Chapter 046: Eating Watermelon at the Ladder Apartment (End of Instance)

Seeing the system prompt in front of him, Mo Qianhe's face darkened: "At this time, suddenly adding rules is a bit too much."

Du Qiuyun looked at the two remaining doors in the room and said, "According to the pattern of the other rooms, we should exit through the main door."

Ji Zehan reminded: "The otter escaped through the left door. If we were in an apartment on fire right now, shouldn't we follow the otter's escape route?"

After hearing Ji Zehan's guess, the others seemed to feel the pain as if they were in a sea of fire while they were in a dilemma.

The soles of their shoes had almost been burned through, and several people felt as if they were walking barefoot on red-hot copper plates.

Except for Feng Xiansu who seemed unconscious, everyone else began to stand alternately on their left and right feet, but there was still a burning sensation coming from the soles of their feet.

What's worse is that the walls around them began to close in little by little, further shrinking the space they were in.

Du Qiuyun was a little panicked at this moment. The shrinking space, the sharp pain in her feet, and her worry about her grandmother made her extremely anxious: "Choose one of the two, just try your luck!"

As she spoke, she wanted to reach out to open the door, but was stopped by Feng Xiansu.

The girl's eyes finally showed some emotion: "My brother tried so hard to save me, not to let me gamble my luck at this time."

"Then which door do you want to choose?" Du Qiuyun shouted a little irrationally.

The walls around them were getting closer and closer, and the six people gathered closer.

When the others were at a loss, Liu Tang said, "I have a guess."

Du Qiuyun urged, "Hurry up and tell me, don't keep me in suspense!"

Liu Tang analyzed: "This copy is ultimately the 'Bronze Pillar Hell,' whose purpose is to punish those who burn evidence, commit arson, and kill people."

Du Qiuyun frowned: "But, for someone like that, Otter still managed to escape."

Liu Tang nodded: "He escaped in his lifetime, but it is impossible to escape from the Copper Pillar Hell."

Ji Zehan understood: "So in the Copper Pillar Hell, the door he chose would not be the door of life, but the door of death."

Liu Tang nodded: "That's right."

Du Qiuyun understood, but still looked hesitant. "So if we want to leave the apartment, we should choose the door opposite his, which is the main entrance... Are you sure?"

Mo Qianhe then added, "The main entrance is the door used to exit every room. If the system doesn't prompt us, we should go directly through the main entrance."

Ji Zehan listened to this and walked towards the main entrance: "The system prompt seems to be reminding us, but in fact it makes us entangled and invisibly increases the difficulty."

Liu Tang clapped his hands, "So that's how it is. If the correct answer is the left door, the system prompt would actually be an intentional attempt to lower the difficulty. This goes against our previous approach of trying so hard to prevent us from getting stuck.

"So, based on this condition, it is more likely that the correct door is the main door."

The moment Ji Zehan opened the main door, the door frame lit up with a faint light, which was the same as the door he needed to pass through when completing other copies.

Everyone finally relaxed, it seemed that their judgment was correct.

As the door opened, the room shrank faster and faster.

Without giving it any more thought, they rushed into the glowing door.

As Liu Tang sank into darkness, he felt the high temperature around him drop.

A text prompt appeared in front of his eyes, and a message sounded in his ears:

[Congratulations to the player for successfully completing the game. Points calculation begins.]

[Settlement failed...]

[Identity anomaly detected...]

[Stripping player identity...]

[Stripping completed, Boss status restored.]

[Hey! Is there any moral integrity here?! I worked so hard to clear the level! And you won't even give me 100 points!]

Liu Tang was shouting in his heart when several images suddenly flashed through his mind.

In one of the pictures, he was in a simply decorated welfare home.

It seems like he was made to stand in the corner as punishment by the teacher at the welfare home.

Mo Qianhe, who was still a little boy, came to chat with him but was driven away by the teacher.

Before leaving, little Mo Qianhe turned to him and said, "Oh, by the way, my name is Mo Qianhe. See you later."

