The Uncanny Valley Traveling Guide

Chapter 25

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In the early morning, the sun shines brightly, and the light pink, deep orange and magnificent foggy purple dawn spread out into the sky, spreading the veil of the tapestry of the wild sky. Marianne is sitting in the house. Now she no longer needs to hide her ghost identity in front of the player. She is sitting in front of the fireplace, letting the blazing firelight penetrate from her hazy body.

When they returned here last night, the torn-down mansion had returned to its original state under the moonlight. It had lost nothing except the magic circle that was burned to ashes.

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"The purchasing carriage will arrive at noon today." She said softly, "Take out your tickets and let me sign them."

Although he left much earlier than expected, everyone knew that this was the result of completing the task ahead of schedule, and no one raised any objections.

Wen Zheliu rubbed a thin ticket in his hand. He watched his companions step forward one by one and asked Marianne to sign their player names. He gradually fell to the end. He Qin stood beside him, his warm palms gently brushing his back, like a silent urging.

"Go ahead, baby," he said slowly, "You did a great job, now it's time to go."

His force was extremely gentle, but Ke Wenzheliu's body was unstable and staggered by the push. He Qin hurriedly pulled him and found that the skin in his hand was as cold as snow.

"What about you?" The young man turned back, his lips were pale, and his eyes were staring at him almost fiercely, "You... what are you going to do?"

Marianne stopped writing by the fireplace and looked at the two people in surprise. The players in the room also turned their eyes with different expressions, looking at the two brothers who seemed to have a hidden secret.

He Qin's expression was cold and he looked around the room casually. This action was like some kind of declaration to call the territory, which made everyone feel shuddering. Then they turned their eyes away intelligently and tacitly, and went to do their own things.

He walked out of the room with Wen Zheliu. The pale golden sunshine in the early morning shrouded his face, casting a soft glow on his deep and sharp features, like a golden gauze covering a peerless famous sword. The edge of the blade.

Wen Zheliu sniffed and didn't want to look at him.

He Qin stared at the boy's stubborn profile. His eyelashes were long and slender, and his eyes were as clear and light as a deer's, but they had a sharpness that deer did not have. The young man has a handsome profile and a warm glow on his skin. This flexible, green body is wrapped in an equally flexible, green, yet kind and persevering soul.

Not only did this child smile like the sun, he thought, the warmth radiating from his whole body was inviting the attention and approach of a monster like him that grew up in the darkness, fought hard in the fight, and moved forward in the blood and fire. He is extremely warm, and the contrast with someone like himself who kills relatives and kings is equally sharp...

"Do you think killing me will stop the plan? You're dreaming, He Qin, you're dreaming!"

The mad tiger has been imprisoned in a fatal cage. It is covered in blood, its fangs are broken, and its claws are splashing with blood in the struggle. But it is still roaring unwillingly, using its fierce and strong body to hit the shackles of the biting cold. —

"Do you think you are attacking me for some glorious reputation, my good brother? You are wrong. Stop lying to yourself!" In my ears, the roar of the former monarch is still echoing crazily on the blood-stained throne. , "You are doing it for inheritance, for your desires, for your power and selfishness!"

"You bleed the same cruel blood as me - no, no, you are a hundred times hypocritical and a hundred times more vicious than my brother. If you sit in this position, you will only follow in my footsteps! I am watching you here, watching Your final fate!!”

The mad king's crazy laughter gradually faded away, and he stepped on the blood, the fire, and the tip of the knife -

"Baby." In the illusion, he heard his own voice, as if through a layer of mist, but at the same time it was terrifyingly hard and clear, "If I can keep walking with you in the next eight worlds, then Of course that's fine. But if not... it's my life."

This is my life too.

After being silent for too long, I could only say this.

Wen Zheliu nodded casually, then turned around and walked towards the room without saying a word.

"Baby, baby!" He Qin was a little panicked for no reason. He hurriedly took Wen Zheliu's hand, "Listen to me..."

"I don't have to listen to you!" The young man stared back at him fiercely. Whether it was because of anger or fear, his body was shaking and his dark brown pupils were trembling slightly, "I will find a way on my own!"

He Qin didn't hold him back, so he spread his long legs and quickly left him like a real deer, running towards the house.

He actually refused to give up on himself, on such a hypocritical, cruel and lying person.

Thinking of this, He Qin couldn't help but feel a bitter sweetness in his heart. He followed the boy's steps and actually saw him half-kneeling in front of Marianne, holding the ticket in his hand and pleading with her.

