Chapter 55

Shen Yunzhe took the phone back and coughed. "What should we do now? Go downstairs and take a look?"

Codename Hope kept looking at him, Shen Yunzhe's figure reflected in his eyes. He nodded very lightly, then said, "You have the final say."

Since Codename Hope said so, Shen Yunzhe didn't hesitate and threw the worn-out doll into the trash can. Shen Yunzhe and Codename Hope went downstairs. They didn't feel safe taking the elevator at this time, and this was the fifth floor, so they went straight up the stairs.

There were also quite a few people on the stairs, and every time I walked up a floor, I could see someone throwing the dolls at the door out of the window.

"Throwing objects from high places is now a criminal offense," Shen Yunzhe murmured softly. "Oh, right, I can't leave now. Even if I break the law, there's no police to arrest me."

"If you care, you can record it," Codename Hope suddenly said, "and give it to the police when you can get out."

Shen Yunzhe looked at the code name Hope next to him with surprise.

"Have you ever done this?" Shen Yunzhe was curious.

"They did." Codename Hope nodded and replied in an innocent voice, "They've been looking for the person who reported it, but they can't find him."

Shen Yunzhe: ...6.

Leaving the stairwell, Shen Yunzhe walked out, avoiding the pile of dolls thrown down from downstairs. At this moment, they heard a scream. Without saying a word, the two ran towards the screaming location, only to see a young man crawling towards them.

It’s someone Shen Yunzhe is familiar with.

"Brother Shen?!" The man started screaming when he saw Shen Yunzhe open his mouth, "There's a ghost, there's a ghost!"

Shen Yunzhe frowned. He found that he could not stand the sharp sound now. When the man screamed, he was completely confused. Shen Yunzhe took a look, then he leaned over and covered the Code Name Hope's ears with his hands. The moment his hands covered them, Code Name Hope was obviously stunned for a moment. After realizing that it was Shen Yunzhe, he slowly lowered his raised arms.

The only one who would be irritated by the sharp sound is Codename Hope. After all, he has been in a silent place for more than 20 years. Normal sounds are fine for him, but once he is exposed to such a sharp sound, he will probably feel very uncomfortable.

Sure enough, after covering the ears of Code Name Hope, Shen Yunzhe felt much better.

"Stop yelling." Shen Yunzhe called out to the person in front of him, "Mu Sen, what's going on?"

Mu Sen, Shen Yunzhe's neighbor, the college student who is writing a thesis.

During this period, Mu Sen has not been to school. He has been staying at home writing papers. He has not been seen going out for several days. Only the delivery man comes three times a day. From lunch to supper, he only skips breakfast.

"Brother Chen, I really saw a ghost!" Mu Sen said hurriedly, "The internet was down, and I remembered to hand in my paper, so I was trying to find a way to leave. Then I saw a little girl in a red dress over there. Oh my God! This is the subject of my paper. I'd recognize her even if she turned to ash!"

It turned out to be a little girl in a red dress?

"Where is it?" After making sure that Mu Sen's volume had returned to normal, Shen Yunzhe let go and released the ear code-named Hope.

When Shen Yunzhe withdrew his hand, Codename Hope subconsciously rubbed his palm, and her long silver hair slid across his fingers. Shen Yunzhe's knuckles jumped, and then he withdrew his hand as if nothing had happened.

"Right over there!" Mu Sen quickly pointed in a direction, "I saw her jump into the lawn!"

"Let's go and take a look."

"Brother Shen, be careful! This is really weird."

Mu Sen quickly looked towards Shen Yunzhe, and it seemed as if he had just noticed the person standing next to Shen Yunzhe. He paused for a moment, and then uttered a brief "Huh?"

"Who, who is this?" Mu Sen pointed at the code name Hope.

Mu Sen always knew that Shen Yunzhe was good-looking. Even with his ordinary black hair and black eyes, he looked like a star on TV. He was also a nice person and always smiled at strangers. However, he was an orphan since childhood, without parents and no money. Most of his salary was spent on dolls, and he didn't even have any savings.

But the person next to Shen Yunzhe looked exactly like Shen Yunzhe. Although he was wearing simple clothes, he had long silver hair tied up with a red rope. If you look closely, you will find that his eyelashes and eyes are white, making him look like an exquisite and beautiful fairy.

