Jun Yao stood at the door of the low room, and saw the children huddled together through the warm orange light of the room, and breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably.

It's okay, it's okay.

Yin Weiyu leaned her head over, she stretched out her fingers and counted the number of children inside, "seven, eight, nine......" seemed to be afraid that she had counted wrong, Yin Weiyu counted again, and repeatedly confirmed that there were indeed nine children in it.

"Nine children?" Yin Weiyu said in surprise, Jun Yao nodded, and her eyes fell on one of the little girls, "Annie......?" ”

The child named Anne shuddered violently as Jun Yao called out her name, and she buried her face between her knees, looking terrified.

"Who are you! How could it come in here! At this time, a little blue-haired boy sitting closest to the door stretched out his right hand and made a stop movement, as if to signal Jun Yao and Yin Weiyu not to approach, the two glanced at each other, stopped their steps tacitly, and stood in place.

Jiang Xian stood beside Jun Yao at this time, she smiled slightly, and said in a very gentle voice, "We are detectives. ”

The blue-haired little boy was stunned for a moment, and the hostility he showed seemed to be restrained, but the next second he said fiercely, "Why should we believe you? You say a detective is a detective? ”

Jiang Xian smiled, "You are missing, and your family is very worried. We're detectives that Mayor James asked to come over and investigate, James, you know? It's that kind grandfather. ”

The little boy nodded.

"I know some of you, because I've met your parents." Jiang Xian's tone gradually became soft and soft, looking like a child, she pointed to the little girl who buried her head and said, "You are Annie, your father is not very good-tempered, and if you don't cooperate, we will give us a face." ”

"You're Susan, just like your mother, with beautiful orange hair."

"You're Charlie, you're missing, your mother is very sad and has been crying for a long time."

"You're Tom......" Jiang Xian was about to continue, but was interrupted by the blue-haired boy, "I believe you!" So, big sister, why are you here? ”

Jun Yao was frowning, the little boy's question was really strange.

"We're here to save you, quick, let's get out quickly." Yin Weiyu saw that the children had let down their guard, and hurriedly spoke. After all, their time was won by the joint efforts of the first and third groups, and Arthur's danger was self-evident, and she didn't want Xu to get hurt in their fight with Arthur.

"But...... There are bad guys out there. Anne said timidly.

"It's okay, we've lured the bad guys away! It's safe outside, let's get out of here! Yin Weiyu shook her head and explained in a hurried tone.

The blue-haired little boy seemed to be the leader of the group, his face was tangled, as if he was hesitating, and just as Yin Weiyu was about to speak again about urgency, the little boy nodded.

"Okay, let's go out together."

"Jingle bell—" Just as the children got up from the ground and were about to follow Jun Yao and the three out, the crisp phone rang.

Jun Yao was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly checked the system page that popped up.

[Dream traveler Xu Qingran has initiated a call to you]

【Answering or Not】

【Yes or No】

Without hesitation, Jun Yao clicked the [Yes] button.

Yin Weiyu and Jiang Xian looked at Jun Yao in surprise, the two of them naturally did not receive this call, it seemed that it was only a call to Jun Yao alone.

"Hello? Light dyeing, how to ......"

"Jun Yao, run! Come on! Arthur, he's back! ”

"What? What ...... you?"

"Doot-doo-"

Before Jun Yao could ask what Xu Qingran's inexplicable "Arthur went back" was about, the phone entered a busy tone as if it had been cut off.

"Jun Yao? What's wrong? Is it Xu Qingdye? What did he say? Just like a phone call in ordinary life, Jun Yao and Xu Qingran's call was private, Jiang Xian and Yin Weiyu could only hear Jun Yao answering, but they couldn't hear what Xu Qingran on the other end of the phone said.

Jun Yao looked at Jiang Xian in a daze, as if she didn't react to the situation, "He said, Arthur...... It's back. ”

"What?" Yin Weiyu and Jiang Xian shouted out at the same time.

"I didn't expect you to have such the ability to find this place and open it." A slightly gloomy voice sounded from behind the three of them, and Jun Yao slowly turned her head and looked at the owner of the voice.

Brown hair, slightly curly at the ends, and now it looks like a fried chicken nest because it has not been taken care of for a long time.

A yellowed white loungewear with a dark red apron and a pair of casual shoes that don't fit well and are oversized.

