The Earth is Online - Chapter 60

[Chapter 60]

“Speaking of which, your name sounds a bit familiar.” After Babyface gave Tang Mo the name “Zhao Zhao”, he walked over to the little boy and looked at him with a smile: “Fu Wensheng… Fu Wensheng? Fu Wensheng? Which Fu is your surname, which Wen and which is your name?”

The little boy looked at him and said calmly, “Is this important?”

Babyface: “Is it important? It’s very important, hey, it doesn’t seem to be very important. But your name… ah, I remember it.” He exaggeratedly clapped his hands and narrowed his eyes slightly, “We are number one in China. The stowaway who broke through the first floor of the black tower, what is his name? Zhao Zhao, do you remember?” The baby face turned to look at Tang Mo, “The one who dragged everyone into the tower game, he what do you say that is.”

Tang Mo said coldly, “I don’t remember.”

Babyface asked himself and answered: “Yes, his name is Fu Wenduo. He is very similar to you. What is the relationship between the two of you? At your age, you are… the son of the stowaways?”

The smile on the baby-faced face was as disgusting as ever, and he leaned close to the boy, looking like he was teasing him and making fun of him, but there was no real smile in his grinning eyes. He stared at the little boy cautiously, with eyes like snakes, dangerous and treacherous.

“I don’t know him.” The little boy answered decisively, “I was dragged into the tower attack game by that stowaways two months ago, and I almost died in it. I hate him to the core. You should be the same, right? If I really have something to do with him, I will openly tell you my name, this name is very similar to him, and then make you doubt me?”

What Fu Wensheng said made some sense.

In Huaxia, all the players hated Fu Wenduo, the stowaways who dragged everyone into the water. In the Atak organization, Luo Fengcheng has not told the other members that “Mr. Fu” is Fu Wenduo, because he also feels that Fu Wenduo’s identity has been announced. Fu Wenduo competed one-on-one, and then was beaten by the opponent.

If Fu Wensheng really had something to do with Fu Wenduo, would he tell Tang Mo and the two that his name was this? He should hide his real name, lest Tang Mo and Babyface have a rift with him.

Babyface looked at him for a while, then smiled: “Perhaps you are using our reverse psychology. Even if a normal person has something to do with the stowaways, they won’t tell others, and will try to hide it as much as possible. You say it openly, We won’t doubt it?”

The little boy had a serious look on his face, and he defended himself: “I just want to tell you, please believe me. Fu Wensheng is my real name, and this name does resemble a certain person, but I have nothing to do with him. I Telling you my real name is to make you believe me. I can’t beat you, and if you don’t believe me, I will kill me at any time. I want to live, that’s all.”

Tang Mo watched the child’s mature and dignified performance, and the baby face also looked at him meaningfully.

Soon, the three seemed to have forgotten this conversation and returned to the original topic.

“This moon flower is the same as ours before, and this corridor is exactly the same as the corridors on both sides of us.” After Tang Mo put the glass cover back on the high platform, he looked down at the dark pool of blood on the ground, “The only thing that can be considered different is Yes, it’s this pool of blood.”

The little boy said: “According to my speculation, there were three players in this corridor. Their task is to find the lying moon flower like us. In choosing which way to enter the corridor, they are sure A dispute broke out first, maybe the three of them, and none of them would be the first to go.” There were even incidents of force suppression and threatening teammates as guinea pigs.

This boy named Fu Wensheng (not necessarily his real name) tried very hard to join Tang Mo and Babyface’s group, Tang Mo glanced at him. Tang Mo knew that for now, this boy really wanted himself and Babyface to believe him. Because only in this way, he has the greatest hope of living.

Tang Mo went on to say, “Assuming that there is a military suppression incident among the three players, then the first player to enter the trap should be dead.”

Boy: “Then the two players thought that the other way was the right way. After they walked up, they were negligent, and I’m afraid they also died in that bottomless pit.” After a pause, he looked at Tang Mo and Babyface, as if he suddenly remembered What, looking up at that green figure above their heads.

The baby face smiled: “Look at what I’m doing, Xiaoshengsheng?”

The baby-faced man who had suspected him just now suddenly called him by such a disgusting and affectionate nickname, but Fu Wensheng didn’t react. He was stunned for a moment, then stood up and walked to Tang Mo’s side, and said, “Zhao…Brother Zhao, I just thought that the figure above my head is red, and the one above your head is green, will it be possible that the three figures in this corridor are a player with a different color on the top of their head than ours? Like…”

“They are purple.” Tang Mo said.

The little boy nodded vigorously: “I think it’s purple too. It looks like you’ve been to that bedroom too?”

Tang Mo did not deny it.

The little boy thought: “So, from the beginning, something in this castle hinted at what kind of people we will meet next…”

After entering the jewel castle of the Queen of Hearts, the first side quest Tang Mo received was “Enter that glass flower house”. In order to find the glass greenhouse, he and the baby-faced and white-collar women passed through many rooms and many corridors in a row. There was one bedroom. In that bedroom, Tang Mo saw a vase on the dresser with three feathers inserted into it. One is red, one is green, and one is purple.

