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Chapter 167: Gu Pan: This time, I will win! (7K words, please give me a monthly ticket)

"The twenty-first cycle begins..."

Inside the luxury car, Gu Pan bit the corner of his mouth slightly.

The cold wind blew in through the half-open car window, ruffling the loose hair on her forehead. Her entire face was filled with a dark look of horror.

That is to say, he knew that except for the traces on the soup bowl, he would not be disturbed. Otherwise, Gu Pan would definitely take out a pen and paper and write down a sentence: "Gu Pan, wake up quickly. You are now in a huge crisis. Time is looping, your memory will become blurred, and you are trapped!"

Yes, Gu Pan is now completely certain that he and his group are trapped in a strange "loop"!
She couldn't decide where it ended and where it began.

Because the memory is always blurred and often unclear.

Although I am now recalling the abnormality in the car, it does not mean that this is the starting point of the "loop".

Repeat, repeat, and repeat.

It seems like there is no end to everything.

However, apart from himself, the three most powerful second-level beings in the team, "Assassin" Tang Rou, "Witch" Gu Yueming, and "Fire Mage" Song Qixing, they were all unable to wake up from this strange cycle for a moment.

"Where exactly is the problem?" Gu Pan's eyes became increasingly serious.

She couldn't help but feel nervous.

If she couldn't find a solution, she was afraid that her time awake would become less and less!

Said it was 21 times.

But who knows how many times I have experienced this when I was unable to wake up? Maybe dozens or even hundreds of times?

"If this continues, I'll be trapped to death sooner or later. Damn it, what should I do..."

Gu Pan's eyes were alert to everything around him, like a cat that sensed a strange enemy approaching, scanning here and there.

She knew that if she wanted to break the impasse, she had to at least find the "memory reset" point and where the real enemy was.

You will definitely find it!

But first of all, we can rule out the giant octopus "monster" that was killed by his sword.

too weak.

"Aunt, what did you say just now?" Gu Pan suddenly looked to the side and asked thoughtfully.

Gu Yueming touched his chin and said, "Ah? I was just lamenting over this place. It used to have such a unique scenery. I came here once when I was a kid..."

Really? Gu Pan's mouth twitched.

Well, it’s been a matter of life and death so many times, and teammates are still here reminiscing about the glorious past.

At this moment, Gu Pan had a very deep understanding of what someone once said to her - don't be afraid of god-like opponents, just be afraid of pig-like teammates.

Obviously, the aunt Gu Yueming who raised her since childhood has been equated with a stupid pig in the eyes of the female swordsman who is now burning with murderous intent.

When you were a kid? How long ago was that? You still have time to bring it up? I suspect you’ve brought it up countless times in this cycle…

Um, wait, how long...

how long?

Gu Pan was just about to complain that the other party's attitude towards coming out for 'hunting' was not correct, as if he came here for sightseeing and was not alert at all, which led to his current uncertain future.

However, when she carefully thought about the word "how long", her eyes suddenly lit up.

Yes, how long!
"How long", a word about time.

The "cycle" that I and others are trapped in is naturally very likely related to time.

But there is a difference, that is, are we and others really trapped in "a certain period of time" or are we just trapped in some kind of deception?

It seems that there is no difference.

In fact, it may not be important to solving the problem.

However, at least it made Gu Pan feel that he had made a breakthrough and could guess how long he and others had been trapped in the "cycle".

Hehehe!
Found your flaw!
A cruel arc appeared at the corner of Gu Pan's mouth, and he raised his middle finger towards the monster that was hiding somewhere in front of him.

"Panpan, what's wrong with you? Why are you so nervous?" Gu Yueming asked curiously after reaching out and touching her forehead.

Gu Pan shook his head and asked with a smile: "Auntie, what day is today?"

"Today? The 27th, I think." Gu Yueming replied.

"About what time?"

"What time? I forgot...around two or three in the afternoon. Is there anything wrong?" Gu Yueming looked up at the position of the sun.

"Haha, three o'clock in the afternoon on the 27th." Gu Pan nodded, but did not answer immediately.

really.

Just as he guessed, because their memories were affected by the "loop", they would be trapped on the day they entered here.

But in fact, today is definitely more than just the 27th.

Gu Pan speculated that in this strange and inexplicable "loop" space, only she could detect the abnormality.

