Chapter 143

When Shen Yunzhe opened his eyes, he felt extremely tired. He staggered and almost fell to the ground. He felt that his consciousness was still a little fuzzy.

What broke all this was the sound of sorrowful sobbing. The voice was so familiar that Shen Yunzhe raised his head with all his strength and saw Shen Xinlu squatting on the ground and crying loudly.

The entire ward was still empty, not even a single person was there. Shen Yunzhe leaned against the wall and breathed slowly. He knew why Shen Xinlu was crying. Things had developed to a point where they were irreversible. He had no time to think about this problem in the playground, but now that he had left the playground, he had to face these problems.

Facing... the children in the orphanage cannot survive in such a world, and their own relatives may die in the playground.

The cell phone rang, but Shen Yunzhe didn't look to see who was calling, and there was no need to look.

"Are you okay?" It was Qiao Dong's voice.

"I'm fine." Shen Yunzhe looked at Shen Xinlu, who was squatting in the ward crying. "How about you?"

"I'm not feeling well," Qiao Dong said with a wry smile. "I just came out of the game and have a lot of work to do. This is a global player-unified game, and most of the players are high-level. Over half of the official staff have been killed, and I'm sure the losses among other players are even more severe."

Shen Yunzhe responded, "Someone told me that this is because the game field wants to quickly rebuild the live broadcast system and surprise Easter eggs."

"There's a possibility, but we don't know why." Qiao Dong sighed, "But I have good news for you."

"What?"

"Unlike previous instances where failed players would unexpectedly die after leaving the game, this time all failed players are missing for unknown reasons, rather than dying," Qiao Dong said. "While it doesn't sound much better, at least there's no sign of them alive or dead, so there might still be a glimmer of hope."

That’s all I can think of.

Shen Yunzhe walked over and patted Chen Xinlu's shoulder from behind. Chen Xinlu looked at him with tears in her eyes, and finally couldn't control herself and hugged him, her tears soaking his clothes.

This was an accident, and the impact of this accident was terrible. The official is dealing with the follow-up of this incident. Shen Xinlu's injury will not be healed because of a game. She was taken back to her ward by the doctor to recuperate. Such a large number of players entered the game field and died. The official told everyone that it was a "special case."

Because the failed players did not die accidentally in reality, but disappeared.

This kind of words are only used to appease the players' families. Everyone knows it, but everyone holds on to that little possibility and just believes it.

When Shen Yunzhe left, Shen Xinlu sobbed and held Shen Yunzhe's hand.

She said: I trained for so long, but it was only after I actually went in that I realized what a horrible place it was.

She said: Xiaozhe, thank you for your hard work. I am your sister, but I couldn’t help you. Now I still need you to comfort me.

She said: I will not give up hope, Xiaozhe, you must not give up either.

Maybe she was talking nonsense later. The safety of the dean caused a temporary deviation in her thinking. She seemed to be telling Shen Yunzhe not to give up hope, and also seemed to be telling herself not to give up, hoping that the dean could come back safely.

After leaving the hospital, Shen Yunzhe sat on the bench at the hospital entrance. The bench was freezing cold in winter, but Shen Yunzhe didn't want to stand up.

He needed this coldness to maintain his sanity and keep his tired spirit alive.

"Have my other isotopes encountered similar things?" Shen Yunzhe asked the system.

[The development of this world has deviated from the concept of parallel worlds.]

"What's the meaning?"

[Literally.] The system said: [Codename Sleep Disorder joined forces with Codename Erosion, using Codename Doctor as a springboard to eliminate the livestream audience. This is something that has never happened in any parallel world. After this incident, everything is no longer consistent, entering a completely unknown territory.]

[So there is no other parallel world like this one, where all players are put into the game field at once.]

"So, from now on, you don't know what to do?"

There was a hint of subtlety in Shen Yunzhe's voice.

This is a good thing for you, because the world is changing and the playing field is shifting strategies because of you.

Shen Yunzhe sighed, stood up and walked forward, hailing a taxi along the way.

Although one-third or even two-thirds of the players disappeared in this terrible catastrophe, there were more ordinary people who did not enter the game field. They were still working hard. Even though the New Year was about to come, there were still taxis on the road trying to pick up passengers and make money.

Taxi drivers are a very talkative profession, but the taxi driver that Shen Yunzhe took was very taciturn. After asking Shen Yunzhe where he was going, he didn't say anything else.

News broadcasts came from the car radio.

"Be wary of all forms of video viewing! Official statistics show that 75% of the sources of surprise Easter eggs are acquaintances, so there is a possibility that the surprise eggs may be restored."

"A bride in red has appeared in an abandoned house in Zhejiang County. Residents of Zhejiang County are advised to stay away from the area!"

"According to statistics, the recent incidence of strange incidents has increased by 3000% compared to last year. Please be sure to take precautions!"

