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The entrance gate suddenly disappeared, leaving the horse and the cat staring at each other in bewilderment.
Lu Cai hadn't expected something like this to happen right before the boss fight. This dungeon, after all, was just an animal sci-fi film; there probably wouldn't be any hauntings...
She looked around. Everything was calm and peaceful. The only discordant thing was probably her and 666, the two people who had strayed in.
Just as I was wondering if I needed to collect clues here to trigger the plot, the wall on the left split apart and retreated silently, revealing a small secret office room.
"Welcome to my paradise, friends, are you having fun?" A solid wooden desk faced Lu Cai. Behind the desk sat a man in his thirties with a fake smile on his face.
Lu Cai looked at him and always felt that there was a gloom in the other person's eyes... This gloomy mood was very familiar.
Where have I seen...
"You don't need to be so defensive." The man's smile remained undimmed, but the coldness in his eyes grew clearer. "You and I are friends."
He was talking to a horse like that? In this instance, humans couldn't understand animal language, unless they were outsiders like Lao Ke.
"Who are you?" Lu Cai asked tentatively.
The man understood what she said, but his expression remained unchanged: "I am the creator of Animal Farm... I am also the ruler of this copy, and even more so a poor prisoner." He stopped smiling and revealed a sad and resentful expression.
If it weren't for the winter-like coldness in the other person's eyes, Lu Cai would have thought that this person had escaped from the hospital without being cured.
Listen to the terrible dialogue! Look at the exaggerated acting! It's a good thing he's the owner of Animal Farm, and not some actor from some other production.
However, the NPC's lines are also part of the clues.
Lu Cai moved his horse's hoof and walked towards an open area on the side: "Are you the NPC who awakened in this dungeon?" He mentioned the dungeon and came to see her specially - although everything was very deliberate.
The man put away his exaggeratedly sad expression and looked at the little black horse with great satisfaction: "You can call me 'Mr. Zhao'. Unlike you, I don't have a character name in my design."
Lu Cai seemed surprised. She glanced at Mr. Zhao and said, "You know me? I came from another dungeon, and you know me?"
"Don't be nervous!" Mr. Zhao said to her in a friendly tone, "I just want to ask you a small question..."
"You want to leave this copy?" Lu Cai continued pacing.
Mr. Zhao said calmly: "We are friends and can help each other."
Lu Cai finally stood still, his back to the man. "If you want to leave here, no one can stop you, right?" His tone was cold, without any false probing. "Where did you take Qin Yu?"
Just as he finished speaking, a flash of orange light appeared and attacked the pony's back.
The orange light, like a swift lightning, is unstoppable.
In the air, a tiny red thread that was barely visible to the naked eye passed through the air, crackling—bang!
There were a few crackling sounds, sparks flew, the air flow surged for a while, and then the surroundings returned to silence.
The red threads, like randomly tied and stretched spider silk, weave a safe space in the room.
The little pony with shiny black hair stood among the red silk threads, with its limbs straight and its body held high.
She turned around and looked at the fake-smiling "Mr. Zhao": "Long time no see, Mr. Lu?"
I was able to recognize him thanks to that inexplicable dream I had not long ago. In the dream, the young man's eyes were filled with resentment and resentment. His eyes, like this "Mr. Zhao", were gloomy and without a trace of warmth.
Once the identity of the person in front of you is confirmed, some problems will be solved.
Qin Yu lost contact for no apparent reason, and even the contact group established by Lu Cai could not be found. It could only be the KB game system, or... an existence that could override the game system.
But Lu Cai still couldn't figure out why he wanted to take Qin Yu away?
"The last time I saw Mr. Lu, we were in a rush and didn't have a good chat." Lu Cai observed him, "Did you know we were actually related?"
The other party did not put away his fake smile. Lu Cai recalled the copy in his hometown. He controlled Xiao Yue, but could not control Xiao Yue's "desire to protect Qin Yu" and lost his life for Qin Yu.
Is it because he "occupies" someone else's conscious body but cannot fully control it, so there will always be a little "imperfection"?
And this fake smile and lines of praise are Mr. Zhao's characteristics?
It was also because of this behavior of "controlling NPC" that she confirmed that "Mr. Lu" was the mysterious person who controlled Xiao Yue.
It seems that he can't do whatever he wants in the copy world.
Mr. Zhao raised the corner of his mouth: "Your friend is outstanding and as smart as you. I can't keep her..." He spread his hands helplessly, looking apologetic, as if he just accidentally knocked over Lu Cai's water glass.
Lu Cai first checked the nickname "Qin Yu" in the group chat friends. It was not grayed out and offline, but it just didn't reply to messages.
Then she calmed down. "You cut off the system connection of this instance? And deliberately disrupted the development of the side story? To catch me?"
His tone was full of disbelief.
Mr. Zhao lowered his eyes. "I'm testing you. As a string of NPC data, how far can you 'grow'? This is very valuable for research."
Lu Cai's heart was beating like a drum. She realized that this person might be the manipulator behind the management. He might even be the controller of the entire game, independent of KB Games.
If all this is just a game to him, what do the lives of so many innocent players matter?
If the game data itself - such as Lu Cai - develops independent consciousness, can it still be a string of numbers in his hands that can be erased at any time?
