Chapter 177 "Don't lock yourself up."

July 7, near noon, in the living room of Bo Ke’s house.

Ke Mingye sat cross-legged on the sofa, pressing the handle with his fingers to control the actions of the characters on TV, while silently complaining in his heart.

"No, at this time, Bai Zini is still playing the riddle. What on earth is 'Witch Night'... If it is a secret weapon like a nuclear bomb, then there is no way I am still playing role-playing games here, I should just go to Siberia."

Just as he was thinking, Bai Ziling, who was sitting next to him, turned her eyes away from the TV and slightly tilted her head. Through her snow-white hair, her pair of red eyes stared at his profile motionlessly.

"Focus." She said without emotion.

"It's not that I'm not paying attention, please don't criticize me if I'm not good enough."

As he argued like this, Ke Mingye raised his eyes and looked at the TV screen seriously.

He was playing "It Takes Two" with Bai Ziling, and they had been stuck on the airplane level for a long time.

Because he was playing carelessly and hardly used his brain, he always inexplicably turned the plane's flight direction towards the wall, or crashed directly into obstacles on the way.

So the two toy men on the screen repeatedly died in the crash with the plane. Bai Ziling, the unlucky guy who was dragged down, didn't say anything. Feeling tired, he picked up Yuriko on the sofa, rubbed its hair, and continued to play the game.

If the person next to him was Bai Zini, she would have either grabbed his shoulders and shaken them in anger, asking how he could play games with a moron, or she would have jumped up from the sofa and kicked him 360 degrees.
Fortunately, it was Bai Ziling, she had a very good temper.

Especially towards Ke Mingye, she hardly ever got angry.

As far as she could remember, the only time she was angry since she was a child was when Ke Mingye had a quarrel with his mother and stayed in the Internet cafe and did not come to her birthday party.

At that time, Ke Mingye was still in junior high school.

He walked home from the Internet cafe carrying his schoolbag, got on the elevator, and pressed the 12th floor on the control panel with a little trepidation.

When the elevator door opened, there was a white-haired girl standing alone at the entrance of the corridor, leaning against the door of her home, with her hands behind her back, waiting for someone.

The sun was setting in the west. Looking through the window at the entrance of the corridor, the setting sun was slowly taking away the afterglow of the earth.

She was wearing a white dress and had her head bowed. Her snow-white hair swayed gently in the wind, dyed golden by the last rays of the setting sun.

After Ke Mingye walked out of the stairs, he just looked at her quietly, and both of them were silent.

After a while, he asked, "What are you going to do?"

She didn't even move out of the door, but just stood there with her head down, "Today is my birthday..."

"Oh, happy birthday."

Ke Mingye whispered and was about to walk around Bai Ziling, but she did not move aside.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

Bai Ziling remained silent, his eyes were shaded by the loose hair on his forehead.

Ke Mingye tilted his head and could vaguely hear the sound of children playing. He turned his head and walked to the window, looking down. Children holding kite strings were running around on the street, and the kites were swaying in the dusk.

"Mom said you didn't reply to her message," she said.

Ke Mingye was silent for a while, touched his nose and said, "She just smashed my laptop yesterday. I was so angry that I didn't even want to go home, let alone reply to her message."

As he said that, he turned his head and looked at Bai Ziling: "Can you let me in? My mother is out looking for me. If I come back later, I will have to meet her again. It's so embarrassing."

"This is my birthday present from my mom."

Bai Ziling said in a low voice, then stretched out his hands hidden behind his back and took out an exquisite packaging box.

"I wanted to give you, my brother, a tablet computer. But you were not here, so I kept waiting for you. But after I finished eating the cake, you still hadn't come back."

"I don't want yours."

"Every time you get angry, you like to lock yourself up for a long, long time."

"You're the same, aren't you? How dare you say that to me?" Ke Mingye turned his face away. "You even cut your own hair that time. What an idiot! I had to cut my hair into a silly hairstyle to comfort you. My classmates laughed at me for half a semester."

Bai Ziling's head drooped even lower.

She said: "So, when you are unhappy, I also want to share some of your worries."

As she spoke, she raised her eyes and stared at Ke Mingye seriously. Perhaps because she didn't know how to make herself look more serious, her eyes looked like she was glaring at someone angrily. It was very strange, her red eyes were bulging.

Ke Mingye had never seen her look like this before, and thought she was really angry, so he quickly admitted his mistake and comforted her: "I was wrong, I was wrong, don't be angry."

"I am not angry."

"Your eyes are wide open like this and you still say you're not angry. An elementary school student is just an elementary school student."

"I'm really not angry."

"Okay, okay, I'm not angry, not angry."

Ke Mingye muttered as he took the tablet box from her. On the box, he saw "Bai Ziling to Ke Mingye, no one else is allowed to take" written in crooked handwriting. The handwriting was fierce, as if it was really warning others.

