"Borrow a step to speak."

Tang Chen hurriedly walked around the corner next to the entrance of the corridor on the 11th floor, making sure that the conversation was not overheard by others. As soon as he reached the corner, he turned back and asked hurriedly:

"It's an enchantment, isn't it?"

Lin Zhu shook his head and said:

"Let's start at the beginning."

"Yesterday at nine o'clock in the morning, we boarded the ship from the Roman pier, and it has been seventeen hours now. During this time, two passengers were killed one after another, the ship was lost in the sea, and we had no clue about the murderer. That's the status quo, right? ”

"And even Changle can't be contacted." Lu Chang added.

"Madame always told me before that you have to change your perspective when thinking about problems." Lin Zhu paused for a moment, and then said, "If we entered the enchantment, when did we start entering?" ”

"Wait a minute, they only need to lay out the Lost Barrier at any point on the route, and we'll be in it forever." Tang Chen said.

"I've thought about it too. But in the Tyrrhenian Sea, the loss of contact is not a one-way street. ”

"You mean, headquarters will send someone to the place of disappearance?"

"The agent is missing, and the LegCo can't be trapped just by losing the enchantment."

"What if the barrier expands to the entire sea?"

"The effect is the same. As long as we lose contact, it won't take long for the speedboat to reach the wreckage site. Besides, I've never seen an enchantment this big. ”

But in the next second, Tang Chen overturned Candle's inference.

"It's not impossible to be an enchantment, as long as the headquarters can find us. That means our ship is the enchantment itself! ”

"But where's the benefit?"

"The enchantment is to stall for time, the killing of two passengers is to confuse the public, and the next thing is their time to act." Tang Chen pushed his glasses, feeling that the victory was in hand, "We just need to wait for them to show up." ”

"You're too proud, Tang Chen, it affects your judgment." Candle shook her head.

"Do you remember when I asked you to change course?" She asked.

Tang Chen's face was shocked. "You've been thinking about this since then?"

"I'm just trying to eliminate distractions. In fact, from the moment I got on board, I checked on the top deck. "Although there may be spatial fluctuations, there is no trace of the structure of the enchantment on the whole ship. Let the ship go in the direction of Naples, just to deepen the confirmation. ”

"It's been three hours since the route change. It is true that the headquarters had enough time to find us. Tang Chen muttered silently.

"But we don't have a ship, we can never dock, that's what I care about the most. As I said, think from the other side's point of view. After killing Hu Hai, there is no need for Zhang Xiao, who was originally missing, to 'give' us so easily and obviously, right? ”

"You mean they deliberately led us to find Zhang Xiao?"

"Yes, if it is good to delay time and let Zhang Xiao disappear, we will be lost forever on the road to find Zhang Xiao. Why are you in such a hurry to expose Zhang Xiao? ”

"Why?"

"Zhang Xiao and Hu Hai are not the key, I said. The key is the boat. ”

"What do you explain about the key that was lost at the door of 1104? I haven't seen anyone on the surveillance do anything, when did the key drop there? ”

"It doesn't matter. It may have been replaced at dinner, or it may have been handed over to them at the beginning, and there may have been three keys, which were originally Qi Duo's own keys. ”

"And what about the bar?"

"Tang Chen, why are you obsessed with the case itself? Haven't you found out yet? Lin Zhu sighed, "No matter what, the ship will dock, but why didn't the ship dock?" Why didn't the headquarters notice anything unusual? ”

"If you have a conclusion, why bother me so much." Tang Chen smiled bitterly.

"I'm sorry, I'll explain later." Candle looked at him apologetically, then said, "Because we're in a dream." ”

"In a dream? How can it be? Tang Chen opened his mouth wide in surprise, and Lu Chang and Bai Xiao were also a little dazed.

"Or maybe I'm in a dream. I can't tell if you are real or not, and if you are a reflection of your dreams, you will never admit the truth of what you are in your dreams, because for them, this is the real world in which they live. ”

"I've never thought about it. In other words, now, you need to tell you an objective fact that you didn't know before, but can be proven immediately, in order to prove that you are not the personality reflected in your dreams? ”

"It cannot be a completely empty objective fact, it must have a rigorous logical relationship with the cognitive world before boarding the ship. In the dream everything is not credible, height, weight, even a visa photo in your pocket. ”

"Candle, how did you tell if it was a dream?" Lu Chang asked.

"I just think dreams make the most sense. If we are still on board and the ship is following its original course, then the headquarters will not notice anything unusual in any case, which is one of them. ”

"Second, Madame's mustard seeds. If you are trapped in the enchantment, Madame will definitely notice it, and it is impossible to lose contact for so long. The only explanation is that we are asleep, and if we are asleep at the same time, Madame will naturally be alert. However, only Lu Chang carried a spirit rune, so the danger was reduced to being ignored. ”

"The last point can be regarded as my cheating, in fact, I thought of this from Tang Chen saying that the housekeeper was on the boat. I have an acquaintance who I think is probably the current butler of the Knife and Axe Group, and his mustard seed is a nightmare, which I have seen. ”

"You've heard of him, Lu Chang. His name is Wu Chen. ”

"Then if we follow this reasoning, I think we should all be true." Lu Chang thought about it and said.

