Chapter 134 More Correct Than Killing
Chapter 134 More Correct Than Killing
All dead.
All seven characters in the Ghost Tower who could threaten Wen Xishu’s personal safety died.
Through the death barrage, Wen Xishu also learned the past of the seven characters.
But it all makes no sense.
Their past was destroyed too terribly.
Since this mission has no specific goal, it is to make people happy. Wen Xishu thought about it...
It seems that no one is happy this time.
Only if I am happy, the mission is not yet completed.
After he washed off the blood on his body, he thought that he still had to complete the task, so... he walked towards the temple on the mountain, which was the temple of Master Lingqing.
Along the way, Wen Xishu started from the garbage dump and passed through the center of Shika Island.
Police officers have begun to cordon off the "Evolutionary Restaurant" on Kashima Street.
The congressman from Toe died, and so did the owner of the Evolver Restaurant.
This series of events made the police officers in Kashima perk up.
But on the road, there are actually people just watching the fun.
People's discussion is as follows:
"Ah, I really want to eat my wife's hand. I think Chef Watanabe's skills can make my wife's hand taste better."
"Yes, my son has grown a third eye, but the perspective is very strange. He always feels that the things he sees are like a cracked mirror. I was thinking, either ask Dr. Hattori for help... or ask Mr. Watanabe to make an eye dish for him, so that he can eat his third eye and repair the other two eyes."
"Yes, yes, it's a pity, Chef Watanabe. I wonder if we can eat its corpse..."
"I'm so greedy, hehe, hehehe."
"Maybe the murderer killed people just for food, maybe the body has been eaten. I think those policemen are also eager to eat, right?"
The style of discussion has become extremely weird.
This certainly wasn't caused by the Honkai Impact 3rd, or maybe it was, but it wasn't caused by Hoshino.
But it is a higher level and a higher level of the Honkai Impact 3rd, or... a god.
In a sense, Hoshino is just a promoter.
The environment created Hoshino, but Hoshino is not the real person behind the environment.
But obviously, that is not something that a 42-story Desire Tower can solve.
The residents of Kashima have begun to mutate, and this mutation is not just about their bodies becoming deformed and grotesque.
Judging from their reactions to Watanabe's death, even the thinking of these residents has begun to change.
The era of people eating people... no, to be more precise, the era of monsters eating monsters will definitely come.
But there must be real humans on this Deer Island, just like him, there are no mutated humans.
Those people are the spark.
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On the edge of Deer Island, in a dilapidated temple on a lonely mountain.
Master Lingqing was beating the wooden fish, and his back appeared in Wen Xishu's eyes, looking extremely lonely.
There is a solitary monk in the dilapidated temple on Hanshan Mountain. His robes are torn and his body is also showing signs of abnormality.
Wen Xishu said:
"Master, I'm back."
The golden light was shining brightly, and Master Lingqing once again pulled Wen Xishu into the illusion and said:
"Can my power help the donor?"
"Yes, the will of the dead helped me figure out the causes and consequences of many things. I also saw the lives of those seven people. In a sense, this thing allows me to see the revolving lantern of other people before they die." Wen Xishu said with a smile.
Master Lingqing sighed:
"It seems that they are all dead?"
Wen Xishu admitted frankly:
"Yes, they are all dead. I killed them. Are you sorry, Master?"
Master Lingqing nodded:
"I always thought that I could cleanse their sins, and that... they were also worthy of redemption."
Wen Xishu smiled and said:
"They deserve it. But unfortunately, it's not this version anymore. I don't know how well you know us, Master, but as the only one who is qualified to survive in the apocalypse, I can tell you something."
"Of course, there were many people like me in the past. When they came here, maybe you, Master, were still a sin-killer in people's eyes."
"Maybe Mariko still has innocence in her heart, maybe Tetsuya Toyama still has a kind personality deep in his heart, maybe Sanshin Hanzo has just suffered some trauma, the delivery man carries the hopes of many people, Watanabe may not have gone astray, maybe the doctor Hattori has an obsession that can be resolved, and maybe there is a story behind the ability of the homeless man Kinoshita."
