It's almost like I'm a fairy

cicadas chirping?

Divergent thinking has been engraved in his bones like an instinct, just by the same word, Qi Tianhe can't help but think of Baichan.

He had also read many hot posts on the forum before, but he didn't see the popular science that mentioned 4S copies.

Seeing Qi Tianhe's doubts, Bai Chan looked out of the window again, and her tone was almost the same as usual: "For dungeons that are too difficult, players may not be selected once a year. So far, only two waves of players have been to [Cicada]. "

"...There are not many 3S-level dungeons. Every time a player leaves, the game has to re-adjust the settings in the dungeon, arrange a new plot and survival goals, let alone a higher level of difficulty dungeon."

The construction system is not difficult for the game, Qi Tianhe thought for a while: "Is it related to the BOSS?"

Bai Chan nodded: "It's not easy to establish rules to limit ghosts. It's like capturing a beast into an iron cage. Every time it comes with risks."

Driving is not suitable for discussing too many shocking topics. Qi Tianhe returned to his residence first. When he swiped his card, the doorman couldn't see clearly. Pray for Tianhe.

Qi Tianhe continued to drive in calmly.

There are not many people living in this community, and his house is in the innermost building, which is more secluded.Only when he entered the house did he have the real feeling of making a dungeon. Qi Tianhe went straight to the refrigerator to get a bottle of chilled wine, poured two glasses with his own hands, and handed the full glass to Bai Chan.

Baichan: "It doesn't work for me to tell the truth after drinking."

After all, I took a sip and took a sip.

Just as Qi Tianhe was about to open his mouth to bring up the topic, he suddenly received a call from Qin Yang.

"Are you going to be the hands-off shopkeeper?" Qin Yang's voice was full of smiles: "I have built a camp, and the daily dinner is only once?"

Qi Tianhe: "I've been busy recently."

Players have their own time to download the dungeon, and it is not easy to get together.

Qin Yang joked: "It's not about setting up a blind date, everyone is waiting."

Qi Tianhe is not that interested at all now, he is very excited, knowing that so many NPCs were born because of Tianhe, from longing to have a godson to almost having a psychological shadow.

It was clear that Qin Yang's sudden mention of the dinner party was just a pretense, and he probably wanted to inquire about the 4S dungeon.

"Just tonight." Qi Tianhe glanced at the calendar and didn't refuse any more.

Qin Yang responded with a smile: "How about eight o'clock? Go eat barbecue, and I'll find a good restaurant and send you the location later."

"it is good."

After finishing the call, I checked the time. There was still half a day left, which was more than enough for 'interrogation'.

"You already knew the real identity of the bandage man?"

Bai Chan nodded: "That's your family business, it's not appropriate for me to point it out." After a pause, he said: "Besides, I thought it was better for you not to know about it."

Qi Tianhe understood after thinking about it... afraid that he would become dependent.

When he was chatting with the man in the bandage about his life experience, Baichan went to worship the god statue, and Qi Tianhe didn't know how much the other party knew, so he simply said it again from beginning to end.

Bai Chan's expression didn't change much, and after listening, she said, "Bring the book."

Qi Tianhe reacted, and realized that he was referring to "Folk Stories of Strange Hunting".

Without the smart pen, the last blank page of "Folk Stories of Strange Hunting" was completed at some point. It completely tells the process from the birth of Tianhe to the realization that the remnant soul is attached to the baby's body. You can see the end at a glance... a newborn child After growing up, Tianhe decided to go to a difficult dungeon to find a solution in order to obtain a full lifespan for the fusion of souls.

A cicada chirping, daytime;

Cicadas chirping twice, eternal night;

The cicadas sing three times, and the soul returns.

……

The story is stuck here.

Qi Tianhe closed the book forcefully: "Useless things."

At any rate, give me some more information. Apart from being frightened, this novel has brought me more doubts from the beginning to the end.

The current ending of the story seems to be hinting at his next copy: [Cicada].

Thinking of this, Qi Tianhe couldn't help raising his eyes to look at Bai Chan, seeing that the latter had no intention of speaking, he said slowly: "I remember you said at the beginning that the reason for choosing me was talent, and I have a kind of ability to 'brainwash people'." ability."

The so-called beep skills are probably an invisible corrosion of the soul.

"Other than that?" He asked, Qi Tianhe didn't believe that such a coincidence would appear in a book, such as Tianhe, cicadas and other key words at the same time.

After a few seconds of silence, Bai Chan sighed softly: "I told you early in the morning if I could speak."