This sentence is exactly the same as what the other party said when he first introduced himself in "Wanjing Garden".

Liu Tang finally caught the flash of light that had passed through his mind.

It turned out that when Mo Qianhe introduced himself seriously in front of the mirror, he was really talking to him.

He even used the exact same wording he had used when they first met.

Liu Tang felt as if his heart was licked by a cat's tongue, with a hint of tingling and itchiness in the warmth.

That memory also began to be pieced together bit by bit.

When Liu Tang was seven years old, his parents died in an earthquake.

He was sent to an orphanage.

The children in the welfare home are the best at observing people's expressions and are also the best at bullying strangers.

When Liu Tang was eating for the first time, a child who was slightly taller than him took the meat slices from his bowl.

Liu Tang didn't think there was anything wrong with this. His parents had taught him to share since he was young.

But his parents also told him that only those who give and take can be friends.

So he looked at the older boy, opened his bright eyes and said, "I can give you the meat slices this time, but next time you have to give me some meat slices back~"

The boy looked at Liu Tang's innocent look and smiled disdainfully.

At that time, Mo Qianhe had been in the welfare home for three years and was no longer surprised by this kind of "bullying" that was not acceptable.

He had seen so many ugly things that he felt that the bullying among his peers was insignificant.

Although he couldn't stand these kids bullying the weak, he just watched this behavior coldly.

As long as he is not bullied, he doesn't bother to pay attention.

When the older kids snatched Liu Tang's snacks again, Liu Tang realized that he was being bullied.

He did not complain to the teacher, but said to the older child very seriously: "Please stop this behavior, otherwise I will fight back next time."

What he got was a disdainful smile from the other party.

The teachers were not unaware of the bullying of the younger children by the older ones, but they had too many other things to worry about and did not have the energy to deal with such petty quarrels.

As long as no major problems arise, teachers will choose to turn a blind eye.

The older children also understand this and control the extent to which they bully other children, allowing themselves to enjoy the benefits and the joy of dominance without going too far.

So the older child behaved a third time.

He took a large piece of chicken from Liu Tang's bowl.

Liu Tang stood up without saying anything.

The older child thought he was going to complain to the teacher, so he waited there leisurely.

Unexpectedly, little Liu Tang picked up the mung bean soup used to relieve summer heat and poured it directly on his head.

In public, the older child encountered resistance for the first time.

The other children of his age burst into laughter, causing the timid children to laugh too.

The older boy felt unprecedented shame and anger. He swung his fist at Liu Tang, but Liu Tang dodged it nimbly.

When the teacher saw the fight, he hurried over to stop it and asked the two to stand outside the cafeteria as punishment.

The two were asked by the teacher to apologize to each other. The older child looked reluctant, but Liu Tang did it with a smile.

"I was wrong to splash mung bean soup on you. I hope we can get along well in the future."

The older children were a little frightened by the fact that she still looked innocent and pure despite having experienced conflict.

This feeling reminded him of another child who was always calm in the face of adversity, Mo Qianke.

Liu Tang became famous after this battle. The older kids who used to bully him kept their distance from him, and the kids who were taken in by the older kids were also forced to keep their distance from him at the older kids' request.

For the first time in his life, Liu Tang felt excluded.

But he didn't seem to be upset about it for long.

He still enjoys every delicious meal and watches other children playing and fighting when he has nothing to do, just like a fun person.

Only Mo Qianhe, who was ostracized by other children because of his background, couldn't help but get close to Liu Tang.

While Liu Tang was standing in the corner as punishment, he found someone to chat with.

Mo Qianhe praised the other party: "You are so brave."

Liu Tang looked at Mo Qianhe, who was about the same height as him, and looked into his eyes, which were as dark as a deep pool, and replied, "You are lying."

Mo Qianhe was a little surprised. He thought that what he said could not be wrong, but the other party saw through it at a glance.

