You didn't follow the routine at all, did you?

Taking into account the reason for the ringing of the bell, Qiu Nanhuan decided to take action the next day to test the effect of the colored pills first.

Otherwise, people will disappear while running, which means that the work is in vain.

It's not easy to ask questions at night. The NPCs in the town are very healthy and rest after dark. They can't break into the B\u0026B at night and forcefully drag people up to ask questions.

Because they probably can't defeat the indigenous people here.

The attributes of these NPCs seem to be average, and there are dozens or hundreds of them, but the giant sand bugs have left a deep impression on them, and the mobs are so fierce, so it is better to provoke less NPCs.

So let’s go to bed first.

After a long day's journey, take a good rest and recharge yourself so that you can work better tomorrow.

As for where to sleep...

This thing I had never considered became a problem.

It was said that they would take action the next day, but some players couldn't help it. After the meeting, they started asking around. First, they asked the NPCs in Town 1, looking for a place to live, and then went to 2, 3, and 4. , Town No. 5, I visited several places in a row, but couldn't find an empty house.

People with good eloquence, such as Lao Li Tou, can get a woman in a few words, successfully enter the house, and gain a place in the house.

Those who couldn't move their mouths had to sleep on the street or in the desert. The former looked too desolate and the latter was too dangerous, so everyone finally decided to build a bunkhouse in the square together.

If everyone is in trouble, it means that no one is in trouble.

Gu Chi wasn't surprised at all that he couldn't find a place to live. After all, although this place looked like a town, it was actually a prison for exile. According to Nataya, a new group of people had just arrived here in the past few months, and the "cells" were all It's full, so it will probably take a few days before a spot becomes available.

Gu Chi was not worried at all.

Who gave him the power of speech?

He took Sister Xia Leng, You Youzi and others, as well as Dr. Chen, who rushed to the town just before dark, and went on a killing spree outside the city, killing a bunch of bugs, and then built a house on the spot.

Gu Chi did not ask Xiao Poyou to get his 60,000 attributes for the time being.

First, it is not needed for the time being. His spiritual power is still enough, and he can ensure the safety of the team without using Daoyun.

The second is that Gu Chi is wary of Xiao Poyou.

Although grinding legends in this book was not banned immediately last time, Xiao Poyou is now smarter and reacts faster. If he liberates himself in advance and Xiao Poyou patches him up at the speed of light, it will be a lot of fun.

After Gu Chi gets the attributes, he needs to clear the dungeon as quickly as possible, or kill the shadow of the God of Fools, without giving Xiao Poyou a chance to punish him.

Bug fixing is also a technical job, and every time it is a race against Xiaopoyou.

On the other hand, Gu Chi didn't want to attract the attention of the old gods - he wasn't sure whether the old gods could sense the changes in the world through shadows or other means. If he accidentally attracted the real old gods, the difficulty of the copy might increase again. It's going to become Ω, the kind that can't be cleared by any serious person.

For this reason, Gu Chi did not intend to attack other shadows of the old gods.

At first, he heard that the twelve gods were all shadows. He wanted to eliminate all the shadows except the God of Destiny to gain more points. However, the shadows of the old gods were closely related to the old gods themselves, so that would not be feasible. So excited.

So Gu Chi decided to lay an ambush and ignore the other shadows of the old gods. When the God of Fools was on duty, he would pop out and give the other party a surprise.

Now let's make do with more than a hundred rhymes.

It’s definitely not enough to build a big house directly, but he can split the steps.

Working wall by wall, Gu Chi finally built a nine-story villa in the desert just before the bell. He spent an hour building it.

The first floor is still designed according to home decoration, with everything including a sofa and TV - although the TV cannot be watched, the family atmosphere is full.

Xia Leng's eyebrows curled up unconsciously.

She felt that if she listed everything she liked about this man, she might not be able to finish it in a notebook.

The remaining floors are decorated in a classic Chinese style, focusing on the number of rooms. A staircase is added to the side, so you don’t have to enter the house to go up or down, so it can be accommodated by Force 39 and others.

Gu Chi also conveniently built a fence nearby and planted some cacti with his mouth. The whole thing looked like a desert manor.

Ye Maohan and others were dumbfounded three times.

What kind of outrageous operation is this?

When he first asked Gu Chi to take notes, and said he wanted Gu Chi and Xia Leng to come over for their honeymoon, it was all a joke, but in the end, was this guy serious? ?

