Welcome to Nightmare Game III

"Stop ahead: Lucky Plaza."

Following the announcement of the steam train, Xiao Xiao walked out of the station.

Not far ahead is the Lucky Square, and at the end of the square is a cathedral, which is one of the emergency shelters that have existed since the establishment of Twilight Village, and it is the shelter that has rumors of being haunted this time.

During the war three years ago, it was also affected, and it was attacked by the monster Leviathan born under the whirlpool abyss, and was destroyed by fanatics who rushed into the church in the aftermath of the war, although the appearance is still intact , but the interior decoration was completely destroyed.Fortunately, most of the people in the refuge survived.

Instead of repairing it, the Inquisition closed it and built a lucky square outside.

There is a famous crack on the ground of Lucky Plaza—a gigantic ground fissure with a length of [-] meters, which runs from the entrance to the exit of Lucky Plaza.

Every time she comes to Lucky Square, Xiaoxiao will stand on the ground and look down. White wild flowers have grown in the underground soil. She is very curious about what kind of weapon and power can tear such a gap in the ground. .

Lucky Square is crowded with people. This is one of the famous scenic spots in Twilight Township. There is a fountain in the center of the square, and a human-shaped sculpture stands in the fountain.It is said that if you come here for a mission and pray, you will be blessed with luck. Superstitious players quickly believed in this legend, and a large number of players came here to toss coins every day.

Tossing heads means everything went well, tossing tails...then throw another one, it will always come up heads anyway.

Xiaoxiao came to the fountain and took out a special coin, which was shining brightly, with several clear characters on it: 10 minutes.

This is the time currency issued by the time bank in Twilight Land, and the numbers on it represent time, not money.

Its appearance can be traced back to two years ago. Twilight Township, which is safe, stable and prosperous in business, finally made up its mind to change the old way of time trading between players.

In the past, players had to pass paper contracts to trade time with players. These contracts were all reviewed by the transaction review department of the court, and there were often illegal time transactions with clever names, which was very inconvenient.With the increasing prosperity of Twilight Land, this backward time trading method can no longer adapt to reality.

Therefore, with the establishment of the time bank, Twilight Village began to allow players to exchange their remaining survival days into "time currency". The denominations of these currencies are generally small, the smallest denomination is 10 minutes, and the largest denomination is only 1 day , each player is allowed to exchange a limited amount, but this currency circulating among players greatly facilitates daily activities.

Players finally don't have to go to restaurants to pay for meals and have to read and sign contracts carefully, which is neither safe nor convenient.Now, players can hand over the time currency to pay for their consumption, either in style or in heartache.When needed, players can also take these currencies to the time bank to exchange for the number of days they survived, or exchange them for the currency that circulates among the aborigines in the nightmare world.

Time equals money, this sentence is an unquestionable motto in the world of nightmares.

Holding a 10-minute coin in his small palm, he prayed silently: I hope this expedition will go well.

After making a wish, she threw the coin into the pool under the sculpture, and was satisfied to see that it was heads.

There are countless time coins sleeping under the surface of the water, piled up in one layer, covering the white inlaid bricks at the bottom of the pool.She was a little greedy, but she didn't dare to stretch out her hand, because she knew that the wishing pool was enchanted. Once she put her hand into the bottom of the pool, the executive officer of the court would immediately appear in front of her and ask her to go to the prison to calm down.

Xiao Xiao raised her head and looked at the sculpture against the bright winter sun.

It was a boy with a youthful face, wearing a doctor's white coat, his hands were gathered and spread out on his chest, and there were six bullets in his palm.He looked at the bullet in his hand with a faint smile on his face.She couldn't describe what kind of smile it was, as if she had finally returned to her comfortable home after a long and arduous journey, but she couldn't help but miss the friends she couldn't meet again.

Xiao Xiao lowered her head and looked at the sign next to the wishing pool. There was a sentence written on it: "Lucky Dr. Lu is a happy prince. He gave all his luck to everyone, so the happy prince went home."

This is where Lucky Square comes in.

This little hero who protected the sanctuary during the war should have returned home, right?Xiao Xiao comforted herself with anticipation, she would go back one day, but she was very reluctant to part with her best friend.

She stood by the fountain for a long time. Someone stood beside her and tossed a coin too. The shiny coin spun and fell into the water, tails.

Xiao Xiao waited for a long time but still didn't wait for the man to throw the second one, so she turned her head and looked over. The man standing beside her was about 35-[-], with a serious and indifferent expression, and deep shadows in his half-closed eyes.He has unshaven beard on his chin, casual hairstyle and casual clothes, and she can smell the smell of meat buns from his body, completely unkempt.

