Chapter 42: Mini Game: Blind Man Touching the Elephant

Jane Bumian's body completely turned into a corpse.

His limbs were limp, his body temperature was ice-cold, and he couldn't even move his fingers.

But he was conscious and could see.

Jian Bumian: "..."

Okay.

That just suits his taste, so he just lies there.

The crying and footsteps became clearer and clearer, and finally the footsteps stopped in front of his coffin, and the crying came from above the coffin.

“Click—”

The heavy coffin lid was pushed open.

The blood-red light enveloped the area.

Jian Bumian saw two burly men with bare chests standing on the left and right sides of the coffin. They suddenly grabbed Jian Bumian's arms, lifted him up one by one on the left and right, and dragged him out of the coffin.

Jian Busian was unable to move and could only let the other party manipulate her. Her fingertips were suspended in the air and her blood-red wedding dress fell to the ground.

The shrill sound of suona rang out.

What he saw was still the familiar hall of the old house, but the atmosphere was completely different and the hall was crowded with people.

To be precise, the dead people in the underworld.

Their faces were pale and their eye sockets were full of white, but their movements and expressions were like those of living people. With strange smiles on their faces, they all looked at Jian Busian who was dragged into the hall.

Among them were many little boys, who were made from paper figures. When they saw Jane Busian, they jumped up like birds and laughed around her.

The ground was covered with blood-red paper flowers and the air was filled with the strong smell of firecrackers.

Someone raised his voice and shouted, "Here comes the bride!"

Jian Busian was dragged to a bench with a big red flower on it and forced to sit down.

His whole body was limp and he had no strength at all. Even when he sat on a chair, he just looked like a cotton doll, with his head drooping and his hands hanging down.

It looked exactly like a corpse.

But the face of this corpse was extremely beautiful. It was wearing a bright red wedding dress, had fair skin, and was difficult to tell whether it was a man or a woman. Anyone who saw it would want to take it home.

An old man walked tremblingly into the hall and presented a wedding invitation to the word "囍" in the center of the hall.

"Where's the groom?"

"There."

Jian Busian looked in the direction of their conversation and found that the direction they were talking was right opposite to him.

Only then did he notice that there was a chair opposite him, with a tall man sitting on it.

The man was also wearing bright red clothes, which were obviously men's style, and there was a red flower as big as a human head tied on his chest.

Jian Busian raised his head and saw a familiar face.

The man's appearance was not as lifeless as the other NPCs. His silver hair was tied behind his head, revealing his handsome and delicate features.

He had noticed Jian Bumian for a long time, so much so that when Jian Bumian looked at him, they happened to look at each other.

The man narrowed his red eyes and chuckled, "Jian Bumian? I didn't expect you to find this place."

Jian Bumian didn't say anything, and he couldn't say anything either.

The key to winning this game lies in whether the player can discover that this is a ghost marriage scene and go to the underworld to find the real groom.

The high-pitched, shrill voice of a drake sounded again.

"The newlyweds are entering the hall, and the ceremony begins—"

The two big men who had just helped Jian Bumian out of the coffin grabbed his arms again and lifted him up.

Jane Busian's fair arm, wrapped in her wedding dress, had red marks shaped like five fingers being grasped.

The man frowned when he saw Jian Bumian being treated so roughly, and said coldly: "Don't touch him like this."

The man's voice was extremely cold, revealing an innate sense of majesty. After hearing this, the two big men who were holding Jian Bumian quickly put Jian Bumian back on the chair.

The old man trembled and said, "Sir, this bride is a corpse and will not move. You should get married with her quickly, so as not to miss the auspicious time."

The man said nothing, his face cold.

The old man thought for a moment and said, "Sir, if you really don't agree to your bride being touched, I have a few excellent puppeteers here who can use wooden strings to hold your bride together during the wedding ceremony."

“…………”

Jian Bushian couldn't hear the old man's voice clearly, his attention was focused on his own sight.