Can you build your own villa in the dungeon?

In the square, many players had put on a few pieces of clothing and were lying quite comfortably, but when they turned around, they saw that there was an inexplicable castle-like mansion outside the city.

The luxurious and exquisite appearance formed an extremely sharp contrast with the old towns that were about to be buried. They suddenly felt that their floors were not fragrant.

"It's too much... It's simply too much!" A male player wiped the sweat from his forehead and said angrily, "Opening up wasteland is such a hard work that requires struggle, how can you just enjoy it?"

"That's right!" A female player agreed, "Suffering makes people progress, and pleasure makes people degrade. This attitude is very inappropriate!"

At this time, a force 39 passed by the square with brisk steps. It seemed that he was in a good mood and seemed to be going to live in a big house.

The male player immediately said: "Brother Ninth, you must take me in. I will criticize their bad style in person!"

Female player: "?"

Power 39: "..."

Everyone: "..."

Tui, I don’t even bother to expose you, hypocritical man!

In the desert villa, Chengcheng sighed while drinking frozen juice: "He is indeed a cheating man."

Last time he waved his hand in Wuquxing, the capital was full of banquets, and this time he built a sand-view room. Is there anything he can't do?

Gu Chi said again: "I reiterate, I, Gu Changge, am not cheating."

Orange Chicken nodded like pecking rice: "Ah, yes, yes, you didn't open it, I opened it."

She turned on her luck and was able to hug the Emperor of Heaven's long legs every time these days!

Gu Chi: "..."

Forget it, let’s just show it off for a while.

The body is upright and not afraid of slanting shadows.

Gu Chi was too lazy to explain any more and asked Youyouzi, "Do you and Lingmao know each other?"

"We just met." Youyouzi bit the pipe of the suction pipe, "Then we started fighting with me."

Gu Chi said amusedly: "Don't you guys know how to check your ID?"

Youyouzi tilted his head: "What ID? I don't know Gu Yuan, I only know Mr. Prophet."

Gu Chi rolled his eyes: "Then you two can continue arguing."

Youyouzi smiled and said: "Yes!"

She drank the frozen juice produced by Guangchi and actually went there.

"I won't disturb your world of three anymore." Chengcheng ran away.

Except for sisters Gu Chi and Xia Leng who live on the first floor, everyone else is upstairs.

Lingmao is currently nesting in the room on the second floor, sitting on the bed and looking out the window at the sea of ​​​​sand dyed red by the setting sun, looking depressed.

Yuyuko slipped in quietly and sat down next to Suzuneko. Suzuneko was so frightened that she almost rolled under the bed.

Lingmao patted his undulating chest and said angrily: "What are you doing? Scaring people will scare them to death!"

Youyouzi blinked: "I'm helping you adjust your emotions."

She had noticed a long time ago that Lingmao had been in a bad mood since Gu Chi appeared. Why was this?

You have found your boss, shouldn’t you be happy?

As someone who has had similar experiences, Youyuko is very sure of her own judgment: "Kitty cat, you have a problem."

Lingmao glared at her: "You are the one with the problem."

Youyouzi patted Lingmao's leg angrily and said, "No need to hide it, I can understand you."

Lingmao pretended not to understand: "What do you understand?"

"How I feel." Youyouzi said, "When I first learned about this, I had the same thoughts as you."

Lingmao: "Same as me?"

Youyouzi nodded: "Yes, Shark Qingchi, grab the boss."

Lingmao: "???"

She didn't think so!

Qingchi is a goddess, a "goddess" recognized by players. There is also a word "武" hidden between these two words. How can she beat her?

A hundred of her are not enough to beat the goddess.

Youyouzi looks more powerful than her, but she doesn't look like someone who can compete with a goddess. How dare she?

"Do you think there is a big gap between me and Qingchi?" In fact, as long as she is not in Wuquxing, she has no chance of winning, so what if she doesn't? Youyouzi said: "It doesn't matter, it's just a game. The worst thing you can do is die, and you'll be a hero in the next instance. Playing a game with your hands tied would be too bad for yourself."

Lingmao: "..."

That seems to be the truth?

A submissive person in real life, but a heavy punch in the game?

"So I did it then." Youyouzi said, "The result..."

