This time, Jianghuai did not rely on his ability to read the files to go to Mang first.

His previous experience told him that going reckless without knowing anything is just going on the wrong path and never returning, and it doesn’t mean that nothing happened after loading the file. own mental strength.

The behavior in the previous archive seemed complicated, but it was actually just Jianghuai guessing that he could go to the top floor after entering the white mist. At that time, the sky was falling, and it seemed that the whole sky was sinking, but he could directly climb to the top floor by following the company's stairs.

Now that I think about it, he could actually go up by flying directly. Why did he feel that he needed to go through the company's way?

——Perhaps it is because the "floors that can be stepped on" give people a down-to-earth feeling, even if the skills are out of control, they will not suddenly fall from midair.

The high-rise building is like a tower to the sky. Stepping up step by step, entering the white mist, it is like entering another space. After opening the door, you reach the deck, smelling the breath of the sea breeze, as if dying from death. Isn't the deck at this time the "top floor"?

What's more, the main task of the system says "reaching the top floor means you can leave this instance", so if you can leave the instance through the deck, you can push back... to reach the top floor?

However, although the system has never lied to Jianghuai.

It often misled him.

From the word games in the copy description of "Long Corridor", to the ending of "Blue Village Murder Incident", which seems to be NE but can never go out, the system often presents a certain contradictory state to Jianghuai.

If Jianghuai successfully leaves the realm, it will give rewards, but if Jianghuai is destined to only reach the normal ending, stumbling through the level or even not clearing the level, it will not specifically remind.It will only remind Jianghuai to rest frequently, indicating that he has a hidden value of mental power, which cannot be quantified, but bad things will happen if it falls below a certain level.

Jianghuai once thought about what would happen if he made a wrong choice in any of the selection nodes?

The more you can read files again and again to modify the progress of fate, the more you will feel that fate is a magical thing.

What if he left the realm not as a human, but as a self-aware monster?If he hadn't left the realm, he would have been locked in the realm forever... If he had taken a step back from any fate-determining multiple-choice question, wouldn't the situation be a hundred times worse than it is now?

The system never contributes to the flames, but just stands on the sidelines, as if no matter what choice Jianghuai makes, it will not affect its goal——

The field that gradually "expands" as the level increases is the abscess that grows on the "world". When the sore is too large and tears, someone watching from the side will take the opportunity... What to do with the opportunity?

Jiang Huai suddenly realized something that he had neglected for a long time.

He is not the protagonist in the world. In the "Gladiator Tournament", all the contestants are actually himself, and even multiple clones of himself appear in one arena. However, exploring other people's memories and posts on the forum , perhaps because the previous contestants had ordinary abilities, even if they had special abilities, there was no such thing as Jianghuai.

But why... everyone looks indifferent?

Is it because they have weak emotional perception and low mood swings?There seems to be no problem, but everyone on the second floor can not feel confused, only one person can't, because he is the leader of the event, the core of the field, and the king in the instance.

Jianghuai didn't make any extra preparations, but the situation that everyone else didn't feel confused, the guy as the boss must have noticed.

Therefore, at that time, Jianghuai should have been marked by the boss.

——The only way to get rid of this mark is to go back to an earlier time.

But his archive has turned gray.

When the system indicated that memory could be sacrificed to call more people into the dungeon, the less important save became gray.

So after entering the second floor, no matter what he was doing, in fact, there was a pair of eyes watching him silently.

Before the gladiatorial match, when his soul left his body.

When he suddenly comprehended the ability of coherence, he investigated everyone around him.

When he met his teammates, when he regained control of his body and explored the entire second floor through Hans falling asleep.

When he saw the mayor, saved files, the White Tower collapsed, went to the company, and stepped on the deck... When.

Jiang Huai opened his mouth. He was standing in front of the glass curtain wall. He was thinking with his head slightly lowered. At this time, he raised his head.

Of course there are pedestrians around the White Tower, not many, and the distance between people is very Nordic, but when Jiang Huai looked up, he could see those leaning on the wall, standing under the street lights, and walking in front of the tram The passers-by who were walking around and watching with their mobile phones all raised their heads, under the sunlight, staring straight at the reflection in the Jianghuai glass.

He touched his chest, and the beating was still very stable.

Jiang Huai turned around slowly, surrounded by trees and crowds, as if no one cared about him at all, these strangers were doing their own things.

There was a gap in the back of his head suddenly, and a lead gray eye silently looked at the reflection on the glass curtain wall——

It looks scary, but this is one of Jiang Huai's upgraded abilities, his third eye.

