Offline - an ultimate means of avoiding events and troubles in the game world, it is naturally a favorite trick often used by players in the free world, but this method of escaping between the virtual world and the real world is naturally unable to resist various negative effects such as character death, loss of control, plotting, and inability to help the situation in any way. It is precisely because of these unstable factors that many players generally do not choose to use this way to avoid emergencies and problems encountered in battle, and they usually use their offline rest time to continue a period of preparation for their current predicament when some kind of foreseeable trouble is about to come. For the same reason, Duan Qing and his companions did not intend to use such a method as going offline to avoid meeting with His Majesty the Emperor this time, because not only would it not be able to fundamentally solve the troubles that were entangled in him, but it would also not be able to cut off the clouds and shackles of the empire centered on him. And the reason why Duan Qing made such a proposal was just to hope that these own people would have enough time to prepare and rest, after all, since they set out from the castle of Thebilisi to the present, they had already spent too much energy and time dealing with the nobles, formulating strategies, and other things.

Although he had already claimed to be offline to deal with other things at this time, in fact, he didn't really leave this world at all.

"Hey? Can you hear ME? ”

It is still the familiar white world that exists when the characters log out and log in to the virtual real game, Duan Qing, who maintains a static posture, is also appearing in the middle of this boundless white world with his familiar gray robe image, and he gradually opened his eyes, and then looked at the hazy white fog at the end of this world in a daze, and only slowly raised his head after a while: "It seems that it is still unstable." ”

“…… Measure...... Try...... Sound...... Test ......"

The intermittent sound then echoed in his ears, accompanied by the violent fluctuations of the sudden shock of the white world in front of him, Duan Qing, who didn't pay attention to this apocalyptic scene, furrowed his eyebrows, and gathered all his thoughts on this voice that gradually became clear: "Test, test - answer quickly, is it okay to give a voice whether to die or live?" X's, why is it so long this time, it can't be an accident, right? ”

"The signal is obviously sent by him, what delay can there be in between? This is the fourth generation of virtual reality technology! ”

"That's his own problem, or he's not ready......"

"How is this possible, have you forgotten the last time? It's been successful once, but now why—wait. ”

"He's reacting."

The sound of snorting electric music then sounded in Duan Qing's ears, gradually stabilizing the violent shaking of the white world in front of him, and his mood had fallen into some kind of ethereal realm, and then he didn't pay attention to the appearance of these strange things, but closed his eyes again: "Can you hear it?" ”

"I can hear you." The voice from above the login world also gradually stabilized in the cacophony, but the loudness was as shrill as thunder: "Thank goodness, you've finally woken up again." ”

"I'm awake all the time, isn't I?" Pulling the corners of his mouth a little helplessly, Duan Qing's voice was hard interspersed with the thunderous roar that echoed in the sky: "How is the situation?" ”

"It's hard to say, after all, stability needs to be prioritized." Thunder replied very quickly, "The biological repair is almost forty percent complete, but I have to remind you that Dr. Roman has made it clear that the current medical science has reached a bottleneck-"

"Well, at least I'm feeling pretty good right now."

Sighing slightly, Duan Qing, who interrupted the thunderous sound in a small voice, lowered his head deeply: "And it's good to live in a fantasy world, isn't it?" ”

"Come on, I still remember how panicked you were before." The thunderous voice like a god echoed in his ears: "Don't worry, as your former friend and partner, I have already started to solve this matter for you from other directions." ”

"It's all about time." The voice retracted a laugh, and said in a low voice of imperceptible concern, "Those above you have begun to get closer and closer to you, and I don't have the confidence to delay for you for too long." ”

"I'm here to solve this problem." Duan Qing replied in a deep voice, "If I didn't miscalculate......"

"My comm ball must have gone off."

In the empty white world, he waited quietly for a while, and then as the thunder sounded from indistinct to clear again, he reappeared in a surprised and warning voice in the white fog above his head: "There is indeed a call, it is from your old lover...... Have they already noticed it? Need me to remind her quietly? ”

"No, don't bother me with you." Duan Qing shook his head in a low voice: "And there is a high probability that those communications are being monitored now. ”

"So what are you going to do? Connecting with her in-game? ”

"We're in touch." The corners of Duan Qing's mouth involuntarily pulled upward: "But I didn't tell her the truth, and I ......"

"This time things need to be resolved outside as well."

He looked up to the sky and let out a long sigh, and the words that had been paused for a moment resounded as he opened his eyes again: "Is there any way to use virtual machines as a means of communication?" ”

"Of course, after all, this kind of thing was originally designed with communication in mind." The thunderclap was broken into pieces, and then replied abruptly in an unbelievable tone, "You, should you—"

"Yes, that's right, that's what you think." Duan Qing grinned and showed a bright smile again: "Don't tell me you can't do it. ”

"You know it's hard for me, don't you?" Saying this sentence in a hurry, the thunderous sound then quickly pulled away in the white mist in front of Duan Qing as if he was walking away: "Fortunately, I am an all-round genius, and things have already been prepared. ”

"Take it."

The piercing sound then reappeared in front of Duan Qing, accompanied by a vague and hazy mist that gradually converged on his side, and the white light that kept tearing and rolling was then like a TV screen that had restored the signal, with a fluctuating humming sound and the sound of electricity condensed into a screen like an operating table: "The conversion of the analog signal should have been completed, and we will convert the sound signal later, because it is an old-fashioned old signal, so it may carry most of the noise......"

