Card Room

【Chapter 363, Confluence】

Shu Xiaomeng and Liu Xiaoyan are sitting at a dining table not far away, chatting while eating. Their chats have always revolved around Luo Yan, the queen of music. Several of them have liked the goddess Luo Yan since middle school, mobile phone ringtones, alarm clocks , are also all the songs of the goddess. It can be seen that they are indeed Luo Yan's diehard fans. Forming a group to go to the 20th anniversary commemorative concert, on the surface there is no problem.

Ye Qi quickly searched for Luo Yan's information, and whispered to his teammates: "This singer has more than 80 million fans. Judging from the reviews on the Internet, she is not only good at singing, but also very talented. There are few popular songs, and she is very humble and gentle. Her status in the music world is almost unmatched. Several well-known singers in the music world today are students brought out by her. These people will also be special guests , to support this concert.”

Shao Qingge raised his eyebrows and said, "There shouldn't be a murder case in the entertainment industry like 9 of Hearts, right?"

I still remember the homicide case of 9 in the entertainment industry, the complex interpersonal relationships in the entertainment industry shown, opened everyone's eyes. Three days later, there were so many music superstars attending the concert in Sun City, everyone always felt that something would happen.

Xiao Lou suddenly thought of a question, looked at everyone, and said in a soft voice: "Luo Yan is a well-known singer in this world, people who go to her concert, there should be more aborigines in the card world, there will be 'outsiders' 'go?"

Lao Mo said: "Not necessarily. There are many 'outsiders' who decide to stay in this world. If they are interested in music, it is not a burden for them to go to the concert. The ticket price of Luo Yan's concert , Compared with our top singer concerts in the real world, it really pales in comparison."

Shao Qingge agreed: "That's right. I remember that in reality, the ticket price for the VIP seat of the celebrity concert is more than 2,000 yuan for the official ticket, which is 200,000 yuan when converted into gold coins. But for Luo Yan's concert, the VIP ticket is officially sold. The price only needs to be 50,000, and the highly speculated scalper ticket is only 200,000, which is almost a quarter of the reality.”

In other words, in this world, VIP tickets for the Goddess concert can be bought for 500 yuan, and ordinary tickets may be 200 yuan.

The low price may attract a large number of challengers to go to the concert.

Hearing this, Ye Qi couldn't help feeling: "That's really cheap, 500 yuan is just the price of a meal with friends. I don't know about the concert. If I knew about it earlier, I would like to buy a ticket to see it. "

Liu Qiao said: "If you are not in a hurry to pass the barrier, such a low ticket price is really attractive."

There must be many challengers with this idea of ​​"joining in the fun", especially young people who love music, the low ticket price, the gimmick of the 20th anniversary concert, and several special guests from the music industry, the idle challenger said Maybe I will buy a ticket to see...

Xiao Lou asked, "By the way, what day of the week is the concert?"

Shao Qingge said: "Tuesday."

This is strange, usually concerts are held on weekends, which is convenient for students and office workers to watch, but this time it is Tuesday? Xiao Lou thought about it carefully, and suddenly thought of a key point: "On weekends, all challengers will be forced to enter Zhou Chang's secret room."

Yu Hanjiang frowned slightly: "If the concert is held on the weekend, the challengers have to do weekly tasks and cannot go to the concert, but if the time is on Tuesday, most of the challengers will be free. Such an arrangement is Coincidence? Or is it intentional to lure challengers into the concert?"

Everything is just speculation at the moment, without any proof.

It's just that everyone is always a little uneasy. Especially after returning to the carriage after breakfast, Xiao Lou casually asked a few young passengers who were unfamiliar with him about the concert, and he found that one-third of the young people in the entire carriage were going to the concert of.

Luo Yan's influence in this world is definitely at the level of a queen.

At noon, the train stopped at a halfway station, and many people got off the train. Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou went to the conductor to make up for tickets. They happened to get eight sleeper tickets, and everyone took their luggage to the sleeper compartment to rest.

