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Among this group of players, an uncle who was almost two meters tall took the initiative to introduce Xia Jing to the others.

"My name is Cheng Hua. The twins over there are named Gu Chen and Gu Xing."

The twin brothers and sisters among the players nodded to Xia Jing. Both of them seemed to be young, probably in their early twenties, and they seemed to be very quiet.

Standing beside the two brothers and sisters was a middle-aged woman with arms folded, who looked suspiciously at the surrounding middle-aged woman in a defensive posture. She looked more than 40 years old.

Cheng Hua introduced: "This is Zhou Yaqing."

Not far behind the woman is a fat man.

"His name is Cao Jun."

Then Chenghua's eyes turned to a seductive man wearing a black bodysuit and leggings, a pair of high heels, a crew-shaved head, and heavy makeup...

He frowned, and a hint of disgust flashed across his face. Just as he was about to pass over this man, the Yao Nan noticed his intention, and said to Xia Jing through a choked voice, "Oh, why are you ignoring him again? His name is Lu Xiang , baby, just call me Xiao Xiangxiang."

As he spoke, he even cast a wink at Xia Jing.

After flirting, his eyes looked at Song Yang like a wolf like a tiger, as if he wanted to lie on Song Yang's body.

This gaze was quite hot, but Song Yang didn't seem to feel it at all, and just kept staring at Xia Jing.

Just as Cheng Hua wanted to introduce Song Yang, Song Yang spoke up by himself.

With a lazy tone, he said, "My name is Song Yang—speaking of which, this friend hasn't introduced himself yet, right?"

Xia Jing raised his lips, as if he didn't know him at all, and only said in a very gentle tone: "My name is Xia Jing, hello everyone."

Song Yang's eyes suddenly darkened like night.

Beside Song Yang, Lu Chenfei became more and more suspicious of the relationship between the two.

These two obviously know each other, but they pretend not to know each other in front of everyone. What are they doing?

He said with an inquiring mind, "My name is Lu Chenfei."

And beside Lu Chenfei and Song Yang, there was a beautiful woman who obviously had a good relationship with them, who had been chatting with them before.

The big beauty is very tall. She looked at Xia Jing meaningfully, then raised her red lips and said, "My name is You Ye, hello."

After the ten players got to know each other, Chenghua said: "We'll talk about the forest later. Anyway, we must stay in a hotel for this dungeon, so let's go in and have a look first?"

Everyone had no objection, Song Yang didn't seem to intend to "deeply communicate" with Xia Jing here, and the group walked to the hotel.

With a warm "Welcome to Smile City Forest Hotel" sounded, the luxurious lobby of the hotel caught everyone's eyes.

This hotel is decorated in a very European style. A huge crystal chandelier hangs in the center of the hall, the spiral staircase is made of ivory white marble, and the pillars stand tall.

There are quite a few NPCs in the lobby, not to mention the hotel waiters, there are also a few sporadic guests sitting by the window and eating, the environment is very elegant and quiet.

After entering the door, a group of people looked around quietly, Xia Jing and Song Yang kept falling at the end.

Xia Jing's eyes slowly swept across those npcs, he was secretly thinking about the theme of this dungeon, at the same time, he could also feel the gaze from Song Yang following behind him.

He pursed his lips silently.

The players who participated in this dungeon seemed not to be particularly familiar with Song Yang and Lu Chenfei. Led by Uncle Chenghua, the group stopped at the front desk of the hotel together.

Without them asking, the front desk started to check them in directly, which is obviously the correct copy route.

Not long after, a man with a moustache who looked like a hotel manager came out, opened his arms enthusiastically and said to them, "Welcome! You are the ones who called this morning, are you all okay? It's okay!"

As soon as the words came out, everyone was stunned, and Cheng Hua was the first to ask back: "Telephone? What phone?"

The hotel manager was surprised and said: "Didn't you call and say that you met a crazy and strange-looking man on the way to our hotel? At that time, I asked everyone if they needed help. Later, everyone said that the man had run away, so I hung up the phone." .I've been waiting for everyone, afraid that something might happen."

Several people's expressions tightened.

This was obviously the synopsis of the dungeon. The ten players were already in front of the hotel as soon as they logged in to the dungeon. They didn't know what kind of crazy man it was.

Hearing this, Song Yang also temporarily averted his gaze from the back of Xia Jing's head, and said, "Everyone, please check the call history of your cell phone."

In this dungeon, the holographic small screen still cannot be brought in, but each player has a mobile phone in his pants pocket, but it is turned off before the dungeon officially starts.

At this time, the ten people quickly took out their mobile phones, and they were able to use them, and they quickly checked the call records.

The hotel manager also kindly reminded: "Our hotel's contact number is 05xxxxxxx89."

The middle-aged woman Zhou Yaqing was the first to say nervously: "I made the call!"

