The Game Show of Death: Demons of Reason

"Quick, save people!"

Nian Weiji staggered into the hospital gate and yelled at the nurse at the service desk, which soon caused a commotion.His face was covered in ashes, and he was coughing while shouting, as if he had just escaped from a fire. What was even more frightening was the man on his shoulders. The man was severely burned, almost charred, and there was no sign of life. No.People waiting in the hospital were frightened, screaming and backing away.The emergency room doctor rushed over and helped Nian Weiyou unload the man.

"Get on the ventilator, hurry up, he can still be saved!" Nian Weiji said to the doctor unrelentingly, and several nurses pulled him away and asked him to go for an MRI to confirm the injury.

Nian Wei was already lying in the cabin of the MRI machine, and when asked by the doctor about what had happened, he recounted what had happened in the past 8 days.Everyone is skeptical.During the period, the doctor asked the name of the other person who came with him, and whether he had contact information of his family.

"His name is Wei Zixu. I met him in the game. I don't have the contact information of his family...Is he still alive?"

"...I'm sorry." The doctor looked down at Nian Weiji, and informed him with great regret: "It's too late for your friend... to confirm brain death. You should prepare for the funeral."

"Ah..." Nian Weiji was speechless for a while, and it took him a while to recover from his trance, "I didn't dare to rush in to find him until the fire died down. His family? Although we don’t know each other, we have been teammates for 7 days, and I hope I can help him in the end.”

Wei Zixu's body was parked in the morgue, covered with a white cloth.Nian Wei had undergone a general examination, and except for inhaling some smoke in the respiratory tract, there was no serious trauma.The hospital contacted the police station, and the police station communicated with the Chinese embassy.Nian Wei soon learned that the embassy would help them return home, and Wei Zixu's family had already notified them.As for how to transport the corpse back to the country, whether this experience will be classified as a criminal case, I don’t have time to think about it so much now, the police officers and nurses outside the ward are chattering in Russian, they are too tired at the end of the year, and they are next to the pillow Just fell asleep.

Three days later, Nian Weiji finally returned home smoothly. The first thing he should do when he returns home is to go to the police station to make a statement, but he insisted on staying with Wei Zixu until his family came to claim the body.The corpse was temporarily kept in the morgue of the city hospital, and at the end of the year he stayed in the front hall, watching the streets of Beijing from the window.He has lived abroad for too long, and he is not used to such a crowded and lively street scene.Let's be more lively, Nian Weiji thought silently, after 7 days of brutal and bloodthirsty games, now he wants to stay in the crowd to gain a sense of security.

"The family members of the deceased have arrived."

At the end of the year, he heard the movement and saw a doctor leading three people to the mortuary, so he followed and walked with them to the cabinet where Wei Zixu's body was stored.Two of the three were older, probably Wei Zixu's parents, and a middle-aged man, who might be the elder brother Wei Zixu had mentioned.Nian Wei stood far away from them, just standing at the door to observe the situation.The doctor was about to lift the white cloth covering the corpse, but at this moment there was only a dead silence in the morgue.When the charred corpse was exposed in front of the family members, they let out a scream. The two men obviously stiffened their backs, but the woman reacted even more. She turned her head and questioned the doctor, pointing at the corpse angrily: "Stop joking, this is not me. Son, it’s just a person with a very similar figure! Have you done a DNA test? Use my blood for the test, I don’t admit that this is my son!”

The doctor was a little embarrassed: "Madam, please calm down..."

There was a dispute between the family members, and they quietly withdrew from the morgue at the end of the year. "Dna test." He went up the stairs and walked towards the laboratory.

After Wei Zixu's family members came over, they didn't stay in the hospital much at the end of the year. Before they had time to get in touch with Wei Zixu's family members, they were summoned by the police station to take notes.The embassy had sent back some records before. Such a sensational and vicious incident was bound to attract great attention. Nian Wei had been locked in a closed interrogation room for a whole day, telling the story over and over again.He mentioned that Wei Zixu lived and died with him for 7 days, but had to kill each other on the last day. He didn't want to kill his teammates and tried to escape the building with Wei Zixu, but Wei Zixu was trapped by a landslide.After he ran out of the building, he saw that the inside of the building was on fire. He had to wait until the fire was extinguished before he dared to go back to find Wei Zixu. In the end, he only found a charred body.

The police officers asked repeatedly, but found no contradiction in the confession, and returned home when it was dark.He walked out of the police station at the end of the year, his whole body was sore, his lips were so dry that they were cracked, but the police station and the hospital made him feel very safe. He took a deep breath of the evening wind with the tail smell, and felt that now is the real life. coming.

