Dark alleys have their dark side, where murders and robberies are difficult to be noticed.
The roads are narrow and the alleys are deep, and if you speak loudly, there will be an echo.
Just like now, the word "ugly" uttered by Xiao Ni was so resounding that it filled the entire alley.
From the moment the Poison King opened his mouth, Gentleman Rose knew it was Su'er's trick. The sensible thing to do was to expose the culprit now. The Poison King had just awakened, and his strength was at its peak. If they really faced each other, the lives of the two would be in danger.
Gentleman Rose looked at the Poison King who was in the second stage of middle school opposite him with a look of disdain and narrowed his eyes. Comparing the two, it seemed that the hatred between Sur and himself was greater.
At this moment, the villain suddenly said incoherently: "Once, a lot."
To put it simply, the host cannot deal with the boss in the dungeon, and the only way to kill the Poison King is by the players.
But Suer is different. Mountains and rivers will meet each other again. If you really want to get rid of this anger, there will always be a chance to meet again in the future.
Gentleman Rose glanced at the villain, and after a few seconds made a decision. He moved his fingers hidden in his sleeves casually twice, and the wind direction in the alley was changed unnoticed.
The Poison King frowned, misled by the smell and felt as if he had found the wrong place.
Before turning around, she once again sized up the Rose Gentleman and quietly released some hallucinogenic pollen to test him, but it had no effect at all. She figured her chances of winning were slim if she really fought, so she decided to go after the two bastards who had slipped away last night.
As he was about to leave the alley, the Poison King was still feeling a little unhappy. He turned around and said disdainfully, "Ugly freak."
Being a chuunibaku isn't the same as being stupid. When the other party didn't react the first time she provoked him, the Poison King guessed that either their strength wasn't enough, or they were being restricted. Just like her, as long as she survived, she would repeat the cycle of peak strength, decline, and then slumber endlessly.
Gentleman Rose said nothing, glanced at where Suer was hiding, sneered, and disappeared into thin air.
The dark alley returned to silence.
Su Er breathed a sigh of relief, but didn't immediately leave the garbage-smelling alley. He turned his head and said to Ji Heng, "If we leave now, it will be easy to lure the Poison King back here."
Hiding all the time is definitely not a solution. Who knows how long the host's little trick can fool the Poison King.
Before he could finish his words, a scream suddenly came from a distance, interrupting what he was about to say.
Ji Heng whispered, "Don't move."
After saying that, he climbed up the wall and jumped down again in a few seconds: "It's the Poison King."
Soul frowned: "She's killing someone?"
Ji Heng had only had time to see an arm being devoured by the giant flower. He made an analogy: "The way the Poison King kills people is similar to that of a python."
Su Er imagined the scene in his mind and his face darkened.
The atmosphere between the two of them was somewhat silent, and they each leaned against the wall and began to think of a solution.
At the same time, Xu He and others appeared at the Governance Bureau. After the first batch of staff members died in the line of duty, they were now all subordinates arranged by them, and they did not hesitate to speak.
"The Poison King has awakened." Xu He closed his eyes: "Someone who claims to be righteous is looking for an opportunity to attack her."
The staff member quickly said: "We can provide close protection."
Xu He was too lazy to talk to stupid people, so Wang Sansi was tactful and explained in a gentle voice: "When the Poison King first woke up, he had the instinct to eat people."
The staff's first reaction after hearing this was not to worry about the safety of the townspeople, but whether it would cause a commotion.
"It takes a while to completely digest a person," Wang Sansi said, not wanting to beat around the bush. He got straight to the point: "I want all of you to go out and capture those people as soon as possible."
Although there is no way to attack players directly, it is not difficult to detain them until the end of the game.
The staff member said awkwardly, "If we run into the Poison King..."
Xiao Cui, who had been silent the whole time, said impatiently before Wang Sansi could open his mouth: "Just take one of the prisoners and use him as a shield if he really happens to be in trouble."
The staff clapped their heads and said, "This is a great idea!"
