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004, Hugo.

He is the top-ranked anchor among all the people who appeared in the secret council, and he and Wen Jianyan only met once at that meeting, and other than that, they have no deep friendship. Tangerine Candy commented on him: Strong, but not suitable for teamfights.

And Hugo, who was in the top ten, actually entered the copy of [Xingwang Hotel] before it was closed? !

Wen Jianyan stood at the end of the line, lowered her eyes, and used her eyelashes to hide the shocked look in her eyes.

According to the information provided by the barrage in the previous live broadcast room, this dungeon was closed due to a bug before the platinum clearance was about to be completed, and all the anchors were locked in the dungeon. Then, Hugo should have died in this dungeon just like the other anchors, but in the end, he not only survived, but also lived for a long time.

Is Hugo the only surviving anchor?

How did he do that?

Did it make a similar deal with the Nightmare, like the Oracle?

Or

Countless questions popped up in my mind, but none of them could be answered.

While Wen Jianyan was sorting out his chaotic mind, the anchor on the side had already started a conversation with Hugo naturally. After a brief exchange of the status quo, the man turned his body slightly, revealing that he was hiding at the end of the team. Wen Jianyan

"Captain, this is the anchor we just met on the road." He paused and said:

"She left that street alive."

Hugo raised his eyes and looked over.

Feeling that Hugo's eyes fell on him, Wen Jianyan's heart tightened slightly.

The girl raised her head timidly and whispered, "Captain."

"what's your name?"

Hugo asked.

"Warm."

"You mean you came out of that street alive?"

Hugo looked at Wen Jianyan inquiringly.

"Well." Wen Jianyan nodded.

Next, he calmly repeated the set of lies he had just made up.

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Hugo lowered his eyes, seemingly lost in thought.

"That," the anchor on the side observed Hugo's face and said carefully, "Her teammates seem to be planted in that street, so she wants to act with us, captain, look."

"Write your thoughts to me and see."

Hugo finished thinking and reached out to Wen Jianyan.

Wen Jianyan lowered her eyes to hide the thoughts in her eyes, took out the wrinkled and slightly damp drawing paper from her pocket, and handed it to Hugo. Hugo took the drawing paper and looked down at it.

Soon, he raised his head and looked at Wen Jianyan again, "Can you interpret it?"

"right."

Wen Jianyan nodded and said, "The higher my talent upgrades, the more information I can see from the screen."

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"Hahahahaha, damn it, it's really just copied over as it is!"

"Rui Rui next door: wdnmd"

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Hugo lowered his eyes, his eyes fell on Wen Jianyan's body, and he didn't know what he was thinking. Soon, he nodded and returned the reading and writing paper to Wen Jianyan: "Okay, keep up."

Hugo glanced at the anchor who had just spoken to Wen Jianyan, and said, "Give her some background knowledge." After leaving this sentence, he turned and walked out.

Wen Jianyan raised her eyes and looked at Hugo's back thoughtfully.

The number 004 that all the anchors who appeared in the secret council who had only one relationship with him were either afraid or recognized.

Although the difference between the other party's facial features and body shape and the memory is not big, but the difference in eyes is not small.

If it is said that the Hugo who I saw in the secret council before is sophisticated, restrained, and dares to express a sense of oppression that cannot be underestimated, although the current Hugo has already begun to show signs of temperament, it can still be said to be young.

According to the information revealed by the barrage of the previous live broadcast room, it can be seen that the initial copy of [Xingwang Hotel] is an ordinary, not exceptional A-level copy. According to Wen Jianyan's experience, the anchors participating in this copy are of average level. Will not exceed the difficulty level of this book.

Then, the current Hugo is only A-level at most.

A new question came to mind.

[Xingwang Hotel] The time for this dungeon to be closed is not too far away.

Wen Jianyan frowned.

He remembered that when he was flipping through the live broadcast room, he had glimpsed a few barrages that mentioned the timeline.

Nightmare closed many bug-affected dungeons at the same time, resulting in a large number of streamer vacancies. Therefore, it will start to "expand new recruits" again.

And Wen Jianyan was one of the unlucky people who was "expanded" during that time.

In Nightmare, the concept of [time] is not strong. After all, most of the streamers who are pulled into it will not survive a copy. Even if they survive, they will die soon. It can be said that the update is very iterative. Fast, but the anchors who were washed out by the big waves will not become consumables so easily. After all, as the rating increases, the anchors can get longer rest periods.

For an A-level anchor who saves points and spends, it is possible to have no copies for three to six months. And the status of the top ten is even more detached, and even has the privilege of not having a copy for a year.

