Strange Realm: Old Object Collector

Chapter 6 Old Things: Hair Rope

After changing into protective clothing and disinfecting, Chen Wang walked out of the room and began to skillfully clean the remains from the body.

The other party seemed to have drowned, and his whole person had a muddy smell.

And it seemed to have been there for a while, and there was still a faint smell of dead mice.

The two mixed together are very unpleasant.

But Chen Wang has become accustomed to this.

Together with his predecessor, he has been working here for more than half a year.

In half a year, he came into contact with hundreds of corpses.

There are countless bodies here that are more miserable than this one.

Of course, the reason why he has such a calm mind is also due to his encounter in the Strange Realm today.

Compared to the terrifying scene in the mysterious realm, this one can only be regarded as child's play.

After Chen Wang cleaned up the clothes on the body, his fingers fell on the hair of the body, preparing to take off the headband.

The other party's hair rope is also quite delicate.

Black hair tie with a metal kitten.

Looks kinda cute.

"The deceased should not be too old." Chen Wang looked at the hair rope and thought to himself.

At the same time, he also felt a little regretful.

The other party was supposed to have a great life, but he died so early.

Hmm...same as myself.

[I sensed an old object entrusting the host’s old wishes. Do you want to check it? 】

Suddenly, the moment Chen Wang's fingers touched the hair rope, a piece of information suddenly appeared in his mind.

Chen Wang was stunned when he noticed this information in his mind.

Are you hallucinating?
  But soon, Chen Wang's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that he had awakened his golden finger?

Thinking of this, he immediately muttered in his mind: "Confirm."

As he recited silently, an ancient book appeared in his mind.

The surface of the book is a simple yellow color and looks very old.

Chen Wang could even see spots on the books and rough corners on the edges.

Then, the cover of the book opened, revealing a page of yellowed paper.

Immediately afterwards, lines of writing appeared on the paper.

Old things: [hair rope]

This is a hair tie that a mother bought for her daughter on her birthday.

The host cherishes it very much.

Host: Wang Lili
  Old wish: Feed the cat five times at the intersection of Laonan Street in the north of Qing'an City.

Current completion level: 0%
  Characteristics of old items: Eye of the Void
  Eye of the Void: An eye that exists in the void, invisible and undetectable. The user can place it within the field of vision and share 360-degree vision.

Is this old item recorded?

This record will consume 1 old book page. Pages remaining: 1.

Seeing this information, Chen Wang felt his heart beating rapidly.

"Does this mean that if I fulfill my old wish, I can obtain the so-called Eye of the Void?"

Then, Chen Wang carefully examined the characteristics of the Eye of the Void, and his heart was suddenly filled with surprises.

Isn't this the ability to insert eyes?

With this skill, he will be much safer when he explores the mysterious realm in the future.

"Record!" Chen Wang shouted in his heart.

Ever since he entered the treacherous realm, he had been enveloped in a life-and-death crisis. Now that he had a glimmer of hope, he naturally had to hold on to it.

As Chen Wang's thoughts swirled, the handwriting on the pages of the old book immediately became clearer.

If the handwriting just now was written, the handwriting now seems to be engraved.

"Recording completed, current remaining pages: 0."

At the same time, Chen Wang felt his eyes go dark.

In front of him, an old alley intersection appeared.

At the intersection, there was a vague figure of a woman holding a child.

"There is only one good mother in the world. A mother's child is like a treasure. If he throws himself into his mother's arms, he will not be able to enjoy happiness..."

A soft voice sounded in the alley, and a woman held a child and coaxed her.

Next to the woman, several kittens were eating cat food.

Chen Wang looked at this scene, and for some reason, his heart palpitated.     Could this be Wang Lili’s memory?
  Then, he looked at the child in the woman's hands and found that the child's face did indeed look like Wang Lili.

"Xiao Chen?" At this moment, a voice sounded.

Hearing this voice, Chen Wang immediately came back to his senses.

The picture distorted and disappeared.

"What's wrong? I see you've been in a daze." Bai Yuying looked at Chen Wang strangely.

Just now, she noticed that Chen Wang was motionless.

And I was in a daze for some time.

"Ah?" Chen Wang was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he had been obsessed with Golden Finger, which attracted the other person's attention.

"Oh, by the way, this girl is also from Qingyu No. 1 Middle School. Do you know her?" Just when Chen Wang was trying to find a reason to excuse her, Bai Yuying suddenly remembered something and said suddenly.

"From Qingyu No. 1 Middle School?" Chen Wang was a little surprised.

He didn't expect that he would meet classmates from the same school at the funeral home.

Then, he glanced at the names recorded on the pages of the old book in his mind.

"Host: Wang Lili."

Looking at this name, Chen Wang suddenly had some impressions.

He really knew this person.

The other person was a student in the same class as him.

When the other party entered the school, he was criticized by many people because of his appearance.

Some people even made her photos into emoticons and posted them online.

It can be said that life in school is extremely difficult.

But Chen Wang never thought that the other party would die just after he left the school for half a year.

Moreover, it can also be heard from the conversation between Li Shuntao and Bai Yuying just now.

The other party still has no relatives.

It's true that the hemp rope is specially cut at the thinnest points, and bad luck only seeks out the poor.

"We know each other." Chen Wang nodded and told Bai Yuying what he knew.

"She is also a hard-working person." Bai Yuying sighed softly after hearing Chen Wang's words, "Then we will bury her properly and let her go cleanly."

"Yes." Chen Wang responded and started working again.

In fact, even if Bai Yuying didn't say so, he would bury her properly.

After all, this time he benefited from the other party.

After Chen Wang buried the body, he found a place to rest. At the same time, he began to think about Golden Finger.

"Why did I, the golden finger, only wake up now?" Chen Wang was a little confused.

It has obviously been more than ten days since he came to this world.

Why didn't it appear before, but only now?

"Is it related to my entering the strange realm?" A thought came to Chen Wang's mind.

After all, today he entered the realm of mystery with his front foot and awakened with his back foot.

This is a bit too coincidental.

But soon, he thought of something and checked the contents of the ancient book again.

"Old wishes, old things..."

Chen Wang looked at the clothes, shoes and socks that had just been taken off the corpse in the storage box, with a thoughtful look on his face.

If the so-called old things are things that the dead have touched, or are relics.

These coats, shoes and socks can also be regarded as old things.

It stands to reason that when he touches these things, Gold Finger will also react.

However, he had just come into contact with these things and obviously had no reaction.

This shows that this hair rope is different from relics such as clothes, shoes and socks.

Chen Wang recalled the memory scene that appeared when he just recorded it, and he probably understood the meaning of the old things.

Only things that are very important to people can entrust old wishes and become old things.

And this can also explain why he didn't awaken Golden Finger in the past ten days.

Because during this period, he came into contact with very few relics.

After all, what relics are there on a corpse?

Not to mention, among these relics, there is one that is particularly important to the deceased.

(End of this chapter)