Between life and death [unlimited]

"God?" Hearing this, everyone was shocked: "Wait, you are talking about... a real 'God', not a metaphorical word, right?"

"Well, it should be the real 'God', if I read it correctly at the time..." The maid nodded, recalling the scene at that time and said to everyone: "Just now, I happened to see the master talking to you in the basement on the second floor. It said something, it seemed to be making a wish or something..."

"Just now? Do you mean after the dinner of the masters upstairs?" The dinners of the masters of the Blades family are usually held in the restaurant on the first floor.

"Yes, it is."

In fact, when she recalled the scene at that time, she still felt a little scared, and a creepy feeling suddenly surged in her body, and her small face turned pale.

"I just passed by and saw that the door leading to the underground was open, and when I was about to close the door, I heard a voice coming from inside... Then, I was worried that something had gone in, so I went to have a look ..."

Because she remembered that the second basement floor was usually vacant, so after seeing a gap in the door at that time, she felt a little strange, so she leaned over to look.

As soon as they heard this kind of weird and curious opening, everyone became interested.Everyone also urged the maid to hurry up and say, "What happened next? What did you see in the space on the second basement floor?"

The maid recalled, and said slowly: "I looked down the stairs, but there was no light inside, the light was too dark, and I couldn't see clearly what was inside, so I took courage again and walked down. let's go..."

As a result, when she walked down the stairs and stepped onto the flat ground, a cold wind from nowhere blew onto her body, making her feel a little cold for no reason.

Then, she heard some weird voices coming from the darkness.

The sound was very soft, like the sound of a certain joint bone tapping on the stone slab on the ground, or the sound of an animal's paw falling on the ground.

At first she thought it was a pet like a cat or a dog, and sneaked in while no one was looking, but she thought about it later - the Blades family never had pets at all!

So what is the sound that is making the sound in the darkness now? !

This thought immediately made the maid feel frightened and panicked, and the hairs on her body stood up instantly.Just when she was about to ask someone for help, she suddenly found a black shadow flashing inside!

This frightened her quite a bit, and fear swept her whole body like a tide in an instant!But when she calmed down and took a closer look, she found that the black figure was actually Master Brades wearing a strange robe?

The black robe that Blades was wearing was a bit like the style of an old missionary—it was so wide that it seemed to completely envelop people in it.However, Blades did not put on the felt hat on the back, but showed his face.

The maid recalled the scene at that time, but she didn't dare to tell everyone what she saw.After all... At that time, the master's behavior looked like he was possessed by a demon.

She couldn't help thinking in her mind: But why did the master suddenly appear here?What is he doing in this usually unused basement?

Then, the maid saw Blades wearing a black robe pointing towards the west, prostrating and prostrating, speaking plausibly.Moreover, there will still be that strange noise from time to time in the darkness, and it still sounds like the sound of animal paws continuously falling on the ground.

She vaguely heard the three wishes that the master was talking about at that time, probably about the family business, the arms transportation this time, and the eldest lady.That's why she felt that the mysterious existence in the darkness was the "new god" invited by the Blades family.

In addition, the whole process of kneeling and praying was very silent and secretive.Looking back now, the maid immediately noticed something was wrong:

It was obviously an airtight basement, but where did the cold wind blowing on him come from?

"...I left after that."

In the end, the maid chose to conceal part of the truth, "But I guess it should be the 'new god' invited by the master from outside. After all, Master Jacques said in the morning that the Felton family was wiped out."

It is a well-known secret that the Felton family is a mysterious family from the ancient East.Moreover, it is said that people in their family have been learning astrology and divination since they were young, which involves Fengshui. country, has been living abroad.

As the "properties" of the Blades family, the servants usually do not need the master's permission to enter and leave the bedrooms of the masters. Naturally, they inadvertently learned about the relationship between the Felton family and the Blades family. socialize.It's just that the servants still don't know the news of Master Jacques' disappearance - this is also what Brades meant, in order to test whether there is a ghost among the servants.But when the Felton family was mentioned, Melinda, who was originally silent, suddenly thought of the beautiful little boy with an oriental face who had a good relationship with Master Jacques.

She couldn't help saying regretfully: "I still remember Master Scott of the Felton family, he was a very well-behaved and lovely child... What a pity, I didn't expect such a thing to happen to the Felton family... ..."

