"I know, it's to alleviate your guilt towards him and give you peace of mind."
Zhang Ze has already learned about the past events between Xiang Xiaoqin and Zhao Han. Zhao Han fell to protect Xiang Xiaoqin, so he guessed that Xiang Xiaoqin must have felt guilty and self-blame because of this incident, so he took the risk to come here. .
Although her feelings for Zhao Han did not reach the level of love, she did not want to owe a favor, so she wanted to find peace of mind and return the favor to Zhao Han.
"Haha, you are quite considerate!" Xiang Xiaoqin was quite surprised. She laughed and said, "If Liu Yueying hadn't been here, maybe I would have fallen in love with you."
"Sister Xiang, are you kidding me?"
"Yes, I'm joking. I'm so tired. I must take a good rest when I go back..."
"Sister Xiang, I came all the way to save you this time, do you have to show off?"
"What are you kidding about? I don't have many [Realization Cards] in my hand!"
"I don't want much, just a hundred S-level [Realization Cards]..."
"Are you crazy? There aren't that many in the entire department!"
"Think of a way...Sister Xiang!"
"Then you sell me, and any number of [Cash Cards] you can exchange for them will be yours!"
Zhang Ze: "..."
…
Highbridge Manor.
Two figures walked to Takahashi Sadako's body. Madoka Chihiro knelt on the ground, holding Takahashi's cold hand, with red eyes: "Takahashi-sama! I'm late! I'm sorry!"
Bazel stood behind her, looking at the Kingdom of God Pass in his hand, with joy on his face.
"Takahashi is dead, I can use the pass to myself! Hehehehe!"
"However, Zhang Ze is still alive. How should the Lord God explain it? The Sakura Kingdom Dawn Organization has lost another manager..."
Looking at the crying Madoka Chihiro, Bazel suddenly thought of an idea. He walked over and patted Chihiro's shoulder, comforting him: "My condolences, Miss Madoka, her murderer is still alive and well. , I think you should try to cheer up and avenge Miss Takahashi."
Madoka Chihiro wiped her tears, stood up, and with deep hatred on her face, asked: "Mr. Basel, how do you think I can kill Zhang Ze? He is too strong, even Takahashi The lady is no match for him either.”
"I'm sorry." Bazel shrugged with a helpless expression: "I can't help with this."
"But..." He changed the topic and said, "I can take you to see the Lord God Envoy. Maybe he has a way."
"Master God Envoy?" Madoka Chihiro was stunned for a moment, and her face hesitated: "I am just a subordinate of Lord Takahashi, with a humble status. Master God Envoy is willing to see me?"
Bazel smiled and said: "With my recommendation, I believe he will be willing to meet you."
"Then I'm sorry to trouble you!"
Madoka Chihiro bowed deeply, raised her head, looked at Takahashi's body, and said in her heart: "Master Takahashi, my subordinates will definitely avenge you!"
…
The Iron Titan flew Zhang Ze and Xiang Xiaoqin away from the Cherry Blossom Country. Because Xiang Xiaoqin's injury was not healed, Zhang Ze asked her to recuperate on the Iron Titan for a few days and wait for the wound to heal before returning home.
Unexpectedly, Xiang Xiaoqin had a sudden idea to follow Zhang Ze back to the grassland base camp, saying that the environment there was good and suitable for cultivation, so Zhang Ze had to agree.
On the way, Zhang Ze and Xiang Xiaoqin mentioned that their current nationality had been tampered with by Takahashi to Sakura Country, and asked her if there was any way to change it back.
"I was born as a Daxia native and will die as a Daxia ghost. I will never be a Sakura countryman!" Zhang Ze's attitude was very firm.
Xiang Xiaoqin smiled and said: "You are really patriotic. There are so many people running abroad now, but you are the only one who wants to come back."
"Okay, leave this matter to me. I'll notify Xu Lu and let him handle it, but it will take some time."
Zhang Ze nodded: "I can wait as long as I want!"
Ten minutes later, the Iron Titan parked outside the prairie camp and came to greet him with an arrow through the heart and a group of people.
"This Miss Xiang is injured. Brother Yi Jian, please have someone prepare a stretcher and carry her to our camp. Be careful to move gently."
"I understand, Mr. President..."
Seeing that Yi Arrow Pierced the Heart seemed to have something to say, Zhang Ze took the initiative and asked, "Brother Yi Arrow, is there something wrong?"
"Hmm!" He sighed heavily and said, "It's Miss Zhang Feng. She hasn't come out of the Demon Realm for a long time!"
