The Midnight Owl

With the pop-up task line option, the friends hide back to the empty room 1301 where they left at first.

The door was closed tightly, and the atmosphere became quiet. In the first minute, the friends were either staring at their arms or meditating at the ceiling, but no one spoke.

It is not difficult to choose one of the six roads, but if some of the six roads are happy like gods and sad like nightmares, then the choice must be cautious.

"The career line seems to be the safest." Qian Ai made the quickest decision, mainly because he didn't rely on logical analysis, but relied on his wild instincts, "Who would choose the line of horror, the line of happiness... definitely we are happy, not NPCs." ?”

"Ah," Kuang Jinxin was a little disappointed, "I really want to choose the happy line..."

Qi Shan was also a little bit shocked: "The horror line should be quite enjoyable..."

Qian Ai didn't expect her two words to spoil the interest of the two partners, and hurriedly made amends: "It should be because I think too much, the line of happiness must be pure happiness!"

Qi Shan: "?"

Qian Ai: "?"

Qi Shan: "..."

Doesn't he need to find comfort for his fright line? ! !

Three people, three directions, Kuang Jinxin decisively asked the leader: "Captain, Brother Sheng, what do you two want to choose?"

Xu Wang didn't even need to think about it, he could help his military adviser answer directly: "Your brother Sheng will definitely choose the solution..."

"The love line." Wu Sheng said, "I choose the love line."

Xu Wang suspected that he had heard it wrong, and when he turned his head, Wu Sheng looked serious.

"Aren't you..." Xu Wang really didn't want to hit Wu Sheng, but as far as this teammate's EQ, even a kiss can be prevaricated by a joke, and it's a love line?

"Feel it." Wu Sheng said.

Xu Wang was speechless: "This is not the orange you buy in the vegetable market, and you can break open and taste a piece first."

Wu Sheng said: "If you don't taste it, you will never know whether it is sour or sweet."

"Taste it if you say so," Xu Wang sounded awkward, "Have you asked Juzi for his opinion?"

Wu Sheng asked: "Then what do you think should be done?"

Xu Wang rolled his eyes: "Either buy it, accept the sourness, or leave, don't worry about the sweetness."

Wu Sheng stopped talking and just looked at him.

Xu Wang suddenly felt flustered, and his feverish head finally began to cool down.

What nonsense did he say?Fortunately, Wu Sheng was able to pick up the conversation.Follow wherever.

Xu Wang was in a mess, Qian Ai, Kuang Jinxin, and Qi Shan were even more confused.

Can you buy sweet and sour oranges?Is the conversation of the leadership team so high-end now?What are the three of them?Melon, fruit, pear and peach surrounded by crowd?

Xu Wang's usual style of play is, if he can't figure it out, if he can't figure it out, then he just bypasses it, fundamentally avoiding the possibility of falling into a trap.

The fall ten years ago was too bad, but he did it himself, so he can't remember the revenge, he can only remember the pain.

"I choose to solve the puzzle." He gave his attitude.

Kuang Jinxin confirmed it in a daze: "The captain chooses to solve puzzles? Brother Sheng chooses love?"

Qian Ai's black line: "Did you two take the wrong script..."

In any case, everyone has a choice, and then, there is no unity.

Qi Shan asked: "What should I do? Draw lots?"

"That, I changed it..." Kuang Jinxin raised his hand hesitantly, "I also choose the love line."

Xu Wang: "..."

Qian Ai: "What kind of love do you have, a little brat!"

Kuang Jinxin: "Anyway, I'll change it!"

Two votes, love line wins.

The process is complicated and confusing, but the result must be respected.

No way, not to mention time can't afford to waste, Captain Xu took the lead and chose the "love line".

After the last person had chosen, a group of flames suddenly appeared in the mid-air in the center of the room, and there seemed to be something in the bright flame.

The flame became weaker and weaker, and the contents inside became clearer and clearer. The last trace of flame died out, and an envelope fell on the carpet.

The partners hurried forward.

Kuang Jinxin has never been able to catch up with this kind of speed-fighting moment, but this time Wu Sheng also fell behind him, and while Xu Wang and the others were picking up the envelope, he asked curiously: "Why did you change your mind?"

"Because you seem to really want to choose love." Kuang Jinxin's reason was unexpectedly simple.

Wu Sheng: "..."

The magnanimous eyes of his teammates are like infrared scanners, which make people have nowhere to hide.

"Brother Sheng, haven't you ever been in a relationship?" Kuang Jinxin suddenly asked in a very low voice and very quickly.

