Chapter 145 Black and White Chessboard

The young man said, "You came from the 23rd floor. Do you know the current situation on the 1st floor?"

This was an unexpected development. They thought the other party would mention plums or ask to see the gift, but they didn't expect that he would bring up something that seemed to have nothing to do with their purpose.

Fu Xuan considered his words carefully, and then said, "I heard A-Lian say a few words."

At this time, the robot came over with a tea tray. Fu Xuan and Jiang Yan each took a cup. The robot placed the tea tray on the bedside table for A Liang to use, and then returned to its original position and stood there, motionless as a mountain.

Liang Ji did not take the tea, but said directly: "Now there are two main forces in the first layer. One is the 'Wa Garden' established by my mother, which is where you are, mainly human beings; the other is the 'Chou Yan' established by Lin Xia, which is mainly composed of non-human beings, such as Lin Xia, who is a stuffed bear.

"We don't have many people in 'Wa Garden'. On the one hand, my mother took in other people at my request and established 'Wa Garden'. She didn't like to bear the expectations of many people, so she didn't expand and recruit more people.

"On the one hand, Lin Xia cooperated with other layers and mastered the method of leaving this layer. They spread the news to recruit people, and most of the people who wanted to leave joined them. Many people were killed by them, and the local human residents became even fewer."

Jiang Yan couldn't help but ask, "So, there are many non-humans among the local residents?" I haven't seen them in other layers... Faceless people are also considered human, right? At least in the eyes of other NPCs.

Liang Ji said: "Well, this is the Lost Land, where people and things lost in time and space gather, like the toys you loved most when you were a child but can no longer find when you grow up, your childhood self that you lost without knowing when, and your innocent self before entering society..."

It sounds interesting, but it is quite different from other layers.

Fu Xuan said: "You seem to be very clear about your situation, which is different from other levels."

Liang Ji said calmly: "Every floor is different, so ours is not special."

Fu Xuan nodded and said, "Please continue."

Liang Ji continued the topic that was interrupted by Jiang Yan, and said, "My mother has always been a thorn in Lin Xia's side, and 'Wa Garden' is also a thorn in Lin Xia's side. They have always wanted to defeat us, but they have not been able to succeed due to my mother's arrangements.

"Mother has built a barrier with a radius of fifty kilometers, with me as the center. If anyone wants to kill the people of Wa Garden, they will die in the attack of the barrier first."

With that, Fu Xuan knew what A-Lian's vague "life-saving technique" was. It simply meant that there was no need to worry about being hurt, as there was a barrier to protect him.

But why did Liang Ji tell these two strangers? What did this have to do with them?

Liang Ji looked at their puzzled expressions and said, "So, if something happens to me, not only will 'Wa Garden' be in chaos, but the entire first floor will also be in chaos."

"Well..." Fu Xuan said, "We don't want to do anything to you."

Liang Ji said: "I know, I just want to tell you in advance."

She held out her hand: "Give me the gift."

Jiang Qian took the bracelet out from her bosom and put it in her inner pocket. It took some effort.

Fu Xuan asked, "Your mother is amazing for being able to create such a large barrier. Is she not here now? I don't seem to see her."

"Mother has her work to do." A Liang said vaguely.

Jiang Yan finally took out the bracelet and was about to put it into Liang Ji's hand. Fu Xuan suddenly felt his heart pounding and couldn't help but blurt out: "Wait a minute——"

Liang Ji had already taken the bracelet and put it on his wrist.

[The game mission "Help Li Zi hand over the bracelet to "First Floor·Sixty-Six"" has been completed.]

[Task reward "Unknown" loading...]

Liang Ji's movements were so inconsistent that it was hard not to notice something was wrong. Fu Xuan didn't even have time to look at the mission reward, and looked at Liang Ji nervously. Jiang Xuan's consciousness even circled around Liang Ji.

Liang Ji leaned against the head of the bed and smiled, "Why are you so nervous?"

Seems to be alright…? They looked at Liang Ji suspiciously, thinking that Liang Ji's last words and anxious movements were because the bracelet was hiding something they didn't know.

