The Midnight Owl

In the endless sea, the scenery varies from place to place, with the sun shining on the waves, the breeze blowing on the deck, and the turbulent waves rolling over the warship, and the sound of artillery fire shaking the sky.

The same vast ocean carries all kinds of people, but the ideal of sailing can be summed up in three directions: first, to spend the night safely; second, to make money; third, to ascend the tower.

Two and three have a small overlap.

For those who are single-minded about making money, climbing the pagoda is one of the many ways to make a fortune; for those who are single-minded about climbing the pagoda, they will occasionally give out small money from the treasure chest.

At this time, on the endless sea in Hebei, on the route leading to "South Flying Island", there were two such ships that met.

"The whole picture of Mengmeng endless sea... I will plan the most cost-effective route for you... How can I defeat the tower guard..." Xu Wang took the list handed over by the neighboring ship and read down one by one. Exhausted physically and mentally, he sighed and handed the list back, "Sorry, there is really nothing we want."

During this month, they were accosted by "businessmen" more than a dozen times.There are those who ride the floating ball alone, and there are also those who are in groups of four and ride in a big boat.

Every time, Xu Wang and the others took over the list with great anticipation, before being poured cold water by reality.

The list of all the teams combined is not as rich as the list given by Mao Qiping.

Today's one is even worse, the list is printed gaudyly, and there are not many serious items. No matter how you look at it, it looks like a flyer from a small travel agency. If you go there, you will be forced to shop.

"No one you want?" The person in charge of the contact was frustrated, standing behind the railing of his own boat, blowing the green hair highlighted on his forehead, "Really don't want to look anymore?"

"No." Xu Wang sighed and gave the other party an apologetic look.

The three teammates who stood behind the captain to help out were already very familiar with the process, and immediately returned to their respective positions—Wu Sheng at the wheel of the cabin, Kuang Jinxin looking out with binoculars, and Qian Ai stationed on the deck.

Within 2 minutes, the sailboat set sail again.

Xu Wang left the railing and returned to the middle of the deck, facing Qian Ai's frowning face.

"Huh?" Captain Xu was concerned.

Qian Ai looked up at the sky and let out a long sigh: "I want to buy a fourth level, why is it so difficult!"

"Normal." Xu Wang was quite open-minded: "This place is close to Beijing, basically they just pass the first level and come here to fish in troubled waters."

Not to mention that the fourth level cannot be seen in the list, and even the content of the third level is rarely sold. Most of them are the basic rules of the owl and the items of the endless sea, and not necessarily all accurate information.

"If I had known this, I should have gritted my teeth and gone to Shaanxi," Qian Ai regretted very much, "I'll spend more on transportation, at least Mao Qiping still has some dry goods."

"Shaanxi is such a vast expanse of endless sea. It's not like you can find Mao Qiping just by going there." Xu Wang had thought about this a long time ago. "Besides, is that an extra transportation fee? Four people, including a train and a month's accommodation, How much do you count?"

Although they are currently living in Endless Sea, Hebei, they still live in Beijing. They only need to carpool to the junction of the two places every night, which is equivalent to "day reading" every day, which can be called the most cost-effective.

Qian Ai didn't think too much about it, so after Xu Wang made such an analysis, he immediately dismissed the idea: "It's still important to save money. Anyway, we have saved so much stationery, so don't care what monsters and ghosts he has in the fourth level, just come here!"

The word "come" was submerged in the huge waves.

More than a dozen cannonballs fell from the sky, and all of them hit the sailboat. In the very near sea, the waves suddenly surged, and the sailboat violently bumped!

Qian Ai was speechless, what he said was the fourth level, just come here, not here!

Tucao is back to Tucao, the experience of fighting for several days made the friends react quickly, Wu Sheng immediately stabilized the speed of the boat, and Kuang Jinxin reported the battle situation at the same time: "Captain, it is the team who sold information just now—"

Xu Wang and Qian Ai looked at each other in blank dismay, did they turn into robbery instead of selling information?This set is fresh.

The two ran to the stern of the boat, and without using binoculars, they also saw the familiar shadow of the boat that had just separated not long ago in the waves.

