The Uncanny Valley Traveling Guide

Chapter 97

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In Japan itself, Noh drama is a very ancient art that emphasizes mysterious beauty, and Noh noodles are an important carrier of this art form. As a prop that highlights the identity of the characters in the play, it denies the expression of living people's expressions and instead portrays the characters' inner feelings on it - it is both expressionless and born from nothing, containing infinite expressions of joy, anger, sorrow, and joy. Every move of the character and the direction of the story are all determined by lines, dance moves and wild narration.

If it were He Qin who was sitting here at this moment, he would naturally be able to tell at a glance what was strange about the Noh performance below. The stage layout of Noh drama is simple and has a clear division of labor: the main stage is the main performance venue for the actors, the back seat is placed with a pine wall as a background board, the diorama seat is placed with the band, and the bridge is for the convenience of people entering the stage. Now the Diyao Pavilion is empty, there is no band, and the commentary is no longer raving. The two actors with charming faces did not enter from the bridge corridor, but took advantage of the shadow to walk out from under the pine wall... No matter what, they are full of loopholes. A bad show with many flaws.

Moreover, when you first receive the prompt for the main mission, those who are interested will see that there are great contradictions in the mission description alone, "It is hard to leave in this world, but I will say goodbye tonight..." It is clearly from Joruri writer Chikamatsu Monzaoe "The Love and Death of Sosaki" is a puppet show that is out-and-out humanoid. When used to introduce Noh drama, it would give people a sense of confusion.

Unfortunately, those sitting here now are Shu Yun and Shu Yu, who know nothing about Noh theater culture. They can only feel a hair-raising chill with their keen intuition, and they don't know what is wrong.

Wan Mei's face seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and her lips glowed a frightening blood red under the pale light. The actors were sitting on two soft cushions. From Shu Yu's angle, she saw the woman on the right slowly raising the teacup and holding it in her hands.

… Huh

Now, Shu Yu finally noticed something was wrong.

The people below...are they acting out their every move? !

Her eyes suddenly widened, and her palms instantly touched the three-sided military thorns on her waist. The teacup in her left hand burned a soft red mark on her palm. She seemed not to feel it and just stared at the stage.

Sure enough, the actor on the right also raised a glass with one hand and slowly reached her waist with the other hand. Her face and body were as motionless as a wood sculpture, but the next moment she perfectly copied the movements of the moviegoers on the tall building!

How...how is this possible

Goosebumps suddenly appeared on Shu Yu's body, and she rubbed the fabric dryly. She opened her mouth and whispered: "Sister, did you see..."

Immediately, her voice stopped suddenly and was interrupted in her throat.

On the stage below, the actor sitting in her position remained motionless and maintained her current posture. At the same time, the actor sitting in Shu Yun's position suddenly flicked his neck in the blink of an eye!

...Yes, it was like a sudden electric shock or a nervous bounce. If it wasn't too far away, Shu Yu guessed that he could hear the crisp sound of the actor's spine rubbing.

Traditional Noh plays are all slow enough to make people doze off. Her sudden move was quite comical and absurd.

However, Shu Yu immediately stopped feeling funny.

After a convulsion, the neck of the actor on the left suddenly stretched, like a soft and twisted white snake, or a piece of flesh-colored plasticine stretched out in the hands of a naughty child. His lower body was still as stable as a mountain, but his head was pressing against that pale face, and he suddenly moved back. After going around in a circle, I came into contact with the ear of the actor on the right!

The sound of the whimpering flute was like crying, mixed with the giggles of women who seemed to be crying but not crying. Shu Yu didn't dare to look back at all, because at the moment when her mental value plummeted, she heard the rustling of clothing from Shu Yun's position next to her. She caught a glimpse of white flesh from the corner of her eye - something was slowly moving. Close to her ear.

"...Sister?" Cold sweat gurgled down. Her eyes seemed to be nailed to the stage below. She couldn't even turn. She could only whisper and tremble the word from her lips.

She didn't know if other people had seen the same scene as her, and she didn't know why Shu Yun suddenly turned into the ghostly look below, and was still squirming in her ears, but...

Before she could completely sort out her thoughts, the scene below suddenly changed again. In an instant, the actor with a snake-like neck strangely curved his blood-red lips, and his face seemed to suddenly become a living thing, with the whites of his eyes rolled up and blood dripping from his orifices. Suddenly, a huge mouth with densely packed sharp teeth opened, and it suddenly bit into the normal actor's head!

Everything was as fast as lightning, and Shu Yu's vision suddenly went dark. When the severe pain struck, she screamed loudly, and the three-sided military thorn only had time to miss half of it.

"...Shu Yu, Shu Yu!"

"Wake up, Shu Yu!"

The anxious voice reached his ears. Shu Yu jumped up from the cushion as if struck by thunder. The weapon in his hand subconsciously waved a bright white light in the air, assuming a defensive posture.

Her distracted eyes gradually focused. In front of her was Shu Yun, who opened his hands in a comforting gesture and looked surprised and anxious.

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"Shu Yu, what's wrong with you?"

Seeing her waking up, Shu Yun didn't care about the play being performed below. He sat back with relief across a coffee table and said with lingering fear: "Why did you suddenly fall asleep just now? I couldn't wake you up for a long time. , and after a while, I saw you were sweating profusely, what’s the matter, are you having a nightmare?”

Shu Yu was stunned, as if she hadn't recovered from the frightening moment just now. She swallowed and looked around. It was still an empty and quiet room. The furnishings had not changed, even the table. The hot tea was also steaming unconsciously at this time.

"Yes... I, I just had a dream." Seeing the familiar sister, she felt a little relieved and reached out to pluck her hair. "I dreamed that we were the ones acting underneath, and your neck had grown longer. Like a monster..."

