Invisible

The fog rises.

The owl circled in the air a few times and dropped something.

A block of wood with sunburst and serpentine patterns carved into it.

Chen Can bent down and stretched out his hand, but his movements froze.

Why are you back?!

Chen Can turned his head to look at the people around him. The black man was still there, but he didn't look alive.

Although I am still young, I feel that everything has changed.

Sure enough, it's still too childish.

Chen Can lowered his head and looked at the piece of wood on the ground for three seconds, then left decisively.

It's stuck here on purpose just to prevent him from picking up the wood.

There will definitely be no good thing if you pick it up, so why not see what will happen if you don’t pick it up.

Chen Can quietly waited for the plot to develop. When Ou Ranyu disappeared, he remembered what Ou Ranyu said and stopped wasting words. He quietly broke through the predicament and rushed out of the siege of the tree spirits.

Then, the music started. Dancing and running with the stone spirits...

The cabin appears and the mission details are revealed.

[Main Quest] Leave the sleeping town alive. Progress: 10%

[Side Quest] Find the traitor and kill him. Progress: 50%

Teammates: 88%

Okay, I hope I don’t have to be a ghost anymore.

Later, Chen Can realized that the wooden block was a ghost card. Whoever picked it up would be unlucky, and whoever didn't pick it up would also be unlucky.

"Light bulb, why don't you die for me." Li Yachang's pure and innocent face had a twisted madness, and there was a thrown piece of wood at his feet.

No one responded to him, and Chen Can didn't know why it turned out like this.

"Just kidding, I'm leaving first." Li Yachang smiled brightly, swallowed the crystal stone, and walked towards the abyss resolutely.

"Duck intestines, wait..." Chen Can couldn't help but pull Li Yachang, "How about we..."

Before Chen Can finished speaking, Zhu Baifeng shouted.

"Let's die together. I hate this situation the most."

"Don't--" Chen Can's voice broke as he chased after him.

Zhu Baifeng was closest to the abyss, and as he spoke, he jumped in.

Chen Can's pull was in vain. Then, Li Yachang also fell into the abyss in front of him.

Chen Can collapsed and knelt on the edge of the abyss, with his hands deeply dug into the soil.

How did it become like this?

This is the result of making a choice. If I had known earlier...

Chen Can leaned towards the abyss in a trance and slowly fell.

Above the abyss, he saw the empty eye sockets of Venatis and Ou Ranyu who wanted to catch him.

He watched as Venatice jumped down and plunged his hand into his neck.

This is the deterioration period.

Ou Ranyu hugged Chen Can and kicked her away.

Well, don’t even think about living.

When Chen Can opened his eyes and stood up, he was the intact Chen Can in the real world again.

Ou Ranyu stood to his right, calm and composed.

Zhu Baifeng had just woken up and obviously didn't know what had happened. He looked at the person in front of him in horror.

Li Yachang was tied to a rack in front of them, dying.

It still looked the same as in real life, except that its face was too pale to be human, its whole body was covered with a thin layer of frost, and there was a faint blue color at the position of its heart.

"Duck intestines..." Chen Can called him and rushed over to help him untie it.

Li Yachang slowly opened her eyes, and after seeing that it was Chen Can, she signaled him to stop.

"Wow...ch..." Li Yachang looked at her heart and the sound she made was very fragile.

Chen Can struggled to understand his words, "Dig out the stone in your heart."

Chen Can doesn't know how to dig, can't dig, and dares not dig.

Li Yachang saw his dilemma and thought it was because he had no tools. He gestured to Chen Can to look at the pile of broken glass in the corner.

"That's not the question..." Chen Can hesitated to speak, but still went to get a few pieces of glass. Instead of digging out his heart, he struggled to cut the ropes tied to Li Yachang.

Li Yachang had no choice but to look to Ou Ranyu for help.

"The decision is his." Ou Ranyu said calmly.

"K...dig..." Li Yachang begged Chen Can desperately, her face full of pain gradually distorted.

Unexpectedly, Li Yachang vomited a pool of blue liquid, and then blue liquid began to flow out of his seven orifices continuously.

Chen Can's face turned pale for a while, and the next second, two dark blue rays came out of Li Yachang's heart, strangling Zhu Baifeng and Ou Ranyu's necks and lifting them high.

Dark blue streaks poured out like a tide. Chen Can blocked it with his hands and was pushed to the corner of the wall, where his hands hit the glass on the ground.

Why not go ahead and cut them apart and take out his heart.

