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It was already dark outside, and the street lights in the amusement park and the colorful lights decorated on various facilities were all turned on, but they were just floating in the dark like clusters of will-o'-the-wisps, and the light could not illuminate the surroundings.

Yin Yu walked out of the gate of the aquarium, and there was a snack truck parked on the side of the road not far away.The oden and juice soda in the car can barely be eaten as a meal, but the car will lose power after nightfall, and it should be freezing cold now.What Yin Yu planned to go to was the lake view restaurant by the central lake—actually, it was a fast food restaurant with a better environment.As for the cafe occupied by Uncle Qi, there are light meals on the menu, but only desserts and drinks are actually served.

There is a thin mist floating on the road, damp and cold. Walking on the road, you can often see white shadows flashing by from the corner of your eyes, trees and leaves shaking, and you can hear something rustling nearby from time to time—— Most of the time it is not an illusion.Some weird things will appear in the amusement park at night, like "ghosts" made of fog, which will suddenly appear close to the body, with long nails piercing out; "Spider", wandering around silently in the mist...

So at night, most players shrank in their shelters and refused to come out.Fortunately, these monsters are only wandering outside, so don't worry about them breaking into the house.Occasionally, people who wanted to obtain the seal through hunting would sneak out, and their end basically disappeared without leaving a trace, and it was unknown whether they died at the hands of monsters.

Yin Yu used a dagger to kill the first spider he met when he went out. A spider leg with a sharp front end became his new weapon for the next journey. Return to the fog.There are also more troublesome monsters such as the dead tree man and the rat swarm. He was lucky that he didn't meet them that night.

When he was about to reach his destination, Yin Yu took a shortcut and walked across the grass, when he heard a sound that didn't seem like a monster.In the past, I saw through the faint street light next to it: the grass and soil were churning, swallowing a newly dead body.

The corpse had been eaten from the head to the waist, leaving only two legs sticking out stiffly, and the skin at the ankles was frozen bluish white.Yin Yu didn't smell blood, but felt an unusual coldness when he approached, like the mist in the air had frozen.It wasn't the first time he had seen such a dead person, and he immediately guessed who the "murderer" was.A few minutes later, I stepped into the brightly lit restaurant and looked around. Sure enough, there was a small figure sitting at a table by the window by the water.

The child took off the peaked cap he wore during the day, revealing a head of curly, gray hair.He and Yin Yu, who came in, looked at each other, without speaking to each other, one lowered his head and continued to eat the strawberry sundae in front of him, and the other walked towards the ordering counter.The counter and the kitchen were empty, Yin Yu went to the sink to wash off the mucus from his hands when he was hunting, took a takeaway box, and cleaned all the fried chicken, hamburgers, french fries, etc. in the warmer Go in, and go to get a paper cup to get a cup of hot soybean milk.

He was standing beside the buzzing machine with his head bowed, waiting for the cup to be filled, when suddenly there was a sharp sound of wind from behind!

Yin Yu flashed to the side, and a slender black shadow passed by him in mid-air, and there was a crisp sound of "pop" on the soya-bean milk maker.The machine shook, and even though Yin Yu quickly picked up the cup, half a cup of soy milk still spilled out.The black shadow turned out to be a leather whip, it didn't hurt anyone, and it left as soon as it touched it, but was taken back by the man with a frivolous smile who had just walked around to the ordering counter from the side.

"I said why besides wheat, there are also people who come out to look for food at night-it's you." He seemed to be afraid that Yin Yu would turn over the counter and come out to beat him immediately, and stepped back while talking, "Why didn't you grab the whip this time? Is it because my actions are finally faster than your reaction..." In the middle of his words, he suddenly lowered his head and leaned over, getting out of the way of the "hidden weapon" thrown by Yin Yu with a flick of his wrist.

The piece of metal with sharpened edges hit the corner of the table, bounced off, and landed right at the man's feet, where he picked it up.Yin Yu had already turned back to get a new paper cup.Wheat—the little boy sitting by the window sneered. "Idiot," he said.

