The second floor of Sophie, is a mysterious place.

Most people don't have the privilege of being able to go up to the second floor.

Therefore, when Yuan Xiao stepped on the first spiral staircase, most people thought that this was a stunned young man who wanted to find out, and it didn't take long for him to be politely and coldly invited down by Mr. Gu.

When Yuan Xiao stepped on the second step, some people had already begun to notice the movements of this "Zhuang Ying's male companion", and it was a little strange that Mr. Gu's action of inviting someone downstairs today was a bit slow?

By the time Yuan Xiao stepped on the third order, although everyone was still doing what they were doing, their eyes had already involuntarily projected onto Yuan Xiao's body. Could it be that this man who can still get out of a public fight at the Song family's birthday banquet can still climb to the second floor of this Sophie that will never be open to the public?

Yuan Xiao didn't know that his move to go upstairs would cause such a violent reaction from these people, and he also didn't know what the second floor of Sophies meant, it was just that Mr. Gu invited him to come up in an ordinary way, after all, he had just accepted a favor from Sophie, and there was no reason to refuse the goodwill that followed.

When Yuan Xiao reached the halfway point of the spiral staircase, the voices of the people below were almost inaudible, and everyone was staring at Yuan Xiao's figure on the stairs. Sophie is a monster entrenched in the shadows of the magic capital, everyone knows that this monster should not be provoked, but everyone wants to be the one who can be friends with the monster, and maybe even the owner of the monster.

The former tend to be lost, while many of the latter have become food rations for monsters.

Yuan Xiao, this name may not be known to anyone in the upper circle of the Demon Capital before today, except for Zhuang Ying and Tang Jinglian, two people who are familiar with each other, but after today, countless pieces of information and investigations about Yuan Xiao will be placed on the desks of each family, as the main research object.

In other words, this spiral staircase, which is not too long, is not only the way for Yuan Xiao to climb to the second floor, but also the way for him to completely enter this once most disgusted upper circle.

"Click. ”

The door on the second floor opened, and Mr. Gu made a "please" gesture to Yuan Xiao with a professional smile, Yuan Xiao nodded, and calmly approached the quiet darkness, as if entering the abyssal mouth of a monster.

"Bang. ”

The moment the door was closed, time began to flow downstairs.

Everyone began to drink as if nothing had happened, boasting about this year's harvest, testing each other's sincerity, and negotiating ulterior deals. Zhuang Ying came to Tang Jinglian's side and gently clinked glasses with her.

"It's a pool of sewage, and no one can clean it up. Tang Jinglian took a sip of champagne and said faintly.

"But someone must turn fire into fire, burn up the filth in it, get rid of the evil beasts under the water, and make this water come alive again. Zhuang Ying said with a smile.

"But why him? You and I are not willing to give, I don't want to see him step in, not to mention that he is different from your family background, and what awaits him will be endless dangers. Tang Jinglian's tone was already a little unkind, she wanted to keep Yuan Xiao away from this circle from the very beginning, and even did not invite Yuan Xiao to come on many occasions, but Zhuang Ying let Yuan Xiao step in today with great swagger, she was very suspicious of Zhuang Ying's true purpose.

"Sister Tang is so fierce~" Zhuang Ying couldn't help but burst out laughing, revealing her white and cute little tiger teeth, and said slowly, "Don't worry, this guy, if he is not really willing, who can force him to do something?" You know him, the level he thinks of is always far and broad, many times I can only see one step, you may be able to see two steps, but he has already seen the ending. Moreover, sister, rest assured, I love him no less than you, at least I will not take advantage of him for profit. ”

Tang Jinglian's face flushed, and when she heard Zhuang Ying say her inner emotions so directly, she hurriedly said don't talk nonsense, which provoked Zhuang Ying to laugh proudly, and the eye-catching scene of the two beautiful ladies frolicking attracted many eyes......

Let's look back to the second floor.

It was a small room, and its furnishings were even shabby, except for a sandalwood table and Taishi chair, and a nondescript safe in the corner.

"I thought it would be resplendent here, full of table mountain delicacies, and curiosities everywhere, and then you clapped your hands a few times and called out a bunch of beautiful women to talk to me about wine, and finally put forward the idea of buying me, but I sternly refused, and then ......" Yuan Xiao tentatively knocked on the sandalwood table, and casually began to make up stories.