Now it seems that there is no problem.

Liang Ji ignored their gazes and said, "01, let A-Lian in."

The robot went to the door and called A-Lian in. As soon as A-Lian came in, he saw Liang Ji's bracelet was different from usual. He walked closer and said, "Is this the gift you handed over? It doesn't look special. Can it be turned into a weapon?"

Liang Ji smiled and said gently: "Alian, remember my words, they are not wrong."

"What are you talking about? What did they do to you?" A Lian didn't understand why she said that, but he felt something was wrong. He looked at Fu Xuan and Jiang Yan warily, and held Liang Ji's hand, but was startled by its unusual coldness. "Why are your hands so cold!"

He hurriedly touched her forehead and shoulders and found that her whole body was cold. The more anxious he was, the calmer he became. He asked the robot to find someone and tried to take off the bracelet while asking Fu Xuan, "What did you do to her?"

Fu Xuan: “…I didn’t do anything.”

Jiang Qian quietly communicated with Fu Xuan: "I'm afraid the situation has changed. Let's get ready to run. Jumping out of the window here will just be a good opportunity to get our weapons back."

"Alian, I told you, they are not wrong. This is my choice." Liang Ji held Alian's hand as she took off the bracelet, looked at the child who was about his age, and said, "But mom will definitely be angry... I'm sorry, I'm afraid I'll get you into trouble."

Allen ignored her nonsense and used his free hand to touch her forehead. He frowned and said, "I've taken off the bracelet, why is it still so cold!?"

Liang Ji exhaled a cold breath, looked at the figure slowly moving to the window, and said in a low voice: "Leave them here until mother comes back."

Allen finally came to his senses and looked at the culprits who caused all this, only to see them break the window without hesitation and jump down -!

At the same time, anxious footsteps were heard, and several adult NPCs ran over, "What happened to Aliang? Why did 01 come to call us——"

Before they could finish their words, Allen interrupted them and pointed at the window and shouted, "Catch those two outsiders!"

Seeing them swiftly jump out of the window one by one, he added loudly: "Catch them alive!"

When A Lian turned around to look at Liang Ji lying on the bed, he saw that her face had become lifeless, her eyes were closed, as if... she had lost her breath.

Allen used trembling hands to feel her breath, which was very slight, but not completely absent.

With a sudden sigh of relief, A Lian asked the robot 01 beside him to lay Liang Ji flat on the bed, and asked 01 to take good care of Liang Ji, and then ran out holding the bracelet.

If Liang Ji falls into this state, it is very likely to affect the barrier of the entire Wa Garden!

If this is the case, we must prepare early and be ready to resist Lin Xia's attack.

I also need to let the sisters in the laboratory see what this bracelet is and see if they can wake Liang Ji up before Aunt Liang comes back.

When he thought about Aunt Liang's possible reaction, A-Lian broke out in a cold sweat.

——

After jumping out of the window, with the first-floor porch as a buffer, Fu Xuan and Jiang Qian reached the first floor without much difficulty.

Hearing A-Lian's excited voice coming from the second floor and seeing someone approaching the window to chase them, they immediately ran, took the weapons in the box at the door, and then rushed out of the courtyard.

The guard at the door had heard the noise inside a long time ago, but pretended not to know. When they ran out of the door, the guard accurately tripped them with his foot, then rushed out, held down the man and the demon who had lost their balance, and tied their hands behind their backs.

He picked it up, handed it to the person who was chasing him, and asked, "What happened?"

The people who came after them took them back, but they didn't know the actual situation and didn't want to spread the news. They shook their heads and said, "You will know when you are supposed to know."

"My queen, you sisters are too strong! My teeth were almost broken, and my stomach was almost pierced by a gun." Jiang Yan felt dizzy and wanted to vomit because she was thrown to the ground. She complained loudly, "We didn't do anything wrong, why are you treating us like this?!"

He secretly sent a message to Fu Xuan: "What should I do? The physical fitness of these NPCs is too outrageous. My mental attacks are useless. They don't even frown."

Fu Xuan turned to look at Jiang Qian and said, "Don't be afraid, sister. We have done nothing wrong. We are not afraid of confronting them."

