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The cafe is shaking, the outside of the box is likely to be in danger, and the copy as the main body is in crisis, which means that the airtightness of the box may no longer be guaranteed.

The main reason why the Red Birds chose the box to talk has expired, and they can't stay here any longer and risk leaking the talk,

Fortunately, the most important message has been delivered to Chi Yiyin, the task is completed, Red Bird is also relieved, and the meeting ended logically.

"Brother Chi, when you reach C-level, send me a message in advance, and I will prepare to enter [City of Deathstroke]."

Red Bird smiled and said: "Although I haven't left this dungeon yet, I'm already looking forward to the harvest of the A-level dungeon. If I can really trigger the S-level dungeon...then Brother Chi, you are my father!"

Jing Cha, who just turned around and wanted to drag his partner away: "..."

The hand that was originally stretched out to protect Red Bird was silently withdrawn.

Jingcha: I don't have such a foolish partner... I just don't want to admit that this kind of spineless person who recognizes the enemy and is a father is actually my partner!

Red Bird patted his chest, satisfied, and didn't feel that there was anything wrong with what he said.

If Chi Yiyin can really lead him to find news about the S-level dungeon, or even get through the dungeon and leave the game field, he can call him ancestor, let alone father!

Red Bird: They are all adults, so be more mature, save face? How much is face worth? Can you use it as your life?

Chi Yiyin had a panoramic view of the reactions of several people, and laughed softly, breaking the eye dispute in the box.

"Redbird, do you have any idea what might have happened in the cafe?"

He asked: "Before entering this copy, you should have done a lot of research, right?"

Hongniao nodded, turned her head away from flirting with Jingcha, and said seriously: "I have a little idea, but..."

He hesitated for a moment before continuing: "Theoretically speaking, this situation is impossible, unless either the game field or the system crashes."

"[Doll Cafe] has always been more inclined to mental torture and torture than physical harm. Few of the players who enter this instance can leave with a normal mind. The boxes in the cafe are also prepared for this. Let the outside world not know what happened in the box, so as to exert psychological pressure on the outside world."

The cafe is not well-known, even among the more than 700 original copies, it is considered low-key and inconspicuous, just like its location in the corner of the city, it is easily overlooked.

The red bird only noticed its existence when it was investigating the initial dungeon, and chose it because of the excellent airtightness of its box.

He believed that with Chi Yiyin's character, he would not be easily overwhelmed by the mental pressure exerted by the dungeon.

——How can a character who can see through the illusion of "Giveaway Bodhisattva" and tear apart the lies of peace in the Snow Mountain Hotel be a person who is psychologically fragile and afraid of suffering?

As for Red Bird and Jingcha, let alone the two of them.

People who can stick to their ideals for twelve years, even face the pain of death and the annihilation of their companions many times, but still struggle to get down, no matter what psychological pressure the dungeon exerts, they have a clear conscience and will never shrink back.

For other players, this dungeon is an unknown danger, but for Chi Yiyin and others, it is just a cafe for conversation.

— At most, it was a random test in a coffee shop.

"However, if the players who enter the copy are those players who are not determined, then this place will be a devastating blow to them from body to mind."

The red bird looked serious, and said: "Since there are not one out of ten players who can leave the cafe, has anyone thought about where the rest of the players went?"

"I checked. When they first disappeared, the communication status still existed. This means that they did not die at that time, but 'disappeared'. But they disappeared in the game field?"

Red Bird shook his head, and said with a sneer, "How is that possible! This is a playground. If you die here, you will be buried here. Ants don't even think about getting lost here."

When Red Bird talked about it, the smile on Chi Yiyin's lips disappeared, and she realized the hidden problems in the small details.

Just like when he first entered the dungeon, when he successfully triggered the live broadcast room, all the contacts and live broadcast equipment issued by the system were bound to the player.

The player dies, the equipment is taken back, and all traces left on the game field are deleted.

