The sun gradually set. Bai Xing, holding candy in her hand, stood in the City God Temple with Xu Dao.
As the fat boss said, the City God Temple in this city is not too big, only one floor, and there are some Buddha statues enshrined in the temple. The two of them decided to stay here for one night.
Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and they don't have much time left. So far, they haven't met any other players and can't tell if there are only two players in this game.
At this moment, an exclamation mark suddenly popped up on the game panel, and Bai Xing clicked it.
[The player triggered the Space-Time Mirror Fragment, and the Space-Time Mirror Fragment function is unlocked]
[The time-space mirror can only unlock the past of the triggered clues]
The past cannot be changed
It was just a sentence without a beginning or an end. However, Bai Xing recalled their behavior and could basically conclude that this was triggered by other players. With just these three sentences, no one knew how to use this fragment.
Suddenly, her vision went dark. When she opened her eyes again, she was still in the City God Temple. She and Xu Dao looked at each other, somewhat confused. At this moment, the voices of several children suddenly came from outside the temple.
"It's getting late, let's go back!"
"Let's play one more round. It's so hard to get out and play once."
"Exactly. I have to do homework again when I get home. I hate homework so much."
"You just like to eat. What else do you like besides eating?"
Several children were laughing and making noises together, and decided to play one last round.
Bai Xing saw that one of the children was white and chubby, very much like the fat boss today. The two children hid away, leaving the child in the middle wearing a blue jacket, covering his eyes, counting down with his back to them.
They seemed unable to see Bai Xing and Xu Dao. Bai Xing understood that this was a piece of history, the real past presented by the fragments of the space-time mirror.
They uncontrollably followed the little fat man's perspective, watching him hide in a very remote puppy hole, then clean up the traces of his coming, and rearrange the grass in front of the hole to perfectly cover himself.
No wonder those children were not found, Bai Xing's mouth twitched slightly.
"Why can't we leave?" Xu Dao frowned.
"We can only unlock the past that has triggered clues. It should be our conversation with the firecracker shop owner and the candy store owner during the day that triggered this past, but we only know the past perspective of the candy store owner, so we can only follow him." Bai Xing said.
"Then wouldn't it be helpful for us to go through the story again?"
"That's not necessarily true."
As time passed, they also heard the subtle sound. Based on their speculation, they probably thought it was the sound of someone struggling in danger.
After a while, it was already dark, and a tall and thin man came to this place. He was shrouded in darkness, and they could not see the man's face. The man looked around, but not too carefully. In addition, due to the dark environment, the man did not find the little fat man hiding in the abandoned dog hole, not daring to breathe. He walked away cursing under his breath.
Then after a while, the little fat boy crawled out and ran back home. The adults came out to look for him together. Other families in the city were alarmed. The lights in the small town were on all night.
They watched as those people searched the City God Temple carefully, but found nothing. Then, their memories were ejected.
When I came out again, it was already bright outside. I sighed deeply. This game really treats players like donkeys.
Resigned to his fate, he stood up, ready to begin a new day of struggle, when a cautious voice rang out, "Excuse me, are you players too?"
“?!”
“?!”
The young man was pinned to the ground by Xu Dao and couldn't move, but he struggled hard, his face pale. "No, please let me go. I'm not a bad person. Wuwuwu."
Bai Xing held her forehead and tugged at Xu Dao, who finally reacted and let go: "Sorry, I was stressed."
The young man wanted to cry but had no tears.
After a round of self-introductions, Bai Xing learned that the boy's name was Song Cheng. It was he who triggered the fragments of the space-time mirror yesterday. Then he learned about the old things from the maid and came to the City God Temple today to see if he could find any clues.
"How did you trigger it?" Bai Xing was curious.
"It was triggered when my hand touched the bowl during dinner that night." Song Cheng looked honest and sincere.
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"That's it?" Xu Dao was incredulous. How could it be triggered so easily? Didn't that thing sound impressive? It should be well hidden, right? Isn't that how it's written in novels?
"Yeah, hehe." Song Cheng smiled innocently.
"What is your identity when you came here?" Bai Xing thought of something and asked cautiously.
"Hmm," Song Cheng thought for a moment, "It seems he's the city lord's son."
Critical hits increase damage, silence and break defense.
The two of them had neither enough to eat nor warm clothes when they traveled through time, but why did he become the city lord's son, eating and drinking well while accidentally triggering key props? Comparing yourself with others makes you feel depressed. Is this the power of the European emperor?
They shared the information they obtained with Song Cheng, who looked a little hesitant after listening to it.
"What's wrong?" Bai Xing keenly noticed his abnormality.
"Yesterday at home, I seemed to hear my father, no, the city lord, communicating with another person. He called that person Ren Fanzi, so I was wondering if this could also be a clue. It always feels quite suspicious." Song Cheng spoke hesitantly, and perhaps he also felt that it was a bit outrageous, so he shut up again.
The air was a little quiet. Bai Xing sighed. There were so many things to complain about that she didn't know where to start.
"Did you hear what they said?"
"No, they seemed to be arguing, but it seemed that the man left soon."
"Why don't you go out and take a sneak peek?" Bai Xing held her forehead with her hand, what a silly child.
"The maids next to me wouldn't let me go. They held me down and wouldn't let me go until I finished my meal." Song Cheng's eyes were filled with tears.
"Well, at least it provides us with a direction," Bai Xing comforted herself, and then her expression was serious, "But, if that person is really the murderer set by the system, then it means that the city lord may also be involved in the missing children case." In fact, she basically believed that the man was the murderer. After all, under such a search, an ordinary person could not hide or transfer the two children quickly. He must have helpers, and the children have not been found in the small town for so many years. Perhaps they had already been transported out. Then, the city lord is even more suspicious. After all, if he did not allow it, how could the criminal get away with it?
But there was another thing that puzzled her. She felt that although the fat boy returned home after a while, she didn't think that the criminals could have taken the two children away so brazenly in such a short time. She was more inclined to believe that, at least that night, the two lost children were still in the City God Temple.
So, she looked around, where on earth had that person hidden the child?
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