Chapter 044: Eating Watermelon at the Ladder Apartment (10)
Hearing Du Qiuyun's answer, Feng Xiansu screamed like crazy: "You lied to me! You just don't intend to help me! You hate me for bullying you before, right! But hasn't my brother always been good to you! Didn't you like him before!
"You are such a cruel woman! You can't even help my brother at a time like this!"
Du Qiuyun slapped Feng Xiansu in the face, turning her entire face to the side.
Her messy long hair covered Feng Xiansu's face and the bandage around her neck.
"Have you had enough of your madness, Feng Xiansu?" Du Qiuyun stood up and said, "If you hadn't insisted on seeking death, your brother wouldn't have died in vain. I've reminded you that I've done my best for you, so don't try to use moral blackmail here.
"Don't turn your guilt towards your brother into blame towards me.
"I'm so kind that I'm willing to bandage your wounds."
Feng Xiansu was silent for a while, then began to cry softly: "Yes, I'm sorry, but my brother is innocent..."
At this time, Zhou Songyang's body, which was stuck to the wall of the apartment, gradually turned into square-shaped spots of light and disappeared.
A heart-shaped crystal appears where his body disappeared.
The crystal was transparent throughout, as if it had self-awareness. It slowly floated in front of Feng Xiansu, emitting a faint golden light.
Feng Xiansu was a little dazed when she saw the crystal floating in front of her.
Du Qiuyun, a man of great experience, explained, "This is a prop shaped from your brother's obsession. He probably hopes you can possess it."
Feng Xiansu cupped her hands and let the crystal fall into her palms.
The other party's care and love for her since childhood flashed through her mind like a kaleidoscope.
Finally it condenses into this crystal.
At this moment, a system prompt sounded in the girl's mind:
[Congratulations on obtaining the item: Guardian Crystal.]
[Effect of the item: A little protection from a useless brother, better than nothing.]
[Side effects: No side effects for my sister and Feng Wenbai, but the effect is reduced by 80% for others.]
Feng Xiansu laughed and then cried again: "Fuck, you're still thinking about my dad even after you died, right? Woo woo woo, you dog brother!"
Du Qiuyun ignored Feng Xiansu and took the sound transmission wall from her hand, saying to the other end, "Zhou Songyang is 'eliminated'. Feng Xiansu is fine for now, but her condition is a little off.
"By the way, the fourth floor is Otter's room. The video shows the fire in progress, and no one is home. This shows that the source of the fire is not Otter's home."
Ji Zehan did not feel much emotional fluctuation due to the player's death.
He quickly replied, "Then I won't continue checking the otter room for the rest of the time. I'll just head right and rejoin you guys. I have something I need to confirm with your grandmother."
Du Qiuyun pushed Feng Xiansu, who seemed to have no bones and was crying and laughing, upstairs.
Before turning around and leaving, Du Qiuyun looked back at the place where Zhou Songyang's body disappeared.
A sense of melancholy welled up in my heart.
Although she heard Feng Xiansu say a lot of explosive information about Senior Zhou, she still had to admit that she really liked this boy.
In terms of protecting his sister, he fulfilled his responsibility as an older brother.
At least on this point, she appreciates and admires Senior Zhou.
But I didn't expect that when we met again, I would witness each other's death.
As Du Qiuyun and his companions entered the room on the fourth floor and reunited with their grandmother, the door on the left was pushed open.
Ji Zehan walked out from inside.
Ji Zehan looked at Mrs. Qiu in front of him and asked, "Do you still remember the full name of Xiaochuan who drowned?"
Mrs. Qiu Li thought for a moment and said uncertainly, "I used to call him 'Brother Chuanzi' more often. I can't quite remember his full name. I think it was... Ji Shanchuan. Yes, that's the name, Ji Shanchuan."
Ji Zehan's eyes flashed.
He hesitated and said, "Little Frozen Pear. I am Ji Shanchuan."
The old lady was stunned for a moment when she heard the name she was called as a child.
It had been a long, long time since anyone had called her that.
At that moment, all the warm memories of this name flashed through her mind.
The old lady's dry eyes became moist. She raised her hand and held Ji Zehan's hand. Her voice trembled as she said, "Brother Chuanzi, you have grown up."
Du Qiuyun: "..."
The age difference between the two people in appearance and the inverted dialogue are a bit outrageous.
