Nine Tangs

At night, Tang Ci carried a black backpack and walked quickly on the dirt road in the suburbs. The bag was filled with milk, chocolate, biscuits and mineral water...

It's day four of the Financial Crisis Chamber.

Most of the challengers lived in Shanshui B&B with relatively good conditions. Since Tang Ci had carefully investigated the surrounding environment on the first day he entered the secret room, when he came to Shanshui B&B, there was no vacant room in the entire B&B.

Tang Ci felt something was wrong.

The accommodation fee of the surrounding B&Bs is around 150 per night, but only this Shanshui B&B costs 100 per night. It is almost necessary to write a sign at the gate that says "my home is the cheapest accommodation, challengers are welcome to stay".

Could it be a trap?

He always felt that it would be easy for a large number of challengers to gather in one place, so after learning that the Shanshui B&B was full, Tang Ci turned around and left immediately—he decided not to find a B&B or hotel to live in during the seven days of the financial crisis world, but It is to wander around the city and find some safe places to camp, which can save a lot of accommodation costs.

Tang Ci made up his mind, went to the supermarket that night and bought a very large travel backpack, stocked up some necessary food, and bought a tent to stuff in the bag.

In the past few days, he carried his bag and hid in the streets with few people during the day, and went camping in the suburbs at night.

He discovered the construction site this afternoon. Due to the strike of the workers, the unbuilt building was empty and there was no one to see. Instead, it became the best hiding place for the challenger.

But he couldn't swagger to the construction site during the day, so he rushed to the construction site alone in the dead of night.

Seeing that the construction site was approaching, suddenly, two tall men rushed out from the nearby woods, one of them stopped in front of Tang Ci, and the other held a dagger, and the sharp blade accurately pressed Tang Ci's throat.

A deep voice came from next to my ear: "Put the bag down, we will spare your life."

Tang Ci, who was blocked and robbed, was not flustered, his face was calm as usual, and his voice seemed to have been washed with ice water with a hint of coolness: "Are you two also challengers?"

The man behind him sent the dagger forward, leaving a clear bloodstain on Tang Cibai's neck: "Don't fucking talk nonsense, leave the bag behind, and get out immediately."

Tang Ci was silent for two seconds, and asked coldly: "Are you staying at Shanshui B&B, have your supplies been stolen, or have you been robbed?"

The challenger in front of him froze for a moment, obviously a little surprised that Tang Ci could guess their experience.Tang Ci said calmly: "There are a lot of challengers living in the Shanshui B&B, and accidents are easy to happen. You didn't keep the supplies, so you want to grab other people's supplies to pass the customs? It's a pity...even if you snatch my bag, you may not be able to survive. Seventh day."

The two men looked at each other, seemingly hesitant.

The man behind him was obviously irritable, and he pushed Tang Ci hard: "With the supplies, how to pass the customs is our business, so I won't bother you."

As he spoke, he was about to reach out to grab Tang Ci's backpack. At this moment, a black shadow suddenly flashed past him. The man's actions were as fast as lightning. Before Tang Ci realized what was going on, he just Hearing a scream of "Aw" from behind!

The arm joints of the man behind him were twisted and dislocated with a "click", and Tang Ci's neck suddenly loosened, and he immediately broke free from the opponent's control.The person standing in front of Tang Ci sensed that something was wrong and wanted to turn around and run away. As a result, the black shadow caught up with him in three or two steps, grabbed the opponent's back collar like a small animal, swept his long legs, and directly The opponent fell to the ground neatly.

All this happened in just three seconds.

When Tang Ci came back to his senses, he saw the two people who blocked the road and robbed fell to the ground, one screamed with pain while hugging his arms, and the other fell with ashes on his face and was in a panic.

The black shadow stopped beside Tang Ci, he patted the dust on his body, played with the dagger he snatched from the robber with his fingertips, and said with a half-smile: "You two, you are really thick-skinned, you can still do such a robbery Straightforward?"

The man's voice was deep and pleasant, with a hint of playfulness in the rising end.

Tang Ci raised his eyes and saw that the man was nearly 1.9 meters tall, with a slender and tall figure. He was wearing a simple sportswear and carried a backpack of the same style as Tang Ci's on his shoulder.

The dark clouds in the sky dissipated, the moonlight shone softly, and the man's face gradually became clear—it was a very recognizable face, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, a tough outline, and a distinct smile on the corner of his lips, which made his face The facial features are vivid and handsome.

Looking at the handsome side face of the man beside him, Tang Ci's heart beat inexplicably accelerated, and he hastily and calmly put away the cards in his hand.

In fact, if this person didn't show up, he planned to use the S-rank mechanical spider to deal with the two highway robbers.Unexpectedly, someone suddenly appeared to "save the beauty", so Tang Ci hid his cards.

The man kicked the two people who fell on the ground in disgust, and said: "Get out, if you lose the supplies, go grab other people's. With your abilities, I don't think I will live long."

The two men ran away with black faces.

The man turned his head and looked at Tang Ci with a smile: "You are Tang Ci?"

