Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

Fei said in surprise, "Why did the nightmare restart inexplicably?"

"Death is not a condition for restarting this nightmare." Mu Jiashi said slowly, "And we have not lost our memories..."

The bald head frowned and said, "No, the scene of the last round of nightmare has changed. Maybe death has become a condition for restarting the nightmare?"

Mu Jiashi nodded: "You are right. In this case..." He hesitated for a moment, "A playground?"

On the whole, they didn't go to the playground in the last round of nightmares.If the situation on the playground has changed after the nightmare has changed, then they don't know.

Thinking about it, Mu Jiashi couldn't help feeling a little annoyed: "The last round of nightmares, we should go to the playground..."

Fei whispered, "It's useless to think about it now."

Collectors look at Mu Jiashi and then at Fei.

Mu Jiashi fell into a dull mood. For a short time, he didn't say a word, and he didn't know what to say.He seems to have made a mistake in the nightmare again, just like in the previous nightmare.

However, people always fail.

... He once suffered a disastrous failure on the higher floors of the narrow building, and since then he has been like a bird frightened by a bow.But sometimes, it is difficult for him to say whether his mentality was affected by that failure, or just because of...

He wants to escape some terrible, daunting truths.

So, in his silence, Fei tentatively asked: "Since this is the case...uh, what should we do now?"

The bald head glanced at Mu Jiashi, and then said: "This is the third round of nightmares. The fog has not dissipated, which means that the nightmare has not yet collapsed. Are we going to take the initiative to change the nightmare? We didn't explore enough in the last round. information……"

No, it should be said that they did know a lot of things, but after knowing the existence of that book, they failed to convert the clues into clear information in the first place.

They didn't know what was hidden behind the rolling door, they didn't know the relationship between the man who walked into the mist and the dead man who fell from the building, they didn't know why the dead man and the murderer were elusive, they do not know either……

Why did the last round of nightmares restart?

Mu Jiashi took a deep breath, raised his hand subconsciously, and then remembered that the nightmare had restarted, and the book was no longer in his hands.

He said: "I think that in the nightmare, there may be other residents of the narrow building who have some information, not just the bookstore owner. About the deceased, about the author who wrote the enemy into the novel... I'm afraid there is still a lot of information. There are some back stories that we don't know."

Fei nodded and agreed with his thoughts: "So, shall we go to the playground now?"

The collector muttered, "Where is the playground?"

Wu Jian's eyes were also full of confusion.

In fact, Hua Bi doesn't remember anymore, but because he had this nightmare before, he is still relatively calm now, but he still whispers to himself: "What's the matter, which round of nightmare is this? I have no idea what happened before…”

Fei is similar, she still remembers some things that happened in the previous two rounds of nightmares, but more of them just know the information, rather than really think that she has experienced anything.

She felt somewhat awkward because it sounded like something she had experienced and done, but she had no recollection of it herself.The only thing that left an impression was that Mu Jiashi told her what she had done.

and……

She no longer remembered why the fog dissipated in the last round of nightmares.This put some heavy pressure on her heart again.Conspiracy speculations about doomsday, memory, the narrow building, etc., once again churned in her mind.

She subconsciously glanced at Wu Jian, and found that the other party's expression was also very worried.

So when the six of them were on their way to the playground, she whispered to Wu Jian, "Maybe we can have this nightmare again next time."

Wu Jian looked up at her.

Fei's voice trembled slightly, she tried her best to keep calm, but there was still an invisible fear and uneasiness over her.

The people in their organization are always too sensitive and neurotic, and this may be why they always make such bold speculations.

She said: "We have all forgotten what we experienced in this nightmare. If we come back next time, it may be a lot better."

But Wu Jian said sullenly, "But what if we keep forgetting?" Anxiety and fear flashed across his eyes, "What if NE just keeps making us...forget?"

He didn't dare to say too clearly, but he knew that Fei could understand what he meant.

They're stuck here.Human beings are trapped in this withered narrow building.They seemed to be able to escape, and there were at least some rumors that someone had managed to get out of the narrow building.

But no one knows if it's true or not.

Under the premise that NE can control and delete human memory, what if those taskers who have completely cleared the level are actually deleted by NE and put back into the narrow building?

