Yan Wei listened to this rather elderly woman's exposition without saying a word, seemingly concentrating on it, but in fact his eyes were sizing up as far as he could see.
Compared with the first-floor hall of the big castle, this small castle hidden in the four-story maze is much simpler. Many of the furniture in the lobby are showing signs of age, and some are even rusted and rotted. Although it is old, it is very clean here.
Except for the blood trail dragged by the woman from the door to the seat just now, the rest of the place is so clean that Yan Wei, a clean freak, can't find much fault.
After finishing what she just said, she raised her hand, signaling Yan Wei and the others to sit down on the seat in front of her.
"I'm his mother," she said, "I can tell you everything about Ace."
Yan Mingguang didn't move, he just glanced at Yan Wei, speechless.
Yan Wei thought it was funny. This person just reminded him of the clues by hinting on his own initiative, and he just scolded him just now, but now he seems to be doing nothing and saying nothing, leaving all the initiative to him, and letting him think and make a decision. On the surface, he was calm, but Yan Wei always felt that this was a bit like silent flattery.
Silent flattery at this moment.
He was really angry and funny.
He glanced at the woman's wrinkled face covered with dried blood, and just said, "Sorry, we're running out of time, and I don't want to take it slow."
Yan Mingguang: "..."
Lin Zhen, who was on the other side of the props, said in a very soft voice: "Wow, little pet, as expected of you, you have personality."
The woman didn't seem to have thought of Yan Wei's answer, she choked for a minute or two, and then said with difficulty in that hoarse old voice: "...you must kill Ace."
Yan Wei raised his eyebrows: "Why? Although our current situation is very dangerous and we may be killed by the puppet in this castle at any time, the reason why you appear here and tell us these things is because of your purpose ——You need us. I don’t care whether it’s your conspiracy or your sincere purpose. We are not friends. Since you have a purpose, you need us. Please tell us the cause and effect quickly. I don’t want to Waste of time asking one why after another."
The woman gave him a deep look.
Her protruding eyeballs did not show any emotion, they were clearly facing Yan Wei, and her pupils were still very dilated.
This should have been a dead man long ago. Yan Wei thought.
After a while, the woman said, "I didn't expect Ace to welcome a guest like you this time. No wonder you came here so soon."
Yan Wei spread his hands.
The woman continued: "Ace is my son, the one who always wears the black robe. This small castle was my first home. After he was born, he created the big castle and moved this small castle In the maze. He is more and more obsessed with puppetry. The whole castle is his puppets. If people in the town break into this place, he will also be made into soulless puppets. You guests are also his prey. , he likes to watch you kill each other, and then destroy those puppets with souls, leaving those stiff evil puppets. He learned something about the world from those guests, and he learned about friendship, love, and family affection. He began to want a mother, so he... "
Yan Wei's eyes flickered, and he said, "Are you a puppet?"
"He made my dead body into a puppet. I was the first conscious puppet he made."
Yan Wei paused.
He squinted his eyes, as if he was looking at this woman, and he seemed to be looking at the furnishings on the first floor of the castle behind her. He didn't speak for a while, and the whole small castle was silent, only the voices of the two of them, not even the woman in front of him.
After a while, he said, "Are you the kind puppet he made?"
"Yes. I am his mother, but strictly speaking, his mother is dead, and I am also his puppet."
"Then you still want us to kill him?"
"Because only by killing him can we end all of this and prevent the remaining people from continuing to die in vain," the woman's expression was lax, but her whole body was trembling, it was enough to see that she was very emotional now, "He was born in this jungle , the castle is the support of his ability, but it is also the cage that imprisoned him."
Yan Wei understood.
This is what the castle outline means.
An ominous crow is imprisoned in the round coin, and a small crow is carried on the crow's back. Everything is imprisoned in this place. The black-robed man Ace has the ability to control puppets, he can create the most numb evil puppets, and he can also create the most authentic good puppets, but he can't do without this place.
"Kill him, and it's over."
"His toying with human nature, his superb puppetry, his heart without any trace of kindness, and this bloody castle will all disappear."
Yan Wei asked: "How do you know that the meat grinder can kill him? He can control all the villains in this castle, so it's not that easy to kill, right?"
The woman seemed to know everything: "Because of the puppet technique."
"Ace can endow a good puppet with a soul, but this must be based on a corresponding reference—that is, the puppet's corresponding self. He can't create a puppet out of thin air, but he can also create a good puppet exactly like him at any time, Even if he dies, he can still create a good puppet with his soul, this kind of good puppet is different from you, it can exist independently and become the next Ace to live, this is how he will exist forever."
"Only by using a meat grinder to instantly destroy everything about him will not give him the time and method to create a good puppet."
Yan Wei sneered: "Aren't you his mother? Would he wish him such a pitiful death?"
"He is no longer my child," the woman suddenly hoarse, the voice echoed in the castle, her hoarse voice was full of sorrow, "It's been a long time, a long time... I don't know how many batches of guests have come, and some people have tried to kill him , or time will take him away, but there will always be a good puppet created by him to replace him, and before the good puppet dies, a new good puppet will be created to replace the old good puppet... My child is dead, long dead !!!”
