Strange story player

"The chief has exceeded five hundred spiritual pupils?"

In the windy corridor, Jiang Du walked forward while asking about the details of the spiritual pupils.

Chen Zhiyuan thought he was a little surprised, but after taking a look at Jiang Du's expression, he felt that it didn't look like surprise because Jiang Du frowned.

"Very few?"

Jiang Du shook his head and said with a smile: "It's quite a lot, but five hundred spiritual pupils should be regarded as an average number rather than the highest number."

Chen Zhiyuan looked at him blankly. Although he had become stupid, he was not an idiot yet.

"How do you know so much?"

Chen Zhiyuan asked doubtfully.

Jiang Du didn't seem to have thought about hiding anything from Chen Zhiyuan. He replied readily: "It's a secret, just like Qin Manjiang will always be chosen by ghost stories. This is a secret."

He clearly said that this was a secret, but Chen Zhiyuan didn't know what to ask.

"Spiritual pupil...is there an upper limit?" Chen Zhiyuan changed the question.

"Of course, nine hundred and ninety-nine spiritual pupils is the upper limit," Jiang Du answered happily, "When someone exceeds nine hundred and ninety-nine spiritual pupils, they will no longer be able to continue to exist in the Fucheng Kaitan game."

"Not in Fucheng?" Chen Zhiyuan suddenly felt a pinprick pain in the depths of his brain. He subconsciously asked, "If that's the case, then where did he go?"

Jiang Du didn't know who Chen Zhiyuan was talking about, but he could guess that it must be a specific person who was very important to Chen Zhiyuan.

"Not going anywhere for now, he'll be out of the game until ten people are chosen."

Ten people...

If you can't feel the correspondence between this number and ten seats, Chen Zhiyuan's life will be in vain.

After simple thinking, Chen Zhiyuan easily came to an inference——

Nine hundred and ninety-nine spiritual pupils is a limit. After reaching the number of nine hundred and ninety-nine spiritual pupils, one will temporarily exit the Kaitan game and wait for the next person to reach nine hundred and ninety-nine spiritual pupils.

Until ten people with nine hundred and ninety-nine spiritual pupils are gathered together.

"Where will those ten people go?"

Chen Zhiyuan, who had never heard these statements before, was almost completely stunned.

Jiang Du seemed to find his appearance particularly interesting. He shook his head and said with a smile, "I don't know, maybe it's a new world?"

New world...

Jiang Du obviously just said it casually, but Chen Zhiyuan took it seriously.

How many spiritual eyes has Yang obtained?

Although it is not nine hundred and ninety-nine, it must be more than five hundred. Is he still alive...

As Jiang Du said, he urged Chen Zhiyuan: "Let's go, it's time to end this game."

The twinkling light in his eyes was still soft, but there was an indifference hidden in it that was extremely difficult to detect.

Chen Zhiyuan came back to his senses and stared at Jiang Du:

"Can you tell me what way of survival you found?"

Jiang Du looked at him with a smile: "Of course."

"What is it?"

"There are too many ghosts in this ghost story. It is simply impossible to find the rules that restrict them all. What do you think?"

Jiang Du asked.

"Hmm...but I...can't figure it out." Chen Zhiyuan's eyes dimmed.

"It doesn't matter, it's enough to be aware of it," Jiang Du said easily, "So, the way to survive this strange talk is not to find rules that restrict evil ghosts. In other words, rules have no restrictions on evil ghosts, so... You can change your thinking and start from the world view.”

"World view?" Chen Zhiyuan's eyes widened.

"Yes," Jiang Du smiled, "Actually, these rules have been summarized a long time ago. There are too many evil ghosts, there are no weaknesses, and there are even unsolvable evil ghosts. Then... the player's thoughts should not be focused on the evil ghosts, but on the evil ghosts. In terms of worldview, after all... this game can be a nightmare, a twisted painting, or even a scary book."

"Once you crack the worldview, you can go straight to the core of the current existence of ghost stories. If you crack its core, all ghosts will naturally disappear."

Chen Zhiyuan felt dizzy after hearing this, but he more or less understood what Jiang Du meant.

"You mean, you've cracked the world view of [Ping An Hospital]?"

"It used to be 30%, but now... it's about 50%." Jiang Du raised his head slightly and took a breath of cool air, "Half the probability is enough for us to fight for it, isn't it?"

