bayonet and rose

Inside Level 18, Bailu District

The distortion on the North Peak had recovered, but two people disappeared from the spot inexplicably, and the remaining five people looked at each other, not knowing what was going on.

Liang Xiao was the most aggressive. He asked Xue Gang in a very bad tone, "What tricks did you do again?"

Xue Gang shook his head helplessly, "I, I didn't!"

Feng Ling waved his hand: "What else can he do after admitting defeat? Calm down, the supervisor will come soon."

Sure enough, not long after Feng Ling finished speaking, Egret fell out of the air, and flew in front of everyone on his hard-shell notebook.

He glanced around, counted the number of people, and bluffed, "Linzi Prison No. 6, Huazhai No. 7, they both disappeared?"

The others looked at the egret silently, and they didn't need to confirm such an obvious thing again.

Bai Lu turned the pages of the book and tossed and turned for a long time, "Okay."

He got up from the book, "The person who opened it admits defeat, the level is over, now send everyone to leave the level..."

"Wait, what about the two missing people?" Liang Xiao asked.

Bailu gave Liang Xiao a dissatisfied look, not wanting someone to interrupt him.

Principal Liang didn't feel that there was anything wrong with this, and kept staring at Bailu, waiting for his reply.

The egret flapped its wings, "It's not something you can care about."

"What happened?" Feng Ling stepped forward and asked, he seemed to have a gentle smile, and he didn't pay attention as he approached Bai Lu step by step, and was about to reprimand, Feng Ling who came close suddenly grabbed Bai Lu's book.

Egret was horrified, "What are you doing?! Let go!"

Feng Ling was calm and relaxed, not afraid of Bailu, the supervisor, but he was holding his book and refused to let go, "What happened just now, we passers-by have the right to know, or what you are doing in Bailu District is shameful trick?"

Egret was so angry that he rolled his breath several times in his throat. Finally, he couldn't hold it back without a wing: "There is a high-level prop that took them away, and this low-level level can't stop them at all."

The two people who were taken away by the advanced props were still walking leisurely on the street.

"No." Lin Zijuan withdrew his gaze, he had checked all the people on the street, and found no one wearing Feilian Ring.

"Maybe I'll come back by myself later."

Hua Zhai said casually, he was in a very relaxed state, and he followed Lin Ziyu slowly with the crowd, without any sharpness on his body.

"It sounds like you are very confident?" Lin Ziqian said.

Hua Zhai pulled a red rope from the booth, and pulled Lin Zijuan's ring finger to wrap it around. When he finished tying it, he untied the red rope consciously without Lin Zijuan opening his mouth.

"These props all belonged to the former owner. It may be in a bad mood today. It misses the days of eating and drinking with the former owner. It remembers the excessive use of force, and it has become like this."

Putting aside whether the props can be delicious and spicy for the time being, Lin Ziyu looked around casually: "Could it be Fei Lianjie's memory?"

"To be precise, it should be Fei Lianjie's memory of his master."

Having said that, the two of them have always seen only the rigid masked man and the stall owner, and they can't find any other traces at all.

"Don't worry, take a good look around, maybe after Hui Feilianjie's injury is over, he will figure it out and let us out." Hua Zhai is very optimistic.

"Is that so..." Lin Ziyu didn't really believe it, "When did Tianjie be destroyed?"

"A long time ago, before I entered the checkpoint." Hua Zhai said.

Lin Ziyu was taken aback, and looked towards Hua Zhai: "It's actually the first time you've seen this so-called 'Heavenly Street'."

Hua Zhai: "Well, I'm still quite curious about what Tianjie was like when Fei Lianjie was still with its former owner."

Lin Ziyu was also curious about what Fei Lianjie's former owner was like, but the traces that can be found on this street are too limited.

According to Feng Ling's previous science popularization, after the previous passers were eliminated, the props would be randomly distributed to each level. Thinking this way, Fei Lianjie's former owner was already eliminated.

After being out of the game, the memory will be cleared. Most of this person has forgotten all the past events in the level and continues to live in reality, while Fei Lianjie, who carries the memory in the level, is still reminiscing pitifully about the thin past.

Hua Zhai found some novel gadgets, and they all greeted Lin Zijuan. Lin Zijuan carefully observed the street over and over again, and was too lazy to care about Hua Zhai's temporary interest, and only went when he remembered it from time to time. Stop it.

Unfortunately, no matter how many times I walked through Linzi Prison, I couldn't find any trace of the former owner.

