Chapter 348 Monster Hospital (Forty-Seven)
Bei Xi maintained the posture of sitting on the chair. The pain in her body was slowly subsiding. Although she felt a little uncomfortable, her face looked calm. If the system had not prompted that the adventure stage was over, even the evil god would not have been able to tell that Bei Xi had already been released from the adventure punishment. After all, she had maintained the same facial expression for the past few minutes and it was impossible to tell.
"Don't you have anything to say?" The evil god couldn't help but speak. "How does it feel to know the truth in your heart that you don't want to live with Nan Huan forever?"
It was not until this moment that the evil god finally broke away from her lazy state and returned to her eccentric appearance. She showed disdain towards Bei Xi, as if she could not stand the other party's inconsistent appearance. However, she was not surprised by such a result, and finally found an opportunity to make fun of Bei Xi.
"I feel like you're stupid," Bei Xi didn't take too much time to recover from the question she had just asked and the punishment she had encountered. Although the punishment gave her a very bad feeling and she hadn't figured out the cause and effect, it didn't prevent her from realizing that the evil god had ulterior motives in choosing this time to discuss this issue with her. "I'm very self-aware and don't intend to sow discord between you and Man Wugui. What on earth makes you think that I'll be sown? Just based on an illusion, or based on the answer to this question?"
In fact, from the first question asked by the evil god, Bei Xi had vaguely sensed the signs in this regard, and she knew very well that this was just a side job for the evil god and not the main purpose, so she was not merciful when she spoke at this time, after all, she was angry.
It was obvious that the Evil God and Man Wugui were restricted by the system to appear here for some reason. The other party was very unhappy, but there was nothing they could do. Bei Xi had not found any clues, and he was already a little angry. At this time, the Evil God bumped into him, and Bei Xi naturally said a few sarcastic words with the idea of "If I am not happy, everyone will be unhappy together".
Of course, more importantly, Bei Xi did not want to reveal her true inner thoughts to the evil god. She was very sure that she wanted to live with Nan Huan forever, but if the price to pay was beyond reasonableness, Bei Xi thought that she should not accept such a premium for no reason. However, the evil god's question just now ignored these issues and only required one of the two choices.
However, the words spoken by the evil god were not completely useless. Bei Xi still took it to heart. After all, they had reached the last copy. The evil god should not be so naive as to try to accomplish something by trying to sow discord between him and Nan Huan. Either what the other party said was not completely true, but it was not completely false either.
Because Bei Xi mentioned Man Wugui's name, the evil god was stunned for a moment, and then because of Bei Xi's aggressive words, his whole face became completely gloomy, "Whether it is an illusion or a question, of course only you know the real answer best. You can say whatever you want, but you can't change your mind forcefully."
If it were any other environment, the evil god would definitely not give up so easily, but now Bei Xi knew that it was because of the system. She couldn't take action, nor could she reveal some information. She could only say some ambiguous words, but Bei Xi always felt that she seemed to have some hidden meaning.
I don't know if it was because the atmosphere between the two was too tense, or if the system was worried that the evil god would not be able to take care of many things if he was not careful, so it jumped out quickly and urged the two to continue with the second question.
"If your identity was in opposition to Nan Huan from the beginning to the end, would you hide it from him?"
The evil god no longer had the leisurely look she had just now, but she showed little interest in asking questions, as if she didn't care about the answers to these questions at all. Just like she said, people can ask any questions they want, but only she knows the real answers, so she asked the second question without any delay or creating any suspense.
Bei Xi didn't know whether the problems on Nanhuan's side were all related to her, but when she heard that her second question continued the good tradition of the first question, her face was not good. Whether it was the assumption of the first question or the assumption of the second question, she had a bad feeling.
She was not sure what the system's true judgment criteria were, but looking back on the task, Bei Xi discovered a very important problem, that is, this task was not like a traditional side quest, where one would have to wait until all the questions were answered before facing punishment or reward. This task directly split the three questions into two, with reward and punishment options set for each question. As long as the player's answer met certain system standards, they would receive a reward.
However, this reward did not follow the system's habit of several previous side quests, which rewarded them for not being infected by the source of infection. In fact, the real reward for this answer came from the doctor, that is, from the evil god. Bei Xi couldn't think of anything on the evil god that she wanted, but the system stated that it was a reward, and she would not violate this point.
Based on this point, Bei Xi had to go back to his answer to the first question and the punishment he faced in the great adventure stage. The system's evaluation criteria must have a basis, and these bases must be objective, but if these questions are all hypothetical, then where is the basis?
