Weird Calendar

Seeing Qin Ze sinking into the soul world without any hesitation, Lu Qing's eyes were a little sad.

But then she cheered up.

The mission officially begins.

Two completely different Linxiang cities appeared in the eyes of Qin Ze and Lu Qing.

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Under the cold white filter, the streets of Linxiang City showed a kind of deathly silence.

Although this apocalyptic street has long been dilapidated.

But under such a filter, there is a feeling of leading to the underworld.

Qin Ze looked at the humanoid creatures around him that exuded black resentment, as well as a blue crack in a building in the distance... and quickly made a guess.

"Lu Qing, can you hear me?"

"Li Qingzhao, I can hear that I have now encountered a group of... homeless people and stray cats and dogs." Lu Qing's voice came.

Although they are two different worlds, the two can maintain communication.

Qin Ze said:

"I saw a crack in the distance. If we deal with these monsters, will the crack widen and become the entrance to the next scene?"

Lu Qing was slightly surprised:

"Yes, that's true. Have you experienced it?"

"No, have you ever played Devil May Cry? This is how the game is designed."

Lu Qing had never played Devil May Cry before, she said:

"My level has reached full level over the years. The monsters I saw were all human bodies with a cat's tail and claws or a dog's head sewn on. They were disgusting."

Qin Ze said:

"In my case, cats are cats and people are people. Although their souls are close to each other, they are not fused together."

"It seems that the God of Suture and Devouring did many evil experiments in the early days, fusing the limbs of homeless people with stray cats and dogs."

"These monsters shouldn't be strong, they just look at people."

In his soul state, the scene Qin Ze saw was actually not scary.

But he could figure out how disgusting the scene Lu Qing saw was.

Lu Qing said:

"I'll try to kill them directly first!"

After Lu Qing finished speaking, Qin Ze saw that in the world he was in, the souls of some cats, dogs and homeless people began to twist.

As if suffering severe pain.

Lu Qing's skills are very strong. As a max-level existence in the game, her weapon is a small sword.

She is like an agile assassin, especially as a fortune teller in the old calendar profession, she can accurately predict the enemy's attack.

Unlike old Huo Qiao, Huo Qiao, a fortune teller, basically does not violate taboos and can only predict the direction of certain events, good or bad.

Although Lu Qing is also in this profession, Lu Qing is taboo and his growth rate is much faster than Huo Qiao.

The fortune teller here at Lu Qing has reached a position where he can predict good or bad luck in seconds.

In her eyes, she can see the good and bad changes in each area.

When fighting, standing in Daji's position will definitely be a blind spot in the opponent's attack range.

The auxiliary profession has been developed to the extreme and can also be used in combat.

With this kind of short-term prediction, coupled with Lu Qing's skills, and this A-level Kodachi, Lu Qing was like a female murderer in the first level.

Although Qin Ze couldn't see Lu Qing's clean killing process, he could see the pain of these souls...

He could feel that Lu Qing was very strong.

Because the time between so many souls crying out in pain is so short.

It can be seen that Lu Qing's skill is not inferior to his.

But the situation was not as one-sided as imagined.

"I need your help, Li Qingzhao, these guys...can't be killed, I can't find their vital points!"

The creatures sewn by the God of Suture and Devouring all have one characteristic——

That means it cannot be killed.

A dog's head sewn onto a human body.

Then a man has no head and a dog has no body.

Both this person and the dog should have been dead.

They don't even have bodies and heads, so do they care about other places being destroyed?

Whether Lu Qing's small sword is used to cut out the heart, decapitate, or chop in the waist...

None of it makes sense to these monsters.

Because countless lines will appear at the cut surface of the monster's wound, and these lines will connect the separated bodies and gradually merge.

Lu Qing soon discovered that... normal physical attacks could not kill these monsters at all.

"The God of Suture and Devouring is worthy of being the lifelong enemy of the first ruler of the Old Calendar..."

"This is just a group of minions, so difficult to deal with."

Lu Qing's breath was not chaotic, but his tone was a little anxious.

Qin Ze pulled out the Infinity Blade and took a deep breath.

"Leave it to me next."

Flames instantly spread all over the blade. Although there was very little anger and it was difficult to control, Qin Ze still caught it.

He had figured out that anger would bring fire to the knife.

The principle of this knife is difficult to explain. Ou Yezi is indeed like Santa Claus. The weapon he made is directly... an S-class existence in this game.

Qin Ze swung his sword, the energy of the sword was invisible but the flame was tangible.

The flames blow like wind through every soul.

Under the burning fire of karma, the soul turns into ashes like burning confetti.

Compared to Lu Qing's agility and agility, Qin Ze's feeling was more like ingenuity than workmanship.

