"What!?"
The investigator's eyes suddenly widened and he looked at Ding Ning in disbelief, his lips trembling with anger: "Captain Ding! You disappoint me so much!"
Ding Ning spread his hands and pretended to be helpless and said: "Mr. Investigator, this is the fact. You can't let me lie without conscience, can you?"
Zhang Ze was secretly amused: "Your conscience won't hurt?"
"Hmph! Since you are all willing to protect Zhang Ze, today's investigation will end here, but I will not give up!"
The investigator gritted his teeth and said, "I will continue to follow this matter and make sure to get to the bottom of it!"
After that, he grabbed his briefcase and walked out of the room angrily.
"...Thank you, Captain Ding."
Zhang Ze nodded to Ding Ning. He personally admitted that the Iron Titan was his. If Ding Ning really told this matter, the investigator would pester him endlessly.
Ding Ning smiled and said: "You saved tens of thousands of citizens in this city, did things we couldn't do, and saved my team members. Of course I want to repay you. Now we are even, but... …”
She changed the subject, approached Zhang Ze, and said softly: "You must give me a reasonable explanation about the Iron Titan. There is no rush now, we have plenty of time..."
Then, she left the surprised Zhang Ze and turned around to leave.
Zhang Ze walked out of the house. The sky outside was clear and the smoke had gradually dissipated. Someone began to clean up the monster corpses everywhere and repair the damaged houses.
After a disaster, life has to go on. People who have experienced too much suffering have long adapted to this kind of life. It can even be said that they have become numb.
In the headquarters, Zhang Ze found his sister and daughter, who were with Xiang Xiaoqin.
"Thankfully, several of the agents I sent to protect Zhang Feng and Yi Liu sent me distress messages before they died, so I knew the situation here was so serious."
Xiang Xiaoqin sighed and said to Zhang Ze: "Otherwise, you can let the two of them go to the Imperial Capital with me. It will definitely be safer there than here."
Zhang Ze asked Zhang Feng and Zhang Yiliu for their opinions. Zhang Feng expressed his willingness, but Zhang Yiliu strongly opposed it.
"No! I don't want to go to the Imperial Capital, it's too far away from dad!" Zhang Yiliu pouted and said unhappily.
Zhang Ze gave some advice, but for some reason, Zhang Yiliu, who was usually very obedient, refused to agree this time. In desperation, Zhang Feng had no choice but to stay.
"Okay, if you change your mind, contact me directly."
Turning to look at Zhang Ze, Xiang Xiaoqin asked: "Do you have any clues about this monster den attack?"
"Well, I can be 100% sure that it has something to do with Zheng Hao!" Zhang Ze said solemnly: "Because I met his subordinate, Cake Chubby, in the underground bunker."
"Cake Fatty?"
Xiang Xiaoqin thought for a moment and then remembered the fat man who loved to eat, and said angrily: "That seems right, Shuguang must be behind everything, damn bastard!"
"Sister Xiang, you should have a good talk with Director Dongfang. We must vigorously attack the Shuguang organization." Zhang Ze said: "If they are allowed to continue, there will be more serious consequences!"
Xiang Xiaoqin lit a cigarette with a bored look on his face, took a deep breath, and said, "Why do you still need to remind me? It's just that the situation in the National Security Bureau is different now..."
After saying that, she shook her head, her expression full of helplessness.
Just a month ago, Chen Feng suddenly landed in the National Security Bureau and became Su Yuewen's deputy.
At the same time, at the latest high-level meeting, Dongfang Dekang's rights were greatly reduced, but Su Yuewen's rights became greater, and the status of the two of them changed from the original superiority to the current rivalry.
As Dongfang Dekang's confidant, Xiang Xiaoqin's position has also been demoted. Now when she sees Chen Feng, she has to shout: "Director Chen."
"Zhang Ze."
Xiang Xiaoqin suddenly became very serious, which made Zhang Ze feel a little uncomfortable.
Then she said with a solemn expression: "I always feel that something big is going to happen. We don't have much time. You should grow up quickly...The storm is coming!"
…
After settling down his sister and daughter and sending Xiang Xiaoqin away, Zhang Ze borrowed a jeep from Chief Liu and returned to the military region.
Ding Ning temporarily stayed in Tianfeng City because he still had to deal with the funeral affairs of the fallen team members.
When they arrived at the military area, Zhang Ze returned to the cooking class. Lao Ge and others were busy working. When they saw him coming in, everyone stopped.