"But that's all in the past. Maybe Kashima was once a place where love could be used to influence people, but unfortunately, when it came to my turn... there was only one person left who could be saved."
Master Lingqing's hand that was striking the wooden fish suddenly stopped.
Wen Xishu said:
"Yes, it's you, Master. When it was my turn, everything started to fall apart under the influence of 'that person'."
"It's too late."
Master Lingqing sighed:
"So, when the mistake can no longer be corrected, you choose to break the situation by killing?"
"What if it's not? When a person first has a minor lesion, they just need to change their lifestyle and diet, and perhaps the lesion can be eliminated."
Wen Xishu paused and continued:
"But if a person is terminally ill, then if he wants to live, he has to go under the knife, and those diseased areas have to be cut away. He may lose some functions afterwards, but he survives."
"As long as you are alive, there is hope."
Master Lingqing did not deny it. He actually agreed with this view. Kashima was the terminally ill patient.
Wen Xishu's approach can save a few normal people.
But Master Lingqing couldn't help but think:
"All living things suffer. Does that mean that you will have to prove your truth by killing others in the future?"
Wen Xishu had actually thought about this question, but not in depth.
When Master Lingqing asked this question, he began to think about this question again:
"It's hard to say. Killing is a helpless act. My special abilities, including killing, were actually passed down to me by my brother."
"Actually, I was thinking, since he left me this ability, is there something he can't do but I can do?"
"If there is, it's definitely not murder, because he has a stronger desire to kill than I do."
Master Lingqing was silent for a moment:
"That is to say, ordinary people cannot solve the problem by killing like the donor. But the donor's brother can."
Wen Xishu nodded:
"Yes, Master, all my abilities come from... well, that's not the way to say it. Even without this ability, I might still be very powerful, but given today's situation, I won't be able to end it so happily."
"In short, he left me a very precious power, which may be the power to subvert everything."
"But I was wondering, what is the meaning of him giving me these powers? To have another companion, or to hope to see different possibilities?"
Wen Xishu brought the topic back:
"My brother should be a person with more serious killing karma than me. I think if he were to deal with the situation on Shika Island... he would not just kill eight people, but would massacre the entire island. Well, I actually think so too."
"Although... I have never met him, but actually... I am very familiar with him. I wonder if you think I am talking nonsense, Master?"
Master Lingqing shook his head:
"It seems that you brothers are in a very special situation right now. But I can feel your confusion and sincerity, benefactor."
"In my opinion... Master Wen, your brother left these powers to you because you are better than him. He hopes to see that you can make a different choice from him."
Wen Xishu smiled:
"Master, please continue."
Master Lingqing said:
"If his murderous intent is stronger than yours, perhaps he gave you this power to see how you would choose..."
"You want to know, if you can kill someone, would you do it that way?"
Wen Xishu was silent.
Without a doubt, he chose to kill.
These rubbish in the Yuta Tower will become a threat to the Guita Tower in the future, so killing them now is of course the right thing to do.
In Kashima, which has collapsed to such an extent...
In a devastating situation where everyone can no longer be pulled back to normal, killing is indeed a helpless move, but also the right move.
But it was obvious that what Master Lingqing discussed with him was whether there was a better way than killing?
Wen Xishu thought about it...
"I guess so. Just like my choice today, if killing everyone is the right thing to do, I will of course kill everyone."
"I can only stay here for 48 hours. 48 hours, compared to the collapse of the Honkai Impactor... that is, 'that person' after countless cycles, what I can change is minimal. The biggest parameter to be affected is life and death."
"So from a rational point of view, I would also choose to kill. Mage, do you think there is a better solution?"
Master Lingqing shook his head:
"There is no solution, at least in this situation. I agree with your approach, benefactor. But if killing is a helpless act, and every time we are helpless, isn't that a losing situation?"
