Chapter 87
"Time stands still here," said Codename Hope. "So you won't go to the next game, and you won't come back here."
Li Yiluan breathed a sigh of relief, "It's good news."
Huang Yihua didn't pay any attention to them. She was comforting the players around her one by one and telling them what would happen next, including the problem of the game field. She told them that this matter had been considered. At least this was hinting to them that staying here was not that scary because if they stayed, they would not enter a new game field.
They are still alive and safe.
Shen Yunzhe found a seat and sat down, with codename Xiwang sitting next to him.
"How long will it take?" Shen Yunzhe asked the system.
[45 minutes.] The system says supervision is supervision, [but you can actually throw him back in advance.]
The system was eager to try, [Should we throw him back?]
"No need." Shen Yunzhe refused.
Codename Hope seemed to know that Shen Yunzhe was currently deciding whether or not he could stay. He sat quietly beside Shen Yunzhe, staring at him without blinking. He looked innocent and well-behaved, just like a shivering little white rabbit.
I don’t know how many people have been deceived by his appearance.
"What's the difference between here and where you are?" Shen Yunzhe asked him.
Codename Hope thought for a moment and said, "About the same."
"That's a huge difference." The system interrupted. "He's in the core area of the game field, a world where even breathing is inconceivable. People inside quickly lose their memories and consciousness, becoming one with the darkness. An average person wouldn't last a single day."
So Shen Yunzhe looked at code name Hope.
"There's nothing I can do about it. You're not going in to accompany me." Codename Hope didn't care.
He looked at Shen Yunzhe with a slightly teasing look in his eyes. "Do you regret it? Do you want to be with me?"
"I agree. You can have me and I can have you."
"Shen Yunzhe, we can be together forever!"
Shen Yunzhe pushed him away, and he pressed his temples and sighed.
"I'm not crazy yet."
Only a madman would abandon the real world and enter that dark place to serve as a guardian stone, losing his senses and never being able to get out.
Codename hoped to lie down. His voice was rarely pretentious, and his clear voice finally had something to do with Shen Yunzhe.
He said, "Then I can only hope that you can find a way to clean up the playground."
"Only when the playground disappears can I get out and be with you forever."
Shen Yunzhe couldn't tell whether he was mocking or serious when he said, "You and I are not from the same world. Even if the playground disappears, you will return to your world. What does it have to do with me?"
"Don't rely on me just because I'm your counterpart."
Codename Hope was still lying there. He looked at Shen Yunzhe and asked, "Are you the one who cares about this?"
"yes."
Codenamed Hope is a guy who has no sense of distance at all. He is Shen Yunzhe's counterpart and will stick to Shen Yunzhe whenever he appears. He always understands what Shen Yunzhe is thinking and knows how to provoke Shen Yunzhe to make him angry. No matter what bad words Shen Yunzhe says, he will not leave.
Because Shen Yunzhe is too lonely, and code name Hope is too lonely.
They grabbed each other as if they had found a life-saving straw, one taking the initiative and the other accepting, because no one could stand their temper anymore, so they could only entertain themselves.
But Shen Yunzhe still remembered that they were not from the same world.
Codenamed Hope was locked in that small box, and the parallel world system contacted him, which led to their brief meeting.
Their meeting was a fragile miracle that could break if not handled with care.
No one spoke anymore, they just sat there quietly, and the system didn't speak either. It was a taciturn thing by nature, and it was as if it didn't exist at ordinary times. Shen Yunzhe sat in silence, watching Huang Yihua constantly talking to everyone about the problem of the playground.
【Time’s up.】The system prompted them.
Codename Hope pulled Shen Yunzhe, and Shen Yunzhe did not resist and lay down with the force. Then his ear felt a sharp pain, and Shen Yunzhe hissed. When he touched it, he saw a bead of blood.
"A souvenir for you." Codename Hope proudly opened her mouth to show him her teeth. "The wound will heal, but the pain can keep my mind awake."
Codename Hope whispered in his ear: "I know you're not the type to care about these things."
"Who told you to be me?"
The man disappeared, leaving only Shen Yunzhe lying on the ground. The wound on his ear was painful. Shen Yunzhe covered his ears and sat up. He almost didn't react.
Finally he sighed heavily.
"So biting."
[Excuse me, you were the first to bite.]
Shen Yunzhe frowned, "Shut up."
[This system now believes that there was nothing wrong with its previous judgment and now asks you to apologize for questioning this system.]
"What?"
[Shen Yunzhe's peers will help Shen Yunzhe because they are also you. No one will refuse to help you, even if it is codenamed Hope. He likes you, so this is a victory for this system.]
It was the first time that Shen Yunzhe knew that this parallel world system was like a child.
On the other side, in reality, Qiao Dong has arrived at the Line 3 station.