According to this logic, Hugo should have stayed in the top ten for a long time, just like the anchors like Baixue and Tangerine Candy. but

Now, that doesn't seem to be the case.

Wen Jianyan's eyes had a hint of inquiry.

If it was pushed back according to the time when the [Xingwang Hotel] dungeon was closed, at least before he was pulled into Nightmare and became one of the anchors, Hugo hadn't become one of the top ten.

what happened?

"Welcome, it seems that the captain agreed with you to join," the anchor on the side smiled at Wen Jian, and the vigilance at the first meeting had disappeared. He raised his chin towards Hugo's back in the distance, "Don't look at the captain's coldness, but he is actually a very nice person. You'll know it after getting along for a long time."

"Okay, now let's synchronize the progress," the anchor asked, "Where did your team push before?"

Almost finished.

But push and you are not a copy.

The girl blinked, revealing a nervous and twisted look, "I, our team is low-level, I didn't push much, even that street was found by reading and writing, and the dungeon unlocking degree basically stayed in place.

"She lowered her eyes and said, very ashamed, "Sorry, I can't help you much. "

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"Wow, it's really the first time I've seen an anchor who is so shameless."

"Although this has happened more than once, but every time I see it, I can't help but want him to be a person."

"Be yourself!!!"

"It's alright." The anchor wanted to comfort Wen Jianyan in turn, "All the recent foreknowledge anchors have been taken away by the oracle. Your talent is very rare. If you let the wind out, I'm afraid it will be very popular."

Wen Jianyan frowned.

He captured a very important key word from the anchor's words.

"recent".

In other words, the oracle's monopoly on prophecy anchors did not exist from the beginning, but gradually began before multiple copies collapsed due to chain bugs.

No matter how you look at it, the timeline he is in now is very crucial for the [Xingwang Hotel] dungeon and for the entire Nightmare Live Room.

While Wen Jianyan was thinking about it, the anchor next to him continued: "Our current story unlocking degree has basically been pushed to the last stage. According to the clues we searched now, there should be one last ceremony left to completely unlock the platinum. Achieved, you joined a little late, and you can't get the final platinum reward, but if you perform well in this dungeon, I believe the captain will discover your potential and invite you to become a full member of the team."

The girl nodded vigorously and said seriously, "I will try my best."

Immediately, her words changed, and she logically cut to the topic:

"By the way, you just said that there is only one 'ceremony' left to hit the platinum achievement. What type of ceremony is it?"

"There's going to be a banquet."

The presenter answered.

After getting a positive answer, Wen Jianyan's heart jumped violently.

a banquet.

This is the third day task given to them by the copy in the false mirror [Xingwang Hotel]:

Hold a banquet.

The anchor took a deep breath and revealed a look similar to fear:

"However, if you want to participate in the banquet without dying, you have to enter the street where you came out alive and find a special place, but it is clear that as far as I know, all the anchors who enter it are almost dead."

"The special place you want to find,"

Wen Jianyan paused and asked, "Is it a painting shop?"

The host opposite was stunned.

He stared at Wen Jianyan blankly, and it took a while for him to finally react:

"right!"

His face flushed with excitement, and he couldn't help reaching out and pinching Wen Jianyan's shoulder: "You know! You really went in, you know—"

"hiss."

The girl frowned slightly and took a small breath.

Only then did the anchor realize that his hand strength seemed too strong, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I lost my temper."

The girl shook her head and smiled, "It's alright."

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"You pretend, you pretend!"

"This dead liar is definitely because he doesn't want to answer the following questions, so he pretends to be soft and weak to distract the other party's attention, damn!" Although the appearance is really beautiful now, but every time I think of wearing a This shell guy is a 1.8 meter tall man, and I always have the urge to hit him."

The anchor hasn't recovered from the state of excitement.

He turned around and searched for Hugo, who had just left, with his eyes: "Wait, I'm going to tell the captain about this."

"Wait a moment."

Wen Jianyan raised her hand and grabbed him.

The anchor turned his head and looked over, with a puzzled look on his face: "What's wrong?"

"It's not too late to find him after synchronizing the progress first," Wen Jianyan took his arm and said softly, "you tell me more information, maybe I can remember more details, you're right wrong?"

That is true.

The anchor thought for a while and stopped.

The two stayed at the end of the team, talking while walking towards the outside of the hotel.

"In short, the essence of the copy of Xingwang Hotel is to detain some kind of unknown existence in prison."

The anchor summed up succinctly: "The purpose of the entire copy is to keep that evil thing in the depths forever. What we're going to hold next, say it's a dinner party, is actually a sacrificial ceremony. The souls are fed to the specter in charge of guarding, and after eating, they will leave."