Wu Sheng stabilized the steering wheel, and came out of the cabin, glanced at the attacker not far away, and asked his team leader directly: "Do you want to do it?"

"Wait a minute," Xu Wang frowned, "You must know the reason for the war."

Wu Sheng shrugged, noncommittal.

The 30-day endless sea made Wu Junshi firm in his belief that problems that can be solved with IQ and stationery are not problems.

But his own team leader always likes to engage in outreach, chatting with this one, chatting with that one, and only when the chat breaks down can he do it.

"Little green...handsome guy——" the waves slowed down, and the shells stopped coming, so Xu Wang started "socializing", "You are doing your business, we are going to Flying Island, why are you beating us—"

Qian Ai and Kuang Jinxin exchanged glances, and what the captain almost blurted out just now was definitely "little green hair".

"We're going to climb the tower too," a response came from the other side, "Everyone competes fairly—"

Qian Ai's black line: "This is the route to Flying Island, you are a businessman, what's the use of going to Flying Island—"

"Then you don't have to worry about it—" The other side loves whoever, anyway, it's right to die.

Xu Wang probably understood what was going on, and asked straight to the point: "If we give money, will you stop making trouble—"

The other side was quiet for about ten seconds, and at least there was a reserved gesture before a response came: "If this is the case, we can still discuss it—"

really.

Xu Wang no longer had any problems, so he turned his head and said to Wu Sheng, "Let's fight."

After 30 days, Wu Sheng has accumulated the most weapons, so he plays the vanguard every time.

But the situation changed so fast, Wu Sheng was a little caught off guard: "The chat is over?"

Qian Ai, who was about to persuade his captain not to pay easily, was also stunned: "We still want to fight?"

Captain Xu replied together: "Well, we're done chatting, let's call."

Qian Ai: "...Then you just asked if it's okay to give money, what's the point!"

Wu Sheng: "He's just curious."

Xu Wang: "I'm just curious."

The two spoke in unison, and were stunned at the same time, looking at each other.

Qian Ai clutched his aching chest, he was a superfluous person!

"Whoa-"

A huge whale's tail suddenly came out of the water, and it was shooting at the green-haired boat with no bias!

The sailing ship, which was of acceptable size, was vulnerable to a single blow in front of the giant whale's tail. It capsized directly and fell upside down on the sea.

The four of them are all on the deck, and with this buckle, they can't swim out even if they want to swim.

The giant whale seemed to be happy, and went straight into the deep sea without a trace.After a while, the upside-down sailboat turned into a ship-shaped sea fog, gradually dissipating in the sea breeze-if all the crew members go home, the tools they are riding on will also disappear.

The sea returned to calm, and the four partners looked at each other in blank dismay. Wu Sheng was the most confused: "It's useless for me to return a piece of stationery."

"I use it!" A familiar voice came from below the boat.

The four partners looked under the boat outside the railing, and saw an inconspicuous floating ball, bumping against the hull with the waves. In the half-opened ball, it wasn't Captain Yue Shuai sitting, who else could it be?

"You don't need to thank me too much," Yue Shuai raised his head with difficulty because the boat was too high, "Of course if you insist on thanking me, I can't refuse too much..."

"You've already said that, so we don't have the nerve to thank you." Xu Wang stretched out half of his body and bowed solemnly, "Thank you."

Yue Shuai: "...just thank you verbally!!!"

Xu Wangle, just about to bully and bully again, suddenly felt wrong: "Why are you sitting on a floating ball?"

"The team of five has changed into a team of four, who will be kicked and who will not be kicked," Yue Shuai said with a generous face, "Only I, the captain, can come out and wander."

At the beginning of the sixth level, the team needs five people. If you retreat again, you will change back to a four-person team. Some teams will vote to kick people directly. If you have a good relationship, one person will voluntarily withdraw, and you will return to five people on both sides Checkpoint, meet again - this is the only useful information that Xu Wang and the others have obtained in the endless sea.

It has been a month since they met in the third level. If Yue Shuai and the others break through the level with full power, they can break through the sixth level in one go, and even go to the later levels.But now five people have become four people...

"You failed to hand in the paper again?" Xu Wang felt sorry for the team.

Yue Shuai squinted his eyes at him: "What do you mean..."

