Chapter 028: Eating Watermelons in the Archives of Lies (17)
After Song Xiaoyan was judged to have answered the previous question incorrectly, Mo Qianhe was thinking.
Regarding the child's words, the possible lies seem to have been analyzed one by one.
Apart from the possibility that the child's father is "Shiba Inu" or "Qianfan", there is either a sixth person who has never been mentioned in the entire story, or... the child does not exist at all.
According to his past experience, the latter possibility is far greater than the former.
After hearing Lao Cheng's answer, the dungeon boss nodded, determined that the answer was correct, and turned back to the front desk.
Qin Zhengyi felt a wave of shame and annoyance at her initial sympathy for the "Matryoshka dolls": "I've been completely fooled by these 'Matryoshka dolls'."
Song Xiaoyan comforted her childhood friend: "We were lucky. We were only deceived for less than two hours. Look at those two complainers. I don't know how many years they have been deceived..."
Not far away, Jiang Minxu had already let go of Fang Yiran, and both of them looked shaky.
Jiang Minxu could imagine that after the "Matryoshka" died, the autopsy must have revealed that she was not pregnant.
But he had no relationship with the "Matryoshka" and had no authority to know the news.
The mother of the "nesting doll" must also be worried that releasing more reversals would only reignite heated debate about her daughter's case, which would do nothing to calm things down or protect her daughter's reputation. It's better to just let it go and let outsiders quickly forget about it.
"It turns out these things were all lies from the beginning..." Fang Yiran cried and laughed, "Hahaha, then what have I been regretting all these years? What was I avoiding all those years I was abroad? Hahahaha, Xiaoxiao, you lied to me so hard!"
He finally couldn't help but shout out the name he called the girl.
There are quite a few people going crazy in the live broadcast room at this time:
"'Matryoshka', you've deceived the players so much! You've tricked this dungeon into having a survival rate of only 1%!"
"Hahahaha, Shenjin, calm down! You're disturbing my dead body!"
"A former superstar was driven crazy by his first love. What's the reason?!"
"Hahahahaha, go crazy! Let's go crazy together!"
On the other side, Lao Cheng handed the fragment to his son with a sincere heart.
He had indeed never considered this possibility.
He realized that this kid was even better than his teacher.
Although this traitorous little bastard sent himself to prison nearly twenty years ago.
But blood is thicker than water after all.
He felt that he could have a son by his side to be his support.
"Qianhe, would you consider joining forces with dad? Together, we will be invincible." Lao Cheng looked at Mo Qianhe with admiration.
Mo Qianhe looked at the man with sunken cheeks in front of him and felt that the man's thickness of face was beyond his imagination.
He sneered and replied: “Don’t look at me like that, I feel disgusted.
"You killed my mother and destroyed the Mo family, and now you have the nerve to claim me as your son. Helping you this time is my repayment for the gene you provided. Don't let me see you again in the future, or I can't guarantee what I will do."
After hearing what the young man said, Lao Cheng's face darkened. He clenched his cheeks and stopped talking.
He is indeed a traitor.
Qin Zhengyi was awakened by the sound of the "delay clock" prop. Realizing that now was not the time to relax, he shouted at Mo Qianhe: "Mr. Mo! There are only 30 seconds left! Hurry up!"
Mo Qianhe no longer hesitated, turned around and ran to the file rack of "Matryoshka", and put the fragments of her words "You are my best friend, I only tell you, you must never tell anyone" on the file rack.
"10% of the files have been successfully returned, bringing the total return progress to 100%. Congratulations to all players for successfully completing the game!"
When everyone heard this announcement, they all felt relieved, except Fang Yiran, who was still collapsing in silence.
The fragments on the archive shelf floated up and pieced together with other scattered fragments, recreating the entire incident in full before everyone.
In this version, they saw how the "nesting doll" grew up under the oppression of her mother.
We saw how, after she knew that the "Snow Elf" was her half-sister, she tried again and again to snatch away the boys who were close to the "Snow Elf", trying to use this morbid way to prove that she was better than the "Snow Elf" and thus feel the value of her existence.