Wen Jianyan listened carefully, and the more she listened, the more shocked she became.

That is to say, according to the exploration and restraint of the Hugo team, the initial copy of [Xingwang Hotel] is the prison where Wuxuan fragments are held, and those ghosts wandering in the town (for their existence in these mirror copies, are ''guest''), is the jailer who guards the prison.

As for the essence of the banquet, it was consistent with the information Wen Jianyan had obtained in the copy of [Prosperity Building] before.

Obviously, the Specters in [Xingwang Hotel] are not the same as those in [Changsheng Building]. They are not incompletely segmented types, but are complete from the beginning, so the patchwork is omitted. In the process, you can skip directly to the last step - by sacrificing living people, they can be sent to rest.

However, from the other party's speech just now, Wen Jianyan noticed something was not right.

Feed the jailer's soul, wouldn't that be

"You're right, we're going to release the prison."

Seemingly capturing the confused look on Wen Jianyan's face, the anchor smiled and said.

He got the expected answer, but Wen Jianyan's breathing couldn't help but stop for a moment. He looked at the anchor in front of him in dismay.

Could it be because of the recovery of Shaman Candle Fragments that many dungeons were forced to close due to bugs, so that a series of chain reactions after that were all caused by the dungeon of [Xingwang Hotel]? !

If this is the source of all the changes and the first step for Wu Zhu to break free from the nightmare control, then it makes sense that all those viewers who have seen the copy of [Xingwang Hotel] actually "forgot" the content of the copy .

That is to say

Now what he is facing is the first domino that was toppled?

Just listen to the anchor say to himself:

"You may not know it yet, the so-called platinum achievement means that the dungeon cannot be opened again. No matter how it is completed, as long as the dungeon is advanced to the point where it cannot be opened again, we will definitely be able to reach the platinum achievement, whether it is to unlock it. If the speed reaches 100, or the prison is destroyed, the evil beings that are imprisoned in it will be released, so that the dungeon cannot be reopened, and we can all get the platinum achievement.”

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath, suppressed the chaotic thoughts in her heart, still put on a serious look on her face, nodded, and praised indifferently:

"Wow, that's amazing."

Although his mouth should be reconciled, Wen Jianyan's heart gradually emerged with some extraordinarily bold ideas. If he does something at this critical node, will he

Do not.

Can't think in this direction.

First of all, Wen Jianyan is not sure whether he has really returned to the past now, or is just caught in an interactive image from the past.

More importantly, the timeline sounds ordinary, but it is actually very complicated and terrifying.

If what he is doing now can really affect the direction of the future, then once the butterfly wings are flapped, the changes will be overwhelmed, and even the efforts he made on the original timeline may be in vain. , ruined.

It's best to stay with the squad and observe for a while before really deciding what to do.

Wen Jianyan made up his mind.

At this time, the group had already reached the door of the hotel.

The difference from the mirror world is that the main entrance of [Xingwang Hotel] here can be left on your own, while outside the door is a familiar town. Yes, in the real copy, the two were originally located in the same geographic location.

However, in the mirror world tampered with by the nightmare, the hotel door was erased, and countless passages connected to the town were created in the hotel.

Just listening to the sound of "ding bell", the copper bell hanging on the door was banged, and the door of the hotel was pushed open from the inside. Hugo walked out first, followed by the others.

Wen Jianyan stood at the door of the hotel and looked outside.

Although he was already mentally prepared, he was still shocked by the sight in front of him.

What appears in front of me is indeed a familiar town, the only difference is that

No rain.

Originally, the rainy layer that always covered the town from beginning to end did not exist, and the wet and stale atmosphere disappeared.

The crooked bluestone road stretches into the distance, the outlines of the low houses are hidden in the dark shadows, and the entire town is filled with a generally strong, chilling gloomy atmosphere.

To be precise

It is very similar to the atmosphere in [Changsheng Building].

Wen Jianyan turned her head and glanced at the building behind her.

Unlike the interior, the exterior of Xingwang Hotel is very consistent with the style of the town, with peeling walls, crooked windows, and a low height of only two floors.

really.

Wen Jianyan's heart sank slightly, and her eyes slowly narrowed.

In the original [Xingwang Hotel] dungeon, the hotel itself has only two floors. Not only is there no setting such as "preempting the room" that exists specifically to combat the cold, but the other two floors that are mirror images also do not exist, but nightmares. A setting that is unique among the manufactured fakes.

No wonder the difficulty of the original [Xingwang Hotel] dungeon was only a. According to the complexity of the dungeon presented now, there is really no higher rating.