Xu Wang hesitated to speak, and couldn't bear to sprinkle salt on the wound.

The teammates didn't see the subtlety, and told the truth——

Kuang Jinxin: "Actually, when we first joined Owl, we received your submission information. At that time, you handed in the paper on 3/23. The last time we met again on 3/23, we didn't say anything, but we knew it in our hearts. You are back..."

Qian Ai: "This time you said that your team has changed from five people to four people. You don't need to think about it. You have reached the previous five-person level and failed to submit the paper again..."

Wu Sheng: "This is Hebei's Endless Sea... You guys won't retreat to the first level, right?"

One knife sees blood, two knife kills, three swords go to hell.

Yue Shuai: "Captain Xu, it's nice to meet you, goodbye!!!"

"Hey, how fast can you float with a ball," Xu Wang hurriedly stopped, "Come up, let's go together."

The sudden invitation caught Yue Shuai off guard, and subconsciously reminded: "Well, I'm going to Flying Island too, I've passed the first level, and I plan to go to Shaanxi from here!"

"This is the flight path of Flying Island," Xu Wang rolled his eyes, "If you want to go to Treasure Beach, we don't take it with you."

Yue Shuai didn't understand even more: "Then we are in a competitive relationship. Now there are two teams climbing the tower, and there is only one spot left. How do you take me?"

Xu Wang sighed, otherwise, the teams are separated like mountains, but there is no tacit understanding: "We didn't take you there, we sent you there, we won't fly today!"

Yue Shuai was completely dazed in the sea breeze, and his heart felt inexplicably hot, as if he had been pasted with a warm baby.

Taking advantage of Team Yue's sluggishness, Xu Wang turned his head belatedly and asked his partners for their opinions: "Let's leave a day later, okay?"

"It doesn't matter, it has been floating for a month, and it is almost one day more, and..." Qian Ai glanced at the boat and sighed, "It looks very sad, can you help me?"

Kuang Jinxin also agreed with both hands: "Their team doesn't want him anymore, we can't make troubles, we need help in the snow!"

Wu Sheng shrugged: "No problem, anyway, their team is not a threat."

Xu Wang's heart was full, he knew that his teammates were all little angels!

Looking down at Yue Shuai again: "Hurry up—"

Yue Shuai: "..."

He suddenly didn't want to go up, he was afraid that he couldn't help it, and he would die with those guys! ! !

10 minutes later.

"Let me tell you, I can bear the failure of the 12345 pass. After all, every time I meet a different team, the situation and luck are also different. But on this 6/23, we made two attacks and failed twice. Mom was abused by the same team, blood abuse—”

Not only did Captain Yue board the ship, but he finally found a chance to express his sadness.

So on the next voyage, the four partners were forced to listen to the tragic reincarnation history of the Yue family army...

……

Seven days ago, 6/23, Castle Hotel, Beijing time, 00:03

The invisible end corridor was covered with dark patterned carpets. On the walls on both sides, at a distance, a candlestick was burning, illuminating the wooden doors one after another.The doors all look the same, only the number plates on them are different. At a glance, it seems that they are all the same door, farther and farther away, endless.

In the silence, the door of room 1009 quietly opened a gap. Behind the door, five pairs of eyes watched the movement in the corridor.

Yue Shuai: "First priority?"

Ji Yiming: "Find the secret way."

Tao Anan: "Or the save point."

Wei Tianhang: "In critical moments, safety comes first."

Su Mingzhan: "Then I can rest assured."

Yue Shuai: "...Don't grab the captain's lines."

After confirming safety, the five people slipped out through the crack of the door, left the initial location, and started the journey of breaking through the level.

The first stop, next door, room 1008, because last time, they found the secret passage here, if they didn't meet those gangs later... Forget it, the past is too bad to look back on.

In short, although the content of the level will be adjusted, but it is so close, and it is two steps away again, in case there is an unexpected harvest.

1008 was unlocked, but after opening it, it was pitch black.

The five people searched the house with the light of their mobile phones, but found nothing, so they had no choice but to give up and continue to 1007-when there were no clues, they could only search in a blanket manner.

1007 wasn't locked either.

But when Yue Shuai carefully pushed the door open, golden light poured out in an instant!

