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

Chapter 15

In the darkness of night, the clock tower glowed brightly again.

The ethereal chimes vibrate the air, shaking off the snow covering the bell tower, and the soft light outlines its old outline, making it look like a lonely lighthouse, guiding the lost people.

The pointer on the dial began to rotate rapidly.

At the same time, a huge sense of tiredness and exhaustion invaded everyone's body and mind, making people drowsy.

Beside the fireplace, Gu Chi, who was hiding on the blanket, shook his head vigorously, forced himself to stay awake, and walked towards the window.

The cotton jacket that was draped over his body slid to the ground as he got up.

Bell Cat was awakened by this movement, "Hey, your clothes!"

In such a cold day, if you don't wear a cotton jacket, you will be frozen!

Gu Chi didn't seem to hear it, he stepped on his padded jacket. Regardless of the cold, he quickly walked to the window and looked at the bell tower.

This review pool see clearly.

There are two dials, one blue and one yellow, and only the hands of the upper blue dial are rotating at an accelerated speed.

One lap, two laps, three laps...

Gu Chi stared at the blue dial, silently counting the number of laps of the pointer in his heart.

He grasped the window sill with both hands, the veins on the back of his hands were bulging, his expression even looked a little hideous due to excessive force, and his eyes were soon bloodshot.

Gu Chi really wanted to remain elegant, but he had no choice, he had to do this to temporarily withstand the intense sleepiness coming from all parts of his body... for now.

Gu Chi had already tried his best to fight against this mysterious force from the bell tower, but even so, he still couldn't hold on for too long.

When the pointer completed the fifth circle, Gu Chi couldn't hold on anymore, and his body fell sideways as if he lost his strength.

But he doesn't seem to be on the floor?

This gentle feeling...as if someone had padded his back?

Before closing his eyes, Gu Chi took one last look.

Bell Mao didn't know when he had already fallen at his feet, still clutching the padded jacket with shoe prints on it.

Jiang Niao and Mustard Soup had already fallen asleep.

The two remained seated, very close to each other.

Wasabi Tang's head rested on Jiang Niao's shoulder, and Jiang Niao's head fell on Wasabi Tang's head.

The night returned to silence.

Only the light of the fireplace danced lightly.

...

the next day.

When Bell Cat opened his eyes, he saw a beautiful scene.

It snowed all night last night, and the weather seems to be a lot better today. The bright sunlight shines into the living room, making the air a bit warmer.

Gu Chi was sitting by the coffee table, writing something earnestly, the light hit the side of his face, so he also started to shine.

The rustling sound of the pen tip scratching the paper seemed to hide some kind of rhythm, neither fast nor slow, just in time for her heartbeat.

Lingmao admitted that at this second, she was handsome by Gu Chi.

"Are you awake?" Gu Chi asked without raising his head.

"Yeah." Bell Cat stretched and sat up, only to find that she was covered with a cotton jacket. She tilted her head in doubt: "Isn't this your clothes? Why is it on me? Can you help me?" I covered it?"

"The wind blows."

"Yeah?"

Gu Chi didn't answer again.

Lingmao was in a better mood, she stood up, patted the dust off her body, put the padded jacket on the sofa, and walked to Gu Chi, "What are you writing?"

"Neil's words."

There are two pieces of paper in front of Gu Chi, one is the letter left by Neil, and the other is the conversation between him and Neil the night before yesterday.

Comparing the contents of the written conversation with the contents of the letter will make it easier to discover the key information.

"You still remember what he said?"——Lingmao wanted to ask this question, but when she got close, her attention was attracted by another thing. She found that Gu Chi was originally clean There are many sexy beards on the chin...

Bell Cat opened his eyes wide: "You, you have a beard?!"

"En." Gu Chi said "En" lightly, completely ignoring this matter.

Charm 9's beard, it will grow as long as it grows.

Bell Cat seemed to realize something suddenly, and ran into the bathroom in a flash.

She looks at the woman in the mirror.

...It's over, I've really grown up, woohoo!

After a while, Jiang Niao and Mustard Tang, who were relying on each other, also woke up, saw each other's old-fashioned faces with a little greasy, and each fell into silence.

so ugly...

Jiang Niao didn't want to watch the wasabi soup anymore.

Mustard Soup didn't want to see him anymore.

Jiang Niao silently took out his phone and opened the calendar.

"November 16, 5792."

"92 minus 82... Ten years passed last night?"

"Then today..."

"It should be twenty years from today to tomorrow." Gu Chi continued, "Tomorrow to the day after tomorrow is forty years."

Jiang Niao shook his hand: "Then we will be gone the day after tomorrow?"

