Infinite Nerves [Infinity]

After the handwriting disappeared, an unremarkable hourglass placed on the dining table suddenly and slowly fell off one by one, as if someone snickered and reached out to touch it.

The fine sand leaked out silently, and the little man said anxiously, "This dance music has a 27-second prologue, and this hourglass seems to only have a half-minute leak, everyone hurry up and form a team!"

One word awakened the players who were still in a daze.

The 29 people were standing in disarray, but now they all panicked and grabbed the people around them. When they caught one, they immediately held each other tightly and breathed a sigh of relief.

Qianwu was naturally pulled into Jiang Chen's arms, and Zhong Liye held Peng Peng's hand in Yu Guangli, but Qu Ying was not there.

Jiang Chen held his hand and suddenly paused, Qianwu suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart, turned his head and looked back, and saw Qu Ying behind the crowd.

29 people, one person is destined to be alone.

Qu Ying was the one living outside.

The rest of the players all had dance partners, and they all turned their heads to see who had fallen behind. Qu Ying's face was pale under the gazes mixed with pity and fear.

"I..." She stepped back uneasily until her body touched the long table full of food.

When Jiang Chen asked everyone to find clues, she was by their side.But Qianwu's voice was very hoarse when she spoke, and it happened that she brought the white pear pudding she made from the Gate of the Past, and wanted to go back and give it to Qianwu, so she fell behind.

I didn't expect that after falling behind these few steps, the distance between life and death was bridged.

Peng Peng immediately took Zhong Liye's hand and walked to her side, and held out his hand to her.

Qu Ying's lips trembled violently, tears were already hanging on her eyelashes.

"Peng..."

Peng Peng said firmly: "It's fine if you don't order, come together."

Qu Ying burst into tears, and walked towards Peng Peng's extended hand with a smile of turning the corner.

Zhong Liye suddenly cried out in pain.

"Hands!" He frowned and struggled to cry.

Then Peng Peng also noticed it, as if there were two cold hands pulling on his and Zhong Liye's arms respectively, as Qu Ying's hand approached, the strength of the cold hand became stronger and stronger, and it seemed that he and Zhong Liye were about to be pulled separate.

Jiang Chen sighed, in such a soft voice that only Qianwu could hear.

"A waltz is a pas de deux," he said.

Peng Peng's hand in the air froze.

His face was paler than Qu Ying's. He looked at Qu Ying whose smile suddenly disappeared in front of him, and turned his head to look at Zhong Liye who endured the pain.

To save one person means to loose another with one's own hands.

The rhythm of the waltz is becoming more and more brisk and agile, and the hourglass has passed halfway, which indicates that the official dance music is coming.

Qu Ying suddenly withdrew her hand, she held back her tears and smiled, and retreated back to the table.

"Then I'll stop here." Her voice was very soft, she lowered her head and pursed her lips, then looked at the four members of the team, "You—"

"Stay alive, get out of your nerves, and see the real world again for me."

Qian Wu had never seen such red eyes, Qu Ying couldn't say a word, she knelt down and hugged her legs after she finished speaking, and buried her head between her knees.

Jiang Chen suddenly said in Qianwu's ear: "My lucky bag is in the left pocket."

Qianwu suddenly understood, he held Jiang Chen's hand with one hand and couldn't let go, and reached into his pocket with the other hand to take out the lucky bag, Jiang Chen cooperated with him to untie the tie, and took out the law code.

The sand in the hourglass leaked faster and faster, and the bottom was revealed.Jiang Chen put the code on Qianwu's outstretched arm and turned back quickly, while Qianwu struggled to reach the quill held in the code with his fingers, and pulled it out with his backhand.

It was the pen that the nerves allowed to tamper with the rules of survival, and the original two lines of small characters were still written on the feather.

"You can't create something out of nothing."

"Limited to one time, the time limit is short."

There is only the last handful of fine sand left, and the death of the single person must be the first rule of survival. As long as Jiang Chen crosses out the rule with one stroke, it may give Qu Ying a chance to survive.

Qianwu kept paying attention to the hourglass from the corner of his eyes, and when there were only a few grains of sand left, Jiang Chen finally turned to that page.