"Oh, this is my brother." Shen Yunzhe introduced, interrupting Mu Sen's messy thoughts.

Unexpectedly, Mu Sen’s eyes became even more horrified, “Brother Chen, I remember you are an orphan, right?”

"Yeah, that's why I was scared when I saw someone who looked exactly like me on the street. But that's how I found my family," Shen Yunzhe said casually. "Don't be afraid. Yunxi has had a different aesthetic than ordinary people since she was a child. She especially likes the anime world. She dyes her hair and eyelashes and wears colored contact lenses. She came over last night to try to get along with me."

Codename Hope glanced at Shen Yunzhe, and after seeing Shen Yunzhe's very determined eyes, nodded to increase credibility.

“But, your names…Brother Shen, aren’t you the same name as everyone else from the orphanage?”

"Of course not." Shen Yunzhe continued to make up stories. "Look at any child from an orphanage with the surname Shen and given name Yunzhe. Of course it's because there was a name on my swaddling clothes when I was abandoned."

Mu Sen was convinced. He shook Shen Yunzhe's hand and congratulated him earnestly: "Congratulations, Brother Shen, for finding your family!"

Let Mu Sen leave first, Shen Yunzhe and Code Name hope to go to where he saw the little girl.

"It's a little girl, a continuation of the surprise Easter egg, not the original playground." Shen Yunzhe said as he walked, "Did the medium change?"

"The medium doesn't change, it only spreads." Codename hoped to answer him. "The erosion of the real world by the playground is of course different from the playground. It doesn't follow the background of the game. In other words, what we are experiencing now will be the background of the future playground story."

Shen Yunzhe sighed heavily, "That means this will spread like the incident with the little girl in red."

"Yes." Codename Hope nodded. "It is inextricably linked to the original playground, but it will not develop along the same lines as the original playground."

"What a hassle." Shen Yunzhe sighed. He turned on the live broadcast on his mobile phone to check the live broadcast location. Then he walked in a direction and waved at the sky. After waving for a while, he began to type on the barrage.

[?! It seems like someone is waving at the camera!]

Is it S?

[Holy crap, they actually got in touch! Is this a cure?!]

He might be trying to communicate with us.

[But this shot is from a God's perspective, fixed in one direction, so I can't hear what he's saying clearly.]

So he's probably asking this in the comments section, so let's pay attention to the comments section.

[Mr. S, how is the situation inside now? Have you discovered anything? We will do our best to cooperate with you!]

[I need the details of the murder of the little girl in red. The more detailed the better. It's not just a black cat that appears in it.]

【Is that an S on top? 】

[I guess so. Most people wouldn’t ask this kind of question.]

【Understood, we will organize the information immediately! 】

Shen Yunzhe turned off the screen of his mobile phone, turned around and ran in the previous direction. All the online players were paying attention to his actions. They saw Shen Yunzhe and a man of similar build leaving. A tall building in front blocked the view of the camera.

Yue Ding frowned slightly as he looked at the enlarged live broadcast screen, and he patted the staff next to him.

"Did you see clearly the person who left with Shen Yunzhe just now?"

"Ah? No, the picture is too small." The subordinate shook his head.

Yue Ding looked at the screen and asked, "Why do I feel like they look a bit alike?"

"Is there?" The subordinate recalled, "That person seemed to have long white hair and looked very young and fashionable. Apart from being a man with a similar build to Shen Yunzhe, there didn't seem to be any similarities between them."

Yue Ding thought for a moment and asked, "Really?"

Forget it, there is still a lot of time. Shen Yunzhe is the only player who can be contacted. Even if something happens, we have to turn a blind eye.

At this time, Shen Yunzhe and Code Name hoped to come to the lawn that Mu Sen mentioned, but there was no one there, no little girl in red and no black cat, but Shen Yunzhe saw a row of small footprints printed on the white snow on the lawn, and the footprints extended to the front.

"She's gone. She has legs, so she won't stay in one place forever." Shen Yunzhe said, "Follow her."

"Be careful." Codename Hope whispered, "The black cat is looking for its own skin. The cat skin is still the medium, but perhaps it's not just the cat skin. The medium is also possible, the consciousness."