"Why?" Tang Chen asked rhetorically.

"Aren't Hu Hai and Zhang Xiao those two people? One died of suffocation from paint, the other bled profusely from a poker piercing, and two people could have achieved their goal by committing suicide. It makes sense why Zhang Xiao is in a hurry to be discovered, because he not only needs to wake up from his dream, but also needs us to be attracted by the murder and ignore the truth that cannot be reached. ”

"Yes, Lu Chang." Bai Xiao had already calmed down. "Although I don't understand why you're all talking about superpowers, maybe go back and who can give me a worldview of science popularization."

"Put yourself... Are you in a dream? I didn't expect that. Candle bowed her head in thought.

"As long as they are true, then we must be true as well. We are in the same dream, and now we just need to wake up. Lu Chang looked around at the crowd, "We are close to the truth." ”

Tang Chen interrupted Lu Chang.

"Wait a minute. Although your explanations sound ridiculous and reasonable, they are all reasoning after all. And according to reasoning, the person who wants to wake up must die in a dream, right? ”

"Yes. Regardless of whether Zhang Xiao and they were those people or not, the only way to escape in the nightmare was to die. This is the horror of this mustard seed, and it is also its limitation. ”

"So what else? Who comes first? Tang Chen took out the folding knife from the pocket of his jacket, the Damascus steel pattern, and the circle pattern of flowing clouds was noble and beautiful.

"Wait a minute, you've seen Inception, right?" Bai Xiao suddenly asked.

"Even if we can wake up after committing suicide, how can we tell if we are still in a dream? In case it's a double dream, or even a three, four-layer... And even countless layers of circular dreams? ”

"Can't tell." Candle's answer is concise and straightforward.

She turned her head to look at Lu Chang, looked at him with her usual serious expression, and said:

"Lu Chang, the person lost by the Yueshe in the final chapter was originally Mrs. In order to save his wife, the president pawned his own soul. And the person who ruined our family was Wu Chen. So, I must go this time. You don't have the ability, and besides, this matter is out of your responsibility, so you stay here to accompany Bai Xiao. ”

Candle turned around, grabbed the folding knife lying in Tang Chen's palm, and aimed it at his heart.

"What are you talking about? Stinky girl. ”

Lu Chang looked at her blankly.

"Didn't you tell me to act? Did you hear that? That's how you treat your friends, right? ”

"I didn't think of you as a friend. But you don't need to participate, Madame also said, hiding when necessary is not cowardice, but mature and reasonable. Candle explained.

"That's a joke... Hide behind you like this. ”

Lu Chang bit his lip tightly.

"Just because... I am... Waste? ”

He threw his head up desperately, tears running down his cheeks and down his chin and dripping down the floor.

"Su Qiang passed away yesterday, let's pray for her for five minutes, may she be happy in heaven." The head teacher stood on the podium and announced.

Lu Chang buried his head on the table, he was afraid of the eyes of the people around him.

"Why don't you come and see me off, Lu Chang." The face that appeared infinitely in the dream, the light purple floral dress, it didn't matter if there was lavender fragrance or not.

"I... I..."

The dream came to an abrupt end. Wake up. I fell asleep again that night and woke up again. Repeatedly.

I've always felt guilty, Su Qiang.

Because I'm just a piece of shit.

Just because I'm a waste, I don't dare to go to the hospital to see you, I don't dare to tell my aunt that her daughter actually loves her very much, I don't dare to hand over your diary to her face...

I don't dare to tell everyone that you were killed by me.

But I don't want to be a waste anymore.

Because ah, it's hard to lose someone important.

The trigger is pulled.

The moment the gun rang out, Lu Chang's body trembled, and he slowly sat down on the ground along the wall, blood spreading on the wall.

I didn't expect to give it to myself when I shot it for the first time, it's funny.

The revolver that the captain gave him for self-defense slipped from his hand and fell to the floor.

"Lu Chang!" Bai Xiao was the first to rush to his side, she desperately covered the wound with her hands, and the blood was still gushing out.

"It's fine." Lu Chang's lips were pale and he grinned, "I believe in candles, and I am also a member of the Moon Society." ”

Consciousness is constantly diverging, my head is dizzy, and my eyes seem to be dull and dim. Is this what death feels like?

There seemed to be a light in the darkness, and all the familiar scenes kept flashing, and there seemed to be someone waiting for him at the end.

"I'm coming." He closed his eyes.