"I understand." Before she could finish speaking, Lingmao suddenly stood up, holding a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, with a firm look on his eyes.

The heavy shield was bigger than her and looked cute.

Youyouzi: "?"

"What do you want to do?"

"Robbing people."

Lingmao said: "Didn't you say that the worst case scenario would be death?"

Youyouzi: "???"

That's true, but just listen to what I have to say!

She hasn't said the final fate yet.

Yuyuko was just stating her thoughts at that time, hoping to use her story to teach Suzuneko a lesson.

It really hurts to have your hand chopped off.

It's best for Lingmao not to have bold ideas, but to hold them back if he does, and don't be impulsive, otherwise he won't say anything and will cause trouble to Mr. Prophet.

This is not a PVP copy.

Yuyuko didn't want to see Suzume being mercilessly tortured by the goddess, nor did she want to see Mr. Prophet in trouble, so she came to persuade the girl to give her a vaccination.

But she didn't know that the needle was only halfway in, and the medicine hadn't even started to be injected yet. Lingmao "realized" that she was caught off guard, and said with a serious face: "I think what you said makes sense. Anyway, I often die in this book." Come and die, no less than this time."

With that said, he was about to go out to Guchi.

Youyouzi hurriedly grabbed her: "Wait!"

She had to let Lingmao leave the room, but when asked later, Mr. Prophet might have thought she was the instigator.

Lingmao: "I have made up my mind, don't stop me."

Youyouzi: "No! You are not allowed to go!"

Bellcat is actually just pretending.

The most important thing in making friends is to have something in common. Yuyuko is impulsive, and she is also impulsive, so isn't there a topic?

After working on this copy for half a year, Lingmao is no longer the stupid and cute person it once was - at least not completely.

Moreover, if Yuyouzi hadn't stopped her, there was a real possibility that she would treat her as a mole.

The boss led her to open up wasteland, and she still caused trouble for him. Isn't that just being ignorant?

She is so well-behaved, how could she do such a thing?

Anyone who tries to ruin the relationship between her and the boss is a bad person!

Yuyuko didn't know Suzumona well and didn't realize she was acting. She thought Suzumona was really going and wouldn't let the girl go no matter what.

"Let me go quickly, I promise not to turn you in." Lingmao said.

Youyouzi: "Don't let go."

Lingmao said half-seriously, "Then I can go say hello to the boss, right?"

From the time Gu Chi appeared until now, the two goddesses have been guarding Gu Chi, and she couldn't find a chance to talk to them.

Youyouzi didn't believe it and threatened fiercely: "Don't try to lie to me. If you do this again, I will tie you up."

Unexpectedly, Lingmao was startled: "Are you serious?"

Youyouzi: "Of course."

She thought the girl didn't believe it, so she emphasized her tone: "Don't think I don't dare, I even tied up Mr. Prophet."

"That's great!" Lingmao was a little hesitant at first, but when he heard that Yuyouzi had tied up Gu Chi, he threw away his heavy shield and sword, and took the initiative to put his hands together and stretched them out in front of Youyouzi, "Quickly, tie me up. I."

Her delicate and red face revealed a shy smile: "Remember to use the same rope that tied the boss."

Youyouzi: "???"

The setting sun gradually disappeared into the horizon.

The dim afterglow shone through the window, witnessing the birth of a wonderful friendship.

The two girls initially had their own concerns to prevent the other from being a mole, but through a large iron chain, the suspicion between strangers was eliminated.

One likes to tie people and the other likes to be tied. This should be a stronger friendship than ordinary friends.

Gu Chi didn't know what was happening upstairs, so he was sitting on the sofa chatting with the sisters.

Other players are looking eagerly to the west.

They have fallen down countless times this night, and now they are facing the bell again, and it is inevitable that they will feel a little nervous.

Part of this tension was brought to them by Gu Chi.

During the day, they had already skipped the first two stages, and Gu Chi was proven to be able to kill elite monsters instantly with one sword. This cheat-like combat power raised their probability of clearing this wasteland to an unprecedented level. It can be said that, As long as you survive the bell and have enough time to launch a strategy, the first kill is basically within your grasp.

Tonight is very crucial.

When only the last glowing outline of the setting sun remained, All Night Long sent a copy of the trumpet.

【Everyone is taking drugs! ! 】

At this moment, almost all the players threw the colored pills they had prepared into their mouths.

