Chapter 70: Only the Man, Not the Gold (18) Side Quest: Throwing...
The goddess of luck is hinting that Bu Xiaoting is not dead?
What is her relationship with Q?
He Lun muttered, "The three characters Bu, Xiao, and Ting don't have Q in their pinyin."
"Let's go to the subway station first and try Xu Wei's permission card to see if there is anything new to discover." Gao Mengtang said, "Take Xu Wei with you."
A black mud puppet appeared, extending its arms and holding the eight players in its arms. There was a gurgling sound in the mud, the sky was spinning, and when they opened their eyes again, they had teleported to Wei Wei's dormitory.
"Brother Wei, do you also place teleporting puppets in the dormitory?" He Lun asked.
Wei Wei had a scowl on his face. "Last time we were out killing monsters, Shi Zhengyi closed the small door on the northeast side, and we almost couldn't get back. I'm worried that he'll trip us up again."
The teleporting puppet is a one-time item, and Wei Wei wanted to weave another one and put it in the bedroom. But just now he teleported 8 players and one Xu Wei back, consuming nearly 200 spirit points at a time.
Now, Wei Wei's mental value is only over 300 points. A teleporting puppet consumes 150 points of mental value. Wei Wei is struggling whether to weave another teleporting puppet.
"It's okay," He Lun said with a smile, "Brother Renjian has been chased and scolded by the charlatan these past two days, so he has long since stopped doing evil!"
Wei Wei, who was in a dilemma, suddenly made up his mind - he would place a teleporting puppet even at the risk of burning himself to death.
He gave a good reason: "The Cavaliers can eliminate a wrong option. If you say it doesn't have to be done, then it must be done."
He Lun: "..."
After weaving the puppet, they entered the underground laundry room of the dormitory, walked down the stairs, and came to the subway station. Using Xu Wei's permission card, they successfully started the subway.
After spending 8 days in the dungeon, most of the status was consumed, and there was little remaining in the spirit value recovery potion. Except for Gao Mengtang, whose white bar remained steadily at 999, the other players with the most remaining spirit value were Wei Wei, with 172 points.
The eight players sat on chairs to rest, not in good condition, and no one spoke. The unconscious Xu Wei was thrown to the ground.
After a long silence, Duan Song rubbed his stomach and said, "I'm so hungry."
It was ten o'clock in the morning, less than three hours after they finished breakfast. Gao Mengtang yawned: "How long after breakfast, you're already hungry?"
"You're a vegetarian, you don't know," Duan Song closed his eyes and leaned back on the subway car, "We didn't order any meat this morning. The cafeteria said that the weather was bad and traffic was affected, so the meat supply was insufficient. Zombies can't starve, and they'll bite people when they're hungry, so we'll give them the meat first."
Duan Song sighed deeply: "I didn't even get to eat half a pound of meat. I'm so hungry. Senior, please give me a bite."
Others just thought it was a minor incident and didn't take it seriously.
The final stop, the road to reincarnation.
A white wall appeared before the player, pressing down in front of him with great momentum.
The authority cartoon is silver-white, without any text. A strange-looking flower is printed on it.
A long, curved flower stem, shaped like a poisonous snake, with the flower buds tilted upward, wrapped in fine filaments, about to bloom.
It looks like a mutant carnivorous plant from a sci-fi movie.
He Lun turned his head away: "This flower looks scary, luckily it's a copy. Don't let it appear in reality."
Wei Wei wanted to roll his eyes, but he held back: "Is it possible that there really is such a flower in reality, called Epiphyllum?"
He Lun was surprised: "Ah? Epiphyllum looks so weird?"
Wei Wei ignored him and walked to the end of the white wall, to the door with freesia pattern. He gently touched the permission card on the sensor.
"Authorization in progress..."
"Access granted."
"Welcome, Bu Xiaoting!"
Hearing the name of his "deceased wife", the unconscious Xu Wei twitched and several hands quickly held him down.
Bu Xiaoting. It really is her.
