Infinite weird games

On the first day of the "Ghost" dungeon, in the bamboo forest shrouded in night, Qi Si opened his eyes and saw his figure in red clothes with long hair and a lantern in his hand in the mirror that flashed before his eyes.

Below the identity card in the upper right corner of his sight, a small card with a blood-stained skull quietly solidified, embedded in the purple-black background, dark and weird.

[Your identity: Ghost]

[Identity effect: ① When you are in the same room with a single person and the distance is no more than three meters, you can choose to kill him;

② At any place, you can kill him by directly touching his shoulder;

③ You must kill one person every day, otherwise you will be shattered and turned into Xiyi. ]

Ghost, it seems to be Qi Si's identity in this dungeon, or - camp.

As an [Undead] walking in the game, it is reasonable to be assigned to the ghost camp by the dungeon at this moment.

There are many obstacles in the bamboo forest, and lonely ghosts can easily lose their direction in it, wandering around, and drowning.

Qi Si simply found a clean place to squat down, and controlled the cursed pendulum to fly and hover around him.

After waiting boredly for half a minute, a deafening roar suddenly sounded in the deep forest, shattering the mist lingering among the bamboos.

A path paved with white stones appeared in front of him, winding forward.

Qi Si put away the cursed pendulum, holding a paper lantern, and walked leisurely along the path for a while, and then arrived at the archway outside Yanghua Town.

There was already a man in a yellow Taoist robe standing there, holding a lantern in one hand and a tattered ancient book in the other.

[Main quest has been refreshed]

[Main quest: Eliminate all humans among the players]

Two lines of text refreshed, Qi Si smiled and walked towards the man dressed as a Taoist priest.

Seeing Qi Si, the man quickly came up to him: "Are you a player too? This is a team copy, we..."

Qi Si smiled and reached out to pat him on the shoulder gently.

[You have used the identity effect once today and killed one person]

[Please kill the next person within twelve hours]

Amid the cold system prompt sound, fresh blood splashed on the pages of the ancient book.

The player in the Taoist robe fell straight back and gradually lost his entity during the fall, leaving only an empty Taoist robe wrapped in the ancient book and lantern, floating to the ground.

Qis reached out to grab the remains of the deceased, stuffed the Taoist robe and lantern into his backpack, and studied the ancient book that was obviously the props of the copy character.

There was a letter in the book, from which he knew that the identity of the dead player was a Taoist priest hired by Master Meng to deal with the ghost.

——This identity is good, now it is his.

The first page of the ancient book is a description of the ghost:

[As the old saying goes: "A leaf blinds the eyes." The ghost uses bamboo leaves to blind people's eyes and lures travelers to be buried in the tiger's belly. 】

【Bamboo leaves are also illusions...】

Qisi read it once, tore off the page, crumpled it into a ball, and stuffed it into his backpack.

Half a minute later, Qiu Xin, who was wearing a purple skirt, came out of the bamboo forest, and glanced at Qi Si's shoulder.

Qi Si closed the ancient book, tucked it under his armpit, and nodded to the girl with a smile: "Are you a player too? Let me introduce myself first.

"My name is Lin Wen, I am a specimen maker in real life, and a Taoist priest in this dungeon..."

...

"Lin Wen, a Taoist priest."

"The wandering man is called Tang Yu."

"My name is Lin Chen, and I am a doctor. "

The players briefly introduced themselves to Meng Fang so that he could match names with faces.

Meng Fang was the old man Meng who wrote to invite the players to Yanghua Town, and he was also the general Meng who ordered the fire after the failed defense of the city in the background of the dungeon.

After a few pleasantries, he turned around and walked in front to lead the way, leading the players to the back room.

Before meeting Meng Fang, the players might have some complaints about his behavior of sending soldiers to expel the townspeople and set fire to the town.

But after meeting, no one expressed the slightest dissatisfaction with his past behavior.

After all, everyone is here to do the task, and the main task is indirectly assigned by Meng Fang, so no one needs to offend the core NPC for no reason.

How the townspeople live and die has nothing to do with the players, and the extra kindness and sense of justice are repeated again and again. It is stupid for an old player to waste all his time in a dungeon and to make a generous speech for the pre-determined sacrifice.

Moreover, in Qi Si's opinion, he has done arson before, and the move of clearing the countryside is quite in line with the rationalist principle of "harming others and benefiting oneself", which is worthy of encouragement.

The three of them followed Mr. Meng side by side, silently passing through the corridors and aisles, and observing the surroundings with their peripheral vision without leaving any trace.

It is obviously a large mansion with three entrances, but there is not even a maidservant on the road. It is lonely and sloppy, like a paper-made shoddy work.

The popularity is as weak as a tomb, and it seems that there is only Mr. Meng in the dead building.

——Maybe there is also his mother who is sick in bed.

