Chapter 22 - 75'86

Shh, I'm behind you thirty-four

Shh, I'm behind you thirty-four

After An finished telling his background story, Gu Ci roughly understood the plot, and the previous unreasonable parts made sense.

"So what about the so-called Lord?"

Gu Ci asked softly, at the same time she was paying attention to An's emotions behind her. She turned around and patted An's hand. When An touched the skin, he felt the uneven surface, like a scar that had not healed well. When he touched the skin, he could also feel the stickiness of the epidermal tissue being lifted up.

"host?"

An thought for a moment and spoke hesitantly.

"I don't know how it came into being. It seemed to have existed before I came here, because at that time the nuns in the church and the believers in the town came more frequently than now. Coming every three days or every two days was quite common. It was only after something happened in the church that it changed to once a week. I'm not sure what it looks like, anyway, I've only seen the black fog appear."

"So you don't know what it is?"

Gu Ci asked back, and An behind him shook his head and answered in the affirmative.

"Then why are you so confrontational with Mary and the others?" Gu Ci couldn't help but ask out of curiosity as he thought of her relationship with Mary.

When An was mentioned, wisps of black air began to emerge from his body, waving in the air and entangled with the darkness. "Xiao Ci's disappearance is closely related to this fat woman. If it weren't for this octopus's talkativeness, how could Xiao Ci be targeted by that thing? If it weren't for her, Xiao Ci might have left long ago."

Well, let's talk about my sister again.

It's confirmed that he has a sister complex. He can't control himself anymore. He's controlling me to death.

Gu Ci wisely stopped asking questions. He didn't get many clues from An, so he had to come back here to confirm the questions he asked once he had some clues.

However, when they reached a certain distance, Gu Ci and the others just couldn't move forward, even if they moved. It was as if there was an air wall in front of them that prevented them from getting out.

But the situation this time is slightly different from last time. Last time the system was dancing on Gu Ci's face but this time there was no reaction at all.

"Hey, I can't get out. I have to wait a while."

An loosened his wheelchair and went forward to feel around, but couldn't find the gap after trying several positions. Resigned to his fate, An reached out and pinched the candle wick with his fingernails to lengthen the short wick.

The flames brightened a little, and An covered his face, which had been sutured and peeled off, and sat on the ground, mumbling gloomily, "It's not time yet."

Gu Ci moved himself to face An. Under the dim light, he could clearly see blood slowly flowing out around An, as if her wounds would never heal and her blood would never dry up.

Seeing Gu Ci reaching out to wipe the stains off his wheelchair, Anto looked at Gu Ci curiously, "Aren't you curious about why we can't get out?"

Gu Ci took his small blanket and wiped the rotten flesh and blood on his armrest and wheelchair, then glanced at An, "It's not that we can't get out, it's that all the outsiders are separated and trapped in this place, right?"

An looked at Gu Ci with appreciation, "You are very smart, just like Xiao Ci."

This sentence can be said to be a very high evaluation.

Gu Ci ignored her. She didn't feel anything when she was in the game, but when she came out, she felt that her wheelchair had evolved over the years after being touched by that monster. Although the mute girl put her so high that the smell was not on her body, it felt almost the same as if she was sitting on a garbage dump.

Bu Qing placed it horizontally behind her waist to become a qualified cushion. Gu Ci picked it up and handed the stained necklace wrapped around it to her. "This thing should be given to you."

An glanced at the familiar necklace and waved his hand, "There is no reason to take back what has been given away."

Gu Ci smiled, and with her other hand she took out the necklace that An had given her before from her nun's uniform, shook it in front of her, and then stretched out her hand again, motioning her to take it.

Gu Ci watched An take the necklace in a daze. She picked up the necklace and looked at it under the candlelight for a long time before she dared to reach out her hand and repeatedly touched the cross on the necklace to confirm it again and again.

She wanted to hold the cross necklace tightly in her hand, but she was afraid that the dirt on her body would stick to the necklace. An spread her hands devoutly and looked at Gu Ci with tears in her eyes, "Where did you find this?"

The longing was like a burst dam that overwhelmed Ann. She pressed her necklace against her already sunken chest and shook her head, unable to believe her own guess. However, the two almost identical necklaces forced Ann to believe her guess.

"That game, the hide-and-seek one."

Gu Ci finally breathed a sigh of relief when he looked at the wheelchair that he had cleaned. He pretended not to see those corners that could not be cleaned.

She folded the small blanket and gently put it aside, then took out a handkerchief and handed it to An, then took out a thicker blanket and covered her legs, and she was almost done.

By the way, I can't forget you either.

Gu Ci took Bu Qing out from behind her and placed him next to her, then clapped her hands to shake off the tiny scraps of flesh on his body. While paying attention to An, she naturally wiped her hands on the blanket.

"I know that the first person whose identity is revealed will be forced to enter this game. Many people have played this game before, but someone like you..."

An sniffed, obviously knowing this game, but she really didn't expect Gu Ci to come out. An's gaze fell on Gu Ci's blanket-covered legs, stayed there for a brief moment, and then moved away.

Okay, that's it. It would be impolite to look at it again.

What's more, I gave her a beeping watch to increase the difficulty of the game. It was really amazing that Gu Ci could come out under such circumstances.

An shifted his gaze guiltily but didn't notice Gu Ci's hand silently pulling the blanket.

These words that are left unsaid...

Gu Ci was silent for a moment and decided to generously forgive An's rudeness.

"You didn't hide the things that the nun said?"

Gu Ci noticed An's expression. Looking at An's puzzled eyes, Gu Ci instantly thought of the so-called master. The matter between Sister Ci and it was definitely not simple.

Thinking about it more carefully, Sister Mary always put on a hypocritical performance with some exaggeration when she saw her. Although it was exaggerated, because Gu Ci didn't have so many clues before and didn't think too much about it, he just ignored it.

Looking back on Sister Mary's behavior now, we find many problems. Perhaps Sister Mary knew from the beginning that the real Sister Ci would not come back.

"In every weekly cycle, there will be a regression between Wednesday and Thursday. You outsiders will discover some secrets of the church and then open them. During this period of regression, the power of the Lord will be greatly enhanced, but then it will fall into a short hibernation and will not wake up again until the end of the world."Shh, I'm behind you thirty-five

Shh, I'm behind you thirty-five

An wiped the necklace carefully with her hands and put it on. She skillfully found a needle stuck in the hem of her skirt and took out the thread wrapped around her waist.

He slowly threaded the thread through the needle hole and grinned, "The time is not fixed, but when it is turned on, if you are trapped, you can only wait for the ceremony to end before you can get out. This mechanism can be considered a feature. I have been left here several times."

Gu Ci's eyebrows twitched as she watched An skillfully and roughly pierce the needle through her flesh without any mercy. She reached out and held An's hand, took the needle herself, and handed the lamp in her hand to An, letting her hold it naturally.

Gu Ci slowly cut off the ugly thread knot and made a new knot herself. She looked at An's hanging skin, which was full of unevenly distributed holes, and gently put the upper and lower pieces of flesh together. "Should the stitches be denser or looser?"

An lowered his eyes and looked at the blanket with a furry bunny pattern on Gu Ci's legs. His voice was a little dull, "Loosen it a little, it will be easier to take it off next time."

Gu Ci glanced at her and started his repair work.

"In that case, the backtracking must be opened by an outsider, but how can we open it when we are all trapped in this place? And as far as I know, the necklace you gave me is needed to open the backtracking."

An wanted to laugh when she heard what Gu Ci said, but her face was still being stitched up by Gu Ci's hands so she couldn't laugh. She explained vaguely, "Who said they would lock up all of them? They only kept one who was slightly obedient. The thing that this world lacks the most is coercion and inducement, and the thing that is least lacking here is people who want to survive."

An's eyes fell on Gu Ci's face and he snorted disdainfully, "Who told you that you must use it to trace back? Who would bother looking for it when there is a simpler method? The person who told you this must want to take the necklace for himself."

Gu Ci controlled the distance and strength. Hearing this, Gu Ci looked at An who was staring at him curiously. "There are other ways. What are they?"

At this moment, they were getting along like old friends. An pursed her lips and moved her cheek, almost causing Gu Ci's needle to fall somewhere else. "Just crush the bones under the cross and scatter them around the church."

Gu Ci paused for a moment as he inserted the needle. "Bone? Whose body?"

This time, An was silent for a long time before he said in a muffled voice, "My"

Gu Ci looked at An thoughtfully as she finished the final finishing work. Her nails were like the sharpest blades. She pressed lightly on the black line and cut it off. "Okay."

"Alright? So fast, it seems you are quite skillful. When did you learn it? It feels pretty good."

An's originally depressed mood was greatly dissipated by these two words. She took the needle from Gu Ci's hand, skillfully removed the thread, pinned the needle back to the corner of her skirt, and touched her face. She could clearly feel that her face had tightened a lot and was amazed.

"Is it possible that the thread will get loose during the fight? Today, I had a fight with Mary and the thread got loose all of a sudden. If I could, I would like to give her two big noses with my face turned away."

Gu Ci took the lamp and smiled without answering. She seemed a little reluctant to recall the past. It didn't matter how she learned it, as long as she knew it.

fight?

