If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon.

Lin Nian walked out of the dark aisle behind him and stepped onto the new platform. He stopped in front of him. He turned around and glanced at the Line 3 transfer sign on the platform pillar not far away. He thought to himself that he might choose to go there. We are on the right road. It seems that we have good luck in choosing one of the three. After leaving Nibelungen, if we can pass by the welfare lottery, we must buy a scratch-off ticket to try our luck.

The dark corridor behind him was littered with corpses, and black blood like a spring flowed out and formed a river into the tunnel. The snake-shaped deadliest nests in the corridor were chopped into pieces like cold cuts, and the cross-section could be clearly seen. You can see the cross-sections of bones, internal organs and nerves, and you can imagine how fast they were cut open with chops. The cylindrical snake tail pieces were stacked on the ground like a warehouse for ingredients for a barbecue buffet.

Whether it was the outside audience watching the live broadcast of the game or the nanny team hiding in the studio watching the surveillance, they were all shocked by the ruthless massacre. Those who could scare a "ruthless person" like Lu Mingfei even a step away I turned around three times, wishing I could walk all the way to the snake's nest silently. Now when this man walked into the aisle and saw the snake's nest, his first reaction was to bend down, pick up the scrap steel pipe on the ground, and knock it on the metal handrail of the aisle. It was jarring. The sound of the noise woke up all the snake-like Deadpools. They pounced on them and chopped them into fillets one by one. They killed them all in one go without leaving any one behind.

How cruel, how arrogant, how deceitful?

Not to mention that some people in the live broadcast channel have started to use terms such as "RMB player" and "cheating dog". At least the two little women in the nanny team scratched their eyebrows. They had long expected to let Lin Nian into the Nibelung. This would have been the case at first, but as a good show, Lin Nian is the finale of the big thing. This kind of big thing should enter the scene at the end. Now Lin Nian's speed is still too fast, somewhat trying to catch up with the script. .

"That loser on Line 2 actually didn't delay him for even a minute." Mai Shutoku frowned and looked at the Japanese man on the split-screen monitor whose neck bones were bent into a V shape and looked like he was kneeling and kowtowing. "This way We can’t go down! We need to slow down his progress, right? Lu Mingfei hasn’t gone deep enough yet. According to the boss’s plan, we have to ensure that Lu Mingfei hits the Dragon King first. Once this guy catches up in advance, it’s estimated that There’s nothing wrong with Lu Mingfei.”

"Don't be impatient. One of the duo on Line 2 has already been killed. It's expected that the remaining one can't do anything with this guy." Potato Chip Girl seemed to be in a good mood, "Don't be in a hurry, don't be in a hurry. Yes, Lu Mingfei has successfully passed the third level and is heading towards Line 4."

"Oh? His progress is also very fast. What is the level of line 3?"

"Maze." Potato Chip Girl said, "Have you ever heard of the Minoan Labyrinth?"

"The one from Greek mythology?"

"Yes, the famous architect Daedalus of Athens was responsible for the design and construction of the labyrinth. The structure is extremely complex, with many entrances and exits, and intricate paths. In mythology, it was used by Minos to imprison the monster he gave birth to after his wife had an affair with a bull. 'The Minotaur' is the one who often appears on the sets of anime and fantasy movies."

"Oh, thank you for your little Greek mythology class. I won't complain about the cheating bull, but you said the next level is a maze? Lu Mingfei doesn't seem to be a person with a strong sense of direction. He walked three blocks in Chicago. You can get lost even if you buy a hot dog! How did he speedrun?"

"He has his own way. The boss has the design drawings of this Nibelungen, and he also let me take a look at them. The boss basically knows the difficulties and traps of each of the 9 levels. Some levels may even be proposed by the boss. It was created with the idea of ​​​​in mind, so naturally there are countermeasures for most situations.”

"You mean the design boss of Nibelungen is also involved?" Mai Shutoku was stunned for a moment.

"I guess there is. After all, matters involving big shots are always up and down, and the boss is always full of enthusiasm when it comes to games."

"Yeah" Mai Shutoku felt unable to refute.

It was not difficult for her to imagine the King of the Earth and the Mountains and the Emperor drawing the sketches of the Nibelungs, while the boss was gesticulating and making suggestions.

"In short, those levels are not difficult for Lu Mingfei. In addition to the 'lunar eclipse', the boss has left some hidden tricks on him to ensure that when he encounters trouble, he can just have a 'flash of inspiration' successfully navigate the crisis.”

"It's like Zhuge Liang's brilliant plan?"

"Uh-huh." Potato Chip Girl shrugged and pursed her lips, saying something like this, "But there are still some levels that are very troublesome, like the boss level starting from the seventh level. After all, Nibelungen is not the boss's say. I just hope that our path can create miracles on its own. Dragon slaying depends on fate in the end. If you have the destiny, the Dragon King will turn his head towards you."

"The boss's order to us is to delay Lin Nian as much as possible, so that he can slow down and reach the end of the level behind Lu Mingfei. How should we delay this evil star? Even if I end the game in person, I can only play the emotional card. ?" Mai Shutoku asked thoughtfully.

