"We ...... Coming back? ”

"Well, I'm back."

Gu Chi exhaled lightly, the S-level copy didn't seem to be as difficult as he imagined?

It took dozens of seconds for Lingmao to finally confirm that he and Gu Chi were really back.

There are no zombies, no wind and snow, just children selling newspapers on the streets, old phone booths on the side of the road, and homeless people rummaging through garbage cans for food.

Everything is as it is remembered, as if nothing had happened before.

The only difference is time.

It used to be noon, now it's almost afternoon and evening, but that doesn't affect the results.

She and Gu Chi successfully reversed time and returned to the first day of the Trick City when they first came!

Their appearance had regained the way they had been when they had been younger, and the wounds on her hands were all healed, not even scars.

Lingmao touched his smooth and tender little face, couldn't help but laugh happily, and accidentally didn't control his emotions, so he wanted to throw himself into Gu Chi's arms to celebrate, but Gu Chi pointed a finger on his forehead, interrupting the spell.

"Don't get too happy, the game isn't over yet." Gu Chi said.

It's true that they've turned back time, but the main quest of the quest isn't to go back in time from the future, but to find the Prophet.

There is one last step to come.

As if to confirm Gu Chi's words, the system popped up again with two prompts.

[Player Gun Ashes Die, Mission Failed, Number of Remaining Players: 4]

[Player Poplar dies, mission fails, number of remaining players: 3]

Bell Cat: "??! ”

What's the situation?

The girl's lips opened slightly, and a look of disbelief appeared in her eyes.

Aren't Gun Ash and Poplar level 18 veterans?

Why did you die?

When the word "also" came to mind, Suzuki thought of wasabi soup.

Jiang Niao didn't come back with her and Gu Chi, so it should be gone.

The bell cat couldn't help but feel a little sad in her heart.

It's good that it's just a game, and it's okay if you're dead.

Lingmao quickly sorted out his emotions and re-entered the state and said, "Then let's go and find the 'eye' now?" ”

Gu Chi: "Do you know where it is?" ”

Bell Cat: "...... I don't know. ”

"It's okay, I know." Gu Chi said.

"Oh...... Well?! Lingmao's eyes widened, she thought that Gu Chi would say something like "I don't know if you find a hammer", she was ready to be scolded, but Gu Chi said that he knew?

Did you hear it wrong?

"Let's go, let's go have a meal first." Gu Chi ignored the girl who was in shock, bought a newspaper from the newsboy, and walked forward humming a tune.

He told the bell cat not to be too happy, but he suddenly became happy.

"Eh, Gu Yuan, wait for me!" Seeing Gu Chi walking away, Ling Mao hurriedly chased after him.

The hotel is the same as before.

The taste of the dish is good, but the bell cat is not fragrant at all.

Her mind was full of questions about the "eye".

These days, everyone eats and lives under the same roof, and what Gu Chi has experienced, she has also experienced.

In other words, the information and clues she had were the same as Gu Chi's, but she didn't see any connection between these things and the "eye" at all, and Gu Chi refused to tell her now, saying that the family should be neat and tidy, and the matter of customs clearance would be discussed when Chu Tiankuo came back.

Anyway, she was hung up by Gu Chi, and it was useless to be coquettish.

Gu Chi didn't talk to her about "eyes", she could only change the topic and talk about Chu Tiankuo.

From the second day of entering the game, Chu Tiankuo and the three of them disappeared, if it weren't for the system prompt just now, Lingmao would have thought that this was a four-person book.

At first, Mustard Tang and Jiang Niao thought that Chu Tiankuo and the three of them didn't want to take them to play, so they ran away overnight, but now it seems that Chu Tiankuo and the three of them are more likely to be involved in another time and space and run into greater trouble, otherwise Poplar and Gun Ash should not die so easily......

"Not necessarily." Gu Chi took a sip of tea and said casually: "No matter what background setting it is, time is one of the highest level of power, if you can't find the right solution, let alone level 18, level 180 will have to die." ”

An old-fashioned tone, as if he was really an old player.

But there are still people who believe it.

Lingmao thought seriously and said, "You have a point. ”

Alas......

Gu Chi sighed in his heart.

After eating, the two walked on the side of the street.

Lingcat saw a familiar old lady, and a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind.

Could it be that the time trick city where she and Gu Chi are now is not the time trick city at the beginning?

Just because there was no prophet in the city at that time does not mean that there is no one in the city at that time.

Even the element of time travel has appeared, and it makes sense to have a parallel world, isn't it?

Starting from the fake Time Trick City, after many difficulties and twists and turns, he finally came to the real Time Trick City, and then found the target and completed the quest to clear the dungeon...... This is also very logical in the game!

