Chapter 27 Twin Villages (3)
There was no time to get angry, the thing touching his face was singing, it seemed to be a nursery rhyme.
"Rice paste solidifies on the old table, a reed pipe hangs alone on the edge. The wind and snow swept you away, and from now on, your name and surname are yours alone."
"The red thread erodes my broken wrist, and the curse pattern climbs up the lintel. My figure becomes increasingly thin, and the sofa licks me into the leather felt."
"Ten years pass in the dust, and the pocket watch stops by the door. You forget the taste of twins, but I see the sweetness of blood ties."
"You sit in my arms again, like a sponge absorbing the full spring of marrow. The yellow stain spreads into a pattern, the unfaded birthmark of mine."
"The creaking sound... isn't the chair complaining, it's the sound of bones breaking under pressure."
"Brother... the wind in the hall is chilling to the bones..."
"In the rotten cotton, I am collapsing——"
This was beyond description of creepiness. Just as Fang Ke was about to stand up, a pair of cold hands pressed down on his shoulders and whispered something eerie in his ears!
"Don't open your eyes... count to three and then come find me..."
Three seconds later, all the abnormalities disappeared and Fang Ke suddenly opened his eyes.
[Successful communication with the spirit, reward: Memory Fragment.]
You seem to have had a dream, but the dream is full of fragments. You can't see his face clearly, you only remember him handing you a rattle. You feel very strange, why does he call you brother? Your family clearly only has one son.
You can no longer distinguish between real memories and real ones. Do you really have a brother? You vaguely recall playing hide-and-seek at home. Your brother was so powerful that you couldn't find him. Finally, you burst into tears, and he appeared to comfort you.
[Trigger a game of courage: Hide and Seek. After many years, you've returned home alone, and you still can't figure out where your brother is hiding. This time, it's your brother's turn to find you, so you must hide well. Your brother loves you so much, and he'll be very angry if you don't have fun with him. After all, you're grown up, but he's still a child...]
[Game Rules: The hiding area is limited to the first floor. Stepping out of the door or onto the stairs will result in immediate death. Infrared scanning will activate after 30 seconds. You must find the correct spot to avoid being scanned.]
[If you successfully obtain clues in the game, the player will be split into pieces by a red line and die immediately if you fail.]
What on earth can you do in thirty seconds?
And just now 0221 said that his brother was a child, right? Is it true that a tall adult like him can hide in a place where a child can hide?
Fang Ke's mind raced. The only notable features on the first floor were the living room, bathroom, kitchen, and a utility room. He had no idea what the other rooms were used for, so it was impossible for him to choose one of those rooms. According to common sense, he would definitely be hiding in the utility room, and if his younger brother wanted to find him, the utility room would definitely be his first choice. But since his younger brother hadn't found him, it meant his older brother wasn't hiding in a typical place at all.
Could it be the air conditioner outside the window? But that counts as going out...
Fang Ke didn't dare to gamble. There were still fifteen seconds left. He scratched his hair irritably, and without caring about anything else, he rushed into the kitchen and hid in the freezer.
The freezer was extremely dark and cold. He seemed to be curled up on a corpse. The foul smell filled his nostrils and he became extremely nervous in an instant.
Wrong choice
Three seconds left...
Fang Ke became more and more nervous. In just a few seconds, his lips turned purple and his face turned blue from the cold. He had no doubt that if he stayed for another five seconds, he would die here!
Damn, the guy who designed the copy is definitely a pervert!
Two seconds... one second...
A red light flashed, and the moment the first floor became dark again, Fang Ke rushed out.
I made the right choice, but I still almost died.
But at least popsicles are more decent than臊子.
As expected of a detective, you quickly figured out where your brother was hiding. Your brother is so pleased. You've finally grown up. You've grown up drinking your brother's bone marrow and eating his flesh. Your brother has sacrificed so much for you, but do you truly understand him? Do you know what he holds most dear?
Clue obtained: Family photo. It shows you, Mom, and Dad. You three have always been a happy family. You were ill for a while, and the doctor gave you a diagnosis of split personality disorder. You were home from school for a long time. During that time, you ate meat and drank bone broth every day. Mom would take the meat and bones from the freezer every night, and Dad would help her chop them into small pieces, so you could drink delicious broth the next day.
Unlocked Area: Second Floor Bedroom. In your memory, you've been recuperating there, with the curtains always slightly slit. One day, while lying in bed, you hallucinate. You see a glowing window, and your father is chopping off a thigh through it. You think it's a human leg. You tell your mother about this, and she says you're too ill and it's all hallucinations. She even draws your curtains completely shut, and you haven't had any hallucinations since.
Clever detective, did you immediately think of that famous experiment where sunlight shines through a small hole in cardboard in a dark room, resulting in an upside-down image of the sun appearing on the opposite wall? You began to doubt the truth of your mother's words, and you decided to try it yourself.
Trigger the detective game: Pinhole Imaging. Turn on the kitchen light, then within five minutes, enter the bedroom with your name on it. Use whatever you can to block the crack in the door to create a completely dark bedroom. Draw the curtains, leaving a tiny gap, and then lie down on the bed.
[Game Rules: You must lie in the center of the bed, even if there's something terrifying there. You must ensure the pinhole imaging experiment goes smoothly, and you only have one chance. If the experiment fails, the player's bedroom will instantly catch fire, and the player will completely dissipate in the pain of burning souls.]
Fang Ke didn't hesitate and immediately walked towards the kitchen.
