Schrödinger's cat~

The Black Tower's mechanical voice rang in the ears of the five.

Fu Wenduo was standing ten meters away from the steel rod, and when he heard the sound, he stopped in his tracks. Tang Mo and the others were also a bit surprised, they first looked around to make sure there was nothing strange, then all of them walked towards the thin steel rod together. Tang Mo slowly stretched out his hand and touched the thirty-meter long steel rod.

After a while, he let go of his hand, "It feels like ordinary steel, it should be an iron rod. The length is about thirty-five meters." Tang Mo raised his head to measure the length of the steel rod.

Li Miaomiao had already gotten used to her "captain" status, she analyzed: "Just now, the Black Tower suddenly released a side quest, asking us to enter Schrödinger's Iron Fortress. This forest is called Schrödinger's Iron Forest, and we should still be in it right now, not having found the exit. Then the Steel Fortress ......"

Li Miaomiao's voice stopped, and she said nothing more. She raised her head and looked at the huge steel pallet above her head. Zhao Xiaofei also looked cautiously at the strange tray above her head that covered the sky, and swallowed nervously.

A blonde-haired Grea pressed her bowler hat and smiled slightly.

Zhao Xiaofei said, "We've just searched the forest for a long time, and we walked here before triggering the side quest. Then that steel fortress must be around here. So ...... it's right above us?" Although it was a question, her tone was certain, "It should be up there. Let's go up."

Tang Mo did not deny Zhao Xiaofei's views.

It was clear, with 90% probability, that Schrödinger's steel fortress was on this odd steel pallet above the heads of the crowd. The steel rod was tens of meters long, and the platform (pallet) it held up covered hundreds of square meters, blocking out the reddish-bronze moonlight in the sky and casting a large shadow on the ground.

If there's one place the Steel Castle is most likely to be, it's on top of this platform. There's plenty of room, and it's blocked from view. It could only be here.

Without further delay, Li Miaomiao took the place of Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo and acted as the team leader to communicate with Zhao Xiaofei and Grea. She adapted quickly to her role, touching the steel stick and said, "It's just a normal stick, I'm quite good at climbing trees and poles, so I should be able to climb this one. I'm pretty good at climbing trees and poles, so I should be able to climb this.

Zhao Xiaofei : "I've never climbed a pole, but I'm in decent shape, so I should be fine." She looks to Grea.

The handsome looking half-breed man looked up with a gentle, elegant smile, and with a flick of his wrist, his short staff was hung from his wide belt. "Of course, and if any of the ladies need help, I'm obliged." With that, he looked fairly at all the players present, including Tang Mo and Fu Wenduo.

Tang Mo said, "I have no problem with that."

Fu Wenduo stood aloofly by the side, as if he didn't know Tang Mo and Li Miaomiao at all, and swept his eyes over Grea, who was smiling all the time, and faintly said, "No problem."

No one knows what dangers will arise from climbing the pole. Tang Mo was going to let Fu Wenduo go first, but Li Miaomiao said, "It's okay, it's hard for normal things to kill me in one hit, I can escape if something happens. Besides, I'm good at climbing trees." Tang Mo understood what she meant and didn't stop her. He had seen Li Miaomiao's powerful self-healing ability. Unless it was a really fast and fatal blow, she would definitely be able to escape.

The cold gale blew through the dark steel forest, the female doctor took a deep breath and slowly exhaled. She walked up and pressed her hands on the steel rod that was glistening with metallic luster, then her right foot lifted up and with one force, her body encircled the rod. In just three seconds, she climbed upwards a distance of five meters, her speed was extremely fast. Seeing that she didn't encounter any danger, the other woman in the team also sighed in relief and walked forward to start climbing the pole.

Zhao Xiaofei, who had never climbed a pole before, clumsily clung to the thin pole and slowly climbed upwards with all her limbs in a very youthful manner. After seeing her safely climb more than ten meters, Tang Mo steps forward and prepares to climb the pole. But just as he was about to touch the pole, he heard a cry of alarm from above his head. Tang Mo quickly looked up, and Fu Wenduo frowned, reaching out to catch Zhao Xiaofei's falling body.

Suddenly, a black figure flashes past Tang Mo.

