Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

In this nightmare, the so-called oblivion, is a completely random thing.

I don't know when it will happen, I don't know who it will happen to, I don't know which memory will be forgotten... In short, this is a matter of luck.

At least the bald head and the flower arm, even if they have come to this nightmare, they never know what kind of process the loss of memory is in this nightmare.

That's even automatically rationalized!

Like Wu Jian, he lost the memory of them ever going to the "treasure house", but the situation didn't seem strange to him.

Even if he lost that memory, he still remembered that they set off from the starting point and divided into three groups. He and Fei walked the south road and met that strange survivor.

Then they came to the building to meet other taskers, and then they saw a survivor who fell from the building, and then they talked with the bookstore owner...

Yes, in his memory, they did these things in the past hour.

Treasure house?food?He never remembered that they went looking for it.

They obviously went directly to the building to meet other taskers, didn't they?

When asking clearly what Wu Jian's memory was like, Fei frowned involuntarily.

She realized a terrible problem - if the amnesia in this nightmare was not sudden and noticeable, then maybe they all have amnesia at this moment, but they don't know it?

This will bring additional communication costs, just like at this time, Wu Jian's face is full of bewilderment, if it weren't for Fei's prestige in front of him, he would have been very impatient.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with his memory at all—what amnesia?Where does he have amnesia?

Such a natural thought and performance made Fei feel a deeper fear.

If amnesia is random, and the candidates are also random, then the more the nightmare develops, the information they find will be lost one by one, and the information obtained by each tasker will be unequal, and they will even simply Neatly forget important info...

They will be suspicious of each other.The chaotic situation will make it impossible for them to concentrate on the nightmare.They will search in vain for their lost memories.

...Fei knew that in this nightmare, their memory would have problems.But she never thought that it would be in such a form.

Fei sighed wearily: "Let's go to the playground first. On the way, maybe we should check our memory..."

At this time, the collector suddenly interrupted her: "However, since this situation has already occurred, why don't we first ask the two—the forerunners.

"Did you also encounter the same situation in the last nightmare? Why didn't you say it?"

Huayi opened his mouth to explain, but the bald head said in a cold tone: "I'm not obliged to tell you everything, am I?" He glanced at every tasker present, and then smiled with satisfaction, "Besides , Empty words are useless. When you really lose your memory, of course you will know about it."

Fei said impatiently, "Stop making noise—is that okay, children?"

Collector and Bald glared at her at the same time.

Fei bit her lip, her tone was a bit depressed: "So, act like a man, okay?"

The two stopped talking.

Mu Jiashi had never intervened in the conflict between them, so he said thoughtfully at this time: "Maybe we can try other methods?"

"what?"

Mu Jiashi said: "Me and him." He pointed to the collector, "We went around the playground and came from a little south. We passed a non-staple food store at that time, and there were a few pens in it... "

Speaking of this, Fei already understood what he meant, and her eyes lit up immediately.

But before she had time to say anything, Collector suddenly changed his face: "What?! When have we been to a non-staple food store??"

Mu Jiashi glanced at him, but his expression didn't change. He said, "You can look for it in your pocket. I gave you half a sausage."

The collector really fumbled in his pocket, took out half a sausage, and stared at it for a while.His expression made people immediately think of a sentence: What the hell is this? !

But the collector's face changed in the next second, and he said with a smile: "Oh, it's really interesting..." He said, he chewed and ate half of the ham sausage, "It's really interesting ..."

Memory... he murmured the word softly.

Fei glanced at him, and then said, "Let's find some food. In 5 minutes, we'll go to the playground."

Several people dispersed and walked away.

Fei and Wu Jian walked to a place slightly away from other taskers.

Wu Jian said with a bitter face: "I really forgot...? Something is wrong, I really didn't feel that there was something wrong with my memory, and I didn't even know when I forgot."

Scarlet said without changing his face: "Look for food first. Also, the human brain has always been miraculous."

Wu Jian's expression changed.

He hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "You mean..." He swallowed nervously, looked around subconsciously and nervously, as if something was peeping at them, and said in a low voice, "About how we About entering the narrow building?"

Fei looked at him calmly for a while, then said, "About your stomach growling, it has already disturbed my ears."

