A Midnight Escape Story for Farmers

——The slender girl on the steps is clearly You Qingyu.

Yet she looked very strange.Even if someone called out his name, he just huddled there motionless, as if he didn't hear it at all—as if the whole person was immersed in another world, and his five senses were blocked.

Fang Shiqing looked at Xiao Fengdi, who nodded at him.So he let go of the cat in his hand, walked into the room cautiously, first turned on the light switch, then came to You Qingyu, tentatively stretched out his hand to touch her: "You Qingyu?"

Although through the clothes, the temperature on her shoulders clearly belonged to the human body.This should be the player himself, not some fake.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and gestured to his teammates who had been closely watching the situation behind him.

When being touched, You Qingyu trembled in reaction, suddenly buried her face in her knees, hugged her head and screamed——

"Ahhhhh!!"

Her voice was full of panic, as if she was about to be murdered in the next second.

Fang Shiqing was startled, and instinctively stepped back, only to be supported by Xiao Fengdi who came behind him.

"It's okay, don't be afraid," he observed the girl in front of him, and said in a deafening scream, "she should indeed be the real person, but it seems to be haunted by something."

Fang Shiqing regained his composure, stepped forward again, grabbed her shoulder, and shook her vigorously.

"You Qingyu, You Qingyu? Can you hear me? Are you okay? I'm Fang Shiqing, don't you recognize me?"

He patted several times in a row, and the other party's voice finally stopped.

She moved slightly and slowly raised her face.

After seeing his face in her eyes, her gaze finally converged slightly, she moved her lips, and made a vague and subtle sound.

"You... you are, Fang... Fang, Shi Qing..."

"It's me," Fang Shiqing breathed a sigh of relief, "What's wrong with you? Why did you suddenly... Did you see something scary and was frightened? Or was it attacked by a ghost?"

She was in a trance, and it took several seconds before she said slowly: "I'm fine."

——It doesn't look like anything is going to happen at all.

"Anyway, get up first." Fang Shiqing smiled wryly and stretched out his hand, trying to pull her up.

After a while, she held his hand as if in a dream, and stood up with strength. When she got up, she wobbled and almost fell.

Her hands were cold and sticky, covered with cold sweat, only the palms were still slightly warm.

Xiao Fengdi looked at her, frowned and said, "Now it looks a bit like the soul is unstable again. But it seems to be a little different."

Soul instability refers to the symptoms that one's soul and body cannot be properly combined and are easy to separate from the body. It is usually seen in young children, and occasionally in adults who are overly frightened.

"Then, what should we do?" Fang Shiqing was a little anxious seeing the girl around him become dull and dull.

"...I can't help it for the time being," Xiao Fengdi shook his head, "In short, let her stay away from the mirror, let's go to a room without a mirror."

It is currently determined that there is no mirror room, only her bedroom, so she can only go upstairs.

Xiao Fengdi still walked in the front, Fang Shiqing wanted to pull You Qingyu, but the latter seemed to wake up a little bit, shook his head at him and said: "It's okay, I... can walk by myself."

But she was unsteady at walking, crooked as if she was drunk, she stumbled several times in just a short flight of steps, and almost fell.

After entering that bedroom, Xiao Fengdi immediately closed the door.Fang Shiqing helped You Qingyu to sit down, and after a while, she seemed to be a little better, and her eyes slightly returned to the previous look.

"What's the matter?" Fang Shiqing asked again, "Did you encounter something just now?"

"I……"

She sat on the chair, shook her head vigorously, and murmured, "I'm fine. I... just..."

She bit her lip hard and paused for a moment, seeming a bit embarrassed to speak.

"I seem to be... hallucinating," she said.

"……what?"

You Qingyu told her story intermittently.Compared with her usual clear and orderly speech before entering the copy, this time she speaks in a messed up manner, but it can still be heard.

After the abnormal situation occurred in the toilet before, she was frightened and backed away. Unexpectedly, when she retreated, her head hit the ceiling directly. Looking around, she suddenly teleported from the aisle to the attic.

"Attic?" Does this house have an attic?

"Yes, the stairs to go up are behind the utility room next to it." You Qingyu pointed to the wall behind him.

Xiao Fengdi asked, "Is there a mirror in the attic?"

"Yes, there are two large bronze mirrors." You Qingyu replied, "It seems... that it was handed down from the ancestors of this family. It is very heavy, and no one has touched it since it was placed there."

You Qingyu probably played games and read novels a lot in the real world, and when he noticed that he teleported, he guessed that he might have entered a dungeon.Having said that, she was already frightened, and she was crammed into the gloomy attic by herself. She panicked and tripped when going down the stairs, and fell straight down.

When she fell, she hit the ground head first and fainted immediately.When he woke up, in addition to losing one-third of his health, there was another problem——

"It was an auditory hallucination at first," she covered her head in pain. "At first, there was a very noisy voice, as if many people were cursing and cursing in their heads at the same time. Then the cursing stopped suddenly, and a female voice said She made a strange remark about what will become me... and so on, after she finished speaking, she kept laughing, and when she was laughing, the previous cursing sounded again, and it became more and more louder..."

"..." Listening to her description, Fang Shiqing felt very bad.

The "strange words" must be the voice they heard on the radio before, right?

"Then, it wasn't just auditory hallucinations, I also had hallucinations in front of my eyes. In fact, I still have hallucinations now," she pointed her hand in front of her face, her expression was a little dazed, "the surroundings are full of blood...all are written in blood , 'Go to hell', 'cousin', 'garbage'... are all like this, hateful words, completely blocking my eyes. Even if I close my eyes, they are always there, disappearing and disappearing again and again Reappear, densely stacked together..."

"However, it's much better now," she said again, "The bloody words have faded a lot, and the voice has also become a lot quieter. At least I can hear you talking, and I can see my surroundings."