"Xiao Zhang..."
Lao Ge personally moved a chair for Zhang Ze to sit down, and said earnestly: "The leader of the logistics department is very dissatisfied with you leaving the team without authorization. I can't protect you. The transfer order should be issued in the next few days. You have a Get ready."
"I understand, Monitor Ge!"
Zhang Ze looked calm. In order to save his sister and daughter, he didn't care about the consequences.
At night, when everyone else went to bed, Zhang Ze prepared to enter the demonic realm.
The darkness in front of him was gradually dispelled by the light. Zhang Ze was already standing on the altar, still in the running old-fashioned steam train carriage. His body swayed slightly with the carriage, and the regular collision sound of wheels and rails could be heard in his ears.
Ju Shen, Liu Yueying and others also came online one by one. Everyone greeted each other and soon everyone was here.
Zhang Ze told everyone about what he saw through the car door window and another group of giant gods and the violent Dragon King and others. Everyone was very surprised.
Xiaoniaoyi and Yaoguang immediately ran to the car door window in front to look around. Sure enough, they saw the same scene, and they immediately let out a burst of exclamation.
Later, everyone made new discoveries.
When Xiaoniaoyi and Yaoguang opened the front door, they found themselves in the rear door of the same carriage. Jushen, Liu Yueying and others were right in front of them, looking back at them with surprised expressions. two.
In other words, the front door and the rear door of the carriage are connected. No matter which door you enter, you will still end up in the same carriage - Car No. 14.
"What is the principle? Why do we see other selves in the car window?" Yiye Zhiqiu frowned and asked doubtfully: "And when I opened the front door, I returned to the back of the car? Is this car No. 14 a mysterious person? Bius belt?”
Moonlight Bunny asked curiously: "Sister Melancholy, what is a Möbius strip?"
The Melancholy of the Sky explained: "Simply put, it is a closed circulation space. No matter where you start from, you will eventually return to the starting point. The situation in this carriage is very similar to the Möbius strip. Unless we find a way, otherwise You can never get out of this cycle.”
"Maybe the other selves we saw before were hallucinations, right?" Hangzui thought for a while and said, "This demonic realm is very strange. There is only a train running, and there are no monsters in the carriage. There are no prompts, which makes people confused. water."
Shan Dao calmly shook his head and said: "I think the scene we saw in the car window was not an illusion, but a reminder."
Zhang Ze pondered: "If according to what you said, the other people in the car window opened the door in front and entered the next car, and we followed the prompts, but ended up returning to this car, and nothing changed. What’s the point of a hint?”
Everyone was talking about it, but nothing came of it. It felt like they were in a dead end.
In order to find clues, everyone also conducted an experiment. One of Zhang Feng and Xiaoniaoyiren stood at the front door and the other stood at the rear door. They opened the door at the same time and shook hands. It felt very magical.
The irritable Dragon King sat down on the car seat next to him, waved his hands feebly and said: "I won't participate in the brain-consuming things, just leave the monsters to me!"
Little Princess Qian curled her lips and said, "Maybe there won't be a single monster in this level of the Demon Realm."
Zhang Ze saw Liu Yueying staring at the clock hanging on the front door of the carriage and asked strangely: "What's wrong?"
"Look at that clock..."
Liu Yueying pointed with her hand and said slowly: "I remember clearly, it was exactly 1 o'clock when we came in, and it is almost 2 o'clock now."
"I don't think this clock is anything special, right?" Zhang Ze frowned. Suddenly he remembered something and immediately looked around the carriage and said, "I understand. What you mean is that in this carriage No. 14, apart from Nothing changes except the clock changes?”
Liu Yueying nodded: "Well, that's why I feel that this clock is very special. Maybe it is the key clue to clear the level."
Jushen, Yiye Zhiqiu and others also heard Liu Yueying's words, and everyone looked at the clock. At this time, the clock happened to reach the 2 o'clock direction, and the old-fashioned time chime sounded above everyone's heads.
Then the clock stopped running.
"Time flies so fast. We have been in this carriage for an hour. Let's see if anything has changed around us?"
After the giant god finished speaking, everyone looked around, but found nothing.
"Is this clock just a decoration?" Zhang Ze squinted his eyes. He always felt that it was not simple.
"Yeah! Look, everyone!"
Suddenly, the little princess Qian's voice sounded, attracting everyone's attention.
She opened the front door, but the car opposite was empty!
No matter how they opened the door before, they could still see their own people.
"What's happening here?"
