Xu Fang did not make a decision, but instead explained the current situation to Luo Xiaoming and let her make a choice.

Passing the decision to someone else is irresponsible behavior, but Xu Fang still wanted to try. Since Luo Xiaoming could appear in the bizarre event, she must possess something that others do not.

Luo Xiaoming did not avoid making a choice, nor did she give up thinking. She proposed her own idea.

"Xu Fang, I don't know as much about the bizarre event as you do, and I don't have any good suggestions. Before using the Night Ticket, I want to confirm if my family members are real. Can I do that? If the situation is not right, I will use the props immediately."

"Are you referring to your brother and parents?"

Luo Xiaoming nodded.

"Maybe what I'm about to say is a bit cruel, but the reality is that your parents are already dead..." Xu Fang looked at the girl's sad expression and continued, "So you need to be prepared for the possibility that they are monsters."

"Okay, I'm prepared."

"You also need to be prepared that I might be a monster."

"......?"

"Never mind, maybe I'm just overthinking. Let's go then, to S City."

The Night Ticket can only be used by the "author" and takes effect immediately. However, it is not recommended to use it on anyone other than the author, otherwise the consequences are at your own risk.

Is Xu Fang the "author" now?

What if he is not? If the "author" who enters the bizarre event is determined to be a "non-author," can the Night Ticket still be used?

The last sentence of the Night Ticket rules is not clear, whether it refers to the "author" or authors.

Sometimes, the meaning of language expression is vague.

In any case, the Night Ticket is still an important trump card.

...

The distance in this world has changed.

The distance from K City to S City is over 900 kilometers. The maximum speed of this helicopter is about 290 kilometers per hour. It would take Xu Fang more than 3 hours to reach S City at the fastest. However, in reality, Xu Fang arrived at the outskirts of S City in just 20 minutes.

Has the distance been shortened tenfold? Is this world a miniature version of Earth?

But if the Earth is smaller, the gravity would also be reduced, but Xu Fang did not feel any change in gravity. Moreover, it is difficult to explain the thickness of the atmosphere. The atmosphere of this world is still the same thickness as the real world.

In addition, no planets or moons can be seen in the sky. The only celestial body visible is the sun.

It's like a game that deliberately simplifies the surrounding environment to reduce computational load and run more smoothly.

...

Parking the helicopter in an uninhabited area on the outskirts, Xu Fang held the Night Ticket tightly in his hand, with Luo Xiaoming following closely behind, cautiously walking towards the city.

When they approached the outskirts, the phone finally connected to the network. Xu Fang immediately asked Xiao Ming to search for information about them on the internet. Although going online would expose their location, understanding the enemy's information was more important as a trade-off.

To their surprise, they had already prepared to be wanted by the whole world, but there was no content related to Xu Fang and Luo Xiaoming on the webpage at this moment. Xu Fang had killed over a hundred monsters in one breath, and there was a sea of fire below the plane. The incident happened in the city center, and even if the authorities suppressed the news, it would be impossible to block the media from small channels.

"Is it possible that those monsters are aliens?" Luo Xiaoming said, "They are hiding among humans, trying to eliminate humanity. If we help humans defeat them, can we clear this bizarre event?"

"There is a possibility, but let's not assign ourselves a position for now," Xu Fang glanced at Xiao Ming, "The most common thing in a bizarre event is 'deception.' It can deceive your vision, memory, and intuition. Maybe helping aliens eliminate humanity is the way to leave? Or maybe both sides need to be eliminated. Of course, our current goal is to survive and identify the real enemy."

"Okay."

Xu Fang found two black old clothes in the abandoned room by the roadside and quickly turned them into two capes, one for himself and one for Xiao Ming.

Xu Fang rummaged through the ruins and found a rusty small knife. "By the way, Luo Xiaoming, do you have any experience in killing?"

"No, why do you ask?"

"I'll teach you. Hold this knife." Xu Fang instructed.

"Considering that you have never learned any combat skills, it's too late to learn now. I can only teach you the safest and most direct assassination method." Xu Fang instructed Luo Xiaoming to hold the knife with both hands and slightly bend over. "Make sure the length of the knife in your hand is more than 10 centimeters. If the target is lying face up, you need to stab the target's eye sockets with all your strength. If the target is sleeping on the side, stab the temple. Afterward, regardless of whether the target struggles or not, you must immediately step back to ensure your own safety. Now, you try it."

"Wait, who do you want me to kill?"

Xu Fang pointed at himself.

"Why...?"

"I just want to take precautions in advance," Xu Fang said. "If the Night Ticket doesn't end this bizarre event and you fall into the cycle again, I hope you can wake me up by killing me... Just treat it as a game."

"But it will be very painful."

"If a little pain can help me leave this hell, I'm willing." Xu Fang looked at his wrist. "Besides, I haven't felt any pain for a long time. I kind of miss it."

"But what if you can't be awakened and really die?"

"That assumes that time reset shouldn't exist."

"You..."

"Promise me, it's important!"

"Okay, you masochist, I promise!" Luo Xiaoming agreed.

"Well, I'm glad you agreed, but why are you pinching my face?"

Luo Xiaoming snapped out of it and realized that her hands were naturally placed on the cheeks of the doll-like figure. Because of her slight force, the doll's cheeks deformed, and its two pitch-black eyes stared straight at her.

"Ahaha, I'm just used to it, almost mistook you for Gussy!"

"It's hard to imagine that I would feel jealous."

"Sorry..."