Everyone gathered and confirmed that her latest call record was indeed the hotel contact number, and it happened an hour ago, completely beyond the time when the first player logged in to the copy.

Chenghua immediately asked the hotel manager: "Do you still remember what she said on the phone?"

The hotel manager seemed a little puzzled by why these people couldn’t remember the content of the phone calls they made, but he still said with a good attitude: “It’s almost what I just said, and the rest, I just remember hearing everyone say , that man got into the car and ran away, he must have a mental problem, or he was drunk in broad daylight."

A group of players looked at each other.

Zhou Yaqing lowered his voice and said, "Is that crazy person a monster? Are we going to track him down?"

The big beauty You Ye thought about it: "No, that mysterious man is indeed an obvious clue, but the identity of the main monster of the instance cannot be so simple."

Lu Xiang, a demon man, spoke more delicately than the two women: "But the hotel manager said that the man ran away. If we don't chase after him, the clues will disappear? If he ran away by car, he has already run away now." It's gone!"

"That's right, it's just..." Zhou Yaqing frowned.

Song Yang said indifferently: "This is just one side of the hotel manager's words."

Everyone was stunned.

"The clue of the mysterious man was not actively displayed in front of us by the copy, and once the information is obtained through external channels, there may be errors."

"You mean that the hotel manager may give wrong information..." Cheng Hua subconsciously glanced at the hotel manager, and then felt that something was wrong.

He lowered his voice and said: "This npc gave very little information, but it is very clear. If there are errors in such a small amount of information, then it is only possible that the error was intentional, right? But although we did not make the phone call personally, but For the hotel manager, we were the ones who made the call, and he has no reason to lie to his face."

Song Yang glanced at him and gave a possibility: "Then what if he has already seen that we don't remember?"

Everyone was secretly startled, and turned to look at the manager of the mustache hotel again.

The man with a bow tie on his chest stood behind the front desk, his brows and eyes curled into a slit, and he only smiled at them motionlessly, like a mask.

Seeing this smile again at this moment, a group of people swallowed secretly.

Once again, they clearly realized that the dungeon had already started, clues might confuse them, and murderous intentions were lurking everywhere.

What is going on with the crazy man, let's look for clues later.

At this moment, the front desk handed over five room cards and said politely: "The rooms have been opened according to your reservations, please keep the room cards well."

Ten people, five rooms, then two players have to live in one room.

Twin siblings Gu Chen and Gu Xing said without hesitation: "We live together as siblings."

Zhou Yaqing and You Ye came together naturally, and they were the only two women among the remaining players.

The demon boy Lu Xiang held his hands together and looked at Song Yang expectantly: "This handsome guy is not as good as us..."

Song Yang held Xia Jing who was going to wander around looking for clues, and said, "The two of us share a room."

Xia Jing was pulled back by Song Yang, and looked down at the man's hand.

This posture.

Xia Jing smiled but didn't express any objection.

The demon man Lu Xiang showed a disappointed expression, and there was a hint of subtlety in the disappointment.

From the perspective of his love brain, these two people were still acquainted with each other just now, and now there is an undercurrent.

Lu Box stomped his feet, complaining that the big handsome guy had a problem with his eyesight, and then immediately shifted his target to another young handsome guy, Lu Chenfei——

Different from Song Yang's handsomeness, Lu Chenfei is more youthful, if he stands there and doesn't speak, he looks like an idol.

Lu Chenfei noticed Lu Boxing's fiery gaze, and secretly thought that something was wrong, and just about to refuse, he heard Cheng Hua say to the little fatty Cao Jun, "Then let's live together together."

Cao Jun said in a daze, "Oh, yes."

Lu Box: "Great, Xiao Feifei, let's live together!"

Lu Chenfei: "Fuck me!"

Lu Box: "Xiao Feifei, you are still more handsome when you are silent!"

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon, and it would soon be night, and ten people hurried upstairs as soon as possible.

The five rooms are connected together, all located in the middle of the left half of the hotel.

Everyone took the room card casually. Cheng Hua and Cao Jun lived in the room closest to the elevator. Next to them were You Ye and Zhou Yaqing, and then Xia Jing and Song Yang, twin siblings, and Lu Chenfei .

Cheng Hua, who seemed to be the oldest person present, said, "Then everyone will come out in half an hour to meet."

After finishing speaking, ten players pushed the door open and entered.

As soon as Xia Jing entered the room, he heard the sound of the door being closed behind him.

The room is not big, only about thirty square meters, and the sound of the crisp door closing vibrates in the air in this small space.

Song Yang spoke behind him, and asked in a deep voice:

"—Is it not dead at all, or is it resurrected?"

Xia Jing looked around the small room, and glanced at the double bed, the four poles around the bed, and the mosquito net tied to the poles, then turned around and looked at Song Yang.

