Infinite Weird Game

In the bamboo forest, the tiger demon's gigantic body splashed up thick layers of smoke and dust, which spread to high places and far places like rolling waves.

Tang Yu saw that the smoke was like a drop of thick ink dropped into clear water. It quickly spread out, covering the entire bamboo forest and dyeing everything in sight black.

To be more precise, it was not the bamboo forest that was dyed black, but his vision was obscured by the black.

Lin Chen's figure gradually faded, and in a few seconds it became as blurry as mist, with a gauze texture, and his expression was blank and dazed.

Tang Yu jumped off the tiger monster's back and walked over while asking, "Lin Ya, are you okay?"

Without getting a response, Lin Chen stared blankly at the void in front of him, not knowing what he was looking for.

After a while, he opened his mouth as if shouting, but no sound reached Tang Yu's ears.

Tang Yu walked up to Lin Chen and stood still. He noticed that as he walked towards him, Lin Chen's gaze did not shift at all, but passed straight through his body, as if he could not see him at all.

He looked into Lin Chen's eyes and did not see his own shadow.

A horrible guess came to his mind. Tang Yu reached out to grab Lin Chen's sleeve, but his fingertips slipped through the shadow and reached nothing.

He couldn't touch Lin Chen, and Lin Chen couldn't hear him or see him...

The guess became reality. Tang Yu froze and watched the smoke and dust around him become thicker and thicker, rolling back and forth, completely submerging Lin Chen's figure, or in other words - painting his world into complete darkness.

There was nothing left. All sounds, colors, and touches disappeared. The mountain wind and the land beneath my feet seemed to no longer exist. There was nothingness everywhere.

Silver-white words flashed before my eyes:
[The main quest has been completed. Please follow the guidance of the green lantern to leave the dungeon.]

[Note: Each guiding green lantern can only open one exit and guide one person through]

[Number of remaining guiding green lanterns: 5]

Tang Yu knew that the guiding green lamp was the lantern in the player's hand.

There are five lanterns left, enough for five people to leave the instance.

But didn't Luo Haihua and his wife knock over two lanterns? Logically, there should be only four lanterns left, so how come there was one more?
Could it be that the copy was kind enough to leave a spare lantern for the player who lost his lantern to take?

Tang Yu didn't know that Qi Si had killed a man on the first day, resulting in an extra lantern.

Anyway, no matter how many lanterns there are, it has nothing to do with him. He is destined not to get out of this copy...

Tang Yu held the lantern and walked towards the direction of the residence in his memory.

There was no reference point in the darkness, but fortunately there were no obstacles, so he was able to move forward unimpeded.

I don't know how long I walked before green words appeared faintly under the silver-white words:

[The instance is about to end, and the faction mission is being settled]

[“Ghost” camp: 5 people]

[“Human” camp: 1 person]

The headcount was pretty much the same as Tang Yu had expected.

Although he did not say it explicitly, after knowing the transformation rules of "ghost", "魙" and "Xiyi", he was basically certain that Luo Haihua and his wife were both ghosts.

The dead "Xu" becomes Xiyi, and the "Xu" in the copy can only be a ghost unless it is formed by suicide.

The turquoise text is still refreshing:

[Your camp is "Human", the camp mission has failed]

[You will stay in Yanghua Town forever as "Xiyi"]

This was a result that Tang Yu had known for a long time.

He continued to move forward. The darkness around him seemed to dissipate a little, and a burning smell gradually filled the air.

There were a few charred wooden shelves scattered in the void, a bedside table with papers on it hung two stories high, and the rest of the place was dotted with sparks of varying sizes, like the remnants of a fire.

This scene matched the description of Luo Haihua and his wife, and Tang Yu knew that this was the world in Xiyi's eyes.

He controlled himself to fly to a high place, stopped beside the bedside table, picked up the ballpoint pen with difficulty, and wanted to write something, but in the end he didn't put pen to paper.

——Death is already inevitable, so why leave troubles for the living?
Physical objects seemed to be of great weight to Xiyi. Tang Yu only held the pen for a while before he could no longer hold it and had to put the pen back.

He headed towards the east of the town, seeing countless burnt buildings along the way and walking across land covered with ashes and ruins, but he didn't encounter a single person.

It was not until a huge mirror appeared before his eyes, blocking his way, that he saw his own figure in the mirror, looking panic-stricken and disoriented, like a wandering ghost.

Luo Haihua and his wife wrote on a piece of paper that when they pass through the mirror and reach the east of the town, they will enter the world belonging to Xiyi.

Tang Yu no longer hesitated and stepped into the mirror.

It was as if I passed through a layer of water film and suddenly emerged from a suffocating situation, and the world became bright in an instant.

