Chapter 10: Don't Think! (8)

Association is a terrible ability.

The real world, as far as mankind is concerned, is the little earth beneath our feet.

The immensity of the universe is beyond reach, only the mind has no limit.

A word, a flower or a leaf can all blossom into a beautiful and unique world.

In the world of terror, it is only a small smile in the ear, as if all the black and death were close at hand.

-- The party has already guessed the routine of this copy, but before they have killed the main monster, they cannot leave the copy and have to continue to go to class.

Only this time, in order not to be affected by the NPCS, Jin Nan, Liu Yi, Jia Qing and Wang Yuelan crumple up tissues and stuff them in their ears.

The sound insulation effect of the homemade earplugs can be imagined.

Throughout the morning, several people were discolored, covering their ears as soon as they heard the npc start to say something wrong, and heading for the toilet as soon as it was time for class break.

Song Yang, Xia Jing and the grandmother did not shy away, which was of little significance.

At noon, after a morning of calm, the group reunited in the canteen, Wang Yuelan choked up and said: "I called and asked, Xu Jin is also sudden death."

Liu Yi thought of his good brother, silent for a moment, and murmured: "How can all be sudden death? How did the monster kill the player?"

"Does it still matter? Jin Nan said angrily, clutching his arm and saying irritably, "Anyway, the monster is the thing that appears in the middle of the night. If it only appears at zero, we can leave here tonight by killing it!"

Jia Qing said in a low voice, "It's easy to say, you forget that at that point in time, we can't even move."

Jin Nan shut his mouth.

Liu Yi rubbed the corners of his eyes and analyzed: "The death mechanism of this copy is too strange." Should it be impossible to exist a monster appeared, everyone can not move the situation, then we can not resist the monster, not certain death? I think at least the player picked by the monster can definitely move at zero!"

Wang Yuelan wondered: "Then why didn't Xu resist last night?"

Jin Nan sneered and aimed at Xia Jing: "' No resistance 'is what we heard from the boy's mouth, how can we be sure it must be true?"

Xia Jing only glanced at him, and Song Yang said lightly: "I was awake last night when Xu Jin was killed. I really didn't hear the sound of struggle."

Jin Nan's face sank, he turned his head and spat, and he scratched his stomach hard.

Xia Jing looked at Wang Yuelan: "You said that Xu Jin was so scared that he could not move on the night when he met a ghost when he was a child, right?"

Wang Yuelan froze and said, "Yes... Wait, you mean, her death association also includes... Immobility? '

The faces of the others grew grimmer.

In reality, being paralyzed by fear is a state that can be changed with effort.

And yet the death association turns this state of being autonomous and changeable into a state of being passive and immutable?

This is a very detailed manifestation!

Jia Qing was so scared that his throat was trembling: "Fuck, when I think about things, I always think blindly. If the copy makes all those messy details come true, then I don't know how I died?" !"

At this point, Jia immediately closed his eyes and began to sing the Great Compassion Mantra, vowing to clear his mind of all distractions.

Song Yang left him alone, which may indeed be a better way to protect himself for those who are not firm in their thoughts.

He leaned forward, nodded at the table, and said, "Let's get our heads together and solve our problems one by one."

"In the first place, whether or not the principal monster of this copy is the one who appeared in the middle of the night according to our fantasies is, I think, uncertain."

Several people's faces changed.

Still not sure?

Song Yang calmly analyzed: "You forget that our copy of the monster is a monster shaped like an octopus. And the monster Xu Jin met last night, according to our speculation, is a ghost with green eyes."

Everyone froze, Liu Yi first said: "But, octopus monster may also change ah?"

Song Yang's cold voice made everyone calm down slowly.

"What we usually say is that the" change ability "possessed by the monster often means that the monster itself will pretend to be a normal person or thing, and when it is time to kill, they will change into the true appearance of the monster. It does not mean that the monster itself can change into another monster form."

"Even if the monster itself has the rest of its shape-changing abilities, when a copy of the main monster kills the player by hand, it often reverts to its true form. So far I've never heard of an exception."

'Of course, we can't rule out the possibility that we've actually entered a one in ten thousand replica where the main monster is in a different form when it kills. But I think we can take the identity of the monster at midnight with a grain of salt for now."

The crowd was stunned at this statement.

If a monster at midnight is a monster... Where is the main monster?

