"It's not...... Why are you here?" Liu Ming's eyes widened as he looked at his new cellmate.

Qian Jing stood in front of Liu Ming, holding a large bag with the sign "Flour, 10Kg" written on it. He looked relaxed, he didn't feel like he was going to be in prison at all, his eyes were still smiling, he was nibbling on half an apple in his mouth, and then he took it out of his pocket and handed it to Liu Ming again. "Let's not talk so much, let's eat an apple. Feng Lingzhu said that you like to eat fruits, I specially brought it to you. ”

Liu Ming couldn't laugh or cry, propped himself up from the ground with both hands, stood up tremblingly, and then took the apple from Qian Jing's hand. He sniffed deeply with his nose, then bit down hard, chewing and sucking, closing his eyes and trying to feel the happiness that filled his mouth.

"I brought a lot of food to improve your life. Qian Jing helped Liu Ming sit on the stone bed, and then looked back to see that the magician Ethan was standing at the door with his hands in his hands. "My friend is injured, won't you treat him?"

"He's safe now, and that's what we're talking about. Qian Jing, you stay here honestly, and you can be free when everything is over. ”

The magician smiled at Qian Jing, and then closed the door to the cell.

It was a stone prison, sealed by dry, coarse sand, with no windows or vents. The steel cell door had a palm-sized glowing glass, the only light in the room. It only glows into the cell, so the guards outside can observe the inside of the room unaffected, while the people inside can't see the outside.

A slate bed, a leather pillow wrapped in sand, a commode, and so much for the room. Qian Jing sat next to Liu Ming and watched him nibble on the apple vigorously. Compared with before, Liu Ming has become yellow and thin, and there are still many scars on his face and arms that have not gone away. When he wanted to nibble off the apple cores together, Qian Jing stopped him and handed him a second apple.

"Don't worry, some are food. In addition to apples, I also carried a grilled chicken. The vacuum-packed kind doesn't taste as fresh as the fresh one, but it's not bad. ”

Liu Ming eased his breath, raised his eyelids and said, "You really changed Feng Lingzhu out?"

"Yes, I made a swap with them. These magicians brought in some mysterious things through the White Flag grocery store, and I checked and found them. They used you and Feng Lingzhu as hostages to blackmail us, saying that if they don't give them anything, they will kill your head. However, we found out that even if we gave them something, they were unlikely to let you go, so I made a new deal. Feng Lingzhu went out and didn't change you out, you won't be angry, right?"

"Don't be angry! you have a kind!" Liu Ming gave Qian Jing a thumbs up. "How is Feng Lingzhu now?"

"I watched her walk into the protective circle of the White Flag grocery store, and she said she was okay and asked me to bring you fruit. What does it mean to bring fruit?"

"The fruit is that she has come out safely, let me figure it out on my own. Liu Ming picked up the second apple, didn't eat it, put it under his nose and sniffed it.

"Big brother, if you don't want to eat, you can stop eating, but don't keep smelling it. I washed the apple myself and brought it in a bag, and you keep smelling it like there's some quirk - I'm going to get hairy, okay?"

Liu Ming immediately took the apple away from under his nose, wiped it vigorously with his clothes covered with dust and blood, and set it aside. As soon as Qian Jing breathed a sigh of relief, he found that Liu Ming was staring straight at him, and his eyes were like eagles that had found their prey. "What's going on? Just say something. ”

"Why are you doing this?" Liu Ming's lips were tightly closed, and his voice sounded directly in Qian Shi's head: "Don't be surprised, this is my psychic communication ability, I won't be eavesdropped, you can speak with confidence." ”

"Uh, how am I supposed to speak?" Qian Jing opened his mouth and came to realize that he was quite stupid like this. The other party is on the Mind Channel, but he is still pronouncing directly with his mouth, so what is there to keep secret? So, he also followed Liu Ming's example, stared hard, and then kept thinking in his heart, "Can you hear me? Hey, hey, hey?"

"I can hear it, but there's too much noise in your head. Liu Ming shook his head, and then said, "You have no training, but you can learn a trick." Every time you want to say something to me, add the sentence 'Liu Ming listened', and I can receive it accurately, and I don't have to worry about those noises." ”

Liu Ming listened: Wow, it's much more convenient this way. No wonder you're a three-eared communicator, it's because you have this ability. Are these born or trained later, can I learn the same? What is your communication distance, and can you communicate with the outside world now?"