She seemed to have found the key point that could tie everything together from these clues, but it still needed to be confirmed. Faced with the second question, Bei Xi did not hesitate for too long and gave an answer.
"No, no matter whether Nan Huan and I are on opposite sides, I will not hide anything from him."
【bite--
If the answer is not true, jump directly to the big adventure stage. 】
This time, when Bei Xi heard the system prompt, she didn't show any surprise. In fact, before her eyes went dark, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.
The scene changed, and on the land covered with black air, Nan Huan was standing just one step away from Bei Xi, but Bei Xi couldn't touch him no matter how hard he stretched out his hand. He could only watch Nan Huan looking at him with an incredible expression.
"Why?"
The other party kept questioning, and this time Bei Xi could hear what Nan Huan said, but even though they were so close, Bei Xi could feel the other party's questioning. It didn't seem to come from the body in front of him, but seemed to come from a distant place. Those questions, like the bell of an ancient temple, rippling in his heart.
Bei Xi felt as if her internal organs were shattered by the sound. The piercing pain spread from her heart to her blood, and then extended to her limbs. Her whole body was numb.
"Why did you lie to me?"
Nan Huan's voice continued. Without her saying a word, Bei Xi felt her physical condition worsening. Soon, red blood began to ooze out of her five senses and seven orifices. But she seemed to be unable to care about her physical condition. Looking at Nan Huan's sad eyes, she felt a piercing pain. She wanted to explain and ask, but she couldn't make a sound.
He could only watch Nan Huan standing in front of him, but it seemed like he couldn't see him at all. He could only ask questions over and over again, expressing resentment over and over again, with a painful expression on his face.
After an unknown amount of time, black flowers fell from the sky, covering up all the sounds and gradually burying the two people's bodies.
At the same time, Nan Huan in the next room was experiencing a similar situation as Bei Xi in the punishment of the great adventure. She listened to Bei Xi's questioning about betrayal, but could not utter a word to defend herself. She could only watch the black flowers falling from the sky, eventually burying them both.
Then, at the moment of waking up, Nanhuan and Beixi, who were in two different rooms, heard the system prompt sound at the same time.
[The current infection level is 20 percent.]
Tip: When the infection reaches 30%, your mind will become confused. When the infection reaches 50%, you will not be able to maintain normal human thinking and behavior. When the infection reaches 100%, you will completely become a monster. 】
Nan Huan moved her fingers, and she had not yet recovered from the questioning of "Bei Xi" in the illusion. It seemed that the numbness on half of her body had not been completely relieved. She did not respond to the system prompt sound. Because the infection level reached 20%, it seemed to have no effect on Nan Huan. She found that her mind was still functioning very quickly and effectively, and the infection problem was not more important at the moment.
The punishment in the adventure stage was gradually getting heavier. Even though she did not answer the third question, Nan Huan expected that the degree of infection would increase a little. There was nothing wrong with that, and Nan Huan was not afraid at all. However, she was very curious about the reward from the doctor. In addition, she seemed to have figured out the system's criteria for judgment. She would be even more eager to know the truth about some things.
"What would Bei Xi think if she knew that you didn't answer the two questions sincerely in this room?" Man Wugui was still not surprised by the answer to the second question, but she suddenly became curious, "When she finds out that you are just a hypocrite and have many secrets hidden in private, will she still be close to you?"
"Don't you already know the answer to this question?" Nan Huan leaned back in his chair, stretched out his hands and tossed them back and forth, trying to relieve the numbness. When he heard Man Wugui's question, he replied nonchalantly, "Otherwise you wouldn't have to go to so much trouble to separate the two of us and have such a truth or dare game."
Nan Huan was very frank and didn't hide anything. She had already understood the purpose of this truth or dare game, so she simply said it more clearly, "So if you can tell me why I concealed my true identity and went to Bei Xi, and why I chose her alone in a critical situation, then I feel that I haven't wasted my time in this room."
"Why? Can you tell me?"
Nan Huan pinched his fingers before looking up at Man Wugui, but there was not much expectation in his eyes, nor was there any emotion on his face due to his guess about this, and there was even a hint of seriousness in his eyes.
To be honest, Man Wugui really didn't expect that Nan Huan could guess so much from two questions and limited clues. Her face instantly turned a little ugly. Facing Nan Huan's questioning, she kept silent, but her eyes flashed with some resentment and a stern determination to deal with the other party.
When Nan Huan saw her like this, he understood what was going on. "Since you can't give me an answer, then be quiet and don't try to sow discord. Although I won't fall for it, I don't want you to slander her with this face."
