nightmare exec

The "crime scene" where Song Yin was caught using ayahuasca for the second time, because of the disagreement between Erhu Kitty and Ergou, unexpectedly turned into a verbal dispute between the two assistant officers.

But it doesn't matter.Importantly, despite serious differences between the two adjutants, they unanimously decided to shield their executive officer - which in turn meant that they were even more distant from the Aksha system.

Song Yin couldn't help but wondered if there would be a day when the two tigers and two dogs completely cut off the connection with the Aksha system.At that time, what will the future of the two of them look like.

Will they also become a "mermaid" in the sea of ​​Alexander; or like Xiao Xia, Mithril's assistant officer, leaving a chic future date; or, like a kite with a broken string, follow the wind And go, missing...

If Ergou severed contact with Aksha to protect him, shouldn't he be responsible?But how should they be responsible... Could it be that they also imitated Alexander's method and smuggled them into the real world?

The more he thought about it, the more distracted he became, until the mattress beside him felt a slight sag.

"What are you thinking about? Staring at the ceiling in a daze." After washing, Qi Zhengnan lay down beside him, and leaned over to kiss his lover's forehead.

"It's nothing..." Song Yin shook his head at first, but still opened his mouth: "I'm thinking about what will happen to the two children if we retire."

"It's still early."

"It's not too early, even I'm level four, at most it's just a year or two."

Song Yin had already counted with his fingers. Thanks to Qi Zhengnan's blessing, the time he stayed in purgatory was greatly shortened.

"If we can have children, let's have a pair of twins, and then ask Alexander to get out the two tigers and the two dogs." He imagined wildly, "Two dogs follow you, and two tigers follow me, perfect."

"Then you should go to bed quickly, there is everything in your dream." Qi Zhengnan sneered softly, "Why are you still thinking about that kid Alexander? He usually plays around in the amusement park, and the system just turns a blind eye One eye; but this time Sisyphus has done such a big thing, he probably won't be able to hang around anymore."

"I sent him a message just now." Song Yin confessed what he did just now while Qi Zhengnan was washing up: "I told him that I might know what he was interested in, and asked him if he would like to find a chance to talk about the terms. He didn't Tell me, it’s probably because there’s no signal in the lighthouse.”

"...You actually dare to cut first and play later, don't you feel itchy again and want to be beaten?"

Qi Zhengnan bit Song Yin's ear lightly, and warned viciously: "Remember my agreement with you, don't take risks with your own affairs, otherwise I promise you will regret it."

"I remember it all well." Song Yin was tickled by his tongue, and quickly pushed him away with a smile: "If you don't sleep, you won't be able to sleep anymore. Who knows what will happen tomorrow."

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At ten o'clock in the morning the next day, Yu Gutai's team was in the battle preparation room.

According to yesterday's agreement, the team members who had rested for half a day gathered here.Although the vice-captain Mithril was gone, beside Qi Zhengnan, there was a new member who joined the team today.

"Although I am not as good as Mithril, I will do my best to become a competent team member! Please take care of me!" Song Yin looked at everyone who was no stranger to him and bowed solemnly.

"It's overdue, I've been waiting for you for a long time." Although the eyes are still swollen, the pika understands that this is the new year's welcome session, only happy but not sad.

"As soon as you joined the team, you encountered a big event. Your physique is really amazing." Zhen Zhe gave a thumbs up sincerely.

"Please give me more advice." The bison also nodded at him.

We are all acquaintances, so the greetings are naturally avoided.Next, Qi Zhengnan made public the notice that the system launched frequent attacks against Sisyphus.

After preliminary investigations, in just 24 hours, more than 220 former executive officers across the country have been identified as missing.The actual number of people kidnapped by Sisyphus is very likely to be higher than this.At present, the system has detected [-] copies of high-risk levels, which is more than five times that of the same period last year.

In order to respond to dangerous situations in a timely manner, starting today, all nightmare executive officers in Purgatory will end their Spring Festival holiday.All registered high-level teams unconditionally enter the first-level combat readiness state and are ready to perform tasks at any time.

