I received a bounce from a non-existent player

I don't have any memory of the aftermath either, I probably fainted from the fright that lived up to expectations.When I woke up, it was already the next morning.I lay on the desk all night, and when I woke up, I felt a sore back and a suspicious bone clicking sound when I straightened my back.

The computer in front of him was still running the game interface, but it was already a black screen, and there was a small reminder hanging in the center of the screen: Your account is being logged in elsewhere.

Did I fall asleep playing games last night?I leaned on the computer table blankly in a less painful posture, looking at the reminder that I was topped in front of me.

What did I do last night?

It seemed to be a nightmare. In the dream, there was a boss whose ID could be named randomly, a book with weird details, and the most bizarre thing was Jiang Heng.I rubbed my sore and swollen temples and recalled the memories, thinking that I should read less novels recently, otherwise my mind would be full of messy and inexplicable things.

At this moment, a lazy voice came from the phone on the side: "Are you awake?"

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I looked at the phone in shock, and the two big characters of "Jiang Heng" were still displayed on the call interface, and I almost choked to death from a yawn I hadn't yet typed.

He didn't seem to feel the horror on my side, he was still talking slowly: "Yesterday you made no sound after the bang sound, I was so scared that I thought something happened to you, and I was about to rush over when I heard you snoring... ..."

"I don't snore." Dignity is paramount, so I corrected him immediately, and then said in shock, "Why are you calling me?"

He laughed: "Because you fainted from fright last night and didn't hang up the phone."

last night?I blinked my eyes and recalled what happened last night very quickly. The more I recalled, the more I felt something was wrong. Finally, soaked in cold sweat, I asked in a low voice: "So last night...wasn't it a dream?"

"of course not."

This materialist skips the startling step and falls straight into confusion.

"It's a good thing you passed out. It's not necessarily a good thing to be awake at this time. I blocked your account to log off the point card, otherwise your point card will have been burned by this time."

"Is this the time to worry about a few bucks? I almost had a cold last night, you know that?" I was heartbroken by his focus grabbing ability.

"Then let me put it this way. If you don't get your account quickly, you will lose your own legs. After this matter is resolved, your Taoist nun's legs in the game will probably come back." He sounded a little innocent.

I thumped in my heart: "Isn't that a bug?... What's going on here, can you still lose your leg...?"

"Don't worry. You won't if I'm here."

I couldn't think of anything to be reassured about, and while pressing my cold left shoulder to make sure there was nothing strange there, such as...a blue human hand, I asked tremblingly, "Who was that one last night?" ...What the hell is that...?"

He seemed to know my reaction, and smiled lightly: "That thing has no ability to harass you in broad daylight." After speaking, he seemed to find it amusing, and threw the question back to me, "What do you think it is? "

I stammered, "A prank?...a hallucination?"

But I'm the only one in the family, and I don't have any reason to have such hallucinations all of a sudden.

He listened with great interest to my guesses on a bunch of ideas that were close to the core concept of socialism, and then Yoyo dropped a bomb on me: "Ghost."

Um.This is indeed the most tangible explanation.

size! !

Even though I have experienced it myself, I still can't accept his theory of ghosts and gods, so I closed my eyes and calmed down.Materialism, materialism, how can a small citizen like me, who is doing his duty, run into such a wicked thing?I thought it made sense, so I tore open my neckline and glanced over my shoulder to prove that all ghosts and monsters are false, but when I saw a few black and green fingerprints, I tiredly recited Amitabha in my heart.

"Do you believe it?" He asked after waiting for a long silence on my side.

I said in my heart that I believe in ghosts, but the current situation seems that I really want to believe in ghosts, and my mood is complicated for a while.

"What do you want to ask?"

"I want to ask a lot." Hearing what he said, I was not polite. After taking a breath, I asked all the questions, "What do you know? Why did you come back to me suddenly? How did you know?" what happened to me?"

"...I can't go into details, but you know my in-game character is a priest." Contrary to me, his voice didn't sound like he was in a hurry.

I was stunned: "You don't want to tell me that your character is a Taoist priest, and you are also a Taoist priest in reality?"

"You may think so."

After a moment of silence, I clicked my tongue: "I really saw hell."

"To be precise, you saw several ghosts. The ones in the game and the one in your room." He also explained, "The one in the room should have a lot of grievances, otherwise it wouldn't be able to materialize. "

I shivered when I heard it: "...What does materialization mean?"

"Jian Wang III is a very humane game. Players put too much personal emotion into it, and for some it even surpassed reality. As a carrier of energy and emotions, the game has gradually taken over the souls of many dead players. Generally speaking It is said that ordinary people cannot see it. If the soul escapes the control of the real system, or if the grievance is too heavy like yesterday, it will be materialized in the game and displayed to the client user, which is commonly known as Ghost Net III. Appearing in reality, it means that its grievance is heavy enough for it to get rid of the carrier... Do you understand what I said?"

I nodded, forcing myself to accept this unrealistic reality: "Then what should I do now?"

"Since it's entangled with you, it won't leave unless you unravel the cause and effect, otherwise it will kill you and find the next medium."

As soon as I heard it, my eyes suddenly widened wider than anything else.

At this time, the game that had already been disconnected from the black screen suddenly let out a secret chatting sound.In the game interface that has obviously been disconnected and will no longer accept any information, a word suddenly appeared in the secret chat box.

[Von Nuo Erman] said to you quietly: If you continue, you will die and die.

Isn't this the non-existent player?

If it were normal, I would have to jump up from my chair at this time. After all, it would be too weird to still receive secret chats after being disconnected. However, after knowing what the other party is, I am not as scared as before. up.What the hell, it's normal to be weird.

Jiang Heng said that I would die if I sat and waited for death. This ghost said that I would die if I dared to continue.

I glanced at his secret chat, calmed down the restless goosebumps on my arms, and quit the game.

I copied the sentence about the details of the book on a piece of post-it note and held it in my hand to ponder.If the only way out is "unraveling cause and effect" as he said, then what is this cause and effect, and how should I unravel it?

Jiang Heng gave me an idea: "The only thing that is clear now is 'Mrs. Huan'. Anyway, there are no other clues at present, you can try to start with her."

At that time, I only thought that this was a way to end the nightmare, but unexpectedly, this was just the beginning of the bizarre.