He found his vision falling into darkness again.

[Congratulations to the player for finding the "elephant". The elephant may be a clone NPC, or it may be your real lover. 】

[The player's vision has been temporarily deprived. ]

[Please use various methods other than visual to identify whether it is your lover. ^v^]

Before he lost his sight, he saw that only half of the three incense sticks was burning.

...Is the man waiting for him in the underworld his real self?

Jane Busian frowned.

Suddenly, the old man's hoarse voice disappeared, and the noisy sounds of gongs, drums and firecrackers seemed to be cut off and fell silent in an instant.

Jane's sleepless ears felt like they were ringing and she couldn't hear anything.

If Jian Bumian could see things, he would see everything around him, as if the time pause button was pressed, and everyone was motionless in an instant.

[A "ghost" is detected approaching. 】

[Players please hide. ]

Jane Bumian: “???”

How come when he came to the underworld, the ghosts followed him?

Then, Jian Bumian heard the rustling sound of clothes dragging on the ground.

The ghost is making its way towards the main house and will soon notice that Jane is awake.

But Jane Bumian had now turned into a corpse and could not move at all.

Just when Jian Bumian was at a loss, he suddenly felt someone picked him up by the waist, and the familiar smell of cedar came into his nose.

The other person's cool hair fell on his neck.

He felt the other person holding him and carrying him under the table in the corner, and the other person also squeezed in.

"Be quiet."

A familiar voice sounded.

The person holding him was a man.

When the "ghost" comes, NPCs cannot move, only players can move.

The man pressed Jane Bumian's lips with his fingertips, signaling her not to make a sound.

If you make a sound, the "ghost" will discover you.

The man whispered in Jian Bumian's ear: "After the ghost leaves, you will identify me as the real me, otherwise there will not be enough time."

"There are only ten minutes left until the three incense sticks are completely burned out."

“…”

Jian Bumian couldn't speak or answer the other party.

He heard the "ghost" enter the room and walk towards the table where they were hiding.

The table was covered with a red wedding cloth, and the curtain was hung to the ground, hiding the person hiding inside the table.

The man was so tall that Jane Bumian had to press herself tightly against his chest to completely hide under the table.

The "ghost" stopped in front of the table, and a liquid similar to water dripped down its hem. After a while, the unknown liquid gathered into a small piece on the ground, and flowed under the table along the terrain, and was stained by Jane Busian's white toes.

He also smelled the odor of the liquid.

——It’s blood.

After a while, the ghost slowly left the table and walked behind the screen.

They were not discovered by the ghost.

The man's lips brushed across Jian Busian's red earlobe, and his voice was low: "This ghost looks very scary and has been dead for a long time. Don't touch the blood it left, it's very dirty."

He reached out and grabbed Jane Busian's foot, rubbing his thumb across the other's toes to wipe off the blood.

The man's palm was slightly warm. Jane Busian's feet were used to being in the cold air, and suddenly she was held by the man's large palm. The back of her feet turned crimson in discomfort.

The man rubbed Jian Bumian's feet and said in a calm voice, "Then you should quickly identify me as the real me, otherwise we will be running out of time."

Jane Busian shrank into the man's arms and nodded.

"Okay, be good." The man stroked his hair as if he was teasing a kitten.

[Do you recognize this "elephant" as the real one? ]

Under the man's burning gaze, Jane Busian raised the corners of her lips, chuckled, and said, "It's fake."

【…………】

【……】

【The answer is correct.】

The reason why Jian Bumian could recognize that this man was his clone was because he had already found out where his real body was.

In his eyes, the fake clone was just a clown performing clumsy tricks.

Jian Bumian's vision returned to normal, and the pool of liquid gathered at his feet was, just as he had imagined, a pool of blood.

This pool of blood was not from a dead person. It had a dark color and a very strong smell of blood. Jian Bushian could smell it without touching it.

The smell is not just that of blood, but also has a strong scent of evil spirits.

