chapter 57 - The Second World (19)
Apple sauce didn't know that Chen Xi had been in conflict with Ye Kos. In her eyes, Chen Xi was implicated by her.
She was a kind person who was willing to take her in when no one wanted to pay attention to her.
Seeing the nuns checking the dormitory, Chen Xi knocked on the door so urgently.
Apple sauce was worried that he would be punished and wanted to help him open the glass window door quickly.
The footsteps of the nuns were getting closer and closer, and Chen Xi's expression became more and more panic and uneasy, as if he was afraid of being discovered by the nuns.
Apple sauce vaguely felt that something was wrong, but couldn't think of where the problem was.
Just as the fairy godmother wrapped around the door handle and was about to press it down, Apple sauce's hand was suddenly pulled by someone.
"You ask the godmother to wait a little longer, the little bear warrior is checking the guide."
Apple sauce looked back blankly, and a notebook appeared in the teddy bear's hand at some point, with dense words written on it.
Lily frowned, "The strategy says that you can't open the door at this time."
The little bear warrior gestured back and forth, and Lily relayed his words, "Before Sun God and Chen Xi left, they were worried that something might happen in the dormitory, so they left him a notebook."
"It contains all the possible emergencies and countermeasures during their absence. Sun God calls this book a strategy book, and tells us to check the strategy when we are undecided."
Apple sauce poked his head over.
The strategy is divided into three pages.
The first page is that in the following situations, do not open the dormitory doors and windows.
[Premise 1: There is a hierarchical ranking in the courtyard, and monsters will also attack the nuns and priests in the orphanage. Usually, children without gods < nuns < monsters without believers < monsters with believers = priests (his strength is a mystery)]
[Premise 2: According to the rules, it can be concluded that before 19:00 this afternoon, only the dormitory is absolutely safe. There may be more powerful monsters hidden in the windows and doors of the dormitory. They are not aggressive, and their presence can ensure that other monsters will not break in. Once the doors and windows are opened under the urging of the outside world, they will be attacked by monsters immediately. 】
These two premises made Apple Sauce dizzy, and the following content made her even more confused.
[1: A nun will deliver meals to each dormitory before 19:00 (fake, don't open the door.)]
[2: The weather gradually clears up and the storm stops. The nun tells the children in any way that they can go out and play after the bad weather ends. (Fake.)]
[3: The originally strong glass window suddenly breaks, or it hails outside. The glass window is at risk of being shattered at any time, and someone must go to the balcony to deal with it. (Fake, the balcony door cannot be opened, beware of monsters that are good at creating illusions.)]
[4: In special situations such as fire and earthquake, children need to escape as soon as possible. (Don't worry, if the orphanage really catches fire, the monsters will be more anxious than you. The monsters will go to put out the fire, so you don't need to worry about it.)]
[5: If you encounter...]
[6:...]
Applesauce looked down and saw a total of ten possible emergencies densely written on this side. Judging from the traces on the paper, there are a lot more on the back.
The content of the tenth item is exactly what they are facing now.
[10: Chenxi or the little yellow chicken knocks on the door outside the glass window. After you refuse to open the door, a monster suddenly appears outside the window to attack, and you need to go into the house for emergency shelter. Or a nun suddenly appears outside the door and asks to check the number of people in the dormitory for various reasons. (It's all routine, don't worry about them.)]
There is also a line of small words at the bottom, [If you have any questions, go back and read the premise. ]
Applesauce was dumbfounded.
Lily turned the page back, which listed several situations where the door could be opened.
"No situation matches what we are seeing. We won't open the door."
Applesauce and Lily turned their heads together and looked at 'Chen Xi' who was still acting miserable outside the glass door. Their expressions became extremely complicated.
Your prediction was predicted by others.
After reading the strategy guide, the tense atmosphere in the dormitory disappeared.
The two girls sat together and chatted. The little bear warrior repeatedly flipped through the strategy guide, trying to make himself smarter. The vine fairy godmother came to the glass window and curiously observed the fake Chen Xi outside.
