doll city

Not far from the southwest of Old Porcelain Street, there is an old street called "Changge Street".

After Ciling was destroyed by war once, Changge Street was once the most prosperous commercial place, which ignited vitality for Ciling.

Yan Ge remembered that when he was a child, before the high-rise buildings were built, his grandmother would sometimes take him to Changge Street to buy clay, agate porcelain and other special materials for firing ceramics.

To this day, in the morning of Changge Street, the aroma of pancakes, the hawking of vegetable farmers, the crowds at the market, and even various hardware stores, New Year picture shops, and barbecue stalls along the street are still the most authentic hometown colors in the hearts of old Ciling people.

"Changge Street?" Xiao Yi raised her head and recalled, "Is it the place where we ate hot pot last time?"

Dai Chengze adjusted his glasses, thought for a while, and said, "I remember that place. The hot pot restaurant walked north, and there was a deserted alley at the end. When I was doing local chronicle research, the old Ciling people used to use it for weddings and funerals. All the materials are bought there, because the paper figurines there are very famous, and it is also called 'Paper Doll Alley'."

Xiao Yi rubbed her arms: "It sounds weird."

After Yan Ge sent Gu Lili to sleep and came back, he happened to hear them chatting about the situation in Changge Street Paper Man Alley, so he sat down and asked Li Ya:

"Are you planning to go to that hunting ground next week? When?"

Li Ya smiled and said, "Don't you even ask if it's dangerous or not?"

"This is a promise." Yan Ge was already mentally prepared, "Of course, you'd better elaborate on the specific danger."

Li Ya propped his face and said: "That hunting ground has existed for a long time, and it has never been conquered. The time I went, there was a B-level team that went in, including my brother, about twenty people, except I'm all dead."

"..."

A B-level team, which means that they have at least one second-level powerhouse in it, is also dead.

As an excellent retreating performing artist, Xiao Yi took the lead in speaking: "I don't think so, we are a start-up company, and it is not yet time to challenge the listing."

Li Ya: "Actually speaking from my personal experience, I died that time because the second-level one was too good, and his own skills didn't match—"

Xiao Yi: "You have hung up on your brother's experience, you can shut up."

Hearing the high death rate, Dai Chengze, a civil servant, was also frightened.

"We can have a long-term plan on this matter. Besides, there are so many hunting grounds in Ciling, so next week's invitations may not necessarily be sent there."

And although there is a high probability that the people who spent the hunting ground together will still be on the same team next time, there will still be accidents to some extent.

"No." Li Ya said firmly, "We will still be together next time in the hunting ground."

As he spoke, he pointed to Xiao Yi, Yan Ge, and himself.

"At least the three of us will be assigned to the same hunting ground."

Yan Ge: "Why?"

Li Ya took out another brass Songhe lottery holder from his pocket: "I've already done my fortune-telling."

"..."

Yan Ge's eyes fell on the stick. It looked unattractive. It looked like a 50 yuan antique stall imitation on Changge Street. There were a few rusty sword-shaped copper sticks crooked inside. Just looking at it, there was a cold feeling. Feel.

"Orphan parts?"

Li Haobai nodded, and said: "I borrowed it from a kind person. It's called a 'death sign'. It can be used about one to three times a week. It can be used to predict things you want to know."

Xiao Yi: "Then why not use it to predict the way out?"

"It can't be too complicated, it will fail and consume times. And it has an exciting part-every time you use it, there will be a dead lottery in it. If you draw a dead lottery, it will be GAME OVER."

That's why it's called "dead sign"?

"Let me sort out your behavior." Yan Ge squinted at him, "You risked your death to make a calculation, just to know whether we will be assigned to the 'Paper Man Alley' hunting ground next week? "

Li Haobai: "Actually, I did two hexagrams, and the second one is for marriage, but it doesn't seem to work."

When he said it was a "marriage", he tilted his head and looked at Yan Ge unabashedly.