Song Yang stood one meter away, staring at him with deep eyes.

Xia Jing smiled.

This question is quite straightforward, but Xia Jing didn't expect this question to come.

It was a surprise to meet him unexpectedly, and when he said his name, he was ready.

The game between him and Song Yang has been played to this point, and there is no point in keeping some issues from Song Yang.

Xia Jing threw out a sentence in a gentle tone:

"If it can be resurrected, it is not a human being, right?"

This sentence is as light as a feather.

Song Yang's pupils suddenly constricted.

Xia Jing turned around and walked leisurely towards the window.

He was still in the mood to look at the window, as if it wasn't him who had just asked this startling remark.

After a few seconds of silence.

He heard Song Yang ask in a low voice, "Then, are you human?"

The atmosphere in the hotel room suddenly changed.

Long before, when he realized that Xia Jing could set foot in the dungeon in progress, Song Yang felt that the identity of this young man might be a bit strange.

However, at this moment, he is very clear that the problem is not just about identity.

After all, Song Yang didn't believe that there would be bugs in Smiling Face City, he just thought that the bugs in Smiling Face City would not be so low-level that even the death of players would be broadcast incorrectly.

What's more, Xia Jing's points were indeed distributed among the few remaining players.

In the copy of "Death Ring", Xia Jing is definitely dead.

So, why does a player who is obviously dead appear in front of him now?

In Song Yang's chest, his heart was beating violently.

He didn't know how to describe his mood.

Regarding Xia Jing's resurrection, he had to admit that he was both surprised and happy. When this figure appeared in front of him, his body told him earlier than his brain that he was happy.

However, the astonishment also clearly told him that the situation of this young man might be even more mysterious than he had imagined.

The person who was imprisoned, who spent all his points after the copy was released, was corroded by the corrosive liquid, but his body was completely unharmed, and he was resurrected from death...

What does all this represent?

Beside the window, Xia Jing looked for the buckle of the glass window of the hotel, but found that the glass windows on both sides were completely welded to death and could not be opened at all.

Regarding Song Yang's question, he still only smiled lightly and asked, "If I'm not a human being, then what do you think I would be?"

The young man's tone softened, and he asked again.

Song Yang was silent.

He silently stared at the young man's back against the light, without answering.

Without getting his answer, Xia Jing turned around.

He chose to lean against the window in a relaxed posture, folded his arms around his chest, and looked at Song Yang calmly with a fake face wearing a mask.

Xia Jing paused every word, and asked again: "Song Yang, what do you think I will be?"

This time, Song Yang was slightly taken aback.

"You and I both know that in this place, apart from humans, there are only npcs and monsters," Xia Jing said with a light smile, "but npcs and monsters can't be like me."

"It is impossible to have human cognition and consciousness, it is impossible to play games with players, and it is even more impossible to leave the copy and enter the game lobby."

"But it's impossible for human beings to be like me. They won't die, they won't be unable to set foot in the real world, and they won't even know what they are."

"So, what do you think?"

"—What the hell am I?" The young man's lips and teeth slowly uttered these words.

Song Yang's expression gradually became astonished, and his Adam's apple rolled down.

In addition to the astonishing information that Xia Jing revealed, he was also surprised that Xia Jing was... asking him seriously?

In the previous few trials, Song Yang always thought that the young man's rhetorical questions were all knowingly asking, and leaving a sentence behind was just playing tricks.

This guy knows all the answers, but he just likes to tease people, and he likes to see people being played around.

However, it was only now that Song Yang suddenly realized that Xia Jing was serious about this issue.

... He really didn't know what kind of existence he was, appearing in this strange world.

This cognition made Song Yang feel astonished, and also caused his thinking to freeze for a moment.

And after this moment of stagnation, the six words "the imprisoned person" also appeared in Song Yang's mind again.

His heart suddenly constricted.

For the first time, he realized what the label might represent.

The small room was immersed in the gradually cooling light of the evening, and it was silent.

Song Yang stared at Xia Jing silently for a long time.

Xia Jing also patiently and quietly waited for him.

He sincerely waited for the answer to come.

However, after a long time, Song Yang opened his lips and could only say one sentence in a hoarse voice: "...Sorry, I don't know the answer."

Xia Jing lowered his eyelashes.

He smiled indifferently: "Me too."

The young man leaned lazily on the window frame, looking out of the window with a calm expression.

The orange sunset light cast on his side face, and a strange emotion rose in Song Yang's chest.

He paused and asked, "...are you imprisoned in the city of smiling faces?"

Xia Jing smiled: "Is that right?"

"All your existing memories start from Smile City?"

"Yes."

"...Then don't you have any clues about where you came from?"

Xia Jing thought about it seriously, and said, "I think I should have been to the human world, but I don't have any memory, so I can't be sure."

