Chapter 161 Cracking the Story
Chapter 161 Cracking the Story
The feeling of being locked in some terrible fate finally disappeared.
Wen Xishu didn't know what happened in this process.
But what is certain is that he still needs to be adequately prepared for his meeting with Wen Chaohua.
At this moment, Wen Xishu began to focus on his own story.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for so long."
"Actually, my second story is very simple. I'm sure many viewers are curious. Since we can only talk about real events here, how did I get two second-generations to give up billions of dollars in assets?"
Wen Xishu even paused for a moment.
"Of course I can't reveal the secret here, but perhaps you can find the answer from the next round of accidents."
"There was once a person who, at my suggestion, killed his colleague and friend, and snatched away his neighbor's daughter."
"I told him he was going to be a monster, but until the end, he had no idea who I was or what I had done. He was even grateful to me."
[Will it be the same as last time, after the accident...the two of them ended up on good terms?]
[I think so too... But this sounds really perverted. He killed his friends and colleagues and robbed his neighbor's daughter. He really became a monster with twisted humanity.]
This was exactly the effect Wen Xishu wanted. After pausing for a few seconds, he recalled the last time he was in the Slaughter Tower, so he modified the scene at that time:
"Later, during a chance trip, he seemed to know who I was and where I came from. I was completely exposed. At the same time, he also knew how many people's destinies I had changed."
"He said he wanted to find me. They even met one of my classmates and scared him so much that they tried to get my information."
"Yes, he is alive."
“This is my story.”
It's all true. Jack and Jennifer did meet Wen Xishu's senior.
The student was indeed frightened at the time.
It was also that student who later proved that Jack's next stage form, as well as Jennifer behind Jack, were extremely powerful.
Of course, from Wen Xishu's words, it sounded like Jack had awakened and finally realized that he was being mentally controlled.
Then Jack began to frantically look for Wen Xishu, wanting revenge.
[I can't believe that even after all this, the accident hut is still safe and sound! ]
【I want to see a river of blood! 】
[Poor guy, this person is definitely the most terrible storyteller I have ever seen. I am worried that he will be fooled again! ]
[But then we can also see how he did it! ]
[Once the magician's mystery is revealed, his expectations will be greatly reduced! ]
Wen Xishu looked at the barrage and was very satisfied with its effects.
His expectation value is not low in this round, 200 points.
Second only to the naughty kid.
And unlike the chef, Wen Xishu's audience perversion value did not increase.
He also paid attention to the storytelling skills.
Seeing Wen Xishu's high score, the snake-tongue girl's eyes became increasingly dim...
"The next one... the next one must be lower than me! It must be lower than me!"
Next, it’s the chef’s turn.
The chef felt helpless because the perversion value of his audience had increased.
Audiences want to see more exciting shows.
He could only use one of his hidden skills in advance.
"I once had a guest who came to my restaurant and complained about our chicken breast, saying it was too tough."
"I explained that chicken breast is naturally tougher."
“He thought the taste wasn’t worth the price.”
"So, I invited him to come tomorrow and I'll treat him to the best meat."
"The next day, he came."
"He ate what he thought was the best meat he had ever eaten in his life."
The chef continued, with no further narration.
He seemed to realize the importance of leaving blank space and creating suspense. So in the last part of the story, the chef said:
"Not long after, I left the city because it had no room for me."
"That man, after attending the funeral of his wife and children, vowed to find me."
[Fuck! Why do I feel a little creepy! ]
[This is terrifying! This is to say that the most delicious meat a man can eat is the meat of his wife and children, right? ]
【What a beast! 】
[This man will definitely be killed! I can finally see the blood flowing like a river! ]
The chef's story has set off a barrage of comments. What is more cruel than cannibalism is feeding people to the relatives of the ingredients...
Wen Xishu felt that this person was a little too much like Hannibal. His expectations were also at 233 points.
"Could it be that he is the boss behind this storytelling session?"
In fact, Wen Xishu has been thinking about how to find the invitation letter...
Among the storytellers, who is the key qualified one?
But now, he still hasn't found it, because many people here are completely bad.
The snake-tongued woman is actually the best one. At most, she breaks up families and acts like a third party.
But at the end of the day, no one died.
What the naughty kid did was evil enough. Although it was not serious, he was definitely a bad guy.
Not to mention the dead, among the living, the male lecturer puas women and makes women commit suicide...he is a complete beast.
What about the fool?
After the snake-tongue girl, the naughty kid, the chef, the male lecturer, and Wen Xishu finished their stories—
Next comes the turn of the last person in this round of storytelling, the fool.
