Infinite Weird Game

Tang Yu was calmer than expected, with neither fear nor anger in his eyes.

He crossed his arms over his chest and sneered at Qi Si: "Qiu Xin told me that the main mission of your camp is to eliminate all humans. What are your plans next? Kill me directly, or turn me into a ghost?
"Since I can still leave the bamboo forest as a human, it is enough to prove that you do not intend to turn me into a ghost. Then there is only one choice left..."

"No, your value is much greater than you think." Qi Si shook his head and interrupted Tang Yu's words, "Your next behavior will be the key to whether Mr. Luo and Lin Ya can survive."

Tang Yu raised his eyebrows: "Oh, since you said so, then I can only listen attentively."

Qiu Xin pinched the back of Tang Yu's neck expressionlessly, playing the role of hostage-taker conscientiously.

Lin Chen stood beside Qi Si with empty eyes, his soul had been gone for a while.

The bamboo leaves fluttered like falling snow, forming a thin layer on the ground. On the other side was rotting flesh and bones.

Qi Si stood on the blood mud, turned his head to look at Lin Chen, and said in a gentle voice: "Lin Ya, is the [Excellent Student's Note] still there? Take it out."

Lin Chen did as he was told in a daze.

Qisi ordered: "Use [Pilgrim's Blessing] on yourself, and then ask: 'Which is the key clue to killing the tiger monster?'"

[Name: Pilgrim’s Prayer]

[Type: Skill]

[Passive effect: If you have devout faith, you are luckier than ordinary people. You have a half chance of getting it right when you choose one of the four options. When you encounter a fatal crisis, you have a chance of saving the day]

[Active effect: Pray for any existence in the dungeon, and slightly improve its luck in the dungeon (can only be used once per dungeon)]

A milky white light appeared from under Lin Chen's clothes, and the shadows of white feathers gathered into huge wings, gently embracing him.

The two layers of luck-enhancing effects overlapped with each other, and the feathers shattered into specks of white light, floating around the thin body and gradually disappearing into the dark void.

Lin Chen held the crumpled note and asked clearly, "Which is the key clue to killing the tiger demon?"

Beautiful black handwriting slowly appeared on the note: [All ghosts are afraid of the demon. ]

Qi Si took the note and showed it to Tang Yu: "Although Lin Ya has become a ghost, he still has the task of killing the tiger monster. I believe that the same is true for Mr. Luo who has become Xiyi. I'm afraid I'll have to trouble you to play the role of Wu Song and fight a tiger."

No one responded to Qi Si's joke.

Tang Yu frowned and said, "According to the meaning of this note, the tiger demon, as a ghost, would be afraid of the '魙'. Then why isn't he afraid of you guys? Aren't you the '魙'?"

Qi Si asked back: "Are you afraid of the people you killed?"

All the clues are now completely clear.

The tiger monster cannot be countered by human power, but it conforms to the restraint rule of "ghosts are afraid of tigers".

The nature of "伥鬼" is "魙", but because it died in the mouth of the tiger monster, it cannot scare the tiger monster.

In order to kill the tiger demon, you need to find or create a "魙" other than the ghost.

"A ghost turns into a ghost after death."

The answer is ready to come out.

Qi Si looked into Tang Yu's eyes and smiled gently. "I remember that Jiuzhou Guild has always advocated the principle of sacrificing a few people to save the majority. As a former member of Jiuzhou, are you willing to die for us once?"

Tang Yu narrowed his eyes: "Are you blackmailing me morally?"

Qistan said "hmm" frankly, his smile not diminishing: "Of course you can refuse. After all, you have already withdrawn from Jiuzhou, and the so-called rules can't restrict you, right?"

His eyes lingered over Tang Yu's shoulder, the hint couldn't be more obvious.

Tang Yu laughed angrily: "If I refuse, you will just let Qiu Xin pat my shoulder and kill me, right?"

Qi Si maintained a kind smile: "So, what is your choice?"

"I understand. I had no choice from the beginning to the end." Tang Yu looked directly at Qi Si, his voice calming down, "Even if I go into the bamboo forest again and transform into a ghost, as long as the main quest still includes 'kill the tiger monster', I can't get around the plan you proposed.

"Besides, since everyone has turned into a ghost or Xiyi, no one can fight against the tiger monster anymore. All of us who have the task of 'killing the tiger monster' will die. Since we are going to die anyway, I might as well take a gamble. Even if I lose, it will be a worthy death."

He paused, then changed the subject: "But I have another question. How can you be sure that I will become a Xi after I die, instead of becoming a Xi Yi like Teacher Luo and the others?"

"Not sure." Qi Si raised the [Fate Pocket Watch] on his left wrist with a sincere look, "If you fail, I will activate the effect of the item that will go back one minute in time, and then try other options."