Three days later, the DNA test results came out, and the deceased was indeed Wei Zixu.At the end of the year, he heard that the funeral was scheduled for the weekend, so he also contacted Wei Zixu's family and would attend Wei Zixu's funeral.He was going to return to the UK after the funeral, because he didn't know how the Metropolitan Police Department and the Prosecutor's Office would handle this matter, and wanted to go abroad to avoid the limelight before trouble came to him.

At the end of the year, he had no relatives in the country, and no one would come to visit him. He locked himself in a hotel for a week. During this period, the doors and windows were locked, the curtains were closed, and the takeaway he ordered was left at the door, and he remained like this until the weekend.

Wei Zixu's funeral was very simple. After all, it was a tragic death of a young man, and too many people could not be informed.Nian Weiji rushed to the scene in a black suit with white flowers on his chest.Wei Zixu's tombstone was brand new and stood in a good location in the cemetery. Wei Zixu's parents and elder brother faced the tombstone, and people around them laid wreaths one by one and comforted the relatives of the deceased in a low voice.Nian Wei has noticed that many of the people who came to pay their respects are veteran officers of the police station. Wei Zixu was a policeman before entering the death game, probably because of this relationship.But almost no one of his age came. Wei Zixu was popular, but he didn't have any sincere friends.Thinking of this at the end of the year, he couldn't help laughing at himself. If it were him, he might not even have a tombstone in the cemetery, let alone family and friends.He didn't care about these things when he was alive, and he must be empty when he died.

He walked to the grave and finally had a chance to take a closer look at Wei Zixu's family.Wei Zixu's family background should be quite good, even though his parents are old, they are well maintained.Father Wei nodded slightly when he saw Nian Wei, and said, "You are Nian...doctor, right? Thank you, bring him back... Fallen leaves return to their roots, it's better than being homeless."

The woman who was next to Wei's father was eighty percent similar in appearance to Wei Zixu. Even at this age, she could see the strength of a beauty. She kept crying: "Zixu, he has always been excellent, and he is the pride of the whole family...why? It will suddenly disappear without leaving a whole body... This is impossible, such a disgusting corpse cannot be false..."

Lawyer Wei, who was standing opposite Nian Wei, was silent and stared at the epitaph.He is Wei Zixu's older brother, but he doesn't look like Wei Zixu, but looks like his father, who is taller and more majestic than Wei Zixu.

Nian Weiji stayed around the mourners until the funeral was over, and was stopped by lawyer Wei before leaving.

"Hi, I'm Wei Zixu's elder brother." Lawyer Wei said with a heavy tone, "I've heard about what happened to you... It's terrible. I hope you will be well protected in the future."

"Thank you." Nian Wei said.

Lawyer Wei: "You and Zixu are friends, right?" He hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "When you went back, was there only this corpse?...Although Zixu and I seldom communicated since we were adults, we There is a blood connection between brothers, I feel the same as what my mother said, as if Zixu is not dead, but is still living in a place that we don't know—"

Nian Weiji was stunned for a moment, and said, "The accuracy rate of DNA identification is as high as 99.9%..."

Lawyer Wei: "I'm not talking about that... Alas, Zixu has had a lot of self-esteem since he was a child, and he rarely communicates with others. If I still have the opportunity to see him, I really want to tell him: my parents and I will try our best to understand him and help him. It's a shame he didn't give us the chance."

Lawyer Wei wanted to say something more, when a childish voice sounded beside them: "Father, who is this uncle?"

Nian Weiji lowered his head and saw a girl in a little black dress. She was holding onto the corner of Lawyer Wei's clothes, and looked at Nian Weiji curiously.Lawyer Wei bent down and patted her head: "Little Sweet Pepper, go back and wait at Mommy's side, Dad has something to tell Uncle."

The girl nodded obediently, turned around and ran away.

"That child's name is Little Bell Pepper?" Nian Weiji asked in surprise, "Is it your child?"

"Yes. The nickname is Little Sweet Pepper. Zixu gave it to her. If she is a girl, she must be called this name." Lawyer Wei didn't understand, so he asked, "Is there any problem?"

Nian Weiji fixed his eyes on Little Sweet Pepper, and asked him dumbly: "Then, among Wei Zixu's playmates when he was young, was there a little girl with the same name?"

Lawyer Wei thought about it carefully, and answered Nian Weiji with certainty: "Zixu had many playmates when he was a child, but I never heard him mention a girl named 'Little Sweet Pepper', and there was no such child in the neighborhood...Nian Doctor, what's the matter with you?"

