Chapter 218: Transforming Community Experience (Twenty-Seven)
Before Awan could answer, Zheng Wanqing said:
"Don't tell me you're a man who likes to fake his voice. I'm not deaf yet."
"..." Awan was silent for a moment, then sighed, "I'm really sorry. I hope you don't doubt me. I just made a slip of the tongue in a hurry. He's my teammate, not my roommate. We were in a multi-dormitory dungeon. Because of the ghosts chasing us, some of us died, some were lost, and classmate Bai Zhi saved my life, so I..."
In the darkness, only her voice could be heard choking with sobs.
Zheng Wanqing did not respond immediately, but began to concentrate on beating the ghost. The only sound in the air was the sound of thumping.
Although there are many doubts about the person in front of me, I can put them aside for now.
The most important thing at the moment is to rescue Xin Jue first.
It was only after careful investigation that they finally discovered that the ghosts in this huge underground building were not completely invincible - at least some of them were not.
Except for the "assembly monsters" who are keen on installing human limbs on themselves, and the "tentacle monsters" whose bodies resemble octopuses and crawl around everywhere, most of the remaining ghosts can only stay in a fixed range of activities. As long as they do not violate specific rules, they can avoid attacks.
Even here, ordinary physical attacks from humans can be effective on them!
The illusionary monster itself was a formidable threat, but they soon discovered that this magic-based monster was also vulnerable: the more people it controlled with its abilities, the weaker its remaining power became. After trapping Tang Xin Jue, it entered a state of suspended animation, allowing Zheng and Guo to capture it.
As for the solution...
It’s also very simple, just hit it.
The dull sound of the attack shook their eardrums, and soon after, they heard a few resentful screams mixed in. Both of them were startled:
The illusion monster has awakened!
Both of them had black cloths tied around their eyes, preventing them from seeing the monster's specific appearance. Awan quickly pounced on it, elbowing the monster in the head, helping Zheng Wanqing control it.
Zheng Wanqing inserted an iron pipe into the monster and blocked its mouth.
Its sound is also an important element that can induce hallucinations.
"Keep hitting it on the head!"
Zheng Wanqing said to Awan.
Awan nodded and swung her fist down hard, but it felt like she had hit a ball filled with water, and no matter how hard she hit it, she couldn't break it.
"Let me do it—"
Suddenly, a clear female voice was heard from outside. Guo Guo finally arrived, dragging a pile of heavy objects. As soon as he entered the cubicle, he rushed towards Zheng Wanqing's men and shouted.
A strong wind blew over, and Awan rolled over to avoid it. "This is my head, not a monster!"
Guo Guo was startled: "Who are you?"
Is Xin Jue awake? No, Xin Jue is being carried on her back. So who is this girl ...
Zheng Wanqing: "Nothing, just a student from the previous batch who came in to save people. Her name is Awan."
Guo Guo: "Oh, it's...Awan???"
Isn't this familiar name the person they are looking for?
She forcibly suppressed the rising tone of her last sentence. Fortunately, the illusion monster began to flutter again at this time, and Awan could only use her hands and feet to suppress it, and did not hear the abnormality in Guo Guo's voice.
"Come here quickly, I feel like it's about to run away, I can't catch it..."
In the darkness, Guo Guo and Zheng Wanqing silently turned their heads at the same time, reaching a kind of resonance in silence. Then they continued to fight the monster with all their strength.
Guo Guo dragged a huge, rusty trash can from somewhere and slammed it directly onto the monster's head. Just as Awan felt her hands nearly go numb from the shock, a strange vibration suddenly emerged from her senses.
It was hard to explain, but it made everyone pause at the same time.
"It's broken again, the illusion is leaking out, now is the time!"
Tang Xinjue walked alone in the desolate campus.
This time, her consciousness was not suppressed at all, and she knew clearly that this was the fourth cycle.
According to Wu Shi and the others' original plan, the fourth cycle should have been the most difficult one: they had to severely damage Tang Xin Jue here and pave the way for the arrival of the yellow eyeball - of course, Wu Shi needed to be responsible for this link to the end.
Now that the person in charge has run away, the remaining semi-finished products have instantly become the easiest level.
This is a very interesting perspective.
Tang Xin Jue was like a lonely soul wandering in the school, watching the black fog sweep across the school, countless dormitories being dragged into the game, struggling on the brink of life and death...
Then, the lights belonging to these dormitories went out one by one in the darkness.
She couldn't see what the students in the building were going through, nor could she help them. In the vast ocean of dormitories, Room 606 was like a stone dropped into the sea, with no trace left.
The previous illusions simply showed a scene of the future, but this time, the evolution from the past to the future was laid out before him in an obscure and naked manner.
Sometimes, Tang Xinjue could see shadowy figures on the dormitory balcony. Until the last second before they failed the game and were eliminated, they were still struggling and banging on the windows, trying to grasp the last glimmer of hope to escape.
