With the sound of a gunshot in the corridor, all the sleepwalkers in the dormitory building woke up instantly, and the first door to open was 103.
The moment Chi Nan opened the door, the muzzle of the gun was facing his forehead.
Chi Nan didn't move, but looked at the man holding the gun in the dark for a moment: "What happened?"
The other party seemed to be suppressing the extremely sad cry, her shoulders twitched violently, and her movement of holding the gun also trembled.
Dysonson didn't speak, but moved the gun away from his forehead and turned to Ye Chang who was standing behind Chi Nan.
She said, "I want to kill Ye Chang, otherwise, his shadow will kill us all!"
Her hand was already firmly on the trigger.
Old Yu, who was transferred to the 101 dormitory, listened to the door for a while, and finally couldn't help but open the door: "What's going on? Suddenly there is a quarrel?"
"Wu Ying is dead." Dysonsen's hand shook violently again, and the gun was always aimed at Ye Chang's forehead.
When Lao Yu saw the messy blood stains on the corridor and Wu Ying's corpse that was waxed, he said with a cold sweat on his forehead: "...What happened?"
"She left us a message at the end, Ye Chang's shadow will kill us all, before Candleman Festival," Dysonson couldn't help falling a tear, and gritted his teeth, "The last words are still written on the ground, you can see for yourself. ."
Lao Yu raised his flashlight to illuminate the blood on the ground, and he was as knowledgeable as he did not consciously take a breath: "Are you going to kill Ye Chang now to stop his shadow from hurting people?"
Dysonson said coldly: "The only way we can now is to kill his body and give it a try. It was previously inferred that the death of the non-waxed body will cause the shadow to disappear, isn't it?"
Chi Nan: "It's just an inference."
Dysonson fumbled on the trigger with his fingertips: "Isn't inference enough? Now it is clear that Ye Chang's shadow has surpassed the common sense of light we understand, and can appear and kill at will in the dark! How many victims do you need to appear before you can go down? Decide?"
"Maybe the next one to die will be me, or you!" She laughed sadly, "Isn't that enough?!"
Chi Nan didn't speak, and Ye Changxian, who was pointed at by the muzzle, put his hand in his pocket, calmly: "Enough, you can shoot me, but there is a condition."
Saying that, he concealed the smile on his lips and looked at Chi Nan firmly, "The only person who shoots can be Brother Nan."
Dysonson looked over questioningly: "Are you going to play some tricks?"
Ye Chang pushed his glasses and smiled bitterly: "I only have one life, what tricks can I play? It's just that I want to die in the hands of the people I care about. Isn't this a requirement?"
"Okay, just do as you said." Dysonson put away his sadness, but she was also a cheerful girl, and handed the pistol directly to Chi Nan.
There is no need for her to show too absolute hostility, after all, their enemy has always been Ye Chang's shadow, not Ye Chang himself.
Chi Nan didn't take the gun, he looked at Ye Chang with his hands in his pockets: "I didn't say yes."
Ye Chang caught his gaze: "Why?"
Chi Nan shook his head and lowered his eyes: "I don't want to play with you anymore."
Ye Chang was stunned for a moment, and in just a moment he almost understood: "That's it."
"But I still have a question," Chi Nan looked at him again and said, "What would happen if the dream maker died in the nightmare copy?"
Ye Chang was silent for a moment, then shook his head with a smile: "I haven't tried it, and there is no precedent. I'm not sure. I'll tell you when I try it."
Chi Nan: "...if there is still a chance."
"There will definitely be a chance," Ye Chang looked at Chi Nan through the lens with a look of prey, "We will definitely meet again."
Chi Nan looked at him for a moment: "So, is this situation your pre-set plot? The 90% mortality rate of Dawn Base's dice roll was also calculated by you in advance?"
All the doubts in the bottom of his heart, he pointed out directly at this moment.
Ye Chang shrugged: "Even if I change my identity and enter a nightmare that does not belong to my jurisdiction, my ability is very limited. In order to enhance the sense of immersion, I, like all sleepwalkers, do not know the key to breaking dreams, and I also Without knowing where the danger lurks, it’s impossible to pre-set a script.”
"If it can be pre-set, I will never allow my shadow to be used by such an ugly candle man. It doesn't count if I betrayed me, and I almost hurt you in a dream." He added that his dislike of the ugly candle man is very sincere. Real feeling…
Everyone was confused and didn't know what the two were talking about. Chi Nan continued to ask, "Did your shadow inherit your abilities?"
Ye Chang pouted: "I guess, there is a high probability of yes."
Chi Nan stopped talking, he knew in his heart that if the alienated shadow had the same ability as the dream maker, the consequences would be unimaginable... This also explains why they were so careful, but Ye Chang's shadow could always take advantage of it and let the People are hard to guard against, and can even sneak into his dreams.
