Chapter 8 The Three Little Pigs
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
There were bursts of heavy banging sounds on the door in the room, and the patrolman's sharp knife left eye-catching scratches on the door, and sharp screams were heard continuously.
Even so, the door remained solid and showed no signs of being breached.
Li Ziyue quickly moved to the front of the door, one hand already grasped the steel pipe he had previously framed, and was pulling it to the other side.
Sun Yuancheng curled up and collapsed to one side. Li Ziyue had pinched him too hard before, and his breathing had not yet recovered.
Tears welled up in his eyes, and he opened and closed his mouth several times. Finally, he called out in a hoarse voice, "...Brother."
Li Ziyue's movements paused almost imperceptibly.
Sun Yuancheng didn't expect Li Ziyue to reply to him.
"……What's up."
His voice was still hoarse.
"We... cough..." Sun Yuancheng tried to prop up his upper body, "What should we do..."
"Save people." Li Ziyue answered without any hesitation.
The next moment, the steel bar rolled to the ground with a gurgle. Under the huge impact from inside, the door broke open instantly, and two blurry figures of patrolmen instantly covered Li Ziyue's front.
The scimitar flashed a clean arc in the air, and at the same time, a side kick directly hit the red-glowing mechanical eye sockets of the patrolman closest to him. With a few loud "clangs", an patrolman rolled uncontrollably to the other corner of the house.
However, this is just the beginning.
A fresh target appeared. The other inspectors no longer cared about the body that had been cut into pieces by a sharp knife in the corner. For a moment, all the strange eyes were fixed on Li Ziyue.
The thin lips curved upwards, the human-like eyebrows twisted, and they were smiling at the same time.
Li Ziyue had no intention of fighting with them any longer. He jumped to the edge of the door which was still swinging, and used the wall to barely steady his body. He quickly swept his eyes down and finally found the target in the darkness.
The transformation between pseudo-humans and real players in primary pseudo-human copies does not happen overnight. Both sides need some time to grow flesh and blood, and this period is also their most vulnerable moment.
Li Ziyue leaped lightly, passed through several inspectors who were holding swords and smiling at him weirdly, and ran straight towards the dark shadow.
The shadow was shaking violently, its limbs were incomplete, its body was mutilated, and long strips of white bones could be clearly seen interspersed among the chunks of flesh covered with huge bubbles.
The pseudo-human's face has become partially sunken, and although the features are still blurry, they have begun to take shape, like a skinny baby that has just been formed and is still lying in its mother's womb.
“Boo… boo…”
Weak cries intermittently escaped from his throat, and his palm condensed into a ball. Then some cells died rapidly, leaving four slits that were turning into fingers.
He was like a simple and weak child, huddled in a corner, crying helplessly, his two weak arms unconsciously stretched forward, as if begging for mercy and a hug from a superior.
"Hmm..." His hand was about to touch Li Ziyue.
At this moment, Li Ziyue's scimitar was ready to go.
"……elder brother……"
The pseudo-man took on human consciousness and muttered something.
The sharp knife stopped uncontrollably in an instant, and it was this hesitation that caused the fake man's face hidden in the dark to twitch twice, and he laughed hoarsely, and then a chill hit Li Ziyue's neck.
It was a sharp thorn, sneaking in little by little, like a poisonous snake squinting in the darkness.
The inspector's laughter was silent.
In front, the pseudo-man was bending over and lurking on the ground, holding a piece of iron debris that was shining with cold light in his already formed hand.
Pressed by both sides, Li Ziyue seemed to be frozen.
The scimitar began to heat up in his palm.
However, again, it was unexpected.
“Wow——”
As the blade came out, blood gushed out, staining half of his face, and one side of his white shirt was already scarlet.
The pseudo-man's newly grown eyes exploded instantly at this moment, and an unknown milky white liquid splashed everywhere. The bones broke into pieces again. Without the support of a frame, the soft and collapsed meat fell to the ground with a thud, like the rotten meat that no one bought when the summer vegetable market closed for the last time.