"Don't take chances! Don't trust others! If there's any problem, report it immediately to the nearest police station! All police officers are working overtime!"

With a creak, the taxi stopped and the driver and Shen Yunzhe reported the amount.

Shen Yunzhe, who paid to open vx, saw no less than three chat boxes. Shen Yunzhe, who had never had a fixed chat partner, found for the first time that he was quite popular.

As he walked home, he opened the message of the person with the least number of messages, which was from the talisman master Huang Yihua.

"Would you like to come to the official headquarters sometime? I have something important to tell you."

【About Shen Wei.】

Shen Yunzhe frowned slightly. He looked at the name and then glanced at the person in the chat box. It was Huang Yihua, no doubt.

[Shen Wei?]

[I seemed to have bumped into Chen Wei in the playground, but it was only a possibility, vaguely.]

Huang Yihua replied quickly, "I want to wait to see you and have a face-to-face interview with you."

After making an appointment with Huang Yihua, Shen Yunzhe opened another chat box, which was with Li Yuluan.

Li Yuluan's words were very short. The first sentence was a period and the second was a question mark.

Shen Yunzhe knew what he meant. The period was telling Shen Yunzhe that he was still alive, and the question mark was asking if he was still alive.

【It's okay, I'm still alive. 】

After Shen Yunzhe sent the message, Li Yuluan's dialog box immediately appeared, saying "input is in progress". Shen Yunzhe waited for him to send the message. After a long time, Li Yuluan sent a very long message. He even typed the punctuation marks incorrectly, as if he was afraid that he had forgotten.

The game I entered was quite high level, probably over 10, with over 20 players, and only two or three dead. I have no idea why the game suddenly did this. Another thing: when I was leaving, I seemed to see something, a giant white thing. I couldn't see it clearly, but it seemed to appear right in front of me. You know I can't see my own destiny, so I don't know what I saw.

After hearing such a long string of words, Li Yuluan seemed to slow down for a moment, then continued typing.

[I observe the celestial phenomena at night. Why are you still plagued by bad luck?]

Shen Yunzhe sent a question mark.

What is a mountain village? Why would you want to go there?

Shen Yunzhe looked at the name in confusion, [You said I was going to the mountain village? ]

[I vaguely saw something and heard you and Huang Yihua talking about going to some mountain village. I'm not quite sure. Are you going on a trip?]

I don’t travel.

Li Yuluan was just joking. He knew that Shen Yunzhe didn't want to travel, especially at a time like this.

Events of strange things invading reality have broken out all over the world, and there are traces of strange things everywhere. Only a fool would travel at this time. With Shen Yunzhe's luck, he would be covered by strange things even if he stayed at home. If he went out, wouldn't there be a playground everywhere he stepped on and a strange thing everywhere he stepped on?

I'm going to visit Huang Yihua at the official website tomorrow. Do you want to come with me?

What are you going to do?

Huang Yihua wants to talk to me about something. You can ask about the issues at the game field, including what you saw. Of course, a single person can't match an organization in terms of information integration.

[Alright.]

Shen Yunzhe gave Li Yuluan the time he had agreed with Huang Yihua, and lay on his back on the bed. He stared at the ceiling, the halo of the light reflected in his eyes.

He raised his phone and first opened the announcement to make sure that there was no change in the announcement. Then he clicked on the surprise easter egg page to make sure that several of the surprise easter eggs had changed from black to a snow screen. On the snow screen, he seemed to be able to see a faint human figure.

It is not the case that the game field can immediately become a surprise easter egg after being brought back by the players. Even the previous black cat incident only formed a new surprise easter egg after a strange outbreak.

The live broadcast audience cannot repair it in a short time, but the surprise easter eggs can be repaired in one go.

At this point, Shen Yunzhe frowned slightly. He reopened the chat history with Huang Yihua, and his eyes fixed on 'suspected of encountering Shen Wei'.

"Chen Wei is still alive?" Shen Yunzhe murmured softly.

After Shen Yunzhe knew about his relationship with Shen Wei, he no longer had any hope for Shen Wei's life or death. Shen Wei was capable and perseverant. He loved his wife and his children. The fact that he left his children in an orphanage only meant that he had reached the end of his road.

In this situation, can he really survive?

…

The next day, Shen Yunzhe arrived at the official headquarters on time. Li Yuluen had already arrived. Sitting inside was Huang Yihua, who had already gotten out of the hospital bed. Huang Yihua looked a little thinner and paler than before. She smiled at the two of them, still looking gentle and generous.

The official is extremely busy now. Qiao Dong has been busy for several days and there are few people in the entire official headquarters. Qiao Dong can only tell them not to disturb them and then hurried out for field work.

The three of them have a natural sense of trust as they survive on the "train" together, and they are almost the same age, so if there are any problems, let them discuss them among themselves.