The black and white wooden building rises from the ground like an ink painting. The bright natural light illuminates every corner, leaving no blind spots or shadows.

Men, women, old and young were walking back and forth on the street. Some had long hair and long gowns, which was ancient attire; others had short hair and light clothes, which was modern attire.

Tang Yu lowered his head and saw that his ancient black clothes had turned back into a black T-shirt, which was what he wore before entering the dungeon.

By analogy, those wearing modern clothes are mostly players who stay in the dungeon.

Tang Yu looked around, searching for Luo Haihua and his wife in the crowd, but couldn't find them.

Several players had already noticed him and gathered around him, trying to persuade him.

"You are a player too, right? Just stay here peacefully. You basically can't leave once you come here."

"Look how wonderful this place is. We are healthy and safe, and we will never die. There are no scary ghosts that dare to disturb us."

"There's nothing good outside of the dungeon. Once you leave this dungeon, you have to enter the next one after seven days. It's better to stay here and live a stable life..."

Tang Yu felt it was a bit strange. If he was trapped here and met a new player, the first thing he would do was to ask about what happened in reality.

Don’t these people care about anyone or anything in real life?

The doubt only flashed for a second before disappearing, and could no longer be remembered, as if the cognition had been wiped out by the rules of a higher dimension.

Tang Yu listened to the heartfelt words in a daze, and actually felt a sense of identification in his heart, as if that was the truth.

Staying in Yanghua Town, you don't have to run around in dungeons, you won't be disturbed by ghosts, and you don't have to worry about the future of mankind...

Seems good?
Even so, Tang Yu still remembered the important things.

He looked at a player who looked relatively honest and asked, "Two of my teammates have also turned into Xiyi. I wonder if you have seen them?"

The player looked around and said hesitantly, "You must have failed your faction mission and were sent here, right?

“To tell you the truth, in order to avoid being disturbed by the dungeon process, the time point of this space we are in is fixed after the dungeon ends, which is the seventh day after the dungeon starts.

"If your teammates have not failed the faction mission and have only become Xiyi, they will not be sent directly to the future of Yanghua Town. As long as they have the guiding green lantern, they can still leave."

Tang Yu was silent.

In the residence in the east of the town, the words left by Luo Haihua and his wife clearly stated that they had gone to the future of Yanghua Town, while other players were left in the past. The words between the lines hinted that the players should learn from them and overturn the lanterns.

Now it appears that they lied.

First he concealed his identity, then he provided false information. Just because he became Xiyi by chance, he tried every means to drag others into the water...

Tang Yu didn't want to believe from the bottom of his heart that Luo Haihua and his wife, who were also members of the Jiuzhou Guild, would be such people.

But facts are facts.

"What if there is no green lantern to guide the way?" Tang Yu asked.

"It would be terrible without the guiding lantern." Upon hearing this, the honest-looking player smiled gloatingly, "Then they will have to wander around in the dungeon until the seventh day before they can come here."

"I see. Thank you very much." Tang Yu looked down at the still intact lantern in his hand and closed his eyes.

He loosened his grip, letting the lantern fall to the ground and tip over.

……

"Lin Chen, I'm on the second floor of Zhendong Residence."

Lin Chen couldn't find Tang Yu in the bamboo forest. He was confused when he heard Qi Si's voice in his mind.

It was a sentence without a beginning or an end. It just reported a location, but its purpose was unknown.

According to the established rules, since you are entering the dungeon as a team, if circumstances permit, you need to meet at the end of the dungeon to make sure everyone is together before leaving.

This is a puzzle copy. The puzzle has been solved, the main task has been completed, and the danger has been largely eliminated. It is reasonable to meet up with Qis and leave together.

But Qi Si didn't tell him what to do, so it didn't seem impossible for him to leave on his own...

Previously, there was a disagreement on the issue of Tang Yu. Although it was still in the dungeon and there was no internal strife, it did not mean that the matter was over.

Lin Chen knew that Qi Si was now asking him to make a choice.

If he left by himself, they would go their separate ways.

If he is willing to go to Dishe, they can continue to be teammates in the future.

'I told you on the first day that I would let you survive to the end.'

'After all, I chose to let you live only for my own benefit.'

"You are my guild leader, and we have a tacit understanding. If you suddenly die, it will be very difficult for me to find someone to replace you."

Qi Si's words echoed in his ears. Lin Chen clenched his fists and felt sweat on his palms.

Judging from actions rather than intentions, Qis had saved him twice, and this time made it three times.

His life was given by Qisi. When Qisi saved him, he also made up his mind that he could return his life to Qisi at any time in the future.

And now, he and Zis have established a guild together and shouldered greater responsibilities.

What right did he have to withdraw without saying a word and abandon Qis?

