nightmare space

Qiu Siwen didn't rush to pick up the dolls on the ground.He stood up and tentatively yelled a few more times.

No response.

[Qiu Siwen, can't you see me? 】

"Eh? I really didn't see you..." He responded subconsciously, and then realized: no one talked to him at all!

[Although I don't know what happened, I seem to be lying on the ground now and can't move. 】Uh... lying on the ground unable to move...

Although his heart was full of disbelief, Qiu Siwen still cast his eyes on the doll on the ground.

"Xu You, have you... turned into a doll?"

【what? 】

Qiu Siwen walked over, knelt down and picked up the doll, so that the doll's face was facing him: "Can you see me?"

At the same time, in my mind: "Collected dolls (5/6)."

【Don't get so close, it's weird...】

Qiu Siwen: "...Did you hear the system sound?"

[What system sound? 】

Only then did he remember that only the person who picked up the doll could hear the system sound, so he explained, "I picked you up just now, so I heard the system sound saying that five-sixths of the doll has been collected."

[Okay, okay, the last one left. 】

"By the way, Xu You..."

【Um? 】

"How did you talk to me..."

[How do I know this, it should be something like brain waves, right? ] Xu You's tone was not very sure, 【Don't worry about it now, go find the last doll. ] "Yeah." He replied, and then hugged the doll in his arms, "Can you see the front like this?"

[I can see, sorry for the inconvenience. 】

The two went down the stairs to the first floor, and saw an empty hall with gorgeous decoration and grand style.

It just lacks a bit of popularity.

Xu You couldn't turn his head, which made him feel very uncomfortable, so he directed Qiu Siwen to turn the doll's head from left to right.

【stop!There is a clock there. 】Xu You noticed a grandfather clock in the corner of the hall.

Qiu Siwen carried him obediently and walked over: "What, do you have any new discoveries?"

【…】Xu You didn't answer, but stared intently at the clock face.

This solid wood grandfather clock is still faithfully performing its duties, the second hand is ticking, pointing to all the Roman numerals.

Under the clock face is a pendulum that swings back and forth, moving at a speed of one pendulum per second.

Further down, there are two drawers.

Qiu Siwen tried his best to open the first drawer with an inquisitive spirit, but found nothing.

Disappointed, he closed the first drawer and opened the second.

"Hey! The last doll!" he cried, holding out his hand.

The moment they touched the dolls, the voice of the two of them simultaneously appeared in their minds: "The dolls were collected (6/6). The task 'Collect all the princess' dolls' is completed. The current task completion progress is 66%."

There are three tasks in total, two of which have been completed now.All that remains is to burn the dolls.

Standing in front of the clock, Qiu Siwen hesitated for the first time to complete the task: Really, do you want to burn all the dolls?Then Xu You... what should I do?

【—The doll must be burned before the bell rings! 】Xu You's voice appeared in Qiu Siwen's mind, with a hurried tone.

"...Ah?" Qiu Siwen didn't keep up with his thoughts, "What did you say?"

[If I'm not wrong, the bell of this grandfather clock controls the conversion between the watch world and the inner world! ] Xu You said affirmatively, 【The bell cannot appear for no reason—the secret is hidden in this bell! ] "Can't we destroy the clock?" Qiu Siwen made a hypothesis.

[Do you have props? 】Xu You asked coolly,【Or, can you dismantle the clock with bare hands? 】Qiu Siwen didn't answer, he kicked the grandfather clock several times as if he refused to admit defeat.

In the end, Zhong was safe and sound, but his toe hurt from the bump.

There was no way, finally, under Xu You's urging, Qiu Siwen ran to the second floor with a restaurant - the fireplace there might be able to burn dolls.

On the way, Mr. Qiu also suggested whether to stop and see what kind of scene was hidden in the doll he found at last, but Xu You said, "Completing the task is important to see the game CG is important?" ? ? 】He choked back.

Soon they reached the restaurant.

Clean white tablecloths, transparent goblets, shiny plates and knives and forks.A fire blazed in the fireplace.

Although Xu You was "paralyzed", fortunately the contents of the package could still be taken out.

He put the dismembered dolls in the package on the ground, asked Qiu Siwen to take out the remaining dolls, and threw them into the fire one by one.

As they threw the first one, they heard a thin scream, like the feeble cry of a baby.

"Damn it!" Qiu Siwen shuddered, and hurriedly threw the rest into the fireplace, "Is this thing still alive?"

[It's hard to say. ] Xu You also heard those screams.

In the end, only the doll that Xu You lived in was left.

[Throw it away. 】 Xu You urged.

"But..." Qiu Siwen held the doll in his hands and couldn't let go, "What if you..."

[Don't waste time, if you switch again this time, I don't know what will happen. ] "..." Qiu Siwen's expression was full of confusion.

He lifted the doll to the edge of the fireplace, felt the hot tongue of fire was about to lick his hand, and quickly retracted it.

【Throw it away!This is the only way out of the game! 】

What Xu You said made Qiu Siwen startled.

Yes, only by completing this task can you leave this game——

He took a deep breath, threw the doll in his hand into the fireplace, and the accompanying sound was like a death bell: "Dang——"

The world is dark.

"...Xu You?" Qiu Siwen called softly towards the fireplace.

【I am here. 】Xu You replied helplessly, 【I told you to throw it quickly, it's all right now, and it's falling into darkness again. ] "It's okay. You're still here, that's good." Qiu Siwen was quite happy, and the ending sound even rose a little.

【I'll just stay in the fireplace and wait for the world to change, but what do you do? 】 Xu You said worriedly.

"There must be a way for the car to reach the mountain, don't worry!" Qiu Siwen said optimistically.

Xu You, who lives in the doll, can't feel anything. His only senses are sight and hearing.He knew that he was safe - those monsters didn't look like they would attack dolls, but Qiu Siwen was in unknown danger.

"Xu You, I'll stay here with you." Qiu Siwen said, and sat down with his back against the fireplace.

【Um. 】

Upstairs hallway.

The monster attached to Hao Bing's body, bathed in the bloody moonlight, looked more ferocious.

It walked staggeringly, and its posture was weird and twisted.

One step at a time, stepping on the broken bones of the rotting corpse, leaving blood all over the ground.

"B... Lace..." The voice from deep in his throat was hoarse.

Its back, at a certain moment, resembled the ghost that Xu You met on the stairs before.

The author has something to say:

The brain hole has escaped... try hard to get back.

If there are bugs or something, welcome to raise them in the comments.

I will change it.