MTL - What’s Wrong With Seeking Death?-Chapter 31

【Quality · Snow White】

[Tendencies: natural disasters, order]

[Current Level: Natural Disaster: Firefly/Order: Firefly]

[Effect: The holder can gain resistance to cold and high temperature; the holder can obtain the bonus of moving ability on ice; the holder can unlock or upgrade the corresponding special skills as the level rises. 】

[Stunt: Snow Queen Ice No. 7]

[Current Level: Natural Disaster: Firefly]

[Effect: Active stunt. Whenever you activate the ability, you can quickly crystallize the surrounding liquid at normal temperature. 】

[Remarks: The power of this skill increases as the level rises. Each time you use it, there will be a 10% chance to enter the state of [abnormal rationality]. Once you fall into it, please release it as soon as possible. 】

...?

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Xu Tuoran silently read through the information in her mind, and silently swore that when her irresponsible book-traveling system came back, she must let it upgrade her death panel.

Can this really talk properly? I know every word separately, but when I put them together, there are question marks in my head. It was the same before, it was just a simple "forward kick", without even a description, and she had to try slowly how to kick it; this time it was even better, it became a riddle system directly.

So how to activate the No. 7 ice? What does "abnormal rationality" mean? How to undo it? By the way, why is it the number seven ice, and the one, two, three, four, five, and six in front; what is Snow White, a relative of Snow White...?

A bunch of question marks popped out like bubbles, Xu Tuoran shook his head, put all these things aside, raised his hand and patted Yang Buqi's chest:

"Put me down..."

Yang Buqi let out a "hmm", and while running forward, looked down at her condition. Then he nodded with relief, but ignored her and continued to run forward.

Xu Tuoran: "..."

Although she was unconscious just now, this time is enough for her to sort out the current situation—this "domain" is collapsing, and at the same time, "it" is also attacking the independent space constructed by the teacher. They need to avoid the pursuit of "it" at the last moment, until this "domain" completely collapses...

All that said, now is not the time to argue with your partner over something as stupid as "put me down".

The "premonition of crisis" in the brain was not in a hurry, presumably "it" hadn't caught up yet. Xu Turan settled down, and simply ran forward with Yang Buqi in his arms, and began to lie down in peace.

...But I couldn't lie down for long.

She was silent for a few seconds, but she couldn't hold back after all, and patted Yang Buqi's chest again.

"Then what, just put me down. I can walk by myself."

"..." Yang Buqi gave him a deep look, but still didn't respond.

I don't know if it is Xu Tuoran's illusion. She always felt that there seemed to be a sentence written in Yang Buqi's eyes just now—

"What the **** do you want to do?!"

Xu Tuoran: "..."

"I don't want to do anything. I just want to adjust my posture," she said sincerely. "My neck is about to break..."

She deeply suspected that Yang Buqi had never hugged anyone before. This posture can be said to be quite poor.

Yang Buqi: "..."

He observed the situation behind him vigilantly, finally slowed down, and put Xu Tuoran back on the ground.

Both feet finally stepped on the ground, Xu Tuoran let out a long breath, seized the time to move his stiff neck, turned his head and was about to talk to Yang Buqi, when he suddenly felt the floor under his feet loosen—

The floor crumbled like a biscuit, and the feeling of weightlessness struck instantly.

In the next second, she fell into the endless darkness under Yang Buqi's astonished gaze.

Xu Turan wondered if the current self was dreaming.

Otherwise, it is really impossible to explain what she is seeing now.

She was clearly falling, but the process of falling seemed to be infinitely elongated. The darkness in front of him could not stop extending downwards, and suddenly switched to an unfamiliar scene.

She landed on a platform. There is a tall iron gate on each side of the platform. Both sides of the iron gate were connected with sparse iron fences. She looked into the cracks of the fence curiously, but it seemed that there was a layer of fog in front of her eyes, and she couldn't see anything clearly.

