The Uncanny Valley Travel Guide

Bai Jingxing apologized to the bewildered hotel owner, and the group hurried upstairs with the pale-faced Li Tianyu.

It's useless to stay here, and the boss won't tell them too much in a while.

In the living room, Xie Yuanyuan heard Zheliu's intermittent speech, scratched his hair and wondered, "Does this Ms. Li have some kind of mania? Ever since we saw her, she has been rolling her eyes and opening her eyes." Ridiculous, angry, what's going on, her?"

"Miss just lost her temper," Du Zijun wiped the barrel of the gun with a velvet cloth in boredom, "it's normal, we've seen a lot."

Wen Zheliu sighed troubledly: "But this is the uncanny valley, if she goes down like this, I'm afraid not only her own life will be lost, but we will also be dragged down by her."

"Also..." Xie Yuanyuan rubbed his cheeks distressedly, "Now it's about escaping, not winning... If she is eliminated, we have to increase the difficulty..."

They were talking here, and a group of people over there had already begun to study the extra engraving on the back of Li Tianyu's hand.

"Here," Wen Zheliu twitched his chin, "the imprint of a holy nun is already on his hand, and I don't know how to get there tonight."

Du Zijun raised his eyelids: "Isn't she that Li Rong's younger sister? How did her brother teach her to teach a mentally handicapped person?"

"She still has a bit of skill." He Qin leaned against the wall, as if thinking about something, "But that's an advantage in competitive games, and I'm afraid it won't work in a place where you need to use your brains." gone."

While talking, John came in with a plate and greeted everyone: "Guests, this is the fruit the kitchen cut for you, please use it slowly."

Wen Zheliu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly shouted: "Wait a minute!"

He Qin got up, went to take those two things, and handed them under the nose of the waiter, "Look at this, is it left by the previous guest?"

John stared at the lipstick and the medicine bottle, his expression motionless like a dead clay sculpture.

Wen Zheliu suddenly became vigilant, he walked up to He Qin, stared closely at the npc who didn't know whether it was an enemy or a friend, his hand slowly touched the walking stick at his waist, and he called out tentatively: "Hello! ?”

"Yes!" The next moment, John suddenly beamed, and said loudly with great interest, "I remember, a beautiful lady, a handsome gentleman, yes, it belongs to them!"

Everyone present was silent, looking at the waiter suspiciously, watching his startled behavior like a clockwork doll.

Wen Zheliu still pressed his hands on his waist, he asked cautiously but gently: "So, where are they now?"

The waiter looked at him strangely and replied, "Of course it is here, sir."

"Where?" Wen Zheliu asked.

"Midnight Joy Show, sir." The waiter said, "They are now residents of Melios, Joy Town."

Everyone stared at John, the waiter's face was stiff, his eyes were shining brightly, and he slowly showed them a wide-ranging, tooth-filled smile.

He stared straight ahead, with an exaggerated smile on his face, and hissed to the players: "Merios, Happy Town...you are welcome."

The empty town, the residents who stay behind closed doors, the luxury hotel beyond common sense, and the grumpy boss in the hotel, the only waiter... and the "Midnight Happy Show" whose name has been heard but whose appearance has not been seen. .

Xi Ling stood up and asked seriously, "What is the so-called Midnight Joy Show?"

However, as soon as he finished asking, he felt a little regretful, because this question seemed to have turned on a switch. John pressed one hand on his chest, the other palm up, raised it high, and made an exaggerated opening gesture towards the players , said in a high voice: "Happy midnight show, happy life!"

He Qin raised his eyebrows, pulled Wen Zheliu back a step, away from the suddenly crazy waiter.

But then, John bowed slightly and raised a finger nervously.The drama of his behavior is like facing the camera in front of the TV. He asked in a sly tone: "Is your life lacking in fun? Do you need to be happy? Does work and boring textbooks make you feel that life is always boring? "

"Friendly reminder, if you have a bad heart, don't watch it if you are eating," John let out a very regular, wind-up laugh from his chest, "Because it will make you happy! Turn it over! sky!"

In the end, it ended with an action of turning around in a circle, coquettishly lifting the non-existent skirt, and curtseying to everyone.

An empty and luxurious living room, nine shocked and speechless audience members, and a nervous actor.

John was a tall, thin, unattractive man with freckles on his face.It should be very comical and ridiculous for a grown man to make this action, but the normal people present after watching him perform this performance with excellent singing and singing, all felt chills on their heads, and a strange coolness came from him. The spine whizzes and blows up the brain.

"The above is the Midnight Joy Show." He stood at attention suddenly, with a relaxed expression on his face, and solemnly concluded, "The show that brings us happiness is the Midnight Joy Show."

