Chapter 256: Ghost in the Mirror (XIX)

Compared to Dongtanrui, the situation of other players is not much better.

Zhu Ping also found that the scene around her had changed in the blink of an eye. She did not become Guan Qing, but became Guan Qing's colleague. And she never lost her memory of being a player.

According to past experience, is the last step to help Guan Qing and change her fate?

This is what Zhu Ping thought and did.

She tried her best to prevent Qiao Qiang and Guan Qing from contacting each other. Under her protection, Guan Qing's life went smoothly.

Guan Qing graduated from a prestigious university. Although she was a bit immature, she was capable and was quickly promoted in the company.

Although there were inevitably some rumors behind the scenes, with Zhu Ping's encouragement, Guan Qing's life was getting better and better.

Rarely, Zhu Ping even felt a sense of accomplishment and warmth in this ghost book.

She watched Guan Qing's life get better, just like raising a pot of flowers with her own hands. If it weren't for Qiao Qiang, Guan Qing would definitely bloom like this.

pity--

Just when Zhu Ping was still feeling sorry for Guan Qing's fate, a system prompt came to her mind.

[Ding——Triggered the side quest: Torture of the Victim.]

[Warning!! Warning!! NPC Guan Yingying has been detected to be insane!! Players are requested to find and kill her as soon as possible!!]

[Warning!! Warning!! NPC Guan Yingying is detected as [abnormal NPC]. Players are requested to find and kill her as soon as possible!!]

Guan Yingying? ?

Although Zhu Ping had always vaguely felt that something was wrong with Guan Yingying, she also saw a monster that looked exactly like Guan Yingying in the black fog.

But she never put Guan Yingying in the position of an enemy.

After hearing the system prompt at this time, Zhu Ping frowned.

But just as she was still thinking about what had happened, Guan Qing, whom she had been protecting, turned and looked at her.

"Sister Zhu Ping, I had a dream yesterday." Guan Qing said softly, "I seemed to dream of another me."

Zhu Ping was stunned for a moment, then suddenly opened her eyes.

——It wasn’t that Guan Qing had a dream.

It was players like Zhu Ping who entered the dream.

White fog filled the surroundings and Zhu Ping returned to "reality".

That was the reality where Guan Qing held a knife and wanted to kill Qiao Qiang, but was killed in return.

And at this time, Guan Qing...no.

Standing at the entrance of the community supermarket is Guan Yingying.

There was a fruit knife stuck in her abdomen, and bright red blood was flowing out of the wound, but Guan Yingying ignored it.

She just looked at Zhu Ping.

Zhu Ping couldn't help but take a step back.

What does the system prompt?

Already going berserk? ?

Abnormal NPC? ?

What is that?

Zhu Ping has been playing this game for so long, but she has never encountered this kind of prompt.

But there was something wrong with Guan Yingying in front of him, and any player with eyes could see that.

"you……"

Guan Yingying tilted her head.

She asked, “Did I do something wrong?”

The next second, the scene in front of me changed again.

When Zhu Ping opened her eyes again, she was standing in the middle of the community supermarket.

Across from her, Guan Yingying was holding the desk lamp in her hand.

Her dark eyes looked at Zhu Ping.

"Should I return this lamp?"

Zhu Ping immediately said, "No, it is your right as a consumer to return the lamp! This is not your fault."

"Really?" Guan Yingying seemed to smile.

But the next second, Zhu Ping seemed to sense something and turned around suddenly.

Behind her, Zhu Ping saw herself.

"Zhu Ping" grabbed Guan Yingying's hand.

"We won't return this lamp."

Zhu Ping was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately.

In order to prevent Guan Qing and Qiao Qiang from having too much contact, and to prevent Qiao Qiang from targeting her again, Zhu Ping stopped the broken lamp at the very beginning of changing Guan Qing's fate.

Then, the scene in front of me changed again.

This time, the two of them stood on the street in the community.

The building where Guan Qing lives is right next to Qiao Qiang’s supermarket, and it is most convenient to walk along the street from the supermarket.

But Zhu Ping saw that "she" also chose to hold Guan Qing at this point.

"Don't go this way, let's go over there and just take a walk."

Before he finished speaking, the scene changed again.

This time it was in the company.

Zhu Ping carefully wanted to choose the safest path for Guan Qing, and this "safety" of course meant trying not to argue with others.

Including when Guan Qing heard someone spreading rumors behind her back, saying that the reason Guan Qing, a woman, was promoted so quickly was because she slept with a senior executive.

The rumor was very convincing. Guan Qing was angry and wanted to find the rumormonger to argue with him, but was stopped by Zhu Ping.

"No, no, no, there are so many of them. If one of them has bad intentions, you will be in a passive position."

The scene changes again...

In Zhu Ping's eyes, she seemed like a qualified and hardworking gardener. She was Guan Qing's savior. If it weren't for her, Guan Qing would have offended Qiao Qiang because of the desk lamp from the very beginning.

But from the perspective of an observer, Zhu Ping found that she had been changing Guan Qing...she only changed Guan Qing.

At this moment, Zhu Ping heard Guan Yingying ask again: "What did I do wrong?"

Zhu Ping felt something was holding back in her heart.

She didn't mean to change Guan Qing, to make her not offend others, or to make her always take a step back.

Zhu Ping had good intentions and she wanted to save Guan Qing.