She could only vaguely discern that the scenes behind the left and right doors were different. Behind the door on the left, there seems to be a forest, dark trees standing quietly in the depths of the fog; behind the door on the right is a wasteland, there are howls from time to time in the fog, and there are faintly weird things in it walk around. more than one.

A reminder sounded in Xu Tuoran's mind, as if he was urging him. She looked down at her hand, only to realize that she was holding a key in her palm.

There is only one key, but there are two closed doors.

Xu vainly fell into thought. She instinctively realized that there was no need for her to make a choice at this time, however, the four words deeply embedded in her DNA did not allow her to just leave without doing anything—

As the saying goes, come and go.

Xu Tuoran compared carefully, and finally made up his mind, and inserted the key into the left door lock.

There is no great reason, but she simply feels that the scene on the left is more unfamiliar and disturbing to her than the scene on the right.

Although this scene is obviously quieter. It was as quiet as no man's land.

Turn the bronze key in the door lock once, and it disappears in a blink of an eye. Xu Tuoran tried to push it forward, and the heavy iron door creaked and slowly opened backwards.

Almost at the moment when Xu Tuoran fully stepped into the door, the fog in front of him suddenly dissipated. She closed her eyes subconsciously, and her ears suddenly became noisy——

Her heart trembled involuntarily, and she opened her eyes again, only to realize that those standing in the mist were not dark trees at all.

Those are shadows. The slender and slender black shadow stood there crowded together, the overly long body showed an unnatural arc, the head was bent in the direction where Xu Tuoran was, and there were two white gaps where the eyes should be , seeming to be staring at her.

Between them is a path. The road is white and narrow enough for only one person to pass.

Xu vainly took a few steps in that direction, and a reminder sounded in his mind again. The difference is that the content of the notification tone this time is very clear—

【Welcome to [Path of Chaos]. 】

[Congratulations, you have gained 100 death points. 】

…

The thick mist condensed again and rushed towards the face.

Xu vainly opened his eyes suddenly.

In front of you is an ordinary ceiling. Behind the head is the cold floor.

She felt that the scene at this time was somewhat familiar, and quickly got up from the ground, and saw the chair not far away, and the black backpack placed on the chair.

Speaking of bags... Xu Tuoran quickly touched his whole body, and was a little surprised to find that all he had left was the cross-body bag he had been carrying since the beginning.

All the weapons that were previously found in the "domain" also disappeared. All that was left in the bag was a Polaroid, a handheld mirror that was shattered to nothing but its frame, and a bald doll.

Xu Tuoran: "..."

So this is... came out?

She looked around suspiciously, trying to further analyze the current situation. Suddenly there was a "bang bang bang" knock on the closed door—she walked up to open the door, and met Yang Buqi's anxious and worried eyes outside the door.

After seeing Xu Tu in the room, he was obviously relieved.

"Great, you're back too—how are you feeling? Is there anything wrong?"

Xu Tuoran shook his head, and asked back: "Have we left the 'domain' already?"

"Yeah." Yang Buqi nodded and smiled softly, "It's already out, it's all right. You're right..."

"Oh." Xu Tuoran nodded slightly, his eyes wandering for a while.

Yang Buqi: "..."

"You...why do you seem a little disappointed?" After two seconds of silence, he spoke cautiously.

"No." Xu Tuoran immediately denied, "You think too much."

Yang Buqi: "..."

lie.

So are you really disappointed?

Yang Buqi opened his mouth and didn't know what to say for a moment.

The incident at Plum Blossom Apartment, in a sense, has come to an end.

The "domain" is broken. All the beings trapped in the "domain" have returned to where they should be. Just like Xu Tuoran woke up in Yang Buqi's house, and Yang Buqi woke up in Xiao Zhang's house... The time and space that were once misplaced were spliced ​​back to their original positions without a sound.

Although it seemed to others that they had actually disappeared for hours.

The boss, Su Sui'er, and the others also came to Meihua Apartment to report safety, and they also carried out the final finishing work by the way. They are a group of people who are quite lucky, and they are basically fine-but they are the only ones, and they are fine.