Bam!

The thin pole trembled slightly as someone stepped on it, only to see a crimson figure climb up the middle section of the pole with great speed in the dim moonlight. Grea quickly reached out and caught the short-haired woman falling downward with one hand, wrapping it around her waist. Zhao Xiaofei was also very dismayed. As a player who had cleared at least one level of the Black Tower, she wouldn't be injured at all if she fell from such a height, and it was only because she had never climbed a pole before that she lost her footing.

In the silence of the empty steel forest, Li Miaomiao heard a voice and looked down, "Is everything okay?"

Midway up the pole, Grea pulls on the pole with one hand while holding the short-haired woman with the other. He looked down at the unresponsive lady, a gentle smile on his pale face, his voice laced with laughter, "My lady, do you need help?"

Zhao Xiaofei gradually reacted. Always going up anyway, she didn't refuse the other party's help and directly said, "Thank you."

In the tense and dangerous game of tower attack, no one had the heart to talk about love. Zhao Xiaofei showed no trace of feminine blush at all as she stared warily at the foreign man holding her, not hiding her wariness.

Grea wasn't offended by her cold response, but just smiled a little wider. He climbed the pole much faster than Zhao Xiaofei, and even with a woman in one arm, he reached the bottom of Li Miaomiao in a few clicks. Gravity disappeared completely under his feet, and he didn't climb upward holding the pole, but simply stepped on it as if it were flat.

On the ground, Tang Mo watches the scene, his eyes slowly narrowing.

After a few moments, Tang Mo looked at Fu Wenduo, who immediately understood what the other meant, and Fu Wenduo also had the same intention. He stepped forward, holding the steel pole with one hand, and with a stomp of his foot, his whole body, like a rocket, whooshed up the pole.

Tang Mo watches carefully from below.

When Fu Wenduo caught up with the army, Tang Mo's lips pursed slightly. Without moving, he stepped forward and honestly climbed upwards, holding the pole. Half a minute later, the five of them safely reached the top of the pallet. After Tang Mo's feet stepped on the platform, a clear child's voice rang out in their heads---

"Dingdong! Completion of Side Quest 1: Enter Schrödinger's Iron Fortress."

Li Miaomiao was shocked, "This ...... this is a steel fortress? It's basically a steel castle, isn't it!"

Only to see that on the flat and spacious steel platform, there stood a European-style ancient castle-like steel building. This pitch-black steel castle stood icily right in front of the five people, surrounded by a fence. A steel gate stood in front of them, and the reddish copper-colored moonlight shone on the castle and the gate, reflecting a cold-dipped luster.

Tang Mo suddenly hears the sound of regular footsteps in the biting wind. He pressed his hand on the small Yang San and looked at the mysterious castle warily. Only to hear a creak, the door of the castle was opened, and a figure gradually stepped out from behind the door. Everyone immediately took out their weapons and carefully stared at the mysterious person, ready to attack at any time.

The Mystic took a step out of the dark castle, stepped through the door, and appeared in front of the crowd.

It was a middle-aged man in a black tuxedo, his hair meticulously combed and slicked back with a thick layer of hair oil. He carried an old oil lamp in his hand and walked expressionlessly towards the steel gate towards the five humans. When he reached a distance of five meters from the gate, Tang Mo and the others got a good look at him, and he got a good look at the five players.

The middle-aged man that Guan Jia looked like had a footstep, and after a moment, he continued forward again.

He took out the key and opened the steel door. The five players remained standing, cautiously sizing him up, none of them entering the door.

The middle-aged man bowed slightly, his voice monotonous and without rise or fall, "Welcome to Schrödinger's steel fortress."

The five players stood outside the gates, making no move.

Three minutes later, the middle-aged man bowed again, and in the same tone and voice, said, word for word, "Welcome to Schrödinger's fortress of steel."

Li Miaomiao winks at Tang Mo, asking him what to do next, but Tang Mo doesn't seem to see anything. She looked at Fu Wenduo again in frustration, but Fu Wenduo also ignored her, giving no response. Li Miaomiao casts her mouth away in dismay and follows the example of the two men, looking at the middle-aged man with indifference.

