The sky was dark and heavy, like a huge stone that had accumulated on a man's chest.

The cool breeze blew into the dining room and rolled up the black petals, and the proprietress stood gracefully on the spiral staircase, reaching out to pin the broken hair behind her ear: "In five minutes, it's dawn." ”

Xia Lingge, Si Cheng, and He Zhinian all raised their heads and looked at the black oppressive sky.

"Will she ever come back?" He Zhinian asked.

Xia Lingge couldn't answer, and the embarrassed Li Zhizhi said sarcastically: "It's better to die outside forever." ”

As soon as her words fell, a figure staggered over to the street not far away, Qin Keqing groped with both hands, followed the smell of blood in the air and the faint fragrance of flowers, and came to the door of the restaurant little by little, and the moment she stepped into the door of the restaurant, the whole person slowly knelt on the ground as if she was out of strength.

"Everyone is here."

The proprietress looked down at them, her expression strange and revealing some indescribable excitement, "Now, only my two candidates have not yet voted, who are you going to vote for?" ”

Xia Lingge glanced at Qin Keqing and clicked a few times on the dial.

Qin Keqing's hand covering her eyes slowly moved away, and the outline of the object could be vaguely seen in a pitch-black sight, she raised her watch tremblingly, but her eyes couldn't help but flow: "It's useless, even if I vote, don't use it!" The difference between two to three is obviously just one more, just one! I've got room to manoeuvre! But why...... Why is it me who died, why me, not Xia Lingge! ”

Her hissing was exhausted, but no one was moved.

The proprietress ignored Qin Keqing's bitter crying, and just stretched out her pale fingertips and slid a few times: "Let me see who my successor will be." ”

The black petals flew and fell to the proprietress to form a 'Qin' character, and she opened her mouth slightly in surprise.

"Qin Keqing."

Everyone was stunned.

Qin Keqing raised his head suddenly.

The proprietress swirled her gaze on the crowd, gathered her palms, and said with some meaning: "This result really didn't surprise me." ”

"I-...... I won?" Qin Keqing's eyes still had tears in her eyes, and when she completely reacted, she suddenly stood up from the ground, "I won?!" Hahahahaha, I won! ”

Looking at the elated Qin Keqing, He Zhinian clenched his fists and suddenly grabbed Si Cheng's collar, "Who did you vote for?" Isn't it Qin Keqing! Xiao Lingzi and I help you so much, do you treat us like this! ”

Xia Lingge stopped He Zhinian: "No, you let go first." ”

"Tsk, that's infighting." Qin Keqing clasped her hands around her chest and returned to the eldest lady's style, "What's so noisy about this, you guys are arguing and arguing, and it's not me who wins in the end." ”

"You!" He Zhinian wanted to rush over, but was stopped by Xia Lingge.

Qin Keqing snorted softly and went upstairs, He Zhinian stared at her back and his teeth itched, "That guy Si Cheng must be in the same group as Qin Keqing, otherwise this vote would never have become like this." ”

"It's not him." Xia Lingge stopped He Zhinian again, "It's me, I gave the ballot to Qin Keqing." ”

"What!"

He Zhinian, Si Cheng, and even Li Zhizhi were stunned.

"Why?"

Xia Lingge looked at them: "Because this game is not a single-player game, you carefully read the customs clearance requirements." 'Boss Tu is retiring, please elect the next restaurateur', have you noticed anything missing? ”

Si Cheng thought for a while: "There is a lack of subject, although it is written that please be elected, but it is not specified that he must be the owner of the restaurant." ”

He Zhinian retorted: "But this is also too far-fetched, wearing the watch on your wrist, isn't it an allusion to yourself?" ”

Xia Lingge said: "But if you look at the side quests we triggered earlier, each task will clearly point out the characters, places, and what needs to be done, instead of disagreements in sentence parsing like the customs clearance task. ”

"That can only show that this clearance task is deliberately writing idioms to confuse us."

"But......" He Zhinian was still puzzled, "Even if it is what you say, Xiao Lingzi, you can't vote for Qin Keqing, if it is really just a single victory, then the opportunity will not be missed in vain." ”

Xia Lingge shook his head and looked back at Qin Keqing, who was standing in front of the proprietress: "Do you remember, the player's identity card is not allowed to be taken down casually, and the same is true for NPCs." ”

Those NPCs who don't have identities,

Either the soul is gone forever, or ...... Become a monster.

Qin Keqing upstairs was already standing opposite the proprietress and she tried her best to remain calm, but the smile on her face was no longer allowed to be reserved.

"I really didn't expect ......," the proprietress looked at her with a complicated expression, "I thought it would be ...... But forget it, you can too. ”

She took off her identity badge and hung it in front of Qin Keqing, and at the same time, a cold mechanical voice sounded in everyone's minds.

[Congratulations to players Xia Lingge, Qin Keqing, Si Cheng, He Zhinian, and Li Zhizhi for completing the task]

[The game gate will open in thirty seconds, please be ready]

……

"What......" Qin Keqing was stunned when she heard the mechanical sound, if this game was not a single win, then what was the point of her working so hard.

"Of course it makes sense."

A hand that was emaciated like withered skin and bones was gently placed on her shoulder, and Qin Keqing looked up and twisted her neck as the proprietress in front of her turned her neck, revealing an eerie and terrifying smile at her in an inhuman arc.

"Stay and feed my babies."

Suddenly, those delicate and small black tulip flowers suddenly burst out, the stems and leaves continued to rise, the flowers expanded and bloomed, and the ground they stepped on kept shaking and cracking, Xia Lingge grabbed Li Zhizhi, He Zhinian and Si Cheng turned their heads and ran out.

"You ......" Qin Keqing only felt that he couldn't breathe.

Those huge vines kept cutting the ground, and He Zhinian dodged and shouted: "Didn't you clear the level, why are you still in the game?!" ”

"Game jet lag." Xia Lingge replied, "You must live during this time, otherwise everything you have done before will be wasted." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she felt a light on her left wrist, and when she looked back, Li Zhizhi, who was originally running wildly, was gone, and was replaced by Qin Keqing.

Qin Keqing coughed a few times: "You left me and ran away by yourself, you unrighteous people." ”

He Zhinian was furious: "Anyone with a little brain will not talk about righteousness with sinister villains." ”

Qin Keqing's eyes were fierce, but the ground under their feet began to burst again, and huge calyptus flowers rose behind them, the proprietress grabbed the corpse that had lost its flesh and blood and only left a pile of dry bones and stood elegantly on the stamen, she licked her chapped lips, and smiled softly: "The end of summer is sad and desolate, the cold is blooming, and the end of hope is despair, why run?" Wouldn't it be better to stay and raise my babies? ”