Chapter 98: Real Illusion (9)
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It seems that being able to pull people like hypnotists out of the system is a great achievement for the game company.
In addition to this rebirth item that was said to be extremely valuable, a27 also brought a lot of ability books, strengthening gems, weapons and equipment and other rewards, which piled up like a mountain in Yi Han's living room. The corresponding huge points reward was also transferred to Yi Han's account on the spot.
"This is the Time-Space Rewinding Gem. It has very strict storage conditions and has been kept at our headquarters." A27 took out all the accompanying prizes, then carefully took out a box and handed it to Yi Han solemnly, "Hold it carefully, and put it with care!"
Yi Han took it curiously, and when he opened it, he was almost blinded by the crystal clear gems inside.
"In order to preserve it, the headquarters has set up a special room. I heard that it is filled with magic arrays with various effects. I don't understand, but I must tell you that it can only be preserved for three days outside of that environment," a27 said, "so remember to use it within three days, otherwise it will become ineffective."
"Okay, I got it." Yi Han closed the box, "Thank you for helping me deliver the things."
"You're welcome, congratulations!" a27 smiled and patted his shoulder again, "Remember to treat me to another meal of your delicious food before you leave! After all, if you leave, we can only eat food from the assembly line in the future... Although it's a pity to lose the chef, I'm still very happy for you!"
"Thank you." Yi Han said with a smile.
After delivering the reward and getting the cat back, a27's mission was completed. He seemed to have other things to do, so he chatted for a few more minutes and then stood up to leave.
"By the way, regarding the conviction of the hypnotist," a27 suddenly remembered something before leaving, and turned back to say, "The evidence you submitted earlier can actually confirm that he violated the rules, but if there is other physical evidence or information not captured in the video, please submit them to me as much as possible. The company will investigate together, and it will also be necessary to make a final assessment of the degree of violation!"
"Okay." Yi Han nodded.
"Thank you for your support!" a27 smiled again and saluted.
The two said goodbye and the door closed.
Yi Han stood at the door for a few seconds, gently touched the box in his hand, turned around, and found that Jian Lin had opened the door of his room and was standing at the door looking at him.
"Congratulations." Jian Lin obviously also heard the conversation between the two.
When a27 first arrived, Jian Lin helped to fetch the water and then went back to the house. However, a27 did not treat him as an outsider and basically said everything that needed to be said in front of him.
"When a27 distributed the rewards just now, I also received the rewards." Jian Lin operated his mobile phone and showed it to Yi Han. Sure enough, there was a long string of huge numbers in his GPA account on the screen. Yi Han wanted to count them, but he couldn't count them all.
Jian Lin smiled, put away his phone and said, "The GPA awarded this time is enough for a ghost employee like me to be resurrected as an adult... Thank you, I thought it would take many years to achieve this goal."
"Are you planning to be resurrected?" Yi Han asked, understanding the meaning behind his words.
"Well, if you leave, I will leave too." Jian Lin said, "This place is actually pretty good, but I still have a lot of family and friends in real life. If there is a chance... I still want to..."
Yi Han said he understood, nodded, and patted his shoulder.
This world is indeed a good place, but if given the opportunity, there will probably still be many people who would choose to do the same as him and return to the real world where they really live.
For Yi Han, gaining Jian Lin as a companion was purely an accident. Yi Han pulled him out of hell, and he also repaid Yi Han for saving his life. Now the two can be considered friends. Yi Han is happy for Jian Lin to realize his wish.
After learning that the witch and Jian Lin were preparing to leave, Yi Han thought about it again.
He doesn't have many friends in his life. After thinking about it, apart from those people he met once in the copy and then added as friends, there is only one Xiaojiu.
The next day, Yi Han went to the hearse level where he met Xiao Jiu last time, but was told that the other party was no longer working in this copy.
Yi Han took out his cell phone and wanted to contact him, but then he remembered that he had been blocked a long time ago.
After many twists and turns, I finally found the place where Xiaojiu works now through a27.
"???"
Xiaojiu, who had just finished a round of chase with other players, saw Yi Han leaning against the door of the escape exit waiting for him, and his smiling face immediately became serious.
"Yes, it's me again." Yi Han raised a hand to greet.
"Bah." Xiao Jiu couldn't help but clench his fist, but after weighing the pros and cons, he probably still felt that he couldn't beat Yi Han, so he had to walk around him from a distance.
"Who is this?" Several female colleagues around Xiaojiu asked curiously in a low voice.
"No one." Xiaojiu snorted coldly.
"You just introduced me to your friends not long ago, and we even celebrated my birthday together. How come you turned against me so quickly?" Yi Han said behind him.
"Hey hey hey?" The girls instantly caught the gossip, and looked back frequently with excitement on their faces.
"You..." Xiaojiu was speechless, unable to bear it any longer.
"Excuse me, I have something to say to him." Yi Han reached out and took several ice creams from the inventory and distributed them to the girls. Several colleagues took the delicious food, and even though they were curious, they quickly said goodbye to Xiao Jiu and quickly exited the dungeon.
Soon they were the only two left on the field.
"What are you doing again?" Xiao Jiu said angrily.
"I heard that you will soon have enough credits to revive," Yi Han said, "What are your plans for the future?"
