Overnight, all... killed
Hearing this, Lu Chu should have been shocked, but he only felt distressed in his heart.
What kind of siege and desperation must his lover have gone to in order to survive, so that he could forget his name, time, and even the meaning of living, killing numbly, walking in a daze, waving his hands again and again like a killing machine The sword in.
Then one day, he came to himself with loneliness and desolation all over his body.
Lu Chu took a step forward, hugged 7, and said firmly, "We will definitely survive."
"Well," 7 hugged him, and his cold eyebrows gradually softened, "You and I, we will get out of here."
His Lu Chu should have lived a peaceful and happy life.
He has a gentle personality, and he likes the movement tracks and colors of all living things; he does not need to experience blindness, but he still raises a dog that is sometimes obedient and sometimes mischievous but loyal like a carrot; he is surrounded by kind-hearted and talkative neighbors, who often pass by the street and have acquaintances These people are full of praise for his humility and talent; he will commute to and from get off work on time every day, greet people on the road with a smile, and take the dog for a walk on weekends, leisurely; I am the happiest, feeling the warmth of the sun shining on my face, I can stay for a day;…
He shouldn't have experienced so much cruelty and blood, witnessed all kinds of dark sides, and come into contact with the obscure black that breeds in the dark.
So, 7 will take him out of here.
7 touched Lu Chu's cheek: "In the next few days, the number of daily dead people on the ship will increase geometrically - from a few, dozens to hundreds. You don't have to do anything, just wait" The rules 'control the sleeping body to complete the task."
Lu Chu nodded: "Yes."
In the next few days, as 7 said, the number of deaths on the ship every day was several times that of the previous day, ranging from single digits to tens to hundreds. At the beginning, Lu Chu didn't know how the "rules" did this, but as time went on, he gradually discovered that while the number of dead people increased, the number of "ghosts" who were taken as servants also increased. Rapid growth. In many cases, those who died were not killed by "Lu Chu" himself, but as a "tiger", he seduced the dark side of the "ghosts" and led them to kill the people around them.
Of course, the next day, the corresponding ghost will commit suicide in various ways.
In this way, on the seventh day when Lu Chu discovered the truth, there were only four people left on board—he, 7, the criminal policeman, and the doctor.
Lu Chu can probably guess why the "rule" left the doctor and the criminal police at the end.
It's nothing more than its evil taste - watching the people around me die gradually, the murderer has not been caught for a long time, and when the situation is at an end, I find that the real murderer is my partner who is investigating and solving the case.
On the deck of the cruise ship, it was desolate and lonely. The doctor hugged his backpack, startled and frightened, and said in a trembling voice, "It's you, isn't it?"
Lu Chu nodded and admitted frankly, "Yes."
The criminal policeman said angrily: "You horrible murderer, are you deliberately teasing us?!"
7 Hearing this, he stood in front of Lu Chu, and looked at the criminal policeman with cold eyes.
Lu Chu didn't know what to say, so he could only truthfully say, "It wasn't my intention."
The doctor seemed to accept his fate, but smiled wryly: "Can you, give me a decent way to die, I want to leave a whole body."
The criminal policeman was already in despair, but when he heard the words, he jumped into a rage again: "What do you mean?! Are you just accepting your fate like this? There are only two of them, and we are also two, why don't you resist?!"
"Resist? Resist what..." The doctor looked dazed, "You know, ever since I got on this ship, I have always had a feeling that we are going to die sooner or later..."
The detective thought that he had been frightened into a fool, and just wanted to question his words, but found that there was some kind of insight in his eyes that he couldn't understand, and he hesitated: "What... what?"
"It's very strange," the doctor said to himself, "why, sooner or later, he must die?"
As he spoke, he staggered towards the edge of the cruise ship, looked at the intersection of the vast sea and the blue sky, pointed there, turned his head and said to everyone: "There, that's there, I always think it's fake... The place is fake, the coastline is fake, and the return journey is also fake... "
The criminal policeman looked at the already crazy doctor with a complicated expression: "You know, what are you talking about now?"
"I know," the doctor looked confused, but he felt that his brain had never been so clear, as if he was truly alive now, and he continued, "I always feel like I am boarding this cruise ship. The previous lives seemed... as if they were false. They never existed. When you think carefully about those "experiences" that should belong to you, it is like looking at other people's lives. You know what happened to "yourself", but And drifting away from there. Just at the mercy of gods or demons, he completed an interesting game called "life" according to the setting of "it".
Lu Chu frowned when he heard this. The doctor obviously realized something.
