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The puppets continued to move forward, and the singing of chants came from the depths of the forest.

Gradually, the trees on both sides of the road in front became sparse, and a flat land appeared in front of him, with a neatly built wooden platform in the middle of the flat land.

The leading puppet stood beside the table, hung the kerosene lamp on a hook in the corner, and signaled Bei Qiao and Luo Shangan to step forward.

"Write your names on it, and you will be officially accepted by Utopia. No one will stop you from falling in love, and you can live here happily," it said.

Luo Shangan stepped forward.The surface of the wooden table is soft, and it will be dented when you touch it with your fingers. You can write directly on it without using any tools.

Luo Shangan stretched out his hand.

Suddenly, the sound of objects falling to the ground came from behind them. Looking back, it turned out that Ah Qiu fell to the ground, and the kerosene lamp was also tilted to one side.

A puppet on the side reminded: "Be careful, you will be miserable if the lights go out." Ah Qiu said "Thank you" repeatedly, and got up again.

The small episode did not interrupt the ceremony.Luo Shangan raised his finger and wrote his name on the wooden platform - "Luo Luo".

Bei Qiao saw the name clearly behind Luo Shang'an, he thought for a moment, and wrote the same name next to him - "Little Qiao".

"Write the name on the wooden platform" is "search the name in the database".

"Gradually forgetting everything about the past" is equivalent to "cleaning up the historical data associated with this name."

It can be seen that the "name" is very important.As long as you don't write your real name, nothing will happen.

The names they had written on them gradually melted into the soft wooden surface.

"Can I claim them?" A crisp voice came from behind, and Bei Qiao turned around to see it was Ah Qiu again.

"Are you stupid? They both said they want to be together." A puppet retorted.

"But I just like the two of them very much, and I don't rob people." Ah Qiu blinked his big eyes, looking innocent, "Can't we claim them both together?"

"Ask their opinion," said the leading puppet.

Bei Qiao's eyes slid over Aqiu's lantern, "I can."

Luo Shang'an said, "I'll listen to Xiao Qiao."

"Aqiu, then you are responsible for taking care of them, and put your own lantern on it." The lead puppet took his own lantern, "It's almost midnight."

The word "midnight" touched Bei Qiao's nerves. He watched the leading puppet take away all the other puppets, except Aqiu.

The kerosene lamp smeared a dim yellow light, and Aqiu raised his arm and hung it beside the wooden platform.

Bei Qiao looked at it, and it also looked at Bei Qiao.

Its sapphire blue pupils are so beautiful that they seem to hold the entire starry sky.

Aqiu tilted her head slightly, made a cute look, and said, "Xiao Qiao, yesterday was my birthday."

This sentence was endless, and Bei Qiao couldn't answer, so he could only follow along: "Oh, happy birthday, although it's a bit late."

"Not too late. Because today is also my birthday." Ah Qiu said.

Bei Qiao's jaw tightened slightly.

"Tomorrow too."

"Always will be."

The night wind that came from nowhere made the leaves rustle.

"Because the time here is only 24 hours." Ah Qiu said.

When Ah Qiu uttered these words, the first thing that came to Bei Qiao's mind was one word.

——[Death loop].

The program set the time of the entire area from 0:24 to [-]:[-], but did not adjust the date.After the pointer moves back to the origin, the time of the previous day will be repeated.

To deal with this kind of bug, you need to find the loop point where the error occurred.

If it's just a simple endless loop, it's still easy to solve, but I'm afraid there are some strange things mixed in.

Like... a computer virus.

Bei Qiao was thinking about it when she heard Luo Shangan ask from the side: "Aqiu, you told us what you said on the road on purpose."

"Of course. If I don't remember anything, wouldn't I be the same as those wooden men? Well, although I'm not qualified to comment on their appearance now." Aqiu stood up straight and crossed his hips, "I hinted so clearly , you two, didn’t you foolishly write your names on it? I didn’t wait for you to come all the way here to see you become puppets too!”

"So it was you." Bei Qiao looked down at Aqiu, "It was you who covered up my map with white bark, and wrote on my door with a strange pen."

"Oh?! It's not me." Ah Qiu shook his head like a rattle, "Don't slander me, it must be Ah Chun who did it! He is a person who can do whatever he wants, no one can stop him! At that time we To decide who goes outside to recruit reinforcements, he insists on being the first to take the lead, and no one can beat him."

