The Midnight Owl

Half an hour ago, the underground stone chamber.

Xu Wang and Wu Sheng looked at the DNA report on the table in a daze. Before opening the stone wall, they imagined ten thousand possible difficulties and ups and downs, but such situations were definitely not included.

A report lay there alone, with secrets that caught people off guard.

Material 1 is not the father of material 2. This conclusion couldn't be more clear, but I don't know whether this conclusion is happy or worrying for the person who submitted the test.

Who is material 1?

Who is material 2?

In fact, the answer is already there.

But Xu Wang and Wu Sheng didn't want to think about it deeply, and felt uncomfortable.

"Tsk. It's not pleasant to see so much." Yama Wang's tone was still brisk, he picked up the file bag carelessly, took out the documents inside at will, and browsed naturally with the faint light coming from nowhere in the stone room.

"I said, why does the surname Chi hit me so hard every time?" He nodded while browsing, as if he suddenly realized, "It turns out that the heart is here."

He had a smile on his face, but his tone of voice was strangely cool.

Wu Sheng looked at him, frowning thoughtfully.

Xu Wang was a little confused when he heard that: "The one surnamed Chi? Hit you?"

He understood every word that Hades said, and when they were connected together, it was like a heavenly book.

"Blame me, you should explain it more clearly," Yan Wang threw away the page and shrugged indifferently, "The one surnamed Chi is Chi Yingxue's father. Strictly speaking, it wasn't his intention to hit me. It was his cheap son who was beaten, but I was full, and every time I rushed to beat him for him..."

Frowning in grievance, he leaned closer to Xu Wang and asked very seriously: "Do you think Chi Yingxue should pay me for mental damage?"

"Chi Yingxue's father... beat him?" Xu Wang trembled slightly, unable to tell whether it was shock or anger.

"He hit me." Yan Wang corrected again with serious eyes.

"Okay, hit you," Xu Wang followed him, "is it always like this?"

"It depends on whether he is busy or not. When he is busy, if he doesn't come back for ten days and a half months, I will be happy; if he is not busy, if he goes home every two days, I will have to work frequently."

Hades returned to his nonchalant attitude again. If it wasn't for the moment of seriousness just now, Xu Wang would have thought he was talking about some social gossip. Even "being beaten" would have become "starting work" to him, which sounds like a job , doesn't deserve any affection from him, even negative ones.

Xu Wang didn't feel like asking any more, his intuition told him that the depths could only be darker.

But Yan Wang seemed to be aroused, and continued vividly: "Do you know how he slapped you? Slaps are all pediatrics. He will kick you to death, break your ribs, grab your hair and beat you to death. Drag it into a closet or cupboard, and if you resist, he'll beat you to death one more time, then tie it up with straps, stuff it in..."

"I want to kill him every time, every time." A psychedelic brilliance appeared on Yan Wang's face, as if in a certain space, the "imagination" he talked about was being staged, "stabbing him with a knife Cut his eyes, cut his throat, or take out a piece of his flesh casually, let him also taste the pain of rolling all over the ground..."

"Huh—" He breathed a sigh of relief, his expression seemed to be overdone, but the words he said were still full of regret, "Unfortunately, Chi Yingxue's small arms and legs really can't accomplish such a grand goal .”

Finally noticing Xu Wang and Wu Sheng's silence, Yan Wang smiled apologetically, "I'm sorry, I'm talking about such nonsense, it sounds like a lunatic to you."

Xu Wang shook his head: "We understand."

"Don't comfort me," Yan Wang waved his hand disapprovingly, "I want to thank me for guiding you, don't have to force yourself to be 'understanding', you can give me those magical weapons... Oh yes, you are called stationery several."

"You have to look like Chi Yingxue to be beaten for him." Xu Wang stated calmly.

Yan Wang was stunned, with a look of surprise on his face.

Xu Wang continued: "And you are unwilling, unwilling, but you have to share the burden for him, right?"

Yan Wang pursed his lips tightly, and turned his silent eyes back and forth on Xu Wang and Wu Sheng's faces: "Who are you?"

Xu Wang's answer never changed: "Chi Yingxue's friend."

Yan Wang smiled bitterly, a little helpless: "He even told you this kind of thing, it seems that he really made friends."

Xu Wang looked at King Hades, the young man in front of him was covered in chocolate sauce, although the smudges on his face were wiped off, but the subtle expressions on his face were still unclear.

Even under such circumstances, the person in front of him and the King of Hades in his memory still coincided.

The King of Hades holding Chi Yingxue's body, the King of Hades who devoted himself to the battle, the King of Hades who was inexplicably obsessed with his own identity but concealed everything with a smile... was the young man in front of him.

