midnight ten

Is there a girl in the world of breaking through levels?

Tang Lin looked at Fan Peiyang suspiciously: "Didn't you say there are no women here?"

Fan Peiyang frowned: "Based on my experience in breaking through the barrier, it is true that there is no such thing."

"Then this is... an NPC?" Tang Lin turned to look again. The pretty girl didn't squeeze into the square, but sat down next to a mechanical device near the periphery.The device is made of iron plates and gears, and its shape is similar to a locomotive. The woman leans against the device, like guns and roses.

Zheng Luozhu turned half of his body, facing the direction of the woman, and observed cross-legged: "If the NPC comes, it should release the mission as soon as it arrives. What's the point of sitting there?"

In fact, the beautiful girl didn't move, at least she raised her arm to check once she sat down.

Tang Lin narrowed his eyes: "NPC, do you have an owl on your arm?"

Fan Peiyang and Zheng Luozhu were silent together.

No.

The owl pattern on the arm is the most basic symbol and the only brand of the passers-by.

The commotion in the square did not show any signs of calming down, but intensified instead.

Everyone's eyes are inevitably attracted to women. The fact of "having a woman" itself is like lightning on a sunny day, and moonlight on a rainy night, which is so strange.What's more, she is also graceful and beautiful.

Some observed and thought like Tang Lin and the others, some talked and discussed, and some flirted with girls in the air.Talking, joking, whistling, a lot of noise.

The woman is calm.

He should have foreseen the square's reaction long ago and made mental preparations, so his expression was calm.From time to time, she looked up at the clock next to the subway entrance, and occasionally glanced at the square, like every passer-by waiting for zero.

But she didn't have the apprehension or expectation of other passersby in her eyes. In other words, she hid them too deeply, after the calm and the waves, in the sparkling autumn water.

The people in the square were astonished as surprised as they were, and as curious as they were curious. Even those who teased their girls whistled, none of them moved in the end, and sat obediently in place.

The reason is very simple, beautiful women are the focus of the audience, whoever passes by at this time, every move will be watched by the whole people, there is no need.

After an hour like this, as the clock came to 22:00, the woman's attention gradually faded, and everyone's focus turned back to the pass, after all, this is the next battlefield of life and death.

The plaza returned to a moderate level of noise, and people from the outside began to squeeze in, and from time to time, a group of young people huddled together.

At this moment, two men sneaked up to the device where the woman was.

Zheng Luozhu has been struggling with the "woman" for an entire hour, and he never took his eyes off the woman - he suspects that he has obsessive-compulsive disorder, the five major forces only know four names, no, the reason for the sudden appearance of a woman is unknown, Worrying - I found something wrong at the first time.

"Fuck!" He stood up from the roof in a jerk and shouted loudly, "You guys are playing hooligans——"

Before the sound could reach the other side, it was swallowed up by the noise above the square.

But Tang Lin and Fan Peiyang were so shocked that their eardrums buzzed.

Looking up, I saw that the woman was restrained by some stationery, leaning against the device and unable to move. Two men, one was pressing her shoulders to prevent her from breaking free, and the other was about to grab her arm...

Wait, it doesn't seem like a hooligan.

Zheng Luozhu tilted his head and watched for another two seconds, his eyes were about to burst into flames: "Damn, they are robbing stationery!"

He was the first to discover it, but the slowest to react.

Tang Lin and Fan Peiyang understood at first glance.

If a woman can come here alone, she must have a lot of stationery blessings in her hands, otherwise she would not have the ability and courage-this would be taken for granted by many men in the square.And among these people, it is very possible that one or two crooked and robbing people will appear.

"No, boss, I have to go," Zheng Luozhu couldn't stand it anymore, "If you have the ability to rob a man, what is it to rob a woman!"

"Bamboo," Tang Lin said calmly, "Look again."

Zheng Luozhu was anxious: "It's all like this, what are you looking at?"

Fan Peiyang calmed down: "She is much calmer than you."

