Abyss Notes [Unlimited]

Teacher Gu let out a long sigh.The closer the giant got closer to him, the fatter and bloated body shrunk, gradually, it became an ordinary human shape, a man in his thirties.

It's just that his expression was timid and dull, his movements were slow, and he only chanted: Dad, Dad over and over again.

As if it was the only word he could say.

He sat beside Mr. Gu, pulling Mr. Gu's sleeve, like a naive child relying on his parents.

The falling rain wet the hair of the two of them. Teacher Gu wiped the water off his face and brushed away the drenched hair.The old man smiled, very gentle and calm: "Good boy."

The man's body became transparent, like a jellyfish floating in sea water.He dissipated, as if a burst of light suddenly exploded, Mr. Gu spread his hands, and particles of light like dust fell into his palms.

"...The people in the 'birdcage' will not grow old. Whatever age and state they were when they fell into the 'trap', they will always be that age and state." Jiang Xiao said, "That giant will change like this, which means He is not a townsman, he is something created by Teacher Gu in the 'birdcage' of Wujiao Town."

With the disappearance of the man, the houses in Wujiao Town and the surrounding woods also disappeared one after another. The only thing left was the corpses of the townspeople soaked in the water.

Yu Zhou realized that the giant was indeed Teacher Gu's child.

Mr. Gu was out to buy breakfast for the children, and accidentally fell into the 'trap'.

It's just that no one thought that it was such a child.

Why did the old man who fell into the void create such a giant?

The giant was imprisoned in a tower, and could only go out at night.Giant wants to meet other people.Was it walking around town late at night looking for playmates?The giant relied on Teacher Gu and called him "Daddy".

Teacher Gu locked him in a high tower, which is both a restriction and a protection.

In the lonely "birdcage", the contradictory Teacher Gu created Wujiao Town, as well as the clumsy child he loves and resents, and he is not willing to leave behind.

"It's not that I don't want you to save Teacher Gu, but it's meaningless. Teacher Gu is the 'cage master' of Wujiao Town, the only living person in Wujiao Town, and will not be fatally injured." Jiang Xiao looked at the Zhenzi, "As for the others, it makes no difference whether they are saved or not."

Living things that die in the "birdcage" will stay in the current "birdcage" forever, losing the opportunity to leave.

The residents of Wujiao Town, the cats and dogs, Chen Liang and Chen Yi, the big man who climbed the tower, the newborns who were caught and eaten by monsters outside the town... All the lives that were once alive have become the living creatures on the ground of Wujiao Town. Haunting dead souls.

The tsunami will take their lives.And after one night, they will be revived, continue to clean, talk, and do things, and spend an endless long time in this boring and small town.

Including that hulking giant.

Teacher Gu has only these things in this 'birdcage'.

In an instant, Yu Zhou understood the mood of the old man yelling "Kill me".

Only adventurers can take the life of the "cage master".So Teacher Gu designed a puzzle that can only be passed if he dies.

"This is an endless cycle." Jiang Xiao said, "Among the adventurers who enter the 'birdcage', if there are newcomers, there must be veterans with them. The veterans will remind the newbies not to hurt others at will, let alone rashly because of the cage owner. The provocation of the murderous heart."

The fisherman hat, who has always been so calm that he was indifferent, said, "He will never leave."

"When entering the 'Birdcage', even if you can't find the cage owner or solve the mystery of the cage owner, you must not act rashly and die before the last moment." Jiang Xiao said.

Preserving your own life is the most important thing.At the same time, no one would intentionally kill the cage owner.

Unless—someone wants to stay in the "birdcage" and create a space completely controlled by themselves.

"Remember the number 42." Jiang said with a smile, "For ordinary people, going through 42 birdcages is the limit of their endurance. Adventurers will no longer be willing to continue trekking. The rules of the 'cage master'. Adventurers will find a suitable 'bird cage' and become its master."

Adventurers will conceal their identities, disguise themselves, and try to take the cage owner instead.

Especially in the "birdcage" where there are a lot of adventurers, the adventurers will form an alliance, and the threat to the cage owner will be even greater.The cage owner will be vigilant against adventurers, and also disguise himself, waiting for an opportunity to fight back.

Fisherman hat: "Are there many adventurers?"

Jiang Xiao: "There are a lot of them. I have stayed here for three years, and I have never seen any repeated adventurers."

Bucket hat: "42 is the limit, but you have gone through more than 100 'birdcages'."

Jiang smiled: "Yes."

The fisherman's hat sized her up and fell silent.

Liu Yingnian murmured softly, "The cage owner is...very pitiful."

"Typical 'newcomer' thinking!" Jiang Xiao was merciless, "If you go through a few more 'birdcages', you won't feel pity for the 'cage owner'. In order to keep your 'birdcage' from being Take away, and all the worst things you can imagine, will happen here."