What if... what if these taskers, these human beings, are just like the man who walked into the mist in this nightmare, doing some useless work non-stop?

They were just going around in countless nightmares, and this infinite loop of speculation seemed to confirm their experience invisibly.

... They don't know if anyone has really left the narrow building, just as they don't know what happened to those humans who have fallen into the nightmare of eternal collapse.

They don't know anything.And even if you know, is it a relief?

Those zombies, those corrupt missionaries, they don't want to know the truth, they just want to deceive themselves and others to live well... at least alive.They resist those truths.

And will the high-ranking NE allow them to explore the secret behind the narrow building?

Some anxious and painful emotions also flashed in Fei's eyes.She said bitterly: "At least, when we talked about these topics, NE didn't jump out and tell us to shut up."

Wu Jian also smiled helplessly.

Xu Beijin at this time: "..."

Yeah, NE didn't tell you to shut up.But the live broadcast was cut off again!

He thought to himself, fortunately his live broadcast was not very popular, there were only three or two viewers in total, even if the source of the screen was cut off, the audience would probably just uncheck it silently and leave...

But he just felt inexplicably angry.

It's not just because the live broadcast system cut off the source of the picture, it's a kind of...

An urgent, resentful, oppressive, painful...

He thought, do you know what that is?Do you know what is the truth behind it?You know nothing, and you are still trying to make yourself known?

And if you really know, wouldn't you wish you never knew it?

Xu Beijin sat there expressionlessly, the gloomy weather outside the window made the light in the bookstore dim.He felt that his own brain seemed to be trapped in a kind of drowsy haze.

He suppressed his emotions, as he had done for years.But in this nightmare, when the live broadcast system was forced to cut off the source of the picture twice, he suddenly felt a sudden emotional outburst.

He was in a daze for a moment, feeling as if he was judging himself at the moment from above.

You see, the face is so pale, the dark circles under the eyes are so heavy, the white shirt is washed to pale... oh, and the hair is up in a mess.This is really a slovenly man. What kind of life has he lived in the past so many years?

He seemed to be struggling with those memories that had been burned to ashes in countless lonely and desperate nights, awake, or half asleep.

……fire.

He suddenly thought, do they really want to know the truth?

There was such a nightmare...

With a feeling of disgust or pity, Xu Beijin's lips tugged slightly.He seemed to smile a little.

In the dim bookstore, the light projected from the window flickered his face.He is hesitating, and the result of his hesitation is...

He said to himself, "Where does that actor live?"

Someone wants to know the truth.For so many years, Xu Bei has ignored the actions of those people.He has always known the conspiracy theories circulating in the narrow building, or some other rules and information that have become iron laws.

But he turned a blind eye and turned a deaf ear. He imprisoned himself in one sleepless night after another.

The arrival of the live broadcast system opened a window for him... no, a crack.That's all.

Only he can make him walk out of those nights, those memories, those pasts, things that he will never forget, but which he has slowly buried.

Somebody wanted to know the truth, he thought...well, maybe he could let them know.

He couldn't help laughing.

But at that moment, what he thought of was that in the nightmare, Lingo once said to him - if you don't want to laugh, you don't have to.

Xu Beijin lowered his eyes, stroked the corner of his lips, and slowly smoothed out the bitter curve.He thought blankly, yes, if you don't want to laugh, you don't have to.

He closed his eyes, feeling dryness and soreness in his eye sockets.

He calmed down slowly, and those emotions that were boiling like boiling water were bubbling and bubbling, and he suppressed them forcefully again.A helpless self-mockery and self-loathing rose in his heart.

Still, that possibility did burn deeply into his mind.

——Let the missionaries who are looking for the truth know the truth.

He might not be able to open up about his nightmares right away, he hasn't made up his mind yet, but... he knows some nightmares.Those nightmares hinted at the so-called "truth" far more clearly than the one they were in now.

He considers whether this approach is reasonable and should be done.

And in the final analysis, it was just because he suddenly realized—could he really be able to rot silently at the bottom of the narrow building in despair and loneliness?Can he really just sit back and watch?

He can't.

Not only because of his personality, but more importantly, it is visible to the naked eye, eternal collapse and pain.He can persist for one year, two years, five years or ten years, but can he persist forever?

