Chapter 3: Mayumi Forever Together
[This newcomer was so scared that his whole body stiffened, but he still couldn't help but peek around and look at his surroundings. It's kind of cute, hehe~]
[Is the paper dolls' main area really that far from the dungeon entrance? The livestream has been showing just the two of them taking a walk for so long, it's so boring! Can't they just do something exciting?!]
Why is the screen getting darker and darker? Even turning the brightness to maximum doesn't help! When the door opened, I thought there would be a room full of little ghosts, but it's just clothes! What a waste of my time!
[Is this a tailor shop? Oh my god, paper doll tailor, deserted village mountain god, bride sacrifice—what a cliché plot! You can tell the ending just from the beginning!]
[This is so unoriginal, I can't stand it anymore, I'm going to check out other live streams~]
[Even now that it's the male guest's territory, this newcomer still dares to actively try to gain favor? Not bad, not bad, I feel like he'll last another two or three minutes?]
[Oh my gosh, first a human and a ghost were seen holding hands and taking a walk late at night, then the female guest expressed her feelings for the male guest at his home, so sweet~]
While Yu Naixin hides the bullet screen interface, the viewers in the live stream will not be affected in any way.
As Yu Naixin asked the question in a trembling voice, a cheerful ringtone sounded in her ears.
[Congratulations to the female guest on the show "Heartbeat 1000%"! You have received 2 Sweet Coins from a viewer with the ID "看看看乐子吃吃糖"!]
The background music accompanying the program's notification was cheerful, but Yu Naixin's face showed no sign of joy; in fact, it could be described as lifeless.
The paper doll boy answered without hesitation: "Of course it's you."
The paper-figure boy said matter-of-factly, "It's been a month since the last time the Mountain God took a bride, and you are the new sacrifice for this month."
Yu Naixin: "..."
Although she had expected it, hearing the definite answer still made Yu Naixin feel dizzy.
Since ancient times, the identity of "a bride sacrificed to a certain god or demon" has been considered extremely ominous, essentially synonymous with "being forced to die an innocent death".
Not to mention that the three male guests she met were all paper figures, fox spirits, skeletons, and other monsters. What good could a "mountain god" in the same dating reality show be?!
The paper doll boy was clearly in a good mood, which contrasted sharply with Yu Naixin's ashen face. He told Yu Naixin a lot of information as if he were pouring out beans.
"I am the only tailor in Cocoon Village who can make the wedding dress for the mountain god's bride."
"The fifteenth of each month is the day the mountain god gets married. The village must prepare young girls of marriageable age as offerings to the mountain god."
"On the wedding day, everyone in the entire village of Jian is present to witness the ceremony. The bride, dressed in a red wedding gown and wearing a red veil, will be offered to the mountain god through the altar on the north side of the village."
A tear still clung to the corner of the paper-figure boy's eye. As he finished speaking, he looked at Yu Naixin and said in a hoarse voice, "Now, it's the night of the fourteenth."
Yu Naixin: "...??!"
Yu Naixin felt the hairs on her body standing on end.
Doesn't this mean that as soon as dawn breaks, she'll have to become that mountain god's sacrificial bride?!
In Yu Naixin's eyes, the three male guests, Paper Doll Boy and the others, were already terrifying and bizarre that she couldn't possibly handle. But this Mountain God, just from the name, seemed to be of a higher level than the three male guests, and was very likely to be an even more terrifying being than them!
Yu Naixin couldn't even imagine what would happen to her if she fell into the hands of the mountain god.
She has to escape!
“Miss Yu…” A tear finally slid down the paper-figure boy’s face, his voice growing hoarse from the extreme suppression of his emotions, “I don’t want to be your bride, I don’t want you to become the Mountain God’s bride!”
He was no longer satisfied with just holding Yu Naixin's hand with one hand. The two faced each other, and the paper boy stretched out his other hand to firmly grasp both of Yu Naixin's hands.
Looking at Yu Naixin with a sorrowful expression, the paper doll boy's tone was almost pleading: "I want to be with you forever! Miss Yu, please stay with me forever, okay?"
Yu Naixin: "...!"
Yu Naixin's eyes flickered.
It becomes much easier to work backward from a conclusion once the process has been reached.
The paper doll boy in charge of making the wedding dress and the fox demon who looks like a priest are almost certainly going to be directly involved in the "sacrifice of the bride to the mountain god" event.
The remaining skeleton scholars should also be considered part of "everyone in the entire Cocoon Village," and they should also be present to watch the sacrificial ceremony.
The mountain god's wedding acted as a powerful thread, connecting all the male guests together.
The key to her survival in this dating reality show is to earn "sweet coins" through sweet interactions with the male guests.
Therefore, Yu Naixin was quite confident in making the deduction that if she wanted to escape being sacrificed, the most official way would be to win over the male guests and make them take the initiative to interrupt and stop the mountain god's wedding ceremony for her sake.
Having made up her mind, Yu Naixin naturally wouldn't refuse the paper doll boy's request. She gave a fake smile and continued to agree with him, just like before, saying, "Okay, sure!"
As she agreed to the paper doll boy's request, Yu Naixin quickly opened the bullet screen interface with her mind.
Yu Naixin had already confirmed on the way that only she could see this interface, and the paper doll boy was completely unaware of it.
She wouldn't place all her hopes on someone else, especially since that "someone else" was a malevolent ghost.
Mountains may crumble, people may run away; only relying on yourself is truly trustworthy.