He looked down at the handwriting and said, "Let's play together later."

"it is good."

Bai Ziling had a blank expression on her face. She reached out and pulled Ke Mingye's hand. "Make a pinky promise. Only my brother and I can play."

"Elementary school students, right?" Ke Mingye said, "Then let's make a pinky promise." As he said that, he stretched out his index finger and hooked it with the girl's small index finger and shook it gently.

"Is that all right?" he asked.

"Yeah. Don't be mad at mom."

"Okay, I get it."

"You are not allowed to ignore me either."

"Ah."

"Brother, don't lock yourself up."

"it is good."

Back to the present, Ke Mingye's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a plane crash.

Bai Ziling put down the handle and asked abruptly, "Are you going out?"

"Why are you going out suddenly?"

"You're not paying attention at all," she said. "Let's go to the aquarium."

"It's been so hot lately, so you'd better not go out and stay at home more." Ke Mingye shrugged. "Bai Zini said she'll be home soon. She had more fun than me. I'll let her accompany you."

As soon as he finished speaking, Baizini pushed open the door and walked in. She lowered her head, looking like she was troubled by something.

"It's coming soon."

As Ke Mingye spoke, he turned his head from his shoulder and glanced at Bai Zini who was passing by the sofa. He quickly stood up, pushed Bai Zini onto the sofa, and handed the blue and white Switch controller to her.

Bai Zini finally reacted and raised her eyes from her black hair, staring at Ke Mingye.

"What?" she asked.

"Go play games with your little sister Ling. I'm going to take a nap. Call me when it's time for dinner."

After saying that, Ke Mingye went upstairs without looking back, thinking to himself, you two better stop making trouble, and it’s best not to go out, be careful that one of you gets caught by the vampire hunters and the other gets caught by the witch church...

"This witch church and the blood hunters are ready to make a move on my two sisters. It seems like they will overturn the entire city and come to my house. I don't even know who will make the first move, let alone their origins. If they do this, the whole area around Beijing will be trampled into a mud pit... Let's just stop making trouble and get on the train and get away."

"You are probably not important enough in the Alliance and don't have the qualifications. Otherwise, if you ask Xiziyue, you should be able to find out what Witch Night is."

While thinking about this, Ke Mingye walked back to the room, locked the door, and lay down on the bed.

As soon as he looked up at the ceiling, a message bubble appeared in the upper right corner of his vision. He raised his eyebrows, clicked it, and the discussion group panel popped up.

[Gastro: Hello, can we meet today? ]

[Gastro: Last time I only saw Spider Man and Paranoid Classmate. Can I see other people this time? For example, Anti-Dog, Unexplainable Dream, Good Orange Peel, and Cut Ice. ]

[Good Orange Peel: Let me make it clear that I am in Japan. I just stayed in this discussion group and have not left yet. You probably won’t be able to find me in the Beijing area.] [Gastro: Japan?]

[Failed Man: He is definitely not in the Beijing area, I can testify to that.]

[Failed Man: Where shall we meet? Will you bring those vampire hunters with you? ]

【Gastro: Of course.】

[Failed Man: Can you please use your real body to meet me? Otherwise, it would be insincere. ]

[Gastro: I will be embarrassed if you say that. You are exposing me in front of so many people.]

【Failed Man: So, is this okay? 】

[Gastro: It depends on the situation. So can the anti-dog come? ]

[Failed Man: He disappeared and has not said anything for the past two days. ]

[Gastro: Wow, that's really difficult. ]

[Gastro: Let's meet tomorrow. I'll take you to meet them, tomorrow at noon, at the same place, the open-air cafe.]

【Failed Man: No, you take them to an outdoor cafe. 】

[Gastro: Oh, that depends on the situation. After all, I don’t completely trust you yet.]

Ke Mingye sighed softly and thought, "What should I do? Let's see how Gastro reacts first. I hope to see the vampire hunter next to her tomorrow, but the problem is...if she finds out that I'm using a puppet, then she will be even more suspicious of me."

As he was thinking, another chat panel popped up in front of him.

【Cai Bing: Paranoia is looking for you. 】

【Failed Man: Why are you looking for me? 】

【Cut Ice: Next dungeon.】

【Failed Man: Just me and him? 】

[Cai Bing: Yes, you two are a sweet duo. It shouldn't be difficult for you to take him to the next dungeon, right?]

[Failed Man: You are invincible bro, why? ]

[Cai Bing: We don't know Gastro's background yet. She has only met the two of you. It's not convenient for me and Fan Quan to show up. If we are targeted during the dungeon, it will be troublesome.]

[Failed Man: What about my paranoia? I am a puppet. It doesn’t matter if I am targeted by Gastro. But paranoia is different.]

[Failed Man: Last time, Gastro didn't attack me and Paranoia because the Black Judge was in that cafe. This time it's different.]

