After Qisi appeared in the sight of Lin Chen and Tang Yu, a gap quietly appeared in the bamboo forest where they had been unable to find a way, just enough for the two of them to pass through.
The path he took when he came reappeared in front of Qisi, and the other end led directly to the soles of the two people's feet, connecting the two players at a distance.
Scarecrows with painted human faces stand on both sides of the road, like attendants welcoming and seeing off guests, quiet and sleepy.
When the wind blows, the bamboo pole and the scarecrow sway together without making any strange noises or turning, as if the scene surrounding the player before was just an illusion.
And Zis, who arrived late, was the beam that pierced the illusion. Just by standing there, he brought the two players trapped in the nightmare back to reality.
"Brother Lin!" Lin Chen subconsciously raised his feet and walked towards the figure in red outside the bamboo forest.
Tang Yu grabbed him and said in a low voice: "Wait a moment, be careful of scams."
It is not uncommon for ghosts to disguise themselves as players to deceive people, so be cautious. Always right.
Lin Chen retracted his feet and stood next to Tang Yu.
Then I heard Qisi chuckle in the distance: "You are very vigilant, how about the following information? Tang Yu, a former Kyushu Guild player, was expelled for accidentally injuring his companions, and is currently a free player."
He turned his attention to Tang Yu, who had a tense face at the right time: "Let's get acquainted again. Lin Ya and I are cousins. We have not joined the guild for the time being, but we obtained team-building props from a certain channel and were able to form a team to enter the dungeon."
First repeat the content that only the player knows, to rule out the suspicion of fake ghosts; then explain some information about yourself, convey goodwill, and shorten the distance - a very sophisticated and efficient way of communication.
Tang Yu tugged Lin Chen's sleeve tightly and asked casually: "Lin Wen, would you like to do some popular science? Lin Ya and I ran around for a long time without going out. When you come, There is a way, what principle?”
“Principle, it’s actually nothing special.” Qisi half-closed his eyes and said softly, “You remember what the scholar said before, don’t leave the funeral. The team is too close, do we have to stand ten feet away?
“You may think that is alarmist, lest the players find important clues. But in my opinion, the scholar may not have much ill will towards us. He suggested that we go out of town with the funeral procession because he probably hoped that we would find something.
"I guess, being too close to the funeral procession can easily lead to hallucinations, just like you are now. And ten feet is a safe distance that will not be affected."
He paused, pointing his fingertips Suddenly he poked out his blood-red cuffs and pointed at the black and white mud: "Look, I am just ten feet away from you now."
"I am outside the hallucination, and you are inside the hallucination, but The wood crows can hear my voice through the team props, and naturally reconnect with the real world outside the illusion, so that they can use me as an anchor to explore the illusion.
"This also shows that the props we bring in from outside the dungeon will not be affected by the mechanism of this dungeon."
"I see." Tang Yu was in awe. He nodded and forced a smile, "Thanks to you this time, otherwise I would have set fire to the mountain if I was forced to do so."
He took a step forward and was about to walk out of the bamboo forest along the path paved with white stones. However, he saw Qisi in the distance clearly taking a big step back, always keeping a distance of ten feet from him.
"Lin Wen, what are you..."
"Before you walk out of the bamboo forest, I need you to help me complete an experiment."
Qisi raised his eyes and looked at Tang Yu, the distance of ten feet is enough to make the shapes blur like blocks of color, and the voice is as ethereal as ghost whispers.
He smiled and said: "It's not a too complicated experiment. You just need to pick a scarecrow and chop it with the sword on your waist."
Tang Yu was stunned for two seconds, and finally understood Qisi's meaning, his eyes widened: "Huh? You are also an old player, right? You finally got them to shut down, and you have to take the initiative to provoke them. This is too long. ?
“What if I get into trouble and be hunted down by a whole copy? You know, when I was surrounded before, I only dared to chop bamboos, not them..."
Qisi said a low "Oh", lowered his eyes slightly, and took a step back.
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In an instant, Tang Yu saw that the scene he was experiencing was like an ink painting dripping with clear water. The green and black colors spread in the air, undergoing expansion and contraction in just a few seconds, and gradually bloomed into A confusing mess
The road that had just appeared was painted the color of a bamboo forest, and the gaps were filled in the blink of an eye with thin bamboo poles. The scarecrows on both sides were twisted and arranged in a circle, like a circle. The fence surrounded Tang Yu and Lin Chen.
The real world seems to exist with Qisi as the center, and everything within a radius of ten feet is a forbidden area of weirdness and hallucination.
After Qisi left, it seemed that the world also went away with him.
