Chapter 59

80% of the players who have entered the game field are selfish people. After being tortured by the death game again and again, no one is still a good person. Even if they will protect newcomers, it is because they are worried that the newcomers' death will make their own game more difficult.

During the live broadcast, some of them were discussing what to do about this problem, while others were persuading Shen Yunzhe not to worry about it. Even the authorities sent Shen Yunzhe a notice to stop the rescue.

If the authorities could enter here, they would try their best to save the people inside, but the person inside was not theirs but Shen Yunzhe.

The black cat indiscriminately attacks anyone who meets the requirements. Shen Yunzhe, or S, is only one person. He can save one or two people but not everyone, which will have very terrible consequences.

——Why did you save him but not me? !

——It’s because you didn’t save me that I got hurt and the rest of my life is so painful.

——If you had saved my family at that time, this wouldn’t have happened!

——Since you won’t save me, then we’ll die together!

They all came from the gaming world, and everyone knew that things would always turn out like this. Almost no players were optimistic about human nature, so the official asked Shen Yunzhe to stop. He couldn't save anyone and had to protect his own safety to the greatest extent possible.

Because Shen Yunzhe is the only player who knows the truth, he is the only one who can rely on to solve this strange spreading incident.

"Let's separate for now." Shen Yunzhe looked at Codename Hope next to him. "Black Cat has almost killed everyone who meets the requirements. You've made it suffer a few times, so it probably won't dare come over with you here."

Codename Hope clenched his hands and looked into Shen Yunzhe's eyes. "Let me, leave?"

"I just want you to go to the side and take shelter."

Codename Hope was still looking at Shen Yunzhe, with a hint of grievance in his silver eyes. He looked around and turned to look at Shen Yunzhe.

Shen Yunzhe obviously noticed that he was reluctant to leave, and this reluctance was already overflowing from his heart and revealed on the outside.

Codename Hope was dubious, rarely showing such clear reluctance.

"Do we have to separate?" Codename Hope asked Shen Yunzhe in a low voice. He looked Shen Yunzhe in the eyes seriously and said, "It's getting dark."

Only then did Shen Yunzhe realize that the entire day had been wasted. The sky was a little dim. He turned on his phone and found that it was already 4:30 in the afternoon. It would get dark very quickly in winter. After a while, a little after 5 o'clock, the sky would be covered with a black veil and would get darker and darker.

It's getting dark, and it will get dark very quickly. Codename Hope is afraid of the dark.

"If it gets darker, the street lights will turn on. I checked before, and there's still electricity." Shen Yunzhe comforted her, "It's okay, it won't be too dark."

Codename Hope still didn't nod, he held Shen Yunzhe's hand.

"Once we catch the black cat, we can leave."

Finally, codename Xiwang nodded. He took one last look at Shen Yunzhe before turning and leaving. He seemed to have observed this place before and quickly hid on the first floor of a building in front. Shen Yunzhe saw him hiding in the door on the first floor and looked at him cautiously through a crack.

Shen Yunzhe, who was in sync with Codename Hope, actually knew why Codename Hope didn't want to leave.

He didn't know what code name Xiwang's personality and preferences were like in the past, but the life in these twenty years made him afraid of the dark and loneliness. He didn't want to be alone in a dark place, and he didn't want to stay there alone. He hoped that he could be bathed in light forever during these three extreme days and could always see Shen Yunzhe when he turned around.

Together, tightly pressed together, as if looking for evidence that they were still alive.

But he was very obedient, because he knew very well that he was able to come out of that small box and stand here only because Shen Yunzhe needed him.

He can't be too willful.

After confirming the code name, Shen Yunzhe realized that although he was scared, he was not out of control. He stood up and walked to the side. He stood on the snow-covered lawn, lowered his head and looked at a faucet under his feet. This was actually a device used by security to water the lawn in spring and summer, and it would be turned off in winter.

Shen Yunzhe turned on the faucet and found that the outdoor faucet had been frozen for a long time.

Well, I originally wanted to pour water on the cat, but cats are afraid of cold and water.

Just as Shen Yunzhe said, the street lights came on when it got dark, illuminating the entire road. The lights in the community buildings were also on, but the residential buildings were pitch black and no one dared to turn on the lights. After a day, the screams finally subsided, replaced by occasional crying sounds.

When Hou Zheng opened his phone, news gradually started to arrive in the owners' group. The survivors expressed their nervousness, and those whose family members had died were devastated.

Just when Shen Yunzhe wanted to remind them not to let down their guard as things were not over yet, he heard footsteps behind him.

"Meow."

This is not the sound of a cat, but a person learning the sound of a cat.

Shen Yunzhe turned his head and looked behind him. He saw a man crawling on all fours with a flesh-colored tail extending from his waist. As the man crawled, his dark green eyes stared at him intently.

