The Midnight Owl

Five people, one NPC, and one cluster of epiphytic flowers.

The night is as dark as water, and the evil spirits may come at any time, so there is not much time left for the friends to plan tactics.

"We searched the entire village, and there are no other items related to the main line. It is basically certain that this epiphytic flower is a prop for the love line." Xu Wang dug out a pen and paper from his backpack and handed it to his military adviser. Guess."

Wu Sheng took the pen and paper, and listed four items on it: "Active attack, passive defense, direct entry into the main plot, and delayed effect are the four directions I can think of for the time being."

"It's the best to go directly to the main plot." Kuang Jinxin has already begun to imagine a bright future with less worry and effort.

"It's not very feasible." Xu Wang didn't want to hit him, but mainly based on the experience of his colleagues, "Li Zijin and the others took the yellow talisman, and they still have to drive out the ghosts manually."

"Active attack and passive defense are fine, as long as it is fireproof, I don't want to be burned again..." Qian Ai is not demanding, just a little sense of security.

"What is the delayed effect?" Chi Yingxue reached out and tapped the fourth item on the white paper.

"Delay, it will take effect again." Wu Sheng explained.

"..." Chi Yingxue frowned in confusion, not sure whether she had heard the explanation just now or not.

Qian Ai and Kuang Jinxin both gave distressed eyes to their new teammates.

"We first use our own abilities to resist the evil spirits, and the props will only activate when the time we persist reaches the standard." Xu Wang interjected and narrated for his military adviser.

Chi Yingxue came to a sudden, and the joy in his heart dispelled the faint shadow of "Wu-style explanation": "I like this direction."

Go straight to the main storyline?It's so boring.

The unconcealable expectation caused a crack in his long-lasting and gentle temperament.

Xu Wang caught the belligerent Youguang in that crack.

In a competitive world, is it better or worse to bring along a militant?Xu Wang was not sure either.But after thinking about it, it seems that our team has gone all the way, not by seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, but mainly by feeling, feeling, it doesn't matter whether we suffer together or happy together, it seems to be fine.

Not too good, they seem to be managing the group soul in a romantic way—Captain Xu frowned, deeply worried.

Over there, Army Division Wu continued to deploy on paper: "According to the four possible forms of epiphytic flowers, we set up four plans A, B, C and D..."

Qian Ai and Kuang Jinxin: "Yes."

Junshi Wu drew arrow branches under each plan: "There may be accidents in the plans, and I also made four follow-up patches of Wuji Gengxin..."

Qian Ai and Kuang Jinxin: "Okay."

After a few back and forth, a piece of paper has been fully deployed by Wu Junshi, a very complete mind map, with boxes, arrows, wires, and key symbols.

Qian Ai and Kuang Jinxin took the tactical map, read it carefully, memorized it carefully, and asked questions from time to time, such as "how should this plan C be positioned?" "must these four patches correspond to the plan one by one?" and so on.

Chi Yingxue who listened to the whole process silently: "..."

Kuang Jinxin had almost grasped the tactics, only to realize that his new teammate hadn't participated in the study, so he looked up and saw that the latter was leaning against the window, admiring the moonlight.

It's not a problem to like to look at the moon, but the moon can't help defeat evil spirits.

Kuang Jinxin stared blankly for a while, then got up, left Qian Ai who was still remembering bitterly, and quietly came to Chi Yingxue's side.

Sensing someone approaching, Chi Yingxue turned her head, half of her face was in the lights of the house, and half of her face was in the moonlight at night, there was a strange fusion of beauty.

Kuang Jinxin was dumbfounded for a moment before he came back to his senses and asked, "Don't you memorize tactics?"

Chi Yingxue didn't expect him to come here so directly, but the corners of his lips still showed a touch of tenderness: "It's too troublesome."

Kuang Jinxin shook his head disapprovingly: "You are trying to save trouble now, but it will be more troublesome during the battle."

"Don't you think it's boring to fight with every step calculated?" Chi Yingxue's voice was very soft, like a whisper, like a sigh.

Kuang Jinxin looked at him quietly for a long time and said, "This is not a game."

Chi Yingxue chuckled and asked back: "No matter how you fight, you can't die. Isn't it a game?"

Kuang Jinxin was silent.

