Forces of Temptation

{Jiang Fang}'s question is: "Where are you from?"

The corners of his mouth were curved, but his eyes were fixed on Nan Zhou sharply.

Most of his patience has been worn out.

As long as Nanzhou continued to keep silent in boredom, or tried to challenge the bottom line of his patience with some stupid lies, {Jiang Fang} didn't mind destroying the box without looking at any content as soon as he got it.

To be honest, as a person who has been alone for more than [-] years, {Jiang Fang} is not happy facing the only outsider who has the possibility to have an equal dialogue with him on the personality level.

He only hoped to see out-of-control expressions of astonishment, shake, pain, etc. from this calm and unwavering face.

He's used to being in control.

He hated the feeling of being off the rails.

Nan Zhou's answer was beyond his imagination: "I came from the last box."

"...previous box"?

{Jiang Fang} was taken aback for a moment, and then understood the beauty of this answer in seconds.

... Nan Zhouyu made him interested in the box, making him think that the "box" would be a door to leave this closed world.

In this way, no matter how foolishly he tortured him, he would not rush to start from the box.

He folded his arms in front of his chest and grinned, "Really? You didn't make it up to lie to me so that I wouldn't dare to tamper with the box, did you?"

Nan Zhou moved his waist, causing the fine steel shackles on his wrists to jingle.

Following this movement, a drop of cold sweat dripped from his long eyelashes, making Nan Zhou look extraordinarily fragile at this time: "You can be as stupid as you want."

{Jiang Fang} deliberately observed his weak expression, and made sure that there was nothing wrong with him.

This proves that he is either telling the truth or is just too good at lying.

{Jiang Fang} grabbed the crook of his arm with one hand, tapped his fingers between his elbows, and nodded gracefully: "...Well, it's your turn to ask questions."

Nan Zhou lowered his eyes.

He was fooled by [Nanzhou] that he met in the second box world.

In that world, [Nanzhou] actually died of stupidity very early on.

The reason he survived was because there was a [Jiang Fang] in that world.

This role gave [Nan Zhou] the hope that "maybe he also wants to get rid of world consciousness, maybe he will be his companion", and created a warm illusion of "I am not alone" for him.

But in this third box game, for a person like {Jiang Fang} who is cold in nature and wary of everything, just a {Southern Boat} does not constitute the whole reason for him to live.

Based on his understanding of Brother Fang, unless his sensibility is strong to a certain extent, it is absolutely impossible to shake the rational edifice in his mind.

So, Nan Zhou speculated based on his own foolishness: "...'Your parents were killed by monsters, you foolishly want to avenge the monsters in this world'... This is what 'this world' gave you to keep you alive reason?"

{Jiang Fang} heard this question suddenly, and his calm and playful mask was instantly shattered.

He looked at Nanzhou and blinked.

{Jiang Fang} has long been aware of the anomalies in this world.The invasion of Nan Zhou, an outsider, and what he said about the "box" made {Jiang Fang} more and more sure that there was a vast world beyond this narrow town of Never.

The world he lives in, his own experience, the real pain when his parents died at the hands of monsters, the only {Southern Boat} who will take the initiative to comfort him...

All of this may just be a book, a video story, or a bad, inevitable event.

Then, the emotion he puts into this world, whether it is hatred, joy, or hope, is a complete joke.

Before, he was just skeptical.

The arrival of Nanzhou confirmed his suspicion.

{Jiang Fang} tortured Nan Zhou with the intention of venting his emotions, but he thought he hid the shock and pain in his heart very well.

...and Nan Zhou actually exposed his heart in such a grandiose way.

His self-defense mechanism was activated instantly, and he sneered, "Did I not hurt you enough just now?"

Nan Zhou replied honestly: "It hurts."

Nan Zhou: "You have a hard life, I know."

{Jiang Fang} unconsciously blurted out and asked: "What do you know? If you were me, in this world, alone, how could you survive?"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he felt something was wrong.

And Nan Zhou also looked at him, and pointed out two fingers with his bound injured hand: "You owe me two questions now."

His mood swings were skillfully manipulated and used by Nan Zhou.

{Jiang Fang} looked at his snow-white wrist that was bruised, red and swollen, and couldn't help showing a little smile: "Little liar, you really know how to lie to me."

As he spoke, he suddenly opened the curtains further.

The light of the full moon flooded into the window more and more dazzlingly.

The moonlight was like agar that made the butterfly immobile, covering Nan Zhou transparently, making the imprisoned Nan Zhou tremble, as if being burned by fire.

Because he knew that this person was narrow-minded and would take revenge, Nan Zhou was not foolish to offend him.