Yu Hanjiang whispered to his teammates: "Everyone pay attention to observe the passengers around. If something is wrong, tell me and Xiao Lou immediately. It's best if nothing happens on this journey. If there is a case, we may have to help solve the case again."

The replenished tickets were scattered in different carriages, and the teammates found their respective beds to sleep, and followed Yu Hanjiang's instructions to observe the surrounding passengers.

There were no accidents during the ensuing journey. The 72-hour journey was a little too calm. Except for the appearance of Shu Xiaomeng's six-member girlfriend group, which made everyone nervous for a while, no other acquaintances or friends were found on this train. suspicious person.

After a long wait, the train finally arrived.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang purposely got out of the car behind Shu Xiaomeng and the others. When they walked to the exit, they didn't see anyone coming to pick them up. The six girls directly hired two taxis and took them to the hotel. Seeing that the taxi disappeared from sight, Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang had no choice but to stop and follow, and they also hired two taxis to go to the New Century Hotel that Mr. Tang had booked.

This hotel is located by the sea and is a five-star sea view hotel.

Different from the mountain and forest scenery of Moon City, Sun City is a seaside city. There are coconut trees everywhere along the road. Many people wear cool swimsuits and walk barefoot on the beach. Some people lie on the beach and bask in the sun. Many children squat Come down to pick up shells, and young people are playing surfing in the sea.

The people here live a really leisurely life.

Ye Qi liked the sea since he was a child. Sitting in a taxi, he looked at the blue sea and the sea outside the window.

The white and delicate sandy beach, he couldn't help but said: "Sunshine, sandy beach, sea water, the scenery of this city is much more beautiful than Moon City!"

Shao Qingge joked: "How about we move our family here? Anyway, I still have a lot of money in my card, so I can buy a sea view villa to live here."

Ye Qi waved his hand hastily: "Don't bother, the most important thing is to go back as soon as possible. Everything in this world feels unreal to me, just like in a dream. People's lives are so beautiful that people can't believe it."

The beautiful beach can't see a little bit of garbage, but unlike some tourist attractions in reality, the beach is dirty by tourists. The sea water here is as clear as it has been washed, and everyone has a smile on their faces, as if they don't need to worry about anything.

If there is a heaven, this is probably the so-called "heaven", right?

But for some reason, seeing the same smiles on the faces of the people playing at the beach, Ye Qi felt a chill down his spine.

The car quickly arrived at the hotel.

Tang Ci booked rooms for them in advance, four double rooms, two girls, Liu Qiao and Qu Wanyue, one room, Ye Qi and Mr. Shao, one room, Lao Mo and Long Sen, and the remaining room. Xiao Lou lives with Yu Hanjiang.

After completing the procedures, everyone took the elevator to the 17th floor and put down their luggage.

The room is big and clean. The floor-to-ceiling windows on one wall provide a panoramic view of the sea view not far away. There is also a large bathtub that can accommodate two adults. It is worthy of a five-star hotel. The decoration is luxurious and the price should not be cheap.

Xiao Lou just wanted to send a message to Tang Ci to say thank you, but the other party took the initiative to send a message: "The restaurant on the seventh floor, let's eat first, I will welcome you."

Xiao Lou took everyone to the restaurant on the seventh floor.

Following the waiter into the VIP room, he saw Tang Ci sitting in a wheelchair at a glance.

The man looked very young, wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, and his clothes were spotlessly clean.

A thin blanket covered his legs. He has a handsome appearance, exquisite facial features, and a sickly pale complexion, but he does not have the slightest "weakness" of a patient, but his eyes are calm. Just sitting there is full of aura, which makes people dare not underestimate him.

After seeing Xiao Lou, he nodded politely and said, "You're here?"

Xiao Lou smiled at him, and took the initiative to introduce to his teammates: "This is the director of the Intelligence Bureau, Tang Ci, Mr. Tang. As for my teammates, Mr. Tang should already know them well, so there is no need to introduce them one by one, right?"

Tang Ci said: "Well, everyone, please sit down."

Except for Shao Qingge who had met Tang Ci before, Ye Qi, Liu Qiao and the others saw this legendary Director of the Intelligence Bureau for the first time, and they were very curious, but when they met his cold gaze, everyone was not happy. It was too presumptuous, so I had to sit quietly around the round table.

