Altar of Infinity

Early the next morning.

Jiao Ge was huddled alone on the sofa, he must have not slept well all night, his eyes were full of exhaustion.

And Xie Ji's physical fitness is more than a star and a half stronger than that of Jiao Ge. Although he was on guard against Jiao Ge in the second half of the night, he was still in good spirits when he woke up, and he could go on the red carpet after just tidying up.

Yesterday's clothes were stained, and they still haven't been cleaned after washing. He found a set of clothes for guests from the cupboard, and changed into pajamas in the bathroom.

The clothes are casual deep-sea shirts and trousers. He also picked a set for Jiang Jichu at first, but Jiang Jichu didn't want to wear it. He said it was easy to sell insurance, and now he was hesitating where to get a suit outside.

Xie Ji is used to wearing shirts at work, so he doesn’t need to be so formal in the checkpoints, leaving the top two buttons undone, so as to avoid inconvenience in case of any need to do something.

He adjusted his collar in front of the mirror, and walked leisurely back to the living room.

Jiang Jichu looked at Xie Ji naturally.

The shirt is well tailored, not too tight to reveal muscles, nor too loose to let in the wind. It perfectly outlines Xie Ji's strong and well-proportioned figure, from straight legs to looming pectoral muscles.

It is said that if it is covered tightly, people's eyes will fall on the only place that is exposed.

Jiang Jichu touched his neck subconsciously.

It's obviously the same part of the human body, but the feel is too different...

Jiao Ge came to Xie Ji with a smile, and praised: "Mr. Xie, you look so handsome in this dress."

Xie Ji nodded: "Thank you."

Jiang Jichu stood up from his seat, and when passing by Xie Ji, he muttered in a low voice, "Not serious."

Xie Ji: "?"

He didn't show his chain bones?

Mr. Xie, who had been dunked inexplicably, pulled Jiang Jichu's shoulder and asked, "You said you would look like selling insurance if you wear it well, but you said it's not serious if you just unbutton it. Why are you guys so hard to serve when you are an artist?"

Jiang Jichu said flatly: "I'm sorry, I'm not an artist, I'm a male German student of Z University."

Xie Ji glanced at Jiao Ge from the corner of his eye, as if feeling something.

Taking advantage of the gap between Xie Jihuang's spirit, Jiang Jichu broke free from the shackles and found a shirt that was exactly the same as Xie Ji from the cabinet.

Xie Ji: "Aren't you disgusted?"

Jiang Jichu was expressionless: "The rest are women's short skirts."

Instead of learning from Xie Ji, he put on a pure cotton T-shirt with one button unbuttoned, and opened his arms to use the shirt as a coat. Standing next to Xie Ji, he finally looked like a college student.

Xie Ji's hands were a little itchy again, he put his hands in his pockets, and said to Jiao Ge, "You can talk now, what did Zhang Hong tell you before he left?"

Jiao Ge had a panoramic view of the subtle undercurrents between the two, and a strong desire surged into his chest, but his face did not show it, and he was still weak and could be blown down by the wind: "Mr. Xie, don't you have breakfast first?" Is it? If you feel that the chef's cooking is not to your liking, I also have some good food, I wonder what flavor Mr. Xie likes?"

Mr. Xie, who lost his sense of taste, waved his hand: "Don't bother, let's talk, after I finish talking, I can go to dinner with my partner."

Jiang Jichu: "..." She has changed from a daughter-in-law to a person who has not clearly received the certificate.

Jiao Ge saw that Xie Ji refused to follow his own set, and sat on the sofa dejectedly.

"My sister is full of desire to control everything. The underwater castle is isolated from the outside world and it is inconvenient to communicate with the outside world, so the submarine will not leave immediately after delivering people and supplies, but stops two kilometers away from the underwater castle.

"There is a secret passage in the castle, in which there are diving equipment that can be used in the deep sea, anti-sea pressure and oxygen, enough for adults to swim near the submarine.

"She can communicate with the outside world through the radio in the bedroom, and she can also enter the submarine by herself."

Xie Ji: "Zhang Hong told you that he wanted to leave through the secret path?"

Jiao Ge: "No, I guessed it, otherwise how could Brother Zhang disappear from the underwater castle?"

Xie Ji: "Since it's called a secret path, this place should be very hidden."

