When He Duo woke up, he saw the familiar small and dilapidated room, which was the small bedroom he lived in when he was a child.

He was lying on the small bed in the bedroom with the window wide open. This time, there was no blood-red full moon outside the window, but an endless black wall. The buildings under the wall were of different heights, including small black buildings and low iron houses.

This time the illusion was different.

He Duo thought about it, propped himself up and wanted to get out of bed, but suddenly found that he had turned into a child again.

He frowned and looked at his thin and pale hands. At this moment, a strange voice suddenly sounded in his mind, like a synthetic human voice spit out by a robot.

Although the tone was gentle and soft, there was no emotion at all.

"Number 001 is at your service, welcome to the real world, please create a nickname for the player."

The moment the voice fell, a square virtual panel appeared in front of He Duo in the air, and the center of the panel was the input box for nicknames.

He Duo glanced at it twice, then ignored the inexplicable thing, got off the bed, and stood in the middle of the room.

Subconsciously waited for a while, but did not wait for the sound of his mother's high heels, probably his childhood memories would not reappear here.

He Duo immediately walked out of the bedroom without hesitation and went to the street.

He was going to find Su Li.

But in the brain, the mechanical and disgusting voice sounded again: "Please create a nickname for the player to continue the game, otherwise the player will not be trapped in the same place and cannot leave."

The panel immediately appeared before He Duo's eyes, and the input box kept beating, as if silently urging.

He Duo still chose to ignore this strange thing, and walked out along the street without stopping.

The system seemed to be irritated by He Duo's attitude, and its tone became flat, mechanical and cold: "Nickname input countdown: 3 minutes. Players who still refuse to input nicknames after 3 minutes will be punished."

He Duo pursed his lips, not because of the 3-minute countdown, but because he was tired of the voice that appeared in his mind and tried to influence his behavior.

It's extremely, very frustrating.

He Duo slowly raised his eyes, staring at the panel coldly, the input box kept beating, waiting for He Duo to touch it.

But He Duo just glanced coldly, then raised his foot and continued to walk forward.

The street he was on seemed to have turned into a circle with no beginning and end, and He Duo couldn't get out of this circle.

After one attempt, He Duo changed his strategy. He grabbed the outer wall of a small building and jumped up directly.

The moment he saw the world outside the building, the countdown on the panel decreased to zero.

The system's voice sounded at the same time: "The player refuses to enter a nickname, and the punishment is turned on. Please remember that this punishment is only a warning level, and the punishment will be doubled next time."

The moment the voice fell, the environment around He Duo suddenly changed.

Then he heard vicious insults and mocking sneers, and his memory seemed to be activated at this moment, and he remembered the time when his mother had just passed away.

Little He Duo was kicked out of the house by the landlord. He was helpless, had no place to live, and had no money to buy food. He was so hungry that he tried to dig through the trash can, but was bitten by a wild dog on the side of the road. arm.

The contents of the trash can belong to wild dogs.

Little He Duo could only leave while clutching his injured arm. He wandered aimlessly in the street, and then ran into a few familiar people.

I am a guest of my mother and have been to the house several times.

They were sitting at a roadside stall eating barbecue, and when they saw the poor little He Duo, these people immediately showed hypocritical and malicious smirks.

"Child." Someone waved at little He Duo, "After your mother died, no one will take care of your meals. Come here, I'll treat you to chicken legs."

As the man said, he handed the big chicken leg on the plate to little He Duo to see.

The chicken legs were freshly baked, the skin was sizzling and oily, and the aroma was lingering, which made little He Duo, who hadn't eaten for a few days, keep swallowing.

But rationality warned him not to trust those men.

The person who spoke saw He Duo's cautiousness, he took two steps forward, put the plate on the ground, and then backed away.

"Don't be afraid, it's just a chicken leg. For your mother's sake, I invite you this time."

That chicken leg was so delicious that little He Duo couldn't help but squatted down to get it, but the man kicked little He Duo over at this moment.