Chen Zhiyuan nodded, he was a little excited. Jiang Du's brain seemed to be better than Qin Manjiang's body!

"What is it?"

"Actually... the answer is obvious," Jiang Du said slowly as he walked forward slowly, "The things you told me just now are actually enough. You see..."

"The moon is bigger than the real world. Daytime is the time for exploration. Horrible events are triggered at night. When you think there will be a ghost, the ghost will always appear. The mountains of bones and seas of blood buried underground seem to indicate the abnormality of the entire hospital. They are all related to an ancient unknown existence, another kind of consciousness awakened by drugs, and they are all playing their current identities."

Chen Zhiyuan didn't think it was anything at first, but when Jiang Du connected these key sentences together, an incredible guess came into his mind. However, Jiang Du continued to say...

"It's a hospital, but it's not the [Ping An Hospital] of a hospital."

“It doesn’t exist in the real world, but it exists.”

"When a ghost appears, you feel like you're being watched from everywhere."

"And... as long as there are more than two people, Li Gui can obviously catch up, but always hangs behind him, always separated by a distance."

"The most life-threatening attacks so far have all occurred while alone."

When he mentioned this point of view, Chen Zhiyuan didn't agree with it.

"I don't think it's because of the number of people. If there are two people in the ghost, it won't kill. So what's the point of it chasing us?"

Jiang Du smiled and narrowed his eyes: "Yes...that's the idea, keep thinking..."

"Under what circumstances would a ghost not be able to kill people, but chasing two people would make sense? This is also one of the clues to deciphering the worldview."

At this moment, under the howling night, Chen Zhiyuan stood in the dark corridor, stopped and covered his head.

"I... my head hurts. I can't think."

Jiang Du raised his brows, the indifference in his eyes flashed away, and then smiled: "Mr. Chen Zhiyuan can survive until now with his physical strength and luck, which is already very good."

Chen Zhiyuan didn't speak. He didn't seem to hear the irony in Jiang Du's words. He was just thinking desperately about answers that could explain these phenomena.

finally--

"Could it be..."

"Movie?!"

Chen Zhiyuan raised his head and looked at Jiang Du in disbelief: "[Ping An Hospital] is a movie?"

"Are we in a movie?"

Jiang Du smiled and said: "I can't answer whether you are correct, but this answer is indeed the same as my conclusion."

No way……

Chen Zhiyuan was a little confused, but suddenly realized that...

Otherwise, why would we have the status of caregivers in the first place?

Everyone seems to take it for granted, but in the world of ghost stories, there is still some kind of logic. Not everything that appears is reasonable. There must be an explanation that can be explained.

"incredible……"

Chen Zhiyuan murmured, looking back now, it seems completely reasonable to think about everything he encountered from the perspective of [movie].

The bigger, closer, brighter moon, the white mist, the strong wind at night, the lights in the corridor that don't light up at night... these have nothing to do with Li Gui's ability.

No matter the wind, fog, or the huge moon, they were not affected by the evil ghost, but appeared deliberately and created the atmosphere deliberately!

However, this is too incredible.

But this perspective can indeed explain why there are so many ghosts, but there is no obvious logic and connection between them before.

Because this is a movie! Everything serves the horror effect. It doesn't pay much attention to logic. When you worry that a ghost will appear, the ghost will really appear. When you give yourself a psychological hint that everything is fine, something will definitely happen.

And... what Jiang Du just said, being alone.

In a horror movie, one of the easiest ways to die is to be left alone.

Once alone, the ghost can sense it no matter where he hides.

It will even show up without any logic at all and kill the lone person.

"If this... is really a movie... how can we pass it..." Even though Chen Zhiyuan believed 70% to 80% of the time in his heart, cracking the worldview of [Ping An Hospital] still didn't have much effect. He still Can't figure it out.

But Jiang Du smiled: "Knowing that this is a movie, there are many ways to pass the level, at least... there are three."

Three kinds?

Chen Zhiyuan felt an inexplicable sadness in his heart. He truly felt that he could no longer survive in this terrifying game. Even if he barely escaped this time, he would definitely die in a corner next time.

He knew... his mind couldn't keep up at all.

"please tell me……"

"Okay, the first way - since it is a horror movie, there must be a protagonist. Although the protagonist of a horror movie cannot be absolutely safe, at least he will survive until the end of the movie. As long as you find that protagonist and cling to him. , at least guaranteed to survive until the seventh day."