Jiao Ge: "Yes, and the key to the secret passage is with my sister. Brother Zhang must have stolen or tricked the key from my sister, and then fled to the shore through the secret passage."

Xie Ji didn't quite believe Jiao Ge's statement: "Zhang Hong needs an advanced submarine to go back to the shore, and then drives the submarine back. Zhang Hong will drive the submarine? The submarine goes up and down, even if Jiao Wanshu doesn't find the key is gone, she still has to find the submarine. move."

Jiao Ge was taken aback: "Maybe my sister is careless, and brother Zhang bribed the person who drove the submarine."

Xie Ji shook his head: "Jiao Wanshu has a strong desire to control, the two things you mentioned are very important to her, and she will not ignore them."

Now Jiao Ge stopped talking.

Xie Ji didn't think that Jiao Ge didn't even think of this, the other party wanted to use this as an excuse to leave together when they left.

Of course, he now also has doubts about Jiao Ge's desire to leave.

However, there is a secret passage in the undersea castle, which is also an important clue. Regardless of whether Jiao Ge deliberately fished or not, he will find a chance to take a look with Jiang Jichu.

Xie Ji: "Where is the secret path?"

Jiao Ge came back to his senses: "The secret path is relatively hidden, I will take Mr. Xie there when I have time."

"Okay, let's do it that way," Xie Ji stood up and put his hand on Jiang Jichu's shoulder, "Let's go and have breakfast."

·

At breakfast, there were only eleven people left at the table.

Another couple went missing last night.

The rest of the people had no time to mourn for the missing, and continued their investigation after breakfast.

Xie Ji and the others still divided into two teams, Xie Ji and Jiang Jichu went to find Jiao Wanshu.

Jiao Wanshu lives in a building called "Shaking Weaving".

The Shake Weaving Building has four floors, and the floor height is nearly half higher than other buildings, and the decoration inside is also more exquisite and gorgeous.

Scenery paintings are hung in random order on the walls, red silk and satin wrapping around the picture frames, spreading all the way like flowing water, and the railings are also covered with colorful balloons.

The balloons were hung up at least nine days ago, and up to now there is not a single leak. I don't know if the quality is good, or Jiao Wanshu specially replaced them.

In the lobby on the fourth floor, Jiao Wanshu was looking out alone.

She wore a retro long dress today, and the brown-red skirt stretched out nearly half a meter on the tiles.

Hearing their footsteps, Jiao Wanshu turned her head and bowed gracefully: "Mr. Xie, Mr. Jiang, good morning."

Xie sent back the gift and said, "Miss Jiao, good morning."

Jiao Wanshu clasped her hands hanging on her abdomen, standing in a decent posture: "Others have come to me to ask about Zhang Hong, and I'm still wondering when you will come."

Xie Ji smiled: "There must have been a lot of people who came to look for Miss Jiao yesterday, so we must give Miss Jiao some time to rest."

Jiao Wanshu also laughed, but compared to Xie Ji, her smile was a little tired: "As long as I can find my fiancé, I can persevere no matter how tired I am."

Jiao Wanshu led Xie Ji and Jiang Jichu to sit down at the round table made of rattan, and brewed two cups of autumn tea for them, which was worth a lot of money.

Xie Ji exclaimed: "Miss Jiao and Mr. Zhang are more in love than gold, which is enviable."

Jiao Wanshu: "Mr. Xie and Mr. Jiang are so affectionate that I envy them. Even in danger, they are willing to be by each other's side, which is really better than most couples in the world."

If it were someone else, Jiao Wanshu's words would choke to some extent, but Xie Ji accepted it frankly, as if he and Jiang Jichu were really a hard-to-find lover in the world, with a bit of humility mixed in with frankness, and a little pride mixed in with humility : "Miss Jiao said so."

And Jiang Jichu never said a word, like a beautiful piece of porcelain placed on a chair, neither reacting to Jiao Wanshu's envy nor Xie Ji's cheekiness.

Xie Ji took a sip of tea and started to get to the point: "Is there anything unusual about Mr. Zhang before he disappeared?"

Jiao Wanshu has answered this question many times, but she is not impatient: "No, we are the same as usual. After breakfast, we discussed the details of the wedding all morning. He was more attentive than me during the whole process. After lunch I was a little tired, so he asked me to take a nap, and he would check to see if there was anything else that needed to be arranged in the castle, and when I woke up around two o'clock, he was gone."