The man let out a smug laugh.

Little He Duo wanted to run away, but the man grabbed the back of his neck and dragged him back.

The young He Duo was no match for a grown man at all, he had been hungry for several days, and was as weak as a kitten, and he didn't have enough strength to scratch anyone.

The man pressed the little He Duo to the ground, so that the little He Duo's face was pressed against the chicken leg.

"If you want to eat, let me lick it like a dog." The man strangled little He Duo's neck, "Did you see that wild dog in front of you?"

Under the table where several men ate, there was a begging wild dog with its nose stuck to the ground. Once bones and meat scraps fell off, the dog would immediately lick them off.

Someone dropped a bone, and when the wild dog went to pick it up, the man kicked the wild dog away again, but even so, the wild dog quickly got up and rushed to the bone.

Even though it was kicked several times while picking up the bone, it still persevered in swallowing the bone.

"Eat like that." The man who was holding the little He Duo said, "The things you picked up are much better than that dog, and there is still meat on your chicken legs."

The tip of little He Duo's nose was attached to the greasy and hot chicken leg, and the aroma couldn't help pouring into his nostrils. The instinct to eat made little He Duo salivate. He hadn't eaten for many days.

Even if he rummages through all the trash cans in the future, it is impossible to pick up such a steaming chicken leg.

But his dignity does not allow him to lick things on the ground like a wild dog. He would rather starve to death than...

The man holding Xiao He Duo probably saw his stubbornness, so he simply grabbed the chicken leg and stuffed it into Xiao He Duo's mouth compulsively.

The moment he ate the meat, his biological instincts overwhelmed little He Duo's young rationality, and he subconsciously bit the chicken leg.

The men next to him laughed even more arrogantly and mockingly.

Someone came over and glanced at little He Duo who was biting the chicken leg.

He perfectly inherited his mother's beautiful appearance, and his facial features have not yet developed, but instead he has a certain childish and innocent beauty.

"Hey." The man laughed obscenely, "This guy looks better with his mouth gagged than his mother."

They pulled little He Duo up and asked him if he wanted to eat more chicken legs.

Little He Duo instinctively sensed the danger. He just ate half a chicken leg, his stomach was no longer uncomfortable, and his body also gained strength, so he struggled and shouted desperately.

But no matter how hard he struggled, he was no more than a stunted seven-year-old child who was easily suppressed by the men.

The memory went back here and became clearer and more vivid. The barbecue stall seemed to have appeared for real. Those men really held a frail child, pinched his cheek, humiliated him with embarrassing words, and even touched him directly. Beat him.

And He Duo gradually felt a vague sense of pain, as if he had really returned to the past, becoming the helpless child in the past.

The system's cold voice sounded synchronously: "Please enter a nickname to avoid experiencing childhood nightmares again, otherwise the player will go back to the past again."

He Duo looked at the panel that appeared in front of his eyes, his face was completely expressionless, he slowly raised his hand, but he didn't want to touch the panel, but pressed his chest.

It was obviously a child's body, but he still felt the scar on his chest.

He Duo suddenly laughed, the corners of his lips curved slightly, but extremely crazy.

His finger slid down suddenly, pressing on his rib that could be turned into a sharp sword.

And now, he was going to pull out the bone himself, and hack that loathsome panel, and that loathsome sound, into pieces.

The system realized something was wrong and immediately changed its strategy.

As soon as He Duo's vision turned, he found himself kneeling on the ground, his arms were grabbed by two people, and the other was pinching the back of his neck, pressing his face to the ground, and asked He Duo to pick up the dirt on the ground with his tongue. Chicken bones, and swallowed into the stomach.

Otherwise, they would use another Nanfeng exclusive method to stuff the bones into little He Duo's body.

Just now, the system only allowed He Duo to remember this unbearable past from the perspective of a bystander, but now, this memory has become a real scene.

