Chapter 69
"Please enter the return capsule as soon as possible. The time machine starts counting down. Ten...nine..."
A prompt from the program team came through the headset.
The conversation between Luo Yiyuan and Su Xingyao came to an abrupt end here.
The two men stood back in the time machine, and the masked man put blindfolds on them and led them back along the same path.
The two didn't speak during this period, but the comments in the live broadcast room were overwhelming.
[What did Luo Yiyuan mean by that sentence just now? ]
[Su Xingyao was also injured in the fire? ? ]
[Why haven't I heard of this before? Are there any fans of Su Xingyao who can tell me what happened? Did you encounter this during filming? ]
[This fan doesn’t know what’s going on, but if it’s really the same as Luo Yiyuan’s guess, I feel sorry for Su]
[Luo Yiyuan's question is quite strange, but if you think about it carefully, if you haven't experienced it, most people really can't think so much]
[The more I talk, the more curious I am…]
The netizens discussed it for a while but came to no conclusion, so they continued watching the live broadcast.
When the five guests took the time machine to the Doll Town again, it was already daytime.
The streets have returned to normal, and the NPCs that attacked them last night are all gone.
Instead of rushing out, the few people shared the clues they found in the original room.
After Luo Yiyuan shared with everyone the clues he had just found and Su Xingyao's guesses, the other three guests also took out the information they had collected.
"We didn't find any clues about Xiaoxi, but we did find information about five other children."
Xie Jin placed five personal files on the table. "They are all children from the orphanage."
Su Xingyao took out the half photo that Luo Yiyuan dug out from the fire and put it aside.
After comparing them, everyone found that the two little boys above looked exactly like the children in the file.
Gu Feiyang was a little surprised after reading it, "This little girl should be Xiaoxi..."
Wu Ningning nodded. "The production team has been misleading us. I always thought she was a boy..."
"The two boys in the photo are exactly the same as those in the file. This photo should be a group photo. There are probably a few more people in the back, but they were burned so we can't see what they look like..." Luo Yiyuan pointed to the remaining three files, "But I think the five children in this file should be the friends that Xiaoxi protected."
After Luo Yiyuan finished speaking, Su Xingyao picked up the photo and looked at it carefully for a moment.
In a moment, his eyes swept over everyone.
"I have a guess..."
Su Xingyao lowered her eyes and opened the box she got from Xiaoxi's room.
"Is it possible... that Xiaoxi's friends are the five of us?"
After saying that, he handed the camera to Xie Jin.
"It's a detective camera."
Then he picked up the toy motorcycle and put it in Luo Yiyuan's hand.
"A must-have for rebellious teenagers and cool guys."
Wu Ningning suddenly realized what was going on and also took the hairpin and pinned it on her hair.
"So this is my princess hairpin?"
Su Xingyao nodded and took the doll jacket that belonged to her.
"This is my school uniform."
Gu Feiyang, who was still wearing women's clothes, picked up the last piece of cloth and looked at it carefully, "Is this the cloth I own?"
After studying it for several seconds, he glanced at the high-slit cheongsam on his body and said, "I've already been given the fabric, why don't you let me be a tailor?"
Luo Yi smiled and put the piece of cloth on him and compared it.
"Maybe you are, and you made a cheongsam for yourself."
Gu Feiyang: ...
Everyone took a small object that represented themselves, and after listening to Su Xingyao's analysis, the plot instantly became much clearer.
Afterwards, the five people compared the children's information with the gender and characteristics of their own characters, and sorted them out by guesswork.
After sorting out all the existing information, Wu Ningning carefully held Xiaoxi's medical record in her arms, "So it was Xiaoxi who saved the five of us. And because of protecting us, she was seriously injured."
Luo Yiyuan snapped his fingers in agreement, "No wonder after Xiaoxi disappeared, they arranged for five of us to rescue her."
Gu Feiyang also quickly integrated into the plot and got into the role directly.
"Xiao Xi saved our lives before, and we must rescue her this time no matter what."
Xie Jin nodded, "That's right, but... where should we go to save him now?"
Where to find it is indeed a problem.
"Why don't we investigate this fire first." Su Xingyao made this suggestion when everyone was at a loss.
"A fire in an orphanage is no small matter. Such things would definitely be reported at the time. Let's look for any clues in the news first."
"I seemed to have seen a newspaper office when I was escaping yesterday."
Luo Yiyuan's eyes widened immediately after hearing this, "You remember this too?"