Hangover looked back at the rear door. The door was tightly closed, and the little princess of money did not appear.
Yiye Zhiqiu suddenly had an epiphany and said in surprise: "I seem to understand that the key point of this level of demonic realm is the clock! Within one hour, we can only be trapped in the same carriage, in a non-stop cycle. But after one hour , we can get out of the loop and enter the next carriage!”
Everyone also showed joy, and the irritable Dragon King shouted: "Then let's go to the next carriage quickly and see if there are any clues there."
So everyone passed through the door and entered the next car one after another. Zhang Ze walked at the end. He suddenly realized something and looked back at the window of the rear car.
Sure enough, he saw a figure on the window, which seemed to be himself!
"Could it be that... the scene I saw before is what happened now?" Zhang Ze thought thoughtfully, "So, through the car door window, you can see what happened an hour ago?"
"Brother Rakshasa, what's wrong with you? Come in quickly."
The voice of the giant god came, Zhang Ze responded, and finally looked back at the rear door window. There was no one there anymore.
Bang!
Zhang Ze walked in, the rear door closed automatically, and the clock above his head started to tick.
He noticed that the clock started moving at 2 o'clock.
"It seems that even if everyone doesn't come in, the clock won't start?"
Zhang Ze squinted his eyes and felt that there was an idea floating in his mind. He wanted to catch it but couldn't.
"I said, that's not right!"
Xiaoniao Yiren pointed to the number on the top of the carriage with a puzzled look on her face and said, "This is also carriage No. 14. Why are we still in the original carriage?"
Everyone looked over and saw that it was indeed the case. They thought they had found a way out, but in the end their joy was in vain.
"I can't take it anymore! Let me out!"
The irritable Dragon King irritably smashed the car window with an iron rod, trying to break the glass and jump out of the car!
As a result, after a few sticks were applied, there was not even a white spot on the car window glass, and it was unbelievably strong!
"Holy shit! Is this bulletproof glass? It's too strong!" The Dragon King looked shocked.
The little princess Qian couldn't stand it anymore and said: "How about we go back and see the strategy or something. It's better than being stuck here all the time and being confused."
After saying that, she turned around and opened the rear door, only to find that one of her own people appeared in front of her, and everyone looked at her in surprise.
Now the situation is the same as before. Car No. 14 has become a closed loop again.
He held his chin without emotion and said in a deep voice: "Now it seems that we have no way to turn back and can only keep going."
The giant god nodded and said: "Yes, even if you exit the Demon Realm, you will still appear here again when you come online again. If we don't solve the puzzle, we will be trapped in this Demon Realm forever."
"I think the problem still lies in this clock, or you can put it this way, time is an important clue!"
Zhang Ze told everyone what he had just seen in the rear window. He analyzed: "If I guessed correctly, each carriage represents a time. The previous carriage represents the 14th at 1 o'clock. carriage, and the carriage we are in now is carriage No. 14 at 2 o'clock."
"This also confirms why we could see what happened an hour later in the front door window."
Zhang Ze's words were too profound. Now, except for a few people such as Yiye Zhiqiu and Shandao Buqing, the rest of the people were confused.
"My IQ can no longer keep up with the masters..." Hangzui looked troubled, and Yao Guang also half-understood what he said, but for some reason, she just felt that what Zhang Ze said was definitely right!
"So, what you mean is that as long as we keep waiting for time to go on, it will be fine?" Shan Dao looked at Zhang Ze emotionlessly: "I don't think it will be that simple."
Zhang Ze shook his head and said: "I'm not sure about this. The clock has only reached 2 o'clock now, and there are still 10 hours. We can go down one carriage at a time and go to the 14th carriage at 12 o'clock to have a look. , maybe there will be something harvested.”
"Ah? We have to wait another hour?" Xiaoniaoyiren shouted depressedly: "Without monsters to fight, it's so boring!"
Liu Yueying smiled and said, "Don't we have a simulator? It's a good time to go to the simulator to practice now, so there won't be any delay."
"Oh, I have no choice but to rely on the simulator to kill time." Xiaoniaoyiren looked hopeless.
Yao Guang looked at the simulator with envy. She also wanted to get one, but unfortunately, she didn't have that many credits.
Zhang Ze pulled Liu Yueying towards the front door. He wanted to see if he could see what happened an hour later on the car window.
Bang!
At this moment, the rear door was suddenly pushed open, and a figure rushed in.
Everyone turned around in shock, and when they saw the person coming, they were all shocked!
