When I traveled through time and became a player, I just wanted to commit suicide

The hunter named "Fry" was leading the way.

Li Shanren followed him, walking calmly in the streets and alleys between the tall buildings, his eyes slightly absent-minded.

He was sorting out the information about this dream in his mind.

At present, the city he is in is called "Yanan". The architectural style is more modern. The city seems to be built on the mountains, and there are obvious height differences between the buildings.

The architects used every inch of land very sparingly and built towering Gothic spires.

Judging from the density of buildings alone, this city called Yharnam is very prosperous, but also very depressing.

The reason why Yharnam is so prosperous is that they have a very special local medical method - "blood therapy", which is to inject special blood into the patient's body to achieve the effect of curing the disease.

This method is not only popular locally, but also well-known, attracting many seriously ill outsiders to come to Yharnam for medical treatment. For example, Frye is one of the outsiders who was attracted here.

However, this crude method of using blood to treat patients is obviously not without side effects. Not only does it have side effects, but they are also quite terrible.

Patients cured through "blood therapy" have a certain probability of contracting "beastiality" over time.

As the name suggests, it means that humans gradually transform into wild beasts. The most common example is the gradual transformation of humans into werewolves.

The werewolves in windbreakers that Li Shanren encountered in this city were basically patients infected with the beast disease.

Once infected with beastiality, there is basically no cure. Even patients who have become severely beastly will gradually become bloodthirsty and crazy, and actively attack normal people around them.

In order to maintain stability, the local ruling force, the "Healing Church", began to recruit specialists to hunt down these beastly patients. These people were collectively called "hunters". They took special weapons and took to the streets, hunting down beastly patients one after another and eliminating unstable factors in the city.

The force that discovered blood healing technology and vigorously promoted it in Yharnam was also the "Healing Church".

Although it is called the "Church", even Frye is not clear about what the Healing Church believes in. The Church is more like a force that specializes in studying mysterious blood.

The origin of the Healing Church cannot be verified for the time being. We only know that it has existed since the establishment of Yharnam.

For some unknown reason, the beast disease was extremely easy to be transmitted and spread among the local residents of Yharnam, while outsiders were less likely to fall into beast transformation. Many hunters recruited from the local residents could not accept the act of hunting their own people, and eventually left the church and gave up their identity as hunters.

Therefore, the hunters recruited by the Healing Church later were basically selected from outsiders.

Most outsiders come to Yharnam to seek medical treatment, and blood therapy technology is in the hands of the Healing Church. At the same time, outsiders who come from afar do not know the truth about the beast disease.

So at the request of the church, they had to pick up the hunter weapons issued by the church, put on the iconic long windbreaker and tricorn hat, and become a hunter to hunt beast monsters.

However, how could the side effects of "blood therapy", a medical technology with great hidden dangers, be offset simply by continuously hunting down beastly patients?

With the unremitting efforts of the Healing Church, the beast disease finally broke out.

The vast majority of ordinary residents in the city have transformed into crazy, bloodthirsty beasts. Hunters have also taken to the streets, constantly hunting down the out-of-control residents of Yharnam.

Killing, crying, tragedy, wailing... filled the city, turning it into a bloody abyss like hell.

This also marked the beginning of tonight’s destined long “hunting night”.

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"The church has blocked the road to the upper level and kept us in this area. Unless all the beast patients here are eliminated, they will not let us leave."

Frye waved his cane and twisted the mechanism slightly. The metal cane in his hand immediately twisted and deformed, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a metal whip composed of countless twisted blades.

He swung the whip indifferently at a beast-like Yharnam resident. The whip wrapped around the man's neck like a poisonous snake, and with a slight twist, it cut his throat.

His movements were precise and swift, showing that he was a very skilled hunter.

“Since blood therapy has such serious side effects, why does the church still promote this therapy?”

Li Shanren pulled out a long knife from the chest of a beast-like resident, shook off the blood on the knife, and asked.

Hearing this question, Frye was silent for a while, then shook his head. "You can only ask the church's top leaders about this question. Before the outbreak of the beast disease, no one knew that the disease came from blood therapy. But... the church must be aware of this side effect."

After hearing this, Li Shanren did not ask any further questions.

