Chapter 72

Although Codename Hope has been denying it, Shen Yunzhe could always feel Codename Hope's emotions after synchronization.

He was in high spirits and very happy.

Especially when he was rubbing against Shen Yunzhe.

"Ferris wheel!" Codename Hope pointed at a tall building not far away, "Shen Yunzhe, I want to go there."

"No." Shen Yunzhe refused. "It's very dangerous."

Codename Hope tilted her head, "I'm here, right? I can always protect you."

"You can protect me all the time, but you won't protect other players, and you won't come to me every time I enter the game field." Shen Yunzhe let him lean on him. Anyway, this guy seemed to have skin hunger due to not having contact with people for a long time, and it became a habit for him to hug Shen Yunzhe.

Shen Yunzhe was also forced to do so because he was used to the synchronization rate.

"Oh." Codename Hope agreed obediently. "Okay, I'll listen to you."

He sounds like a good kid, but in fact Shen Yunzhe could feel that he was not very interested in the Ferris wheel, or even the carousel just now. Just like he said, he didn't like this playground transformed into a medium.

But the joy in his heart was real, and the closer she was to him, the more he liked her.

It's really contradictory to hate and be happy at the same time.

"Can you handle the code erosion problem?" Shen Yunzhe asked him. "Even though the code erosion is out of sync, there's still a residual mental impact. Ji Yu still looks like he's been affected. This is really dangerous. We need a way to remove the influence."

Codename Hope doesn't answer.

"hope?"

"I'm sorry, Shen Yunzhe, I don't know." Codename Hope replied pitifully, "My world is not eroded."

Shen Yunzhe looked at him helplessly, "Don't act like I've done anything to you."

"Do you want to do something to me?" Unexpectedly, Codename Hope was quite interested. "I'm actually a bit of a germaphobe and don't like interacting with other people, but if it were you, I think it's okay. Want to come?"

Shen Yunzhe couldn't help but pat his head, "Be normal!"

Codename Hope smiled, his smile was gentle. "There's no way. As long as you synchronize the erosion for one day, this problem will always exist."

"That's unacceptable. It's only been two days and this has already happened. The erosion was personally cleared by the authorities, even though it was also a voluntary act." Shen Yunzhe sighed. "This feeling of forcibly influencing the minds of those you've helped into becoming a kind person is too extreme."

"Perhaps once you fulfill his wish, this problem will be solved." Codename Hope held his hand. "Only then can you achieve 100% synchronization."

Shen Yunzhe looked at him in surprise, and after a moment, he spoke with a complicated expression, "What about you? The only surviving isotope with a 100% synchronization rate."

"What wish of yours did I fulfill?"

Codename Hope seemed a little shy. He lowered his head and played with Shen Yunzhe's fingers. After playing for a while, he replied in a low voice: "Lonely."

Hearing this answer that he had guessed long ago, Shen Yunzhe leaned back on the bench and sighed deeply.

Liar, damn bad boy, it must be because he was absent in the first half of this person's life that he developed the bad habit of lying everywhere!

They are now in sync with each other to an alarming degree, and he can completely feel the emotions of Code Name Hope.

There was no shyness or excitement, only purposeful guidance. He deliberately controlled the degree of intimacy and ambiguity, using playful words to tease Shen Yunzhe's interest, and by the way, to force his own interest which was as calm as water.

Of course he knew that Shen Yunzhe also knew this, but he just wanted to have fun.

Because he doesn't care about the consequences or how the relationship will develop, as long as he doesn't suffer any loss.

It’s like Codename Hope thinks: He won’t lose out whether Shen Yunzhe is dead or alive.

"Shen Yunzhe!" Just when Shen Yunzhe felt that his life was hopeless and that he was being relied upon by himself, he heard a voice calling him from behind.

When he turned around, he saw Zhang Xian suddenly brake and stop three meters away from him.

He still remembered that Shen Yunzhe had a bad attitude towards him, and he was afraid that Shen Yunzhe would change his mind at some point and stab him in the back.

On the other side, Wen Hai and Xie Yiyun gasped and subconsciously stepped back, wanting to escape immediately.

They still remembered how Jing Lianzhong died. He was entangled by a female ghost from behind, and her hair was stuck in his neck. The scene seemed to be right in front of their eyes, but now there was a person wearing a hood but with long silver hair visible at a glance next to Shen Yunzhe.

Shen Yunzhe is also haunted by a ghost?!

Seeing the way these two people looked at Shen Yunzhe, Zhang Xian knew that they had misunderstood.

"Stop!" Zhang Xian called out to them. "You'll regret it if you run away."

"Huh?" Xie Yiyun pointed at the codename "Hope." "You, you, you, didn't you see it?! That's a ghost! Shen Yunzhe is being haunted by a ghost! He's going to die!"

Codename Hope blinked his eyes and said pitifully to Shen Yunzhe, "I'm not a ghost."

Shen Yunzhe turned to look at Code Name Hope and could truly feel the disgust in his heart.