One day, even after his normal eyes could see the flow of Yin Qi, Jiang Huai did not give up the ability of "spiritual vision".

What appeared in the reflection was not what Jiang Huai saw with his eyes.

In his eyes, there is peace here, but in the reflection, those people are still staring at him, or staring at his reflection, and now the reflection is facing these people, so Jiang Huai's reflection is obviously facing these people gaze.

The eyes created by "Spirit Vision" blinked.

Everyone in the picture suddenly moved forward a few meters, as if teleported at an instant.

Jiang Huai frowned, walked away from the White Pagoda without changing his walking speed, and temporarily closed the dark eye in the back of his head.

Then, when he walked to a store with floor-to-ceiling glass doors, he turned around and looked at the group of strange passers-by.

Yinyan opened, however, this time the picture in the glass door was more crowded than before.

Those passers-by before the White Tower clearly did not move in reality, but in the new glass reflection, their voices did not disappear, they just huddled together with a new group of passers-by, staring at Jianghuai in the picture with expressionless faces.

Because Jiang Huai's back is facing the glass now, so they should be facing himself in the glass. For a while, he couldn't imagine what his expression in the glass was like...was it the same as him now, or...different ?

He left the store again, quickly chose a direction, and walked towards the Achilles Theater.

In the end, he almost started to run, but the speed was still maintained at the speed of a normal person.

When Jiang Huai left, he asked others to inquire here temporarily, because he felt that the Achilles Theater must be a very important place, and he had stayed on the first floor for three days before, so he said that he would come to meet with them once a day.

But he only used his body that night, and the night here is closed, so we didn't meet each other on the first day.

Today is an unremarkable second day.

On the seemingly unremarkable second day, Jiang Huai opened the door of the movie theater.

The flow of people here is much quieter, but there are still people watching the posters, some people are yawning on their stomachs at the bar, and some people are hiding from the sun here.

The door here is of course also glass.

There are people inside and there are people outside.

Yinyan opened her eyes and looked at the glass behind——

However, there was only one person on the glass inside. It was clear that there were many people directly in front of Jianghuai, but only his own figure was reflected on the glass.

The lead gray eyeballs trembled slightly, staring at the other lead gray eyeball on the glass—Jiang Huai's own.

Just when the eyeballs were staring at him, Jiang Huai didn't move for the time being, but from the corner of his dark eyes, he caught a glimpse of a person——

The reflection showed that Ge Nian rushed out from the viewing channel in the corner, and mouth-shaped to him... as if calling:

"Brother!"

Jiang Huai himself didn't understand why he kept looking at it from the corner of his eye, and still let Yinyan stare at "Yinyan", instead of turning away instantly when he spotted Ge Nian's figure.

It may be intuition.

It could also be..."Ge Nian" only existed in the reflection of the glass, but he didn't really see her.

Also because——

"Da da"

Someone is running.

A person turned around from the other end of the corridor. Her black hair was tied up. When she saw the boy standing at the door, her eyes lit up and she opened her mouth——

Jiang Huai suddenly put on the hood.

His habitually spreading spirituality instantly retracted into his body, and became 1 under extreme compression.

He is no different from a blind and deaf man now, even the close sense of touch is blunted, if there is anything else he can feel, it may be the sound of the wind.

When his spirituality retracted, it seemed that his vision suddenly went dark, the world was blurred, and the surrounding sounds disappeared.

Jiang Huai touched his ears, feeling a gust of wind behind his ears.

Just in case when they met, and because other people were not familiar with him, he told Ge Nian not to call his name or title in any public places.

Little Junior Sister Ge Nian is very reliable in this kind of thing, she hates herself to hold others back, so even if it is a last resort, she will not do it.

On the second floor, Jiang Huai thought that no one would call his name at first, but because he knew the special rules of the second floor, even if someone shouted, he would forcefully hypnotize himself with the same name, so strangers on the road called him that , and has no imprinting effect.

But what about acquaintances?If it is not directly calling "Jianghuai"?

For example, Ji Bai called him "cousin", Ge Nian called him "senior brother", and Mu Ning called him "Huaihuai". In a critical situation, or in the daily atmosphere, it is impossible for Jianghuai to be vigilant all the time... He will always be caught.

It serves as both the arena on the first floor and the movie theater on the second floor. Although the story on the first floor is played, it is also located on the second floor... So this is indeed a special place, and it satisfies the rules of both the first floor and the second floor.