Wu Jian: "..."

He smiled awkwardly and hurried to find food.

Fei also started looking for food.She turned over some rocks and found a small bag of biscuits, which she opened and ate.While eating, she still couldn't help thinking about what Wu Jian said.

Something about how they got into the narrow building.

...No one has that memory, it seems like a mysterious and weird collective amnesia event.

Some missionaries said, why bother so much, they are already in the narrow building, so they just need to focus on the present moment.

Some missionaries said they didn't want to face these things, they didn't dare.Amnesia is amnesia, if such a horrible thing can be forgotten, then they would rather lose their memory.

Some missionaries said that it is right not to remember, right?The possible behind-the-scenes black hands can quietly move so many humans into a game, so how could they not attack their memories?

Some missionaries even said that they have no way of knowing the truth, so just give up.

But Fei and Wu Jian, including the group of taskers behind them who want to know the truth, can never let go of this matter.

Why do they lose their memory?Why did they enter the narrow building?Why is the cycle of nightmares and death repeated forever in such a dark place?

Fei swallowed the last biscuit and clapped her hands.

She clenched her hands, thinking disdainfully—those cowards.Those who don't want to face the truth, just want to turn themselves into zombies and fools in front of ostriches, cowards.

She is not like that.

She will always be chasing the truth.If she cannot learn the truth about the narrow building in this life, then she will die with regret.

Fei closed her eyes and let out a long sigh.Then, noticing the time, she went to join the other taskers.

According to Mu Jiashi's suggestion, they first went to the grocery store to find those pens.

They want to write down the clues they have harvested so they won't be forgotten.

Hua Arm secretly looked at his elder brother.With a bald head and no words, he could only watch the group of taskers tossing about peacefully, even though he was thinking in his heart: It's useless at all...

But they found the pen, but not the paper.They searched and searched in the non-staple food store, wasting a lot of time, and finally Fei had to say: "Let's go to the playground first, and we will talk about the paper problem later."

So, they slanted upwards from the south and headed towards the playground.

At this time, Xu Beijin and Dai Wu had already arrived at the playground.

The two of them were silent all the way.

Finally, Dai Wu jokingly said, "Why are you so silent?"

Xu Beijin glanced at him and said, "I'm thinking."

Dai Wu raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you curious about this nightmare again?"

Xu Beijin hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Dai Wu showed a subtle expression, and then said: "This nightmare... To be honest, I have never met the owner of the nightmare, so I don't know what the situation is like. Anyway... This place really looks like the ruins after the end of the world Yes, including... the cosplayers."

He stood still, looking around at the surrounding ruins, complex emotions flashed in his eyes.

Xu Beijin also stood there.He heard the whistling wind, as if it was blowing from farther away, from a world beyond the white mist.However, these human beings who live in the fog never know what the outside world is like and what it has become.

He closed his dry eyes and let out a sigh in his heart.

They didn't stand for too long and walked directly into the playground.

Dai Wu actually came to ask him to change shifts... It can be said that.

This group of survivors gathered in the playground has now formed a special organization, and the leader is the middle-aged man in black robe that Xu Beijin saw in the live broadcast room.

These survivors believe that human beings are the impurities of the earth.The so-called "doomsday" is actually the divine punishment sent down by the gods to punish the overindulgent human beings.

They practice self-denial, forbearance, and abstinence, and live like ascetic monks on the ruins after the end of the world, hoping to wash away their sins and gain liberation.

...religion in the last days.It can even be called a cult.Xu Bei thought with all his heart.

This group of survivors generally centered on the playground, but they also radiated their forces outward, almost controlling the ruins in the nightmare.

The building was the farthest bastion of the group.The reason why that bookstore can exist is to leave a remote bridgehead, an outpost.

In addition, that building also serves the purpose of execution—that is, the man who was pushed down the stairs as seen by the taskers.

According to the memory provided by the main brain, this group of "priests" in the playground will hold a meeting every week, which is the scene Xu Beijin saw from the live broadcast room.

And at the assembly, they would hold a trial for heresy.If the result of the trial is passed by all members, then the "betrayer" who became a heresy will be punished by falling, that is, pushed from the roof of the building.

