Volume 11: The Road of Yin and Yang
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A miracle, simply a miracle.
I didn’t die. I actually didn’t die. I actually survived with my memory almost stripped away and I didn’t even know who I was!
I was surprised and surprised, surprised by the arrangement of the curse, and surprised by the tricks of fate.
But finally I found the key.
All kinds of chance coincidences and all kinds of thrilling experiences made me recognize myself and the reality bit by bit, and then I found the key, the key that unlocked the lock of my memory.
That being said, actually...
That key...
I have lost.
However, I still will not give up or give up. I still clearly remember the vows I made at that time.
And now, I'm back!
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In a daze, I don't know how long it took, when He Fei opened his eyes, he found a familiar scene around him.
The familiar environment, the empty ground, and the rapid recovery of injuries all over the body under the influence of some magical ability.
Hell Train Car No. 5!
The young man is now in Car No. 5 of the train. However, the only difference from before is that he is the only one who appears in the car this time. Of course, the reason is also very simple, because this time it is a single-person mission and the assessment is limited to him. participate.
After observing for a moment, he confirmed that he had returned to the train, and saw that his injuries had disappeared without a trace. After returning to his senses, He Fei first took a long breath, then walked to the seats on both sides of the carriage and sat down.
Survived!
Successfully survived that special supernatural mission!
But, he is also very tired...
Note that this kind of tiredness does not refer to physical tiredness, but to mental and brain fatigue.
It’s also worth mentioning that in fact, in the assessment mission he just went through, He Fei was not attacked by insects almost from beginning to end. It is hard to believe that it is said, and it even violates the common sense of supernatural missions. Even so, , But in fact, He Fei’s understanding and analysis ability is so good that if he didn’t think much about it when he was on the mission, then after completing the mission and returning to the train, the college student could quickly figure out the key points.
To put it simply, the key point can be described in two words, that is...
Prevent!
Yes, it means to prevent, use every means to prevent the examiner from recovering his memory, and do everything possible to prevent the examiner from completing the task. Obviously, because the examiner's memory has been tampered with, causing him to forget his identity as the executor, then the person who comes for the examination will They will not actively look for clues and find a way out as in the past, but the task time continues to pass. As each day passes, and the time limit gradually approaches the end of the task, as long as the examiner is always in a state of amnesia, then when the task time limit is reached, the ending There is only one, death! Obliterated, ruthlessly obliterated by the mission rules set by the curse!
This is the purpose of the curse, and the same is true for the memory bug in the mission. As speculated earlier, perhaps it is restricted by some rules. It seems that the bug itself cannot kill He Fei except for using it as a killing tool. , so he focused on interfering with the young man's memory, trying to cause the other party to be obliterated by the rules because the task time limit was reached!
Yes, rules are often a double-edged sword. While they protect you, why can't they kill you?
The main reason why He Fei is so tired at this moment is that this assessment mission is too unusual. It is actually a mission of decryption rather than terror. If you are not careful, you will miss your way out!
The reason why I think so is still not complicated. In any case, He Fei is already out of the rookie category and has experienced many supernatural missions before and after. Although most of the previous missions were difficult, after all, He Fei often came from outside. , if the wolf wants to attack, it must use various means to succeed. Unexpectedly, this time the wolf comes from inside, from itself. He Fei never dreamed that the wolf is directly attached to his body. No wonder he initially No matter how hard you look for it, you can't find any trace of it. No wonder there are no clues from beginning to end. In addition, the memory has been tampered with. All of the above are a fatal situation for anyone. It can be said that He Fei can find it at the end of the mission. The Haowu Institute is simply a miracle. If he makes a mistake during this period, he will miss his chance of survival.
Thoughts, ups and downs, time passes slowly.
In the carriage, just as He Fei was sitting on the passenger chair and thinking wildly, suddenly, a voice, a cold voice, appeared directly in his mind:
"Reminder, acting captain He Fei has successfully passed the captain assessment task and has officially become the captain of the seventh execution team of Cursed Space. The captain's authority is activated. For details, please go to Car No. 1 to check."
Needless to say, it was this passage that brought He Fei back to reality from his thoughts. At this moment, after listening to the voice, He Fei was refreshed. Yes, although he experienced risks and crises during the mission, he finally gained something after completing the mission. If there is a due return, what is the return? That is……
He, He Fei, has now ditched the word agent and become the official captain!
However, after the sound ended, He Fei did not immediately leave for Car No. 1 as expected. Instead, he continued to rest on the spot for a while. The reason mentioned above was that although all his injuries in Car No. 5 had been treated long ago, But he couldn't eliminate his mental fatigue. If he hadn't been looking forward to the captain's authority, He Fei would have had the urge to go back to his room and take a deep sleep first.
