Death Spiral [Infinite Flow] - Chapter 157

    Just in case, Lian Qiao stole the ancient dragon novel before leaving the detention center.

    After coming out, I found that the outside has changed. Outside the original block, an entire street appeared out of thin air.

    In the new block, there are hospitals, game halls, Internet cafes, hair salons and other facilities. There is also a primary school called OO Primary School. But looking at the decoration of the school entrance, it seems to be a poor school.

    The most obvious difference is that the door of OO Primary School is always open, and students can come in and out at any time. The security guards smoked and played cards in the guard booths and didn’t care at all.

    On the way to the hospital, Lian Qiao observed the surrounding environment. Doubts popped up one after another.

    Is it because Honeysuckle was dropped out of XX elementary school, so a new elementary school was unlocked? Does he have to go to school? What if you don’t go to school?

    Also, the most critical elevators and buttons have no clue yet. What does this dungeon mean? It can’t really be set up to let Honeysuckle experience a happy childhood, right?

    The hospital is located at the end of the new block. It is a small community hospital with extremely weak medical capacity. When Lian Qiao walked into the hospital, he happened to see the monk bargaining with the staff at the toll office.

    “The monks don’t lie, I say no money means really no money… No, no, I don’t want to default, I just want to discuss with you, can it be delayed for two more days?”

    Lian Qiao went over to pat him, and the monk was pleasantly surprised: “Yo, you released it.”

    “Hmm. Where is he?” Lian Qiao asked.

    The monk showed him the way. Lian Qiao walked to the front of the ward and wanted to knock on the door, but his outstretched hand stopped in midair.

    While he was hesitating, the door of the ward was pulled open. Little Honeysuckle stood behind the door and smiled at him.

    “You’re finally released.”

    Little Honeysuckle has grown a year older, and the facial features on his face are more open than before, and it has the taste of his adulthood. Lian Qiao’s heart softened, and the sadness filled his chest. He wanted to hug Honeysuckle very much, but his body was stiff, like being filled with lead water.

     Honeysuckle said: “Come in, what are you doing?” and reached out to pull him.

    The soft hands were slightly cold. Lian Qiao was still a little dumbfounded when he was pulled in front of the hospital bed. It wasn’t until Ren Dong pulled over a stool and ordered him to sit down, Lian Qiao sat down obediently.

    Little Honeysuckle climbed onto the bed, wrapped herself in the quilt, and rubbed her little hands to keep warm. Lian Qiao finally came back to his senses, realizing that it was winter again, and the honeysuckle was wearing less clothes, and then crawled out of the bed to open the door for himself, it must be freezing.

    Lian Qiao took his hand subconsciously, put it on his lips, and breathed lightly into his hand.

    “…” Little Honeysuckle’s eyes were shining, looking at him, a touch of tenderness gradually faded.

    Lian Qiao met his eyes and panicked immediately. His face turned red for no apparent reason, and he quickly lowered his head.

    “…I’m sorry.” He lowered his head deeply, with a look of confession and punishment, “I…”

    “I understand.” Honeysuckle interrupted him, put her little face in front of him, and said softly, “Hugg me and I’ll forgive you.”

    Lian Qiao was taken aback. He immediately took him into his arms.

    “Honeysuckle…” Lian Qiao wanted to rub him into his body, but he was afraid of hurting him. He was only nine years old, a child. The feeling of holding him is so unfamiliar, but… but this is his honeysuckle.

    Honeysuckle also stretched out a small short hand and put his arms around his waist with difficulty.

    Alas, this body is really inconvenient, and it is too short to hold someone.

    In fact, he wanted to say “kiss me and I’ll forgive you”, but this body… let alone Joe, he felt awkward.

    If only he could grow up earlier, he really wants to be close to Lian Qiao.

    The two hugged each other for a while, and a bald head suddenly appeared outside the ward. The monk saw these two people from afar, hugging each other like a father and son reunited after a long absence. The scene was earth-shattering. But he, who knew the real relationship between the two, couldn’t help but think wickedly: I want to see if you can stick to the bottom line of morality!

    As a result of peeping for a long time, the two of them just hugged, and there was no movement below the neck.

    The monk left disappointed.

    The two people in the greasy crook didn’t notice it at all. I don’t know how long it took, Xiao Rendong finally struggled.

    “…Backache.” He blushed and whispered.

    Lian Qiao quickly put him back on the bed, covered him with a quilt, and blushed, “I’m sorry.”

    Lin Dong laughed: “Don’t apologize, just turn the page. By the way,” he changed the subject, “Did you find anything in the detention center?”

    “Oh, yes!” Lian Qiao immediately took out the Gulong novel that he passed along from his pocket, “I found that a policeman has been reading novels.”

    “…?” Little Honeysuckle raised his eyebrows in surprise, “Fiction? Is it a clue?”

    Lian Qiao: “I don’t know.”

     Honeysuckle said: “Let me see.”

    He took over the novel and studied it carefully.

    The cover of the novel has a sense of age, which is often seen in the Xinhua Bookstore when I was a child. There is no problem with content typesetting and printing batches. The feel to the touch is also normal, and it was a common paper in that era.

    Honeysuckle studied for a while, but didn’t see anything special, and said a little confusedly: “What did you see?”

    Even Joe: “I don’t see anything. I think this book is very ordinary.”

    Little Honeysuckle: “…?” Why does he feel that Lian Qiao is a little weird today, as if the brain circuit is not normal?

    Wait, is he not normal, or am I too stupid to follow his train of thought?

    Judging from the painful experience of Honeysuckle’s many rebirths, there is no doubt that even Joe is a boss, and that he is a rookie. So at this time Ren Dong had to submit to the boss, and asked expectantly: “So what?”

