The two strange yet familiar words were like a key, opening up the locked memories, and many pictures flashed through Xin Meng's mind.
The gray sky, the kindergarten, the sticky blood, the sinister smile on the killer's lips, and... You Yi...
He staggered back, was quickly supported, and slowly turned his head. You Yi was looking at him silently. Those inorganic brown eyes were exactly the same as the ones in his memory. They seemed to have no emotions, but also seemed to be normal. Tells a thousand words.
"I..." Xin Meng wanted to speak, but found that her throat was hoarse.
You Yi just looked at him like that, and after a while, he smiled slightly and said, "Have you remembered?"
After saying that, he stretched out his long arms and half-hugged the person into his arms.
Xin Meng still looked at him blankly, "I... I remember when we first met... Also, Simon... is my... real name?"
You Yi raised his eyebrows, seemingly a little surprised, but after thinking about it he nodded, "That's right."
Xin Meng didn't know what he was surprised about, maybe it was because... he discovered that he had not really recovered his memory.
All kinds of complicated pictures did appear in his mind. Xin Meng instinctively knew that those were his past, the forgotten past, but he could not string them together for a while, and there was still some time before the memory could be restored. Distance, at most, just makes me know many things that I didn’t know before.
for example-
This was not the first time he and You Yi met in the zombie world.
In a certain dungeon that I can’t remember the timeline, which is also related to a kindergarten, a perverted killer sneaked in and massacred innocent children. He was one of the people who fled in a hurry. As a player, You Yi accepted the mission and had to Escort yourself to a safe location.
On the way to escape, he had just developed his own will, and became extremely curious and dependent on You Yi, who always protected him behind him or in his arms. Even if he left that dungeon, he would instinctively chase after dungeon after dungeon. In the end, the other party was impressed, and You Yi accepted his pursuit and became his partner.
Then…
Then what
He couldn't remember.
He didn't know why he lost his memory or why You Yi didn't tell him the truth.
"So I... am I an NPC?" Xin Meng raised her head and looked at her lover, with that innocent and helpless look in her eyes that made people's hearts melt.
"..." You Yi rubbed his hair and didn't answer.
After discovering what was going on here, Dou Dou and Jie Zi, who had been listening to their conversation, became uneasy. Dou Dou cried out, "How is that possible!"
"You obviously have a player card, how could you be an NPC!" Jiezi's eyes widened in disbelief, and his whole body muscles trembled in shock.
Just as Xin Meng was about to ask You Yi the reason for his amnesia, his attention was distracted by Jie Zi's words. She asked him back with the same words, "You are obviously an NPC and can get the player card. Why can't I?"
"That's different!" Dou Dou shouted without thinking, "We are the ones working in this game... Uh-huh!"
Before he could finish speaking, Jie Zi covered his mouth tightly, and he realized that he had almost missed the point.
Xin Meng looked at them indifferently and said, "I know you are staff members who specialize in fixing bugs in the game. When necessary for work, you occasionally play special NPC roles."
"How do you know?" Jiezi looked at him doubtfully, as if seeing him for the first time, "Could it be... are you really an NPC? But that's not right. Even if the NPCs in this game are highly intelligent, it's absolutely impossible. Just like real humans!”
He and Xin Meng had had many "close encounters". Even though they were in the same room, they didn't notice anything strange about each other. They were just a little calmer than normal people. No matter how you looked at them, you couldn't tell that they were inhuman.
Because he has developed self-awareness.
Xin Meng only answered this in her heart and did not tell them that anyway, the other party had completed the task, the source of the bug disappeared, and the next game was about to leave. The truth of the matter and what kind of existence she was had nothing to do with them.
He was too lazy to explain, but it made Jie Zi and Dou Dou even more confused. Along the way, Xin Meng and Xin Meng had cooperated with each other, and they were very aware of the difference between him and NPC. Now they say that he is an NPC? WTF
Moreover, I have never heard that there are NPCs who can play the role of players and clear levels in the game!
What is this and what!
Suddenly, Jie Zi had an idea and asked hurriedly, "Is it you who found the bug in the zombie game?!"
That time he played the role of the villain BOSS in the game. In fact, it was because the system detected a BUG and he was tasked to fix it. But at that time, all the players in the team had already entered the game, and he could not kick one of them out. The game It is also very special, there is no other living character, only the villain BOSS can be replaced by him.
After he entered the game, he kept looking for the source of the bug, but couldn't find it. Later, he mixed into the player team as the plot developed, and continued to investigate while doing what the replaced NPC should do according to the original settings, but Nothing was found.
In the end, the player almost finished the level. Once he cleared the level, he could no longer stay in the game and thought that the mission was destined to fail. However, after returning to the main god space, he realized that the mission was inexplicably completed successfully, or to be more precise - it was The BUG suddenly disappeared on its own.
He couldn't figure it out, but since it was over and the mission was completed, he didn't pursue it anymore. Until now, thinking that Xin Meng was in the team at that time and he was probably an NPC, he could explain it!
NPC becomes a player to play the game. Is it not a bug? !
But then why did the BUG disappear again
Could it be...