Being helpless every time, isn't this a defeat?
Yes, if every time the Weird Tower is dangerous, then the only solution to the Desire Tower is to kill the righteous and destroy the situation managed by the Honkai Impactor...
Then it seems that there is only one ending left for Desire Tower.
Perhaps Wen Chaohua had also encountered such a dilemma. He felt that killing was the only solution.
Just like what happened to Kashima this time, the means of persuasion and redemption were completely useless. Faced with such despair, the only option was to kill.
But if it's like this every time, will we be able to kill our way through the entire Tower of Desire?
If this is true, what will be the consequences?
Wen Xishu suddenly remembered that there were no Honkai Impactors before the 20th floor.
Does that mean that the characters that humans can recruit and unlock are only those in the first twenty levels?
If this is the case, then in the Three Towers War, if the human side appears, there is a high probability that their allies will be relatively weak characters.
Although Tang Rui and Jack are not weak...
But it is obvious that at higher levels, there are many characters with far greater potential than them.
Mariko, Mikami, Toyasu, Hattori, Kinoshita, Watanabe... I'm afraid these people will also be powerful in the future.
Killing them certainly wouldn't turn them into enemies, but they wouldn't turn them into allies either.
The existence of the Honkai Impact 3rd forces him to kill only his targets... Every time this happens, he does feel like he's being calculated on a macro level.
Wen Xishu fell into deep thought.
He obviously felt confused, as this was the path Wen Chaohua had walked before. Wen Chaohua had also felt confused, just like him.
"But has Wen Chaohua...realized that she can't change the situation. But I can change the situation?"
"What is the biggest difference between me and Wen Zhaohua?"
The answer is not something Wen Xishu can know at this stage.
Master Lingqing suddenly spoke, breaking the silence:
"Donor, perhaps you need to master a power that will allow you to show up not so late. Perhaps there is some way to reduce the number of the Honkai Impactors you mentioned?"
"If you have a hospital full of desperately ill patients, then as a doctor you have no right to do anything wrong: cut out whatever is wrong. That's exactly what you did."
"But perhaps, if your abilities are far greater than you think... you could try to change the external factors so that there are fewer people who are terminally ill?"
Master Lingqing no longer knelt on the cushion, but stood up:
"Like me, I thought my skills could save the lonely souls in the troubled times. But a policy from the outside world turned this world into a hell of Asuras in an instant."
"If I am obsessed with saving Kashima, I will inevitably be swallowed up by Kashima."
"My eyes cannot see the bigger world, I can only see the monsters of Kashima."
"But what if I go to Toe and stop this at the source? Maybe... maybe I can bring this country back to life?"
Wen Xishu suddenly understood.
Yes, if you stick to the results at a certain level, you will always be stuck in a situation where you fight to the death with the "Honker" and eventually kill him.
Can the Desire Tower be killed? Of course, to be honest, killing the Honkai Impact 3rd is pretty cool.
But if we adopt a one-size-fits-all approach... then what may be harmed is the foundation of humanity's future.
Is there a way to kill only the Collapsers and go back to the time before the Collapse?
Wen Xishu suddenly thought of Scorpio and Pisces.
Scorpio's ability is gamification, and gaming abilities include but are not limited to "rolling back" and "loading".
And Pisces' ability is directly related to time...
Maybe I can get some power from the constellations and change some results from the source.
When Wen Xishu thought of this, his mind suddenly became clear and he felt as if the world had become wider.
Twelve constellations, twelve kinds of divine powers. Perhaps I can get the power to change everything from them.
But...can't I just smell the morning flowers?
Wen Xishu always felt that Wen Chaohua gave him the power of the Crazy Dice not just to spread it... but more like to transfer it, and he was eager to see some new variables.
He subconsciously thought... Could it be that Wen Chaohua was unable to borrow or obtain the power of other constellations?
Wen Xishu shook his head slightly and stopped thinking about this question.
"Forget it. Wen Chaohua is still too mysterious. I'd better focus on the present."