Codename Hope's words were a bit vague, but Shen Yunzhe immediately understood what he meant. "You mean: according to the surprise Easter egg, the black cat starts peeling people's skins to use as its own. Maybe the skin it chooses will become its medium?"

"very nice."

"What?"

"When I talk to you, you understand without me having to explain anything." Codename Hope's voice was still soft, as if he hadn't spoken in a while, and he wasn't sure how strong his words would be. "I haven't spoken in a long time, so my words aren't clear, but I'm glad you understand."

Shen Yunzhe nodded as a matter of course, "Of course I know what you are thinking."

After all, the synchronization rate is 100%, and he is now fully feeling the emotions of code name Hope.

Fortunately, Codename Xiwang will not be affected by Shen Yunzhe, otherwise the two of them will affect each other and find it difficult to act.

Codename Hope seemed to be very happy because of these words, and even his mood became a little cheerful. Shen Yunzhe was also affected. He felt that the white snow mixed with soil on the ground became lovely, and the deciduous trees next to the community that were bare because of winter all had a beautiful strength.

A miracle on earth!

Shen Yunzhe has never appreciated these things.

Following the footprints, Shen Yunzhe soon saw people. They had been trapped in the community for several hours and were all looking for ways to leave.

They could no longer convince themselves that this was normal and began to panic. There were quarrels and fights among belligerent men, and there were cries. The security guards were trying their best to maintain order, but a closer look revealed that some of them were trembling.

Things are already getting chaotic.

They followed the traces of snow, but halfway through they found that the footprints had disappeared. The footprints suddenly broke off, which reminded Shen Yunzhe of the black cat that disappeared from his balcony.

"That's all?" Shen Yunzhe sighed. "You're pretty cool with the weird and magical stuff."

"It should be nearby." Codename Hope stood quietly beside Shen Yunzhe.

Shen Yunzhe looked around, he looked at the place where the footprints disappeared, there was a bare tree in front of him, Shen Yunzhe opened his eyes slightly, he subconsciously figured out where the cat had gone, he immediately raised his head, a black cat squatting on the tree branch, staring at him with green eyes.

The cat pounced down directly. Shen Yunzhe reacted quickly and tried to avoid it, but there was snow under his feet and he slipped and fell down.

Fortunately, Codename Cat is faster, even though he has lost some of his instinctive reactions after spending more than 20 years in that black box. He stood in front of Shen Yunzhe, and the black cat opened its mouth when it pounced on him. The cracked cat's mouth was full of sharp teeth and wriggling pink flesh.

The black cat grabbed the arm of Code Name Hope, but at that moment it let out a scream, and a burst of black smoke mixed with a burnt smell appeared. The black cat quickly jumped out and disappeared quickly on the snow.

Codename Hope can cause harm to strange objects. He is the only extreme in Codename Hope's world. There are many people with special abilities in the entire world because of the game field, but only Codename Hope can cause direct harm. This is why he directly becomes a stone guardian.

Rather than curbing the playground, his presence is more about continuously damaging the playground and slowing down its spread.

Codename Hope used to resent this ability, but now he is very grateful for it because it allows him to protect the people he wants to protect.

Codename Hope breathed a sigh of relief. He wanted to reach out to pull Shen Yunzhe, but as soon as he reached out his hand, he slipped and fell on Shen Yunzhe.

Exactly the same place where Shen Yunzhe slipped.

"It's so precise, worthy of being a human being." Shen Yunzhe coughed, "Hope?"

Codename Xiwang tried to get up, his long silver hair hanging on Shen Yunzhe. They were so close that even their breaths blended together. Codename Xiwang stood up first, then shook off the snow on his body. He sniffed and did not apologize to Shen Yunzhe. He just looked at the snow around him in a daze.

Shen Yunzhe sat up and looked at him, "What are you thinking about?"

"I haven't thought about this snow." Codename Hope grabbed a handful of snow. His fingertips were already numb from the cold. He could feel the cold water melting in his palms while holding the snow. It was a bit interesting, so he couldn't help but grab another handful after the snow melted.

Like a child playing in the snow.

Shen Yunzhe sighed, reached out and grabbed Code Name Hope's wrist, and shook off all the snow in his hand in front of Code Name Hope's puzzled eyes. After there was no snow in his palm, he didn't care about the cold snow water and just held his hand tightly.

