Chapter 149 Exploring the Sixty-Sixth Floor

As she expected, the so-called dark and gloomy alien space garbage dump on the twenty-third floor was located on the sixty-sixth floor.

Ji Weihang looked at the pile of cars from afar and didn't see any people, but occasionally the figures of dark creatures flashed by.

She had no intention of going closer to take a look; it was enough for her to confirm that there was a closer connection between the 23rd and 66th floors.

As the bottom layer, the sixty-sixth layer has its own particularity. The bottom layer is the foundation of everything, especially the building blocks.

The sixty-sixth floor, Shadow of Death, darkness and death, is the most common fear.

The twenty-third floor has its own special features. For example, why does the twenty-third floor have so many clones? Judging from the battle between the God of Highway and the forty-fourth floor, He is not without territorial awareness.

After it showed more connections with the sixty-sixth floor, the importance of the twenty-third floor became more unquestionable.

So, it was not a coincidence that they were sent to the 23rd floor, and it was not just luck that they met Li Zi, accepted the mission, went to the Security Department, etc.

Ever since she met Xiao Le, she has been thinking about what is hidden behind everything. Xiao Le's actions pointed her in the right direction. Everything is related to Wu Li.

It has nothing to do with "killing Wu Li" or "protecting Wu Li", it only has to do with this person.

Otherwise, she just said a few words casually, why did Xiaole change the direction of the task?

After walking through the thirty-third, twenty-third, and sixty-sixth floors, she has confirmed that this cannot be the real world.

A world may contain a mixture of multiple elements, but the logic of the world's operation cannot be so chaotic and unreal.

This can be seen from the strategy guide, but she does not completely believe in it.

For her, personal experience is real.

Walking among the blocks, she was sure that they were walking in the mental world of a person, the mental world of a person who was in some bad state.

Once this fact is confirmed, all the confusing logic becomes clear.

The human spiritual world will naturally reject the invasion of outsiders, so subconsciously, a "doomsday" based on a certain feeling of the master of the spiritual world is established to exclude players, and for some purpose, the externalized rules of the game thrown in by the players are used to help players fight against NPCs, which are puppets of the master of the spiritual world.

If we look for the causes of the twenty-three layers of particularity from the perspective of individual psychology, then both the Möbius strip and the infinity symbol represent someone who is in a state from which there is no escape and which is an infinite cycle.

Judging from the status of each Wu Li and the information obtained before, she believed that the owner of this building block world was in this strange state.

The building blocks eroded by nothingness and shadows represent that her mental state is getting worse and worse. Once nothingness and shadows devour the entire building block, it may mean spiritual death that cannot be saved.

All the martial arts rituals and games are pushing them to resolve this situation.

How to solve it?

Through intense mental stimulation.

People will wake up when they have a nightmare. As long as the spiritual world is stimulated enough and collapses and becomes unstable, people will naturally wake up.

——Of course, excessive mental stimulation may cause people to go crazy or even die.

But judging from the attitudes of Yugi and Wu Li, the possibility should be small. Or it can be said that this is the only way.

Back to the topic, how to stimulate?

Judging from the overall situation, the big movements of the players will intensify the excitement, especially the movements related to the various martial arts rituals.

Therefore, Xiaole didn’t care whether she took on the task of “killing Wu Li” or “protecting Wu Li”.

Therefore, Li Zi issued a gift-giving task and gave away a bracelet that had serious problems in shape.

Out of the corner of her eye she noticed the python quietly crawling away, and she asked aloud, "Why do you think this is the center?"

The python stared at her innocently, as if to say, "I don't know what you're talking about."

She smiled. The dark creature's behavior was naturally influenced by its spiritual master, even if it didn't know it. "Let's go back."

The python began to swim.

In fact, the snake does not want to leave, but it will come closer when people talk. This is its nature. If it has to keep getting closer to this person but cannot eat her, it might as well take her back.

What a snake-hating person.

The snake moved forward with its tail swinging, thinking about the feasibility of throwing this matter to other guys later.

This person is not so content and will definitely go somewhere else.

Ji Weihang didn't know that the snake was thinking about how to get rid of her, she continued with her previous thoughts.

As soon as she saw the bracelet, she knew that Li Zi's mission was not as simple as it sounded. She assigned it to Fu Xuan. On the one hand, she knew that Fu Xuan could do it well and wanted him to complete the mission as soon as possible so that his life would be safe. On the other hand, she was worried that the bracelet that hid a secret would cause her other mission to fail.