The audience in the live broadcast room was surprised:
"The old lady called you 'brother' and asked if you were panicked."
"Oh my god, Pavilion Master Ji is so old!"
"No wonder I sometimes feel Pavilion Master Ji's style is a bit old-fashioned."
Mo Qianhe was happy to hear that Ji Zehan and the old lady had recognized each other. Would this mean that Liu Tang could get more exploration points?
However, he did not hear Liu Tang's cheers.
Turning around, he looked at Liu Tang.
The man seemed a little absent-minded.
"What's wrong?" Mo Qianhe asked the other party.
Liu Tang swallowed, looked at Mo Qianhe, and said, "I remember that the name 'Ji Zehan'... was given to 'Ji Shanchuan' by me."
Just when old lady Qiu Li said the name "Ji Shanchuan", Liu Tang's mind seemed to have a bug and some fragments flashed through his mind.
He saw that after entering the "18th level of hell", Ji Zehan was still suffering from the aftereffects of drowning and was often frightened.
I spent a long time in the dungeon in a daze, unable to complete the dungeon like an ordinary player, nor could I relax and recover in the rest area like an ordinary player.
It wasn't until Liu Tang entered the game and met Ji Zehan again that he was reborn.
It was Liu Tang who gave Ji Zehan 500 points to unlock his innate skill "Fearlessness", and it was also he who gave him a new name "Ji Zehan" so that he could escape from the past.
Liu Tang taught him like a mentor how to live his life, how to protect himself, and how to distinguish between good and evil.
He murmured to Mo Qianhe, "These memory fragments seem to be my memories of being a 'player'. But...why didn't Ji Zehan mention these things to me?"
Mo Qianhe didn't suspect that Ji Zehan was deliberately concealing something. After all, that man told Liu Tang everything he knew, even the gossip between himself and President Jiang.
Then there is only one possibility.
Mo Qianhe guessed: "Maybe he doesn't remember it at all."
Liu Tang was a little surprised.
Then he figured it out: "You said that there's no information about me being a player. No one remembers my past as a player... Then Ji Zehan's memory of me may have been blocked, just like the founder of Wantong Pavilion."
Mo Qianke nodded.
While discussing, they came to room -16 where the fire occurred.
After closing the door, they faced the main gate and observed the images in the direction of the reservoir.
They finally saw the little rabbit and the otter by the reservoir.
Both of them were wet, and it was obvious that they had just come out of the water.
"My dad won't agree! I will never agree either! Even though my dad is dead, as long as I'm alive, I will never let my mom marry you!"
Although the little rabbit was weak, he still roared with a red face.
The otter froze in place.
As if possessed by a mysterious force, he reached out and pushed the little rabbit that had just been rescued ashore back hard.
It wasn't long after the little rabbit recovered his breath, as his lungs were still feeling uncomfortable. He already had little strength left, and the other party was a big and strong otter, who pushed him back into the water with just a little force.
He struggled on the surface of the water for a while, and finally sank again.
Throughout the entire process, the otter stood by the reservoir like a statue, motionless.
The water surface returned to calm, without a trace of life.
The otter finally realized what was happening and looked panicked. After making sure that there was no one around, he quickly turned away from the main road and ran towards the sheltered bushes.
On the other side, the kitten ran towards the reservoir with the rabbit mother and a group of neighbors.
Mo Qianhe concluded: "It seems that the otter mentioned to the little rabbit that he wanted to marry the rabbit mother, but the little rabbit disagreed. The otter acted impulsively and wanted to kill."
Liu Tang nodded heavily.
On the other side of the sound transmission wall, after Ji Zehan and Qiu Li recognized each other, they also heard the voice from Liu Tang.
He confirmed, "This is consistent with my past memories. I was trapped in the Chaos Zone for so many years, and my memories of my childhood are a bit vague and fragmentary, so at first I wasn't sure if this dungeon plot was related to me.
"But I do remember that before I drowned as a child, I was rescued by a neighbor uncle. Because I disagreed with my mother's remarriage, he pushed me back into the water."
Du Qiuyun, who was standing next to Ji Zehan, asked, "Grandpa Ji, do you remember which room caused the fire?"
Ji Zehan shook his head: "Although my soul is trapped in the chaotic area and I can see what happens in the human world, the area I witnessed is only near the reservoir.
