Chapter 420 This Is Not the Real World
This scene was comparable to a horror movie. Shui Lianlian looked at everything in front of her with a pale face at this moment. She couldn't believe what she saw. She was broken into pieces, Yin Sihan and Su Dongfeng were broken, and Qin Lang was the same. They were like abandoned bodies, or like dolls that were specially stored here for collection after death. All of this was too creepy, and Shui Lianlian couldn't say a word.
Fan Mengmeng and Mingkui exchanged a glance, and then they tacitly pulled Shui Lianlian outside. But the next moment, Shui Lianlian struggled and rushed towards one of her own corpses. The corpse looked just like Shui Lianlian. Even though it was dead, its pink hair was still shiny, and so was its skin, as if it was frozen at the moment of death.
She rushed over without hesitation, as if she had no fear. After rushing over, she reached out and touched herself. The cold touch made her sure that the body in front of her was a corpse, Shui Lianlian's corpse, which looked exactly like her.
Perhaps there are others, but they can only see so many now. There are only about a dozen visible to the naked eye. So how many are there in places they can't see?
Shui Lianlian didn't dare to think about it, but for some reason there were messy memories in her mind. She felt a little pain in her head, but soon, Fan Mengmeng rushed up and pulled Shui Lianlian up. Director Ming Kui did the same, pulling Shui Lianlian and rushing out of the cave.
The three of them rushed out of the cave directly, and then ran aimlessly for about ten minutes, and finally arrived at a place surrounded by trees, with a big rock in the middle, where sunlight was refracted. The two of them pulled Shui Lianlian onto the big rock, and then the three of them sat there gasping for breath.
It's like a terrifying uncanny valley effect. When you see someone who is exactly like you, you will experience double fear both psychologically and physically.
And now, the three of them were gasping for breath frantically, as if trying to prove that they were still alive.
"So... I'm already dead?"
Shui Lianlian suddenly said this, and then continued as if to prove her idea.
"This is Qin Lang's mother's ghost den. Qin Lang's mother is a female ghost. So are we all dead? Otherwise, why don't ghosts hurt themselves? Everything that has happened in these few days is too abnormal. If I am dead, then it is normal."
This silly little girl was still trying to convince herself that she would rather admit that she was dead than accept the truth brought by the cave.
Fan Mengmeng looked at Mingkui helplessly. As these two humans who had seen the truth, they could not communicate with people outside, and perhaps there was no need to communicate. Hearing Shui Lianlian's words, Fan Mengmeng said.
"If you die, am I dead too? And is this director dead too?"
As she said this, Shui Lianlian nodded.
"Maybe..."
That’s right, Shui Lianlian had thoughts of suicide before, and she had no fear of death at all. Instead, she felt a sense of peace now.
"No wonder I wasn't sad at all when I heard about my mother's death with those two bastards. It turns out it's because I'm already dead, and ghosts can't be sad."
As if to convince herself, Shui Lianlian said another affirmative word, leaving Fan Mengmeng with only a sigh.
"What I'm saying is, Shui Lianlian, is it possible that you're not dead yet? The reason you don't feel sad now is because this has happened so many times. You were sad at first, but after so many times, you're no longer sad anymore."
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Fan Mengmeng's words made Shui Lianlian's mind, which was a little dazed, finally start to spin, and then she looked at Fan Mengmeng in front of her.
"You know me. I was found by Qin Lang's alien mother and made into a mask before being brought to Yujiang Village. In fact, on the first day we arrived in Yujiang Village, Director Ming and I discovered this cave and saw what was inside. At first, we also suspected that it was a ghost wall or a ghost cave, but later I confirmed that we were both human, and most importantly, I seemed to have awakened my memory."
...What does this mean? Shui Lianlian continued to wonder.
"I was so excited when I first met the Alien Mother because her principal was exactly like my dream girl. But with so many humans on Earth, how was she able to find me first, know that I wasn't afraid of her, and even make a mask for her? It's because she knew me. I had made a mask for her before."
Fan Mengmeng was very sure and continued.
"After seeing these corpses, I went back and had a dream. The first time I saw the Alien Mother in my dream, it wasn't like this time. It happened several times afterwards. The Alien Mother even knew where I lived. I was surprised at first, but later I recognized her again and again, and making masks for her was easy. It felt like I had done it many times. So do you think I'm dead?"
Shui Lianlian didn't quite understand and asked in confusion.
"Then...why isn't your body in Yujiang Village?"