     Even Joe said: “I don’t know. I don’t think there is any clue in this book.”

    Xu Rendong is really stunned: “Didn’t you steal this book yourself? What did you steal from him without a clue?”

    Is it really tired of raising a baby and want to read a novel to relax? !

    Honeysuckle’s expression is weird, and a subtle complex emotion arises in her heart. Lian Qiao didn’t notice this, just touched the cover of the novel and said thoughtfully: “When I was in the detention room, the policeman kept shaking the novel in front of me. According to the urine quality of previous copies, this novel There must be some clues in it. But…I can’t find anything special in this book.”

    Lian Qiao paused for a while and continued: “My dad also liked to read Gulong back then, and there are several complete works of Gulong on the bookshelf at home. I have seen this version of the book, no matter in content or style, it is all the same. It’s exactly the same as the one on my bookshelf, there’s no difference.”

    Honeysuckle looked down at the book, lost in thought.

    “So…” Honeysuckle said slowly, “What do you want to say?”

     Even Joe did not speak.

    Little Honeysuckle raised her head and stared straight at him: “If you think of something, just say it. There is nothing to avoid.”

    “I’m not shy. I just have a vague feeling.” Lian Qiao smiled and reached out to rub his hair, “The reason why this book appears here may be because, in reality, , it really exists.”

    “…” The corners of Ren Dong’s eyes twitched slightly, “You mean, this is the reality…”

    Lian Qiao: “It’s a reflection of reality.”

    Honeysuckle was stunned.

    Refracted? Why refraction?

    Lian Joe played with his fingertips in his hair. At this time, the little honeysuckle was only nine years old, and her hair was soft and short. Lian Joe ruffled his hair easily.

    “When light goes from one medium to another, it refracts. The light’s forward path is changed.” Lian Qiao’s voice was soft and slow, like a patient teacher , “But light is still light. Medium…”

    Lin Dong impatiently pushed his hand away and interrupted: “Speak human language. I don’t understand.”

    “…” Lian Qiao realized that he had accidentally pretended to be a coward. In fact, he did not deliberately show off his knowledge. He himself studied science, and subconsciously regarded physics as common sense, without taking into account that the field of knowledge of Honeysuckle did not coincide with his.

    He coughed a little embarrassedly: “Well, to put it simply, most of the things in this copy are the same as in reality. It feels like a combination of your memory and recognition splicing them together… or condensing them and putting them together?”

    So you can understand it! What a refraction!

    Little Honeysuckle pouted, and the discomfort gradually dissipated.

    “Because I’m the key player this time, the world is centered on me?” Little Honeysuckle touched his chin, thinking, “But isn’t this obvious? Every morning The subtitles follow my growth, and it makes sense that the world revolves around me.”

    Lian Qiao: “No, that’s not the point. I think the biggest difference between this dungeon and the previous ones is that this time the ghosts can be defeated and are easier to fight. Especially After meeting the Peking Opera monk, we are no longer threatened by ghosts.”

    “That’s right.” Honeysuckle nodded, and was about to say, isn’t this a good thing, but a flash of lightning suddenly flashed in his mind.

    —No, that’s not necessarily a good thing.

    In retrospect, he has died several times so far, none of which was a ghost.

    The first time was as a baby who froze to death directly at the entrance of the orphanage, the second time was pneumonia, the third time was allergic to shrimp sticks, and the fourth time was abducted by a beggar group, maimed to death…

    It can be said that these methods of death are reasonable even in reality!

    Is this the so-called “refraction of reality”?

    In other words, the danger of this dungeon is not ghosts, but reasonable death based on reality.

    But what does it mean…why is this dungeon so different? Just because he’s a key player?

    No, not right. In “Keyless Lock”, Iwami Chuan is also a key player. But that dungeon was bizarre. Not only did all kinds of incredible monsters and curses appear, but even the weather became extraordinarily abnormal. A heavy rain can submerge an entire tulou in a few hours. How is this possible in reality?

    So, why is this dungeon so special?

    …will this be the key to the puzzle?

    At this time, Honeysuckle also had the same idea as Lian Qiao: there is a very important missing link in the reasoning, so that it is impossible to integrate these fragments into a complete puzzle.

    Little Honeysuckle held her chin with a solemn expression and fell into thinking. Lian Qiao looked at him and suddenly laughed.

    Honeysuckle raised her eyes: “What are you laughing at?”

    Lian Qiao: “Nothing, just looking at you, reminds me of a Japanese anime.”

    Honeysuckle: “What?”

    Lian Qiao: “The Elementary School Student.” (Note)

    Honeysuckle: “???”

    Lian Qiao: “Hahaha, I feel like I have set up a flag. Fortunately, you have already dropped out of school. You are now a dropout student.”

    Honeysuckle: “??????” What are you talking about.

    Just as the two were laughing, the door of the ward was pushed open. A bright bald head came in, squinted and asked with a smile, “Are you finished?”

    …It sounds like we are doing something shameful.

    Little Honeysuckle frowned. Even Qiao was not very happy when he heard this, and said coldly, “Why? Is there any bad news for me?”

    The monk walked in, took out a piece of paper from his pocket, and said, “There is one news, but I don’t know if it’s good or bad. See for yourself.”

    He held the piece of paper in front of the two of them. When the two of them looked at it, they saw that it said:

    “Admission Letter.”

    The signature is OO Elementary.

     Ren Dong took the admission notice and said in surprise, “Didn’t I just get dropped out of XX Primary School? Why did another OO Primary School pop up?”

    Lian Qiao was holding his forehead.

    It’s over, it’s over, it’s really become a death student.

    However, there is at least one good thing about the Reaper pupil, that is, the pupil himself will not die.

    That’s enough.

    The author has something to say:

    Note: Reaper pupils: Conan.