He hated being called a ghost.

"Zhang Xian, let them go." Shen Yunzhe said, "Go wherever you want, just don't get in my way."

Xie Yiyun snorted coldly, thinking to herself, "How dare you, a ghost-haunted person, be so arrogant?" She turned and left, thinking she wanted to live a few more days. Wen Hai smiled at Zhang Xian, but his words were all about Shen Yunzhe being very dangerous, and it was not a good idea to be with him.

Finally, he turned and left.

Zhang Xian raised his hand, thought about it, and then put it down.

Okay, he doesn't dare to mess with Shen Yunzhe now, and he can directly damage the strange creatures! Officially, this has been promoted to the most important task No. 1.

"The person that Ji Yu and I rescued with great difficulty was sent away with just one sentence." Zhang Xian sighed in the back.

"Isn't there still one left?" Shen Yunzhe was referring to Tang Feng who was still in a coma.

"He's a burden." Zhang Xian said bluntly, "They said that Tang Feng has the same mental problems as Ji Yu, and his problems are even more serious. He feels that he has done something so bad that he deserves death as an apology. He also wants to drag others to die with him."

Zhang Xian looked at Shen Yunzhe and said, "But they all seem to admire you."

At this time, Ji Yu spoke up, "This is because Shen Yunzhe is very good. He is an especially good person."

"I get it. Shen Yunzhe is great. No one is better than him. If he can get into the official ranks, I'll even kneel down and call him grandpa." Zhang Xian stopped Ji Yu from speaking. "Or I'll kneel down and call you aunt. Just sit there quietly, okay?"

Ji Yu looked at Zhang Xian hesitantly, then whispered, "I haven't even gotten married yet, and I don't have any grandchildren."

Zhang Xian was truly speechless. He sighed heavily once more, "I was wrong. I was terribly wrong. First, I shouldn't have revealed myself as an official. Second, I shouldn't have listened to Director Yue and followed Shen Yunzhe. Third, I haven't thought about it yet, but I'm sure I'll have one. I'm putting this here as a prelude."

Codename hoped to listen to his words, then smiled and whispered in Shen Yunzhe's ear: "He seems to be telling a crosstalk."

“I haven’t listened to crosstalk for a long time.”

"Don't insult the profession of crosstalk. I'm unworthy." Zhang Xian squatted down bored, still three meters away from Shen Yunzhe. "Anyway, what should we do now? Jing Lianzhong is gone in the theater, and there's a male ghost inside demanding compensation. Should we go to the theater as planned, or go somewhere else?"

Shen Yunzhe thought for a moment and said, "Let's go to the Ferris wheel."

"Ferris wheel?" Zhang Xian was surprised. "Why?"

"Because he wants to go." Shen Yunzhe glanced at the man beside him who was looking hopeful. "He just told me he wants to go."

Zhang Xian looked at Shen Yunzhe with suspicion, then looked at Codename Hope next to him. They looked exactly the same. Although Codename Hope had long silver hair and silver pupils, looking like a fairy, he seemed a little shy and quite quiet.

"I just want to ask a question," Zhang Xian asked, "Isn't he an extension of your abilities? Does he have his own thoughts?"

"You're not going to treat him like a doll in your closet, are you?"

...and, he looks just like me.

To be fair, Zhang Xian thought about it and thought that if he could create a person out of thin air one day, he would definitely create his favorite one, such as a goddess or a two-dimensional wife. What's even weirder is that whose goddess or two-dimensional wife has his own face.

Shen Yunzhe neither admitted nor denied it, but codename Hope seemed to have noticed something.

They had never been to a Ferris wheel before, because they subconsciously judged that there must be something wrong with the Ferris wheel. They didn't even go to the Ferris wheel because it was really big and it took up the entire space.

Zhang Xian agreed to come to the Ferris wheel entirely because of the code name Hope.

He didn't know what kind of existence Codename Hope was now, but he remembered very clearly that Codename Hope could harm strange things. In other words: if the female ghost appeared, as long as he took action, they could survive. For this reason, he reluctantly agreed to come.

But he knew very well in his heart that Codename Hope might not really save them, just like the way Shen Yunzhe occasionally looked at him with a scrutinizing look in his eyes.

He seemed to be hesitating whether to keep him or take the opportunity to get rid of him.

Zhang Xian knew too well that the rules of the game field had almost no constraints on the players, because 90% of the things that could harm the players were ghosts. What? Do it yourself? In fact, it would be enough to just guide the ghosts to kill people, there was no need to do it yourself

He followed Shen Yunzhe not too far away, and then spoke, "What should I call him? I can't call him by your name, right?"

"Shen Yunxi." Code name Hope suddenly spoke.

Shen Yunzhe gave him a strange look.

"It's a name Shen Yunzhe gave me." Codename Hope seemed very happy. "I really like it when you call me by it."

"Do you really like it?" Shen Yunzhe asked him in a low voice.

