midnight ten

There are only 10 minutes left before the one-hour boarding time limit.No one cares about the jigsaw puzzle on the advertising screen—the three major forces have stopped fighting, and the scattered passers-by have given up directly.

At 09:59 on the countdown, the three team leaders finished their conversation and each gathered the team members together.

At 09:00 on the countdown, the three major forces finally took action.

Nearly 2/3 of the team members raised their hands at the same time and clicked on their password boxes in mid-air, and the remaining 1/3 did not move, but looked alert.

Seeing this, Tang Lin confirmed his guess.Dai Xiaoliang, He Lu, and Cui Zhan talked for so long, not only to share the answer to the World Tree mystery, but also to negotiate quotas for the number of people in each group who will get on the subway next.

At present, the number of people who have boarded the subway is 32, and there are only 68 seats left for the three major forces. The ten clubs, the Iron Blood Camp, and the Home Returning Group now have more than 100 members. It really depends on strength If you fight hard, you will be beaten badly, and you will not be able to make it even for outsiders to benefit.Negotiate in advance the number of people on the subway for each family, just like when entering a checkpoint, so as to avoid internal friction and be consistent with the outside world.

However, things often don't go 100% as expected.

Tang Lin looked coldly at an inconspicuous corner.Lu Jue, with several members of the white team, was also quietly clicking on the [password box].

【Oh, someone entered the correct password, the door is about to open~~】

In the lively mechanical sound, the door slowly opened.

The six Strawberry Donuts stood slightly to the two sides, and thoughtfully let out the door without affecting their close-up viewing.

On the platform, Cui Zhan, Dai Xiaoliang, and He Lu were leading their team members towards the door. Other scattered passers-by wanted to stop them, but they didn't dare to act rashly when they saw the 1/3 team members who stayed behind.

Just after the leaders of the three major groups entered the subway one after another, a group of rats suddenly appeared on the platform, and instead of going anywhere else, they crawled on the feet of the people who were about to board the subway.

Those team members who followed behind had not had time to get on the car, startled these scurrying guys, and the rhythm of getting on the car was interrupted.At this moment, Lu Jue rushed over from the side with a few white shirts. He rushed in the front and squeezed into the subway all at once. The team members stopped, and there was no chance.

From the beginning to the end of the accident, it was only a short moment.

But Lu Jue succeeded.

He didn't even look at the team members who were blocked behind him. He squeezed into the middle of the carriage for the first time, where there were few people. Then he breathed a sigh of relief and apologized to the three team leaders near the other door: "Yes Can't help it, there are few people in the group, so we can only opportunistically."

He Lu, Dai Xiaoliang, and Cui Zhan were naturally upset, but they didn't bother to say anything to him.

Lu Jue didn't get a response, so he didn't care. He found an empty seat and sat down, his eyes relaxed.

The four of Tang Lin sat not far away from Lu Jue, but the kind words he said to the three leaders fell into their ears.

Zheng Luozhu snorted: "There are fewer villains in the group now. When they wanted to pull us into the group, they didn't brag like that."

Tang Lin said: "What people say when they see someone, it is also a kind of ability to get high with high energy and low with low energy."

Zheng Luozhu continued to hum: "It's just to bully the weak and fear the hard. I thought he was so strong, and after a long time, it was just a broken stationery of [a mouse crossing the street]."

"That stationery is called [Street Mouse]?" Tang Lin asked, "Aside from letting the mouse out to eavesdrop and make trouble, is there any other function?"

Zheng Luozhu: "I don't know, I made it up randomly."

Tang Rin: "..."

"It's a good name." President Fan, who had been quiet all this time, affirmed his subordinates.

Nan Ge didn't know about the three of them and Lu Jue, so he asked Zheng Luozhu, "Do you know him?"

"It's more than acquaintance." Zheng Luozhu's face no longer smiled, "Thanks to him, we almost collapsed in the underground well."

Suspecting that Lu Jue had lured the night monster into the underground well, Tang Lin and Fan Peiyang discussed it before telling Zheng Luozhu.Now, he began to vividly tell the beauty about his life and death that night, and added a "heroic filter" to his performance by the way.