On the second floor of the castle, several players were being chased by villains and fled in embarrassment.
They ran to the front, but suddenly found that there were two people blocking the front, and the evil puppet behind was also split into two halves by the hand of a person who appeared suddenly.
The corpses of the bloodless puppets were scattered all over the ground, and these people looked at the Venus players who appeared before and after with horror on their faces—they were more terrifying than the puppets chasing and killing the players. Being chased by a villain is nothing more than a blissful death, but being chased by a player means being thrown into a meat grinder and shredded into pieces.
They huddled, but saw one of the Venusians stepping forward, pointing the point of a knife at them, and said, "Hand over all the coins you have on you-remember, it's all, and if I search the body later and find that you have Keep any of them, and I'll send you to the meat grinder for fun."
Those people hurriedly took out coins.
They naturally know the importance of coins, and they also know that Venus is the first place to keep Venus from scoring by preventing other people from scoring. But for them now, life-saving is obviously the most important thing.
They handed over all the coins without saying a word, and the people from Qixing kept what they said, took the coins and noted their organization and let them go.
The person who raised the knife just now weighed the coin in his hand and said, "Third brother, what's the difference?"
"Not many, there aren't many alive now, only a few tough bones left. We snatched all the coins from Yu Hua's group, tsk, Bianhua really knows how to hide, you bastard."
"Go to Xu Miaomiao first, they are not good—"
The man's voice suddenly paused.
Surprised, he raised his finger and pointed to the aisle in the distance, and said softly, "Look!"
The rest of the people looked in the direction he pointed.
A young man in a windbreaker was in a mess. There were many holes in the windbreaker, some of which were stained with blood, and there seemed to be several stab wounds on his body. Someone was chasing after him, but he seemed to be exhausted, staggered and fell to the ground, looking at the approaching people in horror.
They recognized this person, who had clashed with them at the observatory before. And those who are near...
The people from Venus recognized it at a glance—it was Xue Wan.
The young man who fell on the ground might not have noticed them in fear, but Xue Wan could see them if he walked any further.
"It's not right," the third child said in a low voice. "We haven't seen another Xue Wan. This one should be, but we don't know whether it's a good puppet or the original. Xue Wan's character, he said himself, we and another Xue Wan It is impossible for him to meet peacefully, let's retreat first, don't let him see us, and then tell Xue Wan that another him has appeared."
The rest of the people obviously agreed with this point, no procrastination at all, they nodded and turned back to the observatory on the fourth floor.
When they disappeared, the good puppet Yan Wei, who was still moving in a panic, stopped for a moment, and smiled imperceptibly as he looked at the direction they were leaving.
In front of him, Xue Wan who was holding a knife also stopped.
This "Xue Wan" has no expression on his face, and his movements are very mechanical. Only when he maintains the same posture just now and looks at it from a distance, can the fake be confused with the real one.
Xu Miaomiao came out from behind the puppet, quite dissatisfied: "You ruined my puppet, and you want me to make another one in such a short time, it's really uncomfortable."
The good puppet Yan Wei stood up straight slowly, put away the stolen goods on his body, and said, "Don't tell me you don't know how effective this move is? No one can beat Xue Wan, but infighting and suspicion are fine."
"So you're telling us to grab the man in black, your son Ace, and throw him into a meat grinder to end this?" Yan Wei asked.
The woman nodded: "Yes. Ace came back just now, and he seemed to be exhausted, but he left after recovering, otherwise I wouldn't be able to welcome you in. This is just his secret resting place, and he should return to his My favorite observatory is waiting, you may need to work hard to catch him."
Yan Wei chuckled: "I think you need to understand one thing - I'm not some kind of savior, I'm right to end all of this..."
He paused.
Yan Mingguang glanced at him.
Yan Wei suddenly felt like he was lying, but he continued: "I have no interest in ending this, I'm just a guest who wants to leave. And you are the one who desperately wants me to do things, why should I Believe you? From the moment I came in, you said everything, everything you told me, what you say is what you say, what if I can’t kill Ace at all? If we are not Ace’s opponents, we will eventually be What about the fat meat delivered to your door?"
The woman was taken aback.
Yan Wei raised his eyebrows: "Of course, based on my current conjecture, I think what you said makes sense—coins imprison crows, and crows symbolize all evils. Once the crow dies, the evils dissipate. But doing so requires The risk is too great, how can I ensure that I can live even if I fail?"
"Ah, how about this. Since Ace has changed one after another, but you are still there, he must still be paranoid about the existence of his mother, right? That's easy, we will tie you up for you, and if something goes wrong, we will I'll use you as a bargaining chip."
The woman was completely stunned.
Yan Wei smiled, put his hand on Yan Mingguang's shoulder, and said, "Teacher Yan, what do you think?"
Before Yan Mingguang could say anything, Lin Zhen on the other end of the walkie-talkie couldn't help but let out a soft cheer: "If you win, you earn money, and if you lose, you don't lose money!"