Xiao Lou originally thought that the person making the announcement at the airport must be a friend of Yu Hanjiang's acquaintance in the real world.
However, as soon as the three of them turned around and walked towards the airport, they heard the soft voice of the announcer coming from the radio again: "Broadcast is looking for someone. Visitors from out of town, Mr. Xiao Lou, Mr. Xiao Lou, please come to the airport information desk quickly. There is a friend waiting for you."
you."
The three of them stopped at the same time and looked at each other for a moment.
Yu Hanjiang frowned: "Do you also have friends looking for you?"
Xiao Lou shook his head, "Probably not. None of my friends in the real world have died unexpectedly in recent years. If something happened after me, then they wouldn't have passed the fourth level so quickly."
Liu Qiao suddenly thought of a possibility and asked, "Could it be because you two broke the secret room record before, so there is a challenger organization looking for you. I saw the news in the floating box above my head. Among these newcomers,
You are considered the most famous challenger."
Liu Qiao's statement also makes sense. No matter what the situation is, since the other party is calling for them at the airport, it is not easy for the two of them to just ignore it. Just go and find out who it is.
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other, turned around and continued walking towards the information desk.
The three of them walked to the information desk, where a woman wearing sunglasses leaned to the side and waited quietly. The woman was over 1.75 meters tall, with a slim figure, a typical oval face, very white skin, and a sexy big curly hair.
After seeing the three people, she took the initiative to come over and said, "Excuse me, are they Mr. Yu and Mr. Xiao from other places?"
Yu Hanjiang nodded, and the woman took off her sunglasses and reached out her hand, "Hello, my name is Xue Mingyue."
Xiao Lou did not remember this person and looked at Yu Hanjiang with confusion. Yu Hanjiang did not reach out to shake her hand, but said directly, "Sorry, I don't know you."
Xue Mingyue smiled slightly, "That's enough for me to know you." She glanced at the passengers around her and said, "Let's take a step to talk."
The three of them followed her to a secluded corner of the airport. Xue Mingyue looked around cautiously and then said, "There were many locals at the information desk just now, so it was not convenient to talk." She lowered her voice, "I am also a challenger.
The president sent me to pick you up. You two have broken the world record in the Chamber of Hearts and are the strongest challengers among this group of newcomers."
Realizing that the other party had no ill intentions, Xiao Lou breathed a sigh of relief and asked with a smile, "President, what president?"
Xue Mingyue said, "Challenger Alliance Faraway Guild is one of the largest guilds in the Moon City. Our guild only has one principle: to try every means to go back. We all know that our hometown is far away, not here."
The goals of this guild coincide with those of Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou.
The two looked at each other and continued listening.
Xue Mingyue noticed that the two people looked serious, so she continued, "We will select some very strong challengers from each batch of newcomers and invite them to join the guild. An elite team will be formed within the guild to cope with the world's daily and subsequent difficult challenges.
Level. The two of you performed well in the Chamber of Hearts and broke many world records, so our president, Elder Ghost, has been paying attention to you for a long time."
She said a long list, and Yu Hanjiang captured the key information from it, frowned and asked, "What does World Weekly mean?"
Xue Mingyue said, "There are many people at the airport, so please invite two of you." She found that there was a cold-looking girl following the two of them, so she changed her words awkwardly, "Please three of you, come back to the guild headquarters with me. Our president wants to talk to you personally."
chat."
Xiao Lou was worried about fraud, but the main city looked very peaceful, and he probably wouldn't use force openly. With the firearms license of Team Yu, he was not afraid of using force. But he still kept a cautious eye and looked at Yu Hanjiang and said, "Lead Yu
, please wait for me for a few minutes, I want to go to the bathroom."
Yu Hanjiang nodded cooperatively, "Okay, I'll wait for you here."
Before Xiao Lou left, he secretly activated Qin Guan's "If Two Loves Last for a Long Time" skill with Yu Hanjiang. A telepathic channel was established, and what he was thinking could be immediately conveyed to Yu Hanjiang's mind.
After a few seconds, Xiao Lou's voice sounded in Yu Hanjiang's mind, "Team Yu, we have always been in a closed loop before. Unexpectedly, our names appeared in the challenger's floating box announcement many times. Now, almost the entire card world
The challengers all know our existence, which is a good thing and a bad thing."