In fact, he came over to ask, and didn't intend to force Chi Yingxue to love learning. He was just curious about this person's thoughts. Now, he understands.

"Don't worry," Chi Yingxue gave the child a determined look, "I won't drag you down."

Kuang Jinxin shook his head almost without thinking: "We are teammates, there is no drag or drag, only whether we play well or not."

Chi Yingxue was stunned for a moment, and there was a strange feeling in his heart. He couldn't tell what it was, and he couldn't even tell whether it had something to do with Kuang Jinxin's attitude or words.

After a long time, he remembered to respond: "I will play well."

Kuang Jinxin believes: "You are amazing, I know it."

It sounds like the conversation should end here, but the child in front of him has no intention of leaving.

Chi Yingxue raised her eyebrows curiously, waiting for the next sentence.

"Don't be unhappy if I say something." Kuang Jinxin said suddenly.

Chi Yingxue became more interested: "Okay. Tell me."

"You stayed in the previous team for a short time. I don't think it's necessarily because of Hades." Kuang Jinxin didn't mean to criticize anything, but just stated his own judgment.

Chi Yingxue's smile faded, but she still wanted to listen for no reason.

"They want to escape from here, they want to be free," Kuang Jinxin said, "but you want to play."

Chi Yingxue was silent, her eyes darkened, and the air pressure in her body dropped significantly: "He even plays perfunctorily. At least, I still want to go to the finish line to see the scenery."

"Can you talk to Hades?"

"……Um?"

The sudden problem stopped Chi Yingxue's low-pressure storm halfway.

"It's just..." Kuang Jinxin tried hard to find a suitable metaphor, "For example, if you close your eyes and meditate, can you connect with Hades in your brain? You can make a phone call, send a WeChat or a voice and video."

"Sometimes...can speak." Chi Yingxue didn't even know why she said the last three words.

Kuang Jinxin's eyes widened in surprise, he didn't expect it to be possible, and immediately said: "Then tell him, you can't always be so self-willed, cheating teammates, cheating opponents, and cheating yourself, too stupid."

"..." Chi Yingxue took a deep breath, then exhaled slowly, "Let me try to convey it to you."

Kuang Jinxin said sincerely, "It's troublesome."

Chi Yingxue asked in a strange way: "As for me, you have nothing to educate me?"

Kuang Jinxin really didn't.This new teammate has attitude, confidence, and a firm entertainment orientation and purpose.Such a person who knows what he is doing and enjoys it is much more mature than the one on the Ferris wheel. He may disagree with some of his views, but he is embarrassed and thinks he is not qualified to talk about "education" and "persuasion". ".

Looking at each other quietly, Chi Yingxue gradually narrowed her eyes, disliking this reality for no reason: "Really not at all?"

Kuang Jinxin was very worried, he didn't understand why he said that he was the reason for leaving the team, but it didn't make him angry, so he was not happy now.

"Light-colored," Kuang Jinxin searched for a suggestion, sincerely, "You look good in light-colored."

Chi Yingxue was stunned for a long time before she said in a delicate mood, "Oh."

When did Kuang Jinxin turn around and go back, Chi Yingxue didn't pay attention, she was distracted for some time, and when she regained her attention, Xu Wang's face was already in front of her.

Chi Yingxue was startled, she controlled her body and did not move, but her eyes flashed obviously.

"I'm not cute, so don't be so obvious in panic." Xu looked at the black line, and stuffed the epiphytic flower into Chi Yingxue's hand, "Hold it, I'll see you later."

"Me?" The bark attached to the rhizome of the flower is still damp, and it is cool against the palm of the hand.

"Don't you want to play freely?" Xu Wang said, "It's just that we don't know how to use this flower, so you can adapt to it."

"This is the most critical item." Chi Yingxue doesn't like tactics, which doesn't mean he doesn't understand the battle situation.

"That's why I have to hand it over to the person with the strongest fighting power." Xu Wang said naturally.

Chi Yingxue stared at him, trying to find calculations from his face or eyes: "Xiao Kuang said that I don't fit in."

But he failed, because Xu Wang nodded straightforwardly: "Yes."

Chi Yingxue: "..."

"But being out of gregariousness has its advantages," Xu Wang smiled slyly, "with less polite face, communication is more direct."

Chi Yingxue raised her eyebrows inquiringly.