Nan Huan had never been so tough since she entered this room. On the one hand, the current situation was unclear and she was not sure about Man Wugui's role and the limits of his ability. On the other hand, Man Wugui's previous sarcastic remarks were not very serious and Nan Huan did not take them to heart at all.
But Man Wugui's words about Bei Xi made Nan Huan very unhappy, so she showed this serious look. In addition, she finally understood the good intentions of the system from this complicated task. Knowing the purpose of the system, she naturally didn't need to hide it anymore.
"You clearly had no idea about the first question, why..." Man Wugui was indeed a little confused, but she felt a little embarrassed after asking the question. Besides, even if Nan Huan understood all this, it was not a big deal. These were not really important to her, so she stopped talking halfway.
Nan Huan, on the other hand, seemed to be in high spirits, and was willing to explain to the other party the whole process of how he understood it. "Why did I suddenly understand it as soon as the second question was finished?"
Anyway, the system has not urged the third question, Nan Huan seems very patient, "In fact, from the first question, I have doubted the purpose of the system's questioning, because the first question is too broad, the answer is really untrue, and it seems to be linked to my human nature, but how can the system quantify human nature? Its judgment standard must be objective, not fabricated. This is the basis of the system's existence. In addition, the exaggerated scenes I saw in the illusion further confirmed my guess. The standard used by the system to verify the authenticity of the answer is that this thing actually happened. Although the real development process and the limiting conditions are definitely far away from the question you asked, or there are some unspeakable secrets, but in short, I finally made a choice, chose Bei Xi, and gave up many lives, so the system uses this as the judgment standard."
When Man Wugui heard her beautify her past actions like this, he sneered, "How can you be sure that there were so many reasons that forced you to make such a choice? What if you were just in love and chose Bei Xi alone, and killed thousands of other people? Don't flatter yourself. When people face a past that they cannot accept, they always use this method of escaping reality to try to make themselves feel better."
Nan Huan was not angry. After hearing Man Wugui's accusation, he thought about this possibility very seriously, and then nodded carefully, "You are right, this possibility cannot be ruled out. If I really get carried away, it is not impossible. Otherwise, Bei Xi and I would not be here now."
Nan Huan was not joking when she said this, but she had no memory of the past. Man Wugui obviously knew this, but Nan Huan was not sure whether what he said was objective, so she kept an open mind and accepted all possibilities.
However, her attitude made Man Wugui a little difficult to accept. For the first time, a look of doubt and scrutiny appeared on her face, as if the Nan Huan in front of her was very unfamiliar to him.
"You're still laughing. If that's true, and you've killed so many people, don't you feel guilty?" Man Wugui couldn't understand. "I always thought you were a pitiful person who cared about the overall situation. You wore a hypocritical mask and did things that hurt people."
The identities of the two people seemed to have changed suddenly, because these words coming out of Man Wugui's mouth also shocked Nan Huan a little. He always felt like he was some kind of big devil now. Facing the good guys' gang's pleading for good, he was not moved at all. Nan Huan's face showed some rare embarrassment, and then returned to normal.
"Even if that's true, having a guilty conscience won't solve the problem. Besides, you don't need to worry about who I am. Anyway, you, the evil god, and I will never be the same kind of people. You should ask yourself, facing those innocent souls controlled by him, will the evil god feel guilty?"
"Oh, I forgot she might not have that thing?"
No matter what purpose Man Wugui had in saying this, Nan Huan remained unmoved. She knew that under the limitations of the system, Man Wugui would be unlikely to explain to her what happened in the past. But within the maximum scope allowed by the system, it was not impossible to mislead her into having some unrealistic ideas. So she listened to everything the other party said, but had no intention of taking it to heart.
At the end, he did not forget to bring up the evil god and said a few sarcastic words. The faces of these people changed completely. She leaned forward and wanted to take action, but was restrained by something. Finally, she sat back on the chair. Her eyes and expression became very gloomy, and she still had the expression that wanted to kill herself.
The system was well aware of the tension in the room, so it urged Man Wugui to continue asking the third question. However, the system did not show any reaction to the fact that Nan Huan had easily extracted the information he needed from the first two questions, nor did it get angry or hide anything. It just calmly urged the game to continue.
Under the urging of the system, Man Wugui finally regained her sanity. She didn't know what she was thinking about, but she instantly became very calm. Especially before asking the question, she glanced at Nan Huan, as if to imply that everything was under control.
"One last question. If the truth is that if you kill me, Bei Xi will also die, will you still be resolute in doing it?"
Man Wugui's voice was very soft, but this question hit Nan Huan's heart hard, making her suddenly feel breathless.
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