When he was escaping, he was just focused on running, and Su Xingyao actually had the mind to pay attention to the surrounding environment!
It’s worthy of being called a thigh!
As soon as Su Xingyao finished speaking, a prompt from the program crew came through her headset.
"Congratulations to all players for unlocking the side quest Xiaoxi's Past. Now, players, please quickly gather at the town newspaper office."
After hearing this reminder, everyone looked at Su Xingyao as if he were a god.
Gu Feiyang: "Su Su, you must be the golden thigh sent by the program team to save us!"
With this reminder, no one said anything and just ran out.
During the day, the town returned to normal, people were coming and going on the streets, and shops were open for business as usual, as if all the strange scenes that occurred last night had never happened.
Relying on his memory, Su Xingyao led everyone to the left side of the town.
But because they passed through so many small streets, the exact location was not very clear.
In addition, there are no road signs here, so everyone can only ask passers-by for directions.
Looking at the NPCs who looked like ordinary people all over the street, Gu Feiyang thought of the scene when he was chased by them before. He still had some lingering fear and covered his skirt. "Now when I see these people, I am afraid that they will suddenly mutate and bite me."
Luo Yiyuan made a reassuring gesture to him, "Don't worry, from what I've observed, they are normal during the day and only mutate at night."
While everyone was talking, Wu Ningning became uneasy.
She stretched out her arm, and the electronic device on her wrist showed that the progress was already eighty percent.
"I feel like I'm going to die tonight..."
Xie Jin quickly hugged her with one hand to comfort her, "We will solve it as soon as possible during the day."
As soon as Xie Jin finished speaking, a reminder sound rang out in the town.
"There are still ten minutes until dark."
Xie Jin: …
Wu Ningning: ?????
One second they said they would solve it during the day, and the next second they started counting down to nightfall...
Wu Ningning looked at one of the cameras angrily, with her hands on her hips, "Are you targeting me on purpose?!"
“That’s too much!!”
Wu Ningning, who had a very bad experience with the show, stomped her foot heavily on the spot to vent her anger and dissatisfaction.
The audience happily watched her argue with the program crew and were expecting what she would do next, but she immediately gave in and quickly pulled passers-by to frantically ask for directions.
"Sister, do you know where the newspaper office is?"
"Uncle, where is the newspaper office, the small town newspaper office?"
audience:?
After the guests asked the NPC for directions along the way, they finally got closer and closer to the newspaper office.
At a fork in the road, Xie Jin had just thanked the old lady who showed them the way when the sky suddenly darkened.
A full moon rose into the sky.
At the same time, the old lady who was smiling a second ago, now had her expression disappear instantly.
The acting of the extras is superb. Although their expressions are dull, their eyes are bulging, which is quite scary.
"The old lady has mutated, run."
Xie Jin realized something was wrong and quickly took Wu Ningning and ran away.
The guests had just run two steps when the people around them who looked normal during the day also mutated and chased after them.
The round moon stretched their shadows particularly long. In addition to the NPCs' terrifying roars, there were also strange noises of "jiejiejie" coming from both sides of the street.
Su Xingyao took the time to glance at both sides of the street and found that many puppets had appeared around them, and some of them were rushing towards them with their mouths wide open.
Luo Yiyuan was almost frightened to death.
“Ahhhhhhhhhhh, are these puppets going to eat people?!”
Fortunately, the newspaper office was not far away, and the five people finally entered the newspaper office after running about a hundred meters.
However, the NPC's fighting power seemed to be particularly strong tonight. After being locked outside the door, he had no intention of leaving and kept banging on the door.
The fragile door seemed like it would be smashed into a hole by them in the next second.
Helplessly, Gu Feiyang and Luo Yiyuan had to quickly push the bookcase and table against the door to temporarily block it.
"I was scared to death."
"Why do I feel like I'm going to die here..."
Before the two men recovered from their shock, the door slammed loudly again.
The NPC started banging on the door again.
The more abnormal the NPCs are, the more it proves that they are in the right place.
Su Xingyao glanced at the increasing number of NPCs outside the gate and reminded everyone, "Hurry up and find clues. It looks like this gate won't last much longer."
The guests nodded and ignored the NPC, searching in the newspaper office in the moonlight.
The moonlight tonight is much brighter than before, and visibility is slightly better.
But finding clues in the room is quite difficult.
"The production team is so mean that the lights are broken."
Luo Yiyuan went to turn on the light and found that it wouldn't turn on at all and couldn't help but complain.