The tip of the spear still retained a bright red warmth; the room was dim and Zhang's expression could not be seen clearly.
In his other hand, he twisted a bloody mass of flesh and handed it to Li Ziyue.
"you need to."
Li Ziyue lowered his eyes to take a look and walked straight past without refusing.
"Thank you. Let's go."
Zhang Lian raised his hand, and the tip of his spear drew an arc of flashing silver light in the air, and a patrolman fell to the ground instantly.
He just shook his head: "I'll be the last one."
Li Ziyue thought for half a second, and neither forced nor embarrassed: "Thank you for your hard work."
He hesitated for a moment, then spoke again: "That... dog from last time, do you have any similar props? Stick it to me so that you can join us later."
Zhang Lian nodded, then took out a basket of toy puppies from his system backpack.
Li Ziyue: “……?” No, why did you buy so much?
With his left hand he was twisting the half-dead "corpse" of a real-life player, and with his other hand he was twisting Sun Yuancheng, who was running wildly in the underground corridor, gasping for breath after jumping up and down outside the door to avoid the attacks of the inspectors.
He had been doing the dungeon for two nights. He didn't feel anything when he was dragging Sun Yuancheng, but now he was dragging two people. Li Ziyue suddenly realized that he seemed like a free nanny who was professionally leading others through the dungeon.
The free nanny threw the self-healing corpse into the small room, and kicked Sun Yuancheng, who was holding the door railing and trying to catch his breath before entering the room, in mercilessly. Li Ziyue sat on the ground, his back against the unpainted wall, looking down at the scimitar in his hand, slowly feeling his violent heartbeat gradually calm down.
He brushed the back of the knife with the tip of his index finger, as if thinking.
A newborn pseudo-human is similar to a baby. The first sound he makes is crying, followed by babbling incomprehensible sounds. He will call mom and dad after being guided by others or through self-exploration. It doesn't make sense for him to be called "brother" without any instruction after he has finished crying.
And why is it “brother”?
This copy has far exceeded the general pseudo-human game settings. There are countless outrageous and weird things. However, it does not simply and brutally let all players die.
The system broadcast is still proceeding normally, and the hidden missions are also operating correctly. Although the current situation is difficult, it also proves that there is a way out in the copy that allows players to take.
The difficulty of a problem is not judged by the number of known conditions, but whether the relationship between the known conditions is easy to explore, and this layer of relationship is precisely the breakthrough point for all the strange things.
Li Ziyue closed his eyes slightly and frowned slightly.
Where is the connection? Have all the conditions needed to solve the problem been given?
On the other side, Sun Yuancheng stared at the fish-man in the corner, which was rapidly transforming from a mass of terrifying flesh and blood into a human form. He was so scared that he rolled and crawled to Li Ziyue's side: "Brother, this is too scary, too scary, this, this, this..."
"What are you afraid of?" Li Ziyue said calmly, "When you were resurrected, you were almost the same as him."
Now that he had some free time, Li Ziyue opened the barrage in the live broadcast room again.
[Hahaha why did those words just now sound like a mother talking about her son who just entered junior high school]
[Mom, I think these elementary school students are too childish. Unlike me, I am mature, steady and have a good temperament. I am a role model for the new era.]
[What are you saying about being childish? You were exactly like them when you were little, climbing trees, climbing over walls, and fighting guerrilla warfare. What haven't you done?]
Li Ziyue was silent for a moment, thinking seriously whether to permanently turn off the barrage in the live broadcast room.
Fortunately, the Internet seems to have no memory, and no one is posting Zhang Lian’s words anymore.
Thinking of Zhang Lian, Li Ziyue subconsciously looked towards the door. For safety reasons, even though he knew Zhang Lian was still outside, Li Ziyue still closed the door.
Now he waited for the knock on the door.
The fishman next to him has been fully resurrected, but because of the shadow of Li Ziyue pushing him into the room without hesitation, he is still hiding in the corner and dare not come over.
