The Midnight Owl

The team of laughter and laughter walked away slowly, and soon disappeared at the end of the road, blending into the busy traffic under the bright sunshine.

The little friend quietly watched the direction they left, and remained silent for a long time.

The sun is very warm, but it can't dispel the chill that hangs over their hearts.

After a long while, Xu Wang let out a light breath to ease his tense nerves. He turned his head and wanted to talk to Wu Sheng, but he saw that he had taken out a pen and paper at some point and was scribbling again.

"What problem are you tackling?" Xu Wang asked while leaning over to look.

He saw Wu Sheng was busy last night, so he waited patiently for fear of affecting his thinking, and didn't ask any more questions. Today, he really couldn't hold back his curiosity.

Wu Sheng was writing furiously, so he didn't get distracted from answering.

Xu Wang looked directly for himself.

The A4 blank paper has already been filled with more than half of the sheet by Wu Sheng, and the items are listed shockingly——

1) Intersection + red light + horizontal heavy vehicle = death

2) Intersection + green light + vertical battery car = scratch → fall → horizontal car → death

3) Auto repair shop + tire inflation at the door = explosion → air pressure shock → death

4) Shop = billboard drop → death

5) Manhole cover = loose manhole cover → flip → fall to death

6) Bus stop = bus out of control → death

7) Bridge = broken and collapsed → death

8)……

The more he looked at it, the colder his hands and feet became. In the end, even the trace of curious enthusiasm of Xu Wang disappeared in the cool wind on his back.

Although I knew that there might be danger everywhere, after all, I am in the safe area of ​​a coffee shop, looking at the street view, the most intuitive first reaction is still visually pleasing, and then the vigilance slowly rises.

But after reading what Wu Sheng wrote, Xu Wang raised his head again, and felt that he could see everywhere, there was black air everywhere, and there were skulls everywhere.

Finally finished writing the last article, Junshi Wu put down his pen, sighed solemnly, then raised his head, and briefly introduced his scientific research results to Captain Xu: "The formula of death."

"..." Although he had already seen the clues, hearing Wu Sheng's seal of approval made Xu Wang feel extremely complicated.

Qian Ai leaned over, picked up the formula table from the table, and suddenly felt that the gate of hell was slowly opening to him: "You really listed them one by one... intersections, manhole covers, shops, bus stops... No, there are still more in this level." Is it where you land? You can’t fly all the way, can you?”

"Flying at low altitudes may hit high-voltage lines, and flying at high altitudes may hit drones." Chi Yingxue leaned leisurely in the seat, not intending to come over, but she understood what she said, so she kindly gave the money Classmates added.

Qian Ai looked at him angrily: "Say it as if it has nothing to do with you. Don't blame me for not reminding you, just like your mind wandering too empty, it is the easiest to step into the trap."

Chi Yingxue tilted her head, looked at him quietly for a while, and asked with innocent eyes: "Are you cursing me?"

Qian Ai: "..."

Say yes, it seems too unfriendly; say no, it is tantamount to bowing to the evil forces, there is no choice at all!

"Little Kuang, don't just sit around and memorize the formulas quickly." Qian's choice was to turn his head to pull Kuang Jinxin.

Chi Yingxue watched him and Kuang Jinxin flirting with each other with an unruffled expression, but when she saw that Kuang Jinxin was still cooperating happily, Diandian went over to see some formula, her brows furrowed involuntarily.

Kuang Jinxin didn't notice it, and focused on the formula.

"This is just a preliminary formula table, based on our last experience and the most obvious potential dangers in our daily life," Wu Sheng explained, "but the setting of the level will definitely not be so simple and rude. Some are more complicated and need to be stacked more. I will continue to sort out the death crisis that can only be completed by a coincidence."

Xu Wang listened, not only admired, but also felt more emotional: "Fortunately, you are a good person..."

If this is a bad guy, just this brain is simply the greatest evil in the world!

Wu Sheng looked at him uncertainly: "Are you...a compliment?"

"Absolute praise." Xu Wang said firmly.

Wu Sheng was satisfied, and the corner of his mouth raised a gratifying arc: "If you say that, then my hard work this night will be worth it."

Xu Wang narrowed his eyes, and was deeply suspicious of his attitude of studying for love: "You study these, are you sure it's not because you enjoy the process of overcoming difficult problems?"

Wu Sheng immediately became serious: "Of course, there is also a part of the reason..."

Xu Wang: "..."

fart!He was 100% sure that when Wu Sheng was studying, his eyes were full of obsessive love for difficult problems!

"Captain," Kuang Jinxin gently tugged on Xu Wang's sleeve, "Don't be jealous. Among human beings, you must be number one in Brother Sheng's heart."