"There's nothing you can do if you don't want to. Everyone has their own destiny. What else can they do besides admitting it." Hades comforted himself, and walked towards the wrench that opened the next stone room.

Xu Wang suddenly grabbed his arm: "Didn't you ask who we are?"

Yan Wang was puzzled: "You have already answered it."

Xu Wang shook his head: "I haven't finished."

Yan Wang looked at him blankly: "You are Chi Yingxue's friend, are there others?"

Xu Wang said, "He's still the king of Hades' friend."

Yama:"……"

"Tch," Hades snorted, pulling his arm out of Xu Wang's hand, "You're playing tricks on me?"

"I'm not kidding you," said Wu Sheng, who hadn't spoken for a long time. "To be precise, you and Chi Yingxue are our friends. Chi Yingxue came on stage earlier, but you joined the team first."

Yan Wang frowned and looked at the two of them for a while, and finally came to a conclusion: "Crazy."

After speaking, he came to the wrench in three steps and two steps, and pulled it down without hesitation. Obviously, he cared more about business than chatting about family affairs full of communication obstacles.

The stone wall fell, and the last stone room showed the whole picture.

It was still empty, this time even the table was gone, it was really empty, except for a wrench in the corner.

Yan Wang strode over, seeing that posture, he wanted to pull directly, but after putting his hand on it, he stopped.

Xu Wang and Wu Sheng followed.

Unlike the previous manual wrenches, this last wrench requires an eight-digit password.

Without any hint, guessing an eight-digit password out of thin air is simply impossible.

"I'm full." Yan Wang muttered angrily.

Wu Sheng glanced at him: "Is this the first time you've met too?"

Yan Wang said impatiently: "Didn't I tell you that the things in the last two stone chambers have been changing."

"Yan Wang," Xu Wang asked again earnestly, "If you leave this stone room, can you find Xiaoxue?"

"Behind this stone room, it leads directly to the inner courtyard. The west wing where Xiaoxue lives is right there." Yan Wang looked straight at him, without looking away, "If you don't believe me, you can go back the same way."

Xu Wang said, "It's not that I don't believe you, I just need to be sure."

Yan Wang frowned: "Are you sure about what?"

Xu Wang turned his head, and behind him, stone walls sank, and stone chambers were connected in a long way, and he couldn't see the original way clearly.

"These stone chambers are defended by Xiaoxue." If there was doubt before, Xu Wang can be sure at this moment.

This hell in the brain is like Xiaoxue's heart, with evil spirits, painful memories, rubble everywhere, and hidden compartments hidden layer by layer.

And what he wants to hide most is himself.

So he blocked the path of the seeker with one stone chamber after another.

Wu Sheng understood what he meant: "The password must be something related to Xiaoxue, but if he wants to use it as a defense, it must be information that the intruder cannot guess, or does not know at all."

Xu Wang nodded: "Do you think, if Xiaoxue's father is standing here now, in which direction would he guess the password?"

"Birthday." Wu Sheng didn't hesitate.

Xu Wang: "Yes. So Xiaoxue's birthday, Chi Zhuolin's birthday, or various public anniversaries are impossible."

Wu Sheng: "..."

Xu Wang: "..."

Wu Sheng and Xu Wang: "Code letter!"

The two spoke in unison, but after they finished speaking, Xu Wang became annoyed again. He didn't worry about the password letter being poked away by a big crab, because his military adviser must remember it. What he was worried about was: "The password is only eight digits."

Before the voice finished, Wu Sheng had already muttered: "12077, 34036, 58009, 80024. Remove the meaningless 0, 1277343658098024, and remove the repeated numbers, 127346589..." He suddenly frowned, raised his eyes annoyed, "There are more Choose one."

Xu Wang couldn't keep up with the process, so he had to directly discuss the result with his military adviser: "Then what should we do? Just remove a number and try it?"

Wu Sheng shook his head cautiously: "The probability of winning the bet is too low."

"Dudududu!"

The ear-piercing flute sounded like a warning suddenly sounded from the wrench. Xu Wang and Wu Sheng, who were in deep thought, were startled suddenly. They looked down. Hades reached out his hand secretly at some point, and directly pressed the password!

Apparently, the wrong button was pressed.

"Can you do it—" If it wasn't for the thought of his being beaten, Xu Wang would have wanted to kick him.

"Okay, okay," Yan Wang pointed to the newly-appeared 1/3 in the upper right corner of the password screen, "doesn't this show that there are two more chances?"

Xu Wang was heartbroken: "What did you press just now?"

"Chi Yingxue's birthday." Yan Wang honestly explained.

Xu Wang raised his forehead: "Didn't you just say that it is impossible to use such a password that his father knows!"

"What if," Hades curled his lips, "you're guessing too."