Chen Can picked up the glass again and stabbed it towards the nearest dark blue root that was wrapped around Zhu Baifeng.

At the same time, a dark blue light pierced through his heart.

Chen Can's hands stopped moving suddenly and blood splattered.

The blend of bright red and dark blue is like a magnificent and bizarre dream.

"You made the wrong choice." Chen Can seemed to hear Ou Ranyu's muffled voice.

The fog rises.

Chen Can picked up the traitor cards that Xiaoniao dropped.

Clean and decisive.

Never make the wrong choice again.

Everything is going according to the original direction.

"Let go." Ou Ranyu's voice came from below.

Chen Can held Ou Ranyu's ankles tightly with both hands, while Zhu Baifeng and Li Yachang pulled them one after another.

It was difficult to pull the person up.

"You made the wrong choice again." Ou Ranyu said to Chen Can.

"I can't let go even if you ask me to." Chen Can panted and didn't give in at all.

"You're still going to die." Ou Ranyu looked at him deeply.

Just die.

Chen Can thought of breaking a jar.

The world beneath the abyss.

There was no trace of emotion on the deteriorating period's face as he said to Ou Ranyu word by word: "Give it back to me——"

Ou Ranyu loosened his grip and the doll fell.

She held the doll carefully in both hands, as if it were a treasure that had been lost and found again.

After confirming the doll was fine, he gently placed it on the swing, took out a needle and thread from his pocket, and stitched the doll's head and body back together. He also fixed the button eyes back to their original places and stuffed the exposed cotton core back in to mend it.

The craftsmanship is really good.

Chen Can almost wanted to applaud.

During the worsening period, he sat the doll up, took out a small comb from his pocket, and combed the doll's white hair again.

The doll is now almost the same as before except that it is a little dirty.

Is this a girl’s craft?

Chen Can couldn't help but marvel.

But it was a bit weird to see four high school boys watching a little girl trimming a doll.

Cough, cough, cough

Chen Can coughed dryly a few times and said, "Now that we've found the person, let's go back to our homes."

Which home to return to

It’s not known whether Chen Can has a home here or not.

Ou Ranyu said nothing and followed the worsening period away, with Chen Can following closely behind.

Later, Li Yachang and Zhu Baifeng also went the same way, but they didn't dare to look for the three people in front.

There were five people in the group, four tall boys following a little girl who was about 1.45 meters tall and holding a doll in her arms.

Chen Can looked back at the two of them suspiciously.

"This is our way home." Zhu Baifeng answered without being asked.

Chen Can had no idea where the worsening period was taking them, so he could only follow Ou Ranyu and asked, "Where is he going?"

Ou Ranyu answered seriously: "I don't know."

Are you opening a blind box here?

Chen Can groaned in his heart, but after all, he had driven it many times before, so he still had some experience.

Don't panic...

Panic.

Chen Can was met by another "Chen Can" who looked exactly like him.

Chen Can subconsciously looked back at Li Yachang and Zhu Baifeng, not knowing when they left.

Chen Can breathed a sigh of relief.

"Chen Can" looked at him, his brows full of hostility and his eyes were cold.

Chen Can never thought that he would have such a cool expression.

The worsening period walked to the cool brother and called out coldly: "Brother."

It’s actually my brother.

I don't have a sister like you.

"Chen Can" was not surprised to see Chen Can, but raised his eyebrows with interest when he saw Ou Ranyu standing beside him.

"Go home for dinner." "Chen Can" said to the worsening period nonchalantly.

"Oh..." Chen Can wanted to keep him, but didn't know what to say.

"Why, you want to eat for free?" "Chen Can" glanced back at him, "There are no extra bowls and chopsticks."

"No..." Chen Can wanted to remind him what a terrifying existence this person next to him was.

"Chen Can" and the period of deterioration are gone.

"Do you want to continue following?" Ou Ranyu asked.

"Follow me."

"Chen Can" acquiesced to their following until they arrived at that "home".

Isn't this his home?

Chen Can went upstairs with Ou Ranyu in confusion.

I stood at the door and took a look inside. Even the furnishings were the same.

Chen Can saw "Chen Can" and the exacerbation period washed their hands and sat at the dining table, with the baby still in the exacerbation period's arms. There seemed to be another person in the kitchen, who came out with the dishes after a while.

"Ou Ranyu" wearing an apron, holding a plate, with a delicate face?

This time it was Chen Can's turn to raise his eyebrows.