"Get up!" His heart suddenly became angry. He pulled Wen Zheliu up, and then stared at Marianne viciously.

"My brother does not need to kneel to anyone." He gritted his teeth, his voice was soft and venomous, and the last sentence was like a snake whispering in the dark night, and only Marianne could hear it, "—especially someone like you."

Marianne was so frightened that her face turned pale again. She said tremblingly: "Your brother... he, he just asked me to be here..."

"I just asked her to write your name at the end of the ticket." Wen Zheliu pulled back his hand and replied stiffly. He took a deep breath, and when facing Marianne, his tone was different. He softened, "Okay? I'm willing to use Jenny's pendant in exchange."

As he spoke, he stretched out his hands, and in the palms of his hands lay a shiny old photo frame pendant.

But Marian just glanced at it, and it was as if she was stung by some poisonous pin in the pupil. She hurriedly opened her eyes and replied softly: "This is a gift from my sister to you. It already belongs to you. I can't want."

"Then..." Wen Zheliu was at a loss. He thought for a while and said distressedly, "But I have nothing worth exchanging with you..."

"It's okay, it's just a name." Marian smiled reassuringly at him, turned to He Qin, and her tone was cautious and low: "May I ask your name?"

He Qin didn't think this would be useful, but he couldn't bear to refuse the opportunity that Wen Zheliu had won for him, so he replied with a half-smile: "He Qin."

What he said was not the player's name, but his real name.

"Can't write? Don't know how to write, do you need me to teach you?" He Qin had a smile on his lips, but there was no smile in his eyes. He leaned over, held Marianne's cold palm, and controlled the movement of her wrist with his ring finger and thumb in a very measured way, teaching her to write "He Qin" stroke by stroke on the small ticket. Two Chinese characters.

The player IDs of everyone else, including Wen Zheliu, have been entered into the system, so Marianne doesn't have to worry about it, but to write real Chinese characters, it would be much more difficult according to her nationality and settings.

While she was writing, she whispered to He Qin: "I didn't humiliate your brother, so you don't have to be so repulsive to me..."

"Although it is said that good will be rewarded with good and evil will be punished with evil, not all evil deeds can be judged, right?" He Qin interrupted her, his eyebrows raised lightly, and his peach blossom eyes sparkled, "Why bother to do it so early in the morning? It’s better to save some effort to see through your disguise in front of people.”

Marianne's face turned blue. She opened her mouth, but in the end she said nothing and finished writing the name in silence.

He Qin straightened up and handed the small ticket to Wen Zheliu. The look on his brows was extremely gentle, "Are you satisfied?"

Wen Zheliu took the ticket and muttered as he walked out. He Qin followed him closely, like a big cat with a clingy head, "Aren't you angry?"

Wen Zheliu was so tempered by him that she could only give him a sidelong glance and asked: "You have a problem with Marian, why?"

Although he did not hear the conversation between He Qin and Marianne, he could sensitively detect something based on his attitude.

He Qin did not answer the question directly. He thought for a moment and said with a smile: "When I get on the carriage, I will go with you. Before leaving, you say goodbye to Marianne and say a word to her."

"What words?"

"'I know everything you do, don't try to deny it.'" He shrugged, "That's all, remember to say it."

That afternoon, the purchasing carriage arrived as scheduled, and the players said goodbye to Marianne one by one. Finally, it was Wen Zheliu's turn. He hesitated for a moment. When embracing this cold-skinned ghost, he opened and closed his lips, and finally forgot He Qin did not ignore He Qin's advice and whispered: "...I know everything you do, don't even think about denying it."

As soon as he finished speaking, the click of a lock suddenly came to his ears. Marianne's body trembled as if she was electrocuted. She hurriedly pushed the boy away and stared at him with disbelieving eyes. However, the coachman's whip cracked crisply in the air, and the wheels of the carriage immediately turned. Their eyes were briefly locked. They met and soon became separated in the thick fog.

Wen Zheliu sat back down and asked He Qin doubtfully, "Why do you want me to say this?"

He Qin raised a finger: "Shh, look carefully."

The carriage moved forward, and at this moment, the system's female voice prompt suddenly sounded.

Achieve customs clearance achievements and get rewards for watching the ending CG.

"Hey, there's also an ending animation?" Zhou Qingqi asked.

The space in front of them was small, and the interior of the rickety carriage was gradually obscured by the fog. When the fog cleared, what appeared in front of everyone's eyes was the sunny town of 1740, Arlington.