Gu Ci looked at An and confirmed that she was not the one at a disadvantage. He nodded affirmatively, "Why are you fighting?"

Ann's body stiffened and she turned away somewhat embarrassedly. She couldn't possibly say that she was in a bad mood because of the watch she gave Mary and was deliberately making trouble for her. Thinking of this, Ann suddenly remembered a very crucial question.

That special game would force the first outsider whose identity was discovered to enter, but she checked the time and found that Mary had a sufficient alibi. She had originally just wanted to ask her about her situation, and she had not even planned to let her enter the game until the afternoon, but when she saw her that day, this condition had already been triggered on her.

Few people know that there is an outsider, and who knows who the outsider is, so who discovered Gu Ci's identity?

Obviously...she had already arranged it in advance.

An thought about it and asked. After getting the answer, An was obviously a little confused. "Lei?"

An kept recalling the scene of Sister Lei in his memory. After thinking for a while, An nodded hesitantly, "She was a little girl with very little presence, but I remember that she seldom spoke to other people, and would stutter even to the nuns she had known for a long time."

The analysis showed that she was a timid, socially anxious girl with a low sense of presence. She was definitely different from the Lei that Gu Ci had met. An asked about Lei's situation in detail, and she became even more confused after getting Gu Ci's feedback.

"I rarely care about the sisters' situation. It's usually Mary who takes care of them, so I don't really understand what you're saying."

Gu Ci nodded and waved his hand to disperse the black tentacles approaching him. The pieced-together truth would only be revealed on the last day.

After waiting for a long time, Gu Ci still couldn't get out of that place. Instead, An sat leisurely on the ground and sorted out his wound that was bleeding. After too long, the ground was covered with An's blood. Even Gu Ci on the side was not spared. He just rolled a few times and the whole tire was covered with sticky blood.

The whole place was like a major homicide.

"It's almost done, but the bones are a little hard to crack. A person only has so many bones. If you want to sprinkle them around the church, you can only grind them into small pieces. You have to know that there are always some very strong bones in the human body."

An waved her hand to signal Gu Ci not to worry. Thinking about the situations of those players in the past, she couldn't help but find it funny. "Maybe when you go out later, you will feel that it's better to stay here."

An looked at Gu Ci and stretched out his voice slowly, "The concepts are different before and after the flashback is turned on. Before the flashback, the casualties will not exceed two at most, but after the flashback is turned on, the whole team may be wiped out. One is really like heaven, and the other is like hell."

"Is this why you want me to stay in that game?" Gu Ci also smiled like her. She stared into An's eyes as if talking to herself. "I don't know why. I was the first one to be discovered, but I also saw the head of another nun in that game."

An's face froze for a moment and there was a hint of unnaturalness in her expression. It was over. Who knew that the man had a substitute doll? She thought that the man was really dead so she didn't care.

She lowered her head and adjusted her expression, then looked up and made eye contact with Gu Ci. "Really? I don't know about this, but it has always been the first person to go in. In your case, you were usually replaced."

Gu Ci smiled and believed her for the time being.Shh, I'm behind you thirty-six

Shh, I'm behind you thirty-six

But she really didn't know where Ci's things were. In that small place, there was nothing but piles of garbage on the ground and that ugly thing.

She had never been in there before and had never thought that Xiao Ci was so close to her. An didn't know whether the feeling was more sour or bitter.

"Pah."

A crisp sound of glass breaking sounded behind An and Gu Ci, interrupting their thoughts. An slowly stood up from the ground and held Gu Ci's wheelchair, but she just stared blankly at the dark front with a hint of sadness in her eyes.

"May I have your name?"

An lowered her head and looked at Gu Ci gently. Big tears fell unconsciously onto Gu Ci's shoulders and blended into the black cloth.

Gu Ci looked at An Ziran and smiled. "Originally I didn't have a name, but I named myself Fuli. But later more people called me Gu Ci so I just called myself Gu Ci."

An touched Gu Ci's face tenderly without saying anything. She pushed Gu Ci to the place where the air wall was just now, exerted a little force with her wrist, and Gu Ci slid forward steadily.

Gu Ci didn't understand An's intention. She turned around and saw An's body hidden in the thick fog. She smiled and waved at Gu Ci, "Please help me find Ci, little Ci."

Watching Gu Ci slowly disappear into the darkness, An's swinging arm slowly slid down and murmured to himself, "Ci, you have to... remember me..."

Strangely enough, after An pushed her out, the wheelchair slowly passed through the thick fog and miraculously arrived at the church. Gu Ci looked back suspiciously, only to see the thick fog behind her constantly shrinking and spreading until it merged into the darkness and turned into a wall.

The previous church clearly advocated frugality and poverty, but today's church has undergone a complete change. The collapsed and moss-covered walls that could be seen in the previous few days are now intact. Even the few oil lamps that were previously reluctant to use have now become hanging lamps a little distance away. The bright fireworks illuminate the walls, making them look much gentler.

Even the ground underfoot is relatively flat, without the previous bumps and potholes. Although this church still looks old, it is clean and tidy.

Gu Ci took two tentative steps forward. The surroundings were quiet with only the slight crackling sound of the burning candle. Although the whole space was as quiet as before, it felt a little more eerie.

Gu Ci looked around and felt a strong sense of being watched from the front and back. If the previous feeling was vague, then here he was in torture every moment, like taking a bath under gazes.

The whole person was shaking and feeling extremely uncomfortable.

After walking for a while, Gu Ci barely matched the route to the church in his mind. However, a cold wind blew from somewhere in the entire gloomy passage, and the sound of water dripping on the ground came from both sides behind Gu Ci.

Gu Ci stopped immediately, and the dripping sound around him stopped for a moment and then continued to drip at an irregular speed, as if something was getting closer to Gu Ci.

When the bell rang without warning, all players who entered the church received a system announcement.

[In the magnificent church, there are eyes secretly watching everyone under the ringing of the prayer bells. The nuns pray day and night. The nuns sing praises to the holy Lord and pray for salvation. Who is crying helplessly in the silent night? There will never be a church where the sun will never rise. ]

[Dear special players, welcome to this game copy: Shh, I'm behind you - Retrospection: Silent Church]

[The rules for passing the game are as follows: Please find out the truth about the church and find the person who has been in the dark. Find the key and open the door to escape, but be careful of those things that are stirring in the dark, they will interfere with you on your way to find out the truth.

[Players are asked to find fragments of the truth in the church where they are going back to the past. Different props can be found in the church for use.]

The system announcement included the content of the first day of entering the game, but the corresponding clues were more obvious, and it was clearly stated that props had been added, which probably increased the difficulty after going back.

Go back, back to the past, back to the time before the fire in the church.

Gu Ci cast a few silencing spells on his wheelchair, and the heavy rolling sound of the wheelchair disappeared all of a sudden. The entire space became quieter, with a slight sound of breathing.

It seems so light amid the sound of dripping water that if you don't pay attention, it might be attracted by the sound of the wind and ignored.

Gu Ci was walking when she suddenly stopped. She clearly saw several twisted shadows swaying on the wall at the corner in front of her. The wind blowing across the candle flame made the shadows flicker like ghosts.

The whistling sound of the wind became louder, the shadows on the wall kept twisting and deforming and finally slowly calmed down, and a few people arm in arm came out slowly and staggeringly from the corner.

Just as Gu Ci was about to give way to them, one of them called out to Gu Ci, "Oh, Sister Ci!"

They winked at each other and laughed non-stop. Someone who was curious used his shoulder to bump the man who had just called out her name. The man stumbled to Gu Ci's front. He angrily drove them away, "Go away, we are in the church, be serious!"

Gu Ci calmly moved his wheelchair and looked at these people. These people looked more or less familiar, and they were basically believers in the church.

When Gu Ci's gaze fell on the face of the last person, he looked at her twice more, because that person was one of the people who were going to tease her in the afternoon.

Gu Ci didn't think much about it for the moment and just watched as these people pushed and shoved her and trapped her, unable to move. She tried to change direction but the empty space was soon occupied by these people again while they were playing.

"Sister Ci, why are you here alone? Where is Sister An?" The person who called her first smiled and looked around, but didn't see An. He lifted one foot and stepped on her pedal, squeezing between Gu Ci's feet and bending slightly. His strong breath sprayed on Gu Ci's face like a jet mushroom, exploding a mushroom cloud.

Gu Ci tried to move his body backwards but couldn't move. Gu Ci only felt that his face was covered with saliva. He didn't need to guess how smelly it was.

ah!

Ahhh! !

Ahhhh! ! !

She is dirty.

Gu Ci endured it for a moment and looked at the man in front of him politely, "I advise you to let me go, otherwise you will bear the consequences!"

Gu Ci made these people laugh as if he had told a joke, and a person next to him arrogantly put his hand on Gu Ci's shoulder and said, "Why are you pretending? The nuns in your church are really good at pretending, but they taste good."

As he spoke, the man licked the corner of his mouth as if he was thinking of something., I'm behind you thirty-seven

Shh, I'm behind you thirty-seven

That look made people feel inexplicably nauseous.

Gu Ci looked at his expression and didn't know what he meant by "eat". Before Gu Ci could say anything, a hand with bright red nail polish gently rested behind the two men. A gentle voice sounded in their ears like a female ghost urging them to die.

