Bright red flowers bloom all over the playground, ordinary people come out somewhat strangely, they look at the sudden appearance of flowers on the ground in bewilderment, whispering to ask their companions what is happening, and soon, some of them find that the power is out in the area, finding that their cell phones have no signal at all, and they are completely isolated from the outside world.
At that moment, all hell broke loose.
"This is a problem." Jian Nian was lying on the balcony looking at the chaotic crowd, "Panic will make people emotionally broken and more susceptible to these flowers."
As soon as the words fell, they saw a man walking from the store. He came out, holding a knife in his hand, and stabbing the knife into the abdomen of a person next door. At the moment when everyone was in a trance, the surrounding was dead silence for three seconds, followed by a shocking scream from the people around. The stabbed person hurriedly struggled to crawl out, but was stabbed by the man with crimson eyes.
"Kill you! Go to hell!" The man cursed while stabbing, with a cry in his voice.
Shen Si is familiar with this person, after all, he's acquaintance of the store downstairs, their family used to open a store, the family has still a small asset, just when he was ready to buy a wedding house and his girlfriend to get married, a fire in the middle of the night burned his entire store to ashes, but the people woke up in time to successfully escape. However his girlfriend was still burned half of her arm, leaving horrible scars.
There are rumors in the neighborhood that the person who set the fire was a small gangster. He once molested the man's girlfriend and was beaten by the man. After holding a grudge, he set the fire to revenge.
That bastard is also the one who was stabbed to the ground by this man.
"That's it." Jian Nian stared at the farce below with a bit of interest in his voice, "Under the stimulus of these flowers, those thoughts hidden in the heart that are suppressed by morals will quickly emerge and take action."
"It's a game field about being your most authentic self."
Bai Junyi frowned slightly, "...if it is forcibly stopped."
"Unless you can find a way to get out of here within three hours, when the red flowers turn into black flowers, anyone who doesn't act will die." As Jian Nian walked in front of Shen Si, his hand clenched tightly behind him, his fingertips were twisted into a red color because of excessive force, "Shen Si, what's the very first thing you want to do now?"
"There doesn't seem to be anything that I want to do." Shen Si replied without changing his face, "There is no urge to do anything either."
Jian Nian looked at him, and after a moment he turned his head and continued to look downstairs, "...... is that so?"
"I'll go out and take a look." Bai Junyi stepped on the flowers and jumped straight down from the balcony, he quickly blended into the crowd and was gone the next second.
"Then I will also find a way to leave." Jian Nian no longer looked at Shen Si's face, "This game field is too large, and violence is not that simple. In three hours, I will find a way to leave. Shen Si, don't run around, soon there will be a mess below."
Shen Si watched him leave, until his figure disappeared from the wall, he turned his eyes back, there was no fluctuation in his dark eyes, but there was no disgust.
Xi Luo picked up his cup from the ground, "What's the matter with you two?"
"That's all it is, my ex-boyfriend, we broke up three years ago."
"But you don't seem to hate him when I look at you." Xi Luo played with the cup in his hand.
Shen Si narrowed his eyes slightly, "The relationship between people is not just like and hate. I broke up with him not because I hate him."
It's just that a high school student, Xi Luo, doesn't quite understand what Shen Si said. But it's not difficult to understand that Shen Si really does not hate Jian Nian, and there may be other reasons for breaking up with him.
This thought Xi Luo slightly shook his head, the world of adults is really complicated.
On the other side, Jian Nian was standing downstairs underneath Shen Si. He leaned against the wall and clutched his chest. His heart was pounding, and blood was pouring up to his head. He had experienced this game field before. At that time his obsession was all on Shen Si, there was no Shen Si in the game field, so he could only demolish the playground to vent his anger, but it is not working now, Shen Si is nearby his side.
He was afraid that he would not be able to control himself if he was not careful, and would make those things that would disgust Shen Si.
So he forced himself out of Shen Si's range. As long as Shen Si was out of his sight, he was able to relax a little.
"So who exactly brought this playground back?" Jian Nian slightly hooked up the corners of his mouth, his dark eyes held a grimness in them, "I can't thank you enough for making me so wretched."
After talking, Jian Nian put down the hand covering his chest, he lowered his head and quickly merged into the crowd, and soon disappeared.
The game was getting more and more chaotic, and there were people everywhere who were doing whatever they wanted, and people who were doing things they would never normally do. In an instant, there were no normal people to be seen on the whole street.
Blood splattered on the safflower[1], the intense crimson mixed together and looked completely indistinguishable.
"There will probably be a lot of deaths and injuries." Shen Si muttered.
