"Yes, yes, Cheng Ying is right. We did make a mistake in this matter. We really shouldn't have obeyed Zhao Jingyan's order at that time, let alone take action without saying anything. Even if we do it, we should have done it before doing it. I ask for your opinion and if you don’t nod, we won’t do anything even if you say nothing!”
Yes, this is the solution Tang Meng told him, to lower his profile and ask for forgiveness while giving up face. At this moment, both Cheng Ying and Peng Hu took the initiative to admit their mistakes and tried to obtain He Fei's forgiveness, especially Cheng. Sakura, in order to get twice the result with half the effort, the female killer actually resorted to coquettish tactics! God, who would have thought that the two murderers who had been killing people crazily during the mission would act like this now. In front of He Fei, Cheng Ying, who had slaughtered people with a cold expression, turned into a good baby, and she was like a tiger before. Peng Hu, who rushed into the crowd to kill, had already lost his initial momentum. At this moment, the two of them took the initiative to admit their mistakes like primary school students who had done something wrong. As for He Fei...
The young man moved and raised his head after listening to Cheng Ying and Peng Hu's apology. However, what surprised the two of them was that He Fei who raised his head was neither as cold nor as deep as expected. , but was stunned!
"Eh? Cheng Ying, Brother Peng, you, what are you two doing?"
Nani?
Seeing He Fei's surprised expression, Cheng Ying next to her was stunned for a moment, and Peng Hu across from him was dumbfounded. Just now, they had imagined various reactions after He Fei raised his head, and they were even prepared to be yelled at by He Fei. Prepare, but when He Fei raised his head, the other party was stunned? And his whole face was full of shock! ?
"Hey, brother, aren't you angry?".
At this moment, looking at He Fei's unpretentious expression of surprise, Peng Hu questioned him with an even more shocked expression. Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, He Fei touched his head and asked in shock: "What? Angry? When did I Are you angry with you two?"
He Fei's blank answer made Peng Hu completely dumbfounded, and Cheng Ying showed a surprised expression at the same time. However, He Fei reacted very quickly. Seeing the two people staring at him blankly, He Fei couldn't help but be startled, and then he understood and completely understood what was going on. reason.
After waking up, He Fei sighed and continued to the two of them: "It seems that Brother Peng, you and Cheng Ying have misunderstood me. Yes, I admit that the previous incident did make me feel painful and depressed, but I have never blamed you, not even Zhao Ping who asked you to kill people. After all, some things have to be done by someone. In the situation at that time, if you want to avoid the end of the team being destroyed, you can only do it ruthlessly. , I can’t possibly not know this truth, Zhao Ping just saw that I was struggling, so he took the initiative to issue the order on my behalf. In fact, even if Zhao Ping did not replace me at that time, I would eventually issue the exact same order as Zhao Ping.”
"So, Brother Peng, and Cheng Ying, I don't blame you. I myself have never blamed you. If you want to blame, you can only blame the curse. After all, who would have thought that the curse would set up such a tortured way of life for humanity? ?”
"If you two think that I will blame you for this kind of thing, then you two are looking down on me!"
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A true wise man always knows how to look at problems from multiple angles. This is true when analyzing the way out, and it is also true when facing the test of human nature. As long as there is enough time to think, then the wise man is destined to understand and wake up, and then make the best decision. The right choice.
When He Fei personally expressed his views on the mission and said that he did not blame others at all, Cheng Ying and the two realized that they had made a big mistake! It turns out that they misunderstood He Fei, or in other words, they really underestimated He Fei at the beginning, underestimated He Fei's psychological strength, underestimated He Fei's personal reason, and thought that all the young man's recent unhappiness came from them. Killing innocent people indiscriminately, I never thought that others didn't care about it at all. Since the reason for the bad mood did not come from what they did, then...
"That's not right. Since you have never complained about us from the beginning to the end, why have you been so silent these two days? Why don't you go out? No matter how you look at it, you look unhappy?"
Seeing He Fei's assurance that he didn't blame them at all, on the opposite side, Peng Hu scratched his head and asked again, and quickly told He Fei's recent performance. Cheng Ying also cast a basically same questioning look on this. He still looked like he didn't believe it, and He Fei was startled again. Then he realized his recent performance. Indeed, he had been silent since he returned to the death space, and he didn't seem to have left the house during this period. This move was also It is really easy to cause misunderstandings. Thinking of this, He Fei gave a wry smile, and then answered truthfully with a slightly apologetic expression: "So this is what you two meant? Well, it's my fault for not telling everyone in advance. Qing, in fact, the reason why I have been silent and seldom go out recently is because I have been thinking about something related to the curse."