Just like what the strategy guide said, everything is an illusion.
It was five or six minutes later, but the nun's shouting still stayed outside the door. They knocked on the door, twisted the doorknob, but refused to open the door with the key.
It is impossible for a real nun to not have the key to the dormitory.
The fake Chen Xi outside the glass door was miserable for a while, and saw that the people and the bear in the room ignored him, and only a vine was spinning back and forth.
The fake Chen Xi's facial features gradually became distorted, and his body melted quickly. Finally, he turned into a pile of mud and drilled towards the balcony of the next dormitory.
The shouts of the nuns outside also disappeared.
At the same time, the four children who were chatting in the next dormitory saw that the sky outside, which had been gloomy, began to clear up.
The melodious bell sounded into the dormitory, and the nun shouted in the corridor, "The heavy rain stopped early, and the afternoon classes resumed. Everyone, gather in the corridor within five minutes!"
The four children looked at each other, picked up their schoolbags and opened the dormitory door.
There was nothing outside the door, neither nuns nor other children. It was just that there was a pool of mud on the ground in front of their door.
The moment they realized something was wrong, the mud expanded rapidly and swallowed the child in front in the blink of an eye.
Only his god was left standing there blankly.
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Two hours ago, Chen Xi sneaked back to the 12-person dormitory area on a flying chicken.
The old dormitory building, which was once bustling with people, is now dead silent.
The big centipede and several unknown monsters are running aimlessly in the dormitory building, trying to catch a few unlucky people left in the dormitory area.
Unfortunately, they may not be able to eat a bite of food in the next month.
The upgraded eagle catches the chicken skill is effective for 6 minutes.
Chen Xi's skill in manipulating the flying chicken is not bad. He drilled in from the broken window of the dormitory and flew all the way to the bathroom on the first floor. The mother chicken effect still had 2 minutes left.
Yu Tong looked into the dormitory.
The bathroom was empty. The boy who died here this morning had been disposed of.
Only a few drops of blood on the wall proved that a child had died here.
Yu Tong raised his wings, and Chen Xi appeared out of thin air.
He took off the plastic bag that the chicken was wearing, took off his raincoat, and killed the water bugs hanging on it.
Yu Tong looked around in the bathroom and found the place where the boy died in the morning. He shouted to the shower head directly above, "Water Drop Warrior!"
No one answered his shout, only Yu Tong's voice echoed.
Chen Xi walked to his side, picked him up and aimed him at the shower head.
"Water Drop Warrior, I know you are still here. You failed to protect your believer, and now he is dead. You have turned from a god into an ordinary monster. I don't know how long it will take for you to find a new believer. It may be one year, two years, or hundreds or thousands of years. You will never have the chance to find someone who trusts you and worships you like that."
Yu Tong raised his head, "The boy trusts you and likes you very much. He lives a poor and hungry life. But he puts exquisite stickers on the water bottle he prepared for you, drawing the hero he imagined. Although his life is terrible, he still tries his best to make you live better, because you are his only and greatest god."
The sound of water flowing can be heard faintly in the shower that has been quiet all the time. The sound of water flowing only lasted for a few seconds and then disappeared again.
Chen Xi was worried that the water drop warrior could not hear Yu Tong's voice clearly, so he tiptoed and tried his best to raise the little yellow chicken in his hand higher.
"Your believer died so suddenly that you didn't have a chance to protect him. You are no match for the Marsh God, and you can't even keep the boy's body."
Yu Tong continued to point at the shower head that made the sound: "You are a monster attracted by the boy. The orphanage has been occupied by monsters. You can't find a place to stay. You don't know anyone except the boy. He is the only one in this world who can hear your voice."
"Now your boy is dead. You have lost your faith and your strength has been severely damaged. You don't know where to go or what to do. You can only stay where the boy died, fantasizing that he can come back to life, holding the bottle as usual, waiting for the water drop warrior to go in."
After a long silence, a drop of water suddenly appeared in the unused shower head.
The water drop did not fall, but hung quietly on the shower head.