"Thank you, Kuang." Xu Wang patted his teammate's head, "But after you persuaded me, I seem to be even more depressed."

Wu Sheng stood up and walked around the table, exercising his muscles and relaxing his brain.

The death formula can only create a sense of crisis. If you want to pass the level, you need a survival formula; but if you have one or more specific survival formulas for each scene, the amount of data is too large. If you can find a general formula that is suitable for all environments The formula is perfect...

Master Wu had a brainstorm in this room, but Chi Yingxue somehow found the death formula table in that room. He glanced through it lightly, and nodded with satisfaction: "It's pretty good."

Qian Ai curled her lips when she heard this: "Wu Sheng's tactical notes are not bad."

"I mean these ways of dying are pretty good," Chi Yingxue raised her eyes with a natural expression, "It's clean and crisp, without too much pain."

Qian Ai sounded awkward: "No matter how simple it is, he is dead."

Chi Yingxue said, "But it doesn't hurt anymore."

Qian Ai almost wanted to shout: "I'm dead, I'm dead, I can't eat Dabai pear anymore, understand!"

Chi Yingxue: "..."

Kuang Jinxin originally wanted to join the discussion, but now he gave up and sat in the corner, eavesdropping and having fun.

……

Three days later, zero o'clock, 8/23.

They didn't meet other teams for three consecutive days, which gave the five people the illusion of going through the level alone. So when they were about to start the level for real, when they met old acquaintances at the coordinates in reality, Xu Wang, Wu Sheng, and Kuang Jinxin Qian Ai and Qian Ai were all stunned there, with astonishment on their faces.

Only Chi Yingxue was calm.

But the calmer he is, the more excited he is on the other side.

Ten people stepped into the purple vortex together, refreshed together in the open-air cafe, Yue Shuai's first words were: "You really found him as a new teammate?! When I saw the overall score list, I thought it was the same name and the same surname. of!"

Captain Yue originally didn't want to use this opening line. When old friends meet again, they should always greet each other warmly. However, the impact of this familiar face is too strong.

Xu Wang said: "Such a nice name, it's a bit difficult to have the same name."

Yue Shuai: "..."

Wu Sheng, Kuang Jinxin, Qian Ai: "..."

For the "inadvertent" praise of her captain, the corners of Chi Yingxue's mouth curled up in satisfaction.

But before he was happy for two seconds, he received a hostile gaze. Chi Yingxue looked at the source of the gaze and asked what he wanted to ask just now: "Have we met?"

Wei Tian Hang Teng got angry: "You almost shot our car tires, so forget it?"

Chi Yingxue blinked ignorantly.

"3/23, the playground, your captain shouted 'Chi Yingxue, shoot the car'." Su Mingzhan was clear and detailed, "Do you remember?"

Chi Yingxue suddenly realized, and looking at Wei Tianhang again, she knew where the memory deviation was: "You had pigtails that day."

Wei Tianhang didn't intend to pass the level today, so Wei Tianhang let down his hair: "...do you remember people by their hairdos!"

"Not all of them," Chi Yingxue said solemnly, "Only those whose looks are really unremarkable, only remember hairstyles."

Wei Tianhang: "Asu, don't stop me, I will kick him to death today—"

The members of the two teams here are "united and friendly", and the captains of the two teams over there have entered the topic.After all, what kind of teammates to recruit is an internal matter, and Yue Shuai just complained. In contrast, information sharing is the business.

But as soon as they shared it, the two captains discovered a problem—the best results of the two teams came here, and there was nothing for the subsequent checkpoints.

Yue Shuai raised his forehead: "I thought I could exchange some information from you."

"Don't rush to be disappointed," Xu Wang said, "This is your first time here, right, but this is our second time. At least we have experience in this level."

When Yue Shuai heard this, he regained his spirit: "Really? Tell me about the specific content of this level."

Xu Wang turned serious: "Death is by my side."

Yue Shuai's black line: "I just told a ghost story in the last level."

Xu Wang shook his head: "This time it's not a ghost, it's an accident..."

In three or two minutes, Xu Wang roughly explained the content of this level, and finally said: "That's all we know, and the group was wiped out before we got out of this road last time."

"That's enough," Yue Shuai said sincerely, "Thank you."

"It's not polite between you and me," Xu Wang patted him on the shoulder, "Our two teams, if you really want to say, they are also childhood sweethearts."

Yue Shuai looked at him inexplicably: "Where did you come up with so many words that I can't catch up with, and after thinking about it carefully, it's quite reasonable."

Xu Wang smiled: "This is called the art of language."

