According to Xiao Lou's arrangement, Ye Qi and Shao Qingge stayed outside the town with the card Tao Yuanming. They found a hidden corner and opened the Peach Blossom Garden in advance, ready to teleport teammates in danger at any time.
The existence time of Peach Blossom Spring is 3 hours. Two pieces of Tao Yuanming can use skills twice, that is 6 hours.
Six hours later, it was already dawn, so theoretically speaking, as long as Tao Yuanming's magic card is in hand, everyone can escape at any time no matter how difficult it is.
Ye Qi and Shao Qingge stayed in a very safe Peach Garden, and no one would find them.
Shao Qingge also had a Qin Guan in his hand. He originally planned to connect with Xiao Lou to have a telepathic connection to facilitate communication, but when he turned on the skill, he saw a floating box above his head pop up with the message "The card skill has been blocked and its effect is invalid."
The familiar reminder reminded the two of them of the scene in Level Q.
Ye Qi said nervously, "Oh no! Professor Xiao and the others may have encountered a hunter, and the other party just happened to be holding the magnetic field shielding card... Is something going to happen to them?!"
Shao Qingge patted Xiao Ye's shoulder and comforted him, "Don't worry, Xiao Lou's intelligence is not so easy to be killed by hunters. Even if they do encounter hunters, they will have ways to deal with them. Let's talk in 5 minutes.
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The effective time of this magnetic field shielding card is 5 minutes. Ye Qi remembered it clearly. He paced back and forth anxiously, and finally waited until 5 minutes passed. Ye Qi immediately pressed the bump on the earphones and asked, "Professor Xiao, can you?"
Do you hear me?"
There is no sound.
Shao Qingge sensed something was wrong and pressed the team communication button to ask, "Brother Ninth, please answer if you hear me."
People from Lu Jiuchuan's team also lost contact.
The headphones are so quiet without any noise.
Ye Qi and Shao Qingge looked at each other - originally, Xiao Lou arranged for the two of them to stay at the gate of the town to open the Peach Blossom Garden, so that they could serve as backup forces and teleport teammates at any time. But now, Xiao Lou's team and Lu Jiuchuan's team have all lost contact
, they are completely useless! I don’t know if my teammates are in danger, and I don’t know when they need to teleport?
Shao Qingge and Ye Qi were isolated in a peach blossom garden.
Ye Qi turned around and wanted to go out. Shao Qing grabbed his wrist and lowered his voice, "Don't go out yet, something is wrong outside."
Ye Qi turned pale with anxiety, "But the voice channel lost contact, they must be in danger!"
Shao Qingge looked at the peach blossom tree next to him, touched his chin, and asked doubtfully, "The voice channel failed. It is obviously not the reason for the card's magnetic field shielding. The 5 minutes of magnetic field shielding have passed. What's going on?"
Ye Qi suddenly thought of something and guessed, "The effective range of team voice communication is 10 kilometers. Could they have gone out of the card's range? If it exceeds 10 kilometers, the voice headset will have no signal?"
Shao Qingge said, "Whether it's a small town or a forest, it's only 10 kilometers away from us. Unless..."
Ye Qi said, "Spatial isolation?"
Shao Qingge nodded, "The ghost town that Xiao Lou led the team to may not be in a small town. Brother Jiu and the others might have been transported to another world after entering the woods. In this way, the 10-kilometer range of the voice headset would lose its effect.
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Ye Qi also felt that this speculation was reasonable. He scratched his hair and asked distressedly, "What should we do?"
Shao Qingge thought for a while and said, "I'll start the teleportation first. They can accept or reject it. At least let them know that we are still in the Peach Blossom Spring and confirm whether the function of the Peach Blossom Spring is normal."
Ye Qi looked at the serious look on the man's face and felt very complicated. When he first met Mr. Shao, this man always liked to follow everyone with a smile and said he would "win by lying down", but since the 8 of Spades was infected by the Zerg
, after getting the Insect King Card, Shao Qingge seemed to have become cautious and attentive, and even seemed to be joking less.