Zhang Ze's pupils suddenly shrank and he asked hurriedly: "Have you ever entered the Demon Realm and sent her a private message?"
One Arrow Pierced the Heart was still in the 30th level of the Demonic Realm, unable to rush to Zhang Feng, so he could only rely on this method to contact her.
"Yes, but she hasn't replied all the time." Yi Yaxin said: "However, Miss Zhang Feng is still alive, because her name can be seen in my friend column."
"Then why doesn't my sister go offline?" Zhang Ze was confused and thought to himself: "Is there any reason why she can't go offline?"
"What about Titan, Yueying and the others?"
Thinking of this, Zhang Ze immediately asked for a phone and called Liu Yueying, but no one answered.
Zhang Ze suddenly felt bad. He called Ju Shen and others one by one, but no one could get through!
"Something must have happened!"
Zhang Ze's heart sank and he thought to himself: "I told my sister before that we would wait for me to come back and explore the Demon Realm together. It seems that they couldn't wait any longer and went first."
"I just don't know. During the few days I have been in Sakura Country, have they cleared the 49th level of the Demon Realm, or have they already cleared it and gone to the next level?"
"I have to get online and find them as soon as possible!"
Seeing Zhang Ze's serious expression, Xiang Xiaoqin asked, "What's wrong?"
"It's my sister and the others..." Zhang Ze told the story again, and Xiang Xiaoqin's face became serious and said: "Give me the phone again, and I will ask Xu Lu to change your nationality before 8 o'clock tonight. return!"
"Excuse me, Sister Xiang!"
As soon as she heard that the lives of Zhang Feng and others were at stake, Xu Lu took immediate action and finally changed Zhang Ze's nationality back to Daxia before eight o'clock in the evening.
"Xu Lu is so efficient. Now I can enter the demonic realm of my own country."
Zhang Ze looked at the time, patted the back of his hand, and entered the demon realm.
The forty-ninth level of the demonic realm.
Zhang Ze appeared in the long corridor, and the rooms on both sides stretched toward the end, as if there was no end, which made people feel depressed.
"Sister! Yueying! Titan!"
Zhang Ze called everyone's name loudly while running in the corridor. However, he ran all ten floors and did not hear any response.
"Where have they all gone?"
Zhang Ze clenched his fists and thought to himself: "Have you already gone to the next level?"
"No, if they really clear this level of demonic realm, sister, they will definitely leave me a message and tell me how to clear it."
"But there is no information left, which can only mean that they have not cleared the level at all and are trapped in this demonic realm!"
Zhang Ze stopped and moved his eyes to the rooms on both sides of the wall.
In this level of demonic realm, the room must be the key to clearing the level, because except for the room, there is almost nothing here.
"What do the numbers on the room mean?" Zhang Ze frowned. When he first entered this demonic realm, Zhang Ze guessed that there must be something interesting about the numbers on the door. However, at that time, everyone was in a hurry to log off and rest, so they did not delve into it. .
Now, he must find the meaning of the numbers in order to unravel the secret of his sister's disappearance.
"99 houses...I only have 3 keys in my hand..."
Zhang Ze looked at the key in his hand and thought to himself: "No matter what, I will try to open a door to see if there may be any clues inside."
Just as he was about to open the door, he suddenly felt something behind him. He immediately turned around and found a cute little girl of five or six years old wearing a black princess costume.
She tilted her head and said with a smile: "Brother, can I ask you a favor?"
"Who are you? What do you want me to do for you?"
Zhang Ze looked the little girl up and down and saw that her feet were off the ground and actually floating in mid-air. He immediately became more vigilant. [Blood Dragon] appeared out of thin air in his hands, ready to attack at any time.
"My name is Xiao Li. I am the only resident in this apartment. I feel so lonely. There is no one to play with me. Big brother, can you please play with me?"
"Playing?" Zhang Ze asked in a deep voice: "What are you playing with?"
"Hide and seek!" Xiao Li said excitedly: "If you catch me three times, I will give you a reward, such as: the key to leave this apartment."
As she said that, she opened her little hand, and inside was a key to pass the level!
Zhang Ze was stunned. It turned out that the key to clear the level was in the hands of this little girl. It seemed that playing hide and seek with her was a necessary condition for clearing the level.
"So, my sister, Yueying and the others should have also played hide-and-seek with Xiao Li, but why did they disappear?"
"Did you get punished because you failed to catch her?"
