The little black-haired monster's mouth opened and closed, and Baili Xin could see its sharp white teeth hidden in its mouth with just a glance.
He listened absentmindedly, his eyes swept over the God of Misfortune, and he murmured, "It seems that the genes of the God of Misfortune are stronger."
"…" The black-haired little monster's hair all stood up, "You rude guy, are you listening to me?! Besides, I'm not the only child. Although I look a little like Doom Dad, my two brothers look more like Xiaotou's father!"
Baili Xin's hand that was supporting his chin froze. He looked at the black-haired little monster blankly: "You have a brother?"
Something flashed through his mind, and he asked unsurely, "Could it be the pair of black and white scarecrow monsters?"
The black-haired little monster's back teeth creaked loudly, "Is it really polite for you to call someone a 'monster'?"
"Are they really them?" Baili Xin was so shocked that he almost jumped up from the sofa. "Um, sorry, how do they look like Xiao Tou?"
How can you say they look like Tou's with the confidence you have? With your big eyes that can blind the stars
The black-haired little monster: "A lot like them, don't you think they look like humans? With eight heads and a body, broad shoulders and a thin waist, long arms and long legs, aren't they just a replica of Tou's father?"
Baili Xin: "..."
I suspect your eyes are just decorations.
After hearing what the black-haired little monster said, Baili Xin remembered something: "Were you the one who suddenly blew the whistle at Fei's house?"
The little black-haired monster: "Who else could it be except me? If it weren't for me, you would have been killed by the two of them long ago."
Baili Xin: "So you have been helping me secretly, not just this time. You are such a cutie."
The little black-haired monster's arms suddenly trembled and he stopped talking.
"The three of you look quite different." Baili Xin sighed.
In the end, it was the genes of the God of Doom that occupied the genetic high ground.
The black-haired little monster crossed his arms and said, "What's the big deal? The nine sons of a dragon are all different. We are just following the natural development and growth. Hey, stop interrupting me. Let me finish what I'm saying."
"After what happened at the hotel, Xiao Tou's father turned evil. He retaliated against the people in the Fei residence one after another, starting with Fei Yinuo. Xiao Tou had complicated feelings towards Fei Yinuo, and at the same time, he hated him the most. When Xiao Tou first arrived at the Fei residence, Fei Yinuo showed him full friendliness. He once promised to protect Xiao Tou in this home."
"But when Xiao Tou finally couldn't stand it anymore and asked Fei Yinuo for help, Fei Yinuo refused Xiao Tou's request and warned Xiao Tou sharply not to insult his father. Xiao Tou originally simply thought that Fei Taizong disguised himself too well, so Fei Yinuo didn't believe it. He planned to let Fei Yinuo see Fei Taizong's true face, so on that routine night, Xiao Tou asked Fei Yinuo to sneak into his room late at night."
"Fei Yinuo did go, but he didn't react at all after seeing it. Xiao Tou then realized that Fei Yinuo had known about his father's character for a long time. But he was his father after all, and the one on whom his future career would depend. After weighing the pros and cons, Xiao Tou had no choice but to be sacrificed. Xiao Tou's most foolish fantasy was to try to seek help from the wolf cubs in the wolf den."
"Fei Yinuo knew everything, but he pretended to know nothing. He watched Xiao Tou use his body to exchange for the prosperity of the Fei family. He enjoyed the glory brought by Xiao Tou and let Fei Taizong do all the bad things. He acted as a saint standing in the sun, standing on the moral high ground and insulting Xiao Tou's personality in turn."
"He is even more hateful than the beast in human form, Fei Taizong. Fei Taizong is completely evil, but he is so hypocritical that it makes people sick. He takes advantage of everything but still wants to be a pure lotus flower that emerges from the mud without being stained."
"After returning, Tou spent half a year seducing him, making him fall in love with her completely and wanting her all the time. Then she closed the net at the last moment, making him live forever in the pain and despair of wanting more but not having enough. This was Tou's revenge on him. The more he wanted to be detached from the world, the more Tou wanted to make him feel mired in the mud."
"At the same time, his targets of revenge were those who had hurt him. He gathered those people together again under the pretext of holding a dinner party. That night was an extremely enjoyable night. All the sins eventually turned into streams of blood and disappeared into the earth."
"During this period, my two brothers and I were born one after another. Because of the power of the contract, Doomfather was sometimes unable to refuse the summoner's wishes. During that time, he lent his power to the summoner and helped the summoner do a lot of bad things."
"It could be because the summoner was too ambitious, or it could be because he himself was too weak to control such a powerful force. In any case, everyone suddenly suffered a backlash."
“Several things happened afterwards.”
