Chapter 22 Mental Hospital (End) Good things never die. …
As the hypnotist finished speaking, a playful, crisp, childish voice came out through Gu Rong's mouth: "Really?"
The hypnotist froze. The little ball with a round head and a round brain was still in front of him, but Gu Rong's expression and temperament had changed.
No matter how you look at it, he looks like a child with a cute appearance but a very evil soul inside.
Gu Rong sat on the bed with her legs crossed, frowning, and hugging her arms. Her demeanor returned to normal: "My Lord Devil, why are you here again?"
Hypnotist: “…”
Lin Xuezhou: “…”
At this moment, Gu Rong looked more like a lunatic than the hypnotist. His expression was sometimes soft and cute, sometimes mocking. He would hold up his little arms and then put them down.
【Oh my, the devil is coming! 】
[I can guarantee that the devil is no older than three years old. How could he be so childish?]
[Why call me Devil Lord? Don't worry about your life. Call me Lord Lu!]
devil:"……"
He waved his hand and turned off the noisy comments in the live broadcast room.
Live broadcast room: ...?
The devil had previously shared a body with Gu Rong, as if they had established some kind of connection. Now, it was a wisp of the devil's consciousness that had followed him out of the dream, not the devil himself.
The devil himself is still sealed in the black forest behind the mountain in the dream.
Lin Xuezhuo and the hypnotist looked at the schizophrenic kid in front of them and fell silent for a while.
The devil spoke through Gu Rong's mouth, her voice still as soft as Gu Rong's: "If the key of hope cannot bring you into the dream, then break the dream and drag everything in the dream into reality. The same thing will happen."
No emotion could be seen from the two halves of the hypnotist's face, but in an instant, his whole body froze.
The next second, the tranquility of the treatment room was broken, and a gap was torn in the void. On the other side of the gap was the mental hospital that was about to be engulfed by flames.
The scene before them was like a burning scroll. They didn't know what the devil had done, but in a blink of an eye they were no longer in the treatment room, but in the dark forest behind the mountain.
The air was filled with thick black fog, and the fire had not yet spread.
Countless vengeful spirits circled and screamed in the air, as if they wanted to devour everything that came.
When the vengeful spirit saw the little ball Gu Rong, the roar of the vengeful spirit paused and then changed to a different tone in an instant.
"Here comes the devil's little follower, ha ha!"
"Little follower, little follower!"
Right in front of us is a stone tomb sealed by five crosses.
The hypnotist looked at the black forest that he had hidden in billions of dreams, which was dragged out just like that. He laughed at himself and shrugged.
The hypnotist said, "Little Rongzi, look, if you put the key into the grooves at the top of these five crosses, you can make a master key, but..."
He looked at the little carrot head and said, "The cross is so high, it must be difficult to operate, right?"
The five keys are all in Gu Rong's hands, and the devil has withdrawn his consciousness.
Gu Rong lifted one of her little feet and gestured to the hypnotist: "Look, Brother Wu-face, the baby just stepped on his right foot with his left foot and flew up!"
Hypnotist: “…”
Lin Xuezhou: “…”
Seeing that the two did not believe him, Gu Rong wanted to demonstrate it to them on the spot. However, before he could do so, the five players ran over as if they were running for their lives.
Gu Rong had good eyesight. Seeing Zhuang Yuchen smiling, he called out to them, "Big brother, little brother!"
Zhuang Yu and Shen Hanxiao were relieved to see that Gu Rong was fine.
After entering the dungeon, the two of them didn't complete many tasks, but they did worry a lot about this little cub.
Everyone was stunned when they saw Gu Rong and Lin Xuezhuo who had arrived earlier.
When his eyes fell on the hypnotist, he was even more confused when he saw that this monster was obviously a fusion of three NPCs.
Yang Chunsheng said, "Dr. Lin, you said we were hypnotized from the beginning, in a dream created by the hypnotist. Is this true?"
Lin Xuezhou: “.”
Live broadcast room: ...
Holy shit, we're almost at the point of breaking the barrier between reality and dreams, almost at the point of synthesizing the master key, and you guys still don't know anything!
Just as Lin Xuezhuo made his speculation, he and Gu Rong disappeared on the spot, and the hypnotist's split personality... no, the ghost personality also disappeared.
