Welcome to Nightmare Game III

Around the square filled with burning frames, people who were forced to watch the execution were surrounded.

In a nearby alley, the fox settled the refugees who had survived the catastrophe, and was busy appeasing the rebels who were filled with grief and indignation.When everything came to an end, he sat exhaustedly by the trash, smoking a cigarette, without the dignified and noble demeanor of the old Canaan aristocrats, rather like a vulgar peddler who was used to it.

Qi Leren appeared beside him without a sound, and handed him a cigarette: "This cigarette tastes good, try it?"

The fox took the cigarette: "Why don't you smoke?"

Qi Leren said lightly: "Quit."

The fox let out a strange sneer: "I probably guessed what's going on - only people who really love you will persuade you to quit smoking, and only people you really love will let you quit smoking. It seems that your private life is more serious than I thought. Much happier."

Qi Leren: "Thank you, I'm fine."

The fox's smile became even more mocking: "Looking at how everyone owed you money, I thought you had been separated from your wife for three years."

Qi Leren: "..."

How wicked is this guy's mouth?

Seeing that Qi Leren didn't talk to him, the fox smoked a cigarette on his own. In the smog, he suddenly said: "I have found out the cause of this siege."

Qi Leren: "What's going on?"

The fox chuckled, with a choked trill in his laughter: "Because of me."

Qi Leren: "..."

Fox: "I killed Curt to silence him, but I didn't expect that he actually possessed the 'undead medicine'. Because of this, Mephisto learned about what happened in the sewer and decided to raid and wipe out the rebel army. But I didn't figure it out. His body was thrown into the fire, why did he come back to life?"

Qi Leren sighed: "Do you know what the elixir is?"

The fox shook his head: "I have always wanted to get information from Wei...my friend in the gold workshop, but he has been tight-lipped about the elixir. I can only guess from the literal meaning. The 'immortal' thing."

Qi Leren nodded.Judging from the situation in the first week, the fox really doesn't know what the elixir in the gold workshop is, let alone that the so-called elixir is actually a "little man in a bottle".

As long as the owner cultivates a villain in a bottle with his own blood, he can become the carrier of the owner's resurrection.

This is the secret of Curt's resurrection.

The Qi Le people briefly told the fox about the villain in the bottle: "Curt is Mephisto's lover. Mephisto gave him a 'big gift', not a vulgar thing like gems or real estate, but a A truly generous gift - a villain in a bottle who can resurrect him after death. This is a misjudgment based on unequal information. In 99% of cases, killing Dr. Curt will help prevent information leaks, We just hit that 1% chance. So stop beating yourself up."

"How can I not blame myself? Daisy is dead, I would rather be the one who dies." The fox looked up at the gradually darkening sky, a shooting star flashed by, he stood up suddenly, and stretched out his hand towards the sky , as if to catch that falling star.

Of course he couldn't catch the stars, he could only fall back to the ground in a daze.

"There is such a legend in my hometown that the passing of a shooting star represents a person's soul leaving the world. If you look for it along the trajectory of its fall, find the star that fell on the ground, put it in the tomb of the dead, and ask the medicine Pray to Asclepius, the god of healing, and the dead will be healed and raised from the dead."

Qi Leren sat down beside him, listening to the fox's uncontrollable confide at this moment.

"This legend sounds quite romantic, right? But do you know what the legend of the resurrection imagined by humans has turned into? Whenever a nobleman in Canaan dies, his family The slaves with families were let out and forced to search for the relics of the stars along the falling direction of the meteor. They were called 'star seekers'. If they dared to escape, the slave masters would kill their relatives."

"They couldn't tell whether the slaves who didn't come back within the time limit escaped or died on the road. In order to alert the rest of the slaves, they chose to execute them without distinction."

"There is a slave looking for stars. He could have wandered around for several months casually like his companions, and returned to the territory within the time limit to report the failure of the mission. This has become a practice. But before departure, the master Tell them that if they can really bring back the stars, they will release him and his family and make them all free men. The slave is full of longing for the future and chooses to complete this task with all his heart."

"He rushed towards the direction where the meteor fell day and night. His master was so stingy that he didn't even want to give him the necessary travel expenses. He could only beg while looking for meteors. He found out that there was a village on a cliff that fell. A meteor fell, and the meteorite made a big crater. He was overjoyed, and went all the way over the mountains to get there."

"He did find it, but the village chief who owned the meteorite was unwilling to give him the stars for nothing, but asked him to hunt a tiger in the mountains in exchange. The slaves had to take crude weapons and go hunting tigers in the mountains. He was seriously injured by accident, and the village chief sympathized with him and gave him the meteorite."

"Every day he was recuperating, he wanted to return home quickly and let his family be free. The date set by the master was approaching, and he dragged his injured leg back home with difficulty. The star of his family's freedom is in his arms, more precious than his life."

"But when he got home, he didn't see his relatives—they were all executed."

Although Qi Leren had a premonition, he still couldn't help asking: "Is he late?"

The fox smiled mockingly: "No, he came back three days before the deadline."

Qi Leren: "Then why were his family members executed?"

Fox: "Yes, why? He asked the reason sadly, and his master told him arrogantly: Because when he got up yesterday, he remembered that these slaves who were looking for the stars had left for a long time, and those who should come back have already returned, and they have not returned. Yes, he must have escaped, so he directly ordered the execution of the relatives of the fugitive slave."

Qi Leren: "But the deadline hasn't arrived yet."

