Chapter 108

It's really not easy to find a stone statue in a dirty river.

The three people groped their way from the beginning of the river to the end. The water was very cold and had a strange smell, so they had no choice but to go into the water and grope around.

Codenamed Hope had no intention of going into the water at all. He sat on the shore and watched them feel the bottom of the river with interest. Occasionally, he would shake the water with his hands twice, which was considered as going into the water. Qiu Shurong and others dared not say anything although they were angry.

"Is Chen Wei just going to watch like that?" Qiu Shurong asked the other two people in a low voice.

"He is not Shen Wei." Cheng Yiyi said.

Qiu Shurong was stunned for a moment. He subconsciously looked at Shi Xingxiang and found that Shi Xingxiang's expression did not change at all.

"no?!"

"How could someone transform into someone else in such a short time? Just think about it and you know it can't be the same person." Shi Xingxiang glanced at Qiu Shurong expressionlessly. "I thought you'd figured it out after he threw you into the Temple of Reality. Chen Wei was able to rescue Yang Pei, so why would he do something so extreme?"

Qiu Shurong was stunned. He looked at Cheng Yiyi, "You know that too?"

"I just found out." Cheng Yiyi lowered her head and touched the stone. "He almost strangled me to death."

Shi Xingxiang snorted coldly and did not comment on this.

"Although we don't know what his relationship with Shen Wei is, he obviously listens to Shen Wei and doesn't want to kill us like this, so he just watches from the side." Shi Xingxiang said: "As long as he doesn't have any intention of killing us, we can just pretend we don't know and continue to mess around."

"Am I so unlucky?" Qiu Shurong wanted to cry.

"No, it must be sheer luck that he met someone like Shen Wei." Shi Xingxiang threw the stone he had touched aside. "Shen Wei clearly has the ability to handle the game field. He didn't reveal it in the early stages. I guess he was stimulated by Yang Pei's death. After all, Yang Pei was the one he saved, and she was gone just like that."

"Haven't you noticed? After Shen Wei left, we haven't encountered any supernatural events again."

Cheng Yiyi sighed, "I just hope I can complete this mission quickly, stay for seven days, and leave right away. If I stay any longer, I feel like I'm going to collapse."

Qiu Shurong sniffed. He wanted to complain, but when he turned around, he saw Codename Hope looking at him. There was no emotion in those colorful eyes.

He shuddered and quickly squatted down to touch the stone on the other side.

Forget it, forget it. I can’t beat him, so I’d better just touch the stone honestly.

Qiu Shurong was groping around at the bottom of the river. At this moment, he seemed to have touched a strange stone. He felt something colder than water, as if it were a piece of ice, suddenly wrapped around his fingers.

He carefully withdrew his hand and then put it back in.

The water was freezing cold. When I touched down further, I found a stone the size of a palm. I could feel something carved on it.

Qiu Shurong took the stone out of the water. The kind-looking woman on the wet stone statue was smiling at him.

"Found it!" Qiu Shurong shouted to the people around him, but the moment he turned his head, he found that there was no one behind him.

He stood alone in the river, the water washing over his calves. He looked around blankly, but could not see the hotel covered in red letters. There was only the real temple shrouded in smoke not far away.

Drops of water dripped from the stone statue. Qiu Shurong looked at the real temple, his eyes becoming increasingly empty.

A voice that sounded like a man or a woman sounded in his ears, and Qiu Shurong raised his head to look for the source of the voice.

"I am the true God. You have found me. Now I can fulfill your wish."

"What is your wish?"

"My wish..." Qiu Shurong replied softly, "My wish is to become a member of a real town, to become a real person who doesn't lie."

The voice that sounded like a man or a woman sounded again in my ears, "Bring the True Statue to the True Temple."

"I'll wait for you there."

"You are a kind and honest person. You can definitely become a resident of a real town."

Qiu Shurong's eyes were blank as he walked towards the Real Temple step by step. "I can definitely become a resident of the Real Town."

Cheng Yiyi, who was turning over stones, looked up as if he had sensed something. He looked at Qiu Shurong not far away, but found that Qiu Shurong was walking out step by step.

"Qiu Shurong?" Cheng Yiyi called him, "Where are you going?"

Shi Xingxiang also heard the sound and looked over, but Qiu Shurong continued walking forward as if she didn't hear a word.

"Wait a minute, what's he holding in his hand?!"

In Qiu Shurong's hand was a palm-sized stone statue, which was exquisitely carved and more exquisite than all the real statues of gods they had seen. Qiu Shurong walked out holding the stone statue, and the direction of his walking happened to be the location of the real temple. Cheng Yiyi and Qiu Shurong were shocked and rushed over quickly to stop Qiu Shurong.

"Qiu Shurong!" Shi Xingxiang almost jumped up and punched him on the head. "Wake up!"

Qiu Shurong turned around and looked at them blankly, "I want to become a member of the real town."

"Oh my god!" Cheng Yiyi wanted to snatch the stone statue out, but before she could put her hand down, her wrist was grabbed.