He immediately handed over the quill, but Jiang Chen didn't take it.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment, and there seemed to be a string tightening in the eyes of the steady and steady man.

"I can't help it." Jiang Chen said in a low voice.

Accompanied by his voice, Qianwu also saw clearly the first line of rules in this dungeon.

【#1 Waltz night, team up with others to keep safe】

The nerves seem to have premeditated, all the previous rules are written from the perspective of death triggers, but this copy has been changed to the real "survival" rules.

If this item is crossed out, all players will lose the safety charm, and it is very likely that all players will die.

In the dark, there seemed to be a cold laughter in the banquet hall, hoarse and cruel, like a despicable and narrow-minded middle-aged man.

When the laughter stopped, the last grain of sand fell into the container below, and the law code placed on Qianwu's arm finally lost its balance and hit the ground.The decibels of the waltz suddenly increased, and the light and fast rhythm forced everyone to dance with their legs in unison.

Qian Wu's heart was full of emptiness, he seemed to be unconsciously turning around under Jiang Chen's leadership, Jiang Chen also had a serious expression, and only glanced towards Qu Ying with his eyes in the interval of turning around.

Qu Ying who was squatting on the ground suddenly stood up.

She had lowered her head and was murmuring to herself in a low voice. After the first eight beats, Qianwu spun to face her, but she suddenly raised her hand, using her fingertips to touch her eyes with tears. erase.

When the death condition is triggered, she calmly and gently wipes away her tears and maintains a demeanor, which is indeed in line with Qu Ying's temperament.

But Qianwu felt it was indescribably weird, he circled around Jiang Chen's arms again, and when he turned to Qu Ying's front, he saw that movement again.

It's weird, but I can't tell what's wrong.

In a blink of an eye, he suddenly realized something.

Normal people would choose the back of the hand with their thumb or index finger to wipe their tears, and the fingers would be parallel to the eyes. Only when wiping tears for others, would they use the pads of the index and middle fingers to touch those tears perpendicular to the eyes, and then gently wipe them away.

If this action is placed in the painting, it means that the logic of the character's action is wrong.Perhaps it is the artist's deliberate artistic expression, but it seems unreasonable in reality.

In the next second, Qu Ying took a step back stepping on the rhythm of a fulcrum sound, opened an elegant semicircle with her arms, and lightly closed her eyes to dance alone in the melody.

"What's wrong with her." Jiang Chen's eyes darkened, "Has she been entangled in something dirty? So soon, I thought we would have to go back to the room at least at midnight, then we might still have hope—"

The resolute imperial commander stopped mid-sentence.He never showed vulnerability and compassion, and if he couldn't keep his cool, he stopped talking.

Qian Wu frowned and shook his head amidst the beautiful dance music, "It's not right, she doesn't seem to be entangled by something, more like self-hypnosis."

During the intermission of countless loops, Qianwu turned his head again and again to look at the girl dancing alone.Her eyes were closed tightly, her lips were moving slightly, as if she was talking to herself.

Another loop, when Qianwu looked at her again, she was still closing her eyes and talking to herself, but her eyes were not tightly closed as in the last few seconds, and her expression appeared calm and peaceful.

He had only seen such a rapid switching of contradictions when Beelzebub and Zhuangzhuang were fighting in the same body.

A somewhat crazy idea suddenly flashed in Qianwu's mind.

After a few minutes, the dance music stopped, and all players automatically stopped dancing.

Jiang Chen held onto Qianwu's hand and wouldn't let go, but some players had already tentatively let go of each other's hands.Peng Peng rushed towards Qu Ying, grabbed her shoulder and shook her hard, "Qu Ying! Wake up, open your eyes, you—"

Qu Ying opened her eyes.

The moment she opened her eyes, everyone was ready to see a possessed evil spirit sneer.But no, it was still those clear cut pupils, full of unhealed tears, a little ignorant.

"Brother?" She stared blankly at Peng Peng.

Peng Peng was so anxious that he didn't care to hear clearly, he just said: "Are you okay? Look at me, who am I?!"