Yu Hanjiang understood what he meant, "I understand. Xue Mingyue's origin is unknown. The credibility of the Challenger Alliance she mentioned is not yet certain. I plan to follow her to learn more about the situation, but I must be cautious.
We have to be ready to retreat at any time."
Xiao Lou said, "I think so too. I will open Tao Yuanming's Peach Blossom Spring in a deserted place first. If the situation goes wrong within 30 minutes, we will immediately teleport back to the airport."
Yu Hanjiang appreciated Professor Xiao's caution and immediately agreed, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Xue Mingyue found that since Xiao Lou went to the toilet, the handsome man in front of her had fallen into silence. His eyes were staring at the ground indifferently, and his slender fingers touched his chin, seeming to be thinking about something. As for the man shorter than her
The girl with one head said nothing from beginning to end, like a little follower with a very low sense of existence.
Xue Mingyue didn't bother her. She had no idea that Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou were having a "spiritual friendship" at this time.
Xiao Lou came back soon. His hands were still wet, obviously he had just washed them.
Of course, the whole show must be done. Xiao Lou smiled and said, "Let's go."
Xue Mingyue brought the three of them to the parking lot. She drove a red car. The license plate should be from the card world. She has never seen it in reality. Liu Qiao consciously sat in the passenger seat, leaving the back seat for Xiao Lou
and Yu Hanjiang, they got into the car one after another.
The space in the back row was extremely spacious. Xiao Lou asked, "This car is very good. How much does it cost in the card world?"
Xue Mingyue curled her lips, "Convert it to RMB, about ten or twenty thousand." Seeing Xiao Lou's surprised look in the rearview mirror, she shrugged and said, "Prices in this world are really low, and it's very easy to buy a car or a house.
Therefore, many challengers have stayed here for a long time and are attracted by the ultra-low prices here and do not want to go back."
Xiao Lou had expected it, but hearing her say it in person still made him feel unspeakably uncomfortable.
The vehicle started and Xue Mingyue drove onto the Airport Expressway. The roads in Moon City extend in all directions, and there are several levels of sky highways, so traffic jams are basically non-existent. The scenery of the highway here is very beautiful, with street lights hanging on the trees and tall trees beside the road.
The trees form a natural shade, and the hanging vines look like a large green waterfall from a distance, endless.
Driving on the road is like driving through a jungle.
Xiao Lou looked at the beautiful scenery and the endless starry sky outside the window, and chatted with Xue Mingyue.
From Xue Mingyue's mouth, he learned that the ratio of aborigines to challengers in Moon City is about 6:4. There are about 40 million challengers and 60 million aborigines in this city, with a total population of over 100 million.
In the earth era, Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou were much larger.
Xue Mingyue said, "The only difference between the aboriginals and the challengers is that they work from Monday to Friday and have off work on Saturdays and Sundays. However, the challengers still need to complete the level at a fixed time on Saturdays and Sundays. It is very likely that they will have to go to nowhere."
Return."
Xiao Lou guessed, "Could it be that the challenge every weekend is what you call the world's daily routine?"
Xue Mingyue nodded, "World Weekly forces all challengers to go. There will be a mysterious force that will suck us directly into a large secret room world, where life and death depend on our fate. Therefore, many locals will wonder why we outsiders always live this life."
He disappeared for a while, but actually he didn’t disappear, but died in the secret room world.”
Her eyes were staring straight ahead, with a trace of loss flashing in her eyes. "So, even if you live a normal life in this world, it is still precarious. No one knows whether you can come back alive the next time Zhou Chang happens."
Liu Qiao, who was sitting in the passenger seat, glanced at her and said his first words since seeing her: "Is Zhou Chang's secret room random?"
Xue Mingyue said, "Yes, it could be any one of hearts, diamonds, spades, and clubs."
Xiao Lou frowned and said, "I remember that there were tens of millions of challengers entering the main city. If so many people were sucked into the same secret room and tens of millions of people participated in the heart suspense secret room, what kind of chaos would the plot be?"
Xue Mingyue smiled and explained, "Tens of millions of people will be dispersed into different copies of the same secret room. Each secret room can only accommodate a hundred people at most. If it is the Hearts Secret Room, there may only be a dozen people."
She glanced at Xiao Lou in the rearview mirror and said, "Actually, this is very similar to the game world. We are gamers and have mandatory weekend missions. The aborigines are NCs who do not need to do missions."
Silence fell in the car.
