"you're awake?"
"Wake up...huh?"
Lu Ning jumped up from the stall, pulled out Yan Guo and pointed at Lan Tu in front of her, and then regained consciousness.
She quickly realized what was going on, then narrowed her eyes and lowered her wrist.
"Lan Tu, who knocked me out?"
"With your physical fitness and wealth, who else do you think can do it?" Lan Tu took out a cigarette.
"Zhu Qinyuan!" Lu Ning gritted his teeth and shouted out the name. After making that opinion, she paid attention to every move of the other party. Who else in the team could be fused with the treasure?
"Before you go crazy and start shooting randomly, can I say a few words to add fuel to the fire?" Lan Tu was not panicked at all, seeing that Lu Ning's expression was getting worse and worse.
"Do you also think I should give up on Yan Rong?"
"That's great. You look a lot like me before."
"You're not going to show up to speak out, are you? If that's the case, I don't want to repeat the mistakes you made."
Lan Tu lit the cigarette and took a puff.
"No, people all walk their own paths, and no two people will walk exactly the same way. I didn't say give up, I just didn't think it was necessary. Do you think Yan Rong would have died in the Time Pavilion without your rescue? "
"It's easier for her to come out with me."
"Well, if I want to convince someone like you, I have to find a better way to say it." Lan Tu scratched his hair.
"Forget it." Lu Ning also sighed, "You will stop me anyway, right?"
"Because there are many unknown dangers in the Time Pavilion." Lan Tu took out a small notebook from his arms, "Want to know? There are actually not many people who have been able to come to the inner city so far, and the nobles have also released some information about the inner city. There were commissions related to the city, but most people did not go back, so there was no relevant news at all."
"..."
"And here, there are more than a hundred people who have been recorded missing in the Time Pavilion. So how many people have you seen inside?"
Except for Dorian and Rudolph, so many people did not meet anyone. According to Dorian, she only met more than 20 different people in thirty years. people.
Seeing Lu Ning start to think, Lan Tu knew that it was almost done.
"If Yan Rong can keep herself safe, then she can be safe. The Pavilion of Time is just a prison designed to seal off prisoners, but it is actually relatively easy for intruders to get in and out."
"Then why can't anyone come out?"
“It stems from people’s instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.”
After Lan Tu finished speaking, he scratched the air with his cigarette, and the smoke formed a pattern.
"The only way to survive is to die there. But even if you say this, many people probably only think that it is a similar idea to 'get riches and wealth through danger', so they take all kinds of risks and anger the jailers... These are actually just It's just death. I don't know what the real way to survive is, but if I choose one person among you who is most likely to find that way, it would be Yan Rong."
Yan Rong is never afraid of any challenges and unknowns.
Lu Ning closed her eyes and slowly calmed herself down.
"All right."
"I believe it on the surface." Lan Tu stood up, "Is there anything else you want to ask? It's best to ask it here."
"What's the reward you're going to do? Where are you going next?"
"Let me think about it...it seems that there is no denying this time. We need to be ordered to collect some data from the periphery of various 'prisons' in the inner city, confirm that they are still operating normally, and then report it back to the nobles." Lan Tu said, "We I came here after leaving the House of First Mist, and I happened to meet you. Next, I have to go to the Red Rose Garden and the Black Box Residence, and finally to the palace."
"Who are those two places related to?" Lu Ning asked.
"Sacrifice and Nest." Lan Tu said, "If you want to follow, you can, but this reward is just a peripheral investigation, there is no danger, and don't expect us to give you any money."
"We are going to the palace." Lu Ning said, "Since the destination is the same, I will follow you."
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"Han Xizhe, are you sure there is an exit from this place?"
The man holding a sniper rifle asked with a cold expression. This is another team of Heike besides Lu Ning's team, that is, Kuzumi Heizhen's team. Now the six of them are walking among the ruins in the sky full of thunderclouds. A thunder falls every few minutes. , gravel exploded on the ground, the sound was terrifying.
