Chapter 1711: A Ray of Hope

Zhang Zian stared blankly at Xinghai, trying to convince himself that it was not a phantom.

Is it a dream again?

Or is he really crazy this time?

The sky was still cloudy, and the faint dawn cast a faint shadow on the sea of ​​stars, no matter how you looked at it, it was real.

"Xinghai, what are you... What is this..." He stammered incoherently, there were too many things he wanted to ask, and all of them came to his mouth at once, but he didn't know what to ask.

Xinghai seemed to know what he was going to ask, glanced at the cell phone he threw on the bed, and said, "Everyone is locked up, Xinghai escaped by himself~"

Its words are simple, but enough to explain the situation.

"Where are you locked up? I..."

He wanted to say that I was going to save everyone, but...he was past the age where he could speak bold words on the spur of the moment but couldn't do it.

Xinghai looked at the void, "Everyone is locked in an invisible and intangible space, Xinghai also took a lot of effort to escape~"

The invisible and intangible space... It took a lot of effort...

Zhang Zian noticed that Xinghai's hair was a little messy, as if he had just come out of a particularly narrow place.

"Okay...you can escape..." He murmured, "Everyone...how are you?"

"Everyone is trying to escape~" Xinghai didn't answer directly.

"Then..." Hope surged in his heart.

Xinghai shook his head.

"Now we can only wait patiently for reinforcements to arrive~"

His heart sank again. The meaning of Xinghai couldn't be more obvious. It is difficult for other elves to escape the confinement set by the game. Their power is not good at dealing with this invisible and invisible space.

reinforcements...

This is the second time Xinghai mentioned this word, the first time Zhang Zian's mind was still numb, immersed in the shock of the elves disappearing collectively and Xinghai reappearing alone, he didn't hear clearly, and he didn't know which two words it said .

"Reinforcements? Where are the reinforcements?" He asked tentatively.

Xinghai shook his head again, "Meow~ Xinghai can't say~ Zian, you have to have confidence~"

"Okay...if confidence is all you need, I want as much as I want."

Zhang Zian knew very well that if even the elves couldn't do it, he would be even more helpless, and now he could only trust Xinghai.

He had to cheer up, not only for the elves, but also for himself.

Maybe it was the return of Xinghai that made him relax a little bit, at least he still had Xinghai, or it might be that Xinghai's words ignited the fire of hope for him, the power returned to his body, and his mind became clearer.

He picked up his phone, re-read the notification of the game, and noticed some rhetorical details.

"All captured elves have been recovered..."

Not all elves are recycled, but all captured elves are recycled. It seems that there is no difference, but it is quite different.

He knew that there were at least three elves that were not captured after they appeared, one was Zhuang Xiaodie, the other was Xiaobai, and the third was the Indian wolf spirit.

If he didn't misunderstand this sentence, these three elves should still exist in the world.

The game stopped operating, not non-existent, maybe just canceled the user interface, like the client is broken, but the server is still running normally, but normal users can't connect to the server.

This conjecture is easy to verify, as long as the three elves still exist, but the Indian wolf spirit is in the American Redwood Forest Park, which is far away from thousands of rivers and mountains, and he has lost the game's assistance, even if it does not disappear, he can't see it , so it can only be excluded.

Zhuang Xiaodie... The situation of this elf is very special. Its existence does not depend on the mobile phone, and it may not even depend on the game. She is parasitic somewhere in his brain and feeds on his dreams. If she dies, she will still dream, and she will always exist.

In a sense, she can be said to have jumped out of the Three Realms, not in the Five Elements...that's how badass she is.

He remembered the dream just now very clearly. It was after the other elves bid him farewell that she pulled him into the dream. The time was different, so she probably still existed.

However, every time Zhang Zian saw her in his dreams, it was because she wanted to see him that he could see her. It didn't mean that he could dream of her every night, that would be crazy...

Let alone whether he can fall asleep with his current state of mind, even if he falls asleep, he may not be able to dream of her.

Then, only Xiaobai is left...

At this moment.

Boom.

Something smashed against the window of the bedroom on the second floor.

"Vladimir?"

He was ecstatic in his heart, thinking that after Xinghai, Vladimir had also escaped, so he ran to the window to look out.