Since very few feathers are dyed in such a strange color, Tang Mo took a few more glances and wrote it down.

Now, he looked at the red figure above the little boy’s head, and then at the green figure above the baby’s face. He said: “It seems that after entering this castle, there are clues and hints hidden in many places.” The three feathers of different colors indicate to the player that there are three teams in the gem castle, “We can think more about what we saw before. The clues obtained may be useful for completing the main quest. Have you seen any other clues?” Tang Mo looked at the little boy.

The little boy thought for a while: “I was in a palace and saw a very strange sculpture fountain. It was a huge snake, it was very, very big, the palace was very big, but its sculptures took up three points. The second space. Because it was too big, its body folded over in the palace, just in time for it to bite its own tail. The water sprayed out between its mouth and teeth, and flowed out of the palace along the secret passage. know where it goes.”

Tang Mo frowned: “A giant snake biting its own tail?”

“Yermengade?” A baby-faced voice sounded, and Tang Mo and the boy looked at him. Seeing him leaning against the wall and standing aside, seeing both of them looking at him, he smiled and said, “Nordic mythology, haven’t you heard of it? Loki’s second child, a giant snake symbolizing evil, called Yemeng Gad. It finally perished with Thor in the Ragnarok of the Gods. Thor, you know, it’s the one… Hammer, you can’t hold my hammer Thor. Hahahaha…”

Babyface’s laugh is very strange, the jokes he tells are not funny at all, only his exaggerated laughter echoes throughout the jewel corridor. He laughed for a while, and found that Tang Mo and the little boy were staring at him blankly. He shrugged his shoulders in a dull manner, leaning against the wall and humming his own ugly ditty.

Tang Mo roughly sketched the appearance of the giant snake fountain in his mind. This fountain cannot provide any useful clues for the time being. Maybe the fountain is a hint of the guard’s attack method? Or, hinting at the right way out of the hallway?

Compared to a huge ouroboros, Tang Mo believed that the strange lines and patterns he saw on those braziers were more likely to be the correct map to get out of the gem corridor.

The three checked again in the corridor, and after confirming that there were no clues, they decided to set off and officially leave here.

There are three corridors on three sides of the triangular room, which belong to the three teams of red, green and purple. Tang Mo knew that his luck had always been bad, so he could choose the hardest one. If you let him make the choice and decide which corridor everyone leaves from, there is a chance that something will go wrong. It’s okay to have a baby face, if you don’t give him a chance to speak, you won’t give him a chance to speak.

Tang Mo looked at the little boy: “You choose a path and try.”

The little boy was stunned: “…Me?”

Tang Mo said lightly: “Three corridors, there are three doors in the back. You can choose any one.”

The baby face looked at this scene with a smile.

The little boy pondered for a moment, and said, “The purple team is empty. Now we happen to be three players, so we have formed a new team. Let’s leave this corridor of the purple team.”

No one objected, and the three walked to the end of the hallway in the purple team. Tang Mo turned his head to look at the baby face: “Mr. Bruce, your favorite is to kick the door.” As he spoke, he gestured towards the doorknob with his eyes.

The smile on the baby face’s mouth froze for a while, and after a while, he smiled even brighter. He took a deep look at Tang Mo, walked to the door, and kicked the door open.

With a bang, the wooden door was kicked open.

The three of them clenched their weapons on alert. After finding that there was no danger, Tang Mo walked out of the door first, followed by Baby Face and the little boy. When they saw the scene behind the door, even the baby face, who was always hanging around, stopped smiling, revealing a moment of astonishment.

I saw that behind this bright and gorgeous moonlight corridor, there is a more magnificent world.

The whole world seems to be carved out of precious stones, the ceiling is azure blue pato stone, the walls are bright red crystal, and the floor is orange-yellow amber stone. The sapphire is like a vast ocean, suspended above the player’s head, the blue waves are rippling, the blue is clear; the red wall and the yellow earth are smooth and clean, reflecting the faces of Tang Mo and the others.

The ground made of yellow amber looked too smooth, as if it would slip when standing on it. But Tang Mo stepped on the ground twice, and the friction was still very large, which did not affect his walking at all.

“It seems that the friction here has nothing to do with the gem itself. This is the real gem corridor.” Tang Mo said decisively, he quickly turned around, “The door didn’t close automatically, it seems we can try the other two paths. .”

The three walked to the other two corridors and opened the door at the end of the corridor.

Just like the magnificent and beautiful gem world just now, behind the doors of these two corridors is a long and narrow gem corridor. Tang Mo was no longer shocked after witnessing this kind of beauty that cannot be achieved by human beings twice. He analyzed: “When we entered this corridor just now, we opened the door from a room. But now, that room is gone. It’s become a jewel corridor. It seems that we can only choose to enter any one of the three jewel corridors.”

The three returned to the corridor at the beginning, crossed the wooden door, and walked out.