"Brother Qi has never done anything wrong to me, and I cannot do anything wrong to him either..." Lin Chen murmured to himself, and Tang Yu's words echoed in his heart again.

"If one day, one of you can really clear the final instance, remember to tell Weird Game and revive all of us who died on the road. Don't forget it."

Tang Yu’s life and death had nothing to do with Qi Si. The reason why Qi Si intervened was only because of Lin Chen.

In the final analysis, Tang Yu died because of him, and this debt could not be blamed on Qi Si in any way, but should be borne by him.

"I will pass the final copy." Lin Chen made up his mind and muttered to himself word by word, his eyes shining like fire in the darkness.

He said in a more determined tone: "I will resurrect everyone."

……

In the Zhendong Mansion, Qisi and Qiu Xin stood on the wooden platform on the second floor, looking down.

"Why did Mr. Luo and the others lie to us?" Qiu Xin asked, "They are members of the Jiuzhou Guild, and their behavior doesn't seem like that of a massacre player."

"Who knows?" Qi Si's tone was full of malice. "Maybe one day he died and found that death was really terrible and that his death was really unfair. He couldn't think straight for a while and wanted to drag more people to die with him so that hell would be more lively."

Qiu Xin failed to understand Qi Si's sense of humor, so he didn't laugh.

Neither of them was bored enough to leave a message on a piece of white paper, asking why Luo Haihua and his wife lied.

After all, even if you ask, you probably won’t get a real answer.

Even if he got the answer, with Qis's skepticism, he would not believe it.

In this case, it would be better to leave it as a suspense and make random guesses, since there will be no evidence anyway.

Qi Si had just scrapped someone else's lantern, and now he took out his own lantern and played with it in his hand.

Although he hated being used and deceived, fortunately, the result was good this time.

Meng Fang's Yanghua Town was basically destroyed, Luo Haihua and his wife lost their lanterns, and the end was nothing more than being trapped to death in the copy.

"Aren't you leaving?" Qiu Xin suddenly asked.

Qi Si lowered his eyes and smiled, saying, "I'll wait for others."

"Oh."

"Why don't you leave?"

"If you don't leave, I'm afraid there will be pitfalls."

"..."

An awkward atmosphere spread on the second floor of the residence. The embers from the raging fire below danced in the wind and were blown high into the sky.

The charred human figures lay crisscrossed and collapsed into piles of ash, merging into a pool.

Golden sparks deftly embroidered the ashes, and soon root-like cracks were carved into the dying earth.

Qi Si rested his arms on the railing, his wrists hanging naturally, and the lantern he was holding swung back and forth, leaving clusters of light shadows on the ground.

He looked at the road in the distance and wondered for no reason, will Lin Chen come over?
This naive, simple-minded guy with a strong sense of justice suddenly found out that someone died because of him. His worldview collapsed and it would be difficult for him to calm down in a short period of time.

He might want to find a place alone to digest the information, or simply cut off contact with the culprit and continue to be a self-deceiving saint...

Qis can control a person's mind through the soul leaf. If he wants Lin Chen to come over, he only needs to give an instruction in Lin Chen's mind.

But he didn't plan on that.

There may be hidden dangers in soul contracts, on the one hand from the contract, and on the other hand from the copy rules.

He hoped that Lin Chen would obey his orders from the bottom of his heart and believe in him unconditionally.

That is the complex that fanatics have for the gods they believe in. Qis has no interest in religious superstition, but is greedy enough to want to have similar tools.

[Scarlet High Priest] plays with people's beliefs, plays the role of a despicable savior, and tricks fools into erecting a statue of him in the mire.

Even if that God is covered in mud and dirt, in the eyes of fools, He is still supreme, and even dirtiness is an expression of beauty.

——But what if Lin Chen didn’t come?

Qi Si thought seriously.

Directly control and take over his mind, turning him into a puppet that completely obeys orders?

It is too tiring to always operate on two lines.

Maybe we should just kill him and replace him with a more obedient tool. Although that is not easy to find, there is always a chance.

So how to kill it?
Extract the soul and end the life, or take it slow and slow, like a cat catching a mouse?

How about arranging a death that is designed to make him die?
A figure in gray clothes holding a lantern appeared on the avenue in the distance, walking quickly towards the mansion, and the breeze he created made his sleeves flutter.

The visitor had no idea that someone had planned many ways for him to die, and he stopped steadily in front of the mansion.

The dancing light casts a shadow on the young face, making it flicker and look hazy.

He looked up at the second floor and saw Qisi next to Qiu Xin.

The ghostly young man in red upstairs lowered his scarlet eyes and grinned ghostly: "Lin Chen, you are here. Let's go." (End of this chapter)