X71
"This is your first time playing, so I can give you a hint. The soup base is related to 'twisted love'."
After all, it was a last-minute idea, and as a warm-up for the introduction, Shang Jingyan felt that the soup base was not that difficult to guess, but it might be a bit scary for interstellar people.
"Let me make it clear, it's not too late to quit now, don't be scared later."
"With such a good-looking person like Director Shang sitting here telling stories, I am not afraid anymore."
Noel said half-jokingly that he really knew how to use his appearance to his advantage, and it didn't sound greasy at all.
He looked at Shang Jingyan lovingly and asked first, "Are the man and woman in this noodle soup a couple? Or have they ever been a couple? Do they have an element of love for each other?"
Shang Jingyan guessed that the interstellar person would be the first to ask this question, and said, "No, I haven't, there is no element of admiration."
Noel looked thoughtful: "Are those two rings a pair of couple rings?"
"right."
"Is it a proposal ring?"
"That's right."
It was obvious that Noel wanted to show off, but he got stuck when asked here. His friends knew what he was thinking and didn't ask any key questions for a while, just laughing.
X71 had never played this kind of game before. Maybe AI is naturally interested in questions and answers. He was a little itchy and asked: [Yanyan, can I also participate? ]
Shang Jingyan paused for a moment and said in his mind: [I’m afraid that’s not possible. They can’t hear your question.]
X71 said with regret: "Then I'll just watch."
Zhang Nian saw Shang Jingyan and Nuoer at a table from a distance, so he came over to join in the fun: "What are you playing?"
Luo Zhiyu whispered some scientific information to her, and her eyes lit up immediately. She rubbed her hands and said, "I'll join in, too! So, do this man and woman know each other? Do they know each other very well?"
Shang Jingyan: “The answer to both questions is ‘yes’.”
They were not a couple, but acquaintances. There was a wedding ring in the dish, so everyone naturally thought that there must be a third party: "Is the woman's boyfriend involved in this story?"
"Yes." Shang Jingyan smiled meaningfully.
“Are these the only three people in the story?”
"Yes, there are only three characters."
Noel asked, "Well... a woman and her boyfriend go to a restaurant to eat, and the boyfriend wants to propose to his girlfriend, so he asks the man - maybe this man is his friend and also a staff member of this restaurant? - to put the wedding ring in the dish?"
Zhang Nian touched his chin and said, "That's definitely not right. How could someone put two rings in the dish? If there are two rings, usually one is used to propose marriage, and the other ring is kept by the owner."
Shang Jingyan really said, "No."
"So does your boyfriend know this man?"
“No.”
"I think you should guess in the direction of horror." Zhang Nian asked the ending sentence that no one had asked yet, "That 'bang' sound... was it the sound of something exploding?"
"no."
"Then..." Zhang Nian looked out the window. Shang Jingyan came up with this idea improvised, so it might be related to the surrounding environment, such as the "high-altitude restaurant". "Is it the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground?"
"That's right."
Zhang Nian followed up with a question: "Is the heavy object that fell to the ground a person? Did he die from the fall?"
"Yes, he fell to death."
Everyone exclaimed "wow", it's worthy of Shang Jingyan, there are even character deaths in this movie!
"Oh my god, I feel like I'm really there, in this high-altitude restaurant."
"Maybe the protagonist of the story is in a restaurant like this. Can someone ask if it's true?"
"Hahaha, don't ask that! I still want to eat a good meal!"
"If you ask, I would say I'm not sure." Shang Jingyan said "considerately".
If this was a friend of hers who often played turtle soup in her past life, then she would have asked from the beginning whether there were any dead people in this story, and would not have waited until now.
At this time, Luo Zhiyu, who had been silent, cleared his throat and spoke unconfidently: "Was he murdered by falling? Are there any supernatural elements in the background of this story?"
"No." Shang Jingyan said, "No, this is a story that can happen in reality."
"Was it an accident?"
"no."
Then the only option is suicide, Luo Zhiyu asked, and Shang Jingyan gave a positive answer.