"Meow." It called again.

The black cat came to him.

"You stole my skin, didn't you?" the man said, stumbling over his words. His neck kept twisting, the amplitude of the twisting enough to break his cervical vertebrae. "Give me back my skin."

With a crackling sound, the surrounding lights went out instantly, and the door of the building next to the community gate was locked directly, and the scene immediately fell into darkness.

Shen Yunzhe almost went blind in an instant, and the last thing he saw was the man's vicious and resentful eyes.

He moved sideways completely subconsciously. He knew that it was best not to move forward or backward when a cat pounced on him. Cats were vicious hunters with the habit of toying with their prey. Now that they were in a human shell, their movements would become slow. Sure enough, the next moment he heard something pounce on him, and the man's heavy breathing was right next to his ears.

He hurriedly got up from the ground, but was pressed directly to the ground. Shen Yunzhe saw its eyes glowing green in the dark.

Finally adapting to the darkness, his eyes saw the black cat open its mouth, and Shen Yunzhe felt endless anxiety.

Terror, collapse, worry...it's overflowing to the point of collapse.

Code name: Hope.

The rim of the cup cracked because it could not hold the excess water, and the cracks spread little by little to the bottom of the cup until it finally broke completely.

In just a moment, a light suddenly lit up from the glass door in front of the building, illuminating everything around. Shen Yunzhe also saw the man who was pressing on him with his mouth open. The man's mouth was split to his ears, and you could see his stomach with a big hole and sharp teeth that were not normal.

The light penetrated the man's body in an instant, and a smell like chemical corrosion filled the air.

Shen Yunzhe saw him rolling down, and he let out a sharp scream. The cat howled miserably as if its throat was strangled. It rolled over and became motionless. A pink cat came out, quickly rushed into the darkness, and disappeared in an instant.

The light suddenly disappeared again, and the sky became dark again.

Shen Yunzhe sat on the ground coughing. He covered his neck which had been strangled just now but had no time to care about these things. He hurriedly got up from the ground and ran towards the residential building next to him with snow all over his body.

The light did not come on again. Shen Yunzhe opened the glass door and turned on the flashlight on his mobile phone with trembling hands. When the light came on, he saw codenamed Hope squatting behind the door.

Codename Hope was obviously out of control. He stared at Shen Yunzhe calmly, but his fingertips were stained with blood. He looked at Shen Yunzhe, stretched out his bloody hand and placed it on Shen Yunzhe's cheek. His eyes were red, as if he had been crying, but Shen Yunzhe knew that he would not cry at all.

"You shouldn't have pushed me away." Codename Hope suddenly spoke.

Shen Yunzhe looked at him.

"If I had been with you, you wouldn't have been caught. Look, you're injured."

Codename hoped to pull up his hand, and Shen Yunzhe then noticed that there was a cut on the back of his hand caused by the cat's scratch.

"This is a lesson. You need this lesson because you need me. I can protect you, so you have to let me stay by your side." Codename Hope's voice was cold and icy, completely different from his usual pitiful attitude. "Shen Yunzhe, do you understand? You can't live without me."

"Without me, you would be dead."

Shen Yunzhe hugged him and asked, "Are you acting like a spoiled child?"

"Or maybe you could die. That way, all my dreams from now on will be red." Codename Hope whispered in his ear in a terrifying voice, "I'll return to that place with immense regret and nostalgia. Even though there's little hope, it doesn't matter. This emotional stimulation is enough to keep me going for a while longer."

"That's great. I won't lose anything whether you live or die."

"You could have died more miserably, so I could remember it for a while longer."

Shen Yunzhe sighed, "I was wrong."

"You're right."

"Hope." Shen Yunzhe said, "I shouldn't have let you leave alone, shouldn't have left you here, and shouldn't have left you alone. I was wrong. Please forgive me."

So Codename Hope stopped talking and remained silent for a long time.

Finally, he carefully hugged Shen Yunzhe back with his arms. He rubbed Shen Yunzhe's hair and said, "Then you can never leave me again."

A delicate doll that is angry with its owner because it was abandoned by him.

It's his fault. The doll is very fragile and pitiful. It has nothing but the love of its owner. If the owner is not with it, it will really have no one to accompany it. It can only be placed alone in a dark place where there is no light. It is normal for the doll to be afraid.

He has to take good care of his doll.

…

They were still there, but the cat had already run away. The camera kept following the cat, and soon Shen Yunzhe and codename Xiwang could no longer be seen.

But at this moment, no one cared about the cat at all. The players were frantically discussing the flash of light just now.

[What is that?! Light?]

[People can glow? What kind of player is S?!]

[What about the official? Can the official contact S? Do they know what's going on?]

