[Infinite] End Game

The wind blew the tent tonight, Tang Yu suddenly opened his eyes in the dark, his fingers under the quilt were still twitching, and he was drenched in cold sweat.

It's not that he didn't sleep, on the contrary, after listening to Lin Xiwen's words, he fell asleep in a daze while thinking, but in the half-dream and half-awake state, a strange thought struck his mind like lightning, It woke him up.

There is a special analysis post on the Dreamland Forum. The poster put forward a point of view through a large amount of statistical data, that is, the dungeons of the end world like to use some horror legends as the dungeon materials, including supernatural cases that cannot be explained by common sense , also includes the weird monsters that people believe in word of mouth, which also accounts for a certain proportion-after all, if calculated according to the background of the times, many fairy tales that have been handed down to this day come from the dark and ignorant century, war and power, famine and Plague, slavery and judgment, real social forms and the happy ending in fairy tales have nothing to do with each other. The text that originally recorded the real tragedy has been deliberately tampered with and beautified to cover up all the hidden darkness and fear, and become Bedtime reading for children.

The sense of familiarity that Lin Xiwen refers to refers to 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'.

The post on the forum is free to browse, and after knowing the rules of the dungeon, almost all players will try their best to store up those weird stories, so after Lin Xiwen mentioned it, although everyone did not discuss it in depth, but I already have the answer in my heart.

'The Pied Piper of Hamel', although first seen in a long poem by the Victorian poet Browning, is actually based on a long-held folktale about a small German town hundreds of years ago Facing a severe rat infestation, when people had nothing to do and were about to abandon the city and flee, a piper in a strange flowered dress controlled the rats to jump into the river with the sound of the flute and committed suicide. However, when the piper asked for payment, he was driven out by the townspeople Then, the Pied Piper returned one night. This time, he took away 130 children from the whole city and never came back.

Compared with the story of the princess and prince, this story is obviously much more real, and even has a sense of warning and fate. There are still many inexplicable explanations for the story about the Piper, but each of them is It's just dark.

That's why everyone has to wait to see if something will happen tomorrow. Even discussing it now doesn't make much sense—but Tang Yu isn't bothered about this.

If a question is asked on the forum, is the scene in the dungeon real or unreal, the vast majority of players will probably answer "half true and false".

No one can tell whether those dungeons that are close to reality really happened. There are also dungeons that although the living habits and social background are almost the same, but if you study the history carefully, there will be obvious differences.

This is also the view of parallel time and space advocated by players in the forum. They believe that the dungeon experienced by the player is the epitome of thousands of worlds including the real world.

However, the core of the theory of parallel worlds is that they are similar but not identical, and identical legends will not appear in two different worlds.

It is also true that the theory of parallel worlds still cannot explain why myths and legends that only circulate in the real world can evolve into copies, so the final conclusion can only be half true or false.Players call what is close to reality real, and what is grotesque is called false.

Up to now, Tang Yu thought so too, and generally speaking, normal people would think so, but at this moment, there was a voice in his heart that kept telling him, what if it was all true?

If the stories and creatures that appear in the legends are real, if those ancient gods really existed and once ruled the earth, then what is the existence of the end world?

Tang Yu was stimulated by his own spiritual light, his heart beat faster, and even his breathing became faster. Just peeking into a corner of the darkness, an unprecedented pressure weighed heavily on his heart.

At this moment, Tang Yu felt his hand being pulled. Chang He woke up with a start, got up and hugged Tang Yu's shoulders, and hugged Tang Yu in an almost hugging gesture.

"Don't be afraid, calm down." Chang He raised his hand along Tang Yu's back, his voice was low and worried: "You're overbreathing."

Tang Yu rested his head on Chang He's shoulder, and tried to adjust his breathing rate. There seemed to be a thick shell between the hand on his back and him, which made it difficult for him to feel clearly, and he didn't know what he was. He nodded but still didn't nod, talked and still didn't speak, in short, he just listened to the wind outside the tent, and it took a long time before he felt the temperature from his hands, and only later realized that his hands were numb.

After confirming that Tang Yu had calmed down, Chang He let go of his hand to help him sit still. He didn't speak, but just stared at Tang Yu with his eyes, asking what's wrong silently.

Tang Yu looked at Chang He deeply, with so many thoughts in his heart that he didn't know where to speak, so in the end he could only shake his head, gave Chang He a silent smile, and lay back in his sleeping bag.

Lin En remained in the camp the next day, and the players set out to investigate early in the morning. Tang Yu and Chang He made their first stop at the mill by the river.

The woods during the day do not have the lingering gloom at night. Walking in the woods, you can occasionally see squirrels jumping between the branches in order to store food for the winter and birds that did not choose to migrate.

Tang Yu walked to the river, and the rushing water washed away the small stones on the bank. Tang Yu stepped on the stones and reached out to touch the river water, his hands were cold.

That night, their attention was all on exploring the old house, and they didn't pay attention to the river and the mill. He squatted by the river to check, while Chang He stood under the tree by the river bank and watched his back from afar, thinking of Tang Yu's incident last night. Unusual, still a little worried.

He knew very well that Tang Yu was not one of those weak players. Although the young man's force value had been declining, he was not timid at all, and he was much better at analyzing things than he was.Chang He was worried that Tang Yu would be bored by his excessive protection, so he just stood where he could quickly rush up if Tang Yu slipped and fell. Just as his thoughts were drifting away, Tang Yu had already stood up and walked from the river walked back.

"Let's go, let's go over there and have a look." Tang Yu smiled at Chang He, and walked to the mill first.

On the way here, they also inquired about the news with the talkative townspeople. They only knew that people used to come to the river to wash clothes and grind millet, but because the river was too fast, women or children would accidentally fall into the water and drown every year. , Whether it is doing work, fishing or playing, it is not a good choice.

So later the town grew stronger, and the village head led people to divert water from the river to each house, so no one wanted to go here anymore. Later, a new mill was built in the town, and new houses were built. The old mill And the old houses are gradually abandoned.

It sounded like a success, but when Tang Yu asked who the owner of the old white house was, the townspeople who were talking to them showed strange expressions. After a while, they pretended to smile casually, and only said that The family has moved out of town.