As the flood receded, the strange fish landed slowly.

When he learned that leaving Wujiao Town and going through the next "birdcage", Yu Zhou didn't speak again.He hugged the strange fish's horn in despair, at a loss what to do.

The strange fish shook its back, and they rolled down one after another.Yu Zhou grabbed the fin, but didn't know if he could talk to it.

The small dried fish in the small black bottle looks like a lizard because it has four long fins.Yu Zhou stroked its black bones, and the strange fish stopped making any sound.

Jiang Xiao muttered behind him: "Newbies who first entered the "birdcage" experienced mild and simple puzzles, at least they would never involve the choice of killing or killing people. I suspect that the small dried fish on your body triggered something. I don't know. Knowing the 'birdcage' rules, we came to Foghorn Town."

Yu Zhou thought blankly: I'm sorry, besides Xiao Yugan, I also have a strange notebook.

Seeing him frustrated, Jiang Xiao walked around him twice, biting a lollipop, and whispered in his ear as if making up his mind: "I heard from veterans that there is a special 'bird cage' here. 'The Cage Lord' has a unique key. That key can bring people back to the real world."

Yu Zhou's eyes lit up: he remembered Liu Yingnian said that someone had returned from the "trap".

"Really!"

Jiang smiled: "If you believe it, it is true."

But this was enough to make Yu Zhou regain his spirits.

The strange fish flicked its tail.Just like when everything in Foghorn Town disappeared, light erupted slightly from the bones of the strange fish.It turned into countless light shards and scattered, instantly illuminating the lifeless Foghorn Town shrouded in black mist.

"Wait!!!" Yu Zhou yelled, "Don't go!!! I still have questions..."

"I'm still here."

A voice rang in his ear.

Under everyone's amazed eyes, a black dried fish the size of a little finger appeared on Yu Zhou's shoulder with a "snap".

Yu Zhou: "...?!"

Yugan: "Yes, I can talk. To be honest, I am in this sea..."

Fan Xing grabbed the dried fish.

"No need to say more." Fan Xing blocked Yugan's mouth with his fingers and said, "Get out of here quickly."

Yugan struggled to get rid of his fist, humming and chirping, but this time he chose to swim to Jiang Xiao's side.

Even Jiang Xiao, who repeatedly emphasized that "everything can happen in the birdcage", could not immediately accept this talking fish.

Yugan: "I can bring good luck to everyone."

Jiang Xiao: "You are weird enough, okay?"

Yugan gave a strange laugh: "It's true."

Yu Zhou asked about the origin of the dried fish, but the dried fish claimed that because it had been buried in the sea for too long, he had no memory of the past, let alone why he appeared in the small black bottle and fell into Yu Zhou's hands.

Yugan: "Thank you for saving me, but I don't have a brain. So I can't figure out many things."

Fan Xing couldn't bear it anymore, and politely reminded: "Speak normally, please don't."

Dried fish: "Oh."

Yu Zhou suddenly remembered something, and grabbed Fan Xing: "You've been at the pier, right? Do you know where Chen Liang and Chen Yi left my backpack?"

Fan Xing took out a notebook with a brown cover from his cloak coat.

"I picked it up on the pier." He put the notebook in Yu Zhou's hands, smiling, "I know it's yours, so I kept it for you."

Yu Zhou thanked repeatedly, as if he wanted to give Fan Xing a hug.Fan Xing opened his hand slightly, but Yu Zhou turned his head and ran towards the pier: "Then I'll look for something else!"

Fan Xing's hands were empty and stiff, and Yugan let out a loud and short laugh out of season.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, Mr. Gu knocked on the location of the tower with a water pipe.After the tower collapsed, it was washed away by the flood, leaving only messy ruins, and its original appearance could not be seen at all.Yu Zhou thought of the tall tower in the smog that he saw for the first time. It was the tallest and most conspicuous place in Wujiao Town, and it was also the place where Teacher Gu imprisoned the giant.

For Mr. Gu, this place has an extraordinary meaning.

With the sound of knocking, the ground cracked, and a downward ladder appeared.

Before leaving, Yu Zhou couldn't help but said to Teacher Gu, "Stop letting your children eat people."

Teacher Gu's face twitched for a moment: "When I first made it, it was still a very good and ordinary child."

Yu Zhou: "Then why did it become like this?"

Teacher Gu stared straight at Yu Zhou with horrifying eyes. "Young people, if you stay in the 'birdcage' for a long time, the concept of life and death will be blurred, and many things will be alienated."

Yu Zhou: "Who is alienated?"

Teacher Gu didn't answer right away, he looked at Yu Zhou seriously, and smiled after a long time: "We will all be alienated, without exception."

"Even if I don't want to alienate myself, I have to go back quickly." Yu Zhou said.