"Fuck! Lin Wen, I'm going to fuck you..." Tang Yu was about to curse when he saw the scarecrow dispersed again and the road reappeared.
Ciscia, dressed in red, stood at the end of the road. The scarlet light was embedded in the mist like blood. His voice was gentle and harmless: "I'm sorry, my foot slipped just now and I accidentally stepped back." One step forward.
“I didn’t expect the mechanism of this copy to be so precise. The distance of ten feet cannot be more or less. ”
This is obviously telling lies.
Tang Yu laughed angrily: "Can't you tell me something? I want to try cutting down the scarecrow, can't you do it yourself?
"Substitute me and stand in your position. Biao, I'll lend you my knife. Come over here and pick a scarecrow to chop it with..."
"Um, Brother Lin, Brother Tang..." Lin Chen raised his hand carefully, "How about I Come and try? I have always been very lucky, maybe nothing will happen if I go and chop it off..."
Before Qiss took a step back, he heard Qiss's reminder in his mind, so although he felt that Qiss's Acting a little aggressive, but not alarming.
He knew that Qisi helped him a lot, and he would stand by Qisi no matter what; and after getting along with Tang Yu, he felt that he was not a bad person, and he was very protective of him in every detail...
After weighing the two aspects, I can only be caught in the middle and make peace with myself.
Qisi had a thorough understanding of Lin Chen's psychology and sighed faintly: "Lin Ya, you didn't chop anyone with a knife last night, how can you do a controlled experiment?
"Don't you think so? I'm not curious, what kind of existence are the citizens of Yanghua Town, and why do they have shadows? ”
Lin Chen was at a loss for words. He really couldn’t figure out how cutting the scarecrow was a comparison method, and what it had to do with the next two questions.
Tang Yu heard the implication of Qisi's words and raised his eyebrows slightly: "I understand your plan somewhat. Do you mean to say..."
"It's hard to say for the time being. I have to try it. I know.”
Chisi lifted up his left long sleeve and stared at the [Destiny Pocket Watch] on his wrist: “You don’t have to worry about your life being in danger. I have one that can go back one minute. Props that can be activated at any time after you encounter a situation that is difficult to deal with.
"You can believe that I have no reason to harm you, and I am willing to ensure your survival within a certain limit. After all, I hope to survive with my cousin, so I cannot take the NE clearance route that triggers the guaranteed death toll mechanism.
“I don’t know how long it will be before the dungeon ends. If I want to pass TE with the least casualties, I need the power of you, an experienced and powerful former Kyushu Guild core player.
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"And just like we can't leave you, you are weak alone. If you want to achieve something, you can't do it without our help. This is a team copy, isn't it?"
Qisi's words are sincere. Sincerity is not empty talk, but a pragmatic analysis from the perspective of interests. Although it is cold, it is extremely credible.
There are no permanent friends, only eternal interests. Most of the old players who have survived to this day understand this principle well.
Tang Yu stared for a long time and nodded slightly, agreeing with Qisi's words. "Okay, okay, okay." He said "OK" three times in a row, turned around and paced back and forth in front of a row of scarecrows, and finally stopped in front of a scarecrow wearing a black raincoat.
It was a scarecrow transformed by a newly deceased old man. Tang Yu chopped down the old man twice yesterday.
To do a controlled experiment, you must control the variables. The smaller the difference between the experimental subjects, the better.
Lin Chen watched a little nervously from the side, and involuntarily began to replay Qisi’s words in his mind.
‘No matter what, I will be the one who wants you to live until the end. ’
‘I hope you can survive and will do my best to keep you alive until the end. ’
'I will do my best to help you survive...'
The weird game changes rapidly, who can guarantee that someone will survive to the end?
The context and tone of Qisi's words were too weird. Lin Chen always had a bad feeling that he might do something crazy, such as...killing other players.
"Brother Tang..." Lin Chen called out with some hesitation.
"What's wrong?" Tang Yu didn't look back. As he spoke, he raised the knife and cut the scarecrow in half with a "sand" sound.
The straw at the break exploded fluffily, and the scarecrow's lower body was still stuck straight in the soil, while the upper half flew out, hit the bamboo pole, and then slid down.
Tang Yu stared at the scarecrow's remains and waited with bated breath for the next development.
Time passed minute by minute, and nothing unusual happened.
The scarecrow seems to be just an ordinary scarecrow. Except for the weird makeup, there is nothing magical about it. It will not be resurrected and will not cause harm to players who destroy it.
“Do you feel it?” Qisi asked lightly, and put down his rolled-up sleeves.