The man didn't care, and played with the metal piece in his hand, "Where did you find it? Can you keep it?" He asked, "I managed to get a steel pipe down last time, and wanted to make a weapon. After half a day, at midnight, he refreshed and disappeared..."

Just like the food will be replenished the next day after eating, most of the equipment and arrangements in the amusement park will be restored if they are destroyed, and the things that have been removed and taken away will disappear, and few can be kept around.Things brought in by the player from the outside will be restored to the state when they came in.Yin Yu's miniature crossbow is his belongings, and his dagger and this man's whip are rare things that cannot be refreshed.

"Not sure." Yin Yu didn't ignore him completely, but replied, "I just made it this morning." He put the lid on the cup, packed it in a bag, picked it up with the takeaway box with one hand, and prepared to leave. "Hey—what's the hurry, let's talk for a while before leaving." The man stopped him, "It is said that the newcomer who just arrived today was possessed by an evil spirit, did you save him?"

Yin Yu glanced at him, "Where did it come from?"

"That rookie girl whose boyfriend was killed said it." The man said, "It was getting dark and she was still running around outside, but she was brought back by my little girl. She was about to collapse, and it took a lot of effort to get it back." Coax it well, I guess I haven't fully believed it yet, I wonder if the evil spirit will come out to prove it to her tomorrow... Why did you suddenly become so kind? The newcomers who were possessed a few times before were not treated like this." He narrowed his eyes , the smile suddenly became quite ambiguous, "Is it the bad luck of someone you knew before? Or... love at first sight?"

"Aren't you the one who is busy with falling in love at first sight all day long, Zhuang Xiao?" Mai Mai said from a distance, her voice was childish, but her tone was quite mature, "It's a girl you want to pull to your side, and you're not afraid of kidney failure."

Zhuang Xiao raised his hand and stroked his neck horizontally with his fingertips. "What are you afraid of?" He said with a nonchalant smile, "Death can be cured." With such an interruption, he also forgot that Yin Yu hadn't answered the question just now. .Yin Yu arrived at the door undisturbed, paused slightly, and turned to look at Mai Mai, "That man on the grass outside," he asked, "What's going on?"

Mai Mai's cute little face stiffened, and her expression became gloomy.The window beside him was covered with a thin layer of frost, as if a cold wave passed by, but the frost layer appeared on the inside. "Because he's damned," whispered the little gray-haired boy.

Zhuang Xiao finished his wandering thoughts and came back to his senses. "Well," he said, "that man wants to go upstairs where the girls live..."

He stopped talking halfway, because Yin Yu had already left after hearing Mai Mai say "Damn".Zhuang Xiao shrugged and smiled. "I'm in such a hurry to go back." He muttered, when he looked down and saw the spider leg that Yin Yu had thrown in front of the steps when he entered the door, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he quickly turned and walked away out of sight.

The temperature around the wheat seemed to be extremely low, and the ice cream in the cup never melted.He finished the last spoonful, and went to grab a new cup with the spoon in his mouth—chocolate this time.Zhuang Xiao wandered around the store for a while, then climbed up to the second floor.The lights on the second floor were turned off, and in the silence, several breathing sounds and occasional restless whispers could be heard—the adopted girls slept on the sofa, and they were all asleep now.

He leaned against the stairs, stood quietly for a while, reached into his pocket and took out the card.The six grids on the white side of the card have been filled in, and there are a few extra stamps stacked in the blank space.He rubbed the bright red lines with his thumb, smiled inexplicably after a while, turned around and walked downstairs again.

Back on the first floor, the seat by the window was already empty, there was unfinished ice cream on the table, and Mai didn't know where to go.Zhuang Xiao walked over, sat down opposite, and stared at the foggy night outside in a daze.

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As soon as Yin Yu left, Lu You called the system out and asked if it had unlocked any useful new functions this time.As for the memory awakening question, he was too lazy to ask the system.And the system never failed Lu You's disappointment: Sure enough, there was nothing.

...It can't be said that there is no one at all-it took out the character position map used in the first world.Lu You called up the map to take a look: probably the mission goal of "escape" is related to all other players in the amusement park, and there are many people on the map this time.

