Chapter 42: Nightmare City (Part 4)



When Elvia walked up to the three men, Zhou Zhou immediately told him the reason why the others didn't come.

Shirley and Keli are at work during the day and only have time to play games at night. Molan is still working diligently as an NPC in the dungeon and has no time to come out.

It seems that Heya has something urgent to do and will not be online for a while. He sent a message to Zhou Zhou to apologize, apparently because there is a major event coming up and he has to go help a friend.

Therefore, only Eddie and Qian Le, two people who had not yet started school, had time to come. Qian Le took out the money he earned yesterday and from his previous part-time job to pay the tuition. As a result, his parents called him home to question him because of this. Anyway, he didn't do anything illegal, so he stayed at home for one night and was kicked out again.

Zhou Zhou seemed a little disappointed that everyone couldn't get together. Elvia nodded to the other two, her expression as cold as ever.

The four people looked at each other. Eddie waved at Elvia with a smile, then looked at Qian Le, who looked wary when facing Elville, and shrugged his shoulders, with an expression of watching a good show on his face.

"Which area do you want to go to first? I'll lead the way."

Qian Le had worked here before, so he knew most of the locations here. However, the amusement park was too big, so it was impossible to visit all the areas at once, so they could only pick a few that everyone wanted to visit.

Eddie didn't have any objection. As long as there was something exciting to watch, it didn't matter where it was.

Zhou Zhou looked up at the three people, his clear eyes flickering with tiny lights: "Let's go to the doll area first, okay?"

No one else had any objections, and the group, led by Qian Le, headed to the doll area.

Before the four people reached the doll area, they saw several huge dolls as tall as clouds in the distance, sitting or standing at the entrance of the doll area.

Eddie leaned out of the sightseeing car, looked up at the dolls, and said in amazement: "These are much bigger than the ghosts we have seen."

Qian Le was confused and asked, "What is bigger than a ghost?"

Qian Le was not in the previous copy, and Eddie immediately began to talk about the large ghost they encountered in the copy. Qian Le was stunned. He had only played the copy of the Villa Ghost, so naturally he didn't know that the ghosts in each copy were different.

Zhou Zhou kept looking around. Xiao Jin said they were in the doll area, but at the entrance of the doll area there were only players coming and going. Where were they?

"What are you looking for?" Elvia, who had been silent, suddenly asked.

Zhou Zhou looked back reflexively, looking at Alvia's calm face, hesitantly said: "Nothing."

Elvia stared at Zhou Zhou, whose eyes were drifting left and right, and did not ask any more questions.

The four of them played with the giant doll for quite a while at the door. Zhou Zhou, Eddie and Qian Le would touch and hug the doll's feet, or pounce on it and bury their arms and legs in the fluffy doll. After all, they were at the age when they loved to play, and they were often in a tense state in the copy. Now that they had time to play, they were naturally very happy.

Only Elvia was as quiet as ever, standing by with his hands in his pockets, watching the three people playing. He had an upright posture and outstanding temperament, and was obviously different from the other three young boys. He seemed like a calm older brother with three active younger brothers.

Eddie glanced at Alvia from time to time, then moved closer to Zhou Zhou and whispered, "I feel like Al is not very happy. Do you know what's going on?"

Zhou Zhou looked at Alvia. His expression was the same as usual, no different: "Is Al unhappy? Why?"

Eddie: “…How could I possibly know.”

Zhou Zhou thought about it, walked straight to Alvia and asked, "Are you unhappy?"

Eddie opened his eyes wide, he didn't expect Zhou Zhou to go up and ask directly. He stood at the back pretending to look at the scenery into the distance, but his ears were stretched out, paying close attention to the movements here.

"Why do you ask?" Alvia asked calmly.

"You seem different than usual."

"Isn't that how I usually act?"

Zhou Zhou lowered his head and thought, Al seemed to be like this usually, expressionless and speaking very little, so there was nothing wrong with him.

"Zhou Zhou, what are you doing standing at the door? Aren't you going in?" Qian Le had already walked into the gate of the doll area. He turned around and saw three people still standing outside. He immediately waved his hands and shouted at them.

"Come right over." Zhou Zhou responded, "Al, Eddie, let's go in quickly too."

Eddie pretended to have just heard it, responded, and hurriedly followed them.

Zhou Zhou believed whatever others said. Al was obviously unhappy, and the air pressure in his body seemed to freeze into ice. Moreover, when he was asked if he was unhappy just now, he did not deny it. But Zhou Zhou did not notice it at all.

He shook his head and sighed, then couldn't help laughing. When he noticed Al's cold eyes looking at him, he managed to hold back his laughter.

Entering the door of the doll area, Zhou Zhou saw plush toys of various colors and sizes everywhere. He looked left and right, his heart and eyes full of curiosity.

