Chapter 528 Why did everyone die! (Part 2)
"In life and death..."
"In life and death..."
"Glory to..."
When Yingshu staggered to catch up with the old woman, he heard her mumbling something like a prayer.
"Uh...Private Marseille?"
Out of Japanese politeness, Yingshu tried to greet the old lady:
"Hello... hello? What just happened... uh, or what was going on?"
Hearing Yingshu's voice, the old woman stopped.
Then, he slowly turned around, revealing his old face with wrinkles all over it:
“Is it you…?”
"ah?"
Yingshu didn't understand and spread his hands:
"What is me?"
The old woman looked him up and down and said, "It's you, the father of that child..."
hiss--!!!
As soon as these words came out!
Yingshu gasped almost at the same time as Ethan!
The father of the child!
Obviously, the "child" the old woman was talking about was Rose!
…
"Child? Wait—you mean Rose!"
Hearing the old woman's words, Ethan couldn't help but ask anxiously.
The old woman in front of him actually knew about Rose's existence, and also knew that she was the father of the child!
Ethan couldn't help but take a step forward: "You know Rose! Where is she?"
"Hoohohoho--Rose--Yes!!!"
The old woman laughed with a start:
"She is in danger...After [Mother Goddess Miranda] brought her into the village, we were shrouded in darkness!"
"Miranda? Darkness? What? You mean these monsters?"
Ethan was puzzled and wanted to continue asking.
However, the old woman ignored him and turned away, saying to herself:
"The castle bells have rung. They are coming—they are coming—hahahahahaha—"
BANG——!!!
…
The old woman shut the gate of the village, leaving Yingshu alone standing there, disheveled in the wind.
"…If I could understand, I would be the one."
Yingshu smacked his lips and gritted his teeth.
Classic Gu-style riddle.
It's mysterious and confusing.
This seems to be a common practice for Golden Wind horror games. Players love and hate it.
What I love is its unique mysterious and eerie atmosphere.
What I hate is that something that can be explained clearly in just a few words, but the old thief insists on expressing it with extremely obscure metaphors and hints, leaving you scratching your head and unable to figure it out.
As an old gamer, Yingshu naturally knew that there was no need to waste too much time on the old woman, so he explored deeper into the village.
Going around and around.
Soon, he found a stone door with relief carvings of a devil and a girl at the innermost part of the village, but the faces of the two relief images were missing.
“It’s very Resident Evil.”
Yingshu raised his thumb.
So classic!
Find the stone slabs, solve the puzzle, and open the mechanism.
Resident Evil has used puzzle-solving methods for decades, and even in the era of motion sensing cabins, it still works well and can even make old players smile.
Soon, Yingshu found the first relief, a devil's cheek puzzle, in a large house not far from the stone gate.
It’s not that this thing is easy to find, but even a blind person can find it.
After all, it is placed so openly on the altar as soon as you enter the door.
However, this setting seems to be intentional on the part of Golden Wind.
Stone carvings are certainly important, but what Golden Wind cares more about is making players pay attention to the several portraits on the altar when they get the stone carvings.
Yes.
Right next to the stone sculpture, five portraits, one large and four small, were hung on the altar.
The large portrait in the middle is of a woman wearing a strange headdress and a black veil.
Yingshu couldn't help but shudder.
Although he couldn't see the woman's face clearly, the eerie aura emanating from her still made him feel quite uncomfortable, as it had a cultish undertone.
On the left side of the mysterious woman is an elegant woman wearing a Windsor hat and luxurious jewelry around her neck. She looks a bit like a countess.
Next to the 'Countess' was an ugly, hunchbacked, dwarf-like deformed person.
It all looks quite abnormal.
Looking at the right side of the mysterious woman, next to her is a puppet.
That’s right, it’s a… doll… the kind with wooden joints, it doesn’t look very big, and it’s wearing a wedding dress.
Next to the bride doll was a man wearing a cowboy hat and a pair of round sunglasses on his nose.