Zheng Luozhu understood for a long time before he understood who this "she" was.Looking at it again, it was true that although the woman was trapped by the stationery, she did not struggle violently. At this moment, the sleeves had been pushed up roughly, but she still did not see any resistance.

There are only two explanations for such a situation, either resign yourself to fate, or...

The woman suddenly raised her eyes, her eyes were as fierce as fire.

Even though it was far away, and obviously the woman was not looking at him, Zheng Luozhu was still shocked by this momentum.

"The woman who can break into the dungeon is not Jiaohua."

This was the last sentence Zheng Luozhu heard, from Tang Lin, with a cool voice.

After that, the woman in the distance took a deep breath and started screaming.

A persistent, murderous, crushing scream.

Like an iron spoon scratching glass.

Like fingernails scratching a blackboard.

Like a freshly pulled mandrake.

The screaming lasted for more than twenty seconds.

The two robbers stopped talking and fled in embarrassment. Even the crowd who had been sitting nearby scattered, and with the gear iron device as the center of the circle, an open space with a radius of ten meters was cleared.

The woman stopped her voice, brushed her hair back from her shoulders, and moved her cervical spine, as if she had just finished yoga.

The whole square was silent.

Some people began to knead paper balls silently and put them in their ears to prevent further injury.

Zheng Luozhu was far away, although he didn't need to cover his ears, but he was hurt physically and mentally: "You won't shout any more?"

Tang Lin smiled: "Probably not."

Zheng Luozhu had mixed feelings: "Is she a stationery or a natural skill..."

If every woman screamed with this kind of destructiveness, he really felt that it was better for male partners to play together.

"Stationery." It was Fan Peiyang who spoke, without "should, maybe, maybe", and his tone was firm.

Tang Lin agreed: "Ordinary screams can scare people, but they will never make two people who are determined to rob them flee."

They flee because they are mentally overwhelmed, in other words, screaming is offensive to them.

When Zheng Luozhu thought about it, he understood.

This is an offensive stationery, or, quite possibly, a woman's stationery tree.

After this episode, no one dared to provoke her anymore.The women's side was clean, and the square side also stopped, and everyone began to wait for the last time.

At 23:15, there are 45 minutes left to break through.

The closer to zero, the slower the time seems to be, and the square is still quiet, but under the quiet, there is a gradually turbulent undercurrent.Just like in a tug-of-war, both sides pick up the rope to prepare, and the referee has not blown the whistle to start. In theory, neither side should use force, but the rope is already held in the hands, and it will inevitably be stretched straight by the two sides who are accumulating strength.

Nobody dozes off anymore.

Everyone sat up, or looked at the clock, or at the subway entrance, or looked at each other, seemingly casually, but in fact they were secretly thinking.Calculate power, calculate competitors, calculate waiting for the position...

Without warning, the owl on Tang Lin's arm flashed again.

He opened it quickly, but neither the <cheat sheet> nor the <pencil box> had changed.

Fan Peiyang noticed his strangeness: "What?"

Tang Lin stared blankly at his arm: "It was the same last time."

"Last time?" Fan Peiyang didn't know why.

Tang Lin said: "On the day when the night monster entered the underground well, the owl pattern also flashed, but when I clicked on it, there was nothing."

Fan Peiyang: "It flashed again just now?"

Tang Rin: "Yes."

Fan Peiyang: "Are you sure?"

Tang Lin: "I thought it was an illusion last time, but I will never have an illusion twice."

Fan Peiyang fell into deep thought for a long time, and said: "Maybe it has something to do with the stationery tree you haven't unlocked..."

Before he finished speaking, he stopped suddenly.

Tang Lin looked up strangely, and found that Fan Peiyang's brows were furrowed, and his expression was wrong.

Just as he was about to ask, Zheng Luozhu, who was lying next to him, stood up like a carp, with an expression as if he had seen a ghost, and muttered to himself: "What the hell..."