They were both involved in the game, but their life trajectories were completely different. At this moment, Lu Chu actually hoped that the doctor would resist.
The doctor was silent for a moment, then suddenly said to himself: "Is it a decent death? Forget it, forget it, I'll do it myself..."
After speaking, he sat on the edge of the side of the boat, sighed softly, and repeated in a low voice: "Yes, I will do it myself."
Then he jumped up and jumped down.
Lu Chu closed his eyes briefly.
After so many days, the original overcast clouds dissipated, the wind and rain stopped, and the sun was quietly hanging in the blue sky. From time to time, white seabirds flitted across the sky, steady and lively. The sea is calm, and the occasional sea breeze blows bright colors on the blue, shimmering, and the refraction of the sun makes people's eyes hurt.
The ripples caused by the doctor's death were so faint that they quickly returned to calm.
The criminal police witnessed the doctor's suicide and couldn't recover for a long time.
From confessing the truth to the death of the doctor, it took only a few minutes. The detective seemed to have aged several decades, his originally straight back hunched down, and his voice was hoarse: "Is it a game? Maybe, otherwise, how could someone be able to He quietly killed thousands of people in a few days and nights by himself."
No solution.
The detective wiped his face and looked at Lu Chu: "If possible, let these games stop."
Lu Chu was silent, then looked at the detective with clear eyes, and nodded firmly: "If I can do it."
If possible, who doesn't want all the survival and killing to be just a dream, and everyone can live in peace.
The detective fumbled in his jacket pocket, and after a long while finally found a pack of cigarettes. With trembling hands, he took out one and put it in his mouth, and then took out the lighter to light it. He took a deep breath of the cigarette, and suddenly coughed from the smoke non-stop. When he coughed until his whole body trembled and his eyes became hot, he calmed down.
"That's all," said the detective. "I'll see you when I get a chance."
Then he calmly walked to the side of the boat, snuffed out the cigarette in his hand, supported the side of the boat with one hand, and completed the last hurdle jump in his life.
Nothing left.
In this game, Lu Chu realized so clearly that in this game, someone will always die—either the player in the game, or the player.
———
This round ended, Lu Chu returned to the "rules" and sat on the ground for a long time.
How long time passed, Lu Chu finally came back to his senses, and looked down at the time on his bracelet - 209′59″.
The expected ten minutes.
He let out a breath, thinking about the ups and downs of this ten-minute life.
He sat in the white space for a long time, until the door leading to the illusion appeared in front of him, and the time on the bracelet changed to "205′59″", then he stood up and walked towards the door.
The moment he stepped out of the door, he first looked around as usual to confirm the type of illusion this time.
White walls, winding corridors, magnificent and profound paintings...
Lu Chu was puzzled, and whispered to himself: "This is an art exhibition?"
"Yeah, believe your eyes, you are indeed in the exhibition."
A voice sounded behind him, and Lu Chu followed the sound, and Song Gui, who was laughing, was standing behind him with his hands behind his back.
Song Gui looked at the paintings around him, shook his head, with a face of reluctance, and said in a cadence: "This fantasy is actually a painting exhibition, hey, it's such a big place, it's inevitable that I will meet those few players I don't like, There are no strange things, delicious food... I am very disappointed in this illusion."
It looks like a professor and scholar of textual research, although what he said is not academic at all.
Seeing this, Lu Chu chuckled. He really likes these worlds outlined in different colors.
Song Gui also laughed.
Suddenly, Song Gui's smile faded away, and he took a step closer to Lu Chu, looking straight into his eyes.
Lu Chu was puzzled, but he didn't back down, allowing him to examine himself.
After a while, Song Gui sighed: "Lu Xiaochu, was your task in the last game difficult?"
Lu Chu was surprised by his meticulousness: "Why do you say that?"
Song Gui replied: "In your eyes, there is a little tiredness." It was as vast as a trace of snow wishing.
Instead, Song Gui said, "Lu Xiaochu, I don't know what happened to you in the last round, but fortunately, the feeling on your body hasn't changed."
Hearing this, Lu Chu raised his eyes to look at him: "How does it feel?"
"Warm temperament," Song Gui smiled, "warm, soft, not strong, but full of hope."
Lu Chu himself naturally didn't feel it.
"Lu Xiaochu, have you ever thought about your wish when we leave here, stop all games, and even help others escape from the trajectory and fate of death?"
my wish
Lu Chu looked far away.
He hoped that the person he loved would not have to bear the burden of killing again in this life.
Witch's Hide and Seek