In fact, he was not very interested in Yanan's affairs. He collected information only to ensure his own safety and find a way to leave this extraordinary dream.

Perhaps the things in this dream are things that have already happened in other worlds, or are happening at this moment, or may happen in the future.

But for Li Shanren, dreams are just dreams. Unless they can affect reality, they are just dreams.

He didn't really want to explore the secret of this dream.

Appropriate curiosity can help promote the progress of certain things, but excessive curiosity may kill yourself, especially when the dream may be related to "God".

"I've checked this area, but it seems like I still haven't run into your companions." Frye said, looking at the buildings on both sides.

"How many places are left that you haven't visited yet?" Li Shanren asked with a frown.

"A lot. We have only searched about one-thirtieth of Yharnam so far, and there are some places in the remaining area that even I have not been to." Frye smiled bitterly.

Li Shanren rubbed his forehead. They had been searching for more than two hours since leaving the sewer.

If he continues at this pace, by the time he has visited all the places, it might be dawn outside.

"Why don't we go over there and take a look?" Frye pulled the trigger on the metal factory whip, turning it back into a walking stick, and pointed to the area to the east.

They were standing on a high place at this time and could vaguely see oil lamps lit in front of the doors of a few houses.

"It seems that there are some conscious residents hiding in the house over there. Maybe they have seen your companions."

"Then go and have a look."

Li Shanren had no other opinions. After all, if he had to find the way by himself, he would probably be lost by now.

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"It's... very dangerous outside. Mom told me before she left that I must not go out no matter what."

The little girl with black curly hair was lying in front of the window. She turned her head and whispered to Melissa.

"Are you the only one at home now?"

Melissa nervously grasped the hem of her skirt with both hands and looked around anxiously.

At this moment, she was in an ordinary residential house with warm yellow gas lamps on and unfinished food on the dining table.

Melissa only remembered that she had slept obediently in bed with Alice at night, but when she woke up suddenly, she found herself in an unfamiliar alley, surrounded by tall, dark, and unfamiliar pointed-roof buildings.

There was still a lingering smell of rust in the air. She was very familiar with this smell. It was the smell of blood.

But...what exactly happened that would cause the smell of blood to mix into the air and last for so long?

Melissa didn't know.

But she was very scared. She thought she was abandoned and thrown into a place where no one knew.

At first, Melissa stayed in the alley for a while, not daring to go anywhere.

But as time went on, the smell of blood in the alley became stronger and stronger. Inhuman roars and the muffled sounds of knives and axes chopping flesh could be heard nearby, which made Melissa feel more and more uneasy.

Finally, she fled the alley in fear, and wandered to a house with a light on the door and a strange smell of incense. She was then taken in by the owner of the house out of sympathy.

The owner of this house is the girl in front of her who has black curly hair and is about the same age as her.

"My father went out hunting and hasn't come back yet. And...my mother went out to look for him not long ago. Maybe...maybe he will come back soon."

"It's very dangerous outside now, but... don't be afraid. Dad lit incense for us before he left. As long as the fragrance is there, the monsters outside won't come near here."

The girl consoled him, but judging from the way she clutched the windowsill with her hands, she was also very nervous.

"Um......"

Melissa nodded, consciously or unconsciously keeping a distance from the girl in the room.

The two children stayed in the house for a long time. The girl with black curly hair kept lying by the window, looking out nervously from time to time, as if she was expecting something, or afraid of something.

As time went by, Melissa became a little sleepy, but the black curly-haired girl's parents still didn't come back, and the expression on the girl's face became more and more uneasy.

Suddenly, two figures came from afar and came to the window.

Melissa became alert upon seeing this. She looked at the girl with black curly hair by the window with an inquiring look, as if asking, "Are your parents back?"

However, the girl did not show any joy. She sniffed, sniffed gently, and looked hesitant.

"Is anyone inside? I see incense lamps lit by the door."

A strange man's voice came from outside the window.

"Who are you?" the black curly-haired girl asked. "I don't recognize your voice, but I am familiar with your smell. You...are hunters, right?"

"That's right, kid, but I'm the only hunter. The guy next to me is not." Hearing the childish voice, the people outside laughed.