"I won't hide it from you. The evil tiger outside the town is actually the mountain god that we worship every day in our town. "

Meng Fang stood behind the screen wall in the backyard, turned around and faced the players, and told the story:

"Back then, the foreign tribes in the north moved south, and the imperial court was defeated. I was just a small local official at the time, and all I could do was to wander with the people under my jurisdiction and come to Yanghua Town to avoid the war.

"This area is not a battleground for military strategists, and there is a tiger monster that has become a climate in the nearby mountains and forests. I happened to know some Taoism, so I negotiated with the tiger monster and proposed that it protect us and not easily interfere with us. We are responsible for supporting people's lives.

"There are many of us. If we risk our lives, the tiger demon will not be able to do well. It can only agree to our conditions. Only then did the people set out to build Yanghua Town and be able to live and work here in peace and contentment."

Meng Fang's expression was sincere and magnanimous, his attitude was modest and courteous, and he did not use official talk. However, he did not mention the burning of the town at all in his words, as if the fire that destroyed Yanghua Town did not exist in history.

Lin Chen frowned slightly, but he also knew that it would be difficult to ask him face to face, so he silently whispered to Qi Si in his heart: "Brother Qi, does Mr. Meng not know that he is dead, and has forgotten what he did back then?" ah?"

Qisi did not answer, and raised his eyes to look into Meng Fang's eyes: "Mr. Meng once said in his letter that he hoped that we would eradicate tiger damage from Yanghua Town. I can ask what the tiger demon did to violate the agreement. ?"

"That's right." Meng Fang nodded solemnly, "According to the agreement, we will decide on the candidates to support the tiger demon every day and send them out of the town. I don't want the tiger demon to be greedy and send many ghosts to sneak into the town and secretly harm people.

"Just half a month ago, a demon sneaked into my home and attacked my mother. Although I arrived in time, my mother was still poisoned by tiger poison and fell into a coma. I just thought of inviting a few people to come over and take a look."

Qisi nodded slightly and asked again: "Excuse me, Master Meng, where does that tiger monster usually hang out?"

Meng Fang said: "You guys go out from the back door of the residence where you live, walk straight for thirty-three feet, and you can see a bamboo forest. The tiger monster is in that bamboo forest. I hope you can get rid of the harm to us as soon as possible." "

The players looked at each other.

Lin Chen hesitated for a moment and said hesitantly: "If the poison in your palace is tiger venom, I may not be able to provide much help. The medical book does not say how to treat this kind of disease, and I have never diagnosed and treated such a case."

Tang Yu also handed over to Meng Fang at the right time: "Mr. Meng, since it is useless for Dr. Lin to stay and will only get in the way, why not let him leave first."

His original intention was to ask about the way to leave Yanghua Town, but Meng Fang frowned and said apologetically: "When several of you entered the town, the tiger demon probably already knew my plan, and he would never let me go there easily. Travelers who... leave rashly may encounter something unexpected."

The meaning is very clear, the players cannot leave unless they get rid of the tiger demon.

The original main missions that were different all ended up in the same place by different routes. Whether it was leaving Yanghua Town, curing Mrs. Meng, or dealing with the evil spirit, the tiger monster could not be bypassed.

[The main mission has been updated]

[Main mission: Kill the tiger demon outside Yanghua Town]

Two lines of silver-white text were refreshed on Tang Yu and Lin Chen's system interface.

Qisi saw the main mission of the human camp through Lin Chen's perspective. He lowered his eyes slightly and said with a half-smile: "Mr. Meng, I have a question. Since you risked your lives in the past to make that tiger monster fearful, then now ——

"Why don't you fight for your lives together?"

Meng Fang sighed: "That tiger demon is no longer an ordinary tiger demon. It died in a military disaster many years ago, but because of its high cultivation level, it cannot enter the reincarnation, and it has become a demon that none of us can deal with - I can only ask for help To a few well-known martyrs."

Ordinary people can't deal with demons and ghosts, so it makes sense to turn to martial arts masters and Taoist priests for help, but why involve Lin Chen, who only knows how to treat illnesses and save people?

There's obviously something wrong, so don't look for a scapegoat, right?

Seeing the twinkling eyes of the players, Meng Fang quickly added: "It's okay if a few righteous men are really helpless. I can always find a chance to send some of them away in five days at most."

The main mission has not changed. It is still "kill the tiger demon" rather than "survive for five days." It is conceivable that there are many variables in Meng Fang's statement of sending players out of town after five days.

"Five days" is probably the time limit for this copy to prevent players from wasting their time. Players must complete the task within the specified time, otherwise the guaranteed death toll mechanism will be activated.

Meng Fang smiled and said: "You guys are staying in the town for a while, just for fun. If you have any requests, I will try my best to satisfy them. I can ask Li Yi to bring them something to eat and drink. I'll give it to you." There just happen to be some jars of good new wine, and some of you can try it.”

The players are all in a spiritual state and don't need to eat, drink or wash themselves. In terms of enjoyment, they don't have the leisure time and they don't dare to add too many details.