When he reached the door, he suddenly stopped and his pupils dilated uncontrollably.
A woman in white with disheveled hair stood by the kitchen sink, stomping on something. The kitchen floor, walls, and ceiling were covered in blood!
Holy shit. This woman has no feet.
Where the foot should be was a severed limb, and the shin bone and the bloody fascia attached to it looked particularly disgusting.
Fang Ke wanted to vomit, but he forced himself to hold it back and turned on the light with an expressionless face.
The woman turned around, machete raised.
Her face was covered with pustules, and on the top of the pustules were densely packed sunken holes. Inside the holes, off-white roundworms like noodles were wriggling. Those densely packed long roundworms twisted towards Fang Ke like snakes!
"vomit--!"
Fang Ke couldn't help but vomit.
He hated these horrible bugs that gathered together the most.
He hated bugs, and he hated the sight of bugs twirling together like a snake's nest.
Disgusting, so disgusting.
After turning on the light, Fang Ke turned around and ran, rushing straight to the second floor, intending to enter his bedroom.
But he didn't expect that there were two bedrooms on the second floor with "Fang Ke" written on them!
The two bedrooms are built opposite each other, and the windows are in completely opposite directions. This is a fucking physics problem!
The kitchen is on the east side and the kitchen window is on the south side. What is the...
Please help me!
Fang Ke rushed downstairs directly, ignoring the female ghost who was still stomping the chopping board, and walked directly to the window, opened it and looked outside.
He confirmed one piece of information: the kitchen faced the yard.
The layout of the building is in a "囗" shape, with a yard in the middle. One of the conditions for pinhole imaging is that light must propagate in a straight line, which means that when he stands in front of the kitchen window, he must be able to directly see the window belonging to his bedroom on the second floor.
The window he could see was the bedroom he was actually going to.
The two bedrooms are opposite each other, one facing the yard and the other facing the path outside. It is obvious which one to choose and there is no need to calculate.
He just had to choose a room closer to the inside rather than the outside.
He went back upstairs within five minutes and opened the correct bedroom door. A cold and damp breath with a faint stench swept over him. Fang Ke frowned and covered his nose.
There was nothing in the middle of the bed, but there was a rope hanging from the ceiling opposite the pillow, and at the end of the rope was a rusty machete!
The rope was teetering on the verge of breaking completely in the middle, and as time went on, the weight of the knife began to overwhelm it.
Fang Ke's face darkened. He didn't waste time hesitating and went straight to lie down on the bed. Sure enough, the blade of the knife was pointed squarely at his neck.
After playing with physics, I started playing with psychology.
As long as he can get out alive, he will definitely go to the abyss to play when he has the chance, and beat up this pervert who tormented him!
By the way, the Yin Coupon seems to be the invitation to the memorial day of this book cover.
Just wait and see if he doesn’t beat this bastard into tattered beggar clothes!
Fang Ke's scalp tingled and he stared at the ceiling, waiting for the projection while being wary of a knife suddenly falling.
Several times he felt like he was going to fall, and he couldn't help but want to get up, but he tried hard to hold it back.
The projection hasn't appeared yet, so it's impossible for it to fall down. Otherwise, there's no solution. If you don't get up, your head will fall off. If you get up, you'll be burned to death. What kind of boring guy would torture someone to death like this?
It's nothing more than messing with his mentality.
Fang Ke comforted himself, but his face was tense, his hands on the mattress, ready to jump and launch at any time.
What if the knife falls when the projection appears? What if he wants to kill him before he can react? Otherwise, how can the players judge that no one can clear the level except him?
Wouldn't the players just assume that he can beat the dungeon without following the rules?
It seems that they don't know about the chain of cause and effect. The main system doesn't even share information with the players. There must be some other conspiracy here.
Fang Ke was just about to think deeply when projections suddenly began to appear in front of him.
The projection was not a picture of the kitchen, but a huge red countdown!
[Players cannot move before the countdown ends. The rope will completely break at the end of the countdown. Please be prepared. Successful challenge will increase the speed of the dungeon by 30%. Blood-letter reminder: This increase is very critical.]
Fifteen... Fourteen...
Fang Ke's breathing suddenly became rapid. If he stood up, he would be hit no matter what, no matter how fast he was, it would be useless. But if he rolled to the side quickly, he would still have a chance of survival!
Left or right
The knife is positioned in the middle, with the entire left side being the long blade, but the right side only having half of the handle!
He made a split-second decision: right!
Fang Ke stared at the numbers on the ceiling, his nerves so tense that his temples were throbbing. His heart was in his throat, his adrenaline was being stimulated at a high speed, and his muscles were tense to the extreme. In the instant before the big red words turned to zero, he pushed hard on the mattress with his left hand, and at the same time as it turned to zero, he rolled to the right with inertia. The machete fell at a speed of less than 0.01 second, and it almost stuck to his scalp in the pillow, cutting off one of his hairs!
The scene just now was too thrilling. Before Fang Ke had time to catch his breath and calm down, he suddenly heard the sound of 0221 in his ears!
[Warning!!! Triggering Escape Mode: You've discovered a family secret! Mom and Dad have decided to transform you and make you forget the truth! Mom is going upstairs, and Dad is coming down another staircase on the fifth floor. They're both rushing towards you. Mom's staircase is very close to you, but Dad is very fast. You must dodge their attack and escape the house immediately! The old man at the village entrance will temporarily take you in, but you have to play games with him...]
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The author has something to say: Xixi: You treat our little wolfdog like an Akita dog [glasses]
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