"Perhaps, this is an invisible rule. On the first floor, humans and unowned pets are actually indistinguishable, because they don't have seals on them, but they have to be divided into two classes, slaves and masters. The only thing between them is The difference is that once the human beings of the first layer become human, they can obtain the seal they carry with them, which can be used to stamp other people."

"The viewers on the second floor can choose the players on the first floor like picking goods, and in the period I was in, although there were a lot of people reserved, but in the end I was the only one who succeeded in the transaction..."

Rather, when Jiang Huai handed over his body to Hans, he actually felt that everything was under his arrangement.

Although Hans chose him, he was actually the one who chose Hans. He chose to let nature take its course, and felt that the situation was still under control——

but……

"Among all the 'competitors', I am the only one who is a 'beast'."

When he wanted to save Aji, the voice of the "commentator" of the gladiatorial competition sounded. Except for Jianghuai who was the first to enter the range, everyone else could get the status of "human" as long as they chose to save people.

——At first glance, it seems to provoke class antagonism.

However, Jiang Huai suddenly heard the information heard on the first floor: all the guys who entered the gladiatorial competition as humans and survived to victory have successfully left.

Some of them chose to accept the "Hero Medal" to go to the second floor, and they naturally never appeared on the first floor.

The process of accepting the Medal of Heroes is - no longer calling by number, but saying your name aloud.

"I thought I was the one in control..."

Jiang Huai thought that he picked Hans, but in fact, in that gladiatorial match, only Jiang Huai could be "on the shelf". Who knows, did someone make him think that he picked Hans?

Jiang Huai stretched out his hand forward. After his spirituality was suppressed, there were only blurred color blocks in front of his eyes. As he walked forward step by step, the light became dimmer and the color blocks gradually merged into a dull gray.

At first, the voices in Jiang Huai's ears were mixed, as if many people were calling him, but slowly, those voices disappeared. He took a deep breath, but vaguely fancied that he seemed to be calling himself, from the depths of his heart. place.

——he was embarrassed for a moment.

What should I do if I feel a little secondary?

But now he couldn't even believe the situation of "my personality is calling me". In order to prevent himself from thinking wildly, he began to hum softly.

It was the familiar unnamed melody, and the melody filled his mind: "It's clear that there are soul detection equipment in the movie theater, but it doesn't matter now..."

In fact, whether he switches Hans or uses his soul, he's the one who's marked, so what does it matter?

He sang an unknown song in the dark world, the surrounding atmosphere was obviously terrifying, and he knew nothing about the way ahead, but Jiang Huai sang and sang, but a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He heard someone ask: [What are you laughing at? ]

Jiang Huai's singing stopped for a moment, then he continued humming.

That person's questioning voice was louder this time, and his voice was much sharper: [What are you singing! ? ]

He repeated the lyrics: "I will build a city where good people live...they sing of this world and say it is heaven...I will build a paradise where happy people live...they hate This world, say this is hell...]

[There are less and less people in the city, more and more people in the paradise, I walk with the world on my back, I am looking for that—]

The voice seemed unbearable, and asked: [What are you singing after all! ? ]

Jiang Huai's singing stopped.

He seemed to be thinking, and then suddenly realized: "Hans Reilly Guderian?"

In this case, the only person who can talk to him is Hans who is hidden in his body.

Hans gasped for a few times, he obviously lost his body, and he didn't know what he was panting for: [You...you are from outside the ship, right? ]

Jiang Huai did not chat with him after reading the file this time. For Hans, it was probably the consciousness of others in his body that suddenly awakened, and then signed an unbreakable contract with him. He is the passive party without autonomy.

When Jiang Huai didn't take the initiative to talk to him, he talked more.

[What does the world outside the ship look like? ]

Jiang Huai thought for a while: "It's neither heaven nor hell."

[? ]

Jianghuai: "It's different from here. People there will die, and they will have quarrels over trivial matters. Even good people will encounter danger, natural disasters and man-made disasters. Their relationship is different from that of people here. It's too easy to get close, and you may be happy because of such closeness, or you may be hurt."

[anything else?Say a little more. ] Although the words Jianghuai used were not very good, Hans looked like he wanted to hear it very much.

Jiang Huai was silent for a while, and said: "Although it is a world where good people are not necessarily rewarded, and bad people are not necessarily punished, for most people, that is their favorite place, because the world is not so different. It’s important, as long as the people you value are by your side, it’s great.”

"There are very few people who exaggerate their confession and say 'I love the world'. If there are such people, they confess to the world, but their eyes fall on the face of the person they love."