Walking among such gems, no lighting is needed at all. These gems appear to glow, with a glowing glow emanating from the gems. This light is not dazzling, but when thousands of gems gather together, it illuminates the entire corridor as if it were daylight.

Walking in the gem corridor, Tang Mo felt that he was playing a game for the first time.

This place is as beautiful as a fairy tale.

The three walked for half a minute and came to a fork in the road.

Babyface deliberately “huh” and said with a smile: “There are a total of 999 forks in the gem corridor. Did you meet one so soon?”

Tang Mo glanced at him calmly, and came to the conclusion: In the rules of the baby face game, it is also mentioned that there are 999 forks in the gem corridor.

Tang Mo said, “Which way to choose?”

At this moment, what appeared in front of Tang Mo and the others were two divergent roads. The two roads are exactly the same, there is no difference. One to the left and one to the right.

Tang Mo threw the multiple-choice question to the little boy again.

Faced with the choice this time, the little boy’s forehead gradually oozes sweat. He didn’t say a word, his eyes moved back and forth on the road to the left and right. Finally, he raised his head and looked at Tang Mo: “Is it still up to me to make the choice this time?”

Tang Mo looked calm: “I’m very unlucky, let me choose, there is a 80% chance that something will go wrong.”

Babyface interjected: “If you are unlucky, then follow the opposite direction of your choice. Wherever you choose, we will go to the other side.”

Tang Mo glanced at him: “Even if you choose the opposite direction, there may be problems, because this opposite direction is also related to my choice.” Tang Mo never had any hope for his bad luck. . He even sometimes wondered what he had done in his previous life. Even if he had a power book that was so cheap and aimed at scolding himself, he still had such bad luck that he was unable to complain.

Hearing Tang Mo’s words, the baby face smiled. He opened his mouth and seemed to want to say something again, but he muttered, “You can’t take my stalk anyway,” and then closed his mouth again.

The choice goes back to the little boy.

Tang Mo and Babyface both looked at him, the little boy was silent for a long time, then pointed to the left: “I choose this side.”

Anyway, there are two options, either left or right. Tang Mo said calmly, “Then go this way.” After speaking, he led the little boy into the corridor on the left.

The baby face said loudly: “Hey, you don’t even ask my opinion, what if I don’t want to go to the left?”

Tang Motou didn’t reply: “Then you should go to the right.”

baby face:”……”

This very unpleasant fellow followed. The three of them walked in the corridor on the left. Tang Mo seemed to completely trust the little boy’s choice.

The third rule of the game: in every dead end, there are two guards of the Queen of Hearts patrolling.

If it’s a dead end, they’ll meet the Queen of Hearts’ guards. In this tower attacking game, Tang Mo only knew two important game characters, one was the Queen of Hearts and the other was a guard. Needless to say, the former is definitely the big BOSS of this game. The latter should not be underestimated. It can appear in the rules of the game and is used by the black tower to warn players to choose the correct fork in the road. It must be powerful.

However, I don’t know if it was because the little boy’s luck was too good, or because the correct rate of choosing one of the two was relatively high. The three walked for half a minute and encountered a fork in the road.

Seeing this fork in the road, the three first breathed a sigh of relief. This means that they did not choose the wrong road just now, and the road on the left is not a dead end. But soon the three became nervous again.

Tang Mo silently looked at the little boy.

little boy:”……”

This important life-related choice, every time I make a decision, it seems like it is draining my life. Fu Wensheng had already begun to wonder if he should have gone all the way with these two adults, or if he really chose the wrong path, maybe the two of them would turn their backs. But under Tang Mo’s direct gaze, he had to make a choice.

Little boy: “…the left side.”

Tang Mo walked into the corridor on the left with the boy, and the baby face followed slowly.

This time, the little boy made the right choice again.

After five forks in a row, this boy is like a goddess of luck, and he chooses the right path every time. Every time the three entered a fork in the road, they moved forward at the fastest speed while being careful of possible sneak attacks around them. Because the Black Tower said that every human who stayed in the gem corridor for more than three hours would be almost impossible to walk out of this corridor.

This is not a formal rule of the game, and Black Tower also used the adjective “supposedly” when talking about it. But Tang Mo didn’t dare to take it lightly. Saying the exact number of three hours must have its meaning. It is very likely that three hours later, Tang Mo and the others will never be able to leave this corridor again.

When the three of them successfully passed through the seven forks and came to the eighth fork, Tang Mo’s eyes widened in surprise, and the little boy and Baby Face were also a little surprised.

I saw that in front of the three were three identical corridors.

Tang Mo was the first to react. He stepped forward and touched the entrances of the three corridors. He turned his head: “This time there are really three corridors. Choose one of the three, now… which one do we choose.” He looked at the little boy.

little boy:”……”

The second rule of the game: at each fork, there must be at least one fork in the wrong direction, pointing to a dead end.

It was only now that Tang Mo understood what the rules of the game meant. Who said that fork roads must be two fork roads, not three or four? Just like what they encountered now, there are three fork roads, at least one is a dead end, leading to the two guards. It is also possible that two paths are dead ends and only one path is correct.