The leaping time plus their own age, two days later, their age will be close to one hundred, even if they are lucky enough to survive, what can the old man in his nineties and hundred years old do?

At that time, let alone the self-destructing robot, he might not even be able to rub a leg of the robot, and the only thing he can do is to wait for death.

Gu Chi noticed Jiang Niao's expression: "Feel the pressure?"

Jiang Niao nodded nervously. Although dying of old age does not sound like pain, it is possible to survive. Who would not want to live?

Gu Chi: "Then hurry up and make more machines, which may be used later."

Bell Cat came out of the toilet after washing, and the words sounded very familiar.

Wasabi Tang blamed himself a bit: "It would be great if my skill level was higher."

For yesterday's dinner, he specially made four extra bowls of refreshing soup at the request of Nursing Chi.

But obviously, it didn't work out, and they fell asleep anyway.

He fell asleep inexplicably for two nights in a row, and mustard soup also saw that Bell Tower has the ability to force people to fall asleep. If his refreshing soup is of higher quality, it may be able to resist this power.

"I don't blame you, and it's not about the Xingshen soup." Gu Chi shook his head and said, he had thought about this issue since he woke up this morning, no matter how advanced the Xingshen soup is, it is still Xingshen soup, and the essence of the medicinal diet will not change.

In other words, its medicinal properties are too mild and will be washed away by ferocious "illnesses".

There is a good solution, not to increase the level of refreshing soup, but to increase the dose of functional ingredients or drugs in it.

Or simply—

"What's the name of the ingredient in the soup that can keep people excited?" Gu Chi asked.

"Shenshen Grass." Mustard Soup replied.

Gu Chi: "Then let's eat one plant per person tonight?"

Everyone: "???"

What the hell?

Mustard soup hurriedly said: "No, no, Xinshencao is poisonous and cannot be eaten raw. It must be treated with water with a temperature above 105 degrees."

Alright... Gu Chi passed this straightforward plan, and asked again: "How much Xingshen grass should be added to a bowl of Xingshen soup?"

"One leaf is enough." Wasabi Tang said, this is the standard dosage.

"Not enough, strong medicine for serious illness." Gu Chi said, "Add one... no, one and a half."

Mustard Soup: "..."

Jiang Niao: "..."

Bell Cat was a little scared: "Wouldn't it kill people by drinking?"

Gu Chi glanced at her: "What do you do?"

Bell Cat: "I am pulling monsters... No, I am milk!"

That's right, I am a milk!

Even if it is really poisoned, it is just a debuff to her, let alone whether it can be dispelled, as long as it does not die suddenly, she can milk it back, at least it will not make people die easily. And as long as they don't die, the physical pain caused by poisoning is actually a good thing. Coupled with the main effect of the refreshing grass, under the double stimulation, it is not so easy for them to fall asleep!

At this moment, Ling Mao's eyes lit up when he looked at Gu Chi.

This man is so smart!

Gu Chi: "Do you understand what I mean?"

Bell Cat: "Yeah!"

Gu Chi waved his hand: "Okay, then go and do your own business, we are short on time, don't waste it."

"Okay...wait a minute." Bell Cat came back after walking halfway, "What's the matter with me?"

Is she amnesia? She doesn't remember what task Gu Chi arranged for her?

Gu Chi picked up the pen again: "There is a gym upstairs, go get used to your current body, so you can run faster when pulling monsters."

Bell Cat: "..."

She shouldn't have asked this question too much!

Lingmao scolded herself as a stupid cat in her heart, and reluctantly went upstairs.

Jiang Niao went to the side and picked up the screwdriver, and the mustard soup also went to the kitchen.

It was 9:37 am, and everyone was busy fighting against the power of the clock tower.

Gu Chi sat on the sofa for a whole day.

He circled a few words on the two pieces of paper - "clock tower", "time", "vagrant", "zombie virus", "hospital", and a word written by himself: "eye".

Gu Chi never forgot the main mission of this dungeon.

Although everything they have experienced so far seems to have nothing to do with the "eye", Gu Chi always believes that it is only superficial, and these fragmented plots spanning time are like pearls scattered all over the place, and only one thread is needed , to link them all together.

All he has to do is find the thread.

...

At night, the night is like ink.

Once again the crowd sat around the fireplace.

The difference is that this time there is a small table between them.

There was a pot of viscous dark green soup on the table, the aroma was overwhelming.

"Xingshen Soup (Pure Edition): 36 times Xingshencao, one bowl for courage, one bowl for death"

Jiang Niao: "..."

Bell Cat: "..."

Gu Chi: "..."