Xiao Yi looked at Li Ya, then at Yan Ge, thinking that this is a ghostly angel investor who obviously brought money into the company to engage in unspoken rules.

"By the way, will the 'invitation cards' be distributed to hunting grounds of different levels according to their abilities?"

For example, the novice is the normal difficulty, there is the general difficulty of the movement, and the second-level can challenge the difficult difficulty.

"Yes, but the strength of the team corresponding to the difficulty of the hunting ground is based on the combined level of everyone."

Yan Ge thought for a while, and suddenly frowned: "So, every time I'm in a group with you, the hunting ground feels more difficult than other novices, because—"

Li Ya: "You are right. In fact, normally speaking, our first two hunting grounds should be difficult enough for two second-level hunting grounds."

No wonder those people are unwilling to match you...

Thinking about it this way, they died a bit unjustly.

"But don't worry, the reason to arrange until next week is because I have a deal with Diana."

"'Paper Man Alley' not only has what I want, but also their opportunities."

"M82 will send four players who have collected the first movement to join the hunting ground, and try to advance to the second level there."

When Li Ya said this, he looked at Yan Ge who had raised his head.

"It's your chance too."

……

Monday, January 1, at 11:6 am.

The first time Yan Ge woke up, he checked his phone. Not surprisingly, the date moved forward by another week.

The window was open, and a crow must have visited last night and left an invitation by his pillow.

This time the wax seal is finally red.

It comes from Princess Alice, representing this hunting ground, which will be a killing hell.

"...Have you ever heard the whisper of paper? It used to sing in the forest. The creatures in the machine are like zombies. I long for paper with a soul more as a witness of my wedding."

Li Ya's hexagram is correct, it really is "Paper Man Alley".

The content is roughly that Princess Alice’s official wedding needs special invitations, and the paper in this city does not satisfy her. She wants the paper in Changge Street Paper Man Alley, so she has to send a messenger to get it.

... The princess is really particular.

Yan Ge thought to himself, he was not in a hurry, after that, they had at least six days to prepare.

While thinking about it, he washed and went downstairs. He smelled the smell of rice just as he arrived downstairs. Looking out from the door, he saw Gu Lili's beckoning cat standing at the door of the kitchen, directing the "Monkey God Statue" Something was going on in the kitchen.

After a while, it strolled out with a tray filled with steaming steamed buns.

Yan Ge was stunned for a long time at the top of the stairs, the lucky cat and the monkey god placed the steamed buns, steamed buns, corn porridge, mustard and other breakfasts on the table in the main hall like flowing water, and then bounced to Gu Lili's room to call She got up and ate.

"..." Cats and monkeys are cooking for them?

Yan Ge quickly figured it out. Although these puppets have the image of animals, they are not beasts in essence. They are human creations. Compared with animal shapes, they are closer to humans in wisdom and can understand everything in human society.

"Yange... have you received the invitation?"

Xiao Yi came out with a sad face, and feebly slapped the red wax invitation card on the table.

"Are you 'Paper Man Alley' too?" Yan Ge asked.

Xiao Yi nodded, and lay down on the table with a dead face: "The appointment is on Wednesday, right? That's great, we have three days to write a suicide note."

"What about Teacher Dai?"

"Sorry, I may not be able to be with you this week."

Dai Chengze's invitation this week was from another place, the destination was a handmade soap factory, the difficulty for five people... It seemed that after being separated from Li Ya, the hunting ground became very easy to deal with.

"My ability is not enough, but I will try my best to sort out some information about Paper Doll Lane that I know."

Dai Chengze scratched his head embarrassingly, "Don't tell me, I always feel that my memory is much better recently, and I can recall a lot of remote materials."

Dai Chengze really did what he said, and spent two days writing a document of more than 5000 words for them according to the content of the invitation. Everything that was written was written out.