"First, time and space have been distorted. Resentment and evil thoughts have continuously gathered together, forming a huge vortex. This vortex is like the eye of a tornado, constantly absorbing resentment from different time and space and different regions, and finally forming an independent space that cannot be broken."
"Second, Doomfather's divine power was quickly absorbed by the Eye of the Storm, causing his power to decline rapidly."
"What makes everyone even more desperate is the third point. The summoner was killed by the backlash, but because the power has been transferred to the eye of the storm, even if the contractor died, the contract chain between him and Doom Daddy was not broken. The power of Doom Daddy is continuously absorbed by the eye of the storm, and its power supports this world."
"Everyone is trapped in it, including Tohru's father, including everyone."
"In order to save the life of the unlucky father, Xiao Tou's father eventually became a half-dead man in the painting. My two brothers were not spared either. They were entangled with the souls of those who died tragically and were imprisoned in the same space, repeating the cycle over and over again."
"I am the only one who is lucky enough to be able to move."
"Under the instructions of Xiaotou's father, I began to try to break the barriers of this space. I tried many methods, but failed in the end. Finally, we tried to use outsiders to break the situation, that is, you players."
"I started to call in outsiders, hoping that they could break through the barriers even a little bit, but they all failed for one reason or another."
"That shameless bastard Fei Yinuo is here to cause trouble, interfering with our plans over and over again!" The black-haired little monster suddenly slammed the table and cursed, "Damn it, shameless bastard, you are a worthless piece of trash! Fuck!"
Baili Xin: "..."
The black-haired little monster: "Do you know how much effort it took me to pull someone in?! It takes a few years for a fool to accidentally discover the lottery ticket, and later, after the legend of the lottery ghost story came out, everyone avoided it like the plague! I finally pulled a fool player in, but Fei Yinuo abused him! Does he think there are so many fools in the world?!"
Baili Xin: "..."
Is it really appropriate for you to call someone a fool all the time
I'm really going to go crazy if you do this.
"I was so gentle at first, patiently telling the taskers the secrets to passing each level, fearing that they would die on the way. In the end, they didn't believe me but believed Fen Yinuo. When my brothers were fighting with bayonets to kill the villains, they all followed Fen Yinuo and ran away. I was the one who saved them, and Fen Yinuo was the one who wanted to kill them. What a bunch of idiots, they deserved to be chopped by Fen Yinuo! I'm so angry!"
Baili Xin: “.”
On one side is the black-haired and sickle-wielding scarecrow monster that pulled you into the game, and on the other side is the human NPC. It's really hard not to make the wrong choice.
"Is this the reason why you became so fierce later?" Baili Xin asked, rubbing his aching brow.
The black-haired little monster pinched his waist and said, "You ungrateful players, if you don't accept my toast, I will never be nice to you again. This is too damn hurtful."
Baili Xin: "..."
"So, what you just said means that it is impossible to break the contract with the summoner, so only by sacrificing Xiao Tou can the God of Doom be saved. Who is the contractor?" Baili Xin extracted the key information from the black-haired little monster's words, "Is it the skeleton sitting on the sofa in the small dark room in Fei's house?"
The little black-haired monster: "Yes, that's him."
Baili Xin: "So the contractor is dead. He probably never thought that he would be attacked. Who is that person? Is it the missing Zhang Ao?"
The black-haired little monster: "Yes, it was him. He had been eyeing Xiao Tou since the first time he saw him, intending to use him as a sacrifice. In order to gain Fei Taizong's trust, he simply threw a few pieces of meat and bones to make Fei Taizong wag his tail and send Xiao Tou to him."
The black-haired little monster sneered, "It's really a good deal for him. We didn't intend to let him go, but before we could kill him, he couldn't withstand the power of God and died from the backlash."
"A mortal who does not know his own limitations dares to summon and harness the power of the gods. How can a mere mortal be able to easily shake the power of the gods?"
"He wanted to emulate the ancients and use the power of gods to control nature, becoming someone who shook history. But in the end, his efforts were in vain and it was all wishful thinking. Harming others will eventually harm yourself. He overestimated himself."
The black-haired little monster must have really hated Zhang Ao, as he kept cursing at him for a long time, and only stopped and took a few breaths when he got tired.
"Anyway, since you've discovered me, I have nothing to hide. This is what happened. Hurry up and kill Xiao Tou's father, and the shackles on Doom's father will disappear. After it wakes up, the power absorbed by the Eye of the Wind will be taken back by it. By then, the barrier of this space will be broken, and you will be able to leave here."
The black-haired little monster's voice suddenly deepened: "It's just the last step, don't hesitate. Even if you delay for a day, it won't change the final outcome."
Baili Xin was silent for two seconds, then asked a question that was somewhat related but not quite related: "Where is the eye of the storm?"
