Chapter 263 Pain
Everything is moving in the planned direction.
On this day, Feiying took the data report after the game was launched and couldn't wait to share this good news with Taoyao.
Her steps were brisk, but her mood was inexplicably heavy.
"Taoyao! Look at this!"
Feiying trotted over to Taoyao and handed the data report to her.
“The game’s statistics are amazing! There are so many players on the first day of launch, and the ratings are also very high!”
Tao Yao also had a smile on her face and spoke slowly.
"Thank you for your hard work, my little angel. But compared to the game, I have something more important to tell you."
"what's up?"
Feiying raised her head, trying hard to suppress the sadness in her heart, and pretended to be curious.
"I have already contacted the bridal shop. Please remember to accompany me to try on wedding dresses later."
Taoyao's tone was cheerful, and her eyes were full of anticipation for the future, but Feiying's heart suddenly tightened.
She suppressed the pain in her heart and tried hard to force a smile.
"Well... that's fine, I'll go with you."
Tao Yao seemed to have noticed something and said softly:
"Feiying, you've been too tired lately. It must have been very tiring developing the game. Why don't you go get together with your friends? It'll be good to relax."
"No, I'm not tired..."
"Go ahead. It's a rare opportunity like this, have some fun with your friends. You've lost weight, and I feel so bad for you."
Taoyao's concern made Feiying feel even worse.
She knew that this tenderness was about to be destroyed by her own hands.
Feiying finally went out according to Taoyao's advice.
She sat alone on a bench on the street, looking at the passers-by, but her heart was empty.
The success of the game development should have made her happy, but at this moment she only felt extremely painful.
The beautiful numbers on the data report seemed to be mocking her weakness.
When she thought about having to kill Tao Yao with her own hands in order to leave the spiritual realm, she felt suffocated.
With trembling fingers, he dialed Baiying's number.
The voice coming from the receiver was gentle but firm. Baiying on the other end of the phone seemed to sense her emotions immediately. Not long after hanging up the phone, he soon appeared in front of her.
"Little goblin, are you okay?"
Baiying brought Feiying back home, poured her a cup of warm water and gently placed it in front of her.
"Why don't you let me do it..."
Baiying's voice was soft, filled with deep heartache.
"Since you can't make up your mind and can't destroy Taoyao, let me bear this sin of killing that shouldn't belong to you. You don't need to face this kind of pain yourself."
"No!" Feiying almost yelled, with determination in her voice, "I can do it myself! Everything in this spiritual world comes from my inner thoughts. It is an eternal illusion caused by me. Since it started with me, it should naturally end with me!"
"Little goblin, but you are hesitating, you are hesitating."
Baiying shook her head, her eyes full of worry.
"You don't look like you're ready right now. I can sense the vacillation in your heart."
As he spoke, Baiying took out a dagger from the drawer and gently placed it on the table.
The cold metal glowed with a frightening light under the light.
"If you're really ready, take it."
"Use it to destroy Taoyao and put an end to this."
"This is the only way to leave the spiritual realm, and it is also the choice you must face."
Feiying's eyes fell on the dagger that was shining with cold light, and her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
Her fingers tried to touch the dagger several times, but stopped in mid-air.
Every attempt to touch felt like it was tearing her soul apart.
Baiying's eyes moved back and forth between Dagger and Feiying, and her tone became calmer, as if she was talking about something very ordinary.
"Little goblin, this matter is actually very simple."
"You just need to pick up this dagger and stab it into Taoyao's heart."
"At that moment, don't hesitate or be afraid."
Her voice was frighteningly soft, yet strangely gentle.
"After that, you will see the entire spiritual world shattering like glass."
"All scenes will turn into specks of starlight and dissipate into nothingness."
"And when you open your eyes again, you'll be back in the real world."
"Believe me, this is the only way to break the illusion."
Next, Baiying personally explained many details that should be paid attention to.
"The dagger should be inserted from the fourth rib, slightly to the left, so that it can directly pierce the heart."
"As long as one strike kills, Taoyao won't feel too much pain."
"Don't look her in the eye, it'll make you more hesitant."
"You have to treat it like an object and do it cleanly."
"After all, she is just a false shadow. You don't need to feel guilty about her."
When Sakura Fubuki saw this scene, she almost collapsed.
She covered her mouth and couldn't help but roar at the screen.
Her hands were shaking slightly, and her voice was filled with anger and unwillingness.
"What a damn plan! You are truly insane! You even want to describe such details, do you still have any shame?"