"As compensation, I want to pinch you too."

"..."

After a few attempts, Luo Xiaoming learned how to assassinate a sleeping person without getting hurt.

She didn't need to learn any other skills. Time and physical conditions didn't allow her to do so.

Xu Fang violently unlocked a car and drove towards the city center. It wasn't early, and by now Luo Qingyuan should have finished work and gone home. Luo Bing might be living somewhere else, and Bai Wenqiu should be living with Luo Qingyuan.

On the way, they encountered no obstacles and saw no monsters.

The city was prosperous, with a constant flow of people, as if the monsters had completely disappeared from this world.

If Xu Fang hadn't inherited the ability to see entropy increase, he would indeed have the illusion that he was "safe." But the sky was already covered with twisted marks. If he could find some gaps before, now it was completely sealed, and those marks were slowly pressing toward Xu Fang, making him feel oppressed.

Xu Fang carefully observed the structure of the city.

Although the Earth had shrunk, the buildings in the city hadn't. They were still in their original proportions, just with fewer irrelevant buildings and the key ones preserved.

"Is that where Luo Qingyuan lives?" Xu Fang and Xiao Ming crouched in the dark corner of an alley, silently observing a high-rise building on the 12th floor.

"Yes, that's it."

The dots of light were gray - through the building, Xu Fang saw Luo Qingyuan in the room.

Bai Wenqiu and Luo Bing were not there.

There were many people on each floor of this tall building, with a high population density. It would be troublesome if they all turned into monsters.

After thinking for a moment, Xu Fang decided to test the situation first.

It was easy to kill someone with an energy beam, just burn their brain. But it was difficult to knock someone unconscious, requiring precise control. Xu Fang manipulated the energy distribution to create pressure in the ear canal, causing the inner ear labyrinth to vibrate and make the person faint. He had used this move in the United States before, and it worked well.

After stunning Luo Qingyuan, Xu Fang asked Luo Xiaoming to stay in place, then he climbed up to the 12th floor like a gecko using the pipes outside the building. He then carried the person and jumped down from the top of the building, flattening himself before landing to slow down the fall.

While ensuring concealment, Xu Fang quickly took the people away.

Afterwards, Xu Fang found Luo Bing and Bai Wenqiu in the diamond-shaped apartment and used the same method to bring them into the car.

With the unconscious trio, Xu Fang and Xiao Ming returned to the deserted outskirts.

Luo Xiaoming looked at her father, mother, and brother with a complicated expression. Her parents, who were supposed to be dead in that world, were alive here. She didn't know how to face them and could only hope that they were not monsters.

"I'll wake up Luo Qingyuan first, let's confirm his identity," Xu Fang said to Xiao Ming. "Don't say anything, let me handle it. Don't worry, if he really is Luo Qingyuan, I won't harm him."

"Okay."

Xu Fang moved the middle-aged man who was unconscious and tied him up with a rope, just in case.

Under Luo Xiaoming's astonished gaze, Xu Fang changed his appearance, elongating himself to 175cm and then putting on a hooded robe to cover his face. Instantly, Xu Fang transformed from a loli into a hooded weirdo.

He opened a bottle of water and splashed it on Luo Qingyuan's face.

Luo Qingyuan jolted awake, opened his eyes, and looked around in confusion.

"What is this?" He looked at the rope binding him, unable to move.

"Next, answer my questions. I ask one, you answer one. Cooperate with me, and I'll let you go. If you don't cooperate, I'll kill you," Xu Fang said, showing the knife in his hand.

The conversation was simple and straightforward, but effective.

Luo Qingyuan's face turned pale, and he looked fearful. He nodded in cooperation.

"Is your name Luo Qingyuan?"

"Yes."

"You have two children, one is Luo Bing, and the other is Luo Xiaoming?"

"Luo Xiaoming... is my daughter."

"How do you evaluate Hitler?"

"??"

He couldn't keep up with Xu Fang's jumping thoughts.

Luo Qingyuan hesitated for a moment, not knowing how to answer. Only when Xu Fang pointed the knife at him did he stutter out a meaningless response.

Xu Fang seemed unsatisfied. Since Luo Qingyuan's entire body was gray dots of light, it was impossible to judge his emotions based on his heartbeat or blood flow. Xu Fang could only observe his facial expressions.

"How do you prove the Goldbach Conjecture?"

Even if Xu Fang held the knife to his throat, Luo Qingyuan couldn't answer.

Next, Xu Fang asked a series of tricky questions, ranging from science to philosophy, and from philosophy to theology. Some Luo Qingyuan could answer, some he answered incorrectly, and some he couldn't say a word.

Xu Fang waved at Xiao Ming, signaling her to move further away.

Then, he leaned close to Luo Qingyuan's ear and asked slowly and softly, "Do you know Horror Novel Web?"

"......"

"......!!"

Somewhere in the world.

A young man in the appearance of a Taoist priest came to the window. He looked at the abacus in his hand and then looked at the dark starry sky, murmuring to himself, "It's going to change."

In another place, a computer program was roaming when suddenly it detected that a certain country had launched the ultimate weapon. It was confused because no country was supposed to start a war, so why was this happening? Could the program have made an error?

On a small island, a white-haired girl who was leisurely walking looked up at the sky and noticed a streak of fire tearing through the sky, heading towards the east.

A middle-aged man who was studying strange tidal phenomena was suddenly startled by an alarm.

Of course, there were also some people who were numbly immersed in their own dreams.

......

"Swoosh..."