The player's expression instantly became serious. After the door opened, a smell of meat hit him. In front of him was a long-abandoned research room with many culture chambers placed in a mess. There were experimental subjects floating inside.
The subject shrank into a small ball, its skin turned black and was covered with colorful tumors. It looked like it was dead, but the blood vessels under its skin were still flowing slowly, emitting a bright blue light.
Most of the incubators were intact, with only one broken, and the edges of the glass fragments were stained with blood. This empty pod actually frightened the players even more.
Apart from the incubator, the walls were covered with photos, one next to the other, densely packed. The photos were completely blank.
The player walked around the lab and found nothing new. Someone suggested changing to another room to continue searching.
In the laboratory, there was an inexplicable pressure that made it difficult to breathe. The player shouted to leave, but Gao Mengtang stood there without moving.
He looked up at the blank photo on the wall, his brows furrowed.
"What's wrong?" Duan Song asked.
Gao Mengtang stared at the photo for a long time and slowly said, "The photo has changed."
The originally blank photo suddenly had a few faint shades of blue!
The blue color is not very obvious, like fog, attached to the photo, and it is difficult to find if you don't pay attention.
"The photo is gradually developing." Gao Mengtang quickly walked to the other wall, observed for a moment, and his face became increasingly heavy.
Four walls, thousands of photos, everything has changed.
The player was staring intently when suddenly a loud "bang" was heard behind him!
They turned their heads quickly, took out their weapons, or took defensive positions. But they found nothing unusual. Just when they suspected that they were hallucinating, the knocking sound rang out again.
It turned out that Xu Wei's limbs were twitching and hitting the floor.
Lucky was so scared that his voice trembled: "Something is wrong here, let's go!"
Gao Mengtang squatted beside Xu Wei and felt his pulse: "Wake Xu Wei up? Maybe there will be an unexpected surprise."
...It was more like an unexpected shock.
When the blind man speaks, the other players will not raise any objections. Wei Wei knocked Xu Wei's head with his pipe. A tentacle stretched out and stabbed Xu Wei's temple.
Xu Wei screamed "Ah!" and suddenly opened his eyes, his eyes were bloodshot. He stood up straight.
After staggering around for a while, Xu Wei asked in panic, "My dear son, where is my godfather?"
The lights in the room flickered, and the electricity crackled. Gao Mengtang stood under the lamp, and the top light added a halo behind his head: "Look here, does it look familiar?"
Xu Wei staggered two steps, wrapped in panic, and spoke incoherently: "Where is this? I don't know. I don't know... Just now, I heard Bu Xiaoting's name in my dream. Is that right?"
"That's right." Gao Mengtang kept smiling, "Is she dead?"
"Dead! Of course she's dead!" Xu Wei reacted strongly, "She's dead, how can I still, still..."
Xu Wei's legs went weak and he nearly fell. He stood up by holding on to the instrument cabinet, and when he looked up, he was face to face with the photos on the wall.
The image in the photo became clearer and clearer, and it was vaguely distinguishable that it was a human face.
"These photos..." Xu Wei pulled hard, and the photos on the wall fell down. He grabbed one of them and said, "Yes... yes..."
The lines gradually became clear, and the black-and-white photo gradually turned into color. A clear figure emerged: a little girl of six or seven years old, with two pigtails, grinning hard at the camera.
Xu Wei yelled "Ah" again and threw the photo far away, as if it was a ghost demanding his life: "Bastard! Bastard born by Bu Xiaoting!"
He tried desperately to run out, and at that moment, a terrifying "click" sound came from the iron gate.
The door is locked.
"Let me out! Let me out!" Xu Wei pressed his entire body against the door, knocking frantically.
Not only he was frightened, but also the players.
Because, within a few breaths, Xu Wei's skin turned blue-black, his muscles swelled, bursting through his suit jacket. His sclera expanded, covering his entire eyeball, and his pupil disappeared. Both eyes turned completely blood red.
System: "The branch dungeon [Road to Rebirth] has been opened. Participating players: All."
"The side quest butcher [Fireworks Man] is about to awaken, players please be prepared."
Xu Wei is also a butcher? !