The little boy took a deep breath and calmed himself while feeling the pressure. He chose a path first: “The one on the left.”

Tang Mo looked at him fixedly. He could see that the child still had something to say.

Sure enough, the little boy continued: “I don’t know if the path I chose is right or not. Suppose there are two paths that are dead ends and one path is the right path. If I choose the right path, then we will continue to move forward. There must be nothing wrong. I’m afraid… there is only one road here that is dead, and both are the right road, leading to a new fork in the road. Brother Zhao, do you understand what I mean?”

Tang Mo looked at him quietly. After a long time, he said, “Since you have chosen the path on the far left, then we’re good to go.”

The little boy was a little anxious: “Brother Zhao!”

Tang Mo didn’t answer him and walked into the road on the left.

Babyface watched with interest from the side. Seeing that Tang Mo was gone, he stepped forward, got close to the anxious child, lowered his voice, and said in a very soft voice: “What are you anxious about, he ignores you, obviously he also thought of the problem. No hurry, what are you in a hurry for. Is it okay to be alive anyway?”

Hearing this, the little boy’s expression changed. He looked up at Babyface, who gave him a malicious smile. Then he put his hands in his pockets and quickly followed Tang Mo’s footsteps.

The little boy followed.

Along the way, the little boy thought that Tang Mo would make a special mark to record the road everyone traveled. However, Tang Mo just walked forward as always. He didn’t make any marks, his expression was calm, as if he really didn’t realize what was behind the fork in the road, what exactly meant and how much danger was hidden.

The little boy looked at Tang Mo’s back, hesitated for a long time, but still didn’t speak.

But soon, he stopped thinking about it. When the three of them reached the end of this corridor, Baby Face had just taken a step forward, when suddenly he kicked his toes on the ground and quickly retreated backwards. Tang Mo also reacted in an instant, a sharp spear stabbed straight in front of him, he turned sideways to avoid it, and pulled out a small parasol at the same time.

A pitch-black spear slowly emerged from the air, and at the same time, a humanoid playing card guard with a spear in both hands also stepped on the ground and came out of the air. This is a J card. After seeing Tang Mo dodging the spear, the guard in the poker card turned to stare at him. Another spear pierced the air and stabbed towards him.

Tang Mo quickly chanted a spell, opened the small parasol, and blocked the blow. He was knocked flying by this blow, and fell three steps in a row before he stabilized his body.

On the other side, Babyface took out his dagger and faced another card guard.

These playing cards are tall and terrifyingly powerful. When they wielded their spears, they didn’t have any moves at all, they just stabbed, pushed, and picked, but because the spears were too hard and sharp, their strength was too great, and they also threatened Tang Mo and Babyface. Seizing the opportunity to stab the air with a spear, Tang Mo shrank his eyes, put away the small parasol, and stabbed the tip of the umbrella into the center of the playing card.

Only a crisp metal collision sound was heard.

Tang Mo’s eyes widened, he stomped on the gemstone wall, turned around in the air, and shouted, “Be careful!”

The baby face also teleported behind another playing card guard at a speed that the naked eye couldn’t match. Holding the dagger in his left hand, he looked at the card with a smile: “Come on.” After he finished speaking, he slashed the neck of the guard in the card with a dagger. Who knew that his dagger stabbed on the card and spattered out. Dazzling metal sparks. There was no damage to the playing cards.

Babyface’s expression changed suddenly, he jumped away three times and two times, dodging the guard’s spear.

He turned his head and looked at Tang Mo.

The two said in unison: “Run!”

With that said, Tang Mo and Babyface turned around at the same time and ran back quickly. While running, Tang Mo picked up the little boy with one hand, threw him on his back, and ran without looking back. The guard’s speed was very fast. After discovering that the three Tang Mo had escaped, they quickly chased after them, but the three of them had completely run out of the corridor.

The moment the three of them left the corridor, the movements of the two guards suddenly stopped. They stood in the corridor, turned their heads mechanically, and returned to the depths of the corridor. They stepped on the ground step by step, making a rumbling sound that shook the entire corridor.

Seeing that the two guards were no longer chasing, Tang Mo breathed a sigh of relief and put the little boy on the ground. He looked at the baby face: “These two guards have no fighting skills, and their moves and speed are not very fast, but they are too hard. I can’t cause any wounds on their playing cards, can you?”

Babyface: “No.”

Tang Mo took a breath and said, “It turns out that the guards of the Queen of Hearts are playing card guards. Maybe she herself is a playing card. Now no matter what, we will definitely be unable to beat those two guards. And they are hidden in In the air, they will appear suddenly only when we reach the end of the corridor. Therefore, their attack can be said to be a sneak attack and cannot be guarded against. This time, we were lucky, and they did not block our retreat when they attacked. After a pause, Tang Mo looked at the little boy: “You choose another path.”

Little boy: “…you still let me choose the route?”

Tang Mo nodded: “You choose, there are still two paths left.”