It was a murder, but these survivors were used to it.

Every week, after the executions, there will be a changing of the guard at the bookstore.

Xu Beijin thought in his heart that this behavior was to prevent the people in the bookstore from rebelling, so he had to change someone to go there every once in a while.

But all of this is just the background setting of this nightmare after all.

A group of extremists triggered by the doomsday, trials, executions, changing of the guard, and the punishment of falling... But for this nightmare, what do these mean?

Xu Beijin's eyes were deep, and under the leadership of Dai Wu, he walked to the depths of the playground, followed the instructions of the mastermind, and recited his lines step by step and numbly, that is, to report some information about the bookstore and the building.

...God knows the meaning of these lines he read, did the mastermind write it himself?

The audience was laughing and laughing, thinking that this scene was very interesting.

But Xu Beijin felt that there was a lifeless, gloomy and weird atmosphere in the playground.When he saw the gloomy eyes of the middle-aged man in black robe, he suddenly realized.

That's why Dai Wu would say that this place looks like a post-apocalyptic ruin—including those cosplayers.They seem to have fully entered the drama, they seem to have really become the survivors in the doomsday, the crazy followers of the man in black.

Xu Bei felt sorry for each other with all his heart.

After he dryly reported the events of the past week, the man in black calmly let him go out.When Xu Beijin looked at him, at that moment, Xu Beijin had some doubts about whether the man in front of him had actually entered the scene.

Has he become the maniac who yells that "humans are the impurities of the earth"?

But his eyes were still sober and calm, even with a kind of shallow sadness.

That gloom still permeated his body, but it seemed that at that moment, when he realized that Xu Beijin and Dai Wu were about to leave, he seemed to relax a little, and then revealed his true colors.

There are only three of them in this small house.What used to be the ticket office for what appeared to be a haunted house is now the residence of the middle-aged man.

So after hesitating for a moment, Xu Beijin asked him, "About this nightmare..."

The middle-aged man changed back to his original appearance the moment Xu Beijin spoke, and was taken aback when Xu Beijin said the word nightmare.

He was silent for a while, and then said: "Don't meddle in this matter. Those actors are crazy." His voice was low and hoarse, and he laughed hoarsely, "Humans are the impurities of the earth, maybe, That's right."

Xu Beijin hesitated for a moment, confirmed that the man had given up on himself, and reluctantly chose to leave.

He and Dai Wu walked to the other side of the playground, where almost no one was there.Farther away are some collapsed rockery, which seems to be the place where the roller coaster in the playground used to pass.

But now, everything is ruined.

Dai Wu said: "Look, many co-stars are hopeless."

Xu Beijin gave a wry smile.

"I," Dai Wu said with a little tentativeness in his tone, "I actually hope that I can really defeat NE, and then leave this narrow building. However, some people, whether they are taskers Still a cosplayer, even if you leave this place, the trash is still trash."

Xu Beijin said, "Will you be able to leave the narrow building if you defeat NE?"

Dai Wu was taken aback.

"...Many people say that NE is just an artificial intelligence behind the scenes to monitor us."

Dai Wu laughed: "I didn't expect you to know those conspiracy theories." He stretched, "What's the matter? This is just a good hope. It's like a carrot hanging in front of a mule.

"Down with NE...Second Life...anything is fine. I just don't want to be like those cosplayers."

He raised his chin, pointing out that he was referring to the group of performers in the playground.

They've gotten lost in the roles they're playing.

Dai Wu said: "From this perspective, isn't this like a nightmare of eternal collapse?"

After a moment of silence, Xu Beijin said: "If the actors really blend into their roles, then they won't think there is anything wrong with the nightmare of collapse." His tone was a little complicated, "Actually, the actors face The correct situation is much more complicated than the taskers."

Dai Wu gave him a slightly surprised look, then laughed: "That's true."

Xu Bei was distracted for a moment, and he thought of something else, such as... the nightmare of eternal collapse.

Taskers will fall into the nightmare of eternal collapse, and so will cosplayers.

As the number of times the nightmare is opened increases, the nightmare will slowly collapse to a certain extent; and in the end, it will fall into an eternal collapse.

