Ghosts outside are coming in
After hearing this, Ruan Bai was slightly taken aback, and quickly glanced at the entrance of the Taoist temple.
Sure enough, the two ghosts were standing at the entrance of the Taoist temple, sticking close to the door and looking inside.
Their faces were pale, puffy, and distorted.
They were tightly attached to the door, with a pair of eyes staring straight at everyone in the Taoist temple, and strange excitement jumped in the black eyes.
Seeing this, Ruan Bai shrank back subconsciously.
This movement made her realize that there was a hard object in her hand.
She looked down, and the mermaid bell ran into her hands at some point.
Just like in a dream.
Ruan Bai's movements paused, she realized that the dream she had just now might not be a pure dream.
If there is no accident, the energy in the Taoist statue should have been eaten by the mermaid bell...
The mermaid bell is the heart of the mermaid granny, so this is one god swallowing another god
So, the statue lost its ability to suppress and expel ghosts, which caused the two ghosts outside to get so close
While thinking about these messy things, Ruan Bai got up from the ground and hung the mermaid bell back around his neck.
After finishing these, she picked up those small schoolbags and threw them at the door.
The obsession of these two ghosts was obviously related to the schoolbags. Seeing the schoolbags being thrown out, their attention was inevitably attracted by those schoolbags.
"Go!"
Seeing this, Ruan Bai immediately said to the others.
When the remaining players heard this, they moved very quickly.
They hurriedly put on their clothes, fled along the back door of the Taoist temple, and ran outside in the rain.
The two ghosts were left behind by them.
After that, they found a house left by nearby residents to hide from the rain.
For the rest of the time, they seized the time to rest while making detours with the two ghosts.
How to deal with the pursuit of ghosts is very simple for them, and it is a compulsory course for old players.
Therefore, as the day passed, most of them escaped danger and did not suffer too much damage.
Except for Ruan Bai and others, those players obviously didn't guess the key, and they still didn't give up searching for information.
They searched many residents' houses, but found nothing. At most, they knew stories about gods in Taoist temples from some diaries.
Ruan Bai flipped through the story and found that it was no different from the auspicious stories that the public likes to hear. Generally speaking, a poor and filial child is protected by a god statue, a seriously ill mother is resurrected, or the offspring of a wronged person seeks the help of a god statue. Reappear the sun.
If there is one thing in common among these stories, it is that every time the gods help them, a ship appears on the sea to carry the suffering people to the mainland.
However, since the development of science and technology, the residents of the small island have gradually deepened their contacts with the land, and the number of educated people has increased. Slowly, not many people believe in God anymore.
According to the information they have found, the islanders all call the gods in the Taoist temples "Gods", and they didn't even record their names.
After reading these, Ruan Bai touched the mermaid bell subconsciously.
She knew that after devouring the power of the statue, it would definitely become stronger.
Its only function before was to remind her of information related to Du Wenshu.
But now it seems that it may have other functions...
What could it be
Could its existence be related to Du Wenshu's research products
Ruan Bai felt that she might be able to get the answer from the master.
... I just don't know if the master will hate her because her mermaid bell swallowed his energy.
The day passed quickly, Ruan Bai and the others at least felt quite relaxed, even if there was danger, it was far less thrilling than being on a cruise ship.
Most of the other players looked bad, and as the time approached, they became very ugly, but Ruan Bai thought about it, worried that the two members of Raccoon would continue to frame her in the future, so he didn't tell the secret of the game.
When the deadline came, the players rushed to the harbor and saw the mysterious cruise ship.
As before, they climbed up one after another and came to the lobby on the first floor.
The moment he entered the hall, Ruan Bai noticed that there were obvious changes inside the cruise ship.
The original neat and tidy hall lost its previous cleanliness, and traces of dust could still be found in the corners.
The wooden furniture and the assortment of glasses inside have lost their luster, looking dusty and inconspicuous.
If you want to use a metaphor, this cruise ship is like a person who is ten years older, far less fresh and bright than before.
When they entered the hall, the owner was also inside, still sitting in his wheelchair.
Ruan Bai clearly saw that his expression was much more exhausted than before, his whole body was lifeless, and his complexion was terribly pale.
"Welcome back to my boat," the master said slowly. "Next, I hope you have a good time."
When he said the word "happy", he smiled meaningfully.
This laugh made many players look embarrassed.