Song Yang: "The second point is about the way Huang Mo and Xu Jin died."

Sudden death.

Not only the sudden death, neither of them had a single mark on their bodies, and even the copies allowed them to remain alive even after death.

This is also the weirdest part.

Jia Qing shivered and said: "Yes, let's not say that the monster that appeared at zero point is how to kill Huang Mo and Xu Jin, anyway, sudden death is no trauma, it can be understood, Xu Jin may be like Wang Yuran said that she was a heart attack when she was a child --"

Wang Yuelan moved his lips, wanted to say that it was just an exaggeration, Xu Jin itself did not have a heart attack, but before he could speak, he listened to Jia Qing continue to say: "-- but why are they still in the same state after death as when alive?" Is it because they are in the game?"

Xia Jing turned his head and winked: "That's what I thought at the beginning."

Everyone looked at him at once.

Xia Jing's voice is soft, and he says slowly, "But the other copies don't have this kind of situation, where the player dies as he should be after death. So think about it a little bit more --"

"All of Smiley City's replicas are grotesque, with monster shapes and abilities beyond imagination, but Smiley City never places illogical clues in its replicas."

'So to speak -- what is the logic of' being alive after death '? '

Liu Yi immediately asked, "Isn't the copy meant to hide some clue from us, just to make them look like they're alive? Even Huang Mo and Xu Jin may not have died of sudden death, they were killed physically by the monster, but the copy erased all these traces and forced their way of death to sudden death?"

Song Yang shook his head: "It's impossible for a copy to force changes and cover up clues just to confuse the player. If it really wants to cover up the clues, it can erase all the clues, so it is impossible for the player to find the main monster, and it is impossible to leave the copy."

But if you do that, the copy isn't a game, it's just killing people.

But everyone knows that in a game of replicas, though full of killing, there must be a way to survive.

Jia Qing stopped chanting the Great compassion curse and raised his hand: "Brother Yang, what you mean is that Huang Mo and Xu Jin must have died of sudden death, there is no doubt about that. As for the copy not letting the body appear as it should, it may not be covering up clues, but to convey clues to us?"

Song Yang: "Yes, that's what you mean."

"What clue can this convey? What a paradox that the body doesn't change after death!" Wang said hoarsely.

Yeah, contradiction.

These details seem to be full of contradictions, and what is the hidden message in this contradiction?

Xia Jing drooping eyes.

Or is "contradiction" or "irrationality" itself a message?

Seeing that the lunch break was coming to an end, Song Yang said, "Let's look for more clues together this afternoon."

The group walked out of the canteen.

It was spring in the copy. Dandelion tidbits were floating in the air. Outside the canteen, under a big tree, little bugs were flying around.

The flowers were in full bloom in the green belt, and the fragrance of the flowers filled the air.

It is full of vitality and the spring is bright.

However, even looking at this beautiful scene, everyone's heart is only uneasy and uneasy.

Liu Yi whispered, "Huang Mo and Xu Jin both died at midnight. Does that mean we are at least safe during the day?"

Wang Yuelan touched his arm and said in a low voice: "It should be, wait until the evening, the zero monster will start to pick players."

Jia Qing swallowed: "What will be the standard for zero point monster to select players?"

Song Yang was thinking about the problem, heard this sentence, casually said: "Maybe it is to see how scared everyone is."

As soon as this sentence came out, everyone was frozen again and wanted to rip their brains out of their heads and throw them away!

Jinnan look at the lush trees on top of the head, keep grasping the back, hear here, also stagnant, irritably "tut" sound.

He noticed that from his side of the old grandmother trembling, suddenly sneer, loudly said: "I heard that people will see ghosts in the wind when they are dying, and people are dying when they really see black and white impermanence, old man, you have seen these things ah?"

A few people in front heard Jin Nan this sentence have stopped.

This guy's intention can be described as no cover up.

Wang Yuelan came over angrily, supported the old woman and said, "You shut up. You don't think you can scare people with such a few words!"

Jin Nan sneered: "What I said is true, my grandfather said before he died that he saw a lot of people floating in front of his eyes, my grandfather said before he died that my grandmother came to pick him up, the old man's age is almost, maybe he really saw it?"

Wang Yuelan: "You --"

The old woman was silent for a moment and said, "If I could choose by myself, I would definitely choose to die first and let you children live."

