Chosen Prophet [Unlimited]

Xinghua Development Zone.

S Hotel, in suite 2807 on the top floor.

Duan Yi and the young man in front of him looked at each other for three seconds before realizing what he was here for.

Then Duan Yi said: "You guys are mistaken, I'm not gay."

Sitting on the sofa, Duan Yi lit a cigarette, took two puffs, then turned on the laptop and typed the code, without raising his head, he asked, "Mr. Zhang asked you to come?"

Xiaonian is very fair, with a thin oval face, and a very slender figure. He may not even be 20 years old.He kept rubbing his palms together as he spoke, appearing somewhat reserved. "Actually... I regret it too. Excuse me. I'll go out now."

"Wait—" Duan Yi suddenly remembered something and called him to stop.

Looking away from the computer desktop, the ten fingers are still typing the code, looking at the young man, the corners of Duan Yi's eyes slightly curled up.He drank a few extra glasses of wine at the dinner just now, and now he speaks a little out of control. "That Zhang is always an unscrupulous broken mouth. He can see you leave my room so quickly tonight, and dare to tell others that I can't do it tomorrow."

Young man: "..."

After typing out three lines of code, Duan Yi asked again: "How much will Mr. Zhang give you if I let you spend the night with me?"

"Ten thousand." The young man blinked.

"Okay. You take the money." Duan Yi pointed in one direction, "It's not easy to take a taxi in this place where the birds don't shit. You go to sleep in that room tonight. Leave tomorrow morning."

The young man looked at Duan Yi in surprise, then bent down and bowed 90 degrees to him in a very traditional way. "Thank you so much. It's just..."

"Anything else?"

"No. I just don't think I can take this money for free. I'm an acrobat. How about... I'll give you a piece?"

Duan Yi was a little dazed, thinking that this young man's character might be a little off-line.

He really didn't like watching acrobatics in hotel rooms.

That President Zhang's full name is Zhang Zhuo, and he used all means to achieve his goals. He wanted to pull Duan Yi to scam people together, but when the cooperation failed, he began to use dirty tricks.Duan Yi was very disgusted with this person, he asked the young man to stay for one night, just to use his tricks against Zhang Zhuo.

After shaking the cigarette butt, Duan Yi lowered his head and typed the code again. "No. If you don't take money from that kind of person, you won't take it for nothing. I still have to work, so go."

After hearing this, the young man didn't say anything, and left after sighing.

His expression looked rather disappointed, Duan Yi didn't understand at the moment, but later he realized what he was thinking in his heart - there was a reason why our acrobatic troupe went bankrupt, no one likes to watch acrobatics anymore.

This night Duan Yi worked until late at night before falling asleep.

In the morning, he was woken up by his assistant's serial calls.

After waking up with dark circles under his eyes, he quickly took a shower and brushed his teeth, put on his sportswear, and stuffed the computer into his backpack. Duan Yi picked up his backpack and walked to the door of the room.

Even though he has been the "President Duan" for many years, Duan Yi still considers himself an IT migrant worker. He has always disliked wearing suits, except for important occasions where he has to wear them. He usually wears sports and casual clothes.At the moment, he didn't arrange his hair seriously, with a disheveled chicken nest hair on his head and a backpack on his back, he looked almost like a college student.

Yawning and opening the door, Duan Yi saw the assistant waiting at the door.

Duan Yi's assistant is named Lin Yuechuan, whose name comes from "Mountains, Rivers, Sun and Moon".

He grew up abroad and didn't have a Chinese name before. It is said that this name was given to himself after returning to work this time.

The company under Duan Yi was co-founded by him and a few buddies. In the early years, everyone lived and slept in the open to solicit investment.

Lin Yuechuan's assistant was arranged by Duan Yi and his company's second largest investor.

On the surface, the management said that they were sending people to help Duan Yi, but in reality they were sending people to supervise Duan Yi and to be his eyeliner.

Lin Yuechuan just finished his university abroad, so in Duan Yi's eyes he is just a half-grown child.Duan Yi reckoned that his background in the management was very strong.But what is his origin, Duan Yi is not clear.

At this moment.

Dark clouds hung low, and the air was humid and hot.