Jiang Chen seemed to understand something suddenly, he lowered his head and exchanged a look with Qianwu.

"Peng Peng?" Qu Ying was stunned for a while and finally came back to her senses, she reluctantly raised her hand and wiped the wet tears on her cheek with the back of her hand, and said, "Did you finish dancing?"

"There are words on the wall again!" Zhao Bing exclaimed in a low voice.

Qianwu turned his head and watched the words on the wall slowly appear in a visual way.

[The dance is over. 】

[Team inspection in progress. 】

[All members form a team. 】

[Very beautiful dance steps, thank you. 】

[Please accept the hospitality and rest early after meals, good night. 】

"What's going on..." Some of the players started to panic, "She obviously danced by herself, why did she succeed in forming a team?"

"Who was she teaming up with just now?"

No one said anything, but someone gradually backed away, trying to keep a safe distance from Qu Ying.

The little man looked at her, tried his best to hide the sadness in his eyes, and squeezed out a relieved smile, "Look, dancing alone can be regarded as a team success, so go back and rest with peace of mind. Oh yes, the wall says these things The drink is for us, what do you like to eat?"

What he said seemed to be coaxing a child gently. Someone in the crowd said, "We all know that she danced with dirty things just now, and she will die tonight. Stop doing these useless comforting things."

Zhao Bing turned around and glared at that person angrily, "You're the only one with brains? If you don't get used to it, get out, what's wrong with you!"

The little man walked to the long table silently, pulled out several bottles of wine one by one, smelled them, and picked up a glass to pour wine.

The cup contained liqueur that was as bright as chocolate milk. He came over and stuffed the cup into Qu Ying's hand, and said softly, "Do you girls like to drink this kind of liquor? It tastes like milk tea. You can try it."

Qu Ying was stunned for a while, then took the cup and took two sips.

She seemed to be in a dazed state all the time, Zhao Bing thought she was frightened, so she turned sideways and hugged her, tremblingly said: "I'm sorry, it was too sudden just now, I totally subconsciously grabbed the person closest to me, It was only later that I found out that you were left behind. I’m sorry, I’m really sorry, I just said that we should help each other—”

It took Qu Ying a while to understand what she meant, and she patted her on the back in a daze, "It's okay, I... I'm fine, I also subconsciously grabbed the people around me at the time, but it was a pity that I was one step too late, I left Everyone is too far away."

"The hourglass is moving again!" Suddenly someone shouted.

Qian Wu looked over there, and the invisible hand moved the hourglass again, but this time, the speed of the sand leaking down was much slower than before.With the sound of sand leaking, the closed door opened again, allowing players to pass freely.

After staring at it for a few seconds, Jiang Chen said, "This time there is a time limit of about four to five minutes, and it is probably time for us to replenish our energy with meals."

Peng Peng held Qu Ying's hand, lowered his head and said with tears, "You all go get food, she is a member of our team, we will take care of her."

The idlers and others dispersed, Peng Peng hugged Qu Ying and continued to follow her back, whispering: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, all of us will stay in the same room with you tonight, no matter what comes Let Jiang Chen cut it into pieces. It really can't, you hide behind Qianwu, and you are so nervous that you don't want to do something to Qianwu."

"I'm really fine." Qu Ying's expression was still a little empty. After a long time, she got up and said, "Get some food first, the hourglass is still going, let's go out and talk about it."

Peng Peng still wanted to talk, but Jiang Chen had already lifted him to Zhong Liye's side, "I just know how to cry."

Peng Peng wiped his tears, "Jiang Chen, your face is cold and your heart is hot, but enough is enough, your heart is obviously in pain as well."

"..." Jiang Chen glanced at him and said ruthlessly, "Sorry, I really don't have one."

Qu Ying stared blankly at Jiang Chen, and Jiang Chen asked, "You just called brother. Who is dancing with you, Qu Ying?"

Peng Peng said angrily: "Why do you still use the name of the murderer! Are you interrogating the prisoner? You, you—"

Impatiently, Jiang Chen stuffed Peng Peng's mouth with a puff.