"Shi Yong, our first goal is to find out the secrets of this place." The white-faced man holding the golden scabbard showed a slightly unhappy look, "Why did you first react when entering the Corridor of Eternal Calamity to leave? You Do you know how hard Kuzumi and I spent to find the entrance?"
"I only know that such ghost places are usually extremely dangerous. We just got the treasure, but we are not invincible. Even Hei Ke will die, right?" Shi Yong refused to give in, "Look at it. I only followed you in for the sake of being a team, but is there anything wrong with me making sure that everyone has a way out?"
"When you come to a place like this, it's better not to think about the escape route... The real way is to go through it head-on. If you have been here for a long time, would you like to say something?" Han Xizhe shouted to the person in front of him with a slightly louder voice.
"Ah, I thought you were going to argue for a while and then it would be over." Heima Kuzumi turned his head with a smile, "Exit? Of course there will be one. I am absolutely sure that the exit will open in the inner city, and may even lead directly to the palace. Don't worry Shi Yong, I know you are worried that we will be trapped here, but the Corridor of Eternal Calamity is not a place where we will be trapped."
"...I need an accurate statement."
"My treasure, which comes after seeking blood, can reveal how far back the battle took place and trace the traces of those fierce battles." Kuzumi Heizhen touched his bracelet, "I can use it to smell the battles that took place here. , and then find the farthest one, it will probably be related to the beginning of the Corridor of Eternity."
"This is not enough."
"So I still need Qi Shun's [Hate to the Marrow]." Heizhen Kuzumi looked at another silent man holding a crossbow, "He can penetrate the weakest point there and reopen the interface to reality. Then you’ll be fine, right?”
"It seems that you have really thought it through." Shi Yong nodded.
"Don't quarrel over such trivial matters..." Wandaijing waved his hand, "Everyone should work as a team as before! I can already smell the rotten smell emanating from here, and even the ionized smell of thunder and lightning can't cover it up!"
"Okay, okay." Kuzumi Heizhen smiled and touched Bandai Jing's head, "Xiao Jing, take us there. We should have a good meeting with that person."
Wandaijing happily led everyone to an area with very dense lightning strikes. In the midst of the lightning, there was a small shack that had been scorched black by the lightning. Bandai Jing grabbed Kuzumi Heizhen and pointed at the shack: "That's right there! The things there are rotten!"
"Yes, it's rotten." Han Xizhe said indifferently and pulled out the long knife from the scabbard.
The belt had a yellow-green luster like corrosive liquid. This luster also adhered to the blade, and the clothes on Han Xizhe seemed to have turned into liquid flow - [Yi Zi and Eat], Han Xizhe's Caibao has entered a state of fusion with him at this moment.
"Who are you!"
A hoarse and hollow voice came from the shack. It sounded like it was about to die but it was still holding on for a breath. Just hearing it was very uncomfortable.
"A murderer."
Han Xizhe didn't talk nonsense at all. He flicked the sword, and the rich corrosive liquid vibrated from the blade, turned into a liquid knife nearly twenty meters in the air, and slashed directly on the shed. But as soon as the liquid hit the shed, it splashed everywhere and failed to damage the shed.
"Very strong." Han Xizhe was not surprised by this. After all, the traces of lightning strikes showed how strong the shack was. He was just trying to see if this thing was specially designed to protect against lightning or if it was just that hard in the first place.
"Han Sang, this is not possible. Even if the people inside really have problems, we still have to be polite before fighting." Heizhen smiled and waved his hand, then shouted towards the shack: "Excuse me, my friends inside, we can go over and talk. Really? Or could you please show your face?"
"I heard it! You are the murderers!"
"Ah, killing is just business. I may not be here to kill you. We still want to have a good chat about this place and the reason why you are here."
"who are you?"
"We are just black beasts wandering in the wasteland, do you know that?"
"Hei Ke? What is Hei Ke? I don't know at all!"
"I can explain this, but can you give me a name? I always feel rude when talking like this." Kuzumi Heimai still smiled, "I am Kuzumi Heima, the nameless one, these are all mine. companion."
"...Funeral Witness."
