"Bible"
Just as Yu Xing was completely hidden inside, a screeching sound came rapidly from afar.
He shrank back, hiding himself, and at the same time imagined the source of the scraping sound in his mind. If he wasn't mistaken, it should be the sound of the big axe scraping against the ground.
At the same time, a terrifying breathing sound appeared in the darkness, a sound that sent chills down one's spine, like a leaky breath, or like the last struggle of a critically ill person before death.
The church in the Yugi is brightly lit as if it were daytime, but the church now is clearly in darkness for a short time. The Female Ghost's eyesight does not seem to be affected. Judging from the footsteps and the direction the axe pointed to Yu Xing, the Female Ghost is still patrolling between each row of seats.
After inspecting all the seats, the Female Ghost walked step by step along the aisle towards Yu Xing.
Yu Xing remained completely calm and continued his thinking. He was now facing a rather serious problem: he could press the exit button in the horror Yugi, but now he had entered the game himself.
There were no health bars or inventory slots in his field of vision, and of course, no option to quit. So, his only way to leave the church was to follow the Female Ghost and get the key she wanted.
Well, as expected of a question posed by the system, it's incredibly ruthless.
Yu Xing smiled enigmatically in the darkness, deciding that once the formal team competition began, he would definitely trip up the system, letting it know that the people he had carefully selected all had their own tempers. He didn't believe that others would obediently be used as tools. Those who could enter the formal event would also think the same way he did, striving to maximize their own benefits, even if it meant tripping up the system and then pretending to help it out.
But...
He turned his head and saw the lower leg of the stone statue next to the pulpit. In the darkness, he couldn't see anything clearly, only a rough outline. But he remembered that in the Yugi, he opened the door behind the statue and only heard the sound of bells and chains, but not Ye Ming and Ye Ting.
When Ye Ting mentioned the Yugi to him, she didn't mention any other NPCs, only a Female Ghost, and said it was a single-player Yugi without a storyline.
Therefore, this Yugi cannot be "online" at all, to simulate the situation in a real spiritual world church where they can see each other; it can only be played one at a time?
What about now?
Seeing this environment, Yu Xing guessed that he was still in the world where the main body was trying to save itself, rather than in the Yu Wan. Otherwise, he could have simply found the three siblings here and shouted in their ears, "You're actually dead, aren't you surprised?" There would have been at least an 80% chance of triggering their memories directly, without needing to go through all this trouble to find evidence that would make them realize their true situation.
So there's no one else in this church right now, only him.
With no one else around, it means that no one will interfere with him no matter how reckless he is!
Yu Xing's eyes gleamed in the darkness. He had thought about this while playing the Yugi: the pixel protagonist's task system greatly affected his performance. If he were to do it himself, he would definitely be much more carefree than the pixel protagonist.
Although her physical abilities are still weak, her skills won't be limited! The Female Ghost can kill the pixelated protagonist in five hits, but Female Ghost tries to hit him... she might not even be able to.
Thinking about it this way, he felt that the system was very understanding. Since the system was so "good" to him, he didn't mind doing more things here.
Stealing the key and leaving is really letting the system down.
Since he was already there, he figured he might as well look for the so-called "Bible" and see what it was all about. If Brother Jiu could be as decisive as him in abandoning the Yugi, then he might also have a chance to come to the church in person. For Brother Jiu, the advantage of a real person over button controls was far greater, especially in the dark.
Zhao Yijiu's dark vision, like his Spiritual Sense and underwater breathing, likely existed before the simulation and was not on the surface, making it highly probable that it escaped system detection and was preserved.
In this way, Zhao Yijiu's chances of passing the exam actually increased significantly... provided that he wasn't eliminated in the previous stages.
This situation is very clear. In contrast, many "polite" deducers who fail to discover the process the system requires them to complete in the horror Yugi segment, such as stealing the key, will actually enter the church, which would undoubtedly be a disaster for them.
Because in the Yugi they can be hit five times, but here they only have one life.
