Chapter 23 I Won the Revival Match (4k)_2

"It's not a matter of trust," Gu Honggao said somberly, "my intuition tells me he can lead us out of here."

Everyone exchanged glances and spoke no more.

Because Gu Honggao's intuition was always accurate, it was his extraordinary ability.

Boom!

Suddenly, a dull chime sounded deep within the park, and several brilliant fireworks exploded in the sky.

Everyone instantly went on high alert.

It was midnight.

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"Once you get on, empty your mind and focus on your childhood, on your childhood fantasies, childhood happiness, childhood wishes..."

Before the carousel, Zhou Yuan was sharing his speculation with Chen Guangxi, "This carousel probably measures the purity of one's mental world, thus only children unscathed by society can ride it.

Your age might fit the element of a child, but your mental world is not as pure as a child's, maybe continuously recalling your childhood would meet this condition."

"Alright, I'll give it a go."

Chen Guangxi casually chose a carousel horse, gave a thumbs-up to signal his teammates to start the carousel.

An investigator by the control panel pressed a button, colorful lights suddenly lit up, accompanied by slow, joyful music, the carousel gradually began to spin.

1 minute later.

Spurt!

A bloodstain burst open on Chen Guangxi's arm as if slashed by an invisible blade.

"Useless?" Zhou Yuan's expression changed slightly.

Thirty seconds later, another mist of blood exploded from Chen Guangxi's other arm.

"The speed is very slow, there's a chance!"

Bai Xiao beside him brightened up, explaining:

"The attack frequency of the carousel will get faster and faster, usually, within thirty seconds, a rider would be covered in wounds, but it's almost two minutes now, and Chen Guangxi has only sustained two injuries, at this rate, she has a chance of succeeding."

Zhou Yuan's expression remained grave, the method was still incorrect, and if it were right, there should have been no attacks at all.

But if she could pass like this, it was also acceptable.

Just afraid...

Three minutes after the carousel started, two mists of blood suddenly burst from Chen Guangxi's shoulders, and shortly after, continuous blood mists exploded on her body, as if she were being sliced by a thousand knives.

"Damn it, what's going on?" Bai Xiao and others wanted to rush forward to save her.

"Wait!"

Zhou Yuan stopped them, as if he had realized something, he shouted to Chen Guangxi, "Hang in there a bit longer, don't think about those things now, you need to start enjoying, enjoy the happiness of riding the carousel!"

"Enjoy my ass!"

Chen Guangxi cursed internally, I'm almost sliced thinly here, how can I have any mood to enjoy!

Spurt!

As her heart was disturbed, more bloodstains burst open on her body, the intense pain twisted her expression.

Dammit, I'm going all out!

Chen Guangxi took a deep breath, forcibly calmed her mind amidst the situation, pushed the physical pain to the back of her mind, relaxed her heart, and began to feel the atmosphere of the carousel.

The carousel gradually sped up, the colorful lights casting mottled shadows on the horses as if each one was draped in a layer of dreamy gauze.

In this immensely dazzling interplay of lights, Chen Guangxi felt as if she was in a juxtaposed realm of reality and fantasy, slowly slipping into a daze.

She remembered her first horseback riding experience; though the horse was far slower than her flying speed, the freedom, exhilaration, and novelty of galloping across the vast plains were unforgettable.

Back then, she was barely over a hundred and twenty years old, outrageously young, frequently causing trouble, the horse seemed to have been snatched from a hero, his wife perhaps? Strange indeed.

Ah...

I was so carefree and happy back then...

In a trance, reality and memories seemed to intertwine; Chen Guangxi's lips curled up, revealing a genuine smile.

Suddenly, she heard the laughter and screams of children all around.

She saw each carousel horse occupied by a child, their faces filled with smiles, their eyes twinkling with innocence and joy, their hair and clothes fluttering in the wind, as if about to fly with the horses.

And those wooden horses were as if they had been endowed with life, rising and falling, running and jumping.

