Chapter 848 Thief

I don’t know if it’s because I’m not suitable for talking to people, or because Zhang Qiang is similar to me. We have met many times, but our first serious communication was very difficult.

"Aren't you also participating in the game?" Zhang Qiang asked again.

"Yes." I nodded. "The "Human Level" game has low difficulty and low rewards, while the "Earth Level" game is very strange. Even if the rules don't sound difficult, there will always be casualties. I suspect there are some hidden rules that need to be entered. Only after the game can we know, this is also the root cause of the death of the "participants". "

"Yes." Zhang Qiang agreed, "I'm not a smart person, so I can't participate in those "prefecture-level" games alone, but I can't find suitable teammates. After all, there are too many stupid people in our room. "

After the two of us finished speaking, we couldn't help but look at each other, and I seemed to know what he was thinking.

“Brother Qiang, do you want to form a team with me?” I asked, “Although I don’t know if I can earn 3,600 Dao, but it’s better than nothing, right?

"No," Zhang Qiang thought for a while and said, "If you really want to collect "Tao", I suggest trying another method. "

"What method?" I asked.

Zhang Qiang paused and said, "It has been three reincarnations, right? Every time we die, we will come here again."

"Yes."

"You come with me."

Zhang Qiang took me around and came to an alley. He squatted down in a very secret corner, then reached out and wiped a brick close to the ground.

I followed him with some confusion, stood behind him and looked in front of him.

I saw a fresh notch "ZQ" on the brick.

"Look." Zhang Qiang said, "These are the words I carved in my last reincarnation."

"oh?"

Seeing this scene, I instantly figured out something.

It turns out that people can be reincarnated here, but time in this city is not suspended. It is always running forward.

It's hard for me to understand this concept. Maybe it's like the production principle of cartoons in old age. Can characters move on a static background?

No, we are obviously static people, but we are moving in the field of passing.

We have been misled by "people". It does not mean that if "people" come back again, time will start over again.

"Zhichun." Zhang Qiang looked at the carvings on the wall and said to me in a deep voice, "You are a smart man. You should have thought that we just got the "echo" and saved the memory, but it doesn't mean that we just came here. Maybe we have been reincarnating here for several months. "

I nodded: "Yes, and if time can flow, it means that this city may not be what it is now."

"The appearance of the city doesn't matter, and we can't interfere with these supernatural things." Zhang Qiang said, "I ask you, if there were other powerful "participants", they would have started collecting "Tao" a long time ago, but there is something strange about this place. phenomenon, that is, people who live to the tenth day will be annihilated no matter what. In this case, what will those strong people who have collected "Tao" do? How can they ensure that the fruits of their labor do not disappear? "

I thought about Zhang Qiang's question carefully and quickly came up with the answer.

"Will they hide the Tao before annihilation? "

"Yes." Zhang Qiang nodded, "You are indeed very smart. That Aries is right. It is impossible for you and me to disappear from the room."

"I understand what you mean," Yan Zhichun said, "That's why you never participated in the game."

"That's right, Zhichun." Zhang Qiang turned to look at me and said, "Since we are all collecting "Tao", and since there are only 3,600 pieces, we can not participate in the game and try to become a "thief" instead. What do you think? Woolen cloth? "

"Thief" I slowly lowered my head after hearing this, "You're right. We just need to steal the "Tao" hidden by those people so that we can leave. "

"It's hard to say whether we can leave." Zhang Qiang shook his head, "But this road will be safer. We can not only avoid contact with other people, but also avoid games that can be fatal, so I want to find someone to try together."

After he finished speaking, he stood up, blocked the letters in the corner with a stone, then turned back to me and said, "Everyone who comes here is guilty, right? I was originally a thief, how about you?"

"I" I stared at Zhang Qiang's eyes and thought carefully for a long time, then said, "it's not convenient for me to talk."

"It doesn't matter if it's inconvenient." Zhang Qiang said, "I see that you are not very gregarious like me, so I can probably guess that we are inseparable. Do you want to cooperate with me?"

To be honest, I did think a little bit.

Because I know that I am not a bad person, I subconsciously think that everyone here is not bad.

But I was wrong. Zhang Qiang is a habitual burglar.

I once heard a saying that all burglars carry a murder weapon with them.

Although what they do is "theft", if the owner suddenly returns home during the theft, they will turn into murderers.

Each of them steals with a murderous mentality, and they are not the "same kind" as me.

But I cannot tell them here that I am not "the same kind", otherwise the situation will be even more dangerous.

"What's wrong?" Zhang Qiang interrupted my train of thought, "It doesn't matter if you don't want to cooperate. I can do it myself. I just feel that you are a smart person and can take care of each other."

After thinking for a few seconds, I smiled and said, "I'm willing to cooperate, let's do it together."

"Have you figured it out?" Zhang Qiang asked.

"Yeah." I nodded, "This is the "Hedgehog Theory". Hedgehogs will hug each other for warmth when it's cold, but they also need to keep a distance to avoid hurting each other. We are like these two hedgehogs."

"I didn't realize you're a cultured person." Zhang Qiang nodded, "Then let's do it."

Thinking carefully, when did I start to doubt the entire "Land of the End"?

It should be on this day.

Twelve years ago, on the day when I decided to become "thieves" with Zhang Qiang.

Do you know how many "Tao"s that were hidden by people that we spent a full ten days to find?

One.

Since this place is no different from the real world, people go out during the day and rest in buildings at night, so we can only choose to act during the day to avoid sight.

The two of us walked through all the hidden corners of the city. We even climbed up the building that was about to collapse and went into the sewer that had been abandoned for many years.

Zhang Qiang, with his professional experience, led me to find one place after another suitable for hiding items.

But all the corners were empty. We could find anything except the Tao.

The only Tao fell into a deep crack in the broken ground. Zhang Qiang used two wooden sticks as chopsticks to pick it out.

It was strange that the Tao did not seem to be hidden here, but rather fell here.