Shuraba Player

"How is it? Has my craft improved again?"

"Well...I still want it!!"

Licking the cream on her lips, the girl nodded happily.

"Alright, alright, it's all made for you, little greedy cat... Well, there are many here."

Spreading out a clean blue cloth on the ground, Xing took out all the food in the food box and spread it out, then spoke with complacent hands on his hips.

"Let's eat together, you will definitely be full!!"

"Oh……"

When the girl stretched out her hand, she accidentally missed her little finger.

In a trance, a trace of unexplained doubts swept across her mind... and then vanished in an instant.

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"As long as you go in, you can't come out?"

Looking at the book spirit in front of him, Bai Zhi had a suspicious look on his face.

"Is this thing as mysterious as you said? Where did you get this information from?"

"It automatically appeared in my mind."

Shuling spoke calmly.

"I signed a contract with her, and once she falls into the [Garden of Eden], I will also be pulled into that terrifying place. Rather than end up in a more terrifying end than death, I might as well choose to end myself. It's her choice."

"[The Garden of Eden] should be pretty good in it. After all, you can have whatever you want. Why is it more terrifying than death?"

After thinking about it for a while, Bai Zhi asked a little puzzled, and this was what he had always been puzzled about.

After all, whether it is the staff member who chose to commit suicide in the underground base, or the book spirit in front of him, they are all very secretive about [Eden], but just listening to the other party's description, it is clear that there is a paradise where you can have whatever you want, and what is it? Make them rather die than go there?

"Heaven is just an illusion, and the reality below the illusion will make people despair."

Shaking his head, Shuling spoke.

"Every once in a while the truth they see will give their mental reason a complete defeat, but their spirit will never collapse, and can only endure eternal torment again and again... There is the real hell."

"……What's the meaning?"

Listening to the other party's words, Bai Zhi frowned slightly.

"Let me explain it to you in a more intuitive way."

Shaking his head slightly, Shu Ling stretched out his hand and pulled open a light screen in front of him.

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In the picture displayed on the light screen, in the bamboo forest under the blue sky and white clouds, Tong Zheng and Xing were sitting happily eating lunch together, a scene of peace and harmony.

"At present, Hitomi has not completely fallen into the [Garden of Eden], so I can still observe her current situation. In this scene, it is the perfect world she wants, and this is completely true for her. In this world, she will live happily ever after. But watch."

As he spoke, Shu Ling reached out and tore a light screen in front of him.

"This is an illusion I simulated by using existing resources. The horror level is less than one ten thousandth of the true face of [Eden]. Can you understand it now?"

"..."

Without speaking, Bai Zhi frowned fiercely as he looked at the newly opened screen in front of him.

In this scene simulated by the book spirit, the sky was blood red, and Tong was sitting alone on a solitary graveyard, talking and laughing to a skeleton in front of her. One of her legs was cut off and placed in front of her. On top of the loess, he was eating the meat he cut from his feet one by one...

...less than one ten thousandth?

"...This is an illusion."

"No, in the [Garden of Eden], for them, everything is real."

Putting away the light screen again, Shuling spoke calmly.

"The greater the hope, the greater the despair, and this is the essence of [Eden]. Every time they will fall into the abyss at the happiest moment, facing the truth enough to tear their sanity to pieces, but in Under the influence of [Eden] power, their spirit and reason will never collapse, and they will endure this forever. No one can escape from there, there is an eternal cage."

"...Compared with these things, death is really insignificant..."

Bai Zhi let out a small breath in his mouth.

"If you can stop Hitomi from being pulled into the Garden of Eden, can't you pull her back?"

"No, I don't have that much power, I'm just a polluted book."

Shuling shook his head and pointed at the surrounding light screens.

"I just delayed the completion of the final ritual."

"...Ritual?"

Turning his head to the densely packed tens of thousands of light screens around the hall, Bai Zhi frowned slightly.

"What is the final ritual? What are the functions of these things?"

"The ceremony of entering the [Garden of Eden]."

Shuling spoke calmly.

"When she has no regrets and no pain or unhappiness, she will formally and thoroughly enter the [Garden of Eden]. This is the final ceremony."

"So you used this method to make it impossible for her to complete the ceremony?"

Looking at the scenes displayed on the light screens around him, Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.

"In front of the world constructed by [Eden], she can realize any wish, and anything she wants will appear in front of her or around her, so this ritual is not likely to be destroyed, it can only be forced through external force. interference."