"Oh my god, why am I getting scared?" Zhang Nian rubbed her arms. Shang Jingyan had already said that there were only three people in the story, so she just randomly tried it with a one-third probability, "Is the person who committed suicide the woman in the story?"
"That's right."
Everyone let out a low cry of surprise. Luo Zhiyu seemed to be in a state of mind and asked thoughtfully: "Her suicide... is it related to seeing the two rings?"
"related."
Noel couldn't keep up with the pace and didn't speak for a long time. Only then did he ask, "She didn't want to marry her boyfriend, so she committed suicide?"
"No, and she really wants to be with her boyfriend." Shang Jingyan said, "I'll remind you again, this is a twisted love story."
Luo Zhiyu seemed to be thinking about something, and suddenly asked a question that puzzled others: "The 'dish' in the title... is it a dish in the broad sense? Is it a meat dish?"
Shang Jingyan met her eyes, smiled and nodded: "Yes, it's meat dishes."
Her expression and tone were suggestive. Zhang Nian rubbed his arms subconsciously: "Damn! I think I have thought of it a little bit..."
Noel was depressed: "Why didn't I think of anything?"
But before Zhang Nian could fully form his thoughts, Luo Zhiyu quickly asked, "Is the meat in this dish... human meat?"
Noel hissed and got goose bumps all over his body, and Shang Jingyan affirmed: "You are right."
“Ahhh! Yanyan, I have the same feeling as when I was watching your work again!!” Zhang Nian made a bitter face and rubbed his arms fiercely. The others also gasped.
After Zhang Nian finished shouting, he couldn't help but ask, "This...this person who was cooked into a dish is the woman's boyfriend?"
Actually, there is no need to ask. There are three people in the story, two of them are alive, so the one who died is the remaining one, right?
Shang Jingyan nodded. Luo Zhiyu was now completely immersed in it. She no longer had a timid temperament. Her eyes were shining. She said with excitement and fear: "I guess... did the woman commit suicide because of regret? Did she think at the beginning that her boyfriend no longer loved her?"
The answer is also yes.
Luo Zhiyu's question was a bit jumpy, and some people present still didn't understand it, but it didn't stop Nuoer from thinking about it and his face turned pale. He said, "How can this be a twisted love story? There is only twisting, no love, right?"
"Did the woman conspire with the man to kill her boyfriend?" Luo Zhiyu asked a supplementary question.
Shang Jingyan nodded: "Yes."
At this point, the storyline has actually been deduced almost completely. Everyone asked questions for a while and restored the entire soup base -
The heroine used to be a crazy killer. After retiring, she fell fervently in love with her boyfriend. However, her boyfriend has been behaving strangely recently, as if he was hiding something from her and would not tell her even when asked.
She thought her boyfriend wanted to break up with her, and in her twisted pain, she contacted her former partner, a killer friend who now has changed his career and become a chef.
"Honey, I know a delicious restaurant. Let's go there on our anniversary."
The boyfriend readily agreed, but he didn't know that what was waiting for him was a butcher's knife.
"Eat him, and we'll be together forever!"
The woman thought so.
Unexpectedly, when the dish was served, she found two rings in it, and all her boyfriend's strange behavior was explained:
He didn't want to break up with her, but wanted to propose to her.
The woman learned the truth, but it was too late to change what had happened. After a moment, she jumped off the tall building in despair.
Zhang Nian said exaggeratedly: "Wow, you terrible Director Shang! How did you come up with this in such a short time? It's so scary!"
The story of the soup base is indeed unrealistic if you look into it carefully, but as a short horror story, the whole story is exciting enough.
Luo Zhiyu asked several key questions. She felt creepy because of the story itself, but her cheeks flushed slightly because of the joy of reasoning: "This game is really fun..."
Everyone was talking about it. The little story thrown out by Shang Jingyan made them get the essence of the horror turtle soup, which is unexpected but reasonable, unexpected and terrifying when you think about it carefully.
"Fuck, I broke out in a sweat after listening to this, but I couldn't help wanting to hear more of the same... I want one too!"
"I'm going to be unable to sleep tonight when I get home after playing!"