After chewing it, it is quite fragrant and tastes like slightly mushy chocolate beans.

but……

The bell didn't ring.

The lightless darkness in memory has not come either.

The sun has completely set, but the night still has the gleam that an ordinary night should have.

It was still dark, but not as suffocating as pure darkness.

A second passes.

Two seconds pass.

Ten seconds passed...

Nothing happened.

Only the hot night wind stirred up the dust and made a whistling sound.

Old Li Tou on the kang: "?"

Ye Maohan on the top floor of the villa: "?"

Players camping in the square: "?"

Gu Chi and Xia Ling, who didn't take this matter to heart at first, were also stunned.

"Where's the bell?"

Xia Ling said inexplicably: "The God of Darkness is off work?"

"Could it be a shift change?" Xia Leng asked, "Fooling?"

Gu Chi quickly walked to the window and took a look.

At this time, the moon just rose from the east, bright and round.

"It shouldn't be a fool." Gu Chi didn't say it too harshly.

When a copy of a god is involved, anything can happen.

But he is now at level 10 divinity, so he can be sure that he has not entered the illusion.

Maybe the God of Fools only has this kind of attack method, but if it is not an illusion, it means that the bell is not hidden, but is indeed not rung.

The ringing of the Dust Knell is a big rule, and Nataya also clearly told him that the Shadow of the Old God would ring the bell every day. She couldn't remember how many years it had been ringing, but she was sure that there would never be a day when the bell didn't ring.

Tonight should be the Dark God.

Whether it's the old players' impressions of the first bell or the information they learned from Natalya, this is shown.

And now a while has passed, and not only has the bell not rang, but nothing has happened.

It seemed like this was an ordinary night in the desert, sultry but peaceful.

"Did the God of Darkness really skip work?" Xia Ling didn't quite believe it.

Dust Death Knell is not a new version. Players have been playing for so many years and have died countless times under the bell of the God of Darkness. He doesn’t skip work early or late, but when it’s their turn, the God of Darkness doesn’t knock. It's time. It couldn't be that she was scared by her brother, right?

Gu Chi was silent for a moment: "It's also possible that he can't knock it."

Xia Leng: "..."

She seemed to understand what Gu Chi meant.

Xia Ling reacted and opened her eyes slightly: "Isn't it because you destroyed the Dark City?"

The God of Darkness didn't skip work, on the contrary, he came too early and was still doing his own thing in the city, but was taken away by the tornado following Gu Chi?

Xia Ling: "..."

Should she say that the God of Darkness is delicious, or should she say that Brother Gu Chi is awesome?

Gu Chi never thought that the script would develop in such a way.

If the shadow of the God of Darkness is really gone, the lack of bells would naturally be explained, but this is not necessarily a good thing.

The death of the shadow of the old god will cause the old god to be injured. Maybe the god of darkness is already on his way to kill him...

The good news is that the difficulty of the dungeon has not changed.

Maybe things are not as bad as imagined.

Gu Chi thought again and said, "You guys can rest as usual tonight, I'll keep watch."

Xia Leng: "Don't sleep all night?"

Gu Chi: "Well, I just need to hold you."

He wasn't going to take off his clothes either.

Once a situation arises, he will immediately go to Strength 39PY.

"What about me?" Xia Ling said unhappily, "You just hold her?"

Gu Chi asked strangely: "Don't you sleep under the bed?"

Xia Ling: "?"

This guy really wants to hear the noise under the bed?

"Smelly Guchi, do you deserve a bite?"

Gu Chi: "..."

He remembered that girls used to say they "shouldn't have sex".

Xia Leng keenly tasted the details and gave Xia Ling a meaningful look.

She didn't allow Xia Ling to eat secretly, but Xia Ling didn't tell her that these were two different concepts.

Xia Ling looked away guiltily and hesitated: "Um, is there a quilt covering the bottom of the bed?"

Gu Chi: "..."

Xia Leng: "..."

Gu Chi joked: "Don't bite me anymore?"

It took Xia Leng to control Xia Ling. He could only play support and occasionally output waves.

Xia Ling glared at Gu Chi. She would definitely make this guy twitch and beg for mercy when she came out!

Although Gu Chi was not afraid at all, it was a joke and it was impossible to really let Xia Ling sleep under the bed.

But he really didn't intend to sleep.

