Chapter 126 The Road Home (5)
Gou Wenyan glanced up casually and saw the figures gradually fading away. He immediately shouted, "Those two strange creatures have disappeared!"
The others who were discussing immediately looked up. Except for Bai Ye and Kong Yuehan, who managed to catch a glimpse of the last shadow, everyone else could only see darkness.
"Those two top-tier weirdos just left like that? I have a bad feeling about this." Cheng Danyang couldn't help but rub his arms.
At almost the same time, everyone felt the temperature drop.
"Look! Nightmoon Town is collapsing!"
"The space is becoming unstable."
Zhang Tao and Kong Yuehan spoke almost simultaneously.
Before the two finished speaking, the "safe zone" that was originally for players to rest and recover their stamina was reduced to ashes.
The last glimmer of light also vanished.
Darkness, endless, with no light to speak of.
"I can't see anything at all. I can only rely on my senses to find where my own hands are."
Gou Wenyan called out "Danyang sister" in the darkness, wanting to squeeze in with someone. "It's too scary, I need something to hold me up."
Xing Lei had already squatted down and felt around, then said with certainty, "There is no soil or anything like that. It's all hollow underfoot, but you can stand firmly."
"This environment... it feels a bit familiar to me." Gou Wenyan grabbed Cheng Danyang, feeling a sense of security, and then looked around.
Bai Ye had already adapted to the darkness and also sensed a familiarity. "Wen Yan, do you still remember the critical zone?"
"The critical zone? Ah yes! That's it, that black hole-like place. Exactly the same as here!"
Bai Ye hummed in agreement. "It should be made of the same substance, but I don't know what kind of place this black hole is."
“Dad, this is the strange world,” Bai Jin suddenly said.
With just one sentence, everyone was stunned.
"Bai, Bai Jin, you're saying this is a strange world? Don't scare us. Shouldn't a strange world be the same as our human world?" Gou Wenyan was somewhat skeptical.
Bai Jin dug into the depths of her memories and affirmed, "Yes, that's how the bizarre world is."
"Then why, when we first entered this eerie world, in that dungeon lobby, and the dungeon game—"
"Human, you're so naive. Aren't those environments and micro-worlds all constructed by that top-tier weirdo called Nine Venerables?" Bai Jin said, somewhat speechless.
He paused, then added, "You humans don't all think that way, do you? You really believe that the world in a dungeon game is part of a strange world?"
"No, isn't that right?" Cheng Danyang was also dumbfounded.
Bai Jin: "Of course not. They were all taken from your human world, imitating human life, from being human to building the world, it's all the same."
"Xiao Bai, is this how you live in darkness?" Bai Ye touched the child, picked him up, and felt a pang of sadness.
Bai Jin noticed her father's emotions, hugged him, and rubbed against him. "Dad, I'm not scared at all. I'm used to the dark. And now, I still have my dad."
"Yes, you have a father."
Bai Ye hugged her child tightly, her resolve strengthening as she decided to take her daughter away.
The group adjusted to the darkness, then formed a circle and began to listen to Bai Jin describe the true environment of the strange world.
That was another side they had never heard of.
"The world of the supernatural has been black since its inception, pitch black, with no light in sight. But the supernatural is born in this darkness, and can adapt to survive from the moment it opens its eyes."
"By the way, the original form of the Weird is not human. We Weirds do not have a physical form; we are more like a wisp of gas."
"At some point, a glimmer of light appeared in the world, and within that light lay the patterns of human life. The strange creatures, curious, began to learn and imitate it... until later, when they entered the smaller dungeon worlds, they truly began to learn the ways of human life."
"The world of the supernatural has no boundaries. Anyway, I've never heard any of the supernatural beings mention that they've ever reached the edge of the world. But it's said that the laws of the world are located at the edge of the world. Anyway, apart from that old man and the Nine Venerables, no supernatural being knows."
"Without external interference, the process from birth to death of a supernatural being is a very long one. Death is equivalent to dissipation, and the supernatural being returns to the world, then waits for the next birth of a new life."
What Bai Jin said were memories that the eerie entity inherently possessed, representing a basic understanding of this world.
In closing, she added, "A long, long time ago, the supernatural had no hierarchy. There were no good or evil supernatural beings, no ordinary or advanced supernatural beings. The supernatural was just the supernatural, without any distinction."
After Bai Jin finished speaking, she snuggled into Bai Ye's arms.
Then, in a voice only the two of them could hear, she asked, "Dad, are you scared? I didn't have a body."
The appearance of this child does not actually exist.
"If I were just a ball of air, would Dad still like me?" Bai Jin clutched the corner of Bai Ye's clothes, feeling extremely nervous.
At this point, she began to dislike her own ability, because she could immediately sense when her father lied.
They don't even want to know the answer that has been trapping them all along.
However, Bai Ye didn't think for long before asking, "Little Bai, if you're just a wisp of air, I can take you with me, right?"
"Huh?" Bai Jin asked in confusion, then overjoyed after realizing what she meant. "Dad, aren't you scared?"
"What's there to be afraid of? Even if you're just a lump of air, or even if you're nothing at all, you're still my daughter!"