【Cai Bing: Then let the paranoia die. 】

[Failed Man: Damn, hacker girl, you are so wicked. ]

[Cai Bing: You'd better make another move and stab the paranoid to death. Otherwise he will fall into the hands of Gastro and give out our information.]

[Cai Bing: Anyway, go and deal with your paranoid master. With his temper, I don’t know what he will do if you ignore him.]

[The failed Man: It's really against the will of heaven, so which copy should I play with him? ]

[Cai Bing: Do you remember the basement that Fan Quan took you to last time? That's where you used the brain imaging helmet on Che Zhengchen.]

[Failed Man: You don't mean to say there is a copy there, do you? ]

【Cai Bing: It really is. 】

【Failed Man: Oh, then I'll go take a look. 】

[Cai Bing: Pian Zhuo is already waiting for you in the alley in Hong Deng Business District. When you have time, add him as a friend using your main body, so you don’t have to rely on me to contact you all the time, which is very troublesome.]

[Failed Man: In this situation, how dare I use my real body to show up? I will be targeted by Gastro and it will be over. ]

【Cai Bing: Then wait until she dies before doing it. 】

[Cai Bing: It's down. The customer service girl is still working, please don't disturb her. ]

Ke Mingye closed the chat panel, took a long breath, and quickly took the elevator downstairs.

While his second brother was still busy in the kitchen, he released the deception doll in a deserted train station nearby, then went back to the living room and sat down on the sofa, watching Bai Ziling and Bai Zini play games.

He dared to stand up other people, but he couldn't dare to do that to the Paranoid Lord. He was afraid that the guy would get bored waiting, so he went alone to the Chaoying Building to challenge Qingya.

A moment later, the rainbow commercial street turned into a deserted and dirty alley.

The trickster puppet walked into the alley and saw a tall and thin figure leaning against the wall in the depths of the alley, with his shoulders folded and his head lowered, waiting for him.

With a ponytail, pale complexion, and a thin face, there is nothing wrong with being paranoid. You can feel this man's unique aura just from a distance.

Ke Mingye breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, "Oh my God, it's a good thing that Mr. Paranoid didn't imitate the Dice Monster to attack the Super Hero Building, otherwise he would really have high blood pressure."

Hearing the footsteps, Pianqi slowly turned his head to look at Ke Mingye.

There was a moment of silence, and then he said deeply: “Spider Man, did you really lie to me?”

"Yes, I lied to you." Ke Mingye said as he approached him, "The reason is complicated and hard to explain. Anyway, just blame it on the anti-dogs."

"Sure enough, it's all the Anti-Dog's instigation..."

"That's right. It was all directed by the intellectual. If you have any trouble, go to him."

As he spoke, Ke Mingye stood with his back against the wall and turned his head to look at a nearby iron gate.

The anti-dog left him the key to the iron door.

After opening the iron gate, walk down for a while, take a few detours, use the key to open the second door, and you will enter the basement, which is where they conducted experiments after kidnapping Che Zhengchen last time.

Paranoia pondered for a moment and said, "I understand now. It turns out that the intellectuals are deliberately blocking our friendship."

"Yeah, yeah, anti-dogs are so damn abominable, they're worse than beasts."

As Ke Mingye spoke, he walked towards the iron door, inserted the key, turned the doorknob, and pushed the door open. Pian Juan followed behind him and closed the door.

The two of them walked down the stairs together and disappeared into the darkness.

After walking for a while, we came to an area with only pillars and walls. It was so large that it looked like a parking lot.

In order to make this place easier to escape and avoid being caught by the police, the gangs made its structure so complicated: they added many pillars, built many walls, and created many corners.

Sometimes it looks like a library, sometimes like a maze.

The basement was located at one of the corners of the underground maze. But that was not Ke Mingye's destination. He followed Cai Bing's instructions and walked forward to the third corner.

Glancing sideways at the narrow corridor, I saw a dark blue panel floating in the darkness at the end of the corridor.

[Congratulations, you have discovered the "14th copy" of "Beijing City" in China. The copy has been recorded in your copy atlas, and you can open the atlas to view it at any time. ]

[Instance Name: Spider Prince in the Basement]

[Dungeon location: China, Huanjing City, Alley No. 6 of Hongdeng Commercial Street, underground maze corridor.]

[Dungeon Difficulty: D-level (players of level 11 or above are recommended to form a team to perform the dungeon)]

"It's amazing. There really is a replica of this shabby place." Ke Mingye thought to himself, "I was wondering why the intellectuals bought this place from the gang. It turns out there is this intention."

"Is this the copy we are going to play?" asked Paranoia.

"Correct."

As they talked, they walked towards the copy panel, turned their heads to look at each other, and then placed their palms on the panel.

"Will we win?" Paranoia asked.

"We will win." Ke Mingye replied.

As the text on the panel was gradually filled with strong fluorescent light, their figures disappeared from the spot, and a deep echo was heard in the silent underground maze.

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