He thought that Xin Meng had said that he was slowly losing his memory. Is there any connection between them
Although he wanted to confirm his guess immediately, Xin Meng was actually confused at the moment. He had incomplete memory. He recovered some, but still lost a large part. Even if he wanted to answer him, his mind was blank.
The two of them stared at each other for a long time, but finally gave up.
Dou Dou was curious. He didn't know about the zombie game or the relationship between them, so he went to Jie Zi and asked him. Jie Zi gave him a rough explanation. Dou Dou was amazed after hearing this. Shi glanced at Xin Meng with surprise.
After being together for so long, I still haven’t realized that the other person is actually an NPC!
Has the NPC become a spirit? !
Xin Meng and You Yi on the other side were not affected much. You Yi asked in a low voice, "Can't you remember more?"
"Well..." Xin Meng nodded and asked him, "Why did I lose my memory?"
You Yi pursed his lips, but only said, "You will know when you regain your memory."
She didn't expect him to say that. Xin Meng's eyes widened immediately and she was very dissatisfied, "You didn't tell me!"
After saying that, he grabbed his arm and pinched his wrist as if to strangle his neck to show his anger.
You Yi had no choice but to let him make trouble, "You didn't let me say it."
"Are you going to make me break my oath to you?"
“…”
Xin Meng didn't know what to say now.
Even if he wanted to break his head, he couldn't figure out why he made the other party swear such a strange oath in the first place. Could it be that the amnesia was caused by himself
But why
He couldn't wait to know the whole story, but You Yi was tight-lipped and couldn't ask anything. Xin Meng pestered her for a long time to no avail. Instead, she was held down by the annoyed opponent and kissed her dizzyingly. She knew that the direction was correct. Xin Meng finally had to give up questioning.
I hope that as You Yi said, he will regain his memory soon and everything will be revealed.
"What! Do you want to continue playing games?" Dou Dou quickly grabbed him, "Damn it, you are so comfortable being an NPC! You can just play as a player! How did you do it? Please teach me. ah!"
The corner of Jie Zi's mouth twitched. He simply didn't want to admit that he had such a work partner who was addicted to online games. "He doesn't even know it himself. It's useless for you to ask! Don't be stupid. The task is completed. We should leave!"
But having said that, it was clear that the children were burned to death and they paid the price of two teammates, but the exit still did not appear.
"Are there any ghost babies alive?" Dou Dou raised his head and looked at the building in front of him.
"This is the only possibility. There are still ghost babies who were not attracted by the flames, or encountered something and were unable to get off in time..." When Jie Zi said this, he suddenly paused. He looked at Dou Dou, who started to have a look on his face. I was at a loss, and then I understood, and slapped my palm with a "pop"!
"It's broken! There's still one tied up!"
After saying that, he and Jie Zi ran into the building. Xin Meng and You Yi looked at each other, had some idea in their minds, and rushed to follow.
Dou Dou led everyone to a door on the fifth floor. When he opened the door, everything inside came into view.
The little girl in a red dress that Xin Meng saw at first was being tied up with ropes and thrown to the ground. She was struggling endlessly and making an inhuman roar from her throat.
However, despite the terrifying scream, the little girl squirmed in the dusty place for a long time. Her originally beautiful and clean red dress and smooth long hair were covered with dust. Her white face was also dirty, and her mouth was stuffed. The rag was torn, and the most terrifying teeth could not be seen. His eyes were moist, and he looked... quite pitiful.
Xin Meng couldn't help but glance at Dou Dou, who blushed and scratched his head, "I tied her up once at first and then let her go, but she was too noisy and kept chasing me, so I just I accidentally tied it again..."
After regaining some of his memory, Xin Meng was not surprised that the staff had a way to catch the monsters in the game. He just nodded lightly, then continued to look at Dou Dou, asking him with his eyes how to deal with it.
The flames had not caught up with the burning, and the opponent was difficult to kill. Even if there was only one left, there was no way to deal with it. Do we still have to search the entire building to find props
Dou Dou was also the tallest of the two. He did not expect that Li Wenjun would suddenly come out like this. He was shocked at the time. How could he have thought of coming to let him go...
"Didn't you also find a stick? Try it first, and if it doesn't work, look for it again. She is tied up anyway, so there is no danger. It just takes some time." After all, he is a colleague, so Jie Zi hurried over to rescue Dou Dou.
Xin Meng's stick was in the inventory, while You Yi's was in his hand as he slowly walked towards the little girl.
As soon as the little girl's eyes saw the stick, she couldn't move, but her body kept struggling to move back, starting from her feet and slowly disappearing.
"Lucky!" Dou Dou snapped his fingers, "One hit!"
Fortunately for them, the little girl in the red dress happened to be the child who was beaten to death in the tool room, and this stick was her nemesis.
The little girl gradually disappeared, leaving a newspaper where she originally was.
"This should be the last one." Xin Meng walked over and picked up the newspaper.
On the first page of the newspaper was a photo of the little girl's funeral.
There was a lot of text below. Xin Meng read it carefully and suddenly understood.