Infinite Weird Game

The new lines of words that appeared on the page simply greeted the players and reported safety, ending right after the beginning.

The last few characters faded even further, with loose shapes and winding strokes, as if the hand holding the pen suddenly lost its strength and could only roughly draw the characters.

Even so, the information conveyed is valuable enough.

The Luo Haihua couple, who were thought to be in great danger, were not actually dead. Not only were they in the copy, they were also able to communicate through paper and pen.

In fact, they are probably in this room. It doesn't matter if they are missing, but other players can't see them...

The words "Xu death is Xi, Xi death is Yi" are clearly visible on the system interface. The notes in "Records of the Netherworld" "If you can't see it, it's called Yi, if you can't hear it, it's called Xi" are vivid in my mind, and the answer is obvious -

It is highly likely that Luo Haihua and his wife transformed into the form of "Xi Yi" by chance.

But, how many times have they died? How come they turned directly from ghosts into Xiyi?
Could it be that he was locked in the room last night and was burned again and again by the fire, dying repeatedly?

"Lin Wen, what happened?" Tang Yu looked at Qi Si holding the paper and his expression gradually became strange, so he couldn't help but ask.

Qi Si stopped thinking about the inappropriate hellish joke in his mind, turned around and handed the page to Lin Chen who was following closely behind him, indicating that Lin Chen should pass it to Tang Yu who was two steps away from him.

"Look at the bottom. It's the news about Luo Haihua and his wife."

Lin Chen and Tang Yu handled the pages one by one. Following Qi Si's instructions, they looked at the words at the bottom of the pages, and their expressions changed slightly.

Although Lin Chen always had a glimmer of hope that Luo Haihua and his wife had simply gone to another dimension, his reason still made him believe that it was more likely that they had met with an accident.

But now there was a turning point, telling him that his fantasy had come true, and the new teammate he met was indeed not dead. The worry he had previously felt finally subsided, and he felt happy for the two of them from the bottom of his heart.

Tang Yu felt similarly.

He is not as kind-hearted as Lin Chen. He has been in the game for more than a year and is accustomed to deaths and injuries. He can be described as being as hard as iron and decisive in killing.

But after all, he once belonged to the Kyushu Guild, and he was always happy to see that the innocent people had hope of survival.

Moreover, the situation of Luo Haihua and his wife proves the following two points:
First, the player has more than one life in this dungeon.

According to the previous prompts, if you die once, you will become "魙", if you die twice, you will become "希", and if you die three times, you will become "夷", so the tolerance rate is still quite high.

Second, players who become "Xiyi" can leave messages on paper and pen. Later, they may be arranged to use the advantage of being invisible to find more clues and assist other players in cracking the world view.

"Teacher Luo, can you see us and hear us talking?" Tang Yu asked loudly.

There was no response, only the breeze that came from nowhere was still blowing the furnishings in the house, the sheets fluttering and the lanterns swaying.

Qi Si took the paper back from Tang Yu, placed it on the bedside table, and placed the ballpoint pen next to the paper.

Tang Yu woke up as if from a dream, walked to Qi Si's side, and stared at the paper with Lin Chen, holding his breath and keeping silent.

Still no response.

Qi Si turned the paper over, picked up a pen and wrote on it:
[Teacher Luo, I am Lin Wen. I am with Lin Ya and Tang Yu and can see the information you wrote. Please confirm two more questions:]

[1. Can you hear us?]

[2. Can you see us?]

He put down his pen and looked down at the paper.

Lin Chen was watching from the side and didn't understand so he asked: "Brother Lin, if Teacher Luo and the others can answer the first question, doesn't that mean they can see us?"

"Not necessarily." Qi Si shook his head and asked, "Is there any direct connection between being able to see paper and pen and being able to see us?"

“Ah? Is that so?” Lin Chen seemed to understand, but his mind was full of ideas. “Could it be that in their eyes now, the dungeon world is just a piece of paper hanging in the darkness…”

His voice stopped.

I saw the ballpoint pen on the bedside table slowly float up, as if held by an invisible hand, and slowly drew a cross next to the first question.

Tang Yu made a judgment: "They can't hear us talking, it seems that we can only communicate through paper and pen."

He thought for a moment and stroked his chin: "'What cannot be heard is called rare', it seems that this rule is two-way, not just saying that we can't hear their voices.

