Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

Lian Qiao opened a social news on the computer: "Two days ago, in order to avoid passers-by, a large truck crashed into a shop on the side of the road. As a result, the car crashed and people died. Do you know?"

Xu Rendong nodded: "I know, I am that passerby."

Lian Qiao was not surprised by this, but just sighed and said, "Sure enough, the Mr. Xu in the news is you. That big truck driver is from our team, you should have found out."

Xu Rendong: "I thought that the people who died there were completely dead. I didn't expect that they would die again when they returned to reality."

Lian Qiao sighed: "Yes, I also found the other young man who died with him. He happened to be a friend of my friend. He drank to death on Friday night."

Xu Rendong fell into silence.Lian Qiao turned his head and looked at him thoughtfully: "It's not surprising that the two of them died, but the person that the truck driver almost hit was actually you, which is too coincidental... ...can you tell me about that day?"

Xu Rendong told Lian Qiao exactly what happened that night, and Lian Qiao showed a thoughtful expression after listening.

"Actually, I have also found other people in the team in the past few days." Lian Qiao said, "I have asked, and they are all in the same situation as us. They all saw the elevator after encountering life-threatening situations. Some people encountered I saw the elevator when I was fleeing for my life, and ran in without thinking. Someone fell into the water and was almost drowned. Also, I was running at night and accidentally fell into a ditch. I didn’t think anything was wrong at the time. , When I got out of the elevator, I found that there was a broken steel bar stuck in the place where I fell, and it was only a few centimeters away from my neck. Brother Liandong, you were in a car accident. Coincidentally, the person who hit you also Together with you, I entered the ghost world."

Xu Rendong pondered: "So...the elevator is a kind of test for the dying person, if he passes it, he can escape the catastrophe?"

Lian Qiao: "You can say that, but I thought of something... This is just my guess, it may not be right."

Xu Rendong: "Tell me."

Lian Qiao said: "Brother Liandong, do you remember that after you found the elevator and the buttons, the elevator had no electricity. When the truck driver died, the elevator suddenly worked."

Xu Rendong's heart sank suddenly: "You mean, the exit will only be opened after the death?"

Lian Qiao thought for a while, then shook his head: "I don't think it's that simple. The driver of the big truck hit the wall to avoid you. If he didn't slam the steering wheel, maybe it wasn't him who died, but you So I guess..." He hesitated, then sighed, "I guess it's because, in the real world, you have an existential conflict where one of you has to die. And you just happened to enter the same ghost The world. That world does not allow you to come out alive together, because this conflicts with the real world. Therefore, the elevator cannot be used until he is dead."

Lian Qiao's analysis made sense, but Xu Rendong frowned even more after listening to it.The idea of ​​a conflict of existence is reasonable, but the problem is that he can be resurrected infinitely after death, and the truck driver obviously cannot.

In other words, in the life-and-death game between him and the truck driver, the winner can only be him.Isn't this unfair?It was as if he was the default winner, won through some ulterior handicap, which was very disgraceful.And this victory prize is still a precious chance of survival.This made Xu Rendong feel even more sorry, as if he was a shameful cheater who despicably and shamefully robbed other people's lives without him realizing it.

Xu Rendong didn't want to think about it anymore, so he said: "By the way, didn't I ask you if you heard any sound when you got out of the elevator? Actually at that time..."

He repeated the indistinct words he had heard, and Lian Qiao immediately took out his mobile phone to record: *** is ***, you want ***.You will go through countless tortures, but this is not ***, it is ***.When you reach ***, you will understand ***. *** live.

Lian Qiao studied this passage over and over again, shook his head and said: "No, too much key information is missing, and I don't know what it is talking about at all... Well, but do you think this passage is as designed, All keywords have been coded. It is estimated that you have to clear the following dungeons to unlock more keywords.”

Xu Rendong asked: "Does anyone else have this situation?"

Lian Qiao: "None of the people I've asked has mentioned this matter. Of course, it's also possible that they deliberately kept it from me. By the way, Brother Honeysuckle, haven't you entered the elevator for the sixth time? Then this is your first time. Did you hear this passage once? Oh, and I also inquired about the key that the rabbit gave us at the end. Nothing in the dungeon can be brought out, unless it is a hidden item. Hidden items are very rare. It’s hard enough just to stay alive, let alone find the hidden ones. But if you can find them, it will be of great help to the later dungeons. Brother Lonicera, have you got any other hidden items before?”

Xu Rendong was taken aback for a moment, and he deeply realized what it meant to "make up for one lie with countless lies".

Although he did experience the ghost world six times, but they were all going around in the same place. He really didn't get any useful information, let alone any hidden props.