Yu Hanjiang asked bluntly, "Where's my brother?"

Tang Ci said: "He encountered a little trouble and couldn't get away. Don't worry, Huaying went to meet him."

Xiao Lou asked doubtfully, "Then it belongs to the old man?"

"Gui Lao has a dinner party tonight, and I can't come for the time being. I'm here to receive everyone, and discuss the next plan by the way. You must be hungry after riding the train for so long. Let's chat while eating." Tang Ci pressed the button The service bell said in a low voice: "Room 3 is ready for serving."

The sumptuous meal arrived quickly.

Garlic prawns, spicy crabs, steamed lobsters, white clam tofu soup, abalone, as well as various shells, pipi shrimp, spicy fried razor clams... This big table of seafood makes everyone's mouth water when they are hungry .

Tang Ci explained: "Sun City is rich in seafood, I wonder if everyone is used to eating it?"

Ye Qi nodded hurriedly: "I'm used to it! We eat beef and mutton every day in Moon City, and haven't eaten seafood for a long time."

Shao Qingge said with a smile: "Mr. Tang will spend a lot of money."

Tang Ci said: "You're welcome, let's eat first and then talk."

With his words, everyone began to feast on it unceremoniously. Tang Ci didn't peel the shrimps and crabs with his hands, but only filled a bowl of fresh shell soup and drank it slowly. He said that he was not very hungry after eating.

After the seafood on the table was cleaned up, Xiao Lou asked, "Mr. Tang, is your plan to team up now?"

Tang Ci said indifferently: "Brother Jiu said, after we meet up, we should do one or two weekly tasks first to get acquainted with each other. Otherwise, if we go directly to the S-level secret room, we will not have a tacit understanding and may drag each other down."

Xiao Lou also agrees with this decision: "Indeed, we are not familiar with the cards of the four players at all. We will learn more about them first, and it will be convenient to go to the S-level secret room to cooperate. I just don't know what type of weekly routine will be this week. chamber of secrets?"

The week is randomly generated every time, and it is possible to choose arbitrarily among hearts, spades, diamonds and clubs. But Shao Qingge's Insect King Card can only be used in the secret room of spades and clubs. In other words, if this week's Zhou Chang's secret room is not spades and clubs, Tang Ci's legs still cannot be cured.

Seeing Xiao Lou's thoughts, Tang Ci said calmly; "My wheelchair can also be brought into Zhou Chang's secret room. I rely on the wheelchair and can still walk. I have already tested this, so even if I get hearts and diamonds randomly, Don't worry either."

Xiao Lou breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "The weekly tasks will only start on Saturday, and we will get to know each other for the next few days. Then we will cancel the contract, and when Brother Jiu comes back, everyone will sign in Brother Jiu's book together? "

Tang Ci said: "Brother Nine means that you will be the captain, and the four of us will cancel the contract and sign to you."

Xiao Lou was startled: "Brother Jiu really said that?"

Tang Ci nodded: "Well, he

I hope you and Yu Hanjiang will lead the team this time. Besides, it's the same wherever you sign in, as long as everyone is on the same contract, they are a team. "

There is really no need to worry about this point. Since Lu Jiuchuan believes in them so much, Xiao Lou no longer refuses, saying: "Okay, we are going to attend the concert of Goddess Luo Yan tonight. Any news of the killer?"

Tang Ci shook his head: "Their operation is concealed this time, not to mention me, even the ninth brother can't find out the specific target of the organization's operation. The ninth brother only knows that suddenly a large number of hunters came to the city of the sun, so send us a message An alarm has been issued. Mr. Gui is using his contacts to investigate, and I have also used my intelligence network. From the current point of view, the concert is the most likely event.”

He opened the laptop he was carrying with him and pulled up a data sheet.

It is the floor plan of Luo Yan's concert site.

The huge stadium is big enough to hold nearly 100,000 spectators, and all the tickets have been sold out. Each seat is marked with red and blue, and Xiao Lou asked puzzledly, "What do the different colors mean?"