No matter how many troops you have, I only need one sword.

After the blow, Lu Qing exclaimed:

"They...all can't move."

Countless twisting bodies stopped twisting and finally collapsed to the ground, motionless.

At the same time, the cracks in the distance began to spread.

"Let's go. This level is not difficult. The main thing is to let us understand the coordination mechanism. In the real world, if you cause damage to the enemy, the soul body will feel painful and twisted. This will give me an opportunity to kill the soul body."

"Only by killing the soul body can the stitched monsters truly die."

Lu Qing was surprised. He had experienced it once. Although he did not face such an enemy that time, the difficulty in the soul world that time was much simpler.

But Lu Qing was surprised that Qin Ze could grasp the key so quickly.

But this joy was quickly dispelled.

"You did a good job, better than I expected." Lu Qing praised.

"You're pretty good too." Qin Ze responded with a smile.

What is the most luxurious configuration for playing games?

Is it rtx4090ti? Or aliens or the Prodigal Eye?

Of course not, the most luxurious configuration for playing games is a playmate who can have a tacit understanding with you.

How many people, because they don’t have playmates, never play games like twosomes.

Qin Ze is now in a very happy mood.

But Lu Qing's mood became increasingly heavy.

With the end of the level, her memory seemed to have recovered a little.

The two started the next level.

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The scene of the second level is in the suburbs of Linxiang City.

Qin Ze only felt that the temperature had dropped a lot, but Lu Qing felt that the temperature had suddenly increased.

"The Balrog." Lu Qing was surprised. He didn't expect that the sutured creature in the second level was actually the Balrog.

In the early days of the apocalypse, there were rumors that there were several different kinds of "monsters."

Among them is the "succubus" who has taken over Linxiang City's Fifth People's Hospital. And the "Fire Demon" in front of me.

The attack power of the Balrog is extremely terrifying. This kind of burning karma fire may bring fatal danger if it is touched.

A purely physical school like Lu Qing's was a bit stretched when faced with this kind of enemy.

Qin Ze said:

"The Balrog? Although the thing here is emitting flames, it seems to be some kind of special energy that brings extremely cold temperatures. The difference between the soul and reality is really big."

Lu Qing said:

"I'm not sure I can contain them..."

Qin Ze smiled and said:

"Then tell me a story. I am more resistant to freezing."

Lu Qing still didn't understand what this meant.

The Balrog had already launched an attack at this time.

As long as the terrifying flames are touched, they will cause huge damage, and Lu Qing has no way to attack.

The flames are like a moat for the monsters.

She could only keep dodging and placing her hope on Qin Ze.

In Lu Qing's memory, the soul world is less difficult than the real world.

But that was the last mission.

Now in this mission, the monster we are dealing with may also be very powerful in the soul world.

Lu Qing guessed right, the monsters in the soul world are indeed very strong.

It’s just that Qin Ze is stronger.

Qin Ze first launched a pollution roar to disturb the minds of these flame demons, and then accumulated anger in his chest.

Anger turns into sword!

The fire demon is even a yang thing, but its soul is extremely cold.

This kind of anger just breaks this coldness.

The huge fire wave turned into a half-moon-shaped sword and slashed along the front. Wherever it passed, the souls of all the Balrogs were wiped out.

But the temperature is also dropping rapidly!

Qin Ze's breath turned into frost. He didn't expect that the soul after death could actually bloom such a terrifying cold wave.

These cold waves could not extinguish the flames of the Infinite Knife, but they allowed the chill to penetrate Qin Ze's bone marrow.

Fortunately, this chill will not last long. Under Qin Ze's continuous swings of the knife——

All soul-body Balrogs die.

Qin Ze tried his best to maintain the flame on the infinite knife, like a little girl lighting a match in the cold wind.

In the real world where Lu Qing lives, the soulless Balrog... is no longer something to be afraid of.

She soon discovered that the Balrogs were motionless.

After the soul was destroyed, the Balrog revealed his skeleton-like body, and those scorching flames had turned into a fatal chill in his soul.

When the cold is fully borne by one person, the flame disappears.

Lu Qing can now easily kill these skeletons.

"Awesome! Li Qingzhao! You did a great job!"

"You...you...you should really tell a story..."

Qin Ze's response was a little tired, and he started to tremble when he spoke.

Lu Qing noticed something was wrong and said:

"What’s wrong with you?"

"No...nothing, just a little cold..."

The extreme cold can even freeze the blood.

If the Infinity Knife hadn't brought some heat, I'm afraid Qin Ze wouldn't have been able to get out of this level.

Qin Ze finally resisted.