Nian Weiji felt sharp tinnitus, and at the same time noticed that the people who came to mourn were secretly turning their heads to look at him, but he quickly looked away when he noticed.He was unsteady on his feet and almost tripped himself. He ignored Lawyer Wei's question and staggered out of the cemetery.

Notting Yang found the apartment according to the address provided by the hospital. It was an independent apartment in the suburbs of London, where the surrounding was relatively quiet and the traffic was convenient.The hospital said that it had been more than half a month since the beginning of the year, and the hospital was also worried about his mental health, so it entrusted Nuoding Yang to visit him.Nuo Ding Yang and Nian Wei are already classmates, but they have not been in contact with each other since graduation, and this time they received the commission by accident.

Notting Young is of British Chinese descent. He usually likes the dressing style of old-school gentlemen. He often wears a modified gentleman hat with a flat top and narrow brim.He was standing in front of the apartment door now, and when he heard the silence in the apartment, he knocked on the apartment door three times.After waiting for 3 minutes, Nian Wei came over and opened the door for him.

"You are?" Nian Weiji asked suspiciously.

Noting Yang was taken aback, because he looked very weak at the end of the year, with obvious eye circles, much more haggard than when he was in college. "Doctor Nian, are you okay? Your complexion is very bad." Nuoding Yang couldn't help asking worriedly.

Nian Weiji didn't answer, and looked at him hostilely.Nuoding Yang took off his hat and introduced himself: "My name is Nuoding Yang. I was in the same major as you when I was in college. The hospital you work in is very worried about your condition, so let me come to see you."

"Really, Nuoding Yang..." Nian Weiji took a step back, squinted his eyes to look at him carefully, nodded and said, "I remember you, but we haven't met since graduation, right?"

"Yes, your memory is still so good." Nuoding Yang said with a smile: "Can you go in and talk about it? I am a little motion sick from coming all the way."

Nian Wei didn't seem very happy, but he hummed and opened the door to let Nuoding Yang into the room.When Nuoding Yang entered the door, the first thing he saw was the sofa full of clothes. On the coffee table in front of the TV cabinet, there were takeaway boxes, beer bottles, and dishes that hadn’t been washed for an unknown amount of time. The room was filled with a strong smell. Let Nuoding Yang cover his nose involuntarily.Standing at the entrance, he saw garbage and food crumbs all over the carpet, walking around barefoot at the end of the year, he asked hesitantly, "Are there any slippers?"

"You can come in with your shoes on," Nian Weiji said.

Noting Yang got permission to step on the carpet wearing leather shoes, and now he began to regret why he entered the house to talk, and the motion sickness worsened.But in my impression, Nian Wei is a very tidy person, even to the point of cleanliness. When he was in school, his apartment was well-organized, and he resisted others using his things and sitting on his bed. Now he even wears shoes on others It doesn't matter if you step on the carpet.

After a lot of effort, Nuo Ding Yang finally found a vacant seat from the sofa, and sat on it to chat with Nian Weiji about the recent situation: "Doctor Nian, I heard that you have been shutting your door since you came back from China. Out."

"Who told you that?" Nian Weiji squinted at him.

Nuoding Yang spread his hands: "Your attendance record in the hospital is 0. And depending on the situation, you will indeed cause others to worry now. Can you tell me if you have any concerns?"

At the end of the year, he did not speak, and stamped his toes on the ground irritably. After a long time, he asked Nuoding Yang: "If I don't want to say it, will someone else be sent to see me in the future?"

"I think so." Nuoding Yang said truthfully: "Psychiatrists are most likely to suffer from mental illness, and hospitals are obliged to maintain the physical and mental health of medical staff."

Nian Wei had already compromised, and sat on the coffee table to accept Nuoding Yang's psychological diagnosis and treatment.He told about everything he experienced in DEATHSHOW, as well as the weird behavior of people at Wei Zixu's funeral. Nuoding Yang listened to him patiently throughout the whole process, and occasionally asked for some specific details.It was already noon after the end of the year. He was thirsty and went to the refrigerator to get a beer. Notting Yang stood up and said thoughtfully: "Let's go out for lunch. I'll treat you. There's a nice steakhouse near Hyde Park. Let's go together." Let's eat."

Notting Yang walked to the door, reached for the hat on the coat rack and put it on.Nian Weiji stared at his hat-wearing posture, and suddenly asked, "Nuoding, how is your brother?"