Lu Cai didn't want to be controlled by such a person.
"Why did I 'wake up'?" Lu Cai stared at him with dark eyes.
"I'm curious too." Mr. Zhao asked with interest, "Why did you 'wake up'?" His tone was a little mocking.
The air was stagnant, and then, it seemed as if a strong wind swept through.
The orange-red light flickered and condensed into an iron chain, entangling the kitten in mid-air behind "Mr. Zhao" and pouncing towards him.
"Tsk, you're such a hopeless wolf cub." The man shook his head. "Anyone can take you away. Defective goods, just defective goods."
Cai Lu's eyelids jumped, and his breathing became stagnant as he looked at 666 being strangled by the increasingly tight chains behind "Mr. Zhao."
Just now, she was chatting with "Mr. Zhao" while fixing the location of the supernatural energy. 666 understood her intention without any explanation and quietly disappeared into the dark. Even Lu Cai could not catch his trace.
But the other party caught 666 so easily...
She shouldn't have let 666 take such a risk. Guilt inexplicably welled up in her heart, as if a voice kept reminding her: He had no obligation to do that, he shouldn't risk his life for anyone...
The red threads fluctuated as he thought about it, and the momentum surged. The red threads broke, continued to increase, and then rushed towards the man at the desk.
In an instant, a faint orange light flashed and the two walls slowly closed.
"I'll take this traitor scavenger away." The man's voice was full of sarcasm.
Only a crack remained in the stone wall, with red threads nailed straight into the wall. Cracks appeared on the white porcelain wall, and fine stone and ash chips were scattered all over the ground.
The rustling continued, one, two, three, four strands of red silk seemed to weigh a thousand pounds, practically hammering down on the wall.
Seeing that the cracks in the wall were about to be sealed, Lu Cai could even see the smugness in the smile of the man opposite him.
She gathered her strength and rushed towards the wall!
The light red shield-shaped barrier was held in front of the body, but the pony ignored it and slammed into the crack in the wall!
It was like the mountains and rivers were shaking. The wall was vulnerable and the broken stones flew everywhere, hitting the desk on the other side directly.
Mr. Zhao's smile froze, and he stared at the cement stone that scratched his desk in disbelief.
Lu Cai felt dizzy, but quickly regained his composure. He cast a sharp gaze forward and saw the kitten tied up behind the man struggling violently.
666's pair of crimson eyes were filled with an indescribable fierceness. With a swish, a faint red shadow passed through the iron chain, like a knife slashing through the air.
The kitten used the force to break free from its restraints and pounced towards the man's back.
Lu Cai suddenly came to his senses and followed 666's movements, kicking over the heavy wooden table. The overwhelming red silk wrapped the entire secret room to prevent anyone from escaping.
The man wanted to quickly avoid the falling table, but he felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck. Several sharp hooks pierced into his neck and pulled it backwards, trying to tear off the flesh on his neck.
The momentary pain made him miss the chance to escape, and the wooden table fell down in half.
......
Cai Lu walked around the tilted wooden table and approached Mr. Zhao's side. The moment the man and the wooden table fell to the ground, 666 had already let go and jumped away.
She looked at the man who was vomiting blood on the ground. There was deep hatred in his eyes, and he stared at Lu Cai.
After a while, the light in the man's eyes dimmed. In a blink of an eye, he seemed to regain consciousness and struggled in panic. When he saw Lu Cai and 666 again, his whole face twitched.
Cai Lu frowned and watched the man laughing and crying, stammering and unable to utter complete sentences. Finally, he opened his mouth in fear, stared with his eyes, choked, and froze in place.
In his last few seconds of life, he saw his entire life.
As a child, he felt an irrepressible excitement whenever he saw the bodies of dead birds and mice. Later, he felt the pleasure he felt when he strangled the pet dog he grew up with. Later, he planned and executed one animal "murder" after another.
Finally, he finally built a kingdom of his own, in which he could dominate the life of any animal.
He firmly believed that he was not a cruel person. He had a warm and loving heart towards every human being and won everyone's praise. He just had a small flaw...
He chuckled and saw a horse and a cat leading the souls of countless dead animals, swallowing him up bit by bit...
——
The familiar feeling of weightlessness came over Lu Cai, and he could no longer control his limbs. He tilted and the world was spinning.
What follows is a feeling of relaxation.
Fortunately, I can still leave this copy.
When she stepped on solid ground, she saw a door frame with a red light on in the distance.
Lu Cai quickened her pace. The door frame was already in sight. She rushed out of the door frame, and the crowd's noise was like a tide.
She returned to her human form, still wearing the same black T-shirt, green camouflage overalls, and the same old, tacky black sneakers.
She looked around hurriedly but didn't see any familiar faces.
While wrapping herself in white bandages, she took out a black cloak. When the brim covered half of her face, the sound of metal colliding and the crowd's exclamations came from the other side of the copy exit.
Running quickly, I saw a gray linen Tang suit and a black windbreaker entangled together.
The two of them were like two afterimages, and several invisible forces pushed back the crowd around them.
"What's going on?"
"Brothers fighting? I think these two look quite similar—"
After hearing this, Lu Cai sneered.
Comparing 666 with the long-haired black windbreaker is to lower the grade of 666!
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