The task of protecting Wu Li did not specify which Wu Li it was, so it can be assumed that every Wu Li was the one she had to protect, and of course this included Liu Liu.

She was not sure whether the gift was good or bad, so if there was a possibility of conflict, she would naturally give it to someone else who could do better.

Now, Li Zi said that if she gave Liuliu a gift, Liuliu's mother would automatically help them destroy the building blocks.

In fact, it means "giving gifts to Liuliu. After Liuliu gets into trouble, Liuliu's mother will be stimulated, which will aggravate the collapse of her spiritual world and destroy the building blocks."

She was right to assign it to others.

However, this stimulation was probably not enough, so Li Zi parted ways with them when the light gate was teleported and went to do other things.

She waited for the black and white chessboard to open in order to verify her guess about the purpose of the game.

The division between the black and white camps did verify her guess.

The black camp is to help Wu Li and his son escape the world's pursuit, or to save the world;

The White Camp will help the world hunt down Wu Li and his son, or destroy the world.

Black, escape pursuit, save the world,

Bai, help hunt down and destroy the world.

It seems very difficult to choose.

She didn't know how much other players knew about the plot at present, but what choices they would make was actually not important at all.

After the black and white chessboard, Wu Li's existence will be conveyed to all surviving players, and they will begin to hunt down or protect Wu Li and his mother, which will undoubtedly bring more excitement.

This has achieved the purpose of the game.

What we need to consider now is how to create more stimulation for the spiritual world. This will be easier to achieve at the most basic sixty-sixth level.

The python brought her back to the original place. Feeling the divine consciousness approaching, Bai Jiyue contacted Ji Weihang again and asked, "Senior, how is it? Did you see anything special?"

Ji Weihang said: "I saw the garbage dump on the 23rd floor. There's nothing special about it."

Hearing the sound, the dark creatures looked over subconsciously, and then turned away sullenly, feeling really unhappy that they couldn't eat her.

Bai Jiyue said "oh" to show that she understood, and then said: "There is a secret compartment in the bamboo basket, which is locked by some means. I am trying to open it."

"Then I'll leave it to you. I'll go check out other places." Ji Weihang turned to the dark creature and asked, "I want to check out the other two 'centers'. Could you please lead the way?"

The giant's answer was to smash his fist down on her, but it missed her. He let out a breath of air in anger, but still slowly moved his body more than ten meters away; the tiger disappeared in the blink of an eye, using actions instead of answers.

Ji Weihang couldn't split herself into two, so she couldn't chase the tiger, but she was nimble and she grabbed the tail of the python that was running a step slower than her and said, "Don't run. You should know where it's pointing, right? Can you lead the way? I like you very much."

Hissing, the python turned around and tried to bite her, but missed. It angrily wrapped around her hand that was grabbing its tail, but missed and wrapped around its own tail instead.

hateful!

The giant looked back, with a human-like gloating expression on his face, and was much more willing to lead the way.

It's not that it doesn't want to run, but it inexplicably feels guided by the darkness and should stay.

The "important place" the giant took her to was not far away, it was a small wooden cabin nearby.

The giant and the python were both staying outside the door. There was something inside that attracted them, but there was also something that prevented them from approaching.

She pushed the door open and entered. Thanks to her dark companion, she could see in the dark. Without turning on the lights, she looked around the wooden house in the dark.

The wooden house here is similar to the previous one, except that there is a special decoration hanging on the wall, which is a wooden sculpture of an inverted 8 snake with its head and tail facing up.

The wood carving was tied with a wooden rope and hung on a nail. She took it down easily and observed it for a moment. She couldn't see anything special, so she simply took out the wooden house and threw it to the python, "It feels suitable for you."

The python was ecstatic, and took a deep breath, sucking away some energy from the wood carving. The giant was furious, unable to snatch it away in time, and angrily pounded the ground, staring at Ji Weihang, as if to say: I was the one who brought you here!

Ji Weihang said, "Excuse me, do you have anything like this here? I'll give it to you next time."

The superficial politeness really made the giant think. The python treated her much closer, wrapped its tail around her ankle, and then pointed in a certain direction.

"Are you taking me to where Xiaohu thinks the center is?"

The python nodded.

They set off.

The thinking giant hurried to keep up, and he still remembered that she said it was his turn next.