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After resting for about 15 minutes, his physical strength may have recovered. Finally, He Fei got up and left the No. 5 carriage. Before leaving, he specially scanned the carriage clock.
point.
Seeing this, He Fei was shocked. He didn't expect it to be so late! Although he knew that there was no distinction between day and night on the Hell Train and even in the entire cursed space, the executors were human beings after all, and everyone had been living according to the previous 24-hour schedule for a long time. Sure enough, seeing how late the time was now, the college students started to murmur. , I was also thinking about whether I should just go back to Car No. 3 to rest, and wait until tomorrow to go to Car No. 1 to check the captain’s authority.
Bah.
Having made up his mind, He Fei walked towards the connecting door. With the crisp sound of the connecting door opening automatically, he decided to return directly to Car No. 3. However, when he passed Car No. 4...
He saw...
There was a man, a man with a bald head, a black vest and a full face, lying across the carriage in No. 4, sleeping soundly on the row of chairs on the right! Seeing this, He Fei was slightly startled, Peng Hu? Why did the other party come to Car No. 4 at such a late hour when he was not sleeping in his bedroom?
"Ah... Phew!"
In fact, He Fei's doubts did not last long. The sound of opening the connecting door had woken him up. As far as he could see, he saw Peng Hu yawning and slowly getting up, smashing his mouth, raising his hand to wipe it. Wiping the saliva from the corner of his mouth, he finally slowly opened his eyes.
But as soon as he opened his eyes and his vision became clear, the first thing that caught his eye was indeed a familiar figure, at least a very familiar figure to the bald man.
Maybe it was a little sudden, or maybe he just woke up from sleep and didn't react for a while. At this moment, looking at that figure and staring at the other person's face, the bald man was stunned.
Peng Hu, who had just woken up, stared blankly at the young man and He Fei, who smiled at him.
5 seconds later…
"Fuck!"
In an instant, there was a startled shout, and when the next second came, Peng Hu jumped up from the chair, strode to the other party, and then gave He Fei a big bear hug without saying a word.
The bald man's face was full of joy, and He Fei could clearly feel the joy and excitement in the other person's heart at this moment, which made him feel warm in his heart.
"Brother, you're back!"
"Well, I'm back!"
The friendship between men is very pure and direct. As soon as they met, the two parties neither sighed nor greeted each other. With just a hug and a greeting, the two completely understood each other's state of mind. Soon, they let go of each other, Peng Hu asked instinctively: "Um, did you pass the captain's assessment?"
Listening to the other party's question that was equivalent to nonsense, He Fei shrugged and asked: "Since I can still appear in front of you alive, doesn't Brother Peng know what this means?"
Peng Hu laughed, nodded, and then raised his right fist to hit He Fei's chest hard and continued: "Good boy! I knew you would pass the test! After all, you, Brother Peng, I still know what you are capable of."
It can be seen that the bald man was really happy for He Fei when he learned that he had officially passed the captain's assessment.
The two of them chatted for a while, but because a certain doubt kept bothering their minds, they quickly changed the topic before the other party could say anything else. He Fei directly asked the question in his mind:
"By the way, Brother Peng, what's going on with you? If you don't sleep in your own room in Carriage 3, why did you go to Carriage 4 to sleep? Could it be that...you have moved?"
Hearing the young man's question and seeing the other person's confusion, he waved his hand and Peng Hu quickly explained: "Damn it, what are you talking about? I'm not sick. I stayed up in my room and came here to make a bed on the floor. After all, I So I'm here because of you."
He Fei was slightly startled, and became more and more puzzled. Fortunately, Peng Hu was always straightforward, and this time he gave a complete account of the cause and effect of the incident without waiting for the young man to ask.
It turned out that not long after He Fei participated in the captain's assessment mission, Cheng Ying informed the rest of the people. It can be imagined that after learning that He Fei secretly went to perform the captain's assessment mission that was said to be very strange, everyone became restless and even more excited. Most of them are worried about He Fei. After all, the captain's assessment task is not mandatory. You can freely choose to perform it or not to perform it at any time. I thought He Fei would think twice before doing anything. At the worst, he must be well prepared before he can do anything. choice, but I never expected that He Fei would go directly to take the assessment without saying hello. Although it is undeniable that some people who have been in contact with the youth for a long time understood that He Fei left without saying goodbye because he was afraid that everyone would be uneasy and would dissuade them, but, But the captain assessment is after all a special supernatural mission with unknown difficulty! If the assessment fails, there is really no hope for everyone, and the team cannot withstand the heavy blow of two captains dying one after another.