"At least in this dungeon, leaving me behind will cause endless troubles. You must have seen it before," Ye Chang reminded again, "Time is running out, Brother Nan, start as soon as possible."
He looked at the black pistol in Dysonson's hand, but unfortunately his eyes were hidden in the lens, and Chi Nan couldn't see his expression.
Although he said sensational words, Ye Chang's voice and tone were as gentle and polite as when the two first met at the Zicheng Wharf.
It's like inviting Chi Nan to do something pleasant.
Chi Nan lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then asked in a low voice, "So, why me?"
With that said, he took the gun in Dysonson's hand, which was loaded.
Chi Nan thinks that he is just an ordinary newcomer who has only passed two books. If there is anything special about him, it is probably that he likes to cry, and he once occupied this body to gain freedom and life.
Why did the dream maker go to great lengths to change his identity and become such a close friend with him
Maybe it's just that he treats each other as a friend...
"This question, I have already answered you during the day."
"I want more precise answers."
Ye Chang's lips curled up: "Because, I like to see you cry."
"Do you still like it this way?" Chi Nan aimed the gun at the center of his forehead, with a calm tone without ups and downs that could even be called cruel.
But only he knows that his hands are shaking a little at this moment, and it takes a lot of energy to cover up...
He is not afraid of bloody things, nor is he too obsessed with life, why is he shaken or even... afraid at this moment
He guessed that the grotesque feeling that now controlled him and made him want to run away was what was often called fear.
If possible, he wants the time to press the fast-forward key, or drag and drop like a progress bar to skip this paragraph directly.
I don't want to face the moment when the bullet pierces Ye Chang's skull.
"Brother Nan, save face, don't slap in the face," Ye Chang put his hand on Chi Nan's hand holding the gun, guiding him gently and slowly, the muzzle gradually moved down, aiming at his heart, "I think Die beautifully, so that Brother Nan has a clean and complete impression of Ye Chang's face."
He looks at the face like this and pursues the perfect appearance, so he is not happy that his waistcoat will have a big blood hole in his head after his death, and his brain will be splattered, ugly and disgusting.
He held his hand without any scruples, Chi Nan's eyelashes trembled violently, tears rolled down from the corners of his eyes, soaking and moistening the two tear moles at the end of his eyes.
Chi Nan's back became stiff and his breathing changed.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" Ye Chang raised his other hand, took off his glasses, folded them, and put them into Chi Nan's clothes pocket, "Leave a souvenir, a souvenir about Ye Chang."
With those obsidian-like eyes, he looked at Chi Nan with a half-smile, as if looking forward to the moment when the other party would pull the trigger.
"By the way, as a dream maker, I'll give you a reminder at the end," Ye Chang said in a whisper against his ear, "In the dream world, all fulfilled wishes are not returned to the real world before returning to the real world. , as long as the parties so wish, they can be withdrawn.”
"Of course, you need some special props."
Chi Nan opened his eyes slightly, he knew what Ye Chang was referring to at this moment...
"I hope the tips I gave you can help you get through this nightmare safely."
Chi Nan: "...I see."
"Chi Nan! Hurry, hurry up and shoot!"
Lao Yu's panicked voice came from the door. Looking from his angle, he could just see a swaying light and a dark shadow at the corner of the corridor, approaching them, "The shadow is coming!"
"Chi Nan! Don't hesitate! We'll all die if we don't shoot!"
"Mummo chirp let me come!"
Dysonson was about to grab Chi Nan's pistol and do it himself, when a loud 'bang-' stunned everyone.
Ye Chang held Chi Nan's hand, and with a force that could be called gentle, helped him press the trigger.
The corners of his lips raised a smile, and he licked his tears when he fell into Chi Nan's arms.
He said, "Brother Nan, there will be a period in the future."
The blood mist splashed and sprayed from the bullet-pierced back, Ye Chang's whole body weight was on Chi Nan, Chi Nan took two steps back under inertia, and barely stood still until his back reached the cold wall.
He was pressed by Ye Chang's body that had lost his breath, and he didn't move, just widened his eyes and let the tears flow silently, and his face was wet.
He couldn't tell whether the collapsed lacrimal gland was because of the physical contact with the dead Ye Chang, or because of something else...
But it doesn't matter, at this time he can shed tears recklessly, and no one will accuse him of anything because of his crying behavior...
Chi Nan knew that on the night when he shot Ye Chang to death, he had absolute power to shed tears.
At the same time, he is also very clear that his regular roommate Ye Chang is dead, but... the dream maker behind the scenes is not dead.
Will there be an expiry later...
With that gunshot, Ye Changying, who claimed to kill all their sleepwalkers, completely disappeared.
Lao Yu breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at Chi Nan, who said nothing but tears silently. He knew that comforting at this moment was like farting, so he silently found a shovel and dug a hole in the yard.