At this time, Xu Rendong suddenly realized that in fact, those hidden nesting dolls were all found by Lian Qiao, and the conditions for killing the rabbits were also deduced by Lian Qiao. Even now, Lian Qiao is trying to deduce bit by bit through various clues. Mechanics of the ghost world.

Not to mention intelligence, even his force and physical strength are far behind Lian Qiao.Lian Qiao is faster than a rabbit in running, and fiercer than Brother Sledgehammer in fights. He has no shortcomings except his timidity.

Lian Qiao still called him the boss, but he was clearly the boss.

Xu Rendong fell silent, Lian Qiao misunderstood, and quickly apologized: "Boss, I was wrong, everyone should have their own hidden weapons, I shouldn't ask casually. I'm sorry, big brother."

Xu Rendong: "..." Although I knew that Lian Qiao was unintentional, the words "big brother" sounded so mocking.

Fortunately, at this time, Xu Rendong's takeaway arrived.He hurriedly greeted Lian Qiao to eat with him.

Lian Qiao was very surprised: "Huh? Brother Liandong, I thought you could cook by yourself."

Xu Rendong: "I'm busy with work and don't have time to do it. Besides, I don't know how to do it."

Xu Rendong handed him the disposable chopsticks, Lian Qiao took the chopsticks, lowered his head, wondering what he was thinking.

Xu Rendong asked: "What's the matter, isn't it to your taste?"

Lian Qiao hurriedly said, "No, no... Well, there is something that I've always wanted to say, but I feel a little embarrassed."

Xu Rendong: "It's okay, just tell me."

Lian Qiao: "That...uh, I'm not trying to get close. I really... the first time I saw you, I had a very familiar feeling. Have we met somewhere before?"

Xu Rendong was taken aback, and suddenly an impulse surged up in his heart, wanting to tell Lian Qiao about the several times that they went through life and death together.But as soon as this thought arose in his heart, his lips began to tingle, and his tongue was as stiff as if it had been poured with cement.

Sure enough, even returning to the real world is still the case.

He couldn't utter a single word, so he shook his head silently.

Lian Qiao said thoughtfully, "Well, that might be déjà vu."

Xu Rendong didn't hear clearly: "What?"

Lian Qiao: "déjàvu is...well, the sense of sight. For example, when you arrive at a place you have never been to, you feel familiar, as if you have been here before, or as if you have been here in a dream. Some people say that this is a previous life. Some people say that this is an illusion of the brain. Anyway, the specific physiological mechanism has not yet been clarified.”

Hearing what he said, Xu Rendong felt even more bitter in his heart.He pursed his lips and said lightly: "It is possible."

Lian Qiao said, "But it's still very strange."

Xu Rendong: "What's so strange?"

Lian Qiao said: "I feel that I know many things about you, for example, I feel..." He paused, and seemed a little embarrassed to say what he said next.

Xu Rendong: "It's okay, just tell me."

Lian Qiao lowered his head and pulled the rice, and whispered: "I think you are a very family-oriented person, the kind who can cook in an apron. But you said you can't."

Xu Rendong: "Probably because I made the bed for you that day, that's why you have this illusion. I really don't know how to cook."

Lian Qiao shook his head: "It's more than that."

Xu Rendong: "Huh?"

Lian Qiao: "Do you still remember that on the second day in the ghost world, you didn't eat breakfast, and I brought you milk and bread, and I made you angry."

Xu Rendong frowned reflexively when he heard the bread and milk.Lian Qiao hurriedly apologized: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to annoy you. I really don't know that you don't eat these two things. But I always feel... well, do you have a stomach problem? Because you often don't eat on time, so I always have a stomachache and can't eat iced things..."

Xu Rendong was really surprised now.He also remembered that in a certain reincarnation, Lian Qiao once said that he knew that he had a bad stomach and could not drink cold milk, so he specially used his body temperature to warm the milk for him.

At that time, he thought that Lian Qiao had mistaken him with someone else.But in the last reincarnation, Lian Qiao was with him almost the whole time, and had no contact with other people.He was also sure that he never mentioned his physical condition to Lian Qiao.

How did Joe know that?

Xu Rendong pondered for a moment: "What else do you know about me?"

Lian Qiao sighed: "I can't tell. We obviously just met each other not long ago, but sometimes, when I look at you, I think of something... But it may also be my own imagination, after all, sometimes I also Will guess wrong. Look, it's like you can't cook, but I feel like I've seen you in an apron."

Xu Rendong frowned unconsciously, he was sure that he had never worn an apron since he was born, let alone wearing an apron to be seen.