Unnoticed, the five minutes of playtime were up, and the carousel slowly came to a stop.

The lights dimmed, and the music abruptly stopped.

The ghostlike figures of the children on the horses gradually faded.

Zhou Yuan and the others gaped, stunned.

For those children were indeed the faint apparitions of souls!

All of them had seen it!

"What the hell is this..." Zhou Yuan rubbed his eyes forcefully, seeing a little boy making a face at him—it wasn't a dream!

[They are ghosts, but they are a group of kind ghosts. Most people who died in the amusement park were full of resentment, so they became ferocious, bloodthirsty ghosts after death, but there were also some who retained their kind nature even in death.

Dache was recognized by them, and they will provide you with help next.]

The ghostly figures of the children slowly disappeared, but they would appear whenever needed.

"What the fuck?" Chen Guangxi had just snapped back to reality, patting herself down frantically, "I'm still alive?"

She felt something hard in her pocket and pulled it out—it was a fragment of a key.

"Cleared it!" Chen Guangxi was shocked.

"Damn, that's awesome!" Bai Xiao slapped Zhou Yuan on the shoulder, visibly excited, "You really called it, how did you guess?"

Zhou Yuan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and took a deep breath, "This amusement park, even after becoming anomalous, continues to create happiness, although its subjects are ghosts, but its essence hasn't changed, it still is 'giving happiness."

The essence of the amusement park is to provide happiness, regardless of age or gender, so probably the rides work the same way, but this carousel particularly likes children with pure hearts, and I started to wonder, why doesn't it like adults?

Later, I figured it out, because adults can't be happy.

The never-ending mortgages and car loans, the severe challenges in their careers, the twists and turns in their relationships, the high hopes of their families, and the invisible shackles of society... All these things suffocate people, so even in a place like an amusement park, adults find it hard to be happy.

Compared to wandering around, they prefer to find a place to lie down.

Moreover, to adults, riding a carousel might seem childish, so naturally, they cannot find joy in it.

And since the carousel can't make adults happy, over time it developed a sense of frustration, naturally coming to dislike adults."

"So, the condition to clear the level is quite simple—just be happy."

Zhou Yuan paused, "As for those wounds, I guess they are actually the various pressures that adults have to bear."

"Awesome, you are the best among this batch of newcomers."

Chen Guangxi clapped a few times, accidentally agitating her wounds and grimaced in pain, hastily pulling out a bottle of pale red potion from her Storage Ring and drinking it.

"An alchemy potion, it can heal injuries." She added casually.

Zhou Yuan nodded, "Let's go to the roller coaster."

He felt a bit somber, as the roller coaster was a ghost disguised as a roller coaster, and those who went on it to test it were likely to die.

Just then, a rush of footsteps resounded, someone was coming.

Zhou Yuan turned to look, startled, then let out a sharp cry and pulled out his Steel Rose to fire.

"Stop, stop, stop." Chen Guangxi quickly intervened, "It's not a ghost."

"Not a ghost?"

Zhou Yuan, still shocked, looked incredulously at the newcomer.

—It was Jiang Wuming, who had already become a human-head balloon!

"You're not dead?"

Zhou Yuan's mind was in turmoil; he had clearly seen Jiang Wuming as a human-head balloon.

"I died, but I won the resurrection match and came back from Hell!" Jiang Wuming smiled.

[This is the unfortunate specialty of this guy. He will keep dying due to bad luck, but he will resurrect each time he dies; he is an undying man, also a man perpetually facing death.]

"You see, Jiang was able to resurrect after dying, and he has a rather special ability—if he's around, as long as he's alive, no one will die, but if death is inevitable, he dies first, and only then will other people die." Chen Guangxi explained.

Zhou Yuan was stunned for a long while, then suddenly smacked his thigh, his face lighting up.

Now they had a candidate for trial and error!

Jiang Wuming, just having won his resurrection match, felt a chill down his spine, sensing the death star above his head beginning to shine once again.