No one else could notice anything unusual.

If you want to know the real time, it is no longer possible to rely on the sunrise and sunset.

But there is one method that is definitely feasible - upgrading the network.

Although Gu Pan is not yet at level 12, she cannot reply to posts on the Shengge network. However, she has watched her "playing with her mobile phone" in her aunt's arms since she was a child, so she knows very well that as long as you reply to a post on the Shengge network, you can see the 'reply date'.

In this way, we can judge how long we have been trapped here.

Very good, this is a solution.

This way, you can quickly alert others that something went wrong without wasting too much time.

All you need to do is "open your upgraded network and see what day it is today."

Although, Gu Pan judged that even if he reminded others, when the next "cycle" began, everyone's memory would still be disturbed and they would repeat their lives unconsciously, including himself, who would need some reminders to wake up.

For example, the word "正" engraved on the bottom of the soup bowl.

Although, Gu Pan didn't know why this soup bowl was immune to that circulating force.

She could only attribute it to the fact that the girl's urine might have a certain effect in warding off evil spirits.

All in all, this is a good idea and worth a try.

Thinking of this, Gu Pan looked around to make sure that there was no one around, then reached her little hand under her clothes on her abdomen and went deep into the middle of her breasts that were wrapped flat, and then made the movement of a beautiful girl straightening her waist to transform.

brush!
Upgrade network and start!!!
Gu Pan stared at the front of him with sharp eyes: "This time, I will win."

After a moment, nothing happened.

There was no familiar feeling of electricity running through the body.

"..."

Ok?
what's the situation?
Gu Pan puffed out his chest in surprise.

Another few minutes passed.

Still nothing happened.

She kept doing the exercises of straightening her chest, tightening her abdomen and lifting her hips, but something unexpected happened.

The upgraded network that was supposed to be "on the verge of happening" did not appear.

There is no sign of any optical screen being turned on in front of me!
"Ah this..."

"no……"

"How can it be???"

Gu Pan's eyes gradually became straight, and the confident smile on the corner of his mouth gradually disappeared.

What kind of weird thing did we encounter that even the upgraded network cannot be started?
How can this be……

You know, the formation has been protecting humanity for so many years, but it has kept out those fifth-level or even fourth-level monsters that are powerful enough to crush the earth with one foot.

At this point, what kind of horrible existence could be able to prevent the launch of the upgraded network?

Besides, we are still within the border. If it is a monster, it can only be a first-level monster at most.

Unless it is a real enemy "person" instead of a monster
"Well, there's no point in making random guesses. The most urgent thing is to notify everyone immediately and let everyone know that we're in trouble now." Gu Pan calmed himself down and did not feel too frustrated.

When faced with a situation like this, it is impossible to break the impasse by one's own strength.

We must all unite and fight against the evil together, only then will we have hope of getting out alive!
This had been done in the previous "cycle", but it took a lot of words to explain each time, but - Gu Pan now found a simpler way.

That is, tell them that "the upgraded network cannot be opened".

This incident itself is weird enough, evil enough, and creepy enough.

Therefore, just by saying this sentence, you can save yourself a lot of trouble and easily achieve the purpose of arousing everyone's vigilance.

"Hey, it's me who is truly extraordinary in wisdom."

"In order to restore the glory of our ancestors, I, Gu Pan, must not die here so easily, quack!"

Gu Pan's eyes were burning with fighting spirit. He patted Gu Yueming's shoulder solemnly and said seriously: "Auntie, please see if your upgraded network can be turned on."

"Ah? What's wrong?" Gu Yueming was confused by Gu Pan.

"Don't ask first, just try it." Gu Pan clenched his fist firmly.

"Oh..." Gu Yueming nodded, then shyly stretched out his hand, touched it, and triggered the switch.

After a moment, she said in surprise: "Oh, it can't be opened~"

"What are you talking about? This is obviously a big problem! We are in danger!"

He looked around and stroked his forehead.

My aunt's nerves are as big as her vulgar breasts.

Is this something to be happy about? How dare you be happy about it?
Damn it, it’s forbidden!
Fortunately, Gu Yueming was only cheerful on the surface, but in fact it could be seen that she was a little nervous, which made Gu Pan feel a little relieved.

At least that damn monster doesn't have the ability to "control minds".