"...Changge Street Paper Man Alley, because there is a Guishan Cemetery further north, there are many people who go to the grave every year around Qingming. Paper Man Alley has also made a living by selling wreaths and paper ingots in recent years. Most of the shops have been sold out. When it became the non-staple food department, it was recorded in the last local cultural heritage census, and it was called 'Wuji Paper Zhapu'."

"I think the hunting grounds are there."

The Maoxiong bus arrived as scheduled on Wednesday night, because Laoci Street was very close to Changge Street. As soon as Yan Ge and Xiao Yi got on the bus, they saw that there were already many people on the bus.

As soon as Yan Ge raised his eyes, he saw Li Ya who was waving enthusiastically in the back row.

He disappeared for a few days and said that he had to make some preparations. He only said that he would come when the time came, and he really came today.

Faced with the complicated gazes of those who were about to advance to the second level in M82, Yan Ge deliberately did not sit with Li Ya, but as soon as he sat down, Li Ya automatically squeezed over and stretched out his hand.

"Where's my armband?"

That posture is as vivid as asking for fame.

Xiao Yi, who was about to sit down, rolled her eyes, and just about to say something, a team member from M82 spoke up first.

"Mr. Yan, right? My name is He Ming, and I'm the team leader representing M82 this time. To make a long story short—did you take away the 'Gate God Painting' from our organization?"

Yan Ge turned his head to look at them, and said, "I remember, you also got a mirror with an orphaned part as compensation, didn't you?"

M82 did not lose out that time. A second-level "bartender" was captured. With the addition of an orphan component, the members also gained a lot of first-level movement abilities.

Diana also knew later that Yan Ge took the door god painting, but she owed a favor this time, so the matter was left alone.

However, those who did not participate in the M82 war at the time, especially those who had survived the public hunting ground in the Wuyue Immortal Temple, felt somewhat uncomfortable that their hard-earned orphan parts were easily taken away.

"Let me put it this way." He Ming said bluntly, "Orphaned parts have side effects to some extent, and it is difficult for a C-level team to have the strength to keep the orphaned parts."

A C-level team, less than ten people, and a free exploration team with the whole team around the first level, really don't have the strength to keep a single component, and it is easy to be annexed by other organizations.

"If it was in the past, you saved the president once, and I won't talk nonsense. But now, Xianggu's hand will reach out at any time. I suggest that you join our M82 as a team, or return the goalkeeper painting. Come back, and we will give you corresponding compensation."

It sounds like this suggestion is quite sincere. If they weren't fighting with Xianggu and might be drawn away at any time to become tools in the fight, maybe Yan Ge would consider joining.

"Then, in other words, if our team advances, won't your group have any objections?"

Moreover, he has more than one orphan part in his hand. Wouldn't it be even more jealous if those teams found out?

B-level team: There should be two or more second-tier powerhouses in the team, with fixed bases.

"B-level? You?" He Ming immediately glanced at Li Ya who was trying to put the earphones into Yan Ge's ears. Of course he knew that this person had a lot of background, but after all, he was only one person and could not reach the level of a B-level team. condition.

"You mean, you have the confidence to advance to the second level in this hunting ground?" He looked at the young man dubiously. From the first level to the second level, not only the collection of movements is required, but also "technical resonance".

That is not something that can be obtained casually, it requires specialization in a certain professional skill in the real world to have such a small possibility.

"Hey." Li Ya suddenly smiled and said, "Do you want to make a bet?"

"What are you gambling?"

"Bet, the 'hero' of your family who got lost in the paper man alley will choose him in the end."

As soon as he finished speaking, the bear bus stopped with a creak, and a gust of wind swept past the glass window.

Everyone raised their heads and saw yellowed papers pasted on the glass of the car window, like eyes, peering at them.

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The author has something to say:

Deadline: Are you willing to save the world with your life?

Lao Li: Not interested

Dead sign: Are you willing to use your life to predict the future marriage?

Lao Li: Count it for me now