The headmistress looked at the two of them and asked, "What's wrong?"
With teary eyes, Xiao You said, "It's thundering outside, and I'm scared, Headmistress. I want to sleep with Sister Su Deng..."
The dean looked at Su Deng.
Su Deng: "..."
"Then you two can sleep together. If you're still scared, just call me."
The headmistress did not object. She went over and closed the window, and then tucked the blankets around the two of them after they lay down.
I turned off the lights and left.
The season is summer, and the weather is neither too hot nor too cold.
The two lay in the same bed, covered by the same thin blanket. Su Deng felt that there was no warmth in the bed, and the cold was biting.
Xiao You was sleeping right next to me, so close, yet I couldn't hear a single breath from her; the blankets were filled with an icy chill.
The doll lay between the two.
Su Deng only needed to turn her head slightly to meet the doll's face.
In the pitch-black night, two eyes glowed red.
It was eerie and terrifying.
The night was deep, with wind, rain, and lightning; she slept with ghosts and monsters.
Su Deng wasn't afraid, but she felt a little uneasy. However, it was good that Xiao You was here; as long as she watched, no other children would be eaten.
"when--"
In the dead of night, a sudden bell woke Su Deng, who was still asleep. She opened her eyes and heard heavy footsteps echoing in the corridor outside the door.
Su Deng subconsciously looked to her side and saw Xiao You lying flat on her back with her hands folded in front of her, her eyes closed as if she were fast asleep.
The doll that was sleeping between the two had disappeared.
Su Deng turned on the light and searched the bed and floor, but couldn't find it. She frowned and her gaze fell on Xiao You.
Only when the light was turned on could one see clearly that her sleeping expression was stagnant, like that of a dead person.
There was a tiny crease on her neck.
The entire circle looked like a head that had been cut off and then sewn back on.
The same marks also appeared on both arms and shoulders, where they connected to the body.
Su Deng was slightly taken aback. She lifted the blanket and pulled up her skirt to look at her legs.
really!
There are also seams where the legs connect to the body.
Limb joints, knees, elbows, ankles, wrists...
All the same.
It's like a body that has been cut open and then pieced back together, sewn together with thread.
...It wasn't there before I went to sleep!
Su Deng tentatively reached out and touched her arm, pressing it down; it was hard.
His face was also hard.
My whole body was stiff.
Su Deng tapped his finger once, his body making a wooden sound.
"A puppet..."
Su Deng's pupils contracted as he looked at the seemingly pieced-together Xiao You's body, his eyes dark. Could the monster be that doll?
But was Xiao You originally a puppet, or was she turned into a puppet?
[404: Monster has appeared. Please trigger the event as soon as possible.]
hiss~
This 404 error is really dedicated to its job.
Su Deng snapped out of her reverie, raised an eyebrow, and didn't try to talk to it. She then examined Xiao You's entire body again and even tested it with a knife, leaving white marks.
There was no blood, but there were sawdust.
It's a puppet!
Thump thump thump—
"Hehehehe..."
"Hehehehe..."
Outside the door, the sounds that had been quiet for a while started up again, this time accompanied by a child's ethereal laughter.
Su Deng felt a chill run down her spine. She quickly got up and ran to the door, opened it a crack, and peeked out through the crack.
There was no one in the corridor outside the door, but a small figure was slowly moving forward step by step on the ground.
...A red dress, black hair, it's Xiao You's doll!
At this moment, it seemed to come alive, its head turning around in all directions.
Seemingly sensing that someone was watching it, it suddenly turned its head to look at one of the rooms.
The crimson eyes stared intently at the door for a while, but seeing no one, it turned back and continued to move forward.
Inside the room, Su Deng held her breath, pressing her body tightly against the door.
He took a couple of breaths and was about to open the door to go out and see what was going on when he caught a glimpse of a shadow on the ground beside him. He turned around abruptly and found that there was someone behind him, wearing a red dress that looked like blood.
Beneath her long, flowing black hair, her face was expressionless, yet two streams of bloody tears flowed from her eyes. Her limbs were slightly raised and spread out, her eyes flashing red light.
"ah!"
Without any warning or preparation, Su Deng was startled by this sudden scene. Her body reacted instinctively, her legs went weak, and she slid down to the floor against the door.
[404: Monster 1 has been triggered: Dying Living Puppet]
Su Deng: "It's triggered, and then what?"
[404: Player's name will remain hidden for five hours]
Su Deng: "...And then what?"
[404: Please refer to the previously released content for mission details. For other details, please explore and resolve them on your own.]
Then we should still protect all the children from being eaten by monsters.
The little You in front of me is a puppet monster disguised as a living person.
As Su Deng drew his sword to strike her, he remembered something.
Before she came in, 404 had emphasized that everything in front of her was an illusion, meaning that the multiple worlds she had fallen into from Qin Xian's world were virtual.
Everything is fake.
Is Xiao You, the puppet monster, actually a real person?
She's always preferred brute force to beat the game, and the God Lord naturally knows this, wondering if he might set a monster trap for her...
For example, Xiao You isn't a puppet; she's a living, breathing person.
What if she strikes down and kills a person instead of a monster?
Otherwise, the appearance of this monster would be far too easy.
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