The code name of this operation is "Rolling Stone", and the first dungeon assigned to Yu Gutai by the system is the No. 7 copy of Rolling Stone.

Qi Zhengnan shook his phone, and the dungeon data was projected on the wall of the combat preparation room.

Perhaps it was because it hadn't been long since the victim was caught, and the copy hadn't deteriorated beyond control. The level of the No. 7 copy is only rated as difficult, but correspondingly, the system also gives a relatively clear time limit. If the task is not completed within the time limit, the reward level will be reduced according to the situation, and even individual executives who are passive and slow will be punished .

"Wow, I've been in Purgatory for so many years, this is the first time I've seen the system in action." The pika whispered.

Of course, these punitive measures are completely unnecessary for the Yugutai team.

Although the personnel were transferred, the battle force was still strong, and soon completed the battle deployment and officially entered the dungeon.

Song Yin had to admit that Qi Zhengnan was indeed a charismatic leader, and the combat awareness and level of the team members were also very advanced.The feeling of being part of this group is completely different from the previous experience of playing in a dungeon in the field team.Of course, in order not to drag everyone back, Song Yin did show [-]% seriousness and obedience, no longer the casualness and madness of the past.

According to the information provided by the Aksha system, the dream master of this dungeon was a fourth-level executive before retiring.But Yu Gutai's people don't know him—this is also a systematic arrangement to avoid love and hatred among executive officers from affecting the smooth execution of the dungeon.

Overall, this dungeon went pretty well.It took them just five hours to contain the haunted stowaway.But for the dream owner, the crisis is far from over—his body is still in the hands of Sisyphus, and even if he is not killed, he may be used again and become a breeding ground for stowaways again.

Therefore, before tracking down and finding the secret place where Sisyphus hid the victim, all the dungeon operations were nothing more than passive resistance—at least in the first half of the day, Song Yin did think so.

But not long after they successfully ended the battle and left the instance, the situation began to change.

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For the purpose of protecting the executive's mental health, the system has always had relevant regulations to limit the frequency of copy execution.Not only can an executive who quit midway not be able to re-enter the same instance; the higher the level of the instance, the longer the mandatory rest adjustment time between the next instance and the next instance.

If you change to the past, the rest interval for difficult dungeons is at least 36 hours.The situation is serious right now, and the system has made special adjustments after estimation, temporarily changing it to 15 hours.

This also means that in addition to sleep, they have several hours of preparation time.

When everyone was still disarming their equipment, Zhen Zhe, who was concerned about the major events in purgatory, opened the news channel on the Internet.Unsurprisingly, Purgatory TV Station is conducting a rolling live broadcast of this special event.

According to the data obtained by the TV station, there are currently 27 copies of Rolling Stone that have been executed, but the number of copies that are still being executed and newly generated has already exceeded three digits.

What's even worse is that as time goes by, many dungeons are still upgrading, and currently "dangerous" level dungeons have already been produced.TV commentators even said that if the situation continues to deteriorate, maybe there will be a new super copy.

Even though his first dungeon task had been successfully completed, Song Yin did not feel relieved like he used to.After unloading the equipment, he didn't leave the preparation room either, and he was still sitting in front of the screen, closely following the changes in the situation with everyone.

About 15 minutes later, another brand new piece of bad news came out of the screen.

The copy of the special event numbered Rolling Stone-47 has been upgraded again, and it is currently the highest level of "Legend".Among the five executive officers who originally participated in the dungeon, two died in the line of duty, and three were forced to withdraw from the dungeon. Currently, there is only the last team member left, isolated and helpless.

However, these alone are not enough to be the reason why Purgatory TV station deliberately broadcasted it.It was singled out because it seemed to reveal the real wolfish ambition behind Sisyphus's series of extreme actions.

"What? The executive's safe house appeared in this instance?!"

At first, Song Yin couldn't digest what he heard.Until Qi Zhengnan turned on the live video of Rolling Stone's copy of No. 48 on another wall.

Since most of the executive officers were involved in special operations, the barrage and reward information on the video screen seemed a little deserted.But the number of people watching the video has not increased-obviously affected by the TV program.