Xu Wang patted him on the shoulder and said earnestly: "Your only advantages are appearance and combat power. Protect the former and play the latter well. No matter how annoying you are, you will be regarded as the treasure of the team."

Chi Yingxue: "..."

"Oh yes, don't worry about other tactics, but there is one you must remember whether you want it or not," Xu Wang suddenly became serious, "P plan."

P?

Perhaps because she still cared about what Kuang Jinxin said "you want to play", Chi Yingxue's first thought was: "PLAY? Play?"

Xu Wang was a little disappointed with the tacit understanding between each other: "PAO, run."

Chi Yingxue: "..."

In the next period of time, Chi Yingxue, who sent off the new captain, didn't think about anything, and just let go of the wall.

By accident, he was the first to notice the shadow across the corner of the wall.

"Here we come." He reminded immediately.

All the friends jumped up and stood on guard.

The shadow disappeared into the kitchen.

The five people protected Cornina and entered the kitchen together.

On the wall where the shelf is attached, there is a patch of red like hot charcoal.

The wooden shelves smelled of burnt, and the edges were blackened.

Xu Wang turned around to wink at Chi Yingxue, but found that the latter had already held up the epiphytic flower with one hand, facing the shelf.

Chi Yingxue's reaction speed was faster than he expected.

Unfortunately, nothing is triggered.

The burning redness on the wall slowly formed a ghost image, and a hellish shriek came from a distant unknown place——

"The witch...must...be burned..."

The ghost shadow broke away from the wall, flew to the ceiling, swooped down again, and went straight to Konina who was surrounded by five people!

The epiphytic flower still didn't respond. Obviously, the fourth situation is now, that is, the props take effect with a delay, and "Project Ding" will start naturally.

There is no need to use Wu Sheng to shout anymore, Kuang Jinxin has already clicked on it——<[武]火神恶魔>!

The moment Amy's ghost pounced down, a ghost with a green face and fangs suddenly appeared above the five people's heads, and walked towards Amy!

One is fiery red, the other is green and black. The two fierce spirits are entangled in an instant, launching a confrontation between China and the West, ghosts fighting ghosts.

Along with the fight, Amy's ghost became more and more intense, and the temperature of the entire kitchen also rose steadily, and the heat wave was scorching!

Chi Yingxue was holding the epiphytic flowers like a model, and she didn't know when there would be any movement. She was already bored, and now she couldn't even calm down and cool down naturally.

Suddenly there was a burst of cold air.

Chi Yingxue was stunned, and listened to the prompt in her ear——

【Owl: Someone used <[Anti] Ice Age> on you~~】

The walls that were burned red were slowly covered with a layer of frost, and the frost was quickly melted, and new frost covered it.

Chi Yingxue looked at her new teammates.

Kuang Jinxin was staring at the sky, concentrating on manipulating the green-faced ghost.

Xu Wang was staring at the wall, beads of sweat dripping from the corner of his forehead.

The Ice Age slowed the heating up of the kitchen, but did nothing to cool it down.

The vicious spirit was defeated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The power of stationery is obviously weakened in the quest line.

Chi Yingxue looked at the flowers in her hand, and felt that she had to rely on this at the last moment, but how should she rely on it?God knows.

The petals have wilted in the heat.

Chi Yingxue sighed, freed her sore arm, changed the flower to the other hand, and continued to hold it gracefully, waiting for the call of the task line.

"Xin Patch!" Wu Sheng shouted, pulling back Chi Yingxue's fugue.

I saw that the blue-faced fangs were gone, and the ghostly shadow was blazing more and more fiercely. Flames had already ignited in the corner of the wall, and the Ice Age seemed to be dying.

【Owl: Someone used <[武]大风吹> on you~~】

【Owl: Someone used <[Anti] shelter from wind and rain> on you~~】

The first reminder is for the evil spirits.

The second sound is for the five partners.

Chi Yingxue couldn't hear the first one, but felt a sudden gust of wind, and her body was almost swept off the ground. Fortunately, the wind around the five stopped in just a moment.

The real gale was given to the evil spirit.

The wind was like a barrier, preventing the evil spirits from approaching for a long time.

Chi Yingxue was next to Qian Ai, and clearly saw that he clicked another <[Wu] Mass's Gospel>!