Li Ziyue deeply understood the principle of apologizing when doing something wrong, and took the initiative to extend a friendly hand: "I'm really sorry, your previous answer made me mistakenly think that you were a fake person."
"My name is Li Ziyue, and the one next to me is Sun Yuancheng."
"...Hello," the fishman smiled shyly. Li Ziyue gave him a chance to step down, and he went along with it. "Thank you for saving me, too. My name is Yu Yu."
Sun Yuancheng was scared to death before, but now he was safe. Seeing that Yu Yu looked docile without breaking into a cold sweat, he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity.
He came over and said to Yu Yu in a friendly way: "Don't take what happened just now to heart. Brother Li has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. He seems to be very cruel in what he says and does, but he will take you with him when he escapes afterwards. He doesn't need you to put in any effort in the fight, he can handle it."
"His weakness is that he likes to kick people. But don't worry, I didn't lose any limbs after being kicked a few times. He is really a good teammate..."
"Sun Yuancheng," Li Ziyue raised half of his eyelids and called out lightly, "If you say one more word, the room will collapse and you can escape on your own."
"Look, isn't he threatening me again?" Sun Yuancheng was not very capable, but he was quite courageous. He even winked at Yu Yu. "Don't think that he said that. When the room collapses later, he will definitely be the first one to rush over and take me out like a chicken."
Yu Yu: “……? Ah this…” Is it a proud thing to be picked up like a chicken?
Li Ziyue leaned against the wall and closed his eyes to rest, too lazy to care about Sun Yuancheng anymore.
The community leader Sun Yuancheng is quite outgoing. He has only known Yu Yu for two minutes, but he speaks to Yu Yu as if they are sworn brothers from the Peach Garden. Yu Yu also becomes much more lively under his guidance.
Sun Yuancheng then poked Yu Yu's arm and complained, "Why didn't you tell us earlier that you are red and green color blind? If you had told us, I would definitely not have pushed you in."
"I..." Yu Yu sighed, "I dare not say that I am red-green color blind. I have no way to prove whether I am truly red-green color blind or a fake person who cannot distinguish red and green. If I had known earlier, I should have brought my medical records into the dungeon..."
"But," Yu Yu began to worry again, "Who in their right mind would bring their medical records into the dungeon? This would seem even weirder..."
"No," Sun Yuancheng pointed seriously at Li Ziyue, who was sitting on a stool and concentrating on writing an English test because he had too much free time, "What's so strange about bringing medical records? There's someone here who brought homework into the dungeon to do it."
"Oh...ah?!" Yu Yu was stunned. "Uh...I didn't realize your brother...was so young..."
"Shh," Sun Yuancheng quickly covered Yu Yu's mouth, "What are you talking about? My brother is only 26. A 26-year-old man is young. Don't say such things again in the future."
Yu Yu nodded quickly, and then continued the previous topic: "I had a misunderstanding because of my red and green color blindness... Those players just didn't believe that I was sick. Fortunately, I met a guy named Zhang Lian later, otherwise I might have been killed and turned into a fake person."
Hearing the name "Zhang Lian", Li Ziyue paused while writing the question: "Zhang Lian? Have you met him?"
"Yes," Yu Yu didn't think much about it. After all, there were only 12 players in this dungeon, so it was normal for some of them to know each other. "Zhang Lian is very powerful. In the last two hours last night, I was chased by five inspectors, and he saved me."
Yu Yu couldn't help but sigh in admiration: "Didn't you see him fighting five inspectors alone... Although I'm not gay, I also think he's so handsome..."
etc.
Li Ziyue collected the test paper and pen, turned around, and looked at Yu Yu seriously: "What did you say just now?"
Yu Yu subconsciously said: "I said I'm not gay..."
"That's not it," Li Ziyue said, "When did you say that?"
Yu Yu was stunned for two seconds. Even if he was slow-witted, he could sense the sudden change in the atmosphere around him: "I... I..."
