"Welcome back."

After paying, Qi Ji walked back to the rain curtain with a windbreaker and cake.

The two items in his hand are not heavy, but there is an illusion of heaviness when they are carried in his hand by Qi Ji at this moment.

The truth about the killer seems to be going in an unexpected direction.

Whether it's the witch reading only his own energy from Qi Jiu's dream retrospection, or the photo of Miss Rossetti's bedroom with Little 079 during the orphanage, including the gray cat hair he noticed stuck to the killer's black trench coat before he was killed......

Everything was too coincidental, and it seemed to point to a certain possibility, but Qi Zhen couldn't be sure of his guess yet.

It's not so much that you can't, but that you don't, after all, it's too absurd.

But he was already certain that the real world and the "rules book" had permeated each other to some extent.

*

The "manifestation" ritual of the union agreed with the witch took place a week later.

The witch used the spirit stone for a while, and gave Qi Ji a bowl of special potion, and during the whole process, Qi Ji did not feel too much discomfort except for feeling a slight ant walking sensation on his body, as if a thin electric current was crawling through his skin, but felt warm and relaxed.

"If you don't feel pain, it's because your energy field is positively connected to the world, and in short, the "rules book" doesn't exclude you, so your feelings are warm and relaxed." The witch explained.

"After that, you have to pay attention to the changes in the energy field around you at all times, once there is a clue, then it means that the right opportunity has appeared, that is, the best time for you to enter the dungeon." The witch confesses.

Qi Jiu: "What do you mean...?" ”

Witch: "For example, something unusual happens, to put it in a rough way, it's when people say a supernatural event appears." ”

"People are afraid of supernatural events, but they don't know that it is actually an accidental overlap and collision of energy fields, and sometimes even some kind of important signal, rather than being afraid, in fact, we should grasp the details and the information after unlocking the supernatural phenomenon." The witch explained.

Qi Jiu: "I understand, thank you very much this time. ”

The witch looked at him, "Good luck with you." ”

That night, Qi Yan received a call from Ji Xiaoye.

"Qi Jiu, have you been busy lately? Zhenzhen and I really want to invite you and Qin Rang to have a simple meal, and Qin Rang has already agreed. Ji Xiaoye on the other end of the phone seemed to be in a good mood.

Qi Jiu: "I'm not busy, has anything good happened recently?" ”

Ji Xiaoye sighed: "There are a lot of good things, aren't they?" Celebrate you and Qin Rang coming out of the copy again, celebrate the box office success of our documentary "Canned Rose Fish", celebrate..."

She paused and smiled, "Celebrate me and Zhenzhen getting the certificate." ”

Qi Yan was slightly stunned, and then said sincerely: "Congratulations." ”

He learned that the city also provided a certificate collection service.

Ji Xiaoye on the other end of the phone smiled happily: "Thank you." ”

"But I said in advance, let's eat and eat, don't give money to the dead, that's the rule of the living, we dead people don't pay attention to this," Ji Xiaoye half-jokingly complained, "If the dead still have to give money to the dead, it's too unusual, isn't it?" ”

Qi Yan smiled: "No problem, do you want to consider coming to me for a hot pot or barbecue?" ”

"Okay, okay, but won't it be too intrusive?" Ji Xiaoye asked.

Qi Jiu: "No, I have quite a complete set of things here, which is very convenient." ”

"Tomorrow night, then! I'm looking forward to it. Ji Xiaoye sounded excited.

The next day, the newlywed Gu Zhenzhen and Ji Xiaoye came to Qi Zhen's house on Liming Street with a lot of fresh ingredients, this was the first time they came, and they didn't stop marveling after entering the door.

"You're so nicely furnished here..."

"Yes, it's elegant and stylish."

The two ladies were envious, this was simply what their ideal home would look like.

Qi Zhen smiled: "It's the credit of the previous generation of homeowners, the furniture here must have been carefully selected by her, and I am lucky to have inherited all of them." ”

"This house is also very lucky, to meet an owner like you who knows how to cherish it," Ji Xiaoye walked through the front yard, and when she saw the little gray cat napping under the eaves of the porch, her eyes instantly lit up, "Eh, there are cats!" ”

"Meow meow~" The little gray cat wagged its tail lazily at them.

"Ahh It's so cute! Damn it! You're so foul! There is a house and a cat, who is envious. The attention of the two ladies has completely shifted from the house to the cat, "Cats are very rare creatures in the city, it can be said that I haven't touched it since I came in, woo woo woo this is too happy." ”

The little gray cat politely twisted her ass to open up to the guests, and then went back to play with herself.

The two ladies had already rolled up their sleeves and went to the kitchen to get cat food, and the little gray cat smelled the smell of food, so she followed her, twisting her butt and rubbing her paws at their feet in anticipation of cat food.

At the same time, Qin Rang and Qi Yan also began to deal with the hot pot ingredients for the evening.

Outside the window, the rain was dripping, and the boiling heat of the hot pot covered the window pane with a layer of white mist.

Fresh, cleaned ingredients are kept in the pot, and the food makes this cold night warm and inviting.

"Congratulations." Qi Yan opened the red wine he bought last time, and everyone clinked glasses.

"Thank you," the two ladies looked at each other and smiled, Ji Xiaoye took a sip of wine and said, "Anyway, Zhenzhen and I don't plan to go out, it's good to stay in the city, except for this rain that won't end... I just miss the sunny day. ”

As she spoke, she looked thoughtfully out the window at the rain and mist.