Xie Ji: "Have you guys had any conflicts these days?"

Jiao Wanshu: "No, Zhang Hong has a good temper, we have never been angry."

Xie Ji changed the topic, "How is the relationship between Mr. Zhang and the other people in the undersea castle? To be honest, I heard some rumors yesterday..."

He spoke naturally, without showing any strange expression, but his eyes never let go of the changes in every inch of Jiao Wanshu's face.

Jiao Wanshu frowned slightly, and then stretched helplessly: "Since Mr. Xie said it was all gossip, those things are naturally too numerous to count."

Xie Ji: "Is there no friction at all?"

Jiao Wanshu paused for a moment: "Xiao Ge must have said it."

Xie Ji didn't admit it directly, but asked instead: "Miss Jiao thinks it's Jiao Ge?"

Jiao Wanshu paused for a longer time this time, as if trying to organize her words: "The Jiao family has a huge system, and the relationships between the various branches are intricate. The outside world often says that weddings for people like us are an exchange of interests, but I don't need to rely on outsiders to gain power. "

She took a sip of tea, with an undeniable aura all over her body.

"In order not to cause trouble, Zhang Hong and I decided to get married in the undersea castle with my father's permission, without inviting any outsiders.

"The relationship between Xiao Ge's parents is not very good. Zhang Hong treats people kindly. He likes Zhang Hong very much. He met him once on the bank and knew that I was going to marry Zhang Hong. He made a fuss about coming to the wedding. When I was young, I and Xiao Ge With deep feelings, he agreed to bring him along.

"However... things are different, Xiao Ge has grown up."

Xie Ji: "Miss Jiao is saying that Jiao Ge has done something bad."

Jiao Wanshu: "Xiao Ge's feelings for Zhang Hong have surpassed the feelings of a simple brother for his brother-in-law."

It matched the gossip that Xie Quan said.

Xie Ji thought it over and said, "Is there any substantive move by Jiao Ge?"

Jiao Wanshu looked at Xie Ji meaningfully: "Mr. Xie doesn't know what Xiao Ge will do?"

Xie Ji looked at Jiao Wanshu calmly.

Jiao Wanshu knew that Jiao Ge stayed at his place yesterday, or was she just testing?

Regardless of the situation, Jiao Wanshu sent him a message: it was not the first time that Jiao Ge did what happened last night, and even attacked Zhang Hong before.

Chapter 88 Chef, when the meaning of the character is erased from the title, all that remains is the title itself.

The simulated sunlight illuminates the whole living room transparently and brightly. The milky white coffee table reflects Jiao Wanshu's elegant and decent face. The dewdrops on a rose petal in the vase suddenly fall, just falling on the corner of Jiao Wanshu's smiling mouth on the screen.

Several situations flashed through Xie Ji's mind, but it took only half a second.

He thought of how to deal with it almost instantly: "If that's the case, why does Miss Jiao still keep Jiao Ke by her side?"

"After all, Xiao Ge is my younger brother," Jiao Wanshu said, showing undisguised pity and pride on her face, "Besides, he can't take away what I like."

When someone wants to rob one's partner, it is reasonable to say that others can't rob him, but Xie Ji feels uncomfortable.

Maybe it was Jiao Wanshu's words, or maybe it was the way Jiao Wanshu looked at him.

He didn't ask why Jiao Wanshu was so determined, but changed the subject: "Is there anyone else in the castle who has friction with Zhang Hong?"

Jiao Wanshu: "As far as I know, there is none."

Xie Ji nodded and continued to ask: "I don't know if it's convenient for Fang to see where Zhang Hong lived before he disappeared."

Jiao Wanshu raised her hand: "Please do what you want, the entire undersea castle is for you to find clues, I still have some things, you two can go to the housekeeper if you have anything to do."

The two got up together, when Jiao Wanshu passed by Xie Ji's footsteps suddenly stopped: "I forgot to remind Mr. Xie, if possible, it's better to stay away from Xiao Ge."

Xie Ji looked at Jiao Wanshu, deliberately not responding.

Jiao Wanshu didn't care either: "Xiao Ge has been seeing a psychiatrist since he was 15 years old, and his illness has not improved so far. If he can't get something, he will think about destroying it."

Xie Ji didn't agree or didn't agree, he just said quietly: "Is Miss Jiao the same?"