Hearing He Fei reveal the truth, the two of them were both surprised and confused. The suddenness naturally meant that He Fei had revealed the truth. It turned out that He Fei's silence in the past two days was not self-depression as suspected, but thinking about other things. , because he was too immersed in thinking about things, so he seemed taciturn, so that he was misunderstood by others, and as for doubts...
"Something related to the curse?" Hearing He Fei talk about the curse, it was not Peng Hu's turn to speak this time. Cheng Ying, who was quick-minded, immediately said first: "About the curse, we have discussed it many times before. Before, you compared the curse to something similar to an intelligent program, with vast and omnipotent powers. If it were the curse itself, we would not be able to fully understand it."
He Fei naturally understood the multi-layered meanings contained in Cheng Ying's short and short story. The implication was to remind him not to try to analyze curses with human thinking, because curses are simply not something that humans can understand. Yes, unless you have a lot of clues, it is impossible to analyze the curse thoroughly by reasoning alone. Even if you are recognized as the strongest wise man in the team, as long as you are still human, it is impossible for you to understand the curse by thinking alone. In order to prevent He Fei from driving himself crazy when faced with questions that he was destined to have no answers to, Cheng Ying hurriedly reminded him kindly.
As mentioned above, Cheng Ying thought so, but as soon as she finished speaking, He Fei shook his head and said: "No, you misunderstood me. I was not thinking about the curse itself, but the recent motivation of the curse."
"Motive?" Hearing this, Cheng Ying was stunned. Peng Hu, who was also at the scene, immediately showed a blank expression. The two looked at each other, and then Cheng Ying asked cautiously in a probing tone: "You mean …”
Faced with Cheng Ying's curious and confusing inquiry, He Fei did not answer immediately. Instead, he stood up and walked to the kitchen under the stunned gazes of the two people. The two of them looked at each other in confusion. It was not until He Fei came out of the kitchen that he realized The young man had brought out three cups of hot coffee and placed the steaming coffee in front of the two of them. He Fei returned to the sofa and took out a cigarette. He first lit it for Peng Hu, who was also a smoker, and then lit his own cigarette. , until he finished serving the guests, He Fei smoked a cigarette and spoke again, telling the two of them some personal feelings:
"I don't know if you two or others have noticed that since we arrived at Hell Reincarnation Station, the difficulty of the supernatural mission has been increasing step by step. Although this situation has already occurred as early as the Hell Train period, the previous increase in difficulty has been It’s just more difficult.”
"Wait? Brother, why can't I understand what you are saying? What does "increasing difficulty" mean? Is it just an increase in difficulty? Is there a different way to describe difficulty?" As a real person, seeing He Fei speaking confusingly, he didn't even bother to smoke. , scratched his smooth scalp, Peng Hu interjected, and was about to finish the sentence in one breath, but was stopped by Cheng Ying's eyes, but He Fei nodded and explained seriously: "Brother Peng, I know what you want to say, So my answer is that there are really different opinions between increasing difficulty and increasing difficulty. Difficulty and difficulty are different. In other words, the increasing difficulty of tasks during the Hell Train period and the increasing difficulty of tasks during the Reincarnation Station are two completely different concepts. "
At this point, seeing Cheng Ying's thinking expression, He Fei continued calmly: "First of all, we all know that in addition to special tasks, there are generally three types of supernatural tasks in the cursed space, namely ordinary level, upper-intermediate level and difficult level. , everyone knows the difficulty of the three major levels, and there is no need to go into details here. What I want to really express is that the increase in difficulty of the tasks in the train period often increases the difficulty of the task plot, but the task level remains basically unchanged. After all, the normal level is the normal level, the upper-intermediate level is still the upper-intermediate level, and the difficult level is always the difficult level. In the final analysis, the curse only slightly increases the intensity of the ghosts in the mission and the difficulty of breaking the game, but the level of the mission itself has never changed, and it is still One thing that must be mentioned is that during the train period, Curse rarely released difficult level missions.”
In fact, when He Fei said this, Cheng Ying had already understood what He Fei meant. Even Peng Hu, who was scratching his head just now, basically understood the charm. It was not until he saw the two people's expressions of surprise and flicked the ashes of their cigarettes. He Feicai changed the topic and said again: "However, the Hell Reincarnation Station is different. In other words, since we arrived at the Reincarnation Station, the curse has openly increased the difficulty of the task. In my personal memory, the curse has been very serious since we arrived at the Reincarnation Station. There are fewer normal-level tasks released, but there are significantly more intermediate-level and difficult-level tasks, and this is the so-called explicit increase."
