Liu Jiayi and her group stood outside the closed door.

She frowned as she watched the rose fluid flowing out from the crack in the door become darker and darker in color, finally turning into a color almost as bright as blood.

Liu Jiayi wrinkled her nose, and hidden under the light rose scent of the original liquid, she smelled a very unpleasant smell of blood and mushrooms - this reminded her of the previous copy.

...The last copy - in a flash, Liu Jiayi remembered the monster book reward of "Love Welfare Home" - blood ganoderma.

She herself failed to obtain the monster book reward from the welfare home, so she didn't get the blood ganoderma.

Liu Jiayi had never thought about blood ganoderma before because it was too outrageous - but now the moment she smelled this scent, Liu Jiayi understood what the antidote Bai Liu was talking about.

——It’s blood ganoderma.

Add to that the inexplicable questions Bai Liu asked her about the Ace of Hearts skill card...there's no way anyone could have guessed what he was trying to do!

Liu Jiayi took a deep breath and, rarely, felt the headache of having a member in the team who liked to act recklessly. She waved away the refugees standing in front of her, sprayed herself with enough rose perfume to lower her spirit value, took off the visualization props and walked towards the door.

——The most powerful part of that god-level NPC’s mutant attack is the eyes. If she can’t see, it should be able to reduce the speed of her mutantization.

But the moment Liu Jiayi took a step forward, countless thorny vines emerged from the cracks in the door.

These vines, like creepers captured at high speed, quickly climb and spread along the narrow corridors of the rose factory. In the blink of an eye, they turn the corridor leading outside into a dense primeval jungle, with vines with outstretched and curled branches and leaves everywhere.

The thick thorns densely growing on these vines were like the teeth of a vampire that were still eating after being plucked out. They sucked up the bloody liquid flowing on the ground in an instant and then grew rapidly.

The dark red spots were pulsating like a heart, bulging and gathering around the spikes as if they were about to explode in the next second.

"What's going on?" Tang Er took out his gun and pointed it at the rapidly expanding thorns. "This is not a dry leaf rose plant. What did Bai Liu do?"

Liu Jiayi lowered her head and put on the visualization props. She looked up at the closed door and said, "He did what he always wanted to do."

Tang Erda was stunned.

The huge, tightly closed door was pushed open by the growing vines, and Tang Er turned around and looked inside.

In the center of the room, Tang Erda saw the core of these growing and spreading vines, which made his breathing slightly stagnate for a moment.

In a transparent display cabinet filled with blood, two people were lying in the blood, leaning on each other.

One person was pressed against the other's chest, thorny vines pierced through their bodies continuously, but they seemed to feel no pain at all, immersed in the warm blood, hugging each other, peacefully and quietly, as if they were sleeping soundly for eternity at this moment.

The red-stained Ace of Hearts poker card floated on the blood.

The spikes burst brilliantly, and dark red spots of light floated from under the umbrella, passing through the dark and deep corridor, and wandering along the end of the vines to where the May sunlight reached - there were 16,000 acres of flower fields where old friends were buried.

The rose petals that have lost their source of nutrition have curled inwards, and the dreamy light pink that spreads to the sky has withered with the departure of the gods. It is the 16,000 thoughts that have been chopped up and hidden deep inside. They appear briefly in the moment when the scorching sun is wrapping around the approaching summer, and then disappear with the petals that fall into dust.

The strong winds have destroyed the beloved flowers of early summer; the lease of summer is too short; the sun is scorching like an eye left behind by a god.

The sixteen thousand acres of roses in the upside-down world have withered, but your long summer will never wither.

——It was a summer that even the gods praised as beautiful.

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In the game hall, the small TV area that was vacant when Titan used his skill flashed twice and suddenly reappeared.

Mu Sicheng and Mu Ke, who had been sitting nearby waiting, stood up suddenly. Mu Sicheng checked the time - it was still far from a dimensional minute, but the people from the King's Guild had already come out...