Lin Yuechuan rushed over in such weather, and his body was also stained with moisture.There seemed to be a pool of smoky air in his eyes, and against the dim yellow wall lamps in the corridor behind him, he almost seemed a little gloomy.

Duan Yi looked at him a few times, and always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with him.

He felt a little out of breath for no reason, always feeling that something big would happen today.

After taking out the cigarette and lighting it, Duan Yi took a deep breath to get rid of some dryness and uneasiness in his heart, and then he asked Lin Yuechuan: "Why do you want me?"

Lin Yuechuan handed him a document: "This contract must be signed immediately. I will find a courier to send it in the morning."

Duan Yi took the contract, reviewed it quickly, and signed it in a hurry.

After returning the contract to Lin Yuechuan, Duan Yi found that his eyes fell on a certain position behind him.

Thinking of something and looking back, Duan Yi saw the young man last night.

—Almost forgot he was still here.

The young man grabbed his hair, looked back and forth hesitantly, and finally said to Duan Yi: "Mr. Duan, then I will take my leave."

"Yeah." Duan Yi nodded, and saw the young man walk around him and go out the door, and then walked towards the elevator.Looking away, Duan Yi asked Lin Yuechuan: "Is there anything else?"

Lin Yuechuan shook his head, put the contract in his briefcase, and took a look at Duan Yi.

The tails of his eyes are slightly bent upwards, and the eyes are covered with thick clouds and mist outside the window, I don't know if Duan Yi is guilty, but I always feel that there is something unclear in his eyes.

In fact, Duan Yi also felt a little embarrassed.

He and the young man were bumped into by Lin Yuechuan under such circumstances, and it was difficult for people not to misunderstand them.

But he didn't seem to need to explain anything to Lin Yuechuan.

Taking another puff of the cigarette, putting it out and throwing it into the trash can next to it, Duan Yi walked towards the elevator entrance. "Then let's go back to the company together. The driver came to pick me up."

Duan Yi was rejected.

Lin Yuechuan said: "I drove the company car here, and I have to drive back. I'll go to the lobby to help you check out. You go first, the board meeting is at 9:[-], don't be late."

Duan Yi didn't say anything more, and the two of them took the elevator to the lobby in silence all the way.

The driver had already arrived, Duan Yi called him, and then walked straight to the hotel entrance.

After walking out of the gate, the automatic sensor door slowly closed. At this moment, Duan Yi subconsciously looked back.

Lin Yuechuan was checking out, behind him was a large floor-to-ceiling window, and outside the window was a blue-gray sky and dark clouds that were getting lower and lower.

As if feeling something, Lin Yuechuan turned sideways towards the gate.

It's just that before the eyes of the two people met, the glass sensor door closed.Due to the reflection of the glass, Duan Yi could no longer see his expression clearly.

Shaking his head, Duan Yi turned and walked down the steps.

The driver brought the car over and quickly picked him up and left.

The black Bentley drove away from the hotel.

The streets in the development zone are very empty. Looking forward through the windshield, you can see that the dark clouds have become lower and the sky is about to be completely blocked.

——Looks like there's going to be a big rainstorm.

Duan Yi frowned for no reason, and the dull feeling in his heart became heavier and heavier.

Playing with the phone, turning it back and forth in the palm of his hand, Duan Yi looked at the street outside the side window, and with a sudden glance, he saw the young man from last night again.

There are still ten kilometers away from the nearest subway station, but he seems to be planning to walk to the subway station by himself, which shows that he is really poor.

With the window down, Duan Yi greeted him, told the driver to stop the car, and dropped him off to take him to the subway station in the city.

The young man thanked him again and again, and sat in the back seat of the car politely and cautiously, without saying a word.

Duan Yi didn't talk to him too much, and continued to sit in the passenger seat and play with his mobile phone.

In this way, about 10 minutes passed.Duan Yi was editing WeChat with his mobile phone, when the driver slammed on the brakes, his phone slid out and fell to the ground.

Bending down to pick up the phone, Duan Yi continued to edit the information with his head down, without raising his head, he asked, "What's wrong?"

The driver's voice was a little anxious: "We just got on the Yangtze River Bridge. There is a traffic jam."

Duan Yi said casually: "Oh, it's okay. As long as the bridge doesn't collapse, we can still rush back to hold the board meeting."

The driver subconsciously frowned. "President Duan, don't keep saying unlucky things."