Hans was silent for a long time.

Jiang Huai hummed softly, and continued to grope the wall to move forward.

But I don't know why, after walking for a while, even the walls are gone.

He kicked into some obstacle.

Jiang Huai squatted down and began to grope, but the obstacle suddenly jumped up——

Hans said suddenly: [It's Mate Gray, he's coming at you, little—well, he's down. ]

Jiang Huai waved his hand, and First Mate Gray flew out.

Realizing where he was, he moved on, groping his way to the door, which he could push open and onto the deck.

Hans sighed: [I remembered, our ship is a smuggling ship... do a little business in those straits...]

Jiang Huai: "Can you see the surroundings?"

[Of course, I'm through your body...] He wondered [What are you wondering about, you're not blind, of course I can see. ]

Jiang Huai shrugged: "Are we in the restaurant?"

[The restaurant, the captain’s cabin, and several seafarers’ rooms are all on this floor, but we ordinary seamen live on the next floor, and the bottom floor is square tools, survival tools, and some goods. However, where are the bulk goods? I don't know, only the captain and first mate know. ]

"Is there an upper floor?"

The people around jumped at him, and Jiang Huai didn't notice until he got close, but he almost didn't have to hide—because there was no way to break his defense anyway.

Hans muttered: [Upper?Do you want to climb to the top of the mast? ]

Jiang Huai frowned: "Then, show me the way and take me down."

Cinemas, companies, the White Tower...

Neither?

Jump up and see the first floor of the White Tower is the restaurant on the ship, and the company’s restaurant on the top floor is also the restaurant here, and the end of the cinema is also the restaurant here... You can go directly to the deck through the restaurant, but these three passages are in Paradise City. That is the second floor.

Rather, Jianghuai suspects that any place in the entire Paradise City can reach "on the deck of a ship."

Although the system is untrustworthy, it will not coax Jianghuai casually, "go to the top floor" to complete the task, he has not really reached the top floor.

Hans couldn't resist him, so he could only help him guide the way. He groped to find the direction and went down the ladder, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly stepped on the floor.

A confused voice came from Hans:

[We're here... We're back in Paradise City, and we're in the safe passage on the first floor of the company. ]

He seemed full of doubts, Jiang Huai simply sat on the steps, waiting for Hans to calm down.

In his eyes, there are three color blocks of white, black and gray. This kind of world is actually very interesting. Human beings find it interesting when they experience physical incompleteness. In fact, it is because they know that they will not be so incomplete forever, and they are very strong.

The first words Hans spoke again were: [My body...]

Jiang Huai: "Huh?"

[On that day, everyone suddenly went crazy and started to kill each other, but the strange thing is, they acted as if they didn't see me at all. I tried to call for help, and even lowered the boat myself, but I couldn't get out of the boat. ]

[Then, only I am still alive, no one rescues, no way to send a message, we are originally a smuggling ship, no one will come to us...]

The survivor Hans began to search for all the supplies on the ship and stood by for help. The ship floated quietly on the sea, but the first day, the second day, a month later, two months later...he saw other people again and again. He used all means to seek help from them, but the ship he was on seemed to not exist.

[Ghost ship,] he said [I later found out that there was a cruise ship that went right through the middle of the ship that I was in, and I understood that even if I was alive, we became a ghost state with people and ships. ]

After that day, he didn't eat anymore, and he lost the will to live, but he didn't die.

When he was extremely hungry and exhausted, he passed out, and then he felt his body get up, started to eat, and even cleaned himself up, brushing his teeth, washing his face and shaving in front of the mirror.

[I thought my body had produced the will to survive on its own, but I also felt as if someone had possessed me... I couldn't tell. ]

That was his last memory. When he woke up again, he was in Paradise City. He forgot the past, and only knew that he was from the "boat" just like everyone else.

And it has been more than a year since he came to Paradise City.

——If you remove his ghost ship experience.

[I remember the day, it was... 2020, January, 1st. ]

When he was speaking, Jiang Huai was already standing at the door of the company, with the glass door right in front of him.

When he walked to the glass door, Hans' voice trembled slightly.

Jiang Huai could feel the warmth of the sun shining on his skin through the glass, and he could also guess what Hans saw——

There may be more people appearing on the glass door, and they are closer to him, crowded together, and there is no room for it.

He can also conceive a picture, blue sky and white clouds, people coming and going, balloons floating in the sky, and ribbons dye the city with colorful colors... ribbons... balloons... advertising balloons!

JAC: "...Advertising hot air balloon."

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