The fool did some extremely disgusting things in the last round, but it also greatly satisfied some special audiences.
But some things, like the seduction of the snake-tongued woman, are no longer new once you’ve seen them, and you lose interest in them.
Just when everyone was wondering what other stupid things this fool could do.
The fool suddenly said:
"There is actually a kindergarten in the town, which is a kindergarten for the disabled. There are many people with physical disabilities or intellectual disabilities in it."
"People often die there. The dead are stripped naked, with their bodies exposed, and their heads hollowed out."
"There was always a note in his head about his stupidity, the stupid things he had done, and the murderer seemed to be a...very bad person."
"He believed that stupid genes did not deserve to exist in this world. The last sentence on the note was always: I have contributed to the elimination of another inferior gene from this world."
"So the agents all thought it was done by some extremist who hated the mentally retarded or disabled groups."
The fool's eyes suddenly turned evil, and the drooling from the corners of his mouth stopped.
The whole person's temperament has completely changed.
"They could never imagine... that I am the murderer!"
[Ah? Big twist? How did he suddenly become smarter? ]
[Each one is worse than the other, one tortures dogs, one eats people, and one kills disabled people! No, where on earth did they find so many beasts! ]
[Damn, he was just pretending!? ]
[No, he ate shit just to act stupid? This guy is really cruel.]
[No matter how clear your eyes are now, you can't hide the fact that you have eaten shit! ]
Expected value: 194.
The expectations of the fool are higher than those of the snake-tongued woman.
Now it's good. The Snake Tongue Woman has become the one at the bottom.
Current Expectation Ranking:
First place, the naughty kid got 295 points.
Second place: Chef with 233 points.
Third place, Wen Xishu, 200 points.
Fourth place, Fool, 194 points.
Fifth place, male lecturer with 145 points.
Sixth place, Snake Tongue Woman, 97 points.
The snake-tongue woman shuddered.
Unless next...she can perform hard in the accident segment, and others have a huge misalignment of expectations -
Otherwise she wouldn't have survived.
In the eyes of prostitutes, all men are heartless and unfeeling. At this moment, she became more convinced of this idea.
"Why! All men are like this! He loved me to death in the last round!"
She seemed unable to understand the difference between love and desire.
Wen Xishu also sighed... The audience was so real after their desires were satisfied.
"At least... one person has to die in this round, right?"
"There should be more additional rules in the third round. This way... more people may die."
"Since we can't find any clues for now, let's win the game first!"
This is Wen Xishu’s idea.
Soon, everyone followed the guidance of the statue and went back to their respective huts.
The accident started.
……
……
Different from last time.
When Wen Xishu pushed open the door, he no longer appeared in the original scene, but... went to a familiar place.
Jack's old building.
He came to the city of Moen!
Wen Xishu recognized the corridor at once.
"Strange, last time they visited me...this time it's me visiting them."
"Is it... because the An brothers are wanderers?"
"Because wanderers don't have their own territory, they will be invited here."
Wen Xishu was still thinking.
But the next moment, he suddenly discovered that there was an extremely dangerous aura coming from behind him.
The sharp steel claws have already landed on Wen Xishu's shoulders.
The girl's laughter came:
"Another stinky rat is here, so annoying, uncle."
The laughter came from all directions and it was unclear where it came from. Wen Xishu just felt that he would be chopped into pieces in the next second.
But he was not panicked.
【Jack, I'm here to see you. 】
The emotional fluctuations between life and death, this extreme fear, are released, but the heart controls the content of the barrage...
This precise operation made Jack, who was about to chop the enemy into pieces with his scissor hands, slightly dazed.
The next second, Wen Xishu turned around:
"It's been a while since we last met, you won't have forgotten me, right?"
"It's you! Wen Xishu! Why are you here?" Jack was shocked.
"Wen Xishu? Wen Xishu!" another female voice came. After the voice fell, it was only a blink of an eye...
From behind Jack, a girl appeared.
At this time, Jack's appearance had become extremely terrifying, but the girl's appearance was pitiful.
The girl sat on Jack's shoulders, her eyes full of excitement:
"It's really you! Wen Xishu! It's really you!"
The girl jumped right over.
Wen Xishu opened his arms and hugged the girl.
"Yeah, Jennifer, it's getting heavier."
At this moment, the barrage was filled with confusion, and everyone felt like they had been deceived by this person again.
[No way? Is this a fucking meeting between enemies? ]
[This little girl is so pretty. Isn't she much prettier than the snake-tongued girl? ]
[The one behind... is a monster. Can a human grow so big? And the face on him, is that... someone else's face sewn on? ]
[Although I feel cheated again, I still find it very interesting. How do this monster and this little girl live together? ]
Wen Xishu's expectations dropped, but he didn't care.