Continuing to walk on the street with the flow of people, but the flow of people around him unknowingly decreased, Lin Zijuan frowned, and before he had time to think about anything, Hua Zhai's voice rang in Lin Zijuan's ears again——

"Don't close your eyes, look up."

Then, there was a sound of fireworks exploding, and the dark sky was instantly filled with colorful light spots.

Scattered, dissipated, and new fireworks bloomed.

The sound of the fireworks was so loud, Lin Zijuan had always lacked the ability to appreciate these things, so he didn't find it beautiful and shocking, but a thought crossed his mind - it had been a long time since the last time he watched fireworks.

The last time I watched fireworks was at the end of last year. Lin Ziyu and Hua Zhai traveled abroad for the New Year's Eve, and watched them together for a long time without feeling monotonous.

Half a year has passed, and accidents have happened one after another. I can no longer find the state of mind I used to spend time leisurely.

Hua Zhai hugged Lin Ziyu head-on, with great strength, and asked him, "Does it look good?"

Although Hua Zhai was asking about Lin Ziqian, his eyes were fixed on the end of the long street.At this moment, all the people on the street disappeared out of thin air, but at the end there was a figure from the back, the figure was slightly sideways, and the light showed a little bit of his profile.

All of this was only for a moment, and the figure from the back completely disappeared at the end of the street in the next second.

As for Lin Ziyu, who was hugged by Hua Zhai, his back just turned to this side, and he missed this back view.

Lin Zijuan pushed Hua Zhai, but the other party did not let go as usual, and asked persistently: "Is it good to see, Fireworks."

Lin Ziqian didn't answer, he clasped Hua Zhai's shoulder with his hand, and continued to pinch his shoulder blade.

Hua Zhai let out a low laugh, without sounding dejected, and let go of Lin Zi Prison without hesitation.

Lin Zijuan felt something strange in his hand, looked down, and Fei Lianjie returned to his hand at some point.

Hua Zhai also saw Fei Lianjie's return. He tilted his head and said with a raised tone, "Goodbye, Mr. Lin."

·

The world spun for a while, and everything around him was distorted. When it returned to normal again, Linzi Prison had come to a pure white space, and Bailu was anxiously guarding in front of him.

Lin Zijuan endured his dizziness and waved to Bailu as a greeting.

Seeing that Lin Zi Prison was safe, Bai Lu took two steps back and shook his feathers, "My God, you are really capable of causing trouble. Every time I meet you, you are not calm. Fortunately, nothing major happened..."

He said a few words in a frenzy, and remembered something while talking, and stopped abruptly and did not continue.

Lin Zijuan listened to Bai Lu with a gentle face.

Bailu felt a chill, and took a few steps back, "What's wrong with you."

The smile on Lin Zijuan's face became more cordial, "I always remember that we have a debt to settle."

Egret: "???"

Although he didn't know what Lin Ziyu was referring to, he knew subconsciously that something was wrong, and was about to do something just in case, when a gust of wind wrapped around his whole body.

"You? What is this?!" Egret panicked.

"A small way to prevent you from running around," Lin Ziqian sat cross-legged, "I want to chat with you and feel panicked, I hope you can give me a chance."

Bai Lu tried to struggle but it was useless: "Let's forget it. You see, we don't have any common hobbies or anything, and we can't talk together in this chat. It's hard work to break through the level. You'd better go back and rest early."

"No, I'm not tired." Lin Ziyu said, "It turns out that props can really be used against supervisors."

I wasn't sure before, but it wasn't until I found out that Fei Lianjie's illusion could really break through the checkpoint that Lin Ziyu had a few points.

Egret wanted to cry, but was very vigilant: "What do you want to say, tell me exactly what you want to say."

Lin Ziyu: "I vaguely remember that when we first met, you acted like you didn't know that I was unregistered, and you didn't pretend to check until I reminded you?"

Egret was really about to cry.

Back then, Linzi Prison's points were three points. Even if he didn't know anything else, this number was strange enough. After all, no one who could register to checkpoint 18 had less than one hundred points. Bailu didn't want to expose too much, so he just pretended to be stupid. The prison still remembers this.

Bai Lu judged the situation, and admitted his mistake very skillfully: "Ah, brother, I was wrong, I shouldn't have lied to you, I actually knew from the beginning that you were stuffed in, I'm sorry, ah, I won't dare in the future. "

"and then?"

"What and then," Bailu sobbed with a few tears, "I don't know anything, I'm just a janitor."

"Why was I forced into your checkpoint?" Lin Ziqian asked.