Tang Ci was startled: "How do you know my name?"

The man raised his eyebrows: "I'm your teammate Lu Jiuchuan."

Facing Tang Ci's slightly widened eyes, Lu Jiuchuan pressed his temple helplessly: "Didn't you see the prompt in the floating frame when you entered the secret room? Randomly match teammates, and the two of us happened to be matched to the same team."

Tang Ci: "..."

It turned out to be a teammate, no wonder they would save him just now.

Lu Jiuchuan joked: "You can really hide! I have been looking for you these days, in B&Bs, hotels, streets and alleys, and I can't find anyone named Tang Ci at all. I'm still wondering if you have already been eliminated ? Until just now when I wanted to go to a construction site in the suburbs, I saw you being stopped and robbed on the way, and then a notification popped up on my floating box, saying that my teammates were nearby."

Tang Ci: "..."

Hearing that Lu Jiuchuan had been looking for him, Tang Ci couldn't help feeling ashamed—because he never thought about finding this teammate.

When he entered the secret room, he did see the prompt in the floating box, and the randomly matched teammate was named Lu Jiuchuan.

In the novice stage, challengers who have not teamed up with others will be randomly matched with teammates. Tang Ci doesn't know this Lu Jiuchuan, and he doesn't know the opponent's strength. Will be cheated to death by Lu Jiuchuan.Secondly, Tang Ci has always been cautious, and he likes to make up his own mind when encountering anything. He suddenly adds a teammate to him, and he has to discuss what to do with his teammates. He finds it troublesome.

So Tang Ci decided to act alone, ignoring the teammates matched by the system.

On the contrary, Lu Jiuchuan has been looking for him these days.

Seeing that Tang Ci didn't speak, Lu Jiuchuan took the initiative to extend his hand: "Mr. Tang, hello, since we have been matched together, let's work together to clear the secret room this time."

Tang Ci stretched out his hand stiffly and shook him.

Lu Jiuchuan's fingers were slender and strong, and there was a thin layer of calluses on the palm of his hand. Tang Ci's hand was a whole circle smaller than his. When shaking hands, Lu Jiuchuan could wrap Tang Ci's hand completely.

The moment he was held, Tang Ci's heartbeat accelerated uncontrollably again. He quickly withdrew his hand and asked calmly, "Mr. Lu, what do you think about this secret room?"

Lu Jiuchuan was stunned by the title "Mr. Lu", and touched his nose with a light smile: "Can you stop being so serious? Asking Mr. Lu directly about the secret room is like a meeting. Since you are already a teammate, Why don't we...get to know each other first?"

Tang Ci's face flushed slightly, and he also felt that his opening remarks were indeed like a company meeting.

He coughed lightly and introduced himself: "My name is Tang Ci. I am 27 years old. I graduated from the Software Engineering Department of the University of Science and Technology of China. After graduation, I worked as a programmer in a company that develops AI intelligence."

Lu Jiuchuan gave a thumbs up with admiration: "It's great, I remember that the admission score of HKUST is quite high, especially for the software engineering major, which basically only recruits top students from various provinces. So, you are still a top student?"

Tang Ci's ears warmed up, and he said modestly: "In the eyes of others, he is just a nerd."

Lu Jiuchuan smiled and said, "That's better than a scumbag like me."

Tang Ci asked: "Mr. Lu's skills are very powerful. It only took a few seconds to clean up those two people just now. Have you learned fighting? You look very professional."

"I'm in the special forces of the navy. I've practiced some close combat skills. It's relatively easy to deal with ordinary people." Lu Jiuchuan looked at Tang Ci with a bright smile, "I'm a few years older than you, why don't you call me Jiu in the future?" Brother, I'll call you Xiao Tang. It always feels weird to be called Mr. Tang or Mr. Lu, but as soon as you call me Mr. Lu, I can't help but want to stand at attention and shout, "Here."

Tang Ci: "..."

This person is really interesting. In Tang Ci's impression, soldiers should be more serious, but Lu Jiuchuan is smiling, very "self-familiar", not to mention, he also likes to joke to adjust the atmosphere.

Tang Ci felt a lot more relaxed. He himself was a boring gourd and didn't like to talk much. Lu Jiuchuan just complemented each other. With such a teammate as a companion, at least the customs clearance process was not so tense.

Under Lu Jiuchuan's smiling gaze, Tang Ci resisted his inexplicably accelerated heartbeat and called softly, "Brother Jiu."

Lu Jiuchuan nodded with satisfaction: "Well, it's much more pleasing to the ear. We can be randomly matched as teammates, and we are destined." He looked up at the distance and said, "Let's go, let's go to the construction site to occupy a piece of land first, and you can do it too." Are you planning to go to the construction site?"

"Well, there are fewer people here, so I think it will be safer." Tang Ci followed him into the construction site.

The two came to the room with the widest view in the northeast corner of the third floor.

Tang Ci took out the tent, Lu Jiuchuan helped, and the two quickly set up the tent.

While arranging the supplies, Lu Jiuchuan asked casually, "Xiao Tang, you have been acting alone these few days and didn't go to me. Are you afraid that you will be matched with a pig teammate and hold you back?"

