Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

Little Honeysuckle's eyes widened, like a startled deer.

"But there will be eighteen hungry ghosts tonight, what do you want..."

"If I'm not mistaken," Lian Qiao raised his hand casually, pointing to the crowbar inserted diagonally in his backpack, "what hungry ghosts are really afraid of is the crowbar, right?"

Little Lonicera was startled: "How do you know?"

"It's very simple." Lian Qiao smiled, "When the hungry ghost first appeared, it turned a blind eye to the two of us, even if it rushed to us, it would turn around and walk away. When Little Apple wanted to borrow the crowbar, you stopped her with your hand .At that time I thought you just didn't like her touching our things casually, and mistakenly thought that the amulet Iwami wore was protecting you. But you admitted it yourself, that amulet is useless."

He paused, and then said: "Just now, when I tried to give the crowbar to Little Apple again, you came out to stop me, and even gave her the amulet. It can be seen that the real fear of hungry ghosts is not the amulet, but the amulet. ..."

When he said this, he seemed to feel that his expression was inaccurate, so he paused, and changed his way of saying: "No, it should be said, 'You think' what hungry ghosts are really afraid of is crowbars. Although I don't know I know where you came to this conclusion, but it's reasonable to think about it carefully, after all, I took this crowbar to the temple and opened it."

Even when Joe said this, Liandong's eyes widened.

After a long while, Liandong laughed and said: "You are really amazing, you even deduced this."

Lian Qiao smiled.

But Liandong still shook his head: "But even if the crowbar is a treasure for ghosts, I still think it's too risky. After all, there are eighteen hungry ghosts, and you still have to carry me as a burden. The burden is too great. Let alone hungry ghosts Just afraid of crowbars, if you really go to fight ghosts, they will still fight back. It’s too risky.”

Lian Qiao said with a smile: "When we play a copy, which one is not an adventure?"

Liandong lowered her eyes: "So, to be on the safe side, we can only sacrifice the dean and the others... After all, they are just..."

"It's just an NPC after all?" Lian Qiao gradually put away his smile, his expression became a little dignified, "Although those people are NPCs, they all have flesh and blood, they can cry, laugh and hurt. Besides, they are all children... more than a dozen Children, you know them all, do you really have the heart to let them take the place of dead ghosts?"

Lonicera was silent.

Lian Qiao said: "I'm just doing this helplessly, but now we have no other options. It's just to take a little risk. We have come through so many storms, this time is not bad. But if you really push If these children die, I am afraid that you will suffer from conscience for the rest of your life."

"It doesn't matter." Liandong smiled, "For you, I can give up the bottom line of being a human being."

Lian Qiao sighed and raised his hand to stroke his soft hair.The eyes were helpless and doting, with faint worry: "Didn't you say that you don't want me to become a bad person? Similarly, I don't want you to become a bad person. Don't say such things again, 'Give up the bottom line for me' or something You're literally PUAing me (note)."

Liandong was taken aback: "PUA?"

"Yeah." Lian Qiao nodded and sighed, "You did this to make me feel guilty. You obviously did something bad, but I couldn't bear to blame you. But you and I both know this is wrong. You are also in pain. Didn’t you? Did you cry the day you broke the sandbag and drugged me? Actually, you don’t want to be like this, right? So why do you force yourself and me like this? Why do we have to Someone is a bad guy?"

Little Lonicera looked up at him blankly.That stunned expression, like some long-standing belief, collapsed in an instant.

"So..." Lonicera's lips moved, her voice trembled slightly, and her voice was already a little choked up, "So you think so..."

"Well, I think so." Seeing that he was about to cry again, Lian Qiao softened his heart for a moment, but after all, he didn't take him into his arms to comfort him, but stared at him with his head down, like an adult looking at a child. He said to him, "I don't want you to give up your persistence for me. I don't want you to become less like yourself because you love me."

In the end, his tone became gentle after all, and the corners of his mouth were slightly raised, raising a warm smile.

"Don't spoil me too much. After all, if you spoil me so much, you will spoil me."

Lonicera looked at him, her eyes gradually getting wet.