"This is……?"
Faced with these five strange portraits, Yingshu pondered for a moment.
Then, a flash of inspiration came to me!
"Oh my god! Could this be... the Four Heavenly Kings?!"
There are exactly four of them! And none of them looks normal!
Considering the abstract bats, big fish, evil spirits, and war horses in the promotional video, it is hard for Yingshu not to associate the four people in front of him with the Four Heavenly Kings!
As for the mysterious woman in the middle...
Yingshu recalled what the weird old woman had said.
If I guessed correctly -
The mysterious woman in the middle is most likely the so-called "Mother Goddess Miranda"!
Wonderful! It's wonderful!
With the appearance of five portraits in front of him !
Yingshu just felt goosebumps all over his body!
Obviously—
This is the dark fairy tale called "The Phantom of the Village"!
The little girl mistakenly walked into the jungle, foreshadowing that Chris's team was attacked and overturned, and Rose was missing.
The four monsters gave the little girl gifts, indicating that the Four Heavenly Kings were involved in Rose's luck-changing work.
Finally, the evil witch appeared and extended her claws to the little girl.
This means that the Mother Goddess Miranda is about to take action against Rose.
even!
The trailers of "Phantom of the Village" all have a blank ending that has never been filled!
What was Rose's final outcome?
What will be the outcome for the father who goes deep into the dark jungle in search of his daughter?
[His story is about to end]
Suddenly, Yingshu remembered the beginning of the first trailer again.
Yingshu seemed to have sensed something, but he was not sure.
And at this moment!
Chi Chi——
In the room, the radio suddenly rang.
Amidst the murmurs, a girl 's voice could be heard faintly.
[This is... If there are any survivors... Come to the church... and meet up.]
[Repeat...Survivors...Church...]
…
Good news!
There are still living people!
Bad news!
Someone was bitten!
"Shocked, I bet 50 cents that this guy will definitely mutate in a short while."
Lao Ju said this solemnly.
As a special experience anchor of Bilibili, Lao Ju also came to the Video Game Festival this time and experienced this generation of Resident Evil for the first time.
Now, as the exploration deepens, he also encounters two survivors on his way to find the statue puzzle.
It's a girl named Elena and her old father.
The broadcast just now was sent by her, the purpose of which was to get more survivors to unite, and to see if there was anyone who could help her father with a simple bandage.
Yes.
Elena's old father was bitten by a zombie.
Although she knew what was going to happen next, the kind-hearted Lao Ju still helped Elena's father bandage the wound and even "wasted" a bottle of hand sanitizer for it.
However, in return, Elena took him to the chapel.
Here, there are still a dozen survivors taking refuge.
"No one knows what happened . One second we were living peacefully and diligently."
There was a tense atmosphere in the small room of the church, and someone was talking about the whole story:
"The monsters attacked us the next second, and they just wouldn't stop... But luckily, my husband has gone outside to get help. I hope he can come back safely."
At the suggestion of one of the survivors, the group formed a circle and began to pray.
"Great Spirit, we are in awe and pray together..."
"Blessed in life, worshiped forever..."
"In life and in death, glory be to - Mother Goddess Miranda."
Lao Ju did not participate in the prayer.
after all--
"I feel a little unlucky,"
Sitting on the seat beside him, Lao Ju carefully drew the pistol from his waist and looked at the bitten old man who was now in pain and breathing rapidly:
"Foreigners have a custom of praying before meals. I can't even tell whether we are praying before eating or..."
Before he finished speaking!
Cough cough——! Cough cough cough——!
Suddenly!
The old man who was bitten suddenly looked extremely painful and kept coughing!
On the side, the woman who proposed praying saw the old man like this and hurried forward to check.
Seeing this, Lao Ju quietly protected everyone in front of him:
"Three... two... one..."
"Old man, dinner."
roar--!!!
As Lao Ju finished speaking!