Song Yin took a closer look, and saw a quiet and beautiful swamp in the picture, full of mirror-like pools and sporadic wildflowers.In the middle of the swamp, there is a small wooden house painted pine green. It is independent from the world, but it gives people a sense of tranquility and reliability—except for those stowaways who are invading towards the swamp.

The stowaways in this dungeon are not a single person, but a group of monkey-like monsters with a half-human height, oddly long fingers, and sharp claws.Although as far as individual individuals are concerned, their lethality does not seem to be so obvious, but they are extremely agile, powerful, good at climbing, and silent.Once a group attacks in this kind of swamp forest, it is often surrounded by the sky and the earth, and the lightning and flint are enough to tear an executive into pieces.

At this moment, the only remaining member of this team is hiding in the blind corner between the back door of the cabin and the railing.He was seriously injured, a big gash was torn open in his abdomen, and the ground was already wet with blood.

"Why didn't he quit the dungeon?" Song Yin didn't understand this at all, "Anyway, he doesn't have much fighting ability anymore, why not just go out and wait for the next group of people to come in?"

Just as he was talking, he heard two gunshots on the screen, and the man raised his gun and shot a monster that was hanging upside down from the eaves and trying to sneak attack.

"...He seems to be guarding the cabin."

Qi Zhengnan operated the video option, entered a free perspective, and moved the camera to the closed back door of the wooden house.The picture quickly entered the house from the back of the house, and then quickly moved all the way to the front door.

The scene in front of them made everyone in Yu Gutai frown.

Through the glass window installed on the front door, you can see the same small open space full of wild flowers outside the front door, but if you continue to look forward, the front is full of fog.

"The safe house is indeed a safe house..." The pika gasped, "The stowaways want to break into the retired executive's safe house!"

Fortunately among the misfortunes, the executive who was fighting alone soon received support.It was a coincidence that the new team was the famous Longxiang Second Team, and it was also the team that Shaffley once led.

There is no suspense in the next battle, but even greater suspense has already arisen.

"Why is there still a safe house in the dream of the retired executive?" Zhen Zhe asked the question Song Yin once asked.

"Because the safe house is always there, it is part of our memory." The pika reached out and nodded his head: "Even after leaving purgatory, the safe house has always remained in our deep consciousness, but people go It's just empty."

Bison seemed to understand: "So, this time the stowaways want to start from the human world, pass through the victim's dream, and reach the abandoned safe house? And then? What attracts them in the safe house?"

"There are many doors in the safe room that cannot be opened." Song Yin said, "Could it be that Sisyphus wants to dig out the secrets that the victims can't tell? Maybe there will indeed be some of them, important enough to change the course of history."

"No, in that case, the target should be the political leaders of various countries and the world's rich businessmen, not the former executive who has been in a coma for many years and out of touch with society." Qi Zhengnan disagreed with his speculation, "I think Sisyphus' hunting dog is a Coming to purgatory."

"Purgatory?"

There was a whisper within the team.Of course there was shock, but more of it was thoughtful and fearful.

Song Yin didn't know what other people thought.But for Qi Zhengnan's hypothesis, he did feel "suddenly enlightened".

That's right……

Alexander, who had a close relationship with Sisyphus, had made it clear that he was interested in the Aksha system.It seems that his curiosity was most likely influenced by Mr. Lin and even Sisyphus.

What's more, the name Sisyphus originally represented the king who fooled the gods and fought against the gods.If this large-scale attack on the retired executive officer is regarded as a provocation and attack on the Aksha system and Purgatory... maybe everything can be explained.

In the human world, some people think that they are at the mercy of "gods", and they want to resist, even at the expense of those humans who seem to them to be the system's accomplices.They are like bats in a cave, constantly making various movements to observe shapes in the dark.And this time, they seem to have approached the truth they crave.

Just thinking of this, Song Yin's mobile phone suddenly issued a short email notification tone.

The person who sent the message was Assistant Officer Ergou. He brought important news that Song Yin and Qi Zhengnan had asked him to apply for an investigation.

"what happened……"

Although there was some psychological preparation to some extent, after reading the short email of five or six hundred words, Song Yin still showed a surprised expression.