Tang Ci's eyes flashed sharply, and he said slowly: "The blue is the ticket bought by the aborigines, and the red is the challenger."

Hearing this, Yu Hanjiang couldn't help but frowned, pointed to the distribution map on the screen and said, "You mean, the tickets for these red seats were all bought by challengers? Why are they so concentrated? Judging from the distribution map , Areas A, B, E, and F are all aborigines, while areas C and D are all challengers, aren’t the concert tickets going on sale at the same time?”

Tang Ci explained: "I hacked into the ticketing system of the official website and found that they had set up an internal program. Although the tickets for this concert were released at the same time for everyone to buy together, the internal program classified the seats. When rushing to buy, you need to register your ID card, and once it is found that the ID card of the ticket buyer is a foreigner, other areas will be automatically locked, and you can only buy tickets for areas C and D.”

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other, and at the same time a chill rose up their spines.

ID card locked ticket? Is this forcing the challenger to sit in areas C and D?

Xiao Lou couldn't believe it and said: "A large-scale concert with 100,000 people secretly classifies and sells tickets, and secretly concentrates the challengers in a certain area. What are they trying to do?"

Tang Ci said: "This is also what I doubt."

In fact, if Tang Ci hadn't been a top hacker who could hack into the ticketing system of the official website and discover this secret, no one would have thought that concert tickets could be divided according to ID card.

The challengers and aborigines who bought the tickets certainly didn't know that there would be a problem with the location of the tickets they grabbed. 100,000 tickets are released at the same time, and they are sold out within 5 minutes. Those who can get them will only feel lucky. Who cares whether the location is in Zone A or Zone C?

Ye Qi whispered, "If the hunters did it, wouldn't they plant bombs in areas C and D?"

Tang Ci shook his head: "In the main city, explosives and guns are all controlled items and cannot be used. Many of our cards will also be banned. Besides, there are security checks on site for such a large-scale concert. It's also impossible to plant a bomb."

Ye Qi blushed and said, "I'm just guessing, otherwise, why did they gather the challengers in one area?"

Yu Hanjiang frowned.

The hunters have a very strong hatred for challengers like them, but with tens of thousands of challengers gathered together, including a large number of aborigines, they will not blow up the concert venue, right? What is the conspiracy?

Seeing that it was half past six, Yu Hanjiang stood up and said, "Xiao Lou and I will go to the concert in person."

Tang Ci looked at him: "Where did you buy the tickets from?"

Shao Qingge said with a smile: "I bought two scalper tickets at a high price on the Internet, both of which are in Zone A, and I can even sit."

Originally, Shao Qingge wanted to buy a few more tickets, but the concert was about to start, and there were very few scalpers online, so it was not easy to get two. He sent the redemption code of the e-ticket to Yu Hanjiang's phone: "You can directly Just use the ticket code to go to the door to pick up the ticket.”

Tang Ci looked at the two of them and said, "Two be careful."

*****

【Chapter 364, Concert Accident】

On the way to the concert, seeing a large number of fans holding goddess posters along the road, the two couldn't calm down.

Xiao Lou leaned into Yu Hanjiang's ear and said, "The distribution map compiled by Bureau Tang is just the result of ticket sales on the official website. However, many people buy tickets and don't necessarily go to see them by themselves. There are also a large number of scalpers who will resell the tickets at high prices."

For example, the scalper ticket that Shao Qingge bought was in Zone A.

In other words, the aborigines who bought the tickets transferred the tickets to the challenger. Similarly, there will definitely be challengers in Districts C and D who buy tickets and don’t go to see them, and transfer the tickets to the aborigines at a high price.

Although areas A, B, E, and F are all aborigines, and areas C and D are mostly challengers, there must be some errors due to "reselling tickets". Some challengers bought scalped tickets to sit in area A , Of course, some aborigines will buy high-priced tickets from some challengers who are buying and selling, so as to sit in areas C and D.

No matter how powerful the hunter is, it is impossible to monitor the whereabouts of all the resold tickets.

What are they trying to do?