"Oh? Then why don't you tell me in detail? I'm also very interested~"

Seeing the blind girl appear, Gu Ci loosened her hand, and the cold mist gathered in her hand slowly disappeared. She put her hands in the blanket and looked at them lazily with horrified expressions on their faces.

"Ghost!"

The two people whose shoulders were being held didn't even dare to move, and the others looked at the person who suddenly appeared with horror on their faces and couldn't even make a sound for a while.

It was not until the blind girl's nails dug deeply into the shoulders of the two men and her sharp nails scratched their fragile necks that the others finally came to their senses and screamed loudly.

The screams soon disappeared, leaving only the frequent dripping sounds and the sound of wind. She didn't know if it was Gu Ci's illusion, but she always felt that the breathing sound was heavier, and even the sound of the falling water was a little faster.

"What are these things?"

The blind girl took a handkerchief and wiped the sticky black mucus on her hands with disgust. "Can you help me see if there is blood on it? It's so sticky and disgusting."

Gu Ci looked at it and couldn't say what it looked like. The moment this thing was sprayed out, it felt no different from blood. It smelled the familiar smell of blood, but the stench was also obvious. Moreover, this thing was sticky like glue, and you couldn't tell what it was just by looking at it.

Moreover, this stuff is very sticky. The blind girl only got a little on the back of her hands and fingers, but she couldn't wipe it off no matter how hard she tried.

Keep rubbing until it is clean.

Gu Ci looked at the bodies that were completely torn apart around him and moved his fingers slightly in the air. Several strings of silk slipped out from his sleeves in an instant and wrapped around their bodies at an extremely fast speed, stacking them in an inconspicuous corner.

The blind girl stretched out her hand and simply cast an invisibility spell. A faint light fell and quickly disappeared. If you didn't get close to the wall to touch it, you wouldn't be able to find so many corpses here.

"What kind of toad dares to be so brazen." The blind girl sneered and stretched out her hand to point into the air. Qiansiyin obediently loosened his restraints and crawled into the blind girl's sleeve.

Gu Ci continued to move forward, but there were still some subtle differences from the previous church. Perhaps it was because of the fire that made this place a little different.

Over a long period of time, water has slowly seeped down the walls, and moss has grown on many walls. Even the wall lamps have rusted and become dilapidated. When passing by, you can see dead mice in the cracks in the corners of the walls, emitting a foul smell.

Gu Ci didn't know how long he walked before he saw a staircase in front of him. Something had been spilled on the old stairs and it had not been cleaned up in time, so it looked yellow and black. There were several places where sawdust was half hanging and had not fallen off.

stairs!

ladder! !

! ! !

Gu Ci had a question mark on her face. She looked at her wheelchair and then at the stairs in front of her, puzzled.

The world is too hostile to her!

But this did not pose a problem for Gu Ci. She had made preparations beforehand. The two little figures on the handles would control her wheelchair and take her out. Thinking of this, Gu Ci bent her fingers and tapped lightly on the armrest with her fingertips.

The wheelchair moved slowly, and as gravity shifted backwards, Gu Ci leaned comfortably on the back of the chair. From a distance, it looked like there was really someone behind him pushing down the wheelchair to go up the stairs.

Just as he stepped onto the stairs, Gu Ci suddenly heard a slightly heavy breathing sound, but soon the sound disappeared along with the sound of wind blowing from the front, so fast that it seemed like Gu Ci's illusion.

Gu Ci looked around for a while. The corridor behind her was half light and half dark. It seemed that there were countless monsters hiding at the corners, waiting to tear her to pieces if she wasn't paying attention. It was eerie and scary.

But it was also terribly quiet here, with nothing else but the sound of the wheelchair turning.

Gu Ci didn't believe that this was an illusion or something else. This place was much more difficult than before going back. It was like he had entered a simple plot before and was just starting the real game.

When he saw the exit, Gu Ci realized that he had been in the basement. Although there was nothing inside, it was still strange enough.

Where is the basement like a bomb shelter?

Gu Ci looked outside carefully and did not go out rashly. There were benches neatly arranged outside, decorated with beautiful floral curtains around. When the wind blew, there was a creepy beauty as if there was someone standing behind and peeping.

The strangest thing is that there is a huge cross right in front. This cross is different from the previous one. The cross here is made of two relatively thick branches wrapped around it, so it looks very irregular. Wrapped on the cross is a large thing similar to a cocoon.

There is a big gate on each side of the cross, but it is so dark outside that you can't see anything.

The most important thing is that Gu Ci has never seen this church before. The church where I stayed for a few days before was like a coffin that trapped me. It could never be like this church, which was exquisite yet simple.

Gu Ci looked at the huge cocoon again and prepared to go up. Just as the wheelchair was about to step on the last few steps, a pale skeleton hand broke through the stairs at an extremely fast speed and pulled Gu Ci's wheelchair.

The hand bones were stuck in the wheelchair and it could not move. In this short moment, more hands broke through the stairs and grabbed Gu Ci. Some even grabbed Gu Ci's legs and wanted to pull him hard, but it was Gu Ci's small blanket that was pulled down.

There was a big hole in the stairs, and Gu Ci fell deeply into a hill of bones. After Gu Ci fell down, the pile of bones shook violently and slowly formed one skeleton after another. One skeleton even crawled directly on Gu Ci's legs.

Gu Ci looked into its empty eyes and then blew its head away. Before the skeleton could react, its head flew out and hit the wall, smashing the other skeletons into pieces.

The skeletons froze for a moment and then quickly continued to search for parts of their own bodies.

The skeleton, which was not in good condition, touched its neck in confusion and found that the thing on it was gone, so it lay on the ground and searched carefully.

Gu Ci didn't look at it. She looked up at the big hole in the stairs above and reached out to touch it.

Can't reach.

Gu Ci dug around at the side and took out a leg bone and reached upwards. This time he was able to hook it just fine, but the bone surface did not make contact with the ground, as softly as a hand brushing across the water.

Illusion?

wrong.

But the bones are real.

Gu Ci was just thinking about looking for clues from the bones. He lowered his head and took a look around the bones, and saw that the skeletons were shrinking into the corner in fear. Some were even grabbing other people's shoulders to try to cover themselves.

"...", I'm behind you thirty-eight

Shh, I'm behind you thirty-eight

Am I that scary?

As Gu Ci was thinking about it, he suddenly felt a small pulling force on his hand. When he turned his head, he saw a skeleton with missing leg bones lying next to his wheelchair, carefully using two fingers to pull the leg bone in Gu Ci's hand.

When he found that Gu Ci had discovered him, he stepped back sharply and covered his mouth. Even though there was no expression on his face, Gu Ci could feel his horror, because in the next second the skeleton pinched itself and lay on the ground pretending to be dead.

Gu Ci glanced at the other people. The other skeletons were trembling and wanted to drill in, but the space inside was of a fixed size, so no matter how many skeletons drilled, their number would not change.

"..."

Silence is Cambridge tonight

When Gu Ci came out of the hole, she was still a little dazed. She looked back at the ladder made of bones in the hole and didn't understand why she fell down. Perhaps it was because she felt Gu Ci's gaze, the ladder of bones jumped one by one into the arms of their owner at an extremely fast speed.

The hole flashed and healed quickly. Gu Ci didn't believe the rumor and went back to check it out. He found that even steel was not as strong as it.

Thinking that she had time to explore, Gu Ci prepared to observe the huge cocoon carefully. After she took two steps, she heard a sound like opening a cellar behind her. Gu Ci turned around and saw a white bone claw retracted, and a small thing fell straight into her arms along a parabola.

What?

Before Gu Ci could even look, he could only watch the hand retract with a "whoosh" speed that was unimaginable.

Gu Ci looked at the tiny finger bone on her hand suspiciously, thinking that the skeletons thought it was hers and had mistakenly stuffed it into the stairwell when a system announcement popped up.

[One phalanx: The tiny phalanx seems to have other uses]

I don't know how to use the props.

I've seen this a long time.

Gu Ci put away his finger bones and moved closer to look at the huge cocoon. Upon closer inspection, he found that the cocoon was almost identical to an ordinary silkworm pupa, soft and difficult to press down with force, and he could not feel whether there was anything inside by touching it with his hand.

But this thing feels surprisingly good, like touching fine silk, smooth and slightly warm.

The cocoon in front of him was only half the size of a human body and was hanging on a tree branch. After Gu Ci touched it, he could see that his hands were sparkling wherever they touched, as if covered with glitter. A light powder fell from the cocoon, carrying a faint smell.

Gu Ci couldn't tell what the smell was, it sounded like osmanthus and gardenia.

Gu Ci walked around and the more he looked, the more he felt that this might be some large moth building a nest and hatching here. Not disturbing the natural reproduction of organisms is what every good citizen who protects nature should do, even if the thing looks strange.

Gu Ci clapped his hands, and the gold powder on his hands slowly fell onto his skirt. Without the blanket covering him, Gu Ci looked easier to bully. When she was about to go out to investigate the situation, Gu Ci turned her head and saw two people coming in from the right.

Just these two people...

Gu Ci looked at the two of them with a serious expression. It was obvious that they and others had been taken care of and put in the basement by the blind girl just now, so how could they come out so openly?

Is there any special mechanism?