"Yes, yes, yes, brother, you are right. When I heard what you said, it really felt like this. It seems that since we came to the reincarnation station, the curse has not issued many low-difficulty tasks, and most of the experiences during this period were medium-level. Advanced and difficult levels, and I don’t know if it’s my imagination, but even if it’s an intermediate or upper level, it doesn’t feel much lower than the difficult level!”
Since all the above statements are true, and similar feelings have emerged for a long time, when He Fei finished talking about his personal feelings, both Cheng Ying and Peng Hu nodded instinctively, and Peng Hu even mentioned the recent experience. Several mid-level and upper-level missions were mentioned. In his personal eyes, the several mid-level and upper-level missions he had experienced recently were obviously much more difficult than the mid-level and upper-level missions in the train era. Among them, the Kunchiyan mission contained an earthbound spirit that was only bound. , the mission called Blood Mist Ghost Village also showed a terrifying female ghost who started out as a fierce ghost but advanced into an earth-bound spirit in the end. And although the snow-capped mountain mission just experienced did not have an earth-bound spirit, the snow ghost was very harmful to the executor. The threat level is basically the same as that of the Earthbound Spirit. In fact, in Peng Hu's personal feeling, the curse not only explicitly increases the difficulty of the task, but also implicitly increases the difficulty of the task. It is an explicit hidden threat. Sexual improvement! It feels like what He Fei said, the difficulty of the tasks in the train period and the difficulty of the reincarnation station period are completely different in nature!
Having said this, he looked at He Fei and saw He Fei nodding in agreement. Suddenly, he seemed to understand something. Before He Fei could speak, Peng Hu suddenly understood, and then tested He Fei and said: "Ah, I understand, I know you That’s what I meant just now, and it’s precisely because you discovered that the curse has been increasing the difficulty of tasks that you suspected the curse and wanted to know the specific intention of the curse!?”
As the saying goes, there is no problem in the world, as long as you are willing to think about it, which means that as long as you are willing to use your brain to think carefully, then many seemingly unanswerable problems are not problems. As a veteran of the same period as He Fei, even Peng Hu His brain was no better than that of Cheng Ying sitting across from him, and actually far surpassed that of most ordinary people. Sure enough, after listening to He Fei's several stories, the bald man understood and completely understood He Fei's intentions.
Of course, whether Peng Hu understands or not is not the point. The point is that He Fei has not finished what he said, and there are still many important points later. So, as Cheng Ying and Peng Hu understood one after another, He Fei stepped into the topic, opened his mouth and continued: "Because of the curse Recently, I have been increasing the difficulty of tasks overtly and covertly, so I smell a hint of danger, and I always feel that the curse is planning something."
"Premeditated? Tell me."
Seeing that He Fei finally talked about the crux of the problem, Cheng Ying, who had long wanted to continue listening to the follow-up content, hurriedly urged him. He Fei nodded and said again: "If we refer to what the curse has done in the past, then the curse's premeditation can actually be carried out. As for speculation, after nearly a day of hard thinking, I finally came up with three conjectures.”
"First, the reason why the curse keeps increasing the difficulty of tasks is to prevent us from continuing to obtain survival points. After all, from the beginning to now, except for a few people who joined later, most people have accumulated an objective amount of survival points. We I don’t know about others, but at least my personal survival value is currently above 80. Although the curse has set a desperate redemption standard of 200 survival points, if this continues, it won’t be a problem for me to break through 100. Since we can break through 100, then reaching 200 is not a luxury. This is true for me personally, and the same is true for others. In order to prevent us from continuing to accumulate survival points, the curse deliberately increases the difficulty of the tasks, intending to use high-difficulty tasks to prevent us from obtaining Survival points, of course, although this method is reasonable, it is ultimately a double-edged sword with advantages and disadvantages. According to the rules set by the curse, the higher the difficulty of the task, the greater the amount of survival points obtained after completion. What's more, occasionally, if the executor can perfectly solve the supernatural crisis, the rules will also give additional survival points bonus. Between this, I don't think this is the true intention of the curse. Since it is not the true intention of the curse, it seems reasonable. The first guess is not very likely."
Listening to He Fei's methodical logical analysis, Cheng Ying gradually became fascinated, and she and Peng Hu were immersed in the young man's artistic reasoning. It was not until He Fei rejected his first guess that Cheng Ying suddenly came back to her senses. He opened his beautiful eyes like a curious baby and asked instinctively: "What about the second guess?"
"Second guess, uh..."