During this time, the situation on the platform has changed dramatically.A few members of the white group who were stopped by the three major forces actually announced the answer to the [Password Grid], which made the remaining dozens of scattered passers-by who had already given up hope immediately soar in enthusiasm. The great powers are united.

In terms of numbers, the three major forces certainly have the upper hand, but once the effects of stationery are flying around, the outcome is hard to say.

In the last few minutes, the conflict on the platform has reached a fever pitch, with bloodshed and death, but fewer and fewer people have successfully logged into the subway. Whenever someone approaches the subway door, they will be blocked by others desperately. Falling into a vicious circle of "if I don't board the subway, you don't even think about it".

Countdown 00:00

【Oh, time is up, the door is closed~~】

This time, the subway door was completely closed.

The total number of people logging into the subway is fixed at 68/100.

[Kongming Lantern] 19 people

[Homecoming Mission] 11 people

[Iron Blood Camp] 11 people

[Ten Society] 9 people

[Strawberry donut] 6 people

[VIP] 4 people

[Night Shadow] 3 people

[Other passers-by] 5 people

The dispute on the platform came to an abrupt end, and it was a mess.

The three team leaders led people to sit down, but in the end the seats were all filled, and only a dozen people were standing.

The compartment, which is enough to accommodate more than 200 people, still looks a little empty.

The subway continued to vibrate slightly.

It's time to start.

Tang Lin looked away from the tragic platform, and saw Nan Ge staring at him.

"Huh?" Tang Lin didn't know why.

Nan Ge nodded his shoulder and said, "Your place seems to be dirty."

Tang Lin looked down, and sure enough, there was a faint black smudge mark on the clothes at the position of the right shoulder, as if light clothes and dark clothes were washed together, and they were accidentally stained.

He raised his hand and patted it twice, but it was useless, so he didn't care and said, "Maybe it was rubbed when boarding the subway."

Nan Ge also felt that it made sense. After all, there was a thick fog at that time, and it was not uncommon for anything to get on it.

While the two were talking, an explosion suddenly occurred outside the car window. The huge shock wave made the subway shake, and the sound of the explosion made everyone's ears ring.

Tang Lin hesitated for a few seconds before turning his head to look at the window with difficulty.

And the three major forces have all stood up and rushed to the window in disbelief.

The platform was covered in gunpowder smoke, and nothing could be seen clearly, only the dead silence after the explosion.

Tang Lin's heart sank.

The rules only say that you can board the subway only if you enter the correct password, but they don't say what will happen if you stay on the platform.This has almost become a psychological blind spot for everyone.

Those who can't get through the checkpoints can just come back next time. Of course, people think that those who can't get on the subway can just come back next time.

He Lu, Cui Zhan, and Dai Xiaoliang must also think so, otherwise they would never be able to share answers and discuss quotas.

【Congratulations everyone successfully boarded the subway~~咕咕~~】

On the long screen above the car door showing the route of the site, a round little owl rolled out as always.

[Those passers-by who did not board the subway have been dealt with in a centralized manner, and now everyone can continue to concentrate on passing the pass~~]

He Lu, Dai Xiaoliang, and Cui Zhan stood there without saying a word.

The owl's words shattered their last trace of fantasy.The lives of so many brothers are just "centralized processing" lightly, like treating garbage.

The subway began to move forward, and the platform quickly disappeared out of the window, like an unreal nightmare.

【Cheer up~~】

The little owl seems to be able to sense the heaviness in the car, rolling around to enliven the atmosphere.

[Now announce the rules leading to the next carriage, listen carefully, and you will have a chance to survive~~First of all, please leave automatically if you sit near the door of the next carriage, and keep a safe zone of two meters in front of the door~~ 】

The door leading to the next car is actually the front end of the last car.When the normal subway arrives there, it should be the junction of the carriages, but here, it turns into a pure white metal door.

No one challenged the owl's authority anymore, and Zhou Yunhui, who had gathered there in advance, moved back awkwardly with his team members.

