Chapter 101

Shi Xingxiang didn't dare to look Shen Yunzhe in the eye, although she didn't know why.

So she couldn't help but change the subject, "Is Yang Pei okay?"

After she finished speaking, Shi Xingxiang finally reacted and her face changed, but she had already said it and couldn't swallow it back.

"As long as you haven't lied, it should be fine." Shen Yunzhe smiled as he looked at the still-burning incense stick. "But if you've lied, then it's probably going to be a bit more difficult."

Shi Xingxiang looked at the three incense sticks in surprise. "Can this thing really make someone tell the truth? Even write a false accusation against themselves?"

"Maybe, anyway I'm not dead yet." Shen Yunzhe said.

This sentence scared Shi Xingxiang.

His meaning was very clear, that is, he had lied, and the lit incense was right in front of him, but he was unaware of it, even exposing the fact that he had lied. He was too calm about it, which made Shi Xingxiang feel more and more confused, and the more confused he was, the more uneasy he felt.

"Oh right." Shen Yunzhe suddenly said, "I think I know where the confession box is."

Shi Xingxiang was completely stunned this time, "You know?"

"I can probably guess. Since it's a confession box, you have to confess in some distinctive place, facing thousands of heroic spirits, facing the people in the village. But now almost everyone in the real town is dead, so there is only one place to confess." Shen Yunzhe pulled out the incense and pressed it on the ground.

Shi Xingxiang understood, "In the Temple of Truth."

"It seems Yang Pei has returned to the hotel to write a confession. After all, the hotel is the only one equipped with paper and pen. If we go to the Zhenshi Temple now, maybe we can stop her."

"Are you going?" Shen Yunzhe asked her.

"None of my business. I'm not going." Shi Xingxiang turned and started to walk away. After two steps, he stopped and looked at Shen Yunzhe. "I advise you not to meddle in other people's business. There's no such thing as eternal friendship in the playground. If this is a fatal choice, Yang Pei will die, and you will die."

Shen Yunzhe squatted on the spot and looked at Shi Xingxiang with a smile, "Alright."

"Alright?"

"Eternal sleep sounds really tempting." Shen Yunzhe closed his eyes with a smile on his face. "I used to want to sleep forever, and it would be best if I could open my eyes a year or two later. But the doctor told me that if I slept that long without anyone to take care of me, I would die in my hospital bed."

"Whether you're asleep or awake, you need to strike a balance. Don't be too awake or too confused."

Shi Xingxiang frowned, "What are you talking about?"

"It's okay, see you tonight." Shen Yunzhe stood up, reached out to pick up his cell phone, put it in his pocket and walked away, heading towards the Real Temple.

Shi Xingxiang stood there for a while, then cursed softly and walked in the opposite direction.

She would never get involved in such a thing. No one came to save her before, so she would not save others.

Shen Yunzhe didn't care where Shi Xingxiang went. He strolled to the real temple. There were still the same people outside the temple. Shen Yunzhe once again used his robbery skills to grab the entry and exit form. He made sure that Yang Pei did not come back after leaving, so he happily sat on the table and fiddled with his mobile phone.

This phone is new. Actually, the functions of most phones are similar, but he just can't stop fiddling with it and looks very happy.

Just then, a sound of footsteps was heard. Shen Yunzhe didn't even raise his head. The footsteps were very slow, and it was obvious that the person was not determined. When the person walked to Shen Yunzhe, Shen Yunzhe held the mobile phone in one hand and grabbed the arm of the person with the other hand.

The man was hindered in his movements and turned to look at Shen Yunzhe in confusion.

"Chen Wei?" Yang Pei called his name, "What are you doing?"

"Playing games." Shen Yunzhe held her hand tightly and didn't let go or look at her. "What about you? What are you going to do?"

Yang Pei stared at Shen Yunzhe for a long time before speaking, "You lied."

"I lied." Shen Yunzhe confirmed this without even listening to Yang Pei's next words. "And then?"

Yang Pei was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect Shen Yunzhe to admit it so quickly. After a few seconds, she spoke again, "Lies are not allowed in Real Town. Those who lie will be punished by the Real God. But as long as you write a confession and promise before the Real God, you can avoid punishment."

"I lied, too, so I have to confess." Yang Pei began to break free. "I was wrong, but as long as I sincerely repent, God will forgive me!"

Shen Yunzhe nodded and held Yang Pei tightly. "Okay, I understand, but you have to tell me what lies you told, and then I will let you go."

Yang Pei tried to break free, but couldn't, so she had to speak up, "It's a false accusation, no, it's a suggestion box."

"I told other people about the suggestion box, but I told Shen Wei that I didn't tell anyone." Yang Pei said: "I lied. I don't know why I did that, but when I looked into Shen Wei's eyes, I lied subconsciously. I know Shen Wei did it for my own good, but I still let him down."

Shen Yunzhe looked at him and said, "Rather than confessing to some real god, shouldn't you apologize to me first?"

"Apologize?" Yang Pei was stunned.

Looking at the bewildered expression on Yang Pei's face, Shen Yunzhe smiled playfully, "Yes, you have to apologize to me."