Seeing that Tang Yu was stunned, he added without saltiness: "How does the sound and feel when cutting the scarecrow compare with when you killed the NPC last night?"
At this point, Lin Chen finally understood Qisi What do you mean by controlled experiment?
It seems that he is overthinking it. Qisi did not mean to harm Tang Yu; as the only player among the players who has chopped down NPCs, Tang Yu really has to do the job of chopping the scarecrow.
Tang Yu was holding a saber with an unpredictable expression.
As if he didn't hear Qiss's words, he stared at the void somewhere in front of him in trance. After a few seconds, he suddenly raised the knife and slashed at another scarecrow nearby.
"Sand--" The scarecrow's upper body fell down and fell onto the wet mud ground.
Tang Yu turned around and chopped down the third and fourth bodies...
"Sand, sand, sand..."
After doing this experiment five or six times, Tang Yu He put the knife back into the scabbard on his waist, his face as heavy as water: "There is no difference from the sound to the feel. The body of the old man I chopped twice last night should be made of a scarecrow.
"NPC's Ghosts can possess them at will, and as long as there is a new intact scarecrow, their souls can attach themselves to it. No wonder, you can’t kill them with ordinary means..."
The previous doubts are now solved.
The ghost attached itself to the scarecrow and took on a form and shadow.
The scarecrow wears only a few types of clothes, so the clothes of the townspeople are also very monotonous, and the same profession uses the same image.
Memory follows the trade, which means that memory belongs to the scarecrow itself.
The ghosts of the townspeople randomly attach themselves to different scarecrows, thereby obtaining different identities and corresponding memories.
Lin Chen rubbed his chin and thought, "This makes sense. The trade and the townspeople themselves are separate. The trade is determined by the type of scarecrow. The ghosts of the townspeople attach themselves to different scarecrows and have different identities... …
“In other words, the scarecrow possessed by each ghost is not fixed every day? There will be a point in time when they will collectively dispossess, then shuffle the order again and randomly select a scarecrow to possess again?
"But if the old man is a ghost, how did he get killed by a ghost? His body is a scarecrow, how can the tiger eat it? Just eat the straw?"
New questions One after another, Tang Yu shook his head: "I don't know, the clues are too confusing. Let's go back to find the scholar. If we don't understand the question, maybe we can ask Mr. Meng then."
Lin Chen: What? Everyone asks Master Meng!
While the two were talking, they walked along the path between the bamboo forests one after another.
This time Qisi did not move, but stood quietly with his hands down, acting as a landmark.
Lin Chen and Tang Yu quickly left the bamboo forest and stood next to Qisi.
Qisi faced the two of them and smiled slightly: "Long time no see."
Tang Yu smiled softly: "Okay, okay."
He was half forced and half persuaded by Ziss to do a controlled experiment. Although he knew the rationale behind it, it didn't stop him from feeling uncomfortable.
Furthermore, judging from the young man’s half-talking, half-hiding Riddler attitude, he has the potential to turn into a massacre player.
Lin Chen sensed that something was wrong in the atmosphere, so he was sandwiched between the two of them without leaving a trace, and asked: "Brother Lin, Brother Tang, the name of this dungeon is "Ghost", and our main mission is also more or less It has nothing to do with tigers, but why do you feel that we are wandering around the clues now and haven’t even seen the shadow of the tiger?” We came to Yanghua Town just to deal with the tiger. Even if we don’t want to see the tiger, he will let us see it.
“And, do you really think that the ghost is definitely related to the tiger? Can soldiers who burn, kill, loot, and those who carry out massacres during wars also be counted as marauders? ”
Qisi's words were sinister and meant something.
Lin Chen nodded frequently: "That's right! Apart from the earliest allusion to the term 'helping tigers', most of the subsequent extended meanings refer to being the minions of evil people.
" People die every day in Yanghua Town. One person, in exchange for the safety of others. Are those townspeople who choose to sacrifice the elderly in the town with peace of mind also a member of the ghosts?
"Not only that, but there is also Mr. Meng who is seeking skin from a tiger..."
"Lin Wen, did you find anything upstairs in the mansion?" Tang Yu was about to discuss it with his eyes. I digressed from the topic, and interrupted Lin Chen's reading comprehension with a clear and concise statement.
He looked at Qisi: "What is the situation in Dishe here? What is its relationship with our Dishe over there? Tell us what is there."
"Dishe Upstairs..." Qisi folded his hands and lowered his head to look at his fingers through the wide sleeves of his robe, "I saw Teacher Luo and the others in the room on the left, and the letter you wrote to them... I want to Let’s go up and have a look together?”(End of Chapter)