Wen Xishu also stood up and looked at Master Lingqing:
"I have one more thing... to tell you, Master."
Master Lingqing sighed:
"Is this about Mr. Murata?"
Wen Xishu was startled:
"You know?"
Master Lingqing shook his head:
"I'm not sure. In fact, I have always had a suspicion. I suspect that Mr. Murata, who was with me, has been murdered... but I have no evidence."
"Or……"
Master Lingqing's eyes showed a bit of loneliness:
“I have been unwilling to face this matter.”
Wen Xishu was secretly shocked. He didn't expect that the mage had already guessed it. He found that he had underestimated the mage's character.
Master Lingqing said:
"Some roads... you really shouldn't expect to have companions. After all, the roads are so dangerous."
"Donor, I will be heading to Toe. But before that, I want to provide a safe haven for others."
The future of the Ghost Tower will undergo major changes... Although Wen Xishu knows that the death of those seven people will cause changes itself.
But now it seems that this change will even change the format of the game.
Wen Xishu said:
"You want to face the 'god' that influenced Toe alone...?"
Master Lingqing smiled and said:
"Although I look hideous now, if I had this face before, I would probably be regarded as a demon."
"Not anymore. Thanks to that policy, I think I won't attract too much attention on my way to Toe."
Wen Xishu was filled with awe.
To be honest, he thought Master Lingqing would never recover.
After all... the mage is actually very young. In the final analysis, he is still a young man.
After he learned of Officer Murata's death, he was actually very sad.
Wen Xishu saw the loneliness hidden deep in his eyes.
But at this time, the master did not care about personal sorrow and joy. When he learned that Mr. Murata had passed away, the master just stood up and made the decision to leave Kashima.
Perhaps it was because the only bond was gone, or perhaps it was because Wen Xishu broke the impasse by killing, which made him think in some way.
In short, the wizard, who is already a lone brave hero, chooses to challenge a greater predicament - Toue.
For the island nation, the real source of the apocalypse is hiding demons and monsters.
Wen Xishu was originally a little helpless. The version in which he rushed to Shikama... was a version in which he could only break the path by killing.
But now, he suddenly began to feel fortunate.
It turns out that I am not here at the wrong time. It turns out that there are people here who are worth learning from and respecting.
Wen Xishu said:
"Master, I am grateful for this encounter. You made me understand some things. I will not stop you from facing more difficult but more correct things."
Master Lingqing also laughed and said:
"In fact...it was your actions that made me realize that if I don't leave here, I will have no choice but to kill everyone here in the future."
Wen Xishu smiled and said:
"Then we have influenced each other. In this case, mage, your path is not lonely."
"Where you are heading, there may be beings who are much higher than 'that person'. Maybe we will meet again in the future, or even join forces."
"But before that... please don't be corrupted, don't be destroyed."
Master Lingqing said:
"In this case, it will be considered as an agreement between me and the donor. I have never lied in my life, and I value my promises the most."
Wen Xishu said happily:
"That's not me. I've told countless lies in my life and I'm the best at cheating people, but I will definitely keep my appointment."
Tojiang.
Wen Xishu could imagine that there were a lot of urban legends, monsters and ghosts in that area. That place must be of a very high level.
He would definitely go again.
Master Lingqing clasped his hands together and bowed slightly to Wen Xishu:
"In any case, thank you for everything you have done for Kashima... Isn't it also a way to save the dead? Donor, I'll give this to you. Maybe it will be helpful to you."
Wen Xishu likes people who are not pedantic or saintly but can get to the heart of things. He accepted the gift from the wizard...
It's a wooden fish. The kind that gives +1 merit for each strike.
Wen Xishu wasn't sure whether this thing could be considered a prop and whether he could take it away, but after thinking about it, he still took the wooden fish.
He also folded his hands:
"We'll meet at Toe."
"Okay, see you Toye."
After making the promise, Wen Xishu finally received the notification that the mission was completed and he could return to the Ghost Tower.