Cheng Yiyi was stunned for a moment. He turned his head and saw Code Name Hope standing next to him, with Qiu Shurong, who was obviously abnormal, reflected in his eyes. Not only Cheng Yiyi, but Code Name Hope also stopped Shi Xingxiang who wanted to pounce on him.

"Shh." Codename wanted to put his finger in front of his mouth to make a gesture of silence.

"No, Boss! We've found the medium, but you still want to kill us?!" Cheng Yiyi quickly pulled Shi Xingxiang back, "We've found it, it's in Qiu Shurong's hands!"

Codename Hope glanced at them with disdain in her eyes.

"Don't you see what he looks like now? You would have done the same if you had taken the statue. I was saving you, and it's fine if you didn't thank me, but you actually spread rumors. I feel so wronged."

Cheng Yiyi twitched her lips, thinking, weren't you the one who wanted to get rid of us as the medium swiftly and efficiently before?

"What should we do then? He's clearly planning to go to the Real Temple," Shi Xingxiang asked. "We could put the statue in the Real Temple, but he'll be dead if he sees it. He's even scarier than Yang Pei before, and all he can think about is becoming a resident of the Real Town."

Codename Hope looked at Qiu Shurong with interest, "Then let him die."

"In this case, it wasn't me who killed him. He went to seek his own death. It has nothing to do with me." Codename hoped to cheer up. "Shen Yunzhe can't scold me for this, let alone bully me for this."

"No, I'd better bully him. That way I can overturn the verdict after he bullies me, and then bully him back while he feels guilty!"

"But, will Shen Yunzhe feel guilty?"

Cheng Yiyi was almost in despair. This big boss who was not Shen Yunzhe obviously didn't want to care about Qiu Shurong!

Just when Cheng Yiyi was extremely anxious, Qiu Shurong suddenly stopped in his tracks.

He froze in place, his entire face distorted and changing.

"What...what happened?"

Codename Hope smiled and said, "It's resistance."

Rebellion?

Cheng Yiyi was bewildered when he heard this word. He saw Qiu Shurong suddenly stand firm after being stiff for more than ten seconds. He raised his head and looked at the sky. The empty and distorted expression on his face disappeared, leaving only an indifferent look.

Soon, he spoke.

“I don’t want to be part of a real town because I’m not lying.”

"I don't want to confess because I shouldn't."

“I cannot go to the Temple of Truth because I am unwilling to prove my truth through the Temple of Truth.”

"I……"

Qiu Shurong let go of his hand, and the stone statue fell into the river with a plop. The moment the statue fell into the water, Qiu Shurong closed his eyes and fell down softly. Cheng Yiyi hurried over to pull the statue out of the river. Although the river was very shallow, an unconscious person would drown if he fell in!

Cheng Yiyi and Shi Xingxiang pulled the wet Qiu Shurong out of the river, but codenamed Xiwang walked over and reached out to pick up the stone statue.

The kind-looking woman turned ferocious, as if she was about to open her mouth and bite him.

Codename Hope stared at the stone statue in his hand with disgust in his eyes, as if he was going to smash the statue to pieces in the next moment.

The two people who were still conscious on the shore looked at Codename Hope and the stone statue in his hand, then looked down at Qiu Shurong who was in a coma.

It was at that moment that they suddenly realized something was wrong.

They seemed to see two forces confronting each other. In the real town of the Real God, liars needed to be punished and all the dead were sacrifices. Another force opposed the Real God, which rebelled against all the rules of the Real God. Everyone affected would say: I shouldn't repent.

Like the confrontation between evil gods and humans.

Codename Hope turned to look at them, "Find a place to hide."

"Ah?" Cheng Yiyi had a puzzled look on her face.

"Wait seven days and then go back. Don't worry about what happens next." Codename Hope said with a smile, "Oh, there's one more thing."

Codename hoped to shush them again.

"After you leave, don't talk nonsense outside. I can keep an eye on you."

Cheng Yiyi shuddered. He looked at the code name Hope and turned to go towards the real temple.

"What should we do now?" Shi Xingxiang asked him.

"Let's go find a safe place to wait." Cheng Yiyi lifted the unconscious Qiu Shurong up. "We don't have any good ideas right now. We can only take it one step at a time."

Shi Xingxiang nodded, "The Real Temple is very dangerous, let's find a place far away from the Real Temple!"

After searching for a long time, they finally stopped at the bridge hole at the lower reaches of the river and threw Qiu Shurong inside. Cheng Yiyi and Shi Xingxiang sat outside in silence.

The sky was a little dark, Cheng Yiyi looked up at the sky, and he remembered Qiu Shurong's eyes before he fell into coma.

"What do you think will happen?"

"I don't know." Cheng Yiyi lowered her head, "But where did Shen Wei go with the medium?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the three people present heard a notification on their cell phones. It was an announcement.

[Hidden Mission: Return the Real Statue to the Real Temple. Complete.]