"This level... I'm afraid the real difficulty lies not in the real world, but in the soul world..."

"The souls of these Balrogs are like storing extremely cold nuclear bombs."

"Once it dies, it causes the temperature to plummet."

"I...I almost froze to death...but fortunately, I still have some means."

Qin Ze breathed heavily.

The cold air entered his lungs, making him shiver, but he couldn't stop breathing.

Lu Qing was shocked inside.

It turns out that the difficulty of the soul world has really increased.

Thinking of the decision she made not long ago... she became even more sad.

"You...what do you want to know." Lu Qing said.

Qin Ze's steps were very slow. Although the crack opened, he could only walk very slowly this time.

Because the severe cold brings an extremely serious "deceleration" effect.

Qin Ze said:

"Don't worry, the next level may not be as difficult as this one... You, tell me about you and your friends..."

"how did you guys meet?"

Lu Qing hummed:

"I remembered something and happened to have this memory."

"When I met my friend, it was the most difficult moment in my life..."

"You know, every old calendar person has an unavoidable taboo on the day he picks up the old calendar..."

"The taboo I committed that day was of despair level."

"I almost died outside...my friends saved me."

Lu Qing did not say the specific content of the taboo, nor did he say how his friend saved him.

But Qin Ze could hear the gratitude in his tone.

"Your friend is a good person, and you owe her a life. But she must also miss you very much. After I take you home, we can continue this life-long friendship!"

When Lu Qing heard this sentence, he was stunned for a few seconds and then said slowly:

"Will she really... miss me?"

"Of course, if I had a friend who died and he suddenly disappeared and didn't show up for a long time, I would definitely be very worried about him."

When Qin Ze said this, he thought of Jian Yiyi and Lan Yu.

Lu Qing said quietly:

"But why didn't she come to save me? I obviously..."

She wanted to say that it was obviously because of her that I stayed here.

But when the words came to his lips, they still didn't come out.

"Perhaps she thinks you have... Or, this place is very dangerous, and she is also accumulating strength? Or is she already making preparations for this?"

"Of course we cannot overestimate human nature, but friendship that spans life and death should not be underestimated either."

Qin Ze's voice was no longer so gritty, and the cold wave had been dissipated quite a bit.

After Lu Qing heard Qin Ze's words, he lowered his head silently and did not answer.

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The third level.

The enemy in this level is a huge "alarm clock".

The scene is no longer Linxiang City, but a huge palace.

The shape of the alarm clock is a very traditional round alarm clock. But countless eyes appeared on the glass case.

There are countless dials on the ground and walls.

Each dial points to a different time.

This is what Qin Ze saw.

These eyes blocked the time on the clock, and Qin Ze couldn't see the hour, minute, and second hands.

Because the eyes are too dense.

What Lu Qing saw was extremely terrifying.

That's a golden warrior! It was wearing gold armor and holding a golden sword, like a guardian of this palace.

Only that face has the elements of an alarm clock. You can see the dial of the clock and the scales of the minute, second and hour hands. The second hand is still moving little by little.

The Golden Warrior is six meters tall and can be called a giant.

There is a long red blood groove above the golden warrior's head.

That's its health bar.

It is worth mentioning that there is a countdown to this level.

Countdown, thirty minutes.

Although Lu Qing doesn't play games very much, she also knows that once the countdown ends and she doesn't clear the level -

The game will probably fail.

Lu Qing is not afraid of this huge and bulky monster.

She was a very agile person, and with just a little effort, she was already behind the golden warrior.

Then she kept swinging the Kodachi, and the sharp and deadly slashes fell towards the golden shell.

But no harm was done.

The shell of the golden warrior flashed with sparks of metal friction, and the blood bar on the golden head appeared——

The health bar has indeed been slightly reduced, but there is another attribute in the game - life recovery.

In short, although Lu Qing's attack power is very strong, in the face of the abnormal defense power of the Golden Warrior——

Lu Qing's attack power could barely break through the defense, but the speed of blood loss could not keep up with the speed of blood recovery.

The golden warrior suddenly turned around and slashed with the golden sword at 270 degrees.

The sword energy raged like a storm, and in the huge palace, the sound of the air flow was like the roar of an evil ghost.

Lu Qing's figure retreated continuously, and the display of good and bad areas allowed her to perfectly avoid this violent slash.

But cold sweat was streaming down his forehead.

Lu Qing's attack had no effect.

The same was true for Qin Ze. Qin Ze looked at the dials on the floor and did not act rashly.

Instead, he took advantage of the porter's ability to "retrieve objects from the air", control the infinite knife, and mastered the "sword mastery".

But this time, Qin Ze also encountered a difficult problem.