After recovering from the sharp discomfort, he lifted his wet eyes weakly, and said lightly, "I didn't lie. These two questions are stupid questions you asked yourself, there is no need to blame me."

After {Jiang Fang} calmed down, he looked at him more interestingly.

If it is said that his scrutiny of Nanzhou before was just the hunter's appreciation of the prey when he caught the prey, now, he has really developed a little interest in this person.

He said, "You haven't answered yet, so how can you say it's two questions?"

Nan Zhou fell into short thought.

If the people in the second and third box worlds are regarded as existences independent of themselves, they are all lonely and stupid to die, and they need a reason to live.

So, what is the difference between Nanzhou and them?

In Nanzhou's Yongwu Town, he didn't die so stupidly.

Even those around him never gave him hope, never returned his kindness.

In a world controlled by invisible forces, his only reason for living is to try to protect his family.

He knew that the family members did not have their own independent consciousness, but in most of the plots, they also gave Nan Zhou false but sufficient warmth.

Later, the younger sister bit him and broke away from the direction of the main plot line with him.

He continued to be alone.

At that time, he didn't have a "Jiangfang" to wait for, and he didn't know what the future would look like.

He is just living an ordinary life alone, waiting for nothing, just being himself.

Drawing, taking classes, and occasionally knocking on the transparent wall outside the town, hoping to get a response or two.

Nan Zhou briefly explained his thoughts, but {Jiang Fang} gave a sneer of disbelief in exchange.

He looked at Nan Zhou: "It's easy to say."

Nan Zhouyu, without his Mr. Apple Tree, he might have died alone in the long wait.

...but I won't tell you.

He simply said: "I also have my hope."

{Jiang Fang} lightly clapped his hands: "How do you know that someone didn't deliberately deliver your wish to you?"

This question is extremely annoying.

What he meant was that the "hope" Jiang Fang identified by Nanzhou might have been pushed to his eyes by some kind of power in the dark, the purpose was just to keep him alive and make it easier for others to play with.

After meeting Mr. Apple Tree, Nanzhou's world was indeed opened by external forces, and he was hunted to death many times in the game.

Later, he was taken out of the world by Jiang Fang, and he was always trapped in the game, unable to escape, struggling until now.

Normal people will inevitably waver and question after hearing this question:

Is my own experience along the way just a story that someone deliberately fabricated to make people laugh?

Nan Zhou was unmoved: "This is your fourth question?"

From Nan Zhou's reaction, {Jiang Fang} judged that although the beautiful young man in front of him was mentally fragile and susceptible, his mind was extremely strong.

He was just about to say something more, when a frozen "boss" called out, a man with a face like a puppet held an iron box and pushed the door open.

Nan Zhou, who had already taken the box twice, recognized at a glance that this iron box was what he was looking for.

He moved slightly, {Jiang Fang} had confirmed that his men had found the right thing.

{Jiang Fang} took the box and played with the lock in his palm, as if to smash it.

Nan Zhou was exhausted, leaning against the head of the bed, not moving, just quietly watching his performance.

{Jiang Fang} was just teasing him foolishly. Seeing that his expression didn't change, he turned the box in his palm and weighed it twice, but he couldn't find out what was inside: "Here, this is you something you want."

Nan Zhou: "Well, thank you for your help."

{Jiang Fang}: "Where's the key?"

Nan Zhou: "The fifth question....Give it to me, and I will unlock it."

{Jiang Fang} held the box in front of him as if teasing a pet, and then threw it back into the hands of his subordinates: "Why should I give it to you?"

Seeing that he was going to play tricks on him to the end, Nan Zhou sighed.

However, when {Jiang Fang} turned around and gestured to his opponent, asking him to take the box and go out of the room with him to study slowly, Nan Zhou stopped him from behind: "Hey."

{Jiang Fang} turned around and raised his eyebrows: "Huh?"

Nan Zhou: "Help me close the curtains, thank you."

{Jiang Fang}, who was always indifferent to others, thought for a moment, then went back and forth, and walked to the window: "Let's think of it as the benefit of your resemblance."

When the full moon disappeared before his eyes, Nan Zhou said again: "Thank you."

{Jiang Fang} paused slightly with the hand holding the curtain.

... This seems to be the third time he said "thank you", right?

When this disobedience was born in the apex of his heart, {Jiang Fang} turned around like lightning, and threw the one-bladed scissors on the nearby table towards Nanzhou with his backhand!

With a beeping sound, the scissors were inserted obliquely into the bed board where Nan Zhou was lying, and the bright red handles were nailed to the board, trembling slightly with the inertia of the collision.

...but Nanzhou is no longer there.

When {Jiang Fang} stopped focusing on himself, Nan Zhou used his bloody palm to grab the cold and shiny handcuffs.