After hearing the news, the players, who originally had heavy expressions on their faces, turned even more gray and green.
In a Sequence 4 difficulty dungeon, even the butcher in the side dungeon is extremely ferocious.
Everyone retreated at the same time, clinging to the other wall away from Xu Wei, wishing they could pry open the ceiling and get out.
The charlatan's legs went limp, and he knelt on the ground with a plop, hugging Wei Wei's thighs: "Boss, let's teleport away quickly! We can't fight him, our lives are more important than rewards!"
"Do you think I don't want to?" Wei Wei uttered a few words through his teeth, "The branch dungeon is a closed space. My teleportation cannot cross the space barrier set by the system."
When they were in chaos, they suddenly discovered that Gao Mengtang had walked up to Xu Wei at some point, bent down, and stroked Xu Wei's head - the butcher's head!
"Xu Wei, calm down," Gao Mengtang asked softly, "Who is the person in the photo? Why are you afraid of her?"
Xu Wei raised his head, his eyes were bloodshot. He was not quite conscious: "Who are you?"
"Senior, are you crazy?! He is Xu Wei, the butcher who is about to wake up!" Duan Song hugged Gao Mengtang's waist and tried to pull him away.
Gao Mengtang fluttered his feet twice: "What are you afraid of? If you are about to wake up, isn't that the same as not waking up?"
Duan Song: “…”
"That's dangerous too, living Bodhisattva, please stop messing with us!"
Compared with Duan Song's strength, Gao Mengtang was so strong that he could hardly lift him. No matter how he struggled and resisted, he was still dragged away from Xu Wei.
"Don't get in my way! While Xu Wei is still conscious, ask him a few more questions." Gao Mengtang shouted, seeking help from outside the court, "Wei Wei, pull Duan Song away!"
Vine-like tentacles stretched out and forcibly tore the two inseparable people apart. Wei Wei said in a deep voice: "I trust the blind man's judgment. Besides, the butcher is indeed not awake."
"Living Bodhisattva, don't do that!" Duan Song wanted to grab Gao Mengtang, but the next second, he was pinned to the ground by He Luo.
Gao Mengtang took the opportunity to run back to Xu Wei and held the photo in front of him: "The little girl in the photo is your daughter, right?"
Xu Wei's eyes were red and his gaze was blurred: "Are you, Bodhisattva?"
Gao Mengtang: “Eh?”
"Buddha, please save me!" Xu Wei broke down and cried, hugging Gao Mengtang's leg, "Bu Xiaoting is a lunatic! A ghost! A demon, she won't let me go!"
"Don't be impatient, take your time. Is the person in the photo your daughter?"
Gao Mengtang stroked his hair, trying to calm the butcher down.
Xu Wei yelled: "No! She is just Bu Xiaoting's daughter!"
"I am a homosexual. I got married just to find a woman to have children with. After I had Xu Xiaoting, I was away from home for a long time. Bu Xiaoting cheated on me! She got pregnant with another man's child. When I found out, she was about to give birth."
"Xiao Ting gave birth to this child...she, how can she be..." Xu Wei's lips trembled.
On the four walls, the photos have been fully developed. There are thousands of identical photos and thousands of identical faces, but the eyes seem to move, all staring at Xu Wei at the door.
"She is not even human!" Xu Wei grabbed the photo unexpectedly and held it in front of Gao Mengtang. "She is a monster! A bastard!"
The little girl in the photo has bluish skin and a big grin, revealing six rows of sharp shark teeth. Her light amber sclera contains a pair of wavy horizontal pupils that resemble an octopus!
The strange appearance made the little girl's bright smile even more chilling and chilling.
Xu Wei suddenly let out a scream, which was so shrill that it was simply not a sound that a human could make, and his body expanded rapidly.
Wei Wei immediately pulled Gao Mengtang back. Just when Gao Mengtang was wrapped by the tentacles and his feet were off the ground, the system's voice rang again.
"The side quest [Road to Rebirth] is officially open."
"The Butcher [Fireworks Man] has awakened. Run!!"
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