Gu Ci observed their walking posture, trying to see if it was some kind of illusion. Uneasy, she released the Pulling Silk Guide. Even if the Pulling Silk Guide passed by them openly, they would not be able to see it. After all, who could see something thinner than a hair in the dark in the middle of the night?

Qiansiyin quickly went through the basement and found those people. When he sensed that the bodies of the four people were still piled up and not moved at all, Gu Ci was silent for a moment.

Before she could react, Bu Qing, who had been lying next to Gu Ci's legs, suddenly vibrated and floated in front of Gu Ci, circling around, looking very annoyed.

Strong resentment surged from Bu Qing's body like a dam bursting, and for a moment, a lot of the black fog here was quickly swallowed up as if it had encountered a natural enemy. The remaining black fog also dissipated a lot, and the two people in the church ran out without knowing why.

The whole church is very clean. There is no more hazy feeling. It is so clean that even the church is brighter.

Bu Qing was very angry. It bent over and pointed at the backs of the two people outside and then at Gu Ci who was spinning around desperately. It was obvious that it was very angry.

Gu Ci rarely saw Bu Qing so obviously angry, but as they turned around, Bu Qing suddenly spread out the umbrella, floated to Gu Ci's side, and shook the umbrella handle to signal her to take it.

Gu Ci understood it. After all, these people looked too much like himself back then. It was reasonable for him not to complain for so many years, repeating it over and over again. If it weren't for this, your resentment wouldn't be so great.

Gu Ci stretched out her hand and grasped the handle of the umbrella. The moment she held it, the resentment emanating from Bu Qing disappeared without a trace. Bu Qing also calmed down the moment she held it, as quiet as an ordinary umbrella.

The black air outside sensed the disappearance of the resentment and waited for a long time before tentatively approaching the church. He waited until he was sure that there was no mist that could dispel his breath before he dared to boldly and confidently invade the entire church.

At this time, Gu Ci also chased the two people out. She followed slowly behind him with an umbrella, which did not look like a good person. This situation made people think again as if Gu Ci was chasing them.

But what I didn't expect was that after Gu Ci had left for a long time, a part of the huge cocoon in the church suddenly deflated, and then quickly swelled up again, beating like a human heart, slowly increasing in frequency until it reached a stable frequency.

Inside the cocoon, unlike the darkness outside, it is filled with soft light, which makes people feel much more relaxed. Looking closely, there is a boy who is probably in his teens sleeping inside. He curled up feeling insecure, with butterfly-like wings wrapping around him. His pretty eyebrows were trembling uneasily and his whole body was shaking slightly.

As if he had dreamed of some terrible nightmare, he nervously clenched the soft tip of his feather, and in even more fear, he shrank his body and hugged himself tightly, with tears unconsciously welling up in the corners of his eyes.

"Mother Goddess..."

The boy's tears slowly rolled down his cheeks, but he visibly relaxed as if he had briefly fallen into a beautiful dream. But soon he began to mutter uncontrollably, with big tears rolling down his eyes like an abandoned child.

He sobbed brokenly, trying to struggle to wake up but remained deep in the nightmare.

"Mother Goddess... please don't abandon the little butterfly... Mother Goddess, I'm scared..."Shh, I'm behind you thirty-nine

Shh, I'm behind you thirty-nine

Gu Ci looked back after he left the church. The church he was in was actually very small. The only difference was that there was a cellar inside. But the cathedral next to it was the one that Gu Ci was familiar with. Not only the architecture but even the lush trees at the entrance were identical.

When I went out of the church, it was foggy outside. It was pitch black and I could only vaguely see the swaying shadows of the two people. If I didn't pay attention, these two people would disappear from my sight.

Moreover, it was extremely cold outside the church. The wind came from nowhere, and it made people feel like they were in a snowy day in the cold winter. The thin clothes on their bodies could not resist the cold at all.

Gu Ci touched his arm and continued to move forward. The whistling wind covered up all other sounds. The closer he got to the familiar church, the more he felt something was wrong. If the previous church was burned down and rebuilt, then the current church was like a giant beast crawling in the darkness.

All around was quiet except for the sound of two people talking in front:

"How is it, still can't get in?"

"Those bastards refused to open the door and even barricaded the windows. I want to see what they do next. They won't last long without food."

"Yes, they were not like this before. They welcomed us so warmly and brought us hot water to wash our faces and hands. Who would believe them if they said they had no intentions? It's a pity that the bridge leading to the town is broken and we can't go back. Otherwise, how could we be trapped in this cage-like place?"

"Who said it wasn't true? We worked so hard to get here, but those bitches can't even meet our trivial requests. They've been hungry for two days. If nothing works, we can just break down the door and walk in. No matter what, we won't lose out."

"..."

Gu Ci felt a little strange listening to their words. Logically speaking, entering the flashback mode means going back to the past, and this kind of horror game will give players some clues so that they can better understand the truth of the matter.

But looking at the current situation, it is like two scenes are stretched and overlapped, with both the future as an introduction and the past as a foreshadowing, allowing players to seamlessly connect the content and process.

Moreover, what these two people said seemed to overlap with the appearances known before.

Gu Ci followed them slowly. He didn't know where a strong stench came from, which was even worse than the smell of the dead rat he smelled in the basement just now.

As she was about to get close to the church, Gu Ci keenly felt a sense of crisis rising up her spine. She immediately stopped and took a few steps back, the sense of crisis in her heart receding slightly.

What Gu Ci had not expected was that it was these few steps she took back that caused the people who had been lying in ambush for a long time to lose their target. Several very tall people with red eyes could not help but get angry when they saw an unexpected person following them.

They fiercely questioned the two people just now, "Where are the people? Why didn't you bring them here now?"

The two men were also very confused. They clearly felt that someone was following them, but they didn't know when they got lost. It might also be because it was too dark here and people who were not familiar with the place would generally get lost.

Seeing this group of people standing in front of them like wild beasts with their minds rising, the two men were a little scared. They tried to appease the people in front of them

"Don't worry, he can't run away here anyway. Don't we have other people we captured tonight?"

After hearing what they said, the man in front of him regained some of his rationality. The man in the lead exhaled heavily, snorted, and walked inside without looking back.

Although the largest church and other places have been sealed off by those people, the rooms where they used to live are still there. Although the quilts and other things are a bit thin, it is better than having nothing.

I don't know when the bridge can be repaired. I keep thinking about you and there is no solution when I am missing you, although I can find a way to maintain normal activities temporarily. But it may be difficult to implement over time.

And it keeps raining, it never stops!

The leader thought about the delicious meat he had eaten today and couldn't help licking his lips with satisfaction and aftertaste in his eyes.

He swore to God that these meals were definitely some of the most delicious food he had ever eaten. Although they had to be shared with many people, it did not hinder their deliciousness.

Especially in this remote place, although the living conditions are a bit difficult, we can at least survive.

If I go back to the small town and want to eat these delicious foods, it will be much more troublesome and I may never be able to eat them. Thinking of this, the man nodded regretfully. I even had the illusion that I didn't want to go back to the small town.

Thinking of this, he became curious again. How did those people get in? We had clearly searched everywhere and found no way in or out, but these people appeared here inexplicably.

After thinking about it, he shook his head and decided not to worry about it. New people joining in are much better than those ignorant people. He didn't know how many more people would show up here, but it wouldn't be a bad thing overall.

Gu Ci slowly waited for them to leave. After she was sure that no one was ambushing her, she sketched a few stick figures in the air. The figures moved separately. One of them lay at the door of the church and went in through the crack in the door, while the other followed the group of people.

Watching the little man crawling in, Gu Ci connected its five senses. At this moment, what Gu Ci could see was the perspective that the little man could see.

The people in the church were basically nuns, similar to what Gu Ci had seen before, but his vision was not limited and he could clearly see their expressions and movements.

They huddled together to keep each other warm, while others leaned numbly against the wall, staring blankly at the empty ceiling as if there was something on it. Their mouths were chapped due to lack of water, and they seemed to have no strength to even open their mouths.

This church roughly resembles what it looked like before entering the flashback, especially the huge cross, but you can still see signs of dried blood flowing on the cross.

However, unlike the coffin-like structure, there is a large door here, which was blocked by the nuns using various things to prevent the group of people from coming in. The windows were also nailed shut with wooden bars to look secure.

When Gu Ci walked closer, he found something was wrong.

This cross can be said to be the most iconic thing in this church. The nuns treated it very differently both before and after the retrospection.

Gu Ci got closer and could clearly see oval-shaped drops of blood around the cross. From this, it could be seen that someone had been tortured on it, but the direction of the bloodstains was strangeShh, I'm forty behind you

Shh, I'm forty behind you

According to the normal appearance of this cross, even if someone has been tied to it, the blood will flow downwards. But the bloodstains on this huge cross flow horizontally, which means that if someone was lying and tied here, all the blood would flow horizontally.

What is the purpose of doing this?

Imitation of the crucifixion of Christ?

But in this case, there is no need to wait so long. You can just tie the person up and then put up the cross. Why go through the trouble of making the person lie down all the time?

Gu Ci moved closer to the nuns. Those nuns all looked unhappy. Their sallow and bitter faces were filled with sorrow. They pulled down the curtains to cover themselves but kept praying silently. Their eyes were dull and no one knew who they were praying for.