However, when Tang Xinjue turned around, he saw an endless curtain of black fog outside the rows of dormitory buildings.
How can there be such a thing as rebirth in heaven?
The dormitory buildings belonging to the candidates gradually dimmed, and at the same time, in the boundless darkness on the opposite side, another brightly lit university town slowly lit up.
"Is this what you wanted to tell me?"
Tang Xinjue walked towards the university town.
She had never been so eager to know what the university town looked like, what was inside, and what kind of scene would rise in the core area of the game after all the candidates' dormitories were extinguished and fell.
Is the emergence of this game just a cruel joke on all the candidates?
Or is there another truth in this rise and fall?
Just when he was just a few steps away from the city entrance, Tang Xinjue stopped and looked quietly at the road ahead.
The truth seemed to be right in front of her, but she couldn't touch it.
As darkness completely engulfed her, a crack suddenly appeared in the dome, and the mirage of "University Town" vanished. The sky gradually brightened, and only her solitary figure remained.
"It really took a lot of effort..."
Tang Xinjue walked around the empty campus. After all the students disappeared, the "real" school became deserted and dilapidated, overgrown with weeds, like a silent horror movie.
Even without the ghosts' mocking words, the meaning of this scene is clear. They imply that no matter how hard the candidates try, it will be in vain.
At the end of the game, no one survives.
If everyone died and she was the only one alive, what was the point of completing the game?
The edge of the illusion was connected to a silent night, and at the end of the night, a strangely turbid and dim full moon suddenly rose.
Normally, a moon would only rise higher and higher, but the higher it rose, the larger it appeared in the field of vision, as if it were falling rapidly from the sky. As it got closer, it became clearer that this "moon" was clearly a huge dark yellow eyeball!
The closer the eyeballs got, the stronger the sensation in Tang Xinjue's sea of consciousness became, reminding her of the other person's identity with incredible clarity.
The owner of the yellow eyeball mark she had used to impersonate was also the one with the most unclear identity and the deepest malice among all the ghosts she had met.
Chaos God...
If she could face to face, she would really like to ask: We don’t know each other at all, why are you chasing me so relentlessly for no reason?
But unfortunately, not now.
Just before the other party approached, a larger crack suddenly appeared on the other side of the illusion, just above the dilapidated "school". A strong light shone out from it, accompanied by Guo Guo's voice:
"Heart Sutra over here!"
The sound resounded throughout the illusion, and the eyeball that was getting closer seemed to pause and "look" towards the source of the sound from afar.
In that huge gap, Guo Guo's figure could be vaguely seen.
Tang Xin Jue also realized this immediately, so the moment her eyes moved, she pulled out the toilet plunger:
"Scream."
Without the interference of possessed ghosts, she had regained full control of her supernatural powers. As she spoke, the skull mark on the toilet handle emitted a dazzling white light.
[Ghost's Scream (Upgraded Version): This is an indiscriminate sonic attack on all creatures. However, in your hands, it seems to have a special restraining effect on ghosts. Do you want to try it?]
The next moment, a deafening scream burst out from the toilet plunger!
Even the yellow eyeball recoiled in discomfort at the impact of the screaming sound wave. When it reacted, a crack appeared in the pupil of its eyeball, like a giant mouth slowly opening, eager to devour everything.
"Tang Xin..."
However, before the last word fell, the fantasy world before him was empty.
Yellow Eyeball: “?”
Guo Guo's urgent call had just come out when she turned her head as if sensing something: "The Heart Determination is out!"
Right behind her, the unconscious body suddenly moved, making a noticeable gasping sound.
Tang Xinjue opened his eyes.
Everything before my eyes was dark.
Is she still in the illusion?
Zheng Wanqing's voice quickly explained, "Don't take off the blindfold! You can't see anything in this corridor. If you do, you'll be attacked. The monsters won't be able to sense us if you wear the blindfold."
Tang Xinjue nodded and stood up with great adaptability. The first thing he did was not to ask anything else, but to go straight to the screaming illusion monster:
"Kill it! Don't let it release the Chaos God!"
The three of them attacked at the same time without any prior arrangement, and launched a series of critical strikes on the monster that was still gasping for breath. The monster was finally silenced completely by Zheng Wanqing's last iron pipe.
Its ball-like body quickly shrank, making a sizzling sound as it melted and flowed. Several people immediately stepped back to avoid touching the ghost's unknown "remains."
"Oh, right..." Zheng Wanqing thought of another thing and was about to speak, but she heard Tang Xinjue turn around and close the door.
With a light bang, Tang Xinjue quickly stopped another figure who was trying to sneak away.
"Sorry, I just woke up and haven't met my new friend yet... Since you're here, why don't you introduce them?"
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Chaos God: Sun
Awan: day