Covering her lips with cardamom-painted fingers, Jiao Wanshu smiled twice: "Mr. Xie, I appreciate you very much, and I hope you won't let me down."

Jiao Ge said that Jiao Wanshu was mentally ill, and Jiao Wanshu said that Jiao Ge was mentally ill.

According to Xie Ji's observation, the eldest sister, not to mention the second brother, both siblings are sick, and it may be inherited from the family.

After playing Tai Chi with Jiao Wanshu for a long time, the show finally ended. Xie Ji took Jiang Jichu, who was almost asleep, and started wandering around the Yaozhi Building.

The Shaking Weaving Building has four floors, the top floor is Jiao Wanshu's site, and most of the space is used to store her various costumes and jewelry.

They simply strolled around and then went down.

Below is the multi-functional area, and below that is where Jiao Ge lives. Even Zhang Hong, who is about to marry Jiao Wanshu, can only live opposite Jiao Ge.

It can be seen that the submarine castles are clearly hierarchical, and Jiao Wanshu occupies the absolute leadership position.

Xie Ji vaguely glimpsed something from the decoration style of Yaozhi Building, but it was just a tiny inspiration.

Their ostensible task is to find Zhang Hong and help Jiao Wanshu complete the wedding, but such a romantic theme that promotes lovers is far from the usual style of the altar.

He said to Jiang Jichu: "Do fellow artists have any ideas?"

Jiang Jichu yawned: "I think the point of this level is not to find Zhang Hong."

Xie Ji raised his brow without even realizing it: "Then what do you think?"

Jiang Jichu looked sideways at Xie Ji: "You already guessed it, didn't you?"

Xie Ji's smile deepened, and they continued to walk forward side by side, a silent tacit understanding flowing between square inches, and even their steps were lighter than usual.

The wedding decoration of the underwater castle has not yet gone, and countless small spray flowers and red ribbons are waiting for another host of the grand ceremony.

As soon as they enter the checkpoint, they get key information from the book of life and death.

Level Name: Wedding

And when they came to this festive castle, it reminded them all the time that it was waiting for a wedding.

Jiao Wanshu is undoubtedly the leading figure in this level. As a person with a strong desire to control, does she really not know that her employees have all kinds of thoughts about Zhang Hong?

She even tolerated Jiao Ge who seduced Zhang Hong to continue living in the castle, and she didn't seem to cherish Zhang Hong much when she mentioned it just now.

Coupled with the distinct rooms, there are hints of true and false.

Zhang Hong was just a cover, hanging in front of them to lead them to run around, but it was actually insignificant.

When the meaning of the characters is removed from the title, all that remains is the title itself.

Xie Ji rubbed the back of Jiang Jichu's neck: "There is a small kitchen in front, do you want to eat cake?"

Jiang Jichu's eyes brightened instantly, and he pretended to be reserved with a serious expression: "Strawberry's."

Xie Ji laughed.

The door of the kitchen was not closed, Xie Ji was about to push it in when he suddenly heard a strange movement from inside.

"hiss--"

"call out--"

Before his outstretched hand touched the doorknob, he stopped in mid-air, peeping through the crack of the door.

The slightly chubby but overall cute chef sat in front of the workbench, holding a whole raw bone in both hands and gnawed non-stop.

The boning knife was inserted vertically on the cutting board, and below it was a mixture of saliva and blood, which flowed into the sink like a small river along the arc deliberately propped up by the chef.

Xie Ji felt a chill down his back.

If he's not mistaken, what the chef is holding is a human femur.

"Crack!"

The cook leveled the cutting board, threw the femur onto it, pulled out the boning knife, and chopped it in half.

He didn't even have time to throw the knife, so he held the two halves of the bone in his hand again, curled his lips in distress, and lowered down with the bone to lick the bloody cutting board.

After nearly a minute, the chef finally raised his head from the cutting board. He stuck out his tongue and licked his lips repeatedly, and raised the bone in front of him again, with a happy and greedy expression on his face.

The chef's mouth has grown to an unimaginable extent, and it doesn't care whether the edges are sharp or have bone spurs, and it contains adult femurs in the mouth.

He raised his neck, his cheeks were crazily sunken.

"Gollum—"

"Gollum—"

He's sucking the marrow out of his bones!

Xie Ji looked around the kitchen, but did not see the victim. The bones should have been prepared by the chef.