It is harder for ghosts to level up than human players, but Xiaojiu is really amazing, and his speed of gaining points is almost the same as Yi Han's. Jian Lin was able to accumulate enough points in a short time because of Yi Han's help, but Xiaojiu relied entirely on himself. Yi Han also found out when he asked a27 about his work location that Xiaojiu would be able to be resurrected in about one or two months.
"I haven't decided yet," Xiao Jiu said, "Resurrection doesn't really mean anything. It's fine as a goal to strive for, but if I really have to go back, I'm not very happy."
"You don't choose to resurrect?" Yi Han raised his eyebrows.
"Let's wait and see," Xiao Jiu said boredly, "I've achieved my goal, and there's no new goal... Maybe I'll just choose a place to sleep when the time comes."
"Hibernation chamber?" Yi Han asked.
"Yeah." Xiaojiu replied.
The hibernation chamber is also a leisure benefit provided by the escape game company to permanent residents. When players/employees are temporarily tired of the life of constantly breaking through levels/being on duty, and do not want to return to the real world or reincarnate, they can choose this:
Spend a lot of credits or grades to buy a one-time space compression hibernation chamber. When the player lies in it, he can fall into a deep sleep. He can choose the dream state or the dreamless state in advance, set the sleep time, or just sleep until the credits are used up. This hibernation chamber can be placed anywhere in the game world, under the sea, in the sky, of course, all of these require credits.
Although it sounds a bit tempting, due to the huge cost of points for the whole set, not many people actually buy this project, and most of them are really tired of living. Yi Han didn't expect Xiao Jiu to choose this.
"You came to me just to ask me if I will be resurrected?" Xiao Jiu asked doubtfully.
"Well, I guess so." Yi Han said, and after thinking about it, he took out a bunch of food from the inventory and stuffed it all into Xiaojiu's package.
"????" Xiao Jiu was alert, "Why, why did you give me food again, what's your intention???"
"I'm leaving too. I'd like to ask you to eat more before I go." Yi Han chose his words carefully.
Speaking of it, the relationship between the two is not really friends, it's weird.
Yi Han now thinks that he and Xiao Jiu were on opposite sides only because of their different standpoints in the first game, and later he bullied Xiao Jiu more because he wanted to earn points and have fun. But when he needed it later, Xiao Jiu helped him regardless of the past (?). Yi Han thought Xiao Jiu was a good person, so before they parted, he wanted to save their relationship by feeding him delicious food.
No matter how suspicious Xiaojiu's eyes were, Yi Han still faced it calmly and did not explain too much. Xiaojiu did not know about the hypnotist and could not explain it clearly. Anyway, after throwing several sets of dishes into his inventory, Yi Han returned home satisfied.
Three days passed in a flash.
The expiration date of the gem mentioned by a27 was about to expire. Yi Han took it in his hand, admiring it under the light, while thinking back to his behavior of the past few days.
Have dinner with people who can be considered friends, and say goodbye to those who should say goodbye one by one - the play is almost done.
The truth is about to show up.
Just as Yi Han expected, ten minutes before the gem became ineffective, the doorbell rang again.
The screen showed that the person was wearing a black robe with feather decorations on his clothes, and he was A27.
"Luckily I caught up with you, you haven't left yet!" a27 panted.
"What's wrong? What happened?" Yi Han pretended to be curious and asked.
"We found out that the hypnotist was also involved in some illegal alchemical activities, that is, using human bodies... to conduct illegal experiments for curiosity," a27 said anxiously. "We can match up many of the time points, but we are still lacking relevant physical evidence. According to the materials used in his laboratory, he should have created at least one flesh and blood puppet. Did you... get it when you searched for the copy?"
"Oh, that one." Yi Han said.
"It's really with you, that's great," a27 said, as if he was relieved. "You're going to be reborn soon, so it's useless to keep it. Leave it to me."
"You came here just for this?" Yi Han turned around and sat back on the sofa.
"Of course! This is very important physical evidence!" a27 followed in.
"Oh? Isn't she your very important wife?" Yi Han said.
"…What do you mean?" a27's expression turned cold.
"Your cat is really well used. I was almost fooled by you three days ago. Unfortunately, you are still too obsessed with her, which exposed your purpose." Yi Han raised the time-traveling gem in his hand again. Under the light, its shadow was reflected in Yi Han's pupils.
But in the next moment, it was crushed by Yi Han.
"This is still your illusion, right, hypnotist?"
"You - how did you find out -" a27's expression changed from shock to ferocious.
However, as the gemstone shattered and Yi Han revealed the truth about the copy, the entire space began to collapse again. The scenery twisted and rotated.
"No one has ever been able to see through my second illusion! Give my wife back to me—"
The voice of "a27" was extremely shrill, but his figure rushing towards Yi Han was shattered in the next moment.
Yi Han only felt a darkness before his eyes. He didn't know how long it had been, like a drowning man floating to the surface, or like a sleeping man waking up from a nightmare. He finally returned to reality and returned to the secret room with the coffin where he faced the hypnotist face to face.
The hypnotist in front of him woke up at the same time as Yi Han. The two of them had spent nearly a week in the illusion, but in reality, only one second had passed.
The hypnotist's eyes were bloodshot, and he wanted to go forward and tear Yi Han apart with his bare hands, but his body was suppressed by the system rules and he couldn't move. He wanted to ask for his wife doll back, but when he opened his mouth, only a lot of blood gushed out.
[System prompt: Serious violations have been detected. All players and NPCs in the instance have been frozen. Please do not attempt any violence. Staff will arrive within 1 minute! ]
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