The ominous feeling in his and Mu Ke's hearts grew stronger and stronger.

Titan walked out of the small TV area with earth-shaking steps, his strong arms raised flat, and on his shoulders sat Red Heart, who was yawning and covering his lips lazily.

As if she saw Mu Ke and Maki Shicheng blocking the path she was leaving, Anitao narrowed her eyes and flickered between the two of them. Suddenly, she held her chin up and chuckled:

"Glaring me here won't do anything." She smiled and her eyes were soft. "Go look around in the no-man's land now. Maybe you can find your boss."

"Of course if you can't find her, and Bai Liu doesn't make it out of the game alive, and you have nowhere to go—" Hong Tao lazily extended her hand to Mu Ke, her smile deepening, "—the door of the King's Guild will always be open to you potential players."

Mu Ke held back Mu Sicheng, who was about to rush up and beat someone up in anger, and took two deep breaths to control his emotions.

When he heard Bai Liu that he would not come out of the game alive, his face had turned completely pale, without a trace of blood, like a porcelain doll that was about to break.

Although he knew that Hong Tao's words were most likely a trap to trick them, Mu Ke couldn't help but take the bait when the small TV fell into a no-man's land and he had no way of getting any news about Bai Liu.

But the complete absence of Bai Liu made Mu Ke's mind work at an incredibly high speed.

He couldn't panic. If he panicked, everything would be over. He would lose the only remaining strength that could help Bai Liu.

Mu Ke grabbed the back of Mu Sicheng's neck, who was cursing at Hong Tao with red eyes, closed his eyes and took a deep breath, then turned to look at the anxious guild members behind him, with an impeccable smile on his face again:

"Everyone, we have just achieved a phased victory."

The anxious team members and Mu Sicheng all looked at Mu Ke, who was smiling very dignifiedly, with a look of "Are you crazy?!"

Mu Ke continued speaking clearly and calmly:

"Is Bai Liu the most important person in our guild? No, the most important people in our guild are you. Bai Liu is just a broker, dispensable. Anyone can be the broker, the person who serves everyone - and you are the main body of this guild, you are the most important."

Mu Ke narrated calmly: "And you just proved your strength through Bai Liu, an unimportant existence. When you gathered together, you were able to shake the King's Guild and force them to send out one of the strongest members of the team to stop you. Isn't this a victory?"

“This can definitely be called a big win!”

The guild members looked at each other anxiously. They felt that there was something wrong with Mu Ke's logic, but they couldn't find any point to refute it. Instead, they were involuntarily encouraged and followed the logic of his words.

"What we have to do now is never give up, and then press on to win." Mu Ke smiled very decently and sincerely, "We have already won half the battle. Next, we just need to find Bai Liu in the no-man's land, and then we will win!"

Obviously, it is impossible to find someone in the [No Man's Land], but Mu Ke threw it out so casually that it seemed like it was just something that could be done by spending a little more time and effort.

Mu Sicheng leaned close to Mu Ke's ear and whispered a reminder through his teeth: "There are countless discarded TVs in the no-man's land. Even if all these people searched together for ten years, they might not be able to find them all."

"Then let's look for them for 20 years - they won't run away easily because of the initial sunk costs." Mu Ke replied in a low voice with an unmoved smile. He glanced at Mu Sicheng with a stern look, "If they die in the game, I will recruit new members and find Bai Liu. I won't give up."

Mu Ke raised his chin slightly, and for some reason his expression looked a little arrogant: "You can leave if you want. I want to be more useful to Bai Liu than you are."

Mu Sicheng was stunned.

Mu Ke ignored him and turned around and raised his voice to the members, "Now let's go to the no-man's land!"

Hongtao, who was sitting on Titan's shoulder, raised her eyebrows slightly when she saw this scene - this guy called Mu Ke is good at speaking.