Before the players had time to think clearly, the priest was already in front of them, so they could only run into the black forest in the back mountain to hide.
Unexpectedly, a man, a ghost and a cub arrived before them.
Everyone still couldn't accept that Lin Xuezhu was a player, and they all felt complicated when looking at Lin Xuezhu.
At this time, everyone discovered that Gu Rong's little hand was holding five keys, and there was an extra green key!
Is this... the key to hope?
Everyone's pupils shrank slightly as they looked in disbelief at the cub who was the first to collect all five keys.
Little soy sauce? Who the hell is the soy sauce?
006 said: [Little host, there are only twenty minutes left. There is no time to lose. Let's quickly return the key to its place. It is important to complete the mission!]
Gu Rong nodded: [Yes!]
He held the key in his little hand and used the [Hanged Imp] ID card again. This time, his soul did not leave his body, so others could still see him.
Gu Rong stepped on his right foot with his left foot and flew up, directly flying to the top of a cross. The cross was thick enough for Gu Rong to stand on it with enough room.
Everyone below: “…?!”
What the hell? Why did this little cub suddenly fly away?
No, how can this kid still fly?!
All the players were stunned. They felt a small firecracker rising into the sky in front of them. When they looked up, they saw Gu Rong standing steadily on the top of the cross.
Yang Chunsheng staggered. This kid not only knew how to do aerobics in the air, but he could even fly by stepping on his left foot with his right foot?
He…he…could he really be a little devil? Could he be the NPC that infiltrated the players?
Holy crap!!
Yang Chunsheng widened his eyes and then covered his mouth.
Gu Rong was young after all, so when he looked down, he patted his belly and said, "Scared!"
006: [Little host, don’t be afraid, otherwise...little host, close your eyes and use the Eye of Wisdom first?]
Gu Rong nodded his head: [Hmmmm!]
Gu Rong placed the Eye of Wisdom on his forehead again, instantly turning into the baby Erlang Shen, and then closed his eyes.
The Eye of Wisdom turned and blinked, and soon after it was in Gu Rong's hands, it had become "baby-like".
With the eyes of wisdom, Gu Rong can see even with his eyes closed.
Looking down, I saw the cross was still the same height. I patted my belly again and said, "I'm still scared!"
006: […Don’t be afraid, little host. Just stop looking down and you won’t be afraid.]
Upon hearing this, Gu Rong immediately looked up. Hey, he was no longer afraid.
Lower your head, be afraid.
Look up and don't be afraid.
Even if I lower my head again, I will still be afraid.
Look up again, don’t be afraid!
006: […………]
Live broadcast room: ...? !
Wow, is this a direct play?
I'm dying of laughter. This kid is simply a natural comedian!
Gu Rong stopped looking down and was no longer afraid, so he started to put the key away.
The grooves have corresponding colors. Gu Rong puts the keys of corresponding colors into the grooves like playing a puzzle, claps them tightly with his little hands, and then steps on his little feet to fly to the next cross.
Everyone below was stunned.
Seeing the eyes on Gu Rong's little forehead, everyone covered their eyes reflexively, but couldn't help but stare at the cub through their fingers, not missing any details.
Gu Rong put the keys back very quickly, and quickly put four keys back into the slots, with only the last one left.
Just as he flew to the top of the last cross and had not yet put the key into the groove, a ball of fire attacked.
Gu Rong had sharp senses and somersaulted in time, using his [Hanged Imp] identity card to perform a difficult aerial maneuver and avoid the attack.
If you look closely, you can see that the flames are not directed directly at Gu Rong, but at the cross. The purpose is only to prevent the cub from putting the key back in place, not to hurt the cub.
Everyone turned around and saw that it was Father Jie Xiu, the nun, who had chased after them.
The nun was holding a milky white undead fetus, which bared its teeth at the player and made a hissing sound.
The priest had silver hair and a face covered in cracks, with molten lava gushing out of the cracks. He had an evil kind of handsomeness.
Jie Xiu, with a body as big as a mountain, stood behind the two men. He was wider and taller than them, with a face full of flesh and heavy breath coming out of his nose.
At this moment, they all raised their heads and looked at the two-year-old cub on the cross, ignoring the numerous players.
Just seeing the hypnotist, the nun frowned: "Alande."
