The thief brother scanned everyone with his eyeless black eye sockets, suddenly raised his head, as if he had sensed the location of the broken lens, and chased in the direction of Du Sanying who had already run a long way.

The whole car was shaken by the thief brother's running steps, as if it was about to fall apart.

Liu Huai heaved a sigh of relief. He thought they would have to fight like before. Thinking of this, he smiled bitterly. He didn't want to chop Mu Sicheng's hand for the third time and force him to go berserk. Mu Sicheng, the one who was chopped, had no psychological shadow, but he, the one who chopped him, was almost going to have a psychological shadow.

Zhang Kui looked at Bai Liu with a sense of realization: "Did you ask Du Sanying to hang the broken mirror outside to lure the thief brother? Did you know that there would be a thief brother at this station and asked Du Sanying to lure him away?"

"Yes." Bai Liu nodded, "I found these monsters at the last station. They are not new at each station, but some of them followed from the previous station."

Zhang Kui asked: "How did you find out?"

Bai Liu opened his eyelids and said, "Because the number of these exploding passengers is increasing at every platform, and we have already attacked some of them."

Zhang Kui reacted. The number of passengers pouring in this time was indeed more than that of the previous station, but the increase in monsters would further increase the difficulty for players to steal the broken lenses and escape. No wonder Bai Liu asked Du Sanying to lead the thief brother away, otherwise they would not be able to withstand the influx of the thief brother and the increased number of passengers.

But no matter whether it was the player who stole the broken mirror from the thief brother's heart or the player who lured the thief brother away, the survival rate could not be too high. Zhang Kui's face became darker and darker. No wonder all the previous players were wiped out. This game was really disgusting. There were seven stations left after the thief brother appeared. There were seven players in total in this game, seven players and seven stations. It happened that one player died at each station. All the players died at the last station...

But under Bai Liu's command, even at the fourth station, not a single player was dead. Mu Sicheng at the previous station had one foot in the grave but was pulled back. Du Sanying at this station...

Tsk.

Zhang Kui looked at Bai Liu. This guy was really good at using his brain and employing people.

Du Sanying is not good at anything, but the possibility of his death and the possibility of his things being stolen are very small. Using him to hang up the thief brother is the best option, but -

"You don't worry that Du Sanying doesn't want to lure the thief brother, what about putting the broken mirror fragments into the system backpack?" Zhang Kui asked with narrowed eyes, "This is very dangerous. How can you ensure that Du Sanying will not escape from the battlefield? If he escapes from the battlefield, the thief brother will come back to attack us, and we will all be in danger."

Bai Liu replied: "He and I are in a cooperative relationship."

Zhang Kui understood, and he was a little surprised: "Du Sanying is 100% lucky, but he actually followed your ways and was controlled by you?!"

He tried to control Du Sanying many times, but the puppet thread couldn't even touch Du Sanying! It would be interrupted inexplicably!

Du Sanying also has a very famous item called [Control Jacket]. No control skills can penetrate this jacket. This is one of the reasons why Zhang Kui directly gave up controlling Du Sanying.

Bai Liu shrugged and smiled: "Perhaps for a player like Du Sanying, being controlled by me is a sign of luck?"

Zhang Kui silently watched Du Sanying, who was crying and screaming all the way because of his thief brother: "..."

Okay, you say this is Du Sanying’s little luck, right?

The overall process of harvesting the lenses went very smoothly. Except for Du Sanying who had a swear word to say, everyone else got through it with incredible ease. They easily found all 40 fragments. However, because they could not avoid the burning damage from the passengers, Liu Huai and Mu Sicheng, who were responsible for finding the fragments, lost 20 HP respectively.

"Using defensive items like bandages won't reduce the damage from the flames." Mu Sicheng's clothes were burnt, revealing his slightly stained chest and abdominal muscles. His face was also black from the sweat he wiped with his own hands, making him look like a coal miner.

Mu Sicheng sat on the ground panting. He lifted his bandaged hand and wiped his cheek. Then he put his wrists on his knees and looked up at Bai Liu. "My health is only 40. I can only last two more stations at most."