However, he did not forget his main business and carefully looked for dolls that suited the image of the children. Although Xiao Jin did not say it explicitly, Zhou Zhou also thought that they could not appear in front of people directly, and could only continue to hide in the bodies of the dolls. However, there were so many dolls here that he didn't know where the children would hide.

Suddenly, Zhou Zhou saw a rabbit doll pendant the size of half a palm at the transparent window of the first claw machine in the row of claw machines on the left, and it waved at him slightly.

Zhou Zhou's eyes lit up and he walked straight towards the claw machine, and the people behind him followed him.

There were dozens of claw machines at the entrance. There were four people in the front line of the first machine. Zhou Zhou stood silently behind them, tilting his head to see how the people in front were playing.

He had never played this before, and he stared at the person in the front intently. He saw the player in the front manipulating the mechanical arm and slowly moving it downwards. The mechanical arm gently grabbed a puppy doll with dark circles under its eyes, and then slowly rose up. However, when it was halfway up, the puppy slipped off the mechanical arm.

The player sighed, his face full of regret, and continued to try to catch it, but he came back empty-handed after several attempts. In the end, he had to give his spot to the person behind him.

"Zhou Zhou, there are several people queuing for this machine. If you want to play, let's go to the back and grab the claw machines." There was no one in front of the dozen or so claw machines at the back. They only needed to walk a few dozen meters to get there. Why should they wait here?

Zhou Zhou shook his head and looked towards the transparent window of the claw machine. When the man was trying to grab the doll, he saw the trapped puppy doll moved its butt in mid-air before falling off the mechanical arm. The same happened to the following dolls. When the mechanical arm was about to grab the dolls, several of them suddenly fell to the side or moved to the side. The small movements were not obvious, but they were enough to prevent the already loose mechanical arm from grabbing any of them.

The second person also didn’t catch any dolls, and said angrily that there was something wrong with the machine. The girl in front of Zhou Zhou didn't even try it and went straight to the claw machine at the back.

Qian Le stopped Zhou Zhou hesitantly: "How about we change to another one?" This machine seemed to have a problem. Several people couldn't catch it. But after the second player changed the machine, he immediately caught the doll inside.

Zhou Zhou has already grasped the joystick: "It's okay, I'll grab it from here."

He carefully extended the robotic arm above a white rabbit, then slowly lowered it. When the robotic fingers tried to grab it, they lightly slipped over the rabbit doll due to unskilled operation.

Qian Le, who was watching from the side, felt a little sorry that he didn't catch him, but he still comforted Zhou Zhou: "Next time, I will definitely..."

Just when he was halfway through his words, the rabbit sitting in the corner of the side window suddenly tilted to the side and fell right into the robotic arm. Under Qian Le's surprised gaze, the rabbit pendant, which was half the size of his palm, fell out from the exit below.

"What good luck." Eddie praised.

Zhou Zhou held the little rabbit in his hand, turned around and was about to leave, but the rabbit quietly pulled his finger.

"And more." The rabbit's mouth moved slightly, and two almost inaudible words floated into Zhou Zhou's ears.

besides? He turned around and looked at the dozen or so animal pendants in the claw machine again. Could these be all of them?

Alvia frowned slightly and looked at the little rabbit in Zhou Zhou's hand. The rabbit just now...

Zhou Zhou once again operated the robotic arm to grab the dolls inside. These dolls were all about the same size, basically half the size of a palm. The difference was the color and type of each one. Some were turtles, some were puppies, and there were all kinds of them. They looked very mini and cute.

Then, one doll after another was picked out by Zhou Zhou.

Qian Le's open mouth never closed, mainly because Zhou Zhou's luck was just too good. There were several times when the robotic arm failed to catch the doll, but every time the doll next to it would suddenly fall down and fall into the robotic arm.

Gradually, Zhou Zhou had no more room in his hands and had to ask others for help. Even Elvia had a few dolls stuffed into her hands.

"How about we try something else?" Qian Le asked. The others just caught one or two and left, but Zhou Zhou managed to catch one every time. He stayed by the machine and kept catching, as if he wanted to clear all the dolls inside.

They all had dolls in their hands, and many players were already looking over here. The boys felt a little embarrassed holding so many dolls.

"Wait, it will be ready soon." There are still two dolls left, and he can't leave these two children here alone.

A black kitten was picked out, and finally only the last black and white panda was left.

Zhou Zhou skillfully used the robotic arm to approach the panda and slowly descended. When he was about to grab it, the robotic arm suddenly shook for some reason, causing Zhou Zhou to fail in catching the panda. Just as the robotic arm was wobbling upwards, the panda sitting in the window holding a bamboo suddenly dropped the bamboo, and its chubby body suddenly leaped up, hugged the robotic arm with its hands and feet, hung on it, staggered to the exit, jumped down again, and successfully got outside.