Xiao Lou was in a nervous mood, and he and Yu Hanjiang queued up with the fans to get tickets.

Because the tickets for the two were in Zone A, they were guided by the staff to enter from Entrance A, and walked to the VIP auditorium in the front row to sit down.

When the time came to seven o'clock, the entire stadium was brightly lit, and fans entered the venue one after another to take their seats.

A large number of fans held up posters and light sticks. At 7:30, the stadium was already full of people.

Xiao Lou unexpectedly discovered that there were six empty seats in the third row of Area A where he and Yu Hanjiang were.

The two looked at each other, and Xiao Lou took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Tang Ci: "Ju Tang, please take a look at the buyers of these seats 311~316 in Area A? The concert is about to start, and there are no seats available. Come."

Tang Ci just hacked into the official system yesterday afternoon and got the list of all the concert ticket buyers. After seeing Xiao Lou's information, he checked it on his laptop and quickly found out the result: "Shu Xiaomeng, Liu Xiaoyan, Zhang Xiaoning..."

Xiao Lou showed Yu Hanjiang the phone, and the six familiar names on the screen made Yu Hanjiang frown.

The warm-up session of the concert started, and there were deafening screams from all around. Xiao Lou had no choice but to move closer to Yu Hanjiang's ear and almost whispered into his ear: "Shu Xiaomeng and the six of them didn't come? They came this time to realize their dreams." Sun City, there is no reason not to come to the scene."

Yu Hanjiang's eyes were deep, he leaned over and whispered in Xiao Lou's ear, "Li Mo."

Xiao Lou was startled, and quickly figured it out: "Is it stopped by Li Mo?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "Li Mo is powerful and powerful in this world, and he also knows many giants in the business world. Maybe he received some rumors in advance, so he prevented his wife and girlfriends from going to the concert."

Xiao Lou: "..."

The absence of the six of Shu Xiaomeng further confirmed Xiao Lou's conjecture that something will happen to this concert.

But what is it?

The two looked at each other, sat quietly in their seats, and looked around vigilantly.

After the warm-up session, Luo Yan, the heroine of this concert, finally took the stage.

Under the spotlight, a middle-aged woman with smoky makeup and a blue sequined fishtail dress walked slowly to the middle of the stage. This woman is worthy of being the queen of music, full of aura. She covered her sexy chest with one hand and bowed towards the surroundings, and deafening screams erupted at the scene.

"Luo Yan! Luo Yan!"

The screaming sound almost toppled the roof of the stadium.

Luo Yan smiled slightly, picked up the microphone and said: "Thank you very much for coming to today's concert. Today is the 20th anniversary of my debut. I am very happy to meet you here. I am grateful to have your support in the past 20 years. and accompany..."

She said a lot of sensational words, and many diehard fans around her burst into tears.

After the opening remarks, Luo Yan began to sing.

Most of the songs she sang were lyrical songs. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang listened to several songs in succession. Half an hour later, the fans at the scene waved light sticks to the rhythm of the music, and occasionally sang along with the goddess. It looks very harmonious.

At nine o'clock, Luo Yan stepped down to rest, and the special guest group came up to sing a few songs.

At half past nine, Luo Yan took the stage again, changed her look, and began to sing a more popular fast song.

At ten o'clock, Luo Yan stepped down to rest, and the special guest group came to sing again.

During the whole process, nothing happened.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang were very puzzled. Are they thinking too much? But all of this can't be explained by coincidence, right?

At half past ten, when the concert was about to end, Luo Yan came on stage again, and all the special guests also came to the stage together.

Luo Yan smiled and said, "Today's concert will end soon. For the last song, let's sing in chorus. Do you agree?"

"Okay!" The echoes in the gymnasium gathered into a wave, breaking through the sky.

Luo Yan raised his hand handsomely and made an "inviting" gesture.

A band came to the stage, the drummer beat the drums, the bassist played the melody, and several young singers sang and danced.

This song is a typical rock style. After two hours of exciting concert, the audience has been completely mobilized.

What's more, the stars on the stage are still passing the microphone to the audience: "Everyone come together!" "Dance with me!"