【Congratulations to the player for completing the hidden mission. 】

"Okay, now I know." Cheng Yiyi sighed, "He sent the medium back to the Temple of Truth."

"He is not affected by the real statue and can freely enter the real temple." Shi Xingxiang frowned. "What exactly is he?"

Cheng Yiyi shook her head. "I don't know, and I don't need to know. Just like you said, we were lucky enough to meet Chen Wei this time, and we can easily go back alive."

"Isn't this what we want?"

…

Codenamed Hope strolled back to the hotel and skillfully climbed in through the window.

Shen Yunzhe still maintained the same posture as when he left, looking a little dull and a little tired.

So he ran over, grabbed Shen Yunzhe's wrist when he wasn't looking, and put him in various positions on the chair. Shen Yunzhe didn't care and let him play around. After Codename had had enough fun, he asked him, "What happened?"

"The medium has been sent to the Temple of Truth. Your mission is accomplished." Codename hopes to hug him tightly. "I've worked so hard, please praise me!"

"Where are the others?"

"I asked them to hide." Codename Hope played with his fingers. "I know you don't want them to be affected at all."

Shen Yunzhe smiled and pulled his hand back, "Are you angry?"

"Of course I'm angry. I just got here and you didn't even ask me, but instead asked about your mission and irrelevant people." Codename wanted to grab his hand again. "I've wanted to kill them all several times, preferably leaving no one alive so that you could only see me."

"I'd be the one angry like that."

"Yes, you should be angry." Codename Hope reached out and pinched his face. "Shen Yunzhe, have you never been angry since you synchronized with this person? In the past, you would scold me and punish me when you heard me say this, but now you just laugh."

"I hate it when you smile like that."

Shen Yunzhe pinched him back and said, "There's nothing I can do. Codename Erosion is naturally incapable of anger. His spiritual world is both full and empty. It's terrible. I'm sitting here motionless, feeling the same as when I was being chased by a strange creature."

"But, I'm not Codename Erosion, I'm Shen Yunzhe, so I'm still going to be angry."

Codename Hope looked at him, as if to make sure he really did.

"My patience has reached its limit. Codename Corrosion doesn't care about the players at all. In his eyes, players are no different from the dead in the game field, so he never limits his abilities." Shen Yunzhe stood up. "Thank you, Hope, for completing the mission so quickly."

Codename Hope was happy. He rubbed against Shen Yunzhe and said, "Well, you're welcome."

"As long as Shen Yunzhe wants it, I will do it. I'm serious!"

Of course, code-named Xiwang's words cannot be trusted. He says one thing and does another. If you want him to do something, you must be prepared to be forced to pay you back afterwards.

Shen Yunzhe stood up and walked to the window. He looked at the real temple shrouded in smoke not far away. The smile in his eyes disappeared in an instant.

The red words flowing on the hotel were finally no longer limited to the hotel. The red words flowed to the ground, to the cobblestone road, and to the dead trees on both sides of the road. The words were moving outward as if they had life. The dead people surrounding the hotel opened their mouths, they could not speak, they just opened and closed their mouths and kept making breath sounds.

There are more and more words.

[I didn't lie! Why did you cut off my tongue?]

【This is not a real town! 】

Why are you asking me to repent? I haven't done anything wrong. I don't want to repent!

[It's all your fault! You are not God!]

【You are wrong! You are the one who lied! 】

【Tear it down! 】

Cheng Yiyi and Shi Xingxiang sat in the bridge hole. The sky gradually darkened and Qiu Shurong was still unconscious. At this moment, Cheng Yiyi seemed to see a red light. He stood up suddenly. Shi Xingxiang was startled by him. Cheng Yiyi pointed her in a direction.

They saw countless dense red words spreading from the hotel.

At that time, they were so scared that they didn't look at it carefully. This time, while hiding here, they could actually see the red words clearly.

It is not repentance or regret, but rebuttal and opposition.

All of these texts rebel against the idea of a true God.

"The dead have their tongues cut out, so they can't utter a word of rebuttal. But in this world, words aren't the only way to express one's meaning; there are also words." Cheng Yiyi looked at the overwhelming words, her pupils trembling slightly. "The dead are resisting."

These red words are their souls and their blood, the resentment that is trapped in the small house and sealed in the stone statue with twisted thoughts.

Now, this real resentment has erupted.

That was the first time Cheng Yiyi saw such a scene, and probably the last time.

Codenamed Erosion, it is an ability that originates from the same source as the Game Field, and both are caused by uncontrolled emotions.

The game field manipulates and distorts people's emotions, but code erosion can draw out people's truest emotions and compete with the former.

Shen Yunzhe lay on the windowsill and watched the scarlet words spread like a red ocean, and watched the dead bodies spread out in the small houses after the hotel was demolished. There was an ignorant and innocent smile in his eyes.

Codename Hope walked up to him, "What do you think you're doing?"

"Help the bird break its cage... or something?"

Shen Yunzhe smiled with relief, "It's a good thing."