He looked at Qi Tianhe and said sternly: "This information involves 4S copy, once you say it, you and I will inevitably be sanctioned by the game."

Ah Huai only has a little affection for Qi Tianhe, which is attributed to a strange emotion by the game to go back in time, in order to prevent NPCs from helping players cheat.

Qi Tianhe stopped pressing, and asked a question that had nothing to do with the dungeon: "Did we know each other before?"

The "us" in his mouth refers to the river and the white cicada.

Bai Chan said with a complicated expression: "It's sort of."

Qi Tianhe couldn't wait to ask: "Is the relationship good?"

"Not good." Bai Chan didn't hesitate this time: "I really thought you were stupid then."

Qi Tianhe recalled that when the parrot first appeared in the third year of high school, his attitude towards him was really average, and it gradually improved in the process of getting along.

[Cicadas] is a 4S dungeon, Qi Tianhe is like a sword hanging above his head, maybe in the next moment, the game notification will appear, making him ready to enter the dungeon.

Fortunately, the game has not been so sick yet. At [-]:[-] pm, Qi Tianhe came to the barbecue booth safely to have a long-lost organized dinner.

A lot of people came, Lu Nan, Qin Yang, He Menglin and a few people who only met once in the dungeon.

Bai Chan didn't turn into a parrot this time, but followed in a human form.The perfect external conditions cannot be ignored. He Menglin is a little expert at creating atmosphere, and he took the initiative to open the topic: "This is..."

"My surname is Bai."

He Menglin saw at a glance that the other party was born with a cold personality, so he didn't continue to bring the topic to him.

After drinking for three rounds, Qi Tianhe noticed that Lu Nan's eyes fluctuated, which seemed to be a harbinger of personality transformation, and promptly threw out what they were most interested in: "About the upgrade of the copy..."

Lu Nan's attention was drawn, and his eyes returned to calm.

Qi Tianhe said indifferently: "The female ghost suffers from Stockholm Syndrome. The game has retroactively adjusted the data, but it seems that the effect is not ideal."

Qin Yang was thoughtful: "How can a ghost have mental problems?"

"Good question," Qi Tianhe said without changing his face, "It proves that the game is not mature yet."

Bai Chan chuckled when she heard the words, didn't join the discussion, and drank the wine by herself.

Qi Tianhe added: "If you are really unfortunate to be selected into the dungeon, try not to talk about NPCs behind your back, and be careful of your companions, they may be assimilated by female ghosts invisibly."

This information is only for reference. After the dungeon is upgraded, the relevant death rules will definitely be reset, but Qi Tianhe believes that the character of ghosts cannot be ignored.

Can change, Ah Huai was killed by gossip during his lifetime, so he hated those who gossip behind his back.

Qin Yang listened carefully, and said helplessly: "A 4S-level dungeon makes people panic. If you are really out of the game, it is very difficult to survive in reality."

Qi Tianhe shrugged.

Qin Yang pondered and said: "The players who went to the previous dungeon with you should be safe, the game will not arrange for you to enter the same type of dungeon."

"Isn't there another one?"

Qin Yang was stunned.

Qi Tianhe shook the foam floating on the surface of the beer, and slowly uttered two words: "Cicadas sing."

He didn't mention it, this dungeon was about to be forgotten. In the past, there would always be a few unlucky ghosts ending up in it every year, but I haven't heard any news about it in the past few years.

"I thought this dungeon was closed..." Lu Nan suddenly said.

Qin Yang nodded in agreement: "At least I haven't heard that anyone around me has been selected into [Cicadas]."

Finally, he said: "But if I really have to choose, I would rather go to the latest upgraded copy."

Lu Nan's mental state was unstable, he yawned sleepily, and said lazily, "Anyone would choose this way."

Another person answered, "The new dungeon settings won't be too comprehensive. Those old dungeons already have a mature system, and players are literally surviving in the cracks."

"..." Qi Tianhe suddenly felt that the barbecue on the table was not delicious.

So even if it is the same copy of 4S, is the suffering different?

A barbecue lasted until past ten o'clock, and when we parted, everyone replaced dry goodbyes with teasing blessings.

"I hope the next time we meet is not in a high-difficulty dungeon," Qin Yang said.

'I hope', 'Don't be'... Everyone's response is similar.

Qi Tianhe was about to drive back, but when he lowered his head to fasten his seat belt, his phone rang. After the connection was made, the person over there said something briefly, and hung up neatly.

He blinked: "My dad asked me to go back."

Bai Chan nodded: "Then go back."

The car drove to the door of the house, Qi Tianhe saw him getting out of the car with him, he hesitated for a moment: "You just go in like this?"