As for drinks...do you think this is Jingyanggang and the player is Wu Song?

In the silence, Qisi said casually: "The scholar who greeted us yesterday was very talkative. I had a very good chat with him. This morning, for some reason, there was a different person. Can I change him back again?" "

"This..." Meng Fang's eyes showed confusion, "I knew that Li Yi had talked with you yesterday, so I arranged for him to continue to be responsible for escorting and accompanying you. Could it be that he changed people secretly?"

His doubts don't seem like hypocrisy.

Qi Si said: "I'm overthinking it. After exorcising too many ghosts, it's inevitable to be suspicious. This morning I saw that Brother Li was treating us more warmly than yesterday. I thought it was a change of people. I didn't expect that Mr. Meng had mentioned it. ”

He paused and then asked: "I have one more thing. I wonder if there is a place like a mass grave in the town? I will deal with the monster tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. I may need to use the Feng Shui there."

When Meng Fang heard this, there was a strange look in his eyes: "To tell you the truth, since we settled in Yanghua Town, all the corpses have been transported outside the town and handed over to the tiger demon for disposal..."

Are all the corpses handed over to the tiger demon? What's going on with the pile of corpses behind the mansion?

Qisi narrowed his eyes when he saw Meng Fangtan's open expression.

…

When the players came out of Meng's House, it was almost dusk in Yanghua Town.

The vast white sky was smeared with gray inch by inch, and the boundaries with the white-walled and black-tiled houses in the distance became increasingly difficult to distinguish.

The faint shadows of the houses spread out in all directions on the ground, and after joining together, they were as vast as the sea.

The townspeople dispersed into the streets one after another, leaving only three players holding lanterns standing on the street.

"At least one problem has been solved." Tang Yu said calmly, "Just like a living tiger will eat living people, because the tiger monster turned into a ghost, it started to eat the ghosts of the townspeople instead.

"That is to say, we have a high chance of narrowly escaping the tiger monster. At best, we are just scraps in its mouth... Gan!"

He stopped talking and stared steadily into the depths of an alleyway on the left.

Zeiss followed his gaze.

I saw an old man dressed in black walking out of the alley, holding a watch gong in his hand and chanting a vague song:

"My wife died from a tiger, and my son also died. Why not go? There is a military disaster in another country..."

The man said he was an old man because his hair was as white as snow and his beard on his nose and mouth was also as white as snow.

But upon closer inspection, the man’s face behind his beard and hair was surprisingly young and particularly familiar——

It was the scholar on the first day!

Lin Chen couldn't help but take a small step forward, pretending to strike up a conversation.

Qisi grabbed his sleeve and said softly: "If there is something weird, don't alert him."

The light was too dark before to see clearly. After the scholar approached, the players noticed through the light of the lantern that the scholar dressed as an old man in front of them had cloudy eyes, and his legs and feet moved forward step by step, and his consciousness was obviously not clear.

He didn't seem to remember the player at all. Even if he heard Qiss's words, he just tilted his head and continued to move in the previous direction.

He walked slowly into the circle of light from the lantern, loose shadows swaying behind him.

Different from the tiger shadow that appeared on the first day, it was a distinctly human shadow, with hands, feet and head clearly visible.

It was clear that yesterday he was still a ghost among the crowd, but today he had changed his identity and appearance and became a human being.

What criteria are used to determine whether the residents of Yanghua Town are ghosts or not?

Is the ghost that players previously understood really the ghost that the name of the dungeon refers to?

Are there really ghosts among the townspeople?

Lin Chen's body was slightly sluggish, and his astringent voice was transmitted to Qisi through the soul blade: "Brother Qi, as spirit bodies, the townspeople should have no shadows, but they have shadows because they are possessed by the scarecrow.

"Does this mean that the shadow we see is actually the shadow of the scarecrow? When the straw is tied into a man, the shadow reflected on the ground is the human figure; when the straw is tied into a tiger, the shadow reflected on the ground is the tiger's shadow...

"Why did Yanghua Town design it like this? To scare us? To intimidate the townspeople?"

Chiss did not answer immediately, but looked straight ahead with interest.

The scholar in front of him dragged his slender figure and walked quietly through the circle of light, stepping into the fading dusk outside the circle of light.

The shadow behind him is immersed in the shadow of the house, like a drop of ink falling into the sewage of the inkstone, blending into one, making it difficult to distinguish the outline.

The candles in the lanterns danced vigorously, emitting a light yellow light tirelessly in the dim night.

All the sounds fell silent as the shapes and figures left, and the sleepy travelers did not dare to speak loudly for fear of disturbing the gods of the night.

Qisi looked away and looked down at his destiny pocket watch. It was already seven o'clock in the evening.

"Go back, it's still two hours until midnight."

He looked in the direction where the scholar was leaving and showed an unknown smile: "Also, I have already made some assumptions about the world view of this copy——

"It depends on whether the deceased tonight is that person or not." (End of Chapter)