Welcome to Nightmare Game III

The wolfhound left tremblingly.Mr. Qi finally gave him a chance and ordered him to complete the internal review within three days and pull out the remaining nails one by one.

Qi Leren, who had stayed up almost the whole night and was seriously deprived of sleep, rubbed his throbbing temples, and subconsciously opened the drawer to look for cigarettes. A drawer full of sweets, and an opened ring box with a beautiful sapphire ring inlaid inside.

It wasn't the one that Ning Zhou put in front of his tombstone back then. That ring was given to Ning Zhou by him during the proposal ceremony on the founding day three years ago.The current one is the same sapphire ring that Ning Zhou gave him at the proposal scene.

There is no sapphire mine in the East Pole Diocese where Twilight Land is located. It should be said that the geographical environment of the northern continent of the entire human world does not produce high-quality sapphires. The sapphires circulating in the northern continent are either from the southern primitive continent separated by oceans. , or the Demon Realm Gem flowing from the Tranquility Desert Parish.

In the long years when the seal of the channel between the two worlds was not opened, the dragon ants were able to travel freely between the two worlds by virtue of their talent of gnawing space gaps. The queen who loves gems made the huge soldier ants dig the mines of the demon world around the clock .The high temperature and pressure of Doomsday Volcano and the aluminum-rich and silicon-deficient environment gave birth to beautiful ocean blue gemstones.Through the trade of merchants, sapphires were brought to every corner of the Northern Continent. Even the gemstone on the cross at the top of the pope's triple tiara was also a sapphire with six rays of starlight.

This may be a kind of veiled black humor, a gem that symbolizes purity, steadfastness, loyalty and love, born in the devil world that has nothing to do with these words.

Qi Leren couldn't help but think of Ning Zhou.

When he gave the ring back then, did he see his true destiny in his blue eyes, which were more beautiful than sapphires?

Of course he wouldn't know, and none of them would know.

Qi Leren stared at the ring he specially placed here for a full ten seconds, then sighed, picked up a piece of candy, put it in his mouth, and closed the drawer firmly.

There was a knock on the door of the office. It was Fu Yue who hadn't seen him for a long time. He came in with a sharp haircut and a shaggy beard. A bag of fragrant meat buns.

Three years ago, on the eve of the Battle of Dusk, Qi Leren came to help the Heresy Tribunal on the recommendation of Chen Baiqi. The person who served as the vice president at that time was Fu Yue. Unexpectedly, she died tragically in the ritual of fanatics soon after.

"Eat?" Fu Yue asked as soon as he entered the door.

"I've already eaten." Qi Leren replied, and then asked, "How have you been in the past six months?"

Fu Yue dragged the useless high-back reception chair used by the wolf dog to Qi Leren's desk, sat down and began to eat meat buns: "It's okay. I went to many places, from the grassland tribes in the west to the Tranquility Desert, then to the Red Lotus Waters and Cloud Vortex, and then to the Polar Land of Neverland, almost visited several major human strongholds in the Northern Continent. Repair the teleportation array between the parishes, if it is repaired, it will be convenient to come and go in the future."

The people of Qi Le shook their heads: "The cost of using the teleportation array is too high, and the current Holy See cannot afford this level of expenditure. After all, it is due to the small population, the economy cannot recover, and most of the resources of the Holy See are destroyed in the Holy City. During the war, the landlord’s family had no food left.”

In the first war between the two worlds more than 20 years ago, mankind lost at least a quarter of its population, and this was only during the war.After that, as the order led by the Holy See collapsed, the originally prosperous dioceses turned into wasteland and were slowly rebuilt amidst difficulties.Some of the exiles fled into the mountains, some took refuge in the demons who remained in the human world, and some turned into locust-like bandits.In the following 20 years, the religious rule of the Holy See collapsed, the destroyed order could not be rebuilt, and the human world was still facing the crisis of demon invasion at any time.

Fu Yue: "The Holy See does not intend to restore the teleportation system in an all-round way. It just repairs the teleportation arrays in several major parishes. I heard from several cardinals that the Jinghai desert parish will definitely be repaired. After all, the underground ant city is now a The most important trade distribution point, the products of Neverland are too scarce, and the output of the field under the Pope's crown alone is not enough to support the increased population. The East Pole Parish where the Twilight Village is located should also be repaired first. "

Qi Leren smiled and said, "I hope the Holy See won't ask me for money."

Fu Yue also laughed: "It's hard to say, it is repaired and used together. Fix it early, and it will be convenient for me to go to other parishes next time."

Qi Leren: "You still want to go out and wander? Don't think about it, I won't let you go out after this trip."

Fu Yue turned pale with shock. He ate four meat buns in a row just now, and his beard was stained with oil. He didn't care, and wiped his mouth with his dirty sleeve: "Then you might as well kill me!"

Qi Leren threw two tissues to him in disgust: "You don't think it's dirty, wipe it quickly."

