In an escape game...

When the puppeteer proposed to let players make puppets using themselves as a template, the players were really shocked.

Everyone knows what is going on with the puppets in this small town.

Last night, the dungeon turned the dead player into a puppet, playing a trick of cognitive error.Today, the task of letting players make puppets for themselves is arranged again, the purpose is obvious.

This task makes players feel the crisis of being "replaced". They can almost imagine that the puppet will come to life the moment it is completed, trying to replace the original owner with fake ones.

This matter cannot be done, and the players know it in their hearts.

The room fell into an eerie silence, and the two puppeteers seemed to be unaware of the embarrassment, with warm smiles on their faces and a good attitude.

The players felt that this smile was very dazzling.

Wang Gao bent slightly: "Do you have any questions, distinguished guests? If not, we will start class."

Yun Xubai once again looked at the two puppeteers in front of him, they behaved very naturally and looked pretty.Their overalls are neat and unruffled, with metal badges pinned to their chests engraved with their titles and names.

The tall puppet master is called "Wang Gao", and the short puppet master is called "He Le".

If these two puppet masters are puppets, then the work cards must be their ID cards.

Yun Xubai tapped the table with his fingers, and asked, "Is this class compulsory?"

He asked the voices of the players.

The smile on Wang Gao's face remained unchanged: "This experience class is an important part of the inspection trip, and a strike will affect your inspection tasks."

To translate it, it means—strike, no way.

After the voice fell, the players immediately received a system notification:

[The player must complete a puppet under the prompt of the puppeteer, otherwise he will be punished. ]

The expressions of the players suddenly collapsed, they were really afraid of something.

Players, you look at me, I look at you, and you have a lot to say in your heart.

Finally, they all looked at the three main god candidates in unison.Unknowingly, players have become accustomed to listening to their opinions.

Among the candidates for the main god, Yun Xubai is the core figure.

The god Thorn raised his eyebrows: "Have you thought of a solution?"

Yun Xubai nodded, and said softly: "Everyone, don't worry, think about the system notification first, and we will talk later."

The players followed his prompts and thought about it, showing suddenly enlightened expressions.

Yun Xubai looked at Wang Gao again: "Teacher, will the puppets we make have ID cards?"

Wang Gao smiled meaningfully: "Of course there will be, the teacher will teach you how to do it."

[Wow, this dungeon is so insidious, it’s fine to dig holes for players before, but now it’s blatantly letting players dig their own graves]

[How do they resolve it?If you make a puppet, you will harm yourself, if you don’t do it, you will fail the mission]

[What an experience class, let players experience the feeling of digging a hole by themselves]

[Brother Xu asked the players to think carefully about the system notification, I guess he is going to jump back and forth on the edge of the system again]

"Guests please take a look here," Wang Gao clapped his hands, and said in a loud voice: "Now we will start the lecture. The content is very simple, and the operation is not difficult. You can rest assured. Please concentrate and follow the steps of the teacher to operate. The teacher emphasized Steps must not be missed, otherwise it will affect the effect of the finished product."

Puppeteer He Le placed a mirror on the players' workbenches.

Wang Gao said: "When shaping the face, everyone can use the mirror to observe their own characteristics."

Looking at himself in the mirror, Yun Xubai couldn't help but think of the mirror image that was out of his control the first night he entered the dungeon.

It turned out that the dungeon was hinting at him from the very beginning that there would be "someone" to replace him one day.What's even worse is that the dungeon also wants him to make this substitute himself.

"Have you been fascinated by yourself in the mirror? We will get to the point next," Wang Gao said with natural enthusiasm: "The workshop has prepared the required materials for everyone. In the drawer, please open the drawer, let's get to know the materials."

The experience class is mainly based on experience. Players are not asked to make puppets from scratch, and all they do are simple and time-consuming tasks.

Yun Xubai opened the drawer and saw some semi-finished parts, such as limbs, body, head, eyeballs...etc.

The most eye-catching thing is a piece of leather placed in a small box.

The leather exudes a strange smell, and a name is written on it with cinnabar.

In the "Grandpa Wu's Studio" reproduced in the mansion, Yun Xubai also saw a piece of leather with his name written on it.

To be precise, this is not a piece of skin, but a human skin ghost, because it can move.

Puppeteer Wang Gao said: "These parts have been polished, what you have to do is to assemble them. Please take out the box in the upper left corner and spread the leather on the workbench."