Duan Yi smiled: "This is the Yangtze River Bridge, how can I say it collapsed?"

However, at the moment Duan Yi's voice fell, there was a loud noise in front of him.

This sound was sharp and shrill, like the sound of metal passing through glass was amplified thousands of times. It came from the void, swept across the entire bridge deck in an instant, and then surrounded the bridge of more than [-] meters.

An invisible sound barrier suddenly formed between the inside and outside of the bridge, pulling the entire bridge away from the world.

Above the Yangtze River, there was no wind or waves on the surface of the river, but there were unbearable sharp noises resounding inside the bridge.

Duan Yi was in severe pain from the shock and immediately covered his ears. Then he suddenly smelled a strong smell of blood. He hurriedly looked to the side and saw the driver lying on the steering wheel who kept vomiting blood.

The pupils suddenly dilated, and Duan Yi stretched out his hand, wanting to feel the driver's pulse.But as soon as the palm left the ear, a fishy and sweet smell rose from his throat, and he couldn't help but open his mouth, and he also spit out a big mouthful of blood.

The sharp sound lasted a total of ten seconds, but Duan Yi felt that a century had passed.

Ten seconds later, the bridge deck didn't even shake, but disintegrated in an instant, and was directly shaken into powder!

Disintegrating into nothingness together with the bridge deck are hundreds of trucks and cars on the bridge deck, as well as everyone sitting in the car.

Before his consciousness disappeared, Duan Yi wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his hand, and glanced at his bright red palm.So he just saw the moment when his palm turned into powder.

Time and space seem to be frozen at this moment—the palm turned into powder hovers in the air, in front of it is the smoke and dust turned into the windshield of the car, and farther away is the endless calm river surface after the disappearance of the bridge. Big sky.

After a long time, lightning flashed, thunder rang, and the long-planned torrential rain finally landed.

The river rushed eastward with the wind and waves, as if nothing had happened.

Duan Yi never thought that he would wake up again.

When he opened his eyes, he was lying on the ground, and there was a hard and harsh stone road under him.

After trying to move his hands and feet, he found no discomfort, he got up from the ground and looked around.

The time is probably in the evening. There are small bridges and flowing water, pavilions, towers and pavilions, which look a bit like a corner of a certain garden in Suzhou.

The small river under the bridge is crystal clear, there are clusters of flowers blooming on both sides of the stone road, and the artificial hills and green trees are well arranged... This is obviously a very elegant old-style courtyard, but Duan Yi always feels that the scenery is beautiful, but it seems to be completely covered. Layers of gray seem unreal.

There was a faint light coming from a certain direction ahead, Duan Yi thought for a while, then walked towards it.

Walked a few steps along the stone road, walked up the arched stone bridge through the stone steps, got off the bridge and walked around a rockery. A small brick-red western-style building appeared in front of him.

This house looks like a Western-style building in the Republic of China, and there are a few red lanterns hanging at the door.

The sky was getting darker, and the few touches of red were suspended in the night, like ghosts floating in the air.

Seeing this scene, Duan Yi couldn't help feeling like he was in hell.

After all, he thought he was dead—in that weird disaster on the Yangtze River Bridge.

There were faint conversations in the small foreign building, and it sounded like there were quite a few people.

Duan Yi was still hesitating whether to go in, but the door opened by itself.

Immediately afterwards, there was a broadcast sound from nowhere: "Player Duan Yi, number 072189, has officially logged into the game "Gate of Rebirth". You died in a disaster, and you must clear the game to be reborn."

"Congratulations to player Duan Yi for successfully loading the first copy."

"Now please enter the room and join the rest of the players."

"Player 910 has been loaded. When 10 players arrive, the system will announce the rules of the game."

Rebirth?He clearly saw that his body had turned into ashes, so what kind of child would he be born again?

Regarding the system's statement, Duan Yi was suspicious, and silently stared at the opened door without saying a word.

But soon someone ran out of the door with small steps, and called him clearly and crisply: "President Duan."

Duan Yi looked up and saw the young man who wanted to perform acrobatics for him last night.

--what happened?Did all the people who died on the Yangtze River Bridge come here?

Duan Yizheng was puzzled, another person came out from the door, it was actually Zhang Zhuo who disgusted him.

