Chapter 48
"Did he tell you that?"
Cen Xun crossed his legs and leaned back on the sofa in a relaxed manner. Outside the floor-to-ceiling window was the brilliant and dazzling city night view.
Tong Ming had just finished explaining the whole story and felt a little thirsty. He sat across from him and drank a sip of water before continuing, "Yes, those were his exact words. Brother, do you want to cooperate with him?"
Compared to Tong Ming's excitement, Cen Xun seemed to be lacking interest: "Let's talk about it later. First, let me see the information you got."
Tong Ming had a skill called [Gossip Printer], which allowed him to directly print out what he saw in written form. Tong Ming directly took out a thick stack of information and placed it on the small coffee table in the middle with a "pop" sound: "Here, it's all here."
Cen Xun took out a small stack and began to flip through the pages one by one. At this moment, a cow cat jumped onto the coffee table and shook off the mirror fragments all over its body.
Cen Xun turned his gaze away from the information and looked at Wusa: "Are you injured?"
Wusa shook his head: "No, I hid away when that person destroyed the mirror world."
Tong Ming seemed to have triggered some switch. He suddenly stretched out his hand towards him with a sad face and said casually: "Sa Bao, you have suffered! Come and give the housekeeper a hug~"
Before his hand touched her, Wusa jumped up like a spring and landed lightly on the armrest of the sofa chair where Cen Xun was sitting. She turned her head and blew towards Tong Ming.
Tong Ming, who was once again rejected by the cat, showed a heartbroken look, but he would still dare to do it next time.
Cen Xun ignored the two childish guys. After flipping through a few pieces of information, he frowned slightly: "Only a code name?"
Tong Ming nodded and said seriously, "Yes, probably to prevent the members' real identities from being leaked, the Heretic Monitoring Bureau only uses code names to refer to its members."
Cen Xun looked at the entry and exit record in his hand, which only had a few simple lines of information written on it.
[Applicant: Fool]
[Application time: 2xxx year x month x day, 8:0012:00]
[Reason for the application: To deal with the monster that is about to awaken in City A, codenamed [Toad Heart]]
[Approved by: Administrator 01]
【Audit status: passed】
Cen Xun pondered: "So there were already some monsters that were about to awaken at that time, but they were dealt with by the Heresy Monitoring Bureau."
I just don’t know what kind of treatment this is.
Cen Xun flipped through the pages and discovered that many of the entry and exit records came from this [Fool]. His purpose of entering the world was often to deal with various monsters that were about to awaken.
Cen Xun didn't have time to look through the application carefully, so he asked Tong Ming directly, "Who is the person who applied most frequently?"
Feng Jihan lives in the nightmare world and clocks in at the "company" every day. He definitely has the most application records.
Tong Ming reacted immediately, rummaging through a pile of records, and soon sorted out a thick stack of papers, handing them all to Cen Xun: "Brother, this is this person."
Cen Xun took it and saw the applicant's code at first glance
【Applicant: Atheist】
"Atheist?"
Cen Xun muttered the code name, showing a rare look of confusion.
If this "atheist" is Feng Jihan, then Cen Xun finds it hard to imagine Feng Jihan's mental state. He is clearly an atheist, but he insists on marrying a monster and knows everything about the transaction with the evil god. Doesn't he find it ironic?
Tong Ming sorted the entry and exit records of [Atheists] in chronological order. The earliest application time of [Atheists] can be traced back to more than ten years ago.
Cen Xun looked at the earliest application form. The reason for the application was [Regularly observe the awakening state of the strange monster, codename []]
Tong Ming leaned over to take a look, his expression complicated. "Could it be that these two asterisks refer to you? Why did they hide your code name?"
Cen Xun's fingertips brushed across the application time and he said in a deep voice, "This is the date when he first came to the orphanage to see me."
After leaving the small mountain village, Cen Xun separated from Feng Jihan. Later, Feng Jihan came to the orphanage to find him. After secretly feeding him for a few days, he suddenly said that he wanted to take him away. Cen Xun directly refused because he felt that hunting in the orphanage was more interesting.
Next, the reason for the application becomes [playing with, stabilizing strange emotions, codename []]
Next one, [Play with me, codename []]
Next one, [Play with me]
Next one, [accompany]
Next one, [play]
Tong Ming couldn't help but ask, "Brother, is this playmate a serious playmate?"
