Infinite spooky game

Chapter 125 Double Happiness Town (End) Victims

Xu Yao once asked "Mr. Xu" at the time: "Our family is already so rich, why do we continue to do harmful things?"

Mrs. Xu said: "If we don't do it, they will ask others to do it. If we can't give them what they want, they will no longer respect and love us, and we won't be able to gain a foothold here."

Once the engine of evil started, it could not be stopped. In order to live a comfortable life, generations of descendants of the Xu family lost their names, took on the mask of "Xu Po", and sacrificed innocent animals like witches in ancient rituals. sweet wine.

If nothing else happens, Xu Yao will become the new "Xu Po" one day in the future, and she will enjoy the wealth brought by sin with peace of mind. Day after day, year after year, she will become accustomed to benefiting herself at the expense of others and drinking blood. .

But Xu Yao doesn't want this.

Call her naive or stupid. She dreamed of ending the cycle of evil in her own generation, and even used the excuse of "love at first sight" to save a county magistrate from the townspeople who came to investigate Shuangxi Town.

She and the county magistrate used the pretense of preparing for a wedding to delay, and finally collected enough evidence. She sent the magistrate out of the town and took the initiative to lure away the pursuers.

She was forced to throw herself into a dry well. She thought that was the end of the matter, but she was horrified to discover that death was not the end of everything.

Her soul was trapped at the bottom of the well, being washed away by the cold and biting well water day and night, and watching her body rot into bones.

Some people are not afraid of death because they have ideals and perseverance and have enough courage to bear the outcome of death; some people are not afraid of death because they do not know what death is, are blinded by false self-movement, and give up life impulsively and hastily.

Xu Yao is undoubtedly the latter.

When she decided to redress the grievances of the victimized girls, the worst outcome she could think of was to lose her comfortable and comfortable life and walk away from the county magistrate. She thought that the wealth based on the suffering of others should not be enjoyed by her.

When the townspeople pressed her hard, she had the idea of ​​​​death in desperation. On the one hand, it seemed reasonable for the Xu family to pay for the death of so many innocent people; on the other hand, she secretly felt that her death might make others feel guilty.

And now, she began to regret it. Why did she have to endure so much pain and suffering when she had done nothing wrong? Why did those people not only not blame themselves when she was clearly dead, but they didn't even spare her soul?

After all, Xu Yao was just a sixteen-year-old girl when she died. She knew a little bit about everything, but didn't understand much.

In the first few years, she cried day and night. As her spiritual journey progressed, she would saturate the surrounding ground with ghost energy and create some strange phenomena.

——But everyone knows what’s going on, and no one is afraid of her.

Later, more and more corpses were thrown into the well, and she was suppressed at the bottom of the well with countless innocent souls, unable to do anything.

Over the long years, she absorbed enough resentment, and gradually no longer cared about self-pity, but learned to resent and hate.

She complained about the cruelty of the townspeople and the ruthlessness of Po Xu, and she thought about how to kill them every day.

While waiting endlessly, she heard the voice of God.

God promised her to become the master of Shuangxi Town, and that Mrs. Xu and the townspeople would be controlled by her like zombies. Xi'er and Xu Wen, who had been killed recently, would also be reborn and involved in the seven-day cycle together.

Xu Yao let the townspeople die over and over again like a joke, letting the players easily clear the dungeon in the first few rounds, until they got bored, and then seriously carried out the deal with the god——

Kill the outsiders who enter Double Happiness Town.

It was undeniable that she did feel a long-lost pleasure from killing: Why could those people live while she died? Why should she be trapped at the bottom of a cold well, while those people could pass by and leave in a hurry?

Hundreds of years of imprisonment made Xu Yao accustomed to hating, and she even hated the county magistrate who she personally sent out of the town.

Why didn't he come to her? Why didn't he come to save her?

When they parted, he kept saying he loved her, but why didn't even a single person appear in the past hundred years?

Without him, she wouldn't be in this situation...

Once, Xu Yao took it for granted to save people out of some kind of stupid kindness; but now, after realizing that saving people may lead to misfortune, she finally gave up her kindness and went to the other extreme.

Qisi listened to Xu Yao's story and was very aware of her hesitation, but he had no intention of pointing it out.

He calmly recounted: "The county magistrate did not abandon you. He came back to look for you for a long time, but due to the concealment of the townspeople, he could not find any trace of you. After his death, his soul was trapped in another place. In this world, when you see someone, you will inquire about your whereabouts."

"I guess even though you are trapped at the bottom of the well, you have never been able to pass through the passage at the bottom of the well and reach the boundary where the Temple of Death is located, right?"