"Isn't this back to the past?" Muto rubbed his eyes, "This is what the town used to be like..."

The ancient town is bustling and lively, with children chasing and playing in the streets and alleys, making cheerful sounds of play. The smell here was humid and hot, and the sweet fruity and fishy aroma filled their noses. In front of a dilapidated house, they saw two blond girls who looked like twins, struggling to carry water jugs.

"Marian, Jenny." Zhou Yao couldn't help but say.

Marianne walked in front, older than her sister, delicate and thin, with curly blond hair, a few strands hanging from the white kerchief that bound her hair.

Behind her followed Jenny, the radiant girl. Sometimes, humans have to marvel at the magic of the Creator. Two extremely similar faces only make the pupils of the other face clearer, the skin fairer, and the lips redder. The younger sister is more beautiful than her older sister. Very radiant and beautiful.

There is no doubt that Marianne was jealous of her sister.

Their father passed away very early, and only their mother depended on them. Jenny was the youngest daughter, and a particularly outstanding one. Her mother was inevitably more indulgent and loving toward her, while being more disciplined and strict toward her sister Marianne. The extra money earned from spinning cloth was used by the mother to buy Jenny's clothes. She dressed her little daughter up beautifully, like a rose at dawn.

As Marianne and Jenny grew up, they both admired the son of a wealthy businessman in the town. However, this handsome young man was only willing to set his sights on Jenny because she was the most beautiful girl in the town.

"...Wait a minute," Du Zijun held a cigarette in his mouth, "This direction doesn't seem right?"

"This faint triangular aura... seems like something is wrong..."

Despite her mother's neglect and the indifference of her beloved, Marianne has lived under Jenny's light for a long time, just carrying the water jug silently and going back and forth between the creek and her family day after day.

Until one day, the new sheriff traveled thousands of miles to this remote town and took office. On the first day he came here, he brought his idle nephew and a group of young people with the same bad conduct and idleness.

The residents of the town discussed this a lot, but after they became the town's guard, this dissatisfaction was forced into a murmur that they only dared to communicate in private.

Zhou Qing scratched his chin and wondered: "We already know this, what's the use of showing us this now?"

The scenes in front of everyone moved quickly, and soon it came to the second year, when the young female believer was harmed.

There was darkness before them, except for the dim light of the fire flickering beside the straw pile. The obscene whistles and laughter of the drunkards were as harsh as thunder. The white shirt and skirt torn off by the young girl were flying in the wind, and her intermittent screams cut through the night until daytime.

The expressions on the players' faces suddenly changed.

As soon as this incident came out, despite the angry protest of the priest, the Sheriff just raised it high and lowered it gently. Seeing this, the priest had no choice but to take his troops and leave Arlington overnight, leaving behind this small town that was originally like a paradise.

The atrocities continued, and everyone in the town was in danger. One evening, Jenny was really thirsty, but there was no water at home, so her mother asked Marianne to take her to the stream that crossed the town to fetch water.

Before leaving, Marianne suddenly said to her sister: "My dear, you haven't worn the new dress that your mother made for you during the day, have you?"

Jenny looked at her trusted sister in confusion and shook her head slightly.

Marianne smiled.

Her seductive smile was lost in the dim candlelight, and she said softly: "There's no one on the road anyway, so let me take a look at it, okay?"

Wearing a new dress, Jenny was as dazzling as the moon. However, her light never attracted the eyes of her admirers, but only led her to a humiliating death.

Except for He Qin, everyone was dumbfounded. An impulse of Japanese dogs spread deeply from everyone's hearts. Mu Tuo murmured: "I... Japanese..."

Wen Zheliu looked at He Qin with his mouth open: "You, you know again?"

"Never give up thinking until the last moment," he said with a smile on his lips, gently smelling Zheliu's head with his fingertips, "because secrets always appear one after another."

Years passed by like water. After her mother died, Marianne had to bear the burden of the family alone. Fortunately, she was in a state where one person had enough to eat and the whole family was not hungry, so she was able to support herself for a long time.

The dictator guarded the entrance and exit of the town, turning this town of only a few thousand people into a closed miniature kingdom. Every night, women were forcibly dragged into the Sheriff's mansion. Most of them turned into corpses lying on their backs, and were thrown out of the gate with bloodshed in the early morning of the next day. Marianne prayed day and night, terrified that it would soon be her turn.

