Chapter 172
Chapter 172
In fact, Shen Yunzhe had been concerned about the relationship between the community and the Virgin Mary before.
If there really is a Madonna who can fulfill wishes, then this Madonna has most likely been protected by the government. It is completely impossible to build a community and then choose people who live in the community to fulfill their wishes. In other words: this logic is not realistic enough.
Of course, it could also be due to the game field settings.
Shen Yunzhe continued to flip through the records. He pulled out a brochure. On the brochure was a statue of the Virgin Mary with a white hood covering her face, and a few lines of words were written on the image of the Virgin Mary.
【Recruitment for Saint Community residents has begun! 】
Do you have a wish you want to fulfill? Is there something you long for? Or a life you want to live?
【As long as you successfully move into Xiangsheng Community, all your wishes can come true! 】
[Occupancy period: One year. Registration method: Please go to the Xiangsheng Community Property Management Office to register. After the registration is completed, the property management office will distribute the successful list to each person.]
Shen Yunzhe turned the flyer over and found that the back was blank, but someone had written a line of blood on it.
The blood words must have been written for a long time, and the color has turned black. When shining a flashlight on them, only a layer of dried black can be seen.
[The Virgin Mary's vow is fake! You are lying to me!]
Shen Yunzhe put down the flyer and began to look around. Is this all the property has? No record book?
Just as he was about to play, Shen Yunzhe saw a notebook dropped on the ground. Shen Yunzhe picked up the notebook and saw the words "recordbook" written on the cover.
Sure enough, the property also has a record book.
It's just that the property was severely damaged and the record book was thrown on the ground and no one cared about it.
Shen Yunzhe found a relatively clean place on the ground and sat down. Then he bit his cell phone with his teeth and began to flip through the notebook in his hand.
I often ask my brother, "Is this really safe?" But he tells me this has been going on for a hundred years, and nothing has ever happened. How could something suddenly go wrong?
We are the property management of Xiangsheng Community. Our Lady is the core of the community because she can help people realize their wishes, no matter what they are. Only we, the property management, know the secrets of Our Lady, such as that she is a witch who never ages or dies, and that she is so weak that she is constantly asleep.
The Virgin Mary's power was dwindling, and she eventually had to reduce the number of people whose wishes could be fulfilled. Our family relied on the Virgin Mary to become one of the strongest families in the world, and we never imagined she would disappear.
We asked an expert to examine the Virgin Mary, and they said: Good and evil are the same in this world. The Virgin Mary used her own goodness to fulfill human wishes. Now that her goodness has been exhausted, she will soon no longer be able to fulfill people's wishes.
[But, my brother said: The Virgin Mary has both good and evil. If good can fulfill desires, then evil can also fulfill desires.]
Just like twenty years ago, my ancestors sacrificed the Virgin Mary's children and used the Virgin Mary's sorrow to force the Virgin Mary to stay for twenty years. Now, we can also sacrifice other things to force the Virgin Mary to stay.
[Perhaps the Virgin Mary is truly pitiful, but if we lose the Virgin Mary, we will be even more pitiful than she.]
We have established a large community, Xiangsheng Community, and become its property management. We recruit residents based on the principle of fulfilling their wishes. However, we know that everyone we call in is a sacrifice to the Virgin Mary. They will fulfill their wishes, but they will also pay a price and become nourishment for the Virgin Mary.
[This can continue for decades, and then we will find more sacrifices and more continuations.]
[…The Virgin Mary is dead?]
【The Virgin Mary is dead?!】
Holy Mother! She's dead!
【How could she die! 】
Shen Yunzhe remembered what Shen Wei had said to him. He said this was a story of a saint who repented and took revenge.
So, this is Our Lady’s past?
It seems that this property family is really full of evil. The Virgin Mary is a good person, but she helps people realize their wishes even when she is unconscious. She even sacrifices her own children when she is unable to realize their wishes, and even her sorrow is exploited.
In the end, the Virgin Mary's death was a relief.
With a crack, thunder sounded outside. Shen Yunzhe was stunned for a moment. He turned his head to look out the window. Another flash of lightning flashed by. Shen Yunzhe opened his eyes slightly.
Because in the lightning just now, he saw a person sticking to the window and looking at him.
It might be a woman. Her face was pressed against the glass, and she was staring at him with her eyes wide open. Tears of blood were falling from her eyes, and her hands were hanging on the glass. Her eyes without pupils were staring at Shen Yunzhe, and it was obvious that she was not a living person.
Another flash of lightning, and the person in the window disappeared.
Shen Yunzhe walked out quickly. He didn't plan to stay here any longer. Something was wrong with that thing.
Just as he reached the door, there was another flash of lightning. Shen Yunzhe's body stiffened because the woman was standing at the door of the property office. She stood in the rain and looked at him expressionlessly. The rain soaked her clothes and hair, and they stuck to her pale skin in a messy manner.