Seeing Luo Yiyuan mentioned the lamp, Xie Jin hurriedly asked Wu Ningning.
"Ningning, where's your Kuromi night light? Bring it here to shine."
Wu Ningning quickly took out her night light and pressed its head with her finger.
No matter how hard I pressed it, nothing happened.
Wu Ningning was a little embarrassed: "Well... this battery is too low. I was too excited last night and used it all up..."
Wu Ningning was so regretful.
If I had known this, I wouldn’t have wasted so much electricity last night!
"Wow, I was wrong..."
Just as Wu Ningning was feeling deeply regretful, she suddenly caught a glimpse of a light source out of the corner of her eye.
Doraemon Su took out a small flashlight from somewhere.
He handed the flashlight to Wu Ningning, "Here you go."
The person who was most surprised when seeing the flashlight that Su Xingyao suddenly produced was not the guest, but the director in front of the monitor.
Director: !!!!!!!!!!!!
Why is he hiding a flashlight on him? ! ! !
Su Xingyao not only hid it, but also hid two.
After giving the small flashlight to Wu Ningning, he rolled up his sleeves and took out another flashlight.
The audience was once again stunned by this operation.
【？ ？ ？ ？ 】
[Even after being searched, he was still able to hide two flashlights in his sleeves! ! ]
[Su Xingyao, are you a treasure box? You hide so many light sources! ]
[Hahahahahahahahahahaha Director, you didn’t expect this]
[Teacher Su will really make me laugh to death. How afraid of the dark is this person?]
Luo Yiyuan hurriedly came to Su Xingyao and looked at his clothes like a big dog.
"Susu, you are too strong. How can you stuff so many things into your clothes?"
Su Xingyao turned up her sleeves, revealing the tape inside, "It was stuck on."
The director listened attentively while breathing oxygen: "Did you hear that? Search them next time!! Search them carefully!!!"
Su Xingyao gave the second flashlight to Luo Yiyuan, "You and Brother Gu can use this one."
Luo Yiyuan took the flashlight, "What about you?"
Su Xingyao slowly took out a cell phone from his pocket.
“I use this.”
After saying that, he turned on the flashlight on his mobile phone, and the surroundings were instantly illuminated.
The mobile phone in Su Xingyao's hand was the one that the curator had given to Xiaoxi.
At that time, no one paid much attention to it after seeing the picture, but unexpectedly, Su Xingyao actually carried the phone with her all the way.
[Su Xingyao is too meticulous, hahaha]
[To be honest, I was only focused on looking for evidence and clues at the time, and I didn’t even think that I could keep the phone to continue lighting at night]
【Teacher Su 66666】
Now that everyone has a light source, it becomes much easier to find clues.
Everything went smoothly, and even the props that the production crew had hidden here in advance for them to repair the lights were not needed.
Su Xingyao found a computer in the corner of the lobby on the first floor.
He tried to turn on the power and found that it actually worked.
“You can also surf the Internet.”
Su Xingyao sat in front of the computer, chuckled, and connected the phone and data cable to it.
Luo Yiyuan, who was frantically flipping through a newspaper beside him, saw that he suddenly stopped moving, turned around and asked him, "Susu, is your phone out of battery?"
The light from the computer shone on Su Xingyao's face.
"no."
As he spoke, his fingers manipulated the mouse to download a software, and then his slender white fingers quickly typed out lines of code on the computer.
【？ ？ ？ ？ 】
[Su Xingyao can also write code? ? ]
【What is he going to do!!】
[Oh my god, Teacher Su, you know too much! ! ]
[Nonsense, I, Su, only know a few skills]
After quickly typing the code and waiting for the data to be restored, Su Xingyao explained his operations to Luo Yiyuan.
"Yesterday I looked at Xiaoxi's WeChat message and found that it didn't match her contact."
"She sent messages to eight people in total, but she had nine WeChat contacts."
"One of the people whose nickname was "God" had a blank chat history with the other person."
As Su Xingyao spoke, the data on her phone was restored.
Su Xingyao clicked on the message that popped up, and sure enough, two more messages appeared in the chat interface of the WeChat friend "Shen".
When the guests heard the noise coming from Su Xingyao's side, they all gathered around.
So everyone saw the two messages deleted by Xiaoxi in the chat history.
Xiaoxi: Dear God, the five of them also made a wish to you.
Xiaoxi: My wish is about to come true
The two lines of words were clearly laid out in front of them, and the netizens in the live broadcast room were already feeling their scalps numbing from Su Xingyao's show.