In the room decorated like a church, the portrait of the Virgin Mary floats in the air, frowning and smiling as if it has life, and lovingly watching the two rows of empty benches, as if waiting for someone to sit in and bathe in the holy light.

Only the save point can emit such a warm light!

Yue Shuai couldn't believe his luck, immediately led his companions in, locked the door carefully, and couldn't wait to step into the bench of the Holy Light Congregation, and sat devoutly.

The Madonna in the portrait raised her head slowly, and seemed to meet their eyes...

"Boom, boom."

There were two knocks on the door, suddenly, but not hurriedly, with little force, and with the politeness of a visit.

The Virgin lowered her head again, and the golden light in the room slowly disappeared - the archive requires absolute silence, once disturbed, it will be interrupted immediately, unless it becomes quiet again.

The five held their breath and pretended to be air, hoping to fool the competitors outside the door.

However, the knocker seemed to be certain that there was someone in the room, and knocked twice again: "Boom, boom."

While holding his breath, Wei Tianhang suddenly had a flash of light in his brain, and asked in a very low voice, "Could it be an NPC?"

This sentence reminded Yue Shuai, he asked for his partner's opinion with his eyes, and after getting an affirmative answer, he got up and went over, carefully opening the door a palm wide.

There were five people outside the door, all of them were black in color. The person who knocked on the door looked the kindest inside, with gentle eyebrows. When he saw Yue Shuai, there was a hint of surprise in his eyes, but he quickly smiled friendlyly: "This save point can only Save a team, can you give us a chance?"

Yue Shuai also smiled back: "I'll think about it."

Then he closed the door with a "bang", turned around quickly, and yelled three words: "Five Black Party!!!"

The four partners changed color in an instant.

Wei Tianhang: "...Damn!"

Tao Anan: "Why are they again?"

Ji Yiming: "I finally returned to this level with the wild team, and I don't want to leave the team again..."

Su Mingzhan: "Tsk, more bad luck than good luck."

Although the moods were different, the movements of the four people were very consistent - they all bounced up at the fastest speed, rushed to the door, and supported the captain!

In just a few seconds, five people gathered at the door, Yue Shuai forcefully opened the door, and each of the four partners threw a weapon into the corridor!

The five men in black stood still without dodging or dodging, and all the weapons turned into drops of rain and dew the moment they rushed towards them.

The Yue family army was horrified, but before they could figure out what kind of armor the other party was using, the owl's voice sounded in their ears——

【Owl: Someone used <[Phantom] Choir of Death> on you~~】

The world suddenly quieted down.

The five people couldn't move, as if their ears were covered by the sound insulation film, they couldn't hear any sound anymore, and then, a very thin tinnitus passed through the nerves, and then, a child's voice singing hymns like the sound of heaven sounded in their ears...

The scenery seen by the five people's eyes, be it the corridor, the five black gangs, or the candlelight, gradually faded, and finally turned into pure white.

[Owl: Baby~ I'll be on vacation early, and I'll take you home. 】

The five people in the house disappeared. The gentle man who knocked on the door earlier came in first, followed by four others.

Walking at the end was a man with deep facial features, his expression was very calm, there was a feeling of extreme coldness between his brows, and he was born with a sense of oppression of "don't enter the stranger".

He was the last to enter the door, but the four people walking in front of him naturally separated left and right to make a way to the portrait of the Virgin.

The man who came to the portrait seemed to have no interest in admiring it, and sat down in the middle of the bench.

The gentle man and the other three entered his back row one after another.

As if he suddenly remembered something, the man turned his head and asked the gentle man who knocked on the door: "The five black gangs... what is it?"

The gentle man who knocked on the door thought for a while, then smiled: "Maybe he is praising our uniforms."

The man frowned slightly, as if he was not satisfied with the answer.

The gentle man turned serious and stopped joking: "I met them last time in this level, and it should be after that time that they gave us this code name."

The man had no impression of this, but he still gave instructions: "When we meet next time, tell them your name first, and then do other things."

"Received." The gentle man understood that the boss didn't like the name given by the other party, so he insisted on asking him to replace it with his own name.

However, the five black gangs are obviously very powerful, so why is the boss dissatisfied!