"Never mind how I am. Thank you for caring about us, but we were caught on purpose, otherwise you think they can succeed? Feng Lingzhu and I went inside to investigate what these guys were doing. Your original plan has been thrown out of order. You haven't said why you did it?"

"I'm here to scout like you. Of course, the more important purpose is to let Feng Lingzhu go out safely. I think she's so smart and more helpful on the outside than on the inside - I don't know you guys got caught on purpose. Qian Jing took out a glass bottle from the cloth bag and handed it to Liu Ming: "Don't ask why, hurry up and take a bite." ”

"What kind of food is this? Are you Tinker Bell, can you pull things out with all your might?" Liu Ming took the bottle with the wrapper torn and looked at it, looked at Qian Jing in puzzlement, then unscrewed the lid and took a piece of stinky tofu with his hand to eat it, and then spit out his green tongue. "Do you have steamed buns? It tastes too strong to eat dry! My nose doesn't work now, and I'm still crying...... Did the captain make you do this?"

"Oh, no. I know that the Fortress Stars will be poisoned by eating stinky tofu directly - I'm afraid you're disguised with magic. ”

Liu Ming's face was pale, he didn't want to say anything, and he nibbled on the apple. After two minutes, he used his mind to send a message to Qian Jing and said, "Now even apples have become that taste, you ...... You can ask me directly about the things on Earth, so that you can test the truth?"

"Next time, I'll do as you say. Qian Jing screwed the lid of the stinky tofu, and then walked around the cell, looking around.

"Don't look at it, the stones here are so tightly knit that the walls, floors, and ceilings are reinforced with magic, not even a percussion drill or an excavator. Plus, if you look closely at the thin lines on the walls and on the ground, you'll see magic eyes the size of green beans. Those guards can peep through any magical eye, and there is nothing they can hide. ”

Qian Jing looked carefully, and sure enough, he found the things Liu Ming said. "These people are really well prepared. Do you know who these are?"

"Ultraconservatives, or ultra-isolationists, I'm not too sure. Liu Ming said: "We investigated the whereabouts of those team members before and found such an organization. This group of people does not like to communicate with outside civilizations, especially to let people from other planets learn the magic of the fortress star. When the 'forensic doctor' came in, through his observation of them, he believed that the ultimate spell of this magic conference was the goal of this group, and they wanted to protect the ultimate spell from anyone taking it. ”

"Wouldn't it be okay to change the prize? No one knows what the ultimate magic spell is anyway. Qian Jing shrugged and added, "If it were me, I would operate in the dark." ”

"The medical examiner said that the idiots didn't seem to know what the ultimate spell was. These ultra-conservatives are small in number and weak in power, and they cannot influence the core magic ring meeting. They can only cause some trouble for the contestants, and are especially good at kidnapping and detaining. It's just that this time the name of the ultimate magic is too loud, and they have no choice but to destroy the entire assembly. They were responsible for the explosion in the city, and their former team members are now being held by them. ”

"Are those people alive? Where are they?"

"My telepathy can hear them and know they're being held nearby. But the magic walls here made it impossible for me to send messages out, so I couldn't get in touch. Liu Ming pointed to the wall on the right: "It's about that direction, separated by two rooms of space." ”

"Two rooms apart? How do you know that?"

"All I have to do is walk from the doorway to the innermost part of the cell, listen carefully to the change in the intensity of the same psychic voice, and the rest is geometry. There is a whole team of professional think tanks in the relevant departments to help us develop the various uses of our capabilities. For example, I now know that the mages watching over us are temporarily gone, and none of the magic eyes are working. ”

"So, can I speak normally?" Qian Jing patted his head, and then said: "It's more natural to use your mouth, I can't play with telepathy." It takes a lot of effort to avoid being cranky and being known as much as possible, but the more I restrain myself, the easier it is for me to get cranky. ”

"That's true. Liu Ming said: "Qian Jing, although I still think it's stupid for you to take the initiative to come in, I still have to thank you." The medical examiner and I were deliberately caught, and then ran into three unexpected. I didn't expect the sealing effect of the psychic communication here to be so strong, breaking the connection between me and the captain, and I didn't expect that the walls and gates here were extremely strong, and the slicing knife of the sealed spirit bamboo could not be destroyed. I didn't expect that our comrades were still alive, so it would be difficult to rescue them. Feng Lingzhu has a way here but can't play it, just go out!"

