"Sorry, sorry, I thought it was takeout. Come in and sit down."
Su Qi welcomed the two people in enthusiastically.
The young man walked in. He sat on the sofa next to him with some regrets. His eyes suddenly saw the game cabin in the living room.
He was slightly startled, and after looking at each other, Liu Yishou said.
"You also play Abyss Paradise."
"Of course, this game is quite interesting."
The young man said: "You should have played it once. Have you passed the level? What's the score?"
"How do you say that? Rutong, it doesn't count as a clearance. As for the score... I don't know." Su Qi took out three bottles of Coke from the refrigerator and placed them in front of the two of them: "But... yes Isn’t it a bit off topic, does this have anything to do with my personal safety?”
Liu Yishou stretched out his hand, took out a photo from his pocket and handed it over.
"Let's not beat around the bush, just look at this first."
The photo showed a tattoo pattern with a circle in the middle. There were strange lines drawn inside the circle, like pairs of vertical pupils, and there was a circle of flames around the circle.
Su Qi squinted: "I seem to have seen it somewhere."
"It must be the murderer." The young man said at this time: "This photo was taken from him."
Su Qi did not deny it, but he was not just a murderer. He felt that the last ceremony completed by the old priest in the replica town church was somewhat similar to this.
He asked, "So what does this mean?"
"It represents some kind of evil belief. Take a look at this first." Liu Yishou seemed to know something, but he was unwilling to say more. He reached out and took out his mobile phone, entered the password, and clicked on a video.
What appeared in the video was a separate prison room. A man wearing bandages was lying on the bed with his eyes open, looking at the ceiling.
Su Qi naturally recognized that this was the murderer.
"He woke up the same day he came out of the hospital, but he became unconscious and couldn't hear anyone talking to him. Then something strange happened. I want to remind you first that this scene may It will cause you discomfort..."
in the screen.
The man's eyes suddenly widened, and his body trembled crazily as if possessed by some kind of force. The restraints tied to his body were pulled out into long gaps, showing how powerful he was.
Then his body trembled more and more violently, and the guards around him couldn't hold him down at all.
Finally he broke the restraints.
He jumped up from the bed and slammed into the wall.
"Bang!"
The entire wall is covered in red.
This ends the video.
Liu Yishou had been paying attention to Su Qi's expression, and he found that the latter was not much touched by the bloody scenes in the video.
After Su Qi read it, he curiously asked: "What's going on with him?"
"This is not madness." The young man spoke softly. His expression was extremely solemn, and his eyes were serious and serious as he stared at Su Qi: "Do you believe it is weird?"
Su Qi did not answer immediately: "You tell me first."
The young man spoke slowly: "First of all, you have to know that this world is not as simple as you think. As you just saw in the video, weird and dirty power will destroy a person through terrible corrosive power. the spirit of."
The young man said slowly: "This kind of power does not come from nowhere, it is full of terrible evil."
"Although it sounds a bit illusory and difficult to accept to you, it is very likely that this weirdness will come to you. After all, you already have a great relationship with this person."
Su Qi pointed to the phone screen: "You mean, I might end up like this, have a nervous breakdown, and then hit the wall."
The young man nodded, and then added: "Of course, it is also possible to jump off a building or stab yourself with a knife. It usually depends on your first choice after the collapse."
Su Qi's expression did not show any nervousness and fear, and he lightly clicked his tongue: "It's quite smart."
The young man was a little confused: "Aren't you afraid...or don't you believe it?"
"I believe it. Why don't you believe it when two official officials from the Bureau of Investigation came to visit you personally?"
Su Qi glanced at the question mark on the young man's head. He knew this person's identity from the beginning.
[Department No. 9 member Xu Linqiu]
He said: "But the two of you who came here must not only inform me of my death. There should be other ways to deal with it."
The young man nodded: "That's natural. After all, you are not the first ordinary person to be targeted."
"but...."
But he paused and pointed at the game cabin in the living room: "It seems that you have found a solution."
Su Qi was stunned, and his expression changed slightly: "You mean Abyss Paradise? This game is weirdly connected to the real world?"