Fu Yue wiped his mouth perfunctorily: "I have made an appointment with a beautiful girl from the rabbit family. We will have dinner together next time we go to the grassland."

The Qi Le people calmly said: "With the fecundity of the rabbit family, next time you go there, their children will have already given birth to three litters."

Fu Yue said nonchalantly: "Okay, I'll help her take care of the baby. This is called life-saving grace, take the baby to repay."

Qi Leren was amused by him: "As the vice president of the judge, you spend all day wandering outside. It's fine that I was here before, but I went out after a while. Can't the trial court be left alone to preside over the work?"

Fu Yue regained his composure, and his carefree expression suddenly became serious: "Are you ready?"

Qi Leren: "Not yet, but soon. The other materials have been collected, and I will start when I confirm the main material for condensing the avatar. But because I don't have an achievement field, when I activate the avatar, the original form may not be able to You can move freely, and most likely you will sleep in the underground ice palace church. At that time, the work of the trial court will trouble you. You are much more experienced in this job than I am, and I am relieved to leave it to you."

Fu Yue was silent.

Qi Leren didn't urge him to speak, and waited quietly for him to speak.

"Are you really going to the Demon Realm?" Fu Yue asked.

"Of course." Qi Le said without hesitation, "I have been preparing for this for the past three years."

Fu Yue knew this. Qi Leren had been collecting information about the Demon Realm. When he went on a long trip, Qi Leren also asked him to collect information about the Demon Realm from various places.

Qi Leren is very persistent, as long as that person is still in the Demon Realm, he will definitely look for him.

Fu Yue wanted to persuade him, even if he really went and they met in the Demon Realm, is that person really still awake?He traveled to every corner of the Northern Continent, and heard from countless humans and demons that the new king in the Demon Realm was a crazy and bloodthirsty tyrant. He slaughtered the rebels and killed his own subordinates. Every time he captured a city in the past three years, it would be reduced to ruins in flames.

He is never merciful or merciful, he is the bloody nightmare of the entire demon world.

Where the destructive black dragon flew over, the shadow cast by the dragon's wings was the Iron Curtain, strangling all demon creatures.

But no matter how many news about him he sent, the people of Qi Le would never be moved.He even laughed and said, "He's been fighting demons."

Whether it is the devil in the devil world, or the devil in the bottom of my heart.

After chatting for a while about the key tasks and personnel changes in the Inquisition Tribunal in the past six months, Fu Yue left.Before he left, he begged for a cigarette from Qi Leren, and when he heard the sad news of him quitting smoking, he was heartbroken: "You quit smoking just to see your husband? You are so afraid of him, your husband is so weak!"

Qi Le people drove him away with a dark face, and before leaving, he handed over a task to him, asking him to take Xiaoxiao to the haunted shelter to check the situation.He had already been there in the middle of the night last night, and stayed there for a long time, but found nothing, but he was not at ease, so he sent the experienced Fu Yue to go see it again.

Fu Yue saw that it was not time to go to work: "Don't wait, I'll go outside first, your new secretary is here for work, let her meet me at Lucky Plaza."

Qi Leren told him to take care of Xiaoxiao, he waved his hand nonchalantly in response, leaving him with a handsome back.

He seems to have come out of the tragedy three years ago, but Qi Le people still remember that in the basement where his wife and unborn child were buried, he hugged his wife's head and cried loudly .He will never forget the voice of grief, anger, and despair.

Later, after Qi Leren's health improved slightly, Fu Yue put down his work in the trial office and went on a trip under the pretense of researching various places. He was not in Twilight Town for more than half a year, wandering all over the world.

He is keen on traveling. He and his wife, Ashe, got married before graduating from university. They have been traveling all over the world for more than ten years. Instead of following the mature route of tour groups, the couple drove around the world in a car. They seemed born An adventurer who is restless.

They have seen migrating wildebeest on the grasslands of East Africa, waited for the splendid aurora in the wasteland of Iceland, participated in the Day of the Dead parade on the streets of Mexico City, and photographed the hatching emperor penguins in the ice and snow of Antarctica. .

In the past, it was a romantic trip, but now, it is a lonely trip. His partner only has memories, but he always goes. Whenever he sees scenery that his wife has never seen before, he feels that she is also there. The sky saw it.

I don't know how long the future life will be. During the long journey, he is learning the most important lesson for the rest of his life:

How to live a life without her.

………………

It was almost time to go to work, and Qi Leren estimated that Si Lin and the illusionist should be here, so he went out to Si Lin's office, and sent another message to inform the illusionist to come too.

Si Lin is a person who knows how to enjoy life. He enjoys an exquisite Western-style breakfast in the office early in the morning, and he will do so during working hours. Anyway, no one dares to protest against his behavior.On the contrary, the snow lizard he keeps in the office sticks out its tongue frequently, and seems to be very dissatisfied with the treatment of the owner eating meat while it eats insects.

Qi Leren has no objection to his meal at work, but he has an objection to the content of breakfast.