"'Silence is Xi', it may mean that in the world of Xi, there is no sound at all."

While Tang Yu was speaking, the ballpoint pen moved again, moved to the next question, and lightly drew a stroke.

Just when the players thought it was going to draw it in one stroke, it lifted up and drew a diagonal line in the opposite direction from the upper right corner.

This is also a fork.

Lin Chen opened his eyes wide and asked three questions in a row: "Teacher Luo and the others can't see us? Then why can they see this piece of paper? Is it because this paper was brought in from outside the game?"

He subconsciously looked at Qi Si, giving him a studious and inquisitive look.

This has become a habit. When a person makes countless judgments and decisions that all lead to correct results, he will naturally be deified, and people will inevitably regard him as a book of answers or a wishing tree, believing that all difficult puzzles can get satisfactory results from him.

——Even if the result is unreasonable and illogical, supporters will blindly believe it out of genetic laziness.

"I don't know." Qi Si didn't intend to lose the trust of the tool man for the time being, so he said matter-of-factly, "I don't know more information than you, but I think maybe I can ask Mr. Luo and the others directly."

He crumpled up the original piece of paper, stuffed it back into his backpack, and took out a stack of clean white paper.

He picked up the pen again and wrote on the top sheet of paper:

[Thanks to Mr. Luo for informing us, we have been able to confirm that you cannot see our bodies or hear our voices, but you can see the words written on the paper.]

[We initially determined that all players are in spirit form, and you have become the more special "Xi" or "Yi" among the spirits.]

[We already have an idea of ​​how to clear this dungeon, but we are still missing some key information. Could you please help me?]

[1. Tell us the name and specific date of the dungeon you cleared in the official pool of the Weird Game (it would be best if you are willing to disclose your prop reserves), and we may be able to develop a plan for everyone to survive.]

[2. Reviewing what happened to you last night may help us understand the cause of the formation of "Xiyi". ] [3. Describe the world in your eyes. We suspect that there may be key clues in it. ]

[The scholar urged us to go to Mr. Meng's house as soon as possible. I'm afraid we have to leave first and won't be back until the evening. Please take care of yourselves.]

Qi Si's handwriting is very ugly. In school, it is the classic handwriting of a poor student, the kind that will be given low scores when the papers are graded by computers.

Not only are the strokes connected seriously, but the strokes have also been omitted a lot due to laziness. I'm afraid only teachers who often mark homework can understand it.

Lin Chen witnessed Qi Si writing a bunch of disgusting scribbles with his own eyes, and he felt the urge to copy the words again.

But seeing Qis's calm look, he didn't say anything in the end.

Qi Si spread out a stack of white papers on the bedside table and bed, and placed a ballpoint pen next to the papers.

The invisible being picked up the pen and made a stroke below the black words on the white paper. It took him another two seconds to draw the first complete stroke.

It doesn't seem easy to control physical objects in the "Xi Yi" state. I don't know how long it will take to answer all the questions.

Qi Si watched quietly for a while, then stood up and said to the two people who were as quiet as chickens beside him: "Let's go. When we come back in the evening, Mr. Luo and the others should have written the answers."

"Brothers, it's time!" Downstairs, the scholar's urging voice sounded at the right time, accompanied by a rustling sound, like the sound of the wind.

The expression "time's up" sounded like a ghost taking souls away, revealing a very strange feeling. The players did not dare to dawdle any longer, and all of them carried their lanterns and set out.

Standing in the corridor on the second floor and looking down, you can see the scholar's upright figure standing in the middle of the mansion's door, as quiet and stiff as a statue.

This time Qi Si led the way, and Lin Chen and Tang Yu followed behind him, walking slowly down the stairs on the wooden floor.

Tang Yu thought back to the questions Qi Si had written on paper. Two of them were what he wanted to ask, but he couldn't understand the first one.

While he was still some distance away from the scholar, he couldn't help but whispered, "Lin Wen, you asked Teacher Luo and the others to tell us the date and props reserve for the clearance of the dungeon. What does this have to do with formulating a clearance plan?"

"Maybe they have some special items that can be used in this dungeon, but we haven't found their use yet." Qi Si said casually, and added indifferently, "Even if they don't, at least we can tell whether they entered the game with us, right?"

