Before they entered the room, Angel had actually scanned the layout of the room.
Inside is a very narrow rental house.
There is one bedroom and one living room, and there is not even a bathroom. Instead, there is a bathroom shared by everyone on the third floor in the middle of the corridor.
The interior is just as Kaushik said, there are all kinds of debris piled up. At present, these debris are nothing worth paying attention to. They are basically books, posters, and some old costumes.
As for the other furnishings, Angel didn't find anything unusual.
Angel has not yet discovered what "it" Kaushik is talking about.
The only thing that worried Angel a little was that there was a familiar photo wall on the wall beside the bed in the bedroom.
This photo wall is still fixed on the wall with a square wooden board, and a large number of photos are posted on the wooden board in chronological order.
The protagonist in the photo is still Kaushik.
It’s exactly the same as the photo wall in Kaushik’s dormitory at Prada Media!
"If it's the same photo wall, then according to the decoration in the company dormitory, the clues should be in the four photos in the middle?"
Angel muttered secretly in his heart, and then controlled the God's perspective to further observe the four photos in the middle.
The types of these four photos are the same as those in the company dormitory. They are all photos of Kaushik and others. Since he does not know who the people in the photos are, Angel has no way of analyzing the photos.
However, based on what Starworm found in the company dormitory before, these four photos are probably also double-layered photos, with the real "photos" hidden underneath.
My eyes slowly pass through the surface of the photo...
Sure enough, Angel saw the interlayer of the photo.
When the four photos are combined, it becomes a new photo!
The look of this photo is exactly the same as the one in the company dormitory. They both look like photos taken in a "cell".
The iron bars are the symbol of prison.
Inside the prison is an imprisoned silhouette. Because it is dark inside, it is not clear. But the appearance of the humanoid silhouette is very similar to Kaushik...
At first, Starworm also discovered this photo, and was watched by the people in the "cell". The next second, he entered the challenge space of the time radio.
And now, in Kaushik's self-rented house, the exact same "prison" photo appeared again.
Does it mean...
Is there also a fashion monster sealed in this "prison"?
Is it another time radio?
When Angel was full of doubts, Kaushik and Starworm had already opened the door of the rental house and walked in.
Kaushik took Starworm, avoided all kinds of debris on the ground, and walked towards the bedroom.
Soon, they stopped by the bed in the bedroom.
After arriving here, Starworm immediately discovered the photo wall above the bed!
"Another photo wall?!" Star Bug was stunned: Although the content of the photos seemed to be different from the photo wall in the company dormitory, the arrangement was exactly the same.
From children to teenagers, from youth to adulthood, from middle age to old age, and finally from old age to children... These photos are arranged in a circle on the wooden wall in chronological order.
In the middle are four photos of Kaushik and others.
To Starworm, such a decoration is simply another "time is a circle".
If according to the situation in the company dormitory, the four photos in the middle of the photo wall, shouldn't they...
Starworm looked at Kaushik with doubts in his eyes.
Kaushik seemed to have guessed what the starworm was thinking, and nodded slightly: "Yes, the one sealed here is also 'it'."
Kaushik paused and turned to look directly at Starworm: "The time radio requires two puzzle pieces to unlock its complete form. If you follow the normal process, I will take you when you successfully get the first time radio puzzle piece.
Come here so you can get the second piece of the puzzle."
"But now, you said that you don't have the first puzzle piece, so I can't give you the second puzzle piece."
Starworm wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say anything and just looked at Kaushik quietly.
Kaushik originally had a glimmer of hope. Maybe the first puzzle piece was right here with the Star Worm, but he didn't want to admit it. But looking at the Star Worm's silent look, his last glimmer of hope was shattered.
After pondering for a moment, Kaushik whispered: "You sit down for a while, and then I will conduct the test."
Starworm: "What test?"
"Test...where is the first puzzle piece?" Kaushik said as he walked to the photo wall.
An illusory magic book appeared next to him, and pale golden light flew out of the book, leaping at his fingertips.
As if they were dyed with gold dust, his index finger and thumb went straight through the photo wall and pulled out the "prison photo" hidden behind the four photos.
Pale golden light spread from the fingertips, covering this "prison photo".
The outline of the figure that was about to move in the "prison" returned to static state under the cover of golden light.
Kaushik looked at the "prison photo" in his hand with a dazed expression, as if he was seeing the past through it...
"Through it, can you find the first puzzle piece?" Starworm hesitated for a moment and said.
Kaushik was still immersed in memories of the past, but he suddenly came back to his senses when he heard the voice of the star bug.
Originally, Kaushik didn't want to say anything. Perhaps the previous memories made him think of something. He pondered for a moment and said softly: "The time radio is a legacy left by a friend of mine."
"In other words, both the one in my dormitory and the one here actually originated from the same time radio. However, it was divided into two puzzle pieces and I hid them in two photo walls."
"Since they have the same origin, you can naturally sense the breath of another puzzle piece through this puzzle piece."
Kaushik brought the starworm here because he wanted to use it to confirm whether there was a puzzle piece of the time radio inside the starworm.
"I see... By the way, you just mentioned inheritance." Starworm said in a surprised tone: "Can the puzzle pieces of fashion monsters be passed down?"
If it could be passed down, wouldn't it mean that the children of big families would be able to obtain the high-end fashion monsters of their fathers as soon as they were born?
Kaushik: "With some special methods, it can be passed on to others."
Starworm wanted to ask what this special method was, but Kaushik did not explain it. He just said softly: "Even if the children of the big families can obtain the high-level monsters of their fathers, they still have to pass the test of challenging tasks."
"Moreover, the difficulty of this kind of inherited challenge mission is one level higher than usual. Didn't you already experience it just now?"
"Even if the children of the big family can survive, it is only due to their own abilities."