Egret shut his mouth all of a sudden, and didn't even howl in fake howls. After a long time, he reiterated, "I don't know, please forgive me. What can I know as a low-level supervisor? I'm just a Cannon fodder, do you understand cannon fodder!"

Lin Zijuan waited for him to finish, and said calmly, "Okay, that's it."

Egret surprise.

Lin Zijuan stood up and walked towards Bailu with his bayonet in hand.

The egret's feathers stood on end in fright, but the wind restricted him and he couldn't move freely.

This bayonet was so sharp that Lin Zijuan hadn't touched it yet, but he was terrified just by shaking it in front of Bailu's eyes.

"Boss, please let me go, I really don't know anything!"

Lin Ziyu asked sullenly: "What will happen if you kill the supervisor of your Bailu district?"

Bai Lu finally cried out sincerely, but his mouth was still stiff after that, shaking his head and refusing to speak.

Lin Zijuan clenched his bayonet tightly and stabbed towards Bailu, but was bounced off by a force just before he was about to hit Bailu, and at the same time, the restraints on Bailu's body were also removed.

The egret rolled and crawled to hide behind a person.

This person is new, dressed in white, which looks a bit like the robes of medieval bishops, but instead of wearing a cross, he wears a pocket watch with an egret on it.

Looking up, he has a handsome face, a little pale.

"Hello, it's the first time I meet you. I'm Wan Chenyun from Bailu District."

The voice is also polite and very humble.

Self-introduction without a title, plus Bailu's reaction, this person should be the real boss of Bailu District.

Lin Ziyu also said his name.

Wan Chenyun had a comfortable smile: "Mr. Lin seems to be dissatisfied with our Bailu District?"

"That's right," Lin Zijuan admitted bluntly, "You all used the slogan of 'voluntary', but I was forced to enter the checkpoint, and I didn't see you give me an explanation."

Wan Chenyun was not annoyed when he was accused, "Mr. Lin forcibly urged Fei Lian Jie in the level where the use of props is prohibited, which caused disorder in our level, and you were also involved in the small space of props. A case that does not comply with the regulations of the Bailu District, I can completely prohibit you from registering checkpoints in the Bailu District in the future."

"It's not just the Bailu District." Lin Zijuan didn't care.

Wan Chenyun continued to smile: "Even if we don't say anything, you can't do anything to us."

He spoke in a soft tone, but there was no shortage of arrogance between the words.

Lin Ziqian nodded, knowing the situation very well, "I really can't do anything right now."

But not necessarily in the future.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Wan Chenyun sighed first, as if feeling something, "The previous passers-by have been corrupted, and the Bailu District needs fresh blood."

"So you forcefully drag me into the checkpoint?"

"No," Wan Chenyun pondered, "This matter is indeed not directly related to us. To put it bluntly, we are just a taker."

That's really straightforward.

Wan Chenyun continued: "I can't tell you the reason in detail, but you should be able to figure this out."

Lin Ziyu didn't answer.

"In the beginning, there were no divisions in the checkpoint." Wan Chenyun's eyes had a thin layer of mist, as if he was reminiscing about the past. Principle, you are a variable, you are not happy, and we are not happy to have this principle disrupted. But it is our fault, and I can give you some compensation within a reasonable range... Why don't you just say that you made such a fuss What do you want?"

Lin Zijuan tilted his head to look at him: "What can you give me?"

"How about a thousand points?" Wan Chenyun was generous, but Lin Zijuan was indifferent.

Wan Chenyun doubled it directly: "Two thousand, more will not do you good."

"Okay, then what?" Lin Ziqian asked.

"..." Wan Chenyun sighed, "You really dare to speak."

"Don't want nothing." Lin Zijuan was very reasonable.

"Two thousand points plus a forced exit item... guaranteed to be better than Fengling's." Wan Chenyun thought for a moment to bid.

"Okay," Lin Zijuan said, "I want you to tell me clearly whether your Bailu district has any control over me."

Wan Chenyun looked at him quietly, and after a long time said: "No."

·

Lin Ziqian woke up in his own home, his head was still a little groggy, and his body was also very sore and uncomfortable.

Being led by Fei Lianjie to walk around in the illusion was a heavy burden on his body and spirit.

Lin Ziyu didn't get up in a hurry, he got up slowly after adjusting his state, and repeated the routine - recording everything encountered in this level.

The reason why Lin Zijuan chose to continue to register for the NO.18 checkpoint in the Bailu District this time was not because of his brain twitching. His main purpose was to ask whether the Bailu District could control himself. Will things happen again.