Xiao Lou looked out the window thoughtfully, but he didn't expect that in addition to the fixed levels, challengers would also have random weekly challenges.
Weekly tasks will pull tens of millions of challengers into the secret room world. It may be a complex murder case, a super large maze, or a survival secret room with extremely harsh conditions, or the Plum Blossom Secret Room will directly confront and eliminate two camps.
Challengers have to experience a thrilling life-and-death game every week.
Maybe the person you were talking to yesterday will never come back after this weekend.
Therefore, no matter how good the material conditions are in this world, the challengers actually have no "security". Everyone does not know whether they can survive the weekend. Even if they come back alive this week, what about the next week?
If you want to live a truly stable life, there is only one way to clear the SS secret room and return to the real world.
Xiao Lou took a deep breath and looked at Yu Hanjiang who was sitting next to him. Captain Yu happened to look back at him as if he had sensed the situation. The two exchanged glances and continued to communicate mentally.
Yu Hanjiang said, "The world's weekly routine should randomly create a secret room every week, which is different from the fixed secret room with 52 playing cards. Moreover, all challengers must do the weekly routine. This task will definitely not be too simple."
Xiao Loudao: "Do the world weekly routine on weekends. If you want to clear the other secret rooms, you can only do it from Monday to Friday."
Yu Hanjiang agreed, “For us, challenging the secret room is like going to work.”
The two communicated mentally all the way, and soon, Xue Mingyue's voice sounded in their ears, "We're here."
She parked her car in front of a beautifully designed building.
This is a three-story villa made of pure solid wood. At this time, the villa is lit with warm yellow lights.
There is a small river in front. You can cross the river along the wooden plank road to reach the front of the villa. You can see that the front door is full of flowers and surrounded by tall trees. There is also a swimming pool the size of a basketball court. It can be seen that the front door is full of flowers.
The owner enjoys life very much.
Xue Mingyue led everyone to the door and knocked gently, "President, the person you are looking for has arrived."
A deep voice came from inside the house, "Bring them in."
The three of them walked into the villa.
Sitting on the sofa is a man about forty years old. He sits upright and wears a gray tunic suit. He gives people a very cultivated first impression. The entire villa is decorated in a pure Chinese style, with a full set of solid wood furniture, which looks extremely
style.
There was an exquisite tea set on the coffee table, and he was making tea in the teapot.
The man raised his head and glanced at the three of them. There was an air of calmness and authority in his expression. He said calmly, "You three, please sit down. I've made tea. Let's drink and chat."
The three of them had no choice but to walk over and sit across from him.
The man introduced himself, "My name is Gui Yuanzhang, and I am a calligrapher in the real world."
Xiao Lou took the teacup from his hand and said in surprise, "Mr. Gui, I've heard of you."
Gui Yuanzhang looked back at him, "Really?"
Xiao Lou said, "My father loves calligraphy very much and has collected some of your works."
Gui Yuanzhang smiled and said, "That's such an honor."
He handed the exquisite and small purple clay teacups for making tea to the three of them respectively, and said, "Xiao Xue should have told you that I am following these two because they have set a new world record for the Chamber of Hearts. I am looking for the Intelligence Bureau."
After checking, Captain Yu is a police officer in real life, and Professor Xiao is a forensic doctor. With these two powerful forces joining forces, life in the Secret Room of Hearts is very easy, right?"
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang were surprised. They didn't expect that he could actually find out the details of the two of them.
Yu Hanjiang frowned and said, "The Intelligence Bureau can find out our real identities."
Gui Yuanzhang smiled slightly, "Yes, the Intelligence Bureau is also a challenger organization. It has collected a large amount of intelligence from challengers and aborigines. As long as they can afford the price, they can answer any question you want to ask."
When Liu Qiao heard this, she couldn't help but clenched her fists. There was an organization like the Intelligence Bureau, so could she ask about her sister's whereabouts through the Intelligence Bureau?
Gui Yuanzhang glanced at her, "The little girl seems to have something on her mind."
Liu Qiao didn't say anything about her sister. Maybe it was a girl's sixth sense at work. She always felt that Mr. Gui gave her a strange feeling. She didn't dare to expose her weakness in front of strangers easily. What if the other party knew about her?
There is also a sister, and she is blackmailing her with her sister.
Thinking of this, Liu Qiao immediately said calmly, "It's nothing, I just think organizations like the Intelligence Bureau are a bit magical." She quickly changed the subject and said, "Mr. Gui, Miss Xue just said that the ultimate goal of your association is to return to reality, right?"