"Alande" is the name of the hypnotist.
The hypnotist was quite respectful to the nun. He had been standing aside with his arms folded, but now he stood straight and nodded, "Sister Ishmael."
He looked at the three administrators. One was still missing. "Huh? Why isn't Prometheus here? Was he cremated?"
Three managers: “…”
He is worthy of being the only sick person in the mental hospital.
You can skip all the processes and get it done in one step.
Shen Hanxiao, who was standing next to him, tutted his words when he heard the hypnotist's name, and suddenly realized.
When he was reading "The Mental Hospital Chronicles" in the library before, he felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't put his finger on what it was.
Now I finally figured it out. The names of the management of the mental hospital, including Inspector Mossen, all sound Western. Only Lin Xuezhuo has an authentic Chinese name, which is so out of place.
It turns out that Lin Xuezhu is not an NPC at all, but a player.
Everyone's attention quickly shifted to Gu Rong again.
In order to avoid the flames, Gu Rong somersaulted in the air and fell off the cross. His two short little hands held the cross and he stayed on it. He was so small, and his posture was like a little frog.
Given the thickness of the cross, not to mention that his arms were less than half a foot long, even an adult could not hold the cross.
Gu Rong slid down quickly, slid down a little, then jumped up a little, slid down again, and jumped up again.
Now it really has become a jumping little frog.
The people in the live broadcast room were almost dying of laughter, but the barrage was turned off by the devil and they couldn't post any comments. Otherwise, they would have had to play the BGM of "Little Jumping Frog".
The priest wanted to shoot a ball of fire, but just as he raised his hand, Jie Xiu, who was four or five times bigger than him, punched him and sent him flying.
With a "bang", the priest was smashed into the ground, creating a human-shaped pit.
Priest: “?”
Everyone: “…”
Live broadcast room: "..."
Okay, okay, let’s fight!
With Uncle Mao around, no one would dare to touch a hair on the little one.
The next moment, a ball of fire flew out of the human-shaped pit. This time, it was not aimed at the cross, but at Jie Xiu, instantly burning off all the more than ten centimeters of mane on his body.
Jie Xiu: “…………”
Everyone: “…………”
Live broadcast room: “…………”
The bristles that Jie Xiu was most proud of were burned off. He was stunned for a long time, then took out a bristle brush that was almost finished. However, at this time, only the handle and a piece of bristle were left of the bristle brush.
However, the last hair fluttered and finally fell down and could not be saved.
He was almost done with the bristle brush he was going to use to stun the little doll, but it was completely destroyed by the priest!
Jie Xiu is really going to break down now, plus he is now bald, which is inexplicably funny.
Everyone wanted to laugh but didn't dare to, as now was not the time to laugh.
Gu Rong lay on the cross, looked down, and said "hmm", puzzled.
How did Uncle Mao become Uncle Bald?
Gu Rong took this opportunity to climb back to the top of the cross and quickly and neatly put the last key into the groove.
All five keys returned to their places. In an instant, five crosses formed a circle, emitting light towards the center and finally converging into a point.
The light was so blinding that everyone present covered their eyes and closed them.
After their eyes adjusted to the light, everyone opened their eyes again.
I saw a key formed above the stone tomb, a pure black key. The key was surrounded by lingering black mist and exuded an ominous aura.
Universal key!
The master key floated in the air, then rotated towards the stone tomb and rushed down.
The light was everywhere, and everyone was knocked to the ground by a powerful energy wave.
The priest, who had just climbed out of the human-shaped pit, fell into the bottom of the pit again with a "bang".
This time, he only moved his long, white fingertips, without any other movement. Having come to this point, he was probably too lazy to get up and simply lay flat on the bottom of the pit.
The five crosses automatically descended, sank into the ground, and disappeared.
Gu Rong followed the cross and descended steadily to the ground.
006's voice rang out in my mind: [Ding, congratulations to the host for completing the mission and obtaining one million points and the Devil's Key.]
A small, pure black key gently fell into his fair and tender palm. The size of the key was adjusted according to the size of Gu Rong's small hand. It was two sizes smaller than a normal key, a mini version.
Apart from being a little smaller and having some of Gu Rong's cute attributes, it looks more like an ordinary key no matter how you look at it.
Gu Rong picked up the key with two fingers and looked at it left and right.