In the words of Lemon Gouzi, it doesn’t make sense at all, so how can I sleep?

His BUFF only lasts for one copy. If he can't clear the level this time, he will really have to start clearing the land step by step. Difficulty is the same thing, but it mainly wastes time.

Gu Chi didn't want any accidents to happen, so he had to hug the two sisters and close his eyes to rest.

He didn't mention changing shifts, and neither did Xia Leng.

On the one hand, she would not agree if Gu Chi was mentioned. On the other hand, she also enjoyed being taken care of by Gu Chi.

It's a trivial matter. For the player, it doesn't matter if he doesn't sleep for a few days, it won't affect anything, but essentially, this is Gu Chi taking care of her and Xia Ling.

Xia Leng would not be too pretentious with Gu Chi, nor would she cover up her occasional greed and willfulness. After washing, she gave Gu Chi a good night kiss and then slept in his arms on his left side, while Xia Ling gave her right to secretly I’ll ask about the details of the meal when I get back.

A night of silence.

Get up the next day.

Gu Chi discovered that he was not the only one who didn't sleep last night.

Doctor Chen, Youyouzi, Chengcheng, Lingmao, Power 39 and others in the villa were all awake.

Most of the players in the square were not asleep either.

Who dares to sleep!

The bell never rang, so they were always on tenterhooks, fearing that some god might knock it unexpectedly after they fell asleep.

They stayed up all night and even organized people to go to the outskirts of the towns all night long, staring at the west with binoculars. As soon as the death knell appeared, they would immediately sound the loudspeaker to notify everyone to take drugs.

This time it was really hard to have fun all night long.

But until dawn, the bell did not ring.

A large group of people were cooking breakfast in the square with dark circles under their eyes, complaining and smoking.

"This land reclamation is really torture." Dr. Chen couldn't help complaining.

The night was uneventful, which meant they had been battling the air.

But we have to fight.

If the bell doesn't ring tonight, they still won't be able to sleep.

Who knows if this copy has a mechanism similar to delay and settlement.

"There should be bells ringing tonight." Gu Chi said.

Well, it should.

After breakfast, it’s time to work.

Plans have changed slightly.

Because the death knell never appeared, I had to leave some people to take turns watching in the border towns. Each group was reduced from 50 to 40 people.

The "stalking group" of 200 people leaves 50 people at a time, and the rest go to nearby towns to find out information and come over at any time to take over, which can barely be considered a "balance between work and rest."

Gu Chi and others were assigned towns 16-25.

The 40 people briefly introduced themselves to each other and set off from Town No. 1 without wasting much time.

When they arrived at Town No. 16 after a long journey, the townspeople had already gotten up. As soon as they entered the town, they saw many people sweeping the streets with brooms.

"It's a bit strange." Xia Ling whispered, "The last time we entered the city, the ground was obviously very dirty."

It didn't look like someone was cleaning it at all.

In fact, the ground in Town No. 1 was also very dirty yesterday, but there were so many people there that it didn’t look that conspicuous.

Gu Chi signaled for everyone to move freely, and he took Sister Xia Leng to find an elderly woman, and asked with a smile: "Mother-in-law, why did you suddenly think of cleaning today?"

The old woman, wearing cotton and linen gauze, raised her head with a strange look on her wrinkled face: "Today is Sand Sweeping Day, have you forgotten?"

forget?

Do you think of them as "one of your own"?

Xia Ling's play came as a surprise, and she smiled sheepishly and said, "I'm sorry, mother-in-law. When we woke up last night, we found that we had forgotten a lot of things. We couldn't even remember our own names, so we asked questions along the way. Come here, is the Sand Sweeping Festival a very important festival?"

Follow an explanation with a question. No matter how outrageous the explanation is, part of the other person's attention will be diverted to the question.

Xia Ling has been following Gu Chi for so long and has learned some things.

"Poor baby." The old woman glanced at the three amnesia boys in front of her with sympathetic eyes, shook her head, sighed softly, and then replied while sweeping the floor: "Sand Sweeping Festival, it is our annual event. Even if festivals are important, they are not very important. Even if they are not important, they cannot be ignored.”

"Why can't we stop sweeping?" Xia Ling asked curiously.

"Because when people die, they turn into sand."

The old woman said: "If there are too many deaths, the sand will accumulate. If it is not cleaned regularly, the house will be buried."

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