It seemed that the auditory and visual hallucinations just now were so serious that she couldn't detect the changes in the outside world. No wonder she didn't respond to the sound and light just now.

"So, your... hallucination should be caused by the mirror?" So it will be better if you come to a room without a mirror.

From this point of view, her bedroom is probably the "safe house" in the dungeon - Fang Shiqing thought so.

The so-called safe house refers to a room that will not encounter danger during the game, for players to rest and recuperate.Usually save and restore blood.

"Why are you sitting on the stairs?" Xiao Fengdi suddenly asked, "The entrance of the stairs is very close to the mirror in the living room, if you fell from the attic, it should be very close to your room, why did you go downstairs instead? "

"I……"

You Qingyu seemed to remember something terrible, with a slightly distorted expression, "When I woke up, I was already on the steps... But... I have a little impression that when I was unconscious, it seemed that something was dragging I'm going forward."

She whispered, "Although my mind was not clear at the time, I still seemed to be hugging the handrail next to the stairs. I don't know what happened after that."

"Oh..." Xiao Fengdi stood up, "It's a good thing you struggled a bit, otherwise you might have been dragged into the mirror."

He goes to the door.Fang Shiqing hurriedly asked, "Big brother, where are you going?"

"Go to another room to check." Xiao Fengdi opened the door and waved at him without looking back, "You stay here."

"Wait, I too—" Fang Shiqing wanted to follow, but Xiao Fengdi stopped him.

"No, I can do it myself."

He gave You Qingyu a meaningful look.

Fang Shiqing was a little confused: he understood what the other party meant.You Qingyu is not in a good condition right now, and she is really worried about leaving her here alone.

Seeing this, You Qingyu gritted his teeth, stood up and said, "Are you going to explore the dungeon? Let's go, together."

"but you--"

"I'm fine," she insisted after taking a few deep breaths, "I'm much better."

"That's because there is no mirror in this room." Xiao Fengdi frowned and said, "As long as you go out, those hallucinations should all come back."

"Then try it first," she walked towards the door, "I'll come back if it doesn't work. You don't have to worry about me, I won't hold you back."

Xiao Fengdi didn't say anything, turned around and left.

When stepping out of the room, You Qingyu's body visibly trembled, tilted to one side, and a look of pain appeared on his face instantly.

Fang Shiqing worriedly reached out to help, but she grabbed the door frame next to her and tried to stand up straight.

"...It seems to be, I really can't... I'm sorry."

She had to take a step back and returned to the room. When she spoke again, the muscles on her face and her entire voice trembled.

"You guys stay here." Xiao Fengdi said again.

"...don't worry about me," she shook her head tenaciously and refused, "I can just stay by myself. Then...please, please,...come on."

"..."

Although I can understand her unwillingness to cause trouble for her teammates, but in this situation, stay alone, girl, are you really trying to die?

Seeing her decisive attitude, Fang Shiqing couldn't say anything.After all, girls from other families have clearly stated that they don't need someone to accompany them, so it seems strange to force them to stay.

Xiao Fengdi didn't insist anymore, he just reminded her not to leave the room again.After helping her close the door, the two left.

Because she mentioned the attic just now, the two first found the utility room and steps she mentioned, and there were indeed signs of someone falling nearby.

"This girl... is really unlucky." Fang Shiqing couldn't help sighing softly looking at the knocked-down cardboard boxes in the utility room.

Xiao Fengdi seemed to be thinking about something, and asked, "Based on your experience, when monsters in the 'game' attack players, do they usually attack casually, or do they have specific targets?"

"It's not necessarily... It depends on how the game is designed. Some monsters have a certain attack range, and they will attack as long as the player enters the range, and some will only fight back after being hit, and some will actively look for players To attack..."

"What if a monster faces many players at the same time?"

"Well, the current games generally use the hatred system, right?" Fang Shiqing rubbed the back of his head and said while searching in the utility room, "The different actions taken by each player will be accumulated by the enemy. With different values ​​of hatred, the enemy will attack the one with the highest hatred value first."

"So," Xiao Fengdi mused, "You Qingyu probably has a particularly high hatred value. Don't you think, 'Ghost in the Mirror' is particularly concerned about her?"

When Fang Shiqing thought about it, that was really the case.I and the boss ran a total of three scenes, met two fakes, and looked in the mirror a few times, but I have never been attacked so severely like her.

"Is it because this is her home? Or is it because she triggered the copy?"

"Maybe."

There was nothing worth noting in the utility room, and then they went up to the attic.

The stairs leading to the attic are very short, and the attic is small. Although it is cleaned reasonably clean, it exudes a little old musty smell.

In the middle of the room, there are two huge bronze mirrors.The two mirrors seem to be placed randomly, and when you sweep the surface with a flashlight, a yellow light and shadow are immediately reflected.

"Be careful, don't be caught in the mirror." Xiao Fengdi instructed.He handed the flashlight to Fang Shiqing, while he walked forward and looked at the pattern next to the mirror.

"This should be a real antique," he said.

Fang Shiqing felt something furry slip past him, looked down, and found that it was Xiaohua who followed.

It seemed to be a little interested in the two mirrors. It slipped up to the mirrors, but it seemed to be startled by the reflection of itself, and jumped back suddenly, with a hair all over.

Fang Shiqing: "...Boss, the cat... Is it okay to look in the mirror?"

"...It doesn't matter," Xiao Fengdi turned his head, "Anyway, it doesn't know that it is itself in the mirror." So it doesn't make any difference whether it reflects itself or the ghost in the mirror.

Even so, Fang Shiqing called Xiao Hua away from the mirror.

At this time, there was a very shrill scream from downstairs——

It's a woman's scream.There seemed to be infinite fear in that voice...