Even without Xiao Lou around, he would work hard to analyze the situation instead of waiting for his teammates to lead him to victory.
Ye Qi joked, "You seem to have changed a lot. I haven't heard you say you won by lying down for a long time."
Shao Qingge looked at him with gentle eyes and thought to himself - because I also have someone I want to protect. The last time the Star Pirate spacecraft almost crashed, the despair I felt while holding you but not daring to speak out, I never want to do it again.
Experienced for the second time.
This world is full of crises. If we don’t become stronger, how can we take you back?
Shao Qingge took a deep breath, gently rubbed Ye Qi's head, and said with a half-smile, "Is it useful to say lying down to win? You can't help me lie down to win now, do you want to run out from the Peach Blossom Spring to play the suona?"
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Ye Qi "..."
The problem of being a mean-mouthed person has not changed yet. It seems that I am overthinking it.
Shao Qingge stopped joking and started the Peach Blossom Spring teleport——
At the same time, in the woods.
Lu Jiuchuan took Tang Ci, Hua Ying, and Gui Yuanzhang together and hid near the wooden house of the hunter he met during the day.
According to Orion, on a rainy night three years ago, he saw the wedding party walking towards the mass graves with expressionless faces like zombies, which proved that the murderer manipulated the victims to go to the mass graves and would inevitably pass through this path.
They were waiting here, maybe they could see the murderer in action.
The four of them held their breath and hid behind a big tree and waited patiently.
I don’t know how long it took, but a bolt of lightning struck in the sky, and a rumble of thunder sounded above my head. Immediately afterwards, heavy rain poured down, and the four people were instantly soaked in water.
Lu Jiuchuan wanted to curse in his heart - what the hell is this weather? It rains heavily every night? I almost caught a cold last night after being soaked in the rain, and I got wet again tonight. Do I need an umbrella when I go out?!
At this moment, Tang Ci suddenly whispered, "Have you heard any strange sounds?"
Lu Jiuchuan was startled, then he pricked up his ears and listened carefully——
The rumbles of thunder sounded one after another, making people's eardrums ache, but there was also a crisp sound mixed in, which was like thunder, but not like thunder. Because the thunder was too loud, it masked other sounds.
It's hard to hear clearly.
It wasn't until the thunder and heavy rain stopped that the sound suddenly emerged.
Dangdang,dangdang...
The sound of falling beads hitting the drum head - it's a rattle!
In the dark night, the sudden sound of rattles made everyone immediately alert. Lu Jiuchuan said solemnly, "The murderer may be on the move, prepare your invisibility cloak!"
The four of them quickly put on their invisibility cloaks.
As soon as I changed my clothes, I saw a group of people appeared in front of me - it was actually the Zhao family's wedding team!
Three years ago, Miss Zhao Ze'an of the Zhao family got married in the Yin Dynasty. The wedding party left the town and was controlled by others. They walked into this mountain forest and headed towards the mass graves, never to return.
Now I actually met the wedding team again in the woods?
The little girl walking next to the sedan with an expressionless face and dull eyes, wasn't it the same maid who had just been dissected by Xiao Lou in the mass grave during the day? The embroidered shoes on her feet were very recognizable, and Lu Jiuchuan paid special attention to them at that time.
Pass.
Lu Jiuchuan asked doubtfully, "Is it an illusion of the scene three years ago?"
Tang Ci said, "It's also possible that the flow of time in this world is chaotic and we were transported to the time and space three years ago?"
Gui Yuanzhang hurriedly pressed the earphone and contacted other teammates in a low voice, "Mr. Shao, Professor Xiao, please answer if you hear me."
There is no sound in the headphones.
Lu Jiuchuan felt a chill in his heart - if they were really transported to three years ago, they would definitely lose contact with their teammates, the timeline would not match up, and the team headsets would naturally be useless. How could a person be with someone from three years ago?
What about talking?
Tang Ci's speculation made everyone feel uneasy. Chu Huaying frowned and said, "Whether it's three years ago or seeing an illusion, we can only continue to investigate... Do you want to follow them?"