He knew that the one whose expectations dropped the most was definitely not him.
In the next round, he will continue to deceive the viewers of the barrage.
At this moment, Wen Xishu asked a very critical question:
"Jack, Jennifer, I'm sorry for the intrusive visit. You can understand that this is just an attempt on my part."
"Not long ago, I met with the An brothers. About ten minutes ago."
An brothers?
Isn't that in Longxia? Half a planet away... is it so casual?
But the Wen Xishu in front of him...didn't look like he had that kind of strength at all.
Jack felt that Wen Xishu had become a little stronger, but that was all.
Wen Xishu said:
"Actually, it's the embodiment of my consciousness. My real body is in a distant castle."
I see……
Jack suddenly realized.
"It seems that you have experienced a lot since that time, and your strength has improved by leaps and bounds!"
Jennifer was surprised:
"Then can you help us get rid of the smelly rats nearby?"
Perhaps this was the mission to officially recruit them?
Unfortunately, Wen Xishu can't do it now.
He shook his head and said:
"I'm sorry, I can't help you right now. I'm just a weak clone."
"But if you encounter troubles that you cannot solve in the future, you can go to Windy City. That is my territory."
Jack was slightly moved.
Wen Xishu actually has a city as his territory?
He said:
"What do you need us to do? You must have a purpose for coming here this time, right?"
Wen Xishu really exists.
"Regarding the mental barrage, Jack, the power you gave me... I want to know, do you know the tower force value?" Jack shook his head:
"Never heard of it."
Wen Xishu was not surprised:
"So... you can activate the barrage and make it materialize at any time?"
Jack nodded:
"As long as I have enough emotions, but even so, the consumption is huge."
Wen Xishu's reaction remained calm.
Because he guessed that this might be the result.
"Jack and I...are not of the same caliber."
"No, to be exact, it's the Bunker People and the Qualified People who use a different system!"
"The sequence is with the qualified person, and to activate the ultimate move, no tower force is needed. But for the bunker people, although the bunker people can change many things and treat the qualified people as NPCs...but the bunker people use the power of the qualified people, to activate certain mysteries, they need to collect tower force!"
"That's the only reasonable explanation."
Wen Xishu said:
"Jack, thank you for your gift at that time. I have learned what I needed to know."
Jack didn't quite understand:
"You came all the way here... no, you came all the way here just to ask this? With your ability, you can just use mental invasion, right?"
Do I need to come in person to ask questions that I could have asked through the chat last time?
Wen Xishu knew that at this time, he needed to remain mysterious:
"I said, this is an attempt. Finally, I wish you good luck, my lovely Jennifer, and generous Jack, and remember that you are always welcome in the Windy City. Of course, if I find the right opportunity, I will come to Moen City again."
"It's time for me to go back."
Wen Xishu’s accident is over.
The incidents in the other rooms were actually almost over.
The audience's comments were almost all ellipsis.
They couldn't understand the relationship between Wen Xishu and these two people. According to the rule that the story must be true, Wen Xishu did do what he described...
But strangely, these people are very grateful to Wen Xishu.
Of course, they seemed to have realized that Wen Xishu was not an ordinary person. In the eyes of that monster, Wen Xishu seemed very powerful.
The sense of mystery, coupled with the authenticity of the rules, caused Wen Xishu's expectations to drop slightly, but not by much.
Soon, there was a knock on Wen Xishu's door, and the scene around him began to change.
"Bye, Jack, Jennifer."
He had already asked Jack what he wanted to know, and after saying goodbye in a decent manner, Wen Xishu disappeared.
Jack and Jennifer looked at each other.
Jennifer was a little reluctant, but also very curious:
"It seems that Brother Wen Xishu has really become very powerful. Perhaps, he is already one level higher than the Red House?"
Jack nodded:
"Jennifer, have you ever thought about leaving here?"
Jennifer certainly thought:
"Think about it, uncle. I haven't seen the outside world yet. There must be more than just mice to eat outside, right?"
In fact, Jack had not been to many places, and he had never left the city of Moen in his entire life.
Jack was thinking that maybe he should abandon this old building and take Jennifer to the Windy City.
But Jennifer said next:
"But even if I want to leave, I have to kill those stinky rats first!"
Jennifer's expression was ferocious, like a little witch:
"Hey, uncle, I will definitely kill that stinky rat!"
A needle and thread appeared in Jack's hand. While he was mending the skin on his face, he said:
"Will do."
……
……
Story time, the third round begins.
Originally, there were six people left in the second round of the storytelling session.
