Bai Zhi took out an apple from nowhere and took a bite. Bai Zhi spoke calmly.
"If you need more evidence, I can list another one... Master Xige, what happened to you on that yacht?"
While saying this, Bai Zhi turned his head and looked towards the West Pavilion Master.
"You don't need to explain the detailed process. Just say whether the monsters that attack you attack you first, or the ordinary people who get on the boat with you first."
"I was attacked first, and then other ordinary people were implicated in the chaos."
The master of the West Pavilion sighed slightly in his mouth.
"I understand what you mean. There are ordinary people in some ghost stories spaces, but their targets are only targeting us players. Those ordinary people belong to the category of being implicated."
"Just like Yuan Que?"
Turning around to look at Yuan Que, Chang Xi asked with interest.
"Not only that, but also Li, who should have been out of the closed loop by now... Li, the old two-dimensional space, there are also ordinary people in the ghost space where he exists. In that company building, there is a person who specially wanders around There are female ghosts in every corner of the company, and the female ghost before attacked him when he was alone."
For a moment, Bai Zhi didn't remember the other person's name, so he simply changed his name and called him by his title.
"When we went to that company building, the ghost that existed in that building, that is, the female ghost, did not attack those ordinary people. It just scared those ordinary people unintentionally. Or We only let those ordinary people go when we got there."
After taking another bite of the apple, Bai Zhi spoke calmly.
"Don't talk about being docile and not attacking ordinary people. Those monsters are meant to kill us players. It's impossible for them to be more open to ordinary people, right? This is already an obvious reminder."
"Well... no wonder you had to go to the toilet specifically to take a look. Did you think of this at that time?"
Holding hands and nodding, Yanhuo Fengyue looked thoughtful.
"Absolutely. We always have to pay a little attention to some details. There are not many ghost story scenes with ordinary people. If Yuan Que hadn't screwed up his ghost story space, maybe we could go back now. Do an experiment.”
Bai Zhi casually threw the leftover apple core into the trash can not far away and clapped his hands.
"Of course, maybe in these strange stories, in addition to the superfluous rules, there is also a rule that does not attack ordinary people for no reason. These are uncertain things, but the probability is very low."
Yuan Que: "..."
… I always feel like I’ve been shot a lot inexplicably.
"...So, should we take the initiative to feed Kaitan now?"
The master of the West Pavilion sighed slightly in his mouth.
"Although what you said does make some sense, but taking the initiative to die..."
"It's up to you. I'm just giving you an idea. It's up to you whether you can make up your mind."
Bai Zhi shrugged slightly, looking unconcerned.
"Anyway, you have other options. For example, while your sanity is still above a safe level, you may risk being attacked and killed by the madwoman hiding in the dark, and continue to explore these ten strange spaces. Close the connection and see if you can find other ways to leave here. Anyway, the one with the lowest sanity among you still has half a day, right?"
"...After all, you still have to try it."
After a moment of silence, the West Pavilion Master answered wordlessly.
- Such a major matter that concerns his own life and death, he can't help but treat it carelessly.
"It's up to you, but don't blame me for not reminding you. We don't know what the situation is outside the closed loop. If you consume too much inside the closed loop, you will know the consequences."
Bai Zhi stood up from the bench with a noncommittal look on his face.
"By the way, remember, you must be killed by Kaitan. If you are killed by a player, you will really die."
"...But what should I do if I'm afraid of pain?"
Looking towards the outside of the square, the corners of Yanhuo Fengyue's mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly.
"Being bitten to death and eaten by something like that...don't you think it's scary?"
"Afraid of pain? I have a good recommendation. In the weird space where Yuan Que is located, there is a monster that can transform people into monsters. Players will be fine if they come into contact with it for a short time, but if they come into contact with it for a long time, they will affected."
Glancing at Yanhuo Fengyue who had a troubled look on his face, Bai Zhi turned around and walked towards the outside of the square.
"We tied up the ghost stories that existed in that community and locked them in a cage. If you want to commit suicide, just go there and put your hands on the other person's body, and then don't move away for a while. It can be said that it is Easy, convenient and painless... I call this euthanasia."
"Uh... where are you going now?"
"Euthanasia, I'm also afraid of pain."
-Bai Zhi answered very calmly.
"..."
In silence, while Yan Huo Fengyue and the others were hesitant and temporarily unable to make a choice, the girl who was sitting on the bench with almost no presence suddenly stood up holding the guitar and followed quietly. Following in Bai Zhi's footsteps.
Seeing this scene, Yanhuo Fengyue immediately followed him without hesitation, and seeing the two people he was extremely interested in leaving one after another, Chang Xi immediately chose to follow him.
So in just a few seconds, only Yuan Que, Li Tong, and the West Pavilion Court Master were left on the bench in the center of the square.
Yuan Que/Li Tong/Master of the West Pavilion: "..."
Volume 1 The Gap between Illusion and Reality: Chapter 485 Chapter 478 The Absurd World
As if waking up from the deepest nightmare, Chang Xi suddenly opened his eyes in the drizzle on the hazy street.
The sky was gray and drizzle was hazy. Under the bus stop, there were scattered passengers holding umbrellas or carrying briefcases waiting for the bus.
"...are you out?"
Chang Xi looked around him with some curiosity, then raised his head and looked at the sky. After thinking for a while, Chang Xi tried to summon the system interface.
Just as the saying goes, after a long call, a virtual light screen that only she could see slowly appeared in front of her.