Due to the ubiquitous malice in the dungeon after being transformed by the nightmare, in terms of mortality, it is indeed enough to be rated as S-level.

"correct,"

Wen Jianyan seemed to suddenly think of something.

He turned his head, looked at the anchor beside him, and asked in a low voice, "I remember, didn't you say before that your dungeon exploration degree is close to 100? Why did you finally choose to break the prison and destroy the dungeon to achieve this? What about platinum?"

Wen Jianyan wasn't going to ask this question until the anchor of Hugo Squad explained the plan carefully to him.

Because, according to the previous barrage in the live broadcast room and the anchor dialogue he heard, Wen Jianyan always thought that the last "ceremony" was actually the last step to advance the exploration of the dungeon, but what he didn't expect was that this "ceremony" The purpose is to destroy the prison and release the evil spirit

Since the degree of exploration has retreated so high, why should we choose a more dangerous and more difficult way?

"Damn, you don't know that," the anchor sighed, shook his head, and said:

"To tell you the truth, our dungeon exploration degree has advanced to 92, basically all the places that can be explored have been explored, and all the puzzles that can be solved have been solved, except for some special items taken by other teams. In addition, we also used the guiding hand to search the entire dungeon. Basically, the entire collection is almost the same. Not only did we get the help of some NPCs, but we also found out the essence of the dungeon. , but I don't know why, the last 8 progress bars have no way to advance"

He shrugged: "We originally thought about it, but the captain explained that since we've come this far, there's no need to leave this dungeon alone, just don't do it again and again, and completely get the platinum achievement. something happened."

Wen Jianyan was stunned.

He raised his eyes and looked towards Hugo not far away.

The other party stood at the door of the hotel, facing the gloomy town in front of him, and seemed to be bowing his head and talking to the person next to him. His tall figure gave people an inexplicable pressure.

Although Wen Jianyan has not had more contact with Hugo, and has no intention to use his own perspective to evaluate the other's behavior, but according to the information disclosed by the other team members, Hugo is indeed a ruthless guy. Be cruel to others and be cruel to yourself.

Ordinary anchors often only seek to earn more points and come back alive. Fortunately, they can live longer in the anchor space, and their purpose is more to "survive", not anything else.

But obviously, when he was just an A-level anchor, Hugo was already living his life with a ruthless utilitarian mentality. What he was pursuing was not just survival, but more platinum achievements. , no wonder they would rate him with Tangerine Candy:

Strong, but not suitable for teams.

However, this alone does not fully explain why Hugo was the only anchor who left the copy of [Xingwang Hotel].

Seemingly aware of the sight behind him, Hugo turned his head slightly and looked behind him.

Not far behind, the girl in the white dress was chatting with the anchor next to her in a low voice, her expression was focused, she seemed to have nothing else to do, and there was no sign of looking in this direction.

Hugo's gaze stayed on the strange girl not far away for a moment, and then he retracted his gaze and said to everyone:

"gone."

Saying that, he took out something from his backpack.

Just listening to the sound of "chi", a cluster of small flames sprang up, and a slight orange-red light illuminated a small open space around. Wen Jian looked over without a trace.

Hugo held a lamp in his hand.

The light of the lamp was not very bright, but in this gloomy and disturbing town, it somehow dispelled the surrounding shadows.

Wen Jianyan narrowed his eyes.

if he read it right

This was the same lamp that the hotel manager had held in the dark before.

Holding the lamp, he took all the anchors who passed the "internship assessment" to the staff dormitory, which is the real copy of [Xingwang Hotel]. And this lamp should be the same as the oil lamp in the [Prosperity Building] dungeon. It is a prop in the original dungeon that can prevent disasters. Therefore, during the period of rest in the staff dormitory, they could not be disturbed by the ghosts in the copy all night.

At the moment when Hugo took out the lamp, Wen Jianyan finally understood the twists and turns.

A group of people walked along the bluestone road towards the town.

Just like what the anchor said just now, it seems that they have indeed mastered the entire dungeon, and they seem to be very familiar with it. Especially without the obstruction of the rain, their movements were very smooth and did not encounter any obstacles.

Soon, Wen Jianyan recognized that they had come to the vicinity of the commercial street.

Even with lights for protection, walking in such a dangerous place always makes people involuntarily raise their vigilance. The anchor who had been chattering from the beginning also subconsciously stopped, and silently followed the team forward.

Wen Jianyan stood in the team, turned sideways without a trace, and looked to both sides of the road.

The door of the low house was half closed, and it was immersed in darkness.