Gu Zhenzhen held her hand under the table.

After all, if you return to the real world, everything you experienced in the Dying City will be erased from your memory.

Including the fact that they know each other.

"By the way, when are you going to get into Ben?" Qin Rang asked suddenly.

Gu Zhenzhen smiled bitterly: "You have to enter in a few days, after all, you have all entered and exited for the second time." ”

"yes, and we're going to save up for a small wedding house." Ji Xiaoye joked.

Qin Rang complained: "Okay, you all have to make money to buy a wedding house, or make money to raise cats, all of them are dragging their families." ”

"What about you? Would you like to take a break this time before you go in? Gu Zhenzhen asked Qin Rang and Qi Zhen.

Qin Rang: "It depends on Qi Yan's side..."

Qi Jiu: "It's okay, I'll solve it myself next time, we made a lot of money last time, and it's okay if you rest more in the city." ”

Qin Rang was stunned, and finally came back to his senses: "Eh, don't you need me to guide you?" ”

"I can't drag you into the water every time," Qi Yan smiled and pushed his glasses, "I bothered you last time." ”

No matter how reliable Qi Ji is, but after all, it is a matter of gambling his life, he needs to solve all the situations independently, and he can't drag Qin Rang to use his Ouhuang physique every time, after all, not every time he can promise to let the other party return safely.

Qin Rang let out a low 'ah' sound, shrugged his shoulders and joked, "I didn't expect to be abandoned by you so soon." ”

Ji Xiaoye smiled: "Come on, Qin let you not be able to roll him." ”

The four of them and one cat ate a hot pot hot, and everyone helped clean up the dishes before leaving.

Qi Yan and Qin Rang originally wanted to give some props as wedding gifts, but the two ladies refused: "Really, I said that I wouldn't give anything, you can't tempt me to break my promise." ”

"Thank you for your hospitality tonight." The two ladies waved at the little gray cat.

"Stay safe on the road and see you later."

After the guests left, Qi Yan simply cleaned the living room and dining room for a while, and when he was cleaning, he turned on the daily information podcast of the Dying City to pass the time-

"The pre-sale of the new documentary '404 Hot Spring Street' has begun, and the pre-sale box office on the first day exceeded 900, and the total box office is predicted to reach 30,000, which is twice the pre-sale box office of the previous documentary in the same period."

"Recently, there has been frequent rain, and an abandoned building in Xicheng District collapsed due to perennial soaking in rainwater, resulting in two homeless people being crushed to death."

……

Suddenly, the originally smooth broadcast came to an abrupt end.

After a brief silence, the unsettling sound of electricity came from the phone—

"Whew... Ahh Zila... Yesterday... The body of a young male man was found in the staff dormitory of XX Middle School, and it is reported that the deceased worked in the middle school, and the cause of death is currently unknown, and the police investigation is still being carried out in an orderly manner......

There was something strange about the voices coming from the podcast.

It's like a person has sunk to the bottom of the water, and the sound comes from the shore, sometimes it comes and goes, sometimes it is far and sometimes near, there is a dull and vague feeling, and it doesn't sound real.

Qi Zheng's cleaning action was slight, there was no middle school in the city, and there were no strange deaths of young male teachers.

So this puzzling news of death is not from Dying City.

Qi Zhen believes that this is the so-called "supernatural event".

That is, the two energy fields that the witch said overlapped and intersected, representing the right time to enter the dungeon.

"Teacher System, please let me open the copy as soon as possible."

Qi Jiu's ears immediately heard a familiar mechanical voice [Hello Dear Traveler, you are welcome to choose to enter the dungeon again]

【If you are ready, please make sure to log in now】

"Confirm."

[Your confirmation has been received and the copy is loading......]

【Ding! Welcome to the staff dormitory of Exile No. 1 for the time being.

Temporarily? The wording of the system made Qi Yan a little concerned.

He guessed that the name of this quest was "Exile No. 1 Middle School", but since the quest had been logged in, why did the system say that he had come to this school temporarily?

At the same time, the feeling of suffocation coming from his chest made Qi Yan have to open his mouth slightly to gasp.

At the moment he felt like a fish that had been hit ashore by the waves, and he was extremely deprived of oxygen.

An unfamiliar blue progress bar suddenly popped up on the system interface——

[Current oxygen remaining: 50%]

【Warning! Once the remaining oxygen level reaches zero, the travelers currently present in the barrier will be declared dead! 】

[Please find the real murderer of the young man in the staff dormitory of Exile No. 1 Middle School before the remaining oxygen is exhausted]

[You can choose to abandon the mission at any time before the remaining oxygen is depleted]

【Attention! Once you choose to abandon the quest, you will be deemed to have automatically given up the right to log in to the quest, and the system will deduct 1000 survival coins as a penalty.

[After choosing to give up automatically, you will never receive the invitation of the copy again in the subsequent level clearance process, please consider carefully before making a choice]

[Current Exploration: 0%]

After a brief moment of dizziness, Qi found himself in a damp dormitory that smelled of rot and alcohol.

There was no light in the dormitory, but there was a red point of light at the entrance that was dimly lit, and when his vision gradually adapted to the darkness, Qi Yan squinted his eyes slightly and looked at the point of light, and found that there was a shrine at the entrance of the dormitory.