Cen Xun glanced at him and said, "He said he would take me to kill more people and let me kill them all at once, so I followed him."
Tong Ming nodded expectantly: "Yeah, then what?"
"Then he tricked me into going to the VR Experience Center." Cen Xun sneered and threw the papers aside. "I spent three days killing virtual zombies."
Tong Ming couldn't help but: "Puff"
Cen Xun said coldly: "Later, I didn't want to kill those people in the orphanage. I just wanted to kill him because he was too annoying."
Tong Ming realized: "So that's why you left the orphanage with him?"
"I thought he wouldn't survive more than three days under my hands." Cen Xun said lightly.
But at that time, Cen Xun had no idea that Feng Jihan was actually a trained psychic, and even if he didn't use his powers, he could easily avoid his deadly moves.
As a result, Cen Xun was completely aroused by Feng Jihan's competitive spirit, and he devoted all his attention to how to kill Feng Jihan, and had no time to pay attention to those useless idiots.
Afterwards, Feng Jihan completed the admission procedures for Cen Xun, and life became more stable. Feng Jihan's application reason also became [Long-term observation, codename []]
This went on for a long time, and the relationship between the two gradually went in a strange direction from Cen Xun's unilateral desire to kill Feng Jihan.
The reason was that Tong Ming showed Cen Xun something not very serious, which caused Cen Xun to suddenly become curious about whether Feng Jihan would be so ashamed and angry that he would give up on him if he lost his innocence.
Cen Xun always liked to put his ideas into practice. After having this conjecture, Cen Xun immediately conducted an experiment.
That night, Cen Xun sneaked into Feng Jihan's room and touched him all over. Feng Jihan was so embarrassed that his face turned red. He hurriedly wrapped himself in the quilt and asked him what he was doing.
When Cen Xun saw that it worked, he said viciously, "I am sexually harassing you, and I will continue to harass you every day from now on."
Feng Jihan was harassed by him for two days and was really fed up with it. On the third day, he didn't wait for him, but went to school before him.
But it was useless. Cen Xun was his deskmate. He could not escape the consequences. During class, Cen Xun touched him under the table.
After returning home, Cen Xun followed him into the kitchen and continued to touch him.
When he was taking a shower, I also knocked on the door from outside, wanting to go in and touch him.
Finally, Feng Jihan couldn't stand it anymore. He pulled his suitcase and threatened Cen Xun angrily that he would run away from home if he touched him again.
Cen Xun was very pleased to hear this because his goal was finally achieved.
Without waiting for Feng Jihan to bargain, Cen Xun pushed him out the door with his luggage, then went to the kitchen to get a boning knife and started sharpening it, preparing to go out for a good slaughter.
Feng Jihan didn't dare to argue with him anymore, so he swallowed his anger and returned with the empty suitcase.
Soon, Feng Jihan found a way to deal with Cen Xun's continued harassment, which was to fight violence with violence, abandon morality, and touch Cen Xun.
Cen Xun had no sense of shame. Not only did he not feel humiliated, but he even tasted some sweetness.
They hurt each other like this for a long time. It was hard to say when their relationship began to deteriorate. Anyway, when Cen Xun saw the farewell letter that Feng Jihan had written in advance, the first thing he felt was not joy, but anger.
On the day he came of age, Feng Jihan, who had always taken care of him and accompanied him, was finally leaving.
And he no longer wanted to let Feng Jihan leave.
That day, Feng Jihan had actually written an application to leave the boundary in advance, and the time was set at midnight that night, but for some reason, he actually left much later than the scheduled time.
The reason for the resubmitted application was "Marrying Codename []"
For a long time afterwards, the reason for his application became [.], as if he had a tacit understanding that he didn't need to tell anyone else. He already had a long-term reason to enter the nightmare world.
Cen Xun flipped through the last few pages, and the reasons for the application were written as [Suspension of [Nightmare World] internal testing], [Suspension of divorce], and [Observation of the awakening state of the ex-husband, codenamed [Enemy]].
"Cen Xun closed his eyes and pressed his eyebrows.
Tong Ming was completely enjoying the fun, sighing with emotion, "These three small pieces of paper witnessed the entire process of a stray dog gradually breaking down. Brilliant! I'm going to frame these three pieces of paper at the gate of Nightmare University, and make every player who passes by laugh at Feng Jihan!"