Liu Huai also wiped the sweat from his chin with the back of his hand, then fell to the ground and panted a little tiredly: "My health is only 70 points, and I can still hold on for three more stations."

Bai Liu pondered for a while and said, "Everyone, count your health points. Mine is 6."

Li Gou: “65.”

Fang Ke: “80.”

Zhang Kui: “85.”

Du Sanying, who was chased into dust, was silent for a long time. He swallowed his saliva and said, "...100."

Now even Bai Liu fell into speechless silence.

Mu Sicheng and Du Sanying looked at each other for a while, and asked in a subtle way, "You were chased so badly, but you didn't lose any health points? The movement speed of the thief brother is 1400, you have never been caught?"

Du Sanying slightly turned away his guilty look and scratched his face: "He was almost caught many times... but he was tripped by the seats on the train many times."

Zhang Kui was completely speechless. Although it was not the first time for him to see the power of Du Sanying's luck value, this was too outrageous! What kind of thing was this where the boss was tripped by a stool while chasing someone?

Zhang Kui: "How many times did I get tripped up before I could catch you even once?!"

"Well, just a few hundred times..." Du Sanying said weakly with a distant look in his eyes.

Bai Liu, Zhang Kui, Mu Sicheng: "..."

Hundreds of times... Has the thief brother ever stood up in front of you, Du Sanying?

When the train stopped at the next station, Bai Liu deployed the battle plan again.

He looked up at the countdown on the train's LED sign, then turned around and gave a simple and calm order to the group of people sitting on the ground behind him: "There are two minutes left before the next platform. At the next station, Li Gou and Liu Huai will be the main attackers to steal the fragments, and Zhang Kui and Fang Ke will assist. Mu Sicheng will be replaced. At the next station, Li Gou and Fang Ke will be the main attackers, and the other two will assist. The next station will be Zhang Kui and Fang Ke. They will rotate in this order. Keep everyone's health above 20. We still have a monster from the Monster Book that has not been spawned, so we need to prepare for the boss battle."

"Du Sanying, you are still responsible for attracting the attention of the thief brother."

Mu Sicheng looked at Bai Liu, a little confused: "Then what will I do if I am replaced?"

Bai Liu looked into Mu Sicheng's eyes calmly: "You are responsible for preparing for the boss battle. The boss battle absolutely needs you. You are very important and the main force in the boss battle, so you can't die easily. Be careful to maintain your health value and don't let it fall below 30."

Mu Sicheng looked down at his wounded self, raised his eyebrows and spread his hands: "You want to make my mental value drop and go berserk to fight the boss again, right, Sir Bai? Are you really going to fleece me like a sheep? If my mental value jumps repeatedly in such a short period of time, I will lose my mind, Bai Liu, please don't treat everyone as a monster like you whose mental value can collapse, okay?"

He was not wrong. After his mental value dropped to single digits and then recovered last time, Mu Sicheng's eyes began to fade. Even though his mental value was later restored by Bai Liu, the sequelae of a drastic drop in mental value and then a rapid recovery in a short period of time were still there. Mu Sicheng's mental state and concentration were still severely reduced.

In the past, when Mu Sicheng was the main attacker against the Explosive Passenger, he was almost burned to death several times. Fortunately, he was assisted by three people, and Bai Liu, who was always watching Mu Sicheng, managed to bring him back.

Bai Liuyu calmed down: "From your performance just now, you are indeed in a bad condition, so I decided to replace you. From now on, you need to rest and recover your energy. During the boss battle, I need you to maintain a high level of concentration. You can give yourself some sleeping pills and take a nap. You can probably sleep for another 20 minutes."

Sleeping pills can be bought in the system store, and they are always effective. One pill will make you fall asleep and sleep till dawn. They are indeed very effective in restoring your spirit. But Mu Sicheng just wanted to laugh when he heard this. He spread his arms and lay back, resting his head on the palms of his folded hands.

