As the lights flickered, Xiao You disappeared down the corridor, clutching her doll, leaving only her chilling, ethereal laughter echoing in the distance.
Su Deng, holding a torch, walked towards the first child's room.
Without even a moment's hesitation, he swung his sword down heavily on the head of the child who had turned into a puppet on the bed.
The little boy, who was originally a puppet bound by silk threads, had his head and body separated the moment he was cut down by a sword, turning into a fleshy body, with blood spreading throughout the blankets.
Despite the strong smell of blood, Su Deng didn't even blink. Holding a torch in one hand and a sword in the other, he walked towards the next room.
After entering the room and sitting by the bed, he still chopped at it without thinking.
After the puppet's head and body were separated, it became a bloody mess.
Su Deng didn't stop and walked to the next room.
"...She...she's not planning to cut them down one by one, is she?"
"These are clearly puppets turned from living people. Killing them is the same as killing people... Has she gone mad?"
"What is she doing...?"
Salvation or destruction?
Tens of thousands of players were stunned by what they saw.
Su Deng had no idea whether she was being live-streamed, and even if she did, she wouldn't care at all.
She went from room to room, stabbing the people on the beds in each room, decapitating each one, leaving them like a serial killer, her aura cold and insane.
Even though the last one was a flower, she didn't hesitate to chop it down.
"You killed them all..." Xiao You reappeared in the corridor, her voice ominous, "Aren't you afraid they'll seek revenge on you..."
“You only said you’d find me, not that you couldn’t kill everyone.” Su Deng turned to look at her, her white nightgown now stained crimson with blood, her grin terrifying and eerie. “Now, it’s your turn.”
She leaped into the air and slashed down with her sword. The sword energy directly cleaved Xiao You, who was in the corridor, away, with the sound of silk threads snapping.
The dolls began to fly through the air, their stiff, puppet-like faces contorted into grotesque expressions, their laughter piercing. Little You was swayed like a marionette, baring her teeth and brandishing her claws in the air.
Ever since she entered the orphanage, 404 has been emphasizing that everything about her is an illusion.
There's also that tongue-twister-like saying, "Life is death, and death is life."
Hua Hua became the monster's primary target because the monster feared Hua Hua, felt guilty, felt indebted, and couldn't face the fact that Hua Hua had died because of her...
Mingming, she was so close to having a new home.
It has a father and mother, a new name, and an infinitely bright future.
Just that little bit!
But because of her, everything died on that sunless afternoon.
This orphanage is a reflection of the deepest part of her heart.
If she hadn't faced it in person, she might have given up and trapped herself here if it weren't for 404 and these monsters.
Trapped in this game, I'm with the living Flower and the Dean's mother.
But those are all illusions, all fake...
Even if it wasn't fake, Hua Hua died before her eyes once again...
No one can save her.
She originally didn't intend to kill anyone; she wanted to protect everyone in the orphanage, including Xiao You, through insurance.
Regardless of whether everything we're talking about now is true or false, Hua Hua is already dead, so there's no point in trying to save her...
Then they'll go insane indiscriminately.
Kill every one of them, and one of them will be the monster itself!
Didn't this force it to come out?
Su Deng's lips curled into a cold smile as she hurled the torch at Xiao You's back. The flames exploded in the gale, burning the silk threads.
Su Deng chopped off Xiao You's head with her longsword, the blood dripping from the blade pointing at the doll, and then swung it down with both hands.
The doll was split in two, but the laughter didn't stop.
“Hehehe…”
[System: On the first night, the puppet monster was fully triggered, but the monster itself was not present. The orphanage rescue has failed.]
[System: The second night has begun. Players, please adjust your mindset quickly.]
Su Deng's vision blurred for a moment, and the orphanage, its eyes filled with bloodshot, disappeared, replaced by another building.
Su Deng, who was lying on the table, opened her eyes and got up. What she saw was a very ordinary classroom. Students wearing blue and white school uniforms sat neatly, and the sound of turning pages and writing made a soft rustling sound.
Outside the window stands a sturdy poplar tree, its leaves lush and green. Right in the opposite direction, there's a bird's nest in one of its branches, where two newly hatched chicks are chirping.
The students around me, each one seemed somewhat familiar...
It was Aoyama Middle School, the school she attended before entering the game.
[System: Multiple worlds, the second night of "Qingshan Middle School" has begun. Please take on your current role.]
[Introduction: Your name is Su Deng. You are a student in Class 6 of Senior Three at Qingshan Middle School. Because you always cause harm to others, you feel that you are a jinx and have always been a loner with no friends.]
However, because you are very pretty and academically gifted, your classmates and teachers, unaware of your "deadly" constitution, all like you. But this liking might not all be beneficial.
[Mission: After nightfall, trigger all monsters, conceal your identity as a player, keep your health above 30, find the monster's true form, and kill it.]
[Important Note: Please abide by these rules of the game on campus. All tasks must be completed in the specified manner. One violation will result in the death of a student.]
Multiple worlds...
In other words, she is now traveling through different timelines within the same game world, like a series of dreams, each lasting one night.
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