Mysterious Domain

"What?" Mo Qi frowned and stared at the phone.

The icon of the Phantom Card app has changed. When it was first downloaded, it was a blank white mask. Now it has become the smiling face mask that Mo Xi drew. The eyes are hollowed out. Through the mask, behind the It was as if someone was staring at him.

There are a few small words at the bottom of the icon: the game is in progress.

Mo Xi has never seen a software that can't be uninstalled even after resetting the phone, and this app gives him a creepy feeling. He hangs his finger on the icon, hesitating whether to open the app to see what the game is in progress.

He also worried that once he opened the game, his phone would be remotely manipulated.Mo Xi has no money, but scammers can use his personal information to get online loans these days, so he doesn't want to owe a huge sum of money for nothing.

When he was hesitating, Liao Ruxue, the president of the student council, suddenly said behind him: "Just keep this posture and don't move."

Mo Xi froze for a moment, then heard the "click" of the camera shutter, and Liao Ruxue said, "That's it."

Mo Xi turned around and saw that Liao Ruxue was looking at the phone, he quietly went over to take a look, and there was a photo of his back on the phone.

Liao Ruxue said unconsciously: "Just now I took a casual look and found that your back is no worse than the person in the painting, so I took a picture of it. Some model fees."

Mo Xi's tongue was dry, and his heart was in a bad mood. He was keenly aware that someone else was looking at him. He followed his intuition, but there was no one in sight, only the painting hanging on the wall.

The person in the painting puts his hands in his trouser pockets casually, his clothes are open, the corners of his clothes are gently blown by the wind, his head is slightly tilted, as if he wants to turn his head to look at the person in front of him.

Mo Qi: "..."

He clearly remembered that the figure in the painting just now was still gazing at the sunset, with his head completely turned away from the painting, and after a while, the posture of the person in the painting changed.

Mo Xi took a step back and hit someone with his back, it was Liao Ruxue.

Liao Ruxue stretched out his hand to hold Mo Qi's shoulder, squeezed it and said, "You are not short, but you seem a little too thin. Let me treat you to dinner tonight."

There is a painting in front and there is Liao Ruxue in the back. Mo Xi raised his hand, moved his shoulders slightly according to this movement, shook off Liao Ruxue's hand, pointed to the painting and said, "President, look at this painting, did he look like this just now?" ?”

"Looks like you turned your head?" Liao Ruxue walked towards the painting and looked at it seriously, distanced himself from Mo Xi.

Mo Xi's pressure dropped sharply, and while Liao Ruxue was looking at the painting, he moved a little bit towards the entrance of the exhibition hall.

"The person in the painting turned his head? Did you hear me say that you are prettier than him, and you are not convinced and want to see you?" Liao Ruxue's tone was casual, as if joking, but concealed a trace of seriousness.

"President, don't you think there is something wrong with what you said? Don't you wonder why the people in the painting move?" Mo Xi asked, who had already walked to the door.

"What's so strange," Liao Ruxue said naturally, "This is a grating painting, the light changes, and the picture will change slightly. You have never been in contact with that kind of light. There is one picture, and under the shadow is another picture. painting?"

Mo Xi had seen it before, and because he had seen it, he was sure that the picture in front of him was definitely not a grating painting.

"Um... President, I have class in the afternoon, so I have nothing to leave beforehand." Mo Xi, who came to the door, did not listen to Liao Ruxue's answer, and rushed out of the exhibition hall as if escaping.

Liao Ruxue was one school year older than him, and he has been taking good care of him since he entered the student union. He has been with him for two years, and he has never looked at him with that kind of look, a look that... wants to swallow him up.

Mo Xi ran to the artificial lake of the school. It was 02:30 in the afternoon. The students were taking a nap when they were in class. There were few people by the lake, so he could think quietly.

The girls in the front row made sudden advances, the meat from the aunt in the cafeteria, Chang Rui and Liao Ruxue's obvious changes, no matter how slow Mo Xi was, he still felt that something was wrong.

This is not something that can be encountered in normal society, it is more like the plot in novels and anime.

As if in an instant, he seemed to release countless hormones, fascinating the people around him...

Fascinated, bewitched...

Mo Xi turned on his phone, looked at the icon of the Paradise Card, hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and opened the app, and a line of words came into view.

[It seems that the player has already understood the status quo, so let's start the game mission. 】

No, he didn't understand anything yet, he just downloaded a free game.

Even though he was confused, Mo Xi still clicked on the flashing mission logo.

[People's hearts are really unpredictable. Without skills and props, this task is a bit difficult~ Fortunately, the player is very lucky. Your heart-throb physique is very well suited to the task. Please use your advantage to find out as soon as possible. Explore the clues of the mission, and remember to be careful of the negative effects of skills. 】

There is also a bloody countdown prompt at the end, showing that there are still 6 days, 20 hours and 31 minutes left.

"It's gone?" Mo Qi clicked every button on the app, and found that they were all unlocked, and asked him to complete the task, but he didn't know what the task was.

The only hint is probably the mission logo, which is a crystal clear crystal box with a heart-shaped pattern drawn on it, a bit like a wishing bottle sold in a gift shop, it has no use other than being pretty.