Liu Tang's eyes curved as he grinned, "You don't think I'm brave, you just think I'm funny. I think I'm funny too."

Mo Qianhe was shocked, as if the other party could easily see through him.

I haven't felt this way for a long time.

When the teacher saw Mo Qianhe chatting with the child who was standing in the corner as punishment, he drove Mo Qianhe away.

Before leaving, Mo Qianhe said, "Oh, by the way, my name is Mo Qianhe. See you later."

That was the first time Liu Tang knew the other person's name.

Liu Tang's eyes lit up again.

He was already standing in the room where the settlement was being made, and the sound of the exploration points settlement rang in his ears.

This copy not only revealed the truth about the Ji family fire that year, but also revealed the truth about Ji Zehan's death, the relationship between Qiu Li and Ji Zehan, and the relationship between Du Qiuyun and Feng Xiansu, so the points gained were more than 500.

[Current total exploration points: 5491.]

After listening to the report, Liu Tang was happy about his gains, but he also felt a little sad.

It seemed that the more secrets he learned, the less he could take it all lightly and just treat it as a sideshow.

Whether it was Qin Zhengyi losing her faith in life or the Ji family being killed by the murderer, the murderer escaped.

It made him feel a little heavy.

[Also, this damn system swallowed up my player clearance points! How can they be so stingy!]

Mo Qianhe found it a little funny when he heard Liu Tang's thoughts suddenly change 180 degrees.

"How about I give you some points as the reward for passing the level?" Mo Qianhe suggested.

Liu Tang's eyes were dead: "I am now in the Boss system, I can't collect clearance points at all."

At this time, Pavilion Master Ji interrupted the conversation between the two and said, "When the dungeon was just concluded, I recalled some fragmented memories. It's not convenient to talk here. I'll talk when I return to Wantong Pavilion."

After saying that, he left the room first. Liu Tang and Mo Qianhe were curious about each other's words and followed him out of the room.

Arriving at the square in front of the building, Ji Zehan quickly saw Qiu Li and Du Qiuyun not far away.

He walked over quickly and asked the other party about the next arrangements.

Du Qiuyun is a member of the Poshan Guild and is preparing to take his grandmother back to the guild for a review.

Ji Zehan nodded and left his contact information for Qiu Li, asking her to contact him when she had time.

After Ji Zehan gradually had enough energy to obtain information in the "18th level of Hell", he has been looking for his family, and the results he got were almost all "eliminated" or "passed".

After learning the truth, he realized that his family had entered the "18th level of Hell" decades earlier than him, which was hundreds of years in the rest area of the underworld, so it was normal for them to miss it.

But the murderer who killed his family escaped alive.

He might still be living in the "18th level of hell".

Ji Zehan wanted to find this person.

After Feng Xiansu came out of the copy, she met Feng's father and Feng's mother who were waiting for her in the square.

Before she could speak, her eyes turned red.

Feng Wenbai was following their live broadcast, so he naturally understood what had happened. He walked over and hugged his adopted daughter.

Feng Wenbai knew that this was an important opportunity to get in touch with the head of Wantong Pavilion. After handing his daughter to his wife, he turned and went to the square to look for the other people who had just been with Feng Xiansu.

Du Qiuyun and his grandson were about to say goodbye to Pavilion Master Ji when they met Feng Wenbai who came over.

Du Qiuyun knew that he was Feng Xiansu's father. He had attended the parent-teacher meeting at school before.

Thinking back to what Feng Xiansu had revealed to her in the dungeon, she couldn't help but take another look at this man who had an affair with Senior Zhou and had raised someone else's child for nearly twenty years.

Feng Wenbai noticed the girl's eyes. He had just seen her in the live broadcast room, so he nodded to Du Qiuyun.

Du Qiuyun realized he had been discovered, so he greeted the other person awkwardly but politely: "Uncle Feng."

The steps of leaving couldn't help but stop.

She always felt that if she stayed a little longer, she might be able to eat more melons.