"Hey."

Ignoring the next fragmented thoughts of the thunderous sound, the expressionless Duan Qing reached out and pressed a certain button displayed on the white screen in front of him, and the answer belonging to a certain mature woman then echoed in his ears after a period of phone beeps, making his fingers that were swiping also tremble: "Hey? ”

“…… It's me. ”

"You're finally willing to contact me?" The voice was silent for a moment, then suddenly raised in a long sigh: "At such a point in time? Used such an unfamiliar number? Dear Riders? ”

"Don't worry about it so much, I don't want to hide anything from you." There was still a chaotic noise from the depths of the world in his ears, and Duan Qing replied with a low face, "I just think that the time is almost up, so I specially express my care for you." ”

"It's okay to take care of it, but your estimate of the time is very accurate." Trying her best to maintain a steady tone, the woman's voice then became a little more serious: "There has been news over there, probably in three days." ”

"Where's her safety?"

"Since it is a specimen, it naturally has to be well preserved." The voice paused for a moment, and the woman's deliberately lowered voice carried a little sadness: "Duan Qingnian may have sensed something, his order was a few days earlier than we expected. ”

"It's nothing, let's just follow in advance." Standing quietly in front of the unstable white screen with his hands down, Duan Qing replied in a low voice, "What matters is whether we can get the support of others and whether we can take advantage of the momentum that has risen from this change. ”

“…… Will you show up on that day? The woman's voice was silent for a moment again: "If you can show up, our success rate will be much higher." ”

“……”

"Don't worry, bet on everything upstairs, and I will definitely guarantee your safety."

didn't get a positive reply from Duan Qing's side, and the woman's voice immediately became solemn: "There are so many people watching, they must not dare to do anything to you-"

"I'm not scared, I just can't do it." Exit interrupted the other party's words, and Duan Qing's gaze kept roaming around this white world: "But that's fine." ”

"I'll go."

He nodded, and at the same time raised his hand, his thoughtful gaze and his eyes looking into the distance began to blur in the scene of white time suddenly brightening with his still body: "The plan goes on as usual, reserve a place for me to appear, and the rest ......"

"I'll figure it out myself."

The noisy voice then suddenly amplified in his ears, accompanied by the dizziness caused by the forced distance of will, Duan Qing, who was struggling to distinguish the noisy information, then also watched himself be swallowed by the white light that covered him, and then incorporated the scene presented by the Imperial Tavern room belonging to the free world into his eyes again. His mood gradually stabilized as the strong dizziness in his mind calmed down, and then he slowly sat up from the bed he was lying on with his forehead half-open, and he stayed for a long time in a daze like a person who had just woken up from a nightmare, and then put his gaze, which had become heavy again, under the light spilling from outside the balcony: "Whew......"

"Forcibly disconnected." The back of his hand was removed from his forehead, and he slowly hid the blood-red light in his eyes: "Don't always think I'm a dead person and put me to death all day long." ”

"Awake?"

A greeting voice then sounded in his ears, accompanied by the figure that belonged to Asahi Dongsheng after pushing open the door: "How are you resting?" Is it done? ”

"It's almost time, let's go." He pointed in the direction of the faint sound of footsteps outside the door, and then grinned, "Gone." ”

"Go to the Emperor."

After packing up and having breakfast, the regrouped group of people walked out of the tavern with the lady named Robin smiling as they watched them leave. The morning sun of February 25, 796 in the new calendar was constantly spilling over their heads, and as the rising temperature brought them more and more hot feelings, they also writhed their uneasy bodies slightly with this hot feeling, and their eyes also fell on the body of the Imperial Gold-armored guards who gradually surrounded them: "We are members of the fourth squad of the Imperial Royal Guard, you are the members of the Qingling Adventure Regiment, right?" ”

"We won't explain too much about the reasons." Bathing in the sight of the countless side eyes that came from the surroundings, they held Duan Qing hostage with their respective swords and guns and began to walk towards the depths of the Imperial Capital Street: "Come with us." ”

Half-pushed and half-pushed through countless streets, the figures of several weak and poor players who were carried forward by this group of imperial royal guards came to the front of a wide street, and the grand outline of the palace became clearer and clearer in front of them as the distance of this time narrowed. As the countrymen entered the city, they continued to patrol the left and right of the place, and the two people, who had no sense of criminals, then stopped their fingers in front of the magnificent palace, and then opened their mouths wide and looked up at the top of the palace that was higher than the mountain: "Wow, is it so high?" ”

"Are we going to climb up on foot? Wouldn't that group of nobles be tired of meeting inside every day? ”

"It is said that the Empire specially asked the Mage Council to build a teleportation array here, so that people who enter and leave here can go to the palace more conveniently." Snow Spirit Phantom Ice, who was also walking in the group, lowered the hood on his head: "But most of us can't use it." ”

"Naturally, the guilty bearer will not be able to use it, in order to prevent any acts you may have done to destroy the facility." One of the Imperial Royal Guards who was walking at the forefront turned his head when he heard this, and looked at Duan Qing and the others with a vigilant and disgusted gaze: "What's more, you are still a group of adventurers...... Hmph, let's go. ”

"His Majesty the Emperor is about to wait."