As they retreated two meters away, the ground in front of the door reflected the red line of the safe zone, and a lavender key-shaped groove gradually appeared in the middle of the pure white door panel.

The little owl flapped its wings——

[The rules are very simple, you can only enter the safe zone when you get the key, and those who successfully put the key into the groove can enter the next carriage.Other rules: None.Good luck to you~~]

The display screen flickered, then stabilized, and the route station image was restored.

68 people, silent.

Take the key, enter the safe area, put the key, and enter the next car——OK.Where are the keys?

"Ding--"

68 dings come together, like a class bell.

<Cheat Sheet>: The key will be issued soon, please pay attention to the passers-by.

Tang Lin pursed her lips tightly, momentarily unsure of the meaning of the reminder.

Zhou Yunhui of Kongming Lantern and Guan Lan of Donuts looked around the carriage as soon as they finished watching "Cheat Sheet".

"Click."

The sound of the hinges of the suspension bridge came from the ceiling in the middle of the carriage.

Sitting there were the four of Tang Lin, the three of Ye Ying, and several members of the returning home team.

They looked up together.

The eyes of other people in the carriage also focused on this place.

I saw a small square-shaped dark space slowly appearing on the ceiling, only half the size of a palm, and then, something fell from it, fell to the ground, bouncing, bouncing, bouncing...

A clear bouncing ball with a key in it.

The subway car was terribly quiet, even the mechanical sound of the moving vehicles was almost gone, only the ball was left happily playing.

After about a dozen times, the bouncing ball finally landed, and Gu Lulu rolled to the feet of the three of Yeying.

Wang Zhengming swallowed, and together with Tao Wenyu and Chai Ye on the left and right, sat upright, motionless.

68 people, one key, whoever moves at this time is the target.

Yet there are always risk takers.

Just when Wang Zhengming was considering whether to kick the pinball away to keep it safe, the ground of the carriage suddenly turned into a quagmire.No matter whether you are sitting or standing, your feet are deeply immersed in the mud, and no matter how hard you try, you will not be able to pull them out. It is very intuitive that "the mud feet are deep."

In the next second, a figure rushed over quickly, picked up the bouncing ball and ran to the safe zone, trapping others in the "mire", to him, it was like walking on flat ground.

Those who finally came to their senses stopped competing with the "mire" and immediately started using stationery.

But the incident happened suddenly, and the speed of the other party was too fast. After establishing a control connection with the stationery, they will enter the safety early...

"call out--"

The sound of the air being cut interrupted everyone's thoughts.

Then there was a slight "pounce", like a sharp weapon sinking into the flesh.

The runner, who was about to run into the safe zone in two more steps, screamed and fell to the ground, rolling and wailing while clutching his right back shoulder.

The pain made him unable to manipulate the stationery anymore, and the "mire" on the ground disappeared in an instant.

There was blood oozing from his fingers covering his shoulder, but no murder weapon was seen.

Air sniper.

Tang Lin's first reaction was to go and see the strawberry donuts.

The skinny man stood there, his outstretched arm still sniping in the direction of the runner, and he was not in a hurry to retract it, as if he wanted to wait for the man to get up and shoot again.

But Tang Lin knew that he would not make another shot, because the goal had been achieved.

He's not just blocking this guy, he's representing Strawberry Donuts, terrorizing the entire car.

The author has something to say: The roster is here~~

[VIP] Fondant Couple, Scream Queen, Bamboo~

[Night Shadow] Wang Zhengming, Tao Wenyu, Chai Ye

[Strawberry Donuts] Guan Lan, bald head, melancholic curly hair parted in the middle, air sniper, young man with wheat complexion, a study committee member with a dog-gnawing hairstyle and still looking western

[Kong Ming Lantern] Zhou Yunhui

[Iron Blood Camp] He Lv

[Homecoming Mission] Dai Xiaoliang

[Ten Society] Cui Zhan

[White Group] Lu Jue

Chapter 27 Melee┃"You use the [Golden Bell Cover] to go to the safe zone and wait, don't worry about anything."

"Ding--"

The beep sounds again.

