As an alien, Lake really retains the breath of humanity in his house. The moment Xiang Qi stepped into the hut, he felt that the interior decoration looked simple but not without artistic sense. Obviously, the owner here spent a lot of effort on a table and a chair.

The first thing Xiang Qi noticed was a glazed piano placed in the middle of the house - it was a product of human civilization. It seemed a little abrupt with the things around him, and the contrast with the large wooden frame against the wall behind him, the old parchment scrolls and yellowed ancient books placed on it, giving people the illusion of time intertwining.

Xiang Qi's eyes came to the right corner of the house, where there was a not-so-spacious double bed, a sheet cover made of black animal skin, and a vertical wardrobe next to the bed.

A cabinet with tableware placed near the door was separated from the door. Xiang Qi looked at the purely handmade clay pot inside, and it seemed that he could imagine what happened when Lake was making these things.

"Why are you standing by the door? Help me get the food to the dining table."

Xiang Qi took the snake soup filled with clay basin in Lake's hand and looked at the window on the left side of the house. Lake's so-called dining table was nothing more than a raft hanging from the beams of the house with dry vines. There was a stone for seats on each side of the raft.

The two sat opposite each other. Although Xiang Qi had been hungry for three days, she was obviously absent-minded when eating because she was too shocked.

"What do you think of our love nest?"

If Lake's eyes had a deep meaning and his words were evasive, Xiang Qi's heart was complicated at this time, and there was a kind of inexplicable and unknown things mixed in it, so he didn't pay attention to it now.

"It's good that you like it, it doesn't matter how others think."

"What a self-centered boy." Lake smiled bitterly and shook his head, then said, "But I still care about your opinion."

Xiang Qi finally faced the person opposite the dining table, his burning eyes were calm and firm, waiting for the other party's explanation.

“Never entertained outsiders here.”

"So, am I the first?"

By default, Lake smiled but said nothing.

"Although this house is not big, everything seems unique. The stove built casually outdoors does not look like a fireworks. It is not like a house that has been inhabited for many years. It should be a place to come to vacation occasionally."

Lake always had a smile on his lips, and a divine light of admiration jumped in his eyes, encouraging the other party to continue.

"What else?"

"That piano..." Xiang Qi looked at Lake, and he wanted to speak but stopped.

"What's wrong with the piano?"

"There seems to be a feeling of sadness and...the breath of death."

The smile on Lake's face frozen when he was poked into the pain. He got up and walked to the piano, rubbing his fingertips back and forth on several white and shiny keys, as if he was talking to himself, "At that time, his blood and tears fell here one by one, dyeing the keys red. I found that no matter how strong I was, there were times when I could do anything…"

Life is a process of death, and no one can escape the established result. Xiang Qi knew that Lake also understood this truth, but when things came to an end, it would be a different matter whether he could accept reality emotionally.

Looking at the lonely and sad back, Xiang Qi felt a little embarrassed. He came here not to be a listener of frustrated people, but to know the rules of the deserted city filled with zombies and find a way home as soon as possible. Obviously, this is not the right time to get to the point.

Lake returned to the dining table and sat down, looking as usual, which made Xiangqi wonder if the sad back he had just seen would be an illusion.

"He is not dead, and he is still living well now, but he has never had me in his heart. After leaving, he has forgotten me completely."

Ah, it turns out that it is just a story of falling flowers and falling waters. It is impossible to force a relationship. Don’t he know the reason why a forced melon is not sweet?

But why did the other party tell him this? What did he treat him as a psychiatrist? Or his close sister?

Xiang Qi's own emotions are also a bad debt. Should he also complain to the other party and give him psychological balance? He said that he could not stay with the person he liked forever? Moreover, the other party was always brought by a elves king who was so evil-looking that he was always there... I'm afraid he would see him again in this life.

Lin Xiaoya...

"You must be very popular, you have no friends, right? It's really inhumane to not comfort me at this time."

"What kind of comfort do I hope to get?"

Lake did not answer immediately, but slowly approached his hand on the dining table, and curled his fingers one by one with his fingers, "Your hands are very suitable for playing the piano. Can you play this piano? This piano hasn't been played for a long time."

"What you really want to hear is not played by this hand." Xiang Qi withdrew his hand and hit it bluntly, "I think I should find the crux of your relationship failure."

Lake's mouth returned to its previous smile, raised his palm and supported his chin, and looked like he wanted to hear it carefully, "What is it?"

"You are not dedicated to your affection."

"Then you wronged me. My heart is always on him. I said that I am perverted or pedophilia, I started to look at him when he was very young."

"Is that because your disagreement and behavior are not trusted? That's why he leaves."

"Is that true?"

"Are you sure you want to find me as an emotional consultant? I have no experience myself."

"Are you lying? With your appearance..."

Xiang Qi saw that the momentum of the topic was about to lead to him, so he hurriedly stopped and suddenly entered his intention to come here.

"Can you not talk about the gossip? I want to know that when you were in the deserted city, you mentioned the collection of life souls."