Over there, Xu Wang has already started to open the envelope.

Wu Sheng was unprepared and didn't know how to answer.

Kuang Jinxin sighed, as if he had seen through the truth of the matter: "Brother Sheng, no matter how realistic the love line here is, it is also fake. You can't enjoy yourself by breaking through levels..."

Wu Sheng was stunned, feeling that something was wrong: "I'm not..."

Kuang Jinxin's eyes are full of genuine worries: "And many NPCs have their own affiliations. If you find someone with a CP, you will be considered a mistress..."

Wu Sheng: "..."

He didn't come for a one-night stand in the love line! ! !

"What are you two talking about—" Captain Xu held up the letter paper that was taken out of the envelope, and turned his head to call, "Come here quickly."

Wu Sheng and Kuang Jinxin quickly returned to the team.

Xu Wang naturally handed the letter to his military adviser.

Wu Sheng took over tacitly, and with the help of the light, he could clearly see the flowing words on it——

I have been Love You before,

love maybe

Not quite dead in my soul,

I hope it doesn't bother you anymore,

I don't want to make you sad anymore.

I loved you silently and hopelessly,

I suffer both shame and jealousy,

I once loved you so sincerely and so tenderly,

May God bless you,

Another person will love you as much as I do.

Visually checking that Wu Sheng has finished browsing, Xu Wang contributed his own knowledge base: "Pushkin's love poems, the first line is the name of the poem, I used to..."

Suddenly stopped, Xu Wang suddenly couldn't speak.

What kind of fame is this, it's like a confession!

"I once loved you?" Qian Ai asked in a daze before waiting for the full version.

"...Mmm." Xu Wang nodded.

Qian Aite admired him for being able to retrieve it at a glance, so he guessed it along the way: "We learned this poem in Chinese class back then?"

Xu Wang convinced: "Which high school Chinese class teaches you love poems!" After thinking for a while, he added rigorously, "Classical Chinese in memory of the deceased wife does not count."

"..." Qian Ai, who followed the vine and made mistakes, understood that this was the extracurricular reserve of other literary youths.

Hearing this, Qi Shan finally figured out the way: "Are you two high school classmates?"

Qian Ai pointed to herself and Xu Wang, then pointed to Wu Sheng who was still reading the letter, and said, "The three of us."

Qi Shan looked incredible.

Qian Ai understood his feelings: "We didn't expect that owl would be a disaster for everyone."

"It's kind of sad." Kuang Jinxin was still concentrating on the love poem, "Brother Sheng, did you see anything?"

His question attracted the attention of the other three partners.

"I'm not sure," Wu Sheng put the letter back in the envelope, "but you can go and have a look."

"Got a clue?" Xu Wang didn't expect him to go so fast, "Where are you going?"

Wu Sheng: "Room 1829."

Xu Wang: "Why?"

Wu Sheng: "This poem was composed in 1829."

Xu Wang: "..."

Wu Sheng: "Did I remember wrong?"

Xu Wang: "Probably not...."

Who would remember this era!He even went back to the era of the Opium War!

wrong.

Why would a master of mathematics, physics and chemistry study love poetry? ! !

After starting the "transparent dream team", a group of people left 1301 and went to 1829 quietly.

Long-distance raid ah.

The friends walked all the way, and finally determined that this corridor is not "as if" endless, but "at all" there is no end!

When passing by 1700, the door was suddenly "bang" open!

The five of them immediately stuck to the corner of the wall and stood still holding their breath to prevent exposure.

There were two teams in the house, fighting all the way to the corridor, and a woman in white with disheveled hair entered the melee.

Look closely, the woman has no face.

In the end, one team was sent home by the faceless girl, and the other team escaped by luck and disappeared deep in the corridor.

The five companions who were invisible watched the woman in white go back to her room, her hair felt cold.

The corridor returned to silence.

Qi Shan weakly confessed: "I'm ashamed of my naive proposal of the horror line..."

Xu Wang was happy, and just about to say it's okay, he heard Qi Shan say angrily, "It's a pity."

Xu Wang didn't understand: "Huh?"

"We should have given that female ghost a helping hand just now," Qi Shan said, "so that team won't be able to escape."

Qian Ai walked in front, turned around after hearing the words, and asked puzzledly: "It has nothing to do with us, why did you make a move?"

Qi Shan shook his head, and analyzed rationally: "The task line is fine, but only one team can hand in the test, and sooner or later they still have to fight."

