Qiao Shi and Zhu Ling walked along the street and stopped when they reached the first building.

This is a typical European-style residential house. Since we are looking for clues, we must not let go of the interior of the house.

Zhu Ling walked in front holding a long knife, and opened the door first.

A faint musty smell came out.The room is very spacious, but the light is a little dark. It seems that no one has been here for a long time. There is a thick layer of dust on the old furniture, and every step brings up a dust.

The first floor is the living room and kitchen. The pillows on the sofa are placed casually, and there is a set of milky white bone china tea set on the coffee table, which looks expensive.

There are no ingredients in the kitchen, the pots and stoves are cold, and the tableware is neatly stored in the cabinet.

The two walked around the first floor, found nothing, and went up to the second floor together.

The wooden stairs that have been in disrepair are trembling, and there will be a creaking sound when you step on it.

There are several bedrooms on the second floor, and two pieces of clothes are sparsely hung in the floor-to-ceiling closet against the wall.

The quilt on the spacious big bed was rolled up messily, and there were many folds on the sheets, as if the owner had left in a hurry and hadn't tidied it up.

Qiao Shi and Zhu Ling quickly searched the four bedrooms separately, then stood at the door of the last bedroom at the end of the corridor, and looked at each other.

Zhu Ling opened his mouth first: "There is something inside."

Qiao Shi nodded: "It's alive..."

"Sister, back off."

The blue flame lit up, Zhu Ling clenched the long knife tightly, and kicked the door open.

A lightning-like black shadow rushed out like a ghost, and slammed heavily towards the two people standing at the door.

Zhu Ling swung the knife to block it, and the blade seemed to hit something hard, making a crisp metallic sound.

The force of that thing was great, and it quickly wrapped around the blade in a twisted posture.

The flames spread along the palm of the knife, and the flames on the long knife soared, and the burning sound was endless. Zhu Ling raised the knife and swung the thing vigorously, and threw the thing onto the door frame. mouth.

Only then did Zhu Ling see clearly that it was a black snake more than one meter long, with a bowl-thick mouth, and its body was covered with solid scales, shining faintly under the flames.

The black snake's eyes were red and menacing, it held its head high, and its body brushed against the soft carpet, spitting out a blood-red letter from its mouth, and making a low-pitched "hissing" sound.

After two seconds of silent confrontation, the black snake's mouth suddenly opened to a strange arc, and it quickly bit Zhu Ling's throat.

Zhu Ling tilted her head slightly, and the venom-stained fangs flashed past her eyes, and then she quickly shot, strangled the snake by the back of the neck with one hand, raised the knife with the other hand, and nailed the black snake to the wall heavily .

The black snake was furious and struggled frantically, but Zhu Ling's grasp of the position was very precise. The place she clamped was just so that it could not attack with the head, and the body was completely immobilized by the long knife.

There were a few soft sounds behind him, a silver light flashed past, and several long and narrow blades hit the black snake's seven inches in unison.

It was Qiao Shi who made up for her.

The black snake completely lost its arrogance, twisted a few times weakly, and finally turned into a black smoke, which gradually dissipated.

A pale yellow card slowly emerged from where it disappeared.

Is it a clue?With a thought in his heart, Zhu Ling reached out to pick up the card, and Qiao Shi also came over to read it together.

I saw a sentence written on the card: "If you want to defeat a monster, the best way is to become its kind."

As soon as Zhu Ling finished reading this sentence, his eyes suddenly blurred.

The surrounding scene suddenly changed, and the whole environment she was in was wrapped in a halo of yellow, as if she had stepped into an old movie.

Standing at the door of the room, she saw two figures, one tall and one short, suddenly appeared beside the bed in the bedroom.

A young woman in a mid-century vintage dress was talking to a doll-like little girl beside her.

The little girl's eyes were wide open, and her immature face was full of doubts.

"Mom, why can't I play with Reina?"

There was a look of fear in the young woman's eyes. She knelt down, put her hands on the little girl's shoulders, and said softly, "Because of Lena, she is a monster."

The little girl's voice was sweet: "What is a monster?"

The young woman thought for a while: "The monster is a very evil person. It will take the children away so that they will never see their mother again."

The little girl was frightened all of a sudden, and said timidly: "Mom, I won't play with Reina again."

Happy face of young woman

With a smile, she hugged the little girl, her voice choked up.

"Good boy……"

The picture gradually blurred and melted before my eyes.

[Complete the main task and collect clues (1/3). 】

"Zhu Ling..."

"Zhu Ling?"

"can you hear me?"

Zhu Ling was still immersed in the scene just now, when he suddenly felt his arm being gently pushed.

She came back to her senses this time, and saw Qiao Shi beside her looking at her worriedly.

Qiao Shi was worried about himself.

Warmth rose in her heart, Zhu Ling smiled at Qiao Shi: "I'm fine..."

Qiao Shi asked, "Did you see that scene?"

"I saw it, my sister saw it too?"

Qiao Shi nodded, and his gaze fell back to the card in his hand.

In the previous episodes, Reina has always appeared as a victim, but in the scene just now, the young woman bluntly called her a monster.

what on earth is this kind of happenings?

The two discussed a few words and decided to continue collecting clues first.