Tang Ci: "..."

He asked so directly that Tang Ci couldn't hide it, so he explained seriously: "I used to have bad luck in playing games, and random matching often matched teammates who hung up or disconnected... So, I don't care about the four words random matching. Not very trusting."

Lu Jiuchuan asked: "Then do you think I will be the kind of pig teammate who hangs up and disconnects?"

Tang Ci turned his head, and the two happened to meet each other's eyes.

The smile on Lu Jiuchuan's face was dazzling under the moonlight.Tang Ci has met many handsome guys over the years, but for some reason, when he meets Lu Jiuchuan's smiling eyes, his heart beats uncontrollably.

Lu Jiuchuan is handsome, cheerful, talkative, and agile. He is definitely not a pig teammate.Tang Ci even thought that if he could always form a team with this man to challenge various secret rooms in the future, it would be much better than him breaking through the levels alone.

Thinking wildly in his heart, Tang Ci's face remained expressionless.

Lu Jiuchuan stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes: "Xiao Tang? Are you in a daze?"

Tang Ci came back to his senses, his ears felt slightly hot, he looked into Lu Jiuchuan's eyes, and said seriously: "How could it be? If I knew Brother Jiu was so powerful, I would have gone to find you the first day I entered the secret room."

Lu Jiuchuan laughed and said, "It's not too late to find it now!"

***

The sixth day of the Financial Crisis Chamber.

The city became chaotic, and the fire at the Shanshui B&B nearly wiped out the Challengers.

As the mob team launched a raid on the construction site, Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci who were hiding on the construction site were not spared.Lu Jiuchuan protected Tang Ci to break through in the middle of the night. Tang Ci used mechanical spiders to control the surrounding thugs, while Lu Jiuchuan snatched the guns from their hands, fired all the way, suppressed domineering, and forced the thugs out of the construction site!

Those thugs were unprofessional after all, and many of them snatched their guns impromptu. Their marksmanship could not be compared with that of Lu Jiuchuan, a special forces soldier.

Tang Ci immediately cut off the spider swarm, and followed Lu Jiuchuan into the woods.

In the depths of the woods, the two found a cave in a big tree to hide.

The cave was so small that it could barely accommodate two adults. Tang Ci and Lu Jiuchuan were very close. Tang Ci's face was almost pressed against Lu Jiuchuan's strong chest, and he could clearly hear each other's heartbeat and breathing.

Tang Ci's whole body was stiff and he didn't dare to move.

But there was a strange sense of security in his heart - as long as Lu Jiuchuan was by his side, he would feel at ease.

Perhaps it was the man's superb skill of knocking down two people in 3 seconds, his sharp marksmanship that swept the audience, and his status as a soldier gave him a strong sense of security, or it was for other reasons, the man who hid in the cave with Lu Jiuchuan One night, Tang Ci made the most important decision in his life.

He looked at Lu Jiuchuan, and pretended to be calm and suggested: "Brother Jiu, our cooperation just now went smoothly, can we sign a contract and be a teammate in the future?"

Lu Jiuchuan nodded briskly: "Of course. I'm going through the level alone now, it's too boring. I don't even have a person to discuss what happens. If you want, we will formally form a team before clearing the secret room."

Their first collaboration really went well.

Lu Jiuchuan found that Tang Ci's calmness was beyond his imagination, no matter what the situation was, he could make the most accurate and rational judgment; When he came out, Lu Jiuchuan's handsome appearance holding a gun and shooting, made Tang Ci unforgettable forever.

The seventh day, 23:30 at night.

There are only 30 minutes left before customs clearance.

Tang Ci took out a contract book and handed it to Lu Jiuchuan: "I bought this contract book a long time ago. I haven't met a suitable teammate, so I haven't signed it. Let's sign it together."

Lu Jiuchuan smiled and said: "Actually, I was worried that I would meet a rookie in random matching at the beginning. I didn't expect that my teammate is a top student with first-class analytical skills. It seems that my luck is very good."

Tang Ci was a little embarrassed, lowered his head and said, "I'm lucky to meet Brother Nine."

Lu Jiuchuan simply picked up the quill: "Then what are you waiting for? Sign it!"

With a big wave of his hand, he wrote "Lu Jiuchuan" on the contract smartly. Tang Ci took it and signed his name squarely on the back.

The contract means that they will live and die together, advance and retreat together, and face countless thrilling problems in the card world side by side.At the moment when he formally signed, seeing the smile on Lu Jiuchuan's face, Tang Ci suddenly felt that this might be his most correct decision.Thinking about the future, and being able to be with Brother Jiu... His heartbeat couldn't help but speed up.

Before meeting Lu Jiuchuan, Tang Ci never believed in love at first sight. He always felt that the relationship between people should be a gradual process. How can anyone fall in love with another person at first sight?

However, after seeing Lu Jiuchuan, he believed it.

In fact, there are not so many reasons to like someone. Some people have been together for a lifetime, and they don't like each other.But some people only need one look to identify him.

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