Seeing that the water drop warrior finally came out, Chen Xi put Yu Tong on his head. He took out the water bottle that the two of them had imitated in the dormitory at noon.
He opened the bottle cap and pointed it at the shower head, imitating the dead boy's appearance, showing a shy and timid smile, "I already have the sun god, and I can't believe in other gods. But I have an empty bottle here, which can give you a home."
"In addition to me and the chicken, we also have a teddy bear, a vine and two little girls. We are going to grow up together and escape from this orphanage. Do you want to join us?"
The water droplets on the shower head swayed, as if refusing.
"Then you want to stay here? The bathroom is the territory of the swamp god, and the monsters will devour each other. It's not safe for you."
The boy's young face was full of loss, he pursed his lips and lowered his head.
"When the heavy rain stops tomorrow, you can try to flow out along the sewer. There is a small river outside the orphanage that discharges sewage, and you can sneak out from there."
"This is a gift for you. The orphanage is very dangerous. If you have a chance to escape, never come back. Good luck, water drop warrior!"
Yu Tong waved the chicken wings, and Chen Xi turned and walked towards the bathroom door.
At the moment he was about to step out of the door, a sound of water flow was heard in the silent bathroom.
The water drop warrior got out of the shower and fell into the water bottle below. A small stream of water was separated, and he picked up the bottle cap and packed himself.
Hearing the sound of the water bottle rolling behind him, Chen Xi and Yu Tong raised their mouths at the same time.
The water drop warrior, it's theirs.
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Although this is immoral, when he saw the boy die in the morning, Yu Tong felt that he could take a gamble.
Bet that the water drop warrior has nowhere to go, and bet that it needs a relatively safe place at this time to restore its strength.
The theology class in the morning further strengthened his idea.
Yu Tong didn't stay in the orphanage for long, only three or four days in total. He saw a lot of monsters.
These monsters have a very obvious commonality.
Monsters with believers are generally stronger and smarter than monsters without believers.
And most domesticated monsters don't have their own exclusive territory.
For example, the little bear warrior, the fairy godmother, and the gods who are carried around by children.
Even the strongest swamp god so far chooses to stay in the same building with believers.
Rather than saying that the bathroom is its exclusive territory, it is better to say that it is strong enough to drill into any cold and watery place.
The boy and the water drop warrior had just been bound not long ago, and it had not had time to absorb too much faith power. It was impossible for it to find its own living space in the orphanage where monsters were rampant.
Monsters with believers have IQs similar to humans. The water drop warrior has the ability to think, and it knows that there are only two choices left.
First, try to sneak out of the orphanage and make a living in the town outside.
Second, find a new believer and grow up as soon as possible before the Marsh God and Yekos make it into a dish.
The children have all moved to the 4-person dormitory area, and no one will come to the moon-old dormitory area in the future.
The water drop warrior has been forced into a dead end, and the appearance of Chen Xi provides it with a new choice.
The reason why he took Chen Xi with him to persuade him was to play the emotional card.
The little villain has a tender face and a young age, and his voice is particularly childish. It is easy for the water drop warrior to see the shadow of the dead boy in him.
When a believer dies, it is the time when its psychological defense line is the most vulnerable. Seeing someone reminds you of someone else, it is easy to deceive him.
This operation was learned by Yu Tong from a colleague.
He remembered that before he bound the system, there was a scumbag colleague around him.
He often takes advantage of others' broken love, death in the family, and difficulties.
Catch someone and trick him into bed, then kick him out after sleeping enough.
Yu Tong is not that bad, and Chen Xi's conscience is alive and kicking.
They just want to lure the ownerless god into their team and kill Yekos together at night.
Yu Tong vaguely remembered that the scumbag colleague was bisexual and had used this trick to seduce him.
Then he took the scissors and turned the scumbag colleague from a wooden stick into a big one.
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Wait, he was still in college before he died, where did his colleagues come from?
Yu Tong frowned slightly, and his brain felt an uncontrollable tingling pain.