The little boy clenched his fingers, and he pointed to the road in the middle: “This one.”

“Okay.”

The three of Tang Mo entered the middle road again.

The three did not have time to analyze the guards they had just encountered because they had a three-hour time limit. During these three hours, they must leave this jeweled corridor or they will never be able to, and will be made into a sculpture of the Queen of Hearts.

This time, the road in the middle was right, and the three came to a fork in the road again. This time there were only two forks, the little boy chose the one on the left, and the three walked in.

Along the way, Tang Mo didn’t say a word. He lowered his head and looked at the ground, wondering what he was thinking.

Time passed minute by minute, and the three of them didn’t know how many corridors they walked and how many forks they encountered. Of which they walked and missed thirty-six times. Once they found out that they were going the wrong way, Tang Mo and Babyface would immediately retreat. The little boy was very alert. The first time he encountered the guards, he was unprepared. Since then, he has been following behind Tang Mo and Babyface. One is not to be a burden to them, and the other is that he can be the first in danger. Turn around and run away.

But they eventually encountered two guards who would ambush. A guard appeared in front of Tang Mo and Babyface, and another guard appeared behind the little boy, surrounding the three of them.

Tang Mo had no choice but to use “Burning Thousand Miles Like a Tiger”, a powerful hurricane blew the two playing cards away. A road appeared in front of the three of them, and they quickly took the opportunity to run out, leaving the trap set by these two clever playing card guards.

After escaping, the baby face looked at Tang Mo: “So, it’s a prop again? Or…is it an ability this time?”

Tang Mo looked up at him, the baby face was still smiling.

Tang Mo said calmly, “Props.”

The baby face gave a meaningful “oh” and looked at the little boy: “Choose another path.”

The guards attacked from behind just now. Tang Mo and Babyface couldn’t have rescued him immediately. The little boy pulled a gun out of nowhere and resisted the attack of the poker guards. Players who can enter the tower attack game will not be ordinary. This little boy seemed helpless, but his gun just shot a terrifying flame bullet, and the gun shot in the head, all hitting the same part of the card guard’s forehead. Although he failed to break through the playing card, he made the playing card go backwards several steps, buying time for Tang Mo and Babyface.

The little boy made his choice calmly: “The one on the far right.”

Tang Mo nodded lightly: “Okay, let’s go here…”

“I’m not leaving.” The baby-faced voice sounded, and Tang Mo and the little boy both looked at him.

I saw this tall, thin young man leaning against the red gemstone wall, still with that disgusting smile on his lips, he pointed with his chin to the corridor where the three of them had gone wrong just now, and said, “Then The two guards, as you can see. They are stronger than all the previous guards. The guards have differences in strength. If we choose the wrong path next, the strength of the guards we encounter is likely to become stronger and stronger. So… I If you don’t believe him, I won’t go that way.”

After a pause, he smiled with a baby face: “I seem to have said before, um… Everyone calls me Lucky Bruce? Zhao Zhao, will you come with me?”

Tang Mo stared at the baby-faced face strangely.

At this time, Tang Mo said, “…Why did you choose the middle one?”

“I’m happy.” Baby face said with a smile, “How are you going?”

Tang Mo retracted his gaze: “I’ll go to the right with him.”

The baby face spread out his hands and did not discourage him any more.

The three were divided into two teams. Babyface walked to the entrance of the corridor in the middle alone, while Tang Mo and the little boy walked to the entrance of the corridor on the right. The little boy looked at the baby face hesitantly, the baby face beckoned to him, the little boy immediately retracted his gaze, and decided to follow Tang Mo.

Babyface said regretfully: “So, is it really here to part?”

Tang Mo looked at him coldly and did not speak.

Seeing him like this, Babyface’s smile on his lips became even brighter. He sighed, “You’re still very interesting, and I hope to see you again in the future.” With that, he walked into the middle corridor. , At this moment, Tang Mo suddenly said, “You must go through the corridor in the middle?”

The baby-faced footsteps paused, he turned his head to look at Tang Mo, and looked at him. He smiled: “Why, you decided to go with me again?”

Tang Mo: “The two of us will go to the right corridor, and you will walk in the middle alone. If you choose the right one, then forget it. If you choose the wrong one, you will encounter two guards who are as strong and smart as those in the left corridor… Mr. Bruce , the chance of you escaping is less than 50%. With us, there is a care, even if the corridor on the right is wrong, it is easier for three people to escape from the guards, and you have a higher chance of surviving. ”

As if he didn’t hear what Tang Mo said, the baby face said indifferently, “So goodbye.”

Babyface stepped into the middle corridor. He was humming a little tune, his hands in his pockets, and he walked with ease. Just then, he heard footsteps behind him. His off-key singing paused for a moment, then turned to look.

I saw a beautiful young man and a little boy walking over from the entrance of the corridor in the bright and gorgeous gemstone corridor.

The baby face smiled softly: “Zhao Zhao, do you want to go with me again?”