After all, Zhu Ling's current physical condition could not allow them to delay.

During the subsequent search, Qiao Shi found that there were strange red-eyed black snakes everywhere in this area, of different sizes, and sometimes appeared in groups.

Black snake's attack power is not high, at least for her and Zhu Ling.Three times or two times, it will turn into black smoke and dissipate in the air.

However, not every black snake would drop a clue. Apart from the first one, the two of them got the second clue after swiping hundreds of black snakes.

This time the scene took place in a spacious courtyard.

Several plainly dressed young women were sitting around, sewing clothes and talking loudly.

None of them looked well-to-do and wore no jewellery.The dress on his body has been washed and faded, and there are still a few patches on it. His fingers look very rough due to long-term labor.

Someone asked: "Helen, is Miss Reina's wedding dress finished?"

A brown-haired woman replied: "Not yet, you know, our Miss Reina has always been very picky."

Another person answered: "How picky you are, tell me."

Helen rolled her eyes, and her tone was very exaggerated: "She wants me to embroider 99 white roses on the skirt, each of which is different in shape."

Everyone burst into laughter: "Helen, you are so pitiful."

Helen sneered, and stopped what she was doing: "To be honest, Miss Leina is the most pitiful woman."

Others smelled gossip and asked, "Why do you say that?"

A secret look appeared on Helen's face: "I once saw with my own eyes that Miss Lena's fiancé, Eric, kissed Mrs. Jones in the woods behind the town."

Helen's words were like a bomb, and the room suddenly became lively.

Someone exclaimed: "Mrs. Jones, you mean that old woman in her 40s?"

Helen nodded triumphantly, making a gloating expression.

Someone broke the news: "That said, I also saw Eric and Miss Bella walking up the mountain together, sneaking and not knowing what to do."

"I seem to have seen him with Anna too..."

"My God, Eric has so much energy."

Helen smiled, and concluded her statement: "Poor Miss Leina, until now she is still living in the fantasy of being deeply loved by her fiancé."

The screen ends here, and a system prompt appears.

[Complete the main task and collect clues (2/3). 】

After reading this clue, Qiao Shi's doubts deepened.

She looked at the second light yellow card in her hand. This card was the same material and size as the first one, but the text on it was changed.

It reads: "Everyone has secrets that no one knows, and so do you."

Qiao Shi suddenly felt offended.

She shook her head slightly, and turned her attention back to the plot.

Combining the previous plot and the clues just now, although Eric treats Lena meticulously, he is essentially a philandering carrot. He will never let go of an older woman or a young girl.

The problem is, the small town of Orvilo is so big, any rumors will spread immediately.

Did Reina herself really know nothing about it?

If Reina knew about it, then was Eric's death just an accident?

Zhu Ling thought of it with her: "Leina may be a murderer who pretends to be a victim."

"That's right..." Qiao Shi nodded in agreement, "Let's go and find the third clue."

The two speeded up, searched for evidence along the way, and soon reached the end of the long street.

In front of them was a billowing white mist, covering all the surrounding houses and green trees, spreading up to the sky, like a high wall in front of the two of them.

The street under their feet extended obliquely into the depths of the fog, and Zhu Ling tentatively stepped forward.

Sure enough, the surrounding air twisted slightly, and she touched the invisible transparent barrier again.

The system prompts: "The central square will open at [-]:[-] p.m., please wait a moment."

Qiao Shi frowned. Just now they searched the streets behind them inside and out. The third clue must be that they hadn't explored the central square, but it's not open yet.

She glanced at Zhu Ling who was pale, but still forced to smile at her, and couldn't help feeling a little anxious.

She can wait, but how long can Zhu Ling wait?

Qiao Shi asked, "How much painkiller is there?"

Zhu Ling said, "8 bottles."

It is now two o'clock in the afternoon, and there are still six hours before the opening of the central square.

In other words, when entering the square, Zhu Ling only had 5 bottles of painkillers left in his hand.

This means that at that time, if Zhu Ling does not clear the copy within 10 hours or find other solutions, Zhu Ling will lose his ability to act.

Along the way, although Zhu Ling didn't say anything, Qiao Shi could feel that her physical condition was getting worse.

She carefully recalled the dungeon process again, and a thought suddenly popped up in her mind.

Could it be because Zhu Ling didn't have undead thorns?

"Sister, don't worry." Zhu Ling saw Qiao Shi's worry, and smiled at her with difficulty, "The black snakes in this area have been cleaned up, and I won't use painkillers before entering the square. "

Qiao Shi understood what she meant. Zhu Ling wanted to use the medicine only when he needed to fight, so as to preserve his combat power to the greatest extent.

If it was her, she would do the same.

but……

Qiao Shi looked at Zhu Ling, the effect of the medicine had expired, she leaned against the courtyard wall next to the road, and reluctantly sat down.

She closed her eyes slightly, and there was already a layer of cold sweat on her smooth forehead, and her silver hair was soaked in sweat, sticking wetly to her slender and fair neck.

Qiao Shi couldn't bear it for a while, and sat down beside Zhu Ling, putting her head on his shoulders, so that she could lean more comfortably.

Zhu Ling's eyelashes trembled slightly, and a silent smile appeared on her lips.

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