"What an impatient." Lake sighed disappointedly, but had to stop it, holding his chin with his palm and said in disappointment: "Collecting the soul of life is to kill those zombies directly. You should have noticed it? After killing the zombies, the brain consciousness will automatically appear in the same number as the ones that die in your hands. That is the message reflected in your consciousness through the barrier above this illusion domain. As long as you kill 5,000, you can fly to the teleportation port connecting Netherworld City and Jedicheng, and get there..."

"Wait first." Xiang Qi interrupted Lake, "You just said that the deserted city is a illusion?"

"To be precise, it's part of the illusion."

"The Illusion Domain...is a space built separately with spiritual power?"

Lake praised without hesitation: "You are very smart. However, it is not built out of thin air, but is selected from the six realms and then rebuilt with spiritual power, so it is called the illusion domain."

In other words, the deserted city is a space that simulates the ruins of Syria. Therefore, my uncle's mercenary group has traveled all over the Middle East and cannot find him. Therefore, this illusory space just parallels the Western Pacific waters detected by Xiang, so they can detect the signal of the locator through satellites.

"That wasteland city is called Nether City?"

"Yes, the other city connected is Jedi."

"How many cities are there in the entire illusion domain?"

"Five. They are Netherworld, Jedi, Dawn, Hope and Joy."

Xiang Qi listened to the progressive place name and couldn't help but wonder, it would be a game like passing the level, right? It's just that he has to play it with his life in this illusion domain. Moreover, there is no function to read files or start over. Once you die, you will be gameover.

At present, he only knows that the pass conditions for Netherworld City are to collect 5,000 life souls, that is, to kill 5,000 zombies. However, until now, the number of he solved can be counted by five fingers. When will he kill? The pass conditions for the other four cities must be higher than this one?

When will that be spent? Will you still have the life to go out in the end? What is the intention of the person who threw him into the illusion domain? The boy frowned, obviously feeling that the journey was bumpy and the future was worrying.

While Xiang Qi lowered his head and thoughtfully, Lake suddenly stood up, and stretched half of his body to the boy through the dining table. He curled the black gem pendant on his collar with his fingertips, lowered his head and looked carefully, "What is this thing? It's a bit strange... How did you get it?"

The distance was very close, Xiang Qi smelled the faint fragrance on Lake's hair at the end of his nose, and he couldn't help but feel nervous. Although there was no adverse reaction to the perfume produced by humans, it was hard to say the spices produced in another world, and who knew what ingredients were contained in it.

"I don't know, I've discovered it in the past few days." Xiang Qi said, leaning back as much as possible to keep a distance from the other party, but Lake held the black gem and refused to put it down, and he had no choice but to retreat for a moment.

"This thing seems to be able to capture people's hearts. If you stare at the gem like this, you will be obsessed with it. Fortunately, your power is weaker than mine, otherwise even I might be hit."

"What will happen if you get hit?" I didn't expect this thing to be dangerous.

"It will cast bewitching magic on creatures with insufficient willpower," Lake raised his head, Xiang Qi's face could feel the breath of the other party's speech, "After being hit by the magic, you will act according to your will."

Xiang Qi opened his eyes wide in disbelief. If it was as the other party said, this black gem was a good thing!

"Don't stare so wide, it will scare me."

"Who told you to get so close! You still don't retreat?"

Lake pulled the gems, but the two got closer and whispered: "You little liar, dare you say that you have no experience in love? Such a precious treasure, can it be a love thing? Do you already have a master of a famous flower?"

"What kind of love thing! I don't know how this thing came about myself. Don't talk nonsense!"

Lake was pushed hard by Xiang Qi, so he had to let go of the jewel he was holding and sat back, adding: "However, remember, this thing is ineffective against the undead and does not work for creatures with strong willpower. Don't be foolish and can't tell the difference, which delays the opportunity to escape. Judging from the power of humans, perhaps only those who can be bewitched may be shrimp soldiers and crab generals, which is really a waste of resources."

Xiang Qi couldn't help but be confused. What kind of mentality did the mysterious person who threw him into the illusion domain put a black gem collar on him? And on the day he discovered this thing, he tried to take it off, but it failed and there was no chain lock. I wonder how that person put it on.

"Is the exit of the Illusion Domain in Happy City?"

"I heard that's it, but we haven't opened the level of Dawn City yet, so I'm not very clear. By the way, is your purpose in coming in to get out?"

"I'm not here for my own intention, of course I can't have any other purpose."

"Since you've come here, why not enjoy the fun of the game?"

"You're talking lightly."

For powerful monsters, it may be a game, but for humans, it is definitely not. What awaits him is probably a purgatory-like ordeal or even a threat of death.

"After you collect hundreds of thousands of life souls, I believe you will gradually become stronger."

Under the calm surface, it covers this heart that wants to die, hundreds of thousands... When will it take to go home? But no matter what, I have to eat enough now, and after eating this meal, I don’t know where the next meal will be.

Xiang Qi scraped all the residue from the clay basin into his bowl. Lake couldn't help laughing at the boy's behavior, "There is still in the pot on the stove, I'll give you some more?"

"Okay, thank you."

Lake turned around and brought in a large pot of snake soup, put it on the table, "Children are still growing, so eat more. Give it all yours."
Chapter completed!