Qian Le:? !

He pointed at the panda in horror: "Just now, did you see that? What happened? The panda moved!"

Zhou Zhou bent down, took out the panda, and hid it behind him guiltily. He had promised Xiao Jin not to tell anyone else the secret of their clan, so he could only pretend that he knew nothing.

Eddie held dolls in both hands, including kittens, deer, and piglets. Seeing the scene just now, he remembered the dolls in the previous copy. Speaking of which, those dolls can also move and talk, so could it be that they are the NPC who came out to look for Zhou Zhou again?

The incident of the resentful woman running out of the dungeon was really impressive, so Eddie quickly connected it to this. Seeing Zhou Zhou feeling guilty, he did not expose him, but said to the terrified Qian Le: "Isn't it just a doll that moved? What's the big deal? Didn't you play with toys when you were a child? Which one doesn't move? There are also toys that can fly into the sky and into the sea."

Qian Le looked at Zhou Zhou in confusion, then at Eddie: "Really?" The main reason was that the panda's movements were so agile, as if it were really alive, so he was scared.

At this time, all the dolls in the claw machine had been taken away by Zhou Zhou. The staff looked at the empty window, then at the four men hung with dolls. They stared at it for a long time before sighing and resignedly replenishing the dolls.

Zhou Zhou was holding a bunch of animal-shaped dolls in his hands. Although the dolls were not big, they looked quite large when added up. Even while holding them like this, he had to be careful not to let the doll in the middle fall.

Finally, Qian Le couldn't stand it anymore. How was he going to play with the dolls when he was holding them so carefully?

"Zhou Zhou, why don't we leave these dolls here first and pick them up when we go out?" Qian Le asked.

Zhou Zhou held the doll and shook his head. If the children were placed here, they would not be able to see anything, so how could they play with him?

When Alvia heard the rabbit's voice, he knew what was going on. He discovered that Zhou Zhou had a great attraction to the NPCs in the game, so why did every NPC come out to find him?

"There is a rope on the doll, you can hang it on your body." Alvia reminded.

These dolls are originally pendants that can be hung on key chains, school bags, clothes, etc. The ropes on their heads can automatically lock when they touch objects, so there is no need to worry about them falling no matter where they are hung.

After hearing what Al said, Zhou Zhou immediately hung the dolls on himself, two on his wrists, a few on the hem of his clothes, and two on his shoulders. He looked like a moving doll pendant display.

Eddie and Qian Le fell silent as they looked at Zhou Zhou's look. Zhou Zhou looked cute, and he would look even cuter with a bunch of dolls.

And they didn't dare to imagine what it would be like to have the same appearance as the other. They looked at the dolls in their hands and finally chose to hold them in their hands, but the ropes were also tied around their wrists to prevent them from falling.

Alvia also frowned and stared at the doll in his hand. Finally, he followed Eddie and the others and held the doll in his hands. He turned the front of the doll toward the back, so that even if he hid the doll in his hands, he could still see outside.

After finding the children, Zhou Zhou lost his direction and didn't know where to go next. In the end, it was Qian Le who recommended that everyone go ride the roller coaster.

After all, the roller coasters here are very famous, so when playing in the amusement park, you must find the most fun place.

Qian Le himself had only heard of it. After all, he had not been here for long. Apart from eating dog food on the Ferris wheel, he had not been to many places. He still had to rely on maps for more.

Looking at the complicated, winding, and nearly vertical roller coaster track, Eddie hesitated and asked, "Is this really not dangerous?"

Qian Le glanced at him and said, "This is a game world, how could there be any danger?"

"I mean, we managed to survive the dungeon with great difficulty. Wouldn't it be embarrassing if we died on the roller coaster in the amusement park?"

"Why, are you scared?"

Facing Qian Le's provocation, Eddie immediately said, "How is that possible? Just because you're scared, don't assume that everyone else is scared too. I'm just worried that the equipment here is too dangerous and there may be safety risks."

"Can the hidden dangers in the game be called hidden dangers? If you are afraid, don't make excuses."

The two men's eyes were full of fire, and they said to Zhou Zhou in unison: "Zhou Zhou, who do you think is afraid?"

Zhou Zhou looked around and said eagerly: "Why don't we all go up and give it a try."

He had never seen this thing before, and the screams and shouts coming from the sky from time to time seemed very interesting.

"Al?" Zhou Zhou looked back at Alvia at the back and called him to go buy tickets together.

Alvia: "I'm not going. You guys go up and play."

Zhou Zhou was a little hesitant. If Al didn't go, then he wouldn't go either. Otherwise, if the three of them left, Al would be the only one left.

"Why, are you afraid too..."?

Qian Le was about to provoke Elvia, but suddenly lost his temper when he saw his ice-blue eyes. Somehow, he always felt that he had seen these eyes somewhere before, and there was an indescribable sense of oppression.

