Escape from the Madhouse [Unlimited]

The Kingdom of Languages, the Royal City.

There will be a time when the sky will not be clear.

In the middle of the moon, pumpkin lanterns and ghost masks are placed in the yards of every household, and the fireplaces are lit with flames that will not go out all night to prevent the invasion of aliens.

From a distance, countless mottled sparks surround the city, as if a huge fireball once landed here, and finally fell into thousands of fire spots and scattered all over the field.

Because of a special Samhain festival, this place has become a city that never sleeps.

Everyone is anxiously waiting for the dawn in this kind of night.

Fortunately, they finally waited——

At this moment, there is a little light on the horizon, and the annual dangerous solar term is about to pass.

With the help of the princess, Zhou Qian and others slowly landed on a remote street corner from midair.Immediately afterwards, they walked the entire royal city except the palace, and got a rough idea of ​​the terrain here.

The royal city is not too big. With the basic attribute movement speed bonus, they only spent more than an hour for the whole process.

After the initial investigation, the morning glow had already covered Wangcheng, and a breakfast shop just opened on the corner of the street. The players walked in under the glow of the morning glow, and went all the way to the window on the second floor to sit down.

The Red God left for the time being. At this time, only five players, Zhou Qian, Bai Zhou, He Xiaowei, Yin Jiujiu, and Yun Xiangrong, plus one NPC, Alian, stayed here.

Since entering the dungeon, these people have been tossing around for so long. These people have never eaten well at all. Now they simply asked for a lot of food and drink, and the money was still NPC Alian.

After swallowing a few mouthfuls of the dry and hard bread, He Xiaowei swallowed it reluctantly, and looked at Zhou Qian again.

At this moment, Zhou Qian was facing the window and staring in the direction of the city, his chin was lifted slightly, his eyes were cold and indifferent, he didn't have the slightest intention to move about the crude food provided by the breakfast shop.

Bai Zhou, the other family next door, didn't know whether he developed cooking skills on his own, or he didn't know where he got this kind of thing from a corner of the trading house——

He was able to cook boiled shrimp and eggs for Zhou Qian in this instance.

Bai Zhou's brows and eyes were cold, and his movements were meticulous. His movements didn't look like he was cooking at all, but rather like he was conducting some scientific experiment.

While waiting for the shrimp to cook, Zhou Qian stared in the direction of the city gate with his chin in his hand, and narrowed his eyes after a while, as if he had some kind of plan.

"Hey, what are you thinking Qian'er? Do you have an idea?" He Xiaowei asked him.

In the past, He Xiaowei would have felt that this was an impossible task.

According to the princess, the king of the kingdom of silence came to negotiate peace.He was actually able to come to the royal city of the Kingdom of Languages ​​in person, which shows that he has full sincerity.

But at the same time, in order to protect himself, he brought countless magicians with him, and there must be many powerful guards with them.

Leaving aside other things for now, let's just talk about the magician Liushui in the hands of the king of the kingdom of silence. He can create so many death orders for the deserters every minute, and his ability is already very strong.What's more, there are other magicians coming together?

How are players supposed to get past so many mages and get something from their king?

It's not that players can't beat these mages.

But things like bans and curses are all magicians are good at. If they cast curses on players one after another, it will be hard to guard against.

In addition, this place is not elsewhere, but the heavily guarded city of the King of Languages, where thousands of guards and court magicians are stationed.

Now that the two countries are going to negotiate peace, for this matter, the king of the country of silence traveled thousands of miles to visit in person. Of course, the country of language must show enough sincerity.

If the king of the Kingdom of Silence is in danger, the Kingdom of Words will of course help him.

At that time, the players will encounter the threat of the two armies and magicians.

With just five players, or five players who may not be completely concentric, against the forces of two entire countries...

No matter what He Xiaowei thought, he felt that his side really had no chance of winning.

It is estimated that they will die before Di Fu shows up.

But until now, He Xiaowei basically believed in Zhou Qian's IQ unconditionally, so it was rare that he didn't show any timidity or embarrassment.

He took another bite of the bread, and then waited obediently for Zhou Qian's answer.