Cen Xun opened his eyes, tossed aside the information in his hand, and sorted out the chaotic memories in his mind. He frowned and brought the topic back on track: "His code name is Atheist. Judging from the literal meaning, his ability should be able to prevent others from releasing skills."
Tong Ming said seriously, "Wouldn't that mean he could completely suppress your abilities? Brother, your abilities are all related to the gods and ghosts. If his abilities target all those unscientific special abilities, then your special abilities as a Folklorist will basically be completely useless."
Cen Xun said calmly, "[Nightmare Principal]'s special ability is still useful, but I don't intend to reveal my identity as principal too soon."
As the saying goes, a tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. The Heresy Monitoring Bureau has always been hostile to Cen Xun. If they find that Cen Xun is growing so fast, they will definitely use any means to kill him before he grows up.
Therefore, Cen Xun deliberately retained his identity as a professor of folklore and pretended to be a vassal of the principal, just to show it to the Heresy Monitoring Bureau.
"But there is one thing that I find strange."
Cen Xun stared thoughtfully at the entry and exit records on the table. "It's the same question again. If he really could completely suppress my skills, then I should have been beaten to the point of being completely defenseless before. I'm talking about when I didn't lose my memory."
"But I'm not dead. The Heretic Monitoring Bureau is still so afraid of me, which means I must have found a way to break his skills before."
Tong Ming said quietly, "But you have lost your memory now."
Cen Xun pondered for a moment: "I may not have recovered that key skill yet."
The identity of [Folklorist] would occasionally bring out a new skill. Cen Xun suspected that these skills were all ones he once possessed. If he wanted to get all the skills back, he would have to trigger them with certain conditions, such as signing a contract with a monster with related abilities.
Of course, this is just Cen Xun's guess. Perhaps that skill has been lost and can never be found again.
Tong Ming scratched his hair, annoyed by Feng Jihan's unreasonable skills. He decided to cut the Gordian knot: "Never mind! No matter whether Feng Jihan is a theist or an atheist, the most important thing is to get the port first!"
Wusa squatted on the armrest and listened. Upon hearing this, he immediately said, "Sure! If you can make Qin Xiu return to normal tonight, I will give you the port right away."
Cen Xun nodded and said, "After Qin Xiu uses the [Money Balance] at midnight, we will set off."
"Before that," Cen Xun said slowly, "let's divide the spoils first."
The guest ranked first on the wealth list can get a pass card and be exempted from the penalty task.
According to Usa, the truth behind the so-called punishment mission is that the Domain Lord used the [Money Balance] skill to hallucinate the guests, forcing them to go to the place they fear most in their subconscious to complete the mission.
As long as the Domain Lord uses the [Money Balance] skill and sets the estimated value to the amount of property owned by the first person on the wealth list, it can ensure that the hallucinogenic effect of the [Money Balance] is ineffective for the first person, thus resulting in the so-called pass card effect.
Once you understand the principle, the solution will be much simpler.
Since the domain master would not allow the situation of "tied for first place" to happen, Cen Xun had to settle for the second best and transferred part of his property to Tong Ming to ensure that Tong Ming could be ranked first on the wealth list.
The place that Tong Ming fears the most is the small mountain village. There is no need to say how dangerous the small mountain village is. In addition, Tong Ming is relatively fragile and has basically no combat ability. If Tong Ming is hallucinated and returns to the small mountain village to perform tasks, he will probably fall into a very dangerous situation.
So Cen Xun gave the "pass card" to Tong Ming.
Tong Ming is the eyes and ears of their Three Ghosts team and must always stay awake.
As for Cen Xun, he has the Nightmare Ruler, a star-level item, to support him. Relying on the passive skill of the Nightmare Ruler [Daytime Awakening], Cen Xun can completely ignore any hallucinogenic skills below the star-level.
Moreover, Cen Xun felt that even if he was really hallucinating, it should not be a big problem, because to him, the things that could make him feel fear did not exist at all.
After distributing the property, the two men and the cat discussed their next strategy. As ten o'clock approached, Wusa suddenly said, "That person is planning to break into the mirror space."
Cen Xun's eyes darkened. Feng Jihan would not act without a purpose unless he had already deduced that the port was hidden in the mirror.