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Half an hour had passed, and Suer and Ji Heng were still huddled in the garbage dump. The topic of discussion had shifted somewhat, from how to avoid being discovered under the Poison King's nose to Xu He.
"According to what I heard that night, Xu He aspires to be a coffin bearer." After the mission was clarified, Su Er was still confused about this point: "He's a player, and his mission is to protect the Poison King. What does that have to do with being a coffin bearer?"
There is also the last line of the doggerel, 'The red sleeves dance in the coffin'. The red sleeves dancing may represent the Poison King, who grew out of the coffin. It can barely be considered a progressive relationship, but what the word 'son' represents is still unclear.
The mumbling voice reached Ji Heng's ears, and the latter thought for a moment: "Assuming that Erlang represents the coffin bearers, there should be some connection between the three."
Before the last word was completely uttered, Ji Heng's eyes changed slightly: "The Poison King grew out of the coffin, but it's still missing a subject... Who transplanted the Poison King into the coffin?"
Xu He couldn't possibly have this ability.
Su Er followed his train of thought and stopped laughing: "So the ones who really stand at the top of the food chain are the coffin bearers."
He couldn't help but feel lucky that the coffin-grabbing strategy hadn't been implemented. But then he thought, Xu He had been praying to the God of Liberty that night, so there might be a God of Liberty standing above the coffin bearers.
After pondering for a few seconds, Suer suddenly raised his head, met Ji Heng's half-smile, and cursed softly.
Of course, the curse was not directed at Ji Heng, but at the host.
"I almost got scammed again."
On the night of the meeting, Su Er was still wondering why Mr. Rose didn't settle the account directly, but he never thought that he had been setting a trap from the beginning.
I couldn't help but chuckle to myself, "When he directed us to snatch stamps from the trainee usher, he must have anticipated that we would look for clues from other sources."
This is indeed the case. They successfully found the cemetery, discovered the most crucial black dog stamp, and then... naturally ignored the trainee guide.
Ji Heng didn't show much emotion, and said calmly, "No matter who it is, if they can get by without lying, then you should be extra careful."
Su Er nodded: "It's better to learn a lesson."
Victims of domestic violence who were forced to become informants, undercover police, drug dealers, traitors, each person has a story, and all of their existences work together to drive the development of the copy.
In the unusually complete storyline, there is only one identity that is redundant... the trainee guide.
The host was responsible for distributing stamps; there was no need for a trainee usher. There had to be a reason for inserting such a character into the dungeon, even having him attack the host.
Ji Heng glanced at the coat tied around Su'er's waist. Su'er understood and took out the clay figurines from his makeshift pocket one by one. He instructed, "Go find the trainee guide. He likes to wear all black and won't walk freely in the sun like a normal person."
As he spoke, he roughly sketched a portrait on the dusty ground, but it didn't look like the person at all. Ji Heng couldn't bear it anymore and made some changes to the lines. It wasn't 100% like the person, but at least 70% or 80% like the person.
Under special circumstances, quantity can replace quality. For example, at this moment, although the clay figurine army is far less intelligent than the villains, they are highly mobile and can quickly conduct ambush searches in a small town.
An hour later, Suer finally got the news he wanted.
Leaving the dark alley and breathing fresh air, it felt like I was reborn.
Karma always comes back to haunt him. On the first day of his arrival, Su Er had posted a missing person notice for the tomb guardian. Now, wanted posters for him and Ji Heng could be seen in every street and alley. Fortunately, with the help of the little people, the journey was relatively smooth. If they saw anyone approaching, they would give advance warning.
The trainee guide was alone during the day. He seemed to have little interest in anything. He sat alone in a dark room, waiting for darkness to fall.
When Ji Heng and Su Er appeared, the trainee guide was not very welcoming and placed the two sides on opposite sides of the enemy line.
Soul: "I mean no harm."
The trainee usher said calmly, "You want to snatch the stamps."
Su Er shook his head: "In fact, the first time I saw you, I knew you were a person with a story."