To be honest, he didn't expect a half-plant of Xingshen Tang to look like this.

"No, this smell is too strong."

Jiang Niao covered his nose, leaned back, with rejection written all over his face: "Is this really drinkable?"

"Should be able to...?" Mustard soup took a deep breath, and felt that the smell was okay, but it smelled a little spicy, a little bit offensive, not really smelly.

Bell Cat looked at the mustard soup that was still calm after taking a long breath, and seemed to understand why he was called by this name.

Jiang Niao's expression was complicated.

Until a minute ago, he never thought that he, who never eats mustard, will one day drink soup that smells like mustard...

In comparison, Gu Chi was much calmer.

Originally, he didn't intend to do this, but after smelling it...

It's just a hypnotism thing, nothing to be afraid of.

"There are still ten minutes."

Bell Cat closed his eyes and began to hint to himself, murmuring: "Don't be afraid, don't be afraid, you will pass the level after drinking it, and you will pass the level after drinking it..."

when!

At twelve o'clock, the bell rang as scheduled.

Gu Chi, who had always been very stable, suddenly became full of pride. He directly filled the pot with a bowl, and raised his hand: "Everyone, if you have wine today, you will be drunk today, do it!"

Bell Cat was stunned on the spot.

Good, so brave!

Seeing that Gu Chi was so arrogant, Jiang Niao gritted his heart and gritted his teeth. Everyone is a man, so he would be more cowardly than Gu Chi for no reason.

Doesn't it just smell like mustard soup?

It's not real mustard, I'm afraid he's a bird!

So Jiang Niao also followed Gu Chi's example and scooped up the bowl: "Do it!"

next second.

Jiang Niao: "!!!"

His face turned red in an instant, his eyes were wide open, and quickly covered with bloodshot eyes, and his two nostrils were also swollen, breathing heavily, like a cow in heat.

He was wrong...really wrong.

This doesn't smell like mustard, this is mustard!

Or wasabi with mint! !

Jiang Niao felt an indescribable hotness rushing straight to his forehead, making his eyes fill with tears instantly. He wanted to cry so much, but his excited brain ordered him to laugh again. He really...

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!"

Bell Cat: "..."

Somebody, take these two lunatics down.

Why two?

Another one is her.

Bell Cat pinched his nose, closed his eyes, drank half of the bowl in one go, and then choked his neck and circled around the room.

"Hahahaha so spicy, help hahaha..."

Mustard Soup: "..."

These two people, as for?

He didn't drink too much in one gulp like the three of Gu Chi did, but took small sips while holding the bowl, his brows unknowingly relaxed, and he seemed to be enjoying himself a bit.

This is the real warrior.

Never underestimate an otaku.

Gu Chi didn't say anything, he gave the mustard soup a thumbs up, and went to the window to observe the bell tower.

The pointer on the blue dial turned faster than yesterday, and ten laps passed in the blink of an eye.

After ten laps, the speed began to slowly decrease.

Tiredness gradually invaded everyone's bodies.

The effect of one and a half stalks of strong medicine is remarkable, and the sleepiness tonight is nearly five minutes slower than last night.

Gu Chi immediately shouted into the room: "Go ahead and drink!"

Jiang Niao: "Hahaha!"

Mustard Soup: "Gulu Gulu."

Lingmao finished his share, and brought the bowl for Gu Chi.

The four drank one bowl after another.

Jiangniao and Lingmao almost vomited from drinking several times, all supported by an idea - they can't vomit, they will fall asleep when they vomit, and they will sleep for twenty years.

However, if you don't sleep, will you really not fly away in the past twenty years?

"Tick tock."

The hands of the blue dial stopped turning, exactly twenty laps.

At the same time, the hands of the yellow dial below began to accelerate.

Gu Chi seemed to understand something, took out his phone and turned on the clock.

The battery in the upper right corner is a lot less than yesterday, and the numbers representing the seconds on the screen are scrolling crazily, even the minutes and hours are constantly changing.

"Tick tock."

There was another pointer sound that seemed to ring directly in my mind.

The time was fixed at 06:00, and the stopwatch returned to normal.

A faint light lit up in the sky, heralding that the sun was about to rise.

"So we made it through?" Jiang Niao beamed with joy.

"It's already the second day, and it will be dawn soon!"

"Hahahaha, this soup is really good, it's not for nothing!"

Jiang Niao was already high-fiving the wasabi soup, and Bell Cat also showed a relieved smile.

They didn't realize at all that their sideburns were gradually turning white.

Gu Chi was the only one who noticed this detail, his face darkened, and he opened the calendar.

Today's date is - November 17, 5812.

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