Bai Chan made a 'huh' sound.

Qi Tianhe suddenly opened up his memory that was about to be grayed out. He remembered that when he first came into contact with the bandage man, the other party offered team-up props, which caused the parrot to enter the Yizhen dungeon. Thinking about it now, it was a premeditated action.

"One hundred million..." He murmured, "My dad already knew your identity."

Bai Chan: "In terms of distinguishing between people and ghosts, he should have his own special identification method."

Qi Tianhe grasped the key words: "Are you a ghost?"

Bai Chan shook his hand and asked back: "A ghost has this temperature?"

"Right."

After speaking, Qi Tianhe opened the door and went in.

His movements are very light, his parents are people who like to go to bed early, and the person who told him to come back must have not slept, but his mother who likes to worry must have been lying on the bed and fell into a light sleep.

Exactly as imagined, there was no sound at all in the huge house, and Father Qi sat on the sofa reading a book by himself.

Seeing him coming back, he just nodded slightly: "It's getting late, go to sleep."

"..."

Qi Tianhe said in a daze, "I thought you called me back for something urgent."

"It's something, but there's no rush." ​​Father Qi put down the book and looked up at him: "We'll talk about it tomorrow morning."

Qi Tianhe walked into the room in a daze, and Bai Chan followed him like a ghost. From the moment he entered the door, he seemed to be seen by Father Qi as the cold air blowing in as his son pushed the door.

The room was dark, and the light when the lights were turned on made the eyes a little uncomfortable.

Qi Tianhe closed the curtains and casually leaned against the table: "My dad is a little strange."

Bai Chan: "He is your father, there is no way he will harm you."

Qi Tianhe always felt that there was a metaphor in this sentence, and when he walked towards the bed, his footsteps stopped suddenly...

It won't hurt, but it will help.

His eyes were like knives, scanning every part of the room, and finally fixed on the bed. With a little force from Qi Tianhe, the bed sheet was directly lifted to the side.The mattress underneath was made of small floral noodles, which came from the mother's unique aesthetics of age, and further down...he uncovered it, and it was a broken page of yellowed chapters.

He didn't reach out to touch it, and the handwriting on the page was from an unknown era. Qi Tianhe couldn't understand what was written on it, but he could guess what it was.

"Team props?"

He turned back to look at Bai Chan.

Looking at each other, Bai Chan nodded.

Qi Tianhe stood there silently for a few seconds, then suddenly opened the door and went out.

Father Qi was still sitting on the sofa, and when he heard footsteps, he didn't look up, but his eyes flickered.

Qi Tianhe sat down opposite him: "Why?"

If he really used the team-building props, it meant that the other party would also participate in his next dungeon. If he noticed it a little later, he might activate the props immediately, causing his father to open the difficult dungeon together.

"It's hard to feel the loss of an only family when you're old," Father Qi said indifferently, "You still lack game experience. If you have someone to help you, it will be easier in the dungeon."

Self-death and implicating others in death are two completely different concepts.

The former only needs a lonely heart, but the latter will torture people's life.

Qi Tianhe has never been as persistent as he is now: "I want to go to this copy by myself."

"The conclusion is untenable." The praying father overturned him lightly: "There is at least one person, and you acquiesced to form a team with him."

Qi Tianhe was speechless.

Father Qi finally took a look at the child who had grown up unconsciously: "Why?"

Qi Tianhe's lips moved, but he didn't say a word.

The 4S dungeon is very dangerous. For the people around him, Qi Tianhe's first reaction must be to push them as far away as possible. Apart from his family, Bai Chan has the closest relationship with him, but Qi Tianhe never wants to push them away. .

After a long time, he said uncertainly: "I have a feeling..."

"Feel?"

Qi Tianhe nodded hesitantly: "It seems that I saw the same kind."

The air fell silent, and what lay between the two sides was a dead silence that had never been seen before.

After an unknown amount of time, Father Qi finally stood up and said, "You can make up your own mind about your own affairs."

The footsteps were slower than usual when going upstairs. Qi Tianhe knew it was because his father wanted him to change his mind and download the copy together, but he didn't speak until the footsteps disappeared.

What if something happened to both the father and the son and the mother was left alone?

Not sure if there would be other team-building props in the room, Qi Tianhe asked Bai Chan to leave overnight.

In the next few days, the game forum was uncharacteristically lively. Usually, these gossips would be impossible to talk about, but the forum suddenly opened a communication area.

Not only Qi Tianhe, but many players are speculating that this exchange area has another purpose, which may be related to the subsequent dungeons.