Lu Jiuchuan nodded, "Let's go."
The four of them used their invisibility cloaks to quickly follow the wedding party.
The dozens of people in red clothes walked forward like puppets on strings, all with expressionless faces - they were indeed walking in the direction of the mass graves.
The sound of the rattle was like a signal to guide them forward.
What puzzled Lu Jiuchuan was that he couldn't see where the rattle was, let alone the person who controlled it.
The closer you get to the mass grave, the more obvious the sound becomes.
The sound seemed to come naturally from the depths of the mind, getting louder and louder. Only the clanging sound of rattles was left in the whole brain. The four of them had splitting headaches when they heard it. They felt that their heads were about to explode, and they were almost knocked out by the noise.
Lost consciousness.
Fortunately, there was a team headset in one ear, so they were not completely brainwashed by the demonic sound. Lu Jiuchuan hurriedly covered his ears and whispered, "Don't listen, the key to controlling consciousness is this sound!"
Tang Ci had been turned pale by the noise, his head was buzzing, and he could hardly tell where he was. Fortunately, Brother Jiu's sharp shout woke him up, and he immediately covered his ears.
The four of them stopped, each looking uglier than the other.
Gui Yuanzhang said calmly, "We can't follow any further. The source of the sound should be in the mass grave. Once we get too close and our consciousness is controlled by the murderer, there is only one way to die."
Lu Jiuchuan clenched his fists tightly and his face was ashen. He recalled that when he, Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang went to the mass graves for autopsy during the day, the zombies suddenly began to besiege them. Obviously, it was not the dead people in the mass graves who had "transformed", but
It was the corpses that were controlled by this strange voice and began to act according to the voice's instructions.
If they continue to follow, whether they are controlled by the murderer or besieged by zombies, they will not end well.
But Lu Jiuchuan couldn't bear to see the wedding team passing by!
Tang Ci advised in a low voice, "Brother Ninth, we must first confirm whether we have come to the time and space three years ago, or whether we simply saw an illusion. If it were three years ago, we would probably not be able to change the outcome of history, and these people will definitely die."
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Lu Jiuchuan thought about it carefully and felt that what Tang Ci said made sense. He nodded and whispered, "Escape first, go back and see if Mr. Shao and Ye Qi are at the gate of the town."
The four people retreated quickly.
Soon, they arrived at the wooden house they had just taken shelter from.
Another group of people lined up to walk towards the mass grave. This should be the Chen Yu family who disappeared three years ago. Mrs. Chen was still holding her newborn child in her arms. Tang Ci and the other four were hiding nearby wearing invisibility cloaks. Lu Jiuchuan was keen
On the ground, they discovered that the window of the wooden house had been opened a crack, and a man with hair as messy as a chicken coop stuck his head out and took a look outside, then quickly retracted it.
It wasn't until the group of people had gone away that Lu Jiuchuan asked doubtfully, "Didn't we tie this Orion under the cliff during the day? I remember his hair was not that long."
Tang Ci was silent for a moment and whispered, "It's very possible that we really arrived three years ago."
Although Lu Jiuchuan thought so too, he was still not completely sure. He simply flew up the tree, entered the wooden house, came behind Orion like the wind, controlled him in twos and twos, and asked in a deep voice, "What year is this?"
Orion was so frightened that his whole body trembled, "Ah ah ah ah, ghost, ghost! No, don't kill me!"
Lu Jiuchuan frowned, "I'm asking you a question! Is it the Year of the Sheep now?"
Orion was stunned by the question and stammered, "This year is the Dragon, the Year of the Dragon, uh, the years in the world of the world and yours in the underworld should be the same, right?" After he finished speaking, he quickly held his head and begged for mercy, "Don't kill me!
I have never done anything bad. Every injustice has its owner, and every debt has its owner. Brother, even if you risk your life, don’t blame me..."
The strength on his neck suddenly relaxed, and a gust of wind blew through the window.