Yun Xubai took out the box and looked at Wang Gao: "Teacher, what kind of skin is this?"

"Sheepskin." Wang Gao didn't change his expression: "Sheepskin has small pores and a delicate touch. It is the most suitable leather for puppets."

"Why do you use leather for puppets?" The god Bramble was a little disgusted.

Wang Gao looked at him sideways: "The pursuit of real people in making puppets is the inheritance of our puppet masters. Sewing a layer of leather on the surface of the puppets can better achieve this effect."

The human skin in the box began to vibrate, making a creepy "rustling" sound, as if something was about to come out.

Yun Xubai pointed to the escaped man's skin in front of him, and asked the two puppeteers, "What kind of skin do you think this is? Say it again?"

Wang Gao turned a blind eye and repeated with a smile: "Sheepskin."

The human skin is spread out, and the protrusions are shaped like two hands, doing stretching exercises.

The god Thorn twitched the corner of his mouth, and glanced at Wang Gao: "Your sheepskin can do radio gymnastics? It's almost crawling out, it's really nonsense."

Wang Gao didn't blink his eyes: "Sir, you are wrong, how can the sheepskin move?"

"Let's get back to the topic." Puppeteer He Le picked up a semi-finished head and demonstrated it to everyone: "The first step is to sew the skin for the embryo. Please take a knife and cut out a piece of leather that can cover the head. The key to this step is to recite your name silently in your heart."

Each work table is very open, players have ample work space.They wanted to follow the steps taught by the puppeteer, but the leather materials ran around like they had grown legs.

When Yun Xubai found the cutter, the human-skin ghost had already escaped from the prison and was about to slip under the table.

"Come back." Yun Xubai said coldly.

The human-skinned ghost didn't listen, let out a sharp cry, and crawled out in its own way.

The situation of other players is similar, and the classroom is in chaos.

Seeing the chaos, the two puppeteers still kept smiling.

"This is high-quality sheepskin, so it will inevitably be a little slippery. Everyone should be careful and come on."

Yun Xubai looked like he couldn't catch the human skin ghost, and looked at the puppeteer with big eyes: "These sheepskins are too slippery, can the two teachers get some gloves?"

This request was so reasonable, looking into Yun Xubai's eyes, the two puppeteers couldn't say no to it.

The two puppeteers looked at each other, and Wang Gao said, "I'll get it, I'll be right back, everyone, wait a moment."

As soon as Wang Gao left, the god Thorn found a reason and sent He Le as well: "Teacher, I'm so thirsty, can I bring some tea?"

After He Le also left, Gao Ling closed the door and used his skills to shield the classroom. Chaoyun Xubai raised his chin: "I can't hear the sound from here outside. Tell me, what's the matter?"

"Catch the 'fugitive' first." Yun Xubai stabbed the knife on the table, and looked at the human skin ghost sneaking under his feet in warning: "Come back."

Yun Xubai's aura was in full swing, the human-skinned ghost trembled, climbed onto the workbench, spread himself out, and lay down to be slaughtered.

Waiting for the players to get rid of the human-skinned ghost, Yun Xubai said: "Everyone knows the rules, and it is a mandatory requirement to complete the puppet. But there is no rule that you must use yourself as a template. The puppeteer is just misleading us."

The god Thorn nodded: "You must never make a puppet for yourself. Since the dungeon wants to trick us, we have no choice but to treat him in the same way."

Other players agree.

"Just now the puppeteer said that when sewing the skin for the puppet, you need to say the name silently." Yun Xubai spoke quickly, but the voice was very pleasant: "The names of the staff are all written on the badges, let's find an excuse later Go out for a trip, everyone chooses one as the target, remembers their faces and names, and in the next steps, all the information of the target will be substituted.”

Don't Npc just want to replace players with puppets, so let them try what it feels like to be replaced.Yun Xubai decided to personally give the npc the little puppet.

God Thorn slapped the table: "Good idea, we will post the name of the target in the player group later, don't repeat it."

This player group was created by the players who went to live in the room of God Thorn last night. After God Thorn made a suggestion, the group owner pulled other players in.

When the group leader pulled Shi Jin into the group chat, he realized that he was a little too quiet today, and asked cautiously, "Senior Shi Jin, do you have anything to add?"

