Lin You didn't even look back.
With a "click", she unscrewed the iron lock. After pulling out the small key that was less than the length of the little finger, he turned around slowly and looked at the hideous clown who was being held by Naia.
When she pumped her gas, she purposely didn't pump it up to the full capacity, the clown was a head shorter than her at the moment, and Nayati slid around with ease. His legs are short and his arms are short, so he can't even kick and fight at a distance, but then again, with all his guts, he wouldn't dare to punch and kick a superior existence like the evil god.
He could only let himself hang in the air, with a twisted face so that his nose was not his nose and his eyes were not his eyes, and he stared at Lin You hatefully.
"What did I say, don't play tricks. If you want to experience the feeling of the sky and the sun side by side again—" the latter was not at all afraid, and took the time to look at the night sky, "Oh, no, it's the moon. "
"I caught the man." Naia reminded.
Lin You tilted her head.
"Is there any difference?"
Naia sneered, he narrowed his eyes and said nothing. It's a little ridiculous for the evil god to talk about his relationship with humans, but there seems to be a sense of alliance between them.
As far as Nyarlathotep is concerned, he just needs to know that he will always have fun around this guy, and that's enough.
Lin You pulled open the iron door, it was seriously corroded, and when it was shaken, it made an almost ear-piercing sound. Her teeth were a little sour when she heard it, so she quickly put it aside. Nyarlathotep passed through the iron gate after her, and the clown felt nervously about his neck being strangled by his collar.
"Yes, or you'd better put me down, and I'll go by myself," he broke out in a cold sweat, and it was a miracle that the oil paint on his cheeks didn't disappear, "I promise I won't run away this time."
"I don't mind."
Nyarlathotep smiled brightly, and he seemed to enjoy the clown's trembling.
"It's just a little effort."
clown:"… … … "
Why did he have nothing to provoke such guys! Why? !
No matter how regretful it was, it was too late. Behind the iron gate was a forest path. A playground late at night is enough to make one's scalp tingle, and even more so when the leaves that wantonly grow in no one's place slap your face.
However, those who walk on the road are not ordinary people.
The clown who was grabbed by the collar was bouncing, peeking at the reactions of the two people. Lin You was more normal, and the guy who was carrying him was simply having fun.
He only felt himself swinging forward, and then stopped.
Ah, he thought, here we come.
"Lock it with an iron door," Lin You raised her eyebrows, "Just to keep an eye on this thing?"
There is a small clearing in the middle of the forest, and a statue stands in the center.
The statue, carved in marble, is that of a man, with a peaked hat and a mustache. The statue is completely black, and the snow-white flute he holds by his mouth is even more eye-catching.
Lin You suddenly remembered the sudden sound of the flute before the clown appeared.
There was a line of writing engraved on the base below the statue, which she couldn't see clearly, but Nyarlathotep could see.
"'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'…"
He dragged his voice and said, "Do you humans have any legends?"
Lin You paused.
"Yes, yes," she said.
"It is said that there was a small town plagued by plague. When the whole city was at a loss, a Piper in Pied Piper played the flute and took away all the rats. Afterwards, the residents turned their backs and did not want to pay. The Piper used the flute to abduct all the rats in order to retaliate. their children."
Naia gave a "tsk", obviously it doesn't matter that human beings are so entangled. His eyes turned to the flute held by the Pied Piper statue, which still aroused some interest, and he took a step forward.
"Then what..." the clown opened his mouth.
"What?" He glanced sideways.
Clown: "You, please."
It is estimated that even if he said it, the uncle would not care.
Naia approached the statue at a leisurely pace, reaching out to pull out the flute.
The mutation happened in an instant.
Almost at the same time that his hand touched the flute, the head of the statue surpassed the human form, like a giant python whose face could not be seen clearly, opened its mouth and bared its fangs to bite the hand—
Nyarlathotep didn't even move.
The tentacles that suddenly appeared from behind him were ferocious and bloated, and the dripping liquid was black and viscous. Just by looking at it, one could tell that the lethality was not at the same level.
Statue: "…"
The giant python retreated slowly, and the person standing in front of him became the piper with the mustache again. The statue of Miao Counselled respectfully bent down and handed over the flute.
Lin You: "..."
How strong is this desire to survive.
Naia took the flute, glanced at it, and threw it at Lin You without much interest. The latter caught it well, but his eyelids twitched.
The flute feels like it's made of bone.
If the simplicity is good, it can be recognized at a glance that this is a human femur, and it is speculated that it is between seven and twelve years old. Lin You didn't know as well as she did, she just looked at the skull, "Is this your bone too?"
Skull: "..."
How can it be! !
"It's a little girl's," it said, "and it's ruining me to have such short thighs."
Listening to what it said, Lin You was taken aback.
... wait.
Piper... little girl... femur...
She said, "Abducting the Magic Flute?"
As soon as the voice fell, a transparent window suddenly popped out.
[Name: SCP-573 Abduction Magic Flute]
[Description: A flute made from the femur of a girl from a thousand years ago. When it is played, creatures who hear the sound of the flute will enter a state of being easily suggested, and they will be eager and willing to complete the performance instructions from the author. Originally, it could only be used on animals or minors, but after twisting, it is also applicable to adults.]
[Available number of uses: As it will gradually cause irreversible negative effects on the player, it can only be used once]
Lin Youxin said that she might not understand something.
This is also a means of this playground, but it is not used anymore because she was not affected at the time.
Now it has fallen into her hands, and it has become a special prop again.
