The Trial Game of Life

On the way to the Ruby Tavern, Tang Cuo learned of the grievances between Lilith and Crimson.

"Lilith's real name is actually Xia Li, and Lily is her nickname. She used to have a younger brother named Xia Cheng, who was only one year younger than her."

Jin Cheng has never seen Lilith's appearance when she first arrived in Eternal Night City, but he has seen Xia Cheng.He was a young but steady boy, smart and talented in fighting. When he mentioned his elder sister, he always had a gentle face, as if it wasn't his elder sister, but a younger sister who needed his care.

He always said that he wanted to protect his sister so that she would not lose herself and her happiness in this cannibalistic world.Jin Cheng was still a lone ranger at that time, he admired him a lot, and even made an appointment to download a dungeon together.

But not long after, he lost contact with Xia Cheng.In Eternal Night City, there is no need for a reason for a person's disappearance, people come and go, they are just passing by.

Jin Cheng didn't go out of his way to inquire about it, because he had also encountered something, which was the matter of the scar on his face.When he finished handling everything and got news from Xia Cheng again, Xia Li had already turned into Lilith.Her temperament was quite different from what Xia Cheng had described. She always wore black clothes. Over time, everyone began to call her "Black Lolita".

Crimson Witch and Black Lolita, two female demon heads, one big and one small, in District A of Eternal Night City, their hatred is as deep as the sea.

The Crimson Witch ranked third on the red list, one place lower than Rong Yi, but she was about ten times more terrifying than Rong Yi.

"They encountered Crimson in the dungeon. Strictly speaking, Crimson's way is like a necromancer. If players want to kill her, it is not enough to kill her body alone, they must kill her hidden life." Otherwise, she can be reborn infinitely. She can also resurrect players who have just died into battle puppets in the dungeon, and Xia Cheng is one of them."

In that dungeon, Crimson killed Xia Cheng and resurrected him, so that Lilith, who was already collapsed, had to kill him herself.

"According to what you said, didn't Crimson take advantage of the loopholes in the rules of Eternal Night City? As long as she hides the phylactery in Eternal Night City, no matter how many times she dies in the instance, she can be resurrected infinitely. To kill her is to send her to jail, unless——you destroy her phylactery in prison." Tang Cuo said.

"That's right, that's what we planned at the beginning. She is not the only one who takes the necromancer route in Eternal Night City, but she is the only one who can resurrect infinitely. The phylactery is also a legendary piece of equipment. The piece of equipment is invincible, the equipment comes from Eternal Night City, and her behavior conforms to the iron law of "survival is justice", so Eternal Night City can acquiesce in her existence. But she took advantage of the loophole after all, so when she The most serious punishment will be given when she is imprisoned in Zone G—before that, the water dungeon has not been opened for a long time. And once she is imprisoned, as long as we grasp the phylactery, we can definitely kill her."

The whole city siege almost mobilized more than half of the players in Area A. This purge activity led by the red-listed players occupying the absolute high ground was like a thunderstorm from the very beginning, and there was no room for change.

Only a few people know that the real purpose of this operation lies in Crimson.

"What did she do that required so much effort?" Tang Cuo asked.

"At that time, Crimson had already reached the point of killing people for fun. As long as there was a copy of her, no matter how many people there were, there would only be one lucky one who would survive in the end. Because Crimson wanted him to come out alive and tell others everything, everyone The more afraid she is, the happier she will be." Jin Cheng said.

Hearing this, Tang Cuo was silent for a moment, and asked, "Lilith, is this the lucky one?"

Jin Cheng didn't answer, just acquiesced.After a pause, he said again in a deep voice: "To make matters worse, Crimson got the second movement."

number two.

Tang Cuo's heart trembled, the second movement was only second to the first movement, and its power might exceed expectations.He couldn't imagine what effect it would have if Crimson used it.

"We planned for a whole month, and finally killed her into prison, and got clues about the phylactery. But when we looked for it, the phylactery was gone."

To this day, Jin Cheng's tone is still cold when he mentioned it.Combined with what happened now, without Tang Cuo asking, he took the initiative to raise doubts, "At that time, I, Lin Yandong, Rong Yi and Chong Yanzhang knew the clues to the phylactery."

Now it seems that most of the problem lies with Chong Yanzhang, but he is dead.

Tang Cuo asked again: "What about the second movement?"

Jin Cheng shook his head, "It disappeared with the phylactery, if it is still in Crimson's hand, it would be terrible."

While talking, the two arrived at the entrance of Ruby Tavern.What was different from the past was that this time K actually sat near the door and waited for them, as if expecting them to come.

"Just you? Where's your apprentice?" K looked behind Jin Cheng.

Jin Cheng didn't want to explain to him, so he went straight into the box.The cage was very heavy, and it was only with Jin Cheng's strength plus the blessing of metal-type supernatural powers that he could hold it. It was placed on the table with a "boom", which startled K.

