The movies in the theater were short films of only ten minutes, and none of them had the heart to watch movies.
Shen Yunzhe always paid attention to the hope around him, while Zhang Xian kept observing his surroundings. The screams of the principal outside had disappeared, but after the screams disappeared, there was the sound of chewing, as if an impolite person was chewing. Chew bones and suck noodles.
This sound was not obvious among the messy sound effects of the movie, but it made the hairs on Zhang Xian's back stand up.
He couldn't help but keep thinking in his mind: What was eaten? Really eaten?
When the movie ended, the lights turned on again and the curtain became pitch black. Codename Hope finally raised his head from Shen Yunzhe's arms. His eyes looked straight at the screen, the black reflected in his silver eyes.
"Shen Yunzhe." Codename Hope said, "There is something behind."
Shen Yunzhe raised his eyebrows slightly. He stood up and walked to the screen. He touched the black screen with his hand. The screen felt cold to the touch. At this moment, Shen Yunzhe heard a creak. It was not just him, but also Zhang Xian behind him. Hearing it too, Zhang Xian was so frightened that he almost jumped up.
Shen Yunzhe's hand was still on the screen, and he looked at the screen with strange eyes.
Creak, creak...
There was subtle movement from the screen to Shen Yunzhe's fingers. Something was moving inside, and a small tremor was transmitted to Shen Yunzhe's fingers little by little.
Shen Yunzhe looked at Zhang Xian, "Is your ability easy to use?"
"Is it useful?"
"Let me ask you, is it dangerous?" Shen Yunzhe was referring to the things on the screen, "Can't you detect the danger?"
Zhang Xian shook his head, with determination in his eyes, "I didn't feel any danger, not at all."
"But I don't suggest you trust my intuition, because this is not necessarily a special ability, and the movement here is too strange. There can't be mice in the playground."
"It's okay." Shen Yunzhe said, "I believe you."
As he spoke, Shen Yunzhe hit the screen hard with his fist. The screen was completely covered with just one blow. Zhang Xian was startled by him. He had no idea that Shen Yunzhe would actually move his hands like this. His mind was full of swear words, but a strange chemical reaction occurred in his heart.
Does Shen Yunzhe believe him?
In this environment, and even in the conflict between Shen Yunzhe and his official status, Shen Yunzhe actually believed in his intuition?
This has to be said to be quite surprising.
Because Shen Yunzhe did think about getting rid of Zhang Xian, and Zhang Xian also discovered this. In this case, it is the most natural thing to strike first to gain advantage. If Zhang Xian just lied casually, the consequences would be quite terrible. But even so, Shen Yunzhe believed him without any hesitation.
Zhang Xian rarely agreed with "Shen Yunzhe is a good man".
Although he wanted to kill himself, although he would not tell the truth to the official, and although this Shen Yunxi came out of nowhere, maybe... Shen Yunzhe is really a good person.
Clicking, the scratching sound became louder, and the screen began to tremble.
Shen Yunzhe quickly backed away, and Zhang Xian also walked back. Codename Hope had never been here from the beginning. A big hole appeared in the screen from the cracked hole, and a stream of white bones fell out of the broken hole. The moment it hit the ground The white bones fell apart.
Zhang Xian breathed a sigh of relief, "It seems to be an ordinary skeleton."
"Did the scratching sound just now come from this skeleton?"
So Zhang Xian became nervous again, "I don't know, but how could a bone fall out of the screen?"
The bones jumped as soon as the words fell, and those handsome scattered white flowers bounced like this. Shen Yunzhe and Zhang Xian stepped back, and they must not come into close contact with the bones.
At this moment, something fell from the hole in the screen. It seemed to be a notebook. The notebook hit the bone hard. The bone trembled and then stopped moving on the ground. Shen Yunzhe and Zhang Xian looked at each other, and finally Zhang Xian swallowed and went over to pick up the notebook.
There is a line written on the notebook: "Will".
"Will?" Zhang Xian frowned, "I was actually wondering from the beginning, why did the director appear in this theater?"
"Even if a girl accidentally lost her glasses and was targeted, it probably wouldn't be the director himself. He is the owner of the amusement park and would not show up so casually to embarrass a tourist."
Shen Yunzhe looked at the skeleton and said, "It can only mean that he died here."
Zhang Xian understood what Shen Yunzhe meant, because he was thinking the same thing now. He glanced down at the skeleton, and then opened the notebook with the "Will" written on it. Sure enough, in the notebook, he saw that the person who wrote it was the director of the garden. He was telling himself what happened.
They finally learned what happened in the amusement park through this self-report.
