Pollution is pouring in.
It rushed from the vast wasteland, across the lonely lake, through the dense jungle, and enveloped the entire castle.
When the darkness as big as a hill stepped into the castle, the chandelier was squeezed and shook, and the scarlet carpet turned into ink-black. The darkness struggled to squeeze itself into the narrow corridor and moved forward floor by floor.
The extra branch corridors could not bear the weight, and patches of darkness extended to places unexpected to the stairs.
Those who had eaten the source of light could still struggle for a while when they were contaminated by darkness. The monk held a burning candle and chanted continuously. Si Tai held a shield with great effort. Li Haoyuan held a staff...
But the next second, when the overwhelming darkness surged, the little bit of faint light was instantly drowned in the darkness.
The darkness spread all the way and soon reached the third floor.
Most of the doors on the third floor were closed, with only one door open.
When we were about to reach our destination, the darkness that had been speeding forward suddenly slowed down, as if it was hesitating about something.
His speed was no longer slowing down. With the huge volume of darkness, each of his steps was a step at a time, and soon he arrived at the room where the magic mirror was placed.
The room was filled with a strong smell of pain. The darkness twisted in front of the door, and at this moment he couldn't help but recall the painful past.
He is a contaminated body of a player, the cursed side. His true self is kind, strong and selfless, while his opposite side is evil, weak and full of desires.
He was a mistake from the moment he was born.
In the Wolf Killer copy, the identity card he drew was that of a wolf.
He can gain strength by killing players because he is weak. It is said to be killing players, but the card game prohibits players from killing each other. The killer and the killed are both the polluted sides of each player, that is, the monsters in each player's body.
When the monster is killed, the player wakes up.
He is weak and is seriously injured after killing a player's monster. He doesn't even have the strength to leave the field. The real body of a player's monster will soon wake up after being killed.
At this time, a beautiful player in a witch robe appeared.
He is also the product of a player being cursed. He looks very timid and was almost crying when he saw the bloody scene.
He lied to the little witch and told her that he was seriously injured by a wolf.
The little witch believed him, dragged him into the cabin, brewed potion for him who was seriously injured, and told him her identity card.
Outside there were the ferocious howls of wolves transforming.
The little witch was very timid. When she heard the sound of a wolf outside, her face turned pale, and her eyes and nose turned red. She said to him, "Don't be afraid. I am a very powerful witch. I have a bottle of poison. If the wolf really comes in, I will poison it to death."
As a wolf, he lay on the bed that the little witch had made herself.
There was only one bed in the cabin.
The little witch was very kind. She thought that he was injured and should lie on the bed, so she took the initiative to sleep on the floor.
But the other party was too delicate, and the floor was made of rough wood, so he couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard he tried.
In the end, the two of them squeezed into a small bed.
There was another wolf howling outside the house, and another wolf came in.
The little witch, who was not asleep, was terrified when she heard the noise. She tried not to make any sound, but her whole body was shaking and her tears could not help but flow down, wetting her chest.
He hugged the crying little witch and showed his fangs to the wolf outside the house.
His strength had originally been enhanced by the contaminants from killing a player, and he also obtained a precious antidote from the little witch. He also rested for half a night, and his strength had almost recovered. At least he could fight back and forth with the wolf outside the house.
The wolf was afraid of him and eventually left.
He said to the little witch, it's okay.
The little witch hugged his waist and couldn't control her tears anymore.
After crying, I felt embarrassed, so I apologized to him with red ears.
The next day, the little witch stewed mushrooms for him in the pot used to stew magic pot in order to thank him for scaring off the wolf last night.
He drank the mushroom soup cooked by the little witch, which tasted terrible.
But the soup is steaming hot and it warms your body after drinking it.
During the voting session during the day, a player whose monster was killed by him last night voted that he was a wolf. The little witch firmly said that he was a wolf. In order to prove that he was a wolf, the little witch also told others her identity as a witch.
Because a seemingly sincere little witch tried hard to vouch for him, not only was he not voted out, he also teamed up with the wolf that almost fought with him last night to get the real one voted out.
The next night, he went out to kill again. Before he left, he taught the little witch how to set traps and what to do if she encountered a wolf breaking into the door. He gave her a lot of instructions, and the little witch nodded while shedding tears.
He asked the little witch why she was crying again.
The little witch said, I'm sorry, I'm timid and I don't dare to go out with you. I'm sorry that I can't help you.
When he went out, he teamed up with the wolf from last night to kill. The other party asked him why he hadn't killed the little witch yet. He didn't know why, so he said that the little witch still had poison in her hand.
When he finished killing people that night and returned to the cabin, he ran into the little witch who was holding a knife and was ready to fight him. He thought he had exposed his identity as a wolf, but the next second, the little witch recognized him and put down the knife immediately.