After that, the dinner of the servants was over, and everyone returned to their jobs.

But because the dinner of the masters upstairs was over, the servants had nothing to do now, so the five players took advantage of this free time and quietly gathered in James and Eric's room.

The roles of James and Eric in this mission are the male servants of the Blades family, who happen to have their own room on the basement floor, while the rooms of the other three are in the castle of the Blades family outside.

"Did you listen carefully to what those people said just now?" Lanchester, as an old player, was able to quickly perceive the special features of this mission, and he also took the initiative to tell his thoughts to other players: "I Now I have a question... Don't you feel a little familiar with this world?"

"Familiar? Lanchester, what do you mean?"

But this time it was rare for Jiang Lai to nod, and he took the initiative to answer: "Yes, I am indeed familiar."

Then, he calmly stated his current guess: "This should be the real world."

"real world?!"

"What? You're not kidding, are you?"

Charles and James expressed their surprise in unison.

Lanchester heard Jiang Shi's answer, and affirmed: "Yes, I think the same as Jiang Shi. This should be the real world before we came here."

"Actually, me and Mei..." Eric, who has never talked much in front of the Golden Knight, also interjected at this time: "Uh, Jiang Xun thinks the same." It seems that he originally wanted to flirtatiously at Jiang Xun Whistle, but in the end I don't know why I endured it.

It can be seen that Eric is also trying his best to hold back the idea of ​​wanting to talk to Jiang Xun - who told Jiang Xun to be higher than him once he joined the God Blessed Knights?The sleek Eric would definitely not take the initiative to provoke the gold-level knights. After all, he knew that with his current strength, he couldn't afford to provoke these people.

However, Jiang Lai didn't pay attention to him, and his eyes were still looking straight ahead.

At this time, Lanchester also explained to everyone: "Maybe everyone lived in a different country or had a different life experience? I am from M country, and I should know much more about this experience than you. For example, AK-57, I remember , that is the latest rifle developed by country E at the end of the last century; there is also a war between country M and a small country Q, if I remember correctly, it also happened ten years before I entered the living space, It was indeed initiated by country M..."

Lanchester should be much older than the rest of the players here. He was already a high school student ten years ago, so his understanding of the history that happened in the real world is also his I still have some impressions from my personal experience.

As for why Jiang Shang and Eric also discovered this secret, it is purely because they are familiar with the development history of firearms - Jiang Shang is because of professional needs, while Eric is entirely because of personal interest.Of course, this is also the reason why Shire and James couldn't think of the answer right away - because they were just very ordinary people before they entered the living space.

"In that case...then we are now in a certain period of time in the past in the real world? Is it the common 'crossing' bridge in novels or movies?"

Lanchester nodded: "It should be summed up like this."

"Then will what we do now have any impact on ourselves or this world?" Charles suddenly asked again: "Is this really our real world?"

He considered it this way: Since they appear in their original world now, is the real world they are in now really the world they have experienced, or is this just a living space imitating the player's world? What about a "real" world made up from memory?

By the way, Charles also shared his thoughts with everyone: "If, I mean if... this is really our real world, then, can we warn our childhood selves now, and wait until we grow up? Don't do the thing that will lead to our death when we grow up, so...doesn't it be regarded as indirectly saving ourselves?"

"...Can it still be like this?" Eric asked in surprise, his gaze immediately shifted from "Ice Beauty" Jiang Lai to "Smart Star" Charles.

Lanchester replied with some embarrassment: "I don't know about the question you mentioned, Charles..." In fact, when Lanchester put forward his point of view, he didn't think too much about it at all, and he didn't expect the players They may be able to use this to change the past, thus escaping the limitations of their living space.

If the players really want to prove this problem, it is actually very simple, they only need to contact their relatives or themselves when they were young during this time period.But there is another point worth noting here, that is, no one can guarantee what will happen to the world when they contact these people.

For example, if two Shires—the Shire when they were young and the current Shire—connect with each other, will there be some kind of irreversible change in time and space here?Could it be that even if they connect with their childhood selves, it won't change what will happen in the future?

Regarding this indirect method of escaping from the living space, there are still many unknown possibilities.Although Shire's opinion is a good idea for everyone, the players haven't had a long time for this mission, and they don't even have any idea about the real content of this mission.