Most of the people who have not been relieved from the air sniper are at a loss for a moment.

Fan Peiyang and Tang Lin were the few who immediately raised their arms to check.

<Cheat Sheet>: The key will be issued soon, please pay attention to the passers-by.

The same reminder, if the previous one was not listed above, it would definitely make people think that the second notification sound is an auditory hallucination.

Zheng Luozhu and Nan Ge, who were also checking quickly, looked at each other and exchanged doubts—this is, the keys are going to be issued again?

After the reaction, the people began to look down, and Fan Peiyang had already put down his hands, pulled Tang Lin closer to him, and said briefly and quickly: "The situation will definitely be chaotic. As long as there is a chaotic situation, you can use the [golden bell cover] to go to the side of the safe zone Wait, don't worry about anything."

Tang Lin immediately understood that Fan Peiyang didn't want him to participate in the battle, as long as he protected himself as much as possible and waited for him to send the key.

This is not because Fan Peiyang looked down on him, but the most reasonable arrangement based on the fact that "he doesn't have a stationery tree".

If the roles were reversed, he would deploy the same solution.

A person without a stationery tree will not only be useless in such a situation, but also likely to distract his companions in order to protect him—Tang Lin is calm and clear, but when he thinks that this person is himself, he still feels very nervous. Unwilling.

There was another "click" sound from the ceiling, and a new hidden compartment slowly opened, this time not one, but six, evenly distributed from the ceiling in front of the carriage to the end of the carriage.

Six bouncing balls fall simultaneously.

No one knows how many keys there are, or whether the pinball will be given out again, but again, no one is betting on it.Every opportunity that appears in front of you may be the last chance. After seeing the explosion of the platform, no one wants to be reduced to "centralized processing".

The passers-by in the entire carriage rushed forward!

"It's now—" Fan Peiyang stopped drinking without any doubt, and in the unprecedentedly chaotic carriage, most of it was covered up.

But it was enough for Tang Rin to hear clearly.

He suppressed all the emotions and distracting thoughts that were churning in his heart, and decisively clicked on <[Anti] Admiralty Cover>.

In an instant, a warm force filled his body. He closed his eyes and concentrated on it, establishing a connection with the stationery. Gradually, he felt the warmth spread to his limbs and bones, as if he had coated his whole body with a layer of solid armor.

Opening their eyes again, Fan Peiyang, Zheng Luozhu, and Nan Ge had already left their seats and plunged into the melee.

Tang Lin didn't look for them in vain. According to what Fan Peiyang said, he didn't care about anything and just pushed forward with all his heart.

"Let the team leader get the key first—" the team members of the four major forces shouted in the chaos.

But immediately there was another voice cursing: "Go to hell!"

In the face of "either life or death", unless the belief is extremely firm, everyone is selfish.

I joined the organization because I had food, drink, and backing, and I voluntarily stayed on the platform, thinking that if I failed, I could return to the subway city, but the explosion on the platform turned everything upside down.

Do not continue to pass the level = death

From the moment this formula was established, the interior of the four major forces has already fallen apart.

Tang Lin doesn't snatch the keys, and doesn't launch attacks. For those who snatch the keys, it's more like a moving "obstacle". The effect spread several times, but luckily they were all blocked by the [Golden Bell Cover], and finally arrived near the safe zone without any danger.

There were already a few people standing there, basically waiting to "find the leak".

Once the bouncing ball is in the melee, roll here, and they can step into the safe zone after picking up a kick, saving time and effort.

With one exception.

In that strawberry donut, with the short hair on top of the dog and still looking unruly, he was a young man who had figured out the answer to the password out of thin air.

Others wished they could stare at the melee crowd without blinking, for fear of missing out on opportunities to pick up leaks. Only he casually leaned against the side wall of the carriage, looked east and west, and looked up at the hidden compartment on the ceiling from time to time, as if I don't worry about whether I can get the key at all, but I am more interested in the structure of the level.

Because of the previous air sniping, the intimidation effect of "strawberry donut = extremely dangerous element" was successfully established. No one wanted to get too close to him, so that although several people stood around the safe zone, it was obvious that one side was "crowded". One side is "cool".