After another three minutes, the middle-aged man bowed again, and in exactly the same voice, with exactly the same facial gestures, repeated once more, "Welcome to Schrödinger's steel fortress."

Li Miaomiao suddenly realized, "Wait, you're a robot?!"

Zhao Xiaofei also noticed the anomaly: "Yes, his expression, voice, and even the magnitude of his bending are exactly the same every time he speaks!"

The middle-aged man's voice remained stiff, "I'm not a robot."

Li Miaomiao: "So you're underground?"

The middle-aged man kept his head down and did not look directly at the player, "This is Schrödinger's Steel Castle, not Wang Guo the Underground Man."

Soon the three minute mark came again and the middle-aged man bowed once more, "Welcome to Schrödinger's steel fortress."

The crowd looked at each other in disbelief.

When the middle-aged Guan Jia was about to say it for the fifth time, the crowd finally lifted their feet and walked into this mysterious castle. Seeing this, middle-aged Guan Jia closed his mouth, stood quietly to the side, bowed and said, "Sir, please come in." Waiting for all five people to go in, he then stepped forward, carrying the station's worn-out steel small oil lamp to lead the way in front.

One by one, the five men entered the gates of the castle, the last or Tang Mo. when he walked in, there was a loud bang and the gates closed behind the crowd.

Zhao Xiaofei: "What are you doing!"

Inside the dark castle, only the oil lamp on Guan Jia's hand was emitting a dim light. Fu Wenduo flung his right hand and the black sharp weapon appeared on his arm, Tang Mo also directly drew out the small Yang San, ready to attack the middle-aged Guan Jia who had no expression on his face.

Before the two could attack, they stopped moving in unison and slowly craned their heads to look into the darkened halls of the castle.

Grea had somehow managed to get back on his short staff, which he held up with his right hand as he lifted his left hand to press down on his bowler hat. Blue eyes blinking, Grea exclaims with great sincerity, "Wow, what a cute little baby."

Only a pair of ghostly green eyes stared deathly at the five humans in the black castle.

Li Miaomiao swallowed her saliva and felt a chill in her heart at the eerie eyes. She was about to ask Tang Mo to turn on the flashlight and shine some light on them, when the next moment, her mouth suddenly closed.

"Brush brush brush--"

Pair after pair of green eyes appeared out of thin air in the deadly cold castle. The overwhelming green eyes stared at the five humans who had suddenly intruded from every corner of the ancient castle, hundreds of pairs of eyes staring at them in unison. When they moved a little bit, these eyes would follow and move a little bit. Li Miaomiao felt this kind of numbness in her scalp for the first time, countless goosebumps rose on her body and her sweaty hairs stood on end. She didn't want to meet these green eyes, but when she lowered her head, she felt that they were all looking at her.

Li Miaomiao pulled out a scalpel straight away, ready to die with these green-eyed things.

At that moment, only a stiff voice rang out in the minds of the crowd. This voice appeared without warning, and Li Miaomiao, who was actually the most timid, was so frightened that he stumbled backwards, almost knocking over the oil lamp of the middle-aged Guan Jia.

Immediately afterward, "Pah-"

The lights suddenly lit up, and the entire castle was fully illuminated. Only in the spacious castle, hundreds of black cats filled every corner of the room, staring grimly at the five players standing at the entrance.

Suddenly, the first cat opened its mouth and let out a shrill cat call. Next, one black cat after another purred. The sound of the cries filled the castle as if they were fingernails scraping on glass, causing the players to cover their ears. Only the middle-aged Guan Jia seemed to have gotten used to it and watched it all with cold eyes.

After a long time, the cat's purring came to an abrupt end.

"Dingdong! Triggered side quest two: find out about Schrödinger's cat."

"Rules of the game--"

"First, Schrödinger only has one cat."

"Secondly, Mr. Cat is very clean and out of touch."

"Third, every three hours, a bowl of cat food appears in the center of the castle hall. Defeat the greedy Undergrounders guarding the cat food to get it. Schrödinger's cats love cat food."

"The great Mr. Schrödinger has angered his cat again today, and as a certified pooper scooper, Mr. Schrödinger is pondering what to do to win back his cat's heart. Perhaps a bowl of delicious cat food is the most powerful prop of all."