The candlelight flickered on the wooden table. The wind outside the window was bitingly cold. Su Mingan leaned back to avoid the smoke rings that Xiao Jingsan blew towards him.
Xiao Jingsan held up his pipe and laughed, "Sorry, Your Highness."
Su Ming'an raised his hand slightly. Under the high strength value in the bright state, the iron buckle on his wrist was as light as a feather, and he could punch this man at any time.
"——Crown Prince, the Imperial Master wants to see you." At this time, the voice of a maid came from outside the door, interrupting Su Mingan's thoughts.
Su Mingan was slightly startled. This maid might be calling him. After all, Xiao Jingsan had just called him "Your Highness".
"Here we are. Let the Imperial Master wait for a moment."
Unexpectedly, it was Xiao Jingsan who answered. He put down his pipe and turned to leave. The wooden sign on his waist swayed, and the jade pendant jingled.
Su Mingan suddenly realized when he saw this.
I see.
His identity should indeed be the "eldest prince", but it was deprived by Xiao Jingsan.
As for the facial resemblance, there are two possibilities. The first is disguise, and the second is twins. After all, in some ancient Chinese novels recommended by my female classmates, it seems that it is mentioned that twins of the same sex are considered a good omen in the royal family, but twins of the same sex are considered ominous in the royal family because there is a risk of confusing the bloodline, so one of them is often intentionally sent away or killed, leaving only one child.
World game, your routine has been seen through. The following plot is nothing more than the royal family fighting for the throne, and what other underworld tricks are they trying to play.
"By the way, before you leave, Your Highness..."
Xiao Jingsan took a few steps and glanced at the blood line on the copper basin. Perhaps he felt that the amount of blood loss was enough, so he put his hands close to Su Mingan's right palm.
Su Mingan curled his fingers slightly, already grasping the space vibration. He stared closely at Xiao Jingsan's every move.
"Order—restore." Xiao Jingsan shouted softly.
A faint white light lit up between his ten fingers, flowing from Xiao Jingsan's hand and merging into the knife marks on Su Mingan's right palm. Five seconds later, the bleeding wound on Su Mingan's right palm healed.
There was a faint flicker of golden seal characters in the air, and then it quickly disappeared into nothingness.
Su Mingan's palm soon stopped bleeding, leaving only a shallow scar. He looked at the remarkable healing effect with some surprise.
You can issue orders just by opening your mouth - is this the power system of this world?
He had never seen the power system in this world before. It seemed different from ordinary swords and magic, and it should not be as simple as chanting spells.
"I'm going to be out for a while, Your Highness." After treating Su Ming'an's wound, Xiao Jingsan turned around and walked towards the door, holding the copper basin full of blood.
Su Mingan's fingers were still pinching the space vibration, staring at Xiao Jingsan's back.
...Will he attack Xiao Jingsan now? Or should he wait and see what happens? A single move could lead to a completely different outcome.
Just then, he suddenly felt the world around him slow down.
At this moment, all the scenes suddenly became extremely slow. The cold wind outside the window stopped abruptly, the orchid in the corner stopped swaying, and even Xiao Jingsan's movements as he stepped outside became extremely slow.
It was like the world suddenly sped up 0.5 times.
At the same time, four patterns that did not block his vision appeared in front of Su Mingan: a triangle, a circle, a square, and a diamond.
A line of text appears.
[Xiao Jingsan is about to leave, please choose as soon as possible:]
A triangle pattern appears on Xiao Jingsan's head: [Attack this place and try to knock Xiao Jingsan unconscious. You can disguise yourself as him and get a chance to escape.]
A circular pattern appeared on Xiao Jingsan's waist: [Use the "Puppet Silk" skill to attack this place. There is a certain probability of stealing the token, which can give you a chance to escape. The probability of being discovered is medium.]
A square pattern appears by the window, and it is pitch black outside: [Jump from here, and there is a certain chance of escaping. You need to have flying or displacement skills, otherwise you will die due to the height.]
A diamond pattern appears on the copper basin held by Xiao Jingsan: [Knock over the copper basin in Xiao Jingsan's hand, splash blood on his face, and scold him: "Shit riddle man eats me!" There is a certain chance to trigger "Xiao Jingsan's astonishment", and you can get a chance to escape.]
…
"?"
A big question mark appeared in Su Mingan’s mind.
This familiar operation mode is a bit like a console game "xxx Becomes Human" that Yueyue played. It was a winter vacation, and he squatted beside her to watch her operate. The general operation is that every time at a critical moment in the plot, you need to press different buttons to make plot choices. Different choices will lead to a series of chain reactions until a different ending is reached.
World Games turns life into a game, and makes games reflect life.
Su Mingan did not make a choice because the time given was too short. He had just finished reading the text introduction of the four options and before he could take any action, the four options suddenly disappeared and everything returned to normal.
The cold wind was still blowing outside the window, and the orchids in the corner were swaying. Xiao Jingsan resumed his pace and walked towards the door with big strides.
The door was closed and there was a clear sound of it being locked. Su Mingan was the only one left in the room.
[When you don’t make a choice in time, it is assumed that you “do nothing”. ]
A system prompt pops up.
Su Mingan closed the prompt. None of the four options were good choices. He preferred to collect some information before taking action.
He snapped the iron buckle on his wrist with a "click". It was pitch black outside the window. It should be the hour of the Ox, which is between 1am and 3am. There was the sound of a night watchman down below.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The gong sounds crisp and the clapper sounds loud.
One slow and three fast means the fourth watch, which is one o'clock in the morning.
Looking down from the window, you can see thousands of low towers stacked like wooden boxes. This is a typical view of the capital city, with dazzling colored glazes of restaurants and banks, and faintly visible storefronts selling clothes, hats, fans, and candied fruits and cakes. In the distance, the city wall is extremely high, with a look of contempt for the world.
It is late at night and the magnificent ten-mile-long street cannot be seen. One has to wait until the fifth drum rings and the morning market opens to see the prosperous scene. Now the stars are still vague, the lights are dim, and there are few birds or crows.
Looking closer, it was the royal city with golden bricks and glazed roofs. The building he was in was a high tower, located in the northeast corner of the circular royal city wall, about nine stories high. If an ordinary person jumped down, he would definitely die, with no way to escape.
"It's dry—be careful with fire—!"
There came a shout from the night watchman.
Su Mingan closed the window and his eyes moved slightly.
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