Fox: "Don't you understand? He doesn't care about the so-called deadline at all. The rules he set are just jokes that he can change at will."

Qi Leren: "...What about the stars?"

The fox's smile became colder and colder: "Xing Xing... That slave cried and took out the Xing Xing that was hidden in his bosom, which weighed more than his life, and said that he found the Xing Xing, and now he wants his master to fulfill his promise."

"His master picked up the star he found with his life, took a look in his hand, and then threw it on the ground without cherishing it. He said: 'Idiot, my father died, so I can inherit the title. And Not to mention whether the star you found is real or not, put it in the grave of the old man, if he really comes back to life, do you want me to return the title to him?'"

"What he cared about was never the legend of the resurrection. He just performed the customary drama according to the tradition among the nobles: when a relative died, he sent people to find the stars, but the stars could never be found, so the nobles could only accept it with 'regret' In reality, inherit the title of title with 'sadness', and pass on the hypocrisy and sin of the ancestors from generation to generation. As for the slaves who died on the way to find the stars, they are just props worn out in the performance."

"The ridiculous prop couldn't recognize the reality. He tried to realize a wish that couldn't be realized at all, and cost the lives of his family. In the end, he neither got freedom nor kept his family. The mocking clown of fate."

Qi Leren looked at the fox quietly, as if he wanted to see the pain in his heart clearly through his cold and mean expression.

"And then, how did this slave survive?" he asked.

The fox put out the cigarette butt on the wall, and said with a sneer: "The slave pulled out the hatchet for hunting tigers, put it on the master's neck, and dragged him all the way to the seashore. The master who killed him cried and begged He tried to impress him with money and fame, but he was unmoved because he already had nothing."

"He cut off his master's head with a knife, just like when his master ordered his family members to be beheaded. He dragged his master's body and jumped into the sea amidst the exclamation of everyone. Since then , and the slave dies."

Qi Leren froze for a moment: "Dead?"

Isn't the fox telling his own story?

The fox glanced at him: "As a slave, he is indeed dead."

Qi Leren nodded knowingly: "It seems that he still has some strange life experiences."

The fox pulled out a smile that was not a smile: "Indeed. He was rescued by a cruise ship and became an anonymous boatman on the ship. Because he was smart, capable and eloquent, the captain liked him very much, or rather, he liked his young and beautiful boy." Body. Under his deliberate favor, the captain taught him to read and learn some etiquette, so he can serve the nobles on board."

"He followed these nobles day and night, and saw the world that he had never seen before. He finally understood what this group of 'born noble' people were like. It wasn't that he was unlucky and met a despicable master, It is that this group exudes a rotten atmosphere from the root, and occasionally there are people of outstanding character, but this cannot make up for the sins of this group. He suddenly has a belief that everything that is rotten should be destroyed. In this Driven by his belief, he began to think about why the world is like this? How can we change this corrupt world.”

"But in any case, it is impossible for a crew member of low birth to do anything. He must climb higher, climb into this circle, and become one of them, and then he can see clearly from a higher perspective. Weakness. Soon, he could imitate the accents and accents of these nobles, and even knew the gossip in the circle. Sometimes he would play pranks, disguise himself with stolen clothes, and mix with the nobles. On the crowded cruise ship, from boarding to disembarkation, no one, no matter whether he was a nobleman or a crew member, could see through his identity."

"Finally one day, he got the opportunity he had dreamed of. After the plague broke out on the Canaan continent, the nobles began to flee in all directions, and the cruise ships crossing the Sea of ​​Abyss became extremely busy and chaotic. Every ship sailing to other continents A plague breaks out on a cruise ship, and the whole ship dies, including occasionally aristocrats. The slave did not miss such an opportunity. He took the identity of a nobleman of his age and appearance, and brought a bribed servant aboard. On the Eternal Isle, the capital of Noah, the capital of Noah. From the moment he stepped off the cruise ship full of plagues, he was no longer a slave who had a humble background and committed murder. He was an old nobleman from Canaan, with With an ancient bloodline and a glorious past, he finally changed his destiny."

Qi Leren felt his heart surge, and he couldn't help clapping his hands: "It's really a wonderful life, almost like a legendary story."

The fox disagrees: "In this world where the end is near, there is never a shortage of such stories."

Qi Leren: "But I still have a question. How did you become a slave of a nobleman, how did you meet the princess of subjugation who became a refugee, and became like-minded friends?"

Fox: "That's another story."

Qi Le felt that if he took out a bag of gold coins now, maybe the fox would be willing to talk, maybe not.But whether it will or not, he doesn't want to exchange money for this story, and now is not the time.

Maybe one day, he will know.

"One more thing. Please ask your people to pay attention. If a young man with dark skin and agitation appears in the square, stop him immediately to see me." Qi Le said.

"Who is this?" asked the fox.

Qi Leren glanced at him: "You don't know? I don't believe you haven't investigated Daisy's relationship."

The fox thought for a while: "I remember, Caleb, right? He wants to take Daisy's body away? But the nearby guards may..."

Qi Leren stood up from the ground, brushed the dust off his pants, and said calmly, "That's just a small problem."

The fox looked at him puzzled.

Qi Leren looked at the vast night sky, the sea of ​​stars was like a tide, just a meteor fell, and that bright light fell into his honey brown eyes.

"Let me do something for a friend who left so suddenly. I'm pretty experienced in this, to say the least about being as wicked as you."