His sword skills did successfully hit the alarm clock.

This soul body cannot hide.

The attack power of the infinite knife, combined with the burning of karma fire, is absolutely fatal to the soul body.

The soul body was supposed to die... but Qin Ze only saw a wave of fluctuations, and the space was twisted like ripples of water.

The next moment, the broken soul body of the alarm clock reappeared in its original position.

Qin Ze frowned.

Immortal soul? Is it possible that the key to killing monsters is not in the soul world this time, but in the real world?

Qin Ze asked:

"Lu Qing, how are you doing over there? My soul body can be resurrected after being killed..."

Lu Qing was a little frustrated:

"It's hard for my attacks to damage it. How about you? Is there any way to defeat it?"

She didn't expect Qin Ze to ask questions first, which meant that Qin Ze seemed to have encountered a problem.

The soul body can be resurrected indefinitely. Doesn't this mean that the soul is immortal?

The countdown was decreasing minute by minute, which made Lu Qing anxious.

Qin Ze read Lu Qing's emotions.

He understood that Lu Qing had been in this place for a long time, so he was afraid to go back.

Qin Ze smiled and said:

"It seems that to defeat it, we still have to do it from the soul level. When you kept attacking just now, many eyes in the soul body were closed."

"I saw the exact time."

"Under my feet, there are countless dials with different times. I have not moved. I guess that the dial I stepped on must be consistent with the time dial in the alarm clock of my soul body..."

"You continue to attack with a high frequency. The faster the frequency, the better... I probably know how to kill this monster."

Lu Qing was stunned for a moment:

"Eh? You already know that?"

"Try it, we have no way out, right?"

Lu Qing hummed.

The calmness in Qin Ze's tone gave her a lot of courage.

Her eyes sharpened again, like a female ninja, and she approached the golden warrior with light steps.

The clanking sound of metal clanging sounded at an extremely high frequency.

With the fire splashing everywhere, the golden warrior seemed to have a dominant body, ignoring Lu Qing's attack, and kept slashing and slashing.

Relying on the prediction of good and bad luck, Lu Qing dodged again and again.

But the turbulent sword energy storm also made her range of activities smaller and smaller.

She was a little desperate.

This monster simply cannot be defeated.

She could already feel some numbness in the tiger's mouth, but she still didn't see the monster's health bar drop.

Is such a terrifying golden giant... just a subordinate of the God of Suture and Devouring?

How many more monsters do I need to defeat before I can meet the lifelong enemy of the Lord of the Old Calendar?

Can I really go back to my original world?

Fear grew within her.

But Qin Ze in another world saw hope.

"That's right! As you continue to attack, all the eyes covering the dial are closed!"

"I saw the scale on the dial!"

"Three twenty-nine minutes and seven seconds!"

It is not easy to find the one that reads 3:29:7 on countless dials in the vast space.

But Qin Ze found it in a very short time!

"found it!"

Qin Ze jumped up and accurately landed on the dial with the time of three twenty minutes and seven seconds.

Lu Qing could imagine that there were countless dials in the space where Qin Ze was, which was enough to dazzle people.

I'm afraid it will take a long time to find the dial during the half-hour countdown.

But she didn't expect Qin Ze to find it so quickly.

What kind of observation is this?

This unimaginable power of observation gave Lu Qing a sense of security!

And when Qin Ze's footsteps landed on the dial, the hour, minute, and second hands of the soul alarm clock turned again.

"Five minutes past five sharp!"

It only took about ten seconds for Qin Ze to find the next dial.

He accurately jumped to the position of this dial, and suddenly discovered...

The distance between himself and the alarm clock of his soul body was shortened.

To be precise, the entire space is compressed.

"Eleven o'clock eleven minutes eleven seconds!"

"Twenty-two points, five minutes and four seconds!"

"Seven o'clock sharp!"

"Twenty-two:35 and sixteen seconds!"

"Eight fifty-nine minutes and fifty-nine seconds!"

In fact, Lu Qing didn't know what these times meant, but Qin Ze read it out loud anyway.

She vaguely felt that this was Qin Ze sending a signal——

Her efforts were not in vain, and what she did helped advance the game to a certain level.

And the more exciting time-telling shouts also conveyed Qin Ze's optimism and courage.

Lu Qing didn't know whether Qin Ze's conclusion was correct, but she was indeed encouraged.

This man has the power to change a certain fate!

The Kodachi kept swinging, and golden sparks kept shooting out.

Lu Qing felt a little tired. She hadn't wielded a knife with such high intensity for a long time!

But listening to Qin Ze's voice, it seemed that he had an endless supply of power.

In another space, as Qin Ze stepped on the correct dial again and again...