Gu Ci switched the five senses of another little man. This time, the full light formed a sharp contrast with the dark and depressing church. That was the nuns' room. These people broke through the walls of several rooms to build a huge room.

Oil lamps made of various containers were hung on the wall in an orderly manner. The flames slowly licked the wall, leaving black scars that made it look even more eerie.

Countless shadows on the wall were twisted and blurred like the skeletons of devils. They danced in sin and drank the wine of malice until they were drunk.

A hanging pot was bubbling something, and all kinds of smells filled the air, making it hard to tell whether to vomit or throw up.

Gu Ci carefully controlled the movement of the little man against the wall and ignored these people. This place smelled like a garbage dump, and only maggots would enjoy living in such a place.

The further you go inside, the creepier it gets. There are a lot of bones with pieces of meat scattered around in the corners, and you can tell how fresh they are from the red blood on them. So it is not difficult to understand why these people complain about having no food but still eat so much, and why their eyes are so strangely red.

The stinking head was kicked into a corner like a ball and left to mold and stink. The pile of feces on it made it impossible to tell whether it was a breeding farm or something else. They didn't care how disgusting it was.

As Gu Ci walked inside, he suddenly fell silent. In the innermost corner, there were not only nuns but also players, including Wang Qi. He was tied up and couldn't move at all. There was also something like a cow or horse bit stuffed in his mouth, making it almost impossible for him to make any sound.

Compared to the nun, these players look much cleaner, tidier and more lively.

There are three nuns here, but their eyes are dead without any light, and they have nothing on them to cover their shame. Only their messy hair covers half of their face like a chicken coop, and there is not a single piece of good flesh on their bodies. It is obvious that they have suffered a lot of injuries.

"Go, deliver them to those brats, otherwise they might die while playing with them, which is not worth it."

Someone used a broken bowl to scoop up a spoonful of foam from the pot and held it away with disgust. When he reluctantly scooped a spoonful of the soup at the edge and poured it into the bowl, the man rolled his eyes again and laughed.

He cleared his throat and spat into the bowl. The white saliva with yellow phlegm mixed with the foamy foam looked no different from ordinary soup at first glance.

He stretched out his dark fingers and wiped them under his armpits. He nodded with satisfaction and then reached into the soup to stir it a few times. He couldn't help laughing and said, "These disobedient little things, add some seasoning to enrich the taste."

That's really disgusting.

Gu Ci looked at everyone else who joined in the laughter. Humanity had already begun to disappear in this place, and evil had taken root. Their behavior was controlling them and causing them to fall.

A thin man smiled, took a look at the bowl, added some "condiments", took the bowl and went out. Gu Ci immediately followed him out and walked in the corner.

After walking a few turns, they came to a locked door. The man took the key from his belt and opened the door. Fortunately, there was some light coming from other places, so Gu Ci could see the person inside from a distance.

There were young nuns inside who looked very young. The oldest one was estimated to be no more than ten years old. The youngest one was so scared that she grabbed the clothes of her sister next to her and looked at the people outside timidly, with tears unconsciously falling from the corners of her eyes.

The little nun who seemed to be the oldest opened her arms and stood in front of her sisters the moment he opened the door. Although she was also very scared, she knew that she was the only one who could protect them for the time being. Several children had been taken away by them before because they had no protection.

Those people kept screaming and struggling, but all they got in return was beatings and scolding. Even though they obediently covered their mouths and let those people do whatever they wanted, those who were taken away never came back.

The little nun looked at the man at the door who kept looking at them with vigilance and hatred, and tried to puff up her chest to make herself look more ferocious, but in that man's eyes, she looked more like a pet pretending to be so.

He put the bowl on the ground and pushed it forward with his foot, saying with a smile, "Today's soup is very nutritious. It would be bad if you missed it."

As he said this, he looked around again, smiled inexplicably, closed the door again and left.

The little nun maintained the posture of a hen with its wings spread until she heard no more sound and then collapsed. She was so scared that she was crying but she refused to relax. Now that she finally relaxed, she found that she had no strength left.

I just held on by myself, luckily I scared that guy away.

The little nun thought about this for a while before she carefully moved to the door and picked up the bowl of steaming hot soup. She leaned close to the soup and smelled it. The fragrant soup tempted her taste buds and her stomach immediately reacted with a loud growling sound.

She just sniffed it and then carefully protected the soup. Since she had no strength, she could only crawl towards her sisters. The other little nuns also stared at the bowl of soup and swallowed their saliva, but they knew that this little bit of soup could only be used for the most important thing.

The gathered little nuns moved away, and behind them lay a little boy who was only one or two years old. He was wearing a loose, tattered and thin nun's uniform. He lay behind his sisters with a frown, closed eyes and a flushed face, and was no longer conscious.

"Wu, just drink it. If it doesn't work, you can go to heaven to warm yourself up."

The young nun put the bowl on the ground and dragged the little boy into her arms, using her body temperature to give him the final comfort. There had been younger girls and boys in the church before, who had been picked up by the old nuns, but now the youngest one is Wu, and it seems that he will soon die.

If those people found out that he was sick, they would take him away and he would never come back., I'm behind you forty-one

Shh, I'm behind you forty-one

It's better than now. At least they are blocking those people from coming in.

The nuns said that heaven was a good place, but only those who believed in God and were the purest could go there. She didn't know what heaven was like. Maybe when Wu went to heaven, he could come back and tell them whether heaven was good or not. Maybe Wu could even take them to heaven.

Thinking of this, the little nun finally felt a little warm in her heart. She imitated the old nun and patted him on the back to comfort him, then picked up the bowl and handed it to his mouth, wanting to feed him some soup.

But Wu was shaking all over and his teeth were clenched so tightly that the water couldn't be poured in.

"Lian, why doesn't he drink?"

The nun next to him was reluctant to look away but was really worried about Wu's condition. She reached out and touched Wu's arm, feeling his warmth. She couldn't help but reveal a hint of envy, "He's so warm, like a stove. This way, Wu won't be cold when he sleeps at night."

She smiled and gently touched Wu's face. "We can sleep next to Wu at night, so we won't be cold."

The nun nodded and tried to pry Wu's lips open to feed him, but Wu couldn't open them. She passed the bowl to the shivering sisters nearby and told them to

"This soup is still hot, you can drink it first, but each person can only drink a small sip, and give the rest to Wu after he wakes up."

Almost everyone else was laughing with joy. Each person took the bowl in turn and sipped it carefully with a look of longing and aftertaste on their faces, as if this was already a great delicacy. Finally, when it was Lian's turn, he put the bowl on the ground beside him without moving.

"Lian, why don't you drink?"

The little nun next to her smacked her lips, staring curiously at the swaying soup and forced herself to look away.

Lian continued to pat Wu, and shook her head proudly when she heard her words, "I am already a qualified nun, and I believe that the Lord will come to save us! Besides, Wu will be so sad if she opens her eyes and doesn't see the food later."

Lian patted her chest like a little adult. Although her stomach was rumbling and it affected her speaking momentum, it still aroused the admiration and envy of the little nun.

"Wow, you are amazing, when can I become a qualified nun?"

"Wow, how did you do that...?"

The little nun's chattering made her face blush, but the old nun hadn't taught her these words yet, so she didn't know how to answer. When they separated a few days ago, the old nun didn't have time to say anything, and she could only clear her throat and pretend to be profound.

"You will understand this when you grow up. By the way, I just said that the Lord will bring us salvation. Do you know how to write salvation?"

The other nuns shook their heads, which made Lian even more proud. She searched her body and pulled out a pile of charcoal. "I'll teach you how to write. It's very simple..."

Gu Ci looked at the nun, who was not very old herself, who was giving them courage in her own way. She wrote the word "salvation" on the floor letter by letter and taught them to read it in the dim light.

Unfortunately, they are in a tragic background.

As soon as Gu Ci wanted to help, the system slowly popped up a notice [Players please do not change or interfere with the plot]

Gu Ci looked at the row of red words in silence for a while, then walked to the corner of the door and sat down there. As time passed, these little guys were able to imitate the word in a very realistic way.

But they were so excited that they didn't notice Wu in their arms. They didn't know when the redness on his face began to fade away little by little, and even his teeth began to loosen slowly. He became completely quiet.

Gu Ci went out through the crack of the door to see what was going on with the players, but before he could walk out, he heard a sad yet innocent voice in the room, "Ah, Wu Bure is gone, is he okay?"

Gu Ci felt a little sad after hearing this, but what she saw before her eyes happened a long time ago. Just as the system reminded her just now, she could not change it.

The voice behind me sounded a little flustered and uncertain: "I don't know why he ignored me. Maybe he went to heaven like the old nun said."

Others may not understand the concept of death, but Lian already knows it. She is the oldest among all the people here and has the most experience. She couldn't confirm nor deny it.

But just as she said, Wu had gone to heaven, and the Lord had come out to save them.

Although others felt it was a bit strange, they still agreed with Lian's opinion. Because she is already a qualified nun, and she is a believer of the Lord, and the Lord would never lie to people.

Thinking of this they cheered.

Gu Ci returned to the side where the players were imprisoned. The players were neatly tied together like dumplings and thrown into the corner. In addition to the two familiar faces, there was also an unfamiliar face imprisoned.