When the toys are pitifully small.
[The Devil's Key, please explore the function yourself, the system cannot evaluate it. ]
Gu Rong: “…”
006: [……]
Why do you feel cheated?
006 said stubbornly, "Young host, an item that even the system can't evaluate must be a treasure. We just don't know its purpose yet, so we need to discover it ourselves."
The more he spoke, the more certain he became: [Yes, it's so mysterious, it must be a treasure, because one of the main characteristics of treasures is mystery...]
006 couldn't continue and coughed: [Little host, can I help you put the devil's key into the system backpack first? ]
Gu Rong nodded: [Yes!]
The air was still filled with black fog. The cross disappeared, and a huge abyss emitting light appeared where the stone tomb had been.
006: [Congratulations to the host for successfully completing the level. We can leave the dungeon at any time. The previous random tasks are not mandatory, so it doesn't matter if you don't complete them.]
Now I have more than one million points, I can do whatever I want!
Gu Rong is an honest and trustworthy boy. He still remembers that he worked with the doctor uncle to plead with the devil to let Lin Xuezhuo go.
Gu Rong scratched his head in confusion: [Huh? Why didn't the devil show up?]
How could he beg for mercy from the Devil if the Devil didn't show up?
As soon as the words fell, a depressed child's voice sounded in my mind: [Little follower! ]
Gu Rong was stunned for a moment, frowning: [My Lord Devil, why are you in my head again? ]
The devil chuckled and said without further explanation, "Little follower, I give you ten seconds to let your doctor uncle leave. In ten seconds, I will raze the mental hospital to the ground."
Lin Xuezhu's previous guess was correct. Once the devil is released, it will attack everyone indiscriminately.
But the devil granted Gu Rong's request before he could even open his mouth to plead.
At this time, Gu Rong discovered that the entire black forest in the back mountain was still, and everyone was also still.
The devil paused time, and everyone remained in the state at the moment when the Hell Palace was opened. They were still lying on the ground, and some were frozen in mid-air, with different expressions, each more ferocious than the other.
Gu Rong said in a tender voice: [What about the big brother and the little brother? Will they die?]
Devil: [Of course.]
Gu Rong said in a small, urgent voice: [Big Brother, Little Brother, be good to Rongrong. Big Brother, Little Brother, will not die!]
devil:【……】
Of course, this wasn't the end. Gu Rong began to count on her fingers: [Auntie Nun was kind to Zizi and even came to rescue Zizi. Uncle Mao was kind to Zizi and gave Zizi a brush and keys. Blind Grandpa was kind to Zizi...]
As the devil listened, his face turned black. At this time, he was still one with Gu Rong, and Gu Rong's snow-white face turned as black as the bottom of a pot.
Gu Rong was doing so well that after completing a dungeon, most of the players and NPCs were nice to him.
The devil just listened silently without saying anything, only chuckling coldly from time to time.
Gu Rong asked, "Why are you like this, haha, laughing?"
Devil: “Haha.”
Gu Rong: “…”
The devil said sarcastically: "All my prey are good to you, so I will let them go. What do you think?"
The devil's voice is childish, but intimidating, but it is just "playing the piano to the kids".
Hearing this, Gu Rong clenched his fists and said solemnly, "Rong Rong discovered them first. They are Rong Rong's prey!"
devil:"……?"
Not only do they want to let His prey go, but they also want to snatch it from Him?
Gu Rong showed her straw and said, "Rong Rong, the prey got away before she could even suck the blood. Sigh."
The devil mocked mercilessly: "You? Sucking blood?"
Gu Rong puffed out his lips and said, "Next time, I'll definitely be able to suck blood!"
"Oh, that means you haven't sucked blood yet."
The devil skipped the topic and said, "Little follower, don't you want to know why I was sealed?"
Gu Rong asked, "Why?"
The devil was silent for a moment, then said lazily, "Of course it can only be sealed by me myself."
The devil sealed himself, and the key was carved out of his own bones by the devil himself.
He summoned five stewards and had them remove the key from the recess at the top of the cross.
Only when the keys are put back in place can the master key be synthesized and the palace of hell be reopened.
Those keys were part of the devil's skeleton, and the devil who lost part of his skeleton lost his memory of this period.