"Really? What kind of thing is it?"

As Shu Yu spoke, she gasped slightly with fear. She was about to turn her head and point out the scene in her dream to her sister, but she inadvertently took a wrong look and saw that the stage below was empty except for a crushed skull. The female body was lying on the spot, with blood splattered all over the floor!

Shu Yu's hair stood on end, his pupils instantly shrank to the size of a needle tip, and a bone-chilling chill spread throughout his body, climbing up his spine and into his brain.

… It wasn’t a dream. The previous one wasn’t a dream? !

"Tell me, what kind of monster is it?" Shu Yun asked again. Different from before, her voice was very close this time, almost close to the skin next to Shu Yu's ear. Even the cold, with... The slightly fishy breath can be clearly felt, "...Is it me?"

Shu Yu looked back hastily - it was almost a conditioned reflex action. She only saw Shu Yun's body still firmly in place, sitting upright on the other side of the coffee table, but his neck was wrapped around the table, bent like a sick line. The long snake had a face exactly like his own, as pale as paper, with upturned eyes and bleeding from its seven orifices. It opened its huge mouth to the maximum and even tore the cheekbones, revealing its fangs densely covered with blood, and quickly bit her head in. !

"Ah!" Shu Yu screamed again and was awakened from the darkness by a violent shake.

She opened her eyes suddenly and saw Shu Yun extremely anxious, reaching out to grab her shoulders: "Shu Yu, what's wrong with you, wake up! You have a nightmare..."

But this time, before Shu Yun finished speaking, she crossed her arms and used the most common fighting defensive posture to bounce the person in front of her away. She shouted in shock: "Water Curtain Fence!"

Prop name: Water Curtain Fence

Grade: c+

Activation type: Instant activation

Cooling time: none

Attack power: none

Effect: This prop is a protective prop with an area of 1. Within the protective range of the prop, in addition to being able to defend the player from three attacks with a strength no less than the original level of the prop, the player can also obtain the purification effect attached to the prop. The decreasing mental value will slowly rise at a rate of 0.5% per second.

Note: This prop is a one-time item and the maximum duration is 30 minutes.

Equipment level: 15

Prop introduction: The water curtain in the sea is a silent veil.

A rolling curtain of light blue water instantly enveloped Shu Yu's body, and at the same time created a barrier between her and Shu Yun. Shu Yun was stunned for a moment, and was immediately stunned by this turn of events.

"Shu Yu...?" She called hesitantly, "W-what's wrong with you?"

Shu Yu yelled: "Just stand there and don't come near me!"

In the flowing water curtain, she saw Shu Yun's expression of confusion and sadness, and quickly asked herself: "What happened? I am your sister!"

"No..." Shu Yu was confused, "You are not my sister, you are not Shu Yun, you..."

She looked back and saw that at this moment, the two naughty artists on the stage below were gone. There was only a four-fold screen placed in the center.

This scene was completely absurd and bizarre in the dead silence. In less than a quarter of an hour, Shu Yu was so frightened by the successive traps that he almost fainted.

"It seems that the scenes on and off the field are all synchronized," she wiped the sweat from her eyelashes and eyebrows, and reluctantly thought, "The screen below is my current state of wearing armor... Wait, why is there no one on the stage? ?”

Thinking of this, Shu Yu hurriedly looked around and found that the entire house was empty. Except for himself, Shu Yun had long since lost his shadow.

"This is..." She suddenly froze, "Shu Yun... No, where is that thing?"

Could it be that she made a mistake, the Shu Yun here is the normal Shu Yun, and was she captured by that thing

No, calm down, think carefully, whatever you can think of, don't panic, don't panic...

Even though this was a life-and-death survival game, she couldn't draw her sword against Shu Yun, the relative she depended on for life. However, since it is an anomaly, there will definitely be loopholes left for players to discover, and it is impossible to leave a dead end here.

... But on the other hand, if she can't find the key to breaking the situation, then she will have to have a hand-to-hand fight with the monster wearing Shu Yun's skin.

From the beginning to now, what is her suspicion

Shu Yu's chest heaved back and forth, her eyes unconsciously focused on the corner of the coffee table, and the sound of her heart beating like a fatal urge, keeping her in a state of extreme tension and fear, and her mental level never recovered.

Suddenly, she vaguely realized something, her knotted eyebrows suddenly loosened, and she grabbed the still warm tea on the table.

"I know... this must be it!" She wiped the cold sweat from her face, "This cup of tea is a reminder!"

Since they arrived here, they have never seen an open fire or cooked food. The strange disease setting makes it difficult for the aborigines here to eat hot food. How can there be a cup of hot tea

It's a pity that her deep-rooted habits misled her, so she didn't have any doubts after seeing this inappropriate cup of tea.

Shu Yu looked back again to see the synchronized performance on the stage: "The flaw has been found! The next step is...!"

Her expression changed, and her eyes suddenly widened.

The screen around the stage formed a box-shaped barrier with an opening at the top. At this moment, the previously missing snake-necked actor was hanging from the beam, hanging from the opening of the screen. His long neck was coiled, and the hanging black His hair was swaying, and he had already reached into the screen.

Shu Yu's body froze.

She suddenly felt itchy on the back of her neck, as if something was hanging down, gently tickling her exposed skin.

She felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and the suffocating cold gripped her whole body. Shu Yu turned her head inch by inch, and she could almost hear the crunch of bones and joints.

Above the water curtain, in the unclosed hole, "Shu Yun" stretches his neck, with a distorted and exaggerated smile on his pale face. His eyes are bulging, his mouth and nose are bleeding, and his dark hair is disheveled and swaying. Some are even already It hit her cheek.

—It was like this, staring at her.

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