Of course, worries are worries. Once the matter has become a fact, it cannot be undone no matter what. It is useless to say anything now. In addition, He Fei has entered the mission world, so everyone can only pray in their hearts, praying that college students can succeed in the assessment and then go smoothly. Obtaining the authority of the captain, after all, there are no fools in the train, so how could they not know that He Fei did this for the sake of the entire team? After all, the acting captain is only a nominal title, and the authority only has the right to notify new members when they board the bus. Overall, it has no practical use. Therefore, in order to allow the team to obtain more information, in order to enable the team to To increase the survival rate in supernatural missions, you must obtain the authority of the official captain no matter what.
Everyone understands the truth, but everyone is still worried about He Fei's comfort, and they don't know when the other party will return. Finally, after some discussions, the executors reached a consensus, that is, while He Fei is performing the captain's assessment task, every night Someone needs to go to Car No. 4 to sleep, because the mission return location has always been Car No. 5, and if He Fei wants to return to Car No. 3 after returning, he must go to Car No. 4, and those who are in Car No. 4 in advance will definitely take the lead. After learning the news of the other party's return, he notified everyone as soon as possible, and the results of the discussion came out quickly. Zhao Ping slept in Car No. 4 on the first night, Yao Fujiang on the second night, Peng Hu on the third night, and Qian Qian on the fourth night. Xueling, Cheng Ying on the fifth night. Once anyone discovers He Fei's return at night, he must immediately notify others.
result……
To Peng Hu's delight, He Fei unexpectedly returned safely on the night he was on duty!
How could this not make the bald man overjoyed?
"Huh? Brother Peng, from what you said, it seems that three days have passed in the train when I carried out this assessment task."
Peng Hu nodded instinctively, but He Fei was secretly shocked!
In fact, this is not difficult to explain. In other words, as early as when they first entered the cursed space, college students had occasionally cared about it and made some guesses about something, that is, the world of every supernatural mission may be an independent and complete real world. , it feels like the real world where the executor is in is in a state of parallel space. So, at this moment, when it is further learned from Peng Hu that only three days have passed since his seven-day mission was in the cursed space, wouldn’t that mean that the cursed space Time passes at half the speed of the real world and the mission world? If this is the case, wouldn’t all the executors who have been here for a long time live a long time?
Unfortunately, even if the above speculations are all true, in fact, they are useless!
The reason is easy to answer. Time passes slower in the cursed space than in the real world, and the result is that people can stay young forever. It seems to be an extremely beautiful setting, and it is the ideal setting for most rich people and women in the real world. Everyone is yearning for it, but please don’t forget what kind of place this is!
This is a cursed space, a terrifying space full of death crises. This is like hell. Maybe you are alive and well at the moment, but you will most likely die in a supernatural mission soon. Even Ye Wei's kind of Even old people with outstanding wisdom and who have survived more than a dozen supernatural missions will not be spared!
Thinking of this, he shook his head, temporarily putting aside the messy thoughts in his mind, and returned to reality. At this time, Peng Huze beside him raised his hand and patted his head as if he suddenly remembered something: "Ah! Look at me, I'm patronizing When I talk to you, I almost forget the important things!"
"Let's go to Car No. 3!"
After saying that, the bald man turned around and returned first. Yes, he was going to inform other executors. He wanted to tell everyone the good news that He Fei had passed the exam and returned safely.
However, as soon as he turned around, He Fei reached out to stop him.
"Huh? What's wrong?"
Looking at Peng Hu's stubble-covered and puzzled expression in front of him, He Fei smiled awkwardly, scratched his head and said, "Isn't this bad? After all, it's so late. I think everyone has already fallen asleep, so I woke up at this time. other people……"
"Hey, I thought it was a big deal."
He Fei is a good person and always considers others, but Peng Hu doesn't care so much. When he heard that this was what the other party was worried about, the bald man grinned on the spot and said: "Wake me up, do you know? Everyone has been uneasy in the past few days, especially Cheng Ying and I. Everyone has been looking forward to the news of your successful return for a long time. If I tell everyone the news of your return now, I think it will be better tonight. The group of people will sleep more peacefully, let’s go, stop inking!!”
Hearing Peng Hu's answer, He Fei's original plan to quietly go back to the room and have a good sleep without disturbing others was completely ruined.
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Arriving at Car No. 3, Peng Hu immediately smashed the doors of occupied rooms one by one and kept shouting: "Stop sleeping! Get up! Get up! Our hero is back!"