The administrator who possesses the key has made a deal with the devil, allowing them to fulfill their deepest desires.
The nun represents power. She had the opportunity to resurrect her son if she had given up the key to power and taken the key to life instead. However, she ultimately chose to parasitize the undead fetus in her own head and chose the supreme power of the mental hospital.
Father Noah is the embodiment of perfectionism. He will not tolerate any flaws. He despises the cracks on his face, but the Key of Light can cover up all ugliness.
Prometheus admired wisdom and his lifelong pursuit was to become an omniscient wise man. He chose the key of wisdom and was willing to dig out his own eyes.
Jie Xiu's overly bloated physique made it difficult for him to walk, like a pile of dead meat, his flesh fermenting while his life withered. He chose the Key of Life, which brought him absolute power and vitality.
As for the hypnotist Alande, he believes that reality is false and he wants to create a beautiful dream that is so real that it is hard to tell the difference. Only in dreams can hope and freedom exist forever.
But dreams are just dreams after all, and in the end, the dream he created with the Key of Hope was shattered into pieces.
…
Gu Rong: "Then Lord Devil, why do you want to seal yourself?"
Devil: "Maybe it's because..."
There was a long pause, nothing happened, and finally he uttered two words with an ambiguous tone, "Boring?"
Gu Rong tilted his little head, his face adorable. The little cub was the most caring. He pinched his round, lotus root-like arms and said, "Does it hurt to carve your own bones?"
The devil was stunned for a moment and fell silent, not knowing what he was thinking.
After a moment, the devil's teasing voice sounded again: "How about you try it yourself, little follower? With your small body, I can barely forge a few keys to seal you here. Maybe after a few hundred years, I will show mercy and help you unseal."
006 said: [Congratulations, little host, for completing the random task, uncovering the truth behind the devil's seal, and obtaining 100,000 points.]
It’s actually a free point question.
With another hundred thousand points, Gu Rong happily shook her little head and swung her little feet leisurely from time to time, not afraid of the devil's threat at all.
Gu Rong snorted, "I'm not as boring as you!"
devil:"……"
I don’t know how long it took, but the devil seemed to smile. It was not as sarcastic as before, but more sincere, but still quite fake.
"See you next time."
The devil spoke each word with great emphasis, his voice vanishing into the wind.
"Little follower."
…
The devil disappeared completely, and no one knew where he went.
Gu Rong shook his little head like a rattle and clapped his hands. Sure enough, the devil had disappeared.
Maybe this little guy is too nosy, or maybe the devil is suddenly too lazy to do anything. After all, the devil's mind is unpredictable, and who can guess what he is thinking.
In short, everyone, including the NPCs, escaped because of this little cub.
As soon as the devil disappeared, the black fog dissipated, revealing the original appearance of the black forest in the back mountain.
Time restarts and the still picture starts again.
The people who were originally frozen in mid-air suddenly fell to the ground and screamed in pain.
They didn't know yet that the devil had left and there was still half an hour left before the end of the copy, but they had already completed it.
But except for Gu Rong and Lin Xuezhuo, no one else knew that the devil was the final boss. Even if they had reached this point, they would still die, but they knew nothing about it.
What they didn't know was that the game forum had gone crazy, almost all of it discussing the "Mental Hospital" dungeon, and the focus of the discussion was on this little NPC.
They will only know these things after the dungeon is released, by watching the live broadcast, and logging into the game forum.
Everyone was extremely saddened.
Don’t judge a kid by his appearance. This little baby, who is only two feet tall and staggers when he walks, won the championship in one fell swoop and became the well-deserved first place in this copy!
Zhuang Yu was the first player to come into contact with Gu Rong. From the moment he entered the game, this kid used his legs as a pillow without any hesitation.
He originally thought that if he had the energy to spare, he would take more care of this cub, but in the end it was the other way around, and he relied on Rongrong to pass the level.
Zhuang Yu picked up Gu Rong and tossed him in the air.
Shen Hanxiao took it again, and then everyone took a turn, and finally they threw the little ball high into the air together.
Gu Rong giggled with joy.
*
After Gu Rong was put down, he ran to Lin Xuezhuo, tilted his little head, and looked at him with bright eyes.
There was a faint smile on Lin Xuezhuo's handsome face as he looked down at the little cub.