Mu Sicheng tilted his head and looked at Bai Liu with a half-smile: "If I fall asleep, who will protect me and ensure my safety? You have arranged for everyone else to grab the fragments."

Bai Liu Bolan looked at him in surprise: "Me."

Mu Sicheng was so surprised that he coughed. He was about to sneer at Bai Liu, "You only have 6 health points. How can you protect me?" But when he met Bai Liu's indifferent eyes, he couldn't say a single sarcastic word. He just scratched his hair irritably: "You only have 6 health points. Are you kidding, Bai Liu..."

Bai Liu explained calmly, "Of all the people here, I am the only one who can 100% guarantee your survival. Do you have any objections to this?"

Mu Sicheng's eyes swept over Zhang Kui's gloomy expression, Du Sanying's crying, Liu Huai's evasive eyes, and Zhang Kui's other puppets with lifeless eyes, and finally fixed on Bai Liu's unwavering eyes - when this guy wanted to forcibly carry out the plan to control Zhang Kui before, he also had this kind of "I know this is risky but I won't change" look.

After a few seconds, Mu Sicheng sighed in frustration, and finally raised his hands in surrender, saying, "OK, I have no objection."

"I said, I won't let you die, Mu Sicheng." Bai Liu walked over and smiled at Mu Sicheng. It was a soothing and consoling smile. The smile looked particularly hypocritical on Bai Liu's face, but Mu Sicheng still relaxed a little.

Bai Liu patted Mu Sicheng's shoulder and sat next to him. "Go to sleep."

Mu Sicheng was patted by Bai Liu, and he closed his eyes and relaxed involuntarily. He was originally very nervous, but Bai Liu's whisper of "Go to sleep" was like a spell. Mu Sicheng couldn't help but relax his tense muscles and nerves and leaned against the car door. He thought, I will close my eyes and take a rest. I will definitely not fall asleep. Falling asleep in the game is too ridiculous. It is definitely not something a highly vigilant person like him can do...

[System prompt: Player Bai Liu used a highly effective inhaled sleeping pill on player Mu Sicheng]

When Mu Sicheng heard the voice, he frowned and moved his hands twice, as if preparing to struggle to wake up, but Bai Liu soon put his hand on the tip of Mu Sicheng's nose with no emotion on his face. Mu Sicheng took two breaths, and all the muscles in his body relaxed, and he fell into a deeper and sweet sleep uncontrollably.

Bai Liu glanced at Mu Sicheng, who was breathing steadily with his head tilted, and raised an eyebrow at the white powder in his hand: "This inhalation sleeping pill is too effective, isn't it?"

Du Sanying was stunned: "How come you knocked Mu Sicheng down all of a sudden!"

"He was seriously affected by the previous attack. The best way to restore his condition is to have a deep sleep." Bai Liu held his breath and patted the sleeping pill powder on his hand. After the powder dispersed, he turned to look at Du Sanying and said, "I need Mu Sicheng to be in good condition to fight the boss later. Let him fall asleep first."

Du Sanying was a little confused. He approached Bai Liu and whispered in Bai Liu's ear, "But Bai Liu, you used Mu Sicheng before because there were only three of us, but now you have so many people. You don't have to rely on Mu Sicheng alone! Others can also fight against monsters!"

As Du Sanying spoke, he looked at Zhang Kui and the others out of the corner of his eye, with a look that showed a very mean and gossipy look, as if to ask why Bai Liu didn't deal with these bad guys.

"These people will be in the platform later, and their health will drop below 30 as they search for broken mirrors. Their combat effectiveness will drop to a certain extent." Although Bai Liu knew that Zhang Kui and the others could clearly hear her and Du Sanying whispering at this distance, Bai Liu still cooperated by lowering his voice and slightly tilting his head to whisper in Du Sanying's ear.

Bai Liu lowered his eyelids: "And in this game copy, only Mu Sicheng is the most likely to fight against the final boss."

"Mu Sicheng is the most likely candidate?" Du Sanying repeated Bai Liu's words in a daze. He turned to look at Mu Sicheng, who was put into a deep sleep by Bai Liu's sleeping pills, and asked in confusion, "Why is he the most useful?"

