Strange story player

Dark night, low dark clouds, slanting wind, and gradually lighter rain.

Xi Wutong's face was pressed into Qin Manjiang's arms, his hands caressing his back: "Stay..."

"Only we can understand each other."

Her voice was not loud and could easily be covered by the wind and rain, but it sounded directly in Qin Manjiang's heart.

"I know you, Qin Manjiang...I know you better than anyone else."

"We have no dreams, no belonging, no past, and no future. We are alienated from anyone, even if we seem to be chatting happily."

“We don’t care about anyone’s life or death because we don’t even care about ourselves.”

"We...are very human, but not human."

Her voice was like magic, penetrating deeply into Qin Manjiang's soul.

"You've noticed it a long time ago... haven't you?"

"A series of ghost stories and games, a series of separations and deaths, you will indeed have momentary joys and sorrows, but you will never miss the person who has passed away."

"Qin Manjiang..."

Xi Wutong raised his head, looked at him with blurred eyes, and breathed on Qin Manjiang's face:

"Our blood is cold."

On that stormy night, Qin Manjiang knew that he was shaken.

He had never been seen through like this before. This woman...this Xi Wutong even knew him better than he knew himself.

Many times, Qin Manjiang couldn't understand some things, such as... the former squad leader Qiao Ziru and Mei Sijun were trapped in strange stories, and they didn't know whether they would live or die. He would indeed feel sad and blame himself, but in the end, deep down in his heart, he agreed that they had already After death, I will indeed not take the initiative to think of them, let alone other unnecessary emotions.

It’s as if the dead people and some of the emotions related to them were frozen in place at the moment of their death.

The same goes for Chen Zhiyuan. He and I have a very good relationship, but when Chen Zhiyuan died in Hide and Seek, I never felt too sad after the game ended.

Those emotions do exist, but they are more like formulas and set processes. Once they are over, they are over.

It comes out naturally, and after the event is over, it is gone.

The trembling of Qin Manjiang's pupils and the confusion in his eyes told Xi Wutong that he had indeed been shaken.

He thought that he never missed the deceased and was never too sad for his companions who died in the ghost story game. It was because his brain was deliberately avoiding those sad things.

Until now, Xi Wutong told him another possibility.

he……

Don't care.

right……

Among the words Xi Wutong said, what shocked Qin Manjiang the most was the sentence, "We have no dreams, no belonging, no past, and no future. We are alienated from anyone, even if we seem to be talking to each other." joyous".

Qin Manjiang never told anyone, including Li Xijiu, about this kind of thing hidden deep in his heart.

But Xi Wutong knew.

Only Qin Manjiang himself knew that he was actually different from everyone else ever since he fell into the [Pupillary Realm] and had to go through a series of strange games.

The vast majority of people want to escape from the world of ghost stories, and there are a few people like Shen Shi who seek excitement and desire to stay in the pupil world and keep the game going.

But myself...

Qin Manjiang discovered it very early.

I am not in a hurry to leave Kaitan Game, nor do I look forward to every game.

In fact, every time I was selected, no matter what my emotions were, I was always calm deep down.

So calm...even a little cold-shouldered, even if the person being looked at coldly is himself.

Now, Qin Manjiang knows.

It turns out that this emotion...is about not caring.

It was indeed just as Xi Wutong said, in fact, he... didn't care about anything.

"I...why..." Qin Manjiang murmured.

Xi Wutong's eyes lit up, and he slowly moved his face closer to Qin Manjiang's face, exhaling a cold yet slightly sweet breath: "Are you wondering why we don't care?"

"Because humans... don't care about ants' feelings."

"We are independent from human beings, created by Jiang Du and Zuo Xian, new human beings..."

"We and them are not the same kind."

"So," Xi Wutong was like a cold snake, clinging to Qin Manjiang's body, seeing that her lips were about to touch Qin Manjiang's cheek, "we can't feel the same way."

Qin Manjiang stood there blankly, feeling groggy and confused.

Xi Wutong's eyes were as dark as ice, and his lips were close to his face...

However... at this moment, a huge broken Guanyin head... suddenly appeared on Qin Manjiang's left shoulder!

Xi Wutong's scalp went numb and he immediately pushed Qin Manjiang's body away.

This push also brought Qin Manjiang back to his senses.

When he looked at Xi Wutong, she was arranging her hair.

"Would you like to come home with me first?"

She raised her head and looked at Qin Manjiang with a smile: "I know there are still many things you don't understand. It doesn't matter. In our world, time is very long. I will tell you slowly."

Qin Manjiang nodded blankly and followed her out of the light of the street lamp.

The huge raindrops have gradually become smaller and smaller.

The umbrella had been put away long ago and was held upside down by Qin Manjiang.

He followed Xi Wutong, walking forward step by step, step by step... into the darkness.

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"Unidentified? The cause of death is also unknown?"

Bai Yang frowned as he looked at the autopsy report that was sent.

It's late at night, and the forensic department is working overtime tonight. After all, the faceless corpse is indeed too terrifying.

They had never seen such a corpse before. The deceased was either not a human species, or... the deceased was born with a deformity.

However, how do people without facial features eat and breathe? How could it be possible to live to be so old?

Things were developing in an unpredictable direction, but when the forensic doctor in charge dissected the corpse, he discovered that the internal structure of the corpse was exactly the same as that of a human being, without any difference. He even cut open its face and removed the excess flesh and blood on the face. Finally, we can see that underneath the flesh and blood are normal parts of the tissue, including eyes, nose, mouth... In other words, the corpse is indeed a human being, but it is a person without facial features.

"Yes, Captain Yang, everyone is in trouble. The corpse is a human, but the cause of death cannot be found. There are no external injuries, no internal injuries, no poisoning, and no disease. This is really... strange, the more It was an examination, and everyone became more and more upset, and later..." Xia Nan secretly glanced at Bai Yang.

"What happened next?" Bai Yang looked at him.

Xia Nan gritted his teeth: "Later, everyone said that this corpse was just like those NPCs in computer games whose facial features were not completely refreshed."

Boyang's eyes were filled with confusion: "What do you mean?"

"It means that the existence of that corpse is like a bug suddenly appearing in the world. The existence itself has been replaced, and it has to leave in this way. This is not even death, but... erasure."

"Impossible," Bai Yang said flatly, "thankfully they are still forensic doctors."

Xia Nan stopped talking and muttered: "Captain Yang, don't you know this is not the first time we have seen this kind of thing in our forensic department..."

"even……"

"What?"

"Someone even posted a similar argument online, saying that time is false, the world is false, and we...are also false."

Bai Yang was silent for a long time, then without saying a word, he picked up his coat, stood up and left.

"Captain Yang! It's so late, where are you going?"

Bai Yang didn't answer. He hurriedly left the police station, but his heartbeat was accelerating crazily.

He can ignore the arguments and focus on the facts.

He observed very carefully. The face of the corpse had indeed disappeared, but the figure... remained unchanged.

According to his observation, among the people who appeared today, there was a person whose figure was almost exactly the same as the corpse.

If there is a "substitution" situation.

That person...will be the only answer.

As it happened, that person himself was within his suspicion——

Qin Manjiang.

(Happy Dragon Boat Festival everyone~ I prefer the expression Happy Dragon Boat Festival, haha~)