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The journey to the 42nd floor of the Desire Tower has actually ended.
In the following time, Master Lingqing bid farewell to Wen Xishu and went to other places on Ludao Island.
What Master Lingqing had to do was to build a safe house to provide shelter for the few survivors on Shikama.
Wen Xishu guessed... that he had killed a Honkai Impact Element and seven people with strange level qualifications.
Then theoretically, if he went to the Weird Tower again, there would be more survivors, not just a few. The power of Master Lingqing seemed to be gradually deepening.
Wen Xishu felt that this might be the most positive and qualified character he had ever encountered in the doomsday.
To be honest, he was quite worried that after arriving in Toe, this character might encounter some great destruction, which would lead to changes in his heart.
But everyone has their own story, and Wen Xishu can only wish them all the best.
Wen Xishu couldn't wait until Master Lingqing finished building the shelter.
He didn't have much time, but fortunately... he could see a brand new simulation of the trajectory of fate.
[Due to the changes in the plot of the Tower of Desire, the 42nd floor of the Tower of Terror, "Seven Nights of Deer Island", will be restarted. 】
[All players who are currently participating in this mission (except those who have received the invitation) will have their memory modules changed synchronously. ]
【The memory module is being changed.】
[The strange tower starts the logic repair simulation. 】
[Simulation begins. 】
[After the destined people said goodbye to Master Lingqing, Master Lingqing began to build a shelter on Shikama. ]
[As the end of the world approaches, Master Lingqing's magical power increases day by day. He does not feel complacent about this, but feels deeply the difficulty of his responsibility.]
[Master Lingqing drew 180,000 forbidden spells to protect the shelter. No ghosts can get close to it. The survivors will have a safe base under the protection of the spells.]
[The death of several key figures in Kashima caused the progress of some things to be put on hold. The commissioner from Toe came to investigate. Master Lingqing was escorted to Toe as the culprit. ]
[Although the way he arrived at Toe was not very decent, for the mage, he finally went to Toe, and... entered a very critical place. ]
[Kashima is a large-scale experiment, far larger than Toe, but Toe is the origin of all evil experiments. ]
[Master Lingqing, as a new experimental subject, began to accept research. Master Lingqing himself did not resist. ]
[After suffering inhuman torture and experiments, Master Lingqing's body became even more bizarre and terrifying, but his mind was not distorted.]
【Master Lingqing and some other experimental subjects escaped from the laboratory and formed the Toujiang Pure Demon Monk.】
[A new force will appear in the Tojiang battlefield - the Demon Purifier Monk. 】
[Your favorability with Master Gui Lingqing increases to 95. ]
[You have attracted the attention of Libra, and your favorability with Libra has increased by +7. ]
This is all the simulation results.
After watching this simulation, Wen Xishu was quite shocked.
He redeemed Kashima, then was taken away by Toe's commissioner, imprisoned as an experimental subject, and suffered inhuman torture... But he finally found a breakthrough, and together with some of the experimental subjects, he formed the Demon Purifying Monk force.
What a strong willpower this must be! After seeing the simulated text showing that Master Lingqing was captured, Wen Xishu was thinking... It's over, is he going to turn evil and become ten times stronger?
But the mage did not turn evil, but held on to his will and original intention.
Wen Xishu sighed, he was still too weak, if he became strong enough...
Now he wanted to go to the battlefield in Toei and fight alongside Master Lingqing.
At the same time, Wen Xishu noticed two things——
The first thing was that he actually attracted the attention of Libra. To be honest, this was the first time that Wen Xishu attracted attention from this zodiac sign in the true sense, not counting the time when Scorpio gathered around him.
"Libra, what do you care about? What does its appearance have to do with?"
This made Wen Xishu very curious. Could it be that the god in Hujiang... was a Libra?
But it shouldn't be like that, because if that god is really a Libra, Libra should have lowered his favorability towards himself, not increased it.
The second thing: There was no "Purifying Demon Monk" force in the original Tojiang battlefield. The leader of the Purifying Demon Monk force must be Master Lingqing.