The rest of the missing returned in the form of corpses.

For the outside world, this is another quite sensational and creepy supernatural event. The bodies of all the missing persons associated with the Plum Blossom Apartment were discovered one after another. And the death conditions are quite strange—some of them seem to have been bitten by wild animals, and their bodies are mutilated, while others seem to have been drained of blood. For some, a big hole appeared inexplicably in the chest, as if something was connected there.

As for the companion Zha Ruoyu's family, they didn't even return the corpse. Yang Buqi guessed that the owner of that domain probably ate "mother" in the end - "it" had not touched her before, just to maintain the existence of the domain, since the domain is no longer there, it did not keep the big one. A bento is necessary.

And Zha Ruoyu, who has never entered the "domain", has never appeared again since then. It is unknown whether he silently chose to give up knowing that he would never be able to reach that "Land of Eternal Life", or whether he was quietly obliterated and taken back by the more powerful existence behind him.

"Of course, Renxinyuan will not give up tracking down that abomination."

The boss took a sip of the milk tea in his hand, and spoke to Yang Buqi seriously.

It was already the second day after they returned to reality from the domain. The Renxinyuan was so busy finishing the work that it was overwhelmed. Yang Buqi stayed here because of the idea of ​​helping others to the end—on the one hand, it was because Xu Tuoran still stayed here and did not leave.

Yang Buqi stood at the window, looking down at the ant-like car downstairs with no expression on his face, and said, "It seems to be consciously erasing its traces. Have you ever tried to get rid of the landlord?"

He was a little concerned when he heard Xiao Zhang mention it earlier. A landlord who knows that there is a problem with the house, but is still renting it out, and can even accurately identify and reject people with abilities, has problems no matter what he thinks.

"It's happened before. But it's hard—something is preventing us from getting close to him." Old Avenue, "I thought the domain was destroyed, 1501 was worthless, maybe 'it' would loosen the control over the landlord, but I didn't expect what…"

Yang Buqi: "The landlord is dead?"

"The corpse was just discovered yesterday." The boss clicked his tongue, "Mummy. I'm afraid it's been a few years since I died."

Yang Buqi: "...So that abomination also knows how to operate the rental software?"

Otherwise, who did Xu Tuoran rent the house from? If I remember correctly, she spent a lot of money.

"Who knows, it's also possible that the corpse was used to operate the renting software." The boss carried out the matryoshka with a serious face.

Yang Buqi: "..."

"In the domain, it was mentioned in the companion creature's diary that Zha Ruoyu once had a relationship with a person named 'Second Uncle'." He thought for a while, helping to develop his ideas, "That Second Uncle is probably Yincha. If you are a fool who enters the game."

"I've checked it. He is the owner of 1501." The boss shrugged, "I said it all, and that thing also consciously erased everything."

Yang Buqi fell silent again.

"Speaking of which, I haven't thanked you yet. And that little sister—this time I helped a lot." The boss was silent for a moment, and changed the subject, "I heard from Xiao Luo that the old men in the Renxinyuan made things difficult for you? "

"It's okay." Yang Buqi shook his head, "It doesn't matter, whatever you want."

The conflict between Renxinyuan and Tzu Chiyuan is not a day or two, and he is not the only one who will be blamed. He is used to it.

"I'm sorry, I made a wrong judgment that day. Instead, I caused you trouble." The boss said sincerely, Yang Buqi shook his head again, and asked about Xiao Zhang's situation.

After he returned to reality, he took care of Xiao Zhang's wounds on his body. However, the child seemed to have some problems mentally. Small branches kept coming out of his body, and he would bloom flowers by himself.

"There are symptoms of contamination. It has been sent back to the Renxinyuan. We will see the specific situation." The boss said calmly, took another two sips of milk tea, and remained silent for a while, as if he had finally made up his mind.

"Can you tell me what's going on with the seal on that door?" He whispered, "If you want to say it, if you don't, don't mind it, but don't fool me. I can see that you are watching When I got to that thing, my eyes were wrong."