Zhang Ze narrowed his eyes and asked in a deep voice: "You only mentioned rewards, but not punishment. If I didn't catch you, what would be the punishment?"
"Big brother is so vigilant." Xiao Li shrugged and said, "The punishment is that I have to take something randomly from you."
"Maybe it's a piece of equipment, maybe it's a prop, maybe it's an ability... In short, you have to give me whatever I want!"
Zhang Ze sneered: "If you want my life, you can still take it away, right?"
"No." Xiao Li shook his head: "I don't want your life, then no one will stay here with me."
"Stay with you?" Zhang Ze immediately grabbed the key information from her words and asked: "Did a few adventurers play hide-and-seek with you before? Where are they now?"
"Of them you are talking about, are there one named Liu Yueying, one named Giant God, and one named Fleeing Yaoyao..."
Listening to Xiao Li reading out everyone's names one by one, Zhang Ze could already conclude that the disappearance of Zhang Feng and others was closely related to Xiao Li. He hurriedly asked: "Yes, it's them! Where are they now?"
"Oh, they failed three times in a row and have become residents of this apartment. They will stay with me forever, hehe!" Xiao Li showed a happy expression, but Zhang Ze felt shuddering!
"No, calm down, sister and the others are not dead yet, there is still a chance to save them!"
Zhang Ze took a deep breath and asked, "If I play hide and seek with you, can you please let them go?"
Xiao Li nodded: "Okay, but big brother, don't you want this key? With it, you can leave this cursed apartment."
"I can't leave my companions alone." Zhang Ze said decisively: "I agree to play with you. Now, tell me the rules of the game."
Although Zhang Ze knew the rules of hide-and-seek, he believed that it was definitely different here, so he had to figure it out.
"It's very simple."
Xiao Li explained: "You should have three keys in your hand. Follow the clues I left for you and open the door with the corresponding number within the specified time."
"If you find me in the room, it's a success."
"If you don't find it, you will be punished. In addition, I will give you an extra key to give you a chance to win."
Zhang Ze remembered the rules in his heart, nodded and said: "I understand, let's start now!"
"We're going to play hide and seek!"
Xiao Li jumped up happily and said to Zhang Ze: "Brother, I'm going to tell you the first clue. You must analyze it carefully, otherwise it will be too late to regret."
"Listen, Xiao Li hired three cleaners to clean this apartment. They cleaned three rooms in three days. How many rooms can nine cleaners clean in nine days?"
"Time starts counting: 100 seconds, 99 seconds, 98 seconds..."
After telling this clue, Xiao Li gradually disappeared in front of him, but her voice telling the time still echoed in Zhang Ze's mind.
Zhang Ze was stunned for a moment. He thought it was some kind of clue, but it turned out to be a math problem.
"I remember this question. When I was in school, my math teacher told me that the answer is definitely not 9..."
Zhang Ze tried hard to recall the scene when the math teacher explained this problem.
The time given by Xiao Li was 100 seconds. He had to find the answer in the clues and then open the corresponding room. To be honest, the time was barely enough.
If you spend too much time looking for clues, even if you find the answer, you won't have time to open the room.
Therefore, you must find the answer in the shortest possible time and leave yourself enough time to open the door.
"71 seconds...70 seconds..."
"I thought of it! It's 27!"
There is a trap in this question. If you speculate according to common sense, you will definitely think that the answer is 9, but it is actually 27.
Zhang Ze took action immediately and ran to the second floor quickly.
When he found room 27, there were 50 seconds left.
"Do you use the key to open the door?"
"yes!"
Click!
The key in his hand disappeared, the door opened, and nothing could be seen in the dark room.
Zhang Ze stood at the door, groped the wall, and found the light switch.
When the lights came on, Xiao Li stood in the middle of the empty room, clapped his hands and said with a smile: "Hee hee, big brother is so awesome, he actually found me."
"Two more times!"
Zhang Ze took a deep breath and said: "Let's not waste time, let's continue!"
"Okay." Xiao Li nodded and said with a serious expression: "The first clue is relatively simple, but the following clues are more difficult."
After speaking, she handed a piece of paper to Zhang Ze and said, "The clue is on this piece of paper."
Zhang Ze took it and found that there was a square grid drawn on the paper, with "one" written inside, followed by "-1".
"What does this mean?" Zhang Ze looked up at Xiao Li and frowned: "Is there any more tips? This is too general."
"No more." Xiao Li smiled and shook his head: "It's boring if it's too simple. Take the time to think about it, big brother."