Shuling replied calmly.

"These bad memories will appear in her dreams in that world in the form of nightmares, so this ritual has never been able to be completed, but it can only be delayed for a while."

"Bad memories will appear in her dreams in the form of nightmares, but what about good memories?"

Bai Zhi turned his head to look at Shu Ling.

"In this way, can I intervene in the world she is in now?"

"The bad world is presented in the form of nightmares, and the good memories are presented in reality, just like stars. It was constructed directly from her innermost thoughts, so it is absolutely perfect, there will be no errors, the actual It can also be equivalent to her resurrecting the star."

Looking up at Bai Zhi, Shu Ling spoke calmly.

"It's impossible to get involved in that world, unless you also become a vassal of the [Garden of Eden], then there is a small chance of being able to enter that world."

"How can I become a servant of the [Garden of Eden]?"

Bai Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly.

"As I said before, only those who have a pure soul and are actively selected by Him can be called true family members. You have no chance."

"Really? But with your statement, why do I feel that you are referring to Sang and scolding Huai?"

Looking at the book spirit in front of him, Bai Zhi had a suspicious look on his face.

"no."

The expression on Shuling's face remained unchanged.

"Just tell the truth."

"...Forget it, I'm too lazy to know you in a book."

Rolling his eyes, Bai Zhi turned his gaze to Hitomi who was happily eating with Xing on the light screen.

"If you can make the other party have nightmares in this way, can you wake her up in this way?"

After a moment of pondering, Bai Zhi asked again.

"If that's the case, we might be able to put something in the nightmare to remind each other...like [if you're reading this, you've been in a coma for almost 20 years. We're trying new treatments right now, we don't Know where this message will appear in your dreams, but we really want you to see it. Please wake up.] or something?"

"For her, that is the real world."

Shuling shook his head.

"Nightmare is just a nightmare, can you remember every detail of a nightmare?"

"That wonderful memory..."

"She will create an identical one according to her inner thoughts, and that world will perfectly realize all her wishes."

Shuling spoke calmly.

"Those who sink into darkness have no cure."

"Hasn't she fallen yet?"

"The moment you become a dependent is the moment of sinking."

"So you want me to kill her?"

"This is the only way."

Shuling raised his head and stared at him.

"Other than that, there is no other way. From the moment you become a dependent, the only way to save yourself is death, and that is the best ending."

As her voice fell, a door appeared in a corner of the hall.

"If you don't want to see her fall to such a tragic end, go in and kill her. This is her salvation."

"……Yes?"

Turning his head to look at the door that suddenly appeared over there, Bai Zhi raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Let's be honest, I don't trust you, and I don't believe what you said. After all, the information we got from the beginning to the end was given to us by you. It's too easy for you to mislead us. , how do you want me to believe you?"

"How can I convince you?"

Looking up at him, Shuling still had no expression on his face.

"It's very simple, show me that book, I want the body."

Bai Zhi stretched out his hand towards him.

"I believe it's not just me, you also want to know the origin of the library where you were born, right? You should not have shown that book to other players before, I can help you investigate, this matter is very important. "

"……Can."

After thinking for a moment, Shuling nodded.

Following her nodding, a book in pure black slowly appeared in front of Bai Zhi.

[Item Name: Tainted Gospel Book]

[Type: Special Item]

[Quality: Legend]

【Special Effects: Unknown】

【Introduction: Unknown】

【Origin: There is a library】

【Manufacturer: ※※※】

【Holder: Hitomi】

[Note: Non-holders cannot view the detailed introduction]

"Tainted Gospel Book... Legendary?"

Looking at the introduction about the system that appeared in front of him, Bai Zhi couldn't help feeling a little stomachache.

This is the second time he has seen a legendary item. The first time was the [World Master-Servant Contract] on the side of Noah's Ark in the hotel, but without exception, these two items have nothing to do with him.

However, it is possible to create legendary items... So what kind of existence does the maker belong to? Is the name so obscure? Also code...

Also, the name is like a joke [There is a library]... This so-called maker is not the director of this [There is a library], right?

While old mysteries are being solved, new ones appear.

Even if the possible reason is that the quality of this book has risen to the legendary level because it was polluted by the power of [Eden], the original level is at least perfect, and the collection of books in the breached [There is a Library] is more than tens of thousands...

It was decided that if there is a chance to go there in the future, the books there must be emptied.

Bai Zhi silently set a goal in his heart.

"How is it? Have you seen the history?"