"Hey, don't cry." Lian Qiao saw that the person he had finally coaxed was made to cry by him again, and suddenly panicked, his face flushed slightly, "Did I say too much... I'm sorry...I'm not saying you did something wrong..."

Lonicera laughed.His eyes were bent, and two tears dropped from the corners of his eyes.

He wiped away his tears casually, and said with a smile, "Okay, I won't cry." Then he stretched out his hand to Lian Qiao, and said softly, "Hold me."

At this time, the little honeysuckle was like a little panda who was pulling the breeder's trouser legs and would not let him go. Lian Qiao was instantly turned into a cutie.I just felt like I was jumping back and forth on the verge of sentencing.

calm!He is still a child!

In order to prevent himself from being overwhelmed, Lian Qiao decided to call Little Apple in and use a light bulb to illuminate his conscience.

Little Apple is in a daze - she wanted to kick me with her front foot in order to drive me out, why is she calling me back now!

snort!Did I come and go as soon as I called it?

Little Apple sitting in the room obediently: Well, I am!

So Lian Qiao told Little Apple about the plan he had just discussed with Lonicera.Little Apple was taken aback.

What!Why are you going to fight ghosts? !It was agreed to catch the child as a scapegoat!

Little Apple expressed doubts about Lian Qiao's combat effectiveness - no wonder.In this dungeon, when the hungry ghosts appeared twice, even Joe didn't have a chance to do it. Of course, Little Apple didn't believe that he could kill eighteen hungry ghosts by himself.

Besides, he was carrying two—oh no, one and a half burdens!

Little Apple, who was seriously injured, was very conscious, knowing that Lian Qiao, a gay guy, only had Xu Rendong in his heart, so it was impossible to take care of her.At best, she can only be regarded as half a burden, probably... "I will try not to let you die today in order to avoid hitting another ghost tomorrow"...

Little Apple didn't know what exactly Xu Rendong and Lian Qiao discussed during the moment when she was dismissed.Anyway, it seems that the two of them have made up their minds, no matter how hard it is.In fact, Little Apple also felt that it was a bit cruel to push Xu Rendong's playmates from childhood to adulthood to die, but even Joe, who is currently the only fighting force, has decided to fight with his back...

Damn, I still feel so dangerous!

Forget it, she has no choice.

What else can she do, she can only hug Lian Qiao's thigh, who claims to be the boss of N Guan.

That night.

The three sat in the yard, waiting for the hungry ghost to appear.

In fact, Little Apple's original plan was to pry open the doors of all the rooms before the hungry ghosts appeared, exposing the dean and the children to the hungry ghosts.In this way, the hungry ghosts will scatter their targets and go after the NPC instead.They can take advantage of the chaos to save their lives.

Later, Lian Qiao expressed that he didn't want to be a villain and wanted to protect the NPC.Little Apple suggested: Maybe if you lock the door, the hungry ghosts won't come, why don't you all hide in the guest room for a night?

This idea was also rejected by Lian Qiao.

The dean and the children were safe and sound hiding in the room before, because there were a large number of players outside, and the hungry ghosts had eaten enough people, so they didn't go looking for them.In fact, hungry ghosts can pass through walls-hungry ghosts are completely immune to physical attacks, and of course it is not a problem to go through a wall.Therefore, if they still wanted to hide in the room tonight, it would be tantamount to catching a turtle in the urn and forcing them to death.

Lian Qiao: "Instead of shrinking your head like a tortoise, it's better to stick your head out openly. Anyway, stretching out your head is a knife, and shrinking your head is also a knife."

Little Apple: "... Isn't that still a turtle?"

Lian Qiao: "..."

All in all, the three finally chose a relatively open yard as the battleground.

As before, the dean quietly locked the small western building.When the three of them heard a click, their moods sank slightly.

At about ten o'clock in the evening, a full moon was hanging in the sky, covered by thin clouds, making it difficult to see clearly, rendering a gloomy atmosphere.

Little Apple looked up at the moon, feeling extremely gloomy in her heart.

"Hey, this may be the last time I watch the moon." She clenched the watermelon knife in her hand with some sadness.