He didn't disturb the other party's eating, and quietly pulled Jiang Jichu out of the kitchen area.

If you don't leave, he will vomit!

Jiang Jichu's face was particularly ugly: "The missing person has been found."

Xie Ji: "It's not as clean as cremation."

Not to mention being bullied by various monsters in the altar level all day long, and being beaten to the bone after death, these levels are more disgusting than one after another.

The other five members of the Undersea Castle all have minor or serious interests and feuds with Zhang Hong, but the chef seems to be independent of the whole story.

Now the chef has finally officially joined the queue of suspects—the chef is an ogre!

Jiang Jichu: "What we eat..."

Xie Ji heard that his stomach was churning, and after thinking for a while, he said, "Probably not. Although I have no sense of taste, every meal has a certain amount of meat. Look at the chef's 'greedy' look, it seems that I haven't eaten human flesh for a long time. , the undersea castle is inconvenient to transport, our group of people is a rare food, he will not be willing to share a meal with us."

Jiang Jichu's complexion improved slightly: "Do you think Jiao Wanshu knows?"

With Jiao Wanshu's desire to control, how could she not know, Xie Ji snorted coldly: "Should you ask her to do the same?"

Jiang Jichu said honestly: "Then she likes this too."

Xie Ji just hated the chef's approach and Jiao Wanshu's hypocrisy, but he didn't expect Jiang Jichu to really ask.

"No way," he thought for a while, "Jiao Wanshu has high requirements for the quality of life. If she wants to eat, she will definitely get it in various ways. The gardener said that she treats the servants very well. If she gets it, she will definitely get it. It will not be given to the chef, so the chef will not be so 'greedy'."

While he was analyzing, Jiang Jichu had been watching him quietly.

Xie Ji suddenly felt that Jiang Jichu didn't know, but just wanted to hear his analysis.

He patted the other person's shoulder lightly: "What are you looking at?"

"It's nothing, I think what you said makes sense," Jiang Jichu turned around, "Keep searching, it's still early."

Neither of them was in the mood to make or eat cakes, so they changed directions and continued to search for clues.

They came to a spacious study room, and after Xie Ji entered, he pushed open the window to let in air, so as to save his olfactory nerves from the constant sirens.

The study has bookshelves on two walls and a piano in the corner.

Xie Ji browsed through the bookshelves. There are many kinds of books, ranging from astronomy to geography, but most of them are music and ancient legends. As for the types of architecture that Zhang Hong is good at, there is not a single one.

His guess was further verified - Jiao Wanshu didn't like Zhang Hong that much.

A wooden handmade desk was placed near the window in the study. Xie Ji came to sit down at the desk. He opened the drawer casually and found a few blueprints on the bottom floor.

Structural map of the underwater castle, topographic map of the nearby sea area.

After the submarine sent them away, it would stop two kilometers outside the underwater castle.

Xie Ji drew a virtual circle with his finger, and finally clicked at a further position.

There is actually a trench around the underwater castle.

He opened the structural diagram of the underwater castle and put it together. There were two dotted lines drawn between the castle and the trench, and the handwritten notes next to it were crooked, which probably meant the discharge of waste.

"Thank you for posting." Jiang Jichu walked towards him with a book in hand.

Xie Ji took the book, and the cover was printed with large characters of "Encyclopedia of Modern Submarines".

Jiang Jichu: "Up there is the submarine we were on when we came."

When Jiang Jichu handed it to him, he specially stuck the pages of the book. After browsing, he said: "There must be other clues in the other books in the study, let's look for it."

The gardener said that Jiao Wanshu sang very well, and there are many related books on the bookshelf, but what do other ancient legend books represent?

They came to the bookshelf and quickly flipped through the books.

Time passed by, just as the two of them were watching intently, the piano in the corner suddenly rang.

Obviously no one played, but the smooth keys were pressed down one by one.

It is a piano piece in 4/4 beat.

Xie Ji was keenly aware that something was wrong, the piano music gave him the feeling like the feeling in his dream on the first night of this level.

Xie Ji: "Don't listen!"

The windows were closed with a "bang", and the white curtains were pulled together by invisible hands. The whole study room instantly turned from day to night, as if even the air had been sucked out.

Xie Ji hurriedly covered his ears, and ran out of the study with Jiang Jichu.

But when he stepped out of the study door, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.