Eddie was already sure that Elvia was really angry. What happened? What's so exciting about hanging out with Zhou Zhou? He didn't say anything himself, and no one else could tell. It was really frustrating.

Elvia went to wait for them on the chair next to her, and handed the doll in her hand to Zhou Zhou before leaving. Knowing their true identities, it turns out that these people possessed the dolls just to have fun. If they were left in his hands, they wouldn't be able to ride the roller coaster, so it would be better to hand them over to Zhou Zhou to take along.

The three of them walked toward the passage together. Eddie sneaked up to Zhou Zhou and asked quietly, "Zhou Zhou, who proposed this trip?"

He thought about it and felt that something was wrong. Based on what he knew about Al from the two copies, few people could touch his emotions, and it was even rarer to make him angry.

"It's Al." Zhou Zhou said truthfully.

"Him?" How was it possible? Al didn't look like the kind of person who would ask to go to the amusement park with his friends.

Zhou Zhou briefly recounted his apology to Al and the conversation between the two afterwards, and Eddie finally discovered the reason.

He suppressed a laugh and said, "Then why did you send us a message to come out and play together? Wouldn't it be nice for just the two of you to come to the amusement park?"

Zhou Zhou asked with a strange look on his face: "It's more lively when there are more people, and it's so quiet when there are only two of us."

It turned out that it was because of this that Eddie finally couldn't help laughing in the corridor. He found that Al seemed to have changed his clothes today. He might have thought it was a date for two people, but Zhou Zhou brought them. If the others hadn't been busy, there might have been more people.

No, Eddie looked down at the doll in his hand, there were already a lot of them.

Qian Le pricked up his ears to listen to the conversation between the two people. There were other players talking around, so he couldn't hear clearly. He just caught a few key words. He asked with a vigilant look on his face: "What two people? Which two people?"

Eddie patted his shoulder and pushed him towards the roller coaster parked in the aisle: "It's nothing, nothing, hurry up and get on the ride."

Three people sat in the same row, Qian Le was at the innermost, Zhou Zhou was in the middle, and Eddie was on the other side.

After fastening his seat belt, Qian Le leaned over with difficulty and asked Eddie: "What exactly were you guys talking about just now..."

As the roller coaster started, it flew out with a whoosh, and the few words Qian Le said were all dissipated into the air.

The speed is too fast!

Alvia sat leisurely below, squinting his eyes and looking at the roller coaster that turned into a beam of light. Although to ordinary people the roller coaster had turned into a residual image, for Alvia, he could not only see the whole picture of the roller coaster, but also the facial expressions of everyone on it.

He had never been to an amusement park, let alone ridden a roller coaster, since he was a child. Although it is still called a roller coaster, in the interstellar era, the roller coaster just kept the old name. In fact, the speed is comparable to the speed of light. In the virtual world, the speed will only be faster, so when he came in, he saw the ferocious expressions of many players on the previous roller coaster.

He owns various types of spaceships and mechas of the Empire, and has driven countless of them himself, so he has no interest in roller coasters. It is more interesting to watch other people ride them.

And maybe his expression will become like that after he goes up. Alvia, who has a heavy idol burden, shook his head and decided to let them have fun.

After buying four glasses of lemonade, Elvia drank them while looking up at Zhou Zhou and the others. His posture was extremely elegant, making people feel that he was not drinking lemonade in an amusement park, but leisurely sipping tea in a magnificent palace.

“Aa ...

Qian Le and Eddie screamed loudly, they didn't know what else to do except shouting. The speed was so fast that their faces were distorted, but at this time the two men no longer cared about their image.

Help! They are going down! ! !

Among the deformed faces, Zhou Zhou's calm expression was particularly conspicuous. Not only was his face not deformed, his hair was not even messy. He even had the mind to adjust the position of a bunch of dolls on his body.

Alvia narrowed his eyes slightly below, and his thick eyelashes blocked the look in his eyes.

"Aren't you going up to play?" A trash can on the side of Elvia suddenly spoke, and Zeus' voice came from the trash can.

Alvia glanced at the trash can, then continued to look up into the sky: "What's going on?"

"I have checked clearly in the past two days. All the problematic families and rebels have no connection with Zhou Zhou and have no intersection with him."

"You mean, after two days of investigation, you only found out that he has no relationship with anyone?"

Zeus brand trash can hummed: "I checked very carefully. Anyway, he just appeared in the game out of thin air. I can't find anything else."

"Appeared out of thin air." Elvia snorted and murmured in an ambiguous tone.

"Anyway, I think he is a good person, so don't try to take advantage of him." Seeing that Elvia had a strange expression on his face, Zeus didn't dare to stay with him any longer, so he left after saying this.

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