It's just that Ruan Bai, who knows the truth, can see through the master's indifferent appearance that he is probably at the end of his battle now.
The master probably just wanted to frighten them when he said that...
Ruan Bai thought for a while, stood up first, and asked, "Master, you promised me a question before, do you still count on it now?"
She saw that the master's condition was extremely poor, and she didn't know what would happen in the future, so she should hurry up and ask what she wanted to ask.
The master listened to her words, glanced at her, and nodded slowly without any surprise.
"Okay," he said, "do you want to ask now?"
Ruan Bai nodded and answered quickly: "Yes."
So the master waved his hand and said to the steward, "Take them down, I will talk to her alone."
The steward obeyed the master's words, and immediately took the other players away after hearing the master's order.
Half a minute later, only the owner and Ruan Bai remained in the empty hall.
Ruan Bai looked at the tired master in front of him, and his heart beat faster and faster.
There are so many questions in her mind to ask, but at this moment, her mind is blank.
What should she ask
Just ask him who Du Wenshu is? Or ask him if he knows what the mermaid bell is all about
Just asking this point, will the amount of information obtained be too little, and should she think of a more complicated and broader question
But she is still in the game now, what she said is too straightforward, will the escape game system notice it
But it's too subtle, can the master hear it...
Looking at the master in front of him, Ruan Bai hesitated uncommonly.
What caught Ruan Bai off guard was that before she could figure out how to ask, the master suddenly spoke.
"I know why you came to me," he said, "don't worry, I still have a little ability to block it."
This "it" obviously refers to the escape game system.
Hearing this, Ruan Bai breathed a sigh of relief.
After she finished speaking, she reacted again and added: "Sorry, your energy was swallowed by my bell..."
She could see that the master actually hated that "it", that is, the escape game system.
Since he is a member of the Resistance Escape Game System and knows Du Wenshu, he must be Du Wenshu's friend.
Killing the player is just a last resort, after all, he is now in the hands of the escape game system.
She doesn't hate him, because she knows that he is just a knife, and the real executioner is the escape game system that controls him.
"It's okay," the master shook his head after listening to her words, "Instead of letting my energy be slowly consumed by it, I might as well give it to you."
He took a deep look at Ruan Bai: "I am satisfied to see my old friend before he disappears."
old friend
After hearing this, Ruan Bai was taken aback for a moment.
She thought of Ning Roushe Xiaoxue telling her in the toilet after meeting her master before that the master and her face were five or six points similar.
Could he have something to do with her life experience
Thinking of this, she involuntarily looked at the master a few more times.
She could feel that the master was aging at a rapid rate. Perhaps this was the price to be paid for blocking the escape game system. After all, his energy was running out.
"Du Wenshu and DSAS company, do you know?" After realizing this, Ruan Bai quickly asked, "And you, master, who are you?"
She actually wanted to ask about her relationship with her master, about the mermaid bell, and about Du Wenshu's research results, but she keenly discovered that the master's time was running out.
That being the case, she should hurry up and ask what she wanted to ask.
"Du Wenshu's real name is Han Qiuwen, Du Wenshu is his pseudonym in the game, and his mother's surname is Du," the host replied quickly, "The name of DSAS company twenty years ago was Ziya Technology Co., Ltd. I don't know."
As if he had prepared his speech a long time ago, he quickly continued: "You can also look up Han Yuan, this is Han Qiuwen's father, and he has a lot to do with the system."
Han Qiuwen, Han Yuan, Dongya Technology Co., Ltd.
The secret that had puzzled her for more than a year was finally revealed today.
Ruan Bai was very excited when he heard the master say these words lightly, but also a little unreal.
She kept these two names firmly in her heart, and she knew that it was very, very important to her.
Especially Dongya Technology Co., Ltd., which will be her enemy in the next few years, even decades.
When she gets out of the game, she will seriously look up the company's information!
After saying this, the master's voice paused, and he continued: "As for me, I'm just a little god who was defeated by my own kind and bound here by it."
The master's true identity in reality turned out to be a god, and the escape game system is the same as his origin.
Ruan Bai was not too surprised to hear this.
The source of the escape game system is definitely not very scientific, after all, it is a parasitic existence on human fear.
She had guessed a long time ago if it was something like a demon or a god.
From this point of view, the prototype of the escape game system in reality is probably some kind of evil god.