Xu Yao nodded stiffly.

Qisi understood, and said with a half-smile: "If my guess is correct, that evil god wants you to hate him, so he blocks you from him and lets you pass him by, so that you can accumulate more So much resentment.”

He paused and asked knowingly: "Can I take the liberty of asking about the image and honorable name of the evil god you made a deal with?"

Xu Yao's face was as green as if it were dripping with rot, and her eyes were empty, but she still recalled: "He was wearing a black robe. I can't remember his exact appearance. I only remember that his eyes were golden...His honorable name He is 'the master of time and space who is free from the boundary between life and death, the master of destiny who is in charge of disasters and blessings, and the immortal existence who announces doomsday and apocalypse.'"

The moment the last word fell, Qiss felt a line of sight descending from the sky like a real thing, staring at him.

The "click" sound of broken glass was heard from the inspiration, and then nothing happened. The barrier of the world only cracked a crack and then stopped the process of being destroyed. The high-dimensional beings that were blocked outside could only look at the ocean from a distance.

Qisi knew that this was the contract [Forbidden by the Gods] that came into play.

He couldn't help but smile, then he touched his chin on the ground, and recited a certain line in his memory with the attitude of a magician: "The person you are dealing with is the most cruel and terrifying evil god in the world. The same malicious people like to do nothing more than induce them to commit crimes and watch them struggle because of their original sins.”

"Now that things have come to this, He will definitely not let you and the county magistrate be happy unless..."

Qisi swallowed the words that followed, then approached Xu Yao mysteriously, and whispered in a low voice: "You may not know that there is actually more than one god in this world. As far as I know, there is a god named 'Qi' Great existence..."

In the next three minutes, Qisi used up his pitiful reserve of positive words, resisted the urge to laugh wildly, and packaged "Qi" into a kind god who was considerate and meddlesome, and said that Xu Yao was welcome at any time. Pray, the only price you have to pay is to find a way to kill Xu Wen.

Yes, Qisi holds a grudge. Although he appreciates Xu Wen's outlook on life, he doesn't plan to finish the matter of this girl kidnapping him into the Temple of Funeral for a while.

No matter what, this girl must die for real, and the more miserable the death, the better.

Xu Yao was noncommittal and lowered her head thoughtfully; Qisi said no more.

On the system interface, the silver-white prompt text appeared belatedly.

[All players except you have died, and the "guaranteed number of deaths" mechanism has been triggered]

[It has been detected that you no longer have the conditions to complete the main mission. Do you want to give up the main mission? 】

Qisi spat out the word "yes" sadly.

The result was unsatisfactory as expected, but that was all.

Xu Wen has clearly sided with the enemy, and it seems that she does not need the player to rescue her at all; the most troublesome thing is that as long as she hides in the boundary of the Temple of Death, Xu Yao will not be able to get through for a while, and he will not be able to kill her. , naturally there is no way to bring her body out...         Chiss can't go there again and say to her with a stern face, "The guy you made a deal with has been kicked out, you can go with me again," right?

[You have given up on the main mission, and your evaluation level will be significantly reduced]

[Congratulations to the player for clearing the team survival copy "Double Happiness Town"]

The system tone was as cold as ever, and the word "congratulations" sounded ironic.

Qi Si stared blankly, watching the light dim, just like the screen before the opening of a movie, and there was sound and light at a certain moment.

"Director, someone is missing again in Shuangxi Town. It is basically confirmed that Shuangxi Town is a regional weird event. I went to measure the weird fluctuations around it. This is at least B-level weird."

The young voice was very anxious. The owner of the voice was a young man with tied hair in a white uniform. His face could not be seen clearly, but he could clearly read the words written on the identity card on his chest - [Strange Investigation Bureau].

Weird Investigation Bureau? What's this?
  Qisi knew that there must be an agency in the world that specializes in dealing with weirdness, but wasn't this name too hasty?
  And, is this organization in the background of the copy, or... comes from reality?

The scene continued. Behind the desk facing the young man, a middle-aged man asked calmly: "Xiao Xiao, did those missing people take the initiative to enter Shuangxi Town?"

"Yes." The young man said reproachfully, "If we had moved faster and closed the no-traffic zone earlier, they wouldn't have..."

The middle-aged man interrupted: "At least now, we know how this weird thing works. As long as we don't enter a specific range, we won't be affected. Report it to the headquarters immediately, designate Shuangxi Town as a no-travel area, and then build a wall with cement. .”

The young man asked hesitantly: "Then... what about those missing people?"