Gui Yuanzhang nodded "Yes."
Liu Qiao said, "How many people are there in your association?"
Gui Yuanzhang smiled and said, "Our Yuanfang Guild is one of the largest associations in the card world, with over 10,000 members."
Liu Qiao pointedly asked, "Then why did the gatekeeper tell me that no one has successfully broken through the gate so far?"
Guiyuan Zhang suddenly fell silent.
Xiao Lou didn't expect that Xiao Liu was quite sharp-tongued. Just now, he was really afraid that if the girl got excited and told about her sister, if someone pinched her weak point, it would be troublesome. Fortunately, Liu Qiao was cautious enough and didn't
Revealing too much to strangers. After knowing the existence of the intelligence bureau, it is wisest to find her sister. She can go find it herself.
Her question was crucial, and the three of them were waiting for Mr. Gui's answer.
After a while, Gui Yuanzhang said, "Because the secret room at the back is too difficult, we once organized an elite team of 10 people. Among them, there are mystery writers, sports school athletes, dance teachers, Mathematical Olympiad champions, singers, and painters.
They recruited the most cutting-edge talents in various industries, but as a result, they only went as far as the S-level secret room, the Jack of Hearts, and then completely disappeared."
He picked up the purple sand cup and took a sip of tea, sighed softly, and whispered, "Even the Intelligence Bureau can't find out their whereabouts. They should all have died in the secret room of the Jack of Hearts."
Xiao Lou couldn't help but be horrified.
Mystery writers' analytical skills should be no worse than his and Team Yu's; the Mathematical Olympiad champion may be even better at solving calculation problems than him; athletes are very physically strong, dance teachers are flexible, and professional talents such as singers and painters will work wonders when encountering certain levels.
Such a strong team failed to pass the level
Gui Yuanzhang said, "Since then, many people have not dared to challenge secret rooms above level J. Currently, the average progress level of secret rooms in the entire world is the seventh level, and the highest level only stops at the tenth level."
A trace of sadness flashed in his eyes. "Although we insist on going back, the guild has been greatly damaged in order to form such an elite team, and it will be difficult to replicate." He looked up at the two of them, "The appearance of you two
, it kind of gave me a little confidence.”
Xue Mingyue smiled at the side and said, "Ever since Team Yu entered the card world and broke the record of Heart 2 Rose Funeral, the president has been paying attention to you. There are many masters in our guild. If you want to go back, you might as well consider joining."
us."
Gui Yuanzhang said, "The subsequent secret rooms will become increasingly difficult. Only by gathering a large number of masters can we hope to pass the level."
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang were a little moved by the news, but they did not make a hasty decision.
Yu Hanjiang whispered, "Thank you, Mr. Gui, for the invitation. We can't give you an answer right away because we still have a few friends who were separated when we entered the main city. When they come, we will inform you of the decision after discussing it."
Gui Yuanzhang was startled, "You are not two people. I remember that the world record only has your two names."
Xiao Lou smiled and explained, "We are friends we met in the Secret Chamber of Spades. We all share the same goals. We have discussed in advance to form a team together. We can't go back on our word."
Gui Yuanzhang asked, "I can help you find them. What are the names of those friends?"
Xiao Lou shook his head, "I won't bother you. We have made an appointment to meet at a place. Now the time is almost up. Let's go back first and meet up with a few friends."
Gui Yuanzhang said enthusiastically, "Why don't you stay at my house tonight?"
Xiao Lou stood up and said, "Don't bother. After thinking about it carefully, we will visit you personally."
The other party smiled, stopped forcing everyone, and asked Xue Mingyue to send them back.
Xiao Lou said that he and his friends had made an appointment to meet at the square in the city center. Xue Mingyue put the three of them in the central square. Then, Xiao Lou took Yu Hanjiang and Liu Qiao to a deserted corner and directly used Tao Yuanming's skills.
, teleported back to the peach blossom garden at the airport instantly.
Looking at the familiar peach blossoms, Xiao Lou finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It is essential to be on guard against others.
Joining such a challenger organization rashly may get you into trouble.
Let's wait until we find Mr. Shao and Ye Qi. The current time in this world is Monday, and there are still four days before the so-called "World Weekly". They need to investigate carefully and collect enough information before making a decision.