Lian Qiao misunderstood the meaning of his frown, and quickly raised his hands to show his innocence: "Brother Liandong, don't get me wrong, I'm not Storka (note)."

Xu Rendong: "Stoka?"

Lian Qiao: "Uh, it's...the one who follows you, tails you, and secretly observes your every move, uh, that... idiot."

Xu Rendong: "...You young people have so many tricks."

Lian Qiao was aggrieved: "I really didn't follow you! I really... I don't know why, anyway, I just think... You are so familiar."

That sentence "You are so familiar", like a kitten's paw, gently scratched Xu Rendong's heart.Xu Rendong only felt a faint soreness in his chest, making him want to confide, to tell Lian Qiao all the things in his heart.But he can't.

He could only suppress his emotions and said with extreme restraint: "I also think you are very familiar. Maybe we have met somewhere, but we have all forgotten."

That's what Lian Qiao said to him in a certain reincarnation, but now Lian Qiao has forgotten it again.

Lian Qiao didn't understand what he said, and smiled with his eyes bent: "Then it seems that we have to be grateful for this encounter, otherwise we may never have the chance to meet again."

Xu Rendong smiled and said nothing.

After dinner, it's still early.Lian Qiao proposed to borrow his home's wifi and socket for a while, and his live broadcast time today is not yet full.Xu Rendong poured him a glass of water.Sitting side by side with him on the sofa with some curiosity: "Your anchors also need to clock in on time?"

Lian Qiao said: "Yes, the anchor who has signed a contract must guarantee to live broadcast for more than two hours a day. I usually go from 8:10 to [-]:[-] in the evening. Ah...you should know that after watching my live broadcast."

Xu Rendong was taken aback for a moment, and then remembered that he had lied casually before, saying that he was Lian Qiao's fan.At this moment, he suddenly felt a little guilty. He turned his eyes away and said, "Well, you can do your own work. I won't bother you anymore."

He walked to the side silently, and in order to ease the embarrassment, he casually found a book to read.

Seeing that he was reading, Lian Qiao deliberately lowered his voice, and explained to the audience like a thief: "I'm back again. But there are people around me, so don't speak too loudly. Can you hear me like this?"

The audience expressed that they could hear it.Some viewers who didn't know the truth asked in the barrage: Are the parents outside?Has the host finished his summer homework?

Lian Qiao ignored it.His voice is soft and cute, and his age is always misunderstood.Old fans know it and will explain it to him.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lian Qiao clicked on the game, the bullet screen suddenly started to flash.

The anchor is coming back to your parents to deliver fruit!

The anchor is coming back to your parents to check the homework!

The anchor, turn around and your parents came to confiscate the computer!

Lian Qiao thought: My parents are studying hard by themselves!He thought about it and thought it was funny, and couldn't help but really turned his head and glanced at Xu Rendong.

Under this look, he couldn't help being stunned.I saw Xu Rendong sitting on the side of the small round coffee table, the floor lamp cast warm yellow light from the top of his head, reflecting the charming facial features more and more profoundly.

At this time, Xu Rendong was like a handsome priest sitting among rose bushes, holding a Bible in his hand.When he lowered his head to read, his expression was extremely focused, as if the world outside the book had nothing to do with him.The thick eyelashes were as black as crow's feathers, and they blinked slowly, each stroke seemed to lightly brush over the tip of Lian Qiao's heart, making him feel itchy.

I don't know how long I watched, until Xu Rendong noticed something and raised his head in confusion, Lian Qiao suddenly looked away, his heart was pounding, for fear that he would find that he was peeking at him.

Xu Rendong probably thought that he was overthinking, so he adjusted his sitting posture and continued to read with his head down.

Even Qiao didn't dare to move, and sat cowardly for a while, making sure that Xu Rendong was not suspicious of him, and then returned his attention to the live broadcast.Since he hasn't operated the game for a long time, the live broadcast room has already exploded at this time, and the audience is frantically swiping the screen: it's over, the anchor is taken away by his parents.It's over, the host's computer was confiscated.

Lian Qiao stared blankly at the barrage that was about to overflow the screen, and a line of big words floated in his heart.

It's over, the anchor has really become an idiot.

The author has something to say:

Note: Stoka: It was originally an English stalker, referring to a stalker and a follower.The Japanese directly transliterate the imported words. If you understand the Japanese English pronunciation of Nitrogen, it becomes sutoka, and the semantic meaning is also extended to stalker and idiot.Internet slang is sometimes directly abbreviated as stk.Another: Although Lian Qiao knows a little bit about everything, he is mainly a Japanese two-dimensional otaku.When explaining stk, he unconsciously mentioned "End Walk", which is actually an H-GAME forbidden by Japan's [-]th century...

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