"Is there any way to stop him from entering?" Cen Xun asked Wusa.
Wusa tried to remain calm and said, "Yes, I have closed all the mirror channels leading to the mirror space."
Cen Xun hesitated for a moment and said, "Wusa, from now on, you will just walk around him. Don't let him find any trace of you. Understand?"
The cat nodded seriously: "I understand!"
Feng Jihan had two teammates disabled by Cen Xun at once, and lost the means to locate the port. As long as they did not confront Feng Jihan head-on and were not forcibly disabled by him, the situation would still be favorable for them.
What Cen Xun could think of, Feng Jihan certainly thought of as well. Not long after, Tong Ming gave a warning: "He's coming."
Cen Xun nodded and asked Wusa to open the mirror channel: "Let's go and fight a guerrilla war with him."
Tong Ming has omniscient vision and can see Feng Jihan's position, but Feng Jihan cannot locate their position. In addition, due to the long-distance transmission between the mirrors, a set of combined punches is enough for Cen Xun to hide from him for two hours.
This time, Cen Xun and Tong Ming were teleported to the third floor of Hengmao International Center. The third floor is the entertainment area, with various e-sports cities, escape rooms, and VR experience halls.
Seeing the VR experience center, Tong Ming couldn't help but start to talk nonsense: "How about it, brother, do you want to go in and kill another virtual zombie?"
Cen Xun was too lazy to pay attention to him. He glanced around and walked into the arcade, finally stopping in front of a claw machine.
Tong Ming didn't understand what it meant at first, until he saw the panda doll in the claw machine, he suddenly understood.
It turned out that his brother's only true love, the panda, appeared again.
Tong Ming complained about Cen Xun's weird hobby in his heart, and resigned himself to exchanging the game coins. Cen Xun put in the game coins, and the first claw really went straight for the panda.
The first grab missed because the panda suddenly twisted and avoided the clamp. The second grab was too loose and the panda fell in mid-air.
Tong Ming watched from the side as Cen Xun persevered in picking up the panda, and marveled at it.
It was just a small claw machine, but it controlled his brother for ten minutes, which made Feng Jihan lose his defense.
It took Cen Xun more than ten attempts to catch the panda, but what he didn't expect was that as soon as Cen Xun took it out of the shipping basket, the panda suddenly cracked its mouth and opened its mouth to a terrifying extent, revealing a big mouth full of sharp teeth.
Cen Xun frowned and punched the panda with an expressionless face. The panda's face was flattened and it became obedient immediately.
Tong Ming was very flattering and flattered him: "Congratulations, Fourth Brother! Congratulations, Fourth Brother! Congratulations on having a precious bear~"
Cen Xun: “”Divine gold.”
The two ghosts caught the panda and were about to leave the arcade when they suddenly heard the sound of an accelerator behind them. Turning around, they found that the motorcycle simulator had turned around at some point and was heading towards them, with the accelerator handle turning on its own.
Tong Mingqi said: "Brother, it seems to want to make us fly."
Cen Xun: "Thank you for the invitation, I have eyes."
As they were speaking, the motorcycle simulator suddenly rushed towards them. Cen Xun and Tong Ming did not dodge, but just stood there.
The motorcycle simulator was halfway through its journey when it seemed to be cut in half by an invisible blade. It suddenly split into two and crashed into the machines in the arcade, causing alarms to sound.
The two ghosts who caused the chaos looked at each other, walked out of the arcade indifferently, and continued to explore other areas.
Tong Ming looked left and right, then suddenly pointed in a direction and said excitedly, "Brother! I see it! That's the place I mentioned where they drove away to kill me!"
Cen Xun immediately became interested: "Let's go and take a look."
It was worth it that he spent so much time learning to drive, as it finally came in handy.
A moment later, Cen Xun stood at the entrance of the area. After seeing the "car" on the field clearly, his expression became extremely gloomy: "Is this the car you were talking about?"
Tong Ming's eyes flickered, and sweat dripped down his back. "Well, why aren't they considered cars?"
Cen Xun pointed at the go-karts on the track and almost laughed out loud: "Then tell me, what do they have to do with manual transmission cars?"
Tong Ming trembled with fear: "Both, both have steering wheels, brakes, and accelerators?"