A strong, calm, intelligent man.

But he didn't even know what he was or where he came from.

Song Yang didn't know how he would feel if it was him instead.

But from Xia Jing's face, he could only see peace.

Song Yang asked softly, "Then where do you live in Smiling Face City?"

Xia Jing turned around, raised his eyebrows and said, "The answer to this question is very simple, you can find the answer yourself."

Song Yang was taken aback.

After regaining his senses, he laughed in surprise: "It's already this time, you still want to play games with me?"

"Because the question of 'who am I' can't be solved so quickly, so I'm not in a hurry," Xia Jing blinked, "but as for the question of who I am in Smiley Face City, as long as you think, you can We'll have an answer soon."

Xia Jing pursed his lips and said: "Don't forget, the dungeon will not take the initiative to tell you the answer, you have already obtained some clues, just take one step forward, and you can get to know me again."

"Song Yang, you can find me."

Song Yang's heart skipped a beat, and he wanted to say something, but before he could speak, he stopped again.

He recalled Xia Jing's silent silhouette just now.

A "imprisoned person", Song Yang does not know how long he has been imprisoned.

If counted by the number of days since Smile City has been in operation, it is 249 days.

However, it is absolutely impossible for Xia Jing to be a 249-day-old baby, so the problem naturally arises——

Before these 249 days, what was Smiley City, and what was Xiajing?

How long was he really imprisoned?

During this long period of time, with Xia Jing's character, he probably wouldn't feel fear or despair because of the confinement. The only emotion he would have would probably be...boring, right?

After all, he is such a playful guy.

In such an environment, he must always find some fun of his own.

And playing games with Song Yang may be his share of fun.

Thinking of this, Song Yang lowered his head, laughed as if in compromise, and said, "OK..."

After a moment of silence, Song Yang raised his head and said, "So, you seriously invited me to explore your identity together before."

Xia Jing said honestly, "Yes, you are the best player I have ever met."

Song Yang smiled, this compliment came from Xia Jing's mouth, it felt very special.

He calmed down the emotions in his heart, and said with restraint: "If that's the case, then let me formally respond—"

"I accept your invitation, Xia Jing."

Xia Jing paused, as if he didn't expect Song Yang to make such a solemn promise, a little surprised.

Then, a little light shone in his eyes.

It was the glow of excitement a child gets when he gets a real playmate.

Song Yang's heart skipped a beat.

The human brain is weird, and so are our emotions.

Song Yang clearly knew that the acquaintance between the two of them was not ordinary, and they didn't know each other that well, but at this moment, looking at the Xia scene under the sunset light, a thought in his heart became very clear.

Song Yang is a person who has no doubts about his own feelings.

This is the reason why he was able to get to where he is today, and Song Yang can become today's Song Yang.

He thought, not only did he want to play this game with Xia Jing, but he also had to—

"—I will find the answer with you." Song Yang said slowly.

Xia Jing didn't speak.

His eyes fell directly on Song Yang's face, his eyes became very dark, and the corners of his lips were slightly drawn up.

After a long time, he responded softly, "Yes."

Xia Jing tilted his head.

He felt that there should be no answer in this world that he and Song Yang could not find together.

This game is finally going to become more interesting.

At this point in the conversation, the two reached a consensus on this topic.

Song Yang believes that the mystery of the "duplicate" will be solved. Of course, many tasks can only be done after leaving the dungeon.

He put this matter aside, adjusted his mood, walked towards Xia Jing, and formally put his thoughts into this dungeon.

At this moment, the atmosphere between the two of them also eased a lot from the initial weirdness.

Looking out of the window, Song Yang asked, "Can't the window be opened?"

"Well," Xia Jing glanced at the large forest outside the window, full of interest, "They seem to be guarding against something."

Those things, from the forest.

Song Yang suddenly thought of something again, and asked: "By the way, you should have no points left at all, are you forced into this dungeon this time?"

Xia nodded.

Song Yang frowned immediately: "Then you don't even know what this dungeon is called?"

Before Xia Jing could answer, Song Yang told him seriously: "This is a three-star dungeon called "All Things Grow". The cover shows grass and trees, so besides the hotel, the forest should also be the key location of this dungeon."

After speaking, Song Yang received Xia Jing's silent and meaningful gaze.

"?" Song Yang, "Why do you look at me like that?"

Xia Jing said slowly: "I think it's quite exciting to play games without knowing anything."

"..." Song Yang, "Then I still destroy your excitement?"

Xia Jing glanced at him, and told him the answer with his eyes: Que, that's right.

Song Yang raised his eyebrows: "If you love to play and stimulate so much, you're not afraid of flipping a car one day?"

Xia Jing said innocently: "You mean it's like in the last copy of the train?"

Song Yang: Good guy, you even showed off your immortality to me.