"Very good, I will do as you say." Shijin said, and took the initiative to pass a message to Yun Xubai: "Xubai may have something to add."

Yun Xubai also felt that after Shi Jin came to the workshop, he was a little silent.The current attitude is like a show of favor, which is elusive.

Yun Xubai nodded to him, and said, "One more thing, we must keep the puppet's ID card in our hands. Be careful of the puppeteers and don't give them a chance to play tricks."

Making an ID card for your own puppet is an active "replacement" behavior. That ID card can't play the role of controlling the puppet, and it will only make the player's situation more difficult.But there is only one purpose for making ID cards for other puppets, and that is to control them!

After the discussion between the players was over, Gao Ling revoked his skills, and the puppeteers just opened the door and came in.

As soon as the puppeteers came in, the players found various excuses to slip out of the classroom, and the puppeteers couldn't stop them.

Yun Xubai and He Xue chose two puppet masters as targets, and they were responsible for staying in the classroom to watch over those restless human skin ghosts.

The puppeteers chased after the players and shouted: "The time for the experience class is limited, every inch of time is worth every inch of time, VIPs hurry up and go back to the classroom!"

After the players set their goals, they took the initiative to return to the classroom.

Yun Xubai asked the god Thorn: "Have you asked?"

He asked the god Thorn to inquire about some news by the way.

The god Thorn shook his head and said in a low voice, "No, no one knows Grandpa Wu's real name."

[Fuck, Brother Xu originally planned to make a puppet for Grandpa Wu?Did you just give up because you couldn't get your real name?As expected of you, tough enough]

[If you come out as a high imitation of Grandpa Wu, damn it, that would be awesome]

[Mom, I'm looking forward to it, brother Xu is starting to take the lead again]

[Hahaha what are the rules for?It is used to exploit loopholes! ]

[All the staff of the workshop, listen carefully, if you don't run, it will really be too late]

["I called Brother Xu" rewarded the applause artifact*1000]

Seeing the players sitting obediently in their positions, the puppeteers breathed a sigh of relief.

The puppeteers distributed gloves and tea to the players, and demonstrated how to cut leather again.

"Guests, hurry up." Wang Gao urged.

As soon as Yun Xubai put the knife on the human skin ghost, it automatically cut out a round piece of leather, not too big or too small, just fitting the puppet's head in his hand.

"The next step is sewing. When doing this step, you must remember to read your name silently, and imagine your own face after reading it silently." Wang Gao emphasized: "Sincerity leads to spirit. This step is to make the puppets more beautiful." Aura. If you miss this step, the puppet may not be successful."

For the word "unsuccessful", Wang Gao deliberately pronounced the accent, in case the players didn't hear it.

Players responded enthusiastically to him.

"Teacher, don't worry, we all followed the instructions."

"Reread it several times, you will never make mistakes, and you will definitely succeed."

Yun Xubai said with a smile: "Don't worry, teacher, our final results will definitely surprise you."

Of course I read my name, but it was not my own name.

Unaware of this, the puppeteers were satisfied with the player's response and began directing the next step.

"Please observe the facial features in the mirror, and choose the eyes and nose that are closest to you to install on the puppet's face. When doing this step, you should also silently say your name."

After Wang Gao finished talking about this step, he found that Yun Xubai looked at him without blinking, and asked, "Is there anything I don't understand?"

"No, I just want to remember the teacher's face." Yunxu Baiyun smiled lightly.

Wang Gao shuddered inexplicably: "Guests, let's look in the mirror and try to grasp the characteristics of your facial features."

Yun Xubai glanced sideways, and saw that "self" in the mirror was motionless, looking at him.

After a while, the corners of the "self" in the mirror raised the corners of its lips, showing a winning smile, as if saying that it was ready to come out at any time and take Yun Xubai's place.

Looking at the past again, the "self" in the mirror returned to its paralyzed appearance.

Yun Xubai curled the corners of his lips, not caring about it.

As long as he doesn't want to, nothing can replace him.

Yun Xubai's attitude made Mirror Mirror unhappy, and made a face at him.

Yun Xubai glanced at the mirror threateningly, and the mirror froze instantly, and silently lowered his head.

He Xue watched from the side, and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, are you playing with the mirror image?"

Yun Xubai: "It has dangerous thoughts, let me educate it."