Both Xiaoniannian and Zhang Zhuo had a number plate hanging around their necks, with numbers 9 and 10 written on them respectively.

Ignoring Zhang Zhuo's smiling face, Duan Yi went directly to the young man and asked, "What does this number mean?"

Xiaonian brought Duan Yi into the house, and pointed to a wooden shelf on the entrance.

Following the direction of his fingers, Duan Yi saw that there were two number plates on it, number 7 and number 5 respectively.

Next, without the young man's explanation, Duan Yi knew what to do.

——The broadcast sounded again: "Player Duan Yi, please choose the number plate. The number will determine your room number and your identity in this game. After selecting the number, please hang the number plate on your chest for The rest of the players are identified. Once the number is selected, it cannot be changed.”

After the broadcast was over, Duan Yi's finger touched the "No. 7" card, but for some reason he withdrew his hand suddenly, and did not take any action after that.

The young man was a little scared, so he stood next to him and reminded: "Mr. Duan, why don't you choose? Are we in hell? I think we should come as required, otherwise we might be punished, lose our souls or something..."

After Duan Yi heard this, he still didn't move, as if he wanted to test something.

Three minutes later, the broadcast said: "Player Duan Yi, please strictly implement the system requirements, otherwise you will be forced to log out of the system. Logging out of the system means complete death."

Duan Yi just raised his head, and said in a certain direction in the void: "You have already assigned the players of this dungeon in a certain way. How can you continue playing without me?"

Duan Yi didn't want to be led by the nose by the system.

——Even if there really is a ghost, even if he turns into ashes from the bridge again, he will not take that number plate, and will not participate in this game!

But he smelled really good right away.

Ten seconds later, Duan Yi obviously felt a tightness in his chest, and immediately became short of breath.

Subconsciously raising his hand, he saw the whole process of his palm becoming transparent.Immediately afterwards, like the spread of venom, starting from the wrist, his small arms and upper arms gradually became transparent.

It seemed that countless skeletons clung to his body, blocked his mouth and nose, covered his eyes, and finally dragged him to the bottomless hell.

Duan Yi was instantly shrouded in a strong shadow of death.It was as if he had died ten thousand times at once, or the sorrow and lamentation of ten thousand undead gathered together at the same time, wrapping his whole body, making his soul tremble, and tears streaming out of his eyes uncontrollably ——

Only now did he feel how terrifying it was to be close to real death.

No, I don't want to die.

Of course I don't want to die.

Duan Yi took a deep breath, and stretched out his hand to where the number plate was located.But at this time, his vision was already very blurred.There was a blue ribbon tied to the number plate, Duan Yi tried to grab it, but when he was about to get close, his fingers hung down.

Looking down, he found that the lower half of his body was gone, and before long, his whole body would disappear completely.

Taking another breath, Duan Yi threw himself towards the position of the number plate, intending to get it with a last-ditch effort.

At this time, a person came over, took the number plate from the wooden frame, walked up to him and stopped.

Duan Yi couldn't see this person's appearance clearly, but only vaguely noticed that he was tall and slender, which gave people a somewhat familiar feeling.

Just so vaguely glanced at this person, and then Duan Yi lost his eyesight and fell into the darkness completely.

The next moment, someone hung something around his neck.

When the man withdrew his hand, his fingers accidentally brushed his neck.His fingers were cold, making Duan Yi shiver.Even so, this touch of coldness really brought life to Duan Yi.

After a while, the light reappeared, and the feeling of being unable to breathe disappeared. Duan Yi opened his eyes and saw a pair of beautiful eyes close at hand.

——It was actually Lin Yuechuan.

He also had a number plate around his neck with "2" written on it.

Duan Yi looked down again, and the number plate hanging around his neck was "7".

The five senses slowly recovered, and just as the feeling of fear came to mind, Duan Yi's back was almost drenched in cold sweat.

After a brief trance, Duan Yi took a few deep breaths to calm himself down as soon as possible.

Then he asked Lin Yuechuan: "You're here too? Why did you drive onto the Yangtze River Bridge so quickly?"

Lin Yuechuan was wearing a long black windbreaker. He slowly put his hands into the pockets of the windbreaker, raised his chin, stared at Duan Yi, and said calmly, "Probably because, if you don't die, you won't die."