Through the thick shadows, I could vaguely see that the stiff corpse was standing inside the door, with a pair of mindless eyes looking in this direction, making one's spine shiver.

"Don't look at them." The anchor on the side lowered his voice and reminded.

"Although lights can cover our breath, they cannot make us disappear."

he said quietly.

"If you get their attention, the lights are useless."

Wen Jianyan's heart skipped a beat, hurriedly looked away, and nodded.

I don't know how long it took, but soon, Hugo, who was walking at the front, stopped. Wen Jianyan raised her head.

Across the shoulders of the people in front, he saw the familiar commercial street.

Unlike the mirror world, the commercial street is not immersed in the misty rain, on the contrary, it is indeed shrouded in a gloomy shadow. The narrow road leads into the distance, and the storefronts on both sides are dead silent, which is disturbing.

The anchor on the side stared at the commercial street in front of him with a particularly heavy expression: "Many anchors have visited this street, and they all have lights in their hands, but for some reason, none of the teams came back alive." He turned towards Wen Jianyan glanced at "except you."

Hugo's indifferent voice "Wen Wen" came from the front.

"Quick, calling you." The anchor tweeted Wen Jianyan.

Wen Jianyan took a deep breath, passed through the separated teams, and came to Hugo's side.

Hugo stood there, his sharp face was slightly illuminated by the light, he lowered his head and looked over. "What Your Writing Tells You"

Wen Jianyan glanced at the dark and dead street not far away and said, "This street cannot be entered by a living person."

He can read and write ass.

This is the rule he tried out with his life in the mirror copy before.

Hugo frowned, as if he did not understand the meaning of this sentence.

"Because of this, none of the anchors who went in to explore the path before came out alive."

The girl raised a thin white finger, lit the lamp in his hand, and said without changing her face, "It can only cover our breath, and it cannot make us dead."

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"You can learn and sell now!"

Hugo narrowed his eyes, "Then how did your team get in?"

Wen Jianyan raised her eyes, her white porcelain-like face was slightly brightened by the light, and the light-colored eyeballs were filled with fire. He pointed to the clothing store beside him, "Just be dead."

Following the direction of Wen Jianyan's fingers, Hugo's eyes fell on the clothing store with the door slightly open. He nodded "Okay."

With that said, Hugo took a step forward and walked towards the clothing store.

Wen Jianyan and other anchors followed.

The appearance of the clothes is not much different from the memory.

The dimly lit storefront was empty, except for countless hangers full of clothes, waiting motionless in the darkness. The dusty room reeked of a rotten musty stench.

"These clothes are human leather clothes." Wen Jianyan said.

man, man leather

Hearing this, everyone involuntarily felt a sense of fear in their hearts, and subconsciously took a step away from the clothes.

"Wearing them can cover the human breath and disguise as a dead person, at least for the first half of the journey." Wen Jianyan.

Hugo nodded "Okay."

He turned his head to the anchors in the team and ordered, "Everyone take one."

Wen Jianyan suddenly thought of something and continued:

"Yes, but be careful, if you wear these clothes for too long, it is very likely that you will also become a ghost."

Hugo nodded:

"remember."

Listening to the conversation between the two, the team members behind them were all in a trance, staring at the backs of the two dully.

They used to think that their captain was crazy enough

But what's going on now?

Why is this little girl who looks weak and weak, just as crazy as their captain? !

Everyone was in a trance, but they still turned around and walked towards the leather jackets that were hung on the racks.

Although they are still heartbroken because of the original materials of these clothes, they are senior anchors after all, enough to overcome their own psychological barriers. Soon, everyone took one from the hanger.

After doing all this, everyone turned around and prepared to walk out of the store.

However, just a second before Hugo was about to cross the threshold——

Behind, in the empty and dark storefront, a stiff voice suddenly sounded:

"A total of eight yuan."

Hearing that voice, Wen Jianyan couldn't help but take a breath, and her pupils contracted slightly. This has never appeared in the copy of the mirror [Xingwang Hotel]

The voice echoed in the empty shop, as if it sounded close to the ear, making people feel chills and chills all over. Everyone couldn't help but turn their heads subconsciously, looking in the direction from which the voice came.

The shop is almost indistinguishable from just now.

Dark corners, neat hangers, motionless leather jackets.

However, behind the counter that had just been empty, a dark figure appeared at an unknown time.

I can't see my face, I can't see my figure, it seems like a stain on the wall, the shadow scene is standing there, the edges are blurred, as if it will melt into the darkness in the next second, giving people a very ominous feeling Sen Leng felt that it didn't move either, just repeated in the same tone:

"A total of eight yuan."