Tang Mo’s eyes were fixed on this smiling baby face. He looked at it like this for a long time. Seeing that the baby face was deliberately staring at him, he seemed to want to stare back. Just when the little boy felt something strange and wanted to speak to break the silence, Tang Mo smiled. He raised his lips: “Meet again, Mr. Bruce. I thought about it, three is better than two. Even if you choose the wrong one, at least the three of us have a better chance of surviving. So, let’s go together. .”

The baby face let out a laugh from his nose, he didn’t speak, he continued humming his out-of-key ditty and walked forward.

This time, the middle hallway is right.

After walking for half a minute, the three came to a fork in the road. This time there were four forks, and the little boy looked at Tang Mo in embarrassment. Who knew that Tang Mo didn’t look at him this time, but looked at the baby face: “I didn’t expect you to guess right this time, Mr. Bruce.”

Babyface: “I said I’ve always been lucky.”

Tang Mo: “How about this time, let you decide where to go?”

Hearing this, the little boy breathed a sigh of relief. The baby face narrowed his eyes and looked at Tang Mo: “You said let me decide?”

“If you don’t want to, let the children continue to choose the route.” Tang Mo said casually, “Both of you are quite lucky, compared to me. There is no problem with whoever of you chooses the route. Fu… …” After a pause, Tang Mo said, “Kid, which way do you choose?”

I didn’t expect that in the end, I had to choose my own way. Little boy: “On the right…”

The baby face smiled and said, “I also choose the right side.”

Tang Mo: “It so happens that you both chose the same, so choose the right one.”

Walking in the corridor on the right, Tang Mo walked with the little boy, and the baby face walked aside alone. He seemed to be used to being guarded by his teammates. He walked forward calmly, but looked at Tang Mo from time to time. He vaguely felt that something was wrong. He carefully observed Tang Mo, and after scanning it from head to toe, he retracted his gaze.

There’s really nothing unusual, at most… just a little better attitude towards him?

But soon, the baby face was ignored by Tang Mo again. Tang Mo basically just asked the little boy where he was going, and didn’t care about him at all. Only when there are many fork in the road, can he refer to Babyface’s opinion in a “respectful way”. Every time Tang Mo asked him which way he wanted to go, the smile on the baby’s face became brighter, as if he saw something interesting.

The three walked like this for more than two hours.

When they came to a fork in the road with seven forks, the three of them stopped and remained silent without speaking.

“Actually, from the first time we encountered the fork in the three-way road, we all knew that this game can’t just let us go down so casually.” Tang Mo suddenly spoke, and the baby face and the little boy both looked at him. He looked at the seven identical corridors with a calm gaze: “In a three-hour time limit, there are 999 forks in the Jewel Corridor. On average, it takes us 30 seconds to walk from one fork to another, and those three hours are 10,800 seconds. We don’t waste a second, and we can take up to 360 intersections.”

Little boy: “Yes, I knew about this from the beginning, but the more important thing is the problem of fork in the road.”

More than two hours ago, the little boy wanted to remind Tang Mo about this, and he said, “The rules of the game in the Black Tower say that every fork in the road must have at least one dead end. You all know this rule, right? If It’s a fork in the road, so it goes without saying that it’s either one or two. Even if we make a mistake, as long as we turn around and start over, we’ll definitely be on the right path. But if it’s a fork in the road, let’s say it’s a fork in the road. Mouth, neither road will encounter guards, only one road has guards at the end, then we can easily choose the wrong one. Because we go down one road, we may be right at the beginning, but we will most likely meet at the end All fork roads are dead ends.” He raised his head, “The Black Tower didn’t say that there must be a right road at the fork.”

Tang Mo looked at this calm and rational little boy and said, “Yes. Maybe once, we will encounter a fork in the road, and all fork roads are dead ends. Because we have gone the wrong way a long time ago. A fork in the road, we choose a road that seems right, but is actually wrong. Going this road, sooner or later, we will encounter a dead end. It is like a maze. A temporary clear road does not mean it is the end of the connection The road. It is very likely that it took us a long time to find out that it led to a dead end.”

Babyface raised his hand: “So, what’s the use of saying this now?”

Tang Mo glanced at him: “Of course it is useful. First of all, in terms of time, it is impossible for us to complete the 999 intersections at all. Second, the probability of us taking the wrong intersection is infinitely close to 1, and as long as we take the wrong road, we will encounter To the guards. If the guards can gradually get stronger, we will be killed by them sooner or later. In this case, I don’t see how to get out of this corridor at all. No one should be able to go out.”

The baby face fell into the ground: “But someone walked out. Didn’t the two crows say that a little girl walked out of the magical jewel corridor.”

During the first side quest, Tang Mo, the baby face and the white-collar woman once heard two crows chatting. They say that a little girl left the Queen of Hearts’ jeweled corridor, and she was the only one to leave it.

Tang Mo said lightly: “Yes, I know, so there must be a way to leave this corridor.”

The baby face restrained the smile.

The little boy also realized something, he looked at Tang Mo: “Have you found the correct route?”