Jane Busian, who had drunk men's blood, knew the taste very well.

He smelled the familiar scent as soon as the ghost walked to the table.

The real identity is a "ghost."

Jane Busian chuckled.

If it were other players, they might not realize that the real "elephant" is actually a "ghost".

The game once told players that they should hide when they encounter a "ghost", otherwise they will be in danger.

But the game doesn't say at all that the "ghost" could be an elephant.

This will cause the player to pass by the real elephant countless times, and even get further and further away from it until the game ends and it is wiped out.

However, Jian Bumian did not immediately recognize that the ghost was real.

He needs more compelling evidence.

Because it is not ruled out that the elephant released by this copy will even imitate the smell of a man's blood exactly.

Jian Busian couldn't move now. He could only grit his teeth and fall to the ground.

Bang!

Jian Busian fell down with his upper body exposed under the table. He then saw the "ghost" that had been wandering around.

He is tall, with long silver hair and a handsome face.

Sure enough, she looks exactly like a man!

The ghost dressed in a fiery red groom's uniform noticed some movement under the table. He lowered his head and saw the young man on the ground.

The boy couldn't move, his exquisite wedding dress was disheveled, revealing half of his fair neck, and he looked like a beautiful doll that had been bullied.

It's his bride.

Jian Busian thought quickly in his mind, is there any other way to identify whether the other party is real?

The main problem is that he can't move at all now, and can't even speak, let alone use touch and other methods to identify whether the other party is real.

The player enters the underworld where real bodies exist. As they progress further, they will also encounter new disadvantages.

Jane Bumian lay on the cold ground, her skin exposed to the cold air turning slightly red.

He closed his eyes and opened the system backpack.

——He took out the illusion lamp that Li Re left for him.

If you want to determine whether a person's identity is true or false, the most direct and crude way is to directly peek into his memory!

This game doesn't say that players can't use props, right?

[Do you want to use the prop fantasy light? ]

Jian Busian answered the system in his heart: "Yes."

【Please state the object of your observation. 】

In Jian Bumian’s mind, a floor plan of the scene he was in suddenly appeared, and the NPCs all turned into small red dots, including the "ghost".

Jian Bumian pointed out the little red dot that was the "ghost".

【Used successfully. 】

[This item does not reproduce all the memories of the object being spied on, but only the most profound memory of the object being spied on.]

[The player is being transferred now. (After the transfer, the player's copy/game time will remain unchanged, that is, no real time will be consumed)]

The surroundings suddenly became dark, and Jian Bumian's body floated up and floated in nothingness.

[It is detected that your presence is in the deepest memory of the person being spied on. Please be mentally prepared. ]

Jian Busian raised an eyebrow.

Does he exist?

He remembered the man had mentioned that they had known each other before and had been in love.

But Jane suffered from insomnia and amnesia, and had no memory of the past at all.

Since the man had him in his memory, he could just check whether what he said was true.

The darkness disappears.

[Transmission successful, illusion completed.]

What caught Jian Bumian's eyes was the pale ceiling and the air was filled with a faint smell of disinfectant.

His body was finally able to move after a long time.

He turned his head and saw himself lying on a snow-white bed. There was an IV drip hanging beside the bed and a huge machine. The screen of the machine displayed one line after another.

The lines resemble an electrocardiogram, but these are nearly straight.

Jane Bumian is now lying in a hospital ward and seems to be dying.

Jian Bumian: “…………”

So, the most profound scene in the man’s memory is that he was about to die?

They are not actually lovers, but sworn enemies who wish the other to die, right?

Jane was sleepless and wanted to get out of bed and find the man to ask him clearly.

But as soon as he raised his waist, he felt severe pain in his body, and he immediately gave up the idea.

At the same time, he found that not only was there an IV hanging on the back of his hand, but he was also wearing a breathing mask and his body was full of various tubes.

The cold liquid medicine was transmitted into his frail body through these tubes in order to sustain his dying life.