Seeing Cen Xun silently take out the Nightmare Ruler and hold it in his hand, Tong Ming jumped up in fear and ran away: "Brother! I really didn't mean to lie to you! I just didn't see the whole picture of the car!"
Cen Xun ignored his quibbling and sneered as he hit him with a ruler. The nightmare ruler did not harm the followers, but rather had a punitive effect. Once hit, it would only bring pain.
Tong Ming was beaten and completely wilted.
Cen Xun put away the ruler and gave him a cold look: "Forget about the car model, even the steering wheel is different. You still dare to quibble?"
Tong Ming didn't dare to say a word.
Finally, they played indoor karting. This project was quite interesting for Cen Xun, but it was a nightmare for the other players because if they drove too slowly, they would be eaten by the monsters chasing them.
After playing around, it was almost midnight.
Wusa opened the passage in advance, and Cen Xun and Tong Ming were ready to enter Shengyao Building.
At midnight, the wealth list was refreshed, and the domain master activated the skill [Money Balance].
The scene in front of Cen Xun changed immediately. The pure white space in the mirror disappeared, and countless blocks of color combined into a familiar room.
Cen Xun held a farewell letter in his hand and heard how to complete the punishment task: [Kill him].
Cen Xun was stunned for a moment. Just then, he heard the rolling sound of a suitcase. He looked up and saw Feng Jihan's cold expression: "I'm leaving. You stay here alone and spend the rest of your life in solitude."
Cen Xun was silent for a moment. He was actually a little confused. It was just an illusion. Would it be difficult to kill it?
But despite his thoughts, Cen Xun did not act rashly. He looked around and even touched the table. The touch from his hand felt very real and like a strong illusion.
Feng Jihan spoke again: "You"
Before he could finish his words, Cen Xun suddenly felt a pain in his head, as if he had been hit hard by something. Then, Feng Jihan in front of him suddenly disappeared, and the illusion collapsed with it.
Cen Xun covered his dull and aching forehead and looked at the culprit, the Nightmare Ruler.
The Nightmare Ruler has a passive skill [Daytime Awakening]. When the bound person is affected by strange chaos, the Nightmare Ruler will actively assist the bound person to wake up. Cen Xun was just woken up directly by the Nightmare Ruler.
The technique is simple and crude, and the effect is immediate. The only drawback is that it is brain-consuming.
Across from Cen Xun was Tong Ming. Seeing Cen Xun regain consciousness, Tong Ming breathed a sigh of relief: "You didn't respond to my calls just now. This Domain Lord's hallucination skills are quite powerful."
Cen Xun looked at him dimly. If Cen Xun had attacked the "Feng Jihan" in the illusion just now, it would have been Tong Ming who was pierced by the puppet thread.
The Mirror City Business District Master's hallucinogenic skills continued, and the Nightmare Ruler was about to strike. Cen Xun sighed and said with a headache, "Let's go, and make a quick decision."
On the other side, Feng Jihan also entered the illusion.
He stood in the ruins, calmly watching the scene he had anticipated.
The sky and the earth collapsed, and the city overturned in the melee between nine big monsters. In the end, every big monster was seriously injured. In this battle, no monster was the winner.
Monsters have no flesh and blood, they don't bleed, and they don't feel pain. Cen Xun leaned in his arms, his drooping eyelashes like a butterfly with its wings half-closed. Apart from his skin that was becoming transparent, there was no sign of him disappearing.
Almost at the same time, Feng Jihan softly asked the same question as himself in the illusion: "Why do you do this?"
Even at this time, Cen Xun's answer was still rational and cruel.
"To become stronger."
Cen Xun murmured, "Believe me, you will definitely like that brand new world."
Feng Jihan once believed almost stubbornly that if there were no gods in the world, there would never be bloodshed again.
There will be no more fratricide, no more sacrifices, and no more endless wars.
But it was not until Cen Xun left that Feng Jihan realized that it was not God but human beings themselves that led to the destruction of mankind.
"Have you seen the future of humanity?"
Feng Jihan knelt on one knee beside the disappearing Cen Xun and gently touched his cheek: "But I still don't understand what kind of new world you want."
The fragments dissipated into the void, and Feng Jihan's fingers only touched emptiness.
Feng Jihan curled up his fingers and stood up again.
With him as the boundary, the illusory world collapsed.
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