"Well... then..." The girl suddenly became a little excited, "Can I ask you to help me find my mother? My father has not returned home since he went out hunting, and my mother went out to look for him, but now she is gone too..."

The man outside the window did not answer immediately after hearing this. After a short silence, he asked, "Is your father also a hunter? What's his name?"

"He was a priest before he came to Yharnam. Everyone called him Father Gascoigne."

"Father Gascoigne?!" The person outside the window was a little surprised. "So that's it, you are his daughter. I didn't know he lived here."

"Do you... do you know my father?"

"Well... I can't say I know him, but I know him. He's quite famous among us... Okay, I'll help you find your mother. Do you know which way she went?"

"She may have gone to the cemetery. Mom was wearing a beautiful ruby ​​brooch, which was very conspicuous. You would definitely notice it if you saw her."

The girl's voice rose slightly, and she seemed a little happy.

"Oh, yes, and this music box. Please bring it to mom. If dad forgets us, just play the music in it and he will remember that mom forgot to take it with her when she went out."

The window was opened to a gap the size of a palm, and a tender, white little hand gently pushed out an exquisite, old music box.

How could you forget to bring such an important thing?

The person outside the window paused when he heard this, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing and silently accepted the music box.

"I will help you with your matter, but I also need you to do me a favor. This friend of mine has lost some of his companions and is now looking for them. Have any other strangers passed by your place recently?"

Other strangers?

Inside the house, the girl subconsciously turned around and looked at Melissa who was standing in the house, as if asking "Do you want to tell anyone?"

Melissa pinched the hem of her skirt nervously and looked at the girl helplessly. She didn't know if she was a companion of the person outside the window.

If not, I don't know if it would be dangerous to expose my existence rashly...

"What does his companion look like?" the girl with black curly hair turned around and asked out the window.

At this time, another silent figure outside the window swayed slightly, and suddenly said: "Five of my companions are separated, three men and two women. One of them is a girl who looks only about ten years old, named Melissa. The other four are..."

Hearing the familiar voice, Melissa shuddered slightly and ran to the window in a hurry, “I…I’m here!”

Great, she thought...she was abandoned...

"Melissa? Are you here?!"

The man outside the window was very surprised, then he seemed to be relieved and continued: "It's a good thing I found you first. This place is too dangerous for you."

"What happened? Where did everyone go?" Melissa asked anxiously, "I...I thought you didn't want me anymore."

"What nonsense are you talking about? I won't abandon any of you without saying a word."

The man outside the window made a gesture of rubbing his forehead.

"Well... the situation is a bit complicated now, and I can't explain it clearly. I can only tell you that you'd better treat everything here as a nightmare. But since it is a dream, it will end. You don't need to do anything, just wait for it to end."

“I… I don’t quite understand…” Melissa’s eyes showed confusion, “Everything here looks so real, how could this be a dream?”

"Then do you remember where you were and what you were doing before you came here?"

“I…I’m….”

Melissa clearly remembered that she was lying next to Alice and sleeping.

"Okay, no need to say it. So, just treat everything as a dream."

The man outside the window interrupted what Melissa was about to say.

"The streets outside are very dangerous. I can't take care of you all the time, so you may have to stay in this house for a while. The incense outside will protect you. At least in this house, you are safe. Uh... is that right?"

At the end of his speech, he turned his head and looked at his companion beside him.

The companion nodded and replied, "Yes, the incense will drive away nearby wild animals."

"I still have to look for other people, Melissa. You just stay here for now. I'll come back to see you once in a while before everything is over."

The man outside the window said, and then he turned to the girl with black curly hair.

"Thank you very much for taking her in. I will definitely help you with your matter. I would also like to trouble you to take care of her for me temporarily."

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Completed the game, double endings for the first week, collected all the illustrated books, can't get any more platinum, come back to write...

I haven't written for a few days, and I've forgotten how to write this plot. Let's just finish this episode quickly...

This dream comes from "Bloodborne". Interested readers can learn about it on their own, but there is a certain threshold to understanding Bloodborne, which may be much higher than the plot threshold of Elden Ring. This is why I don’t want to write too deeply.

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Thank you all for your support and tips over the past few days! (There are too many names to list, so I won't list them all.)

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