She still didn't quite understand what was going on, so Fan Mengmeng asked back.
"Have you ever read a novel called infinite flow? There's a kind of plot loop in it, where the protagonist stays in one place, doing the same thing over and over again, unable to leave."
Shui Lianlian didn’t understand, but she knew what a cycle was, so she nodded.
"So... I think we're stuck in a loop, like a world that keeps restarting over and over again. This world must be broken, so it keeps restarting. The focus of the restart is Qin Lang and you guys, so your bodies were well preserved after your death and will still be there after the world restarts, but people like us... I'm afraid we'll be wiped out directly by the world's restart."
This is Fan Mengmeng's guess. Dream after dream has made Fan Mengmeng discover the difference in this world. She even thinks that the world she lives in is not the real world. Perhaps it is a false existence, just like a ghost cave.
"...But if it's a cycle, then why does the world have to restart?"
Finally catching up with Fan Mengmeng's thoughts, Shui Lianlian asked.
As a result, Director Mingkui said directly.
"Because Qin Lang is dead, the world has to restart."
This answer didn't seem surprising at all, because in Shui Lianlian's heart, this show, everything here seemed to revolve around Qin Lang...
"After I first saw these things, I also had a dream. In the dream, I saw Qin Lang's death. Qin Lang had been abused in his early years, which led to a serious mental illness, namely bipolar disorder. It has even progressed to the point of somatization, and he has been engaged in long-term self-harm. In my countless memories, Qin Lang died by suicide."
Shui Lianlian immediately shook her head when she heard this.
"Impossible, Brother Qin doesn't have any self-inflicted wounds on his body, otherwise how could we not see them while swimming?"
That’s right, everyone could see that Qin Lang didn’t have any self-inflicted injuries on his body.
"So this is why we speculate that Qin Lang is the key to restarting the world, because he is new."
Fan Mengmeng is very straightforward.
"You, Yin Sihan, Su Dongfeng, and the rest of us are just like NPCs. Many things can be copied and pasted directly, but the wounds on Qin Lang's body have been erased. Perhaps when he was created, he deliberately deleted the scars he had inflicted due to his illness."
"As far as I can remember, after seeing Qin Lang die from illness and self-harm, the Alien Mother used her eggs to hatch and spread the Aliens all over the world. Humans were no match for the Aliens, who reproduced extremely quickly, almost tens of thousands per second. Humans were quickly devoured, and only the Aliens were left on Earth. If Qin Lang hadn't died, the Alien Mother wouldn't have destroyed the Earth."
This is everything Fan Mengmeng remembers.
Director Mingkui also added.
"What I saw in my memory was the ghost girl Jin Cuicui. After Qin Lang committed suicide due to mental illness, the ghost girl Jin Cuicui frantically searched for his soul, but he only left behind a corpse without a soul. So the ghost girl went crazy and frantically summoned the dead in this world, and then let those evil ghosts kill people crazily. The evil ghosts eventually slaughtered everyone in the world, and eventually everyone turned into ghosts, including me. I saw with my own eyes that the ghost girl devoured all the ghosts in the end. She became the well-deserved Ghost King, but she kept crying. Her tears and blood turned into a river of blood in the empty world, and the whole earth was filled with her sad cries."
"So I think our world has been restarted many times. Qin Lang is the most crucial existence. Every time Qin Lang dies, so what we have to do is to prevent Qin Lang from getting sick and dying. And this time there are too many strange existences."
"Female ghosts, mirror monsters, aliens, silver wolves, magicians, these strange beings can easily destroy the entire world, but they gather in this world and even live in peace. This proves that they have a common wish and are realizing it."
After all, he is a director and has seen a lot of things, so he immediately guessed the key.
"...So as long as we don't let Qin Lang die, there will be peace in this world?"
Shui Lianlian gave the final summary, and Fan Mengmeng and Mingkui nodded first, and then shook their heads.
"Yes and no."
"We can awaken some of their memories through these corpses, but what about Qin Lang? Qin Lang is also rebooting. If we let him see all this, will he remember all the reboots he's had?"
Fan Mengmeng suggested a possibility, but Shui Lianlian immediately shook her head.
"That's impossible. Qin Lang is surrounded by them. His parents won't leave him for a single minute. They are always by his side."
In the past, Shui Lianlian felt that these weird parents seemed too clingy to Qin Lang, but if the world is restarted, and if these parents lose Qin Lang again and again, then their clinginess is normal.
They absolutely could not allow themselves to lose Qin Lang again...
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