"Do you still have emotional cards to play? When did you get in touch with him?" Potato Chip Girl asked unexpectedly.

"Didn't he claim to have a photographic memory at Kassel College? Do you still remember that time at the Wuni Opera House? I bid for something with him in the VIP hall, and we met face to face." Mai Shutoku pointed out.

"Oh, it was the time when you were so scared that your thighs splashed with water, right? I remember." Potato Chip Girl slapped her fleshy thighs with a loud voice.

"I just spilled wine on my legs due to trembling hands, how could I be called so erotic by you?" Mai Shutoku stood behind the potato chip girl at some point and pinched her cheeks.

"A one-time relationship is not enough. He is now at the stage where he can kill people. Try harder and wear something sexy to seduce him! If you can't beat him in bed, you can do it in bed, right? Don't all of you ninjas claim to have practiced sex? Are you skilled in martial arts?" Potato Chip Girl reached behind and wanted to pinch Mai's thigh, which was standing upright, but she was easily dodged by the other party.

"If seduction was possible, the school board would have done this a long time ago." Mai Shutoku stood behind the transfer and clasped her hands and thought seriously, "Do you think I can disguise myself as his senior sister by wearing a Kassel Academy uniform and putting on makeup? Yes, trick him into taking a detour?"

"If you are a student of Cassel College, then I think there should be no boy who would not be impressed by you. The school uniform will look very interesting on your body, right?"

"Damn it." Mai Shutoku sighed in frustration. As a female ninja, her figure should be mediocre, but her mother didn't allow it.

"Stay there honestly, don't think about the outcome. The current Nibelungen is not something that normal people can enter." Potato Chip Girl started operating on the computer in front of the screen, and the dark tunnel in the other split screen A subway is speeding along.

"What are you doing?" Mai Shutoku noticed that a rather old operating system background was cut out on Potato Chip Girl's screen.

"Delay time." Potato Chip Girl said with potato chips in her mouth, "This piece of Nibelungen intercepted the Beigan subway in the historical period and carried out magical reforms, but some things in the grassroots rules were still completely inherited. For example, the underlying code is complex and cannot be changed, and this set of code has a name called "Beigan City Urban Rail Transit Operation and Management Measures". We can access the closed-circuit television through wires, and naturally we can use the same method to cut into the subway departure system. The King of Earth and Mountain’s home can do without an artificial intelligence named ‘Norma’ or ‘Kyushu’ acting as a firewall!”

"You're going to let bugs appear in the game!" Mai Shutoku suddenly realized Potato Chip Girl's conspiracy.

"Bingo! According to the normal game design, a person who has passed the game will always have a train to take him to the next level. This is an iron rule, but we can use the background operation to make this game bug and stop him at the end of the level. , forcing him to wait, or voluntarily quit the game."

"But will it go so smoothly?" Mai Shutoku immediately questioned, "This is a game that the boss participated in the design."

"Of course. No. Once there is a blocking situation, the Nibelungen will regard it as a violation of the rules and will immediately send out 'enforcers' to investigate and correct the chaos - but we are outside the subway now. The law enforcers can't come to us unless the Nibelungen managers cross the network cable to contact us." Potato Chip Girl said, "As you said, this is a game that the boss participated in the design, so the backdoor I used was naturally made by the boss himself. Left. I am going to switch the track of the shuttle train from Line 3 to Line 2. In ten minutes it will collide with another train, so that no car will go to the platform to pick him up. Lu Mingfei There will be enough time to complete the challenge.”

Jiude Mai curled her lips, "It sounds like we are helping Lu Mingfei, but if he knows the truth, he will definitely scold us for meddling in other people's business, right? Now he is probably eager to find Lin Nian right away to join forces. "

"I didn't expect you to have seen such an old cartoon?" Potato Chip Girl looked at Mai Shutoku in surprise as she typed on the keyboard, "Then who is the Ice Soul Sword Master?"

"Then you still need to ask?"

"OK, then from now on, our Rainbow Cat young hero will have to sit on the bench for a while." Potato Chip Girl took a photo to enter the car, lay back on the swivel chair and ate potato chips with peace of mind.

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On the platform where Line 2 transferred to Line 3, Lin Nian sat on the bench and waited quietly.

A full hour had passed since he arrived at the platform. No train had stopped at the platform during this hour. This made him wonder if the station had been abandoned, or if he had ignored some information and was heading to the next station. The train on line 1 is delayed.

The blond girl was lying on a chair far away and was so bored that she blew bubbles. Literally, she spat out soap bubbles one after another and rose upward until they burst when they touched the hot fluorescent tube. , cheeks puffed out like a goldfish, focused and serious.

Finally, when a big bubble exploded, Lin Nian got up. He couldn't wait any longer and was going to get out of the tunnel himself and imitate the operation of running into Line 2 from the Nibelungen entrance of the Apple Orchard of Line 1. , personally used his legs to pass through the entire Line 2 to Line 3 for subsequent breakthroughs.