A series of vague memories emerged in his mind.
He saw himself in a building, wearing the same black tights as the people around him.
A middle-aged woman whose face could not be seen clearly held his shoulder and told him to be careful on this mission alone.
He looked down at the work card on the woman's chest, but his brain could not remember the content on the work card.
He only heard himself in his memory whispering: "Agent Chen Qing's injury has not healed yet. Please take care of him when I am not around. Recently... I always feel that some people are following me, as if they want me to make some changes. I am not sure if this is my illusion or they really exist."
The middle-aged woman did not understand what he said, and asked him worriedly if he wanted to go for psychological counseling first.
Yu Tong shook his head and said that he was fine. He just felt that he seemed to be trapped in a cycle. In the true sense, a time cycle.
The messy picture ended here, and Yu Tong could not remember what happened afterwards.
The more things he recalled, the more confused he became.
It actually involved a time cycle? Why is his mind in such a mess?
After waiting in the bathroom for an hour, the cooling time of the Eagle Catches Chicken prop finally ended.
Chen Xi put the water bottle in his pocket, and Yu Tong raised his wings and hid him back in the bag where the black chicken was hidden.
On the way back to the 4-person dormitory, Yu Tong casually glanced into the system space.
The small light ball sneaked into the kitchen with a bottle of medicine. A few minutes later, it brought out a cup of hot milk.
[Xiao Yu, Xiao Yu, it's easy to catch a cold in cold weather, and the starling has heated up milk for you! When you return to the dormitory later, remember to come in and have a glass of milk! ]
Yu Tong smiled and said yes, but there was no smile in his eyes.
After so much time, he more or less regarded the small system as a friend.
He couldn't tell what he felt when he found out that the starling had drugged him.
Yu Tong was so sad and upset.
He decided to pour the milk into the system's stomach later, and whoever made it would drink it.
This is called fairness.
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After encountering the fake Chen Xi knocking on the door and the fake nun checking the dormitory, Lily and Apple Sauce saw ghosts entering the dormitory, the closet on fire, the priest visiting, and other cool operations.
The strategy went smoothly, and all those who wanted them to open the door or go out were tricks of the monsters.
At 15 o'clock, there was another knock on the glass door.
The two girls didn't even look up, playing with the rope.
The little bear warrior ran to the door and saw Chen Xi standing at the door in a raincoat.
He shook his raincoat, and a bunch of water bugs fell off his body. The little yellow chicken was covered with a plastic bag, jumping around and eating bugs everywhere.
The teddy bear felt that there were many elements this time, which was different from the previous times.
It opened the strategy and looked at it, but couldn't see whether it was possible to open the door in this situation.
Chen Xi turned his head and whispered a few words to the chicken, and breathed on the door. On the glass that condensed white mist, a line of words was written.
[You sewed the textbook into the bear's head, trying to put knowledge into his head, but unfortunately failed. ]
He covered his face in shame, turned around and ran to find Lily to open the door.
The glass door opened, and Chen Xi slipped in.
The two girls asked him what he did when he went out, and Chen Xi said that he took the chicken out to eat while it was raining heavily.
Looking at the little yellow chicken with a bulging belly, the children believed him.
Chen Xi climbed back to the bed and pulled the bed curtains tight.
He opened the water bottle, and the water drop warriors came out and strolled around on the bed.
Maybe he felt that the environment of the new dormitory was so good, but his believers did not enjoy it. The speed of the water flow gradually slowed down, and it returned to the glass bottle with a droopy head.
When he returned to dormitory 4-5, Yu Tong saw that the next-door dormitory 4-4 and 4-6 was in a mess.
The door was wide open, and there were traces of fighting everywhere in the room.
All the children in 4-4 were killed by the sneak attack, leaving only four ownerless gods, guarding their bodies in a daze.
Next to the child's body, there was a pool of motionless mud. It was probably the monster that killed the believers, and was beaten to death by the gods who reacted.
Compared with the heavy losses of 4-4, 4-6 was in a much better situation.
