Chapter 184 I Just... Have to Go

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A Yin was confused!

The audience also found it quite outrageous and laughed:

'Old John is old but his heart is young, awesome'

"It is recommended that patients take Xizhilang jelly, which can immediately turn them into astronauts."

'God damn Hi-Chih-Lang jelly'

'Doesn't this have anything to do with love?'

'Love? I love you! I want to go to heaven!'

'Hahahahahahaha this is outrageous'

"What a weird wish."

'Things took an unexpected turn'

"Shit, in the end they didn't turn the lighthouse into a rocket and send the old man up into space, did they?"

'Old John: Listen to yourself, are you speaking human language?'

'Hahahahahaha Cat Rio, right?'

"On this day, the boss once again recalled the fear of being shot by the water pipe rocket."

"What a weird plot, hahahahaha..."

"……"

The barrage was filled with laughter!

A Yin also felt it was quite outrageous.

Since dreams cannot be created out of thin air, there needs to be cause and effect to ensure the smooth operation of the system.

In other words, they can't simply put the old man on a rocket and launch it into space.

If you want to create a perfect dream, you must first understand why Old John wanted to go to the moon.

Therefore, before entering old John's memory, they still have to understand some clues first.

However, according to Lily, Old John is a "quiet man on weekdays", and although she has been working here for quite some time, she still knows very little about him.

All she knew was that Old John had been a carpenter and that his wife had died two years ago.

"As for the rest... I don't know."

Lily said that these were the clues she could provide:

"I don't know why he wants to go to the moon,"

"Perhaps you can look around the house and find some useful clues. My two children can lead the way for you."

That’s it!

A Yin saw everyone in the room looking at him.

The female doctor, Lily and the doctor.

"...I understand. I'm just a fucking laborer."

Ah Yin's face was filled with black lines. He took the wireless heart rate monitor handed to him by the doctor. This device can monitor Old John's health status in real time:

"Okay, I'll go take a look..."

…

Children are easier to appease.

After several searching missions, Xu Xiaolin successfully got the key to the villa's basement under the guidance of the two children.

I have to admit that this game really has a special magic.

Even though its graphics are not sophisticated, even though it does not have grand and exciting battle scenes, nor does it have any magnificent and epic background story.

What we have is just a sci-fi setting, a strange wish, a perfect soundtrack, and the interesting and ingenious text copy.

It was just like the conversation I had just had with two kids, asking them to take me around.

[Hey guys, your mom asked me to come find you, can you show me around? ]

[Emmmm... maybe? ]

【Maybe means? 】

[Maybe you can show some sincerity! For example... one trillion yuan! ]

【ah?】

[Or the candy jar that Mom hides will do...]

Such light-hearted and interesting dialogues are interspersed throughout the entire game and always make people smile.

Even Dr. Neil, controlled by Xu Xiaolin himself, is a chatterbox who keeps on talking, which adds a lot of fun to the game.

It is precisely because of these many elements that this game, although it does not have ups and downs (at least not now), is still attractive enough to play.

Think of this.

Xu Xiaolin couldn't help but nod secretly, and became more and more impressed with Gu Sheng's ability to control the rhythm of the game.

This supernova is like a knowledgeable chemist who can always combine various elements in the right proportions to make the game fascinating.

Even to give an inappropriate analogy - Electronic Old White (the protagonist of Breaking Bad)

While thinking about it, Xu Xiaolin came to the door of the "weird basement" that the child mentioned.

at this time.

The BGM suddenly changes, and the weird change of tone makes people feel uneasy.

"Damn..." Xu Xiaolin muttered to himself, "This can't be made into a horror game, right?"

However, as a man who had been close to Lisa countless times, this little storm could not scare Xu Xiaolin.

As the door opened, Xu Xiaolin walked into the dark basement.

Fumbled to turn on the light.

The next second, Xu Xiaolin exclaimed!

“What the hell! Huh???”

But see!

In the dim basement, large pieces of origami were scattered on the ground!