Players saw that she suspected she was pregnant because her period was late, but after checking and finding out she was not, she decided to go with the flow and create a huge farce.
"Matryoshka" originally wanted to use his good friend "Whispering Orchid" to spread the news, but this friend was too loyal and didn't reveal a single word to anyone else.
"Matryoshka" had no choice but to post anonymously himself.
After the "Snow Elf" discovered her identity, the "Matryoshka" realized that she was no match for the other party.
Her reputation was easily destroyed by the other party, and the frame-up she had originally designed eventually turned into a deadly trap that crushed her.
Even the things she once believed in were shattered by the other party with just a few words.
It turned out that her mother was the mistress, and she was the bargaining chip her mother deliberately got pregnant with in order to get ahead, but her biological father didn't care about her at all.
Her existence was a joke from the start.
No wonder her mother has been so cold and strict to her since she was a child.
Often times looking at her is like looking at something that shouldn't exist.
"Why don't you just die?" This is what her mother often said to her when she made a mistake.
"Snow Elf" claimed that she would tell her mother everything she had done at school.
She couldn't accept it, nor could she face her mother's even more disappointed look.
No one in this world wants her to exist anyway.
Then she might as well just disappear.
Escape from it all and you will be liberated.
After seeing all this, Qin Zhengyi couldn't help but shed tears.
Although this girl is hateful, she also has her own pitiful side.
She could only too empathize with the fact that she couldn't face her parents' disappointed eyes.
Fang Yiran's eyes also moistened: "It turns out that she has been in so much pain. I was so slow to notice it."
In his memory, Xiaoxiao always seemed to have a clear goal and was determined to become a better person.
She loves to laugh.
Yeah?
Does she like to laugh?
Fang Yiran suddenly became uncertain.
Maybe she didn't smile much.
It's just that he always recalls her smile, so he thinks she loves to laugh.
After so many years, he actually couldn't remember much about the other person.
Even her appearance was like the blocks of color in this copy, with only vague and rough outlines.
Do you really love her?
Fang Yiran suddenly became a little suspicious.
Or, he was just stubbornly clinging to the regret of something he couldn't get and refused to let go.
Jiang Minxu felt a little sad and confused.
It turns out that the source of all tragedies was a farce.
He undoubtedly hated "Matryoshka dolls" and also hated "snow elves".
Because of his disgust for rumors and scams, he embarked on the path of exposing the information of fraud organizations.
But he lacked the ability to protect himself and eventually died at the hands of these evil people.
It seemed that he had never won the fight against lies.
So are his efforts really meaningful?
The dungeon boss walked to the door of the archives, raised her hand for a moment, and a faint light appeared on the door. She signaled to the players that they could return to the rest area by passing through this glowing barrier.
After successfully clearing the level, the boss seemed to become less cold and a real smile appeared on her face.
When she saw Liu Tang, her eyes paused.
The curator nodded to Liu Tang and said, "Long time no see, Mr. Liu Tang."
Liu Tang was a little surprised to hear the other party call out his name, and asked curiously, "You know me? Is it because I'm the dungeon boss of 'Evil Mirror Ding Ba'?"
The curator asked with some confusion, "You're now the dungeon boss? That's impressive! The last time I saw you, you were still a player."
Liu Tang was surprised: "I used to be a player?!"
The curator nodded. "Yes. You are the first player to lead others through this dungeon. I was truly impressed by your brilliant reasoning and superhuman intuition."
Liu Tang stood there in a daze.
The audience in the live broadcast room was even more confused than Liu Tang:
"What the hell! This NPC is the boss of 'Evil Mirror Dingba'?!"
"Since when can the boss visit as an NPC?!"
"No, isn't that the point?! The point is that players can actually become bosses?!"
"So this dungeon's 1% clearance rate was achieved when Liu Tang was a player?!"
"This dungeon contains so much information, I can't even begin to summarize it all!"
Liu Tang scratched his face shyly when he heard the Boss's praise. He sighed in disbelief, "I...was I really that good when I was a player..."