The monster that attacked them was not as powerful as the mud monster. All four children were alive, but two of the gods were slightly injured.
Through the glass window, Yu Tong saw a girl cut her palm and fed her blood to her god. The wounds on the monster began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.
When the little bear warrior was injured, he would sew himself with a sewing kit. The water drop warrior would hide in a place with a lot of water and quietly recover his strength.
Each god has a different way of healing, and I don’t know how the little yellow chicken should heal.
Yu Tong glanced at his golden wings.
He is the cub of the phoenix and will be reborn from the ashes. Could it be that after being injured, he went directly into the fire pit?
Must the body be burned? Or just burn to death?
If it was the latter, then could he just make a roast chicken for little brother Chen?
Chen Xi treated him well, and when removing the water bugs, he would subconsciously clean him first and then clean himself.
Yu Tong was soft-hearted, and he also wanted to treat Chen Xi well.
Yun Mingchen was older, emotionally stable, and better at disguising. The increase in the deviation value was not obvious in him.
But Chen Xi, who was just ten years old, could not hide his emotions.
After the deviation value rose to 40, it was difficult for Yu Tong to find the shadow of Brother Chen in his memory in him.
He didn't know how to describe this feeling, nor did he know how to face Chen Xi.
He just felt that his life was slowly peeling away from the past and drifting away from the self in his memory.
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Chen Xi hadn't slept well for several days, and he couldn't hold on in the afternoon, so he fell asleep while sitting.
After Yu Tong communicated with the water drop warriors, the water drop warriors agreed to fight Yekos with them.
The Marsh God killed its believers, so it also wants to kill the Marsh God's believers, and they will hurt each other.
After discussing the plan, Yu Tong turned his head to look at Chen Xi who was in deep sleep, and then looked at the closed bed curtains. Suddenly, an uncontrollable impulse surged in his heart.
Now it is three hours before 19:00.
The water drop warrior who was recuperating in the glass bottle leaned forward in confusion.
The little yellow chicken on the bed was shrouded in a faint golden light, and the light grew at a speed visible to the naked eye.
When the golden light dissipated, a naked boy appeared on the bed.
His face looked exactly like Chen Xi.
The water drop warrior shook his head, and his head made of water could not understand the situation in front of him.
I have all the props you want, and the effective time is 20 minutes.
Yu Tong put the sleeping Chen Xi down, lay beside him and hugged him tightly in his arms.
The system, which could only see mosaics, was joking in his mind, [Xiao Yu, I know that's your old man. But calm down, he's only ten years old! ]
Yu Tong ignored the system, leaned his head on Chen Xi's thin chest, and slowly closed his eyes.
He knew that his past was not good, and he also knew that both he and Brother Chen were moving in a good direction.
But this strange feeling made him very uneasy.
Listening to the steady breathing and feeling the boy's warm body temperature, Yu Tong gradually calmed down.
The props were about to expire, and he was ready to get up. Chen Xi, who had been motionless, suddenly raised his hand and hugged him.
Yu Tong looked up, and Chen Xi smiled gently at him, "Don't you want to lie down? You seem very tired. You've been working hard recently."
"I sleep very lightly, but this is the first time I know that you can not only become that woman, but also become like me."
He pulled the quilt to cover the two of them, raised his hand and hugged Yu Tong intimately, "I will definitely grow up quickly, and then it will be my turn to protect you. OK, my sun god."
Yu Tong was silent for a while, and buried his head in the boy's arms.
Sure enough, no matter how strange he became, Brother Chen would always be his Brother Chen.
The glass bottle next to him banged, and the water drop warrior thought of the dead boy and «N.o.v.e.l.i.g.h.t» bumped around sadly.
At the same time, Ye Kos, who was playing cards in the dormitory, suddenly felt a chill on his back.
Seeing him in a daze, his roommate asked hesitantly: "Are you worried about tonight? Is Chen Xi's god really the descendant of the Phoenix?"
"Not sure, the priest said it might be. But it doesn't matter. After tonight, the Phoenix is mine."