Gu Rong said, "Uncle Doctor, I asked the devil to let you go, and then the devil left on his own, releasing everyone!"
Lin Xuezhu raised his eyebrows.
He didn't think there was anything wrong with other people not cooperating with the kid but treating him the same way.
Some people are just along for the ride.
The undead fetus in the nun's arms disappeared, and her hair was wrapped tightly by the black headscarf again, making it impossible to know whether the undead fetus had returned to her head.
The priest was still lying at the bottom of the pit, face down, seemingly very comfortable, with no intention of getting up. It was impossible to see whether his face was still covered with cracks.
The hypnotist changed his appearance again at this time, becoming a long-tongued ghost, but without a long tongue. Fortunately, he looked like a human overall.
Not far away, Prometheus came over with a cane.
The hypnotist crossed his arms and exclaimed, "Wow, Prometheus is still alive!"
Prometheus: “…”
Prometheus staggered and almost sprained his waist, but fortunately he held on to his crutch and managed to steady himself.
The old man snorted coldly, his face covered with lines like dry bark.
What a rude young man!
Seeing the blind grandfather leaning on a cane, Gu Rong said in a low voice, "Zizi misses Grandpa Ming."
006 said: [Little host, we have already earned over one million points, and we are one step closer to meeting our parents and Grandpa Ming!]
Gu Rong became happy: [Yeah!]
In a corner where no one cared, Jie Xiu, with his bald head, was still holding the brush handle, feeling heartbroken.
Gu Rong remembered that Uncle Mao's bristle brush was still with him, so he took out the bristle brush, ran over, and handed the bristle brush forward: "Uncle Mao, here!"
Uncle Hair has become Uncle Bald, this is the last bristle brush.
“…”
Jie Xiu stared at the bristle brush that was handed to him, stunned for a moment, then his gaze moved up to Gu Rong's face. Then his eyes lit up and he threw the brush handle in his hand away.
Jie Xiu's depressed face brightened up again. He took the bristle brush and handed it back: "Little kid, this brush is a gift from Uncle Mao! Come, let Uncle Mao comb your hair back nicely!"
Gu Rong blinked her big eyes, took the brush, and combed her hair herself: "Baby, comb your hair yourself!"
Jie Xiu burst out laughing.
When others saw the scene here, they couldn't help laughing.
You know what, without the mane on Jie Xiu's body, he actually looks much thinner, and his small eyes have become much bigger. It's true that when you are thinner, you look bigger.
006: [Little host, before entering the next instance, we can take a break or return to the real world.]
Thinking that the real world where Gu Rong lives is the end of the world where zombies are siege, 006 froze for a moment.
Gu Rong remembered that he was suddenly pulled into the game while sleeping under a bridge.
He only had the straw that Grandpa Ming had given him, and he didn't bring in some of his belongings.
Although the family doesn't have much belongings, the kid cherishes his things the most.
What if it is bitten by zombies or stolen by bad guys?
He now has a system backpack, and all his belongings can be put into the system backpack.
Gu Rong said in a baby voice: [Baby, go back and get your things.]
006: [Yes, little host, we will go back now.]
Gu Rong took out the silver straw from her little hand again.
In an instant, several heads were put under the straw and came forward to be pricked by the little guy.
Although they didn't know why this little cub liked to poke people's heads, they were able to pass the level thanks to this little cub. What's a big deal about being stabbed in the head twice! Just poke it!
006: [……]
Live broadcast room: [……]
Where is your moral integrity?
“Snap—”
A straw pierces a bottle of milk.
Gu Rong bought a bottle of milk from the system mall. Since he couldn't suck blood, he drank the milk with a straw.
In fact, the kid also knew that this straw could not pierce human flesh, but he couldn't let Grandpa Ming find out.
Grandpa Ming saw that he could never drink blood, and occasionally he was lucky enough to catch a half-dead prey, which his little teeth could not bite, so he was so anxious that he wiped tears with his little hands.
Grandpa Ming then passed the only straw to him.
but……
Gu Rong clenched his little fists, and big hopes ignited in his little heart.
If you’re already drinking milk, how far could you be from drinking blood?
Now that I have obtained one million points, it won’t be long before I can see my parents and Grandpa Ming!
"Hope is a good thing, perhaps the best of things. And good things never die."
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