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Chapter 28 The Demonic Tree
"So, you are the director?"

Chen Guangxi looked at the rat man. This guy in doll clothing gave her an unfathomable feeling.

Not a human, but not a ghost either.

It is an even stranger and more abnormal creature than usual.

When Zhou Yuan saw the director for the first time, a hint appeared in front of him:

[He wanted to make everyone happy, but he didn't realize that he had done something stupid. It wasn't until the tragedy happened that he realized it. Now he regrets it.]

Stupid thing? It should be related to the abnormality of Happy Castle... Zhou Yuan's heart moved slightly.

Could this incident be a man-made disaster?

As Zhou Yuan was thinking, Director Mouse had already demonstrated the traditional art of Yingzhou and bowed 90 degrees to everyone:
"Yes, I am the director of the Happy Castle."

A group of people looked at each other, and he was quite polite.

"To be honest, I was surprised that you could complete all the tasks. It seems that someone provided you with help..." Director Mouse's eyes swept across the crowd and finally stopped at Zhou Yuan who was behind the crowd. His eyes became meaningful.

As the director of the amusement park, he controls everything in the park, and only with his consent can outsiders enter the Fun Castle - of course, the Mobile Task Force broke in by force in some way, but they are from the federal government after all, so it is not surprising that they could break in by force.

What really concerned him was Zhou Yuan, a wild extraordinary person... No, not even a real extraordinary person, but just a quasi-extraordinary person.

It was unbelievable that a quasi-exceptional person escaped his perception and suddenly appeared in the paradise without any warning.

In addition, Zhou Yuan also demonstrated a variety of incredible abilities, such as always walking on the right path in the maze world, and even finding shortcuts; discovering the essence of the carousel and roller coaster with just one glance; and using unknown methods to erase his own negative emotions in the Ferris wheel...

This young man probably has a big secret...

"We are just helping each other." Gu Honggao stepped forward and asked directly, "Were you the staff member who appeared in front of me that day?"

"it's me."

"So, can you tell us the truth now?"

"Of course." Director Mouse walked slowly to his desk, sat down on a chair, lit a cigarette, and talked about the past.

"If we want to trace the whole story back, we actually have to start from before World War III.

But I think you don’t like to hear a long speech, so I will be brief.”

Director Mouse took a puff of his cigarette, smoke coming out of his nostrils. The puppet costume seemed to have become his body instead of just being put on him.

“Fun Castle is my family business, and my family has been committed to bringing laughter to the world since my grandfather’s grandfather.

To some people, this may seem like a childish pursuit, but to me, it is a very romantic thing - I am creating beauty.

Seeing the children playing in the castle and the adults smiling brings a sense of satisfaction and pride to my heart, and to me, this is the meaning of life."

"Thanks to the family's continued operation, Happy Castle has a very good reputation all over the world, with tourists coming in an endless stream, and the situation is very good."

"but--"

Director Mouse Garden changed the subject and sighed.

“——In recent years, social pressure has gradually increased.

Economic recession, aging population, declining fertility rate, xb confrontation... plus mortgages and car loans... Faced with pressure from all sides, people's negative emotions are rising, and everyone is like a powder keg that will explode with the slightest spark.

During that period, a total of sixteen fights broke out in the park in one month due to various trivial matters, which was unprecedented.

Although the number of tourists has not decreased, I can feel that the atmosphere of the park is gradually becoming depressed and negative, and there are too many people with negative emotions. "

“Then one day, while touring the park, I spotted a tree I had never seen before.

At that time, I was worried about something and couldn’t sleep well all night, but when I got close to the tree, I suddenly felt relieved and no longer felt anxious. ”

“I was very puzzled, so I started to observe secretly and found that no matter who it was, as long as they got close to the tree, the negative emotions in their bodies would be sucked away, and they would become relaxed and happy.

This tree seems to have a magical power that can purify the haze in people's hearts. It is simply a priceless treasure for the Happy Castle.

I was so excited at the time, and I felt that with this tree, everyone would be happy again.”

The mouse director's voice immediately turned bitter:
"But I was wrong, I made a huge mistake, I shouldn't have gotten involved in things that I couldn't control.

The tree grew bigger and bigger, and its influence became wider and wider. In the end, any visitor who stepped into the Happy Castle would have their negative emotions sucked away by it.

This led to the Happy Castle's reputation rising steadily, with tourists giving it rave reviews and attracting even more traffic.

The tree grew even more wildly as a result.

What’s even stranger is that I’m the only one who can see the tree. Even though it’s grown so big that it can’t be ignored, no one has noticed its existence.”

“I got scared and decided to call the police, but the tree beat me to it.

It stretched out a vine and pierced me, and I thought I was going to die, but instead of dying, I became like this.”

"So that tree is the source of everything?" said Gu Honggao.

"No no no."

Director Mouse shook his head. "Actually, there are two sources of anomalies. One is that damn tree, and the other is me."

He pressed the cigarette butt into the ashtray and blew out a puff of smoke sadly: "When I woke up, the whole Happy Castle had turned into a hell on earth, with corpses everywhere.

I felt sad, blamed myself, and felt sorry for those tourists, and then somehow, I inadvertently used some kind of power to make all the tourists "come alive".

Then the paradise became what you see now.

Later I found out the truth. The reason I didn't die was that [Happy Castle] saved me. Ha, doesn't it sound incredible? "

Unfortunately, Director Mouse Garden did not see any surprise on anyone’s face, as they were all experienced and experienced investigators.

He coughed dryly and continued, "Let me tell you directly, there are two controllers of the amusement park now, one is me, and the other is the magic tree.

It controls the Happy Castle to close itself off and lets the tourists kill each other in order to absorb negative emotions and strengthen itself. When things are over, it will lift the closure of the amusement park, leave, and find a new place to repeat its previous behavior.

But the Happy Castle is owned by my family after all, so after she became abnormal, she chose to assimilate me and turned me into another controller to fight against the evil tree.

Now the Demon Tree is suppressed by me, so what you have to do is very simple."

The director made a gesture of cutting a neck:
"Kill it, and you can leave."

(End of this chapter)