Because, he didn't pass that Black Tower game.

In the darkness of the night, under the hazy moonlight, five silhouettes swiftly crossed the alleys and roads, heading towards the east.

Chaoyang District, Beijing, No. 80 Middle School.

Practicing Yu Zheng walked alone to the iron school gate, she squatted down and fiddled with something on the ground. After a few seconds, a clear "click" was heard, as if something had been opened. Practicing Yu Zheng turned to Fu Wenduo and Tang Mo, she nodded and, as a gesture of goodwill, entered the campus by herself.

They are followed by Tang Mo, Fu Wenduo, Jacks and Chen Shanshan.

The next moment the five of them stepped into the campus, Tang Mo suddenly looked to the left and pressed his hand on little Yang San. Fu Wenduo also looked to the left, his expression indifferent. Only to see that under a tall and old tree next to the school gate, a pale young man was standing there quietly, not knowing how long he had been standing there.

He had some blood on the corner of his shirt, and his black eyes stared straight at Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo. Ruan Wangshu looked again at the unfamiliar Jacks and Chen Shanshan, and finally his gaze fell on the practicing Yu Zheng.

Practicing Yu Zheng's beautiful face had no expression fluctuating as she looked at the skinny teenager equally wordlessly.

After a long time, Ruan Wangshu turned around and walked towards the school building. Practicing Yu Zheng said, "Let's go."

Tang Mo raised an eyebrow and walked in calmly after practicing Yu Zheng.

There are dozens of classes in this middle school, and Ruan Wangshu walks to the third floor of the first building and enters one of the classes. Tang Mo walked in and realized that the desks and chairs in this classroom were arranged in a very messy manner. When the four of them entered, several people sitting at the tables immediately raised their heads and looked at them warily.

In addition to Ruan Wangshu and Dr. Yu Zheng, there were three others. One is a female doctor, Li Miaomiao, and two young men, Tang Mo, whom I have never seen.

"You guys aren't afraid it's a trap?"

Tang Mo turned his head, only to see Ruan Wangshu walk to the end of the classroom and sit down, looking up at him.

Tang Mo faded, "So it's a trap?"

Ruan Wangshu lifted his hand and wiped the blood splattered on his face. There were no wounds on his face, so it was obvious that it was someone else's blood. When Fu Wenduo fought with Lian Yu Zheng, Tang Mo realized that Lian Yu Zheng had some freshly made wounds on her body, and the fact that Fu Wenduo did not injure her could only mean that Lian Yu Zheng had fought with someone else before she fought with Fu Wenduo.

Someone who was already injured, as long as he wasn't a fool, he wouldn't run and sneak in at a time like this.

Tang Mo immediately believed that practicing Yu Zheng's purpose of coming here this time really wasn't to get her hands dirty, she wanted to cooperate.

Now in this classroom, except for Yu Zheng and Ruan Wangshu, all of them had injuries on their bodies. Among them, Li Miaomiao was the most seriously injured, her white coat stained blood-red, she was lying on a long table made of two desks, her eyes staring straight up at the ceiling, and if it weren't for the fact that her breasts were still moving, Tang Mo would have thought she was dead.

Now that everyone is here, Ruan Wangshu gets right to the point and clears up Tang Mo's doubts.

"Two days ago, Qi Heng, Li Miaomiao, and I challenged the third floor of the Black Tower together. We had witnessed the Transparent Man together, and you guys should understand what that is. Last month, Mu Huixue, who was at the top of the time rankings, almost started the Black Tower 4.0 update, and I judged that she had cleared the fourth floor of the Black Tower, which triggered the new update. So I decided to seize the time to attack the tower." Ruan Wangshu said while applying medicine to the wound on his hand, "The third floor of the Black Tower wasn't particularly difficult for us, and we successfully cleared the game this evening. At six o'clock in the evening, Qi Heng, Li Miaomiao, and I returned to the school, and we were attacked by two Transparent People at the school entrance."

Tang Mo gets right to the point: "Two transparent people?"

Ruan Wangshu looked at him, "Yes, two. Players in the Transparent camp have a hard time trusting each other and forming large organizations like ours. But that doesn't mean they won't band together. Those two appeared suddenly, were strong, and belonged to the same level as Yu Zheng in terms of close combat. Because they were sneak attacks, they caught us off guard. By the time the others came out of the school to provide support, Qi Heng wasn't breathing, and Yu Zheng and I teamed up to kill one of the Transparencies."

Speaking of his companion's death, Ruan Wangshu did not show any grief. All the Chosen members sitting in this classroom also just listened quietly, and no one got emotional.

Practicing Yu Zheng said, "Those two players, one is Chinese and the other looks Japanese. The one that Head and I killed was the Japanese, the number on her neck was 3241. the other one had fewer numbers on her neck than the Japanese, but was stronger than her. The number on his neck was 3012."

Tang Mo originally only thought there was one Transparent, but he didn't realize that there were two this time, and one of them was Japanese. His eyes lit up, he found out the book that recorded the time ranking list from his bag, opened it and rummaged through it, "61st place, Ogawa Shizuku. The Chinese name closer after her ...... "After a pause, Tang Mo looked at the name, "Su Xiao."