If the teammates around her were possessed by evil spirits, she would find it even more difficult to deal with.

"Well, it happened suddenly. Let's tell them first and discuss it together." Gu Yueming suggested.

Gu Pan nodded of course. This was what she had been thinking. She just hesitated a little. "Oh, there is one more thing. We are trapped in a weird cycle that we cannot escape. It will also affect our memory and we cannot easily find it. I am worried that those newbies may not be able to endure it psychologically."

"Ah, is there such a thing?" Gu Yueming was slightly surprised, but after thinking for a while, he said, "Let's talk about it. This is very important news."

"That's fine." Seeing this, Gu Pan didn't say much.

Gu Yueming urged the driver to quickly overtake other vehicles and informed everyone along the way that there was something important.

After a while, the convoy speeding across the wilderness slowed down and stopped by the roadside.

The extraordinary members of the three hunter families got out of the car and gathered together.

In this trip, in addition to the miscellaneous personnel who accompanied them, there were a lot of extraordinary people.

There are three second-level extraordinary people, one each from the Gu family, the Song family, and the Tang family.

Next were the new and younger generation of extraordinary people who came to accompany them for training. The Gu family included Gu Pansan and three others, while the Song and Tang families each brought four or five people.

Among them, in addition to the Gu family, there are two pairs of master and servant, that is, a combination of a "martial artist" and a "doctor".

The other two families did not have this rule. The Tang family mainly chose the "rogue" and "scout" paths, while the Song family's family resources were directed towards "martial artists" and "hunters". There was no priority relationship between the two. Basically, they chose what was suitable and whichever profession was good at burst killing and tracking.

Now, three second-order transcendents and twelve first-order transcendents gathered together, making a mighty force of fifteen or sixteen people.

As the saying goes, unity is strength. Just the number alone can make people feel a little relieved.

After hearing the reminders from Gu Yueming and Gu Pan, everyone began to try to open the upgraded network to collect evidence.

Some people are elegant and natural, as if they are sipping tea; some are scratching their ears and cheeks, like monkeys; and some have ferocious expressions and twisted movements, as if they are dancing some weird mechanical dance.

Because when the 'upgrade drive' is activated for the first time, it comes with a mimicry function that can change the appearance once, and can be transformed into anything within a certain size range at will. A thousand people have a thousand choices, and everyone is different.

So for a while, demons were dancing wildly.

And the result was just as Master Gu Pan and his servant had said.

The group of extraordinary people fell silent again.

There was an eerie silence that lasted for more than five minutes.

In the end, it was Tang Rou who first said something nonsense: "It can't be opened."

Seeing this, the other three families' children started to discuss:
"What's going on?", "What's happening?", "What should we do?"

They were all new comers who had originally planned to go out hunting.

As a result, not many monsters were hunted, but they were trapped in a strange cycle of dilemma.

Moreover, the two second-level seniors in the team, Tang Rou and Gu Yueming, did not look very reliable.

Now everyone is even more depressed.

Especially when they heard Gu Yueming say "trapped in a permanent cycle that cannot be escaped", they all showed expressions of surprise or fear.

Some people even whispered, "The monster is so scary, I should have known not to come out," "I'm not going to die here, am I? No~" and so on.

Although they were immediately scolded by the elders, the heavy atmosphere had already enveloped everyone.

Gu Pan saw it and smiled sarcastically in his heart.

She was just worried that directly stating the current situation would not only have no effect, but would also disrupt the morale of the troops.

Now it seems that she was right.

Although these guys are extraordinary beings, and all of them are supported by the Bureau and fed safely to level 12, they have not seen much of the world after all. They may have seen too much monster blood in the laboratory, and their family education also taught them that wastelands are dangerous and the wilderness is a paradise for monsters.

But knowledge is knowledge. Who can truly believe it without seeing it with one’s own eyes?

Now they were told that they were trapped in a weird cycle. Who had ever seen such a scene before? Therefore, although they were about to become deserters without saying anything, they were already somewhat confused.

Gu Pan saw this and thought it would be better not to say anything.

At this moment, she couldn't help but think of Xu Shu, with whom she had fought side by side for more than a week. She witnessed him transform from a mortal into a supernatural being, and then fight for his life step by step.

"Although my student is a little bit lustful, he is really courageous. He is calm and composed when facing danger, and he has many unique skills."