Leyang Playground used to be the largest playground in Qingcheng City. It had complete amusement equipment and a large area. It has always been very popular. As the director of the playground, he was always reassured. Until one day, the girl was playing Something went wrong on the pirate ship. She was thrown off the high pirate ship and died on the spot.
The amusement park could not avoid being held accountable. He paid a large sum of money in compensation and told the tourists in a sincere manner that it was just an accident. They immediately closed the business for renovations, but this did not retain the hearts of the tourists.
As a result, Leyang Amusement Park went from being the largest amusement park in the city to one that no one cares about. Everyone would say: That amusement park that is 'dead'?
After barely holding on for a year, he finally couldn't hold on anymore. The amusement park was about to close down. He wanted to find a way to bring the amusement park back to life, but as he got older, he simply couldn't capture the hearts of young people. Being dragged down by publicity is getting worse and worse.
But things soon took a turn for the better.
Some strange things suddenly happened in the city. It is said that the largest hospital in Qingcheng City was relocated overnight, and a large number of doctors and nurses went crazy in the inpatient building. People were panicked, but a week later I heard that the best hospital in the city was hospitalized. There was also a problem in No. 2 Middle School. A teacher went crazy and chopped down his students.
It is said that a relatively remote exhibition hall also closed down due to strange reasons. The director of the exhibition hall was neither alive nor dead.
He suddenly thought: Can he take advantage of this situation and turn his playground into a strange place to attract attention?
He just did it, and it happened to be the anniversary of the dead girl's death. He didn't know how he actually did it as if he was possessed by an evil spirit.
He made up the girl's past, reorganized her life, put trinkets belonging to the girl in various game items, and asked the staff to pretend to be the girl's dead soul. Sure enough, this operation was really real. It attracted guests, and they were all curious about whether there was really a ghost here, and whether it would be the same as a hospital or a high school.
But he never thought that it was all true!
First, someone saw the woman in white in the haunted house, then someone saw the female ghost climbing on the glass on the Ferris wheel, and then there were hairpins scattered under the carousel. He was extremely convinced that these hairpins were not his. Thrown away, but they did appear.
Then some tourists began to die. Tourists jumped from the Ferris wheel and died on the spot.
The police kept coming, and people kept dying. Even if the entire amusement park was sealed off, it would have no effect. Those who didn't know whether they were tourists or not were crowded in and kept dying. This place really became a place. The scary place has become the same place as the legend.
Finally, the director hung himself on the beam and hanged himself here.
He thought: I insulted the dead, I harmed everyone, I will pay you my life now, don't be angry and harm others again!
From beginning to end, the director thought it was his own actions that angered the dead female ghost.
"Qingcheng City." Zhang Xian looked at the word, "Qingcheng City again."
Shen Yunzhe looked at Zhang Xian, "What's wrong with Qingcheng City?"
"No, our officials are sorting out all the gaming venues that can be investigated. As you know, we have summarized a lot of information, including Qingcheng City." Zhang Xian said: "So far, almost all gaming venues They are all from Qingcheng City."
"There is no Qingcheng City in our world. This may be a game city, or it may be a disappeared city."
"What's the meaning?"
"This is based on the perspective of our reality being invaded by strange events." Zhang Xian frowned slightly, "If this Qingcheng City was just a normal and ordinary city like us at the beginning, but one day, The playground erodes reality and gradually engulfs the entire city..."
"You guessed it right." Codename Hope suddenly spoke.
Zhang Xian was stunned for a moment. He suddenly turned his head and looked at the code name Hope, "Shen Yunxi? What did you say?!"
"You guessed it right, this is the same city as reality." Codename Hope sat there and looked around, "The city is real, the location is real, and the background story is real, but it is just changed by the game. When it is eroded to the limit, it becomes the next playground."
Zhang Xian stared at the codename Hope. He clenched his hands tightly, and his nails seemed to sink into his palms.
His eyes quickly turned red, "There used to be so many people here, people just like us, but they were all..."
"Yes." Codename Hope said with a smile: "And when you can't persist, when there are more and more players, your reality will become like this."
He even said in a coaxing voice: "So, do you really think that eliminating all players is a bad way?"
Zhang Xian stared at him as if his hair was fried, "Why should I believe you!"
Codename Hope smiled happily. He did not continue talking, but his silver eyes were full of sarcasm.
He was smiling, but Shen Yunzhe felt that he was sad.
He was so sad that he wanted to explode, and he was so sad that he wanted to overturn the entire playground.
Shen Yunzhe put his hand on his shoulder, and the warm breath from his palm spread to his body through his clothes. Codename Hope subconsciously rubbed his wrist and narrowed his eyes slightly.