"First, you lied to me. Second, you also said that I was doing this for your own good, but you betrayed my kindness and didn't care about me at all. Shouldn't you apologize to me first?"

"If you don't apologize to me and obtain my forgiveness, you are not qualified to confess to the true God."

Yang Pei thought about it, and finally she spoke carefully, "I'm sorry, Shen Wei, I lied to you, can you forgive me?"

"Of course..." Shen Yunzhe paused. He smiled at Yang Pei, his smile filled with joy. He said, "Of course not. I don't forgive you."

Yang Pei looked at Shen Yunzhe and blinked. "...Ah?"

"I don't forgive you," Shen Yunzhe repeated. "You've caused me severe psychological damage, and I'm afraid to help others anymore. Other players have also treated me like a fool, calling me naive. I'm so sad, so I've decided not to forgive you."

"You cannot repent until you have my forgiveness."

"But..." Yang Pei took out the confession he had written from his pocket, "I have to go and confess."

Shen Yunzhe snatched the confession from her hand. "I told you before you get my forgiveness, you have no right to confess. Because the person you lied to is me, and the person you hurt is me. A true confession should mean a sincere apology to me, right?"

"Yes, yes." Yang Pei couldn't find any loopholes, her mind was a mess.

Half of her brain told her that she should go to the Real Temple and confess to the Real God now, and the other half told her that Shen Yunzhe was the victim, so she had to get Shen Yunzhe's forgiveness, only then could she truly repent.

"Okay, that's it."

Shen Yunzhe jumped down from the table and said, "To earn my forgiveness, come and work with me."

Shen Yunzhe also folded her confession letter and put it in his pocket, telling her that he did not destroy her confession letter, and as long as she sincerely sought his forgiveness, he would return the confession letter to her.

"Oh, oh." Yang Pei followed Shen Yunzhe seriously, "I will definitely get your forgiveness."

After leaving the real temple, Shen Yunzhe turned around and looked at the temple at the end of the bend. The temple door had been opened for a long time, and the stone statue was looming in the darkness, as if it was furious.

"Since we have adopted this model of confession after lying, you should know that the object of the liar's confession should not be a stone statue, but the person involved." Shen Yunzhe was smiling, but there was no smile in his eyes.

Afterwards, Shen Yunzhe pulled Yang Pei to the suggestion box. When he walked over, he happened to see Zhang Luqing removing the lock on the suggestion box, but the opening that was sewn by the candle was not moved.

"What are you doing?"

Zhang Luqing saw that Shen Yunzhe was not nervous, so she said calmly, "Of course I'm here to sort out everything inside."

"Does it have to be like this?" Shen Yunzhe asked her, "There's nothing good in there. It's just a bunch of random accusations, false accusations to maintain the balance of Real Town."

"That needs to be sorted out, too. Yang Pei and I have said that as long as all of us players know about it, we'll keep an eye on each other, and no one will ever throw a note in there." Zhang Luqing pointed to the slot sealed by Shen Yunzhe, "And I didn't take this off."

Shen Yunzhe looked at her, put away his smile, and became very silent.

He didn't say anything, just looked at Zhang Luqing quietly.

Zhang Luqing was a little puzzled, so she had to ask first: "What do you want to say?"

"You told me so easily that it was Yang Pei who told you?" Shen Yunzhe asked her.

"Of course, the real town cannot lie, so I will tell you the truth." Zhang Luqing said as a matter of course.

"But you don't have to tell me, and I didn't ask you." Shen Yunzhe found a place to sit down, as if he was tired of standing. "Zhang Luqing, guess what, if Yang Pei didn't tell me that she told you about this place, then to me, she lied, didn't she?"

"Because I told her not to tell anyone from the beginning."

Zhang Luqing remained unmoved. "That's her business, it has nothing to do with me. I just know that I didn't lie."

After saying that, Zhang Luqing left with a pile of notes in the suggestion box without even looking at Yang Pei. Yang Pei seemed a little scared and didn't dare to look up at her eyes.

"Oh my," Shen Yunzhe laughed again. "Yang Pei, she used everyone's safety to get you to reveal the location of the false accusation, but she doesn't care about your safety at all. Even if she lied, it was because you lied, not her. Isn't she a terrible person?"

Yang Pei nodded slightly and said, "How scary."

"Such a horrible person should be enlightened by the real God, so that she can become a truly respectable person."

Shen Yunzhe shook his head. "Rather than seeking enlightenment from the True God, you should now seek my forgiveness."

Yang Pei lowered her head in frustration, "Oh, I'm sorry, I was wrong again."

If Li Yuluan was here, he would probably accuse him of bullying others. Unfortunately, Li Yuluan was not here, so even if Shen Yunzhe bullied all the players, no one would know!

Shen Yunzhe became happy. He walked to the suggestion box and removed the candle seal. Now the suggestion box was empty, and he was not worried about not having enough space. So Shen Yunzhe happily took out a notebook and pen from his arms and started writing and drawing. Soon he wrote several lines.