Yu Naixin remembered that she had just received two Sweet Coins as a reward from the audience. The "Heartbeat 1000%" program team even issued a special notice to remind her because she received the reward, which shows how important it was.
She therefore had reason to believe that Sweet Coins must play a very important role!
However, before Yu Naixin could find a place to use Sweet Coins, the Paper Boy took action first.
"That's wonderful!" Upon hearing Yu Naixin's affirmative reply, the paper doll boy jumped for joy, a blush rising on his pale face. "That's wonderful, Miss Yu!"
The paper doll boy's hands trembled with excitement, holding Yu Naixin's hands even tighter.
A chilling aura, even more intense than before, traveled down Yu Naixin's wrists and pierced straight into her bone marrow.
Yu Naixin: "...!!!"
Yu Naixin quickly looked away from the bullet screen, instinctively sensing that something was wrong.
From the moment she followed the paper doll boy into this house, Yu Naixin felt that the paper doll boy's cold aura had intensified.
Now, Yu Naixin is certain that this is not just her imagination.
Because at this moment, the paper doll boy was exuding an extremely terrifying aura!
Reflected in Yu Naixin's violently contracting pupils was the yin energy surrounding the paper doll boy, which had become so dense as to be materialized, just like the thick fog Yu Naixin had seen outside the Cocoon Village, swirling around the paper doll boy's body in circles.
Even when the two were so close, Yu Naixin could hardly make out the figure of the paper boy with the naked eye!
In the thick fog, only the paper figure boy's black and white eyes could be clearly seen, flashing with joy and stubbornness, so bright it was startling.
Yu Naixin's gasp was already escaping her lips: "No...!"
She instinctively tried to back away, but the other person was still one step ahead of her.
As if unable to contain his emotions, the paper boy eagerly floated forward, instantly shortening the already short distance between the two to zero, and directly sticking the entire paper onto Yu Naixin's body.
He reached out and hugged Yu Naixin tightly.
Then, the paper body stretched flexibly in all directions, and in just a second or two, the paper boy wrapped Yu Naixin up like a rice dumpling, so tightly that there wasn't a single gap.
The whole process was so fast that Yu Naixin didn't even have time to react before she was trapped in this paper cage.
A sharp pain shot through her, and for a moment Yu Naixin couldn't even tell where the pain was coming from.
But she soon realized that every inch of her skin and muscles, every blood vessel and nerve, every organ and bone marrow in her entire body was in pain!
Every place the paper doll boy touched seemed to possess unparalleled corrosiveness, invading and dissolving her body, and spreading like poison deeper into her flesh!
The live stream room was filled with a joyful atmosphere.
[Finally! The moment when the guests on "Heartbeat 1000%" were killed by the contestants in the show's adversarial format!]
[We finally had a good-looking guest on the show, and now he's gone just like that~ Remember to be born into a better family in your next life~]
Blood! Pain! Despair! This is what the "Heartbeat 1000%" livestream should be like!
[I felt so good! I felt so good! I felt so good! Come on, let's go to hell together!!! Hahahaha!!!]
[As expected, the live streams of the new guests are the most entertaining. They have no skills or items, and once the hunting conditions are triggered, they can only be at the mercy of others, without any ability to resist.]
[Items can only be purchased with Sweet Coins, and the requirements for acquiring skills are even higher. How could a newbie possibly have any? Hahahaha!]
[Didn't that new guest on the show just receive a tip? Didn't they run out of Sweet Coins? Well, I'll be merciful and give them some too! Hold on for a few more seconds, let me watch a little more of their antics!]
[The newbie is probably keeping the live stream chat open, right? Hey, can you see me? I'm going to give you a tip right now, get ready! I just don't know if you'll live to enjoy it, hahaha!]
【Me too, me too! Consider it a donation to her* (Note ①)!】
The viewers' comments were refreshing rapidly. The two Sweet Coins that Yu Naixin had painstakingly earned as a reward were now pouring into her account like water.
It was full of mockery and malice.
[Congratulations to the female guest on the show "Heartbeat 1000%"! You have received 30 Sweet Coins from a viewer with the ID "Why Isn't Human Blood Bun Tasty?"!]
[Congratulations to the female guest on the show "Heartbeat 1000%"! You have received 10 Sweet Coins from a viewer with the ID "All Must Die!"!]
[Congratulations to the female guest on the show "Heartbeat 1000%"! You have received 50 Sweet Coins from a viewer with the ID "Sending You a White Flower Wreath"!]
The program's reminder bells rang one after another in Yu Naixin's ears, jingling and clanging, creating a cheerful atmosphere along with the festive background music.
However, Yu Naixin no longer had the energy to pay attention to these things.
Every single one of her billions of cells, from her hair to her toes, was screaming at the same time: Pain! So much pain!! The pain was unbearable!!!
Yu Naixin uncontrollably wanted to scream out loud to release even a tiny bit of her indescribable pain, but she found that she couldn't make a sound.
—Her vocal organs, whether vocal cords or larynx, trachea or lips and tongue, were all eroded and melted away by the paper boy!
Yu Naixin silently turned into a pool of sticky blood in the arms of the paper doll boy.
The last thing she saw was the paper boy's pale body being soaked in her blood, which, illuminated by the faint firelight from the neighboring house, made his entire body glow bright red.
"Miss Yu..." The paper-figure boy's voice, seemingly from the netherworld, was indistinct yet lingering, "That way, you won't have to become the mountain god's bride..."
"Then we can... be together forever..."
[Host death detected; simulation ends.]
You have returned to reality.
A note from the author:
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Note ①: "Silk money" refers to monetary gifts given at funerals.
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