He immediately forwarded the email to Qi Zhengnan who was beside him. One minute later, Qi Zhengnan rubbed his temples, and looked at Song Yin with affirmation.

"It seems that your previous intuition was correct. We should indeed have a good talk with Alexander."

Although the two finally agreed on this matter, it is not so easy to find Alexander right now.

After coming out of the combat preparation room, the two of them immediately went to the amusement park.Song Yin successfully found the tent and floor-to-ceiling mirror from last time, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't open the door to "that world".

They also tried to send a message to Alexander, but all attempts to contact him were lost and there was no news.

Time passed slowly between looking for Alexander and performing the mission of the "Rolling Stone" copy.

As the level of infection of the abductees worsened, more and more dungeons began to appear buildings that seemed to be safe houses.All kinds of monsters tried their best to attack the safe house.Although the Executors fend off it time and time again, overall, the damage is enormous, both for the ex-Executor who was kidnapped, and for the current Executor who is exhausted.

In the live broadcast of the TV station, the views of Tiger Eye and other observers became more and more negative. There were even vague rumors circulating on the social forums, saying that the defense lines of some nightmare dungeons had actually been breached, and the monsters passed through the thick fog. Some lurk in the swamp at the end of Silver Snake Avenue.

The instructions received by Yu Gutai and other large teams are that some executive officers may be transferred from other East Asian countries to assist in operations in the near future.And this also means that the war of attrition may continue for a long time.

In the afternoon of the third day, Yu Gutai's team had just left the instance after completing the third "Rolling Stone" mission instance.Song Yin who received a short message suddenly became nervous and apprehensive.After the team members disbanded, he immediately told Qi Zhengnan straightforwardly that Alexander finally replied to the message he sent three days ago, although it was only four words—"Let's listen to it."

But it's certainly a spark of hope.

In the past few days, Song Yin and Qi Zhengnan have conducted several rounds of sand table deduction around the "top priority" of negotiating with Alexander, and now, they are finally about to enter the stage of actual combat.

"It's not clear now, let's meet again, the location is up to you." Song Yin replied quickly.

Alexander was online, and he replied half a minute later: "If you want to catch me, then save yourself, we are friends, why bother to tear your face? Stay on the line today, and we will see each other someday."

"I didn't intend to catch you."

Song Yin continued to talk to him across the air: "We used the ayahuasca you put in my pocket to open the locked door. I know that I used to be Brother Nan's assistant officer, and with your help Leaving Purgatory. You have been kind to my parents and me, do you think I am the kind of person who does not recognize all relatives and speaks great truths?"

After this message was sent, Alexander did not reply immediately.Song Yin was a little worried about losing contact again, and quickly added a few words: "Tell me something you are interested in. Brother Nan and I found another small room behind that door. There are many doors in the room. Most of them are It is transparent, there is only one door, and that door is golden. I think there should be the answer you want inside the door.”

This passage clearly hits the point.After a while, Alexander sent a question——

"How do I know if you're lying to me?"

"It's very simple."

Song Yin typed quickly on the mobile phone: "Aren't there many assistant officers in your ocean who refuse to go anywhere? Although you can't pry their consciousness, you can at least ask them if they remember such a thing." A golden door. However, based on your curiosity about Aksha, you should have already known the existence of this door."

Perhaps because it touched on the most interesting topic, Alexander replied almost instantly: "You reminded me. Maybe I should choose a suitable assistant officer from the deep sea, and then concoct a child who is similar to you, and cultivate a good relationship with him , so that I don’t have to bargain with you here.”

"But an existence like me can no longer be copied, can it?" Song Yin is full of confidence: "Alexander, although you always say that you are a courier between the world and purgatory, you are still a courier in essence. A person trapped in purgatory. If you want to make another person like me, you must also use the power of Sisyphus on earth-is this really what you want? You will repeat the same mistake How many times have you not worried about what you worked so hard to achieve, but instead became a tool used by your mother to blackmail you?"

After the message was sent, there was no reply from Alexander for more than ten minutes.Song Yin and Qi Zhengnan were not in a hurry, they just waited quietly.

After another quarter of an hour, Alexander sent a message: "Have you investigated my details? That is really not easy."