The little witch asked him, why do you smell like blood
He said he encountered a wolf.
The little witch bandaged his wound with great heartache and apologized to him, saying, "I'm sorry, I only have one bottle of antidote, it's used up, and I can't heal your wound anymore."
He thought that the little witch was really useless, but she had a bottle of poison in her hand. If he could trick her into giving him the poison, he could use it to kill the most powerful polluted body, and his strength would soar to the first place in an instant.
He had to find a way to trick the poison out of the little witch.
The next second, a small bottle was carefully placed in his palm by the little witch.
The little witch said that this was poison and could kill the wolf.
He asked the little witch why she gave him the only bottle of poison.
The little witch said, because you have to go out every day, you need it more than I do.
The little witch was very angry without the protection of the poison, but for some reason, he did not kill the little witch. Instead, he held her in his arms and squeezed her into the small wooden bed.
The little witch had a nightmare that night, and she kept muttering, "Don't kill me, don't kill me..."
Then she tried hard to squeeze her little head into his arms, and trembled in his arms.
Maybe it was because the little witch was so soft and fragrant, and the sound of her sobbing in her sleep was very pleasant to hear.
He couldn't help but kissed the other person gently.
And kissed a second time.
On the third night, he used poison to kill a strong polluted body and gained strong power. However, because he used poison, the little witch recognized him as a wolf.
Early on the fourth day, he thought the little witch was going to vote him out.
But the little witch kept her head down and said nothing.
Some people thought the little witch was a wolf, and everyone knew it was the witch's poison.
The little witch still didn't speak.
He felt uncomfortable seeing the little witch keeping her head down, so he took the initiative to ask if she had stolen the witch's poison.
Everyone generally believes that the poison was stolen from the little witch, because the little witch looks really stupid. If she is not really stupid, then her acting skills are too bad.
Due to his interference, another person was voted out, and the other person was not the little witch.
The little witch kept her head down and didn't speak or vote from beginning to end.
It was not until the meeting ended and Jia stood up that he saw the little witch's eyes were red.
The little witch didn't speak to him for the rest of the day.
He didn't know what to say, he just silently helped the little witch to reinforce the cabin and set traps.
On the fourth night, he was so strong that he didn't need to join forces with another wolf to kill, so he went hunting alone.
On the morning of the fifth day, his little witch died.
The new one is still the player, with the same face as the little witch, but she is no longer his little witch.
He couldn't understand why the little witch died, as he had clearly helped her reinforce the cabin.
Later he found out that it was another wolf that was being hunted and seriously injured. When he passed the cabin, the little witch thought that the wolf was him, so she took the initiative to open the door and let the other wolf in.
It was a wolf that killed the little witch.
But when the little witch died, she thought he had killed her.
He really wanted to explain to the little witch, but when he explained in front of a player named Tang Ning, the other party just frowned coldly and contemptuously and told him, I know it wasn't you. You killed three in a row. The hunter is not as strong as you. It was another wolf who killed him.
So Tang Ning voted another wolf out today.
Tang Ning also said to him, let’s cooperate, the wolf card can play the best role in your hands, you kill all the polluted bodies and enhance your strength.
Tang Ning added, if I am not mistaken, this cursed object can allow the contaminated body to completely replace the original body. Then we will go into the jungle together. You take the cursed object and I will get the magic mirror.
Tangning talked about a lot of plans, all of which were very impressive.
They did as planned and everything went smoothly. The final twist was that he used the cursed objects on Tang Ning and himself.
Tang Ning was so angry that he burst into curses, calling him greedy and an ungrateful person.
Tang Ning was right to curse, he wanted to replace his original body and see the little witch again, but he wanted too much at once, so he got nothing. He just completely erased the memory of the little witch from Tang Ning's body and sealed it in the cursed object, so that he could see the little witch again.
The little witch who was entrusted with the cursed object was so frightened when she saw him for the first time that she trembled all over.
He wanted to explain, but at this time Tang Ning helped his original body to suppress him.
This is the most painful memory for him.
Looking back on his flawed and short life, it turned out that his happiest moment was when he secretly kissed the little witch while she was sleeping in his arms. It turned out that his most painful moment was when he found out that the little witch thought the wolf was him and opened the door to let the wolf in.
The huge darkness was surging outside the door, like the vast ocean surging in the dark night.
Tang Ning, who was kneeling in front of the mirror, vaguely heard a strange noise. It was very depressing and made him feel distressed.
What's wrong
He turned his head a little confused, and there was darkness behind him, and he could not see anything.
When Tangning turned around, he saw Tangning kneeling in front of the mirror.
When the two Tang Nings were in the same body, it was difficult for him to tell which Tang Ning was which. However, after the two existences were separated, he recognized at a glance that the Tang Ning with black hair and white robe was the Tang Ning he was looking for.