He put the towel on his arm again, and smiled at the dumbfounded crowd: "Please use your fruit slowly."

After finishing speaking, he turned and left without hesitation, and closed the door of the living room.

[Main task: Investigation of the town hotel (1/1) has been completed. 】

[Rewards: 300 experience points, 500 copper coins, the rewards have been sent to your package. 】

[Congratulations, your level has been raised to: level 17]

[The main task has been updated: Watch the Midnight Happy Show (unlimited times)]

There was a dead silence, and when everyone came back to their senses, they discovered that their spiritual values ​​had all dropped by about 2%-5% during the waiter's performance just now.

"What the hell is this..." Xie Yuanyuan was speechless, "Damn it, the mental pollution value is too strong..."

Bai Jingxing didn't speak, Chen Feiluan, Lin Miao and others also had ugly faces, and Wen Zheliu had subconsciously held his cane back from just now, waiting to chop it off at any time, and he has never let go until now.

"Baby, baby?" He Qin stretched out his hand and gently opened his fingers, "I'm already gone, I'm fine, relax."

"It's not him who has strong mental pollution," Wen Zheliu said in a low voice, "it's the so-called Midnight Happy Show."

"Ah," Du Zijun held the burning cigarette between his fingers, and it was almost at the end of it. He ignored it and just frowned, "The content of his performance just now should be the opening line of the reality show."

"——It's just the opening remarks." Xi Ling pursed her lips tightly, "The main task at night should be a fierce battle."

Li Tianyu wrapped the blanket around her body tightly, let out a trembling and uneasy breath, and said with a low cry: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... I really don't know what's wrong with me, I..."

"Okay." Du Zijun lowered his eyes, reached into the ashtray and dusted the cigarette ash, "The matter has developed to this point, it's just a waste of time to hear you say I'm sorry. Why don't you calm down and think about what to do next manage."

He Qin looked around, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, and finally pulled Wen Zheliu's wrist, and ordered: "Go back to your respective rooms to rest for a while, it's best to eat something and get ready."

"Chen Feiluan," he said, calling out to the man who was thinking with his head slightly turned towards Li Tianyu.The latter didn't expect that He Qin would suddenly call his name, and his expression suddenly turned a little surprised, "Miss Li's state, please worry more. It is now in escape mode, and anyone who delays will affect the team's final ranking. I think everyone's goal should not only be content with the basic requirement of customs clearance, right?"

Although his tone was light, and there was a casual smile on his face, there was an irresistible sense of determination in the conversation, which made Chen Feiluan straighten up, solemnly nodded and said: " OK, I see."

Bai Jingxing frowned, staring at He Qin's leaving back. After a long time, he slowly relaxed his eyebrows and smiled with great interest.

"Let's go too." He pushed his glasses and said to Lin Miao.

Back in the room, Wen Zheliu wailed depressedly, put himself face down on the bed, stuffed under the fluffy and soft silk quilt, and stopped talking.

He Qin walked over and slapped his butt lightly, "I want to sleep and take off my clothes before going to bed."

Wen Zheliu sank on the soft bed, struggling to turn his face away: "No, how do you play this? Up to now, a key clue has not been found, and there is a teammate who specializes in bad things, this is too difficult! "

He Qin crossed his arms and looked down at him in a funny way. After hearing Zheliu howling for a while, he suddenly thought of something, and hurriedly sat up and shouted at He Qin: "By the way! I forgot to ask, be honest. , How did you get out!"

He Qin dragged a chair and sat down in the gap between the two beds, "Remember to ask? I thought you had forgotten."

"Don't change the subject!" Wen Zheliu raised his fist, and was about to swing his elder brother back with a fist, but was suppressed by He Qin with force.

"Okay, okay," He Qin squinted his eyes lazily like a big leopard basking in the sun, "Actually, the reason is very simple, it's the last name Marianne signed."

Wen Zheliu was shocked: "What's the situation, I'm a dead horse as a living horse doctor, I didn't expect it to really work?"

He Qin nodded: "Well...the carriage will take you to the City of Melancholy, and the ticket with Marianne's signature is your authority to use the carriage. She signed my name on the ticket, which means..."

"...It is equivalent to granting you the authority and acknowledging your player status!" Wen Zheliu suddenly figured it out, and almost jumped up from the bed happily, "So that's how it is, that's great! The holy nun's subordinates have escaped, so..."

When he said this, the elated expression on his face couldn't help but stagnate, he opened his mouth, slowly closed his lips, and swallowed the words he hadn't finished speaking under his tongue.

At this age, emotions come and go quickly, like a gust of wind in summer.He Qin brushed his sweaty forehead hair for him, and asked in a low voice: "What's the matter, baby?"