The specific number of times, the situation after the crash, and whether it will definitely fall into it are all unknown.But that is a situation that definitely exists, and both the tasker and the actor believe it.

But Xu Beijin also knows that, to a certain extent, whether the taskers and actors will fall into the nightmare of eternal collapse actually depends on their subjective will.

If they have been sober, rational, calmly thinking and escaping, then they will certainly not sink into it.

But if on the contrary, the taskers themselves have collapsed, unable to deal with what happened in the nightmare, or the actors have completely integrated into their roles, unable to distinguish the difference between reality and fantasy, narrow building and nightmare, reality and acting , Then, there is a great possibility that they will stay in the nightmare forever.

The eternal collapse of nightmare also means the eternal collapse of taskers and players.

As long as either of them can keep their cool, it's not over yet; but emotional contagion is quick, so often the nightmare's perpetual collapse is a one-off.

Xu Beijin himself had never experienced that kind of nightmare, nor had he actively participated in the development of the nightmare before.However, he could imagine what a terrible situation that would be.

Dai Wu said: "In fact, I only hope that even in the narrow building, I can live a good life."

Xu Beijin smiled lightly.

Dai Wu said in surprise, "You're not laughing at my idea, are you?"

Xu Beijin: "..."

He straightened his face and said seriously, "I didn't."

Dai Wu shrugged: "Just kidding." He looked at Xu Beijin, hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "You know..."

"what?"

Dai Wuzhi hesitated and said, "It's...the nearest narrow building..."

Xu Beijin frowned at him.

Dai Wu swallowed the words all at once, and said with a sneer: "Forget it, forget it, I won't ask any more."

Xu Beijin: "..."

baffling.he thought.

At this time, there was a loud noise from a little farther away from the playground.The master brain enters some information into their brains, telling them what to do now.

When this kind of scene is relatively large and the activities of the taskers are very free and flexible, NE has a stronger sense of presence.It will always appear when necessary, telling the players what to do now.

So Dai Wu and Xu Beijin bid farewell and went to where they should go.

And Xu Beijin also followed the mastermind's request and walked to the noisy place.

His mood suddenly felt strange, because at this moment, he seemed to be more than just a group performer.On the tasker's side, he can even be called an important role in this nightmare.

He thought, maybe that's why the mastermind asked him to appear on the only way for the taskers?

This made Xu Beijin feel a burst of novelty.

He walked forward again, pretending that he was just passing by by accident, but happened to be discovered by the taskers who came here to collect information—the ones he met were Mu Jiashi, Collector and Fei.

The six taskers were divided into two groups. The collectors could not be with the bald head and the flower arm, so the team was split up like this.

There is Fei's selfishness in this, because Wu Jian is the person she really trusts, so she must let Wu Jian go to the other side to see the specific situation, and also to monitor the bald head, a restless tasker.

The way they entered the playground was very simple and rude-by force.

Before Mu Jiashi and the collector walked to the main entrance, there were many survivors guarding there, they had no choice but to take a detour.

But after the playground collapsed, it was originally an open area.They changed the direction now, and although they also met some survivors, after some fighting and shoving, a few taskers got in smoothly.

However, this action also attracted the attention of many survivors in the playground, and they were slowly gathering.

When Mu Jiashi and others met Xu Beijin, he actually planned to go to the deeper fountain pool square to meet other survivors.

But the mastermind deliberately arranged for him a path that must be passed by the taskers, and deliberately asked him to disclose some information to the group of taskers.

Fei almost saw the man in the white shirt with messy hair at a glance, she said to herself strangely: "The bookstore owner...?"

The collector touched his chin: "Why did he appear here?"

Xu Beijin has already made plans to tell the group of taskers what is going on in this playground and the group of survivors.But the missionaries came up and asked: "Do you remember us?"

Xu Beijin: "..."

He choked for a moment.

He knew what the missionaries meant. They were probably worried that he would also lose some memory, but...but why did this sound like doubting his memory?

Xu Beijin slandered secretly, but calmly glanced at the three people in front of him, and nodded a little laxly.

"Great!" Fei pretended to be delighted, "We just came here, so we don't know much about the situation here..."

