Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

Just in case, Lian Qiao stole the Gu Long novel before leaving the detention center.

When I came out, I realized that the outside had changed.In addition to the original block, a whole street appeared out of thin air.

In the new block, there are hospitals, game halls, Internet cafes, hair salons and other facilities.There is also a primary school called OO Primary School.But looking at the decoration of the school gate, it seems that it is a bad school that is not popular.

The most obvious gap is that the door of OO Primary School is always open, and students can come in and out at any time.The security guards smoked and played cards in the sentry box, but they didn't care.

On the way to the hospital, Lian Qiao observed the surrounding environment all the way.Doubts popped up one after another.

Is it because Lonicera was expelled from XX primary school, so a new primary school was unlocked?Does he have to go to school?How about not going to school?

Also, the most critical elevators and buttons, so far no clue.What is the meaning of this dungeon? It can't really be set up for Lonicera to experience a happy childhood, right?

The hospital is located at the end of the new block. It is a small community hospital with extremely weak medical resources.When Lian Qiao walked into the hospital, he happened to see the monk bargaining with the staff at the toll office.

"The monks don't lie. If I say I don't have money, I really don't have money... No, no, I don't want to renege on the debt, but I just want to discuss it with you. Can I delay it for two more days?"

Lian Qiao went over and patted him, and the monk said pleasantly, "Oh, you have been released."

"Well. Where is he?" Lian Qiao asked.

The monk showed him the way.Lian Qiao walked to the front of the ward and wanted to knock on the door, but his outstretched hand stopped in mid-air.

While he was hesitating, the door of the ward was pulled open.Little Lonicera stood behind the door and smiled at him.

"You have finally been released after serving your sentence."

Little Honeysuckle has grown up by another year, and the features on his face are longer than before, and he looks more like an adult.Lian Qiao's heart softened, and sour emotions filled his chest.He really wanted to hug Honeysuckle, but his body was stiff, as if he had been poured lead water.

Liandong said: "Come in, why are you standing there?" She stretched out her hand to pull him.

The soft little hands felt slightly cold.Lian Qiao was dragged to the front of the hospital bed, and he was still a little dazed.Lian Qiao didn't sit down obediently until Liandong pulled a stool over and ordered him to sit down.

Little Honeysuckle climbed onto the bed, wrapped herself in a quilt, and rubbed her little hands to keep warm.Only then did Lian Qiao come back to his senses, realizing that it was winter again, and Lian Dong had less clothes, so he crawled out of the bed and opened the door for himself, he must be freezing.

Lian Qiao subconsciously held his hand, put it to his lips, and breathed lightly into his hand.

"..." Little Lonicera's eyes were shining, looking at him, a touch of tenderness gradually faded away.

Lian Qiao met his eyes and immediately panicked.His face blushed inexplicably, and he quickly lowered his head.

"...I'm sorry." He bowed his head deeply, with an appearance of pleading guilty, "I..."

"I understand." Liandong interrupted him, put her small face in front of him, and said softly, "Hug me, and I will forgive you."

Lian Qiao was taken aback.Immediately, she hugged him into her arms.

"Lonicera..." Lian Qiao almost wanted to rub him into his body, but was afraid of hurting him.He was only nine years old, a child.The feeling of holding him is so strange, but...but this is his honeysuckle.

Liandong also stretched out her short hands, hugging his waist with difficulty.

Alas, this body is really inconvenient, even if you want to hug someone, your hands are too short.

In fact, he originally wanted to say "kiss me, and I will forgive you", but this body...not to mention even Joe, he himself felt awkward.

It would be great if he could grow up earlier, he really wants to get close to Lian Qiao.

The two hugged each other for a while, and suddenly a bald man appeared outside the ward.The monk saw these two people from a long distance, embracing each other tightly like a father and son reunited after a long absence. The scene was earth-shattering.But knowing the true relationship between the two, he couldn't help but think viciously: I want to see if you can stick to the bottom line of morality!

As a result, after peeping for a long time, the two of them just hugged each other, without any movement below the neck.

The monk left disappointed.

The two of them were not aware of this at all.After hugging for an unknown amount of time, Little Lonicera finally struggled.

"... back pain." He blushed and whispered.

Lian Qiao hurriedly put him back on the bed, covered him with a quilt, and blushed, "I'm sorry."

Liandong laughed: "Stop apologizing, just turn this page over. By the way," he changed the subject, "Did you find anything in the detention center?"

"Oh, yes!" Lian Qiao immediately took out the Gu Long novel he had brought along from his pocket, "I found a policeman who has been reading novels."

"...?" Little Honeysuckle raised her eyebrows in surprise, "A novel? Is it a clue?"

Lian Qiao: "I don't know."

Liandong said: "Let me see."

He took the novel and studied it carefully.

The cover of the novel has a sense of age, which is the kind I often saw in Xinhua Bookstore when I was a child.There is no problem with the content layout and printing batches.The feel to the touch is also normal, and it is a common paper in that era.

Liandong studied it for a while, but didn't see anything special, and asked in confusion, "What did you see?"

Lian Qiao: "I didn't see anything. I think this book is very ordinary."

Little Honeysuckle: "...?" Why does he feel that Lian Qiao is a little weird today, as if his brain circuit is not normal?

Wait, is he out of order, or am I too stupid to follow his train of thought?

Judging from the painful experience of Lonicera's multiple rebirths, there is no doubt that even Joe is a big boss, and he is also a rookie.So Liandong had no choice but to give in to the boss at this time, and asked expectantly, "So?"

