Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 41 The Gift of Fate

Option 13.6 is 13.6%, option 63.6 is 9.1%, option [-] is [-]%, and option [-] is [-]%.

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【Option [-]】

【Pain】

……

With a sharp sound of glass shattering, everything in front of him was shattered.

The magnificent underwater city flew away and disappeared, and what appeared in front of Zheng Zhuo's eyes was what he had seen before——

No.

The scariest, most vicious, most profane capital city that any primate has ever seen.

Spikes, cilia, tentacles, and pustules protruding from green stone too tall and impossibly terrestrial, densely covered the seafloor.Those abominations entangled and pierced each other, building abnormal structures that completely violated the laws of geometry and physics.All these living building materials have unprecedented spatial structures and physical dimensions. Just looking at them can cause severe discomfort—the discomfort is so strong that it far exceeds personal willpower and makes all rationality It all evaporates here.

The beautiful gemstones have turned into various eyeballs and mouthparts, the bright and warm lights have turned into condensed filth, and the transparent crystal walls no longer exist, replaced by those green stones.Take a closer look, the surface of those stones is covered with dense——

Threat, anxiety, panic, despair.

Zheng Zhuo was completely penetrated by the deepest and most evil negative emotion aggregate constructed in the human subconscious.

He left consciousness by his choice, but at the same time.

Something is broken.

"——"

The water pressure of the deep sea, which had never existed before, suddenly appeared.

Zheng Zhuo's face twisted.Bubbles came from his muzzle.The sea water squeezed his body in an instant, squeezing his lungs into a clump smaller than a fist.

Impediment of blood, constant suffocation and eternal pain.

Everything in the deep sea returned to him, but did not take his life.

Thus, it becomes a kind of torture without any kindness at all.

"whee."

"Haha."

"Hoohoohoo."

"It's not, isn't it good?"

Human-shaped light spots entwined Zheng Zhuo, who was inhuman due to pain.

No... they should be called those "once human blips".

Now, they have long since ceased to shine.When the horizon was destroyed and the real seabed reappeared, Zheng Zhuo was followed by a group of undead dragging rotting remains.

Some of them were holding ugly, profane statues, others were holding strange geometric shapes that were confusing at first glance, and some were dragging ancient books bound by the inside pages of unknown materials.They lifted their hollow, half-skeletal heads and let out a crisp laugh.

"Go on, go on!"

they say.

"Go ahead! Look, your companion is leaving, grab him!"

"..."

Zheng Zhuo slowly raised his face.

He was in touch with the truth.The truth blows away everything...and then, consciousness and reason remain.

Therefore, he did not forget his purpose.Rather, the pain burned the only hope into his spirit like a soldering iron.

"(...yes...yes, just a little...just a little...)"

Zheng Zhuo's body has lost any consciousness because of the pain.But he found that he could still drift forward slowly as he wanted.

He walked through the oldest and most sinister capital city in the world, through buildings that couldn't even tell whether they were concave or convex, living or dead.

He saw the front again.

The once majestic and gorgeous palace has now become a huge gate.The door is made of some kind of unknown material rock, the whole body is pure black, and at the same time, it emits a kind of black light.

Zheng Zhuo never knew that there was something that could emit black light.

The statue of the goddess standing in front of the huge gate has also changed.

Materials like bronze, ivory, and jade make up the statue.It was a man with a crown of laurel leaves on his head.The man is tall and strong, with a handsome and beautiful appearance.

It's so weird.

In this incongruous city, only the statue retains a beauty that humans can understand.

Zheng Zhuo thought about it, and began to look at it carefully——

Just this moment.

A primitive fear, an instinct to avoid danger hit him, making him lower his head uncontrollably.

"(...what...what...)"

His heart, which had been infinitely close to stopping due to the pressure of the deep sea water, began beating crazily again.

He understood.

That's the scariest thing here.

Zheng Zhuo was floating.

He hadn't recovered from the impact just now, but just stared blankly at the slanted front.

then……

"(It's him!)"

Zheng Zhuo saw Chu Huairen.Chu Huairen was slowly swimming towards the statue and the gate along the creep that might be called a street.

Yes... cards.

As long as Chu Huairen can get in touch with the card, all these tortures can end.

Zheng Zhuo thought of this and moved forward desperately.

Every movement of his hands and feet brought him intense pain.But he kept going, and going...

Zheng Zhuo passed Chu Huairen who was swimming slowly.He got in front of him.

However, Chu Huairen's eyes were blank at the moment, just staring blankly ahead.He knocked Zheng Zhuo away and continued to float forward slowly.

Hey!
Zheng Zhuo wanted to speak but couldn't make a sound.His hands were curled into a ball due to the severe pain, unable to grasp Chu Huairen.

He had to swim forward again desperately.He kept moving forward, kept moving forward, only felt that his swimming speed was getting faster...

He swam up the weird, wriggling steps to the base of the statue.

"(Remember... what you saw when you entered the world... is here...)"

Zheng Zhuo didn't dare to look up.He began to plan the sand at the base of the statue with his oddly twisted hand.

Each blow brought great pain.However, Zheng Zhuo knew that he would not die, nor would he go into a coma, and this instead became the strength that kept him going.

Cards... golden cards.

In the end, where in the end...

The bottom of the statue, it's huge!Zheng Zhuo's speed of pawing the ground with his hands was so slow.

Chu Huairen slowly floated over.He passed Zheng Zhuo.

Zheng Zhuo was shocked.

Chu Huairen's destination was not the statue, but the door behind it!Seeing that he was about to jump over the statue——

Once in, it's over!

This idea suddenly flashed in my mind.Zheng Zhuo slammed himself into the sand, swam over by inertia, and blocked Chu Huairen.

But he still couldn't stop Chu Huairen who was unconscious.You can only bump him back a little bit.

He took this opportunity to push the sand away with his feet.

However, the efficiency is too low.He can't keep doing this.Chu Huairen got closer and closer to the door.

The voices of the wandering spirits sounded again.

It's those past spots of light.This time, they climbed onto Zheng Zhuo's shoulders, holding all kinds of disgusting items in their hands.

Use this!

they say.

Use this!

Finally.Finally.

Victory is at hand, don't you think so?Or, are you willing to fail here?
For a small price...

You will be able to realize your wish.

They can still be taken out of this world!how about it?
It's a good deal, right?

……

【problem】

【Chu Huairen is entering the dark gate, but the card has not been found for a long time.What should I do now? 】

【Option [-]】

[Take what the wandering soul gave: The Book of Subordination]

Effect: Can force a creature to carry out your command

Side Effects: Contact
【Option [-]】

[Take what was given by the wandering soul: Touch of Forbidden Binding]

Effect: Can bind several creatures in place

Side Effects: Breeding
【Option [-]】

[Take the gift given by the wandering soul: Almighty Vision]

Effect: see through everything

Side Effects: Crazy
【Option [-]】

[Choose none, continue digging cards by yourself]

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