If this were true, it would make all the difference for Sookie.
"I can't tell you yet, but..."
The young man changed the subject again: "Because you have shown certain potential in previous cases, and at the same time you seem to be entangled in strange things, so..."
The young man handed over a card:
"Like other ordinary people in the same situation, I provide you with a chance."
He paused and said:
“The opportunity to join someone on the other side of the world.”
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Half an hour later.
Xu Linqiu and Liu Yishou had already driven back to the investigation bureau.
Liu Yishou lit a cigarette and said, "I have contacted almost a hundred new people, but I think this guy should be able to pass the assessment."
"Difficult." Xu Linqiu flipped through the file:
"The assessment requirement is to clear three difficult dungeons with a clearance score of 80 or a nightmare level dungeon with a clearance score of 60."
"Brother Liu, you have experienced two single-player difficult dungeons yourself, and you know how difficult it is. The hard difficulty level already has a 50% failure rate, let alone the nightmare difficulty level."
He recalled:
"And...when I mentioned clearance and scoring, his answer was vague, and he didn't even know the scoring."
Xu Linqiu shook his head: "Although it's just a guess, I think he either didn't pass the test or the score was too low and he didn't want to say it."
After all, after each player completes the copy, even if he fails, he will have a game score.
Liu Yishou stopped talking. He also experienced two difficulties himself, and the highest score was only 70.
At this time.
The office door was pushed open.
A steady step came in from the door.
When Xu Linqiu saw the person coming, his expression immediately became cautious: "Teacher, you are back."
Liu Yishou also stood up from his seat. When he came out of the hospital that day, he submitted an application to the superior. Unexpectedly, he actually agreed, so he came into contact with many unimaginable contents in the past few days.
The middle-aged man said, "Have you finished your work?"
"Well, we have selected some potential newcomers both inside and outside the Investigation Bureau." Xu Linqiu replied. He suddenly paused and noticed that the middle-aged man's brows were furrowed and his expression was not very relaxed.
He asked: "Teacher, did something happen?"
The middle-aged man's eyes were deep: "Just an hour ago, there was a big noise over there in the paradise."
"The terrifying existence in the abyss suddenly burst out with terrifying power without any warning. Although the reason is unknown and has been blocked, it has obviously caused a lot of turmoil, and many people who are not mentally strong enough have All have been affected.”
Xu Linqiu quickly asked: "Is it serious?"
"It's under control, but...a very strange thing is that the target of that power is actually copy 6823765, a very ordinary low-level world."
"Why are you being targeted?" Xu Linqiu was stunned.
"I don't know, the data there has been cleared, but the Black God Guards have gone to investigate, and there should be news soon."
Xu Linqiu couldn't hold it any longer: "I want to help."
"Although your combat power is strong, your mental strength is not enough. The world has fallen into the highest level of pollution, so it's not possible." The middle-aged man refused directly with a cold face.
"But....."
Xu Linqiu was just about to retort, he also had a few spiritual power tools, when he met the middle-aged man's serious gaze, and he had no choice but to lower his head.
Liu Yishou looked at the somewhat silent atmosphere and asked a question to break the silence: "Is the mental attribute important? Although I have only experienced a few dungeons, none of them seem to use the mental attribute."
Xu Linqiu sat down, opened the tablet, and found an internal data: "You can take a look, this is the success rate of all players after today's public beta."
[Normal copy 1,271,982 times, clearance rate 78%]
[Difficult copy 223981 times, clearance rate 50%]
[Nightmare copy 3219 times, clearance rate 9%]
There is another piece of data below.
[All pollution dungeons, 1598 times in total, clearance rate 1%]
Liu Yishou's eyes were shocked: "What is this?"
"Pollution type dungeons are linked to mental power, but no newcomers value this attribute, so it is naturally difficult for anyone to pass the level."
The middle-aged man's eyes were calm, as if he had seen the very distant future, and said: "It is more important than any other attribute."
"This time a newcomer with such potential appears, don't let it go."