Although she was seriously injured and had no combat effectiveness, she still wanted to take a weapon for self-defense.

"Recite it to me again." Liandong said suddenly.

Little Apple came back to his senses: "Oh, ok."

In the afternoon, Xu Rendong taught her a section of "Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra", and told her that this is the key to life preservation.Little Apple didn't want to use his brain anymore, anyway, the two big brothers said what they said, so they honestly recited Buddhist scriptures all afternoon.

The Buddhist scriptures were quite easy to memorize at the beginning, it was the familiar saying "form is emptiness, emptiness is form", but later it was difficult.You squint your teeth, not knowing what it means.Little Apple bit the bullet and memorized it. She didn't expect to be spot-checked by Teacher Xu Rendong at this time. She couldn't help coughing, feeling a little embarrassed.

She recited a few words.Liandong listened carefully, nodding after every sentence.He looks like a three-year-old child, but he looks decent, like a little teacher.Little Apple couldn't help being amused by his appearance.

With this smile, I forgot what the next sentence was.She got stuck and scratched her head, unable to remember for a long time.

Liandong was about to speak to remind her, but suddenly her expression changed, and she said in a deep voice, "Here we come!"

He raised his fleshy little hand and pointed to the corner of the yard.

Little Apple shuddered all over, and felt the hairs on his back stand on end.She tried her best to look at the place pointed by Honeysuckle, but no matter how wide her eyes were, there was nothing there, only a piece of bare honeysuckle withered vines, which was more lonely.

The difficulty of fighting a hungry ghost is that it will only appear when it sees blood.At this time, they don't use NPCs to sacrifice to the sky, and the hungry ghosts will always remain invisible, and only Lonicera can see them.

"It's getting closer. From the direction of three o'clock, five meters." Lian Dong pointed Lian Qiao to the location of the hungry ghost, "The direction from twelve o'clock is also about five meters."

Lian Qiao sniffled, curled her lips and said, "It smells like saliva. It stinks."

Little Apple silently followed behind Lian Qiao, watching him hold Little Honeysuckle in one hand, hold the crowbar tightly in the other, and walk forward without fear.

I have to say that Lian Qiao, who holds the baby in one hand, is a bit handsome.

In this bleak night wind, a strange sense of excitement floated up in Little Apple's heart for no reason.She bit her lip, feeling that this emotion came at a very bad time.Just as he was about to shake his head and wave it away, he suddenly realized that Little Lonicera, who was lying on Lian Qiao's shoulder, was looking at him with burning eyes.

Little Apple was startled: "Is there a ghost behind me?"

Liandong stared at the gauze all over her body, thoughtfully: "No. But I suddenly have an idea."

Little Apple: "What?"

Lian Dong turned her head and told Lian Qiao: "Put me down."

Lian Qiao didn't think much, bent down and gently placed the little honeysuckle on the ground.But his eyes were fixed on the front, and the crowbar was raised high in his hand, ready to be swung down at any time.

Seeing Liandong abandoning Lian Qiao and walking towards her, Little Apple felt inexplicably nervous.

I only heard Lian Dong say: "Stretch out your hand."

Little Apple obeyed obediently.

Lonicera: "Give me the watermelon knife."

Little Apple: "...Huh?!"

There was a flash of silver light.Liandong grabbed Little Apple's arm, and cut another cut on her scarred arm.

"What the hell are you doing!" Little Apple exclaimed in pain and wanted to withdraw her hand.

But Liandong held her tightly and said sharply: "Don't move!" Then he took out a handful of cotton from nowhere and stuffed it into her wound.

Little Apple: "???"

The cotton was saturated with blood and was instantly dyed bright red.Liandong picked up a blood-red cotton ball, turned around and threw it somewhere.

The blood-red cotton ball drew a parabola in mid-air, but it landed abruptly on the ground as if it had hit something invisible.

Immediately, a hungry ghost with a belly as big as a drum and limbs as slender as a spider gradually appeared in front of the three of them.

Lian Qiao was overjoyed: "Lonicera! Why are you so smart!"

Little Apple: "..." Damn it!So I'm a mobile blood bank!

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Note: PUA probably means brainwashing and mind control.