His face turned red and he kept saying "I" for a long time but couldn't make any sense.
"Hey, just feel free to tell me whatever my brother asks you. You are now a system-certified player, which is equivalent to having a golden medal of immunity from death, do you understand? Just tell me whatever you want." Sun Yuancheng embraced Yu Yu.
Yu Yu hesitated for a while, and finally said: "The last two hours..."
The more Li Zi put away his pen, the darker his eyes became.
A contradiction arises.
Last night, Li Ziyue saw Sun Yuancheng resurrected in the restaurant. He didn't pay attention to the time at that time, but heard the system announce that Sun Yuancheng's identity had changed from a pseudo-human to a player. From this, he inferred that the time should be 4:30-5:00 (long day).
According to Zhang Lian, he was standing in the corner of the restaurant and spying during this time.
But according to Yu Yu, Zhang Lian should have been entangled with the patrollers between 4:00 and 6:00 last night.
Li Ziyue asked again: "Have you been fighting with the inspectors for the last two hours?"
"no."
Li Ziyue breathed a sigh of relief.
However.
"Around four o'clock, my identity was questioned by two players. Zhang Lian came out to help me. The inspector showed up at around five o'clock. After I dealt with the inspector, Zhang Lian left again. At that time... if I remember correctly, it was close to six o'clock."
Li Ziyue felt increasingly depressed.
The timing is completely contradictory. If what Yu Yu said was true, then Zhang Lian could not have been in the restaurant at that time.
Just in case, Li Ziyue asked again: "Where were you at that time?"
"Uh..." Yu Yu thought for a while, "It's over there in the toilet. I can occasionally hear the sound of the automatic flushing system, so it should be right."
Li Ziyue took a deep breath, rubbed his brows slightly with his fingertips, and clicked on the virtual structure map of the underground space.
The toilet is located at the bottom of the underground space, while the restaurant is in the middle, separated by a large number of closely arranged rooms.
It is obvious that only one of what Yu Yu and Zhang Lian said is true.
Who is lying?
The next moment, Sun Yuancheng, who was closest to Yu Yu, hadn't reacted yet. He just felt a strong wind blowing on his face. In the next blink of an eye, he saw Li Ziyue with a grim face holding a scimitar against Yu Yu's throat.
"Do you guarantee that what you just said is true?"
Yu Yu's face turned red. He was so nervous and excited that he couldn't utter a word for a moment and could only nod his head desperately.
The cold blade swept across his burning throat.
Li Ziyue looked at him with such indifference that it was as if he was looking at a dead person: "I pushed you into that room before, you haven't forgotten it, right?"
“No…no…”
"If there was even one lie in what you said just now," Li Ziyue suddenly laughed, "you know how you will die."
Yu Yu leaned against the wall in panic, shaking his head instinctively. Li Ziyue stared at him intently, watching his pupils shrink due to excessive tension and gradually dilate due to lack of strength...
Then, the scimitar drew a sharp arc in the air.
"Don't--" Before Sun Yuancheng could finish shouting, Li Ziyue covered his mouth again.
"Quiet." He glanced at Yu Yu, whose eyes were red, and sighed, "Why do they all cry because of me? Sun Yuancheng, you have experience, you can comfort him later."
A toy puppy that was previously attached to Li Ziyue's arm was cut off by the knife. Li Ziyue grabbed the two people who were paralyzed on the ground with both hands and said, "Let's go, or he will be here soon."
As soon as the words fell.
There was the sound of steady footsteps in the corridor outside, and then the sharp tip of a spear scraped across the ground, causing a sharp "sizzle".
The footsteps and paddling sounds all stopped in front of the room they were in.
The cloudy cat's eye on the door seemed to suddenly turn black. The surrounding pale walls were iron walls with dark red rust. The cat's eye was round and black, as if it was embedded with human eyeballs.
Who is outside.
Who is peeping?
“Bang, bang.”
There's a knock on the door.
"Li Ziyue, open the door."
"I am Zhang Lian."
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