A chilling aura of death enveloped Su Deng, freezing his blood. Before he could even turn around, the cleaver came crashing down from above.

"Mother!"

The child rushed out of the house and shoved her away.

The blade, accompanied by a gust of wind, grazed past my ear, and a wisp of hair drifted down.

Su Deng then came to her senses, a chill running down her spine and her hair standing on end.

This person didn't leave!

They knew she was here and had been waiting outside the door!

So scary!

The butcher's eyes were cold and bloodthirsty. "There's no one I can't kill if I want to."

Besides, this woman actually dared to play a trick on her just now!

"You can't escape!"

He gripped the machete and slashed again, his speed as fast as lightning.

"Mother!"

Su Muye rushed over anxiously. He had no weapon and no martial arts skills; Subik was just an intelligent AI.

"Don't come over here!"

Su Deng quickly dodged, grabbed the iron mesh on the railing and climbed up. Seizing the opportunity, she spun in the air and kicked the butcher in the back of the head with all her might.

The butcher, in pain, staggered forward a few steps.

Before the butcher could react, Su Deng leaped down and ran backwards. After a few steps, she remembered something, turned back, grabbed Su Muye, and ran towards the stairwell.

"ah!"

Once again!

With a roar, the butcher swung his cleaver out.

The stone fence under the iron mesh was smashed open, leaving a hole.

Pebbles flew everywhere.

The building has seven floors, and there seems to be no way up. The area downstairs has also quieted down. Su Deng let go of Su Muye. The itching and numbness in her neck made her tear off the uncomfortable bandage and lean against the wall, panting heavily.

Su Muye was also panting. Just as she was about to ask who the man was, she saw the glaring bloodstain on Su Deng's neck and exclaimed in surprise, "Mom, what happened to your neck?"

Su Deng frowned, "Don't call me Mom!"

Su Muye bit her lip, her eyes brimming with tears, "But a mother is a mother."

Su Deng took a deep breath, trying to calm her racing heart. "How did you get in? How much do you know about this place?"

Su Muye wrinkled her nose. "I came in with my mother!"

The moment he recognized Su Deng as his mother, Subik locked onto Su Deng. Not long after Su Deng left, he suddenly felt dizzy, his vision went black, and he lost consciousness.

“I woke up in a car. They said I was a severely mentally ill patient, so they locked me up here and injected me with medication. Luckily, I'm immune to the medication…”

"You said you were brought in as a mental patient?"

Su Deng was taken aback.

Su Muye nodded.

Su Deng's expression changed. "Do you have any game system on you?"

Su Muye shook his head, "I only have Subic who came with me."

Subic is his mother's possession, which is why he can use it to find her.

Subic could never be wrong, this person is her mother!

Su Deng suddenly remembered what Guo Yu had said in the office last night.

She said that there are more and more mentally ill people in the city, including adults and children. There was even a five-year-old child who was very good-looking. If he weren't mentally ill, she would have adopted him as her son.

There was also information about a five-year-old child in that stack of documents.

She didn't pay attention at the time, she just glanced at it casually.

Five years old, male.

No name.

There is only one ward number: ward 403.

That's the one we just saw!

The condition is severe delusional disorder; the patient is constantly crying and calling for their mother.

At first, she thought that this Divine Court Technology was too perverted. It was one thing to pull adults into the game world, but it didn't even spare children who had no ability to save themselves. It was simply inhumane!

But then, a bold idea suddenly popped into her head.

Su Muye is not a player.

he……

"Waaah... Mommy... Mommy, take me away... I want Mommy... Hehe... Mommy, come and get me..."

Su Deng's mind was in turmoil when the child beside her suddenly started crying.

His eyes were glazed over, and he was screaming and shouting as he walked towards the railing, calling for his mother. He was crying and laughing at the same time, and it became extremely eerie.

Su Deng instinctively stepped forward and tugged at him, "Su Muye!"

Su Muyue looked up at her, her delicate, childlike eyes glistening with tears. She giggled and pointed outside the railing, saying, "Sister, are you looking for your mom too? My mom's here to pick me up, look, she's right there..."

As he spoke, he continued walking out, bumping into the railing without feeling any pain, as if he had no sensation, and kept crying and laughing.

Like a madman.

He was a normal person just a moment ago.

Su Deng's scalp tingled instantly, and she took a step back.

"Little master! Wake up!"

The next moment, a sound came from the bracelet on Su Muye's wrist. He seemed to be electrocuted, his body trembled, and his frantic slamming against the railing stopped.

His expression shifted from bewilderment to distress. "Is it happening again?"

He subconsciously turned his head and saw Su Deng leaning against the wall, her face pale. He pouted, "Did I scare Mom just now?"

Su Deng didn't speak.

Su Muyue was somewhat saddened, "I followed my mother here, and after being sent here as a mental patient, that's when I started acting like this..."

In the past two days, he has had several unpredictable episodes of illness.

It was always Subic who used electric shocks to bring him back to his senses.

But if the stairwell railing hadn't been sealed off with wire mesh, even with Subic there, he would have jumped down and died long ago.

Su Deng recalled the large-scale online games she used to play and the science fiction novels she read.

There's a similarity to a real person transmigrating into the body of an NPC in a game world.

For example, when an NPC develops self-awareness.

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