"Okay, don't be poor, don't you plan to break through the barrier today, hurry up." Yue Shuai raced against time for them.

Seeing that he didn't mean to be together, Xu Wang asked, "Aren't you breaking in today?"

Yue Shuai frowned: "I can't fight with anyone, but I can't fight with you. That's not my family beating my own family!"

Xu Wang raised his eyebrows, looked up and down this "my family": "Please tell the truth."

"..." Looking at each other for a while, Yue Shuai curled his lips, "Well, dealing with NPCs is hard enough, I don't want to deal with you guys anymore."

Xu Wang: "Can you guarantee that you won't meet other teams tomorrow?"

Yue Shuai: "Other teams will have to wait and see for at least a day when they come in. It's already the eighth level, so there's no way they'll break through in a daze."

Su Mingzhan: "And even PK, PK with other teams is better than PK with you."

Yue Shuai: "That's right, our relationship, I can't do anything about it."

Su Mingzhan: "The main reason is to start, and the winning rate is not high."

Yue Shuai: "The captain is talking, and the idlers don't interrupt!"

Su Mingzhan: "I'm getting angry from embarrassment, but I'm still very handsome."

Yue Shuai: "..."

Tao Anan: "Captain, don't be embarrassed, did you forget one thing?"

"Oh yes, I've been waiting to meet you and talk about this." Yue Shuai slapped his forehead, and quickly clicked on the hidden item bar on his arm, "We got this badge on 5/23, once we got it, the hidden item bar will come out Yes, depending on the number of grids, I suspect that levels 1-13 have badges for each level."

Xu Wang: "..."

Yue Shuai: "Let you see the badge, why are you looking at me?"

"Not only the badge, but also the manual." Xu Wang opened his badge manual without reservation.

Childhood sweethearts are joking.

But something is true, and without even realizing each other, it just comes naturally into a warm shape.

When Yue Shuai saw the manual for the first time, he immediately asked, "Where did this thing come from?"

Xu Wang said: "On 6/23, the grocery store on the first floor of the Castle Hotel costs 20 RMB."

"Damn, grab it tomorrow—" Ji Yiming was watching the excitement of Wei Tianhang and Chi Yingxue over there, but when he heard this, he rushed over and took a closer look at Xu Wang's badge manual, "What is so expensive? How can you break through the level with one click?"

"Just a badge to hide some hints!" Qian Ai followed, fighting against the enemy, "One-click to pass the level? Here is a beautiful one! If there is a one-click to pass the level, profiteers estimate that it can be sold for 100 million!"

"So what's the use of the badge?" Yue Shuai asked.

Xu Wang shook his head: "Collecting all 13 badges is the key to unlock levels after 13/23."

Yue Shuai was startled, and suddenly realized: "No wonder no one on the total score list has passed level 13!" After being shocked, he hurriedly asked Xu Wang, "What's your phone number?"

Xu Wang didn't react for a while: "Huh?"

"Keep in touch," Yue Shuai now fully understands the importance of the Internet, "You don't need to leave a WeChat message, anyway, you can talk at any time. Always point to meet here, the year of the monkey is coming!"

Wu Sheng: "shenggewudi."

Yue Shuai: "His WeChat ID?"

Wu Sheng: "Mine."

Yue Shuai: "I want his."

Wu Sheng: "Either add me, or lose contact."

Yue Shuai: "..."

Xu Wang: "Hey, well, it's the same with him and me."

"..." Yue Shuai swore, he saw the blinding sweetness in Xu Wang's smile.

After a few days, the painting style of this team is still fascinating! ! !

……

Beijing time, 00:12:38

Yue Shuai, Su Mingzhan, Tao Anan, Ji Yiming, and Wei Tianhang stood shoulder to shoulder to bid farewell to their companions.

Captain Yue waved his hand slowly, eyes full of worry: "Be careful, take care."

Xu Wangqiang smiled back at him.I know, this is sending my friend to the battlefield, but I don't know, I thought it was going to the execution ground.

The five friends left the fence and entered the walkway.

Within two seconds, there were noisy footsteps from the street corner ahead—the one-day tour team that had passed by the coffee shop before had returned.

At the same time, "Ding——"

[The devil who caused the accident is among these people, find out before sunset, if you are still alive. 】

From far away, the team leader waved a small flag and smiled at the five of them. When the big troop arrived in front of the five of them, the team leader asked enthusiastically like the previous three days: "A day trip around the city, including food and entertainment, come?"

This time, Xu Wang nodded: "Come."

As soon as the words were finished, the wind blew up, and under the warm sun, it was actually gloomy and cool.