The skull didn't need to walk on its own. After moving with the dog, it became a hands-off shopkeeper. Its mouth never stopped along the way.
If the general situation is good, this is a surface world where monsters may attack at any time, and the noise may attract monsters—it makes people wonder whether it is necessary to bring it.
This vague doubt disappeared after the zombie dog carrying it bit and kicked away another monster that looked like a wild dog rushing out of the mist. Worth it.
"It's over there."
Qiao Can heaved a sigh of relief seeing the car they were sitting in just after entering the dungeon from a distance, and hurried a few steps closer to see the situation in the driver's seat.
"It's okay," Lin You walked beside her, and said, "I'll do it."
She opened the car door and half leaned in. The moment they unscrewed the key, all three of them heard a slight sound coming from inside the car.
"!!!"
has hope!
You must know that their previous attempts all ended in a desperate silence, no matter how hard the old car tossed, it didn't give them any response.
"But why?" Qiao Can was puzzled, "Obviously no matter how hard I tried at the beginning..."
It made them all wonder where to find tools for maintenance, and even considered whether to dismantle the car directly.
"Well, there may be... many reasons." Lin You said.
"For example, this world is controlled by Aretha's consciousness," she said, "We were not allowed to leave Silent Hill at the beginning, so the car system was disordered, and now once the mouth is released—"
A voice interrupted her.
-Air defense alert.
In order to wipe out the remaining survivors, the Underworld is finally coming.
The moment the siren cut through the air, Lin You decisively opened the car door and sat straight in.
The darkness fell in an instant.
With the town as the center, it is spreading around at an unimaginable speed. While the key was turning, Lin You suddenly heard a shivering rubbing sound.
It's like someone is dragging a heavy object and approaching step by step.
Jian Mingjia: "...Damn."
From her perspective, it couldn't be seen more clearly. The guy who came out of the darkness wore a huge metal helmet, and the cloth around his body was almost dry.
"It's a triangular head." She said, "Can this car start? If it can't, it can only run!"
"have no idea."
Lin You knew something was wrong, and quickly said, "I'll try again."
God knows how the machete that was supposed to be blown to pieces returned to his hands in good condition—perhaps it was also affected by cognition. But anyway, he appeared in front of them again with a long knife.
Obviously, they came to settle accounts with them.
Lin You was still twisting the key.
Suddenly there was a whistling sound, and she was refreshed.
—It's on fire!
As soon as they heard the sound of the car starting, Jian Mingjia and the others hurriedly got into the car, while the zombie dog and the skull had already squatted inside. Seeing the triangle head dragging the machete approaching, Lin You kept on doing nothing, swung the steering wheel, and tried to forcefully pass by the opponent.
The headlights of the car broke through the darkness, and at this moment, the triangular head raised the long knife high—
The sound of "cracking" almost burst the eardrums, and amidst Qiao Chan's screams, the glass fragments smashed by the machete brushed across her arms. If she sat on the other side, it would not only be the rear seat window that would be cut.
In the blink of an eye, Lin You suddenly understood something.
Seeing that the triangle head was about to swing the huge machete again, she slammed the steering wheel in a circle.
The friction between the tires and the ground made a piercing sound, and the car flicked in the opposite direction, drawing a circle of scorched black marks. In the next second, the other two who slammed into the windowpane felt another strong momentum and pressed themselves firmly against the back of the seat.
"Lin You, you're crazy—"
This time the accelerator came even more unexpectedly, and Jian Mingjia, who was in the co-pilot, had to grab the handrail above the window to stabilize her body. She stared at the road ahead and shouted:
"Isn't this direction a cliff?!"
"I know."
Lin You's expression was terribly calm, "That's why we drove this way."
"There is no need to go to the other side of the town to find a way, you can go back as you came, this way can leave Silent Hill." She said, "If it is really the trial given by Aretha and the others, now we have reached the final level .”