"Because you named it, I like it." Code Name Hope's answer was the same as always.

Shen Yunzhe had a complicated expression, "When you pretend, you have to pretend to be more convincing, otherwise you will be discovered."

"How could that be?" Codename Hope looked at Shen Yunzhe innocently. "Let's not talk about how I really like the name you gave me. It's like you own me. Besides, no one knows what I'm thinking except you. Who would find out that I'm pretending?"

"Shen Yunzhe, only you know."

When saying such ambiguous words, he doesn't consider the occasion at all.

Zhang Xian looked up at the sky and down at the ground, but not at them, as if he hadn't heard anything. But inside, he was already numb. What kind of advanced trick was Shen Yunzhe playing? Are mentally ill people so happy?

The one who saved all this was Ji Yu. Ji Yu pointed to the sign in front and said, "There is a sign here."

They walked over and were surprised to find that the sign was actually a stamping area.

They remembered the punch-in page in the brochure.

【Ferris Wheel Check-in】

[This Ferris wheel is the perfect place to express your love, and has been used by hundreds of couples to successfully express their love.]

If you see a woman in white, don't be afraid. She is envious of your love. Remember to pretend you don't see her.

"Hiss." Zhang Xian gasped. "This director is truly lacking in virtue. Not only did he use the dead girl as a gimmick to stage a ghost-hunting game, he also implied that the dead girl was loveless and envious of others' love. I wonder if she'll slowly commit suicide for love and jump off a pirate ship herself?"

They took turns to punch in, and after punching in, they checked whether there was any problem with their e-tickets. They took out Tang Feng's mobile phone and punched in as well. In the end, they confirmed that none of the four of them had their e-tickets stolen.

There is no female ghost this time?

But the contents of the brochure told them that this was no simple place.

For safety, they got on a Ferris wheel box. Fortunately, there were only five of them. Ji Yu and Zhang Xianyi sandwiched Tang Feng in the middle, while Shen Yunzhe and Code Name Xiwang sat on the other side.

The Ferris wheel started to move slowly. Shen Yunzhe sat at the door, looking outside curiously. Codename wanted to sit quietly and had little interest in it.

The game field is not as attractive to Codename Hope as the outside world. According to him, there is not much difference between the game field and where he stays. At most, Shen Yunzhe is there, but he still threatens the system. Shen Yunzhe feels the boredom of Codename Hope, and while looking outside, he subconsciously judges how long his current boredom index can last.

"This is too high." Zhang Xian also looked outside. "If something unexpected happens midway and the Ferris wheel box falls, we'll definitely be wiped out together."

"The game field won't cause such a large number of team wipes in such a short period of time." Codename Hope said: "They want completeness, to force players to find ways to leave, not to let players be wiped out all the time."

Zhang Xian looked at Codename Hope in wonder, then turned to look at Shen Yunzhe, "You know?"

"Because I've been in the official world, kid." Codename Hope smiled. "From the very beginning, the playground was designed to erode reality and expand. That's why they constantly pull people in, using people to achieve their goal of eroding reality. To put it bluntly, every player is a medium for the playground."

"If all the players die, the game field won't be able to expand."

Zhang Xian's eyes were filled with shock. After a moment, he spoke, "The authorities will not make such a decision. Players will not be abandoned so easily."

Codename Xiwang was still smiling. He stared at the official newcomer with malicious eyes, until Shen Yunzhe patted his shoulder. Then he immediately turned around and lay on Shen Yunzhe and acted coquettishly, without any of his previous aggressive attitude.

Shen Yunzhe pressed him down and said, "Don't scare me."

"I didn't." Codename hoped his voice would be soft, with a look of grievance, "Shen Yunzhe, don't be like this. Why is everything my fault?"

"Shouldn't you be partial to me?"

Zhang Xian looked at Shen Yunzhe and codenamed Xiwang suspiciously, and the conclusion he had already reached was faintly torn in his heart.

He always felt that Shen Yunzhe and Shen Yunxi were not the same person... not at all, it was absolutely impossible!

There was silence in the box, with only the soft voice of Codename Hope. The next moment, Codename Hope grabbed Shen Yunzhe. The moment Shen Yunzhe leaned back, the glass of the Ferris wheel shattered instantly. Shen Yunzhe leaned in Codename Hope's arms, his eyes fixed on the place where the glass was broken.

The wind whistled in through the gap, and Zhang Xian instantly rushed to the back.

Shen Yunzhe didn't move, and Codename Hope didn't let go.

Everyone present watched helplessly as a pair of hands came up from below. The pale hands climbed up the glass little by little like a gecko, and soon the face was revealed. The woman's pale eyes stared at all of them, and her flamboyant hair was blown in by the wind from the gap.

She twisted her neck and then smiled with satisfaction.

"Take me with you to play."

"I can sing Happy Birthday to you guys."

She reached her hand in through the hole, and the cracks between her nails were covered in blood.

"Happy birthday to you," she sang. "Hee hee, happy birthday."