This is really a strange man, thinking carefully, she skillfully activated [Troublesome Mind-Reading Girl], and read an unusually short sentence from the heart of this man who was focusing on the statue.

--Thank you.

The man noticed her gaze, turned his head and glanced at her, Xiao Xiao immediately lowered his head as if nothing had happened, and fiddled with the communication device to send a message to Judge Fu, telling him that she was already by the fountain in Lucky Square, waiting for him to meet .

Unexpectedly, as soon as the news came out, Xiao Xiao heard the beeping sound of another communicator beside him.

She turned her head in astonishment, and the man who smelled like meat buns took a look at the communicator and met her gaze.

Huh?

what!

Is he the prairie hunk racing wild boar in that travel note?

Xiao Xiao showed an awkward yet polite smile: "Hello, Mr. Sai Ting!"

Fu Yue:?

Realizing the embarrassment of Xiaoxiao who called the wrong name and wanted to jump into the big crack in the square, she blushed: "Hello, President Fu..."

As if Fu Yue didn't hear anything strange, he grinned at her and took out a bag of meat buns in his pocket: "You are the new girl, do you want some meat buns?"

Xiao Xiao wanted to nod at first, but when she saw the oil stain on Fu Yue's sleeve, she immediately shook her head frantically: "No, no, no, I'm not hungry, thank you President Fu."

Fu Yue regretted eating by himself, and took Xiao Xiao to the cathedral of the refuge, chatting while walking.

He speaks with a Beijing accent, he is very funny and humorous, he is very familiar with himself, he claims to like chatting with beautiful girls, he talks about his adventures in the Northern Continent like a storyteller, and the curious Xiaoxiao is immediately attracted by his The story captivates.

"Let's talk about it next time, finish the work first." Fu Yue said.

Xiao Xiao nodded embarrassedly, and looked at the fence and iron gate in front of him, behind which was the sealed haunted shelter.

"But we don't have the key." Xiaoxiao said worriedly, thinking about which department she should ask for the key, probably the logistics department.

"It's simple, it's a piece of cake!" Fu Yue laughed loudly, he jumped up easily, jumped onto the three-meter-high wall, and then threw a hemp rope down, "Come on, little girl, I will pull you up."

President Fu is as nimble as an ape, and Xiao Xiaoxiao, who successfully climbed over the wall, thought that he is indeed a strong man who can roam and take risks in the Northern Continent.And she, if she hadn't been driven crazy by herself at that time, and bought a spaceship ticket to the desert parish of Tranquility, she might not have stepped out of the land of dusk until now.

If there is a chance, she also wants to travel around the world, preferably with Nightingale, Aurora Hunter is very good at adventure.

The two came to the front of the church. The defensive array had already failed, but the door of the refuge was closed. This was not a problem for Fu Yue. He quickly found a broken window from the back, pointed to the messy footprints on the window sill and laughed. : "It seems that a lot of mice have sneaked in here recently, and there will be two more today, but we are the cats that come to catch mice."

As he spoke, he also learned an angry meow, which was so vivid.

Xiaoxiao was amused, and followed Fu Yue through the window into the shelter.

The interior of the shelter was neater than Xiao Xiao had imagined. Although most of the tall Roman columns had collapsed, the murals on the walls had also been smoked, and moss plants even grew in the cracks in the corners.However, the traces of destruction have obviously been cleaned up, the hall area has been removed, and the altar in the front is also empty.

Leaving the hall, the two walked through the circular corridor, looking around vigilantly while walking, but found nothing.

"It doesn't look like there's anything unusual." Xiao Xiao muttered, "Maybe we should come at night? If it's haunted, it's always at night."

Fu Yue stroked the stubble on his chin and stared at the traces of dust in the corner: "It doesn't have to be haunted."

"Oh?"

"Based on my experience, most of them are playing tricks. You never know what's going on in people's minds." Fu Yue complained.

Xiaoxiao, who is good at reading minds, feels guilty, and she really knows it.

Fu Yue: "I have encountered several haunting-related cases before. The truth is all kinds of strange things. Most of them are brains. One is that the reporter always sees a naked head beating outside the garden in the middle of the night, which scares him. He didn’t dare to go out, but after checking, it was a bald man in black who practiced rope skipping every night, because he had long-term insomnia, and thought that jumping rope for an hour in the middle of the night would help him sleep. After hearing this, the neighbor punched him down and helped him sleep. "

Xiaoxiao: "..."

Fu Yue: "The other case is in the Wanwu Factory. Someone reported in the staff dormitory, saying that every time the elevator stopped on their floor, but no one opened the door, and strange noises came from the toilet in the middle of the night. After investigation, one The invisible male employees sneak into the women’s dormitory every night and have sex with their lovers in the bathroom, and they are both fired.”