The puppeteers were full of confidence, they didn’t go to the players to check, but watched them finish this step from a distance, and said with a smile: “Everyone has done well, next we will draw the mouths for the puppets, it’s best to draw the mouths that you often use. expression."

The players picked up their paintbrushes one after another.

Yun Xubai drew a smiling mouth on the puppet in his hand.

"There is still one step missing. Completing this step is the finishing touch." The puppeteer said: "Write your name on the back of the puppets, and then make exclusive ID cards for them and put them on clothes."

There is a template for the ID card in the material box, and the player only needs to fill in the name.

Yun Xubai said, "Teacher, I have a question."

Wang Gao: "You ask."

"The puppet I made doesn't look like myself at all, can writing my name represent me?" Yun Xubai was worried, and confirmed step by step.

"Because during the production process, you have been reciting the name sincerely and silently. I said that sincerity is the spirit, it must represent you. As for the appearance..." Wang Gao's smile deepened: "Maybe it looks like writing the name?"

In fact, puppeteers don't expect these players with no foundation to make puppets well. It doesn't matter whether they look good or not. Those steps with a sense of ritual are the essence.As long as the steps are good and you put your name on it, there's nothing wrong with this thing.

Only in this workshop can the puppets come to life quickly, but the puppet masters did not elaborate.

The puppet masters had ghosts in their hearts, and they couldn't read their minds, so they didn't realize that this group of students had completely learned "waste".

Yun Xubai quickly wrote on the back of the puppet and on the ID card: Puppeteer, Wang Gao.

The other players were afraid of being discovered, so they quickly wrote their names and completed this step.

As if they had agreed, they put the puppet on the table and held the puppet ID card in their hands.

At this moment, the puppets with names changed miraculously, and their facial features became closer and closer to real people.

"Do you feel that the little puppet and yourself are more and more... like...?" Wang Gao saw the little puppet in front of Yun Xubai's table, the smile on his face cracked, and his speech began to falter.

Something is wrong!How does this puppet resemble him so much! !What's even more frightening is that the other puppets on the table look exactly like his colleagues!

Yun Xubai stood up holding the scissors, and smiled gently: "Teacher, what will happen if you accidentally read and write someone else's name?"

Wang Gao's eyes widened: "Yes...will..."

He was speechless.

Because, the puppet on the table stood up.

The moment the puppets opened their eyes, the players received a notification of ID card binding.

These small puppets are all made in the appearance of the staff of the puppet workshop.They showed ferocious expressions and began to search for the original body.

Their first instinct is to kill the original body and complete the replacement.

"Little Wang Gao" in front of Yun Xubai quickly found Wang Gao, and rushed out like a rocket. Arrow. Cannon.

There are too many puppets here, Wang Gao knew he couldn't beat them, so he turned around and ran away.

"Little Wang Gao" chased after him closely, threw himself on Wang Gao's back, and opened his mouth to bite.At this moment, "Little Wang Gao" became the size of an adult, almost crushing Wang Gao.It released a strong Yin Qi and began to devour Wang Gao's body.

Under the instructions of the master, the other puppets rushed to help.

"How could this happen! Go away! Go away!!" Wang Gao was seriously injured, the camouflage on his body was exposed, and his body quickly withered, exposing his sallow skin.

The other puppeteer was also in very bad condition, screaming miserably from being tortured by several puppets.

Facts have proved that these substitutes are not inferior to the original body in strength, and even know the weakness of the original body.When they work together in groups, npcs can only become fish on the chopping board and let them be slaughtered.

Yun Xubai said slowly: "Teacher, this is a gift I carefully prepared for you. You have to be gentle."

Wang Gao turned his head to look at him, his originally fair face was covered with cracks, and his blood red eyes were full of hatred.

"How dare you hide Chen Cang!" Wang Gao exuded a tyrannical aura, and he wanted to attack Yun Xubai.But if you can't get rid of the puppet, you can't move an inch.

"I have been following the teacher's instructions. Does the teacher think there is something wrong?" Yun Xubai chuckled.

Wang Gao closed his eyes in despair, turned his head and rushed out the door, looking for help.

"What's wrong? Why is it so noisy here?" Xiao Lin pushed the door in and saw the chaotic scene, screaming: "What happened!"

Kobayashi couldn't ask why, and she was soon thrown down by the puppet who looked the same.After solving the three npcs in the room, the high imitation puppets rushed out of the hall.