Duan Yi: "..."

Where did he talk about his going to the Yangtze River Bridge? He was clearly joking about his behavior just now.

Duan Yi immediately put on a serious face: "I'm sacrificing myself for others to help you test the rules."

After finishing speaking, Duan Yi found that Lin Yuechuan stared at him for a while, and finally nodded very perfunctorily: "Oh."

Duan Yi again: "..."

Lin Yuechuan didn't say anything else, he turned around quickly and walked straight to the French windows facing north.

Taking a look at his back, Duan Yi followed closely into the living room.

——The huge living room is very empty, with a large rectangular table in the middle and ten leather chairs around it.Other than that, there is hardly any other big piece of furniture here.

There were a few players sitting around the big table. When Duan Yi walked in, he found that they were all staring at him curiously.

He pondered for a while, probably because he was the only one who provoked the rules of the system and almost died because of it.

The faces of most players are pale. Obviously, everyone can't accept the fact that they are dead and need to clear the game to be reborn.

After briefly looking at the living room and the players, Duan Yi found that Lin Yuechuan walked to the French window, as if he was observing something.

Following his line of sight and looking out the window, Duan Yi saw a large area of ​​red.When he got closer, he discovered that there was a red stage about 30 meters outside the window.

There are also many red lanterns hanging in the backyard.In the night, the lantern was swayed by the wind, and the red color fluttered back and forth, making the whole stage seem to be stained with blood.

There was a man standing on the stage. He was wearing a navy blue costume, his face was painted white, and his eye sockets were smudged with rouge pink.

The weirdest thing is - the man is holding a puppet doll in his hand.

The puppets are dressed in bright red costumes and dressed as dan roles.Her face was carved out of wood, and the facial features carved by a knife were very delicate, but it was painted with too much powder, so it was almost strangely white, and its lips were redder than that of the lantern.

"Thanks for what happened just now." Duan Yi said to Lin Yuechuan, then turned to look at the other players, "What's going on with this stage? Why don't they seem to be curious?"

Lin Yuechuan stared at the stage and said: "Before you entered the house, everyone has already come here to see it. It's just that they are more afraid and dare not approach this side."

Duan Yi nodded to express his understanding, he didn't say anything, and looked at the stage again.

The height of the puppet doll is about the length of an adult's forearm.While the man on the stage took small steps, he manipulated it with one hand and danced.

Unexpectedly, the puppet raised its arms and danced a beautiful water sleeve.The snow-white sleeved gown, like smoke and mist, was thrown high on the red stage, and then fell again.Immediately afterwards, the puppet raised his hands to cover his face, acting shy.The long water sleeve was dragged on the ground, and the man took it around for a circle, and the water sleeve on the ground followed suit.

Looking at its lively and charming appearance, I don't know if it's because the man who manipulates the puppet is skilled, or because the puppet really gave birth to a soul.

Finally, it put down its hands, and its pale face suddenly turned towards Duan Yi and Lin Yuechuan.

Its eyes are wide open, like a copper bell.

It was obviously a doll carved out of wood, but those dark pupils seemed to contain some kind of affection.Its eyes slid past Lin Yuechuan, and finally fell on Duan Yi, staring at him straight, without moving.

After a while, the mouth carved out of wood on the puppet's face opened and closed, and it actually sang a line——

"It turns out that the purple and red blossoms have bloomed all over the place, and it seems that they are all paid to the broken well and the ruins."

The sound was so sharp and piercing that it sent numbness down the spine.

But it looked at Duan Yi very affectionately, as if Duan Yi was her lover.

At this time, the young man also cautiously leaned over.

He was trembling, as if he hadn't recovered from the fear of watching Duan Yi's body become transparent just now.Unexpectedly, as soon as he approached the floor-to-ceiling windows, he saw such a weird scene on the stage again, and his whole body trembled in fright.

He faintly felt that something was wrong, walked up to Duan Yi, and wanted to raise his hand to give him a hand, lest he fall into the sorcery of that puppet.

Unexpectedly, before he had time to do anything, he saw that Duan Yi made a movement first - he stretched out his right hand, stuck it against the French window, and then pointed at the puppet doll - showing his middle finger.

Young man: "..."