Although there was no Vladimir outside the window, he was disappointed but pleasantly surprised.

It's Xiaobai!

Xiaobai was standing on the roof of Wuling Shenguang with a baseball in his mouth. It just threw the baseball and hit the window.

It was too early, Xiaobai thought Zhang Zian was still sleeping, it grabbed the bounced baseball, and planned to flick it a second time, but seeing him appearing by the window, there was no need to flick it again.

Zhang Zian pushed open the window, "Xiaobai! You...are you okay? Come in!"

Xiaobai's hair was wet and clinging to his body, and there were several scratches on his legs and head. He thought he was referring to these small injuries, and shook his head: "I'm fine."

While speaking, Xiaobai had already jumped onto the window sill.

"I came here today because..."

Xiaobai knew that his deadly enemy might be in the house, so he didn't want to stay long, and planned to leave after talking, but he stood on the window sill and glanced at the room, unexpectedly he didn't see his deadly enemy, and the other elves were only black and white. kitten.

It froze for a moment, and paused when it had just begun, looked at Zhang Zian suspiciously, and saw depression, hesitation, sadness and loss on his face, and the whole person lost his usual energy.

"What's going on? Where did they go?" it asked instead.

Zhang Zian sighed heavily, "It's hard to say..."

Xiaobai came to him for help, because yesterday's typhoon also caused a lot of damage to stray dogs. Several dogs were killed by fallen trees, and more dogs were swept away by the storm. There are countless dogs. Their residence is adjacent to the landfill, and the garbage in the landfill is blown everywhere by the typhoon, and the stench is suffocating. Xiaobai is worried that it will cause a plague among the stray dogs, so he runs to him for help in advance.

As for suspect Y, although she was very active in helping, she couldn't understand his words and knew very little about pets.

It knew that he and the group of stray dogs owed him a lot of favors, and now he seemed to have encountered a great setback. Even if it couldn't help, it couldn't just pretend not to see it.

So, it, which was going to leave after finishing speaking, jumped into the room from the window sill, "What happened?"

Zhang Zian briefly explained what happened.

Xiaobai also gasped when he heard that, "So it's like this... I didn't feel anything unusual. I'm sorry for your loss, but I don't seem to be able to help you..."

"It's okay, as long as you're fine... By the way, what's the matter with you here?"

Zhang Zian felt a little more at ease, Xiaobai was still there, Indian Wolf Spirit and Zhuang Xiaodie were still there, so things might not have turned around.

Xiaobai hesitated to speak, hesitated for a moment and said: "It's nothing, but the typhoon was too strong yesterday, I'll check to see if you are safe... Of course not including the blue cat."

It came here from the suburbs wading through the sewage that hadn't completely receded before dawn. Of course, it couldn't be just to visit them, but Zhang Zian was facing great difficulties at this time, and it didn't want him to be with the stray dogs for it. distracted by things which, after all, are not in imminent danger.

"thanks."

The usual Zhang Zian might be able to perceive its difficulties, but now he really can't take care of himself.

"Then I'll go first, take care." Xiao Bai jumped onto the window sill again.

"The same to you."

Zhang Zian nodded his goodbyes.

Xiaobai jumped onto the roof of Wuling Shenguang, then jumped into the sewage, and returned to the suburbs by the same route.

On the way to the south, Xiaobai mechanically waded through the water.

The difficult enemy just disappeared like this, and without the stray dogs spending a single soldier, it is no problem to completely defeat the stray cats and restore Binhai City in time... The strange thing is that Xiaobai should obviously celebrate with each other, but his heart is not Equally empty.

Perhaps, the person who knows you best is not your friend, but your enemy.

Lost the enemy, also lost the confidant.

He drew his sword and looked around in a daze.

Zhang Zian watched Xiao Bai's back go away, and was about to close the window when he heard someone shouting: "Master! We are here!"

Turning around, Wang Gan and Li Kun came from another direction.

The water level in the street has dropped. Although it has not completely receded, they can no longer drive the assault boat, so they came here by wading.

Are they the reinforcements Xinghai refers to?

……how is this possible.

If these two bastards were reinforcements, Zhang Zian would rather poke his eyes.

Zhang Zian frowned, "Didn't it tell you not to come today?"