"Mr. Yuan, don't make it up, I'm not here today to test your impromptu speech. Mr. Gu smiled bitterly and shook his head, thinking to himself how could this person take off the line so easily...... "We have nothing here - including the chair, the Taishi chair is not reserved for us to sit on, so if you don't dislike it, let's just stand and talk." ”

"Oh, I said, I thought you were standing on the terrace on the second floor to make a concave shape, but there really aren't any chairs. Yuan Xiao didn't care whether he was standing or sitting, he fiddled with the half-lit oil lamp on the table, and continued to complain, "I guess the name of this private room should be 'Remembering Bittersweet Thoughts'?"

"This private room has no name. Mr. Gu replied very honestly, "But the implication is true, my master also deliberately built this second floor so simply, in order to remind myself and those who can go up to the second floor, there are some things that cannot be forgotten." ”

"Your master?" Yuan Xiao keenly captured the point he was most concerned about.

"Hehe, Mr. Yuan, don't worry, you can meet my master sooner or later, but now is not the time. Mr. Gu smiled and made a gesture to Yuan Xiao, and the two walked to the direction of the terrace together.

They stopped outside the terrace, right in a position where they could see the person below, and the person below would not notice their position.

"Does Mr. Yuan know how much this room is worth?" Mr. Gu stared at the crowd below and asked a question that seemed a little cliché.

"I don't know. Yuan Xiao replied in the usual honest style, "But I know that if Sophies blows up now, the economy of the magic capital will also collapse." ”

"Your statement is dangerous, but it is true. Mr. Gu turned his head to look at Yuan Xiao and said seriously, "Not only will the Demon Capital collapse, but the entire Huaxia will also face an economic catastrophe, and it will even affect the whole world." ”

"What do you want to explain?" Yuan Xiao also turned his head and stared at Mr. Gu's narrow eyes.

"The reason why the fisherman would put an aggressive pike in a cart of eels was to bring the eels to life, not to let the pike bite all the eels to death, because then the fisherman would lose all his money, and although he would still have something to eat, some of the children would be starved to death. Mr. Gu said the story lightly that seemed unrelated, but Yuan Xiao understood the meaning.

"Maybe you and your master don't understand that I, the dogfish, jumped into this cart of eels by myself, whether I bite to death or not, how much I bite, I will have a sense of proportion. If the fisherman thinks that he can control the life and death of this dogfish, and use this to control it, and bite whoever he wants, I am afraid that it is a bit childlike. "The original owl doesn't want to pretend to be submissive, since it's a transaction, it should be equal from the beginning.

"It's nature. Mr. Gu smiled, "'Jiutian' and the Demon Hunter Guild are both big fish outside of this carfish, and you are inextricably linked with them, controlling you is something we never imagined." ”

Even though Yuan Xiao had predicted Sophie's energy, after hearing Mr. Gu's words, his eyes were still glazed. Knowing that he is a member of the Demon Hunter Guild is already a hand and eye, and he can still find out his experience in "Jiutian", this is no longer a mortal power.

"Mr. Hara, please rest assured that the investigation of you is not intended to be unfavorable to you, but is just a necessary procedure before the two parties can conclude a transaction. Mr. Gu felt the murderous aura emanating from Yuan Xiao's body, and was a little amazed that this Mr. Yuan was not very old and murderous, and once again recognized his master's evaluation of him.

"I will not confirm or deny what you say. Yuan Xiao continued, "I naturally have something I want to do when I enter this circle, and I naturally see Sophie's help today." Now that I'm in, I won't go out easily, and Sophie will be my most reliable ally. ”

Mr. Gu nodded, was silent for a while, turned around and came to the house, opened the safe in the corner with his fingerprint and iris recognition, took out a pile of materials and an opaque box of plastic film materials, and turned back again.

"Since Mr. Hara is also a cheerful person, I'll make a long story short. Mr. Gu handed the information and box in his hand to Yuan Xiao, and continued, "You just showed your face in this circle today, and because you went to the second floor of Sophie, you obtained a more mysterious assessment, but to put it bluntly, you don't have any industry and assets, and this is not a long-term solution after all." ”

"So, Sophies will use this task to create a suitable identity for me, and even give me a company to play with?" Yuan Xiao took the document and flipped through it, which was an irregularly shaped obsidian, 8 centimeters in diameter at its widest point and weighing 1.4 kilograms, one of which was carved with an image of the sun and surrounded by a circle of currently unknown texts that seemed to be ancient Indonesian dialects.

"What the hell is this?" asked Yuan Xiao with a frown, he had never seen anything like this before, even in Hell.

"You could call it the Exile Stone. Mr. Gu said solemnly.

"Or, SCP-1008. ”