Luo Shang'an thought for a moment, "Isn't this place sealed off? Why can he go out."

"Yes, we can go out as long as we smash the lantern." A Qiu nodded, "Later, there was no news from Xiao Qiao, and we sent A Xia to find Boss Luo. If you don't come, I will be the next one to go out."

Bei Qiao and Luo Shang'an looked at each other.

Bei Qiao reached into his backpack to get the puppet, but Luo Shang'an didn't stop him.When the two puppets were brought out, Bei Qiao was about to ask Ah Qiu what it meant.

Unexpectedly, Ah Qiu clapped his palms and took the two small puppets from Bei Qiao's hands and hugged them in his arms. "Achun, Axia, thank you for your hard work." Aqiu said.

Two almost identical puppets are held in Ah Qiu's arms, like Russian nesting dolls.

"You mean, these two puppets are your companions?" Bei Qiao was a little surprised.

"It used to be. It's a pity that they can't hear what I say now." Ah Qiu blinked and looked at Bei Qiao, "Because they are dead."

The night wind blows through the gaps between the trees, and the lantern hanging on the hook of the wooden platform sways with the wind, and the wick flame jumps and burns, constituting the only light in this space.

"As long as we are still with this light, we will never be able to leave Utopia. But once the light goes out, we only have three days left." Aqiu tried to use concise and clear language, "even if We were able to leave Utopia, and we were imprisoned, never able to say anything about Utopia."

Bei Qiao frowned slightly.Ever since A Qiu mentioned breaking the lantern just now, he had a vague premonition, and finally this premonition was confirmed in A Qiu's mouth.

"Therefore, it is imperative for your companion to leave those cryptic distress signals at my house." Bei Qiao said, "It must be difficult for you to sacrifice your life to seek help outside."

"From the moment they went out, they knew that they would die. We are not afraid of death. What we are afraid of is hiding in this false happiness, soaking the wound with salt water over and over again, and becoming an immortal puppet. "Aqiu said, "Time does not allow me to finish everything. You came too late. If nothing happens at midnight, you will reveal your identity. I will take you to see the client directly."

Now even Luo Shang'an showed a little strange color, "Isn't the client you?"

Aqiu shook his head, "I just participated in the operation to complete this task. If the client hadn't retrieved our memories, Achun and I might still be like other puppets, chanting poems praising the ideal land every day, Confess the misfortunes and sorrows of the past, and fill this empty shell with the guise of 'eternal life'."

It picked up the lantern from the wooden platform, and led Bei Qiao and Luo Shangan all the way deeper into the forest.They also met other puppets on the way. Those puppets either sat quietly under the tree in a daze, or gathered in groups of three or two to sing hymns.

"Hello World." Bei Qiao started the program system with a very soft voice.

A blue light screen was projected beside him, and he immediately shrunk it down to the size of his palm and pulled it to his side.

When he was in Huayu before, Xiyou gave him the maps of East District 9 and East District [-].According to the coordinates on the map, they were walking in the direction of "East District C[-]".

This coordinate is exactly where the puppet left in his house.

"Don't you think this place... is somewhat similar to Huayu?" Bei Qiao glanced at the group of puppets not far away, pointing his fingers at the screen.

"Use the spirit of 'happiness' to kidnap." Luo Shang'an said briefly.

"Yes. Because Xiyou himself is quite normal, even if Huayu makes people feel uncomfortable, I don't think too much about it. After all, Huayu is indeed a good place compared to other places in the southern district. It's different here , It’s no different from brainwashing.” Bei Qiao tapped on the screen, “If a program virus caused this area to mutate, we must quickly resolve it.”

"Be careful of fanatical believers. If you smash their beliefs, they will be roasted on the cross." Luo Shangan adjusted the tassels on his sleeves, "You can't die if you haven't paid off your debts."

Bei Qiao choked, his favorability for Luo Shang'an, which had risen just now, suddenly fell back to more than half - this person is simply unreasonable.The Jinmai Merchant Group paid him that day, and Bei Qiao, who never asked for money, agreed for the first time in order to pay off the debt.As a result, the boss glanced at it with a smile, and said "not even enough interest" and rejected it.

Aqiu, who was leading the way with a lamp in front, turned back curiously and interjected, "You two really know each other. I thought it was because I entrusted you to meet."

"Well, I know you." Luo Shang'an answered, "We did get together very early."