Death Spiral [Infinite Flow]

The atmosphere suddenly became chilling.

Lian Qiao looked down at the sleeping man in his arms, and said, "I'll send him up first."

The monk smiled: "Go."

Lian Qiao went upstairs with Lonicera in his arms, and put him gently on the bed.Lonicera was terribly tired, breathing evenly and slowly, but still sleeping deeply.

Lian Qiao tucked the quilt up for him, took a deep look at him, then turned around and went downstairs to the lobby.

The monk was still sitting on the sofa waiting for him, with a cigarette between his fingers.Seeing Lian Qiao going downstairs, he took out the cigarette case from his pocket, shook out a cigarette casually, and said with a hearty smile, "One?"

Lian Qiao frowned and refused: "He doesn't like me smoking." Then he asked mockingly, "Can you monks still smoke?"

"I'm about to die, the Buddha will forgive me." The monk narrowed his eyes and exhaled a beautiful smoke ring, "Smoking can relieve anxiety, why don't you try one?"

The smoke ring slowly rose in the air, spreading into a vacant circle.Lian Qiao unconsciously followed the smoke ring, and actually had the urge to ask him for a cigarette in his heart.

He secretly sighed, knowing that he was really depressed, otherwise how could he have such thoughts.

Shaking his head to drive away this thought, Lian Qiao said in a deep voice, "Let's get down to business. What did you mean by that?"

"What do you mean?" The monk lazily said, "It's literally. 1992-2020, you forgot?"

Lian Qiao narrowed his eyes: "Are you testing me?"

The monk knew well about his relationship with Lonicera, but he still said something unfavorable to Lonicera in front of him, and his intention was thought-provoking.

The monk smiled and flicked the soot on his fingertips: "It can't be called a temptation. I'm curious. If we are still at a loss by 2020, what will you do by then?"

Lian Qiao said: "If you want to do something to him, don't blame me for being rude." He crossed his arms and looked down at the monk, with a murderous aura unconsciously exuding from his whole body, "But I advise you to give up this attitude." , or I would now..."

But the monk interrupted him with a loud laugh, stood up and patted him on the shoulder vigorously and said, "Don't be nervous, don't be nervous, we are grasshoppers on a rope. As long as the elevator opens, everyone can go out together. I will also go out with you." No injustice, no enmity, everyone just wants to live, don't be so tense."

Lian Qiao took a step back in disgust, avoiding his hand.The monk didn't think he was disobedient, and still smiled and said: "You still haven't answered my question. If you have to kill him to get out, you..."

Lian Qiao interrupted coldly: "I will kill you all first."

The monk looked at him with burning eyes, as if he wanted to see into his soul through his eyes.

"What about you?" the monk asked.

Lian Qiao: "What am I?"

"After killing everyone, what will happen to you?" The hippie smile on the monk's face was long gone, replaced by a look of almost pity, "Suicide?"

The monk is sometimes as dull as a mentally retarded, and sometimes astonishingly sensitive.

Lian Qiao didn't speak.

The monk saw that his eyes were gloomy, shook his head and smiled and said: "Sure enough, you have thought of this a long time ago. 1992-2020, this dungeon prompt, on the surface, Xu Liandong was isolated from us as a key player, and at the same time it We all put him in the opposite direction."

He paused, his tone was deep, and his compassion became more and more serious: "If his death can bring us a way of life, then in turn, his way of life may only be opened by our death..."

Lian Qiao suddenly smiled wryly, and said something in a low voice.

"What?" The monk didn't hear clearly.

Lian Qiao took a deep breath: "Existence conflict."

This is the pattern he and Lonicera discovered in the first instance.Two people who encounter survival conflicts in reality are very likely to enter the same instance.Since it is impossible for these two people to survive at the same time in reality, the dungeon does not allow this to happen.The dungeon will end only if at least one dies.

Monk: "?"

Seeing how puzzled Monk Zhang Er was, he obviously didn't know about it.Lian Qiao explained clearly to him, and smiled wryly: "I was worried at that time, whether there would be a dungeon in the future, and there would be an existential conflict between me and Lonicera..."

"That's not right." The monk muttered, "If it's what you said, wouldn't all of us have conflicts with him? Can't it? We haven't met in reality!"

"I've been thinking about this too. When we came in with him, the environment around us was safe, and there shouldn't be an existential conflict between him and me." Lian Qiao sighed, "Maybe there is some kind of conflict between us." Undiscovered mechanism..."

The monk scratched his head, thought for a long time, then shook his head and said, "I can't figure it out. Forget it, don't think about it."

Even Joe smiled: "I don't want to, let's take a step and see."

He was about to go upstairs when the monk stopped him again.

"Although the road ahead is bleak, don't give up now." The monk said.

Lian Qiao was taken aback.

The monk said sternly: "I mean, you guys take it easy, don't stop having sex every day like a carnival before the end. Is it plausible? Isn't this not the end of the road..."

Lian Qiao: "..."

He was embarrassed for a second, and was about to complain, but a thought suddenly flashed in his mind, making him stand there in a daze as if he had been struck by lightning.

"What are you doing?" the monk asked suspiciously.