Usually Qi Tianhe returns to real life and will start normal work

This time was an exception. Before the game was arranged, there was a sign outside the clinic that said it was closed.

Like a prisoner waiting to be sentenced, on a sunny noon, he finally waited for the game prompt.

[Player: Qi Tianhe.

Level: Cicadas.

Entry time: [-]:[-] a.m. this Sunday.

Players can choose two survival modes in this game:

Mode [-]: Bet on your life.In this mode, if the player fails, he will be directly obliterated, and if he wins, his wish will be fulfilled and he will be eligible to leave the game.

Mode [-]: Gambling for money.In this mode, if the player fails, the game currency and props will be cleared under the premise of discount, and the victory reward will be settled normally according to the difficulty level. ]

Qi Tianhe said 'hoo': "Games never lack 'surprises'."

After tonight is Sunday, and the time left for him to make a decision is only a dozen hours.

Qi Tianhe thought quietly for a moment, then suddenly smiled: "Actually, I have no choice."

He continued to live in a state of half-life and half-death, and he didn't know how long he would have to save his lifespan. Since he played the dungeon, he would see the picture of Dry Bone Heihe in his dreams from time to time, probably because his body was soaked with too much ghost energy in the last game.

If things go on like this, sooner or later there will be problems.

Bai Chan: "It's good to have a chance to solve it. Some people want to fight but haven't had the chance yet."

Qi Tianhe agrees with this.

The day passed quickly.

It is said that the darkest hour is before dawn, and when it was almost five o'clock in the morning, Qi Tianhe stood by the window, trying to see a little light through the heavy night.

However, the light did not see, but the shadow on the wall.

Bai Chan leaned against the wall with her eyes closed, not sure if she was awake or asleep, as if she knew someone was staring at her, she opened her eyes and smiled at him.

In the next moment, he turned into a parrot. For some reason, it seemed that he didn't plan to use the player's identity to make a copy.

The parrot flapped its wings and flew to his shoulder, trying to sit down. This movement was a bit difficult for the bird, causing it to slide directly off the shoulder.

Qi Tianhe caught it with his hands, and sighed that this bird still has the handsome and noble spirit just now.

"Is it really a problem of brain capacity?"

Heidouyan gave him a warning look.

Five in the morning.

The game prompt sounds when the pitch is on point:

[Cicadas: Difficulty level SSSS.

Background introduction: The company's new system is about to go online, and some employees will stay tonight for system testing.

Survival goal: Survive three cicadas.

Tips: 1. Day is always safer than night, at least in a company. 2. When the system fails, you may consider consulting a professional. ]

[Please select survival mode. ]

Qi Tianhe: "Mode [-]."

[Cutting into the gambling game for the player...]

All he was thinking about was related to the game. During the transmission process, Qi Tianhe was absent-minded all the time. When he came back to his senses, there was a creaking sound in his ears. He subconsciously looked over and saw that the colleague in the seat next to him was unpacking a bag of puffed food eat.

"It's so annoying, staying up late tonight, and I have to go to work tomorrow, rubbish company!"

Colleagues complained endlessly, there is no number in hand, and the initial judgment may be an NPC.

"39, look, you also go to buy some food."

Qi Tianhe saw the sign hanging on his colleague's chest, and reflexively looked at his own, which said 39.

The company uses numerical codes to refer to people.

After coming to a conclusion, Qi Tianhe began to look for other players, and entertained himself by thinking about it... How unlucky he must be in his daily life to be selected into the 4S dungeon.Coincidentally, one person's eyes were also moving, and the eyes of the two collided, and Qi Tianhe narrowed his eyes for an instant...Witch General?

The latter looked at him very intriguingly, and wrote brightly, "Sure enough, you are not a good person." '

"..."

Qi Tianhe noticed the witch general's number: 41.

There is probably another player among them.

Soon I saw NO.40 by the window, a young man with white hair, not normal white, as if he had dyed it specially.

At this time, there was a sudden noise outside the door, and a middle-aged man in work clothes pushed the door in and introduced, "This is a colleague seconded from another department to participate in the test with everyone."

Qi Tianhe looked over at a glance, there were at least a dozen players, the most times were more than 70 times on the back of their hands, and the least was [-] times.

In other words, this dungeon may not have the intention of releasing a rookie for buffering.

It took a while to realize that he had forgotten himself.

The number on the player's work card is basically between forty and fifty, and Qi Tianhe has the lowest number.