[WTF TF TF]
【666666666666】
[The chat history was actually deleted!!!]
[He can actually notice such details!!!]
[And then he restored it on the spot...]
[Mr. Su’s Variety Show God Character Is Unbreakable]
【Kneel down to the boss! 】
【Teacher Su yyds!!!】
Netizens were so excited watching the video that the director in front of the monitor was numb.
They were afraid that the guests would not be able to think of the mobile phone clue, so they hid a bottle of record recovery water for them on the second floor of the newspaper office.
According to his idea, the guests would have to risk going back to look for their phones after finding them, and then after using this prop, they would be prompted to go to the back garden to find the two deleted messages.
Who would have thought that Su Xingyao would write code and solve the problem directly from the source...
The director wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
This is not a guest, it's a bug!
Inside the room, the guests were very excited to see the two pieces of recovered news, and Luo Yiyuan even hugged Su Xingyao directly.
"Susu, you are so awesome, you are my God!! Please let me hold your thighs tightly!"
Although the content of these two pieces of information is not much, their direction is so obvious that almost all the guests have reflected on them.
"So Xiaoxi wasn't missing at all. He knew we would come."
Gu Feiyang analyzed a little excitedly, "And the wish he mentioned."
After saying that, he placed the newspaper he had just found on the table.
"Look at this report. It says there is a doll god in the doll town. If you make a wish to him, all your wishes will come true."
Upon hearing this, Xie Jin also took out another report that he had just found.
"Yes, I also wrote here that every year a group of people come to visit Doll Town, but none of them go back."
She ignored him and flipped through the newspaper. “These are all the information from the families reporting missing persons and looking for people. The news above all shows that the last place their family members went was here.”
After Xie Jin finished speaking, Wu Ningning's gaze stopped on the last newspaper.
“Is this the young lady I asked for directions just now?”
After saying that, she flipped the newspaper forward again, "The mutated old lady just now..."
Luo Yiyuan took a breath of cold air.
"So, they probably came here to make a wish, and then..."
Luo Yiyuan paused, "Then I was turned into a doll and trapped here forever."
Upon hearing this, Wu Ningning couldn't help but hug her arms and got goose bumps all over her body.
Because she saw Su Xingyao also took out a newspaper.
The above records the follow-up reports of the original fire.
Xiaoxi was seriously injured after the fire and disappeared a few years later.
The five people she rescued were all adopted because of the fire.
But in subsequent interviews, they never said a word of thanks to Xiaoxi, and they were even unwilling to go back to the orphanage to see her. No one wanted to mention her, and they all said they were afraid to see this disfigured monster.
Because of this, these ungrateful children suffered retribution one after another in the following years.
One of them was disfigured, one suffered from school bullying for a long time, and the remaining few were not having a good time either.
So they each made a wish.
The disfigured man hopes he can become as beautiful as the princess.
Those who are bullied in school hope that they can become strong so that no one dares to mess with them.
I am blind and I hope I can have a pair of eyes to see the light again, so that I can become a detective in the future...
A person without both hands wants to fulfill his wish of becoming a tailor and making many of his favorite cheongsams.
Another child who had serious mental problems and was rejected by his adoptive parents hoped that he could be an ordinary normal person.
After Su Xingyao finished reading the news, she said softly, "So we didn't come here to rescue Xiaoxi, but we all made a wish to the God of Dolls."
"Likewise, Xiaoxi also made a wish to the God of Dolls."
Wu Ningning's eyes were filled with sorrow. "Her wish must be for all the wishes of the five of us who were ungrateful and betrayed and hurt her to come true."
She whispered, "After all, once it's realized, it will become a doll..."
Finally knowing the truth, Gu Feiyang felt a little heavy-hearted, "So what should we do now?"
"If we escape now, the mission will fail. But if we don't escape...how can we save Xiaoxi?" He raised his wrist and looked at the progress bar above. "And after tonight, we will all become dolls."
The guests began to have difficulties.
This task seems impossible to accomplish no matter how you look at it.
The moonlight shines on everyone's face, and outside the door there is the sound of a mutant doll banging on the door.
But inside the room, it was exceptionally silent.
"Let's go find Xiaoxi."
Su Xingyao's voice was exceptionally quiet in the darkness.
"She needs a formal, serious apology."
He looked at everyone, with a convincing determination in his eyes.
"We did something wrong, so we should apologize to her."
After hearing Su Xingyao's words, the guests who originally didn't know how to deal with the situation suddenly calmed down.