The next location is a nearby square, which is similar to the square of the Smugglers' Guild.

After leaving the Smugglers' Guild, she and Bai Jiuyue walked for half an hour and arrived at another small town. All the towns seemed to look the same, but they had confirmed that there were no smugglers here.

Empty town.

Although they said there were people in the previous town, in fact they didn't see anyone other than the smugglers.

The square here was the same as the previous one, with a dried-up fountain, and the python led her to a clock tower.

Wagging its tail, the python looked at her expectantly, and the giant sat down nearby, waiting for her.

She entered the building and went up the stairs. The second floor was filled with empty, dusty rooms. The clock on the third floor had no core. She knocked on it with her hand, but there was no sound. Looking down from here, she could see the python and the giant looking up at her.

The python seemed to know her confusion, and its body fell straight to the ground like a stick. The giant grinned, picked up the stick and knocked the snake against the wall playfully. Provoked by this, the python became furious, and it entangled the giant's arm and climbed up like mist, strangling his neck, and the two began to fight.

The moment he saw the stick snake, Ji Weihang suddenly realized something. He picked up a rotten branch in the corner that looked so fragile that it would turn into ashes at any time. The moment he picked it up, the dust shrank off and turned into a golden short stick.

Use it to strike the bell, and the sound of the ancient bell is deafening.

Ji Weihang vaguely felt that even the darkness had dissipated a little.

The python and the giant downstairs were dizzy and had no intention of fighting.

She knocked three times with great interest and found that the darkness really dissipated and seemed not so thick anymore.

It's really strange, if it has this effect, why don't local residents ring the bell all the time?

She wasn't too interested in dispelling the darkness and stunning the creatures; that wasn't her purpose.

He simply broke the golden stick, revealing a small black snake inside, which was alive and tried to bite her, but only bit its own mouth.

She picked up the little snake with the remains of the golden stick. The golden stick seemed to have a restraining effect on it. It lay motionless and allowed herself to be carried all the way down the stairs.

Seeing the little snake, the python immediately pounced on it happily. Before it could jump completely, the giant grabbed the snake's tail and pulled it back, then hit the snake unhappily, as if to say: Don't steal my prey!

Ji Weihang didn't care what they did. He threw the little snake on the ground. Free from the restraint of the wooden stick, the little snake immediately tried to escape. The python became anxious and its figure turned from real to virtual and escaped from the giant's palm. Ji Weihang only felt a slender shadow flash by, and the little snake disappeared.

The python that swallowed the little snake was satisfied. It raised its head proudly and drew an inverted 8 in the air.

Ji Weihang looked at the giant who was pounding the ground in rage and said, "The little snake won't compete with you for the next spot."

The giant's expression was full of disbelief, but he still stood up and prepared to leave.

Ji Weihang just said it casually, but he didn't expect that there was a place where important items were hidden nearby. It was really strange to see so many things gathered together.

"Is there anyone living here? Except my companions." Ji Weihang asked.

The python answered the fastest, raising its tail and pointing in a certain direction.

The giant was a step slower and thumped the ground unhappily.

Ji Weihang noticed a tiger appearing not far away and watched from a distance.

She decided to go to another place where there were important items first, and followed the guidance of the python into a new path.

This time the destination was a small wooden house standing alone outside the town. After entering, we found a two-meter-tall teddy bear. After taking it out, the python showed no interest in it.

This time, she handed it to the giant.

The giant held the teddy bear and was as happy as a child. He did not absorb energy like the python did before.

Ji Weihang was curious about what these three dark creatures represented. At present, they were the three strongest ones nearby, and their appearance must not have changed randomly.

"Nowhere else?"

They shook their heads to indicate no, and the python folded its body in half, then stretched the distance between its head and tail.

Ji Weihang interpreted: "Actually, there is, but it's very far away?"

The python nodded.

Got it. She went back to find Bai Jiyue.

Without caring whether they would leave or not, Ji Weihang knocked on the door directly. After asking with Bai Jiuyue's spiritual sense, he opened the door.

Walking into the wooden house, Ji Weihang and Bai Jiuyue communicated the information they had obtained, and Bai Jiuyue also told him what he had gained.

In the smuggler's bamboo basket, the most prominent merchandise is the parts of dark creatures, and hidden in the sealed secret compartment is a golden key.

"Who would go out with such a shiny golden key?"