Sure enough, following the bald man's knocking and shouting, people began to walk out of the originally closed silent door, and the first one opened the door and came out...
It's actually Yao Fujiang!
Is it weird? No, it’s not surprising at all, at least it’s not surprising at all to He Fei, who knows the crew-cut youth. It is true that this time period is during bedtime, but Yao Fujiang is an out-and-out video game fan, except when he is in a supernatural world. Outside of missions, I usually play games until midnight every night. It's still less than midnight, and most likely the other person hasn't fallen asleep yet. That's true, and it's true. He was playing a game in his room when Peng Hu knocked on the door. In a stand-alone game, if you hear a noise, you will push the door open without explaining the reason.
It was still different from what he expected. As soon as Yao Fujiang came out, he saw He Fei standing in front of Peng Hu. The young man was stunned for a moment, then his face lit up and he instinctively shouted:
"Ah! He Fei, you are back!"
The flat-headed young man was overjoyed, but unexpectedly Peng Hu reached out and knocked the young man on the head and scolded him: "What did you say? You want to call me captain now!"
"Yes, yes, it's necessary, it's necessary! He Fei has successfully passed the captain test, so from now on we must call him captain!"
He Fei was speechless for a moment after hearing the joking conversation between the two. He instinctively shifted his vision and saw Zhao Ping and Qian Xueling walking out of their respective rooms.
Since he joined the team late, strictly speaking, Qian Xueling's understanding of He Fei and the youth is not too deep yet. Of course, it is not deep enough, but the other party's always generous and kind-hearted manner and outstanding and astute personality But her wisdom impressed her deeply, and she was kind-hearted. At this moment, when this new female newcomer who was lucky enough to survive a difficult mission saw He Fei, she was different from Peng Hu's natural attitude, and different from Yao Fujiang's overjoyed attitude. Victory, Qian Xueling looked surprised, as if she was surprised that the other party could successfully pass the captain's assessment. Yes, in her little personal consciousness, her understanding of special-level supernatural tasks was different from that of seniors, Qian Xueling Instinctively, the difficulty of the special-level task should be no less than the difficulty level, or even equal to the difficulty level. It is based on this idea, so it is natural that after it is confirmed that He Fei has returned successfully, and when he sees the other party standing in front of him, the woman I was shocked. I didn’t expect that this young man named He Fei could be so powerful and actually passed the exam alone!
Fortunately, Qian Xueling's reaction was not slow, she was just stunned for a moment, and then she looked as happy as Yao Fujiang and expressed her congratulations to He Fei.
He Fei also smiled and nodded.
Then, the field of vision continued to shift, from the three people in front of him to the fourth person, to the man with glasses who had just opened the door.
Then, he saw an indifferent expression that had not changed for a thousand years.
As mentioned above, when Zhao Ping came to He Fei in pajamas, his extremely gentle face did not show the slightest expression. He first looked at the young man up and down, then raised his hand to adjust the gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose until After finishing all this, the man said in a calm tone with the same calm expression on his face: "Did you pass the assessment?".
Zhao Ping's reaction made Peng Hu curl his lips. Yao Fujiang secretly glanced at him with disgust, but He Fei, who had long understood Zhao Ping's personality and behavior, didn't care. After all, this was It was a normal reaction for the man with glasses. As soon as Zhao Ping finished speaking, He Fei, who instantly guessed what the other party meant, nodded and replied: "Well, the assessment task is completed. I have successfully obtained the official captain position. In addition, the corresponding permissions Also gain.”
Seeing that the young man understood what he meant and saw that the other party gave a complete answer, there was a moment of silence. Zhao Ping followed closely and continued to ask, "So, what are the captain's rights?"
The man with glasses was more long-term and short-term, but unfortunately this time He Fei couldn't answer quickly anyway. He immediately shook his head in embarrassment and replied: "Um, I'm sorry, I just returned and haven't had time to check in the No. 1 carriage yet."
"Then what are you going to do next?"
"I'm very tired now. I plan to have a good sleep first and then check the captain's authority tomorrow."
"Well, that's fine. From the looks of it, you seem to have experienced a lot of unbearable past events, so there's nothing wrong with such a plan."
(The unbearable past... these words, why do these words sound so awkward...)
A few people chatted in the carriage corridor for a while, but as they chatted, He Fei soon felt something was wrong. He scratched his head. As if he suddenly remembered something, he raised his head and looked around, first to the left and right. After looking around, he asked the four people around him:
"Huh? Why do I feel like... there seems to be someone missing?"