"With the God of Light here, someone will be seriously injured, but no one should really die." Xi Luo stood behind him, "This is not some kind of ghost type game field, neither I nor the God of Light seem to be of much use. In reality the God of Light's ability is not just to purify ghosts and monsters, he also has a very strong healing ability. He can still save the lives of a few ordinary people."
Shen Si glanced at Xi Luo, "Is he also kind in the world of Infinite Flow?"
"How is that possible," said Xi Luo frowned slightly. "In that world there are some very cruel playgrounds, killing each other until there are only a few people left. The game is considered over, where kindness means giving up your life, however, now is different."
"There's no need to do cruel things anymore."
Shen Si inexplicably felt that this sentence sounded familiar, and after thinking for a moment he remembered that it seemed that he had said the same thing after Bai Junyi returned.
Cruel things will never happen again.
"However." Xi Luo looked at Shen Si, "Brother, why don't you seem to be unaffected at all? Even Jian Nian was controlled for a moment because of his obsession. "
Shen Si blinked, "...Is self-control really that troublesome?"
"Look at these people." "Xi Luo pointed to the road.
Those who are constantly doing messy things like lunatics. Some were laughing, some were crying, and some jumped down from a tall building, as if a patient in a mental hospital was suffering from a collective illness.
Shen Si shook his head, "Actually, I really don't have the desire to do anything."
"But it's only right that all humans have something they want."
"Probably because what I want has all been obtained long ago, and there is nothing to cling to." Shen Si's voice was flat, "Isn't that great?"
Xi Luo looked at Shen Si inexplicably, " In what way is it better?"
"Without expectation, there will be no disappointment." Shen Si's voice is very soft, so soft that it seems as if he is afraid of disturbing the air, "People who are not easily satisfied will generally have a hard time."
And he, most of all, likes to live a simple and comfortable ordinary life.
......
"How is the situation now? What did the inspection team say?" Ning Yangze stood outside the game field and kept asking about the process.
"The inspection team said that it takes time." Xia Leyu was very busy with anxiety. "Chief, don't be so anxious. The three S-level survivors are in there. There will be no problem in a short time!"
Ning Yangze almost threw the document in his hand to Xia Leyu, "What do you mean no problem. We don't know what kind of playground this was until now. What if it's a clearing-type playground? It's full of ordinary people, and one person can trigger a condition for half an hour. Clearing the field directly, it is true that we signed a contract with the three S-level survivors, but that is within their ability. No one is obligated to put their own life on the line to save others!"
"I was wrong. Chief, don't be angry!" Xia Leyu crackled and tapped on the keyboard, "The inspection team is also very anxious, but this ten thousand people are trapped. The higher ups asks them to come up with a conclusion in half an hour, from the team leader to the team members who are simply hanging on for dear life to do the analysis."
Ning Yangze exhaled, "Okay, the inspection team and us are hard brothers, how about the installation of explosion-proof devices outside?"
"All arrangements have been completed." Xia Leyu said ok to Ning Yangze, "Even if the game field explodes from the inside out, it will definitely not hurt the people around it!"
"Good job." Ning Yangze was finally relieved, he frowned at the white walls erected high in front of him, these four walls completely isolated the sound inside, even though they had no idea what was going on inside, they could only hope for the inspection team.
Ning Yangze pressed the call button, and his voice was serious, "How about it? Is it possible to violently destroy outside the game field?"
"It's totally useless." The person across the street breathed heavily, and the sound of explosions came through, "We used various methods, and even using ice after burning with flames, it's all useless, not even a scratch left."
Ning Yangze frowned, "Thanks for your hard work, try again. Tens of thousands of people are waiting for rescue. "
" I understand."
Hanging up the phone, Ning Yangze kept walking around. He was waiting for news from the inspection team. They can only judge the situation inside if they know what game field type this is.
"Chief, news from the inspection team is here!" "
"Is it here? Show me! "Ning Yangze hurriedly walked over. He squeezed Xia Leyu wide and watched the message from above. There were only a few words on it.
【Spiritual Playground: Flower】
Ning Yangze's eyes went dark, and he grabbed himself. The hair almost wailed, "It turned out to be a mental game field?! With such a large-scale mental game field, even if people are rescued, don't they have to arrange psychological treatment for this group of people?! Tens of thousands!"
Xia Leyu, who is not a survivor, looked at Ning Yangze blankly, "Is this scary?"
"It's not scary, but it's a psychological shadow that's hard to erase." Ning Yangze's face is extremely ugly, "The good thing is, this is not a playground that is too dangerous."
"...... it's better than death."
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[1] 紅花 : I don't know which one was the correct translation of this character, but DeepL suggested between Saffron and Safflower.
^^^ Safflower Carthamus Tinctorius
^^^ Saffron
^^^^ Lycoris Radiata / Red Spider lily (Safflower???)