Jiang Du's first method impressed Chen Zhiyuan.

"The second method is still related to the protagonist. If this is a group horror movie and there is no real protagonist, then we can take the initiative to take on the role of the protagonist and get something like the protagonist's halo. With this With the bonus of things, I believe it won’t be a big problem to survive until the seventh day.”

Chen Zhiyuan's eyes were bright, and he was particularly convinced by Jiang Du's wonderful ideas. Even if his thinking ability had not been weakened, he was probably not as good as the second personality Mr. Jiang Du.

"What about the third way?"

"It's actually very simple, we can... just break the fourth wall."

Jiang Du's eyes suddenly stared straight at a certain place, and said meaningfully: "Movies naturally have audiences. The eyes we feel being watched may be them."

"I'm curious, what are they like outside of this movie?"

"Is it a human... or a ghost..."

Jiang Du narrowed his eyes and whispered.

The fog in the corridor suddenly rolled up and fluctuated irregularly.

Chen Zhiyuan looked at him blankly and suddenly asked:

"Can I ask you a question?"

"sure."

"Before, you made the nurse's body suddenly turn around, causing her to break through the window and jump downstairs. Is this the ability of a permanent prop?"

"Yes, my permanent prop can change perception to a certain extent. I just tampered with its sense of direction a little bit," Jiang Du explained simply, and then he asked with interest: "In return, What is your permanent prop? Mr. Chen Zhiyuan?"

It is indeed his permanent prop... changing perception? In other words, he can even create illusions that make ghosts get lost... What a powerful permanent prop.

Chen Zhiyuan finally solved a huge doubt in his heart, but he still felt that something was not right.

Can the secondary personality use the permanent props of the main personality?

But Jiang Du's question that followed him stopped him from thinking any more. Chen Zhiyuan did not hide anything and answered:

"In the continuation of writing, I can develop a possible future story line based on the clues."

The smile on Jiang Du's face slowly faded, and his half-closed eyes slowly opened: "Hmm... a very interesting ability, so... what's the price?"

Chen Zhiyuan felt a little uncomfortable. This Qin Manjiang's second personality seemed to know more than Qin Manjiang himself?

Moreover, the pressure on him was very great. He didn't know whether it was because he became stupid or because Jiang Du put so much pressure on people.

But instead of thinking deeply, and being unable to think deeply, he simply replied: "I cannot think deeply."

"Every time I use it, it will permanently weaken my thinking ability. Just like now... it is difficult for me to enter a thinking state."

His answer suddenly silenced the corridor.

The faint murderous intent in Jiang Du's eyes before disappeared.

Maybe...this was the fundamental reason why he knew everything about Chen Zhiyuan.

But Chen Zhiyuan's permanent props made him change his mind.

He took a deep look at Chen Zhiyuan:

"Mr. Chen Zhiyuan, if you can, please take care of yourself."

Chen Zhiyuan shook his head slightly and stopped talking.

He himself knows his situation. This permanent prop can basically be regarded as exchanging the future for the safety of the present.

He can see a certain story line and write out a possible future, but he has no future.

"I'm not joking...Mr. Chen Zhiyuan," Jiang Du looked at him, "your ability will be of great use in the future. Even for other players in Fucheng, you cannot die."

"This is not something I can decide." Chen Zhiyuan shook his head slightly. If he could live, who would be willing to die?

But in this state, it is already difficult for him to survive in the next Kaitan game.

"I can do it!" Jiang Du said with a smile, "No...he can do it."

He pointed to his body and said: "After you clear the level in a while, you go find this child and tell him... let me enter the pupil realm."

Chen Zhiyuan was stunned: "You mean, Qin Manjiang can take the initiative to enter the pupil world?"

Jiang Du just smiled and did not answer. He continued: "You must remember to find him and say this to him."

"I do not understand……"

Chen Zhiyuan shook his head, completely unable to understand Jiang Du's remarks.

Jiang Du didn't explain. He slowly raised his hand, looked at "his" palm, and said slowly: "Don't understand, this is a game... Archives and backups are also indispensable means."

(Tonight I heard the news that the city might be closed down, so I hurriedly went out to stock up on goods. I had too little time to code and didn’t have time to segment it into chapters. I’ll give you a 4,000-word chapter.)

Thanks to Fenglin’s Lone Ke, Gu, Book Friends 2022110, Su Luozhan, Book Friends 2022071 for the reward, thank you all!