Lu Jiuchuan flew to Tang Ci's side and said with a sullen face, "We were there three years ago. This Orion was also a witness three years ago. He did see the wedding team walking past like zombies."
Tang Ci "..."
His guess turned out to be true, and he didn't know what to say.
Chu Huaying said coldly, "It's not unusual for gatekeepers to manipulate time. However, we were transported three years ago and we couldn't get in touch with Xiao Lou and the others. Even if we found some clues, it would be difficult to summarize them.
analyze."
Teammates are scattered to different time and space. Perhaps this is the biggest difficulty of the K Chamber.
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After Shao Qingge sent the invitation to Peach Blossom Spring, no one responded. A long time after the invitation was sent out, he and Ye Qi were still staring at each other under the peach blossom tree.
Ye Qi looked confused, "Why is this happening? There is no 'card blocking' prompt in the floating box. Why does the teleportation in Peach Blossom Spring still fail?"
Shao Qingge didn't understand the reason. He thought about it carefully - the failure of Peach Blossom Spring happened twice.
One time, they encountered the Hunter's card magnetic field shielding. At that time, all the cards lost their effect, and Peach Blossom Spring was naturally not immune. The other time, when they were in the capital star of the interstellar chamber, Xiao Lou pulled Liu Qiao all the time.
It couldn't be pulled through because Liu Qiao, Lao Mo, and Senior Gui were in the Mermaid Palace on the blue planet at the time, and couldn't be teleported across the stars.
Now since it is not a card shield, there is only one explanation——
Xiao Lou and the others are probably in different time and space. It's similar to the interstellar space in Room Q, so they can't be pulled together.
Shao Qingge thought of this and said, "Maybe it's because Xiao Lou, Brother Jiu and the others were transported to another dimension?"
Ye Qi scratched his head in confusion, "But Professor Xiao and the others were also in the ghost town last night. Brother Ninth placed the Peach Blossom Spring at this location and teleported them all. Isn't it reasonable that they can't teleport tonight if they go to the ghost town?"
Shao Qingge suddenly said, "Could it be that we were transported to other dimensions this time?"
Ye Qi was stunned, "This..."
Xiao Lou and the others stayed at the inn in the town and should enter the ghost town at night. Ye Qi and Shao Qingge were at the gate of the town. In the same situation last night, Lu Jiuchuan used Peach Blossom Spring to teleport his teammates. The teleportation fails tonight. If Xiao Lou and the others
The positions of Shao Qingge and Ye Qi have not changed, so it must be that the positions of Shao Qingge and Ye Qi have changed.
The two looked at each other and quickly walked out of the Peach Blossom Spring.
The three characters "Qingfeng Town" were still written on the entrance of the town, but strangely, as soon as the two walked out, they heard a burst of children crying from around them.
The bright moon was high, and the trees on the roadside were all dry, and the branches cast messy shadows on the road. Following the sound of crying, a woman was sitting on the roadside eating bark like she was hungry. She was holding a baby in her arms, and she was crying.
It comes from the baby's mouth.
The baby was so thin that there was only a handful of bones left, and the woman was equally skinny. After seeing the well-dressed Ye Qi and Shao Qingge, her eyes turned red, like a hungry wolf seeing a wild beast. She suddenly crawled over and knelt down with a "pop" sound.
In front of Ye Qi, he begged, "Master, give me something to eat, please! I haven't had a meal in five days!"
Ye Qi was startled and immediately hid behind him. Shao Qingge stopped in front of him, frowned at the woman kneeling in front of him, and asked in a low voice, "What happened in the town? How come you haven't eaten for so long?"
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The woman looked at them doubtfully, "Don't you know there is a famine in the town?"
Ye Qi and Shao Qingge looked at each other and looked at each other.
Different time and space, the Peach Blossom Spring has failed...famine?
Thinking of a terrible possibility, Ye Qi asked in a trembling voice, "Is this year's zodiac sign the Year of the Pig?"
The woman nodded "Yes!"
Ye Qi "......"
The famine twenty years ago.
He and Shao Qingge actually came to Qingfeng Town twenty years ago!