He exhaled: "It doesn't matter how detailed it is, just give me an idea. I'm going to write a report, please be considerate."

Yang Buqi: "..."

He took a deep look at the boss, but without much hesitation, he said directly: "It's okay, I didn't intend to hide it from you. It's just that the situation at that time was not suitable for detailed discussion."

"The seal—is a rune developed internally by the Charity Institute, and it is used to suppress the abominations contained in it. But it is an old version of the rune, which was completely discarded about five years ago."

He joined the Charity Institute four years ago. When he joined, this rune had been completely replaced and no longer used. So he said that he "read it from the data", but it is not a lie.

It's just that he didn't mention one thing at the time - this kind of sealing rune was developed by the Charity Institute to deal with the contained objects. In other words, this should be something that only "capable people" will use.

In other words, it was a former ability user.

The boss looked over in surprise, and quickly frowned again: "You mean..."

"Xu Tuoran once told me that she found a box of business cards in 'my' room. The torch pattern on the back of the business card has been painted out a lot." Yang Buqi said lightly, "This shows that the existence recognizes this Patterned. Not only recognize it, but hate it."

Boss: "..."

Even though he had vaguely guessed before, after hearing Yang Buqi's explicit statement, he couldn't help but gasped: "He is a fallen high-level ability user."

"And it came from the Charity Institute." Now that the words have been spoken, Yang Buqi has no intention of covering up, "Probably one of the victims of the incident five years ago."

"...Victim?" The boss twitched the corner of his mouth, obviously not agreeing with the word, "Okay... Anyway, it's more or less an idea."

Not only his way of writing the report, but also his way of looking for that abominable thing—now that he has already guessed the origin of that thing, then he can reverse it based on the ability displayed by "it" and his past identity, maybe he can follow the vine and find it. Where "it" is now.

Yang Buqi nodded slightly. In fact, even if the boss didn't come to ask him today, he still planned to share this part of the information—although it might embarrass the Charity Institute, this is a major issue that involves human safety and requires the concerted efforts of both parties.

"But Su Sui'er can't let Su Sui'er know about this." The boss stared out of the window for a moment, then said suddenly, "If she knows, she will definitely accuse the Tzu Chi Institute of doing evil again. Maybe she will make trouble again."

Yang Buqi lowered his eyebrows: "She is indeed qualified. Is there still no news about her brother?"

The boss shook his head: "I've been looking for it, but nothing came to fruition. If it's just dead, it's okay, at least he can rest in peace. I'm afraid he will become like this thing this time..."

Yang Buqi sighed, greeted the boss, turned and left. After walking a few steps, he was stopped by the boss again.

"By the way, there is something else I want to ask you." The boss turned to look at him, "That little sister—the one named Xu Tuoran. Hasn't she entered your charity institute yet?"

Yang Buqi paused, and his expression became a little subtle: "What do you mean? You want to poach her?"

"Hey, what is digging. She has already entered the charity institution, and we go to contact it, which is called digging—if she hasn't entered yet, it's just ordinary solicitation." The boss plausibly said, "So she hasn't entered yet, right?"

Yang Buqi: "..." Although he was a little unhappy, he couldn't refute it.

"That's good." The boss nodded, "I'll ask Su Sui'er to ask her later."

When he was in the domain before, he was very interested in that little girl. Although he acted a little haphazardly, but he was very thoughtful, with excellent psychological quality, and his hands-on... hands-on ability was quite strong.

There are also those weird objects she took out... The boss communicated with Luo Yu and others after he came out of the domain, and after realizing it, he ate the shocking big melon that "someone spent a lot of money in the old man Jiang's shop for wholesale", He saw Xu Tuoran take out the Polaroid Polaroid and the long-haired doll with his own eyes. With a pair of information on both sides, it is self-evident who is the "hidden boss" who shocked the old man Jiang's jaw.