Wang Yuelan: "Grandma!"

The old grandmother patted her hand, indicating that she was okay, and said with a bitter smile, "I once had a daughter, and only one daughter. She died unexpectedly when she was sixteen years old. My wife also left a year ago. Leave this place, return to reality, I am a person to live. So even if I do die here, it doesn't matter if I'm an old woman."

The old woman sighed, "But after living for more than 70 years, if you still ask me if I am afraid of death, I am really not afraid. For me, it's good to see my daughter and my wife again in the other world."

Jin Nan never expected to get such an answer, her expression could not help but twist.

Others terrified after, the mood is a little complicated.

Jin Nan low curse a sentence, again hard to scratch the back.

Suddenly, a coarse voice suddenly sounded gently behind him: "Ah, you see, what is this?"

Jin Nan was frightened and suddenly turned around.

A thin, white caterpillar hung down from the tree by a thread, twisted its body slightly, and hung right in front of his mouth, almost being eaten by him.

Jin Nan's pupils tightened sharply, her face changed, and she retreated with a loud cry. She tripped over the stone and fell to the ground, startling everyone.

And thin youth on the back of his hands, standing in front of Jin Nan.

The sun fell through the gap between the leaves and shone on the young man's body.

The young man looked surprised at this gesture. He tilted his head and asked earnestly, "Are you all right?"

Jin Nan sat on the ground looking at him, gasping for breath, because he was frightened, unknowingly back out of a layer of sweat.

He did not answer, but the young man said on his own: "It's all right, but --"

The young man looked up at the tree, after taking back the sight, he bent down, came to Jin Nan ear, hook lips.

Jin Nan tensed his body, held his breath, and became a stone.

Youth's breath is on his ear side, his voice is very light, slowly honing Jin Nan's ear canal: "Spring mosquitoes become more, be careful, they get into the collar to oh."

...

When Xia Jing came over, Song Yang glanced not far away kept grasping the body, catching a red mark on the neck of Jin Nan.

This is obviously allergic.

"What did you say to him?

Xia Jing has a pure face: "A very kind reminder."

Song Yang: "..."

The corners of his mouth twitch.

The devil will believe you.

　　*

Wang Yuelan and they walked all over the campus yesterday and found nothing.

This afternoon, they will search the main position in the teaching building, while a few classes between classes will be high school, high school, high school, high school, high school, high school, high school, three buildings all ran, but still did not find any clues.

Gathering in 414 bedroom at night, Jia Qing was bored: "If the monster that appeared at midnight is not the octopus monster, where is the octopus monster?" The teacher has ruled out the suspicion, and the students don't seem to have any special problems. Who else is there in this school besides the students and teachers? Security guard? The cleaning aunt?"

"I've tried out the security guard and the cleaning aunt, and I don't think they're monsters." Liu Yinna said.

Jin Nan sat in the corner without a word, a whole day he was itching, as if there are small bugs crawling everywhere.

Let alone the neck, the arm were he scratched out the blood, he now has pain and itching, no mood to participate in the discussion, only sullen face to abandon all kinds of bad fantasy in the brain.

The old woman hesitated: "My first time to play this game, also do not understand, ask the children you -- in addition to the school, before printed in the small picture, is the cover of the supermarket ah, the road ah, should be outside the school? Should we go outside and have a look?"

Song Yang replied, "There is an invisible wall around the school. Our activities are limited to the inside of the school."

This is what he and Jia Qing have confirmed since the first day.

This kind of map restriction is also common in copies.

"But I also care about the supermarket, street, home, office space and other elements that appear on the cover of this copy," Song said.

There should be no meaningless elements on the cover of the copy.

Since their activities are confined to the campus, where are the streets, homes, offices and supermarkets on the cover?

Wang Yuelan proposed a possibility: "Is it possible that the office is the teacher's office, the home is the dormitory, and the street is the road in the school?"

Liu Yi immediately retorted: "What about the supermarket?"

Wang Yuelan: "There is a grocery store in this school, haven't you noticed?"

Jia Qing still felt wrong: "But these elements on the cover are completely different from what you said about the office dormitory!" Just say the supermarket, I was very impressed, the cover is a big supermarket, and the school canteen is not the same thing! At first I thought we were going to go to the supermarket and collect supplies like in the zombie movies --"

'Let's not talk about zombies just yet! Liu Yi's face turned green.