Tang Lin chose "Desolate".

One is that standing is more comfortable, and the other is that standing here he only needs to guard against the young man alone, instead of worrying about a group of people over there stabbing him in the back.

The young man didn't seem to expect that someone would choose to approach him, and his eyes, searching for the hidden space, fell on Tang Lin's face. After looking at it for two seconds, he recognized it: "VIP."

It was the first time to hear the group name being pronounced like this by others, Tang Lin savored it and was very satisfied.

"The code you deciphered." The young man recalled again.

For the Strawberry Donuts who boarded the subway first, they could clearly see everything that happened on the platform behind.

"Much slower than you." Tang Lin stated objectively.

The young man immediately rolled his eyes, as if some bad memory had been brought up: "If the monk hadn't been screaming frogs in my ears, my memory retrieval speed would have been 3.5 times faster."

The monk must be the bald partner. Tang Lin clearly remembered the situation at that time, but: "The frog called?"

The young man blew his dog's bangs upwards: "Everything he said sounds like quack to me."

Tang Rin: "All?"

The young man was merciless: "Yes, there is nothing useful."

A very unique camaraderie.

"My name is Tanhua," the young man seemed to be chatting with interest, "What's your name?"

"Tang Rin."

"No nickname or anything?"

Tang Lin thought for a while: "If you don't mind, you can call me Mr. Tang."

Tanhua didn't hesitate at all: "I mind."

"Tanhua..." Tang Lin repeated this nickname, "Smart, with good grades?"

Tanhualang smiled: "All in."

Tang Lin: "Then why isn't it number one or number two?"

Tanhua: "It doesn't sound handsome enough."

Tang Lin nodded, no doubt.

While only talking, Guan Lan came over with an air sniper, and was a little surprised to see Tang Lin beside Tanhua, but she didn't care, and asked Tanhua directly: "Do you want to chat for a while, or go over now."

Tan Hua immediately expressed his opinion: "Now," as if afraid that Guan Lan would change his mind, he hastened to add, "We can chat as before. I think he has a long life."

Guan Lan was noncommittal, took out a bouncing ball from his pocket, and threw it to Tanhua.

No one expected that he flicked the pinball as casually as a lollipop. As a result, Tanhua grabbed the ball and flashed it, and he entered the safe zone.

But he didn't rush to open the door, instead he turned around and threw the bouncing ball out.

At the same time, the safety line raised the translucent light wall, and the bouncing ball hit the wall, and bounced back to Tanhua's face with a "bang".

Tanhua covered her left eye, struggled to pick up the bouncing ball trapped in the safety zone, and shook her head regretfully at Guan Lan: "Team leader, cheating failed, I can't take you flying."

Guan Lan opened her small hand, and her five fingers were as pale as light green: "I'll give you five seconds to disappear before my eyes."

Without further ado, Tanhua turned around and snapped the bouncing ball onto the groove with a "boom".

The lavender light instantly surrounded the bouncing ball, and the transparent part wrapped around the key melted like jelly, and the key entered the groove, perfectly fitting.

【Congratulations on entering the next compartment~】

The little owl ran to the screen above the door again.

The door opened in response to the sound, and Tanhua walked forward without looking back.

After he entered, the door was quickly closed again, the key disappeared, and the groove was emptied again.

Team Leader Guan was obviously very satisfied. When he turned his gaze to Tang Lin, the cloudy weather turned clear and the sun was shining brightly: "Waiting for that big man?"

Tang Lin said strictly: "If you're talking about the tall and handsome man in the black coat, yes."

Guan Lan: "Your stationery tree is also non-combat?"

Tang Lin: "Can I choose not to answer?"

The corner of Guan Lan's mouth raised, turned around with an air sniper, and returned to the battle: "Next time I will remember to give you options—"

Tang Rin knew that it didn't matter whether he answered or not.Just like when he saw Tanhua standing here, he immediately thought "the opponent's stationery tree is not suitable for fighting", the answer was already obvious.Guan Lan was tacit about this, so she didn't mind using a description like "it's also not a combat orientation" to indirectly acknowledge Tanhua's stationery tree attributes.