Mo Xi sold this kind of small gifts before. He used one or two yuan to buy these small things in large quantities, went to the boys' dormitory to inquire one by one, and sold these small gifts at a lower price than the gift shop, specially selling them to boys who have girlfriends .

Later, someone imitated him, and if there were too many people in this industry, they would not make money.Mo Xi took the opportunity to package and sell the remaining goods to competitors, and ran away after earning a fortune.

This kind of wishing bottle or wish box should fold a thousand paper cranes, wishing stars or heart-shaped paper every day and put it in the box. It is said that when the box is full, the wish will come true.Of course, sellers and buyers all know that this is a fake. People who can play this simply like origami and beautiful boxes.

Unpredictable people's hearts and the wish box are the only two clues at present, which seem to be a task related to wishes.

"What wish? Can my wish come true? What are the benefits of completing this task, and what are the disadvantages of not completing it?" Mo Xi asked the phone.

He felt a little ridiculous that he really thought that he had encountered a mysterious incident and started talking to the phone.

Unexpectedly, the app popped up an answer: [Completion of the task will unlock basic skills, upgrade personal attribute cards, reward item cards, and have a certain chance to get scene cards.If the mission fails or expires, the player account will be canceled. 】

"If you win, you can neither get a scholarship nor get a high score, and you have to continue playing games; if you lose, you can log out of your account and get rid of this virus-like app. Why should I complete the task?" Mo Xi asked.

The app is unresponsive and doesn't seem to mind if he volunteers the task.

There was still an hour before class, Mo Xi studied the phone for a while, but couldn't find any clues on the app.

He understands that playing games and doing tasks is to play on his mobile phone, but thinking of his inexplicably attractive physique at the beginning, Mo Xi had a bad idea.

"Shouldn't the clues be found in reality?" Mo Xi said to himself.

He also felt that his brain was broken. How could he really encounter such a mysterious incident? Maybe everything was an accident, maybe the painting was a raster painting, maybe the app could collect his voice information and pop up an automatic reply .

"I'd better find a mobile phone repair shop and find a way to uninstall the software."

Mo Qi got up, ready to go back to the dormitory to pick up books for class.

A couple walked past Mo Xi, the girl glanced at Mo Xi inadvertently, and stopped.

"Why don't you leave?" The boy in the young couple tugged at his girlfriend.

The girl didn't move at all, her eyes seemed to be glued to Mo Xi.

"Isn't it? You still look at handsome guys when I'm here, isn't it too..." The boy also looked at Mo Qi, and his voice froze.

Boys are more active than girlfriends, so they put aside their girlfriends and came to Mo Qi and asked, "What's your name? Which college and major, how old are you? What's your phone number, is it convenient to add a WeChat?"

Not to be outdone, the girl pushed her boyfriend away, leaned in front of Mo Qi and said, "My name is Ke Xiaoxi, I major in Chinese Language and Literature, a sophomore in the Faculty of Arts, and my phone number is 15XXXXXXXXX. This is my WeChat QR code, which can be scanned. a friend?"

"No!" Mo Xi said firmly.

After all, he quickened his pace, staying away from this couple, and away from this crazy world.

Seeing him go away, Ke Xiaoxi quickly chased after him: "Hey, wait for me and make friends."

The boy woke up a little bit, grabbed the girl, and said angrily: "Ke Xiaoxi, I'm still here and you go after someone else, do you want to break up?"

"Break up if you break up. I have endured you for a long time, and you don't look at how many problems you have in your body. You can forget my birthday, you..."

There was a quarrel behind him, and Mo Xi changed from running to running, secretly hoping that the two could reconcile after he left.

After running a few steps, the quarrel turned into a hiss, the two roared, and Ke Xiaoxi's sharp voice pierced the sky.

"Plop" sound of falling into the water, Mo Qi stopped and looked back, only the boys were left by the lake, and the girls disappeared.

"No way?" Mo Xi ran back and asked the boy, "Where's your girlfriend?"

"I didn't push her either!" The boy looked at his hands in a trance, "We had an argument, but look, we are four or five meters away from the lake, how did she fall into the water?"

"What else are you thinking about? Hurry up and save people!" Mo Qi knew how to swim. He took off his coat and jumped into the water. Before he dived into the lake, a corpse floated to the surface.

It was Ke Xiaoxi, her whole body was covered with water plants, and her face was swollen. It didn't look like she just fell into the water, but she seemed to have been soaked in the water for four or five days.

Mo Xi didn't dare to touch the body, but the boy jumped into the water to fish up Ke Xiaoxi, hugged his girlfriend's body and cried bitterly.

Mo Xi climbed ashore, feeling cold all over his body. He picked up his coat, and the phone fell out of the coat pocket. The screen was unlocked, and it was the game interface.

On the screen, the beautiful crystal box was opened, and a red heart-shaped origami fell from the top to the bottom of the box, as if an invisible hand had thrown the origami into it.

The transparent heart-shaped pattern on the box was outlined by blood at some point, and trembled slightly like a heartbeat.