"Well, I knew I was right. Qian Jing smiled. He looked left and right, lowered his voice and said, "Are you sure no one is watching now?"

"Yes, I still have that faith. ”

"That's good!" Qian Jing immediately flipped over the cloth bag and poured out all the food, water, and medicine inside. Then, he groped along the inside of the cloth bag, found a piece of plastic, and pulled it out hard. "Look, this is our white flag woven bag, let me bring it in!"

"Another bag...... What's the use of this thing? It looks like it's just a plastic bag. ”

"You just get in from this side and you can get out of the other bag. The bag is at the store manager Raisa, you hurry over and I'll be there later. ”

Liu Ming shook his head: "I can't leave, my former comrades-in-arms are still locked up here, and I have to find a way to get rid of them." You're not a combatant, it's none of your business here, you go...... You go, hurry up, it's too late!"

After speaking, Liu Ming came up and grabbed Qian Jing and stuffed him into the bag. At this moment, the ground shook, and there was a "buzz" in the distance...... Knock ......" sound. Liu Ming sighed, let go of the money mirror, and then sat back: "Alas, it's just a little bit, you can't go now." ”

"What?" Qian Jing opened the woven bag and looked inside, this time he saw the smooth bottom of the woven bag directly, not the image of the White Flag Warehouse. "Why is this happening? The White Flag Grocery Store is a place where the multiverse can be accessed. ”

"We've left Fortress Star now, so the previous spatial passages are useless. Feng Lingzhu said that this should be a half-plane, and the boundary rules of space are in the hands of the creator of the half-plane. If you White Flag have no agreement or connection with this creator, all spatial abilities cannot operate in this place. And, you look at the circles under your feet. ”

Qian Jing looked down, and the protective ring was gone. This time, he didn't need Liu Ming to explain, he would understand it if he thought about it himself. The White Flag Grocery Store's Protective Circle is the result of a tripartite negotiation between the Earth's Origin Force, the White Flag Grocery Store itself, and the Will of the Fortress Star World, without which there is no Protective Circle. If this cell reaches the "half-plane", there is no negotiation, and naturally there is no protective circle.

"What is this half-plane, is it powerful?"

"A world with a complete system of rules is called a plane, and you can think of it as a bubble. The half-plane is to blow up a small bubble on the surface of the bubble. The interface of the two bubbles can be opened or closed, and sometimes the half-plane can exist alone from the large bubble. As for whether it is powerful or not, it depends on the development route of civilization. Anyway, we don't have this technology on Earth for the time being. ”

Without the protective circle, Qian Jing's heartbeat accelerated a lot, and he lost his most powerful means to protect himself, so he naturally began to worry. His first instinct was to turn on the White Flag grocery store system and see what he could do to remedy it.

The line at the top of the system interface is very eye-catching: "The salesperson enters an unknown private space, and the service can only be carried out after the will of the world is coordinated." If you do not have sufficient authority, you need to contact the head of the section or the store manager immediately. ”

He turned around and kept searching in the interface, but as a first-level salesperson, he was not qualified to deal with the will of the world anyway, even if he was endorsed by the White Flag grocery store. Qian Jing can only hope that Raisa will find out about the situation here, and then "coordinate". However, the half-dimensional "will of the world" is actually its creator, and isn't Raisa's initiation of communication tantamount to exposure?

The Ethan magician must have known this for a long time, so he welcomed Qian Jing's self-defeat. It seems that the administrators of this prison are very confident in their ability to protect themselves and are also confident in their level of space control. Yes, if you don't have confidence, how can you think of using a space sandwich on the outer packaging of goods to smuggle things?

"The space mezzanine fooled almost everyone, except for my 2D drawing bio-stickman. Qian Jing looked at the wall of the cell: "So, their cell can hold everyone, but what will happen to the stickman?"