Interactive Fiction: The Right Choice After Unemployment

Chapter 120 Arsonist

Option two is 68.2%, option three is 18.2%, and option four is 13.6%.

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【Option [-]】

【Zhuang Yusheng】

……

Zhuang Yusheng shouted, "This is a strange thing."Zheng Zhuo couldn't pretend that he didn't hear it.

"Hey! What happened? Hey!? Zhuang Yusheng——"

He shouted and approached Zhuang Yusheng.

Gradually, Chu Huairen's voice, Tao Tao's voice and the vaguely felt figure behind him were all left behind by him.

The golden light grew stronger, making it difficult for Zheng Zhuo to open his eyes.

"……Uh……"

Violent golden light engulfed him.

When perception is clear again...

Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo-

Zheng Zhuo heard the siren.

Fire sirens blared all around.

Zheng Zhuo found himself standing on the street, looking up at the sky.

The sky dyed red by the setting sun.But that red doesn't just come from the setting sun.

Majestic thick smoke rose from the low-rise shantytowns, and a huge column of smoke billowed under the sky.At the bottom of the shantytown, tongues of flame flickered and crackled.

There is a burnt smell in the nostrils.In the distance, fire trucks could not drive into the crowded shantytowns, and could only park at a half-slant and got stuck at the intersection.The firefighters brought in the water from the outside, holding up the hoses and yelling "Get out, get out!" in heavily accented tones.

There are voices of residents running and talking everywhere.Amidst the noise, the water line sprayed towards the source of the fire, causing another commotion among the crowd.

And Zheng Zhuo just stared blankly at the scene from his perspective.

"……Oops……"

He heard the master of the consciousness he had entered mutter to himself.

"...my home...my...although there are not many things but...fire..."

"Could it be that I let it go..."

"Oh my god, my god, how much do I have to pay for this... No, no, it's not my fault to kill me..."

"Zhuang Yusheng!"

Zheng Zhuo shouted loudly.

The master of consciousness was visibly taken aback.He shuddered a bit, then looked around.

"It's me, Zheng Zhuo." He said, "Don't look for it, I'm in your mind."

"Zheng...Zheng Zhuo...? Ah. That, that, [Subconsciousness]...[Dungeon World]...Why are you in my mind?"

"It's a good thing you still remember."

At least it avoids explaining from scratch.Zheng Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief and thought about it.

“[Collective subconsciousness] is going to be closed, and it can no longer be used after that. I will enter your brain because of the temporary effect of the closure period.”

"Huh!? This is closed? Don't!"

Zhuang Yusheng shook his head.He walked outside a pawn shop by the side road.Through the glass exterior wall of the pawn shop, Zheng Zhuo vaguely saw Zhuang Yusheng's unshaven face and the frustrated expression on his face.

"Good guy, good guy... I didn't bring out a penny, I didn't earn a penny! It's just a very painful experience, dying and dying... In the end... I burned all my belongings It's gone... Shut it down now... Liar, a liar at all, ah—”

He clutches his head.

"Stop...stop!"

Zhuang Yusheng's cry echoed directly in his mind, making Zheng Zhuo dizzy.He yelled for Zhuang Yusheng to stop.

"You just said that you burned all your belongings?"

Zheng Zhuo held back his headache and asked.

"I heard you say 'this is weird', that's why I came here..."

"Ah yes!"

Zhuang Yusheng looked around nervously.Then, he hid in an empty alley next to the pawn shop and lowered his voice.

"That golden light! There's a golden light coming from my phone. I heard your voice the first time it appeared. I called but no one answered."

"I thought it was some kind of magical opportunity... It didn't take long before the second golden light came."

"Guys, this is a big deal, and guess what!"

"Blue flames flew out of the screen! My god—the size of a human head! It scared me out of my mind—I beat it with a quilt, and the more I beat it, the faster it burned, scaring me Straight out of the window—look, look—”

He lifts his foot.

"I didn't even have time to put on my shoes! I ran a few blocks at a stretch—"

"Then I saw the fire start to blaze. Oh, hello! I live in a small house built on top of a prefabricated warehouse! This time, I have to give him tens of thousands of yuan worth of goods. Well—the old man will kill me—”

In the second half, Zhuang Yusheng started chattering again.Zheng Zhuo was used to it, he wasn't listening.

fire?
Blue fire burst out from the phone screen...

He didn't have much impression of what happened after [Evolution World] entered the tower.However, he still vaguely remembered some pictures.He remembered reaching out an arm made of flames, and that arm turned blue when it came into contact with the light outside.

"The blue flame...could it be..."

Could it be my body in [Evolution World]?

Zheng Zhuo thought that he had experienced this before.When he first got the [Collective Subconscious Mind] software, his cell phone once burst into flames.

And electric arcs, weapons and whatnot...

Zheng Zhuo looked at the fire that was gradually being extinguished in front of him, and his heart began to tremble.

It seems that the channel opened by the young woman not only allows her own consciousness to enter the consciousness of others through the [subconscious world], but also allows other things to escape into reality.

"...What's the reason?"

It's fine if the spirit can shuttle, but it's beyond imagination that matter and energy can also shuttle.

"what?"

"No, I just found a bug." Zheng Zhuo said, "I don't know if it's a [subconscious] bug... or a bug in the real world."

Zhuang Yusheng obviously didn't understand.He was at a loss.

"Is your phone still working?"

"Ah..." Zhuang Yusheng hurriedly took out his phone.It was a very old cheap brand, but still bright.

"It works."

"In short, you remember a number first."

Zheng Zhuo told Zhuang Yusheng his mobile phone number.

"After confirming that I'm leaving, you call me in a few minutes. If I don't answer, you call every few minutes until I pick up."

"Eh!?"

Speaking of this, Zhuang Yusheng was no longer depressed.

"Is there any way to get money out of it? Take me?"

"Well... Maybe there is."

Zheng Zhuo was confused.

Chu Huairen's report in [Evolution World] is quite good. If possible, he would like to continue to ask Chu Huairen.However, he didn't know if he could entrust the same person consecutively.

If not, it is at least a better choice to find Zhuang Yusheng as a substitute than to be alone.

As for making money...

"Do you have any [reality ability]?"

"Reality ability?"

"fine."

Zhuang Yusheng had obviously never heard of it.Zheng Zhuo wasn't surprised by this - Chu Huairen never mentioned [Reality Ability] to him.

"(...None of them?)"

But the young woman who is also a participant seems to have [real ability].

"(what happened?)"

He decided to ask the young woman about this matter.

……

Not long after, the police found Zhuang Yusheng.They wanted to know more about the fire and took him in a police van and to the police station.

Zhuang Yusheng said to Zheng Zhuo, "Fortunately, you are here! You can still give me advice", but perhaps he was too exhausted to support two spirits with one body, and he accidentally fell asleep while waiting on the bench outside the police station.

Zheng Zhuo also returned to the golden space.

"...I hope Zhuang Yusheng is okay..."

This is his only feeling.

He flew in the golden space, and gradually saw the appearance of [pure white space].

Next, you will enter, and then choose the ability you get...

at this time.

Jingle jingle jingle.

Zheng Zhuo heard a familiar cell phone ringing.

Jingle jingle jingle.

He looked up and saw his real room in another direction.A bell rang from the room.

He moved his body and found that he seemed to be able to go in that direction too.

"Ok?"

It seems to be able to return directly to reality.

Although I am a little concerned about the ringtone... But in that case, can I get the ability?

……

【problem】

【How to act next? 】

【Option [-]】

【Enter the pure white world】

【Option [-]】

【Return to my own body in reality】

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