This NPC really has a problem

"He told us that when the magic circle with six pairs of keys and locks as the eyes of the circle takes effect, the City of Reflections will become a real paradise." Tsunade calmed down.

"I believed in Bishop Lanna's words, and took the special key without hesitation. The five keys except Bishop Lanna's own were handed over to the most trusted of the five reflection cities by him. People, but what we didn't expect was that Father Lu Ren turned out to be a believer of the evil god, he not only defected to the City of Reflections, but also took advantage of the chaos to take away the key that should have been handed over to the Knight Commander." The head maid said Here, he sighed softly, "It would be great if the magic circle could not be opened at that time...but the magic circle was still opened. We thought we had to abandon some parts of the City of Reflections, but we didn't expect the magic circle to successfully cover the entire A city of reflections."

"Whether it is a believer of an evil god or a believer of a good god, they did the same thing on this matter. At that time, I blindly trusted the bishop and the city lord, and I didn't think carefully about what the formation would bring to the City of Reflections .”

The head maid's eyes couldn't hide her sadness and disappointment: "The key can't make the City of Reflections a paradise, he makes the City of Reflections a hell on earth."

Chen Jin stood opposite the head maid and listened patiently. This was the first time he heard these things.

The head maid looked at him tenderly: "Are you from outside the City of Reflection? I can tell that you are different from the people in the city."

Chen Jin nodded hesitantly.

The head maid doesn't look like a bad guy, but according to the routines of many games, such an NPC is often the final boss, Chen Jin is a little confused.

But the production team of "The Key" seems to be determined to do the opposite, only to hear the head maid say: "You must remember what I say next, it will be the only way for you to leave the City of Reflections .”

The head maid's tone was unprecedentedly serious, and Chen Jin even subconsciously stood up straighter.

"The key is left outside the City of Reflection. If the key and the lock are missing, neither can completely destroy the magic circle, but as long as you know the position of the lock, you can still tear a gap in the magic circle." The head maid said, "The lock is divided into two parts. Both virtual and real, the human soul is virtual, and the objects that exist in reality are real. When destroying the magic circle, neither the virtual lock nor the real lock can fall."

"The six people corresponding to the virtual lock are me, Bishop Lanna, the city lord, the bell ringer, a certain evil god believer in the city, and Father Lu Ren who should be outside the city of reflection. The more difficult it is, so if Father Lu Ren is not in the City of Reflection, you can't drop any lock."

Chen Jin didn't expect that the boss of the previous dungeon would still have a role in this dungeon, he asked, "How can we destroy it?"

Judging from his tone, he was much more anxious than the head maid.

"The death of the body means that the soul will also die, but the existence of another lock allows us to obtain a certain sense of eternal life." The maid said, "If there is one thing between the real lock and the virtual lock that is not destroyed, the other The same can be resurrected or repaired within a certain period of time, so the time between killing the virtual lock and destroying the real lock should not be too long. The real lock is usually near the virtual lock, and it will be an item engraved with a circle , it’s not hard to find if you search carefully.”

The head maid suddenly said, "You didn't come here alone, did you?"

Chen Jin was shocked: "How do you know?"

The head maid narrowed her eyes and sighed: "Because one of the array eyes has been destroyed."

The head maid murmured in a low voice, "Did he get the key?"

……

Not long after Lu Ren and Bai Zhu got off the rooftop, they heard noises coming from outside the courtyard.The two of them lowered their heads subconsciously, even though they stood up straight, they would not be seen by outsiders.

The walls of the small courtyard are still a bit high.

The sound of armor colliding with the noise let them know that the people passing outside the small courtyard were from the city guard.Although they couldn't hear what they said clearly, they could still hear their panic just by listening to their tone.

I don't know who shouted: "Damn evil god!"

Lu Ren and Bai Zhu only heard this sentence clearly.

Obviously, what the bell ringer did made the believers of the evil god take the blame.

The girl on the balcony on the third floor rolled her eyes resentfully while biting an apple.

After the city guards walked away, the girl lowered her head and said to the two people standing in the small courtyard: "You can live on the second floor, the bedroom is occupied by another Lu Ren, and the rest of the utility room can be used. There is a bed in it. It’s just a little small, if you don’t want to squeeze, you can find bedding in the box and make the floor by yourself.”

Lu Ren nodded his thanks.

He estimated that the bed would not be smaller than what they slept in these two days.The girl went back to her room after she finished speaking, and before leaving, she left a sentence: "Raise your spirits, and go to the magic circle tomorrow."

Xu Yan lived on the first floor, and Lu Ren and Bai Zhu went to his room to briefly explain the information they had learned, and then went to the second floor to see their room.

You can tell which is a bedroom and which is a utility room just by looking at the door.The bedroom door was closed tightly, and there was no sound from inside.Lu Ren didn't see the priest anywhere else, so he guessed he should be inside.