Space has been compressed to a very small area.

He and the soul body clock were already face to face.

His hand could easily touch the clock.

Countless dials have also begun to shrink, becoming very crowded in a small space.

From being clearly visible at the beginning, it is now so small that it is difficult to see clearly with the naked eye.

There are still fifteen minutes left in the countdown.

Qin Ze suddenly said:

"Lu Qing, thank you for your hard work, I've done it."

Lu Qing had been waiting for this sound for so long that she was not sure whether Qin Ze was really finished.

When she saw the huge golden warrior holding the golden sword high, she subconsciously wanted to dodge, but suddenly she felt a cramp in her calf.

The breath of death enveloped her instantly.

But the golden sword did not fall.

The golden warrior who lost his soul... turned into a golden statue.

it's over.

Lu Qing collapsed to the ground, breathing heavily:

"You...how did you do that?"

Qin Ze smiled and said:

"Thank you for your constant attacks. I must be very tired. This game is actually not difficult. The first time my soul body was killed by me, I felt the space distort and fluctuate."

"Subsequently, the soul body was resurrected, but I guess that it was not resurrected, but that it had some kind of space-time power protecting it."

"After all, things like clocks are used to interpret time in games."

"So I made a reasonable association. This guy is protected by some kind of time and space force. Once he dies, he will go back to a certain point in time."

"And as a clock, I guess there must be some zero point."

"So I'm going to get close to this clock and point all its hour, minute, and second hands at twenty-four o'clock, which is the moment at 0:00:00."

"I think with this, it's time has gone to zero."

"The reason why there are so many dials on the ground is because these clocks are coordinates. If you attack the golden giant, the coordinates of my world will appear..."

"Haha, I don't know what would happen if I took the wrong coordinates, but fortunately, I didn't go wrong."

"Lu Qing, thank you. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have this soul body."

Lu Qing said hurriedly:

"No, no... I have to thank you, Li Qingzhao, you are really talented. Without you this time... even if it were someone else, I probably wouldn't have been able to survive."

"I should be thanking you."

Lu Qing spoke from the bottom of his heart.

If there was no Qin Ze in this level, no... To be precise, in every previous level, without Qin Ze, she would be unable to move forward.

"Are you feeling better now? Are you still cold?" Lu Qing asked.

"Oh, are you talking about the cold wave in the last level? It's still a bit cold, but my body is very strong. The countdown is not over yet, so you should take a rest. You should be very tired."

Lu Qing was indeed a little tired.

In such fatigue, without Qin Ze, she might not have the courage to continue walking.

It's a torture.

She suddenly said:

"Well...Li Qingzhao, there will be a level later that will allow us to choose between the soul world and the real world..."

Lu Qing wanted to say, let's change it back. She was really grateful to Qin Ze and wanted to say that if she chose the soul world... she would actually stay here forever.

The person who is willing to be a soul cannot leave this place.

Just like that year when she and her friends were together, she chose the soul world, but in the end, she found that once she made this choice, her journey was over.

"Ah? What do you want to say? Exchange? I don't think so. You are very agile. Although I can't see it, I can hear it. Your attack frequency is very fast."

"Agile people are suitable for containing enemies in the real world. And I happen to be good at observation and decryption. I think we work well together."

"I will help you break the situation in the soul world. Don't be afraid, Lu Qing. I said I will take you back."

Lu Qing's nose was a little sore. Of course she wanted to go back.

Consciousness is divided into countless parts and placed in various planes, and memory is deprived...

Maybe in a certain plane, losing Wen'an, losing Gao Kuan, losing Mao Ling... and even each survivor member is just a matter of life and death.

But what if this kind of life and death is repeated hundreds of times?

When these memories overlapped and returned to the original body, Lu Qing felt that life was worse than death.

She really didn't want to be here.

She really wants to return to the real world with "Li Qingzhao".

But some things are destined to not have both.

Lu Qing put away these emotions and said:

"I'm fine, I'm fine. Li Qingzhao, you must be a Baili, I believe you."

Qin Ze felt strange. This girl didn't believe him before?

But that's right, I also suspected that Lu Qing was not a Bai Li.

"Let's go to the next level!"

"good!"

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The scene in the fourth level is an existence called Night Demon.

The real world is dark and it is difficult to see anything. All Lu Qing could do was listen to the sound and identify the location.

But in the soul world, there is a dark ocean. Although it is dark, it is not completely invisible.

In the dark ocean, there are many nightmare monsters.

On the throne deep in the ocean, sits a monster named Eternal Night.

Qin Ze didn't know the past and present life of this monster, nor its relationship with the God of Suture and Devouring.