"You got the stuff too," the clown stammered, "Can I go now?!"
He had been put down when Nyarlathotep approached the statue, even so, he was still so startled by the latter's tentacles that his calves were trembling.
"Don't worry."
Lin You glanced at him several times, and the clown couldn't help but tremble even more under her gaze, "Where's your balloon?"
"Here, I'll give you everything!" He yelled hastily, pulled out a handful of balloons out of nowhere, and stuffed them all into Lin You's hands, "As long as you let me go, let alone a balloon, even with me All transactions in this amusement park can be directly transferred to you!"
He spoke every word from the bottom of his heart, and the words "Please let me go" were almost written on his face. When Lin You heard the second half of the sentence, Lin You's eyes moved slightly. She just nodded, and the clown, who seemed to be pardoned, turned around and ran away, and fell down without paying attention.
Lin You: "..."
"I thought you would keep him too," Nyarlathotep looked at the clown who had managed to get up and fled in a hurry, "Aren't all human beings a little collectors?"
Lin You burst out laughing.
"I will choose too, okay?"
A balloon with a human head can do what the clown can do, and a balloon with a human head can do what the clown can't. What's more, what she really cared about was his last sentence.
She let go.
The balloon soared into the sky, spinning twice before drifting farther and farther, as if thanking her for setting them free, until it disappeared into the night sky.
Game clearance.
When the field of vision returned to a deep blue, Lin You squeezed the card in her hand tightly.
[Name: SCP-823 Scary Carnival]
[Card number: 030]
[Level: SR]
[Remarks: The deserted amusement park where many strange incidents have occurred, as a scene card, only has the right to use and cannot be directly summoned. If you have a nasty guy, you can always pull him/her/it in to force the game.]
Another scene card.
Lin You looked at the description on this card, and then looked at another Kisaragi station in the illustration book, and finally worried that it was getting late, so she had to insert the card into the illustration book and hurriedly logged off.
She said that something happened, and it was true. The next day, she was going to the birthday party of the elders in the family. The official of "Box" also officially stopped the public beta in the afternoon and shut down the server.
Maybe it was because she was too bored after shutting down the server, and after texting to confirm that she had arrived home, Jian Mingjia called as soon as she made a phone call.
"I'm so bored." Sure enough, this is the first sentence.
"Listen to your tone," Lin You asked, "Have you been playing until the server is shut down?"
"That's right, otherwise, wouldn't it be a shame that you won't be able to play for a few days? I was in the row with Xiao Geng," she said "ah", "something big happened, but he wants to tell you in person—yes, Are you okay on the day of server opening?"
"No, but you agreed to take a few days off before finding an internship?" Lin You hasn't forgotten that she fired her boss.
Jian Mingjia: "..."
"Never mind him!" She gritted her teeth, "It's a big deal when school starts, and there will be no classes then, so let me relax a bit during the summer vacation."
Lin You: "I think you are addicted."
"Go, go, you have no right to talk about others. Alright," Jian Mingjia finally put an end to the call, "Hurry up and play the game when the time comes, we'll wait for you."
The rest time from the public beta to the official server opening depends on the game official. In order to maintain the popularity accumulated during the public beta, generally it will not be too long. "Box" is already quite short, only three days, but this still can't stop the players who are poisoned by the game from mourning. But all of this has nothing to do with Lin You. Ever since she saw her "great achievements" appear on the forum last time, she didn't bother to watch the discussion. If she had this time, she might as well make up a few more horror movies—in order to pass the level better.
On the day of server opening, early in the morning, Lin You pressed the preset alarm clock, yawned and washed, then put on the helmet after a long absence.
Generally speaking, the public beta is already a stage where the game is basically finalized, and there will be no major changes. As soon as Lin You went online, she didn't feel that the dark blue room in front of her was any different from before, but a notice popped up on the light screen.
… So long.
Lin You didn't bother to look at it, so she clicked the fork to turn it off and directly pulled Jian Mingjia and Geng Qinghe into the team.
"What did the announcement say?" she asked.
"Safety instructions," Jian Mingjia has obviously read it over, "it's not much different from the previous ones. And thanks to all the players who support the game—"
Lin You fiddled with the light screen to see if there was anything new. From the main interface, compared with the public beta period, the changes are not big, but small—
Lin You's gaze was fixed on the available game modes.
Not small either.
really.
Just like the discussion on the forum has been so heated that it has almost become a conclusion, there is an extra line of words under "Cooperation Mode".
— "Competition Mode".
But it is still gray and unavailable. When it will be opened will wait for the next official announcement.
With a feeling of pity, Lin You stretched out her hand and still clicked on the line above.
[The match is successful.]
The system tone that sounded in the next second made the three of them, who were used to longer and longer matching times, startled at the same time.
[You are about to enter the S-level dungeon "Containment Breach"—countdown, ten, nine, eight, seven...]
Jian Mingjia: "S-rank?!"
When Lin You heard the name of the dungeon, Lin You's heart skipped a beat, but the ten-second countdown didn't allow her to think too much. When the synthetic voice counted to "one", her eyes went dark, and when it was turned on again, the light from the chandelier hanging from the top of the room hurt people's eyes.
Lin You lowered her head subconsciously.
It was different from any dungeon she had entered before, this time she was not wearing the system's default outfit, but a set of slightly looser orange pants. And on the chest of the clothes, she saw an icon composed of a circle and three arrows pointing inward.
— is the logo of the SCP Foundation.