He has been unconsciously distracted and in a daze for a long time due to lack of sleep, and he feels sleepy and tired.Maybe it was just psychological pressure, and it was already almost crushing him.

He is not a god, he is a man.And people have limits.

At that moment, Xu Bei couldn't tell what he thought of.He may have simply made a resolution—he thought it was time to make a change.

His eyes were on the screen in the live broadcast room.

He didn't know too many taskers, it might be better to say that the circle of actors and taskers did not overlap.The tasker he is most familiar with is of course Ringo, but Ringo's own situation is also a bit strange.

Ringo lost his memory about the earth, and also possessed a strange bug-level force value... Xu Beijin had guesses and doubts about his situation.

In any case, it is a risk to involve Lingo, and Xu Beijin doubts that Lino has any interest in the so-called "truth".His world seems too simple.

So, Xu Beijin turned to another familiar tasker: Mu Jiashi.In addition, there are Fei and Wu Jian who mentioned the doomsday, memory, fog and other issues in this nightmare.

Xu Beijin's eyes flickered, unable to make up his mind.

In fact, Mu Jiashi himself had already experienced that nightmare, Xu Beijin suddenly thought.Although, Mu Jiashi may not be clearly aware of what that nightmare actually symbolizes.

At this time, the taskers didn't know that on the other side of this nightmare scene, there was a cosplayer eager to make some changes.

They came to the vicinity of the playground, and they really met a survivor who was moving strangely.

That is Dai Wu.

Almost without accident, Xu Beijin saw Dai Wu's appearance on the screen of the live broadcast room.

Judging from Dai Wu's performance in the first round of nightmare, the role of this actor in this nightmare is very special.Xu Beijin suspected that he was another supporting role.

But...it's strange, why does he keep appearing in the nightmare at the bottom of the narrow building?

Xu Beijin stroked his chin thoughtfully.

At this time, the live broadcast room was reopened to the public, and Xu Beijin helplessly explained to the audience what happened just now, with the same excuse.However, the atmosphere in the studio is still slightly condensed.

Unconsciously, Xu Bei was somewhat pessimistic, thinking that this group of viewers might be about to cancel and leave.

But immediately, he was slightly taken aback.

"Woooooo Beibei, I thought I couldn't see you anymore."

"Bei! As long as you are still live, I will never leave!"

"My Bei, you can take care of yourself, don't live broadcast those things that will be blocked, understand it?

"Yeah. Although the reasoning boss is very interested in the truth, but in fact I just want to lick Beibei's handsome face! [shy]"

"North mua!"

Xu Beijin lowered his eyes in embarrassment, and said "thank you" softly.He felt the kindness and concern of these audiences, which made him slowly come out of the frozen state just now.

He thought helplessly, if Lingo was here, he would definitely say that he was thinking too much again.

... No, why does he always think of Ringo.

Xu Beijin thought about it secretly.After this encounter was over, he went to watch the live broadcast and found that the missionaries had already spoken to Dai Wu.

The taskers met Dai Wu on the east side of the playground, and he was walking towards the building at that time.Xu Beijin looked in this direction, and probably knew that Dai Wu might have come to Xu Beijin to let him return to the playground after the falling execution on the building side was over.

However, according to his traveling route, in the first round, he shouldn't have arrived at the bookstore so late...

Xu Beijin pondered for a moment, and then realized that it was because of the taskers.

At that time, the taskers appeared near the execution site, and then went to the bookstore to talk to Xu Beijin.For the sake of secrecy and concealment, Dai Wu could only come to Xu Beijin after the missionaries left.

And in the third round of nightmare, he was directly stopped by the taskers.

Compared with the ragged clothes of other survivors, Dai Wu's clothes are very decent.It is precisely because of this that missionaries can immediately discover his specialness in the ruins.

Mu Jiashi said softly: "He may be a high-ranking person in the playground...? But why did he appear here?"

Soon after, they stopped Dai Wu.

Dai Wu showed a look of vigilance and anxiety, and immediately said: "Who are you? What do you want to do? This ruin is not a place where you can do whatever you want!"

Mu Jiashi and Fei looked at each other, then Mu Jiashi considered his words and said, "We know that someone will fall from the roof of that tall building soon..."

Dai Wu's expression changed.

"We heard that it was a punishment." Mu Jiashi said, "But what did he do?"