"I almost didn't get to meet you guys." Huang Yihua sighed, still looking a little frightened. "I wasn't feeling well when I entered the playground, but I noticed something was wrong the moment I got in. That playground should have been at least level 8, and it turned out to be fraught with danger."

Li Yiluan nodded, "I'm also in a difficulty level 10 game field."

"This time, it's likely that everyone was thrown into the high-level gaming field. Not many can come out alive." Shen Yunzhe said: "So you told me before: you met Shen Wei?"

Huang Yihua nodded. This was the reason why she called Shen Yunzhe in the first place, and of course she would not hide it now.

Since Shen Yunzhe was able to call Li Yuluan here, it means that Li Yuluan is willing to listen to these words.

"I'm actually not sure, because my knowledge of Shen Wei is only from archives, and I've only seen him in photos and videos. You know the pixel and image quality from twenty years ago." Huang Yihua said, "So, when we first entered the game field and he introduced himself as Shen Wei, I didn't equate them at all."

However, the game field with a danger level of 8+ is so difficult. As an official, Huang Yihua comes from a dojo and has a saintly temperament.

She wanted to save the players as much as possible, and she tried to protect them with her own spells, but the effect was minimal.

Huang Yihua then realized that the more difficult the game field, the less effective her abilities would be. She was like a little boy who had just started learning, but was delusionally trying to seal a big demon.

In the end, even though Huang Yihua tried very hard, she was unable to turn the tide. At the last moment, the female ghost tore off countless people's faces and put them together to form a human skin. Only a teenage girl and Shen Wei were left alive. Huang Yihua wanted to do her best to protect them, but was stopped by Shen Wei.

He said, "How did the government produce someone like you?"

"To sacrifice oneself for others to this extent is not selflessness, but stupidity."

As he spoke, Shen Wei took out a knife and stabbed the little girl next to him.

"It turns out that the girl was killed from the beginning. The ghost peeled off her skin and draped it over her body to pretend she was alive, but I never noticed." Huang Yihua said, "Afterwards, Shen Wei and I teamed up to pass through the game field, but when we left, only my phone showed the notification that the mission was completed."

Shen Yunzhe sat on the chair and looked at him, "You said Shen Wei entered the game field, but he didn't pass the game?"

"I don't know." Huang Yihua shook his head calmly, "Because there was another reason why I didn't believe he was Shen Wei at first. He was too young."

Huang Yihua looked at Shen Yunzhe. "He is almost as young as you and has a similar face to you, so I didn't dare recognize him."

"But I also feel that I shouldn't hide it from you."

After saying this, Huang Yihua finally felt better. She breathed a sigh of relief and looked much better than before.

Li Yuluan was listening nearby, but he was like a dove. He would not say a word unless someone called him, and acted as if he did not exist.

"Li Yiluan." Shen Yunzhe asked him, "Can you tell my fortune?"

"300 yuan." Li Yiluan directly showed his payment code. "The price is stable, no cheating."

Shen Yunzhe stared at his payment code and looked at Li Yuluan with an indescribable look, "Is it really that serious?"

"As for that." Li Yiluan nodded, "Even brothers have to settle accounts clearly, not to mention that you are not my blood brother, you must pay!"

Remembering that Li Yulun had transferred two thousand yuan to him, Shen Yunzhe scanned the code and paid him 300 yuan. After all, the balance was given to him by Li Yulun.

Satisfied with the 300 yuan that arrived, Li Yiluan asked Shen Yunzhe, "What do you want to calculate?"

"Can you tell me if I have a father in my destiny?" Shen Yunzhe said.

Huang Yihua, who was drinking tea, almost spit out the tea.

Li Yuluan looked at Shen Yunzhe silently. He was sure that Shen Yunzhe was serious.

He silently returned the 300 yuan.

"Li Shensuan, what do you mean by this?" Shen Yunzhe looked at the 300 yuan returned to his account. "What about the stable price we agreed on?"

Li Yilun added: "Except Shen Yunzhe."

"Really?" Shen Yunzhe said, "Can't you see a person's fate? I'm also a human being. Can't you just see if I can meet my father?"

Li Yiluan shook his head, "I can't see it."

"I've said before that your fate is very strange. You're shrouded in bad luck every day. If an ordinary person had your fate, they would have died a thousand times over, but you're living well. At a glance, you're still surrounded by dense bad luck, blocking out everything else."

"So I can't see if your father is still alive. I can only occasionally see what you were doing at a very short time ago."

"For example: You seem to be going to some mountain village. After seeing you, this premonition has become even stronger."

"Mountain village?" Huang Yihua put down her teacup. "What did you say? Shen Yunzhe is going to the mountain village?"

Li Yiluan turned to look at her, "Do you know the mountain village?"

"Of course I know it, and almost everyone in the officialdom knows it."

Huang Yihua said anxiously: "The mountain village has existed for more than 20 years. It is a place where strange things as terrifying as the train are infested!"

"It was also Shen Wei's previous research project!"