Lian Qiao didn't answer, just frowned, and walked upstairs quickly.

Back on the second floor, Lian Qiao opened the door, and the room was completely dark.

Through the light in the corridor, he saw a figure on the bed sleeping peacefully, and the sound of that person's even breathing came from the darkness.

Lian Qiao wanted to shake Lian Dong to wake him up and ask him clearly, but seeing Lian Dong's deep sleep, he hesitated for a while, after all, he didn't turn on the light in the room, but closed the door gently, and crept onto the bed.

The soft bed creaked slightly, but the sleeping Honeysuckle didn't notice it at all.It seemed that he was not in a dungeon full of dangers, but lying in a warm and safe home.

Did he let his guard down because he was exhausted, or...had lost the will to survive?

In Lian Qiao's mind, that time when he peeped outside the school classroom, Lonicera's exhausted appearance like a dying swan appeared again.

Just now when the monk mentioned the "carnival before the end", Lian Qiaoru was so enlightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.

Isn't Lonicera's abnormal behavior these days the carnival before the doomsday?

Thinking about it carefully, Lonicera has never shown any interest in exploring the scene or finding clues these days, but instead kept pulling him to court him.It was the same today, places like Unfinished Buildings were obviously very unsafe, but Liandong made a fuss with him like crazy.

He wouldn't even let himself use the brass key.Although it is a somewhat risky move, being trapped in the dungeon will kill you sooner or later!

It's almost as if I don't intend to leave here...

No, it's almost as if I already know that I can't get out!

— But why?

What on earth did Honeysuckle discover to become so depressed?When we got into the elevator, we made an appointment to come out together...

etc.Something wrong with him seems to have started in the elevator.

They entered the elevator at home.When entering the elevator, Lian Qiao picked up two strawberries on the coffee table and stuffed them into their mouths.At that time, Lonicera smiled and said, "We'll go buy some strawberries together when we come out", looking confident.

But after entering the elevator, he seemed to be a different person, with a bitter smell emanating from his body.

A fruit that has just reached its prime, sealed in a jar of bitter wine, soaked for a thousand years without anyone knowing, and then fished out, is that kind of taste.

In fact, Lian Qiao was a little strange at the time, but before he had time to ask, Lian Dong shrank into a baby, and then disappeared into the ice and snow.A series of changes caught Lian Qiao off guard. At that time, he was busy saving Lonicera, and in his desperation, he forgot about it.

Then Liandong's actions also made him very puzzled - Liandong was so kind and upright before, and a person with a slight tendency to be a martyr would take the initiative to design and kill his teammates.And the reason Lonicera gave him back then was...

...What did Lonicera say at that time?

The severe pain in the depths of the brain struck again.Lian Qiao clutched his head, wishing to hit the wall in pain, but still refused to interrupt the memory, forcing himself to continue thinking.

At that time, Lonicera... seemed to be saying...

"Among us, there is always one who wants to be the bad guy. I don't want you to be bad. So let me be the bad guy this time."

Why did he say that?

Why is it so sure that "someone will always be the bad guy"?Why do you say "I'll be the one this time"?

……"this time"?

Could it be that there is another time...

"Woo..." Lian Qiao was in so much pain that his whole body almost twitched convulsively.

This action actually woke up Lonicera.Liandong opened her eyes in a daze, and groped for him in the dark: "Lian Qiao?"

"..." Lian Qiao bit her lips, not wanting to let out a moan.He tried his best to calm his breath, not letting Lian Dong hear anything strange, and replied in a low voice, "...um. I'm here."

Honeysuckle got into his embrace habitually, and pressed her cheek against his chest.After a while, he raised his head in confusion: "Your heart beats so fast."

"..." Lian Qiao couldn't think of any lie to lie to him for a moment, so he said dryly, "Really?"

"Have you got a fever..." Liandong was half asleep and half awake, pressed his shoulder in a daze, moved her body up, and pressed her forehead against his.After a few seconds, he said with peace of mind, "Fortunately, it's not hot..."

"Well, I'm fine." Lian Qiao kissed the corner of his lips, "Go to sleep."

Lian Dong was really exhausted, after confirming that he didn't have a fever, he fell back into a drowsy sleep.

Lian Qiao hugged him in the dark, slowly adjusting his breathing.Gradually, the severe pain in the brain subsided little by little.He took a deep breath and found that his back was drenched in cold sweat.

This problem became more and more severe every time it broke out.

There was a tearing feeling in the depths of his brain, and he couldn't help wondering if he would faint from the pain the next time it happened again.

What's worse, now it's not just a headache, but after the pain is over, he will feel as if he has just recovered from a serious illness.It's just normal, if you get sick when you are in danger, wouldn't you let others slaughter you?

Fortunately, the painkillers are still enough, why not take one in the morning and one in the evening from tomorrow...

No, forget it.

Drowsiness gradually came, and Lian Qiao hugged Lonicera, thinking in a daze: Lonicera has no medicine, if Lonicera gets sick again, at least give him some painkillers... I can't take them all...

Two jars of medicine, even the painkillers have to be spared.

What a pity.