Aretha said "to survive the hunt", and this "hunt" must also include the triangle head. And if she escaped from his pursuit, she would give them a chance to leave Silent Hill.
She had reason to think it was a hint that they would return to reality at some point.
This is a cliff in the surface world, but the corresponding real world must be a normal road. The only difference is which plane they are in when they rush over.
Dodging the pursuit of the triangular head and heading to a place outside Silent Hill, whether it can be fulfilled depends on Alessa's thoughts. And since the other party intends to let them go—
"Even so, wouldn't it be too much to rush straight down?"
Totally a gamble.
Qiao Can broke down and said, "Boss, boss, how much courage do you have?!"
"Well," Lin You really thought about this question seriously, "Actually, it means that the ability to bear is a little bit stronger than ordinary people?"
Jian Mingjia: "I—always—"
The car drove straight towards the cliff, but the person in the driver's seat didn't even have the slightest posture to step on the brakes, all she could do was shout and protest:
"I think you have a problem with the definition of ordinary people!"
Panicked, Qiao Can turned her head and saw Triangle Head standing there already, with no intention of catching up.
… Also, he just needs to watch them kill themselves.
Now it was too late to grab the steering wheel again, and she closed her eyes resignedly, only to feel that that person kicked the accelerator again.
"Hurry up." Lin You said.
"What should I catch! I regret it, let me get out of the car!" The skull also howled at this time, "Poor bone, I blew myself up like this last time and didn't have time to write a suicide note. Give me a chance to make a will!"
The quietest one was the zombie dog, whining incessantly, not knowing what was going to happen.
"no."
Adhering to the credo of "We must die together", Jian Mingjia could only squeeze out a voice through his teeth, "The door is welded to death, no one can escape!"
The front of the car was getting closer and closer to the section, and they were bumped repeatedly by large and small stones.
The moment they rushed down the cliff, they felt such a strong sense of weightlessness that they even forgot to scream.
— No, there are "people" who still remember.
Skull: "Ah!"
Skull: "Ahhhhh—"
"...You're enough," Lin You said in silence for a few seconds, and finally couldn't help it, "What else is there to shout about now?"
There is no real fall off the cliff as expected, and no car crash as imagined. At the moment the car rushed down, they seemed to have penetrated some kind of fog.
— The fog cleared.
Behind him is no longer the inner world shrouded in darkness, and there is also no burning fire, only the remains left by the fire of that year.
They returned to the real world of Silent Hill.
The setting sun is setting, leaving the parallel space, and the time in reality is approaching evening.
"Good afternoon," the crisp voice sounded.
Jian Mingjia turned her head so suddenly that her neck was almost broken. Like her, Qiao Can looked at her side with hellish eyes, and there was a person sitting there unknowingly.
It's Aretha.
She still looked like a little girl, but she was not as blood-stained and black-eyed as they had seen. She now looks like a normal little girl, although her expression is indifferent, her face is very cute.
"Aretha doesn't want to be there anymore," she said, "so it's 'us' who are sitting here now."
"Of course I have left more than one way out for you."
She blinks.
"But, weirdly, you picked the craziest one."
Qiao Can: "..."
Jian Mingjia: "..."
"No," she pointed to the man in the driver's seat, "she chose."
Lin You whistled as if nothing happened.
Now that the matter has come to this point, Qiao Can decided not to worry about those twists and turns. She let out a long sigh—in short, this will be cleared soon, right
Jian Mingjia, who was also aware of this point, wanted to ask what else to do, but seeing that she had to clear the level, she had more important things to do.
"Wait, wait a minute."
She said in a hurry.
"Let me ask one thing first," she turned to the skull, "you said you could translate."
I was too nervous before and never found the opportunity. If they just clear the level without asking, the only thing they know about these things is the other party's sentence "it will be useful to you", unless it is a special item, wouldn't it just be thrown back into the dungeon if it was left alone.
"Oh, you said those pieces of paper?"