"Hahaha, luckily the boss and chef here didn't hear us, otherwise they would have kicked us out..."
"Don't mention it. I will check before I eat in a restaurant next time."
Some even asked: "I think this story has a lot to be explored. Does Director Shang plan to expand it?"
"Well... I haven't thought about it yet." Shang Jingyan sipped the red cherry juice, and some vague ideas did arise in his mind.
She has always wanted to make a horror film about a perverted murderer, but this subject has been filmed too many times in her previous life and it is difficult to pass the review. She wondered if she could give it a try in this world?
Previously, there was an inspiration related to an aquarium and fish, and now there is another one. Having too many inspirations is also a problem...
The discussion became more and more outrageous, except for Noel, who could no longer hold back when he heard the word "meat dish". After hearing about the soup base, he left the table and went to the toilet. When he came back, his face was blue and he sat weakly.
"Senior Noel, are you okay?" Shang Jingyan pretended to be concerned and asked, "Are you too scared? In fact, you can leave in the middle of the meal."
She had said it early on, but it turned out that this person overestimated his ability to bear it.
"Scared? No! That's not the case." Noel answered reflexively and made a lame excuse, "I just had a stomachache."
Although, it would not be very presentable to tell the person you want to pursue that you have a stomachache.
He tried to save the situation: "I'm fine now..."
Before he finished speaking, the waiter brought a plate of fried crispy meat. Noel glanced at the meat and thought of something. His expression instantly became wonderful. He covered his stomach again and said, "I'll take my leave again."
Zhang Nian almost died of laughter in his heart, and whispered to Shang Jingyan: "Yanyan, I dare to guarantee that he has hardly seen your works, otherwise his tolerance would not be so poor."
Shang Jingyan ate the crispy meat calmly and said seriously: "He is much more pleasing to the eye now."
Zhang Nian: “Hahaha!”
Noel was like a peacock that failed to spread its tail. After coming back from the bathroom, he completely lost momentum and had no energy in the second half. Shang Jingyan completely became the center of attention here.
Everyone who encountered this kind of game for the first time wanted to play it again, and in the end, almost all the dream builders in the party were attracted to it.
Everyone here is a creator. Apart from anything else, they are the best at making up stories. The noodle soups and soup bases they make up are full of climaxes.
We are also planning to write an APP specifically for the turtle soup story, so that there will be one more thing to play at future gatherings.
The party lasted until the lights came on, and Shang Jingyan's computer already had a lot of new contacts.
Noel might have been afraid of her, or he might have felt too embarrassed to see her, so he disappeared without a trace.
Shang Jingyan highlighted Luo Zhiyu and planned to chat with her in the future. This little girl's performance tonight was quite outstanding, and even the dream builder who was familiar with her was surprised. It might be the first time to see Luo Zhiyu so active at a party.
Shang Jingyan also discovered that the heartbeat value brought by a single dream builder is much greater than that of a single ordinary audience, and it seems that mental strength is also a factor that will be taken into consideration.
Now, the system panel shows that her heart rate is almost 150,000.
What is the use of this value? Shang Jingyan is looking forward to being able to exchange it for something.
X71 watched the whole process and was very proud: [Yanyan, I think you provided new inspiration to at least 50 people tonight! ]
Shang Jingyan: [But it at least brought new shocks to 100 people. ]
X71: […It doesn’t matter, it’s a blessing for everyone! ]
Shang Jingyan laughed.
She asked directly: "You have gone from being against horror themes to being a staunch defender of 'Director Shang'?"
Shang Jingyan walked in the night wind, her windbreaker and silver hair fluttering in the wind. Under her long windbreaker was a black long skirt she wore for the party. The hem of her skirt was like waves, and a smile flickered in her green eyes.
Passersby along the way looked at her curiously. In this era, concealed earphones were very common. They didn't think her behavior was strange. They were just wondering: Who is this good-looking young person talking to, smiling so happily?
X71 felt a sense of drifting, as if the host was overheating, but strangely, their virtual system had no entity.
The host is talking to it as a whole, it thought with ecstasy.
[That's right.] X71 said as a matter of course, [I was born to protect you.]