The place with the densest location is the Lake View Restaurant. Lu You counted, there are eight in total; there are five in the help center and a coffee shop, and four in a candy store.There were more groups of two or three people, or going alone. There were nearly 40 people in the entire amusement park, far more than Lu You imagined.However, scattered on the entire map, it still looks pitifully sparse.

Lu You also wanted to use this map to learn about the internal situation of the project in advance, but as a result, they were only displayed as large groups of dark spots on the map, like unexplored areas in the game.He determined the location of the "aquarium" and himself, and found Yin Yu's trace on the map: that location was moving on a thin-line road, heading towards the lake view restaurant.Lu You stretched out his hand, tapped it with his fingertips in the void, followed it for a short distance, and the map was put away when it was time.

He sighed, and said to the system: "You...won't you continue to memorize pi?" This time everyone is a plot character, at least he doesn't have to worry about being approached without noticing it.

The system gave an "oh" reluctantly. "Remind you, the map just now has other functions-you can limit a relatively small area when you expand it, and you can see more details of that area." It said, "The things in this amusement park, the big Most of them are made by its power, and a few are rearranged after being 'eaten' by players after they are brought in. The latter ones are shown in a lighter color on the map, and you can collect them when you see useful ones."

Lu You was quiet for a while, and wanted to ask it "Why didn't you say it just now", but felt that it was necessary to see the panorama, so he didn't bother with it. "Can amusement parks eat inanimate things?" He asked curiously.

"It can only eat inanimate things." The system said, "otherwise why would it wait for people to die? And I said 'eat' just means—like the clothes you are wearing now, when you enter the amusement park, they will become It's something that's 'eating'."

The tactile sensation of the clothes sticking to the body seemed to become more vivid, which suddenly made Lu You feel uncomfortable.He couldn't help moving, pinched the corner of his clothes and rubbed them a few times, but he didn't feel any difference, and then he heard the system ask: "Seriously, don't you plan to get a seal from Yin Yu first? It's safe A little bit. Are you so confident that you can pass the first project?"

"What if it doesn't pass? Ask him for 'insurance' for the second time? Then it's better to get it all from him." Lu You let go of the corner of his clothes and looked at the situation where there was no water, no seals, and no one in front of him. The Seal Pavilion smiled after a while, "And... I still have points to start over. Isn't this 'insurance' enough?"

The system was silent for a while. "Even if it's this kind of 'killing' that won't really die...don't the host want to do it?" it said, "You are really gentle."

"Gentle...?" Lu You said softly, "That's not necessarily..."

Compared with the "killing" that requires people to experience a moment of pain and death by themselves, compared with the "restart" that will completely erase this time together after death... Is the latter really more gentle?Lu You lowered his head and looked at his hands, the red that had been wrapped around his hands had been wiped clean.

Don't fail.He silently said to himself, don't fail...

"Host," the system said suddenly, "a plot character is coming."

Lu You was stunned.how come……?On the map just now, the area around him was empty. It is estimated that this aquarium is surrounded by the shadow of the facility, and this is Yin Yu's chassis, so no one wants to get close.Yin Yu will not come back so soon... It is impossible for him to not take any protective measures so that people can easily invade.

He became nervous, and didn't even notice that the system had taken the initiative to remind him this time. Seeing the knife that Yin Yu didn't take away, he picked it up and held it in his hand.All aquariums are bright in the exhibition hall and dark outside, and this place is also the same. There are only a few small lights scattered like stars on the ground, which are probably just for decoration and do not illuminate the surroundings.

In the silence, Lu You heard a soft voice, like a child walking, slowly approaching, until he reached the edge of the seal house, and was illuminated by the light—it was a six or seven-year-old boy. The little girl, with snow-white skin, wore a bright red cloak, and carried a picnic basket in her hand.With a curious expression on her face, she stared at Lu You who was leaning in the corner as if she were visiting a rare animal.

She didn't look threatening, but the tension in Lu You's heart only increased, and added a sense of absurdity.

This is...Little Red Riding Hood?

"A strange guest has come..." said Little Red Riding Hood.Her voice was a little fluttering, as if carrying an echo, "Who are you?"

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