"If you want a knife, just hurry up! I don't know how to use this dagger or anything. Do you need to explain it in such detail? Are you teaching me how to kill people?"
"The fourth rib? To the left? Why don't you just publish a murder guide? Are the planning team collectively crazy? This is not a game plot at all!"
"..."
Back to the plot of the game.
Baiying looked at Feiying who was still struggling, with pity in her eyes, and continued to persuade her:
"Little goblin, you just take this spiritual realm too seriously."
"If you can firmly believe that all this is fake, maybe you won't feel so bad. You have to learn to distinguish between reality and fantasy."
"You have to understand that even if you kill Tao Yao in the spiritual realm, Tao Yao in reality will not know about this."
"This is just a necessary ending. It's your only way out of this illusion."
"And you have to think clearly. Staying in the spiritual realm will not benefit anyone."
“Instead of letting everyone live in false happiness forever, it is better to cut it off cleanly. This is true compassion.”
"If you still don't know how to start..."
Baiying took out an exquisite doll from behind her. The doll looked exactly like Taoyao, even the tenderness in its eyes was copied vividly.
"I have specially prepared Taoyao's dummy for you to practice with."
"You can use it first to get familiar with the feeling of doing it. After all, this may be too difficult for you, so you always need some preparation."
A task prompt suddenly appeared on the screen, and the bright red font seemed to sting everyone's eyes:
Cruel practice
Mission description: Use Taoyao dolls to practice assassination. Perform 10 fatal strikes to get familiar with the feeling of killing.
When Sakura Fubuki saw the task, she slammed the table hard, making a loud "bang".
"I really can't stand it! This plot is like boiling a frog in warm water, slowly torturing people! It destroys the players' psychological defenses bit by bit!"
There was deep anger and helplessness in her voice.
"You know it's a knife, you know it's going to fall, but now it's too blunt! It could have given you a quick death, but it has to torture you bit by bit like this! Does the planner think this is fun? It's fun to watch the players struggling in pain, right?"
"Are you devils? Why are you torturing players like this? This is not a game! This is simply mental abuse!"
Despite the resistance in my heart.
Sakura Fubuki couldn't help but want to see the ending of this version quickly.
So she had to grit her teeth and accept the task.
Her fingers trembled slightly on the mouse, but she still clicked the confirm button.
A new scene immediately appeared on the screen: in the white training room, a doll that looked exactly like Tao Yao stood there quietly.
It was wearing the white dress that Taoyao often wore, with a gentle smile on its face, waiting for the player's actions without any defense.
This challenge mode requires players to personally complete the attack on the Taoyao doll, with no option to skip.
The system even records in detail the angle, strength and accuracy of each attack.
It seems like they are deliberately training players on how to better perform the first-level kill.
The walls around the scene are covered with mirrors, allowing players to clearly see their actions from any angle.
……
Sakura Fubuki had no idea how she completed this torturous task.
She only remembered the pain of being cut by a knife, the repetitive torment.
Every time she had to start over after making a mistake, it felt like her heart was being torn apart.
The ultimate and invincible long pain! Every second is more unbearable than the last.
She couldn't tell how much time had passed; the whole process seemed like a never-ending nightmare.
During this process, she almost collapsed due to errors in mission operation.
Her hands couldn't help shaking as she played this damn little game.
Every tremor will cause the stab to deviate from the position, and every time the stab is deviated, the system will ruthlessly demand to start over.
"Not enough strength, start over!"
"Angle deviation, start over!"
"Too slow, start over!"
The cold system prompts refreshed over and over again, as if mocking her weakness and incompetence.
And every time she started over, her emotions would become more broken.
This negative emotion will lead to more operational errors, falling into a vicious cycle that can never be escaped.
What made her most frustrated was that every time she failed, she had to watch the doll in the white dress stand up again.
That face that was exactly the same as Tao Yao's, that ever-gentle smile, always pricked her nerves.
"why treat me like this?"
She couldn't remember how many times she repeated it.
Ten times? Twenty times? Or more?
Every attempt was like torture, and every failure was wearing away the last of her will.
The game forces players to take this task seriously.
No perfunctory work is allowed, no giving up halfway is allowed, and no carelessness is allowed.
It requires perfect execution, a clean, deadly blow.
There is no room for tricks and no possibility of escape.
Finally, after who knows how many times she tried, she completed the task.
When the system prompted that the task was completed, Sakura Fubuki had already collapsed in the chair, without any strength in her body.
She felt as if all her energy had been drained away, and she didn't even have the strength to raise her hands.