It is written in the system manual that a system will only be bound to one host for its entire life. This is a more stable and permanent relationship than love.
That's why it was so nervous at the beginning, afraid that it would be one of the victims of the car crash.
Although it is not quite the same as originally planned...but it firmly does not think this is a failure!
X71 seems to understand why the systems written in the manual are still speaking for the host...
Hey, what systems were involved in those cases? Why can't I remember clearly?
This question flashed through X71's brain for a moment, and then his attention was attracted by Shang Jingyan's words again.
"So good. By the way, don't you want to play turtle soup too?" Shang Jingyan said, "I want to play with you alone."
She was going to play a classic puzzle from her previous life with X71, which was also the origin of the term "turtle soup": many years later, a captain discovered while drinking turtle soup that the life-saving food he had when he was dying was not turtle meat at all, but a human corpse.
X71 didn't expect that she still remembered this, and was somewhat flattered. Asked and answered questions alone! Only it had such treatment!
It immediately said: [Okay, okay! ]
That night, viewers of the Changqingqing Forum discovered that a question in a post was pushed to the top.
The title of the post is: [I’m curious. We, the audience, are shocked by Director Shang’s works and ideas. What about his fellow dream builders? What do they think of Director Shang? Does anyone have something to say?]
Although some people were curious before, there were only sporadic speculations about the floor.
But it’s different now. There are several more replies overnight.
[My personal experience tells you: Yes. Not only that, but you will also lose sleep just like the audience! QAQ]
[At 3 a.m., I was tossing and turning in bed when I saw this post and silently gave it a thumbs up...]
[Director Shang, a scary woman, brings terror wherever she goes. ]
[Hahaha what's going on, there are suddenly so many replies, are all the people above dream builders? Did you get together with Director Shang? ]
[I'm curious about what happened. Did Director Shang tell you a horror story? ]
[Please give me an ear, I want to listen too! 】
[Director Shang led us to play a game. I think from today on, this game will become popular among the dream builders in the Exile Galaxy.]
[Don't worry, the game's APP is already in the works and will be available to everyone in a few days. Let's experience fear together (dog head).]
[Very suitable for parties and playing with friends. Forward this wild goose and let your friends scream for you (dog head). ]
The forum's reply format is also very suitable for questions and answers. A dream builder who remembered it immediately went out and created a new thread, relaying Director Shang's questions and some more ingenious questions that appeared at the party later.
Some forum members mistakenly entered the forum and could not let go of their curiosity even after seeing the warning, resulting in a bunch of screaming groundhogs in the post.
Cyan Snow Live Room.
"What new mini-game did Director Shang bring?" Ao Qingxue was tempted by the comments, "Then I'll play it after I finish playing Building 18 today!"
Almost immediately after Lu Zibing learned about the "daughter of the heroine" in the live broadcast room, she also provided a clue.
However, it was not through Lin Huailu, but Lin Xiaomei.
After obtaining the diary fragment 1, she did not act rashly, but instead took the initiative to be cautious and stay away from Lin Huailu.
Ao Qingxue's target is Lin Xiaomei. She thinks that this must be a key character. Otherwise, why can Xiaomei's puppet open the overlapping time line?
The doll looked a little scary, but it actually helped her a lot and didn't cause her any harm.
During the process of getting to know them, she discovered that Lin Xiaomei was not a bad kid. Xiaomei was targeted by the bullying group because she had been bullied before.
This is a very common phenomenon in bullying incidents. If the bullied person wants to take a break, he or she can only stand by and become an accomplice.
What's more, she was not actually an accomplice. In the subsequent questioning, Ao Qingxue learned that she was standing in front of Xiao Shuai that day, and in the bathroom prank incident, she was the one who rushed to rescue the teacher after hearing the news.
Lin Xiaomei's family was very poor. Ao Qingxue only saw her grandmother in the parent contact book, and the columns for her parents were blank.
Ao Qingxue didn't do much else in the past few days except mending Lin Xiaomei's torn clothes and buying new clothes. People in the interstellar age have long since forgotten the memory of poverty. They may have known that there were such miserable children in the previous star calendar, but they have never seen them with their own eyes.
