Six Days in a Deserted Village (Fifteen)
When Xu Wei returned to the player's residence, he saw that all his teammates were badly injured, but they tried their best to bandage them properly. Only Chen Yu had a big hole in his chest, feeling empty, but he was only concerned about the wound on his arm.
She was completely unaware of her abnormality, and everyone else looked normal as well, pretending not to notice.
The person who was supposed to be dead was still conscious, and what was hidden in this was still unknown, so Xu Wei did not say anything.
She had been paying attention to the other person's actions, but Chen Yu was no different from usual, with rich emotions, loving to laugh and make noises.
Until now.
She chatted with the fox fairy for a few words, and out of the corner of her eye she saw Chen Yu's figure dimming, his neck twisting a little, his face as pale as paper.
After noticing this clue, she calmly played "Falling Out of Control" and took the opportunity of Sun Yi's conversation to talk about the two evil gods.
When he raised the wooden sign, Chen Yu's dim pupils suddenly lit up, and she caught his eye in an instant. The two of them stared at each other silently in the air, while the others were still chatting unconsciously.
The weak puppet still couldn't suppress its desire for power.
The ethereal and gentle melody of the music enveloped the entire hall, and everyone present looked dazed.
"Dead? How is that possible? Sister Xu Wei, don't joke with me... I'm alive and well." She shrugged as if she had heard something funny. "Don't I know that I'm alive?"
She didn't turn around.
"Since you came back, we haven't encountered those annoying ghosts. How could anything go wrong..." She muttered with her head down.
"The only day that something went wrong was when I was with Lu Qian... We were forced to separate from the others, and a group of skeletons surrounded and blocked us. If Lu Qian hadn't pulled me back twice, I would have been stabbed to death by the skeletons. It was a narrow escape."
As she spoke, she looked up at the sky. "I don't know when I can go back. Mom and Dad must be very worried. They must be very sad if they can't find me. It's hard and tiring here. I can't play with my phone or eat snacks. I get hurt all the time. It hurts so much when those skeletons chop my body. I want to go home so much."
"Sister Xu Wei..."
She slowly turned around, her neck completely broken and tilted towards her shoulder, the bloody hole in her chest dripping with thick, sticky blood, her broken heart opening and closing, desperately spitting out a few mouthfuls of residual fluid.
The whites of the eyes on that pale face had completely faded, leaving only the dark pupils staring at me with tears of blood: "Don't you miss home?"
"What's wrong? What are you two talking about? Speak louder." Zhang Hao was confused.
In the eyes of others, they looked at each other in silence, and the scene was very strange.
Chen Yu approached the person in front of him step by step, his body covered with black blood. The blood flowed to the ground and gathered into a deep black pool. His heavy footsteps stepped on the sticky liquid, making a "pat pat" sound of sticky water.
"Sister Xu Wei, come home with me..."
She raised her hand to hold her shoulder.
The person in front of him was not afraid and stood still.
"Wang Zhuangzhuang."
Xu Wei looked at the tall black shadow behind her: "Is it interesting?"
The black shadow paused, and Chen Yu's forward steps also suddenly stopped, and his movements became slow.
"I wanted to keep you for a while, and then clean up after I dealt with Yue Zushen," Xu Wei said calmly, with a light tone, but his light brown eyes contained a surging wave of impending storm, "but you didn't stay aside and made trouble for my teammates, and you couldn't even let her rest in peace..."
The emotions in her pupils surged and changed, reflecting the dark shadow in front of her.
"You pissed me off."
The music suddenly became louder and louder, like thunder. The fox fairy huddled aside suffered the same fate, covering her ears and wailing loudly. More black blood flowed out of Chen Yu's body in an instant, and the black shadow possessed her body trembled violently, and the color became darker and darker. It endured the pain for a moment, and finally couldn't bear it anymore, and screamed.
"Falling Out of Control" - Triggered by collective mental confusion.
The howling of the two inhuman species and the peaceful and tranquil lullaby made the already weird scene even more creepy.
Behind him, Lu Fanye raised his hand to stop Sun Zhanghao, who wanted to move forward without knowing the reason, and shook his head.
The more Xu Wei's emotions surged, the calmer her face became. She raised her head slightly and looked down at the black shadow that was crawling on the ground in pain.
"Tell me your name."
The black shadow lay on the ground and convulsed, and Chen Yu's body could only fall down and tremble with it. It was still struggling, suppressing the pain of collapse and tearing coming from deep inside its body.
The music became louder once again, exploding in the ears as if it had no limit. The shadow screamed in shock, the pain coming so violently that it could no longer hold on for a few breaths, and its consciousness gradually faded.
"Wang... Bing."
"What an ordinary name," Xu Wei said sarcastically, "Easily disappearing is obviously not a punishment for you."
Her tone was icy.
"I command you. From now on, even if there is no singing, you will still be in extreme pain. You are not allowed to kill yourself, and you are not allowed to transfer the pain to other things. You must bear this pain alone forever, until... the copy collapses and disappears."
The shadow was trembling more violently, the severe pain made it lose control for a moment but soon fell into deeper confusion. It hesitated for a moment, the pain hit again, and it rolled on the ground screaming.
“…As you wish.”
Xu Wei turns off the music.