He didn't know if Yang Buqi knew about it. Anyway, he currently has only two guesses about Xu Tuoran—first, she is indeed a hidden boss, and she is not Ying-level, but she just disguised herself by some means. Second, she is indeed a firefly, but her ability is special enough to allow her to wander around with a bunch of weird objects.

No matter what it is, in the opinion of the boss, it is worth getting in touch with.

He was originally worried that he would need to **** someone from Yang Buqi, but fortunately, seeing Yang Buqi's attitude, the chances of Renxinyuan should be quite high.

The boss looked carefully at Yang Buqi, who only frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, he said, "The Charity Institute also has plans to recruit. But I have not interfered with your behavior. How Xu Tueran will decide on her qualifications is entirely up to her."

The boss secretly breathed a sigh of relief when he heard the words, but he heard Yang Buqi say: "But as a friend, I still want to remind you, don't make yourself uncomfortable."

Boss: ...?

...? ? !

"No, wait a moment." He put down the milk tea in his hand, "Are you talking harshly?"

Yang Buqi, that Yang Buqi who seems to be unreasonable but actually has a good temper is actually speaking harsh words to him?

...or for a pretty little girl?

The boss was full of thoughts for a moment, and instantly felt that he seemed to have traveled to a romantic scene of a boss.

Not wanting Yang Buqi to just look at him solemnly.

"No, this is really advice." He said seriously, every word, "For the good of your heart."

Boss: "...??!"

I can't even understand it!

at the same time.

Plum Blossom Apartment, 1401.

Xu Tuoran was sitting in his room, unconsciously smearing the white paper in front of him.

On the paper was a bunch of black shadows standing upright, and where the eyes should have been, there were two white gaps. The black shadow is a white path in the middle, winding and extending towards the depths, no one knows where it leads.

This was something she had "dreamed about" after she came out of the domain that day.

At that time, she was dazed and didn't realize it, but she finally remembered—"Path of Chaos", the term she had heard mentioned as the death value system.

As a reward for exceeding 2,500 points, she received a "Path of Chaos / Garden of the Beasts Entry Ticket" at that time. At this time, the entrance ticket has been displayed as "used".

If you think about it carefully, not all of them match—the door on the left leads to the Path of Chaos, the door on the right leads to the Garden of Beasts, and in her hand, there is only one key to open the door, which corresponds to the "Entrance" coupon".

Judging from the current situation, she should have chosen the "Path of Chaos". The question is, what to do after that?

Last night, when she fell asleep, she didn't dream about those things again. There is no way to get more hints. What should she do? Go down that path? The death value system was issued to her as an "entry ticket", which meant that she should be able to benefit from it—what benefit? Gain more death value?

Or... an upgrade?

Xu Tuoran paused the pencil in his hand, with a thoughtful look on his face.

It has to be said that she has encountered too many questions recently.

The previous "Snow White" and "Ice No. 7" were not bad. When I came back, I searched the Internet and even guessed. The frozen lake as the "mirror of sanity", the whole character feels abnormal. Xu Tuoran guessed that the so-called "abnormal sane" state would probably be close to the abnormal state of the "Snow Queen".

Of course, her own brain is not very normal.

As for "Ice No. 7" - this is a bit fierce according to the information Xu Tueran found.

To put it simply, there are 18 forms of ice discovered by scientists so far, and they are named according to numbers. "Ice No. 7" is one of them. It can freeze quickly at normal temperature. Under the condition of sufficient pressure, it can theoretically freeze the ocean at a speed of 1,600 kilometers per hour.

Also in theory, freezing the Earth would seem to have no problem - hence the name "super ice".

But after all, it is "theoretically speaking"... Regardless of whether there is a real "No. 7 ice" on the earth, at least in terms of Xu Tuoran's current attempt, the "No. 7 ice" in her hand is not so fierce .

Not to mention freezing the ocean, freezing the water in the washbasin will take a lot of effort. And it's the kind of crushed ice that breaks when it's frozen...

super ice? Pretty much super soldiers.

— But no matter what, these things can at least be searched for ideas on Baidu Baidu.