A bible with light suddenly appeared in mid-air, and it floated directly in front of the murdered spirit, who was surrounded by the strong wind and couldn't escape, as if he was being forced to listen!

The next moment, whispers of the Gospel filled the kitchen.

Amidst the sound of the Gospel, the evil spirit howled mournfully, and its flaming figure distorted and deformed!

Ghosts fight ghosts, ice fights fire, the gospel purifies evil spirits... Chi Yingxue doesn't like to fight step by step, but objectively speaking, Wu Sheng's highly targeted deployment has greatly improved the effectiveness of the stationery and the fighting power of the four of them .

Chi Yingxue has been with free-playing teams, and usually they are not strong enough but feel good about themselves. Sometimes, he wants to send them home for NPCs.

The light of the Bible, at some point, weakened.

Chi Yingxue raised her head and frowned slightly in the dazzling firelight.

No.

Stationery can kill the evil spirits, but they are too limited. No matter how long the stalemate lasts, the evil spirits will always prevail in the end.

Ding's plan is to delay the time until the key props take effect.

So stalemate itself is the purpose of this battle.

The question is when does the prop work?

The four people in the battle didn't rush him, and didn't even cast an anxious look over, but Chi Yingxue herself was in a hurry.

He somewhat regretted taking this task.

Without flowers, he can do whatever he wants, but now he is completely trapped.

"Little Kuang—" Qian Ai suddenly shouted.

Chi Yingxue was knocked down by someone, staggered back a step, looked intently, the formation had dispersed, Kuang Jinxin was thrown down by the evil spirit, he protected Konina under him, and the evil spirit burned his body back!

Qian Ai didn't know what weapon he used, but he had an extra holy grail in his hand, and swung it at the evil spirit!

The evil spirit left in an instant, and the Holy Grail whizzed past Kuang Jinxin's back, waving it in vain!

But at least Kuang Jinxin was rescued from the burning.

The four of them had no formation, so they used their own stationery to deal with the evil spirits to the maximum!

Chi Yingxue is the most leisurely one.

He didn't know if it was because he was holding the epiphyte flower that the evil spirit really never came over.

etc?If the evil spirit is afraid of the epiphytic flower itself, why not give the epiphytic flower directly to Konina and let it protect the Lord?

Chi Yingxue glanced at Xu Wang who was fighting in a panic, and couldn't believe that the other party would make such a low-level mistake.

Two steps to the corner, the girl was shrinking there trembling.

Chi Yingxue handed the light blue flower in front of her, and said in an orderly tone: "Take it."

Cornina's already terrified face became more terrified, and she almost shook her head: "Don't—take it away—"

Chi Yingxue was taken aback by this reaction.

Xu Wangcai saw what the new team members were doing, the black thread: "I could have given it earlier, she is afraid of everything related to magic!"

Is a bunch of flowers in love with people related to magic?

Chi Yingxue didn't know.

All he knew was that this was the first communication he received after the battle started.

【Don't you want to play freely? Just right, we don't know how to use this flower, so you can adapt to the situation...】

【That's why I have to give it to the person with the strongest combat power...】

Well said.

As a result, the epiphytic flower does not move now, and it has become a display with me.

Chi Yingxue sneered in her heart, but seeing the four retreating people in front of her, and the epiphytic flower in her hand that didn't move, she became extremely irritable.

He could bear the boredom of fighting, but if he waited like this, the four of them would go home!

The pupils that reflected the firelight gradually darkened, as black as night.

Chi Yingxue turned around slowly, stood in front of Cornina, and called softly, "Hey, Amy."

In the roar of the heat wave, this sound was very small.

The evil spirit chasing Qian Ai seemed to hear it, and his figure paused slightly.

【Owl: Someone used <[Anti] Tengyun Riding Mist> on you~~】

Chi Yingxue quietly listened to the effect of her armor, held her breath, and slowly gathered white mist under her feet.

Suddenly, without any warning, he soared into the air, like an arrow leaving the string, straight towards the evil spirit!

The evil spirit instinctively sensed the danger and wanted to hide, but his speed suddenly slowed down, and the figures around him seemed to be entangled with silk threads!

Chi Yingxue didn't know which partner's stationery this thread belonged to, but he was very satisfied.

In an instant, he had arrived in front of the evil spirit. Without hesitation, Chi Yingxue held the epiphytic flower in his palm for a long time, and greeted the evil spirit fiercely!