Red, white, blue, green, colorful, all in the shape of... little rabbits?

Xu Xiaolin felt a little nervous.

although!

This is just a pixel game.

But Gu Sheng's ability to create an eerie atmosphere remains undiminished.

With so many origami, it is inevitable that people will associate it with a paranoid image, as if someone is crazy, folding paper rabbits and muttering to himself.

The mystery of why Old John wanted to go to the moon remains unsolved.

New problems arise again.

Who made these paper bunnies? Why are there so many? What do they represent?

For a moment, the game seemed even more confusing.

With the help of the dim light, Xu Xiaolin took a few steps forward.

Because he saw something placed on a small independent counter similar to a display stand not far in front of him.

Since the picture was in pixel style, he was not sure what it was.

A stuffed platypus

As Xu Xiaolin picked up the thing, a picture appeared on the screen.

The platypus in the picture looks a bit old. Its dark yellow body and pitch-black bill make it look ugly.

Based on the principle of "take whatever game props I can", Xu Xiaolin put the platypus into his backpack.

Then he walked out of the basement and asked the two children:

"Do you know where those paper rabbits in the room came from?"

The two children looked at each other and shook their heads. "We don't know. We are never allowed to enter this house. But as for the paper rabbit...we have seen it somewhere else!"

oh?!

Xu Xiaolin's eyes lit up: "Where is it?"

"In the abandoned lighthouse!" the child said, "right below the cliff, near the sea!"

Under the guidance of the two children, Xu Xiaolin found the lighthouse——

The quiet night sky is dotted with stars.

The lighthouse stands on the coast, like a silent giant with its back to them, watching over the bright white jade plate in the night sky.

The soft moonlight shines on the sea, reflecting the silent lighthouse.

At this moment, it seems to be the closest place to the moon.

it's beautiful.

Xu Xiaolin was amazed at the exquisite composition of this game.

It is hard to imagine that a pixel-style game can create such a beautiful scenery.

Following the path, Xu Xiaolin came to the lighthouse.

And in this place closest to the moon, shoulder to shoulder with the lighthouse, stands a tombstone——

【My beloved wife · Xiaoxi】

She is old John's wife.

He buried her next to the lighthouse, the place closest to the moon.

Having played this far, Xu Xiaolin was a little silent.

Before this, he knew nothing about the story between John and the creek.

But at this moment, here, by the lighthouse.

He seemed to feel the bond between them.

There is no doubt that there must be a reason why Xiaoxi was buried here.

And the reason seems to be able to be found only from old John's previous memories.

Thinking about.

Xu Xiaolin walked into the lighthouse.

Circling all the way up, they arrived at the top floor of the lighthouse.

Just as the two kids said.

Like the basement, this place is also scattered with paper bunnies of various colors.

Among this large number of paper rabbits, only the big paper rabbit on the central lamppost is particularly eye-catching.

It has blue limbs and head, and a yellow belly. It is the only two-color rabbit among many paper rabbits.

Veteran player Xu Xiaolin instinctively felt that this was a key item, so he also collected it.

So far!

Exploration complete!

A pile of paper rabbits filled with basements and lighthouses, an old silly platypus doll, and a yellow and blue two-color paper rabbit.

Xu Xiaolin scratched his head.

What does this have to do with anything?

I can't say I have no idea, I can only say I don't understand why.

And at this moment!

The phone is ringing!

The female doctor told him that the equipment was ready and they could enter old John's consciousness.

…

"Fuck, this is awesome! High-tech, high-tech..."

Sister Zhou couldn't help but exclaim in amazement as she watched the game screen gradually blur and then gradually stabilize.

As she and the female doctor entered, a row of progress bars appeared at the top of the screen.

The progress bar has six stages, each stage is 10 years old, for a total of six stages.

Such was old John's life.

Seeing this, Sister Zhou was quite emotional.

A person's life seems long, but after it seems so short.

"alright,"

Just as I was thinking about it, the female doctor's voice came over:

“This is the furthest point in time we can get.”