Peng Peng was almost suffocated by the cream, he gulped for a few mouthfuls before he recovered and rolled his eyes.

Zhong Liye didn't know, so he frowned and looked at Jiang Chen, but Qu Ying trembled after hearing the shout, and raised her hand to pick up the lunch box next to her for a long time.

"Let's get some food first." She walked around Jiang Chen and said in a low voice, "We'll talk when we go back."

Although the dungeon clearly stated that there would be no problems with edible meals, everyone only took enough to fill their stomachs and did not dare to be presumptuous.

Qu Ying was the only one who took special care. She seemed relieved and filled the two largest lunch boxes with various meals, and asked Peng Peng to pick up a lot of fresh fruits and a whole bottle of maple syrup and milk.

"I don't know if it's hot or not during the day. Looking at the background of the castle, it's impossible to have an air conditioner." Qu Ying smiled at Qianwu with red eyes, "If it's hot, I can make fruit for you tomorrow afternoon."

Qianwu could only smile at her, and the players left in a hurry after eating their stomachs. They stepped on the hourglass and left the banquet hall at the last moment, and then watched the heavy mysterious door close again.

"I'll be fine tonight." Qu Ying went upstairs with everyone and stood at the door of her room, pursing her lips lightly, "I, um——I knew it, I didn't dance with dirty things, I really It's going to be fine, don't worry too much."

Peng Peng looked at her with a look that knew she was talking nonsense but couldn't bear to expose and blame her.

Qu Ying sighed, "Oh, I'm telling you the truth."

The corridor was empty, Jiang Chen casually pressed the doorknob of her room, took two steps inside, and asked again, "Is it Qu Ying who danced with you?"

Peng Peng wrinkled his face in confusion.

Zhong Liye seemed to understand suddenly, "There's another Qu Ying? You have dual personalities?"

Qu Ying's face turned pale again, she turned her head to look at Qianwu, Qianwu's expression was indifferent, as if she had no intention of speaking.

After a long stalemate, she sighed softly, stepped into the room and closed the door behind her backhand, and said in a low voice, "It's not a dual personality, it's my brother. He's been dead for many years, and he hasn't come out to look for me for a long time."

The room was dead silent.

Peng Peng seems to have spent a lot of effort to straighten his tongue, "Do you know how frightening your words sound?"

"So I don't want to say it." Qu Ying gave Jiang Chen a wronged look.

Jiang Chen remained indifferent.

Qian Wu opened his mouth and said: "Qu Ying is your own brother, and Ying's former boss. You were still sick when you were a teenager, and your brother never mentioned you to outsiders."

"How do you know?" Qu Ying's face changed drastically, "You always knew?"

Jiang Chen calmly said, "I told him just now. Our door to the past just returned to that time point. I was having dinner with Qianwu in Ying, and I saw your brother by accident. I'm sorry, I asked someone to check it. .”

Qu Ying let out a deep sigh.

"When I was sick, I couldn't be my own master, and I was rarely even awake. Later, when I was reborn, I realized that my brother gave me healthy organs. We are defective twins in the mother's womb, and we must die. gave me the right to do so."

Her voice was very soft, with a suppressed sobbing sound, and she lowered her head and said: "In the few years when he just left, he often came out to accompany me. Because of his company, I was able to live a strong life alone, learned his cooking skills, He kept the restaurant running. But after a few years, he came out to see me less and less, and then he never came out again. No matter what I tried, I couldn’t see him, or even dream about him. I often think, brother Is it because I am tired of being a ghost, I am starting to regret giving up my organs, and I am starting to hate me. If that is the case, I am willing to exchange my life with him..."

Everyone was silent, the girl was talking to herself in a low voice, her eyes were wet with tears, she tried her best to pull the corners of her mouth and said, "I was so scared just now, but I was out of my nerves, and at that moment I saw you again He. He finished the dance with me, so he is still there, but he is usually too lazy to come out."

The author has something to say: the little nerves spread out on the floor.

Floor, tell me, do I have a brother nerve in the dark?

The floor is silent.

You talk, the little nerve patted it in a temper.

The floor said, you beat me flat and I can't speak.