But in the previous track, Master Lingqing was in another room, keeping the monsters.
But after I influenced Master Lingqing, Master Lingqing's thoughts began to change from the root.
From the initial "seal all evil things" to provide space for survivors, it has changed to "even if all evil things are sealed, there will still be a constant stream of evil born from the source, I must go to the source to purify everything."
This is what Wen Xishu gave the mage to think about after he broke the deadlock by killing.
The mage's approach also gave Wen Xishu inspiration. Perhaps there is a more important approach than breaking the deadlock by killing, although he has no idea how to do it specifically.
The simulation ended here, and Wen Xishu’s journey to the Desire Tower also came to an end.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, if you can't win, you can escape from Toujiang and head to Fengcheng..."
"Forget it. I guess Master Lingqing won't leave Hujiang either."
As Wen Xishu's thoughts changed, the scene around him also began to change.
He returned to the spooky tower and saw the room again, but this time, the content of the game had completely changed.
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Weird Tower, 42nd floor, Deer Island.
A house covered with forbidden talismans appeared in front of Wen Xishu.
[After many choices, you found another house. But are there humans living in this house? If so, can you get them to open the door for you? ]
[The radiant moon is about to appear, and the thick fog will dissipate... You don't have much time left, please find the house before the "strong moon" arrives. 5 times remaining. ]
When this prompt appeared, Wen Xishu knew that his way of playing had completely changed.
"My goodness, I went from being the one who opened the door to being the one who knocked on the door?"
Wen Xishu began to carefully search his memory and found that the way of playing the game had undergone earth-shaking changes.
The original way to play is to open the door or not, and let yourself survive in the house for seven days.
The current gameplay is to find a house and ask for the door to be opened...
Only one of the rooms is correct.
In other words, the other houses are full of monsters.
But if you enter a monster's room, don't be afraid, the monster will determine whether you are human or not...this process takes time.
Because in the monsters' cognition, all humans live in the safest houses.
Every night, there is a "moon strong hour". When the moon is strong, it means that the moonlight becomes extremely strong.
If you are exposed to moonlight for too long... you will become a monster.
Once you become a monster, you can't go back to the bunker and can only become a part of this place.
This is a mechanism for sneaking through the bunker to the three towers, but no one would be willing to do this because after turning into a monster, they will lose their memories and their thinking ability will also decline.
So the bunker player has seven days here... At the beginning of the game, the bunker player is in a dark cave.
At night, players can choose to go out and look for a house before the moon reaches its peak.
Those who open the door for you and those who don't may be monsters. Players need to judge whether the person in the house is a human or a monster.
At the same time, if the player enters a monster's house, he must find a way to disguise himself as a monster so as not to be discovered by the monster.
If you are lucky enough, you can find a human house before the first night when the moon is strong, and the game ends...
But this kind of luck only happens once in a million.
And as players continue to enter the wrong houses...their chances of encountering the right house will accumulate.
This is the new survival game.
"It seems that the level of the Weird Tower will not be reduced this time... Kashima is worthy of being Kashima. Although several core monsters are missing, the gameplay has changed and the difficulty of death is still very high."
Wen Xishu remembered one thing, that in the old version, the night was safe and the day was dangerous.
In the current version, you are only safe at night when the moon is weak. If you fail to find a house to live in during the strong moon phase, the game will end.
It is unsafe day and night.
"Does this mean... that the radiation has deepened? Is Toe implementing some kind of inhumane policy again?"
"Also, the chances of finding the correct house in this game are extremely slim. To put it bluntly, it's almost impossible to hit the target in one shot."
"So, you have to enter the wrong house, which is where the monster lives, and force yourself to disguise yourself as a monster..."
"This difficulty actually feels... a little harder than my last version?"
In the previous version, at least the seven people could check and balance each other.
In this version, there should be no checks and balances in the monster's family.
"Interesting. The departure of the mage has completely changed the way the game is played."