"Why do you eat steak for breakfast?" Qi Le was incredulous. He, a Chinese breakfast lover, lost his appetite at the first glance.

Si Lin of Shetong elegantly cut the steak at most medium rare, not caring about the blood oozing out: "Because I want to eat it."

Qi Leren looked at this piece of steak that was completely raw in his eyes, the corners of his mouth drooped, his disgust was obvious.

The illusionist also came. He completely ignored the "Knock to enter" sign posted on the door against him, pushed the door open, and screamed exaggeratedly: "Are you a vampire?!"

Si Lin, who was eating raw steak with a blank expression, said, "No, I'm a lizard."

The real lizard in the glass landscape flicked its tongue on the glass tank in coordination, making a slight "click" sound.

The illusionist hated it very much, and urged him to finish eating quickly.He is very contemptuous of Si Lin's food taste and breeding taste. A normal person would not raise lizards in the office, let alone raise all kinds of strange cold-blooded reptiles at home.

Of course, his own taste is also very strange. The illusionist's office is more like a women's clothing store than an office space. When entering the door, there is a huge full-length mirror. DIY cloakroom.In contrast, Qi Leren's coffee-smelling classical European-style office is at best like a coffee library.

In terms of food hobbies, Illusionist and Qi Leren are comrades in the same camp. They both prefer Chinese food. Illusionist has a particularly strong taste and likes very spicy food, probably because of his hometown.Qi Le people can't do it. Southerners have a light taste and eat sweeter food, but he is not too picky about food and is easy to feed.

But in terms of strange taste, it is definitely Si Lin, his recipe can be called a devil's menu, the first time Qi Le people saw him eat eel jelly, they almost burst open.Later he summed up Si Lin's taste: the fresher the better, the fishier the better.

After breakfast, Si Lin removed the plate, wiped the corners of his mouth with a napkin, and asked, "I heard that something big happened last night?"

Qi Leren talked about the little accidental discovery and the bizarre death in the prison, mainly for the illusionist.

After hearing this, the illusionist said angrily: "Why didn't you strip that dog and hang it upside down in front of the gate of the court and whip it?"

Qi Leren: "Be honest, how long have you wanted to do this?"

The illusionist curled his lips: "Tsk, I don't know why the teacher likes him so much. He always praises him for being cute and touches his ears."

Si Lin: "You should be a teacher and have a dog. Be tolerant."

Qi Leren glanced at him suspiciously, thinking when did this guy become so talkative.

Si Lin went on to say, "It's fine to get fired directly."

Qi Leren: "..."

The two teacher controllers began to make dangerous remarks, and finally the Qi Leren couldn't listen anymore, and interrupted: "Give him another chance. Now the court is also short of people. Although the wolf dog is not very careful, it may not be possible for another person to come up." To have him familiar with the work."

Si Lin agreed, and the illusionist had a displeased face but also agreed.

"The most important thing is to find out the person hiding behind." Qi Leren calmed down, "Doing the elimination method, most of the people on the list in the past three years have been able to get rid of the suspicion. In addition to this household registration There are only a few major suspects left because of the mistakes in the center."

Illusionist: "Let's do it now, take them all down and retrial?"

Si Lin: "That's not right, wait a minute, without clear evidence, rashly attacking high-level officials will cause turmoil in the entire court. Where's your new secretary, can you use it?"

Qi Leren pondered for a while: "The original plan, I planned to let her experience it for a while. After all, she has no experience, and she might startle the snake. At least wait until I finish the class for her."

The illusionist snorted, "You're too careful. When the trial court asked you to go undercover, you just entered this world. Why don't you just get things done?"

Qi Leren said sternly: "That's why I became the executive director of the court a few months later. This is called talent, are you convinced?"

The illusionist was obviously dissatisfied, because he hit Qi Leren on the forehead with a heavy folding fan made of red sandalwood.

"That's how it is. You are in charge of the wolfdog matter, and you can make your own decisions." Si Lin finalized the whole matter.

The author has something to say:

PS: Ning Zhou probably spent most of his savings to buy the wedding ring back then.Zhou Zhou, who lives a simple life, bought a ring with his hard-earned money and gave it to Sister Le. It's so cute.Then, in order to formally propose marriage, he emptied his savings again, cleared his savings, and went to the Devil Realm to start a business penniless.

Now that he is rich, he can turn into a giant dragon and swim in a swimming pool filled with sapphires, but for him, this is meaningless. His view of material desire is different from that of normal people, and he is extremely restrained on himself. Treat extravagant enjoyment as a source of temptation to your own depravity.

But what is so cute about him is that he is only strict with himself, not others, as you can see from the pile of presents he gave Le Mei.He knew that Le Mei was a happy person before she came to the Nightmare World. He very much hoped that Le Mei could live as comfortable a life as before. No, it should be hoped that Le Mei could live a better life than before.

Ning Zhou also lived a very simple life in the devil world, sleeping on a hardwood bed in the extravagant palace of the devil king... that's something he can do!