"Ou Ranyu" noticed the two people at the door, turned around and said to "Chen Can" dissatisfiedly: "Chen Shi"

It turns out that the cool guy who looks exactly like me is called Chen Shi.

To be honest, Chen Can had never seen such a proud little expression on Ou Ranyu's face. He looked at Ou Ranyu inadvertently, and Ou Ranyu looked back at him expressionlessly.

Got caught.

"I didn't invite them here." Chen Shi said, "You told them to get out."

"Ou Ranyu" went back to the kitchen to serve the dishes, feeling both angry and aggrieved.

Chen Shi raised his eyes to look at the two people at the door and said: "If you have seen enough, please go back."

It’s obviously my home too.

"I have something to ask you." Chen Can said.

I won’t leave.

"Oh, go ahead." Chen Shi stood up to scoop up some rice, his expression unremarkable.

In the kitchen, "Ou Ranyu" brought out the last dish with a resentful look on his face, and pulled out a chair and sat down.

Chen Can even thought he had poisoned the food.

All three of them sat down.

Chen Can and Ou Ranyu could only stand at the door and watch.

It's not right to leave, and it's not right not to leave.

"Ou Ranyu" lowered his head and took a few mouthfuls of rice, then looked up and glared at them fiercely, muttering a few words in a low voice.

Chen Shi had been paying attention to his little movements, and his tone was a little commanding: "Ou Wuji, eat obediently."

Ou Wuji made a rebellious "tsk" sound and lowered his head to eat.

Chen Can and Ou Ranyu finally went downstairs to wait for someone.

There were still piles of unused things in the corridor. Chen Can's eyes fell on the bottom of the stairs.

He suddenly remembered a terrifying night.

It was like returning to their real world.

Chen Can suddenly wanted to see Ou Ranyu smile, a non-scary kind of smile.

"This is a world parallel to our world," Chen Can asked Ou Ranyu.

"Probably." Ou Ranyu answered indifferently.

It's like this again.

Chen Can was helpless. Perhaps he was used to Ou Ranyu's ambiguous answers.

Looking back on everything that happened before, Ou Ranyu might be far more unpredictable than he thought.

It's useless to ask.

It’s better to ask someone else.

After about thirty minutes, Chen Shi came down.

"Why don't we go inside and talk?" Chen Can glanced upstairs.

"Are you sure?" Chen Shiyi raised his eyebrows and went upstairs. "Please do as you please."

In the living room, the dining table was cleared and Errachi was braiding the doll's hair in front of the coffee table.

Chen Can didn't have the slightest awareness of being a guest and just sat down.

"Ou Wuji, bring the tea." Chen Shi called inside and sat opposite Chen Can.

Chen Can heard the sound of dishes stirring in the kitchen. If the noise was any louder, they would all fall.

"I'm Chen Can, hello Chen Shi." Chen Can introduced himself briefly and got straight to the point. "Can you tell me about this world and Venatchis?"

"You think I know everything, but why do you think I will tell you everything I know?" Chen Shi asked back.

Because you're so cool, is that a reason?

Chen Can lowered his head and remained silent, as if he had not thought of how to answer.

"Why don't you pick one and tell it..." Chen Can asked tentatively.

"You are quite capable of handling things." Chen Shi forced a cold smile.

Two cups of tea were placed on the table, interrupting the conversation.

To be more precise, it hit the table and most of the tea spilled out.

Chen Can suspected that the tea was brewed with dishwater, so he held it without touching it.

Ou Wuji brought another cup to Ou Ranyu who was standing.

Chen Shi took a sip as if nothing had happened.

Chen Can took a sip cautiously.

Ou Ranyu drank it expressionlessly.

Ou Wuji was observing Ou Ranyu's expression with great anticipation, but for a long time, Ou Ranyu's expression didn't change.

Loading.

Ou Wuji ran upstairs angrily.

But Chen Shi couldn't help laughing.

Drinking tea makes people laugh

Chen Can was completely oblivious to the situation, still wondering whether Chen Shi would tell him what he wanted to know.

"I'm just a small civilian in this world. I meet people like you from different worlds every day." Chen Shi stopped laughing.

"So this is a parallel world to the world I exist in?" Chen Can asked.

Chen Shi said: "Isn't it easy to guess? But you probably didn't guess that you and the person next to you have been here three times."

Only three times, maybe a fourth time.

Chen Can continued: "Then do you know how the others left here? And how did they get here?"