Tang Yu pondered the meaning behind Qi Si's words, his expression slightly stern: "Do you suspect they are fake NPCs in the game?"

Human thinking is inertial. Once you get used to a certain way of thinking, it is easy to take logic that only applies to limited situations as self-evident axioms and ignore certain possible variables.

Once someone points out the key points, the mind will step out of the blind spot and suddenly become clear, and then notice the details that were previously subconsciously ignored.

Tang Yu realized belatedly that after entering the dungeon, the players were locked up in rooms in pairs before they had time to exchange too much personal information.

Everyone's impression of Luo Haihua is that of a kind Chinese teacher, but no one knows what her handwriting looks like.

However, the information that can be transmitted through paper is limited, and there are countless links for falsification and fraud.

Players can't see people or hear any sounds, so it's difficult to tell whether the person on the other side is a human or a ghost.

Tang Yu thought for a moment, then rejected it himself: "No, if they are NPCs, why can they write simplified Chinese characters and know our names?"

"NPCs could have been players in the past. If you read forums frequently, you should know this." Qi Si recalled the events in the "Double Happiness Town" dungeon and chuckled. "As for knowing the name, it's very simple. We introduced ourselves at the beginning of the dungeon."

"Shuangxi Town" is a classic copy. Although it has gradually faded in the memory of players over time and has been forgotten by generations of newcomers, for players of the Jiuzhou Guild, these copies with special mechanisms are essential subjects.

Tang Yu and Qi Si soon came to the same conclusion and frowned as he asked, "Do you suspect that the NPC in this instance has a God's perspective?"

"We can't rule out this possibility, can we?" Qi Si turned around and looked at him, "After all, we can't see the Xiyi, maybe there are a few Xiyi floating near us."

Tang Yu raised an objection: "According to the settings of this copy, Xiyi can't hear our conversation."

Qi Si smiled and asked back: "How can you be sure that what they tell us is the truth?"

He tilted his head and smiled sincerely: "I can tell you now that I can't see or hear. Do you dare to write down your bank card password and read it again in front of me?"

"What's there to be afraid of? Even if you get the password, you can't withdraw the money, unless you find me in real life..." Tang Yu complained, but he understood what Qi Si meant.

Although it is rare for NPCs to provide false information to deceive players, it is not unethical or tasteless for spooky games to do such things before everything is settled. It is always a good idea to be cautious with the details.

Tang Yu reasoned along the lines provided by Qi Si and touched his chin: "According to what you said, if there is always a group of invisible 'Xi Yi' monitoring us, then won't everything we do be known?
"We don't have any props for team building, nor do we have any way to communicate without saying it out loud..."

"That's right, but it doesn't matter." Qi Si said calmly, "They can't touch us now, and they can't exert any influence on us except providing and obtaining information.

"As for information exchange, we can definitely use some means to artificially set up obstacles."

Tang Yu's thinking was successfully directed to the field of "information security".

He nodded slightly, and suddenly thought of something, his face became serious: "Speaking of which, we have to guard against more than just those Xiyi. The keys to the rooms in the mansion are in the hands of the townspeople. During the time we were away, they could have gone in and searched.

"The townspeople don't trust outsiders like us, and there's a chance they'll become our enemies. Even if Mr. Luo and the others are fine, it's dangerous if the townspeople see the papers with the communication information."

Qi Si raised his eyelids and glanced at him, then said faintly, "It's okay, they won't understand."

Tang Yu was stunned, not understanding what he meant.

In a second, Lin Chen thought of the dog-crawling words that Qi Si wrote on the paper.

That can no longer be called Chinese characters. Not only is it completely unrelated to the standard character form, it is also completely different.

For modern people who know simplified Chinese characters, it is still a bit advanced; but if ancient people who used traditional Chinese characters were asked to recognize it, it would probably be no different from a hieroglyphic book.

Should I say he is indeed a big shot? He actually considered this aspect in advance...

Lin Chen silently lit a candle in his heart for the townspeople who might want to decipher the text.

The three players walked slowly to the downstairs of the mansion while whispering to each other, and then they fell silent at the same time and stood behind the scholar at the door.

The scholar turned his head and glanced at the few people. His eyes were as dark as dead water, but he still had a kind smile on his face: "Very good, everyone is here. I will take you to see Master Meng." (End of this chapter)