Yu Xing lit a candle for Zhao Mou. Zhao Mou had many strange ideas and no set style for solving puzzles, making it difficult to guess his next move. So Yu Xing didn't know if Zhao Mou would finish what he was supposed to do in the Yugi this time.
As he pondered these thoughts, the Female Ghost turned and headed towards the confessional.
Sure enough, she had no intention of even glancing at the pulpit Yu Xing could hide here and even take a nap without any problem.
But Yu Xing had no intention of sleeping. He followed the Female Ghost's footsteps and silently crawled out of the pulpit, arriving at the door of the confessional.
The Female Ghost was circling inside, while Yu Xing waited on one side of the confessional door frame.
He listened intently to the Female Ghost's footsteps. The instant Female Ghost stepped out of the confessional and before she even saw him, Yu Xing suddenly snatched the axe from Female Ghost hand.
The Female Ghost immediately looked at him, and for a moment the two stared at each other in the darkness.
Although Yu Xing couldn't see the Female Ghost's expression, he felt that Female Ghost must be staring at him with wide eyes in disbelief.
The heavy axe weighed down his arm, giving him the illusion that he couldn't lift it, while the Female Ghost, after a moment of stunned silence, let out a sinister laugh.
Yu Xing was displeased. It seemed the Female Ghost hadn't figured out the situation yet; the axe was now in his hands!
His eyes crinkled into a smile, and he chuckled softly, his voice almost drowned out by the Female Ghost's laughter, creating an eerie atmosphere.
If there were a third person here, and that third person were to evaluate whether the Female Ghost or Yu Xing was more terrifying, he might actually hesitate.
Seeing that he wasn't afraid, the Female Ghost angrily raised her hand, but she seemed to have forgotten that her axe was missing. When she raised it, her hand was empty, and she was momentarily stunned.
It's clear that the Female Ghost's instincts outweighed her wisdom.
Immediately afterward, she saw the axe in Yu Xing's hand and lunged forward to snatch it.
Yu Xing had experienced firsthand the power of ghosts; he couldn't even break free when Ye Ming grabbed his leg in the bathtub, let alone the Female Ghost who killed Ye Ming.
He dodged in a flash, hoisted the heavy axe onto his shoulder, and, using the strength of his arms and neck, practically swung it out.
The axe whistled through the air and struck the Female Ghost on the forehead. Instantly, the scene was extremely bloody and cruel. The Female Ghost's head was almost split in two, but she still screamed with her shattered lips and tried to grab Yu Xing with both hands.
Yu Xing raised an eyebrow. At the critical moment, he struggled to pull out the axe, used the side of the axe to block the Female Ghost's hand, and after striking it once, he swung the axe again and chopped off the Female Ghost's arm.
Without the heavy axe, and with the Female Ghost unable to catch him due to her lack of agility, Yu Xing was completely transformed, a veritable devil. Within a few rounds, he mercilessly chopped off both of the Female Ghost's arms, and also severed Female Ghost knees, leaving Female Ghost lying on the ground, tilting her head back and letting out a grotesque laugh.
A counterattack sometimes only requires a swift, steady axe-grabbing maneuver.
If he were the system, he should have designed the Female Ghost to be thick-skinned and tough, instead of having a body as strong as his own but lacking in resilience.
Or is it that... all ghosts are constructed this way, and that's why he was cursed and transformed into a ghost-like being, thus acquiring those characteristics?
Yu Xing watched for a while.
The Female Ghost seemed to be unable to speak. After laughing for a while, she began to cry, and her eerie sobs echoed in the church.
Yu Xing happily took the key from the Female Ghost's waist. With the biggest guarantee in place, he thought for a moment, then returned to the pulpit, found the hidden door button he had discovered in the Yugi, and pressed it.
This time, the sound was much clearer than what came through the headphones. A series of bell sounds came from all directions, creating a vast, ethereal echo in the empty church. There seemed to be chains wrapped around the bells, rattling and jingling, both beautiful and eerie.
The stone statue began to slowly rotate, revealing a hidden door behind it. The Female Ghost seemed very excited upon hearing the sound, lying on her back and letting out a series of shrill screams.