But in the third round, after the accident segment... the most surprising thing happened to Wen Xishu.
The cook is dead.
The largest statue in the distance said:
"Unfortunately, another contestant was eliminated. His story was bizarre and perverted enough, but he died in the accident segment."
The chef thought he was not going to die.
The reason he told that story was that although he looked fat, he was actually very strong in fighting.
But... the chef didn't expect that the other party didn't fight at all. The victim in the simulated story actually had a gun on him. The chef died instantly under the American style of Iai.
The reason why Wen Xishu was surprised was that he felt that a chef with Hannibal's characteristics had the flavor of an evil villain.
He guessed...the chef might be the mastermind and the planner of this storytelling session.
In other words, the chef is the key qualified person.
But now, Wen Xishu found that he was wrong.
"I didn't expect the chef to be a minor character. Could it be that the person behind this is another dead kid? Is this another Aquarius mission?"
The naughty kid survived.
This naturally caused some dissatisfaction among the commentators, as they really wanted to see this naughty kid being bitten to death by a few dogs.
But the naughty kid didn’t die.
Wen Xishu was not surprised. Wen Xishu had heard a story in his previous life when he was traveling by boat.
The man's hometown was in a mountain village. He was originally a soldier. After retiring from the army, he returned to the mountain village and met a Longxia pastoral dog named Lai Fu.
Lai Fu is a big spotted dog. When the man came back from military service, he wanted to eat some dog meat.
In fact, their family has raised the big spotted dog for seven or eight years.
The big spotted dog also recognized the man. After the man came back, the big spotted dog kept wagging its tail.
Until the man picked up the kitchen knife and chopped the big spotted dog on the neck. The big spotted dog howled and was dying.
The man thought the big spotted dog was dead with this knife, but the big spotted dog suddenly burst out with vitality and ran away while the man went to urinate.
The man was filled with regret, thinking that he had not been able to eat the dog meat. His old father scolded him for his actions, and he scolded him very badly.
I thought the matter was over.
But after several days, the big spotted dog came back with a shocking scabbed wound on its neck.
When the big spotted dog saw the man, it started wagging its tail again. It moved closer to the man and let him pet it.
It still regarded this man as a member of the family. It just thought it had done something wrong and was punished by its master, but the punishment was too painful and it ran away.
The man seemed to understand Lai Fu's thoughts, his eyes reddened and tears flowed.
After that, the man never ate dog meat again. He didn't care whether others ate it or not, but he himself stopped eating it.
The naughty boy was very lucky because the dog he hurt was a very kind one without any violent bloodline.
During the accident scene, the naughty kid touched the dogs' heads with a smug look on his face.
His expression not only did not lower his expectations, but made them even higher.
Wen Xishu's expectation value dropped from 200 to 161. The expectation value of the bear kid exceeded 300 and reached 305.
The worst one is the snake-tongue woman.
At one point, the snake-tongue girl, with her extremely hard performance, raised the expectation value to 150, surpassing the lecturer male.
But then… 150 only lasted for about ten seconds, and then began to fall wildly.
Expected value: 20.
The snake-tongue woman was desperate.
At the beginning, even if she did nothing, she could still have an expectation value of 70 or 80 percent. But now, even after trying her best, the audience is still indifferent to her.
After the second round, expectations dropped even more than the first round.
The lecturer and the murderer who pretended to be stupid are still alive.
The expectations of both of them have not changed much.
To the male lecturer, it was nothing more than another round of PUA. To the murderer who pretended to be stupid, the people involved in the accident were all disabled people in the true sense...
He was just killing again.
"As per convention, the person with the lowest expectations will die."
“That’s a shame.”
As the words fell, the snake-tongue girl's terrified eyes were frozen, and the huge knight's sword pierced through her delicate body.
Snake Tongue Woman was killed.
The huge statue continued:
"Next is the third round of storytelling. For the third round, you don't have to choose more powerful victims, but you have to... have a larger scale. In other words, your story must have multiple victims this time, and only then will it be considered qualified."
"You will have three minutes to tell your story."
The ones who are still alive now are Wen Xishu, the naughty kid, the male lecturer, and the murderer disguised as a fool.
Wen Xishu checked other people's attributes and found that everyone's favorability had not changed at all...
"That is to say, they don't actually have anyone observing me. At least this group of people won't be interested in me because of the stories I tell..."
"They are all participants in the game, and they just hope to survive?"
There is no real mastermind among the contestants.
So where is the mastermind behind this?
The third round of storytelling will begin.
The knight behind Wen Xishu had a dazzling light in his eyes, and Wen Xishu's heart skipped a beat.