But just as Lin Nian was walking across the yellow line and about to jump off the tunnel, the sound of a landline phone suddenly rang on the empty and silent platform, and the "ding-ding-ring" sound echoed loudly throughout the platform.

Lin Nian stopped and looked in the direction of the ringing phone. After thinking for a few seconds, he turned around and walked over.

He stood in front of a similar office window deep in the platform. On the dusty marble table inside the window was an old-fashioned black landline phone. The piercing ringtone was from it, constantly urging Lin Nian. The only passenger on the platform picked up.

"Kacha."

Lin Nian picked up the phone and put it to his ear, "Hello?"

There was ten seconds of silence, and just when he was about to hang up the phone, an emotionless woman's voice suddenly sounded in his ears:

"Dear passengers:

We are very sorry for the inconvenience caused to you. There are currently some problems with our subway services, which have affected your travel experience.

We sincerely apologize for delays and suspensions of trains due to technical problems, making your journey cumbersome and time-consuming. This problem has attracted the attention of our top management, and we will take effective measures to solve it. Please wait where you are. Please wait where you are. Please wait where you are.

We will continue to improve service quality and strive to enhance travel convenience to provide you with a better travel experience.

Sorry again!

North Nibelungen Metro Management Center

January 30, 1992. "

"Kacha."

The phone call in the receiver was disconnected unilaterally, and what was left was a "beep beep" busy tone.

Lin Nian hung up the phone with a subtle expression. At the same time, the sound of metal friction and the rolling of iron wheels could be heard in the distance behind him. He looked back and saw a maintenance trolley moving at the entrance of the dark tunnel. When Lin Nian came out, two faces that were very familiar to Lin Nian were standing on top, working hard to press the levers on the trolley to provide power for the trolley to move forward.

Lin Nian walked slowly towards the tunnel and stood where the maintenance truck was parked. The person standing on the car was paco. Or should we add a plural 'es', or maybe the 's' might not be the same? After all, the teacher taught me in English class to change singular nouns into plural ones. Animate nouns end in o and add es, and inanimate nouns end in o and add s.

There are two pacos standing in front and behind the lever of the maintenance trolley. That petite, machine-like woman never has any emotional fluctuations. Her age is a mystery, and her true identity is a mystery. In a sense, she is more mysterious than the emperor. In history, Lin Nian could more or less find traces left by the emperor, but he could not dig out even a single bit of information about this woman named Paco through various means. It was as if this person appeared in this world out of thin air. There are no bank transaction records, no tax payment forms, and no account transfers.

In Lin Nian's impression, Paco had died in front of him more than three or four times, and even died in his hands a few times. But after each death, she seemed to be brand new, abandoning death. The body appears on the stage with a brand new appearance. He had suspected that this was the effect of Paco's voice, but it has not been confirmed so far.

Now two pacos were standing on the trolley, each wearing a yellow safety helmet and a maintenance worker's vest and overalls. They were quite dusty. They stood in front of and behind the lever and looked at Lin Nian expressionlessly. Inviting him to get in the car.

The two pacos are almost carved from the same mold, with the same height, the same size of the skeleton, the lines of the pupils and the position of the facial features, which makes people doubt whether the cloning technology has been quietly available for a long time.

Lin Nian was silent for a moment, and then he jumped off the platform and stood on the trolley. He turned to look at the blond girl on the platform, who blew bubbles and said goodbye to him.

Seeing him get into the car, the two pacos straightened the helmets on their heads, put their hands on the lever and started to press it together, making an emotionless "hey" sound from their mouths.

Due to height issues, when the lever was tilted to the highest point on one side, the paco on the other end almost jumped up, and then the paco on the other end was tilted up as the gravity fell. It felt like playing on a seesaw, "Hey! "The sound began to become faster and accelerated, and even the pitch distorted and increased after the audio was doubled!

It was such a joyous scene, but it brought amazing power to the cart. From the beginning, it slid slowly, and the speed gradually became faster. Until Lin Nian on the cart had to squat down to take shelter from the wind to stabilize his body. There was the sound of howling wind all around, and the black air flow blew past the outside of the cart at a terrifying speed!

Lin Nian grabbed the iron rod in the middle of the lever with his right hand. He lowered his head to avoid the wind and felt the speed of the iron truck. Just relying on the manpower of these two pacos, this maintenance truck actually accelerated to more than 200 kilometers per hour. speed! This is already equivalent to the speed of the Shinkansen, and the speed continues to soar! In the black tunnel, only two pairs of golden pupils could be seen, one high and one low, moving up and down, beating back and forth like will-o'-the-wisps, visually connecting them into two elegant golden arcs.

Amidst the rumbling wind, the wheels of the iron cart were hot and shiny, passing over the rails and splashing brilliant sparks. I don’t know how long it took, three minutes? five minutes? In the strong wind, Lin Nian, who was squatting down on the trolley, saw a bright light at the end of his sight - a new platform!