I don't know when they came in and how they were caught so quickly.

Gu Ci cautiously stuck to the corner and didn't move, because it was obvious that everyone had gathered here. Some of them were holding a big bone in their hands and gnawing on the meat on it. Some of them just took some small bones and sucked them hard, staring at those who obviously had more.

However, due to his lack of fighting power, he couldn't say anything and could only chew his bones angrily to express his anger.

"Dutch, are you still hungry? One is not enough!"

Someone licked his palms again and again until the oil stains on his hands were licked clean. Then he complained to the tallest and most burly man in a hoarse voice, "Look, there are so many of us, but we can only get one mouthful of soup. By then, we won't even be able to enter the church and will faint outside from hunger. It will be a joke if we tell others about it."

He looked at the man ingratiatingly and rubbed his hands, "How about you pull the biggest one over here for us to enjoy?"

The man was still thinking about the feasibility of this plan. When he heard this, he frowned and waved his hand in disapproval. He looked at the man who made the suggestion viciously and spat out the bone residue in his mouth.

"You know that group of bitches locked the church door tightly, so we can't get in. We don't know when we can get in. The big one... naturally has more meat than the small ones. But have you ever thought about where we would go to have fun if the big one died?"

The man spat and stood up. Compared with the others, his figure was indeed mighty and strong, and it looked like he could knock down seven or eight skinny people with one punch.

"We can add one more, but it won't take more than two days. We have to find a way to break down that damn door!"Shh, I'm behind you forty-two

Shh, I'm behind you forty-two

Everyone listened with bated breath as the man spoke, and they couldn't help cheering when they heard the good news.

"but!"

The man gave them a fierce look and warned them. The people who were cheering immediately became quiet when they heard him speak.

Seeing that they all gave him face, he smiled with satisfaction, sat on a cabinet, and wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

He glanced at the innermost room and smiled meaningfully, "Besides, there are still a few plump ones in here. Such fresh things are enough for us to enjoy for a long time. The small ones are still useful for the time being. Unless there are certain circumstances, I hope they can stay fresh for the time being."

Hearing this, greedy looks appeared on the faces of others.

"Hoohoo~"

There was a sound of wind close to his ears. Gu Ci turned his head to look at himself. Although he was hidden under the sundries, there was no place around him where wind could leak out.

In a short period of time, Gu Ci could not determine where the sound of the wind came from, but she found it strange that only she could hear the sound of the wind but could not see it blowing on any object.

Gu Ci thought about it and quickly followed the corner to the player. Fortunately, there were many things around that could hide Gu Ci's figure so that people would not notice her.

The further Gu Ci walked, the heavier his body felt. He looked down and discovered... The part below the calves of this little man has changed color and become soft, as if it has only come into contact with water. However, this little man is not the kind of man that I fold out of paper, so why is it like this?

The sound of the wind became heavier and heavier, as if someone was pulling a bellows next to my ear.

Gu Ci looked at the players who were only a few steps away and ignored all this. She quickly stepped forward and untied the ropes of Wang Qi and Zhou Yan.

The rope was very strong and the knots tied by these people were also very tight. It took her a lot of effort to loosen it. As long as these people struggled for a while, they would be able to struggle out.

Gu Ci did not plan to untie the ropes directly, but chose two relatively familiar people. The main reason was that there was a certain reason why these people could be caught so quickly. Let them get familiar with the environment first, and when they find that the rope can fall, they will think of how to deal with it themselves.

If they were untied at the beginning, they would definitely rush out directly, and then they might be dealt with by these people in advance.

And the system did not pop up, which means that she and these players are variable factors and are not managed by the plot.

After Gu Ci loosened the ropes that tied the two people together, he found that the discoloration had spread from his calves to his waist.

"Hoohoo~"

The sound became clearer and clearer, as if something was blowing into his ear.

Gu Ci jumped down and hid in Zhou Yan's pocket. She looked at the changes in her body and shook her limp hands softly. In just a moment, she lost control of all her senses below her head.

The sound of the wind was terribly close, as if someone was constantly testing her with their breath next to her ear, slowly sniffing her face from the left side and then to the right side.

right! It is blowing in your own ears instead of blowing around the villain under your control.

Gu Ci was careless. Her senses could have been attached to the little man to monitor a large area, but she overlooked the fact that she was also someone else's favorite.

When she was somewhere else, her sense of crisis about her main body would be reduced a lot, and just now her attention was highly focused on those nuns, so she ignored other things.

Gu Ci suddenly withdrew his senses from the little man and opened his eyes, only to find that he was tightly wrapped by a black snake. Above the sky, it seemed that something left a trail in the thick black fog and flew past.

Gu Ci just glanced at it and then turned his attention back to the thing in front of him.

It's said to be a snake, but it's not. It is more like a giant snake made up of condensed mist. It has a snake's body but a human-like face. It has no eyes, but two empty holes. The position of its nose is the same as that of a snake.

It is said to be a piece that looks very similar to a human body, but in fact it is more accurate to describe it as a human bone wrapped in a plastic skin.

Seeing the person who had no reaction suddenly opened his eyes, the monster stuck out his tongue curiously and moved closer to sniff Gu Ci's face.

Two long tongues stretched out from its split mouth, and they stretched out in different directions to the left and right, as if there were two snake heads controlling them.

Gu Ci moved his hands and found that they were fixed to the armrests of the wheelchair and could not move. She turned around and saw that her hands were pressed on the wheelchair by a chicken claw with only three claws, and both hands were like this.

"Delicious...food"

There was an obscure voice behind me, its voice was like that of a toddler who was just beginning to learn to speak, unclear and trying hard to express his/her thoughts, but its voice was not as pleasant as a child's. It was more like the scrap steel that was discarded after going through 9981 processes in a steel factory and was particularly rough.

Gu Ci could clearly feel something sharp approaching his throat and then clamping down. The thing slowly pressed against Gu Ci's wheelchair, and the heavy breathing sounded close to Gu Ci's neck. When Gu Ci was about to pinch the talisman to awaken the spirit, a sticky tongue slowly licked her neck from bottom to top.

A strong corrosive feeling came, and in addition to the pain, there was also an extremely unpleasant smell emanating from Gu Ci's neck. Gu Ci clenched her hands suddenly, and the snake body and chicken claws that restrained her movements shook and almost loosened.

The thing behind felt Gu Ci's struggle and couldn't help but increase its strength. The two claws that controlled Gu Ci's hands moved, raised a finger, pressed it on the back of Gu Ci's hand, and then stabbed it hard.

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The sharp claws, like the sharpest weapons, with the emitted black mist, easily nailed Gu Ci's hands to the armrest. There was no telling how many claws on the monster's body held her so tightly that she could not move. Then another long claw stretched out from her back and pressed on Gu Ci's heart and shoulder blade.

Gu Ci stared blankly at the claw that was locked just above her heart. Gu Ci stared at the claw that was trying to tear her apart as if he was appreciating something beautiful, and suddenly he laughed.

Gu Ci raised his hand lightly and easily broke free from the restraints. He watched as the steel-like black claws turned into a puff of black smoke the moment Gu Ci broke free, floated upwards for a while, and then quickly fell down and turned into something like coal ash on the ground.

She gently grasped the claw that was about to dig into her heart and bent it slightly. The leg broke in the middle and large amounts of black juice gushed out.

Gu Ci used a little force to pull the claw out of the flesh. She looked at the hook-like claw with small barbs and smiled with satisfaction, but Gu Ci's smile now looked particularly weird.

The monster behind him had already been bound by thin threads, but it was so insensitive that it not only did not sense the danger, but also smacked its lips twice and commented with a satisfied, elongated voice, "Hmm... delicious~"

Gu Ci couldn't see what expression it had, and she wasn't even afraid or cared about this thing. She even felt that being able to confine these two little things was exceptionally powerful, but she had no way of controlling the emotions coming from the bottom of her heart.

The distant memories surfaced in her heart and she was almost drowned in a sea of ​​emotions.Shh, I'm behind you forty-three

Shh, I'm behind you forty-three

The memories of the past should have been buried deep in Gu Ci's heart and forgotten, but at this moment Gu Ci could always recall the scenes of the past.

The scene was so clear that she even wondered if it had just happened. Otherwise, why would it have caused such a big reaction?

Gu Ci raised his hand slightly, and the monster's remains were casually thrown on the ground and evaporated instantly. Almost invisible threads crawled up from the ground along the monster's body and silently wrapped around and tightened the monster's body.

The pulling thread humanely wrapped around the mouths of the two monsters, as if in a cat-and-mouse situation. The pulling thread did not shrink immediately but continued to squeeze the monsters.

From a distance, you can see black smoke constantly coming out from around Gu Ci. It's so magical, as if someone is performing magic next to him.

After thinking about it, Gu Ci couldn't help laughing out loud. She stared at a place in front of her, but her hands were unconsciously wiping the wounds that had already healed.

But no matter how she wiped, Gu Ci felt that the nauseous and palpitating feeling was always there, even though she had been like this for a long time, even though her neck had been licked by the monster just now and she was rubbed until it was bloody, Gu Ci still felt it was not enough. The nauseous and suffocating feeling made her crazy.

"Ali..."