"...She won't find you, and then take you back, right?" Thinking of this, Wen Zheliu couldn't help but bend his knees anxiously, and hugged him with his arms, which was an extremely insecure posture, "No Bar?"

He Qin laughed dumbfounded, and comforted: "No, the fair and just part of her character is still affecting her. Now that the game has started, she will not act rashly here and destroy the second world balance."

"What's fair and just!" Wen Zheliu complained sadly, "The game agreement stipulates that no one under the age of [-] can enter, and I'm not yet eighteen. Well, why did you throw me in?"

He Qin shook his head, and wiped off the hot sweat on his forehead, "Look at how old Xi Ling is, isn't he only 14 years old this year?"

"Huh?" Wen Zheliu was dumbfounded, "That's right... I forgot about him, so what's going on?"

"From the moment Celesa broke through the Turing Wall and declared herself an independent intelligent life, she was no longer subject to the City of Nova, and the so-called agreement made by humans for her naturally cannot impose any constraints on her. He Qin said, "But the game world, after all, has its own rules of natural operation, even she has to succumb to 'fate'."

"'Fate'..." Wen Zheliu murmured, "You told me that it is a very huge computing module, right?"

He Qin smiled and said: "Not one, but countless, billions. They are like threads everywhere, implicating the nine worlds of Uncanny Valley, determining the ending of the NPC and the ending of the story."

"In the same time and space, there are millions of identical worlds, millions of different players, and millions of different endings." He Qin smiled at him, "This is the function of 'fate'."

Wen Zheliu said with emotion: "It sounds so grand."

"So don't be afraid," He Qin patted his head, "Although she is the god of Uncanny Valley, she can only achieve omniscience and omnipotence, and she has no way to break through the shackles of all-seeing."

"Omniscient, omnipotent, knows everything, can do anything... Then what is Quanshi?" Wen Zheliu asked curiously.

"Observe." He Qin said with a light smile, "Observe yourself, observe the world, observe the exiled truth, observe the ultimate answer of things, and then the will transcends latitude and reincarnation—this is all-seeing."

Wen Zheliu pondered for a long time, and suddenly said: "Beyond the limitations of time and space, and then see time and space. Is this what you mean?"

He Qin opened his eyes slightly, turned his head to stare at Wen Zheliu, and after a while, he sighed softly.

"Sometimes, you're just too smart," he said apprehensively, "but at the same time, you're too kind—to put it bluntly, too softhearted. I don't know if that's good or bad for you, but I know very well that one day, you will be dragged down by them."

"No way?" Wen Zheliu was a little frightened by his serious tone, "I didn't do anything..."

He Qin didn't speak any more, just smiled: "Go to sleep, there are still a few hours before night, sleep for a while, and I'll go to the kitchen to get some food later."

"Aren't you going to sleep?" Wen Zheliu was indeed a little sleepy after the exhaustion, he yawned and looked sideways at He Qin with watery eyes.

"I won't sleep, I'll watch you." He Qin took off his coat, closed the window again, and drew the heavy curtains, "Put the quilt on, it's going to be cold soon."

This is true. There is little vegetation in the western region, and the temperature difference between day and night is huge. As soon as the sun sets and the evening wind blows, it is enough to make people shiver with cold.

Wen Zheliu muttered something, turned over and covered himself with the quilt, and fell asleep peacefully.

He Qin stared at his sleeping face and sighed silently.

——No matter what happens, I will always watch you.

Soon, the time approached twelve midnight.

Wen Zheliu ate some sandwiches and fruit that He Qin brought from the kitchen—but according to He Qin, there was no one in the kitchen at all, and he and a few other people made the sandwiches.

Wen Zheliu was indeed a bit hungry, he wolfed down one, and said in a daze, "Hey, you should have said it earlier, it would be fine if you told me to go down and do it, I used to work in a fast food restaurant!"

"Eat yours." He Qin sat on the bed without raising his head, with one leg bent, he was wiping the ring-headed long knife in his hand with a flannel cloth.The crystal chandelier on the ceiling is shining brightly, and the blade reflected is like a wave of cold light, like thousands of rivers and seas.From top to bottom, the blade is smeared with naturally forged swirl patterns. From a distance, it looks like biting a row of crystal-clear animal teeth obliquely, which makes people's eyes chill.

"Is this... Ring Shou Dao?" He asked.

"No." There was a nostalgic smile on He Qin's lips, "This is called a horizontal knife. This is the knife I used to learn knife skills since I was a child."

Wen Zheliu nodded half-understanding, and after eating, he drank the bottle of experience potion that can only be used once in a world, instantly rose to level [-], and unlocked all the effects of the knight's cane.

"Let's go, let's meet in the living room." He took a deep breath and said.