[Alas, if there was no heroine, she would eat free soup and rice in the cafeteria. 】
[Baby asks mom to hug QAQ]
[I think she is definitely not a bad person, hey. ]
The heroine Langzhu often stares at Xiaomei in a daze, and then a pop-up window will appear with prompts like "You thought of an old friend and couldn't help but want to take better care of her." The implication is already very obvious.
After a few days of this, Lin Xiaomei gave Ao Qingxue an ugly brocade bag with white talismans embroidered on a black background. It looked particularly ominous.
"Teacher, this is something I made. It can ward off evil spirits. I'm giving it to you."
[Oh my god, I'm scared. Lu Zibing next door was given a similar thing by Lin Huailu and died from a nightmare.]
[This looks even more wrong! Should the anchor accept it? ]
[Both of them have the last name Lin. I always feel like they are related by blood...]
Ao Qingxue held the sachet tightly and said, "I believe in my reasoning, and I also believe in Xiaomei."
That night in the game, she controlled Langzhu to put the sachet under her pillow before going to bed.
Ao Qingxue's eyes darkened. When she opened them again, the perspective had been forced into the first person, the same as Lu Zibing's.
Her vision gradually became clearer, and she found herself standing at the entrance of the playground of No. 2 Middle School. The midday sun was hanging brightly in the sky, and the sky was clear.
[The host's dreamland started out much better than Lu Zibing's dreamland. It's really frustrating to compare yourself to others.]
[Hahaha, Lu Zibing: Who are you calling hell? You slander me, you slander me, I will beat you with a toilet plunger!]
【Don't forget the mop (dog head).】
"Lang Tingyao!"
Several female voices called her. Ao Qingxue turned around with the dream heroine, and the barrage exclaimed:
[Isn't this the little heroine's roommate? I saw her at Lu Zibing's place! ]
[Surname “Lang”, this must be Langzhu’s daughter! ]
[So this is her name, it sounds pretty nice. ]
The roommate handed Lang Tingyao a can of iced drink, with some flattering intentions. But Lang Tingyao glanced at them indifferently and said, "Don't think you can erase the damage you have done to me in this way."
The atmosphere was stagnant, and the roommates were all a little embarrassed. After a while, someone said weakly: "We didn't do anything wrong, and the people who really bullied you have already been dealt with by you, and they have apologized to you..."
Previously, the audience thought that the core of the weirdness in No. 2 Middle School was related to school bullying, but now it seems that it doesn’t make sense.
Has Lang Tingyao solved the trouble of being excluded and bullied?
That's right, she also wrote in her diary: "If you mess with me again, I won't tolerate it!" It seems that what Lang Tingyao is really afraid of is not bullying by classmates.
Lang Tingyao sneered, ignored them, and turned away.
Her body language showed that she really didn't take these people to heart, she just found them annoying.
The core of the main storyline seemed to have changed, and everyone watched the plot silently.
Lang Tingyao was walking towards a grove of trees, and Ao Qingxue then saw a boy standing beside the trees.
"Lou Huailin!" Lang Tingyao quickened her pace and raised her voice with joy. The interstellar person who was extremely sensitive to love immediately knew the identity of the person she was calling to her.
[Wow, the heroine's daughter was in love ten years ago, another new clue! ]
[According to the terminology of that era, this should be called premature love, haha. ]
[Getting rid of school bullying and falling in love with youth, this is going great... But why do I feel that the name Lou Huailin is a little familiar? Is it my illusion? ]
From the back, the boy is very tall and straight like a poplar. He has almost shed the figure of a teenager and has become more like a man.
The golden sunlight passed through the tree branches, casting swaying fragments of light onto him. Even though he was wearing a school uniform, he would look very handsome just by looking at his back.
Ao Qingxue was unconsciously led astray, and suddenly thought that she was playing a youth love game. However, this relaxed heartstrings did not last for two seconds, and suddenly turned into a tingling scalp——
"Xiaoyao." The boy turned around and smiled faintly, and his face was exactly the same as Lin Huailu's!
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