At that moment, Bai Zhou scooped up a piece of egg wrapped in shrimp and handed it to Zhou Qian. Zhou Qian smiled at him and ate it.

He Xiaowei shook the goosebumps on his shoulders, saw Zhou Qian looking in the direction of the city gate again, and said, "The system didn't say what the hidden achievements are. But the task we have to do now is actually very clear. As for Wangfei and Alian, they need to help them deal with Difu.

"Even if we don't mention the task, we must do it for Xiao Qi's sake.

"And obtaining the 'key of freedom' is one of the prerequisites for dealing with Difu. Does everyone have any doubts about this?"

"No." He Xiaowei said.

Zhou Qian said again: "Princess Hongshen is not here now, but she gave hints about certain things."

He Xiaowei: "?"

Zhou Qian turned his head and looked at He Xiaowei: "She brought us here so that we could cooperate with Alian to kill Difu. But...why did she think that Difu would appear here?"

He Xiaowei was stunned.

Zhou Qian said: "There are several possibilities now. We also need to make various preparations. The first one is that the kings of the two countries are not talking about peace at all. A war will break out here soon. Then the meeting of the kings of the two countries , involves huge lies and betrayals, as well as countless bloodshed and killings. Difu has already had a premonition about this, and of course she will rush to absorb the energy.

"The second possibility is that the kings of the two countries did come to negotiate peace. But it is unreasonable for Difu not to take advantage of such a big scene. So she will take the opportunity to deliberately create chaos, making the two kings think that they are betraying each other the other party."

Pausing for a moment, Zhou Qian narrowed his eyes again, and his eyes suddenly became terribly dark.

He said: "But just in case, we have to make another preparation. It's already dawn. Today must be the last time to clear the customs. In case the above two possibilities don't exist, Difu won't be in the whole day Show up, then we won't be able to save Xiao Qi, and we won't be able to complete the mission."

"Then, what do you mean..." He Xiaowei frowned, suddenly feeling ominous.

Zhou Qian said: "If Difu doesn't come, we will attract her."

He Xiaowei: "You..."

"That's right." Zhou Qian nodded, "If the kings of the two countries really want to make peace, we will guide them to betray each other, and then attract Difu.

"This will serve multiple purposes. In addition to attracting Tiff, the two kings have powerful forces around them. We have no chance of winning if we face them head-on. Only by leading the snipe and clam to fight can we benefit from the fisherman— —When the power around the king of the kingdom of silence is greatly reduced, go forward and get his "key of freedom". If you are lucky, if he even has the golden feather, we can even use it to save him Xiao Qi."

He Xiaowei fell silent for a while after hearing this.

Yin Jiujiu next to him had a similar mood to him.

She hesitated for a moment and asked, "Is there any other way? I always feel...it's about the safety of the people of the two countries... If we do this, how many people will die because of this if the two countries go to war year after year ?”

Zhou Qian's expression was serious and he didn't speak. He Xiaowei couldn't help but say at this moment: "I definitely want to save Xiaoqi. But Jiujiu's words have also reached my heart. I always feel... I feel a little awkward in my heart." .”

After a while, Yun Xiangrong said, "They are NPCs, not real people."

"That being said..." He Xiaowei breathed out, "Damn, just think I'm awkward. That Qianer... Anyway, the people from the Kingdom of Silence haven't come yet. Before that, why don't we think about other ways?

"Or at least we should find a way to inform the people of this royal city now and let them go first? The magicians and soldiers of the two countries want to fight, let them fight, but the people are innocent..."

"We can't notify the people. We don't have the opportunity to read the file and start again. We must be sure that nothing will go wrong. If we do unnecessary things now, if people from the two countries find out, we will completely fail the mission. Not only will we not be able to save Xiao Qi, we will all be killed. die here."

Zhou Qian immediately rejected He Xiaowei's proposal, "Most likely the king of the Kingdom of Silence has placed spies in the City of the King of Words. If the spies find out about this and find a way to notify the Kingdom of Silence, the king there will not even step into the city." here."

"But...then..." He Xiaowei couldn't even chew on the bread, so he sighed heavily.