Immediately afterwards, people in the square stood up one after another, either looking around, or muttering like Zheng Luozhu.

The calm was broken in an instant, and at least one-third of the people in the square became uneasy.

"What's going on?" Tang Lin grabbed Fan Peiyang's wrist.

The latter came back to his senses and lowered his voice: "What animal walks on four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and three legs in the evening, and is most incapable when it has the most legs?"

"People." Tang Lin didn't even have to think about it.

This is "The Mystery of the Sphinx", an allusion known to many people, and it is impossible for Fan Peiyang to ask him the answer.And it's weird to ask this out of the blue.

"Mr. Tang, can't you hear me?" Zheng Luozhu asked nonchalantly.

Tang Lin was stunned: "What did you hear?"

Zheng Luozhu's tone was sharp: "There is a voice in my heart, asking the question that the boss just said, asking for the answer within 2 minutes, if you can't answer or answer wrong, you will be eaten by the Sphinx. "

Tang Lin looked at Zheng Luozhu, then at Fan Peiyang, and finally believed that no one was joking with him.

Sphinx, the evil thing in Greek mythology, represents the punishment of God.It would sit on a cliff near the city of Thebes, stop passers-by and ask a riddle: "What animal has four legs in the morning... the most incapable when it has the most legs?" Those who can't answer will be eaten by him.

Finally, Oedipus guessed the answer - people.As a baby, I can only crawl, so I have four legs. When I am an adult, I walk on two legs. When I am old, I have to use a cane and have three legs.Sphinx was so ashamed that he jumped off the cliff and died.

This riddle is called the "Riddle of the Sphinx".

"People." Although unreasonable, Fan Peiyang whispered the answer.

Zheng Luozhu quickly followed suit: "Man."

Tang Lin couldn't hear it. In fact, after the voice asked the question, it began to count down in their hearts.Although "being eaten" sounds absurd, Zheng Luozhu doesn't want to take any risks.

But not everyone cooperates like this.

2 minutes to.

Wailing broke out one after another in the square, followed by the sound of "plop" and "plop" bodies falling to the ground.

In an instant, the situation in the square changed suddenly.

Those who heard the question and answered it correctly were stunned, while those who didn't hear the question became confused at once. Some people shook their partners who had fallen to the ground, some looked around in a daze and didn't know what happened, and some angrily shouted, "What the hell is going on?" Who is it?" "Get out of here."

Under attack.

Tang Lin understood in an instant.There was only half an hour left before the checkpoint, and someone started cleaning up the competitors ahead of time.

Some people also suffered under the abandoned house.

Tang Lin quickly jumped down to check. The face of the person who fell on the ground was pale, his lips were blue, without any breathing or consciousness, and his body was cold and stiff, as if he had been dead for a long time.

He stood there in disbelief.

What kind of stationery can cause such a large-scale damage, or is it in such a special form as answering questions...

Tang Lin got up and wanted to communicate with the roof, but when he looked up, he found that both Fan Peiyang and Zheng Luozhu were dignified, and they were abnormally quiet.

Tang Lin's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately went to look at the square.

Sure enough, the people who answered the question before were in the same state as the two on the roof.

The questions are not over yet.

And the questions that everyone hears become different, and the time allowed to answer is also shortened.

What Fan Peiyang heard was——

[Bringing Tang Lin here, do you regret it?Please give the answer within 1 minute. If you can't answer or give the wrong answer, you will be eaten by the Sphinx. 】

What Zheng Luozhu heard was——

【Do you hate your parents?Please give the answer within 1 minute. If you can't answer or give the wrong answer, you will be eaten by the Sphinx. 】

"Heh, does this fucking have a standard answer..." Zheng Luozhu pulled out a mocking smile.

Unexpectedly, the voice responded——

【some.The answer is in your heart, and I am also in your heart, so I know, but you may not be sure.The countdown continues, 49, 48, 47...]