There was a slight pause at this point. After pressing the empty cigarette butt into the ashtray, He Fei gathered his thoughts and continued: "The second thing is the inertia of the cursed space. In fact, I don't need to say that everyone can feel it, at least the three of us. Everyone and Zhao Ping can clearly detect that the supernatural mission will slowly increase in difficulty as the executor's survival time prolongs. In other words, the longer the executor stays in the cursed space, the higher the difficulty of the supernatural mission will be. This is both a This curse of uncontrollable inertia mechanism is also a reasonable balance mechanism, because human beings are growth-oriented creatures who know how to learn from various dangers, and their skills will gradually improve in life and death crises, and as long as they can survive until now Executors, no matter who they are, have extremely strong survivability. Whether it is mission experience, physical skills, supernatural props, etc., these are all valuable assets that the Executors have gained through hard work along the way. They cannot be taken away even if they want to. Since a person's personal strength is strong, the corresponding supernatural tasks cannot always have a fixed difficulty. If this is the case, then the executor only needs to survive the most difficult stage in the early stage, and the difficulty will change according to his personal strength later. It gradually becomes easier as it increases, until you can collect 200 survival points and escape from the cursed space. The idea is good, but the reality is cruel. The curse does not and cannot leave such loopholes. Because of this, so Inertia makes up for this loophole, and what represents inertia is precisely time. That is, the longer the executor stays in the cursed space, the difficulty of the task will slowly increase with the passage of time, always matching the executor's personal strength. "
"but……"
As he was talking, for some reason, He Fei, who had just analyzed it successfully, suddenly frowned, and immediately changed the subject and defended himself: "Even if the difficulty of the task will slowly increase with the passage of time, the difficulty of the recent task has not. The improvement is a bit too obvious, and the speed of improvement is basically out of the category of inertia, so in my opinion, this second guess can basically be ruled out."
"What about the third guess?"
Sure enough, perhaps He Fei's reasoning was too brilliant or his thoughts had already been immersed in it. Seeing the young man pause his analysis, Cheng Ying and Peng Hu asked again in unison. Seeing that their reactions were exactly the same, He Fei was startled. Of course, No matter how the two people react, what needs to be said will eventually be said, not to mention that He Fei himself has never been in the habit of selling things off, so...
"Huh!" He let out a long breath. Then, He Fei's expression changed, from the initial calmness to the seriousness now. Maintaining the seriousness, He Fei said the third possibility that he personally thought was possible. Best guess:
"Third, the curse is testing us. It is testing the strength of our team with difficult tasks."
Hearing this, Cheng Ying, who had been listening immersedly just now, changed her expression, Peng Hu's expression changed, and both of them looked surprised. This was not to blame for their reaction, but because He Fei's guess was too unbelievable! If the first two can still be described as reasonable, then this last guess is basically illogical. There is no denying that curses have self-awareness and can analyze, think and construct conspiracies like humans, but what is the purpose of this so-called detection? Isn’t the continuous supernatural missions enough to detect? Isn't it enough for everyone to go all the way to prove the overall strength of the team? Now that the facts are before our eyes, why does the curse need to be tested?
What to test? In fact, no matter how it is tested, the overall strength or overall level of their seventh executive team is already very intuitively displayed here, so...
"Detection? You said the curse is testing us recently? Deliberately testing us with difficult tasks? Is this necessary?" After He Fei finished speaking, he touched his chin, and Peng Hu asked in confusion, Cheng Ying, who was sitting next to He Fei, didn't quite understand for a moment, so she looked at He Fei with a solemn look and said hesitantly: "Looking at your expression, could it be this last guess..."
Turning his head to meet Cheng Ying's eyes, He Fei nodded solemnly and said, "Well, as I said at the beginning, I have been thinking about the intention of the curse since last night. In fact, the first two guesses are just my elimination method. I thought of it, but unfortunately none of them could withstand scrutiny. It was precisely because of the first two unreasonable guesses that I finally thought of testing. In fact, I personally know that there is no need for curses to test us, but there is a saying Well, when you identify all the seemingly reasonable answers as wrong and eliminate them, then the answer that remains at the end, no matter how wrong it is, is actually the most correct answer."
Silence, silence, silence.
There is no reason, no reason. Ever since He Fei announced the third guess that was equivalent to the truth, the entire living room fell into a long silence. During the silence, except for He Fei who lowered his head and said nothing, Peng Hu and Cheng Ying They looked at each other for a moment, and Cheng Ying finally spoke first, asking He Fei in a very uncertain tone: "Is it the next mission..."
Cheng Ying's next words were not finished or spoken. However, after hearing Cheng Ying's hesitant voice, He Fei moved. He who had just lowered his head in silence slowly raised his head and said. A bitter personal prediction:
"We have even completed the snow mountain mission where it is theoretically impossible to find a way out. I think the testing is almost done. As for what will happen next..."
"Perhaps, the real test will come next."