[Speaking of which, I seem to have met a player with special abilities. He has a sixth sense and can accurately predict when ghosts will attack. He also has precognitive dreams. We survived a game thanks to him, and only two people died. Isn't he a special case?]

[A player with special abilities? This can't be true, right?]

[There may be a very small number of players, and that S is one of them.]

Players were discussing it, and in fact the officials were also confused. They tried their best to find the owner files of this community, trying to find the identity of this player.

But no matter how you look at it, the only player in this community is Shen Yunzhe.

"Is it possible that this person isn't a homeowner in this complex, but just another player looking for Shen Yunzhe?" Yue Ding narrowed his eyes slightly. "I was actually wondering from the beginning. It's perfectly normal for players to be wary of each other, especially someone like Shen Yunzhe who's been linked to the official team since the very beginning."

"Why does that player always follow Shen Yunzhe?"

"There is only one possibility, and that is that this person and Shen Yunzhe knew each other from the very beginning."

Qiao Dong nodded. "That's true. It seems that if we want to confirm the information about this player, we have to start by investigating Shen Yunzhe's social connections."

Being able to directly damage strange creatures and even cause damage to them from such a distance, one can imagine the importance of this mysterious player.

Just like what the players said, some people with special abilities began to appear when the game field first appeared, but the number was too small. Their special department could only identify and recruit a dozen people. They had been hiding their identities, and this had always been a secret.

This was the first time they confirmed that there were players who could directly harm the monsters, and it was also the first time they saw that the monsters could be restrained.

This player must be found!

At this time, Shen Yunzhe and Codename Hope had no idea that the outside world was going crazy over the abilities displayed by Codename Hope. Of course, even if they knew, they wouldn't care.

Codename Hope does not belong to this world. He can only stay here for three days. These three days were exchanged for Shen Yunzhe from the parallel world. No one can find Codename Hope, and no one can use him again.

They returned home. Shen Yunzhe's home was different from everyone else's. He turned on the lights, even in all the rooms.

After returning home, Shen Yunzhe first rummaged through the refrigerator and finally found the bread he had bought earlier. It was filled with chocolate. He broke the bread in half and stuffed half into Code Name Hope's hand. Then he turned and went into the kitchen to pour water. This bread was also whole wheat and it was very choking to eat.

Codename Hope watched Shen Yunzhe walk into the kitchen with a piece of bread in his hand. Shen Yunzhe's figure was reflected in his silver eyes. His little finger twitched, and there was a hint of weirdness on his expressionless face.

He actually wanted to kill Shen Yunzhe.

Killing his own hopes with his own hands and making the rest of his life hopeless seemed not bad in his eyes now. His overflowing extreme emotions made him imagine this scene and then he began to get excited.

Fortunately, he hadn't lost control enough to actually carry it out.

Codename Hope took a bite of the cold whole wheat bread in his hand and chewed it mechanically until the bread became soft before swallowing it. The human body's magical self-mechanism made him unable to hold the first bite of food he had in twenty years in his mouth and even bite it.

Shen Yunzhe handed the warm water to him. He took it and drank it. The warm water washed over his cold body, and he began to think again: What would it feel like to drink water until he died?

It is abnormal and unlike the way of thinking of humans, different from the code name sleep disorder patients, it is an extreme that belongs only to code name hope.

Shen Yunzhe could actually feel and even judge what Codename Xiwang was thinking. After all, their synchronization rate was very high now.

Codename Hope was thinking and chewing at the same time, like a hamster doing two things at once.

"I roughly know what the medium is." Shen Yunzhe said.

Codename Hope paused chewing, looked at Shen Yunzhe, and spoke after a moment, "Hmm."

"You guessed it too?"

"Hmm." Codename Hope took a sip of water and uttered one syllable before saying nothing more.

Seeing him eating seriously, Shen Yunzhe gave him his half of the bread, watched him continue eating, and then listened to his mind full of "eating", "wanting to kill people", "the water is hot", "wanting to eat people", "hating cats", and "liking cats".

His contradictory and bizarre emotions and thoughts make him seem quite... vivid.

"Everyone the black cat killed here had taken someone else's belongings without permission. However, the starting point here should normally be the beginning of the surprise Easter egg live broadcast, when the little girl was attacked by the black cat. In other words, there is only one exception to the black cat's attack, and that is the little girl Lu Xiaoxiao at the beginning."

"Lu Xiaoxiao's toys were thrown away without permission, and the black cat was skinned. They both lost their most important things. In the end, the black cat crawled into Lu Xiaoxiao's body and became one with her."

Shen Yunzhe took a sip of water and said, "That should be correct. The original Lu Xiaoxiao was the skin of the black cat, the medium."

"As long as the medium is destroyed, reality will not continue to be eroded."

"There's only one thing we need to do now, find Lu Xiaoxiao's body."