Even amidst these screams, occasionally a word or two that Yu Xing understand could be uttered: "Let me go," "I'm not sick"...
He searched his mind for clues that could be linked to these words. He had previously guessed that the symbolic meaning of this hidden door was similar to that of the sealed master bedroom door, and with the information revealed by the Female Ghost...
Perhaps for the person experiencing the scenario, the arguments between their parents in the master bedroom and their mother's constant desire to leave due to her mental illness are memories they least want to recall.
It's both escapism and subconscious self-preservation. After all, being killed by her mother and sealed away by her father would naturally create a protective layer in her subconscious, making her unwilling to think about anything related to her mother and father.
Of course, it was something they didn't want to recall before, but after wandering for so long, the deduced subject has begun to actively seek out these memories, wanting to find a way out.
This time, without the threat of the Female Ghost, Yu Xing was finally able to step into the hidden door to see what was inside. He hummed a song in a good mood and turned on his flashlight, shining it towards the hidden door.
It was a passageway that stretched as far as the eye could see, and it looked completely empty.
Without much hesitation, he walked directly into the passage and continued walking along it.
The passage was excessively long, seemingly disregarding all architectural principles. Five minutes later, when Yu Xing looked back, she could no longer see the door she had come from.
This passage has come to an end.
There was very little at the end, or rather, only one thing: a box, covered in thick cobwebs and dust, sitting alone on the ground, its original color no longer discernible.
He went over to take a look; the box wasn't locked. He could get what was inside by simply lifting the lid.
Yu Xing shone his flashlight around again to make sure he was safe before reaching out to open the box and look inside.
Inside were a few thin sheets of paper, white with black text. Even without seeing the contents immediately, one would subconsciously feel that the content on these papers was probably very formal, frighteningly serious.
Is this the "Bible"?
Yu Xing took out the paper, shone the flashlight on the words on it, and read the contents.
Then he understood why these papers were so important, enough for Ye Ting others to search for as if they were the Bible.
Five words were written in the most prominent title on the paper.
Death Notice.
There were four sheets of paper, each with one of four names written on it. These were the names Yu Xing had heard the most these past few days. The cold, detached language described a fact that would break any parents in the world.
They died.
Ye Ming, Ye Qin, Ye Ting, all three children, died. None of them survived. Each of them was killed by an axe, resulting in excessive blood loss, damage to their brains, internal organs, and bones. In short, no part of their bodies was intact. It was not just death, but a gruesome one.
The last notification slip was for Yu Wan. Yu Xing thought that Yu Wan should have been visiting Ye Qin's house the day the Yu Wan happened; after all, she came often, didn't she?
But a beautiful day came to an end with a horrific murder, and then began an endless cycle.
With these Death Notice, those lost souls wandering in houses and churches should finally find peace.
Yu Xing thought about the fate of the three siblings and Yu Wan, as well as their personalities—whether quiet, flamboyant, serious, or cheerful—and even for a moment thought of the innocent and pure love of her childhood sweetheart. She carefully stuffed the Death Notice into her pocket.
The Death Notice will definitely be the most important item, but he needs to know how to use it now.
He wasn't foolish enough to think that placing Death Notice in front of Ye Ting would awaken Ye Ting memory. After all, he was playing the role of Ye Qin. If seeing it meant recalling something, then the first person to recall it should be himself. At the very least, his mind should be accepting a new memory that didn't belong to him.
But no, he didn't react at all.
Because whether it's him, Ye Ming, Ye Ting, or Yu Wan, three of them must be figments of the deductive subject's imagination, and what they see doesn't count.
This means he must find another reality, either by directly searching for the main consciousness of the deducing subject, or by discovering a new way out in tomorrow's boss battle, a way out that connects to reality.
He personally leans towards the latter. If it's the former, with a one-in-four chance, even trying each one individually would be enough to figure it out. The system has set the difficulty of this deduction to be so complex that it's impossible for it to become simple in the end.
So, he should go out now.