[You successfully deceived the Explorer Team and used this as a pledge to express your willingness to cooperate with the Ghost City. However, the Ghost Lord asked you to go to the Ghost City to negotiate. This made you feel hesitant, but after thinking about it again, you agreed happily. 】
[January 12th, 1759 in the Daxuan calendar.]
[You and Xia Jinyu went to the ghost market and successfully met the Ghost Lord. His attitude towards you was very friendly, which made you let go of your guard. Then, under the leadership of Xia Jinyu, you happily spent a day playing in the ghost market. 】
【January 13th, 1759, Daxuan Calendar.】
[You were invited to go to the Tower of Hades again, but you saw two uninvited guests. Just when you were about to ask, you vaguely seemed to see a delicate peach blossom quietly withering in the corner. The next second, your consciousness became more and more blurred.
, before falling asleep, your eyes were fixed on the two strangers.
Then.......】
【@#￥%* !@#￥%* !~】
[The time simulation is over, 30 points have been deducted, and 840 points remain.]
What the hell!
Qi Sheng was stunned!
He had already prepared for the worst, which was to die again inexplicably. However, no death occurred in this simulation, but the garbled code that suddenly popped up made him even more uneasy!
Then he repeated the operation again.
The same process, the same garbled characters, and the same points deduction.
Compared to January 16, which he could not survive before, he seemed to have entered another time loop.
Xia Jinyu, who was sitting opposite him, was observing the changes in Qi Sheng's expression with great interest.
He knew that the other party was using the so-called true meaning of martial arts that foretells the future.
Therefore, he was also very curious about what the other party saw, so his expression suddenly became so rich.
The flashing eyes, the slightly twitching nose, the tightly knitted brows, and the subconsciously clenched hands formed an interesting picture.
This is the first time that Xia Jinyu has seen someone so accurately express three parts of disbelief, three parts of fear, three parts of confusion, and one part of uneasiness in a fan-shaped emoticon package.
"Have you encountered any difficulties?"
Qi Sheng glanced at the other party with a complicated expression and said:
"I sensed a future that wasn't too good."
"Oh? Is the Lord going to kill you?" Xia Jinyu's smiling expression at this time was 70% similar to Qin Fan's usual gentle smile, but the remaining 30% contained a kind of malice that made people's hair crawl.
"Um...why can you say such terrible things with a smile?"
When he returned to the secret realm of Tongtian Chamber of Commerce, Qi Sheng discovered that Xia Jinyu's attitude towards him had a subtle change.
To be precise, there were no formal politeness, but the truth revealed without scruples always made him feel that his life was not long.
No, it's not an illusion.
In fact, he should have thought of it a long time ago. Even if he took the initiative to submit the letter of nomination and found a reason to tell the other party that he could predict the future, this performance was still too deliberate.
But Qi Sheng had no choice. His survival time was continuously compressed. He could live until the 15th before, and by the 14th, it might be shortened after that. This left him no time to plan a more smooth surrender process.
.
And from the countless dead ends, the only way to survive started to explode again inexplicably!
Qi Sheng really felt like he was going crazy!
For the first time, he had the idea that it would be better to just die and let all the worlds play out together.
Just as he was looking at the pop-up interface of the time simulator with his eyes, Xia Jinyu said:
"Your Excellency is still not honest enough, but it stands to reason that if you take the first step of cooperation, the Lord will not rush to kill everyone."
Is this not pretending?
You were prepared to kill me before you admitted it, right?
Qi Sheng wanted to question the other party, but he knew better that once he said something, he couldn't take it back.
He still didn't want to die.
"I don't quite understand what Shopkeeper Xia means." Qi Sheng began to act stupid.
Xia Jinyu smiled and said:
"You should realize that some of your behaviors are too deliberate. This deliberateness has exposed a lot of information. For example, you have long known that you have been targeted by the ghost market."
Looking at Xia Jinyu's smile, Qi Sheng felt creepy.
I really don’t pretend at all!
At this point, there seems to be no point in pretending to be stupid anymore!
Then he took a deep breath and tried to calm down.
"Why? I had no contact with the ghost market before, but after entering this world of mountains and seas, I found that it was difficult to escape the fate of death."
"Actually, it's not just you." Xia Jinyu put away her smile and said seriously.
Qi Sheng shook his head.