Qian Ai frowned, thought for a long time, and felt that this was true, but also felt that something was wrong.

"We wait until we really need to compete," Kuang Jinxin said. "Maybe by then, they will have been sent home by other teams."

"The truth is correct," Qi Shan understood what he meant, "but it's better to take the initiative in your own hands."

Kuang Jinxin thought about this logic very seriously, but because he was too serious, there was no result for a long time, and the topic ended like this.

When approaching the gate of 1829, the formation got out of nowhere. Wu Sheng and Qian Ai came to the front, with Kuang Jinxin in the middle, Qi Shan and Xu Wang in the rear.

"Elementary defense is stealth," Xu Wang said suddenly, as if he believed that Qi Shan could understand it, "intermediate defense is physical armor, and the rest are advanced defenses."

Qi Shan listened carefully, and finally nodded: "Handsome."

Xu Wang looked at him: "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

Qi Shan was stunned for a moment, then laughed: "Is it so obvious?"

It was more than obvious, from Xu Wang's point of view, Qi Shan's curiosity was almost written all over his face, but after waiting for a long time, he didn't ask.

"We will explain any tactics in the future," Xu Wang restrained his jokes and said seriously, "correspondingly, if you have any tactical ideas, you must also tell us. Only by working together can we become more and more tacit."

Qi Shan lowered his eyes, and after a few seconds, he smiled: "Understood."

Xu Wang said no more.

Qi Shan is different from Lao Qian and Kuang Jinxin. Those two are really silly and sweet, right or wrong, agree or disapprove, all give you the most direct response, you don’t need to think about ways and means when you get along with them, just speak out what you have to say .

But Qi Shan is different.

Xu Wang could only click to the end.

If Qi Shan really took action to deal with the escaped team just now, is there anything wrong?

That's right.

But that's not the style of their team.

Style is a very mysterious thing, mainly guided by personality, Xu Wang can't clearly list one, two, three.

Teams are like this, there are inappropriate places between each other, and if they encounter each other, they have to be broken so that they can continue to work together.

He hopes that Qi Shan can become a real partner.

Wu Sheng had been standing in front of 1829 for several seconds, and when he turned around, Xu Wang was still whispering to his new teammate.

Wu Junshi and others waited patiently without saying a word.

Xu Wang finally felt that there seemed to be a gaze staring at him?

"Click-"

The door of 1829 opened by itself, and inside the door was a young girl with braids, wearing a floral dress, with light freckles on her face, pure and lovely.

She stood inside the door, bent down, and wanted to lift the corridor carpet.

Wu Sheng, Qian Ai, and Kuang Jinxin who were already standing at the door hurriedly took two steps back.

The braided girl successfully lifted the edge of the carpet, took out a letter hidden under it, got up and entered the room, and just about to close the door, Wu Sheng lifted his invisibility and reached out to push the door.

The braided girl turned her head in surprise, and saw five men suddenly appearing at the door, she was startled, and asked tremblingly, "You, who are you?"

Wu Sheng was hesitating whether to report his name or the questline, when Xu Wang had already held up the previous envelope to the girl.

The braided girl was stunned, she looked at Xu Wang's envelope, then at the envelope in her hand, and finally found the important point - the wax pattern on the envelope was exactly the same.

"You are the ones who correspond with me?" Twisted Braid's eyes were full of astonishment and disbelief, and there was really no joy to be found.

The five partners are emotionally hurt.

Fortunately, on the quest line, they made the right bet.

"We are not," Xu Wang said, "but we can help you find it. Can you tell us more about it?"

The letter in Xu Wang's hand obviously gained them enough trust, and the braided girl immediately invited them in, telling the story of the future.

This love line begins with a letter.

The girl who just fell in love, one day, suddenly received a love letter, the love flowing between the lines in the letter moved her heart, but she still mailed the letter back according to the address on the letter, and attached a letter of her own, Tell the other party that the letter was sent by mistake.

But not long after, she received a second letter, and the other party said that there was no mistake, the letter was for her, and he loved her.

The girl didn't believe it at first, but she was reluctant to interrupt the communication, because the other party not only expressed love in the letter, but also mentioned some interesting things, and even knew some of the girl's preferences, really like an old friend who has known for a long time.

Slowly, the girl also fell in love with him, and she wanted to see him, but he didn't respond for a long time.

The girl simply followed the sender's address and went directly to the door.

That address is the castle hotel.