Like the previous levels, Qin Ze found the key point. The key to passing the level is to have hope.

Lu Qing, who fights in the dark night, will be constantly eroded by fear and despair.

This fear and despair will be passed on to Qin Ze.

The reason why there is dark light in the soul world...

It's because Qin Ze has hope.

If Qin Ze in the soul world cannot bear the fear and despair from Lu Qing...

No more hope...then the soul world will also return to darkness.

Qin Ze felt how powerful this enemy was.

This is the Night Demon King Yong Ye who has been weakened countless times. It is hard to imagine how terrifying Yong Ye must be in his heyday.

Spread the dark night of despair to every corner of the world?

The weapons against eternal night are hope and courage.

What kind of strength must the person who defeated Yong Ye have been?

Is he the god of suturing and devouring?

Qin Ze didn't know this history, but he knew that he had to resist Lu Qing's despair and fear, and swim towards the dark love!

He wants to pull Yong Ye down from the throne with hope!

This is not difficult.

Time and time again, fear and despair made Qin Ze's light grow weaker.

The darker the soul world is, the more ferocious these monsters in the night sea are.

Qin Ze only felt that without a strong heart that longed for light, it would be impossible to defeat this enemy.

He didn't have such a consciousness, but he happened to have a strange disease...

That is, once the emotions accumulate to a certain level, they will be cleared.

So are despair and fear.

Therefore, although Lu Qing continued to have negative emotions in the darkness, Qin Ze's light never weakened.

The fourth level was finally broken by Qin Ze.

When Yong Ye's soul died and the light appeared again, Lu Qing fell to the ground with wounds all over his body.

"I'm sorry...Li Qingzhao, I'm holding you back again."

"No, Lu Qing, you are great. You are the one who faces the darkness and fear. If you hadn't been holding on, I wouldn't have been able to kill the enemy. Hey, you are really the best teammate. We have gone through It’s passed the fourth level!”

Qin Ze's laughter made Lu Qing feel warm.

But she understood that if Qin Ze hadn't resisted the fear and despair that he passed on time and time again...

It is impossible for everyone to pass the level.

"Under such circumstances, you can always maintain hope...Li Qingzhao, you are really a great person."

Qin Zexin said that this was the first time that someone used the word great about himself.

But he doesn't think he is great, he just cheats.

I have to say that with my disease, I feel like I have a golden finger when faced with certain situations.

Of course, Qin Ze did not reveal his situation and just said:

"There is no time limit for this level. You can use the basic life recovery speed and rest until you are healed before leaving."

"Okay..." Lu Qing said.

Qin Ze is still

"Look, we have passed the fourth level, Lu Qing, don't be afraid. In fact, I can see it..."

"These guys are physically powerful, but their souls are always fragile."

"I guess, the Lord of the Old Calendar defeated the God of Suture and Devouring by extracting the world into reality and soul."

"Its lifelong enemy may be an existence that cannot be defeated in reality, but the soul may not be."

"I'm quite suitable for this world. Our cooperation is perfect, isn't it?"

Lu Qing's conscience was severely hit by these words. She was pale and speechless.

"When I was a child, I longed for a partner who could play games with me. I thought the same thing when I grew up. Later, it was my wife who played games with me. She is also a game addict."

Qin Ze recalled Qiao Wei with a smile on his face.

Lu Qing said:

"Your wife is really nice...she must really want to see you. Wait until you go back..."

It was so sad that Lu Qing once had the urge to cry.

"Li Qingzhao" is a really good person.

She really hoped that Li Qingzhao was a heinous guy and everyone was just forced to cooperate.

In this way, the person who has chosen the soul path will not put much psychological burden on himself even if he stays here forever.

However, through the tacit cooperation in these stages, she realized that this man was a very good person, one who could even be described as great.

She couldn't help but want to ask herself...

Is this really the right thing to do?

"Let's go. I've recovered. Li Qingzhao, let's go to the fifth level..."

"Okay." Qin Ze's fighting spirit remained unchanged.

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The fifth level is the penultimate level.

After passing this level, you will see the gamified God of Suture and Devouring who has been weakened countless times.

The difficulty of the game is actually linked to the level of the challenger. There is a guaranteed difficulty level, but the stronger the challenger, the greater the difficulty of the game.

Even if Qin Ze reaches the level of ghosts, gods, and gods, facing the God of Suture and Devouring, facing this hidden mission of passing five levels and killing six generals... every level will be very difficult.

The enemy in the fifth level is a train. The train will arrive at the place where the God of Stitching and Devouring resides.

There are many monsters in the train. Lots of weird rules.

Whether it is the real plane or the soul plane, there are complex rules.

The rules are so complicated that if anyone makes a wrong move... it could lead to death.