He clasped his hands in front of his chest, leaned against the black door, and looked at the three people in front of him with a mocking expression.

Arthur.

He's back.

Yin Weiyu also turned to face Arthur, while hiding Jiang Xian's voice and shadow behind him.

Jiang Xian took out the [Time Spirit Scepter] and waved it slightly, preparing to use the ability to jump in space to leave.

[The target identity is inconsistent, and it cannot be transmitted at the same time]

[Only one party can be selected for transmission]

【Dream Traveler or Child】

【Please select】

What to do? Only nine people can teleport away, but there are twelve here......

The hesitation was only for a moment, and the next second Jiang Xian made a choice.

She sent the children in front of her to the Eternal Sleep Inn.

The children are the time of the mission, if Jiang Xian and they leave and leave the children, then the children will be killed by Arthur, right? Such a choice is equivalent to trading the mission time for your own life, but even if you return to the hotel and survive temporarily, the death of the children will cause the mission time to be zero. So she must save the children first, and only by saving her time in the mission can she have a way to fight back.

The nine children in front of him disappeared in front of him, and Jiang Xian turned around and faced Arthur with Jun Yao Weiyu.

Arthur seemed to see the children disappear, and he was not annoyed, but just laughed.

The three of them stood in a row, looking fearless, but in fact everyone's backs were wet with cold sweat.

Arthur nodded, "I remember you......" he pointed to Jun Yao, "We've seen each other many times." ”

Many times, indeed, every time you carry that scythe on your back, trying to kill me.

Jun Yao secretly sneered.

Jun Yao noticed that Arthur was not carrying the huge scythe behind him.

Huh? Why didn't he bring his weapon?

None of the three of them wanted to pay attention to Arthur's meaning, so Arthur shook his head, "You let go of what belongs to me, should you pay some price?" ”

"You think it's yours?" Jiang Xian spoke at this time.

Arthur glanced at her, as if he thought what she said was too funny, and even laughed unabashedly, Jiang Xian frowned, showing full disgust on her face.

"It doesn't matter if she doesn't know the rules, what about the two of you? After all, it's someone who has experienced it once, so she should know the rules better than her, right? Arthur didn't see Jiang Xian's expression, he looked at Jun Yao and Yin Weiyu and asked.

What does Arthur mean by that? Jun Yao frowned, what did she and Yin Weiyu experience? And what should I know?

All three were confused, completely unaware of what Arthur was talking about.

Stop playing pantomimes!

Jun Yao felt that she was on the verge of collapse.

"What? Avarice's rules, you forgot so quickly? I remember you almost suffered a big loss at her hands. Arthur looked at Jun Yao and Yin Weiyu with expressions of "I don't know", "what are you talking about" and "talking about people", but he figured out whether the two of them didn't understand what they were saying. So I had to pierce this layer of window paper, open the skylight and say something.

Avarice

As soon as they heard this name, Jun Yao and Yin Weiyu cheered up. That's what Arthur said! I experienced it once, referring to their last mission, "Wish", and after entering Avarice's castle, they heard her rule of "barter". It's just why did Arthur use Avarice's rules? Arthur is a servant of the witches, belonging to the Witch clan, who plotted to seize Avarice's power in Eternal Sleep and wanted more. Based on this logic, they will definitely go to great lengths to erase the traces of the old master Avarice, right? It's like a dove occupying a magpie's nest, and then the thing should be to clean up all the traces that didn't belong to you, whether it's animals or people, they will make such a decision.

Arthur was no exception.

But why did he bring up Avarice's rules?

"Jingle bell—" Jun Yao remembered the crisp phone ringing again, but in this case, the ringtone sounded so harsh that people wanted to pinch it off.

Before Jun Yao could make any moves, Arthur raised his right hand and snapped his fingers lightly, and the ringtone disappeared.

[The call has been interrupted due to special reasons]

Arthur slowly approached the trio, stopping three paces away from them. Arthur's gaze looked directly at Jun Yao who was standing in the middle, leaning forward slightly, his face slowly approaching Jun Yao, "You have to think about it quickly...... Your friends, you can't stand it. ”

Are you talking about dyeing them lightly?

Jun Yao felt that Arthur in front of him was a little wrong, although he was standing in front of him, his words and deeds were the same as normal people, but when he was close to him, there was nothing that a human should have.

Breathe.

He wasn't breathing.