They united and cooperated, and with the help of the players, they cleaned up the panicked NPCs at a terrifying speed and completed the replacement.

The puppet workshop was destroyed by the players.

[The surprise that brother Xu said is frightening to the npc]

[Brother Xu: Do you like the love puppet I made by myself? ]

Yun Xubai was very satisfied with the result: "This experience class is good and interesting. The dungeon is rushing to send us helpers."

The puppet workshop restrains the puppets of the players, but not the newly born puppets, so they are so "wild".These wild children have become the players' new helpers.

The players also had fun.

"I wanted to dig a hole for us, but I buried myself, hahaha."

"It's been a long time since I've had such a good time. It's cool to see the npc suffer."

[Have fun!This wave is beautiful! ]

[Have you noticed that the little puppets made by brothers Xu and the others have a high degree of cooperation, and the original npcs are afraid and are in a mess, no one directs them, and they are completely unable to parry]

[Excellent, these little puppets are fighting in groups, maybe because the commander-in-chief is Brother Xu]

[It's funny to think that the players have cheated them under the puppeteer's nose]

["Sprinkling flowers for this wave of teamwork" has rewarded Luoying Brilliant * 100 games]

In the puppet workshop, there is no npc that can stop the players for the time being.

They discussed it and decided to go to Grandpa Wu's studio to find clues.

Yun Xubai remembered that there was a sign outside the replica studio in the mansion, but not here.

To be on the safe side, he reminded the players to follow the rules of the sign after entering the studio.

The studio area is small, and players enter in batches.

Yun Xubai and the others are going to go in first to find out for the players.

Before going in, Yun Xubai paused, and invited Shi Jin: "Senior, come in together?"

Shi Jin gently refused: "Go ahead, I didn't have a good rest last night, and I'm not in a good state today."

There was indeed something wrong with Shijin's state, Yun Xubai thought about it for a while, but didn't insist, and entered the studio with his teammates.

This is almost the same as the one in the mansion, giving people a sense of familiarity.

Yun Xubai immediately went to look for his work notes, the yellowed notebook was spread out on the desk, and the opened page recorded new content.

"The strange disease in the town has spread even more. My good friend Dr. Li came to me and chatted for a while. He suddenly asked me if it was true that the puppet came back to life. I answered him honestly, others Everyone thought I was crazy, and Dr. Li was probably the only one willing to believe me.

"Doctor Li asked me to call Wu Yi in front of me. After seeing Wu Yi, he was very shocked. He did a detailed examination for Wu Yi, and then admitted the fact.

"After this, I had a conversation with him that lasted several hours, all about the manufacturing process of Wu Yi. In the end, he told me earnestly that he thought of a way to save the town.

"He called those trees the 'tree of life'. He said that the source of disease comes from the tree of life, and maybe these trees are the vitality. As long as these trees can change the patient's body, they can defeat the disease."

It turned out that Grandpa Wu developed the "puppet industry" under such circumstances.It was Dr. Li's first appearance, and Yun Xubai had not seen any information about him elsewhere.

Yun Xubai lifted "Xiao Wanggao" to the front of the work diary, let it blow air, and acted as a page-turning machine.

The thin paper was flipped open, revealing a new text:

"Our small town is too closed and poor. This is a crazy idea and the only hope. For the sake of the whole town, I agree with this proposal. Dr. Li's friend volunteered to be the subject of the experiment, and we are at work. Fang did a secret experiment, the patient experienced a lot of pain, but he survived in the end..."

Reading this passage, Yun Xubai seemed to see the crazy actions of Grandpa Wu and Dr. Li through the yellowed paper.During that period, it must have been full of bloody smell.

"Seeing him reborn, I have only one thought in my heart - a perfect work has been born! His resurrection from the dead endowed him with incomparable beauty, and its status in my heart is second only to Wu Yi. I honor him With a new name, 'Healing Series No. 01, Life', he is the beginning of all hope."

The Healing Puppet, was born like this.

Yun Xubai sighed as he thought of the bandages on the healing puppet and the bumbling scars.

The little puppet blew another breath, and the notebook turned the pages again.

"For the first time, I felt the joy of being a 'creator'. I thought, I seem to be able to gain more power..."

A short line of words made Yun Xubai's eyelids twitch.

Grandpa Wu's ambition is beginning to emerge.