Tang Yu nodded, agreeing with Qi Si's words.

He was silent for a moment, then asked, "If I commit suicide now and successfully transform into a '魙', I will return to the tiger's den and kill the tiger monster. Is that right?"

"Let's wait until night. As the saying goes, 'A dark and windy night is a good time to kill'..." Qi Si turned his head to look in the direction of the residence and said in a negotiating tone, "At least let's go back and ask Mr. Luo about their situation first, and then decide whether you want to take this risk. How about it?"

Tang Yu got goosebumps when listening to Qi Si's hypocritical concern, and couldn't help but shrugged.

Qiu Xin, who was pinching the back of his neck, asked coldly: "Can I let go now? My hands are sore."

Tang Yu silently raised his middle finger: "..."

Qi Si smiled and glanced at him: "Xiao Tang, you should have thought it through. You won't struggle anymore, right? If so, nod your head, and I'll let Qiu Xin let you go."

Tang Yu: "Lin Wen, fuck your uncle..."

……

The group quietly returned to the residence through the back door and gathered in the room of Luo Haihua and his wife.

The good thing about puzzle copies is that you just need to clarify the clues and know the specific plan to pass the level, and subsequent developments will become smooth.

The difficulty of survival will be greatly reduced, and the sense of fear and crisis will be greatly reduced. All you have to do next is to complete the finishing work smoothly.

Qi Si sat on the wooden bed next to the bedside table, picked up a ballpoint pen, and wrote two questions on a piece of white paper:
[1. Is your main quest still "Escape from Yanghua Town" or "Kill the Tiger Monster"? ]

【2. Do you have any new discoveries in another space? 】

He put the ballpoint pen back on the bedside table.

Two seconds later, the invisible being picked up the pen and controlled the tip of the pen to put a check mark on the words "Kill the tiger demon" and a cross next to the second question.

The answer is clear.

Including Tang Yu, there are a total of four people who have the task of "killing the tiger monster".

Using one person's adventure to exchange for four people's mission completion is a sure-win deal no matter how you look at it.

Tang Yu stood aside silently, looking down at the symbols appearing on the paper, and said calmly: "Now I am the only one who is in the human camp and in the 'ghost' state. We only have one chance."

"It will succeed." Qi Si's voice was as gentle as the wind. "Even if you don't trust me, you can trust classmate Lin Ya. He is a kind-hearted guy, and he has an ID card of "Doctor Bird's Beak" that can bring the dead back to life. He will definitely save you." He turned around and gave Lin Chen a look. Lin Chen reflexively condensed a jet-black ID card at his fingertips and showed it to Tang Yu.

"Save me?" Tang Yu raised his lips with a sarcastic smile, "You can't save me, your main task is to eliminate all humans. After killing the tiger demon, I will be the last human, and I will never be able to transform into a ghost.

"If I don't die, you will die. How can one person's life be compared to five people's? Therefore, I must die."

Qi Si comforted him in a fake tone: "Maybe when you kill the tiger demon, we will be free and won't need to do the main quest anymore?"

Qiu Xin pursed her lips, indicating that this is not what you said last night.

"Only the minions can survive, and humans must die...is that right?" Lin Chen figured out the connection and his eyes widened.

Tang Yu looked at him deeply and smiled miserably: "Yes, but I can accept such an ending. In front of all mankind, my value is destined to be less than that of the identity card holder, and sacrifice is inevitable."

He said this and walked out of the room.

Qiu Xin followed him like a ghost, never leaving his side, and never forgot to close the wooden door.

Only Qi Si and Lin Chen were left in the room, along with the invisible Luo Haihua and his wife.

Lin Chen crushed the phantom of the ID card, lowered his head and stared at the ground.

Qi Si leaned on the wooden bed, flipping through pages covered with words.

In silence, Lin Chen suddenly said: "Brother Qi, the reason why you didn't announce the plan in front of everyone is not because you are afraid of the plan being leaked, but because you want me to become a ghost and let Tang Yu die, right?
"You know that between me and Tang Yu, one of us must transform into a human and sacrifice himself after killing the tiger monster. You don't want me to do this, and you are afraid that Tang Yu will refuse to cooperate, so you directly launched the plan and forced Tang Yu into a situation where he had to sacrifice himself..."

"Yes, so you are planning to call me to task now?" Qi Si put down the paper and raised his eyelids to look at Lin Chen, "I told you on the first day that I would let you live to the end, didn't you refuse then?
"In a faction game, if someone lives, someone must die. Were you so naive that you couldn't think of this at that time?"

Lin Chen was speechless.

Since entering this copy, Qis has indeed told him many times that he will let him live.