"is not that right."

Song Yin intentionally waited a few minutes before replying to him: "After all, the body that Sisyphus arranged for you even fooled the verification agencies in the world. But after I realized that you and Mr. Lin may be mother-child relationship, I will If you start the investigation from Mr. Lin, things will be much easier."

Alexander seemed tired of this roundabout way of speaking, and finally took the initiative to cut into the topic: "Then what do you want to talk to me about?"

Of course, Song Yin no longer hides it: "I want you to help find out the whereabouts of those retired executive officers. As a price, I can show you the golden gate."

"This is a very dangerous thing for you," Alexander said bluntly, "Even I am not sure, whether you will be targeted by Sisyphus because of this."

"Do you think we haven't thought about it these days?" Song Yin smiled wryly, still moving his fingers like flying: "I can't choose between two switches, but such things as putting myself on the switch, Still very good at it.”

After posting this article, he added another sentence: "And I think my interests and yours should be the same in this matter. My parents provided you with a shelter from the wind and rain in purgatory. Where to go, and now, I want to do my best to help you once.”

For a long time after this, Alexander did not give any reply.Song Yin and Qi Zhengnan didn't leave, they ordered a few dishes and settled the meal problem in the combat preparation room.

Almost halfway through the meal, Alexander's reply finally came again: "Let me think about it, and I will contact you later."

"Do you think he's tempted?" Song Yin projected this series of conversations on the wall, and carefully reviewed it with Qi Zhengnan from beginning to end.

"Not sure, I think so." Qi Zhengnan expressed his intuition, "The next time Alexander sends a message, we should make a choice."

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Both Song Yin and Qi Zhengnan were prepared to negotiate at any time, but at the critical moment, Alexander lost contact again.

Perhaps the next decision is not only difficult for Song Yin and the others, but also not easy for Alexander.

Generally, the wait is long and frustrating.However, no one could have imagined that a sudden dungeon the next day would invisibly catalyze the waiting process.

According to the rotation schedule given by the system, Yu Gutai had a dangerous dungeon around ten o'clock in the morning that day.Although the difficulty was high, it was not a problem for Yu Gutai, but it was time-consuming - it was already nine o'clock that night when the scene was finally cleared and the dungeon was left.

For four consecutive days, a high-intensity dungeon every day is indeed physically and mentally exhausting, but what makes people feel even more anxious is the number of "dungeon failures" and "executive officers killed in line" that are increasing every day.

Things seem to have turned around a bit today—the pika first reported to everyone the good news from the Internet: After the unremitting efforts of the human executive agency, a "secret laboratory" used by Sisyphus to hide the retired executive finally finally be found.This bunker built tens of meters deep underground in the high-latitude no-man's land hides a total of 17 victimized retired executive officers. Except for the three who died due to "copy failure", the remaining [-] people all succeeded. rescue.

But the fly in the ointment is that the rescue force did not find any more "secret laboratory" information inside the bunker.And when they arrived, the core members of Sisyphus had already left, leaving only mercenaries and bottom-level members who knew nothing.

Regardless, it's a good start.

At the same time, the code names used by the seventeen ex-executives who were rescued were also posted on the Internet.Although the authenticity is unknown, the click-through rate of the post still skyrocketed in a short period of time.Presumably everyone desperately hopes that the code name of the person they care about will appear on the list.

The pika also read the list aloud, but there was no code name they were familiar with.Zhen Zhe comforted him by saying that perhaps none of the people we knew had been arrested, and at the same time couldn't help thinking about Mithril.

Five days have passed in the blink of an eye since Mithril left Purgatory, and there has been no news of it.The Arsha system will definitely not disclose the information of the retired executive officers.In the past they could also try to buy news from the gambling boats.However, after the Shaffrey incident, the gambling boats have been closed, and even the night lights of the amusement park are no longer bright.

In order to distract everyone from missing their former teammates, Qi Zhengnan turned on Purgatory TV.At this time in the past, the chief host Huyan should be summarizing the copy of "Rolling Stone" throughout the day.However, something is different today - the live progress of a dungeon is being broadcast live on the screen.