Zhou Qian looked at him and said, "Brother Xiao Wei, in fact, you don't need to have any psychological burden at all. I haven't finished my words yet. Let me ask you, where are we now?"

He Xiaowei was stunned for a while, then opened his eyes wide. "You, you mean..."

"What I mean is—" Zhou Qian said seriously, "'What has happened, can't be changed', this is the setting throughout this dungeon.

"The concubine does not have the real ability to predict. This can be proved from the conversation between her and the concubine that Alian relayed. The concubine does not know Alian's real fate, nor does she know whether she can kill Difu. But The concubine must have sent us here because she knew in advance that Difu would appear here.

"Why this happens, there is only one explanation—

"'The Appearance of Difu' is something that has already happened and belongs to the 'past'. 'Whether Difu will be killed by Alian' is unknown and belongs to the 'future'.

"Looking at it now, the time difference between the 'past' and the 'future' moments is very small, and they may all be concentrated in today's day. In other words, the time and space we are in now is very close to the real 'now', It's only a day or so away."

He Xiaowei understood something, and his expression gradually became less depressed.

Zhou Qian looked at him, and further explained: "In short, the 'appearance of Difu' belongs to the 'past', and her appearance itself was accompanied by lies, betrayal, chaos, hatred and killing. This means——

"The two countries have turned against each other and betrayed each other, which also belongs to the 'past', which is bound to happen.

"The failure of the peace talks between the two countries, there are many possibilities for how this happened. If it is not us to guide, there will be other incentives. But if this matter is completely under our control, we can grasp all the details In my own hands, let the trend of all details and events be more in line with our needs, not just in line with the 'historical process'."

On the side, Yin Jiujiu seemed to be convinced, she nodded. "I understand. We only change the specific details, but we can't change the direction of history and the destiny of everyone. If someone is destined to die, no matter what we do, he will eventually die. The difference is that he died a little earlier, Still an hour too late...

"It's like... like Alian's good friend, Qi Yunsi - Alian's 8-year-old Samhain Festival, in the original history, he died for Alian on the night of vigil. Let's go back to the past , intervened in history, neither he nor Alian went to watch the night. But in the end... he still died!"

"Well. All the plots above actually imply such a meaning. This is very important. It can be regarded as a hint from the system about the customs clearance method.

"So, we can lead the two countries to turn against each other without any psychological burden, because this has already happened."

Zhou Qian glanced at He Xiaowei's expression, and said, "Furthermore, even if we don't talk about it, there are A Mei and Bei Lan... There are many, many people we don't know, in every corner, because of Di Fu's evil killed.

"Currently there are only two countries, the Kingdom of Silence and the Kingdom of Language. If Difu is not eliminated and her power becomes stronger and stronger, in the future there will be countless countries all over the world fighting each other under her power, and people all over the world will Suffering. Then, even if we look at it from a distance, we can only make the choice we have now."

"Between the people of the two countries and the people of the whole world, I can only choose the whole world.

"Between Qi Liuxing, an unimportant NPC, and Qi Liuxing, I can only choose Qi Liuxing."

"I understand, Qian'er... I actually understand what you said." He Xiaowei scratched his head, "I just want to express my feelings. Sometimes it's really difficult to have the best of both worlds."

"Things never go your way. That's the way life is."

Zhou Qian said, "Everyone wants to find the most perfect answer that will not disappoint anyone. But before we want to save everyone, we have to weigh our own strength. We are not omnipotent gods, we can't take care of everything. Everyone can only make a choice. We... must accept our shortcomings and imperfections."

At this point, Zhou Qian didn't look at He Xiaowei, but looked at Bai Zhou who was close at hand.

Bai Zhou was lowering his head to help him get the second boiled egg with shrimp. It seemed calm and breezy, but Zhou Qian knew that he had already made arrangements for many complicated things in his heart.

He is calm enough because he is strong enough.

But at the same time...he also has too high demands on himself.

When Bai Zhou handed over a shrimp and boiled egg again, Zhou Qian held his wrist, looked into his eyes, and said through a private chat tool: "Brother Zhou, the last sentence just now, I most want Tell you."