The applause and screams were deafening, and all the audience stood up to the music.

The singers on the stage have been excitedly stepping on the drums to accompany the accompaniment, and the fans in the audience have followed suit, waving fluorescent sticks with both hands, stepping and dancing with the drums.

Sitting among the crazy fans, Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou looked so out of place.

Everyone around stood up and sang and danced excitedly, but they were the only ones sitting.

Yu Hanjiang's heart tightened—no, this situation may be difficult to end!

Hundreds of thousands of fans sang too loudly at the same time, making it so loud that Xiao Lou couldn't hear what Yu Hanjiang was saying. The two didn't have a good understanding, and they had to yell in each other's ears if they wanted to talk. In the current situation, even yelling loudly may not be heard can see.

Xiao Lou simply took out his mobile phone and typed quickly: "This group of people seems to be out of control."

Yu Hanjiang's face was ugly: "It's the singer on stage who is deliberately guiding. Do you know the stampede at the Millennium Concert in 1999?"

Xiao Lou shook his head. He usually doesn't pay much attention to these things, and he hasn't heard of any millennium concerts.

Yu Hanjiang typed quickly to explain: "In a concert in 1999, under the guidance of the singer, the people participating in the concert constantly stepped on the ground with their feet and danced their bodies to the accompaniment of the music. People will form conditions under long-term repetitive movements. Reflection, when the concert ended and left, people lost control due to emotional agitation, and a large-scale stampede occurred

The incident caused many people to be trampled to death! "

Seeing Yu Hanjiang's brief description, Xiao Lou felt a chill run down his spine.

So, today's concert is actually...

As if to confirm the two people's thoughts, at this moment, the singing stopped abruptly, and Luo Yan, the diva on the stage, said loudly: "Today's concert has come to a successful conclusion here, please leave in an orderly manner, and look forward to the next one." The meeting! Goodbye everyone!"

In the dark, the exit channel was opened, and there were obvious arrow indicators on the ground.

Originally, this was the same as when the movie ended, and everyone left according to the lights.

But at this moment, there was a piercing scream from areas C and D: "Ahh—"

A few lights on the roof seemed to be loose, and fell with a clatter, hitting the auditorium directly, smashing the faces of several spectators with blood.

The excited crowd immediately turned around and ran towards the exit when they heard the screams.

The body that was dancing with the rhythm of the music just now seemed to be disobedient to the brain at this moment. Countless people joined the running team, someone accidentally tripped over, and the people behind stepped on them uncontrollably.

"Ahhhh—"

"My hand, ah! My hand is broken!"

"Oh my god, someone was trampled to death, don't squeeze the ones behind!"

"Don't step on me, help!"

In the crowd, screams like killing pigs came and went. The scene of the concert instantly turned into a hell on earth.

Xiao Lou's face turned pale when he heard the hoarse scream.

It turned out to be like this...

Affected by the screams from Areas C and D, the audience in Areas A and B also began to leave quickly, and the people around them became more and more crowded like crazy. Yu Hanjiang saw that the nearby fans were going to kill Xiao Lou Also squeezed into the crowd, he immediately stretched out his arms, hugged Xiao Lou into his arms forcefully, quickly brought Xiao Lou to the corner, supported the pillar in front with one hand, and protected Xiao Lou in his arms.

Xiao Lou's heart almost jumped out of his chest.

The venue was completely chaotic, and everyone seemed to have lost their minds. There were endless screams and curses in the crowd. Yu Hanjiang protected him with his body, and he could hear the steady and powerful heartbeat from the man's chest.

Xiao Lou stretched out his hand and hugged Yu Hanjiang back forcefully.

His body was shaking uncontrollably.

This cruel and bloody scene was even more terrifying than a nightmare.

He saw with his own eyes that many people were trampled to death by the swarming crowd after they fell down!

He heard those people screaming, heard calls for help coming from his ears, and even the wailing of children...

But there was nothing he could do.

The madness of 100,000 people cannot be stopped by him alone.

It turns out that this is the hunter's plan - let the "outsiders" trample to death by themselves in the chaos!

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