The blind girl shrank back when she heard Gu Ci's laughter. She found Gu Ci, whose smile was stiff and cold with a creepy look, and called out to him worriedly.

Gu Ci paused when she heard the blind girl's voice. She loosened her hands and folded them elegantly on her legs, looking at the blind girl with a smile, "What's wrong?"

Gu Ci looked no different from usual, but the blind girl could feel the strong contrast and instability between her physical and mental state.

The blind girl's hand gently rested on Gu Ci's body, and the moment her hand touched him, she felt Gu Ci had a strong sense of rejection towards her.

The blind girl quickly withdrew her hand and turned around to see the two monsters who had been strangled into several sections and were constantly being devoured by the black fog. Their voices were cold and frantic.

"You two are two fools who don't know how to live or die. You dare to follow others and be cannon fodder to join in the fun. If you want to be warriors, it depends on whether you have the ability to do so."

The blind girl beckoned, and several strands of silk threads came out from her sleeves, wrapping up parts of the bodies of two monsters that were eaten away by the black fog and only a little bit was left, isolating them from the black fog. The blind girl quickly put the two things away and turned around to observe Gu Ci's situation.

In fact, to the naked eye, Gu Ci's condition was no different from usual, but when you got closer you could see that Gu Ci's smile was particularly creepy. When the blind girl turned around, Gu Ci even smiled at her and then shook his head to signal her not to worry.

The calm before the storm.

The blind girl didn't know what to say. She just put her hand on Gu Ci's shoulder and sighed. Looking at Gu Ci's pale but smiling face, she suddenly regretted that she had let Gu Ci alone in this weird game.

Although nothing will happen to Gu Ci, there are always exceptions.

The blind girl held Gu Ci's hand with some concern, squatted beside Gu Ci, and looked up at Gu Ci. "I believe you can control it well. Don't think about it. Relax slowly. What's in the past is in the past."

The blind girl's voice was very soft. Gu Ci lowered her head and looked at the blind girl who seemed like she could be strangled to death at any time. Her smile gradually faded. She took two deep breaths and slowly adjusted her mentality.

After a while, Gu Ci smiled and looked at the blind girl who was almost lying on his lap to comfort her.

"Don't worry, I'm fine, right? Oh, I forgot everything that happened before."

The blind girl couldn't help but be frightened. In just a moment, her face had become comparable to that of a paper doll. When she raised her little face and looked at others, she had an innocent and fragile beauty. Although the veil covered her eyes, it did not affect her beauty.

Gu Ci could imagine how beautiful the blind girl's eyes would be with tears in them if she still had her eyes.

Gu Ci said it simply, but only the blind girl and the others understood how much Gu Ci liked to deceive himself. She stood up angrily and took out Bu Qing who was beside Gu Ci and threw him into her arms and sulked.

"From now on, no matter where you go, you must take it with you. You can't leave it next to you like before! Even if you put it away, you must put it in your arms! Do you hear me?"

Although the blind girl was speaking harshly, considering that Gu Ci was a disabled person like her, she couldn't help but curl her lips and soften her expression, muttering, "I don't know what I owe you."

As she spoke, she waved her eyes in annoyance, as if something was disturbing her. The blind girl took a long coat with terry edges and covered her legs with it, then disappeared, leaving Gu Ci behind.

Gu Ci pulled the coat on her knees and obediently picked up Bu Qing and opened it. The moment Bu Qing opened it, even the black fog around her faded a bit. She walked slowly to other places without caring how conspicuous she was.

It's so funny. If you don't listen to advice once, it may be okay, but if you don't listen to advice twice, you will be beaten up. You have to know that those women are very ruthless and can come up with all kinds of tricks.

Gu Ci didn't want to waste time on these two places. This church covered a very large area, and there must be something else that had not been found.

Even if we go back to the past, these plots cannot represent the complete story, after all, Mary and Ann have not appeared yet! When I first entered the game, I saw a few familiar nuns in the church just now. This only proves that everything I see now is just a scene in the complete script.

There was also one card among the cards she had found before that particularly caught her attention. It was the card with a voyeur sign written on it. There were flowers on the wheelchair on that card, but there was a skeleton on the altar. Could it be the nun's words that had always been there but no trace of them remained?

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If this is the case, then how do you explain those paintings that I found a few days ago during the game? And those feelings about the plot that An said in the middle of the night couldn't be useless.

If something exists, there will be a reasonable explanation.

Except for mutations, of course.

Thinking of this, Gu Ci thought of the white cocoon he saw in the church just now. I don't know whether the church people put it here on purpose or something unexpected happened, but it's impossible for these people not to have seen such a big thing.

Either there is a reason or it is a mutated gene.

Whether this thing brings benefits or harm to players is still unknown.

Gu Ci took out his watch and looked at it. The hands on the watch indicated that it was already 6 o'clock in the morning, but it was still pitch black as if it was midnight.

This watch was given to her in the previous short game. Thinking of reusing it, Gu Ci did not really throw it away, but picked it up when she was about to leave the game.

As Gu Ci expected, the church he had seen before was only half the size of the current church. In addition to the general framework remaining unchanged, the small damaged areas have been repaired and tidied up.

Although this place looks the same as the church I stayed in a few days ago, many places will make you go wrong if you follow fixed thinking. In the absence of lights and when you are nervous and panicky, it is easy to get into a dead end.

Gu Ci remembered the game reminder about the final stage: heartbeat.

Plus, she got a key item from the nightmare of chasing, which is why she wanted to find Mary and Ann so much. As for the Lord...

She didn't really want to pay attention to a thing that could bewitch people and then become a spirit.

The sound of dripping water was always there, just like the background music after entering the flashback, but the breathing sound was a little quieter and not enough to attract much attention.

From the time he came out of the cellar until now, Gu Ci suddenly discovered a problem. The sound of water drops in the background music, the speed of dripping, seems to be related to the breathing sound hidden in the wind.

The heavier the breathing sound, the closer it is to the water droplet, and the faster it drips, the more urgent the sound. Conversely, the smaller the breathing sound, the slower the water droplet drips. Players won't even think about it and will just attribute this situation to the atmosphere here.

Shh, I'm behind you forty-four

Shh, I'm behind you forty-four

Gu Ci didn't care what this detail meant, this game has a time limit. If you can't find the corresponding clues, it is very likely that you will not be able to complete the game.

The previous game was pretty easy but this one is different, she has no choice but to rely on herself.

Although others look weak, they are actually very strong. I look weak, but I am actually even weaker.

Gu Ci carefully examined the environment and found that the black fog seemed to be thicker as he walked towards more remote areas. The stench in the air gradually faded away, replaced by a damp and moldy smell.

This place is similar to the painting I found before, with a very strange tree in it. Even though it is very common, the things in this game are very strange. I can only say that it feels very similar.

You can see the church by turning diagonally from this place. It is located behind the two churches. It looks more like a vacant land that has not been developed yet and is left idle.

But there is one thing that is very strange. Before going back, we knew that the tree was not far from the church and could be seen in a collapsed hole in the wall. But now the tree is very far away from the church, and the surrounding area is covered with rubble.

As I walked along and observed carefully, I did not find any signs of construction work around, nor did I find any demolished walls. So where did all the rubble come from?

Gu Ci moved closer to take a look. From a distance, the tree was also hidden under the black fog. Apart from the general outline of the trunk, all details could not be seen clearly.

Gu Ci slowly approached the tree. The stones on the road were very uneven and it would be easy to overturn the car if he was not careful. When Gu Ci got closer, he found that there was nothing special about this tree except that its outline was a little thicker than the one he had just seen.

To say it is ordinary is really too ordinary. There are many trees of the same species in other places outside the church.

Gu Ci walked around the tree, then reached out and patted the trunk. The bark, which should have been rough and dry, was covered with a layer of sticky substance. When Gu Ci patted the tree trunk, a rustling sound came from the dense treetops, as if there was something on it.

Gu Ci took a step back cautiously and wiped the sticky stuff on his hands onto the coat he used to cover his legs. Without sufficient light, it was impossible to tell what was in her hand.

Compared to this pile of sticky stuff, something on the branches seems to be more important. There seem to be a lot of monsters from the black fog neighbors in it. So far, we have encountered three of them.

Gu Ci retreated to a safe place. She leaned back in her chair with her head tilted, watching the treetops shaking constantly. The object she was holding in her hands was turning left and right as she exerted force on her wrists.

The treetops shook for a while and then something was heard falling gently to the ground. Then a timid face poked half of its head out from behind the tree trunk and looked at Gu Ci shyly and eagerly.

He carefully grasped the tree trunk with both hands and then covered his eyes with both hands. When he noticed that Gu Ci was looking at him, he would immediately retract his head like a little hamster.

As if he was afraid that he would lose something if he looked away for too long, he would retract his head and then quickly reveal one eye from under his arm, observing Gu Ci's reaction in what he thought was a covert manner.

Is this also the cause of the black fog?

Gu Ci looked at the beautiful butterfly wings that couldn't even be covered by the tree trunk and wondered if this was a game design to make things difficult for the players, the person hiding behind the tree.

You can barely call him a human, after all, he has the same body shape as a human, and behaves and thinks similarly.