This time, Qin Ze was finally unable to advance, and the same was true for Lu Qing.

In the soul world, Qin Ze died due to rule four - unable to respond to the sounds outside the train window.

In the real world, Lu Qing died because of rule five - everyone who sleeps here has a good bladder and an iron kidney, and no one will get out of bed during bedtime. If you see someone getting out of bed, don't make eye contact.

The challenger who had passed the level continuously stopped moving in a train full of strange rules.

When the huge word "failure" appeared in Lu Qing's eyes, Lu Qing suddenly smiled.

It seemed that she finally no longer had to bear the huge guilt of backstabbing her teammates.

But the game...is not over yet.

…

…

Before the Y-shaped intersection, Qin Ze suddenly opened his eyes. Breathing heavily.

"Damn it! A hundred meters away, a hundred meters away! I saw my wife outside the window, and I couldn't help but respond!"

Qin Ze hadn't realized yet that he was back at the entrance of the first level.

Lu Qing frowned slightly:

"What nonsense are you talking about? Where has your consciousness traveled to?"

Qin Ze was stunned and found that he had arrived at the first fork in the road in Linxiang City.

"Li Qingzhao, the real world and the soul world are two different ways of fighting... The two of us will establish a special bond. Even in two different worlds, we can communicate."

"If someone encounters an invincible enemy in a certain world, he must tell people in another world, because the enemy's weakness may be in another world."

"Which world do you want to choose?"

This familiar scene suddenly made Qin Ze understand.

Depend on! Time travelers are awesome! Unexpectedly, hidden missions can also read archives?

When the word "failure" appeared in the soul world, Qin Ze thought that he was going to become an NPC, waiting for the next player to redeem him like Lu Qing.

But he didn't expect that his initial choice and the privilege of loading files would actually take effect!

"I choose the soul world, Lu Qing, let's go!"

Lu Qing was stunned. She suddenly felt that she seemed to have experienced this kind of conversation once.

A sense of déjà vu came, but this sense of déjà vu disappeared instantly.

As a player, Lu Qing does not have the privilege of being a time traveler. Qin Ze successfully loaded the file, and the memory of Lu Qing and Qin Ze's first cooperation was cleared.

Lu Qing actually... really wanted Qin Ze to choose the soul world, because only those who choose the real world can truly leave.

But when she saw Qin Ze taking the initiative to make a choice, jumping into the red vortex and entering the soul world...

Instead, she was a little embarrassed.

But this kind of twisting didn't last long, because next, Qin Ze looked like a god of war.

He passed the first two levels at the speed of light, and when facing the alarm clock and the golden giant in the third level, he guided Lu Qing's actions in an unquestionable tone.

Lu Qing was amazed:

"This... this kind of game genius, you don't need to think about? How do you know this is the case?"

"Just believe me, Lu Qing, don't worry, I can 100% take you home!"

Lu Qing didn't understand Qin Ze's confidence, but what happened next was indeed as Qin Ze said... everything went smoothly.

Qin Ze passed the third level with incredible speed.

At the fourth level, Lu Qing once again experienced fear and despair.

For Lu Qing, this was his first experience.

But for Qin Ze, this was his second experience.

Qin Ze performed more skillfully this time. He was so confident that he was able to constantly comfort Lu Qing:

"Don't be afraid, Lu Qing, don't be afraid and desperate, I can definitely kill Yong Ye! Trust me! I said I will take you home, and I will take you home!"

"Don't give up hope! This dark night won't last forever! Watch me perform a magic trick for you!"

Shortly after saying this, Qin Ze killed Yong Ye just like last time.

The light dispelled the darkness, making Lu Qing's eyes feel dazzling pain.

she cried.

In fact, the sense of fear and despair is far less intense than last time.

But this time, Lu Qing cried.

She felt more and more that Qin Ze was a person full of hope and courage...

She felt increasingly guilty for her actions.

The fifth level.

Qin Ze did not fail this time. Although there were more than a dozen rules in total, after failing once, he probably figured out how to pass the level in a place with such rules.

Only this time, Lu Qing failed.

The death of Lu Qing in the real plane...

Qin Ze had no choice but to grit his teeth and say:

"Now we can be regarded as living and dying together!"

After saying this, he wiped his neck with the infinite knife.

Read the file for the third time and start.

This time, Qin Ze jumped directly into the whirlpool and predicted what Lu Qing would say:

"I understand, no need to ask, Lu Qing, I choose the soul plane, let's go!"

Lu Qing was confused, and he felt as if Qin Ze knew the rules.

Next, Qin Ze cleared the customs very quickly.

Qin Ze knew very well what to do at each level.