Lin Ziyu was not familiar with the white space to confirm the information, and he did not act rashly when he first entered the checkpoint.According to his original plan, he wanted to disrupt the progress of the checkpoint, forcing the opener to show up to maintain order, and then he took down Bailu.However, there was an accident on the way, Xue Gang admitted defeat too quickly, Lin Zijuan had no choice but to activate the Fei Lian Jie in a hurry, and was caught in the illusion in the end.

But the result was not bad. I asked what I wanted to know, and I also found an extra discovery by accident-an item of this level, Fei Lian Jie, can not only break through the barrier restrictions of low-level levels, it can even attack the supervisor of the level.

Such a prop appeared in a low-level level... The rumor that Feng Ling said was not groundless.

Exactly who sent the news.

Thinking about Feng Ling, who overturned twice in a row, I don't know how many points he has left.

Lin Ziyu didn't believe that meeting Feng Ling again was just a coincidence. The most likely possibility was that the Knights were after him or Hua Zhai, so he asked Feng Ling to explore and evaluate first.

Draw Feng Ling's name emphatically on the paper, it will be inevitable to confront the Knights in the future.

·

Lin Ziyu did a blanket search based on the two key words "Egret Community" and "Zhao Zhaoxue", and he really found a corresponding person.

Zhao Zhaoxue herself has not entered the level, so she can still be found in reality.

This person's name is Zhao Zhaoxue, he is nearly forty years old, and he is from another city. When he was young, the place he lived in was called Bailu Community, which has the same pronunciation as "Bailu".

The person who helped with the investigation asked her if she knew a person named Xue Gang. Zhao Zhaoxue replied that she had never heard of it, and checked the past residents of Bailu Community, but found no information about Xue Gang.

The information was soon placed on Lin Zi Prison's desk. Zhao Zhaoxue is a very ordinary person, and it doesn't take much effort to figure out the relevant experience.

When she was young, she married an unreliable partner, and she lost her temper with Zhao Zhaoxue when her life was not going well. The neighbors around her witnessed the scene several times.Zhao Zhaoxue couldn't bear it anymore, she resolutely divorced the other party and moved away. The divorce was a long time ago, but she never looked back.Now her life is stable, her family is harmonious and beautiful, except for a daughter with troubled grades, there is nothing bad about her.

Counting that period of gray experience has passed more than ten years.

No matter how bright and beautiful today is, it can't delete the damage of the past. It can only be said that she is lucky to step out, and she doesn't have to be trapped in it forever, and she can't be freed.

Photos of Zhao Zhaoxue were also sent together, neatly arranged one by one, clearly listing her life line.

Zhao Zhaoxue was undoubtedly a beauty when she was young, but she was not as thrilling and unbelievably beautiful as in the level.Presumably it was Xue Gang's memory that beautified her by himself. The regretful young man recalled it over and over again. He thought he remembered it exactly, but in fact, the regrets that had lingered for many years had unknowingly distorted the original appearance.

But it's just a guess, Lin Ziyu is neither Xue Gang nor Zhao Zhaoxue, and it is impossible to restore what happened on that day more than ten years ago.

After reading Zhao Zhaoxue's information, Lin Ziyu got off work early and drove to Hua Zhai's house.

After the checkpoint was opened, the owner of this house was naturally not Hua Zhai, but no one else lived there. After checking, Lin Ziyu found that the house was actually in his own name.

Lin Ziqian was sure that he had not paid a penny for the property rights of this house.

The house is not big, it is an ordinary two bedrooms and one living room, and the layout design is not outstanding.

Everything in the house was still as it was in Lin Ziyu's memory.

A lot of furniture was bought by the two of them together. Besides, there were many gadgets stuffed in. Hua Zhai organized everything in an orderly manner without any mess.

Lin Ziqian walked through the living room and stopped in front of the bedroom. He paused and opened the door of another room instead.

In the past, Lin Zi prison often came here to stay overnight, but he never touched Hua Zhai's personal belongings, did not look at his mobile phone, did not look through his files, and never entered this room.

Opening the door, there was nothing out of the ordinary inside, but it was still enough to surprise Lin Ziyu.

It turned out to be a simple studio.

Lin Ziju never knew that Hua Zhai could paint.

There was still a sketch on the wooden easel, Lin Ziqian walked up to it.

What is drawn on it is a back figure, the strokes are sloppy, and the degree of completion is also very low, so no specific content can be seen.

The signature was Hua Zhai, and the date was May 5, which happened to be the day before the start of the pre-selection test, which was also the day when Lin Ziyu spent the night here.