"Pretending to be a ghost." After Duan Yi gave such a comment, he smiled heartily, a little naughty, as if with this action, he finally calculated the evil spirit that was punished by the system just now.

"Brother Xiao Yi—" it was Lin Yuechuan who suddenly called out such a sentence.

Hearing his name, Duan Yi gave him a rather surprised look.

Duan Yi's company culture is relatively young and open, and the juniors in the company basically call him "Brother Duan" or "Brother Xiaoyi".But Lin Yuechuan had been Duan Yi's assistant for nearly a year, and he basically used "you" to "you", and rarely addressed him seriously.

Duan Yi felt that he was dissatisfied with himself and didn't want to call himself "brother", so he was quite surprised to hear him call him that.

Lin Yuechuan's expression was very natural.He didn't look at the young man, but just asked Duan Yi: "It seems that you don't believe in ghosts and gods at all?"

Duan Yi: "I don't believe it. Everything that happened on the bridge was weird. I can't tell what we encountered."

"Oh. But I believe it. I'm also quite scared." Lin Yuechuan knocked on the window with his index finger, and said expressionlessly, "The puppet grinned just now, it really made people panic."

Duan Yi: "..."

——How can there be any fear on your face?

But the young man seemed to be frightened by Lin Yuechuan's words.

"I... go talk to other people." After leaving such a sentence, he ran away.

Lin Yuechuan glanced at Xiaonian lazily, and then put his hands on the heavy curtain beside him.

Duan Yi saw something, and asked him in a low voice: "Why scare people?"

Lin Yuechuan didn't speak, but just hooked his fingers towards Duan Yi.

Duan Yi walked to him curiously, only then did he see something on the curtain - a piece of fabric was bulging out there, as if there was something hidden inside.

Duan Yi saw Lin Yuechuan rubbing the fabric with his fingers, and after a while, he found an entrance that could enter the upper layer of the curtain.He poked his fingers in and searched for a while, and when he took it out again, a note was caught between his two fingertips.

After turning around to confirm that other players were not looking at this place, Duan Yi leaned over to Lin Yuechuan and watched him unfold the note.

The note said: "The big rabbit is sick, the second rabbit looks at it, the third rabbit buys medicine, the fourth rabbit boils, the fifth rabbit dies, the sixth rabbit lifts it, the seventh rabbit digs a pit, the eighth rabbit buryes it, and the ninth rabbit sits on the ground and starts crying." Ten rabbits asked why it was crying, nine rabbits said, five rabbits will never come back!"

At first glance, it appears to be just an ordinary nursery rhyme, used as a lullaby or something for children.

But for some reason, Duan Yi felt very uncomfortable after reading it a few times, as if there was some horrifying secret hidden in this nursery rhyme.

Just as Duan Yi was about to discuss with Lin Yuechuan, there was a "boom", and the door was automatically pushed open again.

——That's the arrival of No.10 player.

Lin Yuechuan and Duan Yi looked at each other, rolled up the note, and quietly put it into the windbreaker pocket.

Soon, the last player to arrive picked up a number plate under the system's instructions.

Of course, he had no choice, because there was only one number plate with "5" lying on the wooden frame alone.

After he finished selecting the number plates, the system announcement sounded again, guiding the players to take their seats in order.

There are five seats on each side of the long table in the living room, with numbers painted on them with paint pens.

On the north side near the window are numbers 1 to 5, and on the south side near the door are numbers 6 to 10.

Players take their seats according to the number plates they have. During this period, it is easy to calculate. Among the 10 players, there are 3 girls and 7 men.

After everyone was seated, the broadcaster said, "Congratulations to all the players who have officially entered the first dungeon—"A Dream in the Garden"."

"It is now the 21st year of the Republic of China. Ten tourists entered Rumeng Garden to visit. But after staying in the garden, the tourists found that there were death traps ambush everywhere, and they might die at any time. In addition, they were horrified to find that they could not leave garden."

"The unified clearance goal of the players: find a way to escape from this garden."

"Friendly reminder: Please use all your time to actively explore the garden and find a way to leave. There are risks in the exploration process, which may lead to the death of the player. Please pay attention to avoiding it."

"In addition, it is worth noting that three of the ten players have been bewitched by the garden owner and signed an evil contract with him - sacrifice the remaining seven to the garden owner, and they will be free..."