The more she thought about it, the more she thought it was possible, and ran to the old lady in three steps and two steps, startling the old lady.

"Hello Mother-in-law, have you heard of the Prophet?"

"What do you know?"

Bellcat: "......"

Old lady: "What first?" ”

Bellcat: "......"

I didn't even speak, why did you pick it up yourself!

"It's okay, mother-in-law, you're busy."

"Oh."

With her self-confidence hit, Lingmao returned to Gu Chi with her mouth pouted and asked, "Gu Yuan, do you think I'm stupid?" ”

"Is there one?" Gu Chi tilted his head, "I think you're quite smart, huh?" ”

The bell cat's eyes lit up: "Really? ”

Gu Chi nodded: "Really, because really stupid people won't find out that they are stupid." ”

Bellcat: "......"

You're really comforting.

Under the double blow, the bell cat completely gave up the idea of using his brain.

Once a person learns to mess up, he will find that the whole world suddenly opens up.

It's okay to solve any secrets, isn't it fragrant to follow Gu Chi for shopping?

Lingmao actually liked this feeling, and didn't want to do anything, so he and Gu Chi were blowing the wind on the side of the road, walking, and walking through one old street after another.

I wish the road was a little longer......

The night is getting darker.

The air was filled with mist again, and the two of them circled back to the door of the hotel.

As on the first day, the hotel was closed.

Lingmao asked tentatively, "Shall we go back to the hotel first?" ”

I haven't closed my eyes since the last time leap, and the bell cat is a little sleepy.

I don't know if Gu Chi will allow her to sleep tonight?

Will you encounter zombies again when you wake up?

Gu Chi glanced at the time, 22:18.

"Wait."

Waiting for someone Gu Chi didn't say, Lingmao guessed it himself.

"Are we waiting for Chu Tiankuo?" The girl asked.

"Hmm." Gu Chi looked at the night sky, and there was a thick worry in his words: "Poplar and gun ash died, they should also be at the last moment, although I don't know what the speed of time is over there, but I feel that it should be fast, I hope Chu Tiankuo can hold on." ”

I hope Chu Tiankuo can hold on?

Listening to Gu Chi's tone, Lingmao always felt a little strange, and she couldn't say what the blame was.

Also, how did Gu Chi know to wait here?

The bell cat was about to ask, when a voice came from the side.

"Thank you for your concern, I'm not late, am I?"

Lingmao turned around and was stunned, is it really Chu Tiankuo?

The man still wore the gold-rimmed glasses, and the smile under the lenses was elegant and gentle, and he hadn't seen him for so many days—or for so many years, and his polite appearance hadn't changed at all, except for a large blood stain on his chest, staining his white shirt red.

"You're hurt?" Gu Chi frowned, walked quickly to Chu Tiankuo's side, investigated his injuries, and beckoned the bell cat to heal Chu Tiankuo's injuries.

Chu Tiankuo waved his hand and said with a smile: "It's just a small injury, don't bother." ”

The hand that Ling Mao had just raised and put it down again, wondering why Chu Tiankuo refused to be treated.

Could it be that this man is a shaker who likes pain?

Ling Mao didn't ask much, just glanced at Chu Tiankuo strangely, and then obediently retreated to Gu Chi's side.

"Did you also encounter zombies and blizzards?" Gu Chi asked.

Chu Tiankuo nodded: "On the way to the bell tower, I also met a white bear. ”

Gu Chi: "Do you remember Neil's letter?" ”

Chu Tiankuo: "He has a father named William, who works in the police station. ”

Gu Chi: "William died in the hospital. ”

Chu Tiankuo: "Homeless people and sanitation workers." ”

Gu Chi: "There is no prophet. ”

Chu Tiankuo: "Yes, he died early." ”

Gu Chi: "The past, the future. ”

Chu Tiankuo: "Now." ”

The two of them spoke faster and faster, and the words became fewer and fewer.

In the end, Chu Tiankuo laughed: "Our experience is the same. ”

Gu Chi also smiled: "It seems that you have also guessed where the prophet is." ”

Chu Tiankuo: "You are very smart. ”

Gu Chi: "You're not bad. ”

Bell Cat: "??? ”

No, what are these two people talking about?

How can you guess where the prophet is, and the business blows each other again?

Is this the conversation between high IQ and high IQ? Why can't she understand a word......

"Bell Cat, get out of the way!"

At this moment, Gu Chi suddenly pulled out a pistol, which frightened Ling Mao and quickly dodged aside.

"Bang!"

The piercing sound of gunfire shattered the night.