"But I've already lived there for three nights... In other words, I haven't encountered the right house for two nights in the new version."
"Then logically, my chances of encountering the right house should be much higher."
Wen Xishu began to ponder the hint from not long ago——
[After many choices, you found another house. But are there humans living in this house? If so, can you get them to open the door for you? ]
"Even if I find the right house, I still have to convince the humans that I'm human... I guess taking off my pants won't work."
Wen Xishu didn't think any more and walked forward.
The only thing in this room was the peephole, which allowed him to see what was happening inside. When he knocked on the door...
The people in the room were also observing him through the peephole.
"Turn around."
There was a sound in the house.
This scene... really seemed familiar. Wen Xishu turned around obediently.
He missed an old principal's prop - forgetting to bring his keys.
"Take off your pants and clothes."
It’s actually no big deal, just take it off. Compared to life safety, what does this matter?
But Wen Xishu soon realized...
Here comes a problem. If the person in the room is a monster, then after you take off all your clothes...
They will know you are human.
This way, once you enter the house, you won't be able to disguise yourself as a monster.
"It certainly looks like a way to verify that I'm human. It looks like I should do it."
"But the difficulty of this game is that once I do this and reveal that I am human, I will no longer be able to survive in the monster house."
The new version of the game is even more difficult.
Because the biggest contradiction is... if the other party is a human, you need to prove that you are a human. After all, the other party cannot open the door for a monster.
So you need to prove that you are human, but if you really prove it... and it turns out that a monster opens the door, you can no longer play the monster - after all, you have already proved that you are human.
So should we prove that we are human? This is the core of the game.
There is no doubt that Wen Xishu is now trapped in this dilemma.
"How do I know if you are human?" Wen Xishu said.
"It's none of my business. You monsters, you just want to trick us into opening the door for you! We won't believe it. If you don't take off your clothes, get out!" said the people in the room.
Very good, Wen Xishu felt like a boomerang had hit him.
He also yelled for the monsters to roll back, in the last version.
"This is fun..."
Wen Xishu began to think.
First of all, the house was built by the mage. What makes me different from others is that... although I have just started playing the new version of the game, the new version of the game was created because of my interaction with the mage.
In other words, I know the origin.
Other players still need to explore the background of the story, but Wen Xishu already knows the background of the new version of the story——
The wizard who guards Kashima finally decides to go to the source to find the source of evil and change the end of the world. Before leaving, the wizard creates a safe house.
"Made by a wizard...Made by a wizard..."
Wen Xishu silently recited this sentence, and suddenly he had the answer in his mind. He remembered something.
Wen Xishu suddenly sat cross-legged on the ground, like a monk chanting sutras.
Then he took out the wooden fish.
Yes, at the end of the Desire Tower story line, Master Lingqing gave the wooden fish that he often struck to Wen Xishu.
Wen Xishu was still thinking at the time, is this thing considered a prop? Does it have any substantial effect?
Now, he suddenly thought, maybe this is the purpose of the wooden fish! He is the "predestined person".
So Wen Xishu started to beat the wooden fish.
At this time, the "person" in the room said angrily:
"Damn it! Damn it! You damned mage! Get out! Get out!"
The sound of the wooden fish made people in the room feel angry.
Wen Xishu knew... this was not the house he wanted to visit.
So he left quickly and started looking for a house.
After turning a corner...
The surrounding scene changed again. A new prompt appeared in Wen Xishu's mind.
[After many choices, you found another house. But are there humans living in this house? If so, can you get them to open the door for you? ]
[The radiant moon is about to appear, and the thick fog will dissipate... You don't have much time left, please find the house before the "strong moon" arrives. 4 times remaining. ]
Although Mu Yu can help Wen Xishu confirm whether the thing in the house... is a monster.
But it's also difficult if you never find the right house.
Wen Xishu knocked on the door again. This time, after hearing the sound of the wooden fish, the other party continued to curse, and his voice even sounded like a monster. It was definitely not a sound that a human could make.