They didn't plan to contact the priest yet, so they went back to their room directly.

Although it is a grocery room in name, the game officials did not intend to risk being complained about letting them actually live in a grocery store.There are only a few groceries, and they are all packed in boxes.

A quilt folded into cubes was placed against the innermost wall, and there was only one pillow. It was very clean, even as if it had just been exposed to the sun during the day, with a breath of sunshine.The size of the bed is about the same as Lu Ren's in this instance, so he and Bai Zhu won't be too crowded.

When Lu Ren was checking the bedding, Bai Zhu also found a small door that was too similar in color to the wall, and when he opened it, he found a small bathroom.

This grocery room can also be called a sparrow, although it is small, it has all the internal organs.

Bai Zhu obviously planned to sleep with Lu Ren, but Lu Ren suddenly thought of something.

Lu Ren's hand that was covering the quilt stopped, and he turned his head slightly and asked Bai Zhu: "Will it be cold when you sleep with me at night?"

Bai Zhu froze for a moment, opened his eyes and said nonsense: "No."

Lu Ren pursed his lips, not believing that there is no corpse that is not cold.

He checked that there was still space in the grocery room, and said, "Why don't I make a floor shop."

"No." Bai Zhu hugged him and cheated, "I can't sleep without you by my side."

Lu Renke still remembered that in the previous dungeon, he slept soundly even when he slept alone.

But he didn't expose it, he just sighed and emphasized: "If you feel cold at night, you must tell me tomorrow morning."

Bai Zhu hummed twice, which seemed rather perfunctory to Lu Ren.

Although he won't catch a cold and get sick in the game, Lu Ren still got another quilt out of the box, and under Bai Zhu's puzzled eyes, he said seriously: "Even if you don't share the bed, you have to share the quilt."

Bai Zhu, who was suddenly deprived of the benefit of sharing a bed with her boyfriend, strongly protested.Lu Ren was unmoved, and after a while he got under the quilt, which was well wrapped, without any gaps showing. Bai Zhu hugged him with the quilt, and bit his lips angrily a few times.

Lu Ren suddenly realized that Bai Zhu still had the habit of biting people.

While Bai Zhu was still washing up, Lu Ren already felt drowsy.It seems that the tide is rushing towards the shore one by one. Although I did not fall asleep immediately, it seems that the tide will cover the coast in the next second.

Lu Ren usually sleeps at a relatively fixed time, and he can fall asleep with his eyes closed at a certain time.But he is doing research after all, and it is common for him to stay up all night, and it's not that he can't stay up all night.

He didn't notice this unusual drowsiness a few days ago. Once he paid attention, he would find that there seemed to be a time point for the citizens of the City of Reflections to fall asleep forcibly.

It's just that it didn't really fall asleep, but turned into a corpse.

It is exactly the form that these people who have "lived" in reincarnation for more than 100 years should have.

The Bell Ringer wants to turn the City of Reflections back on the right track, even if the price is the destruction of the City of Reflections.

In his eyes, the citizens of the City of Reflections are puppets controlled by keys. They have no thoughts of their own and have lost their souls. Instead of living in lies as walking corpses, it is better to uncover the cruel truth and let everything return to dust.

The bell ringer is a person who is awake and knows everything in reincarnation. It is not surprising that he has this idea.

But what would the townspeople think if they knew the truth?

Will they choose to "live" forever as the walking dead, or rather die.

Lu Ren didn't know the answer.

But for them, helping the Bell Ringer end the reincarnation of the City of Reflections seems to be the only way to pass the level.

Ending reincarnation is definitely not something that can be done by modifying the magic circle, and the bell ringer has already told them with actions.

So the way is to destroy it?Destroy something engraved with a magic circle like a giant clock?

Lu Ren was thinking about the problem, and he didn't even know when he fell asleep.

When Bai Zhu came out of the bathroom, he saw that Lu Ren was fast asleep. When he fell asleep, his expression was calm, which made everyone who saw him feel at peace.The quilt was not as wrapped up as Bai Zhu had seen before, Bai Zhu stepped forward and kissed him on the forehead, said good night softly, tucked the corner of the quilt for him and got into another quilt.

It's just that when he fell asleep, he unconsciously held Lu Ren in his arms.

……

"I remember it all." After the head maid stopped talking, Chen Jin replied.

He couldn't help asking: "You said that the real lock doesn't have to be next to the virtual lock, so if someone hides the real lock, wouldn't we be able to find it?"

"Not all real locks are easy to hide." The head maid smiled slightly, "The only convenient one has been hidden by me."

Chen Jin subconsciously asked, "Where is it?"

"I told you from the beginning." The head maid said, pointing to her heart under Chen Jin's dazed gaze, "It's here."

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