"Isn't it cold?" Shen Yunzhe said, "I feel cold just looking at it."

Strands of warmth flowed from Shen Yunzhe's palm to Code Name Hope. Code Name Hope stared at his hand as if he was looking at something magical.

"This clothes is too thin. I didn't expect it to be so cold outside." Shen Yunzhe put his hands in his pockets, then opened his phone with his trembling other hand and clicked on the live broadcast.

Codename Xiwang seemed to have reacted. He moved closer to Shen Yunzhe and watched the comments on the live broadcast with him.

[Is Mr. S here? Message found.]

"We've been calling for several minutes. Is he okay?"

【Isn’t there anything wrong with anyone yet?】

【I'm here, have you found the message? 】

[Was that Mr. S? I'll send you detailed information about this case.]

The official did not send all of it, after all, some of it was secret, but there was no way to contact Shen Yunzhe alone, so they could only selectively post the important things on the barrage for Shen Yunzhe to see.

The little girl in the red dress was named Lu Xiaoxiao. Her case had been investigated as an ordinary homicide. During the investigation, it was determined that an old man picked up a doll from a trash can ten days ago. This doll had appeared in the little girl's hands before. The girl's parents admitted that this was the doll that the girl had thrown away, but the cat corpse inside the doll had nothing to do with them.

An old man who was picking up rubbish wanted to take out the cotton from a doll, but he ended up taking out the dead body of a cat. He was so frightened that he had a heart attack and failed to be rescued in the hospital.

Afterwards, the girl found the doll from the trash can. After investigation, they determined that the girl was looking for her discarded doll. They went to find the girl's parents again and confirmed that the girl's parents had thrown away the doll without the girl's consent.

The strange thing about this case is that the doll was clearly disposed of, but the girl still found the same doll in the trash can.

What followed was the surprise easter egg scene, where the little girl holding the doll was attacked by the black cat, which crawled into the little girl's body. Then Shen Yunzhe came back from dinner and saw the little girl holding the doll at the gate of the community, so he contacted the girl's parents.

All in all, it's pretty weird. But the police still haven't found the killer, and the case has only been under investigation for two weeks.

"Although the medium is still Maopi, the form seems to have changed." Shen Yunzhe looked at the codename Xiwang sitting next to him, "What do you think?"

"Hmm?" Codename Hope looked at Shen Yunzhe, "Hmm."

Shen Yunzhe pinched his face with his cold hands, "Why do you look so absent-minded?"

"Hiss." Codename Hope shrank back a bit from the cold, then spoke, "Actually, I don't really like people touching me."

Shen Yunzhe blinked.

"But for some reason, I don't reject your touch at all. Many times, I only realized you touched me after you caught me." Codename Hope seemed to have a language system that hadn't fully recovered, saying something that could be misunderstood. "I feel safe with you. I really want to be close to you. I feel at ease."

"What's the problem?"

Codename Hope tilted her head and looked at him.

"Don't think I haven't noticed. We're very in sync right now." Shen Yunzhe held his hand and raised it. "I felt it. When I held your hand, you were so happy. Your heartbeat was more than doubled compared to before."

"Hmm." Codename Hope nodded embarrassedly.

Shen Yunzhe laughed. This guy seemed to particularly like pretending to be innocent, and his words were all in a simple and innocent tone.

But in fact, he is not a simple guy who knows nothing.

So good at pretending.

Shen Yunzhe got up from the snow and pulled Codename Xiwang up as well. Codename Xiwang followed him obediently and looked like a silent and simple brother again.

Finding the black cat is an urgent matter, and finding the person who found the black cat is also urgent, but the clothes that Codename Hope is wearing are too thin and too cold. Even Shen Yunzhe feels that his body is half numb. Only Codename Hope does not think there is a problem. He likes this numb feeling very much.

Let's change his clothes first to prevent him from freezing to death.

When they reached the stairwell, Codename Hope suddenly spoke.

"Can you feel all my emotions?"

"Yes." Shen Yunzhe nodded.

So Codename hopes to raise a question, "When I have desires, do you also have desires?"

Shen Yunzhe staggered and almost fell down the stairs.

Did this guy do it on purpose or by accident?!