This Text Adventure Game is Absolutely Toxic

  Chapter 10 The Legacy of the Watchman

["The enchantment in the watchman's room is very special. It can only be opened between nine o'clock and twelve o'clock in the morning every morning. The way to open the door is to say a secret signal to the face on the wooden door 'if you don't open the door, you will be blinded. Your eyes'!"]

   Mu Youxin said that this was some kind of 'violent breaking down' signal, and silently pressed his pocket watch.

  【Time has passed, your lost fifty years of lifespan have been fully recovered, and you have returned to before the last option. 】

  【The scarecrow’s eyes are still flashing with greed, and he asks you with a seductive voice: "Would you like to pay for 50 years of life immediately and get the unlocked..."】

"no!"

   Scarecrow: ? ? ?

[You interrupted the scarecrow's proposal, and the excitement in the scarecrow's button eyes turned into confusion: "Adventurer, are you sure you don't need to buy the unlocking method? You only need forty years of life to buy it now! Adventurer, I know you are already tempted Well, then, it’s better to act if you’re excited…”]

   "I said 'No'!"

  【You once again firmly chose No, and once again interrupted the sales promotion of the Scarecrow. 】

[You see that the scarecrow's forehead is faintly sweating, and it forced a dry smile: "Okay adventurer, I will take a step back. I only need thirty years of life, and I can tell you how to unlock the lock. In addition, I must I want to solemnly remind you that without my unlocking method, no one will be able to enter the house of the watchman, that’s right, anyone! You’d better think about it…”]

   "Hehe, I'll come back tomorrow."

  After Mu You clicked No this time, he clicked 'Leave directly' on the next menu.

  【Under the scarecrow's resentful gaze, you left the entrance of the village and walked towards the interior of the village. 】

  【The roads in Anning Village are winding and complicated. When you come here for the first time, you are not familiar with the architectural layout of the village. There are three roads in front of you, leading to the east, west and south respectively, which way do you choose to go? 】

  Three options 【East】【South】【West】.

  Da Watchman's residence is at the east end of the village, so you must choose to go east here.

  However, Mu You didn't choose the east directly, but tried the other two paths first.

  【You chose the road to the west. 】

  【After walking forward for a while, a cafeteria appears in front of your eyes. 】

  【This is a restaurant opened by the village chef. It sells some simple magic food, which can replenish your magic power and stamina. If you are hungry, you can go in and eat something—provided you are willing to pay for life. 】

  A cafeteria that can replenish mana and stamina. The "physical strength" here, Mu You probably refers to mobility, that is to say, the mobility in the game can indeed be restored by other means.

   But even so, Mu You would definitely not go into this place to eat. After all, magic power and mobility are things that can be recovered by time.

  【You went back in time and returned to the intersection just now. 】

  【This time you chose to take the south road. 】

  【After walking forward for a while, you can see a steaming Ironforge standing in the snow ahead. This is a blacksmith's shop run by a bearded dwarf. Dwarves who are obsessed with forging have superb casting skills. If you have equipment you want to forge, you can come here with raw materials. Even if it is scrap iron, dwarf blacksmiths can help you turn waste into treasure—of course, the premise is that you Ken pays life! 】

   "So to the west of the village entrance is the cafeteria for replenishing mobility, and to the south is the blacksmith's shop for making equipment."

  While pressing his pocket watch, Mu You went back in time, found a piece of white paper, and drew the relative positions of the village entrance, cafeteria, and blacksmith shop on the paper.

  This village seems to be completely designed according to the real town. Since there are canteens and blacksmith shops, there must be other shops that meet the basic necessities of life.

   But what makes Mu You a headache is that after playing this game for two days, all the options he encounters are consuming his lifespan, being killed will cost his lifespan, buying things will cost his lifespan, and even asking questions will cost his lifespan...

  In this world, lifespan seems to be the most basic currency.

  The problem is—he hasn't found any means to increase his lifespan so far!

  Even if his Time Pocket Watch can greatly slow down the rate at which his lifespan is depleted, there will be a day when he can't get in and out...

  No matter what, the problem of lifespan is definitely unsolvable in reality, and we can only find a solution in the game. Mu You shook his head and continued the game.

  【Back in time, you have returned to the intersection at the head of the village again. 】

  【This time, you chose the path to the east. 】

  【You explored eastward along the periphery of the village for a long time, and finally came to the east end of the village. 】

  【This place is already close to the edge of the village, and there are few people nearby. There is only one dilapidated wooden house standing alone among the trees in front. As the owner of the cabin has died, it is now an unowned cabin. 】

  【Would you like to enter the 'Watchman's cabin? ’]

   It arrived in one go!

   It seems that the gate of the village is not far from the east end of the village.

  Mu You tried it first and clicked 'Enter'.

  【You walked to the front door of the wooden house and wanted to push the door in, but were bounced away by the barrier of the wooden house. 】

[On the door of the wooden house, a distorted and ferocious pumpkin face quietly emerged, it stared at you and said: "Except for the owner of the room, any stranger who wants to enter the wooden house must say the correct password at the right time! "]

   An input box pops up immediately below the text.

   "This is still a dual unlocking function of face recognition and password..."

   Mu You sighed with emotion at the magic of this 'magic lock', and looked up at the time.

   9:12 AM.

  According to the Scarecrow, the wooden house must be opened every morning between 9:00 and 12:00. If the times of the two worlds correspond, it just meets the requirements now.

  Mu You entered in the text box 'If you don't open the door, I'll poke your eyes blind', and clicked send.

  【You said the correct password, the pumpkin face disappeared in a twist, and the dusty door slowly opened to you. 】

   "So the time of the two worlds really correspond?"

   Mu You nodded and clicked 'Enter'.

  【You have entered the cabin of the watchman. 】

  【This is a house made of cypress wood. Because it had been left unused for a long time, the air in the house was filled with a musty smell of decaying wood, and the ground and the few pieces of furniture were covered with a thin layer of dust. The windows and door panels showed dilapidated and gloomy colors, which looked more like a haunted house. 】

  【You explored in this dilapidated wooden house, and finally gained something. 】

  【You have obtained a 'Pumpkin's Jack-O-Lantern', a 'Dageng Backpack', and a set of 'Dageng's Skin'. 】

   "Good guy?"

   Mu You's eyes lit up.

  At first, when he saw the description of the small dilapidated house, he thought it was useless. No matter how you look at it, this place is an abandoned empty room, but he didn’t expect to find something for him!

  (end of this chapter)