So Wen Xishu's remaining number of times became 3.
The third visit, still the same.
Wen Xishu's remaining times became 2.
On the fourth visit, Wen Xishu decided to give it a try. He couldn’t just sit there and wait for death.
"Take off your clothes." In response to Wen Xishu's request when knocking on the door, it seemed that the owner would ask Wen Xishu to do this.
Wen Xishu took out the wooden fish this time and just knocked it once. It was obvious that he felt the murderous aura coming from the room.
And that heavy breathing sound.
The low roar that could only come from the throat of a wild beast was captured by Wen Xishu.
But at this time, Wen Xishu thought of——
"The monster has been exposed. It's been like this before. The monster has been exposed. I'm leaving..."
"In the eyes of the monsters, I must be a human if I leave. But what if I don't leave?"
Wen Xishu said:
"Actually... I'm from Toe. I killed a monk, and this wooden fish is my trophy. I think this is enough to prove my identity?"
"I heard the sound you made. We are of the same kind. I hate the sound of the wooden fish as much as you do, but I decided to keep it because it is my trophy."
"I think you will be very interested in hearing my story about how I killed the Togashi-no-Moriya monk."
The name of the Demon Purifier Monk had already spread to Shikama. After hearing what Wen Xishu said, the other party was willing to open the door.
Wen Xishu's remaining number of visits at this time is 1, which does not mean that he can only visit once, but after one more visit, Yue Qiangshi will arrive.
Seeing that he had successfully gained the monster's trust and was able to move in as a monster...
Wen Xishu couldn't help but thank the master.
The Demon-Exorcist Monk must have made a great contribution and killed many evil demons.
Otherwise these monsters wouldn't be so hateful.
Wen Xishu said:
"Oh... I suddenly remembered something. I won't go in yet. Thank you for opening the door."
Wen Xishu turned and left.
Not long after, he turned another corner...and the scene around him changed again.
A new room appeared in front of Wen Xishu again.
Another reminder popped up in my mind.
This time, Wen Xishu knocked on the door directly.
"Take off your clothes... We need to know that you are human." The person in the room said in a low voice.
Of course Wen Xishu didn't take off his clothes. He just took out the wooden fish and started beating it.
But this time, the people in the room reacted completely differently:
"Hey, why is the talisman moving? Is the wizard back?" This was another person's voice.
This voice also made Wen Xishu stunned.
So... am I really that lucky? I didn't even need to think of a way to crack it during my last visit?
Did I really encounter it myself?
Sometimes it's like this, when you are not prepared, you will never encounter the kindness of fate.
But when you are ready... maybe the good luck you have been waiting for will come.
When Wen Xishu was thinking about how he should make up a story...
The door opened, and the person who opened it was the short-haired man he met in the previous version.
This time, the short-haired man no longer hated the mage. When he saw the wooden fish, he immediately invited Wen Xishu in:
"You are the mage's friend indeed! Come in! Come in! The Moon is almost here!"
The dark night of despair suddenly dissipated at this moment.
In the room that did not have the atmosphere of Kashima, there was light, warmth, and humans... humans without any abnormalities.
They gathered together happily without worrying about the invasion of evil spirits.
And this is the strange tower, a strange tower after the end of the world.
None of this is real, yet it's all so real.
Despite the extremely dark and desperate past, and the extremely twisted and collapsed past, the wizard still saved the very few survivors on Kashima.
In Kashima, the most broken and twisted place, there is still a happy and warm home.
"They no longer hate you... and they survived safely."
After Wen Xishu walked into the door, he felt that he could finally have a good sleep and then return to the bunker.
Everything is helpless and cannot be changed, but in the end, the best outcome that can be achieved at this stage was achieved.
The moment Wen Xishu found the real house and entered the house——
A reminder that the mission was completed also appeared in his mind.
"I wonder what kind of evaluation I will get for this mission, and...whether the Great Devourer has descended upon the bunker?"
(End of this chapter)