The author has something to say: How much do you guys like big guys in women's clothing [laughing and crying]...

Chapter 18 Cooperation┃"We have a way to stop the attack." Face to face, Tang Lin said it again formally.

do you hate your parents

Zheng Luozhu never seriously thought about this question.Because he knew that once he started thinking, he couldn't stop, and this question would be like a bottomless swamp, swallowing his person and his entire soul.

【10, 9, 8, 7...】

The countdown is running out.

His vision began to blur, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, Zheng Luozhu's lips moved slightly, and he slowly spit out a word with a voice that only he could hear clearly.

Tang Lin stood under the house, saw Zheng Luozhu's mouth shape, and confirmed that he said a monosyllable, but it was impossible to tell what he said.

Fan Peiyang's answer next to him was deep and clear——

"No regrets."

Tang Lin didn't know what the new problem was, so he could only observe closely. After a few seconds, seeing that both Zheng Luozhu and Fan Peiyang were safe, he breathed a sigh of relief.

But greater doubts followed.

The sphinx is just the prologue, and the real fatal question and answer has just begun. As for the second question, both Zheng Luozhu and Fan Peiyang answered it correctly.But here lies the problem. One of them said a single syllable and the other three words, and he can confirm that Zhuzi definitely did not speak with a closed accent, so how could they have the same answer?

Different answers are all correct, and there is only one explanation—everyone hears a different question.

On the square, passers-by fell one after another. Those who were still answering the questions looked more and more solemn, while those who did not hear the questions, without exception, all had serious expressions, as if they were facing an enemy.

The confusion is still going on, but the daze and bewilderment are gone. No matter how dull people are, they can understand that an extremely brutal attack is coming. If they are not attacked now, it does not mean that they will not happen in the future.

[If you have a button on your hand, press it, and your parents will come back to life.They may still be the same as before, or they may cry and beg your forgiveness, everything is unknown, and the opportunity to prove this unknown is in your hands, do you press it...

Please give the answer within 55 seconds. If you can't answer or give the wrong answer, you will be eaten by the Sphinx. 】

Oh, what a damn question.

Zheng Luozhu looked up at the ceiling of the dungeon, and suddenly had a whim, if he bumped into it head-on, would he be able to break a big hole and go directly to the second level.

If you don't answer the question, you will die. If you answer the question, you will have to face the next more terrible question, what the hell.

"……bamboo……"

It seemed that someone was calling his name.

Zheng Luozhu looked around in a daze, and it took a long time before he met Tang Lin who was downstairs.

"Huh?" He gave a vague nasal voice, not even sure if Tang Lin had called him.

"What kind of question?" Tang Lin didn't waste time, and asked the main point directly. In fact, Fan Peiyang didn't move at all, and the state of focusing on answering the question completely shielded everything from the outside world. At least Zhuzi's expression was in a trance, and there was still a breakthrough.

what kind of question?

Zheng Luozhu smiled wryly: "It's the kind you don't want to face, let alone answer."

"Understood," Tang Lin said briefly, "Just answer the questions and leave the rest to me."

Zheng Luozhu was startled: "What are you going to do?"

"Find a way to stop the stationery users." Tang Lin looked around the square, eyes gradually sinking, and the snow was about to come. "If it is really stationery."

Confronting the secrets and fears of the heart - that's what this attack is based on.

The most difficult thing for people to see clearly is themselves. Many times, even the heart is selectively disguised and forgotten. Only the subconscious is loyal to the most real emotions and thoughts.

But how many people can accurately capture and make firm judgments?

Don't have any illusions. Once you start answering the questions, there are only two results, either you answer wrong and die, or you have a nervous breakdown.

This stationery is almost invincible.

But is there really such stationery?Can accurately spy on people's hidden emotions and extract them as standard answers?And attacking so many different people at once?

In just ten seconds, Tang Lin had already considered everything that could be analyzed.

If it is not for stationery, all efforts will be in vain.