Jiang Lai also carefully considered Shire's suggestion in his heart, but he felt that such an obvious "cheating" method, the vicious system of living space, could not have been considered before—of course, this is not ruled out. In fact, it is also a method that the system likes to do in a more subtle way to remind players, reminding them of the way to escape the living space in a way full of gambling.

But Jiang Lai himself doesn't like this risky gambling choice, not to mention that he still has a wish to fulfill in the living space.

So Jiang Lai looked at Shire and interjected, "If you want, you can try it." Anyway, he doesn't want to do this kind of thing now.

Hearing Jiang Shang's words, Charles was obviously taken aback.He himself didn't want to be the first to try it, so he smiled awkwardly at them: "This... I'm just a suggestion..." In fact, he was also very afraid of the irreparable consequences that would be brought to him by trying indiscriminately. .

But this is also the reason why Charles proposed this idea in front of everyone - he wanted to find a "guinea mouse" to try it for him, and if it was feasible, Charles would dare to give it a go.But obviously, the rest of the players present are not stupid either.

After all, the lowest level among the Divine Blessed Knights present is the silver level. Except for the airborne golden knight Jiang Shui, everyone climbed to this position after slowly groping. It is impossible for everyone who is used to being cautious to take the initiative Try it, and let people use it as a gun at will.

Therefore, this method of escaping from the living space was temporarily put on hold by the players.The main purpose of everyone now is to find out the real content of this mission.

"Find 'him', rescue 'him'..." James, the highest-ranked among the crowd, asked everyone: "This is the first time I have encountered such an ambiguous task content. Regarding this 'him', what do you have now? idea?"

"I think it should be like this." As an old player, Lanchester took the initiative to share his thoughts with others: "Because Jacques Blades was kidnapped this afternoon, so I guess the system will be Let's find out what Jacques means?"

After hearing Lanchester's answer, everyone agreed.

"I think Lanchester is right. Literally, this should be the mission."

James also agreed: "Since everyone has no objection to the content of this mission, let's think about how to rescue Jacques."

"First of all, we need to know who kidnapped Jacques, how he was kidnapped under the patrol of the three of you, and where Jacques may be taken by that gang now."

Charles was the first to express his opinion: "From the kidnapping letter sent by the kidnappers to Blades, what they extorted was a batch of relatively important arms. I guess this is likely to be a mercenary organization. No Enough money to buy arms, that’s why I chose to blackmail the arms dealer.”

"It is indeed possible. If this is the case, there is no need to worry about the safety of Jacques' life, because their goal is arms after all."

James nodded, paused for a moment, and then said: "However, I feel that it may also be a hostile force. They are trying to sabotage this important deal of Blades. Because it seems that there is no signature on the letter? But if it is As for the mercenaries, they should take the initiative to write their own organization, aren’t they all aboveboard ‘robbers’, anyway, they won’t be afraid of an arms dealer.”

What James said was not unreasonable.But Lanchester said: "I think the question we need to figure out the most is, how did Jacques get kidnapped? You know, the three of us really took turns patrolling at the time, and the school's main entrance has never been closed. People came out, and in the end this kind of thing happened..."

"So, this school has only one gate, right?"

"Yes, there was only one front door for people to come in and out of. The three of us had someone guarding the front door at all times."

"What do you mean, besides the front door, does this school have other exits that are not accessible to people?" James noticed the key point in Lanchester's words.

"Yes." Charles took the initiative to answer: "I remember that there seems to be an exit for garbage trucks behind the school. We also asked the two teachers about this, and they said that garbage is only dumped after school. Garbage is loaded into the truck Sometimes, there will be special people to guard it, just to prevent such things, and the small back door is usually guarded by special security guards, we have asked about it."

"By the way, there is also the employee who transported the garbage who has been working at the school, but because he drove away and was not at the school at the time, we couldn't ask him."

The taciturn Jiang Lai seemed a little out of tune with the lively discussion atmosphere around him, but he himself didn't feel uncomfortable.

Even if Shire said so, the players present knew in their hearts that apart from the front door that was usually used for people to enter and exit, there was only the back door for transporting garbage.

So, Jacques must have been taken from that door by the kidnappers.