He was actually talking cliche, but Dai Wu's performance proved that the death of the deceased did have some strange and special features.

Dai Wu was silent for a moment, and then said: "If I don't say anything, can you let me go?" He turned his eyes around the strong bald head and flower arms, then looked at the other people, and finally resigned to his fate. Said, "It does not seem to be possible."

The bald head and the flower arm stood calmly on the left and right sides of Dai Wu, preventing him from escaping.

But Dai Wu was unexpectedly quiet.He just smiled bitterly: "Please, I will answer the question."

"So, why exactly?"

"We... We will conduct a 'heretical' trial every week, and the survivors who are identified as 'heretical' will be executed." Dai Wu pointed to the building, "Usually from that building jump down."

"And what about the dying man? What did he do?"

"He..." Dai Wu hesitated for a moment.

The bald head frowned and began to move his fists.

Dai Wusan said immediately, "Don't worry, don't worry. I just... I just want to say something." He paused, and then said, "Our belief is self-denial, tolerance, and temperance, but he...

"One time before, when he went out to look for food, something happened. We will arrange a fixed team to go out to search for food every once in a while. Then that time...his food seemed to be snatched away by other survivors up.

"Then...then he started to hate that person crazily. He felt that we would not avenge him, but in fact we didn't know who the survivors who stole his food were.

"After that, his extreme and crazy became more and more intense. He began to think that we were also trying to steal his food, and even called us a robbery..."

The expressions of the taskers were slightly strange.They thought to themselves, don't you?

Dai Wu didn't know what the taskers were thinking, he just showed a slightly disgusted and repulsive expression: "He is really... a bit too much.

"He said he was writing a novel, and he was going to have fun putting everyone in the novel and torture him. We didn't think there was anything at the time.

"But he wrote novels with magic, as if he regarded virtual works as real, which became more and more strange and disturbing. So...we finally decided to expel him as a 'heretic'."

When they heard that the deceased tortured the enemy in the novel, the expressions of the taskers changed slightly, thinking of some possibilities.But then, they couldn't help being shocked.

Mu Jiashi couldn't help asking: "Just because of this, you decided to execute him?"

"At first it was just expulsion, but he was unwilling and even wanted to attack us. So, it turned into execution." Dai Wu said frankly, "He has become an 'impurity'."

The missionaries felt ridiculous and funny in their hearts.

Whether it's the dead person, the survivors in the playground, or the enemy who may have been implicated or deserved it...everything is extraordinarily distorted and unbelievable.

The food snatching after a chance encounter, in the end, gave birth to such a strange and weird dream.

Dai Wu said: "Okay, I'm done. May I leave?"

He stared at these missionaries with vigilant eyes.

Mu Jiashi asked again: "Then what are you going to do now?"

Dai Wu said: "Go and collect that guy's body." He paused, "Also, let the people in the bookstore come back to change the guard."

Mu Jiashi was stunned, and this has something to do with the bookstore owner?

"You know there's a book in the bookstore..." Mu Jiashi stopped suddenly as he said that, he felt something was wrong, "You just said that that person is still writing novels? Has he finished it?"

Dai Wu frowned: "I don't know. It should be... not finished. It's just something that happened a while ago. He just started talking nonsense a few days ago, saying that he would write a novel or something."

Not finished?

Mu Jiashi's complexion changed slightly: "It's not finished...then why is there a complete novel in the bookstore?"

"What complete novel?" Dai Wu asked inexplicably, "What are you talking about?"

Fei also understood, her face changed slightly, she hesitated and said: "Is it because this is a dream, so a complete novel was automatically generated?"

"No... I mean..." Mu Jiashi said, "Dream... yes, this is indeed a dream. But its logic is also consistent."

Fei didn't understand what Mu Jiashi meant.

On the contrary, it is a collector. He asked with great interest: "You mean, at the same time, some people say that this book is not finished, and some people own the complete version of this book. This is contradictory?"

Mu Jiashi nodded.

"What could that be?"

They pondered for a moment.

Suddenly, Mu Jiashi said: "Writing on paper and pen is garbled characters, someone fell from the roof...does this remind you of anything?"

The missionaries looked at each other.

In the bookstore, Xu Beijin muttered these two words: "garbled code, falling..."

After a while, he suddenly realized.