If it is, even if there is only a very small probability of it, we must find a way to stop it.

However, the attacker has no way of finding it, because no place on the square is peaceful, and the Sphinx's question is like a carefully calculated net, covering evenly one-third of the people here.Then the only thing he can do is to use some method to force the opponent to stop attacking.

method……

Tang Lin lowered his eyes, thinking quickly.

A way to stop an attack without knowing a specific target...

"Come out if you have the ability, don't hide behind your back and shoot cold arrows—"

A roar exploded from the crowd next to him, his temper couldn't be suppressed, and he directly used group attack stationery.

In an instant, sand and stones flew around the abandoned house.

Tang Lin turned his back to the wind to avoid squinting, but the moment he turned around, he was enlightened.

The sandstorm passed quickly.

The roaring strong man was out of breath, and it seemed that there would be no second match in the short term.

Such a small-scale wind and sand did not disturb the black hand behind it.

Fan Peiyang and Zheng Luozhu on the roof were still forced to concentrate and answer the questions with all their strength.

Tang Lin set off immediately, circled the square for a small half circle from the outside at an extremely fast speed, and then went straight to the gear iron device.

The woman stood in front of the device, apparently the two-thirds who hadn't encountered the Sphinx, watched him approach, and reminded: "If you also want to listen to a screaming concert, keep going."

She smiled faintly, her voice was melodious and melodious, and the screaming mandrake seemed to come from two souls. It was really a moment of heaven and a moment of hell.

Tang Lin cut to the chase: "Do me a favor."

The woman is curious: "Help for what?"

"If screaming is your permanent stationery," Tang Lin said, "help stop this attack."

The woman was surprised: "Do you think I can?"

Tang Lin: "Your screaming can cause devastating interference to the 'mental concentration' of the stationery operator."

Woman: "Do you want to use my scream to interrupt the manipulation of the stationery by the attacker behind the scenes?"

Tang Lin nodded.

The woman is not optimistic: "You don't even know where he is hiding, and my screams can't destroy the whole square."

Tang Lin had thought about this problem a long time ago: "There are only more than 1000 people here, divided into regions and directions, and those who have passed the screaming test stand still, and it takes only a few batches to pass everyone."

The woman was dubious: "Do you really think this method is effective? Maybe this is not a stationery attack at all, but the final screening before entering the level."

"There is a one-in-ten-thousandth possibility, and I will try it." Tang Lin's tone was indifferent, but there was no doubt about it.

The woman was puzzled: "You were not attacked."

Tang Lin looked at her fixedly: "I still have friends."

His voice was as cold as ice, but under the thin ice was magma.

The woman sensed it sensitively, but she still didn't let go easily: "'Your' friend, why should I save him?"

Unexpectedly, Tang Lin shook his head directly: "There is no reason, you can refuse, but please give me an answer quickly, time is limited, I have to find a second plan."

The woman was speechless, and after a long time, she sighed with a headache: "You really don't know how to coax women at all."

Tang Lin: "Thank you, Tang Lin."

Woman: "You're welcome, Nan Ge."

……

Center of the square, subway entrance, time 23:30.

"Still not good?" Dai Xiaoliang asked the subordinate who just ran over.

The subordinate said with a bitter face: "I tried several stationery, but it didn't work."

Dai Xiaoliang sighed heavily, Fangzheng's Chinese character face was full of worry.

He is the person in charge of the [Returning Home Mission - Dungeon Branch]. Today's task is to lead the team members through the first level.

"If you don't know the exact location of the attacker, it's useless to use any stationery." Zhou Yunhui squatted aside, seemingly fooling around, but there were several people standing respectfully beside him.

He is one of the five major forces and the team leader of Kongming Lantern in the dungeon.

He Lu from the Jagged Camp was also there, standing straight in front of the subway entrance, tall and straight, like a Populus euphratica tree in the desert.

He is unsmiling, and he speaks seriously: "This kind of damage range is not like stationery. The matter has come to this point, we can only stay calm and avoid reducing staff to the greatest extent."