Obviously everyone agreed with Su Xingyao's point of view.
Luo Yiyuan nodded, "Yes, we should apologize to her. She saved us, but we hurt her."
"Yes, let's not let her down again this time."
After everyone made this decision, they prepared to go find Xiaoxi together.
But just before leaving, they remembered, "Where would Xiaoxi be?"
Su Xingyao glanced in the direction of the museum, "Remember the museum that gave us the clue? She should be there."
Since Su Xingyao had performed so well in the previous sessions, the guests now believed what he said 100%.
He said he was going there to find Xiaoxi, and no one objected.
However, as soon as they reached the door, Wu Ningning's arm felt numb.
Then a prompt tone sounded in the headset.
"Wu Ningning has been completely alienated and turned into a puppet."
After the prompt sounded, Wu Ningning was taken away by the masked man.
The dolls at the door also surrounded the remaining people.
"Are we going to have another Speed Race?"
Gu Feiyang pressed his fingers and made a gesture as if he was going to fight to the death with these dolls.
But Su Xingyao stopped them.
He lifted the hem of his clothes and took out the lighter and candle that were taped to his clothes.
Su Xingyao slowly lit the candle.
"Dolls should be afraid of fire..."
Look at Su Xingyao's calm operation.
Audience: Scored twice, right?
Director: I'm not surprised at all. What's going on?
Luo Yiyuan chuckled and took the lit candle in his hand.
He opened the door and said to the puppet at the door, "Don't come over here. If you come over here, I will be rude to you."
The actors who were responsible for playing the dolls were confused and asked the director quietly, "Director, what are we going to do?!"
The director slumped down on the chair and waved his hands feebly: "Let them go, let them go..."
So, under the cover of Luo Yiyuan's candles, the few people successfully arrived at the museum.
The museum was pitch dark.
And the curator with a smiling face was already waiting for them here wearing a black cloak.
"My dear friends, you are here at last."
She looked at everyone and asked leisurely, "Have you thought of a wish? I can help you all realize it."
In the light of the candle, she took off her mask, revealing her hideous face that had been burned by the fire.
After everyone saw her true face, they realized that the director of the doll museum was Xiaoxi herself.
Su Xingyao did not show any surprise, but met her gaze and asked her gently, "Xiaoxi, what wish did you make?"
Xiaoxi burst into laughter as if she had heard some great joke.
"Of course I want you to be buried with me..."
She smiled and pointed at the dolls around her.
"We agreed to be good friends forever. If you stay and become dolls, you can stay with me forever."
After Xiaoxi finished speaking, she slowly approached the few people step by step.
This actor has great acting skills, and with the atmosphere of the scene, the audience in the live broadcast room became nervous.
Soon, Xiaoxi stood in front of several people.
She raised her hand as if she wanted to do something.
But at this moment, Xie Jin bravely opened his arms and held her gently in his arms.
"I'm sorry, Xiaoxi."
Xie Jin leaned on her shoulder and apologized sincerely, "I'm sorry, we hurt you in the past."
Su Xingyao and the other two also walked up to her and gently hugged her shoulders.
"sorry."
"Thank you for your courage."
"I'm so sorry."
As several people apologized sincerely, the lights in the museum came on.
Wu Ningning, who had been declared dead, was miraculously resurrected.
She also walked to Xiaoxi, hugged her in her arms, her voice choked with sobs.
"Xiao Xi never intended to really hurt us from the beginning to the end."
"I'm sorry, we are the best friends in this world."
The little girl who was hugged by everyone finally received the words "I'm sorry".
She closed her eyes and gently let a tear fall.
"You guys go."
She pushed everyone away, smiled and waved to them as if saying goodbye.
"I should go too."
After Xiaoxi finished speaking, a puff of smoke flashed across the scene.
When the smoke cleared, only a doll and a photo were left.
It's a photo of the six of them when they were kids.
"Congratulations to the player for escaping successfully."
As the system sound rang out, the audience watching the live broadcast were almost in tears.
[Wow, wow, wow, I didn't expect the truth to be like this]
【Xiaoxi is really kind】
[I feel like crying, what’s going on?]
[Xiao Xi must have waited for a long time, and finally got this apology]
After seeing this ending, many people could not calm down for a long time.
Among the many viewers, Fu Qingyan, who watched the live broadcast through the trending search #Su Xingyao experienced a fire#, was also unable to calm down.
He now had only one crazy idea in his mind.
When was Su Xingyao burned?
How could he...
No idea at all?
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