Bai Liu lowered his eyelids, looked at Mu Sicheng's unconscious, sleeping face, and smiled: "Because he is the best thief I have ever seen, and the only thief who can steal things from me."

"Much better than the two brothers who stole the mirror."

Du Sanying didn't understand. He was used to not understanding Bai Liu's words. Du Sanying just looked at Bai Liu hesitantly: "Bai Liu, even so, do you really want to protect the sleeping Mu Sicheng? You might as well let others protect you. It's too dangerous for the two of you! One is asleep and the other has only 6 health points!"

"No." Bai Liu rejected it outright. "There are only three people on the shard-grabbing side. One person grabs two defenders to avoid losing health points. One person grabs one defender to return to defense. Their status will decline in the later stages and they will lose a lot of health points due to mistakes. If the total health points are less than 400, we will all be trapped in the game."

Du Sanying wanted to say something to persuade Bai Liu, but when he saw Bai Liu's expressionless face, he understood that Bai Liu had made up her mind. Du Sanying knew that he could not convince Bai Liu easily, so he had to walk away with his head down.

Before leaving, Du Sanying glanced at Mu Sicheng who was sleeping soundly and Bai Liu who was standing beside him, and sighed with complicated feelings.

This was the first time he saw a player risking his life to let another player have a good sleep.

Of course, Bai Liu did this entirely in order to make better use of Mu Sicheng after waking up.

I don’t know whether Mu Sicheng is lucky or unlucky.

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Mu Sicheng was suddenly awakened from his deep sleep.

The train was running fast in the dark tunnel, and the wind rushed in from the top that was opened by the thief brother, making a rustling sound. The sound woke him up from his dreamless sleep. Everything around him seemed to be no different from before he fell asleep, but Mu Sicheng looked around carefully and found that the damage to the carriage had worsened a lot. It looked like it had experienced one fierce battle after another, and there were holes everywhere for air to come in.

The performance of others also verified Mu Sicheng's conjecture.

Zhang Kui and Liu Huai huddled in a corner with pale faces, Li Gou and Fang Ke were covered in blood and looked very frightened. Du Sanying lay on a stool, panting like a dog with his tongue hanging out. His hair was wet from sweat and stuck to his forehead, like a parrot that had fallen into the water and was picked up by someone. His eyes were staring and he looked very tired.

Bai Liu was not in a much better condition. His face was as pale as a dead person as he leaned against the door to adjust his breathing. He held a whip in his hand, sweat dripping from his wet shirt. He tilted his head back and was filling himself with energy recovery agent. There were a pile of bottles at his feet.

Seeing Mu Sicheng wake up, Bai Liu slowly rolled his eyes: "Mu Sicheng, you're awake. The sleeping pills are working well. It's only been more than 20 minutes. How are you recovering?"

Mu Sicheng rubbed his swollen temples and stood up by the door. He knew that Bai Liu had drugged him, so he could not get angry. Mu Sicheng frowned and looked at Bai Liu: "Which station are you at now? How many broken mirror fragments have you collected? How much health do you have left?"

"We just passed the eighth stop. There are only two stops left before we return to the antique city. We have collected 300 broken mirror fragments." Bai Liu seemed not to have heard him. He skipped the last question and said, "I feel that your mental state has recovered. I will tell you what you will do at the ninth stop. You will have to cooperate with me later..."

Mu Sicheng raised his eyes, his eyes were filled with anger. He stepped on Bai Liu's whip and repeated his question word by word, interrupting Bai Liu's words: "I'm asking you, Bai Liu, how much health do you have now?"

Blood flowed from the corner of Bai Liu's mouth, which he licked away. He raised his eyelids and said, "Knowing this will only shake your trust in me when you work with me later."

"I don't know if I will be more powerful." Mu Sicheng sneered, "Tell me, whether I trust you or not, haven't you always been forcing me to cooperate well?"

Bai Liu was silent for a while: "3."