The black-haired little monster hesitated for a moment, but still told Baili Xin: "The cherry blossom forest ahead."
Baili Xin: “.”
…
At noon, several people gathered around a table.
As day came, the ghosts that had boarded the train last night could no longer be seen.
The three of them were sitting in a compartment in the middle carriage. Although they were sitting together, it was obvious that they each had their own concerns.
The middle-aged woman went out to eat, leaving only the three of them in the box.
"Ah," Zhou Guang sighed, "I know what 'Flying Butterflies Entering the Forest' means, God Xin."
Baili Xin was a little absent-minded: "Oh? What does it mean?"
Zhou Guang: "This little girl is not the adopted daughter of that couple. On the contrary, she is their biological daughter."
"This little girl is their first child. Perhaps they didn't pay much attention when they were pregnant with her. The healthy couple gave birth to a daughter with two legs of different lengths. Such a child is destined to have crooked feet. The two of them could not accept this disabled child, so they secretly sent the little girl to the door of the orphanage."
"A few years later, they got pregnant again. This time it was a boy, Chai Li. But the woman had heavy bleeding during the birth of Chai Li, and the doctors had to remove her uterus, which meant that she would never be able to have children again. Chai Li was her last child. Because it was her last child in this life, they doted on him very much, but the good times didn't last long. Chai Li suddenly fell into a coma when he was five years old, and was later sent to the hospital where he was found to have congenital heart disease. This heart disease will continue to worsen with age, and the doctors asserted that he would not live past the age of ten."
"And the child's blood type is rare panda blood, which makes it even more difficult to find organs. At this time, they suddenly thought of the girl they had abandoned." At this point, Zhou Guang sneered, with contempt on his face, "She was abandoned because of her crooked feet, but now she is grateful that she was not adopted because of her crooked feet. It's ridiculous to look for a daughter to save a son."
Baili Xin: "..."
Li Cangshan: “…”
Zhou Guang continued: "The two were even glad that they had dumped the child at the door of the orphanage, so that it would not be difficult for them to find her. So, they pretended not to know the existence of the child, and went to the orphanage several times before submitting the application and adopting the girl back home."
"After that, they took the girl to the hospital for matching. The final result surprised them: the match was successful."
"Do you know why they chose to do the surgery three years later?" Zhou Guang frowned and clenched his fists. "It wasn't because they were hesitant or felt guilty about the girl, but because the boy was still young at the time. They needed to wait until the boy's heart and body grew a little bigger and could accept the girl's heart. The girl lived three more years because of this."
"If this were the real world, I would definitely send them all to jail in court and make them spend the rest of their lives regretting their crimes."
"The 'Feidi' in Feidie Entering the Forest refers to 'heart'. This is a special name the girl uses for something strange. The couple doesn't know this name, but the boy, who has a good relationship with the girl, knows it. The reason why she calls him 'Feidi' is that the girl found out that the boy had heart disease and started to study it. At that time, the girl naively told the boy that she wanted to study medicine in the future so that she could save her brother. 'Feidi' is the girl's beautifying name for the heart, saying that the beating of the heart is like the flapping of the wings of a butterfly. She comforted Chai Li that his butterfly was just tired and would flap its wings and fly again after enough rest."
Li Cangshan: "Then the meaning of 'flying butterflies into the forest' is..."
Zhou Guang: "Return the heart in Chai Li's chest to the girl."
"It's retribution. The parents killed their own daughter to save Chai Li. Now, just a few years later, Xin Xin has developed heart disease again."
"We will reach the cherry blossom forest tonight. I will take out the heart in the forest and return it to the girl." Zhou Guang's eyes were full of mystery. "Do you have anything to say to me?"
Li Cangshan opened and closed his mouth, and finally shook his head: "No."
Zhou Guang heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this. He gently patted Li Cangshan on the shoulder and said, "Thank you for your understanding, brother."
Li Cangshan hesitated to speak, and in the end said nothing, but just smiled at Zhou Guang.
The original plan was to arrive at the cherry blossom forest after lunch. The afternoon is the time when the sun is the best, and everyone can also take photos, check in, and complete a series of activities in the cherry blossom forest.
However, the train broke down halfway through the journey and stopped for several hours, delaying its arrival at Sakura Station.
By the time the train arrived at Sakura Station, it was already ten o'clock in the evening.
The stop time is four hours. The train will depart again at 2 a.m. and arrive at the Zangshan terminal.
Although we missed the most beautiful cherry blossom forest during the day, the cherry blossom forest at night also has its own charm. What's more, the loudspeaker promised that we would stop at the cherry blossom forest during the day on the return trip. Although some passengers had some complaints, they were generally calm.