The old man suddenly went berserk, grabbed the fruit knife on the table, pointed it at the woman's neck and stabbed her!
Puff——!!!
In an instant, the whole room was in chaos!
Some people were pinned to the ground and had their necks bitten off, some were knocked down and killed while trying to escape, and some even knocked over an oil lamp and ended up giving the mutant old man a warm meal!
For a moment, the whole house was in chaos. The kerosene lamp ignited the wooden house, and the entire church was instantly on fire!
Actually, I originally came here!
Everything is still "normal".
At least for the game process, all the plot developments are very reasonable.
According to the development of the plot, Ethan should bravely step forward and kill the mutant old man.
After all, the protagonists such as Leon and Chris all followed this routine.
Seeing that the mutant old man was about to pounce on the surviving Elena, Lao Ju couldn't help but step forward:
"Don't be afraid, girl! I'll do the spicy thing!"
And the next second!
Bang! Plop!
"Oh shit! Girl, help me! I'm falling!!!"
With a sound of falling to the ground, Lao Ju was pinned to the ground by the ferocious werewolf old man, and cried for help in panic!
For a moment, the entire live broadcast room burst into laughter——
'I'm coming! I'm falling! Help me, help me, help me--'
'Hahahahahahahahahahaha this is outrageous'
'show'
"Why would you, an ordinary citizen, get involved?"
'Old man: Today I will let you see what a black hand is!'
"Golden Wind always makes the plot develop in a weird direction..."
"This is so fucking abstract, hahahahahahaha..."
"……"
However!
Just when the viewers in the live broadcast room were shouting that Lao Ju’s operation was too abstract!
A more abstract scene appeared!
"dad--!!!"
All that was heard was a heart-wrenching cry!
Following right on!
There was a loud bang!
BANG——!!!
The big spray gun directly sprayed the old man in front of Lao Ju horizontally, and blood splattered everywhere in an instant!
Lao Ju looked back with a puzzled look on his face!
Elena was seen crying and holding a large gun with smoking muzzle, crying very sadly:
“Dad—what’s wrong with you, Dad—woo woo woo—”
At this moment, the old man who was not killed by the bullet struggled to stand up again and staggered forward again.
Seeing this, Elena cried even louder:
"Oh my God... Can someone tell me what happened? Why is this happening? Dad—!"
BANG!!!
The barrage is about to burst into laughter——
'Hahahahahahahahahahaha shit! That's too abstract!'
"Although this may be a little rude, this paragraph is too crude."
"I am so filial..."
'It's hard not to suspect that this is the old thief's evil taste'
"This part is too rough..."
'Hahahahahahahaha, I laughed so hard that the property management came knocking on the door'
'The main theme is a loving father and a filial daughter'
'I am filial ≠ I won't destroy you'
'Inequality is solved!'
"……"
“Hahahahahahahaha damn, this is too abstract…”
Here, although the situation was urgent, Lao Ju couldn't help but laugh out loud:
"This contrast is so funny. The key is that it is tense and funny at the same time. It's really..."
Before he finished speaking!
roar--!!!
The old man who was sprayed down actually stood up again!
Seeing that Elena was about to reload, Lao Ju finally couldn't hold it anymore and pulled Elena's arm:
"Go away! Stop fighting! Your dad is going to be turned into a sieve!"
However!
Just when Lao Ju was about to pull the only survivor, Elena, away!
Suddenly!
KACH——!!!
Followed by a loud bang of a wooden beam breaking!
Lao Ju only felt a heat wave coming in front of him!
The collapse of the roof beams instantly engulfed Elena in a sea of fire!
In less than half a minute!
There was no one left alive in the entire safe house. The blazing flames illuminated Ethan's stunned face and drowned out the only hope of life in the village!
And now!
The most abstract and only happiest moment of the whole game is here!
Then Lao Ju followed the instructions on the UI interface, sighed heavily, and hammered the stone wall beside him fiercely with a tone full of grief and anger:
"Why... is everyone dead?!"