He didn't know what was happening, but the Tang Ning he had been looking for appeared in front of him, and another Tang Ning was sealed in the magic mirror.
This is a godsend.
He had always told himself that if he couldn't find the little witch, Tangning was actually also a little witch. But when he really had the chance to choose, a strong killing intent surged in his heart -
The darkness rushed into the magic mirror madly and unstoppably. The pale flame suddenly bloomed, trying to resist the surging darkness, but the amount of darkness was too great, like a whole sea pouring down towards the fire in the wilderness.
"No... kill him..." A faint source of light suddenly appeared at the dividing line between darkness and paleness.
Darkness didn't care about Light's words at all. Tang Ning, who was kneeling on the ground with black hair and white robe, heard Light's words and said in panic, "Don't kill him!"
At this moment, Tang Ning, with black hair and white robe, was filled with fear and his skin was trembling. He raised his hand and a cluster of pale flames spread from his palm. The fire grew bigger and bigger, much stronger than the previous times when Tang Ning used the soul fire. However, compared with the huge darkness, this pale flame was small enough to be negligible.
But when this pale flame appeared, the overwhelming darkness stopped.
Tangning had no idea what was going on, but from the faint light he had just seen, he guessed that the other party was a mysterious being. He suddenly realized that he had not met a mysterious being tonight, so he quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, I broke the promise, can you not be angry?"
He was really scared, worrying that the darkness would kill himself in the mirror if he didn't agree with him. Due to the intense worry and fear, his whole face was as pale as a piece of white paper, and his eyes were red.
I said don’t be angry, but my heart was saying “don’t kill me”.
Seeing Tang Ning like this, the size of the darkness continued to shrink, and finally condensed into a shadow.
With the illumination of the pale flame, Tang Ning saw a dark shadow. This existence was very much like a shadow, so Tang Ning's originally tense heartstrings relaxed a little.
"I won't hurt you." The black shadow seemed to be clarifying something, "No matter what, I won't hurt you."
At the same time, the white-haired young man in the mirror raised his eyes and saw a faint source of light.
At this moment, this little source of light had been separated from the vast darkness outside the mirror. The white-haired Tang Ning seemed to recognize something and stared blankly at the firefly-like source of light.
A very faint voice came from the Source of Light, and it was gently asking: "Do you... still want... the Source of Light?"
White-haired Tangning raised her head and said hesitantly, "I don't think I feel any resentment from you."
So the feeling of resentment came from the mountain-like darkness
Guangming asked: "Why should I hate you?"
"Because in the last instance, I left you behind and never looked back." White-haired Tangning said calmly.
But after he said this, the Source of Light said fluently: "But I'm really glad that you didn't look back."
What
Guangming said: "The situation was very dangerous at that time. If you were a second slower, you might never get out."
The snow-white eyelashes blinked, "... Why?"
"Do you still remember the Terracotta Warriors instance? There were more than 9,000 Terracotta Warriors, and you found me who was imprisoned in one of them." Guangming emphasized, "You found me in no time."
"What's the matter? We've been partners for so long, of course I can find you."
Guangming asked again: "Do you remember the vampire dungeon? You carried me, who was seriously injured, on your back and walked across the entire vampire palace."
"Because I know you won't die. You are so grateful. I know I can earn your favor by doing this."
Guangming said again: "Do you remember the time when I was facing the inner demon realm? Four demons besieged me and you risked your life to protect me."
"Because I know that once you break through, you will become very strong. You are a true genius. I can't reach your level, but as long as I make such a sacrifice for you, your strength can be used by me."
Guangming said, "Look, you remember everything, don't you? Why are you asking me why?"
The white-haired Tangning fell silent. His lips moved as if he wanted to refute something. After a while, he frowned and said, "But the system said that you really wanted me to come back."
"The system also said that you regretted it, that you regretted saying you liked me in the first place."
"I do regret it." Guangming said lightly, "I regret saying I liked you in the beginning."
The fingertips hanging on the black robe trembled.
"Because when I first said I liked you, I was actually affected by the curse. Later, I liked you, and it had nothing to do with the curse, but I still think it would be better to say it to you formally again."
"What curse?"
…
Tang Ning outside the mirror was still looking at the black shadow with distrust. He had just seen with his own eyes the darkness rushing into the magic mirror. Wasn't it trying to kill the "him" in the mirror
The shadow seemed to see Tangning's suspicion and explained, "I just want you to control your body."
Tangning shook her head, "Thank you for your kindness, but I cannot control this body."
"Why?" the black shadow was puzzled.
Tangning didn't know if his explanation would be blocked by the system, so he tried his best to explain in a way that wouldn't be censored, "He's better than me. We're going to face something even more difficult next. If it's him, he'll definitely win."