"Oh, you ask him." Nuoding Yang looked back and smiled: "It's still the same, eating fried chicken and cola every day, the blood lipids are already too high, and I have to accompany him to the hospital to get medicine when I get home."

Nian Weiji's eyes flashed, and he lowered his head.

They went into the steakhouse together. Notting Yang seemed to be a regular customer of this restaurant. He called the waiter over and ordered rib-eye steak and red wine skillfully, and ordered creamy pasta at the end of the year.They sat opposite each other, and Notting Yang served the wine before the end of the year, and said with great expectation: "This rib-eye steak is in limited supply, the best is medium rare, and the medium-rare steak tastes tender and chewy .”

"Hmm..." Nian Wei took a sip of his wine and looked away.

When the steak was served, Nuoding Yang contentedly cut a piece and bit down.Nian Weiji watched him swallow the bright red meat, and the meat juice overflowed, stirring up those horrible memories of Nian Weiji.He suddenly jumped up, ignoring the surprised eyes of the people around him, grabbed Nuoding Yang by the collar and pulled him up, shouting: "Who is it? Who sent you here! Listen to me, I won Stop the game, let me out, let me go back! Let me go back to the normal world!"

Nuoding Yang put down the knife and fork in a panic: "Calm down, Doctor Nian, calm down! ——I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, we're going out now." Nuoding Yang took Nian Weiji out of the high-end western restaurant in embarrassment. At the end of the year, he kept yelling "Get out! You won the game!" and so on.

Nuoding Yang took Nian Weiji to the waiting area of ​​the station, took out a handkerchief to wipe his sweat, and said angrily: "Doctor Nian! What happened suddenly? What's wrong with you!" Nian Weiji held his head in pain Crouching down on the ground, he muttered: "This is wrong, I'm still in the game... What's the matter with Little Bell Pepper, is he lying to me? Has he been lying to me? I've had enough. How big is the game? How can I get out of…”

"Doctor Nian..." Nuoding Yang also squatted down, and began to sympathize with Nian Wei: "This is the normal world. It is you... who is sick. You suffer from severe PTSD and need psychological treatment."

"Liar!" Nian Weiji roared angrily, "How do you explain that little sweet pepper? And you, after graduation, you had no news, but you suddenly appeared at this time, who are you and what is your purpose!"

Nuo Ding Yang saw that the year had completely fallen into a state of madness. He was very sad and comforted: "I know you have passed through a very dark period of time. I will explain your condition to the hospital. Come to me for treatment tomorrow. , will gradually get better." But Nian Weiji just hugged his head and sobbed, unable to listen to his words.

The visit that day ended badly.Nuo Ding Yang returned to the hospital and submitted the paper certificate that Nian Wei had suffered from PTSD, but encountered difficulties when drawing up a treatment plan: "He will come to this point, he must have tried various methods to treat himself, but he The top psychotherapist in the industry, even he can't heal himself, what can I do?"

But Nuo Ding Yang's problem was quickly solved - in the early morning of the next day, the hospital received news that Nian Wei had committed suicide by jumping off the bridge after leaving a suicide note at home.

Upon hearing the news, Nuo Ding Yang was shocked, and called everywhere to ask: "You said he committed suicide by jumping from Tower Bridge? Isn't there a 24-hour police on Tower Bridge to prevent jumping?"

"Yes, but the policeman on duty that morning suddenly felt unwell, and the miner died."

"Any other witnesses?"

"A tourist saw it and said it was a tall, thin man in a white coat who jumped off."

"Has the body been found?"

"Contacted the rescue team and searched around, but have not found it yet."

"Damn!"

Nuoding Yang hurried to Nianwei's house, where a seal has been affixed to prohibit the entry and exit of idlers.Nuo Ding Yang found the suicide note, which was written by him himself, but the handwriting was crooked, and he seemed to be in great pain.The suicide note stated that all the inheritance was donated to the psychiatric department, and he was grateful for the care of the hospital and old classmates over the years, but he was tortured by fear, and only death could free him from this torture.

Nuo Ding Yang held the suicide note and murmured to himself: "It's not the end of the year, did you just die like this..."

He accidentally flipped through the suicide note and saw a few lines written on the back. The handwriting was very scribbled, and he could only vaguely make out the following content:

You say that you are constantly surrounded by dangers that others do not perceive, and that you are constantly losing your courage.

But you are wrong, no one is born with the courage to live.

You have come all the way, alone, false and vulnerable, breaking from shameful cowardice and fleeing into your biting cold solitude.For so many years, I have been displaced, physically and mentally exhausted, my body is broken, and my soul is messed up.No one can give you the courage you need.

Unless you're with me.