Mo Qianhe walked to Liu Tang, rubbed his head proudly, and felt honored.
The woman nodded gracefully and said, "It is thanks to you that the plot of this dungeon has been supplemented for the first time."
Jiang Minxu, the president of the Poshan Guild, was a little confused. "Additional? Are you saying this instance wasn't like this before?"
The curator nodded, smoothed his hair, and replied, "Yes. Originally, this dungeon was built upon the memories of a eliminated player. The player's identity was projected onto 'Sad Matryoshka Doll,' and the dungeon's story is a singular narrative centered around her. Therefore, all the NPC names in this dungeon are related to her preferences."
Qin Zhengyi finally felt relieved when she saw that the boss was not going to kill her childhood friend by the rules anymore.
She listened carefully to the curator's explanation and understood: "From the perspective of 'Matryoshka', 'Qianfan' and 'Snow Elf' are both characters she hates, so one is named 'Flirting with Many Boats' and the other is 'White Lotus'; and 'Shiba Inu' is a 'Suck-Up Dog'..."
Fang Yiran didn't have the energy to pay attention to people calling him a "suck-up".
Because he heard another meaning behind the director's words, he murmured, "Xiaoxiao also came to the '18th Layer of Hell', but was eliminated? Then her memory was made into a copy..."
After learning the truth of what happened that year, Fang Yiran felt a little hatred for Xiaoxiao during the ups and downs of life, but when he heard that she was "completely" dead, he felt empty inside.
If she could survive in this "18th level of hell" and let me settle the score with her, even if it caused a huge mess, it would be better than just leaving it at no explanation.
The curator looked at Fang Yiran and Jiang Minxu. "As more and more players enter the dungeon, players related to this memory will participate, and the dungeon information will be supplemented and corrected, thus changing the dungeon details, such as the login of these two players."
Jiang Minxu nodded: "I see, no wonder some details in the dungeon video I watched were different from what we have now."
Liu Tang grasped the information revealed in it: "Only players related to this memory can supplement the dungeon information. Could it be that I also have a connection with the 'Matryoshka'?"
Upon hearing this, Fang Yiran raised his finger in disbelief and pointed at Liu Tang: "You, you, you couldn't have been with Xiaoxiao back then..."
Jiang Minxu held down his hand and said, "That shouldn't be the case. Your sister was so close to 'Matryoshka' at the time. If there really was someone like Liu Tang, he couldn't have been completely unaware of it."
Fang Yiran didn't give up his outrageous guess: "Who knows if this woman who's full of lies will..."
The curator's response interrupted their argument: "You said at the time that when you were alive, you saw her ghost trapped between the human world and the underworld, so you knew some things about her."
Everyone was stunned when they heard this.
What’s going on? Why did it suddenly become so mysterious?
Liu Tang accepted it well, clapping his hands and saying, "I understand! When I was a human, I had 'yin and yang eyes'! No wonder I felt a sense of déjà vu when I saw the afterimage of her death."
Jiang Minxu was speechless. Fang Yiran hugged his head and said, "Hey, hey, hey, don't change the world view so casually! Are there ghosts in the real world?!"
Mo Qianhe smiled and said, "You can enter the '18th level of hell'. You are a ghost yourself. What's so strange about that?"
Fang Yiran retorted: "Didn't the system say we entered the 18th level of 'game' hell? The point is the game! We are loading consciousness data! This is science! Not metaphysics!"
Mo Qianke nodded and asked, "How do you know that the 'ghosts' in the real world are not 'consciousness data'?"
Fang Yiran is stuck.
It made so much sense that he couldn't refute it.
The audience in the live broadcast room is already numb:
"I thought it was some new melodrama, but the boss told me a ghost story."
"Don't be so ridiculous, Boss!"
"I think what Liar Mo said makes a lot of sense."
"I'm completely confused. So what exactly is my wife's identity?!"
"Don't look at him as the boss now. He used to be a 'player', an 'NPC', and a 'ghost-eyed person'. He was everything."
"Hahahaha, you're sick, right?"
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