The girl stared blankly at the dazzling sea of flowers filling the sky:
"Fireworks... It felt like it had been a long time since I last saw them."
"Then if we got the chance next time, we could go to Nara for a competition during the same summer. We should be able to see a pretty good Fireworks Display then."
Su Wen said with a gentle smile.
"Who do you think set off these fireworks?"
"Who knew? Maybe some gentleman with more money than he could ever spend."
He had never imagined it.
If the money was sufficient, Schlote Heavy Industries' service quality could be this high.
But there was nothing to regret.
After all, that money could not have been spent anyway.
Su Wen glanced at Lighthouse 43, which remained bright in the distance.
To research hurricane energy diversion technology, it had now become a classified area.
Everything had passed.
A grand Flame Flower finale was enough.
He stood up, feeling the evening breeze sweeping in from the coastline, and said calmly:
"Let's go. It's time to head back."
Ten days passed.
After finishing breakfast.
The countdown before Su Wen's eyes began ticking again:
15 natural days remained until the Player's scheduled time of death Timer started Would you like to begin the game
Fortunately, it was the weekend.
He was not worried about losing points because of it.
So, as if already accustomed to this, he turned on his computer:
The Patient Who Could Not Escape Game type: Role-playing Real-world duration: Five days Game difficulty: Low Game background: Time: Early Origin Era, Location: Old Building of Tenth Middle School, Old Town by the Sea The Tenth Middle School building had not been recorded because the soul information of the deceased had yet to return to the Silver Sea. Later, due to the effects of cognitive contamination from the Abyss Border, the Old Building of Tenth Middle School expanded into a large dead zone with a hazard level of Tier 2. Through dreamwave resonance, the dead zone caused widespread deaths in dreams throughout the Jiangnan Area, making it extraordinarily dangerous. It was only ended after the sacrifice of thirteen Night Watch members. Affected timeline: The birth of Heavenly Kingdom Anthem, triggering the beginning of the Death Sleeping Girl destruction event, involving a 15% impact on the revival of the Bronze Throne. Game objectives: One Star: Successfully escape the Old Building of Tenth Middle School Two Stars: Escape yourself while uncovering what truly happened at Tenth Middle School Three Stars: Hidden objective Note: Completing the minimum rating will prevent the player from dying in reality. Trial Ability: None
At that moment.
The screen was gradually swallowed by darkness.
Countless whispers emerged from the computer's background audio:
"Kill him."
"I'm innocent."
"Don't save me."
"I see you, I see you."
"I'm sorry, I'm a patient."
Amid the whispering soundtrack and oppressive darkness, Su Wen saw a line of prompt text on the computer screen:
A heavy force is affecting your mind You are unable to move Elementary Fear Immunity activated You have broken free from fear and oppression
He gradually opened his eyes in the darkness and felt that his viewpoint was lying on a bed.
There were no lights in the room. It was pitch-black.
Su Wen turned his head and saw that he was lying on a bed in some six-person dormitory.
Yet there was no one else around him.
Drip.
Drip.
A drop of thick liquid fell from the rusted metal railing of the upper bunk onto his face.
Only after Su Wen increased the brightness could he barely make out that it was a dark red liquid.
Appraisal: Uncoagulated blood, source unknown Deep Dream Corrosion +1 Note: If Deep Dream Corrosion accumulates to five points, the character will fall into a deeper nightmare of fear
Dark red blood flowed across the screen.
It was bizarre and chilling.
Su Wen got up.
He first looked toward the upper bunk.
A doll lay on its side in the dark shadows of the upper bunk, its head and body intermittently connected by thread.
One of its eyes was a button, but the other stared fixedly at Su Wen like a human eye.
Thick, dark red blood flowed from the break in the doll's neck.
Appraisal: A doll missing certain parts
Su Wen picked up the doll.
Stored Contacted Nightmare Source 1: Manner of Death Deep Dream Corrosion +1
He felt the screen grow darker again.
Other than that strange doll, the dorm room contained only a torn page of notes:
July 23: The doctor said I did not have much longer to live and needed to take medicine July 24: My family has no money. I don't plan to tell my parents July 25: The sparrow next door is already dead Appraisal: Notes casually written by a middle school student Deep Dream Corrosion +1
Su Wen had not obtained much information.
But he already had three points of Deep Dream Corrosion.
You feel someone watching you
The next second.
He controlled the character to turn around.
Other than the tightly shut door behind him, there was not a sound.
Su Wen gathered the items in the room and prepared to twist open the locked dormitory door.
The moment he opened it.
He saw a huge malformed figure crawling across the ceiling of the corridor.
It was an enormous malformed creature with more than a dozen arms that resembled human arms more than the multiple legs of an arthropod.
The next second.
Its head twisted at an eerie ninety-degree angle, staring relentlessly at Su Wen's area as it swept back and forth.
The malformed creature's head resembled a fuzzy ball covered in spikes, with a pair of enormous black eyeballs on each side.
It also had huge spider-like mandibles.
"Little thing, you sure look distinctive."
Unlike facing a natural disaster, the oppressive feeling brought by such a bizarre thing in a dark, enclosed environment was even stronger.
Su Wen silently cursed, but instead of closing the door, he opened it fully and walked out.
Because he could clearly see that the "gaze" of this "malformed lifeform" had not noticed him.
Appraisal: Deathborn Aggregate, Tier 2. Hunts Near-Dead at the boundary of death and attaches the torsos of the dead to its own body. Anomalous factor: Abyssal Contamination.
He tentatively stepped outside with slightly more force.
You have been noticed Danger!
A bright red prompt lit up.
In an instant.
A deathly gaze focused on him.
The malformed creature turned into a black shadow and pounced at him.
Su Wen was now a Tier 1 Transcendent as well, an Engraved Knight who emphasized both mental power and strength.
He rolled aside, avoiding the Deathborn Aggregate's pounce.
But in the next instant.
Under the relentless attacks of more than a dozen severed-limb legs, Su Wen's movements were instantly thrown into disarray, and the huge mandibles bit down viciously before his eyes.
The screen turned completely blood-red.
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