This person has a pair of very beautiful butterfly wings. When the butterfly wings are folded, they hang down beside the body like a skirt. Its whole body is white and it is wearing very beautiful clothes, but you can clearly see some fluff at some exposed joints, and there are also beautiful patterns on the white body.

His face had a very strange beauty. There were no patterns on his fair face, but his eyes were like those of insects, with a pair of large compound eyes in the eye sockets. His long eyelashes were very beautiful when they drooped, especially like two small butterflies resting under his eyes.

His rosy lips seemed to have absorbed the color of the brightest flower petals. His hair was short flaxen and there were two butterfly antennae on his shallow forehead.

Just standing there, he gave people the feeling that he was particularly easy to bully.

Seeing Gu Ci looking at him, he couldn't help but feel a little flustered, and even subconsciously hid behind a tree, probably because he felt that this might affect his first impression. After a while, he blushed, lowered his head, pinched a corner of the butterfly's wings, and slowly moved it out, trying hard to restrain himself from spitting out bytes.

"Dear...dear...mother...mother...mother goddess, I am little butterfly."

When the little butterfly said these words, her tongue was tied. She didn't know why she said such simple words so poorly. Would the Mother Goddess think she was a stutterer?

Little Butterfly's voice became softer and softer, and she even wondered if it was not a good idea to rush to find the Mother Goddess right after she came out, but...

The little butterfly bit its lip, looked at Gu Ci pitifully, and quickly lowered its head. The antennae on its head drooped and hung listlessly on its forehead like two pieces of seaweed.

He suddenly felt a little regretful that he had not been well prepared before looking for the Mother Goddess, but it was because he felt the breath of the Mother Goddess that he chose to break out of the cocoon. Otherwise, he would rather stay there for the rest of his life.

What he felt at that time was so real. When the Mother Goddess caressed his face with her warm hands and said that Little Butterfly was her most obedient child, he was so excited that he almost cried. However, the warmth of the Mother Goddess disappeared very quickly, which forced him to find the Mother Goddess and tell her about his longing for her.

But...

The Mother Goddess was clearly radiating her glory right in front of him, but he was too timid to say a word, which made Little Butterfly's heart split into two small villains fighting each other.

One of them shouted at him to be bolder in expressing his thoughts about the Mother Goddess.

One of them was lying on the ground, curled up timidly and didn't dare to move forward.

?

What?

What Mother Goddess?

Gu Ci looked at the little butterfly in confusion. As far as she could remember, she had never seen the person in front of her. There were many mountain monsters that had become spirits, and she had also seen birds and beasts that had achieved immortality, but she had no impression of the person in front of her.

Gu Ci wondered if he had encountered it somewhere before but just couldn't remember it, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't remember it. When Little Butterfly heard Gu Ci say that he didn't know her, she felt as if the sky was falling, which was far inferior to the affirmation of the Mother Goddess.

But now the Mother Goddess said she didn't know him!

How is that possible? He is the injured little butterfly that is recovering in the palm of the Mother Goddess's hand!

What went wrongShh, I'm behind you forty-five

Shh, I'm behind you forty-five

Little Butterfly didn't know what to do for a moment. He bit his lip and looked at Gu Ci pitifully. Big tears rolled down his face before he even noticed.

"Who are you?"

Little Butterfly was heartbroken when she heard Gu Ci ask this.

Woohoo, the Mother Goddess really doesn't remember me.

Little Butterfly looked at Gu Ci with tearful eyes, then bit her sleeve and sobbed incoherently, "Reply... Reply to the Mother Goddess, I am your most lovely, kindest, and most obedient child. My name is Little Butterfly."

Gu Ci listened to this self-boasting introduction and felt like he was talking to a child.

"Little butterfly?"

Gu Ci looked at the beautiful wings behind him and nodded in understanding, "Why do you call me Mother Goddess? Where are you from?"

When Little Butterfly heard Gu Ci calling his name, he nodded expectantly. However, when he heard the question in Gu Ci's words, his head, which had been held high, immediately drooped like an eggplant hit by frost.

He loosened his mouth and let go of his sleeves, then used both hands to vigorously stir the corners of his clothes and shook his head in disappointment.

"No, Little Butterfly is the name I gave myself. When I first emerged from the cocoon, the Mother Goddess had not yet had the chance to give me a name. You disappeared after witnessing my birth. All the other brothers and sisters had names, so I gave myself a name."

As he spoke, he raised his head hopefully. The person in front of him was just like the person in his memory, emitting a soft glow. In the gray and black vision, only the Mother Goddess had color and light. When the Mother Goddess approached, no matter how long he had slept, he would be awakened by the light.

This is why he was able to recognize the Mother Goddess at the first moment. The Mother Goddess is the one that all brothers and sisters want to get close to and admire the most.

Thinking of Gu Ci's question, Little Butterfly tilted her head in confusion, "If you are the Mother Goddess, I will call you Mother Goddess~ Mother Goddess is Mother Goddess."

As he spoke, the little butterfly stretched its wings joyfully and took a step closer to Gu Ci. He spoke happily with a smile, but he was obviously a little sad at the end.

"I came from the Mother Goddess! When the Mother Goddess disappeared, the brothers and sisters waited for a long time but did not see the Mother Goddess appear, so everyone came out to look for the Mother Goddess. At the beginning, we were able to contact each other, but later we all lost contact...

I don't know how I got here. The people here can't see me or touch me. I felt very bored so I found a corner and went to sleep. Until now, the Mother Goddess woke me up~"

When he said the last sentence, his mood was visibly better, and he even twisted his hips slightly with a hint of pride.

Mother Goddess, these two words that appeared frequently reminded Gu Ci of the strange picture album he saw before entering the game, but no matter how hard Gu Ci tried to recall, he could not find the matching memory.

That extremely narcissistic weird number 004 and the weird number 1, and the coquettish little butterfly in front of me...

Gu Ci didn't say much, but when he looked up, he saw Little Butterfly with her fists clenched on her chest, looking at him expectantly as if she was expecting his reaction.

Gu Ci waved for him to come over. Little Butterfly's eyes lit up when he saw Gu Ci's movements. He walked up to Gu Ci with great expectations, only then did he see the wheelchair under Gu Ci.

"What happened to Mother Goddess? Who did this?"

Little Butterfly looked at the mud-covered wheelchair in shock and couldn't think of anything else to say for a moment. His eyes had some congenital deficiencies when he was born and he could only see the outlines of the surrounding objects. The black and gray color structure destined him to be unable to see other colors.

But only the Mother Goddess radiates light. She is the only light and the only color in his world. It was precisely because that beauty was too dazzling that he ignored the fact that Gu Ci was sitting in a wheelchair.

The little butterfly got closer and Gu Ci could see it more clearly. It turned out that there were not only hairs on the joints, but also fine hairs near the forehead of his antennae. The patterns with fine glitter formed a beautiful and symmetrical pattern on his face.

If you get closer, you can see many of yourself in the pair of compound eyes, and a light-colored tassel hanging on the small ear.

Gu Ci stared at the light-colored tassel and felt that it looked somewhat familiar, but she really couldn't remember where she had seen something similar.

"You said you were my child, right?"

Gu Ci smiled at the little butterfly in a gentle voice. The little butterfly, immersed in the beauty of her mother goddess, could not help but nodded and looked forward to more conversations with her mother goddess.

"Yeah." Little Butterfly looked at Gu Ci with eager eyes, hoping to get more attention.

"So, what do you see here?"

Gu Ci's gentle gaze fell on the little butterfly. This gaze that the little butterfly had been looking forward to for many years made the little butterfly touch its antennae shyly.

"I didn't see it. I slept and waited until now."

Little Butterfly pursed his lips and was secretly delighted, but he was also annoyed why he fell asleep in such a hurry, otherwise he would not be unaware of the situation like now.

have to.

Gu Ci looked at the little kid standing in front of her who was the same height as her and already understood everything, but he knew nothing about anything no matter what she asked.

Gu Ci worked hard for a long time but still couldn't find anything useful, but the only unexpected thing was that Zhou Yan and the group of players ran away not long ago when the group wasn't paying attention.

The good news is that there are more helpers.

The bad news is that even she is wanted.

The better news is that there are believers outside with numb eyes and red eyes looking for them.

"Hey, hello~"

Zhou Yan was still wearing the ill-fitting nun uniform. His muscular body made it clear at a glance that he was a powerful nun equipped with physical equipment.

Unlike other nuns who have long-range spells, Zhou Yan is more like someone who can beat others to pieces at any time and fight ten people at once.

At this moment, Zhou Yan and Gu Ci were both hiding in a small corner. Zhou Yan greeted Gu Ci awkwardly.

According to the original plan, he and several other players were to act separately, but who knew those things were so terrifying? They just found a random place to hide and ended up meeting Gu Ci.

He couldn't help but sigh at his good luck.

Gu Ci moved the wheelchair and found that there was no room for retreat. She looked at Zhou Yan who took up most of the space and rubbed her eyes with sore eyes.

"How were you caught?"

Zhou Yan scratched his head. "It was so dark here that I didn't know how to get around. The roads here were all a little different so I got lost. I vaguely remember that I found a church I had never seen before and somehow fell into the stairs. It was so horrible inside, with piles of bones. I don't know where so many people died here."

Zhou Yan felt a little embarrassed as he spoke?