Xiaoxiao: "???"

Fu Yue: "There is one more bizarre thing, which is inside our trial court. The captain of a executioner team suspected that he was possessed by a ghost, because he couldn't remember what happened after nightfall every day, and his body was very tired. There were constant bruises, scratch marks and weird harassing messages from strangers every day, luring him out at night."

This sounds like a ghost possessed, Xiao Xiao asked: "So?"

Fu Yue: "Later, it was found out that he was a genius. Every night, he automatically switched his personality and went to clubs in various pubs. He was called the little prince of nightclubs and the pile driver in the evening town. Oh, his No. 1 personality is Straight Male, the second personality is GAY. Now his two personalities can communicate with each other, and they quarrel every day. The main personality doesn’t let him flirt, and the secondary personality makes a threesome date that night.”

Xiao Xiao: "This..."

If you have the opportunity, you must read the complicated heart of this fine executioner.

Fu Yue added another breaking news in the industry: "Oh, the secondary personality has even chased after Qi Leren."

Xiao Xiao immediately screamed: "How dare he?!"

Fu Yue laughed loudly: "At that time, Qi Leren was not in good health. He looked weak and weak. The secondary personality fell in love with him at first sight. Then..."

Xiao Xiao pricked up his ears, but Fu Yue spread his hands: "Anyway, the secondary personality never appeared in front of Qi Le people again."

Xiao Xiaoyou stared at him resentfully, omitting at least [-] words, she wanted to hear the story of the homosexual chasing a straight man and being beaten violently, but Fu Yue had already talked about other topics.

After walking through every corner of the shelter, everything was normal, and Xiao Xiao felt that this trip would probably end in vain.

"Oh, it's the tower." Fu Yue looked at the stairs in front of him, the relaxed expression on his face faded, and he whispered, "I haven't been here for a long time."

President Fu has been here before?Xiaoxiao was a little curious, she followed Fu Yue's footsteps up the dark steps of the church tower, the steps were already very old, and the loose wooden boards creaked when stepped on.

As the dusty wooden door opened, she could see everything in the tower clearly.

The top of the tower is small, but there are several large glass windows through which the winter sunlight falls onto the floor of the tower, illuminating the dusty old room.There was a stuffy smell in the air, and a faint scent of flowers.

On a high-backed wooden chair by the window, a bunch of rough-wrapped lilies and carnations was quietly placed there.

The flowers bloomed just right, from the stamens of the lilies to the petals of the carnations. It was as if someone had been here not long ago, sat on this seat for a long time, and finally put the bouquet of flowers on the chair.

Xiaoxiao stepped forward and came to the side of the bouquet. Looking out from this position, you can clearly see the big crack that runs through the Lucky Square, as well as the fountain sculpture in the center of the square. I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but the sculpture is just right Face the tower.

"Who put this bouquet of flowers?" Xiao Xiao turned around and asked Fu Yue.

Fu Yue stood outside the door, there was no light in the stairwell, half of his body was buried in the darkness, so Xiao Xiao couldn't see his expression clearly, she just felt that he seemed very sad.

After a long time, he answered the question with a hoarse voice.

"The one who sent you here."

That person came here quietly before dawn and checked the abnormal situation in the shelter. He didn't want fanatics or demons mixed into the Twilight Land to disturb his friend's sleep.

After confirming that there was no problem, his depressed mood eased a little.He walked up the creaking steps to the tower with a bouquet of flowers fresh from his half-field, and sat in a chair by the window looking into the distance.

In the distance is the hometown of twilight, which is brightly lit in the night.

The sun never sets here, but now it rises and the moon sets, but it is as white as day in the dark night.

The lights in the office hall of the trial office were still on, and a team of night patrol executives drove steam cars to the area on duty, so that the fanatics did not dare to wreak havoc in the night.

The crystal refinery was brightly lit, and the demonic crystals were boiling in the high-pressure boiler, bringing electricity to the entire Twilight Township, driving the dim kerosene street lamps out of the streets and alleys.

The factory of all things, which is non-stop around the clock, is pouring out the goods that are about to be shipped to all parts of the world. After each cargo-carrying aircraft lands and overhauls, it will quickly be replaced with another batch of pilots who are ready to go, carrying the cargo and starting the journey to the sky.

The business districts where the lights are blooming are still full of people in the middle of the night. Aboriginal humans, orcs, elves, players and even demons who have hidden their identities from the various parishes enjoy the unprecedented vitality and prosperity in this world.

But all of this has nothing to do with the person who has passed away.

Among the countless tombstone owners on Undead Island three years ago, only that person saw such a grand sight.

Just last night, that man came to visit his best friend.