Starworm recalled the "Unprocessed Letter" mission he had just experienced not long ago. The difficulty of that mission... Starworm also had a hard time judging.
Anyway, he has no hope of completing it.
Kaushik: "Put other things aside for now and talk about the business first. Then you do it as I said."
Starworm hesitated for two seconds, then nodded.
Kaushik: "Close your eyes and imagine that you are in a quiet, warm environment with nothing around you..."
Starworm followed Kaushik's instructions, closed his eyes, and slowly cleared his mind...
Kaushik looked at the starworm silently. When he saw that the starworm's "eye movements" were not so frequent, he knew it was time to test.
He placed the "prison photo" obscured by golden light in front of Starworm's forehead.
Even though he was so close, the starworm with his eyes closed still didn't sense anything unusual.
As for the photo, after approaching the starworm, it slowly emitted clusters of brilliance. These brilliance seemed to be "breathing", exchanging external information with internal information.
This "breathing" lasted about five minutes.
Kaushik took back the prison photo. He closed his eyes and sensed some information in the photo. After a while, his eyes showed a hint of disappointment.
——I didn’t feel any breath.
In other words, Starworm did not lie, and the puzzle pieces of the time radio were indeed not in his possession.
"You can open your eyes now."
A tired voice sounded in Star Bug's ears.
He opened his eyes and immediately saw Kaushik with a frown on his face.
Kaushik saw Starworm looking over and said softly: "I just confirmed that the puzzle piece of the time radio is indeed not on you."
Starworm: "Let me just say I didn't lie."
Kaushik: "Although the puzzle is not on your body, I can sense that you did complete the time radio challenge mission. Although I don't know what happened in the middle, there is a high probability that the missing puzzle is still related to you."
Star Bug was stunned: "What do you mean?"
Kaushik: "You can understand that maybe you become a springboard for others."
"For example, if there is a certain fashion magician who hides his clone consciousness in your body. When you are performing a task, he also senses your situation, and then takes his place and kicks you out of the task.
He became the leader of the task.”
Starworm: "Is there still such an operation?"
Kaushik: "This operation is based on a novel."
Starworm: "..."?!!
Kaushik said to himself: "The novel seems to be called "The Incarnation Magician". The protagonist is a magician who has the ability to incarnate thousands of times. He can divide countless incarnations and hide the avatars in other people's bodies.
Once he senses that others are undertaking mission challenges, he can replace them... In the end, relying on this ability, he captured a large number of puzzle pieces of fashionable monsters and became the true god of magic."
Starworm's expression was a little dazed: "It doesn't sound interesting...but, can this operation be implemented in reality?"
Kaushik shook his head: "I don't know."
He doesn't know if it can be formed, because he doesn't have the ability to "incarnate into thousands of things".
But the only thing he could think of to directly kick people on the mission out of the challenge space was this made-up plot.
"In that novel, if the protagonist wants to hide his avatar in someone else's body, he must have personally touched the other person. For example, through a handshake, or a deliberate collision..."
Kaushik murmured in a low voice: "Has anyone touched you intentionally during this period?"
After hearing Kaushik's question, Starworm's face remained unchanged, but his heart was stirred up.
Although Kaushik was only guessing based on the plot of the novel, his guess really hit the truth. Starworm knew very well that his mission was "sneaked" away by Gleipnir or Angel.
The prerequisite for them to complete the task is to get in touch with themselves.
Kaushik clearly didn't know the process, but he guessed the "correct way". Is this a kind of mistake?
Starworm: "There are so many people who have come into contact with me. When I walk on the road, many people touch me. Even if I want to take a train, I have to squeeze in..."
Kaushik thought about it and felt that the modern city has a large population, and many stage events often involve crowds, so the possibility of rubbing shoulders is too great.
"Is it possible that I contacted you specifically because I found out that you were undertaking a challenge mission?" Kaushik murmured in a low voice, "If that's the case, it seems that only your two friends are more qualified."
Angel and Gleipnir both went to see the Starworm, and Kaushik knew about it.
But, is it really them?
Listening to Kaushik's muttering, Starworm's mood was extremely complicated... This guy not only guessed the "correct way", he even guessed the person?!
Starworm: "My two friends just came over to check on me. I've known them for a long time. How can I not know what's going on with them?"
Kaushik did not believe it, but said softly: "I remember that they seemed to have gone to see Yusup. From the looks of them, it seems that they will come to the company."
"When they come to the company again, I will test it and find out."
Kaushik personally doesn't really believe this speculation, but he has no other ideas at the moment. In order to find the puzzle piece of "Time Radio", he will try his best to eliminate all doubts.
"Why do we have to retrieve the puzzle?" Starworm wondered: "Anyway, there is another one. Didn't you say before that Time Radio likes to stay in an environment with stories? Let's find a similar environment and wait for Time Radio to come to your door.
, and then just complete it."
"No." Kaushik shook his head: "That kind of time radio is not her inheritance."
Starworm: "It doesn't matter."
Kaushik: "It does matter. If other time radio puzzle pieces are replaced, the inherited abilities will not be the ones she originally mastered."
Hearing this, Starworm's eyes widened: "You mean, the inherited fashion monster puzzle has the same ability?!"
Kaushik nodded: "I don't know if others can do it, but hers can."
"who is she?"
Kaushik: "She is my friend, the former owner of Time Radio."
Kaushik didn't seem to want to tell the specific name and information, and Starworm didn't ask, but asked curiously: "Then what is the ability of her time radio?"
Kaushik took a deep look at Starworm and said, "If you get the first puzzle piece, I wouldn't mind telling you some information in advance to motivate you to complete the challenge of the second puzzle piece."
"But now, the puzzle piece is not on you, so I can't tell you this information."