The only difference is that it is He Duo himself with adult consciousness who is being held down at this moment.

Just as he was about to fight back, Yu Guang suddenly noticed something unusual.

Next to the barbecue stall, another stall selling wontons appeared quietly.

In that stall, sat a person He Duo was very familiar with and cared about very much.

It's Su Li.

Su Li sat not far away with his back facing He Duo.

As long as he turns around, he will see He Duo's miserable appearance.

But Su Li didn't seem to notice the abnormality behind him. He was talking to the boy sitting opposite him.

He Duo heard their conversation.

"I saw his childhood, brother." The young man with a handsome face glanced at He Duo with malicious eyes while talking, "It's so miserable, brother, do you pity him?"

Su Li turned his back to He Duo, his body turned slightly to one side, and he rested his chin with one hand.

He Duo had seen Su Li like this before, and Su Li's expression at this moment even flashed in his mind.

It must be lazy and inattentive, and maybe the corners of the eyes are slightly bent, with a smile that seems gentle but is actually vicious and frivolous.

He Duo's heart beat uncontrollably, deep in his subconscious, he wanted to know the answer.

But Su Li remained silent.

He Duo saw him raise his other hand, holding the porcelain spoon, stirring the wontons in the bowl.

After a while, Su Li finally said, "It smells so good."

The face of the young man on the opposite side suddenly changed, and then He Duo heard Su Li's slow tone again, even so slow that there was some difficulty in his voice.

"It's a pity that they are all dreams, but dreams and reality..."

It was too late for He Duo to hear the words clearly, and the retrospective memory screen suddenly turned into pitch black.

He Duo was locked in the darkness.

The obtrusive panel and the mechanical sounds suddenly disappeared.

He Duo looked at the darkness in front of him, recalled the Su Li he saw just now, the corner of his lips curled up, and he couldn't help laughing happily.

The system wanted Su Li to see He Duo's miserable appearance, and also wanted He Duo to hear Su Li's ugly words, but Su Li didn't allow the system to achieve any of its goals.

He just sat there so lazily, and with two sentences, the system panicked and interrupted the memory recall. Now the system has completely muted and can't even make a sound.

He Duo looked at the dark environment, his heart beat silently and quickly, and he suddenly felt another kind of thrilling excitement, like a sudden heartbeat, which was deeper and more intense than that emotion.

This person is always so interesting, and always so powerful, and he belongs to He Duo.

**

It's still the wonton stall.

The liar's expression had completely darkened. He stared at Su Li and stopped talking.

Only then did Su Li turn around and look behind him.

Those sudden memory scenes have disappeared, and there is only a vague silhouette of a stall behind him.

Su Li withdrew his gaze. He controlled his thoughts and thought in the opposite direction, so he could speak the truth slowly.

"The system shouldn't have asked you to come to me." Su Li stopped stirring the wontons in the bowl. He looked up at the liar with a flat and boring expression, "I know your ability very well."

The liar stared at Su Li, and after a while, he suddenly smiled, staring at Su Li with both anger and self-deprecating joy.

"Yeah, brother knows me best."

Su Li didn't speak any more.

But the liar suddenly leaned forward and looked closely at Su Li's question, with a tense expression, like a paranoid teenager who was uneasy.

"Did that brother ever like me?"

Su Li glanced at him, and replied, "You probably liked it."

The liar was stunned for a moment, unable to tell whether Su Li was telling a lie or the truth.

This is the city of lies, everyone can only tell lies.

Even if Su Li could control his thoughts and tell the truth in reverse, no one knew which of his words was the real truth and which was a lie.

Su Li glanced over the liar's face with constantly changing expressions, and sighed lightly.

The liar didn't notice Su Li's sigh. He raised his eyes, stared at Su Li, and asked, "What about him? How much do you like him?"

Su Li propped his chin and looked into the distance: "You are different."

The liar stared at Su Li's face, and found that he was completely unable to tell the truth of Su Li's words.