The skull suddenly realized, "It's part of a certain manuscript, we sometimes call it, ah... what is it?"
Almost as soon as the sound fell, a transparent window popped out in front of my eyes.
Jian Mingjia: "..."
Unexpectedly... What a special prop.
[Name: "Azif" (Incomplete Edition)]
[Description: Hazred's manuscript translated into Latin, an all-encompassing compilation of myths, which was widely circulated among scholars in the Middle Ages. Although there are only a few pieces, if the reading is successful, you can get some special powder making methods.]
[Available number of times: unlimited (limited to pharmacists)]
"Let me see the content," said the skull, "translate?"
"No," Jian Mingjia said, she and Lin You exchanged glances, "Don't worry about this."
Since it is a special item that can bring out a dungeon, there is no rush at this moment.
Skull: "???"
"You know a lot."
Aretha held her chin, "Sure enough, you are the guy who distorted the position of the ward?"
"Yes, of course I know." Facing Shang Linyou's gaze, she said naturally, "It's just that I'm not interested in pursuing this, and it meets our needs."
"Anyway," she said.
"Congratulations, you have passed."
[Congratulations, the A-level dungeon "Lost" is complete.]
[Your performance in this dungeon has been judged as -S.]
Back in the familiar indigo space, Lin You exhaled.
She looked down at the cards in her hand.
[Name: Aretha]
[Card number: 018]
[Level: SR]
[Remarks: After being burned to death as a witch in a cult sacrificial ceremony, he reached a deal with the devil incarnate, and the power he possessed dragged the entire town into a different world. After successful revenge, now embark on a journey to find new prey.]
That means there's nothing special about it.
Lin You was not surprised that Aleisha followed her because of this. At that time, the other party made it clear in the teaching building that she was going to "harvest" those believers. Now that the dark side dominates, there must be a possibility to "harvest" elsewhere.
compared to this—
Lin You was taken aback by the touch in his hand.
No matter how you touch, there are only two cards, but including Aresa, there must be three who go with her.
She suddenly realized something, lowered her head to open the backpack, and saw a skull inside.
[name:? ? ?]
[Description: A skeleton who is vague about his origin. It looks empty because there are only bones left, but in fact there is a lot of knowledge. Of course, it's just a talking skull until it's all collected—should get full marks for bowling with it?]
[Collection Progress: 3/12]
... She didn't know for a moment whether to complain about the bowling ball or whether it was counted as a special item.
Lin You was stunned for less than half a second, and quickly realized why.
Skull's choice of her has nothing to do with her profession. If other players go there, they can also take it away from the instance to collect bodies elsewhere after making an agreement with it—so it is set in this way, rather than changing cards directly.
I don't know if it's because of her relationship on the main interface, but the skull doesn't move, it seems to be asleep.
... It's so quiet that it makes people feel a little uncomfortable.
Thinking about it, Lin You flipped over the card underneath.
[Name: Wolfdog]
[Card number: 026]
[Level: R]
[Remarks: Originally a domestic dog that guarded the house, it became a zombified dog after entering the watch world. It wanders there and attacks humans, but recently found new happiness and made new friendships(?). PS. In fact, I have been hesitating whether to bite directly on that skull, after all, it looks good to bite.]
Lin You: "..."
It's okay to put a question mark on friendship.
She subconsciously glanced into the backpack again, secretly glad that the other party was sleeping.
— Well, she thought, at least they were all right now.
After placing the two cards in the illustrated book, Lin You simply cut off the power.
She was still thinking about the sentence that Qiao Can accidentally mentioned, so she made an agreement with Jian Mingjia before releasing the dungeon—let her arrange it by herself, and she has to go offline.
Lin You took off the helmet, and returned her vision to her room. After soaking in "Box" for too long these days, it felt a little familiar yet strange.
It didn't matter, she got used to it quickly.
She sat in front of the computer and opened the forum.