In the twilight of June 19, a humble birthday party was being held in a duplex apartment building.

Bai Zini and Bai Ziling turned off the lights in the living room in advance and closed the curtains; Bai Zini said eloquently that this is the only way to have a sense of atmosphere, and I don't know what a birthday is.

Ke Mingye brought the birthday cake to the table, and the room was dark, only the light of the candles remained. Turning his head to look at the balcony, the pale blue curtains were hanging loosely, blocking most of the light from the setting sun. Sunset illuminates only an inch of the ground against the wall, dragging the shadows of the floor-to-ceiling windows.

Bai Zini took matters into her own hands and turned on a karaoke channel on TV. She plugged in the TV with a USB cable, connected to the microphone, sat in front of the TV, and took the lead in singing the happy birthday song in a funny tone that was not full of five notes.

After Bai Qiuwu and Ke Yongzhu returned from school, they also quickly joined their queue.

Brothers and sisters gathered around the birthday cake, under the light of the faint candlelight, they took the microphone one after another, you and I sang a few words perfunctorily, and my sister Bai Qiuwu sang like a person, and the other people's singing voices seemed to be possessed by some indescribable Cthulhu ancient god.

Birthday ballads resounded intermittently in the living room, mostly punctuated by the laughter of others. A breeze blew in the twilight sky, raising the curtains of white gauze.

Through the curtains, several flickering figures could be seen around the cake, one of them a tall and thin figure with his eyes closed, his hands clasped on his chest to make a wish, and someone placed a folded paper wreath on top of his head.

Among the six people, especially Ke Yongzhu, it is really difficult for him to sing this kind of song.

When the microphone was in the hands of this irascible elementary school student, he had a black line on his forehead, and every time he kept his mouth open and did not make a sound, he repeatedly pretended to be about to sing, but in fact he turned his head and stared at his eyes to test the reaction of his family. If someone laughs, then he can put down the microphone and stop singing.

As a result, everyone sitting on the sofa seemed to have reached a consensus of "don't laugh at the challenge", the expression on their faces was serious, try not to laugh, and whoever laughed lost it.

The corners of Bai Zini's mouth twitched slightly, and she couldn't help it anymore, so she stuffed a piece of cake into her throat, lowered her head and chewed it while holding back a smile, her cheeks bulging like a panda, this was her last hole card.

In the end, Ke Yongzhu tried a few rounds, and finally was willing to put his mouth close to the microphone, the first word "wish" in "I wish you a happy birthday" had just been sung, and Bai Ziling, who was usually silent and indifferent to everything, suddenly snorted and laughed softly, so Ke Yongzhu immediately turned his head and glared at her.

Seeing Ke Yongzhu's gaze, she still wanted to pretend to it, so she picked up a piece of cut cake and put it against her mouth and face. With his red eyes lowered, he coughed twice deliberately, and his pale white hair swayed slightly on his shoulders.

Seeing her like this, Ke Mingye, who was sitting next to her, couldn't hold back. He seemed to be playing with his mobile phone, but in fact he was patting the sofa with his right hand, and he almost broke the armrest of the sofa.

Ke Yongzhu put down the microphone with a dark face, pounced on Ke Mingye's body, slammed him on the sofa and kept pushing his head against his chest, causing Ke Mingye to knock over the cake in his hand and paste it on the sofa, he shouted "Don't, I haven't eaten the cake yet", and he leaned back and laughed again.

It can be seen that this little kid is still merciful, and he has not become a dragon to bite him, which is already benevolent and righteous.

Just when the two were fighting, the door opened, and Ke Youqing and Bai Wenna went home.

Bai Wenna saw that the sofa in the living room was covered with a piece of cake, and the traces of cream slid down the armrests of the sofa, one brown and one white, and was about to get angry, Ke Youqing stopped her, took off the cigarette in her mouth, and said something. She sighed, and finally just said no.

Bai Zini jumped off the sofa, ran to the hallway, took their hands, pressed their shoulders and made them sit on the sofa, and then forcibly handed the microphone to Ke Youqing's mouth.

The old father took a deep breath with a blank face and looked at the lyrics with a solemn expression.

However, at the moment when he started singing in a low and honest voice, some people around him were rolling on the ground with laughter, some people squirted out the Coke that had just been sipped in their mouths, and some people rubbed the Tianming acupoint and recited Buddhist scriptures.

Time flies, and the setting sun slowly sinks below the horizon, taking away the afterglow that spills over the city.

Bai Zini went to the toilet and left her phone on the couch. The second brother, Ke Xiaomo, picked up his mobile phone, held a cut cake, and walked towards the entrance of the building.

He remembered Bai Zini's gesture to unlock the screen just now, so he easily entered the correct password, opened WeChat, and glanced at the chat message between her and Ke Mingye.

[Ke Mingye: I'm on the elevator, the second brother won't still be in the bathroom, right? 】

[Bai Zini: Yes, I haven't come out, so I won't faint, right? 】

[Ke Mingye: Maybe you play with your mobile phone inside, don't you often play with your mobile phone in the toilet, and stay for half an hour at every turn. 】

[Bai Zini: I haven't learned from you, the upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked. I have turned off the lights at home, the curtains have been closed, and Zi Ling has also run to find the salute and banners left over from last year, just waiting for you to come back, brother, hurry up! 】

[Ke Mingye: Okay, if I don't arrive, you and Ziling will stay at the door of the toilet first, don't let him come out, and wait for me to come over and surprise him. 】

[Bai Zini: Okay.] 】

Ke Xiaomo finished reading the record, put away his phone, leaned his back against the wall, and half of his face was hidden in the shadows.

"My judgment is not wrong, Akeno is still that Akeno, it's just that I'm suspicious." Thinking so, he set his eyes on Ke Mingye.

At this moment, Ke Mingye was sitting on the arm of the sofa drinking Coke, his eyes staring at the picture on the TV. However, his mind is not here, but has been on the trick puppet.

The time happened to be 5:25 p.m., and the trickster puppet arrived at Meiyijia Supermarket on Tobacco Bag Commercial Street.

This is the meeting place mentioned by the player with the ID "Anti-Dog", but the supermarket in front of him seems to be closed, and the locked door is plastered with a notice saying "Temporarily closed" in black and white.

But Ke Mingye's attention was not on the notice at all, because a huge panel was floating in front of him.

[Congratulations, you have found the "No. 5 copy" of "Huanjing City", and the copy has been recorded in your copy of the illustrated book, which can be opened and viewed at any time. 】

[Quest Name: Giant Zombie Chase]

[Copy location: Tobacco Bag Commercial Street, Meiyijia Supermarket]

[Quest difficulty: F level (it is recommended for players below level 3 to form a team for dungeons)]