Bai Jin was deeply moved and wanted to hug her father tightly.
The next second, Bai Ye asked again, furtively, "What kind of puff of air? Is it like a gust of wind, or like smoke with a color? Or... like a fart?"
Bai Jin smiled and silently suppressed the emotion in her heart.
Meanwhile, several people had already divided into groups, forming three vertical lines: front, middle, and back, to walk around in the eerie world.
They need to find an exit.
"Since we are in a truly bizarre world, there must be an exit that will allow us to return to our human world."
Xing Lei and Bai Ye walked at the back, analyzing, "If the previous dungeon games were all real, then there's one more point we absolutely cannot ignore."
He turned his head, his eyes wide, and could only make out Xing Lei's face by sound in the darkness. "Brother Lei, what is it?"
"Don't forget that the point of contention between the Nine Venerables and that old man was to introduce 'light,' and clearly, the Nine Venerables have already accomplished part of that."
Bai Ye immediately understood, "So in a completely dark world, looking for light, or points of light, those surfaces that come into contact with light, might be the way home?"
"Yes, that's what we're thinking, though it might not be accurate. But we should still give it a try."
As for the resurrection ticket, players have given up on it.
With so many of them, how could the Nine Venerables possibly distribute Resurrection Tickets to everyone?
If that's the case, are we going to expect a group of people to fight each other over one or a few resurrection tickets?
“The strength of the enemy and ourselves is unclear right now, so sticking together and accumulating strength is the most important thing. Brother Bai, we can’t fight amongst ourselves.” Cheng Danyang, who was walking in the middle, turned around and interjected when he heard the voices behind him.
Bai Ye nodded, "I know. The seven of us are now one, and we should work together towards the same goal."
As the intersection of two small teams, Bai Ye was most reluctant to see the seven people split up.
Bai Jin tugged at Bai Ye's collar, somewhat displeased, "Dad, why are there seven people? Am I not included?"
Bai Ye patted the child's head and said, "Little Bai, you and I are one."
Bai Jin understood; he and his daughter were in the same boat. Hmm, this felt really good!
Seven people walked in the dark, groping around. In such an environment, time simply did not flow.
Sometimes, it feels like a long time has passed, like several months.
But sometimes, it feels like it's only been a few hours.
It wasn't until Kong Yuehan, who was walking at the front, realized something was wrong: "We can't go on like this. Before we even find the exit, we'll get lost in the darkness."
"Um?"
"There is no spatial distance, no concept of time, no day and night. Apart from the eeriness itself, no one can adapt to such an environment without breaking down."
Indeed, there wasn't even the sound of a breeze; the world was so quiet.
An experiment was once conducted where people were placed in a completely white, enclosed environment with all sound amplified. Often, within an hour, they would start yelling that they couldn't take it anymore, feeling as if they had been inside for hours.
"It's terrifying; the silent world is so frightening."
"How could it only be half an hour? I was counting the time myself, it was at least two hours."
This is under the condition of having lights on.
If it were nighttime, the experimental results would be unimaginable.
Now, in this eerie world, it's dark, silent, without the solid feeling of having your feet on the ground, without the vastness of distance—it's like having all the buffs stacked up.
"What is this 'weird' thing? How can it survive in this kind of environment? It's terrifying." Gou Wenyan was already feeling a bit dizzy.
"Xiaobai, are you feeling unwell?" Bai Ye was even more worried about the child.
As a result, Bai Jin felt nothing at all, and was even full of energy. "Dad, I don't feel any discomfort."
"We can't go any further. If this is a test, we'll all die here. We'll kill ourselves!"
The others also realized the seriousness of the problem and lost all interest in exploring the unknown in the darkness.
Kong Yuehan followed the sound back and stood next to Bai Ye. "If possible, could you ask your daughter for help?"
"What do you want to do?" Bai Ye immediately became wary.
Kong Yuehan softened her voice, "I don't want to do anything, I just want your daughter to lead the way. Bai Jin should be able to find the light."
Bai Ye knew this, of course; he had thought of it from the very beginning when he entered the strange world.
The reason we didn't mention it was because we were waiting for this moment.
If you bring it up yourself, others will only take it for granted, and no matter how much effort you put in, it will go unnoticed.
Things that can be obtained without effort seem cheap.
But when everyone else is in trouble and needs help, and they come to us for help, the situation is completely different.
Bai Jin insisted on leaving at the same time as him; given the opportunity that might arise, he needed to fight for fairness for his daughter.
No matter how much these people don't dislike it now, ultimately, people are different and their paths diverge.
He may disregard his daughter's identity, but they may not accept it entirely.
Human nature is selfish, and Bai Ye never considered herself noble.
When everyone asked Bai Jin to lead the way, he finally spoke up, "Xiao Bai can help, but she can't help us unconditionally."
"What do you want?" Kong Yuehan had already guessed Bai Ye's thoughts.
She was shocked. How could a human be so intimately connected with a monster?
Bai Ye patted her daughter's back to comfort her and said, "If there is a chance to leave, I must occupy two spots at the same time, and the spots are not in any particular order."
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