At first he just felt that it was a comfort, but later he also sensed some other meanings, guessing that Qi Si might take some immoral measures, but he never said anything to stop him, but just acquiesced with peace of mind...

Is he really ignorant or... just a cowardly and selfish person?
Qi Si stood up, approached Lin Chen, and smiled inquiringly: "Lin Chen, ask yourself, don't you want to live? Or do you have a sense of justice and noble morals, and want to give your life to Tang Yu?"

"I……"

Lin Chen uttered a word, and the following words were swallowed in his throat.

Who wouldn't want to live? He wanted to live, more than anyone else.

At the beginning, he was still full of passion and would never be willing to kill others in order to survive.

But after witnessing tragic deaths in one copy after another, he began to be afraid and cherish his life.

Not only because I miss my parents, but also because I know that death is not the end of everything...

If Qi Si had told Tang Yu the pros and cons at the beginning, he might have volunteered to be the only sacrifice, or at worst he would have been willing to draw lots with Tang Yu to decide who would take the risk.

But now, Qis had arranged everything for him without any explanation, and he found that he could no longer say "I don't want to" with a clear conscience.

He silently and calmly accepted the result of "being alive", and meanly let Tang Yu sacrifice himself in his place...

Qi Si looked at Lin Chen, whose face was pale, and knew that the latter had successfully fallen into a moral dilemma of self-blame and shame under the guidance of his words.

He sighed faintly and comforted her in a relaxed manner: "Lin Chen, you don't have to think so much. In the final analysis, I chose to let you live only out of my own interests.

"People are all selfish, and so am I. Although I hate many of the bad qualities of human beings, I often can't escape them, and I believe you are the same.

"Selfishness and survival are written into biological instincts. There is nothing shameful about it."

Since childhood, Qis has never been able to understand why humans have illusory emotional needs besides efficiency and practical benefits.

After becoming an [Undead], the emotional resonance with the world that he had worked so hard to establish fell apart, and he was no longer able to touch those subtle feelings.

Although he was still able to analyze other people's psychology and thoughts and give appropriate emotional value based on past experience and accumulated knowledge, it was undoubtedly too energy-consuming.

Considering that Lin Chen still needs to exist for a long time, Qis felt that instead of wasting time and energy playing house games with him, it would be better to make some things clear as soon as possible.

It would be best to achieve complicity through an immoral act, dragging him into the quagmire of sin and dyeing him all black.

At this moment, the young man in red grinned, smiling ghostly: "Lin Chen, you are my president, and we have a tacit understanding. If you die suddenly, it will be very troublesome for me to find someone to replace you.

"I've said before, I'm not a good person. I can even be considered a scumbag who has killed many people. In order to avoid trouble as much as possible, letting you live and letting others die is in line with my code of conduct."

Hearing this, Lin Chen's already pale face became even paler.

He recalled his time with Qi Si. From beginning to end, everything the young man did was based on his intentions.

In Rose Manor, after he violated the rules and refused to drag others into it, Qis sought other ways to break the situation.

In the Frog Hospital, he would rather die than be controlled by the Puppet Master, so Qi Si took the risk and signed a soul contract with him.

When he arrived at the ghost dungeon, he wanted to survive, so Qi Si let him survive...

After all, Qi Si has always been that kind of person, and it is he who has changed.

I didn't kill Boren, but Boren died because of me. As the biggest beneficiary, how could he have the face to blame Qi Si?
It is difficult for people to accept their own imperfections, but they have to accept all the negative things.

Lin Chen squatted down dejectedly, unable to utter a word.

Qi Si sighed softly, picked up a pen and wrote something on the paper.

After a while, he handed the newly written page to Lin Chen and said, "Look."

Lin Chen raised his eyes and saw a question written on the paper:
[Teacher Luo, is your current camp "Ghosts"? ]

The answer is a trembling hook.

Qi Si dropped the paper, stood up, and looked down at Lin Chen on the ground: "In the beginning, there were three ghosts in total, and one of the two of them, Teacher Luo, was a ghost.

"Perhaps in order to share the same hardships, they somehow transformed the other person into a ghost. Only this can explain why they turned into Xiyi on the first night.

"'When a ghost dies, it becomes a 魙, and when a 魙 dies, it becomes a 希伊.' They are all 魙, and as 魙 of the ghost's minions, they became 希伊 after being burned to death in the fire. Do you understand?"

Lin Chen raised his head blankly and looked at Qi Si.

Qi Si's smile was like compassion and teasing: "They concealed this and confessed it at this moment as one of the bargaining chips to force Tang Yu to take the risk.

“Individual sacrifice is insignificant in the face of the interests of the group. This is teamwork, this is humanity.

"Everyone is selfish." (End of this chapter)