He tore the paper from the notebook, and stuffed it into the suggestion box along with his mobile phone. Then he asked Yang Pei next to him to insert three incense sticks under the suggestion box and light them.

Yang Pei did as he was told, and then looked at Shen Yunzhe in confusion, "Shen Wei, what are you doing?"

"Exorcism."

Yang Pei blinked, not understanding.

"You know what? The audience on this livestream are a bunch of wronged souls with nowhere else to go. Because their deaths were so tragic and their bodies so ugly, they're trapped here and can't leave. So, I'm going to put their deeds into the suggestion box for the True God to see, so that the True God can liberate them and help them reincarnate soon."

Shen Yunzhe said, "Let me see your phone."

Yang Pei obediently took out the mobile phone from his pocket and handed it to Shen Yunzhe. Shen Yunzhe turned on the live broadcast. At this time, his live broadcast interface was the same as Yang Pei's, but surprisingly, the live broadcast interface was a little empty.

"Were you really saved?" Shen Yunzhe laughed. "I thought you were so powerful, but you're silent now? How boring."

After Shen Yunzhe finished speaking, the barrage finally appeared.

But this time, Shen Yunzhe found that their defense had obviously been broken.

[Do you think you're so awesome? You dare to do this because you know what we are, right? But I'm telling you, we are your future selves!]

[You are so upright and honest, you live so freely! How can you be so happy even in the playground?]

Gradually, curses and complaints filled the entire live broadcast interface.

There are repetitive words everywhere, and resentment keeps coming out along with the text.

[Why am I dying? Why am I stuck here, unable to get out? If I had taken another step forward, I wouldn't be the one dying.]

[I have so many family members, why should I die here! ]

[I want you to be like me! Stay in this place full of resentment!]

【Everyone go to hell! 】

"We're not human? How could we not be human?! We're all human, and we're all unable to go home. We can only watch you go home. I'm so jealous and resentful!"

【Let’s stay here together! 】

Even in this abnormal state, Yang Pei was frightened by the extreme emotions of the barrage. She closed her eyes and squatted down, pretending that she saw nothing, like a turtle in its shell; but Shen Yunzhe wanted to laugh more and more as he watched, until finally he laughed out loud, as if he had never seen such a funny thing.

One is laughing and the other is afraid. If there were someone here, they would probably be scared and run away.

"Finally he admitted it." Shen Yunzhe stared at the live broadcast page on the mobile phone screen, with a smile in his voice.

He looked at this scene, and it matched the scene that suddenly appeared in his mind.

[World B03415, the synchronization rate of codenamed sleep disorder has increased to 85%.]

Shen Yunzhe saw the same barrage of messages and heard strange sounds that echoed in his ears.

"Chen Meng, you don't know how scary this place is. It's all black. Everything is black."

"There's nothing here. It's so cold and empty."

"Why should I be kept in this chaotic darkness? I don't want to. I want to leave, but I can't. I have no choice but to try to pull more people in. When one person comes in, I can feel a little warmth. So warm, really warm."

"Chen Meng, Chen Meng, please come too. Please."

Among the countless insulting comments that broke his defense, Codename Sleep Disorder only saw this one. It was obviously sent by one person, obviously someone Codename Sleep Disorder knew.

Shen Yunzhe kept laughing, his eyes full of mockery.

"A lot of people say I'm crazy, and I've never refuted it. After all, my sleep quality is really poor, and when people don't sleep well, they get angry easily and forget things easily." Shen Yunzhe looked at the comments, "But even someone like me knows that there are limits to being a human being."

"What on earth makes you human?" Shen Yunzhe said, "You don't have a human body, a human soul, or human beliefs."

"You are something scarier than ghosts. You have already turned into monsters, yet you still pretend to be human."

There was an indescribable cold streak in Shen Yunzhe's voice.

[Synchronization rate increased, synchronization rate 90%, Shen Yunzhe?!]

"Don't try to get involved with me if you're dead. You're just a ghost who thinks you're human."

[Who the hell are you? How dare you try to get close to me? You're not worthy. You're just a self-degraded ghost. Do you really think I'll go through fire and water just by saying a word to you?]

"This is disgusting! I absolutely do not want to die in this playground. The thought of you being here makes me want to vomit."

The code-named Sleep Disordered Person hates the live broadcast audience because his former friend died in the game field. He accidentally entered the same game field, but found his friend who had become a spectator among the live broadcast audience. He guided the players to die, trying to make more people stay here like them.

Only despicable people will be detained in the playground and become spectators, because they carry the greatest malice and the most obsession to survive, and this malice and obsession are the nourishment of the playground.

And the friend code-named Sleep Disorder Patient has also become such a despicable person.

He called out the real name of Codename Sleeper and used a coaxing tone to lead him into the danger zone, but Codename Sleeper was too perceptive and never believed or listened.

So he started to insult, to use moral blackmail, and to talk about his own difficulties. His ultimate goal was to make the person with the code name sleep disorder die here.

But the person code-named Sleep Disorder is such a willful and selfish person, how could he be kidnapped by him?

[Before I really die, I will get rid of all of you sooner or later.] Chen Meng stared at the live audience with strong disgust in his eyes.