"In reality, the reservoir is actually very far away from the staff dormitory, and there are buildings blocking the way, so it's impossible to see it at all."
Du Qiuyun nodded with some regret.
Feng Xiansu, who was standing aside, was still depressed because of her brother's death, but Liu Tang, who was on the other side of the sound transmission wall, was petrified by Du Qiuyun's words "Grandpa Ji".
Although in terms of seniority, Ji Zehan is indeed Du Qiuyun's grandfather, it is really awkward when considering his appearance.
Mo Qianhe was also shocked, but he quickly regained his composure and said to the sound transmission wall, "In fact, based on the process of elimination, we can basically locate the location of the fire.
“So far in the apartment, the only rooms we’ve been in are Mother Rabbit’s, Old Fox’s, and Otter’s.
"Old Fox's family and Otter's family have been ruled out, so the only one left is Mother Rabbit's family."
Ji Zehan immediately responded to the other party's analysis: "Then let's go directly to Mother Rabbit's house to meet up."
Mo Qianhe had already walked to the door of Room B16 where the fire occurred. He checked the railings on the upper and lower floors and found that there were no labels. It seemed that he could not get to Rabbit Mother's house in one go.
Ji Zehan heard the message from Mo Qianhe, checked the notes, and reminded him and Liu Tang: "Now go back to Fire Room 0 through the right door, go up one floor to Reservoir Room 1, and then go up one floor from Reservoir Room 0 to reach Rabbit House Room 1.
"We saw the photo contents of 'Rabbit House Room 11' in the collection of Rabbit Mother."
Liu Tang felt the increasingly high temperature around him and the sticky touch of his shoes, and realized that time was running out.
Fortunately, they did not violate the rules at this moment, and the temperature of the surrounding metal structures had not yet reached the high temperature that burned Zhou Songyang to death.
Liu Tang quickened his pace and rushed to Fire Room 0 with Mo Qianhe, sighing, "Luckily, we have Pavilion Master Ji's 'Infinite Marking Stickers', otherwise we would have been a little confused about the direction."
The barrage was in sync with Liu Tang's at this time:
"Ahhh, 'Infinite Marking Stickers' are truly a magical artifact in maze-type dungeons!"
"I'm considering whether to buy one at a high price and keep it as a backup."
"Poor people can only try their luck and can't afford it."
"Seriously funny! Why don't I have 'unlimited tagging stickers'? Is it because I don't want them?"
On the other side, Ji Zehan and his group went down to the third floor, entered the old fox's house, went back to Room 1 of the old fox's house from the left door, then went down one floor and came to Room B9 of the rabbit's house.
In this room, the mother rabbit and the otter are still cuddling each other.
Who could have imagined that soon the otter would kill the rabbit's children.
The two teams of players walked towards the meeting room while discussing the current plot.
Du Qiuyun said, "It seems that the photo that Beret Fox took was of the otter pushing the rabbit back into the water."
Mrs. Qiu agreed with her granddaughter: "This makes more sense logically."
Liu Tang continued, "Then when the rabbit mother saw the photo, she went out in anger. She must have gone to look for the otter, right?"
After hearing Liu Tang's question, Ji Zehan finally remembered and explained to the others, "When I checked the footage in the otter's room just now, I didn't see Mother Rabbit come to see him since the fox came to his house and threatened him."
Liu Tang recalled the footage he had reviewed earlier. "After seeing the photo, she did go out, but she returned home soon after. Could it be that I was wrong and he was looking for someone else?"
Then Mo Qianhe said, "Maybe Mother Rabbit did want to find the otter at first, but hesitated after leaving, so she turned back."
Not long after, everyone gathered in Room 11 of the Rabbit's house. They walked through the door on the right and confirmed again in Room 12 that the rabbit mother had just returned home shortly after leaving.
Her anger faded, and grief followed.
A man curled up on the sofa and burst into tears.
In the next room, Mother Rabbit picked up the phone, as if to call the police, but eventually gave up.
A bad guess started to emerge in Liu Tang's mind: "Could it be that she wants to take revenge personally?"
Others have thought of this too.
The live broadcast room became excited:
"Here it comes! Mother Rabbit's Dark Revenge!"
"So exciting! Just do it!"
"The otter is so big, the rabbit mother can't be her opponent, right?"
"The one in front is stupid, but there's no need to be forceful in revenge."
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