Weird Regulator

The real world, within the aperture.

Scattered campfires, their weak flames suppressed by the heavy snow.

On the white snow, there are a few black spots of charcoal fire, and the wind whines in the boundless silence, which represents the death of all things.

The body, as cold as ice and snow, lay quietly beside the campfire.

He seemed to be asleep, very quiet, very well-behaved, and very lonely.

This man had a face similar to Ji Li's, but his name was Li Yi.

Where are you going?

The third question echoed in my ears.

Li Yi stood with his hands behind his back, looking aloof and silently watching his future.

The black crow was silent, his eyes were deep, and he was alone.

The answer to the second question, how he submitted it, no one knows.

But what can be confirmed is that this answer was approved by the store manager’s task, and the third question followed.

The aperture in front of Li Yi was different from everyone else's, there was only one.

Just like his name, it is always One.

After passing the second question and arriving at the third question, Li Yi seemed to be the one closest to passing the test among all the store managers.

However, this third question did not give him a chance to answer...

Where do you want to go?

Nowhere to go.

Li Yi's future has been determined early.

He would die in the snow, by a campfire.

Li Yi, who was so aloof and arrogant, finally collapsed in the dirt like a bereaved dog.

This ending...

Li Yi's expression did not change at all. His clear face seemed to have become an ice sculpture, with no expression visible.

The black crow on the shoulder seemed to have become impatient, flapping its wings constantly and shaking off a few feathers.

After a while, he slowly closed his eyes, hiding the subtle emotions in his pupils, and turned around silently.

Li Yi took the first step.

Go kill Ji Li, this is our only chance.

In my heart, a hoarse and deep male voice said this, seeming to be persuading.

Li Yi took the second step.

Either you collect all seven pieces of the puzzle, or you kill Ji Li early. You have only two options!

No one responded, making it a little more emotional and the words became more intense.

Li Yi took the third step.

Don't forget your name, don't forget your identity, don't forget how you got here!

In the fourth step, Li Yi stopped.

There was an unprecedented sadness on his face, and he even broke out into a struggling smile.

I'm just a puppet, I remember.

After a brief pause, he asked again:

Don't you?

The voice stopped suddenly, as if it was touched by these words, and remained silent for a long time.

…

When Li Yi stepped out of the aperture, earth-shaking changes had taken place in Erwen's world.

The snowflakes that once fell silently began to become sharp and crazy.

Throughout the world, a cold wind blew that stung the cheeks, and the snowflakes hit the face with a lingering pain.

Luo Xian was sitting cross-legged in the snow, with her plain skirt covering the ground and her long hair covering her face.

In the aperture in front of her, a ghost-like white figure was wreaking havoc on the timeline within the aperture.

But faced with this situation, she had no way to deal with it.

Li Yi looked at this scene. He recognized who the figure in the circle was, but he couldn't remember the other person's name.

It seems that his surname is Fang and he comes from the seventh branch of Ji Li.

He slowly raised his head and looked at the heavy snow in the sky, his expression changed.

This snow is really like the snow in the future.

Li Yi sighed, silently walked to Luo Xian, stretched out his hand and grabbed her shoulder.

Black feathers mixed with white snowflakes fell, and everything ceased to exist.

Luo Xian's timeline completely disappeared, and at the same time she and Li Yi were separated from the second question.

In the corridor on the third floor, Luo Xian opened his eyes and saw a face, but he was a little surprised.

In her impression, this face was always cold and aloof.

But at this glance, she could clearly see a trace of sadness flowing through him.

Li Yi put his arm on Luo Xian's shoulder. The distance between the two was not far or close, like close friends.

There was an inexplicable aura in the air, no one spoke, and the atmosphere became increasingly weird.

After a while, Li opened his lips and said lightly:

Luo Xian, give me a sweet dream.

Luo Xian didn't understand. She looked at Li Yi repeatedly and hesitated.

Now that she was being held by the other party and unable to move, she naturally obeyed him and tried her best to satisfy him.

But she didn't know what Li Yi meant, so she could only ask:

What kind of dream do you want?

The silence this time will be longer.

Li Yi seemed to have never thought about what he hoped for.

Luo Xian raised his beautiful eyes and looked at the man in front of him carefully.

Gradually, she seemed to understand, nodded and said:

I know what to do.

Li Yichang breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and looked into Luo Xian's eyes, and said softly:

In exchange, I'll send you away.

Luo Xian brushed his slender palm over Li Yi's eyes.

At the same time, Li Yi's index finger also touched Luo Xian's eyebrows.

A dream struck, and Li Yi took the initiative to give up answering the questions, which was equivalent to giving up the store manager's job.

With one finger, Luo Xian's body began to fragment, and the supernatural power in her fingertips completely destroyed her vitality.

To send Luo Xian away would be to kill her.

But whether it is Luo Xian or Li Yi, they all know one thing.

Luo Xian is not his true form in the real world, but a projection of a dream.

Li Yi killed Luo Xian's projection and sent her to another world.

At the same time, on a certain floor in the game world, a white-haired young man wearing jeans opened his eyes.

Sister Luo, have you given up on the real world?

…

In the real world, half of the ten participants have since given up.

They are: Su Chenghe, Li Guanqi, Xue Tinghai, Luo Xian, and Li Yi.

But there are only two people left who are actually qualified to compete.

Now, the two store managers are in the same space, engaged in a life-and-death chase.

Chen Hansheng’s answer to the second question is called “life”.

The 377 days after entering the third branch were his new life.

Therefore, Chen Hansheng needs to keep looking at his life slides like a revolving lantern, and integrate them and submit them.

But when he had just integrated on the 102nd day, a white ghost broke into his life directly.

From the first day, his past has been destroyed at an extremely fast speed.

In just half a minute, more than half of the 102 days he had integrated had been destroyed.

Fang Shenyan failed to submit the answer and was forced to turn into a ghost. At the same time, he caused trouble to the other store managers.

Chen Hansheng didn't know that he was the last one to hold on, but he also understood.

If Fang Shenyan continues to destroy it, he will be completely unable to complete his answer and will make wedding clothes for others.

It is simply impossible to complete the integration within the stipulated time with the remaining 275 days.

Then the only way is to confront Fang Shenyan head-on and completely eliminate this destroyer.

Chen Hansheng kept flipping through the life slides in front of him, his eyes gradually becoming deep and solemn.

211 days later, the ranking was raised to 101st.

Chen Hansheng blinked his eyes, stretched his hands into the 211th day, and disappeared outside the circle of light.

He entered the past time and space, waiting for Fang Shenyan's arrival.

Chen Hansheng's 211th day is the final chapter of a certain mission.

So far, this is the only time the four major branches have gathered together for a joint lead-in mission.

Seventeen of the eighteen executors from the four major branches died that day, except Chen Hansheng.

The deceased include Wei Hu, the former manager of the fourth branch, and Wen Linghua, the former manager of the sixth branch.

That day was called the end of store managers.