"Dreams come and go when you wake up. Who knows?" Chen Shi answered nonchalantly.

This dream is too long!

Chen Can muttered to himself, "What on earth did Venatchis want to do by luring us here?"

Chen Shidao: "Venachis, I don't know who she is."

Chen Can looked at the doll in the worsening period's hand.

Chen Shi followed his gaze: "Are you talking about her? The sister I recognized on the street."

It's not the worsening period, it's her doll.

"Do you know how dangerous she is?" Chen Can lowered his voice.

Chen Shi said indifferently: "A second-level deterioration assimilation type, mentally normal, and extremely strong attack capabilities."

Ruthless person.

Chen Can said, "Did you know she has split personality disorder? In the game, she keeps switching between the personality of 'Venachis' and lured us here."

Chen Shi became interested again: "Really? I've never heard of that before."

"Wei B, come here and tell me what you want to do." Chen Shi whistled and called the worsening period over.

During the period of deterioration, no one even paid him any attention.

Chen Can couldn't help but ask: "Her name is Wei B"

"I named her that," Chen Shi explained. "Since there's also a Venatsis A, she's Venatsis B, or Venatsis B for short."

It seems like you dare to bring someone home when you don’t even know his name.

Chen Can said: "As long as she has no objection, it's fine as long as you are happy."

"What are you going to do?"

"go back."

Chen Can bids farewell to Chen Shi and plans to die again.

"Go find the worsening period." Ou Ranyu seemed to see through his thoughts.

Yes, it is better to kill someone than to commit suicide. Besides, considering the lethality of vitamin B, it is better to suffer a short pain than a long one.

The deteriorating period turned out of the alley holding the baby and was walking towards the abandoned apartment building.

Deliberate arrangement.

Chen Can and Ou Ranyu hurried to catch up.

The tall buildings towered, the cold wind howled. Standing on the edge of the roof, he looked back at the people coming.

Ou Ranyu stepped forward and pretended to snatch the doll in the worsening period.

Chen Can quickly grabbed him, he didn't want to see the bloody scene again.

Chen Can walked to the stage of deterioration and stood on the edge.

Come on, kick me down.

During the worsening period, he just looked at him and kicked him away.

Time goes back.

When Chen Can woke up again, he was back in the dormitory building in the game. He saw the body outside the building.

I see.

Chen Can asked Ou Ranyu to move the body up the mountain.

"I'll give you a choice." When Wei A threatened Chen Can with the crystal stone, Chen Can did not hesitate at all.

"Stop, I choose." Chen Can took the crystal stone, swallowed it, and jumped into the abyss.

Flowing like clouds and running water.

Ou Ranyu just came out of the tree carrying the corpse and watched Chen Can fall until he could no longer see his figure.

"It's his own choice, he can't blame anyone else." Wei A said sarcastically and left.

Vitamin A suddenly stops and Vitamin B comes online.

"If he dies, this world will no longer exist." Ou Ranyu stared into the abyss.

"Just keep your promise and you can see him by jumping over there." Wei B said this calmly and left.

In the abyss, Chen Can was tied to a rack in the cramped darkness, his throat cut and he could only make a few sounds with difficulty.

Chen Can moved with difficulty, tearing the rope that tied him with his teeth.

After an unknown amount of time, his body was covered with white frost and his limbs were almost stiff when he finally broke free from the restraints.

He could only lie on the ground weakly, with the faint blue light in his heart constantly glowing.

It's ready to sprout.

It was a long process, and Chen Can recalled many things, from elementary school to high school, all the embarrassing things he had done with Li Yachang and Zhu Baifeng. He even recalled Chen Shi and Ou Wuji, and finally Ou Ranyu's fake smile.

Creepy.

How come there is a last burst of light?

A dark blue light burst out of his chest.

Right now.

Chen Can used his last bit of strength to poke into his heart and dig out the stone.

Everything collapsed in an instant.

The world is being destroyed.

Chen Can was lying in a pool of blood, half dead, clutching a stone in his hand.

As if it were the last moment of the end of the world, he saw Ou Ranyu, exhausted and carrying the corpse on his back. He dropped the corpse and leaned over to pull him into his arms.

It hurts, but it has human body temperature.

I should have made the right choice this time, even though I chose it four times.

Chen Can completely lost consciousness in this temperature.

Ou Ranyu stuffed the crystal stone into the corpse and everything stopped being destroyed.

All was silent as he and he lay on the ground, waiting for the long demise.