Tang Mo looked down at him: “Do you still remember that sculpture fountain? It’s not Yemengarde, nor is it any other mythical figure. It’s the Ouroboros, it’s… infinity.”

The baby face smiled, and he seemed to understand something.

The little boy also slowly opened his eyes, and after a while, he exclaimed in surprise: “Infinity, Mobius ring, there is always only one curved surface?!”

Tang Mo: “Yes. You saw that sculpture fountain in the previous side quest, and I saw some very strange curves. I always felt that these curves were a bit familiar, but I couldn’t remember how familiar they were. , what is in common. It was only just now that I slowly understood that your giant snake sculpture means an infinity symbol, it means connecting end to end, and it means a Mobius ring.”

In the 19th century, mathematician Mobius discovered that turning a strip of paper 180° and sticking it end to end resulted in a magical ring. This belt has only one surface, use a pen to make a line on the belt, no matter what, the line will go back to the origin, forming a closed loop.

This is the Mobius ring.

“Most of the lines on the brazier are closed figures, and even in some twisted curves, some infinity symbols are directly hidden. It’s just that I didn’t notice them.” Tang Mo said.

Perhaps the players of the three purple teams also saw other hints, but unfortunately they didn’t survive, so they shared the clues with Tang Mo and the others. So it was not until now that Tang Mo understood that the first two seemingly simple side quests in the Black Tower were actually giving players tips on how to leave the gem corridor.

The Jewel Corridor is a Mobius ring.

Even if you go through 999 forks, even if you go through every intersection, you will never get out. Because it is connected end to end.

After understanding this, the little boy said again: “But what if we know, how can we get out?”

Tang Mo looked at him, and when he saw the baby face in the corner of the light, he also looked at himself with interest. He said calmly: “Have you seen “Alice in Wonderland”?”

This is a very well-known children’s book. It has been remade for many films and TV works. Of course, the little boy has seen it. He nodded.

唐陌道：“其中也有一个红桃王后，也有一个小女孩，她叫爱丽丝。在那部小说里，红桃王后对爱丽丝说了一段话，这段话后来衍生出了一个很出名的知识理论。”

小男孩才十岁出头，根本没有听说过什么和《爱丽丝梦游仙境》有关的知识理论。

娃娃脸突然开口：“红桃王后理论。”

唐陌看向他：“嗯，红桃王后理论。红桃王后对爱丽丝说，在她的国度，你努力奔跑不一定会前进，只会停在原地。爱丽丝说在她的世界，只要你对着一个方向奔跑一段时间，肯定会前进。然而红桃王后告诉她，在仙境，你只有用两倍速度去奔跑，才有可能前进。”

红桃王后理论，努力不一定会带来进步，只有当努力达到一定层次，彻底做出翻天覆地的革新，才有可能改变现状。

“按一定速度奔跑只能留在原地，无法离开……”小男孩思索片刻，他想明白后，意识到：“什么才算是双倍的速度？”

什么才算是翻天覆地的革新，翻天覆地的变化？

唐陌拿起小阳伞，他将小阳伞的伞尖指向鲜艳的红宝石墙壁。

他微微一笑：“砸墙。”

轰！

一分钟后，伴随着一道震耳欲聋的声音，红宝石墙壁被砸出一个拳头大小的洞。紧接着，唐陌、娃娃脸和小男孩加快速度，将这个洞越掏越大，终于能让一个人顺利通过。

三个人依次从洞口里爬了出去，这时候也不管他们爬的姿势是不是有点狗爬式，三人离开洞口后立即站起来，观察四周。

小男孩惊呼：“怎么还是这里？！”

不错，这里是他们一开始离开的那条走廊，那条属于紫色队伍的走廊。

三人走上前，发现地面上有一滩黑色的血迹。小男孩：“这里真的是我们一开始离开的那条走廊，那我们到底算不算是离开了宝石……”声音戛然而止，小男孩回过头一看，他错愕地发现，刚才他们钻出来那个洞消失不见了！

不仅仅是洞，他们刚刚钻过来的宝石走廊变成了一堵黑色的墙。三人去检查了一下，发现确实洞口不见了，宝石走廊也不见了。他们再转首看向前方。

只见在那个放置月亮花的高台后，曾经高高升起的墙也消失了，取而代之地是一扇高大巍峨的大门。这扇门静静地锁在那儿，仿佛在等待着谁去推开。

小男孩明白了：“……那是红桃王后的卧室。”

唐陌笑道：“嗯，那是红桃王后的卧室。”

他们走出来了。

红桃王后的宝石城堡是一个空间错乱的地方。宝石走廊从始至终就是一个陷阱，999个岔路口没有任何意义，守护在死路尽头的卫兵也没有任何意义，想要离开宝石走廊，需要的不是选对正确的路，也不是打败卫兵，而是打破这个莫比乌斯环，实现红桃王后理论，做出翻天覆地的变化。