——The item warehouse cannot store dungeon creatures, but there is no problem with dungeon items.

The handcuffs disappeared from his palm in an instant.

{Jiang Fang} had excellent reflexes, realized that he was out of trouble, and immediately retreated back to protect the box.

In his design, once Nanzhou escapes, finding the box will definitely be his top priority.

But he overlooked one point.

Don't turn your back on the monster.

This is true even for weakened monsters.

He suddenly felt a weight on his shoulders.

Taking him as the target, Nanzhou jumped forward and wrapped his legs around his neck.

His supple and slender legs were trembling slightly due to the difficulty of strength, but the muscle memory repeated thousands of times allowed him to hook {Jiang Fang}'s neck smoothly.

But he was still too weak after all.

{Jiang Fang} shook out a handful of slender steel spikes from the depths of his sleeve, inserted his backhand neatly into his calf, and followed the strength of his stepping on his shoulders, and directly lifted him off his body!

However, the moment he exerted his strength, {Jiang Fang} realized something was wrong.

……It's too late.

Nanzhou deliberately let him catch the loophole!

Taking advantage of his throwing momentum, Nan Zhou borrowed strength from him, and went straight to the subordinate who was standing in the corner of the room like a clay sculpture, holding the box, flipped his wrist, and snatched the box from him Immediately, he landed on the ground and rolled, his injured foot landed on the ground, causing him to stagger in pain, and he staggered out of the half-closed door just like that!

Nan Zhou has experienced too many desperate situations, and he knows what kind of consciousness Yu must make when he wants to survive from death.

He resisted the pain in his body, every time he took a step forward, his pierced calf felt like a stabbing pain, and warm blood flowed down his ankle.

He went straight to the window at the end of the corridor and slammed into it without delay!

Relying entirely on gravity and the endurance of his strong muscles and bones, he dropped himself straight onto the concrete floor of the street.

The moment he landed with the glass, his internal organs turned upside down, and he choked up a mouthful of blood.

His movements didn't stop at all, he turned around, raised his hand, caught a dagger that was rushing towards the back of his head, and counterattacked back with the greatest strength!

Unfortunately, his fingers and wrists were weak, and his eyes were blurred. The sharp blade of the thrown dagger hit the outer wall of the house half a meter away from the window, and bounced away with a bang.

{Jiang Fang} watched him hugging the box, dragging his injured leg, and disappearing into the moonlight.

He had no intention of chasing him, but leaned against the window, watching his back.

He knew that his life might be different from tonight.

Fortunately, he didn't particularly care.

He just looked at the place where Nanzhou disappeared and guessed where he was going.

He said to himself with a smile: "Run so fast... I still owe you six questions."

……

While running, Nan Zhou reached out to pull the lock of the iron box.

It's just that he really doesn't have enough strength now, and it's even more difficult for him to tear off the ordinary small lock by hand.

He had to endure the pain, dragged the dripping blood on the ground, and rushed forward until he broke into an alley according to his past memory, and Nanzhou barely stopped, leaning against the wall, trembling hands, Take out a piece of iron wire from the warehouse, twist it into a strand, and prepare to unlock it.

Nan Zhou's eyes were blurred, and he checked several times, but failed to align the wire with the keyhole.

After this long-distance running, his energy was like a string full of strength, which suddenly relaxed and was in danger of breaking.

Nan Zhou raised his hand and slapped himself in the face, trying to regain his consciousness that was about to collapse.

He must not pass out!

Fortunately, Nanzhou also comes with a B-level passive skill, [Nightingale's Proverbs]. Can be cured.

He squatted down, pulled out the steel thorn, covered the bleeding wound, and provided himself with at least healing energy.

For the current Nanzhou, if Yu wants to successfully open the lock, he must at least ensure a clear mind.

But when he was hiding in the shadows and was about to open the box with trembling hands, the faint movements from all around made the blood flow in his whole body condense.

At the time of the full moon, the light charm of Yongwu Town is a hundred times weaker than usual, so it is even more jittery, and will hide quietly to avoid being plotted against.

Nanzhou was originally Guangmei. When he encountered danger, he instinctively rushed all the way according to his memory, and actually broke into an alley far away from the core area of ​​the town.

It turned out that this was a safe area where Guangmei lived together.

But now, the light charm hidden here no longer obeys his subordinates.

For them, the "Southern Boat" was an unusual intruder.

If you raise the angle of view, you can see that on the roofs around the alley where Nanzhou is hiding, there are dozens of human-shaped cold lights encircling from all directions, blocking every escape route for Nanzhou.

…to preemptively defend their own safe zone.

...and also to kill this intruder.