"I know it's not just me. As an explorer, or an intruder, I know better how unwelcome people like us are, but I am sure of one thing. Compared to other explorers, my situation is worse.
A little bit special.
Because I am really being targeted by you!"
At the end, Qi Sheng couldn't hide his anger and a touch of inexplicable grievance!
What hatred, what grudge, I really have to do it to him!
Should I steal your old hen or kill your whole family?
Xia Jinyu did not answer his words, but said:
"The future you just saw should not be dead."
"He's not dead, but he fainted." Qi Sheng said, his eyes darkening.
"And after that?"
"After that..." Qi Sheng didn't know how to answer. He had reached this point. Logically speaking, there was nothing to hide, but his plug-in started to explode with garbled codes. How to explain this, and it also had to overthrow what he had started with?
The true meaning of martial arts.
These two situations are completely different.
If it is the latter, the ghost market will regard predicting the future as part of his own existence value. But if it is the former, he can separate the plug-in that predicts the future from himself, and then he will still be unable to escape death.
So Qi Sheng said in a deep voice:
"After that, I saw myself fainting."
"Then what are you worried about? Compared to dying over and over again, isn't fainting a happy outcome for everyone?"
Qi Sheng felt that his fist was hard!
Damn it, you can’t be unreasonable!
This means that it would be a great good thing not to kill myself, but it would be my honor to be stunned by the conspiracy!
"I want to watch it again."
"Seeing yourself dizzy again?"
"No, I want to see what happens if I refuse to go to the ghost market?"
After saying this, Qi Sheng noticed that Xia Jinyu smiled again. At this moment, the gentle part did not exist in his smile. The ultimate malice and coldness were revealed without any concealment. The sarcasm in his eyes seemed to be expecting to see
His clown-like side.
The next second, Qi Sheng closed his eyes. He was afraid that he would not be able to hold back and punch the opponent, and then die inexplicably on the spot.
【January 11th, 1759, Daxuan Calendar.】
[You successfully deceived the Explorer Team and used this as a pledge to express your willingness to cooperate with the Ghost City. However, the Ghost Lord asked you to go to the Ghost City for negotiation. This made you feel hesitant, but after thinking about it again and again, you decisively refused.
At the same time, you noticed that Xia Jinyu’s smile became extremely sarcastic, so you decided to leave the secret realm of the Tongtian Chamber of Commerce!】
[January 12th, 1759 in the Daxuan calendar.]
[You found a secret cave to hide in and arranged various means to cover it up. Now you no longer want to explore the world of mountains and seas. Your goal is to live as long as possible.
However, as noon approaches, you find that all your arrangements have been destroyed. When you want to escape, the ground suddenly cracks. After a bloody coffin rises, people in linen rush out from inside, blocking your way.
Finally, when you were resisting the man in linen clothes, you vaguely saw Gui Zun and Xia Jinyu walking out of the shadows, but before you had time to speak, you were punched by the man in linen clothes with martial arts skills and three punches, and exploded into a ball of blood and rain!]
【you are dead!】
Although the outcome was already expected, Qi Sheng tried several times without believing in evil, because he found that his goal had finally changed from the previous exploration to survival, which also meant that he could do more operations with his own background.
space!
Xia Jinyu, on the other hand, sipped the tea unhurriedly until a stick of incense had passed.
"Hehehehehe..."
Qi Sheng grabbed his hair and let out a weird smile with unknown meaning!
He found that he had entered a new strange circle, that is, he had to agree to go to the ghost market. If he agreed, he would go to the garbled line. If he disagreed, he would die in the 12th day!
That’s right! The date of death was directly mentioned on the 12th from the original 14th!
During this period, he tried to resist, tried to strike first, tried to stick to the end, and even once went crazy and started a killing spree, but the result was the same, either he died early or he died within 12 days.
"give up?"
Xia Jinyu admired the desperate expression of the young man in front of him with great interest.
Qi Sheng raised his head: "I want to punch you and kill you first!"
Xia Jinyu blinked and said seriously: "You should have seen the corresponding ending from a certain future timeline."
"Yes, before I even met you, you used the power of heaven and earth to suppress me, and then forcibly kidnapped me to the ghost market." Qi Sheng lowered his head again and said feebly.
Just like Su Changqing, Mo Kaixin and others can control the power of the small world of the ghost market with the help of the Poison Doctor Mask and the Yanshi Mask, the other six shopkeepers appointed by Fan Wanqian also have the authority to mobilize the power of the world.
