"That red horse was the ringmaster of the circus. He did something wrong, which caused the departure of one of his most trusted partners. As a result, he was filled with deep remorse."
"When the circus was first established, it had only rudimentary conditions, but the ringmaster always firmly believed in one sentence: as long as you put your heart into it, you will definitely be able to attract customers no matter what you do."
So he required each member of his troupe to get into character, whether it was playing a clown or dressing up as an animal.
"Later, as the circus gained popularity and its income gradually increased, it was able to purchase the animals needed for the performances."
But for some reason, they could never buy a horse. So the staff member playing the horse just kept playing the role.
He was truly dedicated; he ate, slept, and lived in the stables, behaving almost exactly like a horse, except when it came to feeding them.
"Something's going to go wrong." Thinking of the rules he'd seen in the circus, Lu Xingyun roughly knew what was going to happen next, and couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
"Yes, no customers noticed that the horse was fake. Later, when the old employee left and a new employee joined, he was gradually isolated due to his strange behavior."
Apart from the group leader and the initial staff, no one in the group knew that there was such an employee.
As everyone got busy with work, they gradually forgot about this friend who had given so much.
"Until one day, he suddenly came to the commander and said that he should die. The commander thought it was a joke."
It turned out this member of the group was serious. Because a horse's normal lifespan is around 15 years, and he had already lived for 20 years, it was time for him to die.
"Only then did the troupe leader realize that this former friend had gotten too caught up in the role and was in big trouble."
"The troupe leader felt very guilty for having forgotten this member, so he held a grand ceremony to tell all the members about his glorious history."
However, this member of the group treated it like... a funeral.
"Hiss." Bo Zijin had also walked to the side at some point and gasped.
"Then, the member committed suicide on the spot. Everyone was immersed in shock and grief."
"Only in his dying moments did this member realize that his death was quite a ridiculous thing. At that moment, his eyes were filled with anger, resentment, and grievance..."
"Finally, the powerful resentment turned this member into a monster."
"it?"
"Yes, the one that uses the Monopoly game to control the players."
The moment it died, it had become a heartless monster. Apart from the core members who founded the circus, all the other employees perished under its powerful resentment.
"The leader, in despair, did not stop it out of guilt. He allowed it to go on a killing spree, and the circus disappeared overnight, its walls stained with blood."
"Later, for some unknown reason, the circus became linked to the system. With the ringmaster's tacit approval, it committed evil deeds within the system, using players' negative emotions to strengthen itself."
"The other members, led by the vice leader, continued to perform to dispel negative emotions from the players entering the instance."
"The commander, on the other hand, stood outside the walls, playing the role of a horse, feeling the loneliness and pain as if atonement, while trying to find a solution. Until we arrived."
"So, after we cleared the dungeon, we solved the raid leader's problem?"
Yuan Qingli shook her head: "You're overthinking it. We're just passing through."
The three of them were filled with emotion.
...
Have you registered yet?
"Alright, alright."
"So, I have one last question." Yuan Qingli took the phone, "What mode of transportation do you use to deliver the orders?"
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