The parrot reminded him in his mind: "The most prominent feature of the high-difficulty dungeon is that there will be strange and weird death conditions. Try not to move, touch or talk randomly."

Qi Tianhe listened to his advice and sat quietly in his seat, even if there were mosquitoes buzzing in his ears, he ignored it.

The dungeon is in summer, the air conditioner is not turned on in the company, and the heat is everywhere.

Everyone found a random place to sit down, and the business supervisor was an NPC, who would stay up late with everyone tonight.

The goal of survival is to survive three cicadas, and the cicadas are undoubtedly a switch. Once it is turned on, no one knows what indescribable terror will be released.At the moment, everyone pricked up their ears, paying attention to the movement around them.

The company standard is to get off work at [-] pm, and it is already [-] pm. There is basically no sound in the office. In this invisible tense atmosphere, there is a loud 'bang'.

Someone subconsciously stood up.

It was player No. 49 who fell to the ground. He opened his mouth wide, clutched his chest tightly, and his whole body was stiff.

The supervisor was the first to run over, trying to take the player's hand away as an emergency measure, but with a little force, the arm fell apart into pieces.The supervisor sniffed and said regretfully, "I've been too tired from work recently, so I probably died suddenly."

"..."

His tone was calm as if he was talking about a little white mouse in a laboratory.

The supervisor beckoned for help, and temporarily carried the body into the next room.

No one asked why they didn't call the police, worrying that a question would also trigger the death rule.Most eyes were on No. 43, who was closest to the dead player before.

No. 43 tried hard to remember, trying not to miss any details, until when he saw the small black dot in mid-air, he suddenly thought of something, and whispered: "He killed a mosquito."

I don't know if it was intentional, but the supervisor sat back in his seat and said without thinking: "Treasure life."

Cherish the life of mosquitoes, but one person died.

The players suddenly realized that in this weird dungeon, they might not be as important as a mosquito.

When a person dies, there will be a period of buffer period, and everyone gets up and hurry up to walk around and observe.

Qi Tianhe went out and stood outside the elevator, and pressed the up button.

It took a full 5 minutes for the elevator to go back and forth, and the time to open the door was extremely long each time. The building was not high, with a total of eighteen floors, and he was currently on the twelfth floor.

Qi Tianhe just observed the total number of floors, and didn't intend to go in. The elevator went down and stopped on this floor again. He faintly felt something suddenly turned sideways, and the person behind who wanted to push him was carried away due to inertia. go in.

The man wanted to come out, but Qi Tianhe didn't give him a chance, and quickly summoned the corpse dog.The terrifying big black dog opened its sharp teeth and stared fiercely at the people inside.

"Just kidding." No. 47 scratched his head, speechless: "Is it necessary to be so serious?"

Qi Tianhe: "I think you want to find someone to test the consequences of entering the elevator rashly."

Being dismantled face to face, No. 47 stall hand did not deny: "It turns out that there is nothing..."

Before the words were finished, the elevator door slammed shut at an extremely fast speed, within a fraction of a second.

Qi Tianhe vaguely heard the sound of desperately knocking on the elevator buttons inside, and then the elevator started to go up, and never came down after reaching the top floor.

He tried to press the down button, but the elevator didn't respond and stopped on the eighteenth floor.

Qi Tianhe frowned and returned to the department.

Before sitting down, the game prompt sound came:

[Simultaneous live broadcast mode will be adopted eight hours before the dungeon, and [-] players from the forum will be randomly selected to bet.

What to bet on: Who's the hidden killer?

Betting time: one hour later.

If the bet fails, the next copy of the player will automatically upgrade the difficulty to X1. ]

"No wonder the forum opened a new exchange area two days ago," he heard someone sneer: "So I was waiting to dig a hole here."

Qi Tianhe was more concerned about the content of the notification tone, almost expressing that there was a killer hidden among the players.

The original sense of sympathy in the office has undergone a qualitative change, replaced by the defense and vigilance in everyone's eyes.

"Simultaneous live broadcast..."

Unconsciously repeating it, Qi Tianhe lowered his eyes, wondering if his father would be watching.

Fortunately, this will only happen for the first eight hours. The returner's vest is easy to be picked up during the live broadcast. If nothing else, the props that he can take out are very limited.

There is another big disadvantage of the live broadcast. Of course, it is better for the parrot not to appear during this period, which means that he can only survive this period on his own.

The parrot is also reminding him: "Even if you don't act, don't do uncertain things."

Qi Tianhe: "Don't worry, I will definitely think twice before acting, it will never be like the last copy."

After hearing his assurance, the parrot suddenly felt a little worried for some reason.