This sentence sounded familiar. Ji Heng remembered that when he was in the novice field, Suer treated a ghost with a story by hanging it with a string and putting it into the flush toilet, flushing it back and forth several times.
"I admire people with stories the most." Suer tried to win favor.
The trainee guide shook his head: "I don't even remember everything, where did this story come from?"
"…"
"But I do often have a dream. In it, I long to bring freedom to everyone... I help people escape the cycle of life and death, but they say their hearts are not free. So I found a flower that can influence people's minds, gave it power, and hoped to bring spiritual freedom to those who are lost."
"But later, they all betrayed me. I exhausted my strength and made the immortals carry the coffins they should have stepped into to atone for their sins, causing the flowers to fall asleep, wake up, and fall asleep again over and over again."
Su Er lowered his eyes: "What you bring to people is escape, not freedom."
The trainee guide remained unmoved, even though all his value was denied.
Soul asked, "Why would anyone still aspire to be a pallbearer?"
Trainee guide: "They only see eternal life, but not the pain involved."
With a sigh, he began to talk about his views on freedom.
There was no point in wasting time discussing values with someone who had different values. Su Er chose to interrupt and get straight to the point: "I want to completely eliminate the Poison King."
The trainee usher suddenly smiled sinisterly: "Okay, but you have to be the pallbearer."
Su Er's face darkened. Ji Heng took a step forward calmly and gave him a look... go.
Just before Ji Heng threw the talisman paper, the trainee guide said slowly, "It's half past nine now. Not long ago, I gave some money to a kid in town and asked him to notify the people from the Administrative Bureau at 9:20 to come to this house to catch the fugitive."
He looked out the window and said, "They'll be here in a quarter of an hour at most."
The trainee guide withdrew his gaze and stared at Ji Heng: "A battle cannot be ended in a quarter of an hour, even if you might be able to defeat me now that my strength is shattered."
Ji Heng asked coldly: "What is your purpose?"
The trainee usher stood up and pointed at Su Er, saying, "I can see his disdain and disgust for pallbearers. But that guy named Xu He always dreamed of becoming a pallbearer. But when he finally arrived, he discovered that everything he'd been striving for was easily obtained by others. Isn't that interesting?"
"Besides, it seems like you two have a good relationship. It's quite interesting that you would watch your companion become a pallbearer just to save your own life."
Faced with the undisguised malice, Soul clenched his fingers slightly.
"Promise him." Ji Heng said suddenly.
"Um?"
Ji Heng: "There is no better way right now."
The trainee guide watched with great interest the scene of his friends about to fall out.
Su Er was not angry. He pondered for a moment and said, "Sacrificing one person to preserve the overall situation is a way out."
Ji Heng nodded and asked again: "The Goddess of Liberty has been betrayed and turned evil. Now you are being treated unfairly. What should you do after becoming a pallbearer?"
Su Er thought for a moment and said, "Revenge on society."
Ji Heng smiled with satisfaction: "How to retaliate?"
Su Er slowly uttered four words: "Infinite copies."
Ji Heng then looked at the trainee guide and said, "Since you want him to stay in the game forever, let's get started right away."
After saying this, he walked aside generously, leaving Su Er standing there alone.
The trainee guide stretched out his hand, and before his determined smile could fully appear, his entire arm was suddenly engulfed in blue flames. Even though he rolled on the ground in pain, the fire showed no sign of going out.
At first, the trainee guide thought that Ji Heng was playing tricks, until he felt the threat of death, and then he realized that it was the will of the game.
Why?
Why did the game treat him like a traitor when he clearly hadn't done anything illegal?!
There were only ten minutes left before the people from the Governance Bureau arrived, but Ji Heng spent five minutes roughly talking about Suer's performance in Tianji City, focusing on the zombie ending.
"If you were the game, and you saw a subordinate trying to keep a player like this in the game forever, what would be your first reaction?"
The trainee guide put himself in the other person's shoes and said with pain: "There are always, there are always bitches who want to harm me!"