At this moment, Jun Yao remembered that when they visited Arthur for the second time, before knocking on his door, they had gone to the row of houses on the left to have a look. At that time, Lin Mo said that Arthur was in a high-level world, and he could enter their current world through some medium, which could be understood as a "doppelganger".

Contacting Arthur that he didn't have the scythe he had been carrying, and it stands to reason that Xu Qingran was delaying him, he couldn't have come back so quickly. Even if he rushed back, it seemed that it should have been after Xu Qingran and the three of them were resolved, but Xu Qingran and they were still alive, but he came over first.

Is it a doppelganger? Then the threat is small.

It was trying to scare them.

Seeing through Arthur's trick, Jun Yao also followed his example and smiled mockingly, "So what price do you want us to pay?" ”

Jun Yao's fearless appearance also made Arthur understand that she had seen that he didn't really exist in front of her, so he stood up straight, and the expression on his face became serious, "Of course it's something I like and am interested in." ”

What does Arthur like? What would he be interested in?

"You only have a minute." Arthur added, and then he raised his right hand, and white petals appeared, as well as pale blue flames.

Arthur is going to attack them? Could it be that Arthur was already so powerful?

What to do? Gotta think about what he wants. After all, it is unlikely that they can use props to escape, Arthur can directly cut off Jun Yao's call just now, and it is inevitable that he may also have the ability to invalidate their props. You can't fight, you can only outwit you.

But Jun Yao had no thoughts at all, what did Arthur want? Yin Weiyu moved at this time, she quietly attached to Jun Yao's ear and whispered three words.

"Five, four, three, two, one...... It's time! ”

The white petals and light blue flames in Arthur's hands flew towards Jun Yao and the others at an extremely fast speed.

"Bang-" The petals and flames bounced off and then dissipated as if they had smashed against a transparent shield.

Jiang Xian was speechless in surprise, she looked down at what was standing in front of Jun Yao.

Curly blonde hair, red dress, azure blue eyes.

Alice?

Arthur took a step back, looking incredulous, and he spoke slowly, his voice a little hoarse and choked, "Love...... Alice? My daughter? ”

Alice smiled slightly and jumped two steps forward, and Jiang Xian could see at a glance that this was the opening action of the ballet.

Sure enough, in the next second, Alice danced on the grass, accompanied by music from nowhere, step by step, little by little, elegant, beautiful, and impeccable.

Arthur burst into tears, and he covered his face with his hands and began to cry bitterly.

A dance is over.

Alice's body emitted a golden light, which was very dazzling, and then people couldn't help but close their eyes, and when the light was gone, Alice and Arthur were gone.

"Luckily, it worked." Jun Yao breathed a long sigh of relief, and saw that Jiang Xian and Yin Weiyu were both looking at her with very puzzled eyes, so she smiled and explained, "It's a prop sacrifice - Alice's Dance." ”

The words Yin Weiyu said in Jun Yao's ear were "Alice".

At that moment, Jun Yao saw the system page that suddenly popped up.

[Dream traveler Shen Junyao, has met the conditions for prop sacrifice]

[New item "Alice's Dance" to be generated]

【Completion of the Sacrifice Item "Oni Doll"】

【Yes or No】

Jun Yao clicked the [Yes] button without hesitation.

[New item "Alice's Dance" has been generated.】

【Quest Special Effects Currently Triggered】

[Alice's Dance: Sacrifice Special Items.] When the dance music sounds, creatures with attacking intent within a radius of five meters will slow down, hallucinate or even fall into hallucinations. The use time is 30 minutes, and the cooldown time is 8 hours. At the same time, you can summon Alice's undead spirit and drive it at will, and the dance music will disappear as Alice disappears. Use time 30 minutes, cooldown time 8 hours】

Yin Weiyu and Jiang Xian realized that the three of them finally relaxed their whole bodies and sat on the grass together to rest, but just after sitting down, Jun Yao stood up suddenly.

"Xu lightly dyed them in danger!" Jun Yao said anxiously, "That Arthur's doppelganger has no effect on his body, right?" ”

Yin Weiyu also stood up and stomped her feet, "Yes!" They are in danger, should we go and save them? Redo it with your newly generated item? ”

Just then, the phone rang again.

[Dream traveler Xu Qingran has initiated a group call]

"We're fine, let's all go back to the Eternal Sleep Hotel."