Mu Sicheng couldn't help but: "Fuck!"

Mu Sicheng resisted the urge to swear and stood up irritably. Bai Liu looked at Mu Sicheng indifferently, stepped on a chair, and forced himself to calm down.

Mu Sicheng turned around and looked at Bai Liu with gritted teeth: "You only have three points of health, and you are talking to me about cooperation. You will die if you are burned!"

"It was burned three times." Bai Liu corrected him. Before Mu Sicheng was about to swear, he calmly comforted him, "But Mu Sicheng, you and the others made too many mistakes in coordination. I had to come up and cooperate with you, because in the next cooperation, no one can fall behind."

"As long as you don't make a mistake, I won't die." Bai Liu and Mu Sicheng looked at each other, "So you must not make a mistake, understand?"

Mu Sicheng took a deep breath, and finally could only yell at Bai Liu angrily: "That's right! You lunatic, tell me what you want me to do for you! Why should we cooperate with each other! I've even set off a sea of ​​fire for you!"

Bai Liu smiled and said, "It doesn't have to be that serious. I just need you to help me steal something."

"What?" Mu Sicheng asked back in confusion.

Just as Bai Liu opened his mouth, the female voice of the train broadcast sounded: "There are still two stops. The train will arrive at the terminal station soon. The next stop is Lujiaxiangkou. Passengers who want to get off, please line up by the door, first in, then out..."

The car door was gradually filled with densely packed charred corpses, their heads twisted and turning, making creaking sounds. The thief brother stood in the front, his body full of flames, his eyes burning and making crackling sounds, his bones all burned red, and at first glance it seemed that a pair of red eyes were burning unwillingly in the thief's eyes. The thief roared and pounded on the car door. He was angry because of the lost loot - the fragments that were snatched from his heart.

"These monsters will be coming up soon! Bai Liu, what exactly do you want me to steal?" Mu Sicheng asked him as he pulled Bai Liu back cautiously.

Bai Liu held his chin tightly and said, "I'm not sure what I want you to steal."

Mu Sicheng spurted: "??? Damn, you're not sure either! You have to give me a goal!"

Bai Liu clenched the fish bone in his hand. He let out a long breath as the car door clicked open. His eyes were solemn, but there was a hint of smile on the corner of his mouth: "If I'm not mistaken, what I want you to steal back may be all we have, 300 broken mirror fragments, or it may be just 20 broken mirror fragments. It depends on whether Du Sanying can hold on."

“?? 300 broken mirror fragments, but aren’t they on Du Sanying’s body?” Mu Sicheng turned to look at Du Sanying a little puzzled.

This guy's health is still 100%, which makes Mu Sicheng a little speechless: "Steal it back? You mean the thief brother would steal things from Du Sanying? That's impossible. That stupid big guy chased Du Sanying for six steps and didn't touch the corner of Du Sanying's clothes. How could he steal the fragments from him?"

"Do you know that there is a double jump principle in designing bosses for horror games?" Bai Liu suddenly brought this up.

Mu Sicheng glanced over and said, "I don't know, what is this?"

Bai Liu smiled and said, "That's the boss guarding the level. Before the player can clear the level, he will definitely go berserk. His combat power and accuracy will go berserk. This boss's performance will definitely be greatly improved, that is, his performance will double, which will bring great obstacles to the player's clearance. Generally speaking, there will be a level before the player can clear the level that will cause a large number of player deaths."

"But what's strange is that..." Bai Liu raised his eyes slowly, "This thief brother has followed us for six stations. He is obviously the main boss of this game, but he doesn't show any signs of going crazy. Even though we have already escaped him for six stations, things are getting smoother in the later stages, and we are about to pass the level, but his fighting ability has not improved at all. This design is not very reasonable."

Mu Sicheng raised his eyebrows: "And then?"

"So I think he is another kind of double jump." Bai Liu slowly raised his eyes, "If there is no quality value enhancement, then there is a new monster. Do you still remember the name on the second page of the monster book? Thief Brothers, but we only saw a younger brother, what about his older brother?"