The two of them said with a playful smile: "Anyway, being idle at home is also idle. My parents and the others greeted us last night and asked us how we are. This morning, they disliked us in various ways. They think that we are not as promising as the neighbor's children, so we should just stay in the store. At ease, out of sight, out of mind."

Zhang Zian: "..."

The two of them chanted while climbing onto the roof of the Wuling Shenguang car, "Master, give us a hand... Huh? I think the water has receded almost, and the door may be opened after a while."

They stretched out their arms, waiting for Zhang Zian to drag them into the window on the second floor, but he never reached out.

"It's closed today. You can go home and rest, or you can go to other places to play, drive the assault boat to go for a ride in the sea, etc. After working for such a long time, you are also tired." Zhang Zian said.

Wang Qian and Li Kun looked at each other suspiciously. Today's master seems to be different from usual.

In the morning light, they looked up at his face and were surprised to find that he seemed to have aged several years overnight.

"Master! What's the matter? What happened?" They asked anxiously.

Zhang Zian felt their concern, but they couldn't help with this matter, and there was no need to tell them, so he forced a smile, "It's nothing, you guys go back first."

Wang Qian wanted to say more, Li Kun quietly pulled him, and gave him a wink, meaning: Master must have encountered a very difficult problem, we must not be able to help, Master probably needs a space to be alone Let's not bother him if he is practicing in seclusion.

Seeing that Zhang Zi'an had made up his mind, it was probably useless to say anything, so Wang Gan had to agree with Li Kun's opinion.

"Then let's go first, Master, take care, give us a call if you have anything to do, and we will come right away." Li Kun jumped off the roof first.

Wang Gan was about to jump off the roof, then turned to Zhang Zian and said, "Master, I don't know what happened, but I have a message for Master."

Zhang Zian nodded, "Say it."

Wang Ganyu said earnestly: "If you want to transform into a god, you must first transform into a mortal."

Although Zhang Zian didn't think much about cultivating immortals, he could understand the meaning of this sentence, probably like a butterfly reborn after breaking out of its cocoon, it needs to endure trials to usher in transformation.

"Okay, I see," he said.

Wang Gan didn't say any more, turned around and jumped off the roof of the car.

Li Kun was waiting for him not far away, and asked in a low voice, "What did you say just now?"

Wang Gan answered truthfully, "I think, Master may be going through a catastrophe."

"Huh?" Li Kun was taken aback.

Wang Gan explained: "Don't you think? Yesterday's typhoon came strangely. It turned a corner but then turned back suddenly... I heard that other great powers are crossing the thunder calamity, maybe our master is crossing the wind calamity... ...Besides, there was a lot of thunder yesterday."

Li Kun suddenly realized that he couldn't agree more.

"Crossing the Tribulation is the time when Master is most vulnerable and most in need of help. Although we can't help, we can't just leave like this, otherwise we won't show our sincerity." Wang Gan said.

Li Kun looked around and pointed at Li's Snack Bar, "The old couple are about to open. The foundation of their store is high, so it's not easy for water to enter. Let's go in and help, and wait for Master's call at any time, how about it?"

Wang Gan gave a thumbs up, "Good idea!"

The Li couple's snack bar did not do as well as Zhang Zian did in waterproofing. The second floor leaked, and the first floor saw water again. There were a lot of things to do today, so I got up early in the morning.

Wang Qian and Li Kun ran into the snack bar uninvited to help.

After dismissing the two of them, Zhang Zian left the window and returned to the house.

He didn't know who the reinforcements were, how long he would have to wait, and how the reinforcements would turn the tide, but Xinghai didn't mean to reveal, he could only wait, but he didn't want to wait to spend the hard time, so he started busy with the things in the store, absorbing water. Pour water and add ice cubes, etc. At the same time, I guessed all possible reinforcements in my mind, but after much deliberation, I didn't think any one was reliable.

After a while, the rolling shutter door no longer leaked water into the house, probably because the water level outside had dropped below the steps at the door.

Crash.

Someone tapped on the shutter door.

Who is it again?

Zhang Zian opened the glass door and pulled up the shutter door, "Sorry, this store is closed today."

"Hi! I'm not here to buy things, I'm here to help!"

A girl who looked like a junior high school student stood on the steps, smiling and raising her hand in greeting.