If so, Du Wenshu's research result is likely to be the mermaid bell.
Because it has the energy of the mermaid granny.
The mermaid granny should be the same as the master, a god who was defeated by the escape game system and trapped in the game.
Du Wenshu used some means to escape the surveillance of the escape game system, and sealed the mermaid bell in the statue of the mermaid aunt, waiting for a day when a player would come to take it out.
Only the gods can be opposed to the gods.
The escape game system that can be arrogant and domineering in front of players, facing its master who is also a god, it can only put it in the game and slowly wear down the master's energy.
Ruan Bai thought that after Du Wenshu discovered the essence of the escape game system, in order to deal with it, he must have borrowed the energy of a lot of gods.
Such as the mermaid granny, such as the owner in front of me.
It's just a pity that the escape game system changed the story of Du Wenshu and the mermaid grandma so hard that Ruan Bai didn't dare to think about the mermaid bell with his research results.
She had secretly guessed before that the mermaid bell's reaction to Du Wenshu was so strong, maybe it was because the mermaid aunt hated the scumbag too much...
Now that I think about it, the mermaid grandma might have a good relationship with Du Wenshu in reality.
"You will know many things when you should know them," the master continued. "You don't have to care too much about my identity, just live your own life well."
He could see that Ruan Bai really wanted to know their relationship, but he just smiled and didn't say it directly.
After just a few words, the master's hair turned completely white.
His eyes dimmed, wrinkles slowly appeared on his face, his skin began to loosen, and even spots appeared.
Time flies by on him, and his energy keeps draining away.
Ruan Bai looked at him, at the wrinkles on his face, and at his hands that were shaking with pain as they clutched the armrests of the wheelchair.
He couldn't hold it anymore.
She thought, she still doesn't know what the owner's name is.
After a long time, he has long been forgotten by the residents of the island, so that when they searched for information on the island, they couldn't find anything except a few useless stories.
"Is there anything else you want to ask," the host asked at the end, "You have to have a question related to this game, deal with other people, and deal with it."
Maybe it was about to disappear, his tone became extremely gentle.
After hearing his words, Ruan Bai quickly reacted.
She was so focused on the system that she forgot about it.
"I... I want to know why you like mermaid stories," she thought for a while, and asked a question casually, "Is it because of your past experience, or is there some hint?"
Ruan Bai had thought about this question before.
But now she asked this question, not so much to deal with the escape game system and other players, but rather because she wanted to get to know the master by the way.
She saw through her own experience that the player doesn't need to know the story of why the owner likes mermaids to clear the game.
Therefore, the owner's preference for the story of the shipwrecked mermaid may not be the clearance details of the game settings, but simply his own preference.
Hearing Ruan Bai's question, the master shook his head.
"It has nothing to do with these things," he said, "I like the mermaid story only because I have a sister who is a mermaid."
He glanced at Ruan Bai, chuckled lightly, and said, "To pass the second round of the storytelling game, it's not enough to tell a story about a mermaid. If I didn't block it for you, you really think you Can you pass it?"
Ruan Bai: "..."
Although she also found out that the master opened the back door for her at the time, she was still a little embarrassed when he said it so bluntly.
However, the master said that he has a sister who is a mermaid
Could it be that this younger sister is the mermaid grandmother? !
Thinking of this, Ruan Bai's eyes lit up.
Sure enough, the master, the mermaid aunt, and Du Wenshu all know each other and have a relationship!
No wonder Mermaid Bell brought her into this world, no wonder the owner said he saw an "old friend".
Long after she bound the White Lotus Cultivation System and got the mermaid bell, Du Wenshu and the mermaid bell have been helping her pave the way and guiding her to go on.
—Wait, no!
Thinking of something, Ruan Bai's expression suddenly changed.
She looks five points like her master, and the master is a god, so what is her origin
Is she really human... or is it something else
Ruan Bai's heart became more and more flustered, and his thinking became confused.
She thought of her strange psychology since she was a child, of her ability and appearance completely different from her parents, and in the ward, her grandma mysteriously told her to go back to her hometown to find grandpa's notebook.
She thought of herself confronting the White Lotus system in the abandoned castle game, and the system told her: "Host, you are destined to enter the escape game."
In the end, she recalled how she took the mermaid bell out of the black box in the mermaid village—
A drop of her blood fell on the surface of the mermaid bell.
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