She gritted her teeth and clutched her hair at night, muttering accusations to the void. Now she thought of her sister who died tragically, her mother who passed away, and herself who was helpless to resist, and the tragic situation she would have to face next, and she finally couldn't restrain herself and cried bitterly.

-The player's eyes fell into darkness again.

An indistinguishable and weak female voice whispered in Marianne's ear: "Lost lamb, why don't you throw yourself into the arms of my father? My father's power is like the sun and stars, and my father's glory shines like the moon. Draw the words calling him and come to a new shore. Bar… "

A drop of black blood flowed into the River Styx, and a drop of molten silver shone in the corner of the Madonna's eye.

Marianne didn't know where she got the method to draw the magic circle. With selfishness and hypocrisy, she summoned the soul of her sister who died tragically to the world again.

"Jenny, my favorite sister... Since your death, I have been thinking about revenge for you all the time. I am sorry for you, but you are my favorite relative. This magic circle can give you powerful power, let me guide you How do you retaliate tooth for tooth, eye for eye!”

Day and night rotate, and players' vision suddenly rises. The town burned to scorched earth, corpses lying on the ground, the body of an eyeless monster flashing around, the flag of an eagle holding a golden ear flying in an uproar, falling on sparks and ashes. Among them, lush illusions cover the field of vision and the world...

The Sheriff's mansion was rapidly destroyed and rebuilt as time went by. Countless tourists came and went, until the next scene was frozen, and they saw their panicked figures, their faces panting as they ran away.

Marianne looked at them warily and slyly. She opened the door, turned sideways, and said softly: "Please come in."

The sun rises and sets on the horizon, and the camera freezes at the moment when all the secrets are revealed and the grievances that have been imprisoned here for hundreds of years disappear from the sky. Facing her sister's snow-white bones, Marianne's transparent tears couldn't help but splash to the ground from between her fingers.

The next second, the scene changed and then stopped. Everyone said goodbye to her one by one. Wen Zheliu saw himself on the screen. He gently hugged this woman with a human face and an animal heart, and whispered in her ear: "I know everything you do. , don’t even think about denying it.”

The carriage rolled away.

Marianne pursed her lips, her face under the hood was pale and weak, she stared at the silhouette of the carriage disappearing into the thick fog, and the corners of her mouth slowly raised a sarcastic and vicious arc.

She turned around, and the door of the mansion slammed shut, locking all the unknown past in silence and darkness.

The breeze blows, and a broken and curled eagle holding a golden spike flag flies over the desolate ruins here, and flies up into the boundless blue sky...

Congratulations to player Wen Di, the first world has been successfully cleared and the system is settling the rewards.

Pass type: Escape mode

Rating for ending: perfect

Your strength increases by 9 points, your stamina increases by 9 points, your agility increases by 10 points, your spirit increases by 9 points, and your realism limit increases permanently by 4 points

Items/equipment obtained during the mission: Jenny’s Pendant (Unknown Level/Inactive)

Complete main quest: 2/2

Complete side mission: 0/1

Complete hidden mission: 1/1

Unlock plot achievement 1: Sharp eyes like an eagle

Unlock plot achievement 2: Understanding Meaning Like a Dog

Unlock plot achievement 3: omniscience and omniscience

Unlock personal achievement 1 There is only one truth

Unlock Personal Achievements 2 There is not always only one truth

Unlock Personal Achievement 3 You two, just go out and date.

Obtain reward: 5500 experience points, 23 gold, 53 silver and 22 bronze. The reward has been sent to your package.

Obtain a prop reward: an ordinary iron rod. The reward has been sent to your package.

You have unlocked all plot achievements in the first world and received additional prop rewards: Secret Black Box B. The rewards have been sent to your package.

Settlement has been completed, I wish you a pleasant journey and goodbye.

The author has something to say: The first world is officially finished, so I will take a day off tomorrow to let me grind out the subsequent plot (bow.gif

The second personal achievement obtained by 66 is that there is not always only one truth. It comes from "There is a corpse buried at the feet of Miss Sakurako", which is the opposite of the sentence of the elementary school student who is the god of death; the third personal achievement, you two, just date. , from "Restricted Killer", in short, they are all obviously geeky jokes (scratching your head)

Thank you for the beautiful wind and sunshine, Chang Yue Flute x6, Hua Shen Fan Zhen? Shenfan, I have been wandering for a long time x3, Ocha x2, fumi, Luoyang, Rideni Meow Meow, Black Cypress x2, Jicheng Weirui's Mine , it’s a waste of money!

Thanks to Cookie and Ah Cha for the grenade, bam!