Not far away, under a street lamp, a man collapsed in a pool of blood with convulsions, and the plastic bag in his hand had not had time to be thrown into the trash.

Lingmao's eyes were glazed: "Gu Yuan, you ...... Why did you kill him? ”

Chu Tiankuo was also stunned, he knew the reason for Gu Chi's move, but he didn't expect Gu Chi to be so decisive, and he still used a gun.

If you attract the police, won't it be a trouble?

"Still haven't figured it out?" Gu Chi said to Ling Mao, "Why are the homeless and sanitation workers the first to be infected when the zombie virus breaks out?" ”

Because the trash can is the source of infection.

On November 13, the last year of 5776, this man threw the virus into the trash in front of them, and the next zombie apocalypse was born.

This is also the reason why Gu Chi chose to wait for Chu Tiankuo here.

Chu Tiankuo is a very observant person, which can be seen from the fact that Chu Tiankuo will specially write down the number of homeless people at the beginning.

Such people often don't have bad brains.

That night, he could notice that someone was coming to throw out the garbage, and of course Chu Tiankuo could.

If Chu Tiankuo can successfully reverse time and return to this day, he will definitely come to the door of the hotel to stop the other party from dropping the virus, because this is the most critical part of finding the prophet.

"We must make sure that the prophet lives until tomorrow." Gu Chi said.

"Mean, the Prophet is actually in the city?" The bell cat didn't turn the corner.

She understood a little to ensure the safety of the prophet, and the bell cat remembered that Neil had said that if there was a prophet and a person was soft-spoken, he would have been torn apart by zombies. But the problem is, they asked so many people that day, and not one of them had ever heard of the prophet?

"Could it be that the Prophet was an inconspicuous child?" Bell Cat asked.

"No, no matter how young a child is, as long as he shows the slightest miracle, he can't be completely unnoticed, unless no one understands him." Gu Chi said, "And Neil has mentioned the hospital twice in his words and letters, and with the picture of time reversal, the hospital has appeared a total of three times. ”

What kind of people live in hospitals, and everyone can't understand what they say, and they won't be noticeable?

The bell cat was a little confused: "Which, which one?" ”

"Baby."

Chu Tiankuo pushed his glasses and gave the answer: "At the current point in time, the prophet is still a newborn baby. ”

The bell cat was even more confused: "Baby? ”

"That's right." It may be that the copy is nearing the end, and Gu Chi is particularly patient tonight, he explained: "Neil once mocked the prophet for not coming out to remind everyone to stop the outbreak of the zombie virus, in fact, the prophet has already given a reminder, but no one can understand his cry." ”

"Since I don't understand it, I can't say the word 'prophet'."

"And after today, the zombie virus will break out, and the hospital that receives the homeless will become a hard-hit area, and the prophet will die directly at the hands of the zombies."

"That's why we don't hear anything about the prophet from beginning to end."

The prophet could not be found while he was alive, and he could not be found even less when he died.

Gu Chi had been trying to find a line before, a line that could string all the clues together, and when he reversed time and saw those passing pictures, he found it.

Time.

Right from the start, the most important tips are in front of them.

The darkest is dark under the lamp.

That's the whole logic of this copy.

It's hard to say, it's easy to say.

Ling Mao was completely stunned this time, and she looked at Gu Chi with a questioning look.

Leaving aside the above inference, just a few pieces of information that can no longer be broken can be unfolded, is it really something that people can do?

This man is too powerful, isn't it......

In fact, there is another point that Gu Chi did not say, there should be more than "one" prophet.

The 'Eye' exists on each unkilled timeline, and these timelines correspond to different time and space, and the "zombie line" they experience is just one of the thousands of parallel worlds that have emanated from time after being affected by the bell tower.

The game deliberately separates the seven players to drive the same story in different planes and planes, reminding them of this.

And because of the bell tower, the time of Shiwei City is very different from the outside world.

It is a special individual in this world.

It is possible that only a few days have passed since the outside world, and it has been decades since the outside world, or it is possible that decades have passed since the outside world, and it has only been a few days since the outside world.

Even a few days had passed, and time began to reverse as it walked, so that there was a situation where their leaders knew about the Prophet, but the inhabitants of the city had not heard of it.

This is slightly similar to "only because you are in this mountain".

After listening to Gu Chi's inference, Chu Tiankuo was relieved.

"I'm sure I'm right now."

It was just him who launched this result alone, Chu Tiankuo didn't dare to say that it was 100% correct, but if Gu Chi was the same as he thought, then this copy ......

It's time for it to end.

Chu Tiankuo smiled and took out his gun and aimed it at Gu Chi.

……