Xu Tuoran withdrew his thoughts, looked at the graffiti in front of him, curled his fingers, and tapped the table lightly.

The Path of Chaos... This kind of thing can't be Baidu on the Internet. But now she doesn't even know how to enter the second time...

Perhaps, she should try to seek help from "industry insiders"?

Xu Tuoran's eyes turned slightly, thinking of Yang Buqi who was still downstairs, he suddenly felt confident.

Besides Yang Buqi, Su Sui'er and Weiwei also moved back to Meihua Apartment. It's just that they seem to be very busy these two days - when they are free, you can also ask them.

Finally having a solution, Xu Tuoran immediately relaxed a lot. She put the graffiti on the table aside, and took out another pile of things in a blink of an eye, and placed them on top.

—It was the various supernatural objects she had bought before.

After she returned to reality, Yang Buqi deliberately took back the supernatural objects that she threw out to fight with Zha Ruoyu before, and sent them all back. In addition, he also gave her a reimbursement slip—he meant that it should be returned, but the compensation that should be given should still be given. You can also come to him if you need to "scrap" them later.

Of course, he didn't return the so-called "Dancing Shadow". That thing is said to have become very small when it was recycled, and only a thin point remained. Yang Buqi said that he had to take this away for shelter, and if Xu Tuoran needed it, he could also apply for compensation...spiritual compensation.

But Xu Tuoran is more nostalgic. And some of these items, to be honest, are really useful. She felt a little pity that it was scrapped like this.

So she stared at the pile of things on the table for a while, picked up the phone again, and knocked on the customer service of that Taobao store.

the other side.

In the spacious and bright cubicle, a scream suddenly resounded.

"She contacted us! That magical buyer, she finally contacted us again!"

A young girl took off her headset, pointed at her computer screen and shouted. Immediately, a crowd of people surrounded him.

"God, she's still alive? Are you sure it's me?"

"None of the death markers in the product are triggered, so it must be alive! What nonsense are you talking about?"

"Didn't it say that there were several signs that were lit up several times in the past two days?"

"It's bright, but the one whose life is in danger doesn't seem to be the buyer..."

"what?"

"No, what does she want to do? Are you here to do wholesale again?"

"Should I inform Boss Jiang to take a look? Isn't he very interested in this buyer?"

Squeezing and hitting, another sentence jumped out on the computer screen.

In vain: [Hi store, I just bought a batch of goods from your store before, and now I have some problems, I want to consult. May I ask if the goods in your store are damaged]

She seemed to have sent it before she finished typing it, but she could tell from the huatou that what she wanted to ask was what to do if the item was damaged.

The customer service who connected immediately gave a response based on past experience: [Kiss, remind me again, once all the products in this store are sold, they will not be returned or exchanged. 】

In vain: [? No no no, you misunderstood. 】

Immediately afterwards, several pictures were sent over from the other side.

The first one is a big thick book that has been torn to a crooked cover and out of shape spine.

In the second picture, the book was opened, and there were obvious tear marks inside, with several pages missing. The spine of the book is separated from the body of the book by half, revealing a huge gap.

People who are watching the fun around the computer: …

If I'm not mistaken, this seems to be the book of flesh and blood they sold. It is connected with the book of flesh and blood that has killed several masters.

The third picture is also sent. It was a broken mirror, the frame was empty, and there was only a small piece of mirror embedded pitifully at the edge.

The fourth one is a small puppet—this puppet looks fine, except for a broken leg. But if I remember correctly, it seems to be a set, there should be several.

The fifth one is a rag doll—it doesn’t look like a big problem, except that its head is bare and completely bald.

"..."

[There is also a Polaroid. 】The other side said, 【I don't know why, I can't take pictures. Can only be described in words. There is nothing wrong with the camera itself, but the pictures it takes are almost colorless. 】

"..."

In the weird silence, the seller on the opposite side finally expressed his needs:

[In short, I just want to ask, is your store guaranteed? 】