At about half past five, Lao Yu turned back to 103 and saw that Chi Nan had put Ye Chang's body back on the bed in the dormitory.
This little blind man's eyelashes are still wet, his face is covered with wet tears, and it is sad to stare at his friend's relic without moving.
Lao Yu sighed, thinking that it would be nice if the little anchor was here, he is not the type to comfort people.
"Chi Nan, condolences," Lao Yu comforted lightly, "I plan to bury both Ye Chang and Wu Ying. In the nightmare world, leaving the body in the room is a hidden danger."
Lao is a practical and efficient person. In order to avoid incidents such as corpses and corpses from happening, in the previous dungeons, if the system did not recover the dead bodies, he would also incinerate them.
But this dungeon was too sensitive to light and fire, so he couldn't choose burial.
Anyway, it's only one night, so there shouldn't be any changes, as long as the day dawns...
He thought that Chi Nan would be obsessed with Ye Chang's body because of guilt or some other emotion, but he didn't expect it. At this moment, Chi Nan nodded calmly: "Do you need my help?"
Lao Yu hurriedly waved his hand: "No, no, you have tossed enough tonight, I'll do it."
Chi Nan didn't force it: "That's hard work for you."
Lao Yu picked up Ye Chang's body and dragged it out: "It's almost dawn, you can rest for a while."
After Lao Yu left, Chi Nan was the only one left in the dormitory again. He was stunned for a moment and simply lay back on his bed.
But he knew that it was impossible to fall asleep tonight, so he lay on his side, boredly breaking the spectacle frames that Ye Chang left him as a souvenir.
He began to think about Ye Chang's words over and over again—
"All fulfilled wishes, before returning to the real world, can be withdrawn as long as the person wishes."
That is to say, even if their plan to starve to death the mutant ghost wall fails due to lack of time, there is another way to choose—
Destroy the wick.
Human wax is the flesh and bones of the giant candle, and the wick is the heart and soul of the giant candle.
If there is no way to destroy the human wax, then destroying the wick can be another option for them to stop the festival.
The wick is Ruirui, and Ruirui is the wish of the young mother to exchange. If she chooses to withdraw her wish, Ruirui will also disappear in the copy, and the wick of the sacrifice giant candle will not exist.
But at the same time, the young mother will lose her daughter again and recall the painful and hopeless time...
Chi Nan closed his eyes, no wonder Ye Chang said before his 'death' that this hint could help him get through the nightmare. It really worked, but even if he knew the truth and the key to the solution, the person involved might not be willing to redeem his wish.
And that so-called special item, what exactly is it
Time passed by minute by minute, Lao Yu finished digging the pit and buried the body, it was already eight in the morning.
But it was different from the past, the day seemed to be a little late today, and it was still pitch black when the sun came up.
"It's not right. I've observed it in the past few days. It is usually bright after seven o'clock in the morning." Lao Yu knows that the alternation of night and day is a very important factor in the dungeon. He has always had a habit of paying attention to this world after entering the dungeon. The exact time of darkness.
Today is the fifth day that they have entered the Candleman dungeon. Only five of the ten people are left, Chi Nan, Lao Yu, young mother, Dysonson, and Xia Wei, who has a high fever.
Gu Xiao and Bai Chuan became human wax, Ruirui was used as a candle wick, and their whereabouts are still unknown. Wu Ying chose to commit suicide because of Ye Chang's shadow, and Ye Chang was also shot to death by Chi Nan.
"Today is Candleman Festival, will you..."
Lao Yu didn't need to finish his words, everyone understood what he meant, and they all remained silent.
Chi Nan stared at Ye Chang's previous bed in a trance, the movement of breaking the frames of his glasses suddenly stopped, and his expression froze.
The white paper box, symbolizing "the best volunteers", appeared strangely again beside Ye Chang's pillow.
Lao Yu followed his line of sight and found this anomaly: "Huh? Why is the box still here, doesn't the box usually disappear when the candle is extinguished?"
The human candle symbolizes the alienation of the shadow and the waxing of the body, and it suddenly appeared at this moment, making the people who were already disturbed feel more fearful.
Chi Nan: "After Ye Chang and I extinguished the candle last night, the box did disappear."
Dysonson's expression was distorted with fear, and he suddenly raised his voice and shouted: "What does this unlucky box mean suddenly? Are we going to exterminate the rest of us to welcome Candleman?!"
After a lot of tossing last night, she helped her most trusted companion shoot suicide again. Sadness and fatigue raised her sobriety value to a critical point of 88. At this time, she already had a tendency to lose control of her emotions.
Just as everyone was looking at the suddenly extra box like a ghost, Chi Nan walked over in three steps and two steps, and the moment he opened the box, his green eyes that were always stagnant water made waves.
His movements were also visibly stiff.
Lao Yu asked anxiously, "What's inside?!"