin: "..."

Wu Sheng really didn't deserve a name.

"Nan Ge," Tang Lin said, "call Huo Xu over for a meeting, a midnight symposium."

Nan Ge smiled mischievously: "Understood, I promise to call someone over."

Seeing the beautiful sister turn her back and walk towards a dark corner, Zheng Luozhu and Yue Pangpang glanced at each other, suddenly feeling a little sympathetic to Huo Xu who was about to receive the midnight bell.

Tang Lin suddenly called Nan Ge to stop again: "Wait a minute."

Nan Ge was taken aback, then turned around: "Don't call him anymore?"

"Call," Tang Lin said, "not only call him, but also call everyone in the assembly area."

Nan Ge: "... are you all here for the VIP meeting?"

"Huo Xu is here for a meeting," Tang Lin said, "The others are watching the live broadcast in their own room. Just tell them to transfer the projection screen to room 9087, and the VIP will share information about the checkpoint."

Ten minutes later, Huo Xu entered 10 with a grumpy face.

After 10 minutes, nearly half of the rooms in the assembly area have adjusted the projection screen to 9087, but most of them think that the VIPs are full of food and are making a gimmick, and they are ready to take a critical look to see what they are doing. .

Thirty-ten minutes later, a small group of passers-by insisted on wandering outside, ignoring the suspicious call of the VIP, but from time to time they couldn't help but look up at the corridors on each floor to see behind the closed doors. There are no good people at halftime, and they ran out to complain about their impressions after watching the live broadcast.

No.

For an entire hour, all the passers-by who finally chose to go back to their room to watch the live broadcast did not move any more, even resisting their thirst to get water, so as not to miss any details.

Tang Lin conveyed all the information he got to his partner, and also shared it with all the people in the assembly area who were watching the projection screen.

But the parts about privacy, such as the relationship between Wu Sheng and Xu Wang, I was brought in by Fan Peiyang through the back of the wishing house, and the childish PK between Fan Zong and Wu Sheng, um, they were all regarded as "unnecessary parts" Tang Lin skipped it.

However, the amount of information just spoken out is already large enough.

It will take time to digest the VIP partners and the passers-by before the screen projection.

"Ten years ago, why does everything seem to point to ten years ago?" Nan Ge's mind was very confused. "It was also ten years ago that women were no longer allowed in the dungeons. What happened ten years ago?"

Zheng Luozhu was also confused: "The closure of the first thirteen levels has led to the opening of all the barriers now. I believe that the time points are seamlessly connected. But I can't figure out the cause and effect relationship. Why is it closed in the front, and there is no limit to the barriers in the back?" gone?"

The more fat you are, the more suspicious the two recent <cheat sheets> are. After listening to the background information completed by the team leader, you are even more suspicious: "'You can pass through the level at any time' is clearly a huge pit. The one with no bones left after passing through the level. kind!"

Huo Xu frowned impatiently: "I'm here to break through, not to solve the case. I've said so much nonsense, are you going to break through or not?"

"Break." On this point, Tang Lin didn't hesitate.

Maybe the answer is outside, maybe they have broken through to the end, and they can't get a glimpse of the whole world of the level.

But by going forward, there is endless hope to get close to what they want, whether it is freedom or the truth.

Looking up, he looked diagonally upwards, as if he could see all the passers-by in front of the projection screen through there: "This is all the information we have, and I hope it will be useful to you."

Room 1704.

Zhou Yunhui sat on the ground, leaning against the corner of the sofa, quietly watching the projection screen, thoughtful.

Room 5072.

Cui Zhan threw away the empty beer can, got up and went to the person in charge of the assembly area of ​​the Ten Clubs, and readjusted the plan of breaking through the level.

Room 1148.

He Lu calmed down the shock in his heart and went back to the training room for night training.

Room 1999.

Bai Lu turned off the projection screen and went to sleep.

Room 1530.

Monk: "That fat man in the VIP is right. Now that all the gates are open, it's a trap."

Whole Wheat: "You know it's a trap, do you want to jump?"

Fifty-five points: "Jump. Every day when you go out, you will see the wide open gate beckoning. Can you hold back?"

Tanhua: "Jumping is necessary, but we have to use a more secure posture."

Guan Lan: "Leon."

Leon: "Huh?"

Guan Lan: "Tang Lin is talking about it from the beginning to the end, why do you keep staring at the other VIP members?"

Leon: "..."

After the night of the VIP live broadcast, the checkpoint really did not close as the <cheat sheet> said.

It is like a Pandora's box, quietly open at the end of the assembly area, tempting you to plunge into it.

Knowing the danger, there is no choice.

More than 20 days later, on a bright morning, as if it was an appointment, more than a dozen teams gathered at the gate of the pass, and only waited for the sun to rise before they plunged into this unknown continent.

VIP is among them.