Does this mean that we should just let things take their own course? Being pushed towards the house, Jiang Yan noticed the eyes behind the window, some obvious and some hidden. She complained loudly with reluctance on her face:

"Who knows if they will be angry with us because of Liang Ji's accident? We are just helping people pass on the gift and we don't know what the problem is. Liang Ji obviously knew there was something wrong with the gift but still accepted it. Even if she got into trouble, she volunteered to do it!"

The NPCs also noticed the gazes behind the windows, covered their mouths, and pushed them into the house.

They were taken to the basement level below ground.

The environment here is not bad, but with white walls and white tables filled with experimental equipment, it really looks like a laboratory.

They were tied to chairs back to back and locked in a room surrounded by reflective glass.

Jiang Xuan said in a voice transmission: "I still think we should run. You want to see their attitude, right? It's too dangerous."

Because of the cloth stuffed in her mouth, Fu Xuan only uttered a "hmm", and Jiang Qian took it as a noncommittal, and then asked: "You just called me sister, when did you become my sister?"

Fu Xuan groaned, speechless: It's already this time, and I'm still caring about these insignificant details.

"Someone's here. It's a grown woman with a face that I've never seen before."

Jiang Qian's consciousness, which was wandering outside, saw a group of people coming. Leading them was a woman who looked to be in her thirties, with short hair, a serious expression, and wearing a white coat; A Lian followed the woman, and the other three people surrounding them were tall and stereotyped, and were NPCs whose faces could not be seen.

After hearing Jiang Qian's retelling, Fu Xuan perked up, as the highlight was about to begin.

"Both of them are inside?" After receiving a positive answer from the NPC guarding the gate, the woman in the white coat thought for a moment and said to Allen, "You go in and talk to them first. We'll watch from outside."

Allen nodded and walked in.

After taking the cloth out of Fu Xuan's mouth, A Lian asked directly, "Who asked you to pass on that gift?"

Jiang Yan said unwillingly, "Why did she only ask you? Do you look more trustworthy than me?"

Ignoring Jiang Yan's voice, Fu Xuan looked at A Lian and answered truthfully: "Li Zi from the 23rd floor asked me to pass it on. She looks the same as Liang Ji."

Allen's expression changed slightly.

Jiang Yan, who was watching outside, said in a voice transmission: "The white coat outside also looks very unhappy."

"Do you know her?" Fu Xuan took the initiative and asked.

A-Lian was silent for a moment, then said, "I don't know her. But Aunt Liang once said that no one who looks like Liu Liu should be allowed to get close to her."

If they can answer, it means there is room for communication, and they don't really regard them as enemies. Fu Xuan asked tentatively: "Where is this Aunt Liang now? A Liang said she went to work. Is she going to a far place?"

Allen said: "...She went to do business on other floors."

Fu Xuan was about to say something, but a huge prompt suddenly popped up in front of him:

[The "Black and White Chessboard" faction rule has been triggered. ]

[Players please choose a camp:

1. Black Camp (You need to help Wu Li and his mother escape the world's pursuit, or save the world)

2. White Camp (You need to help the world hunt down Wu Li and his son, or destroy the world)]

[You have ten seconds to think. After ten seconds, players who do not make a choice will be automatically judged as having failed the game.]

[Countdown, 10, 9, ...]

The Black Camp is about saving the world;

The White Camp is destroying the world?

Fu Xuan's thoughts moved slightly, as if he had grasped a thread, and he asked quickly and anxiously: "Have you basically never seen Aunt Liang's true face? Don't you know what she looks like?"

Allen was stunned for a moment, then replied, "Indeed, she always wears a black cloak and never shows her face. Not only have we never seen her face, we have never heard her voice either... How did you know?"

The countdown had come to an end, and Fu Xuan had no time to respond to A-Lian's question. He said, "Choose 2!"

【You have chosen the White Camp. 】

[Game tasks for players in the White Faction:

1. Hunting for Wu Li and his son

2. Destroy the world

(Please select any task to complete)]

【The manhunt map has been distributed.】