They checked the surveillance footage for a long time and finally found the station where Shen Yunzhe boarded the train. Qiao Dong lost contact with Shen Yunzhe here, and naturally thought that this might be the site of the strange erosion.
But there was nothing here. Qiao Dong stood on the track with solid ground under his feet and official people beside him. There was nothing wrong with anything.
"How could this happen? Is he really missing?" The official data personnel checked the data. "Nothing, it's normal."
"But how could such a large train disappear?"
Qiao Dong stood up from the track. He asked the officials to stay away from the track, then frowned and looked at this place. "How is it? Have the people from above arrived?"
"When I called just now, I said it would be soon."
"Hurry them up a bit." Qiao Dong was anxious. "The longer we delay, the more dangerous they will be."
He was anxious, but there was no use being anxious.
The invasion of reality by strange creatures is more troublesome than simply entering the game field. Players in the game field complete tasks with a fear of death, but at least they can come back after completing the task. However, ordinary people are not so lucky when invaded by strange creatures. Ordinary people will be completely devoured, and hundreds of people will die. They have to find a way to survive without knowing anything.
This time, Shen Yunzhe was not the only one inside. Master Fu and Li Yuluan, whom they were in contact with, were also inside.
Every death is a huge loss.
"Director Qiao, don't be so anxious. You have to trust Master Fu." A voice sounded behind him.
It was an unfamiliar voice. Qiao Dong quickly turned around and saw a man wearing sunglasses walking towards him. He was leaning on a crutch and was supported by someone. It was obvious that he was blind.
Another official special ability user: Pentagram.
"Even if you don't trust the Talisman Master, you should at least trust Shen Yunzhe." Pentagram said with a smile, "It is said that he is the only person with special abilities officially discovered who can directly harm strange objects. If that's the case, he has the ability to protect himself."
Qiao Dong shook his head. "Actually, we don't know if he can directly harm the strange object, because that mysterious player doesn't look like the same person as him."
"I understand." Pentagram nodded, "But we can't lose our composure."
Pentagram was about to say something, but suddenly he turned his head and looked to the side. The blind stick was thrown to the ground, "Everyone, come up quickly!"
"Something's coming! Get off the track!"
He spoke so loudly that everyone was startled. Qiao Dong immediately realized what Pentagram had seen, and he hurriedly asked everyone to get on quickly. After all the official personnel got on as quickly as possible, a train suddenly appeared at the end of the track and was coming at the fastest speed.
The faces of the people who climbed up from below were pale. If they had been a little later, they would have been crushed underneath.
Qiao Dong was also frightened. He subconsciously looked at the pentagram and found that he was looking at something left and right.
Pentagram is a blind man, but he has special abilities. His eyes, which cannot see this world, can see strange things. He can clearly see where those scary things are. In the playground, this blind man relies on this ability to avoid almost all ghosts.
The authorities sent him this time because they saw his ability and hoped that he could find the missing train as soon as possible.
"Isn't Line 3 closed? Why are there still trains coming?" asked a new official in confusion.
Qiao Dong frowned slightly, "No, this is not another train, it should be the missing train."
Everyone stepped back.
It is a foregone conclusion that the missing train was the result of an invasion by strange creatures. Now that the missing train has appeared, they can only assume that the invasion by strange creatures is expanding and they have been swept up in it.
"That's not right." Pentagram said, his voice serious, "It seems the medium of this train has been broken."
As soon as he finished speaking, the train door creaked open.
The people present subconsciously took a breath of cold air.
Because there are people inside, a lot of people.
Those people were either standing or sitting, but they didn't move at all, as quiet as corpses.
"It's okay," Pentagram said. "There's no danger."
Qiao Dong hurriedly called two people in, and the two members who had been waiting for a long time got into the car immediately. Their faces changed as soon as they got in the car. They looked at each other, walked from the beginning to the end, and finally walked out of that exit. They walked to Qiao Dong to report.
"Report," one of them said, "There are dead people inside."
Qiao Dong opened his eyes wide, "Are they all dead?!"
"Everyone had penetrating wounds. This was a train carrying corpses." Another person added, "Also, we didn't find Master Fu and Shen Yunzhe on the train."
Qiao Dong's fingers trembled, and he waved his hand to let the person who was doing the statistics come out.
"Go inside and bring out the bodies for counting."
"yes!"
The official people walked into the train, and only Qiao Dong and Pentagram were left.
The light spots in front of the pentagram disappeared little by little, and he saw that the resentment representing the strange things was also dissipating. He closed his eyes and sighed slightly.
"Master Fu and Shen Yunzhe are not here. This is good news. They may still be alive."
Qiao Dong couldn't be happy, as he looked at the bodies being carried out one by one with sadness in his eyes.
"But how should I explain this to their families?"
"They died so innocently."