The moment the train stopped at the station, almost everyone rushed out, flew out of the train and rushed into the cherry blossom forest.
Baili Xin and Dijia also got off the station.
Baili Xin found that since arriving at the station, Dijia's expression was not right, and he seemed extremely nervous and conflicted.
He seemed to have something to tell himself, but was hesitant to say it.
Baili Xin's attention was not entirely focused on Dijia, but he looked left and right and around in the cherry blossom forest.
When he was watching this documentary, he once wondered what kind of cherry blossoms could last all year round. All flowers have a flowering period, and even if there are varieties of cherry blossoms that bloom in winter, it does not mean that these varieties of cherry blossoms will also exude vitality in summer.
But the cherry blossoms here bloom all year round, which is unusual.
However, after learning from the little black-haired monster today that this was the eye of the storm of resentment, he understood it to some extent.
In supernatural places, natural phenomena will be somewhat abnormal, just like the cherry blossom forest they are in now.
He had never seen cherry blossoms that glowed at night.
This place is like a fairyland. Under the starry night sky, this cherry blossom forest does not need any lighting at all. The fluorescence emitted by the cherry blossoms alone can bring a hazy light.
The fluorescence brought by the cherry blossoms is a light pink. The endless cherry blossom forest, the train and the people in the forest are all shrouded in a dreamlike pink fantasy at this moment.
Because of the appearance of this beautiful scenery, people forgot the unpleasantness of the train delay and quickly integrated into this beautiful scenery.
"My dear, I should really be thankful for the train delay, otherwise I wouldn't be able to see such a beautiful cherry blossom forest at night. This is what they call a blessing in disguise, right?"
"The view under that tree is nice, shall we ask someone to take a photo of us?"
There were chattering crowds of people all around, but in Baili Xin's eyes, it was a completely different scene.
Behind the bustling passengers, a pale-faced ghost followed not far away.
Some of them followed quietly behind, while some seemed to have already bared their fangs.
Baili Xin quickly found Chai Li's location in the crowd.
No one knew what happened last night. Chai Li's parents looked a little unhappy, but after seeing such a cherry blossom forest, there was a moment of trance in their eyes, and then the two of them began to feel inexplicably happy.
When he saw Chai Li, Chai Li also saw him. The two looked at each other from a distance of several meters. Seeing this, Baili Xin waved to Chai Li generously.
Chai Li was a little shy due to his autism, so he just smiled stiffly and shyly at Baili Xin and slowly withdrew his hand.
Baili Xin: "..."
Chai Li couldn't see it, but he saw it clearly.
Hanging on Chai Li's body was a girl with a pale body.
The girl looked exactly like Zhou Guang, but she was thinner and her eyes were gloomier. She wrapped her two slender arms around Chai Li's neck, and her legs were wrapped around Chai Li's waist from behind, hanging on Chai Li's back like a sloth.
She leaned over to Chai Li's ear and occasionally said something to him. Chai Li frowned slightly and rubbed his shoulders, seeming a little tired.
Chai Li was not the only one who experienced such a strange scene.
Almost everyone has a lingering ghost behind them.
"Hey, kid, how long are you going to think about it? We have already reached the eye of the storm, quickly destroy the painting, don't waste any more time." The black-haired little monster that was perched on top of Baili Xin's head and refused to leave urged him again, "Did you hear me? Hurry up, if you miss this village, you will miss this store."
"Do you know how long I have been waiting for you to appear? You are the only one among so many missions who has made it to the fifth level and brought out Doom Dad. If we had missed you, we don't know how many years we would have to wait. But we don't have so much time to look for such a person anymore. If you kill Xiao Tou's father, at least Doom Dad can still live. If you are merciful, not only will Xiao Tou's father and Doom Dad be doomed, but you will also not be able to leave here. This space will quickly go out of control after losing the support of Doom Dad, and it may affect more people."
"Hey, I'm talking to you, did you hear me?"
"If you complete the task, I will really give you a large reward. I will keep my word and never cheat anyone!"
"Hey, please say something to me, don't ignore me."
Baili Xin withdrew his gaze from Chai Li and glanced at the black-haired little monster. "I don't say 'hello' or 'hey'."
Black-haired little monster: "The luckiest and most handsome player in the world, Baili Xin."
Baili Xin: "Where exactly is the eye of the storm?"
The black-haired little monster pointed towards the cherry blossom forest in the distance and said, "It's right in front of us. There is the largest cherry blossom tree there. It's five meters tall. You can see it from here, right?"
Baili Xin didn't even need to look up to see the cherry tree. The tree was the most dazzling one in the cherry forest and it was also the scenery that all the passengers rushed to get close to and watch.
At this time, almost all the passengers were moving towards the cherry tree, just like swarms of ants moving towards food.