"Who are you?" the miserable woman asked.
"I, I am a resident of 1-1. The gate of the community is closed and I can't go back." Shen Yunzhe spoke immediately.
"What?" The woman twisted her neck. "Don't you know that Xiangsheng Community doesn't allow residents to go out casually?"
The woman was obviously different from the security guard. Her pale eyes instantly filled with bloodshot. She walked towards Shen Yunzhe step by step, "Who let you out? You broke the rules!"
"The security guard asked me to come find you."
"What's a security guard?" The woman stepped closer to Shen Yunzhe. "If I want, I can replace the security guards as well. If you don't obey me, you don't deserve to be a resident of Xiangsheng Community. You don't deserve to have your wish come true. I'll replace you right away. I'll find your replacement right away!"
Shen Yunzhe realized that unlike the security guards, the property management staff were very difficult to serve and had a bad and terrible attitude towards the residents.
What about the girls 1-2 who have a strong sense of superiority? I guess no one has a stronger sense of superiority than this property.
Shen Yunzhe retreated step by step, and the way forward was blocked by the property management. Shen Yunzhe did not dare to look back, for he was afraid that he would be killed if he turned back. So he was forced back to the property management room step by step. Crack, it started to rain heavily outside, and the heavy rain mixed with thunder and lightning illuminated the scene inside from time to time.
The woman twisted her neck, but no matter how she twisted it, it remained crooked until she heard a cracking sound.
Her neck was broken and could no longer support her head, so it hung loosely, only connected by a layer of skin.
She didn't care and even gave Shen Yunzhe a strange smile.
Shen Yunzhe felt his cell phone vibrating, reminding him that it was already half past two. He needed to quickly deal with everything and leave in half an hour so that he could return to the community gate and meet up with Li Yuluan at four o'clock.
But the thing in front of him obviously didn't intend to let him escape.
Shen Yunzhe let out a long sigh, and he finally spoke, "It was the Holy Mother who sent me here."
The woman stopped in her tracks. "What did you say?"
"It was Our Lady who asked me to come here." Shen Yunzhe raised his voice, "I saw Our Lady. She showed me the way and told me to come here and take a look."
"Holy Mother, Holy Mother?" The woman's eyes were filled with panic. "No, that's not right! You're lying to me!"
"The Virgin Mary died a long time ago! The Virgin Mary will never appear again!"
Shen Yunzhe looked at her and said, "Aren't you dead too? And yet you're still standing here. If you can, why can't the Virgin Mary?"
This time the woman was completely frozen.
"What did you say? I'm dead?"
Her head fell on her neck, her eyes were confused, "Am I dead?"
"Am I really dead?"
She seemed to finally realize that her current state was not right. She let out a terrified scream, which was more real than imagined, as if she was really afraid of it. Shen Yunzhe immediately avoided her and ran outside. It was pouring rain outside, but Shen Yunzhe didn't care and rushed directly into the rain.
A woman's screams continued to be heard in the property management office.
Shen Yunzhe looked back and saw lightning flashing. Shen Yunzhe unexpectedly found that the Virgin Mary in a black robe was standing in front of the window of the property room.
It was motionless, as if looking at the woman in the property room.
Shen Yunzhe paused, looked at the time, and finally decided to listen and see what was going on.
The woman's screams and cries continued for a long time, and soon Shen Yunzhe heard sobbing sounds.
The woman began to confess in the dilapidated property room.
"Holy Mother, please forgive me!"
"The person who killed your child was not me, but my grandfather. I was just forced to come here and work as a property manager in the community."
"Holy Mother, I was wrong. We were all wrong."
"Holy Mother, you are the Holy Mother, you must forgive us!"
"We were wrong, but we have already regretted it!"
There was absolutely no remorse on her part, and it felt like she was apologizing just to get out of the situation.
With a crack, another flash of lightning passed by.
Shen Yunzhe vaguely saw the Virgin Mary in the rain raising her hands. She put her hands in front of her face, as if making a gesture of silence. The crying and confession in the property room stopped abruptly. About a minute later, a short scream came from the property room.
The Virgin Mary disappeared in the rainy night, but the woman came out dragging her broken body.
Lightning flashed, and Shen Yunzhe saw her mumbling to herself. Shen Yunzhe could vaguely understand some lip reading.
'Holy Mother...I'm sorry...die.'
'……punish. '
It was really hard to see clearly, but Shen Yunzhe saw her climbing up the outer wall of the property office little by little, all the way to the third floor. Then she stood at the top of the third floor and jumped down without any hesitation. With a bang, the sound of her body hitting the ground was so real.
Blood oozes out, and a few minutes later, the broken body moves again, she climbs up the outer wall again, and jumps from the third floor again.