"Keep calm?" Cui Zhan, the person in charge of Ten Club, smoked while leaning against the copper door of the subway entrance, brushed off the ashes, and said with a half-smile, "Then you come here and try to answer the questions."

There was no need to respond to the joking teasing, or in other words, he didn't have time to wait for He Lv to respond, so he took another puff of cigarette, closed his eyes, and murmured an answer to the new question he just heard: "Thought about it."

The fourth of the five major forces that do not offend the well, because of this attack, the people in charge were forced to get together to form a "temporary emergency committee."

When there are no enemies, they are competitors. If there are foreign enemies, of course it is best to join forces.

There are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests, which apply everywhere.

"Have you found the donut yet?" He Lu asked Zhou Yunhui, whose subordinates were in charge of contacting the Fifth Force.

Zhou Yunhui stared at that rigid face without saying a word: "When you say these three words, they are no longer cute."

"If he hasn't been found yet, he's more likely to be suspected." Dai Xiaoliang's face gradually darkened.

"I don't think so." Zhou Yunhui tilted his head and looked up at the two leaders of the "Youtuan". "They have always been elusive, so it would be really suspicious to show up at this time."

"Hey, what are you two doing—"

There was a small commotion not far away.

Zhou Yunhui stood up and looked over there with the other three team leaders. They saw a man and a woman pushing through the crowd roughly and approaching the subway entrance. Now that they had reached the area of ​​the four major forces, they naturally encountered dissatisfaction among the team members.

Seeing the movement here, the woman shouted directly from the air: "We have a way to stop the attack—"

The sound was so penetrating that it reminded the four team leaders of their previous fears of being dominated by mandrake-like screams.

Exchanging glances with each other, the four reached an agreement.

"Let them come over." He Lu spoke on behalf of the other team leaders.

The team members didn't know why, but they still obeyed the order, and quickly got out of the way.

A man and a woman came in front of the four of them. Needless to say, the woman was the only one in the square, and the man had a new face, tall and tall, fair skin, handsome eyes and brows that were slightly deserted.

Cui Zhan had only seen the appearance of the visitor, so he had to put in new answers, and the new questions made him feel extremely bad, and he couldn't help kicking the bronze door of the subway entrance.

This is the first sound Tang Lin heard when he walked over.

Before coming here, he went to Yeying first, and matched the heads of the four major forces. At this moment, the one kicking the door is the strongest combat power in the dungeon according to Wang Zhengming.

Now that the question and answer has been going on, he can still be distracted by seeing him as an unexpected guest, and kicking the door with blazing anger. This is the strongest combat power, and Tang Lin believes a little bit.

"We have a way to stop the attack." Face to face, Tang Lin said it again formally.

Zhou Yunhui snorted dismissively.

Dai Xiaoliang and He Lu looked at him cautiously.

"One hundred percent sure?" He Lu asked.

"One in ten thousand." Tang Lin said.

Just as He Lu was about to frown, he heard the other person say: "But if this is a man-made stationery attack, my method is a [-]% success rate."

Zhou Yunhui's eyes grew more interested: "Let's hear it."

"Sorry, I don't have time," Tang Lin said coldly, "If you are really curious, I can start with your Kongming Lanterns."

Nan Ge, who had been quiet all this time, finally found some comfort at this moment.

It's not that Tang Lin doesn't know how to coax women, but she doesn't bother to coax any human beings at all. Hard-core gender equality is a rare quality.

The author has something to say: Although Mr. Tang forgot about love, he still gave Mr. Fan the only tenderness. Mr. Fan should be content.

PS. List of the five major forces:

[Kong Ming Lantern] Dungeon Team Leader: Zhou Yunhui

[Iron Blood Camp]: He Lv

[Returning Home Mission]: Dai Xiaoliang

[Ten Society]: Cui Zhan

[Strawberry Donut]: _(:з」∠)_