Then, the situation returned to Xu Beijin's control.However, he still carried out an information transaction on the grounds of adhering to his principle of equivalent exchange.

But the taskers didn't know anything, they just talked about the loss of memory.

Xu Bei knew about this matter as early as possible, and he didn't hide it, after all, this was what the bald head and the flower arm told him.So, he said calmly: "I already know about this matter, but...forget it. Just treat it as if you owe me a sum."

Fei hurriedly nodded.

In the live broadcast room, the audience shouted: "The taskers are all fooled! It's so miserable to be deceived by Beibei!"

Xu Beijin glanced at the live broadcast room, with a slight smile in his eyes.

The taskers were a little nervous, because they didn't know why Xu Beijin laughed, and they just felt that the other party was thinking of some bad idea.

Unexpectedly, Xu Bei knew that his image had been fixed on both righteousness and evil. He seriously told the taskers all the information, even including where the black-robed man lived.

Fei was a little surprised, and then she suddenly realized: "I understand what you mean. Don't worry, we will definitely get things done."

Xu Beijin: "..."

He was slightly dazed.

The audience in the live broadcast room laughed loudly: "I get it, I get it! This girl must think that Beibei wants to do something to that black-robed man!"

"Look, Beibei, you have already told me where he lives. Isn't Sima Zhao's heart known to everyone?"

"It's no wonder the girl misunderstood. If it were me, I would also doubt why Beibei would explain it in such detail!"

The corners of Xu Beijin's mouth twitched slightly, and he frowned with some headache.He hesitated for a moment, thinking, what should I do?He didn't mean that?But if he explained too much, would the taskers misunderstand him again?

While hesitating, the collector suddenly pointed to the front and said with a smile, "Is that the man?"

Fei raised her head, her eyes lit up: "Black robe, middle-aged, hooked nose... that's him!"

Xu Beijin quickly said: "You don't need to do anything to him...he will tell you something." He thought, he must be worthy of his colleagues, and then he quickly stabilized his image, "However, you already owe me this." Two pieces of information."

Fei hurriedly thanked him, and chased after him with the collector.

Mu Jiashi didn't keep up with them, and took the initiative to say, "I'll follow him," he pointed to Xu Beijin, "is that okay?"

Fei slightly frowned, but then let go.She thought that since the bookstore owner was an important member of the nightmare, there must be someone by his side, and Mu Jiashi was the best choice.

At least after the nightmare started, Mu Jiashi has been peacefully not acting as a demon.

But Mu Jiashi has another purpose for staying by Xu Beijin's side.

Why did Xu Beijin come to the playground from the bookstore?Is there another mystery here?In the nightmare, is something going to happen soon?

Maybe you really need to pay attention to his next actions.

Fei and Mu Jiashi looked at each other, then nodded, and left with the collector without looking back.They fell behind the man in black robe and walked away slowly.

Xu Bei looked at Mu Jiashi, and couldn't help but ask, "You're looking for me alone, what's the matter?"

As he spoke, he continued to walk forward.Because a stranger broke in, according to the rules of the group of survivors in the playground, they were going to gather at the fountain pool square, so now Xu Beijin had to rush there.

But why Mu Jiashi followed him made Xu Beijin a little puzzled.

What is puzzling is that with Mu Jiashi in such a dejected state, it is unlikely that he would offer to follow a certain narrow building resident alone, inquiring about news and so on... This is not in line with his current state of mind.

So Xu Beijin thought, did Mu Jiashi have something else to tell him, so he sent the other two taskers away on purpose?

And so it is.

However, after a moment of hesitation, Mu Jiazhen decided to turn around and turn to another direction: "I do have something to look for you alone. I wanted to look for you in the narrow building, but...uh, anyway, it would be great if I could meet you in a nightmare But that's all."

Xu Beijin blinked his eyes in a daze.

"You may not be very clear about what happened in the narrow building recently..." Mu Jiashi was a little embarrassed to speak, and kept thinking about his words, "In short, it is because of Mr. Ringo's...uh, feelings...love for you? So ..."

Xu Beijin interrupted Mu Jiashi's words suddenly, he stopped in his tracks, and said in disbelief: "Wait...! You said Lingo likes me?!"