Different from before, this time Qin Ze is no longer a speed pass, or in other words, it is no longer a simple speed pass.

Instead, during the customs clearance process, he kept asking about Lu Qing's past.

He also told Lu Qing a lot about himself.

In the fourth level, Qin Ze was able to better arouse Lu Qing's emotions through Lu Qing's past...

This time, he unexpectedly discovered that Lu Qing was able to resolve the fear and despair on his own with the comfort of his own words.

When the night dissipated, Lu Qing felt a strong sense of dependence on Qin Ze.

"Thank you, Li Qingzhao, thank you very much. Being in that kind of darkness, I thought I wouldn't be able to get out."

"You're welcome, you have to face your past. When you come to this world, of course you have to enjoy it! Pain is nothing! It's just a little seasoning! Let's go, Lu Qing, let's go to the fifth level!"

"good!"

Lu Qing secretly made a decision in his heart. Although she still sheds tears, although she still has the same struggle in her eyes as before, but...

This time, her final decision had completely changed.

The fifth level, the third challenge.

This time, Qin Ze's entire attention was on Lu Qing.

It was very easy for him to pass the test on his own, and he already knew these rules very well.

Lu Qing was still confused, but the sense of security brought by Qin Ze was too strong.

Lu Qing was shocked at what kind of genius Qin Ze was, that he could figure out these rules so neatly.

When they finally waited until the flight attendant entered the carriage and told them that they had arrived at the abode of God...

Lu Qing smiled.

There was more relief in her smile.

Qin Ze and Lu Qing successfully passed the fifth level!

The sixth level, the final level, is the God of Stitching and Devouring.

This god is just a game NPC, and there is a huge gap in combat power between him and the real God of Stitching and Devouring.

But even so, as the final level, Qin Ze can be sure that he may have to read files many times.

And before actually entering the sixth level...

That fork in the road of fate appeared again.

This is the last choice.

The two players, who have a tacit understanding of each other, have established a rare friendship that spans life and death in the first five levels.

And before actually clearing the Big Devil, they will make a choice again.

Qin Ze did not hesitate and planned to continue to the soul world.

But Lu Qing suddenly stopped him:

"Um... Li Qingzhao, wait a minute."

"What's wrong? You haven't recovered yet? How about you take a rest?" Qin Ze asked with concern.

Lu Qing shook her head. She no longer felt that struggle and guilt.

This also made her smile no longer like the clear snow in winter. The smile now is more like the spring breeze blowing on the face.

She lifted a strand of hair:

"I have been waiting for someone to save me, Li Qingzhao. I really hope that person is my friend."

Qin Ze was stunned.

Lu Qing continued:

"I thought, if it were her, as long as she came, I would be very happy, even if I make the same mistakes again..."

"Thank you. Although you are not her, you have constantly comforted me and encouraged me along the way...I am really inspired."

Qin Ze was puzzled:

"Why are you so... sensational all of a sudden? Haha, it's not a good idea to open the champagne in the middle. Let's wait until we defeat the God of Stitching and Devouring to say this kind of parting speech."

Lu Qing shook his head:

"No... I'm afraid that if you and I are separated later, I won't have a chance to talk."

"Thank you, Li Qingzhao, I'm very happy to meet you in this game! Thank you for telling me over and over again that you are willing to take me home, and I am willing to take you home!"

Qin Ze smiled:

"Okay, okay, you girls are really emotional. I don't have a chance to say anything. Do you have no confidence in me? I will definitely defeat the big devil!"

Lu Qing nodded seriously:

"Well, you will definitely defeat the big devil! But please go to the real world and defeat him! For the last choice, I want to go to the soul world!"

Qin Ze was stunned again:

"are you sure?"

Based on his ability to read files, Qin Ze thought it didn't matter and could let Lu Qing try it.

Lu Qing answered affirmatively:

"I'm sure! I'm still me! Of course I'm sure!"

Qin Ze didn't understand what the phrase "I am still me" meant, but he felt it...

Lu Qing is really happy. I made this choice from my heart.

He didn't know what this choice meant to this girl.

He nodded:

"Okay, let's exchange, but don't worry, even if I enter the real plane, I will still be useful! I can definitely take you back!"

Lu Qing had tears in his eyes:

"I believe you! I also wish you and your wife can live a loving life after you go back!"

As for myself, it doesn't matter...

Lu Qing did not say these words, but resolutely stepped into the red vortex.

In the final choice, she made the exact same choice many years ago!

(It’s not finished yet. There may need to be a big chapter. I’ve simplified the level content as much as possible, but it’s still not finished... I can only continue tomorrow. But this word count should be enough to hand in the paper.)