"If he were faced with my situation, how would he respond?"

Gu Pan subconsciously put himself in the other person's shoes.

There is no harm without comparison. At this time, even Xu Shu, who was labeled as "pervert" by her, stood out, like a rare talent among men.

Finally, Song Qixing, the second-level "Fire Mage" of the Song family, who was the most stable, said, "If we can't open the upgrade network, there will be a time... I guess, maybe we have mistakenly entered a natural relic."

As he spoke, he tapped the back of his hand and pretended to be relaxed: "It seems that you all forgot that you cannot activate the upgrade drive when you are in the ruins. These are all knowledge points, write them down."

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Yueming and Tang Rou's eyes suddenly lit up and they looked up to him a little more.

This is actually quite popular knowledge, but knowledge is knowledge. However, to think of and use it in real scenarios, you need to rely on your brain's flexibility and ability to adapt to changing circumstances.

However, after reminiscing for a moment, a group of young people looked at him blankly.

"remains?"

"Sixth Uncle, can't the ruins only exist outside the border?" asked Song Yao, a "hunter" of the Song family.

"Yes, the ruins are a different dimension, a passage for strange monsters to invade the human world. However, there shouldn't be any ruins within the Star Tower."

Facing the doubts of the younger generation, Song Qixing smiled slightly: "Nothing is absolute in the world, there are always exceptions. Some relics are special and can be opened within the border. Such events are rare, but they are by no means isolated cases. It's just that perhaps such news has been blocked."

As he spoke, his eyes swept over Gu Yueming.

Gu Yueming was startled when he heard this.

Regarding the Gu family sword tomb, although she was only a sword servant and had never entered the sword tomb, she also knew that the sword tomb was a special relic.

This is a secret of the Gu family. I didn't expect that Song Qixing could guess it. This person should not be underestimated.

At that moment, a group of members of the Hunter Association discussed for a few words, then re-formed into a square formation and got off the car and walked.

Let the accompanying assistants drive forward at a very slow speed.

They formed a "田"-shaped formation, supporting and caring for each other, and moved forward slowly like clearing mines.

In this way, although the speed is reduced a lot, it is able to take into account the abnormalities in all directions at any time, so as not to be trapped by some hidden and strange things without knowing it.

After moving forward slowly for more than ten miles, we approached a lighthouse supply point with a star tower flag.

(19, 19)

"Let's go and take a look. We're almost at the border area, so be careful." Tang Rou raised her hand and signaled, and the array's forward speed slowed down again.

The buildings in this area are very antique, and the ancient buildings are hidden under the towering wild grass.

"What do you mean, is there any monster smell?" Song Qixing asked casually.

Tang Rou is a second-level "Assassin" of the "Rogue" path, and naturally also possesses the most basic and most popular skill of this profession among pioneer teams - bloodthirstiness.

Through bloodthirsty perception, one can search for the breath of monsters within a certain range, thus avoiding stronger enemies.

Tang Rou did not reply, and Song Qixing felt annoyed. He thought that the iceberg beauty was indeed worthy of her reputation, so he said no more.

However, he did not expect that Tang Rou's face was gloomy for another reason.

She found that her "bloodthirsty" skill was ineffective!
This is an unprecedented event, comparable to removing the eyes of a tiger or the ears of a dog, which directly makes the most important skill of the gangster useless.

This is also the reason why when she heard Gu Yueming propose the "cycle", she did not doubt it at the first time, but chose to believe it.

Otherwise, such anomalies cannot be explained.

After a while, the two of them took the lead and entered the gate of the supply point, with a faint fluorescent light on their bodies, which was the blessing provided by Gu Yueming.

"Witch's blessing", "blessing from Mother Earth".

With the blessing of this power, their physical fitness will be improved in all aspects. Not only that, even their spiritual perception and mental perception abilities will be enhanced.

The three paths of life each have their own characteristics. Among them, the "Nun" is a person who transforms love into protection and focuses on treatment; the "Mother Goddess of Life" is known for her pain and happiness; and the "Doctor" profession is best at improving various amplification abilities.

Because the situation was critical, Tang Rou and Song Qixing had no time to be polite and simply kicked open the door of the "Lighthouse Hotel" which was probably converted from a clinic.

Squeak!