The fusion plan that the system gave Tang Ning looked good, but among the two plans that the system gave Tang Ning, if he wanted to gain power, he would definitely suffer the pain that the system mentioned. Even the second plan would make him suffer.
The pain of players can easily be turned into a psychological trap in card games. Tang Ning believes that this pain is a weakness.
There is only one way to have both strong power and get rid of pain, that is to let him who is here bear the pain, and let him who is gone challenge the next level with the best attitude.
"I can protect you." The black shadow said seriously, "I am stronger than him. I can protect you and let you win."
In fact, Tang Ning had previously speculated whether the other party was his prince. After the black shadow said this, Tang Ning was able to guess the other party's identity, but this made him even more confused.
Tangning hesitated for a moment and asked, "Are you planning to kill him because you want to protect me and let me win?"
The shadow nodded.
Tangning became more and more confused, her face wrinkled into a ball, "You should know that he went after me, right? He is so much better than me, why didn't you protect him, but protected me instead—"
"What are you going to do?" The black shadow said without hesitation: "It's you I always wanted to protect."
Dark-haired Tangning said in confusion.
"I like you, Tangning. I like you for who you are."
…
On the other side, the Source of Light laughed softly, "It's a long story to talk about the curse, but it's not important anymore."
A faint source of light was like a firefly with half of its wings broken. It slowly and laboriously flew into the magic mirror and flew into the body of the white-haired, black-robed young man who was kneeling in the mirror.
The further he flew towards the black robe, the dimmer the light around him became.
Because the young man with white hair and black robe is more like a twisted monster than Tang Ning. He is a memory full of resentment, despair and pain. He stays in the copy paranoidly, and is twisted and polluted by power day after day.
Even though all his pain had been transferred away, he was still more like a ghost because he had been polluted for too long.
When this little bit of light flew towards the being with white hair and black robe, it was destined to be on the road to extinction.
White-haired Tangning frowned, looking very dissatisfied with the other party's answer, "What is important?"
The fading light finally landed on her cold palm, "I like you, Tangning."
When the faint voice spoke the last confession of life, the sound became clearer and brighter.
After he said this, the light began to completely dissipate. This time it was a real dissipation. Even if all the source of light stored in the empty ring was poured out to replenish energy, it could not stop the process of the will placed in the light dissipating.
This player who was always bright and brilliant had died two years ago. All that remained was his obsession.
Tang Ning, with white hair and black robe, clenched his hands, but was unable to catch the light that completely dissipated.
He slowly closed his eyes and said, "Idiot."
The warm and bright light points turned into more and smaller light points and melted into the black robe, melting into the deep-rooted cold and extreme things, like sunlight shining into solid ice.
The hard ice turned into soft snow, and the cold snow turned into pale flames.
A flame without any pain.
This is the purest source of power.
This small flame floated out from the magic mirror and floated towards the stunned Tang Ning.
The dark shadow did not stop the flame from approaching.
When Tang Ning was wrapped in the snow-white flames, he did not feel any pain. Instead, his whole body was warm, so warm that he wanted to cry.
He saw the snow-white flames rising, creating a warm little world.
In this warmth, he could not feel the passage of time, nor could he tell the changes in the environment. He seemed to be lying in a very comfortable place, like a baby lying in the mother's womb, or like a baby bird curled up in the eggshell.
It was as if someone was guarding him. Occasionally, he could hear some familiar conversations, one asking "How long will it take him to...", another saying "This looks like a power transformation..." etc. The voices were unclear and Tangning was too lazy to listen.
He was thinking about a lot of things in this warm and comfortable place. Suddenly, Tangning heard a voice, which asked him softly, "Really? It seems that I will be very happy this time, right?"
Whose voice is this
Oh, it sounds like my own voice.
Tangning said in a daze, following her heart, "Yeah... I'm very happy. I got a cat, made a lot of friends, played the leading role, got a crush, and even gave him my mom's gold bracelet."
"This body is for you."
"What?" Tang Ning suddenly remembered that this should be the sound of "he", a very powerful "he" sound.
Tangning quickly asked, "Aren't you going to replace me? You're amazing. If it were you, you would definitely be able to complete an S-level instance."
"You're amazing too, Tangning."
"I wasn't happy at all before. It's amazing that you can be so happy now."
Tangning wanted to say something to persuade Dao Yin, who was surprisingly gentle, but Dao Yin said:
"Tangning, I hope you remember that even if someone leaves you like your mother one day, there will always be someone in this world who will love you."
"I love you. Even though I am gone, I will always love you who is here, who will be here, and who will be here every day from now on."
"You must be happy."
Every word was warm, so warm that Tang Ning wanted to cry again.
Tangning wanted to keep the sound, but the cold system sound suddenly rang out in this warm little world -
The player has survived safely for seven days! Congratulations to the player for successfully completing the dungeon "Ghost Me"!