Weird Stories: Gothic Lolita Begins

I don't know when the sky began to snow.

In the hall of the burnt castle, Night Crow, Lei and Diana sat around a simple campfire, sharing wild vegetable and mushroom soup.

After a bowl of hot soup, Lei put down the wooden bowl that Night Crow had made, and casually turned his old mobile phone on his fingertips, saying somewhat gloomily: "The surroundings look very normal... What kind of weird story is this? My mobile phone can even charge and turn on normally, but there is no signal..."

"I'm looking for information." Night Crow, who was not short of nutrients and did not drink soup with them, said, "When I encountered the weird story 'The Gourmet Feast of the Burnt Castle' before, my mobile phone had a signal. When I communicated with my boss Lucia, I downloaded the weird story database of the agency by the way."

"Weird story database?" Lei asked puzzledly.

"Well, it is rumored that there is an agency that is a ghost story detective agency. Its main business is related to ghost stories. It is normal to have its own database."

In the sea of ​​consciousness, Night Crow quickly browsed the ghost story information stored in her virtual mobile phone.

——Fortunately, she was curious about how Lucia ran the agency before, and with the help of Kampers, she directly downloaded the entire database...

After a while, Night Crow was shocked, her expression was happy, and then became depressed.

On the side, Lei's mood was like a roller coaster, up and down.

Finally, he couldn't help asking: "How is it? Did you find the corresponding ghost story?"

"Found it..." Night Crow said weakly.

"..." Lei's heart sank to the bottom of the valley.

Found it, but with such an expression...

"The rules of the ghost story 'Creating the World'...well, how to say it? It is to allocate you a piece of land and let you play the sandbox construction game. If you successfully create a civilization, you will pass the level and you can take the reward home. Otherwise..."

Night Crow did not continue.

Lei pursed his lips tightly, feeling despair for the first time.

On the side, Diana, who had drunk two bowls of hot soup and was sipping the third bowl, couldn't help asking, "What's the reward?"

Ignorance is fearless, and that's what she was talking about.

"Godhood." Night Crow replied, "The godhood corresponding to the process of 'creation'."

"Godhood?" Diana was stunned.

Although she prefers horror and supernatural short stories, she has also been exposed to various long fantasy works.

"Godhood" is often associated with "gods".

"...Do gods really exist?" Diana held the bowl of soup, a little absent-minded for a while.

"It exists." Lei said in a low voice, his tone erratic, "The Night Crow in front of you is the one favored by the gods."

"The one favored by the gods?" Diana was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously asked, "Aren't you?"

After taking a deep breath, Lei regained his composure and replied naturally: "I'm not... In fact, we are not twins, it's just that the Night Crow turned into my appearance."

"...Ah?" Diana was dumbfounded.

After a little psychological preparation, Lei asked the contemplative Night Crow: "Is there really no option of 'quitting halfway'?"

The Night Crow did not speak, but just shook his head.

Although Lei had already expected this answer, he still inevitably felt a little discouraged.

On the side, Diana looked at this and that, and realized that things didn't seem to be good: "Um... Can I still go home?"

"I can't go back, probably." Lei murmured, his eyes tended to be empty.

"Is that so..." Diana lowered her head, and the hot soup in her hand suddenly lost its taste.

The three of them were silent for a while.

After a long time, Night Crow sighed deeply and said, "I have a plan."

"What plan?" Lei Yi habitually answered.

"I am the favored and created by the Lord of Everlasting Darkness, and I have considerable divinity in myself." Night Crow said, "If I am used as the basis, perhaps a civilization can be quickly established."

Lei Yi was stunned.

The red-haired young man gradually frowned and asked seriously, "In that case, can you still be resurrected by your Lord?"

"Resurrection is of course possible, but you have to give up something..." Night Crow smiled bitterly.

"What?" Lei Yi asked.

"This formless body that has not yet been warmed up..." Night Crow said.

Lei Yi was stunned again.

"... In other words, your crow body will be fine?" he confirmed.

Night Crow nodded: "Yeah."

- It would be strange if it was fine! But Lei is very stubborn about some things, so white lies are necessary.

After getting Night Crow's confirmation, Lei's mood began to improve: "Is there anything I can do?"

"No, you can't help with things at this level... By the way!" Suddenly remembering something, Night Crow saidHe solemnly warned, "If the 'reward' falls on you when you are sent out, remember to refuse it!"

Lei nodded seriously, and finally became curious and asked, "Why did the 'reward' fall on me? According to you, I shouldn't be able to help at all, right?"

"Because I will refuse the reward as I have made the greatest contribution." Night Crow explained, "Accepting foreign godhood, even if it is truly ownerless, is not a good thing for mortals."

"In the other world, gods are also called conceptual level."

"The concept here refers to a certain rule that supports 'existence'."

"No matter how insignificant this rule may seem on the surface, the amount of information it carries is not something that mortals can carry."

"Will it be shocked into a fool?" Lei asked curiously.

"No." Night Crow shook his head, "It will be assimilated by the rules and become part of the rules... Compared with the rules that support 'existence', the information of ordinary things is too small and fragile."

Lei nodded and said seriously: "I understand, I will firmly refuse."

"What about you? Do you understand what I said?" Night Crow turned to Diana and asked.