The door cracked inwards, and it was pitch black inside. This place happened to be in the shade, but it was too abnormally dark and freezing, as if there was countless thousands of years of ice inside.

This situation does not need any special explanation, everyone knows there must be something fishy going on.

Everyone's throat was raised to their chest, and they looked inside without daring to breathe.

"How many enemies are there?" Song Qixing asked.

Tang Rou glanced at him and said nothing, but her slightly bent back and tightly gripped triangular thorn already showed her attitude.

Seeing this, Song Qixing cursed in his heart, "You bitch, you're still putting on airs when life and death are at stake? I'll never team up with you next time." At the same time, he stared intently into the house.

Swish! A bright fireball appeared in his hand, which kept collapsing inwards. After a moment.

"Go!" Song Qixing swung his arm and threw a fireball forward, directly into the hotel, and a flame exploded on the wall covering an area of ​​more than five meters.

"Fizz!"

Waves of roars rang out.

Everyone gasped, almost draining all the cool air in front of the hotel.

In the huge front hall, there were dozens or even hundreds of corpses lying in all directions.

Some have just begun to rot, while others have already turned into dry bones.

Inside the corpse, there were strange snakes with eyes as big as light bulbs sticking their heads out.

They are all fat and bloated. Their bodies are less than three meters long, but the middle part of their abdomens is at least thirty to forty centimeters wide.

The body is mainly black and white, with only strange ring patterns near the head, some of which are silver and some are gold.

Seeing the sudden intruder, these fat snakes surrounded by gold and silver stood up, hissing and spitting out their tongues. Their attack postures were strange, like "Z". Because their abdomens were too big, they looked like bloated pregnant women.

On one side were people, and on the other side were strange snakes. The confrontation between the two sides lasted less than a minute before the battle was about to break out.

At this moment, with the help of the firelight, the people who came over suddenly noticed that a corpse on the ground was suddenly wearing the same clothes as Tang Rou.

That bright red dress is very iconic, except that it's a little old and dirty.

"..." Tang Rou's eyes narrowed.

At the same time, the rest of the people also found the clothes that matched themselves.

"Fuck, why is that guy wearing the Song family uniform!"

"This bracelet is exactly the same as mine. It was given to me by my mother..."

"That shoe is mine! The sole of my foot is tilted outwards. This, this is impossible, impossible..."

For a moment, the people who saw their own clothes among the rotten corpses and dry bones on the ground looked extremely scared.

Gu Pan didn't find her own. She was now using a set of leather armor with a "protective spell" on it, which was black and tight.

But what I saw was a set of white gauze clothes like a princess dress worn by a skeleton, which stood out in the crowd.

It's exactly the same as my aunt Gu Yueming!
"This is..." She couldn't help but think of something in her mind as if she was electrocuted. A chill suddenly rushed into her mind from her spine, and she couldn't help but curse: -

——【“Fuck! What’s that noise? Am I fucking dead?”】

[You push open the door and find that the (19, 19) Lighthouse Hotel not only does not have the beautiful waitress and the beautiful front desk lady you imagined, but there is a corroded body lying in the middle of the lobby. He is wearing the clean clothes you just stole from the (19, 18) Hotel! ]

The scene before my eyes changed, and the wall was peeling off. It must have been a shelter from an abandoned clinic, and there was no sign of human activity.

A corpse lay quietly on the ground.

The height and body shape are exactly the same as Xu Shu.

Even his clothes were the ones Xu Shu got when he was hunting here. During one trip, he encountered several Nurgle demons and got covered in shit, so he had to steal small leather jackets hanging out to dry in other inns. They were all the same - of course, Xu Shu was very generous this time and kept two hundred.

But the question is, is this body mine?

Xu Shu looked around, totally confused.

He has one advantage.

That is, if you can't figure it out, don't think about it at all.

So, faced with this strange scene, Xu Shu silently took out the narrow-sleeved Guanyin.

What is this Jiba Shen that is talking nonsense? Are you trying to play some weird and evil trick on me?

No matter how evil you are, can you be more evil than the Narrow-sleeved Guanyin?
[“Fuck you, all of you, die!” You said, pressing the plump switch on the left side of the narrow-sleeved Guanyin jade body. ]

【“Come on~Have fun~” Accompanied by the haunting song, the whole hotel was instantly filled with a joyful atmosphere. 】

(End of this chapter)