In the same way, Guan Lan will naturally think that standing here, waiting for work, is also a "non-combat stationery tree".

Probably no one was pulled into this world halfway like himself, Tang Lin thought, so Guan Lan would never guess that his stationery tree didn't bear fruit at all, even if it was a "non-combat orientation".

The carriage was in a mess, Tang Lin tried his best to distinguish the piles of entangled figures, trying to find his own people, but most of the people behind were blocked by the people in front, so he couldn't see clearly at all.

He suddenly realized that Fan Peiyang might have oversimplified the matter of grabbing the key.

Although [Gospel of the Lazy Man] can move objects in the air, first, it may not be able to be moved to the "bouncing ball" of the level props. Second, even if it can be moved, so many people will not let a bouncing ball Flying in the air, the group had already gathered and rushed at them, so Fan Peiyang wanted to help him grab the key, and in the end, I am afraid that he would have to deliver the key in person just like Guan Lan from the donuts just now.

No.Tang Lin paused, and suddenly remembered what Fan Peiyang said.

He didn't say "just wait for the key" with his usual confidence, he didn't even say "leave it to me", what he said was-you don't have to worry about anything.

Don't care about the battle situation, don't care about the casualties, maybe... don't care about Fan Peiyang's life or death.

Tang Lin clenched his palms tightly, too hard, and it hurt a little.

He thought it was easy, but Fan Peiyang knew the difficulty of this matter from the very beginning.

"Hula-"

A small fireball suddenly fell near the safe zone, like a burning flower falling from the sky.

"Damn it!" A few scattered passers-by quickly dodged.

The flames were quickly extinguished, leaving a small area of ​​scorched black on the ground.

"I like your stationery tree." In the chaos ahead, a young man with a wheat complexion teased Zhou Yunhui, the team leader of Kongming Lantern.

Zhou Yunhui sneered, and another cluster of flames appeared in the raised palm: "There are more exciting ones, do you want to try?"

Tang Lin recognized him, the donut man, who pushed Zhou Yunhui away when Kongming Lantern tried to prevent Donut from boarding the subway.

While the two of them were talking, someone sneaked up from behind the wheat-colored complexion, but as soon as his hand touched him, his whole body seemed to be pushed away by an invisible force, and he staggered back suddenly, hitting other passers-by behind him. Easy to regain footing.

This is exactly the same as when Zhou Yunhui was bounced away at that time. The difference is that Zhou Yunhui was pushed away by the wheat complexion. The degree of being pushed away by a direct attack is also much lower than that of Zhou Yunhui.

Zhou Yunhui's stationery tree is related to "fire", which is obvious.

But what is stationery with a wheat complexion?Damage rebound?Or other special defenses?

But one thing is for sure.

The other passers-by also tried to attack Mai's complexion. That Zhou Yunhui stopped him was not a personal grievance, but that this person had already got what everyone wanted - the key.

"what--"

The familiar scream came, showing that the speaker was in good health and full of fighting power.

For the first time, Tang Lin felt that the voice was kind and pleasant.

Raising his head, Nan Ge was not far away, riding on the neck of a strong man, his upper body bent down extremely flexibly, forcing him to listen to the "sound of nature".

The brawny man was a little confused when he was called. It is estimated that the world is full of golden stars now.

Zheng Luozhu on the side rushed over without losing the opportunity and snatched the bouncing ball from the strong man's hand.

Tang Lin was quite surprised, he didn't expect that the two of them cooperated quite well.

As a result, Zheng Luozhu's joy turned into sorrow, and before the bouncing ball was warm in his hand, he was pinched from left to right and snatched away.

Nan Ge was annoyed, and just about to get off the strong man's neck, he suddenly met Tang Lin's eyes from the air, and immediately said loudly: "Wait a little longer, we will definitely—"

Tang Lin was caught off guard and was completely stunned.

He knew that Fan Peiyang was desperate to help him grab the key, but he never thought that Zheng Luozhu and Nan Ge would also grab it for him.