"It seems... I will be the first in the third round."
In the second round, the victim is required to be stronger than in the first round.
The third round requires a large number of victims.
For a moment, Wen Xishu really didn't think about what evil deeds he had done that had affected so many people.
Is it possible to piece together several stories?
He was a little annoyed by this temporary rule-making behavior.
But suddenly, a flash of inspiration came into Wen Xishu's mind!
Wen Xishu's thoughts surged instantly...
"I was wrong... This rule comes at the right time! It comes at the right time!"
"I shouldn't focus on competing with these people."
"These people are all extras!"
Naughty kids, male lecturers, chefs, murderers pretending to be stupid, prostitutes, even bald men and men with shifty eyebrows...
None of these people is the real "protagonist".
"First, this game requires you to tell the story of your past sins..."
“But in this process, sin actually has different perspectives.”
"As long as you can make it up, you can turn good things from the past into bad things, like I did."
"Of course, you can also tell the truth about your sins in this game. Tell the bad things you have done. Just like... all the extras in this game."
"But these are not important! What is important is that you cannot think that your opponent, in the story meeting..."
"My sights cannot be limited to winning the storytelling competition... I must find the true meaning of the storytelling competition! And if I limit myself to the storytelling competition, I may not be able to attract more expectations than these beasts in the final round!"
Yes, facing the naughty kids, the perverted killer pretending to be stupid, and the lecturer who plays with women...
Wen Xishu might be able to hold on for another round, but after all, he hasn't done many bad things.
Compared to these people who have committed many evil deeds, it is very difficult to defeat the enemy by relying on stories.
And now, Wen Xishu has found the key.
“I didn’t realize it in the first and second rounds, but in the third round, I realized it!”
Wen Xishu realized that the key lies not in the participants but in the audience!
These viewers who post barrages are the ones that Wen Xishu really cares about.
"I've been wondering who is the qualified one! I've been wondering how to get the invitation. I was too narrow-minded. It turns out that the answer to the game was told to me in the first round!"
“In the first round, the story will emerge in the form of an accident!”
"That means that in the castle, you can make the story come true."
“That’s the answer!”
A minute later, Wen Xishu sorted out his thoughts and suddenly said:
"There is a bunch of idiots who have always wanted to see me covered in blood and have always been eager to learn from me how to control others mentally."
“But they are always deceived by me.”
"They were shouting and posting comments, saying they were deceived and fooled by me twice, but they couldn't find any loopholes in me because according to the rules, everything I said was true."
"They are completely baffled, like... a bunch of losers who can only post comments."
"Will they continue to be deceived by me?"
The story of Wen Xishu has ended.
After he finished speaking, the three participants all looked at Wen Xishu.
"This... is he talking about those audiences?" The naughty kid was shocked.
"Is he mocking the audience? Is he crazy?" The lecturer didn't expect Wen Xishu to do this.
The murderer was also puzzled:
"Isn't he afraid that expectations will be lowered?"
Wen Xishu smiled and said:
"My story is finished."
He did deceive and tease the audience, and the audience did meet the characteristics of "large scale".
So, although not evil enough, Wen Xishu's story meets the requirements.
Moreover, expectations have not been lowered.
Wen Xishu's expectations were unprecedentedly high.
Because the comments were angry.
[He's talking about us, right?]
[Damn, he's been playing tricks on us?]
[How arrogant! I'm going to teach him a lesson! ]
【Let's kill him together! 】
[I was actually scolded? I was watching a story session, and I was scolded by the idiot telling the story? ]
[It's bad, I'm a victim! ]
Countless comments floated by, and Wen Xishu's expectation value directly broke through 405 points. At present, and even in the entire game process, the highest expectation value.
So, the story doesn’t have to be exciting, but as long as you know how to make it lively and make the audience realize that you are insulting them... then in terms of interaction, the effect may be unexpectedly popular.
Wen Xishu is being constantly criticized now, but he doesn't care...
That's what he's going to do.
"My goal is not to win the storytelling competition, but to find the cause and effect, to find the origin of the storytelling competition!"
"Get the invitation."
An expectation value of over 400 is enough for Wen Xishu to win this round.
Wen Xishu also began to look forward to what he would see in the next accident segment.
"My best bet is to harness the power of storytelling to bring stories to life..."
"I put the guests into my story. In this way, everything becomes a story, and I can naturally know what happened to these audiences."
"Coincidentally, my performance in the first two rounds is consistent with the authenticity of my story! I did play a trick on them. In a sense, I did do something evil to them."
"Come on, let me see what this storytelling session originated from!"
(End of this chapter)