唐陌三人砸破了宝石走廊的墙壁，现在他们成功走出来了。

在砸墙的时候，唐陌就将一朵月亮花还给了小男孩。因为游戏规则第四条：只有拿着月亮花的人，才有可能走出宝石走廊。

唐陌不确定小男孩没有月亮花能不能钻出刚才那个洞，以防万一，他把花还给了对方。

如今，三个人每人手里都拿着一朵月亮花。

唐陌道：“走吧，到她的卧室去。”

小男孩点点头，跟上了唐陌的脚步。

娃娃脸的声音在两人的身后响起：“所以现在只要把月亮花插到花瓶里，宝石走廊就会永远关闭了？”他一边说着，一边走了上去，跟上两人的步子，“啊，那这个游戏不是很快就要结束了？这多没意思啊，我还想再多玩一会儿呢。要不然我们再回去宝石走廊玩一会儿？反正也没有三个小时呢。”

唐陌冷冷地扫了他一眼：“你想继续玩的话，刚才可以不和我们钻洞过来。”

娃娃脸摊摊手，脸上仍旧是那副笑嘻嘻的样子。

三人走向红桃王后的卧室，小男孩道：“小心，说不定那个卧室里有陷阱，也说不定红桃王后……”

嗖！

一把锋利的匕首从唐陌的眼前飞过，几乎擦着他的睫毛划过，铮的一声，钉在了墙壁上。唐陌反应极快地往后避让，然而又是一把银色的小刀从他的眼前擦过。这人的偷袭来得太过突然，小男孩连惊呼都没发的出，唐陌更是勉强避开了两次，身形不稳，往后跌倒。

娃娃脸笑了一声，他的手指灵巧地翻转着一把银色的蝴蝶 | 刀。锋利的刀口每每擦着他的手指而过，不断地攻击着唐陌的双眼，唐陌不断地往后倾倒，最后他一手撑地。

趁机，娃娃脸伸出手，抓向了唐陌另一只手里的月亮花。

一切都来得太快，小男孩只看清了大概，娃娃脸的右手就已经握住了唐陌的月亮花的根茎。然而就在这一刻，唐陌竟然早有准备，他一掌撑地，重新站直，同时他的另一只手死死地按住了娃娃脸的手腕，阻止他抢花的动作。

娃娃脸青年笑容消失，他错愕地抬头看向唐陌。

唐陌手掌一翻，一根巨大的火柴出现在了他的掌心。他将大火柴的红色火柴头对准娃娃脸的右臂，狠狠地撞了上去，同一时刻，一股炙热的火焰从唐陌的掌心烧起。

高达1535℃的火焰与点燃了火柴，也点燃了娃娃脸的右臂。

唐陌挥舞巨型火柴，在空中划出一个圆满的弧度，着火的火柴头与地面摩擦后火焰消散，只是火柴头黑了一块。而另一边，娃娃脸往后倒退三步，他抬头看向唐陌，刚喊了一句“你”，突然，他脚下一空。

娃娃脸反应快速地伸出手，抓住了唐陌的裤脚。

一个黑漆漆的无底洞猝不及防地出现在了走廊中间，这个无底洞和唐陌之前遇到的一模一样，甚至还是在同一个位置。三个小时前，白领女掉进了一个同样的无底洞，三个小时候，娃娃脸拉着唐陌的裤脚，也被洞里的这股吸力不断地往下吸去。

但娃娃脸终究比白领女强太多。他一手拽着唐陌的裤脚，另一只手臂上燃烧着熊熊火焰。他仿佛没感觉疼痛，他拉着唐陌的裤脚，不需要唐陌帮忙，竟然就要上来。

这时，唐陌将巨型火柴用力地锤在地上。他看着这个即将爬上来的娃娃脸青年，微笑道：“多亏了你，我才知道这根火柴真正的作用是什么。只有1500℃以上的高温火焰才能点燃这根火柴，而被这根火柴点燃的东西，不被全部烧光，火焰就永远不会熄灭。”

娃娃脸拉着唐陌裤脚的动作一顿，他抬起头，死死地盯着唐陌。

唐陌：“现在砍了你的手臂，你还能活下去。否则……白若遥，你会被它活活烧死。”

白若遥的双眼在这一刻睁到最大，他目不转睛地盯着唐陌。火焰噼里啪啦地燃烧着，他就这样看着唐陌，仿佛要将这个人牢牢记在心里。然后下一刻，他忽然笑了。他毫不犹豫地松开拉着唐陌裤脚的手，甩动银色蝴蝶 | 刀，硬生生地将自己着火的右臂砍了下来。

娃娃脸掉下了无底洞。他的声音夹杂着笑意从无底洞里传了出来，在走廊里回荡：“姓赵的，我很期待下次见面。你千万，千万不要再遇到我……”

与此同时，一道清脆的童声在走廊里响了起来。

“叮咚！华夏7区玩家白若遥、华夏6区玩家傅闻声成功通关黑塔一层（普通模式），完成主线任务‘宝石走廊的绝境生存游戏’，成功存活三个小时，共通过112个岔路口。玩家白若遥获得月亮花0朵，获得0个奖励。玩家傅闻声获得月亮花1朵，获得一个奖励。”