Lian Qiao still said: "I don't know. I don't think there are any clues in this book."

Xu Rendong was really confused now: "Didn't you steal this book yourself? Why did you steal it without clues?"

Is it true that you want to read a novel to relax after raising your baby? !

Lonicera had a weird expression, and a subtle complex emotion arose in her heart.Lian Qiao didn't notice this, just touched the cover of the novel, and said thoughtfully: "When I was in the detention room, the policeman kept holding the novel in front of me. According to the urine nature of previous copies, this novel There must be some clues in it. But... I can't find anything special in this book."

Lian Qiao paused, and continued: "My dad also liked to read Gu Long back then, and there were several sets of Gu Long's complete works on the bookshelf at home. I have seen this version of the book, and it is exactly the same as the one on my bookshelf in terms of content and style. , there is no difference."

Liandong looked down at the book, lost in thought.

"So..." Liandong said slowly, "What do you want to say?"

Lian Qiao didn't speak.

Little Honeysuckle raised his head, staring at him with dark eyes: "If you think of something, just say it. There is nothing to shy away from."

"I'm not avoiding it. It's just a vague feeling." Lian Qiao smiled, reaching out to rub his hair, "The reason why this book appears here may be because, in reality, it really exists."

"..." The corners of Lian Dong's eyes twitched slightly, "You mean, this is real..."

Lian Qiao: "It's a reflection of reality."

Lonicera froze.

refraction?Why refraction?

Joe Lian played with his hair with his fingertips.At this time, Little Honeysuckle was only nine years old, with soft and short hair.Lian Qiao easily messed up his hair.

"When light passes from one medium to another, refraction occurs. The path of light is changed." Lian Qiao's voice was soft and slow, like a patient teacher, "But light is still light. .medium……"

Liandong pushed his hand away impatiently, and interrupted: "Speak human language. I don't understand."

"..." Only then did Lian Qiao realize that he had accidentally pretended to be a coward.In fact, he didn't mean to show off his knowledge. He was a science student, subconsciously taking physics as common sense, and didn't take into account that Lonicera's field of knowledge did not overlap with his.

He coughed with some embarrassment: "Well, to put it simply, most of the things in this copy are the same as in reality. It feels like splicing your memory and cognition...or condensed Get up and get together?"

So you can understand it!What refraction!

Little Lonicera curled her lips, and the unhappiness in her heart gradually dissipated.

"Because I am the key player this time, the world is centered on me?" Little Lonicera touched her chin, lost in thought, "But isn't this obvious? Every morning the subtitles follow my growth Let’s go, it makes sense that the world revolves around me.”

Lian Qiao: "No, that's not the point. I think the most different thing about this dungeon from the previous ones is that the ghosts this time can be defeated and are easier to fight. Especially after meeting the Peking Opera monk, we have already No more threats from ghosts."

"That's true." Liandong nodded, and was about to say that this is a good thing, but suddenly a flash of lightning flashed in his mind.

——No, this may not be a good thing.

Thinking back carefully, none of his several deaths so far was caused by a ghost.

The first time was directly frozen to death in front of the orphanage as a baby, the second time was due to pneumonia, the third time was allergic to shrimp crackers, and the fourth time was abducted and sold by beggar groups, mutilated to death...

It can be said that these methods of death are reasonable even in reality!

Is this the so-called "refraction of reality"?

In other words, the danger of this dungeon is not ghosts, but reasonable death based on reality.

But what does this mean... Why is this dungeon so different from the past?Just because he is a key player?

No, not right. In "The Lock Without a Key", Shi Jianchuan is also a key player.But that dungeon was weird and bizarre, not only all kinds of incredible monsters and curses appeared, even the weather became extremely abnormal.A heavy rain can submerge the entire tulou within a few hours. How is this possible in reality?

So, why is this copy so special?

... Could this be the key to solving the puzzle?

At this time, Lian Dong also had the same thought as Lian Qiao: a very important link was missing in the reasoning, so that it was impossible to integrate the fragments in front of him into a complete puzzle.

Little Honeysuckle held his chin, with a solemn expression, lost in thought.Lian Qiao looked at him and burst out laughing.

Liandong raised her eyes: "What are you laughing at?"

Lian Qiao: "It's nothing, I just looked at you and thought of a Japanese anime."

Lonicera: "What?"

Lian Qiao: ""Death Primary School Student"." (Note)

Lonicera: "???"

Lian Qiao: "Hahaha, it feels like a flag has been set up. Fortunately, you have dropped out of school, and you are now a primary school dropout."

Lonicera: "??????" What are you talking about.

Just when the two were laughing and laughing, the door of the ward was pushed open.A shining bald head poked in, squinted and asked with a smile, "Are you all done?"

...It's as if we're doing something shady.

Little Honeysuckle frowned.Even Qiao was not very happy when he heard this, and said coldly, "What are you doing? You have bad news for me?"

The monk walked in, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and said, "There is news, but I don't know whether it is good or bad. You can see for yourself."

He held the paper up in front of the two of them.When the two looked at it, they saw that it was written on the top of the head:

"Admission Notice."

The signature is OO Elementary School.

Liandong took the admission notice and asked in surprise, "Didn't I just get expelled from XX Elementary School? Why did another OO Elementary School appear?"

Lian Qiao supported his forehead.

It's over, it's over, I really became a pupil of death.

However, there is at least one advantage of the elementary school student of death, that is, the elementary school student himself will not die.

That's enough.

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Note: Shinigami primary school student: It's Conan.