"Oh, this title is not very auspicious. Whose funeral is it that you are witnessing?" Kuzumi Heizhen said while quietly waving his hands.
"Why do you ask so much?"
In such a conversation, the person in the room had revealed that he could not see much movement outside, and under Jiuzhu's gesture, Shi Yong and Wandaijing had also begun to integrate with the treasure.
The sniper rifle in Shi Yong's hand was completely shrouded in a group of small wraiths, with only the muzzle of the gun poking out like a bloody basin. Wandaijing, on the other hand, had emerald-like lumps all over his body. These lumps spread to his palms and condensed into two sharp claws. Wandaijing leaned forward slightly, and a green light like a hungry wolf flashed in his eyes.
"Making friends must first start by greeting each other." Heima Kuzumi raised his hand, his smiling tiger posture fully displayed, "Or do you prefer this way of greeting?"
He waved his hand downwards forcefully, and the sniper rifle in Shi Yong's hand fired instantly. A gray ring bloomed at the muzzle, and the white bullets rushed towards the shack silently. This bullet touched the shack. The house disappeared in an instant, and in the next moment panicked voices came from inside: "What is this! What have you done!"
Wandaijing had already jumped to the shed as quickly as lightning. The moment the door of the shed was opened from the inside, he grabbed the other person's neck and pulled hard, pulling the person out directly, while inside the house there was Several mouths with sharp teeth stretched out and bit out. Bandai Jing slapped away the nearest ones with his paw, grabbed the opponent's neck and jumped back quickly.
"Well done, Shi Yong." Kuzumi Pingzhen praised.
"snort."
Wandaijing threw the guy who claimed to be a funeral witness to the ground. He was indeed an old man. His hair had fallen out, his skin was dry and even attached to the bones. He was wrapped in dirty white mourning clothes, and some chains were wrapped around his body. A small urn was fastened to his chest.
"You people want to kill me, right? I've seen people like you a lot! Just because you have some ability, you will do whatever you want! Do you know what will happen if you dare to bully me here?" The old man lay on the ground and pointed tremblingly. He lives for a long time.
"Old guy..." Han Xizhe was about to come over with a knife, but Heizhen Kuzumi reached out to stop him.
"Isn't it because your old man is really hard to please, so you have to make this decision? If you had agreed to have a good chat with us from the beginning, why would you have reached this point?"
"Haha! Do you dare to attack me? Do you dare to hurt me?"
"I guess we can't hurt you at all. I just want to ask...whose funeral is this?" Kuzumi Heizhen squatted down and pointed to the urn on the old man's chest, "Is it this person's?"
The old man simply shut his mouth.
"Jiuzhu... He smells so bad and doesn't taste good at all." Wandaijing squatted next to the old man, "This is the first time I have encountered something I don't want to eat."
"Xiao Jing, there are a lot of things that cannot be eaten, and this old man is not the first one." Kuzumi Heizhen sighed, "I think he may have just eaten it for too long and it has passed the edible period."
"Eat?" The old man glanced at Wandaijing in horror.
"Very familiar words, huh?" Kuzumi Heizhen smiled at the old man, "Mr. Witness, we don't have any ill intentions. In a place like this where we may be struck by lightning at any time, we don't want to waste too much time on questioning. …Do you still remember the story of the mutual food town?”
"……where?"
"That town where everyone turned into ghosts and had to eat each other until the last two of them ate each other." Kuzumi Heizhen touched his bracelet, "Of course, most of the memories should have been transformed into these few memories of us. A piece of treasure, but I don’t think everything will disappear so easily, especially... the subsequent events indirectly led to Fei Xiu’s death.”
"Whose death are you talking about..." The witness's voice became less and less confident, and when he heard the name, two tears actually flowed from his dry eyes.
"It's unforgettable. I'm afraid very few people will have such regrets, right? Who witnessed whose funeral? Are you the king, or someone who witnessed the king's funeral? And this funeral, is it for death or for death? What about those memories?" Kuzumi Heima grinned and smiled very gently, "Although we don't have much time, please explain them one by one. Do I know the names and events that can cause you mental pain? Less."