And because the merchant guild's small world is of a higher grade, it can add more combat power to itself.
This also resulted in Qi Sheng being unable to do anything even if he wanted to go crazy.
"Come back to the Ming Tower with me tomorrow." Xia Jinyu looked at the somewhat collapsed Qi Sheng and said calmly.
"Yeah." Qi Sheng responded.
He has worked hard, fought, struggled, been tenacious, and tried his best to carve out a path of hope on various branch lines, but now looking at it, the garbled line is the friendliest.
At least he fainted but was not pronounced dead.
At this moment, he realized that Xia Jinyu's joke before was actually the most comforting to him.
So he accepted it, convinced it, and then he could do as he pleased.
He was also completely tired, and the reminders of death over and over again made him physically and mentally exhausted.
Immediately, Qi Sheng stood up like a zombie and walked towards his residence without saying a word. Before opening the door, Xia Jinyu's voice sounded in his ears.
"Actually, now that we have reached this point, you can be more honest. Now you are too upset to think calmly. Otherwise, you should have noticed why I remind you over and over again to be honest."
Yes, why?
Qi Sheng's brain fell into a shutdown state and did not restart until he walked back to his room.
"Of course the reason I keep reminding me is because the other party has discovered something. The only issue I haven't been honest about is predicting the future. But how can the other party be sure that this prediction of the future is not the true meaning of martial arts that I have mastered, unless... that thing
My son is the key to why I’m really being targeted!”
He should have thought of it a long time ago. It was just that he was in the game and had a kind of arrogance from the bottom of his heart, so he would not think that his cheat would be discovered by a group of ignorant natives.
It wasn't until he died again and again that he gradually woke up and was able to truly look at this matter objectively.
"I really need to see him."
At this moment, Qi Sheng's face no longer had the look of resignation and decadence. After taking a deep breath, he tried to cheer himself up, and then began to calmly recall the experience of these two short days.
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Last year, today, in this door, the human face and the peach blossoms reflected each other's red color. I don't know where the human face went, but the peach blossoms still smiled in the spring breeze.
Although it is not yet the peak season of April when peach blossoms are in full bloom, you can see flying peach petals everywhere in Wuyou Villa.
Qin Fan and Feng Mo walked into the door one after another and looked at the home where they had lived for more than ten years with emotion.
The old servants and maids in the villa came forward with excitement. After all, it had been two or three months since Qin Fan and Feng Mo went home last time.
Listening to the village owner's voice, Qin Fan was also looking at everyone carefully.
They were either people from the Jianghu who fled to the Xuanyang Territory and wanted to forget the past, or displaced orphans, and some of them were assassins who retired from the Ye Mansion.
As they walked into this villa, the past disappeared like smoke, and their identity would only be a part of this Wuyou Villa.
For Qin Fan, only when he returns to Wuyou Villa can he feel relaxed from the bottom of his heart.
"Where's Mr. Qin?"
"Butler Qin is in the backyard."
Qin Fan nodded, and after instructing the old servant to feed Fatty, he and Feng Mo walked into the backyard with complicated expressions.
The extremely thick peach blossom tree is still there, the sunlight is shining through the gaps between the branches and leaves, and the mottled light and shadow are also gently fluctuating with the increasingly clear footsteps.
Feeling touched, Qin Zun put down the flower-watering pot in his hand and looked kindly at the two people walking in front of him.
"Do you know everything?"
Qin Fan nodded slightly.
"My father's name is Cheng Xi? Qin Cheng Xi."
Without any pleasantries, Qin Fan asked the name directly. Before returning, he had all kinds of worries, but after walking into Wuyou Villa, he realized that he really didn't need to think so much.
So I just asked whatever I had.
When Qin Zun heard this name, he was a little confused, and then gave Qin Fan a complicated look.
"Is it because of the records about visitors from outer space?"
"Well, that's not hard to imagine."
"But how can you be sure that you are not wrong?"
"It is not a secret that Ying Wangjie uses his thoughts to project all the worlds."
"No, what I mean is that since you know that it is a projection of all worlds, it means that the development process of each world is different. What you see is the winner and the loser, but maybe more worlds are led to victory by him.
Woolen cloth."
Qin Fan was stunned.
"You mean, the master of Yingwang Realm now is Cheng Xi! My father is Ying Zheng?"