The middle-aged man sighed: "Do you know what B-level weirdness means? If our entire branch is filled in, it may not be able to handle it well, and it may even cause changes! This is the best state now, no If you get close, nothing will happen. If it needs to swallow a few people on a regular basis, I will ask the council for permission to throw a few criminals in."

"But four people are already missing, and their parents and children are sitting in a sit-in at the Public Security Bureau..."

"It's really not possible to let the Public Security Bureau delay. We can transfer a few homeless people from the army to fill them in, which can be regarded as giving them an explanation. They just want some money. If they still don't stop, they will be treated as a resistance organization. "

"..."

"Xiao Xiao, you need to know that we cannot save everyone, nor can we withstand unnecessary losses. In the face of the fate of all mankind, small sacrifices are necessary..."

The picture slowly faded, the sound gradually faded away, and the lines of silver-white text were refreshed one after another.

[Individual suffering is not worth mentioning for the comfort of the group. Vested interests compile and promote benevolence and morality, cherish feathers, stand by and watch, and euphemistically call it "necessary sacrifice"]

["Double Happiness" Normal End-"Sacrifice" has been included]

[A copy will be automatically sent out after three minutes]

After seeing the dazzling words "Normal End", the corners of Zis's eyes twitched.

He suppressed his nameless anger and asked Xu Yao: "You have lived here for so long, do you know what the TE ending of this copy is?"

Xu Yao looked confused: "What copy? What TE?"

Qisi now knew that he would not be able to get the information he wanted from Xu Yao.

If he wants to know the TE ending of "Double Happiness Town", he can only wait until he leaves and log on to the forum to see the summary of his seniors.

When he thought about the possibility that there would be a large number of declarations of "a community with a shared future for mankind" in the post, he felt physically sick; but out of some kind of perfectionism complex, it might as well have killed him if he couldn't bear to read it.

At this moment, he cursed the evil god known as the "Lord of Time and Space" several times in his mind, and made up his mind to write down those three lines of honorable names in his notebook as soon as the copy was published, and he would do it ruthlessly whenever he had the opportunity. Take revenge harshly.

If you want contract authority, can't you just say so? I've been clearing the dungeon properly, so I can step in and give me the TE ending!

……

In the underground world, Li Yao walked aimlessly among the white alleys, mixed with shadowy souls, her figure blurred like mist.

She remembered that she had died, but her memory of death had been erased. As an NPC who provided clues, she wandered endlessly in Double Happiness Town.

And now, although she has recovered her past memories, she also knows: when this dungeon ends, the players will either die here or go their separate ways. Only she will return to the starting point and become a person who knows nothing. NPC.

The past was muddled, and the future will be muddled, with no hope or ending in sight.

Li Yao sighed to herself, and suddenly saw a beam of golden light rising from the corner of her eye, rising into the sky from the temple of mourning in the distance.

This was a scene that he had never encountered in any previous cycle. Li Yao followed the golden light by accident, walked all the way to the Temple of Funeral, and pushed the door open.

There are no statues of gods or figures in the temple, only a huge coffin placed in the center of the hall.

The golden light leaked from the cracks in the coffin.

Li Yao stepped forward and pushed open the coffin lid with difficulty. All the light was extinguished the moment the coffin lid fell to the ground, leaving only a pale corpse lying in the coffin.

"Qi Wen?" Li Yao recognized the identity of the person in the coffin and exclaimed.

She pulled the man out of the coffin, half dragging, half dragging, and feeling the cold skin and stiff muscles of the other person, she judged that the young man had been dead for a long time.

Even though she knew that she was an NPC and "Qi Wen" was a player, with completely different identities, Li Yao still felt a little sad.

She knows that the taste of death is unpleasant, so she always hopes that others can live well without suffering the pain of death.

"If you die here, you will turn into a paper man, right? It's a pity that I will forget you soon. I will probably be chased around by you in the next round of the game, right?" Li Yao murmured to herself with a wry smile.

Perhaps her memory had just recovered and there were too many things to say, so she leaned against the coffin and started talking.

From being killed to saving people, saving people, saving people...

If a living Zis was lying here, he would probably be so disgusted that his head would be scratched. Fortunately, Zis is currently mocking the hypocrisy of "humanism" with the video of NE clearance, and he can't even hear Li Si, who is a world away. Yao's glorious past.

"The last copy... um..." Li Yao was distracted while talking, and her lowered hand rubbed the pulp of the little finger of the corpse's right hand.

The next second, a string of text prompts popped up in front of her eyes:
  [Name: Cthulhu Fingerbone]

【Type: Prop】

【Effect:……】

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