She fluttered her high heels, and the team members below raised their heads and looked at her as if they had telepathy: "Queen, do you have any instructions?"

Hong Tao's eyes fell on Mu Ke's back: "Ask Wang Shun to check on this new guy named Mu Ke."

Before she finished speaking, someone came over clapping.

“Pah, pah, pah!” Charles clapped his hands and laughed, then stepped aside to let Wang Shun follow behind him. “Wang Shun, I found someone who is more suitable than you to promote the Bailiu team.”

Wang Shun, who was dressed neatly, lowered his head with a tingling scalp, his hands pressed against his legs, not daring to look at Hong Tao who was looking down at him, and his voice was as soft as a mosquito's: "...Empress, Empress."

Charles jumped up and put his heel on the ground, took off his top hat, turned it over twice in his hand and put it on his chest, then bent over and raised his hand to give a somewhat street-style salute to Hong Tao: "Good afternoon, my beautiful queen."

All the smiles on Hong Tao's face disappeared. She lowered her eyes and scanned between Wang Shun and Charles several times. She spoke without any emotion: "Charles, I thought it was a common practice among guilds not to touch each other's information."

"Of course it's true for big guilds." Charles flipped his hat twice and put it firmly on his head. He stood up and looked at Hongtao sitting on Titan's shoulder, smiling, "But for new guilds, some special tolerance should be given, right?"

"If the newcomer guild you're referring to is the Scavenger Guild." Hong Tao put her hands on the hem of her skirt, leaning towards Titan with a dazed look in her eyes. "Charles, I regretfully inform you that about three minutes ago, the president of this guild, Bai Liu, fell into the no-man's land."

"This is such unfortunate news, oh, poor Bai Liu." Charles clasped his hands tightly together over his chest, seeming to be extremely sad, but this sad expression on his face lasted less than a second before it turned into an unfathomable smile, "Maybe this is not a bad result."

Hong Tao finally realized what Charles was going to do. She sat up straight, frowned and warned, "Charles, the cheering season has just begun. You have a lot of better choices. There is no need to waste time on a newcomer."

"But I fell in love with him at first sight, and I can no longer look down on other players." Charles supported his head on his stick and made a bewitched gesture.

Charles slumped his shoulders and looked at Hongtao with a cynical smile: "Queen, gambling is just like love. When you are immersed in it, you must be single-minded. A horse I like is worth spending a fortune on."

"Even if he only played three games and fell into a no-man's land with only a shabby guild," Hong Tao asked indifferently, "you won't change the person you bet on?"

Charles shrugged, "You know, Queen, for a gambler like me, choosing horses is as irrational as falling in love with someone."

He looked up and stared at Hong Tao, with a playful and teasing smile on his face: "I think Your Majesty, who has been deeply hurt by a man, should be able to understand my situation of being unable to extricate myself from someone even though I know it is wrong, right?"

The author has something to say:

The winds have ravaged the beloved flowers of early summer, the lease of summer is too short, the sun is burning like a lost eye of the gods (note) This is also a quote from Shakespeare's previous poem, a poem! It was not written by me! I paraphrased it! The original sentence is:

The winds blew away May's beloved buds,

The summer rent period is too short:

Sometimes the eyes of heaven shine too brightly,

Charles, when you said this now, you probably didn't expect that you would be deeply hurt by a certain bastard (86) later!

My gay friend: Mu Ke is really miserable. He finally felt that he was more useful than 4, but here comes another 2. Poor Mu Ke.

Interview:

Me: 86 Who do you like best in the team?

86 (without hesitation): Captain Tang (because it is useful)

Mu Ke: Wuwuwuwuwuqaq

+1 (sympathizes with Mu Ke)

4: So love will disappear, right?

2 (panicked): Don’t try to seduce me! Bai Liu! I won’t be seduced by you!

86: I didn’t seduce you, I really like you the most (because it is the most useful

2 (produces violent shaking)