She jumped off the building repeatedly, as if punishing herself.
Shen Yunzhe quickly turned around and left.
As he followed the route to the entrance of the community, he began to think about what he had just seen.
Unlike other playgrounds, in this playground Shen Yunzhe could feel that most of the strange creatures inside retained their own thoughts, and even retained their memories before death. Most of them were related to the Virgin Mary, so they were constantly being punished.
If you want to know how to leave this playground and what happened, you still have to check the Virgin Mary first.
Speaking of which, they haven't found a fixed way to play the game yet, nor do they know what the medium is.
It is worthy of being a core gaming venue.
Following the route back, Shen Yunzhe saw that a not-so-bright light was on in the security room on this rainy night. In the light, he seemed to see the security guard sitting in the security room. The security guard noticed him but did not say anything, just watched him walk forward.
Shen Yunzhe soon saw the statue of the Virgin Mary again. The statue was still the same as before, but because of the rain falling on it, it looked like it was constantly crying. One of the female sculptures in front of the statue had been broken, and the rubble was scattered on the ground, looking very miserable.
Shen Yunzhe walked over the rubble and came to the gate of the community. He took out his cell phone and took a look. The screen was wet and he couldn't open it several times.
03:41, the time was slightly miscalculated, but fortunately I arrived early. Now I am waiting for Li Yiluan to come back.
…
Li Yiluan glanced at the time. It was already 03:30, but...
He looked at the surrounding environment. There was white fog everywhere, blocking all the roads. Li Yuluan completely lost his direction after leaving Shen Yunzhe.
He walked forward according to his memory, but people cannot walk in a straight line if they can't see anything. Li Yiluan was not sure if this was the case. He only knew that he had not seen even a familiar place until now. The white fog seemed to follow him, and light could not enter or exit.
If Li Yuluan doesn't realize what's wrong at this point, he'll have no chance of survival.
He now had no way to find his way back, but fortunately he didn't find any strange objects in the fog.
Li Yuluan tried to write a message on his mobile phone, recording everything he encountered in the phone. If Shen Yunzhe couldn't wait for him at four in the morning, he would definitely come to find him. Even if something happened to him at that time, maybe the phone could be left behind and Shen Yunzhe could read the message on it.
After taking on all the things he had encountered and all the possible methods that could be tried, Li Yiluan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
He chose to keep moving forward, but at this moment, Li Yiluan saw a black shadow standing not far in front of him.
Li Yuluan was stunned for a moment and began to back away.
The fog was so thick that he could not see the shadow after taking two steps back. Li Yuluo had no idea what he saw, nor did he know if the thing would go around behind him. All he could do now was to avoid it quickly. Only Shen Yunzhe dared to face the strange object head-on because he had the capital, but Li Yuluo did not. Even his abilities were people-oriented.
But just after taking two steps, Li Yuluan saw the black figure again, with his back to Li Yuluan.
"Oh my god..." Li Yuluan continued to retreat and change direction.
Sure enough, Li Yuluan changed direction again and saw this person for the third time.
Is this completely unavoidable?
The fourth time he met this person, Li Yuluan breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the dark figure with its back to him.
He now has nothing on him except the talisman given by Huang Yihua, and he is trapped in the thick fog and cannot get out. In other words, he has reached a dead end. He can only try to believe in his own abilities and see if he can see something from this black shadow. Even if it is just a little information, it may change the current situation.
Perhaps Li Yuluan's idea worked, or perhaps Li Yuluan was in too danger now, and he really saw something in an instant.
He saw a woman kneeling on the ground crying. The woman was wearing a white robe with a hood covering her face. She kept crying. Where she was kneeling was the body of a child. The child looked only four or five years old and was hastily covered with a white cloth.
Someone pulled up the extremely sad woman. She was dragged by several people and stuffed into a small house not far away. Her constant wailing was of no use.
Li Yiluan always felt that this scene was somewhat familiar. It was a long time before he realized that this scene was somewhat similar to the official record of the mountain village plot.
The mountain village is the beginning of the playground's encroachment on the real world. Could it be that... this is all destined?
At this moment, Li Yiluan saw the black shadow in front of him raise his hand and point in a direction from a distance.
"Are you giving me directions?" Li Yuluan looked at the black shadow in surprise.
Because this black shadow is obviously not the Virgin Mary, it is a man, much larger than the Virgin Mary, and does not have the holy aura of the Virgin Mary.
The black shadow nodded with his back to Li Yuluan, then disappeared into the white mist.
The white mist gradually dissipated, and Li Yuluan was caught off guard and was drenched all over by the heavy rain.
He touched the raindrops and thought with a very cold face: Did this strange creature deliberately lead him in the wrong direction?
After all, he had never seen any strange creature that would help players.
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