Jane Bumian lay on the bed like a salted fish.

The man's delay in showing up made him doubt the truthfulness of what he said.

Not long after this thought came to his mind, the door of the ward was opened and a pair of shiny leather shoes appeared.

Jian Busian saw a man who was completely different from the one he had imagined.

The man did not have long hair, but a neat short silver style.

He was wearing a black suit, an expensive, slim-fitting suit that outlined his tall figure.

He was holding a large bouquet of bright red roses in full bloom and walked towards Jane Busian step by step.

The man placed the bouquet of flowers on the bedside. The red roses, full of vitality, formed a sharp contrast with the weak electrocardiogram that was almost in a straight line.

"Mianmian."

The man sat in front of Jane Bumian, his voice low and a little hoarse.

Jane Bumian turned her head with great effort and looked at the other person.

The man lowered his eyebrows, and his usually cold red eyes became much softer. He placed his hand on the back of Jian Busian's cold hand and interlocked their fingers.

"terribly sorry."

“……”Jane Busian pursed her lips.

This was the first time he saw a man looking so sad.

His heart seemed to follow the other person's emotions and became depressed, as if being pressed down by a heavy stone.

It was as if he had experienced this event himself.

This time, Jian Busian really believed that the man did not deceive him. He moved his fingers and responded to the other party's interlocking fingers.

He didn't want the other person to be so sad.

His owner is so strong and handsome, he shouldn't have such negative emotions as sadness.

The man felt Jian Bumian's subtle movements. He smiled bitterly and apologized again: "I'm sorry, Mianmian."

Jian Bumian: “…………”

He wanted to know why the other party would apologize.

Jian Busian cast a puzzled look at the man and wrote the word "why" on the palm of his hand with her fingertips.

He was afraid that the other party would not understand, so he wrote "Why will I die?"

The man paused and realized that Jian Busian was confused.

Why would his lover ask such a question?

The man just thought that the other party was not very clear-headed and a little confused, but he did not feel annoyed at all. Instead, he wanted to talk more with the other party.

It’s better to keep talking.

He said in a deep voice: "Mianmian, you were in a car accident and rescue is ineffective."

Jian Busian opened his eyes wide, with a hint of disbelief in them.

The man did not see the surprise in Jian Busian's eyes, otherwise he would not have continued speaking anyway.

The man stared at their interlocked fingers and spoke word by word: "But I can't save you..."

He closed his eyes and sighed heavily in his chest: "Mianmian, you must be very disappointed, right? I am obviously an evil god, but I can't even do such a small thing as giving people a new life."

He is the only evil god in the world. He is very powerful and can call the wind and rain and mobilize all things.

He took his lover to heaven and earth to see everything in the world.

But he never expected that something unexpected would happen to his lover.

The man only thought that Jane would grow old day by day, in their home, in his arms.

Then he would take their memories back to the place where they first met and disappear there forever.

But he couldn't accept that Jane Busian would die at such a young age, when their love was at its peak.

But he was powerless.

He is an evil god and can never get rid of the word "evil". No matter how powerful he is, he cannot give people new life.

After all, this is not something an evil god would do.

When it comes to matters of life and death, the evil god will only cause people to die.

The man saw that Jane Bumian's electrocardiogram was becoming increasingly flat. He held back the heat in his eyes, lifted Jane Bumian's hand, placed it on his lips and kissed it deeply.

The action is affectionate and gentlemanly.

...It's like something that you only do at a wedding.

Not when your lover is dying.

The man was reluctant to kiss Jane Bumian's lips at this moment, because his sick lover was too fragile and would break at any time if touched.

He could only kiss the back of the boy's hand devoutly.

"Mianmian, I'm sorry."

This was the third apology that Jane Bumian had heard.

Since the man is a powerful evil god, why do you always like to apologize to him so humbly?

Jian Busian felt the back of his hand was a little sore from being lifted.

After a long time, the man finally ended his long kiss.