The shadow seemed to still be within the range of the music, its body convulsing violently, its screams becoming more and more shrill. Finally, at a certain moment, it arched its back and tore itself out of Chen Yu's corpse, the condensed black entity rolling on the ground wailing.
The fox fairy next to him had turned back to his original form, with all four legs facing the sky and a dull look in his eyes, his two front legs twitching from time to time.
Xu Wei tore off a piece of cloth and tied the fox fairy's front and back legs together using the same method as tying a chicken. He then lifted her up and briefly explained the situation to the others.
Zhang Hao became more and more confused: "Chen Yu is not dead? Isn't she asleep?"
Xu Wei paused: "...Just assume she's asleep."
She called out to everyone: "I'll give everyone a small task."
"Before dark, smash all the idols and altars in the village."
Although the fire did burn the skeletons to the point where they could not regenerate and one of the evil gods was also controlled, Xu Wei was unsure whether the copy would continue to loop tomorrow. She had to complete the mission tonight and get everyone out.
The spiritual pollution here is really too serious.
She took one look at the red statue she had brought from the village chief's house, then smashed it to pieces.
Although they couldn't understand what happened to Chen Yu, they were all veteran players after all, and their quality allowed them to quickly accept the current situation.
Without the skeletons chasing and blocking, although strange creatures would occasionally appear in the streets, the overall destruction process of the players was still very impressive. Xu Wei tried to keep a proper distance from everyone, and approached to deter any unexpected events.
The strange creatures disappeared as quickly as a mouse seeing a cat when they saw her, as if they were frightened by her.
Or maybe the thing controlling them is afraid and doesn't want to lose any more power.
After the whole village was cleaned up and dusk was approaching, Xu Wei asked Sun Yi for the remaining oil and flammable materials before he came, and arranged for them to wait near the village entrance.
Waiting for the portal.
"What about you?" Sun Yi hurriedly grabbed her, looking unhappy, "Don't play the lone hero game, we should all work together, this isn't just a copy for you."
Zhang Hao also nodded: "Although our abilities are more auxiliary, we can definitely help. If the opponent has a large number of people, you will have to defend yourself."
Lu Fanye: "I'll go with you."
Xu Wei was holding the heavy "chicken" in his left hand and holding the wooden sign in his right hand. He really couldn't free his hands to stop them: "It could be life-threatening. If I miscalculate, not only will I get hurt, but the cycle may continue tomorrow."
Sun Yi crossed his hands and rolled his eyes, imitating her tone: "It may be life-threatening. When have we entered this dungeon without danger? It's as if we must be safe at the entrance of the village. It's a cycle, and one day won't make a difference in three months. I don't believe that we can't get out."
Lu Fanye took the fox fairy tied up like a rice dumpling from her hand and said calmly, "Let's go."
There was nothing unusual on his face, he still had a blank expression, but Xu Wei had been with him for so long, seeing him day in and day out, that he could already discern a few traces of emotion on that snow-sculpture-like face.
For example, now, he is angry.
Xu Wei didn't know how to say all the words of dissuasion she wanted to say. She opened her mouth but didn't dare to say a word.
He is angry.
I've never seen him angry before, or he's never expressed his emotional dissatisfaction as clearly as he does now.
During the short period of time they walked on the road, Lu Fanye followed silently beside her, which successfully made her thoughts a little confused.
The deserted village reveals a sense of decay and desolation even at sunset. Under the setting sun, all the buildings and eaves are extremely old and dilapidated, the dust from the eaves floats lightly in the air, and the wind has also subsided.
Sun Yi and Chen Hao walked behind, observing the situation on both sides of the road while whispering in low voices. The months of fleeing brought the players closer together, and Lu Fanye responded to some of their inquiries with a gentle expression, not as distant as usual.
But...only with her, there seems to be a distance between us that is neither far nor close.
They were clearly walking side by side, yet there was an arm's length between them. Normally, they were so close that they could just reach out and hold hands. It was a relationship where they could hug and understand each other without asking why.
Xu Wei didn't know if this was because he was angry, or if it was because they had been apart for three months, so he was familiar with the other teammates but unfamiliar with her...
But for her, the separation lasted less than an afternoon, and she was also working hard to find a way to pass the customs, so she didn't come late on purpose.
The water hole at the bottom of the pit was so deep that she almost died there.
The more Xu Wei thought about it, the more annoyed she became. It was a pity that there were no cicadas chirping in the tree, otherwise she could have blamed the spreading depression on these tiny, annoying summer insects.
She could only keep it in her heart.
Fortunately, the road was not long and they finally arrived at the village chief's house.
Following the method observed, they searched the room for a while and soon found the mechanism under the portrait. The altar had been smashed, and the remains of the statue and altar were scattered all over the floor. The mechanism was opened, and the doorway behind the wall was deep and dark.
Xu Wei held onto the hole and confirmed with the others once again: "After you go down, you must stay within the range of my song. Don't leave everyone's sight. Testify to each other's actions. Don't move things around."
Except for her, everyone else has been increasingly affected by the copy. She can only impose rules on them in this way as a child and hope nothing goes wrong.
"I know," Sun Yi said impatiently, "You are better, you go first."
Xu Wei nodded, and the halo of the flashlight illuminated a small shape on the steps in front of him.
"Don't worry, it will all be over soon."
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