So he asked, "What's the difference?"

Su Li didn't know what to think of, the corners of his lips curled up, his thoughts relaxed a little, he followed the illusion of lies, and said the opposite of the truth: "You don't know that he is my fiance."

But the liar didn't notice this anomaly.

This sentence could have been used as the dividing line between Su Li's true and false words. If he discovered the subtle words of Su Li's words, then he would find that Su Li's "Like it" is true.

When he picked up the liar and took care of him as a younger brother, Su Li really liked and accepted this player who was both a companion and a younger brother.

He didn't want to abandon him, nor did he think about sacrificing him in exchange for the opportunity to leave the system.

"So do you love him?" The liar sat up straight and leaned forward, unconsciously clenching his fingers on the table, "You will marry him, so do you love him?"

Su Li looked at the liar's angry and unwilling eyes, with some kind of suppressed emotion in his eyes, and hesitated for a rare moment.

In fact, he was still thinking about his old friendship, at least the misunderstanding that caused the two of them to fall out in the past, Su Li hoped that this surly young man could figure it out on his own one day.

In the end, he chose to follow the domain ability again and told a lie that was contrary to the truth.

"No, I don't love him."

This sentence is not only an irony, but also Su Li's last reminder to the liar.

But in the end, things backfired.

The liar didn't discover the true and false hints hidden in Su Li's words, he only had a vicious complacency on his face.

"Brother, you've been fooled." The liar stood up, with only pure malice in his eyes to destroy everything.

"He will hear this sentence."

Su Li slowly turned his eyes, the light in his light-colored eyes was cold.

"Really." He said slowly, "Then it's over."

**

The darkness finally receded, and He Duo returned to the small bedroom.

He was standing by the bed, still looking like that thin child.

The cold mechanical voice of the system sounded again: "Number 001 is at your service. The player has not filled in the nickname for the timeout, and has automatically filled in the nickname for the player—nameless."

"Due to the uncooperative attitude of the players, the game skips directly to the final level. The player, who is unknown, is invited to have a meal with his mother and attack his mother. After completing the attack, he can pass the level and leave, returning to the real world."

"Number 001 reminds the player Anonymous that if the player's will changes and he actively cooperates with the game, he can get a lot of rewards and even gain the power to control everything."

He Duo didn't see the panel this time, only the dilapidated walls in his vision.

The voice was quiet for a moment, and then sounded again: "Mother has appeared, please open the door. Reminder: The attack does not need to be completed, and the level can also be cleared by making an attack action or failing the attack."

He Duo didn't intend to pay attention to it at first, but at this moment he heard familiar footsteps.

It belongs to Su Li.

He Duo paused, the system prompted that it was his mother, but the footsteps he heard clearly belonged to Su Li.

Su Li came here and was walking around in the living room. He was moving the chair, and the chair legs slid across the floor, making harsh sounds.

He Duo walked towards the living room with doubts, his vision was suddenly distorted, and he saw a picture——

It was still the small stall on the side of the street, Su Li propped his chin, sitting at the wooden table of the small stall, and the handsome young man was sitting opposite him.

Seeing that handsome young man, He Duo asked Su Li nervously, "Did that brother ever like me?"

Su Li looked at the boy and replied with two words: "I like it."

So the young man showed a joyful expression, and asked anxiously: "What about him, so do you love him?"

He Duo realized almost immediately that "he" was referring to himself.

But this time, Su Li paused for a moment, and said slowly: "No, I don't love him."

The last scene stays on the screen for an exceptionally long time.

It seemed to want He Duo to carefully read every expression of Su Li and hear every sound of Su Li's words.

He Duo's footsteps did indeed stop for a moment.

But in the next second, he pushed open the living room door.

**

The living room was lit with warm lights, and the dining table with food was placed next to the bedroom door, and beside the table sat the "mother" in a long white dress.