Jia Qing: "Damn it, SAO Rui! The first emperor started a business before half and died in the middle, today the next three points, Yi Zhou fatigue, this is a crisis of survival of the autumn also..."

This guy sang "Great Compassion Mantra" and began to recite "Out of the Master", which can be regarded as "learning now and applying now".

Song Yang looked speechless, looked at the time, and said: "Put aside this question, let's make preparations for tonight first."

When it comes to the evening, several people's hearts are heavy.

Jin Nan suddenly said: "Hey, I say, now there is no evidence that only one player will be picked by the zero point monster every night? After all, the zero point monster will pick the most afraid of the player is only your guess, what if it wants to pick the first two or three most afraid players tonight?"

He raised his chin at Song Yang: "If there are two players picked tonight, it means that there are two people who can move when the zero monster is visible. Can we help the other side after solving the monster on one side?"

If so, the chance of survival is indeed greater than a person facing the monster.

But here's the problem --

"We still don't know exactly how the Zero Point monster kills the player, and how do we know what to do about it?" Wang Yuelan is really too lazy to talk to Jin Nan, but now he has to join the discussion and think together.

"This is the problem that the two selected players have to try to solve tonight," Jin Nan sneered, "to solve such a difficult problem, we must always be the most powerful people, right, Song Yang, Xia Jing?"

His words are full of provocative hints.

Song Yang's face was expressionless.

Xia Jing was watching the clock on the wall.

Song Yang said flatly, "If you think the two of us are powerful enough to control our inner fear, you may be overthinking it."

After recitation of the "Teacher's Table", Jia Qing could not help but insert a mouth: "We Yang Brother is a medical student, what bloody things have not seen, but also personally operated it, what's more, Yang Brother is going to develop into neurosurgery in the future, it is to open your skull and do work on your brain, what can he be afraid of?"

"I fuck --" Jin Nan listened to half began to curse.

As for Xia Jing.

The youth looked at the bell, the calm sight fell to Jinnan's body.

That look, I am afraid at this moment the octopus monster suddenly paste to his face, he can calmly tear the monster with his bare hands.

This guy is definitely a real person who can eat raw octopus.

Jin Nan angrily dont open the sight, refused to admit that he is a coward.

Wang Yuelan pursed his lips and said, "Let's reassign the dormitory first."

Today, there are only seven people left.

Two women and five men.

How to divide it, that's the question.

Xia Jing sat in a chair, suddenly shook his toes and asked earnestly: "What are you thinking now?"

The young man's voice was very gentle, as if he was just asking a very ordinary question.

Now, however, when it came to thinking, several people gulped and looked at each other.

Jia Qing weak weak way: "I now, the brain should be in the cycle of" out of the table ", the monster will not pick me, the night become Zhuge Liang take the feather fan fan to kill me?"

Others: "..."

Okay, next one.

Liu Yi hesitated: "I dare not think of anything all day, but it seems that I think of everything, chaotic, can not explain..."

Wang Yuelan bit his lip and said with red eyes, "I'm afraid. I can't help thinking about the green-eyed ghost Xu Jin met. When I heard her talk about it before, I didn't dare turn off the light for a month at night..."

The old woman hugged her into her arms to comfort: "Good boy don't be afraid, don't be afraid."

After two pats, the old woman sighed: "I have nothing to be afraid of."

They looked at Jin Nan sitting in the corner.

Jin Nan opened his pants to scratch, pretending to be bold: "I have nothing to fear."

As a result, the one who is most afraid among them at present is Wang Yuelan.

Song Yang thought and said, "If we really want to consider the possibility that more than one person will be picked by the monster tonight, then it may be easier to put the person who is most likely to be picked in one bedroom."

Jia Qing counted: "Then Wang Yuelan and Liu Yi had better be in the same room, or Brother Yang you and Xia Jing will stay here tonight, too?"

Song Yang looked at Xia Jing and said, "Let me part with him today."

Xia Jing smiled and said, "That's OK with me."

The old woman hugged Wang and said, "May I accompany Ran Ran tonight?"

Finally, Wang Yuelan, Grandma, Liu Yi and Song Yang stayed at 414.

Xia Jing, Jin Nan and Jia Qing moved to 417.

Song Yang slowly said: "The dormitory has been allocated. Now let's talk about the specific arrangements for the evening."