There were deep kiss marks on the boy's white back of the hand.

The man whispered: "Mianmian, I have a wish, can you help me realize it?"

They have been in love for so long, and it has always been the man who fulfills any of Jane Bumian's wishes.

In the eyes of the evil god, Jian Busian is just a young and fragile human being. He should let her go free and fulfill all her wishes.

This is the basic rule that evil gods should follow when they fall in love with humans.

If the evil god were to make a wish to a human lover in return, it would be a great shame.

The man thought he would never ask Jane for a wish.

Unexpectedly, when Jian Bumian was about to leave, he still couldn't help but make a small wish to the other party.

Jane Busian blinked curiously.

The man's eyes dropped, and his fingertips stroked the delicate lines on Jian Bumian's palm.

The words he spoke now were deep and hoarse.

“Mianmian, if you have an afterlife, no matter whether you still love me then or not, please remember me, remember my name, remember everything about you and me, remember that I… was once your lover.”

"And my only mission is to find the new you."

"You never need to come to me, just keep moving forward boldly."

The evil god was unwilling to let his little lover die like this.

But when he looked up again, he found that his little lover was dead.

The electrocardiogram he saw was already a straight line.

The hand held in his palm fell limply.

The boy's pale and handsome face was calm, his eyes were closed, and there was no sound, like an exquisite doll that had never lived.

The rose placed next to Jane Bumian is condensed from countless malice. It will never fade or wither, and is considered by the evil god to be the most beautiful flower.

But at this moment, the bouquet of roses completely withered at the moment Jane Bumian died, and the red petals fell to the ground.

The evil god took off Jian Bumian's breathing mask, threw it on the ground, and gave him a deep kiss on his cold and soft lips.

The evil god picked up Jian Bushian by the waist. The boy's body was very thin and light as a feather. The boy's head was tilted up due to gravity, revealing his fragile neck. The arteries under his fair skin no longer had blood flowing.

A door appeared in the ward, and the door frame emitted many strange blue lights. These lights continued to extend outwards, like tentacles that would devour everything.

The evil god held his dead little lover in his arms and stepped into the dark blue door.

The faint blue light disappeared in an instant, and they also disappeared from the spot.

The evil god is very powerful, but his only weakness is that he cannot give people new life.

But the evil god can transfer his evil god identity to anyone, allowing another person to replace himself and become the new evil god.

The new evil god, immortal.

*****

Jian Busian was listening to the man talking, and as he listened, the man in the man’s memory died.

Then he was kicked out of the illusion.

Before Jian Busian died, he heard the man say a lot of things to him.

Among them, he heard the man wishing he could remember his name...

He thought about it, his lover seemed to be called——

Talos.

This name sounds very Western.

But he is also worthy of the man's identity as an evil god.

Jane Busian thought about it and opened her eyes again.

He returned to the ghost marriage scene again.

However, he was no longer lying on the cold floor, but was held by a "ghost".

The system prompt sound keeps sounding.

[It is detected that the player is making the first contact with the "ghost"...]

[After more than three contacts, the player will be killed. ]

Jian Busian looked at the familiar and handsome evil god and chuckled, "You are the real one, right?"

The man raised his lips: "Yes."

Jian Bumian had no doubt in his heart, he had found the most powerful evidence.

In the illusion, he heard the man from the past say to him -

"And my only mission is to find the new you."

"You never need to come to me, just keep moving forward boldly."

Jane Bumeng never needs to go find Talos.

Talos would find him.

And in this game, the only character who will keep chasing Jian Bushian is... "ghost".

Those fake clones would only make Jane Bumian find them in the same way.

The author has something to say:

Congratulations to Mianmian's man for having a name! It's Talos, not Taslos! It's taken from the synonym of hell: [Tartarus]

Don't worry, those □□ are actually a small part of the top, you can delay ww

Thank you little angel for the little joke you wrote in the comment section of the previous chapter, hehe, I’m blushing.