Ruan Wangshu glanced at Tang Mo's book in surprise, but he didn't say he wished to see the information on it.

Ruan Wangshu had already told the details of the matter to Tang Mo, who put away the book. He lowered his head and looked fixedly at the sickly teenager, his voice calm: "Now that the situation is known to us, so if we cooperate ...... what benefits will you give us?"

There was a momentary silence in the spacious classroom.

After a long time, Ruan Wangshu smiled as he said, "Let's share information with each other first. You guys know more information than I thought, and there are some things that even we, the Chosen, don't know. Indeed, there aren't many members of Chosen, only twenty or so besides the seven of us. Four of them were even killed by you guys last month. But even so, we definitely know more than you guys. What I can provide here at the moment is information on the major organizations in Beijing, a few of the more famous powerhouses, and of the Transparent People, information on the three Time Ranking players, all of which are in Beijing, excluding Su Xiao."

When he heard the first Tang Mo was unmoved, when he heard the last he smiled slightly, "Okay, exchange of information."

Next, Tang Mo and Ruan Wangshu told all the information they had gathered. Tang Mo retained some of Chen Shanshan's personal speculation, and Ruan Wangshu may have retained something as well.

They had been talking for half an hour, and the situation was all said and done, when a hoarse voice rang out, "Qi Heng that asshole ......"

Ruan Wangshu's voice ends abruptly as he looks over at the female doctor lying on the table.

The female doctor did not know when her body had been able to move, she raised her hand to block her eyes, her voice was low and hoarse: "Head, how do we find that Su Xiao. how ...... can we find him?"

Practitioner Yu Zheng also looked at Ruan Wangshu expectantly.

Ruan Wangshu looked indifferent: "This time, our cooperation is not for the purpose of killing Su Xiao."

"Head?!"

Li Miaomiao's body stiffened, struggling to get up from the table. Several other Chosen members also looked at Ruan Wangshu in dismay. Yu Zheng was the first to understand, her face sank, her mouth opened, but she still did not speak.

A low female voice sounded, "One by one?"

The sickly teenager bristled and turned his head to look at the little girl who had been standing behind Tang Mo without ever opening her mouth. After a long time, he spoke in a calm tone, ''Hmm. Killing a Su Xiao is of no use. He should still be in Beijing, but no one knows when and where he will appear. Our greater enemy at the moment is the Transparent Man. I myself am not inclined to cooperate with the few other organizations in Beijing, they have many members, a mix of good and bad, and more problems within the organization."

Suddenly, Ruan Wangshu seemed to remember something as he raised his head and said, "Right, there's something. A month ago, Mu Huixue almost triggered the new version of the Black Tower update. Tang Mo, Fu Wenduo, you should all think that she caused this by clearing the fourth floor of the Black Tower, right?"

Tang Mo realized what he might be about to say, "Yeah, what?"

Ruan Wangshu: "In theory, Mu Huixue had cleared the fourth floor of the Black Tower before the Black Tower announced that it was going to update its version. However, this update was aborted. Last month, Qi Heng and Li Miaomiao entered a copy of reality, and in that copy they got a piece of information that might explain this unexpected update suspension."

Tang Mo frowned, not realizing for a moment which copy Ruan Wangshu was talking about.

Fu Wenduo abruptly understood, and he looked at Tang Mo.After a few seconds, Tang Mo also slowed down, his eyes slightly opened, and he looked at the female doctor lying on the table in surprise. The female doctor said hoarsely, ''That copy is called ''The day before Wang Zexin died'', it seems to be a friend of Mr. Tang ...... Tang. That copy is actually very simple, nothing difficult, but Qi Heng and I were trapped in it for days because we didn't figure out what this copy was trying to do."

"What is it trying to do?!" Tang Mo's tone had a rare hint of urgency.

Li Miaomiao doesn't try to be cryptic either: "Wang Zexin is half a full-fledged player. During the three days when Earth was online, he was lucky enough to enter a Black Tower game and passed it without any problems, returning to Earth. When he came back, he wanted to call a few of his friends and tell them some clues about the Black Tower game, because he sensed that Earth Online was not that simple, and that this mysterious game really existed, but he couldn't make the call. He got back to his house and realized that he couldn't get through on the phone, the internet, anything. Couldn't get out of the house either. He was locked in that house."

Tang Mo's fingers tightened abruptly, and one hand gently pressed against his tense shoulder.

Tang Mo didn't notice Fu Wenduo's movements as his lips pursed, "...... And then what?"

It was one of his best friends for over twenty years.

It's no one else.

The day he returned to the house was the evening of November 17," Li Miaomiao said. The next morning, Nov. 18, at 8 a.m., he tried his best to leave the house. But whether it was by jumping off a building, smashing a wall, or breaking down a door, he tried everything and did none of it. In the end he could only write down what he knew on paper and put it in the living room. at 8 o'clock he was erased from the Black Tower like all the other transparent people and disappeared from the world."

"Because ...... he didn't pass that Black Tower game."