"You can't go back, young man. No one can escape from this damn cage." Teacher Gu said, "You will end up like everyone else, killing some 'cage master' and staying in this ghost place forever, become like me."

Yu Zhou just smiled, and changed the subject: "What do your children like for breakfast?"

"...beef rice rolls, don't be spicy, add a little sesame, and a glass of corn juice." Even though decades have passed, Mr. Gu still said it without hesitation.

"I haven't tasted this combination yet." Yu Zhou walked down the stairs and waved at him, "I'll definitely try it when I get back."

Teacher Gu looked at his back in a daze, and suddenly shouted: "If you really go back, please go and see him for me! Nanzhuangyong, Chancheng District, Foshan..."

The entrance disappeared.Teacher Gu's unfinished words and Wujiao Town were completely shut out.

Yu Zhou's eyes were dark, and he instantly remembered the dark corridor he saw after he swallowed the dried fish.

Sure enough, there was a crack in the high place, and the light leaked in through the crack, which was faint and cold.

Jiang Xiao sat down where he was, and the others followed suit.

Liu Yingnian had a lot of questions, and he began to speculate why Chen Liang and Chen Yi wanted to snatch the backpack and push Yu Zhou into the sea.

At that time on the sea, Yu Zhou heard what Chen Yi said.

"Don't blame me, don't blame me..." Chen Yi kowtowed and shouted, "Since we have come to Wujiao Town, everyone has to stay here... We can't leave, and neither can you."

Liu Yingnian opened his eyes wide and closed his mouth.Jiang Xiao sneered lowly: "This is the 'bird cage'. No matter the adventurer, the cage owner, or the dead in the cage, they will all become monsters."

The dried fish was playing with Fan Xing's long hair, Fan Xing grabbed it and rubbed it hard, the dried fish shouted: "Don't you feel ashamed of you treating me like this! I'm just a small dried fish!"

Noisy, but the dark corridor is not so cold anymore.For no reason, Yu Zhou remembered what Teacher Gu had yelled in the face of the storm——Please, let me die.

"Who are you?

Yu Zhou caught a glimpse of light from the corner of his eyes, and then five white doors appeared in the corridor.

"Let's go." Jiang smiled and stood up.

Each door leads to a different "cage" where they will separate.

Jiang Xiao showed a rare tenderness: "I wish you all a safe passage through the next and every birdcage. It's a pity that we won't see each other again. In short, don't die so fast."

She bid farewell to everyone and walked in the door first.As she entered, a white door disappeared.

The fisherman's hat was the second one, Liu Yingnian hesitated, and walked in the door step by step.

"I'm leaving." Yu Zhou said to Fan Xing, "I hope there will be no sea in your next 'birdcage'."

Fan Xing: "What?"

Yu Zhou: "Aren't you afraid of water?"

Fan Xing smiled: "Ah, yes."

Yugan returned to Yu Zhou's side and walked through the door with him.

The moment he entered the door, Yu Zhou felt the wind.Unlike the stinky cold wind in Wujiao Town, the oncoming spring breeze is very soft and gentle.The sound of birdsong, water, and the smell of flowers and soil in the wind.

He covered his eyes to adapt to the light, and when he put down his hands, he found himself standing in a field of flowers that was so wide that he couldn't see the edge.

Orange and pink roses bloomed all over the mountains and valleys. For the first time, Yu Zhou felt that the air was so sweet, refreshing and invigorating. He couldn't help but take a deep breath.The sky is extremely high and blue, and the clouds leave white trails of the wind in the sky. On the hillside not far away, there are small and unique houses, which are brilliant in the sun.

"Yu Zhou?!"

Liu Yingnian's voice came from not far away.

Yu Zhou looked away, only to realize that Jiang Xiao and the fisherman's hat were also here.

"...Didn't you say we won't see you again?" Liu Yingnian smiled, "We are so destined!"

He jumped towards Yu Zhou and hugged him: "I was so scared to death, I didn't even know where the next 'birdcage' would be. I didn't expect it to be so beautiful and nice... What's wrong with you?"

Jiang Xiao looked gloomy.

"Well you ghost. This is one of the three most dangerous types of 'birdcages'."

Green grass, small flowers, breeze, blue sky, this place is like a scene in a painting, Yu Zhou can't see any hidden danger at all.

The fisherman hat put on his hat and asked: "Where is there another person? Has he gone somewhere else?"

Only then did Yu Zhou think of Fan Xing, and suddenly felt his legs tighten: someone pulled his pants.

A child of four or five years old looked up at Yu Zhou.He was wearing an off-white cloak coat, shoulder-length black hair, and a pretty face, making it difficult to distinguish between men and women for a while.He scratched his hair, ripped at his clothes, his eyes confused and startled.

Yu Zhou: "...Fan Xing?!"

Volume [-] Rose Soup

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