But there were so many rooms and so many people in the hotel, the girl couldn't find any, so she had to stay temporarily. Unexpectedly, the other party's letter was posted in front of her room door, and every three days, under the carpet in front of the door, a new book would appear. letter.The girl did the same, and put the reply under the rug.

Qian Ai: "So you came here all the way, and you still continue to write letters and fall in love with the other party in the end?"

The braided girl nodded.

Qian Ai was tired from hearing this: "I can't understand this kind of romance. What kind of love is there? It would be nice to talk face to face."

"This is called hazy beauty, do you understand?" Xu Wang suspects that if Qian Ai falls in love one day, the best way to treat that person may be "I will bring you whatever you like to eat".

Wu Sheng was surprised by Xu Wang's answer.

In the letter back then, this person kept complaining that the way of communication was too "retro", and he didn't say "obscure beauty" between the lines.

"I've been here for thirteen days, and I haven't opened this one yet, so I've received four letters from him," the girl enshrined generously, her eagerness to find someone overwhelmed her shyness in revealing her privacy. "The letters from the past are all at home, and now there are only these. Take a look, can you find any clues in the letter?"

Wu Sheng took the letters, unfolded them one by one on the table, and laid them out side by side.

The partners gathered at the table to observe and study together. The letters basically have the same format, with a love poem at the beginning, and some interesting stories and longing for the girl at the end.

Kuang Jinxin asked: "Should we still search according to the age of the poem?"

Qian Ai looked at Wu Sheng and asked, "Are these poems from the same era?"

Wu Sheng shook his head: "No."

Qian Ai looked at Xu Wang again, and found that there seemed to be a lot of things in his captain's eyes, and immediately asked: "Captain, what do you see?"

Xu Wang said, "Good luck."

Qian Ai: "Huh?"

"I said this guy has a good life." Xu Wang was a little bit aggrieved for the girl, "every letter said that I miss you, but I met a silly girl, and I really found it. Change to someone else, and we broke up long ago." .”

"Maybe he also has difficulties." Wu Sheng suddenly argued for an NPC he had never met before.

Xu Wang raised his eyebrows curiously: "For example?"

Wu Sheng turned to look at his captain: "For example, he is dead, and now the ghost is communicating with the girl."

Xu Wang: "..."

Is this <[Phantom] The Curse of the Single Dog>...

Qi Shan held up a letter and looked at the light.

Kuang Jinxin leaned over, thinking he had discovered something.

In the end, Qi Shan put the letter back on the table in disappointment: "There is no such thing as black technology for lighting and video."

Wu Sheng kept tilting his head in thought, and when Qi Shan put the letter back, he picked up the letter again, but not one, but four, the same size letter paper, stacked together, facing the light.

Xu Wang leaned over and looked at it with him, finally, he saw the features: "One...zero...seven...four?"

Wu Sheng said, "Yes."

The other three partners immediately came over to study, asked their captain to say those words, and finally understood that no matter how the content of the letter changes, how many casual numbers there are in the letter, only these four will always appear in a fixed position, so a stack of letter paper , only the words in these four places completely overlap.

Qi Shan was really convinced: "Amazing."

Kuang Jinxin was no stranger to it, and he would be surprised if Wu Sheng couldn't decipher it.

Qian Ai, on the other hand, has a subtle sense of disobedience. Once this love line is in the hands of his military adviser, why does it feel like it is still a puzzle-solving style...

Seeing Wu Sheng put down the letter paper with a "soeasy" expression, Xu Wang's heart skipped a beat.

The joy that arose just because of finding out the next room number, without any warning, turned into an inexplicable uneasiness.

Stacks of letter paper illuminated by lights...

Was Wu Sheng really inspired by Qi Shan, or was he already aware of this move?

For such a stupid thing as communication, there were actually several back and forth between me and Wu Sheng, and it was Wu Sheng who started it... Could it be that this guy really hid strange codes in those letters? !

If hidden, what could it be?

Anxiety turned into anticipation, and in the anticipation, there was a panic of urgency and hopelessness.

Xu Wang frantically recalled the five letters. He could basically memorize the content of the letters, but it was only basic. How could there be a few perverts who could use their heads as scanners like Wu Sheng!

And even if you memorize it, it is impossible to simulate and compare it in your brain. This is not only related to the words, but also related to the position... Damn, Wu Sheng is crazy! ! !

Wu Sheng was about to return the letter to the braided girl, but for no reason, her nose was itchy.

He resisted the urge to sneeze, and looked at his captain accurately: "Are you scolding me in your heart?"

Xu Wang was startled, but his face was full of "innocence": "How is that possible."