"What did you bring?" K was an intelligence officer after all, with vicious eyes, he quickly guessed that the things were covered with an invisibility cloak.But he never guessed that Jin Cheng would answer him like this——

"Bring your family to attend." Jin Cheng lifted off the invisibility cloak, and moved the cage so that Tang Cuo could be closest to him.

"Are you fucking poisonous?" K looked left and right, it was a cat.After being surprised, he realized that there were no animals in Eternal Night City, so he was even more surprised, and couldn't help reaching out to touch it.

A cup flew over and almost hit the nose he had just pinched.

K sideways avoided, "Are you sure?"

Jin Cheng sat down opposite him, "As for it, take back your disgusting gaze, we haven't eaten dinner yet."

"Tsk."

"Tut, what, go get some food."

K really wanted to turn against him in public, he was running a tavern, not a restaurant.But he hasn't seen a live cat for many years, it's immoral to starve a poor kitten, even if the kitten's body actually lives in the soul of Jin Cheng's boyfriend.So K reluctantly called the waiter and asked him to prepare the meal.

As for Tang Cuo, after entering the tavern, he remained aloof and didn't say a word.

At this moment, he can finally understand why the majority of cat friends always say that people on earth are stupid.If he was really a cat, he would not even meow.

After dismissing the waiter, K sat down and said seriously, "I know what you came to see me for. Lin Yandong disappeared suddenly. I can only tell you that I haven't received any news, and I can't guarantee—"

Jin Cheng interrupted him, "I didn't come to you to buy news, I came to sell news."

"Sell?" K raised an eyebrow.

"For a big fish, it depends on whether you can afford the price." Jin Cheng smiled.

K has been in business for so many years, and it's not like he hasn't received information from outsiders, but seeing Jin Cheng like this, it makes a lion speak loudly.He tapped on the table with his fingers, thought for a second, and asked, "How can I trust you and not just trick me with news?"

It's not like you haven't done this kind of thing.

Jin Cheng knocked on the cage and pointed out the "Thirteen" to him.

When K saw the number, his expression changed immediately.After a few seconds of silence, he said, "What price do you want? Points, or information exchange?"

Jin Cheng: "Three pieces of information. One, I want you to tell me honestly whether the dungeon that Lin Yandong and the black hat downloaded together was related to the Western Fantasy dungeon that I triggered."

Hearing what he said, K knew that he was basically sure, and there was no point in denying it, ""July Rose", hide the dungeon. The trigger item of the dungeon was first found by Black Hat and his companions, you know that Yong Ye Many hidden dungeons in the city do not limit the number of people. Later, Lin Yandong got the news from nowhere and asked to join. As for the others, I don’t know.”

"I don't know about the others", this is K's pet phrase.Jin Cheng didn't believe him, and asked again, "Where's the fortune-teller in Area B?"

K: "Is this the second piece of information?"

Jin Cheng: "What do you think?"

K rolled his eyes, "He was brought by Lin Yandong, don't ask me what's the relationship between them, I'm an information dealer, but I'm not an omniscient god."

Jin Cheng accepted it as soon as he saw it, and raised two fingers again, "The second piece of information, the second movement."

K didn't answer immediately, he picked up the red wine on the table and poured himself a glass, took a sip, and then asked slowly: "Why do you think I will know? If I knew, would I still be here listening to you? Even if Crimson Standing in front of me now, I don't care about her."

Jin Cheng: "Don't forget, the news that Crimson got the second movement was revealed from you. You made a lot of money because of it."

K: "It doesn't mean that I still know where it is now, and why don't you ever suspect that the second movement changed hands a year ago?"

Jin Cheng: "Lin Yandong?"

K shrugged, "Why do you think it's him?"

"Aside from him, who else in Eternal Night City can hold the second movement at the bottom of the box?"

"You make a lot of sense, but these are just guesses after all. The crimson phylactery and the second movement disappeared at the same time, and no one knows who took them away. Of course, I don't know either."

At this time, Tang Cuo, who had been silent all this time, finally said, "Chong Yanzhang may know, he knows, and Jiang He may know too."

"Huh?" K looked at him with raised eyebrows, his eyes were full of curiosity and surprise, "Why did you think of Chong Yanzhang and Jiang He?"

Tang Cuo was a little black cat expressionless, and asked, "When did Jiang He appear next to Chong Yanzhang?"

K: "As we all know, a year ago."

Tang Cuo: "When did Crimson go to jail?"

Jin Cheng: "As we all know, it was a year ago."

K quit, put down his wine glass, crossed his legs, and crossed his arms, "Why do I think you two are teaming up to despise my IQ?"

Tang Cuo turned his head to look at Jin Cheng.

Jin Cheng cleared his throat, and said, "These are just guesses after all, and we just said them casually. Chong Yanzhang is dead now, but the No. 13 black iron cage appears at this time, and Lin Yandong suddenly disappears. Don't you think it's too much?" Is it a coincidence?"

"Coincidentally, I don't know, but I really don't know where the second movement is. It is true that Jiang He and Chong Yanzhang saved his life because of Chong Yanzhang, but I don't know if he knows Shen Hong or not." Sure. If you want to know, I can check." K said.