[Copy Name: Ordinary World]
[Task Type: Survival Exploration]
[Copy Difficulty: Unknown]
[Danger level: unknown]
[Copy Drop: Unknown]
[Dungeon exclusive drop: unknown]
[Current copy strategy level: 50%]
[Mission goal ①: Escape from the real dream world. (completed)]
[Mission Objective 2: Survive for three days. (undone)]
[Mission Objective ③: Exploration. (undone)]
[Current goal: Go to the front desk of Victory Hotel to register and stay in the hotel. (undone)]
[Note ①: All players in this world have been declared dead. This is a world that is on the verge of death, but the world itself is still in operation. Please find out the truth.]
[Note ②: The whole world is your enemy, be careful not to expose yourself.]
[Note ③: Click to view the last clue left by the last player in the world before his death.]
"...a dying world?"
Chang Xi looked away from the light screen in front of her and looked at the passengers waiting under the bus stop with some confusion.
The street lights were already on in the hazy drizzle at night.
The whole city was shrouded in colorful lights, and cars drove through the streets from time to time, creating a peaceful and peaceful scene.
Next to her, there was a suitcase. From the pocket of the clothes she was wearing, she found several tickets, her ID, and a mobile phone.
The identity assigned to her by the system seems to be that of a traveler visiting this city.
… What kind of world is this on the verge of destruction
After thinking for a while, after confirming the number of the bus he was waiting to take, Chang Xi reached out and clicked on the clues left by the so-called last player in the world in the notes.
There weren't many clues, just three lines. It didn't seem like some kind of clues were left deliberately, but more like a note left out of some kind of desperation.
———
"I knew from the beginning that it was a clever lie."
"A corridor without an exit, a never-ending cycle of annoyance."
"The lights dance on the deserted stage all the way to the end of the earth."
———
After looking back and forth several times, Chang Xi turned off the light screen in front of him with a lack of interest.
She usually doesn't care much about things that she's not interested in, and doesn't even bother to think about them. She does everything based on her own interests.
About five or six minutes later, a bus arrived late.
Carrying the suitcase next to her, Chang Xi was about to get in the car when she inadvertently noticed the scene in the car. Before getting in, she decisively stopped herself from getting in the car.
"Sorry, I looked at the wrong number."
After taking out her phone and taking a look at it, she gave an apologetic smile to the driver in the car who was glaring at her impatiently, then calmly carried the suitcase beside her and returned to where she was originally standing. .
Everything on the bus is normal, the driver is normal, the passengers are normal, the seats are normal, and there are no monsters or weird things hidden... Only one thing is abnormal.
The coin slot or card slot next to the bus door was replaced by a large black box. Every passenger who got on the bus naturally put something into the box.
Chang Xi originally thought it was coins, but accidentally, she saw the true identity of what the passenger who got on the bus before her threw into the box.
... It was a bloody eyeball that looked like it had just been dug out of a living person's eye socket.
… … … … … … … …
Walking out of the supermarket without squinting, Yanhuo Fengyue took out his mobile phone and took a look, then turned around and followed the end of the road navigation towards his destination.
The hazy drizzle falling from the sky well concealed her abnormal state at this time.
"This kind of world..."
It seemed that he was remembering the scene he saw in the supermarket again, and Yanhuo Fengyue's face looked slightly pale.
When she opened her eyes, she found that she had separated from the real dream world and was wandering aimlessly in the supermarket.
After the system interface, which she hadn't seen for a long time, came out amid the endless calls, she finally relaxed a little and was replaced by curiosity about this world that the system said was on the verge of destruction.
After all, in her opinion, everything in this world is normal. The supermarket is full of humans who come to buy vegetables for dinner. It is filled with a strong atmosphere of life and is peaceful.
How can such a normal world be called on the verge of destruction
However, the doubts that arose in her heart were quickly shattered by what she saw in the supermarket.
Because there was just a slight shortage when buying meat, the big man in an apron chopped off one of his fingers with an unambiguous click, and then added it to the plastic bag to make up for it. weight.
Obviously this is such a crazy and absurd scene, but for the humans around them, it is an extremely normal scene. They are still talking and laughing while buying groceries and visiting the supermarket.
After the big man simply treated the wound on his hand, he continued to promote his business, and even asked her enthusiastically if she would like a few kilograms of pork belly... Even though he had only one left hand at the moment. There was only one finger left on it.
Yanhuo Fengyue originally thought that these human beings were lunatics, but they all spoke clearly without any crazy words. Apart from those unbelievable behaviors, they were completely normal in other aspects.
And when she was checking out at the cash register, the money she received was not the paper towels or coins she was familiar with, but instead was replaced by various weird things.
Eyeballs, teeth, nails, ears…
She even saw someone knocking out his teeth temporarily because he didn't have enough money, and completing the transaction with a mouth full of blood.
This absurd scene, to those around them, was nothing more than a normal scene.
Although after coming out of the closed loop, her sanity value no longer automatically declined but was slowly recovering, but looking at the absurd scenes in front of her, she still felt that her sanity was plummeting.
— This is a world full of madness and absurdity.
Volume 1 The Gap between Imagination and Reality: Chapter 486 Chapter 479 Hotel and Noah’s Ark
While Yanhuo Fengyue and Chang Xi were walking in the rain and the other was dragging their suitcases towards the hotel, Bai Zhi was the first to arrive at the hotel.
They appeared in different places. Bai Zhi was lucky. It was only five or six minutes away from the hotel, so he became the first player to come here.
…Maybe the third one.
Along the way, Bai Zhi also saw the extremely crazy and absurd side of the world that was hidden beneath the surface peace.
Obviously these people look very normal, but they seem to be accustomed to those absurd scenes. In this abnormal world, the normal one will be regarded as abnormal.
In the evening, there was a drizzle and there was a lot of water on the streets.