"The strange erosion incident can now be considered a natural disaster. Natural disasters and man-made disasters are unavoidable." Pentagram comforted him, "Two strange erosion incidents have occurred in such a short period of time. It's really too frequent. The higher-ups are investigating this matter. Our mission is to bring the Talisman Master back as soon as possible."
Qiao Dong nodded. He took one last look at the bodies and turned around to call someone to deal with it.
After all the bodies have been moved and everyone's identity has been confirmed, the person responsible for collating the data will report the results.
"All passengers on this train have been counted, and 36 people are missing and were not on the train."
"We inspected the train from beginning to end and found that the windows of the last carriage were severely shattered, and there were torn talismans. There were signs of life inside, and even bloodstains. It seems that someone had been resting for a short time inside."
"They got off the bus midway," Pentagram said. "Perhaps to destroy the medium."
Qiao Dong frowned, "But this doesn't make sense."
"Um?"
"Strange erosion incidents are usually resolved by destroying the medium, including the black cat incident that Shen Yunzhe handled some time ago." Qiao Dong said, "Since the medium has been destroyed and the train has returned, why haven't the missing people returned yet?"
Pentagram didn't understand either, "This is really weird."
At this moment, Pentagram heard a very light and crisp sound.
Because he is blind, Pentagram has very good hearing. He can hear very subtle sounds and distinguish the differences between many sounds. The sound just now was like something breaking a bone.
He slowly turned his head to face the source of the sound, but his eyes lit up.
Pentagram couldn't see anything, he could only see red ghosts, and those corpses that had long been motionless were slowly turning into ghosts.
"Everyone! Run!" Pentagram could only shout.
The officials reacted quickly and started running away the moment they heard the sound, but some of them were too close. They raised their hands and tightly grasped the man's arms and legs, and within a few seconds, the man was pinned to the ground.
"What's going on?!"
Qiao Dong looked in surprise as the corpses they had moved out slowly stood up, opened their eyes, and stared at this place with their dead white eyes.
They were catching people nearby, so Qiao Dong could only ask all members to push back and block all the corpses in front.
The next moment, the corpses staggered into the train. The empty train was soon filled with the living dead. Qiao Dong watched the train doors close, the train started, and disappeared from their sight in an instant. Qiao Dong immediately called the person in charge guarding different stations, and sure enough, he received a reply that the train appeared at different stations.
Qiao Dong immediately contacted the subway department, but it was still too late.
The train appeared at different stations. Passengers were waiting for the doors to open, but they saw a train full of corpses. The corpses were dragging living people onto the train, and screams were heard one after another.
This time it couldn't be concealed at all.
The entire subway was closed, and I don’t know how many people were taken away by the corpses on the train. There is no way to hide such a thing.
Qiao Dong sat in his chair in a daze as he watched the number of victims soar. It was a long time before he spoke.
"Wrong, all wrong." He murmured, "This is a special playground, the strongest strange erosion, it's alive."
"Destroying the medium is useless. It will keep moving, just like that supernatural legend that keeps popping up in various mountain villages. There's no way to completely eliminate it."
Pentagram hadn't expected it to be such a tricky playground.
The peculiar and strange erosion twenty years ago is still their pain point. There is no way out and they can't get in. They can only watch this thing slowly expand. Now there is an additional subway.
"We can't let it continue like this." Qiao Dong said with a grim expression: "Send someone up. Master Fu and the others must still be alive. As long as we meet up with them, there's still a chance."
"We can't contact the people inside, and even if we find them, it would be difficult to deal with them." Pentagram sighed, "But you're right, we can't continue like this. We need to find a solution, otherwise it won't just be these people who will be harmed, many more innocent people will be harmed."
…
Codename Hope sat in the dark humming a tune he had dug out of his head before. He only remembered one or two lines, but he was very happy humming it.
Humming the code name, hoping to stop, he thought for a moment, then said, "Aren't you going to tell Shen Yunzhe?"
What do you mean?
"The beginning of the complete loss of control over official information was the mysterious subway erosion incident," said Codename Hope. "From then on, strange erosion incidents were uncovered one by one, and the truth about the game field was forced to be revealed, putting the entire world order in jeopardy."
[This is just your world, and it may not be completely consistent with Shen Yunzhe's world. Besides, you should be the one to talk to him about this.]
【Because of your participation, this incident has changed. 】
That's true.
Codename Hope dragged his chin as he recalled that a similar strange subway erosion incident had also occurred in his world, but that time Codename Hope was not on the subway, and neither was the Talisman Master. The outcome of that strange erosion was that all the people on the train were wiped out. A week later, the missing train returned to Line 3, carrying a train full of corpses.
Trains randomly appear at subway stations and pull all the people on the subway into them. Every time a train appears, there are more corpses on it than the last.
One of the people who escaped death was frightened to death and kept saying: The corpses are talking.
They are very scared, so they capture living people and make them share their fear.
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