The pointer stopped at the very end of the timeline of old John.

"The farthest? Is this the farthest?"

Sister Zhou was stunned:

"Oh, so we can't just move the progress bar around?"

Following her question, the female doctor said:

"We now have to find John, understand why he wants to go to the moon, and then use memory fragments to move time forward little by little, and finally find a suitable time to instill the idea of 'going to the moon' into him."

Hearing this, the comments were full of surprise:

"Oh - shit! Flashback? "

"I'm awesome..."

"This script is a bit difficult."

'It's just like watching a movie, very interesting'

"I've prepared potato chips, snacks and ice cream. This game is so interesting."

'It's kind of fun to unravel this mystery.'

'Warning! Idioms are not allowed in this live broadcast room! The anchor can't understand them!'

"Hahahahaha, a cultural desert, huh..."

"Quick, quick, bring Detective Sister Zhou online!"

"……"

At the urging of the audience, Sister Zhou and the female doctor walked out of the room.

Under the lighthouse they found Old John.

Although in the reality of the game, Old John is bedridden and unconscious.

But in his conscious dream, he was in good condition. At this moment, he was sitting on a bench next to the lighthouse, staring at the sky in a daze.

"Hey! Old man!"

Sister Zhou was in a bad mood and chose the latter between the two options of [Say hello] and [Play a prank], and went up to pat the old man on the shoulder.

"ah?!"

The old man was so frightened that he almost slipped off the bench.

The exclamation marks all over his head were enough to prove how terrified he was.

“You… who are you?!”

Seeing this scene, the screen was full of "cursing"——

"You scare the old man to death again."

"You really are such a jerk..."

"You scared him so much, and he will lie on the ground soon. Aren't you more scared than him?"

'Hahahahahaha that makes sense'

'Old John: The girl is really strong, it would take at least 800,000 yuan to get up'

"……"

Barrage comments.

The female doctor also scolded in a low voice: "Neil, why are you so out of touch? You will scare him to death!"

"Hey... don't be so nervous, it's just a dream anyway."

Neil, played by Zhou Jie, waved his hands awkwardly:

"The worst outcome is just rebuilding the dream."

An ellipsis appeared above the female doctor's head, and it was obvious that she was speechless towards Sister Zhou.

Ignore him, and turn around to introduce myself to Old John:

"Hello John, I'm Eva Rosa Lee En, this is Doctor Neil, have you heard of the [Golden Wind Life Reconstruction Company]?"

See this!

Sister Zhou couldn't help but smile knowingly and pointed at the screen: "Hahahaha old thief, you..."

The barrage also laughed——

'It appears! The classic Golden Wind Universe!'

'Golden Wind Industries are spread all over the world!'

"Not only all over the world, but also on other planets, there are small yellow industries."

"Teacher Gu is tired of playing in the arena and wants to dream, what's wrong?"

"However, judging from Xiao Huang's technical performance in the game world, this technology of reshaping dreams with memories is not surprising."

"Remember, the golden wind does not support idle people"

"It's so funny..."

"……"

After hearing what the female doctor said, Old John recalled for a moment and thought:

"Oh yes, I remember now, Golden Wind, so you are here to help me fulfill my wish?"

"Send me... to the moon?"

"Theoretically speaking, it's not 'we' who will send you to the moon," the female doctor said, "but 'you' who will go to the moon."

Since the structure of the dream must conform to common sense and logic and fit the life stage of the person seeking help, John must sincerely want to "go to the moon."

"So," Sister Zhou asked, "why do you want to go to the moon?"

As soon as these words came out!

All the audience stretched their necks, waiting for Old John's reply.

However!

Old John was stunned for a moment, and then fell silent.

After a moment, he slowly said, "I don't know."

What?!

As soon as these words came out!

From the characters in the game, to the players outside the game, to the audience in the live broadcast room, everyone was stunned!

This is bad!

No one knows why Old John wanted to go to the moon.

Even Old John himself didn't know why he wanted to go to the moon!