Soft curly hair hangs over her slender back and side shoulders, her eyebrows are charming and delicate, she drags her chin with one hand, her arms are slender and white, but her expression is a bit lazy and boring.

Hearing the sound of the door being pushed, "Mother" slowly raised her thick eyelashes, looked at He Duo, and then frowned and smiled.

He Duo's footsteps remained on the spot.

This "mother" had his mother's face, but her expression and demeanor were very similar to Su Li.

He Duo was shocked by this scene and was in a trance for a moment, and then he vaguely heard the man talking to him.

The tone of voice is very soft and gentle, but men and women cannot be distinguished.

"Come over for dinner, Xiaoduo."

Beside the table, "Mother" pushed the milk cup on the table, as if signaling He Duo to come to the table for dinner.

He Duo raised his foot and walked over.

As his position changed, the shadow illuminated by the light also began to move.

He Duo saw the shadow he cast by the table, it was short and thin, and looked like a child.

"Mother" was still sitting at the table, her position was higher than He Duo's, her chin was supported by her snow-white arms, the corners of her eyes were lowered, and she looked at He Duo with a smile.

Seeing He Duo suddenly stop, "Mother" stood up.

The snow-white long skirt was dragged to the ground, making her look extremely tall and slender, with soft curly hair hanging around her waist, which rose slightly with her movements.

"Mother" quickly walked up to He Duo, bent down, gently picked He Duo up, and placed him on a chair beside him.

As soon as He Duo sat down, the milk on the table was overturned for some reason, the cup rolled and hit the ground heavily, and the fragments splashed away.

"Mother" looked down at the cup.

He Duo's thoughts froze slightly, and his long childhood memories were suddenly awakened. He vaguely remembered that he also broke a cup like this when he was a child.

then……

Then my mother got angry, slapped him hard, and said a lot of nasty things to him.

When He Duo came back to his senses, he saw the person in front of him raise his hand.

White and slender fingers stretched out towards He Duo's side face.

He Duo tensed his muscles subconsciously, trying to block the outstretched hand.

But when he looked down, what he saw was a pair of eyes with crooked eyes, with a little frivolity and a teasing smile.

These eyes made He Duo wake up from his trance instantly.

He suddenly understood the true purpose of this illusion.

It is full of malice and provocation, blending He Duo's painful childhood with the beautiful present, and then tried to ruthlessly tear it apart in front of He Duo.

The system told him that as long as he attacked the "mother", regardless of the result and strength of the attack, as long as he made that action, the game would be over.

So as long as He Duo blocks the hand extended by the "mother", all this will be over.

A coldness suddenly fell on the side face.

"Mother" gently pressed He Duo's side face with his hand.

He Duo's attention was pulled back instantly, he lowered his eyes, and looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar charming face in front of him.

With a movement of his lips, He Duo wanted to call Su Li's name, but the sound was erased the moment he uttered it, leaving only the shape of his mouth.

"You performed very well." The person in front of him spoke, and it was indeed Su Li's voice, "You didn't disappoint me."

He Duo fixedly looked into the eyes of the person in front of him, the palm on his cheek was cold and real.

He tilted his head slightly, grabbed the hand covering his face, and suddenly the corners of his lips curled up, revealing a crazy and ferocious smile.

He Duo took Su Li's hand and pressed it on his chest. He still couldn't make a sound, but only mouthed: "Draw out the sword, I'm going to kill them."

That boy who always called Brother Su Li, that annoying system voice, and this illusion.

He will chop them all into pieces.

He Duo looked like an immature child at the moment, his hands were much smaller than Su Li's, and his chest was weak, as if he could tear the flesh and pull out the bones with a light pressure.

He Duo slowly lowered his head, leaning towards the "woman" squatting in front of him.

His eyes were dark, yet extremely crazy.

His lips opened and closed, and he couldn't utter a sound, but Su Li seemed to hear it clearly.

I heard He Duo's hoarse, low-pitched, mature voice suppressing madness.

He said, "Cut me open, brother."

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