If the place where the pair of hollows are located is the face!

The four partners below held their breath.

The moment the evil spirit was attacked by the epiphytic flower, it suddenly turned into a real entity, a scorched Amy!

Under Chi Yingxue's palm, the fierce spirit whose arms were black and shrunk hit the wall with a "boom!"

The golden threads wrapped around her were faintly shining, restraining her resistance!

Chi Yingxue withdrew her hand, and the epiphytic flower fell softly to the ground, the buds and petals were already crushed.

The friends were astonished, including Chi Yingxue, but he reacted quickly, clicked on his arm, and in the next second there was a cross with a cold light in his hand!

Before the four people below could react, the end of the knife-sharp cross had already been stabbed into the charred corpse's heart by Chi Yingxue!

Amy struggled hard, but Chi Yingxue's wrist holding the cross remained motionless, almost nailing her to the wall!

No one has noticed the epiphytic flowers on the ground.

But at this moment, it shimmered with a light blue light, and then slowly floated up, and it returned to its previous appearance. The blooming buds are faintly fragrant, and the buds that are about to bloom are blooming little by little!

Amy no longer struggled, her empty eye sockets were facing the epiphytic flowers in mid-air, and her hoarse voice was full of unwilling resentment and curse——

"You can protect her for a while... you can't protect her for life and death... Next time, I will find her first..."

The evil spirit slowly disappeared in the increasingly intense light blue light. It was not wiped out, it just hibernated temporarily, waiting for a certain day in the future to make a comeback.

Chi Yingxue found that her body was slowly becoming transparent.

He lowered his head instinctively, and the four new teammates below did the same, their bodies gradually becoming transparent.

Is this going to leave oil painting?

Chi Yingxue couldn't be sure, all he knew was that the four people below were all looking up at him, and the various "straightforward emotions" in their eyes made him very uncomfortable.

Qian Ai, strongly contradictory - I recognize your strength, but I still look down on you.

Kuang Jinxin, enthusiasm is affirmative—you are more powerful than I imagined.

Wu Sheng, a surprise gift—this student, I think you can take a wave of wisdom.

Xu Wang, Lao Huai's consolation money - I really didn't believe the wrong person.

This is a team that is too emotional, very, very emotional.

Staring at each other silently, Captain Xu turned his hands away and quietly withdrew from the pencil case, as if he had never used a piece of armor called "Golden Silk of Virtue of Righteousness", which hides his achievements and fame.

……

Two hours ago, on the way back to Cornina's hut.

Wu Sheng: "You want to give the epiphytic flower to Chi Yingxue?"

Xu Wang: "I don't know how to use it anyway."

Wu Sheng: "It's good to be able to trigger it actively, what if the user needs to find a way?"

Xu Wang: "It's better like this."

Wu Sheng: "You have so much confidence in him?"

Xu Wang: "Not at all."

Wu Sheng: "..."

Xu Wang: "He's more independent than Chi Yingxue in the playground. It's hard for such a person to really consider anyone as a teammate."

Wu Sheng: "Then you still agree to increase the number of staff?"

Xu Wang: "I can't bear to part with his combat power...and his face."

Wu Sheng: "Say the last two words in a low voice again."

Xu Wang: "So I still want to give it a try, see if it can inspire his comradeship in battle."

Wu Sheng: "..."

Xu Wang: "Someone has to give trust first. If I can do this when the number of recruits is increasing, maybe he won't leave."

Wu Sheng: "Impossible, he is obsessed with Li Zijin."

Xu Wang: "..."

"If it fails," Xu Wang looked at his military adviser, his eyes suddenly became pitiful, "you can't blame me."

Wu Sheng: "..."

Where did "you" come from, he is the only one here who is being played with the emotional card, okay?

Unwilling to look at another miserable face, Wu Sheng guided his captain to imagine a bright future: "What if it happens?"

"It's done..." Xu Wang looked up at the starry sky, and suddenly he didn't dare to think about it.

If Chi Yingxue really has the force value to kill Li Zi and nearly their entire team, and treats his teammates as partners from the bottom of his heart, maybe, he will be really invincible.

Combat power is supported by faith.

No matter how much you play, it can't compare to a little heart that wants to go forward side by side with your partners.