But she never thought that all the things she dissuaded Guan Qing from doing that she "shouldn't" do were rights that she should have.

Why is this happening?

"You're not wrong...it's not you who's wrong."

"Isn't it me who is wrong? Then why should I change it?"

Zhu Ping murmured, "Because... we don't have the ability to change the environment around us."

As a game player, the player's status in the dungeon is often very low, and even a small BOSS is stronger than the player.

Therefore, players have long been accustomed to "avoiding risks" and abiding by the rules.

Even though many rules make no sense, players have no choice but to follow them for safety.

From this point of view, the environment Guan Qing is in is actually similar to the game.

It is an unfair environment, with rules that only restrict the weak, and many rights that are naturally possessed have never been fully protected.

After Zhu Ping gave her answer, Guan Yingying in front of her looked at her with her dark eyes.

"Then who do you think should change the surrounding environment?"

Who?

When Guan Yingying asked this question, Zhu Ping couldn't give an answer.

This problem does not only apply to this copy. Don’t the players in the game know that the game’s atmosphere is very bad?

The district chief of District C, "Tianzi", kills people like crazy. He kills people because he is unhappy, and he kills people because he is happy.

He also keeps other players as pets and often appears in public with his "pets" in tow.

He is cruel, cold, and hypocritical, but there are very few people who scold him on the forum. Some players even think he is awesome and regard him as their goal.

Zhu Ping is stationed in Area E, which is also very chaotic, but not as chaotic as Area C.

She and her friends privately felt disgusted by players like "Tianzi", and everyone had complained about it... but that was all they did.

Change the game environment?

That was not something that a mere C-rank hunter like her could consider. She wasn't very strong, so how could she shoulder such a responsibility?

But……

"Environment, isn't it everyone's existence that makes up the environment?" Guan Yingying pulled the fruit knife out of her abdomen, and blood dripped onto the ground.

Zhu Ping's heart skipped a beat.

The next second, the fruit knife chopped across.

Zhu Ping was hasty in blocking the attack with her weapon, but her palm became numb from the blow.

Zhu Ping was chopped and flew backwards, falling into the white mist.

The fog was like plasticine, shaping one human figure after another.

Tall or short, fat or thin, male or female, young or old.

They walked past Zhu Ping indifferently, unconcerned about what happened to her.

In the thick fog, Guan Yingying's voice came from all directions.

"Do you think you saved 'Guan Qing'? No! If 'Guan Qing' escapes, someone else will be harmed. You are also part of the 'environment'! You did nothing... nothing!!"

Zhu Ping's hair stood on end and she rolled on the ground instinctively.

Where she was originally lying, the fruit knife scraped across the ground with a "swish" sound, leaving a deep groove.

"Why don't you do it!! Why don't you change Qiao Qiang! Don't punish those who spread rumors!! Because they are stronger, so you don't dare, right?? You only dare to restrain the weak!! What 'change the environment'! You have never thought about change!!!"

"You deserve to die too! Anyone who just stood by and watched deserves to die!!"

"Go to hell—"

The fog began to boil at this moment, and in the blink of an eye it turned from white to black.

There were gusts of cold wind and shrill screams everywhere in the thick fog.

Zhu Ping's early warning skills went crazy in her mind. She was shaking all over and felt a heart-pounding, body-stiffening fear.

The next second, a sound of breaking air was heard in the black fog.

rub----

Zhu Ping rolled over in panic, but her arm felt pain.

She screamed and her entire arm was chopped off.

Blood spurted out, and there was a strong smell of blood between his nostrils. Zhu Ping collapsed to the ground powerlessly.

Too strong.

If it was a BOSS from another level 3 dungeon, even if she couldn't defeat it, Zhu Ping at least wouldn't be like she is now, overwhelmed by the threat and unable to move.

It’s a ghost…

Guan Yingying is already a fierce ghost!

A ray of light flashed in the black fog and rushed straight towards Zhu Ping.

Zhu Ping sighed and closed her eyes resignedly.

The next second, a bell seemed to ring in the air.

Then——

Buzz——ding!

The sound of weapons clashing was heard and Zhu Ping opened his eyes.

A man stood in front of her with his back to her.

"Solution, Fang, Cheng!"

Guan Yingying's voice was almost gritting her teeth: "You are looking for death!"

Xie Fangcheng was holding a pipe that he had taken from somewhere. He blocked Zhu Ping and looked at Guan Yingying in front of him: "Don't hurt innocent people, okay?"

Just now, Jie Fangcheng got rid of the illusion. He saw Guan Yingying going to kill Qiao Qiang and the NPCs in the community, but he did not stop her.

That is the grudge between Guan Yingying and these NPCs, Jie Fangcheng will not interfere.

But when Guan Yingying was about to start killing players, he still stood up.

"Innocent?" Guan Yingying laughed out loud, but the laughter was harsh and hoarse. "How can people who do nothing but watch from the sidelines be innocent? Isn't it because of people like her who remain silent that such a result and such a trend have been created? They are the ones who have fostered such a trend! Don't they have any guilt!!!"

As she spoke, Guan Yingying's knife had already chopped down.

"You're right." Jie Fangcheng held the fruit knife she was about to chop at with one hand and looked at Guan Yingying seriously. "But just like the victim shouldn't be blamed too much, the knife can't be swung at the weak like this."