At this time, the waiter knocked on the door and delivered the prepared meal.When Jin Cheng saw that the steak was still just fried, he asked the waiter to put all the steak in front of him in the least polite way, picked up a knife and fork, slowly cut off a small piece, and fed it to Tang Cuo's mouth.

The gap in the cage is too small, no matter how small the plate can fit in, why not just feed it with a fork?

K watched his series of coquettish operations, and lost the mood to eat steak.He hoped that Tang Cuo would give him a paw, but he didn't expect that Tang Cuo had broken the jar and ate it with his mouth open.

Tang Cuo was really hungry, the meat was already in his mouth, so there was no reason not to eat it.

Besides, if you don't let Jin Cheng feed it, is it really like a cat, licking it with its head down in the basin?

"Is it delicious?" Jin Cheng asked.

"." Tang Cuo chewed the meat and had no time to answer.

That was delicious, Jin Cheng understood again, skillfully cut the steak into small pieces, and inserted a straw into the juice to keep him from getting thirsty.

K looked at it with an indescribable expression, he didn't even know that Jin Cheng's love would be such a virtue.Seeing his expression, Jin Cheng raised his eyebrows, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, looking foolish, with the look of an old man who said "can you manage it?"

Tang Cuoquan pretended not to see the battle between the expressions of the two, and concentrated on eating meat.It's just that the cat's mouth is too small, and it feels tired and troublesome after chewing a few pieces of meat.

While Tang Cuo was drinking water, Jin Cheng took out a handkerchief and wiped his hands, "Then go check it out. The third piece of information, I want you to tell me about the warden Xiao Tong. No matter what it is, as long as it is about him."

K rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "I do have one piece of news about him. But, do you have to tell me first that Crimson is really out of prison? With only one black The iron prison cage doesn’t explain anything. And if she really gets out of prison, Evernight City will soon be in chaos, and everyone will know by then that the information you sold to me is worthless.”

Hearing this, Jin Cheng looked at Tang Cuo, and asked casually, "Do you know who I met when I went out just now?"

Tang Cuo: "?"

Jin Cheng: "Ou Huangyu one by one."

"Him?" Tang Cuo didn't say anything, but K was surprised.Ouhuang is so lucky that he exists like a bug, which is simply unscientific.

Jin Cheng: "About ten days ago, Yanye, the fortune teller in Area B, received three groups of guests. One group was me and Tang Cuo, the other group was two mysterious people, and the rest was Yu Yiyi. Yu Yiyi Met me, said he knew from the fortune-teller where the Crimson Phylactery was kept."

As soon as these words came out, Tang Cuo and K couldn't help but concentrate. K put his hands on the table and leaned over, afraid that he might miss a word.

Jin Cheng deliberately put off his words, procrastinated, and even laughed out loud, making K roll his eyes, "Are you going to tell me?"

"Okay, okay, let me say." Jin Cheng fed Tang Cuo another stutter, and then said, "The crimson phylactery is hidden in a dungeon."

K: "Copy???"

Jin Cheng: "Isn't it wonderful? The person who hides things is really a genius. Who would have thought that a player's phylactery would be hidden in a dungeon? There are tens of thousands of dungeons in Eternal Night City, and some dungeons may be ten or ten years old." It will only appear once in a few years, even if it is a dungeon that players often encounter, it is impossible to explore every corner of it. If it is well hidden, no one will find it until the end of time.”

Tang Cuo also felt that this method was really clever, bold and careful, and it was beyond the imagination of ordinary people.

"Wait, why did Yu Yiyi tell you the news?" After being shocked, K began to doubt, staring at Jin Cheng, as if he wanted to see traces of lying on his face.

"This is called misfortune diverting from the east." Tang Cuo said decisively.

"It's still my family's cleverness. Why do you think Yu Yiyi was able to go so smoothly? Of course, there is an element of his own good luck, but it also depends on his ability to avoid risks." Jin Cheng said.

Hearing this, K was silent for a moment, and finally made a decision, "About Xiaotong, according to the information I got, there seems to be something wrong with his body, he locks himself in a small dark room every day, and when he comes out again, his body is covered in blood. , His hands will be worn out, as if he made it himself. The specific circumstances are unknown, but maybe because of this, he was in a hurry to find a successor. I’m afraid you all know about the successor.”

This news was received from Zheng Yingying, but if the information dealer said one more word, it would be a loss, so he naturally wouldn't say more.

Jin Cheng raised his eyebrows, "That's all?"

Old God K raised his legs on the ground, "What else do you want? Is the information you gave me accurate? What dungeon is the crimson phylactery hidden in? You don't know at all, do you?" If you dare to say no, I will drive you out now."

Jin Cheng answered simply this time, "Special trigger dungeon, trigger item: card props, the specifics are unknown."

K still wanted to ask more carefully, but Rong Yi and Leng Miao finally arrived, and this topic was temporarily suppressed.