"When I entered the official website, the news was out of control. The official had no way to control the news and had to make it public. The world order was disrupted. At that time, the official did not give up, the players did not give up, and everyone did not give up. They kept trying. Find a way, to be honest, if erosion is in my world, it will definitely not die."
"It's a pity that erosion will be used as the ultimate weapon to control huge crowds from entering the game field."
Codename Hope Laughs, "Then, reality was corroded faster and faster. Within half a year, the official regretted it."
"They regret not getting rid of all the players at the first time. They regret not blocking this hole from the beginning. Newcomers, if you continue to be indecisive, you may not be able to end up better than me."
Zhang Xian could no longer face Shen Yunzhe and Codename Hope as normally as before.
He took the notebook and turned around and ran out of the theater. Only Shen Yunzhe and Codename Hope were left there.
"Will the situation really get so bad?" Shen Yunzhe looked at him.
"At least we couldn't stop it." Codename Hope opened his eyes and looked ahead, his voice was very soft, "There are weird things everywhere, there are game fields everywhere, and that dark thing stuck there. Roots, spreading disgusting roots."
"I can't stop it, and neither can the officials."
Shen Yunzhe thought for a moment, "What's the result of your efforts?"
"The result." Codename Hope looked at Shen Yunzhe, and Shen Yunzhe's figure was reflected in his eyes, as if a ray of light had been shed in the darkness.
He did not answer, but instead asked: "Shen Yunzhe, do you know how to get close to the origin of the game field?"
Shen Yunzhe thought for a while and said, "I seem to remember you saying that by destroying the game field where the main body is the medium, you can get closer to the origin."
"But that's just getting close. There is a more useful way." Codename Hope said: "Enter this kind of game field, complete the mission, and destroy the body of this game field before leaving. In this case, you will See the true nature of the game field, or be swallowed up."
"How do you think I got into that little box?" Codename Hope said with a smile, "Yes, that's how I got in."
Codename Hope smiled, but Shen Yunzhe felt that he was crying.
"Hope?" Shen Yunzhe sat next to him, "You are so sad that it makes me sad too."
"I'm sorry." Codename Hope apologized honestly. There was no sad expression on his face, he just stared ahead.
He said: "Shen Yunzhe, Qingcheng City is my home."
Shen Yunzhe was completely stunned.
He opened his eyes slightly and couldn't help but turn his head to look at him.
Shen Yunzhe had never thought of such a thing.
He knew that Codename Hope was always in a bad mood. He hated the game arcade and his mood would get better only when he was around Shen Yunzhe. He could not stand the dark night in the game arcade. Shen Yunzhe spent a lot of effort to calm him down. He never thought that Qingcheng City, which did not exist in reality, was actually the home codenamed Hope.
In other words: these playgrounds are all the real world after Codename Hope has been eroded.
How should he feel?
In order to prevent the game field from eroding reality, I entered the small dark box and stayed there for more than twenty years. Twenty years later, I contacted Shen Yunzhe and briefly saw the sky outside, but suddenly discovered that Shen Yunzhe The playground that he can't avoid now turns out to be his twisted home.
The cities in his memory turned into game fields, where countless horrific stories were staged.
What is the significance of these twenty years?
"Shen Yunzhe." Codename Hope squeezed Shen Yunzhe's hand. He closed his eyes and nestled in Shen Yunzhe's arms. "I'm in a bad mood. Can you please comfort me? I have nothing but you."
In fact, he has nothing left for a long time. Shen Yunzhe is just his parallel world self, himself.
But he could only find himself to express his grievances.
"I thought that at least I could hold on a little longer, and there was someone I could control." Codename Hope's voice was soft and trembling.
Nearly explosive sadness and loneliness poured into Shen Yunzhe's body. Shen Yunzhe was infected by this huge emotion, and before he could react, he had already hugged the person who was approaching.
He was too wronged and sad, and Shen Yunzhe was also affected so wronged and sad.
Two people who are so lonely can only cuddle together to keep each other warm.
Taking a deep breath and suppressing the dull pain in his heart, he lowered his eyes and looked at Codename Hope, who had his eyes closed and tightly grasped the corner of his clothes.
He is Shen Yunzhe's strongest peer, and also Shen Yunzhe's most vulnerable peer. He was locked up in a small dark room and developed a lot of problems. He likes to lie and pretend to be pitiful, but when he is really sad, no one has the heart to blame him. .
But he couldn't turn back long ago. When Codename Hope chose to go in, he could never get out again.
In only three days, he had to return to that dark little box, unable to see the light and endure the darkness.
The cruel reality allowed him to see the ending, the ending that he had always wanted to know but did not dare to know, and tore his only light into pieces.
Shen Yunzhe sighed, feeling a little depressed.
Why is he the only one who suffers? Peers also count!