Xu Wang gritted his teeth: "Relax, stand at attention!"

Yan Wang straightened his body reflexively, and his posture was really standard.

Xu Wang narrowed his eyes: "From now on, don't move!"

Yan Wang reluctantly rolled his eyelids: "Got it."

"Let's take a gamble." Xu Wang looked at Wu Sheng again, "It's not an option to waste it like this."

Indeed, apart from the coded letter, they have no information.

Wu Sheng closed his eyes, adjusted his breathing, and turned the number 127346589 over and over countless times in his mind...

"Yan Wang," he suddenly opened his eyes, turned his head and asked, "Does Chi Yingxue have a number that he hates or likes the most?"

"I don't know what I like the most, and the one I hate the most..." He tilted his head and thought about it seriously, "Nine."

Xu Wang was surprised: "Why?" In his impression, 56789, as the last number, is quite popular, especially in the sales office, when customers choose floors, this tendency is more obvious.

"9, for a long time," Yan Wang smirked, a little teasingly, "As a person who committed suicide several times at a young age, I guess he wouldn't like the implication too much."

Xu Wang and Wu Sheng: "..."

Chi Yingxue, committed suicide?

"Are you going to press or not?" Seeing Wu Sheng's delay in moving, Hades urged him again, the sense of urgency that "the end is in front of you, you should hurry up and cross the line" was written all over his face.

After thinking for a moment, Wu Sheng decided to take a bet.

He rarely does things that he is not sure of, especially the most critical information is not mastered by himself, but provided by others.

The situation was grim, and he couldn't think about it anymore. He settled down and entered "12734658".

"Dudududu!"

Wu Sheng: "..."

He knew the probability was too low! ! !

Choose eight out of nine, even without considering the reverse order, there are still nine answers, now remove one wrong answer, and there are eight left.

But the decimal in the upper right corner has become 2/3, and there is only one chance left for them.

Wu Sheng frowned into a karst landform. Except for love, he had never been so entangled in front of other tests.

The hand was suddenly held, gently and warmly.

Wu Sheng turned his head and met Xu Wang's eyes.

When their eyes met, he saw a different kind of light in Xu Wang's eyes.

It was a kind of clever, transparent, and clear light. When Xu Wangyi looked at him like this when he was in school, there were only two possibilities: [-]. He figured out a new trick to trick him; [-]. He conquered him before him. Some kind of conundrum, with a touch of show, with a touch of pride.

But at this moment, there is no showing off and pride in it, and what is replaced is the trust of walking side by side.

"This is Xiaoxue's defense," Xu Wang said without waiting for Wu Sheng to ask, "The defense is against the person he fears and least wants to see, against all intruders, but certainly not against the people he trusts the most and most someone close."

"Chi Zhuolin?" After Wu Sheng finished speaking, he immediately denied it, "No, with Chi Zhuolin's information, they can't prevent their father."

"Perhaps, Chi Zhuolin is not the only person Xiaoxue trusts." Xu Wang slowly turned his head, and his eyes fell on the bewildered young man.

……

"Are you sure you want to use my birthday?" Yan Wang was in a hurry. Although he had already provided his birthday, he still felt that this idea was too bizarre, and he was afraid that the two of them would waste the last chance like this. "Are you crazy? Maybe use my birthday as a password, we don't know each other very well..."

Xu Wang: "You always come here to play with him, and even get beaten and punished for him, is that unfamiliar?"

"No," Yan Wang couldn't argue with his words, "Acquaintance and good relationship, close relationship, and the trust you mentioned are different things at all, and there is no necessary connection between them!"

Xu Wang raised his eyebrows: "So what you said before was all lies, and you didn't regard Xiaoxue as a friend at all?"

Yan Wang: "You can't say that..."

I can't figure it out here, but Wu Sheng has already entered the password there.

Xu Wang said yes, and he carried it out.

Fortunately, Hades really remembered his own birthday, and the year, month, and day were exactly eight.

The so-called birthday is actually the day when Hades first appeared. Calculating the time, it should be when Chi Yingxue was seven or eight years old.

Seven or eight-year-old children have suffered so much pain that they desperately hope for such a person to protect themselves.

Healthy, strong, vigorous, and full of vigor—it is not so much that King Yan is Chi Yingxue's imaginary protector, it is better to say that it is the young Chi Yingxue's greatest yearning.

He grows up overnight and grows into a young man like Hades, who can resist all harm in the world.

Wu Sheng is not an emotional person, but what he saw, heard, and encountered along the way made him think a lot involuntarily, and it was difficult to calm down.

"Ding~"

Password is correct.

The last stone wall sank slowly.

Xu Wang gave Hades a triumphant look.

The latter looked astonished, unable to recover for a long time.