Chi Yiyin believed in Red Bird's ability. If at that time, Red Bird had indeed found out that the communications of those players had not been recovered, then unless there was a loophole in the system, there was only one possibility.

When the dungeon time ends and the players leave the dungeon, those players who "dead" and failed to leave the dungeon are actually still alive.

But this leads to another contradiction.

When the replica is not running, it is just a void, like a vacuum without oxygen, and humans cannot survive there.

So, why did those "missing" players live for a long time?

Chi Yiyin doesn't believe in contradictions. Once a contradiction arises, his first reaction is definitely not to complain, but to think that there must be some details that he has overlooked.

for example…

Besides human beings, are there any other forms that can allow people to maintain the two states of life and death at the same time?

The red bird hasn't explained yet, but Chi Yiyin already has a guess in his mind.

【Doll Cafe】.

The important reminder of the copy is always reflected in the name of the copy and the invitation letter.

Aside from the location of the coffee shop, the other one might be in player form... just dolls.

Those dolls all over the cafe.

Continuous vibrations were still coming from outside the box, and soon, cracks began to spread even on the wall of the box, and the delicate and complicated crystal chandelier above began to shake violently, rattling, and might fall down at any time.

This room is different from the common room in reality.

— There are no doors or windows in the box.

In order not to make the windowless box look oppressive, the dark green velvet curtains fell down smoothly, as if they were just lowered curtains covering the windows.

There are beautiful portraits and decorations on the four walls, and the wall lamps and glass lenses complement each other, constantly reflecting the bright light, making the space look very large, and you will not feel oppressed even if you stay in it.

The best airtightness means that there is no connection with the outside world. If the outside world can't get in, the information in the box will not be transmitted.

Until now, they are ready to leave from the box.

"The doors and windows can be given up, there is no such thing here."

Red Bird shrugged in Jingcha's expectant eyes, and said: "Didn't you hear what Chu Yueli said just now? The live broadcast from the outside world stays in the cafe, and you can't see what happened in the box at all. Since I can choose this place, why not?" The most important thing is absolute privacy, how could there be an exit?"

Before Jingcha asked, Chi Yiyin had already reacted.

"in other words."

He pondered and said: "Before you entered the copy yourself, you didn't know the specific situation in the box."

Red Bird nodded as a matter of course: "Of course."

He did buy information from other players and knew about the existence of the box. But since the box cannot be recorded live, naturally there will be no recorded material, and of course he will not know what the box looks like in advance, all he knows is a text description.

This is a logical closed loop thing.

However, the red bird got the trigger and the way to leave the box from the players who had successfully escaped before.

"The way to enter is roughly the same. As long as you show dissatisfaction with your current life, or even complain to the store manager that her coffee is not good, there is a great probability that the box will appear."

Red Bird said: "Of course, the most efficient and safest thing to do is to complain and contempt the piano player, which will be counted as an accusation against the player's soul, and then he will be dragged into the piano by the angry player and the doll together." In the box."

"When the door of the box is opened again, you can probably see the performer dragging the half-dead player and playing the piano on his corpse. Until the player says it sounds good, the performer will not stop or let him die. "

Jing Cha's eyes widened, and he took a deep breath: "Is there such a thing?! You never told me!"

The red bird immediately retorted: "When will I hide information? It's obvious that you didn't have the patience to read through the hundreds of thousands of words of information, and you blame me if you can't see it? Eat some carrots!"

Jingcha exploded in an instant, flung his fangs and claws at Red Bird, and hammered him against the wall for a beating.

"You know that I don't have much appreciation for the piano! If the piano player asks me if it sounds good or not, how should I answer? I think you have a newcomer and forget the old one, and you want to be with Chi Yiyin Let's stay together and fly together! Red Bird, you bastard..."

"Eh? Eh??? No, ancestor! I didn't think so! Then... ah!"

The red bird was beaten so loudly that it flapped its hands and tried to struggle out, like a chicken about to drown.

Chi Yiyin saw the red bird's distress signal, but raised his eyebrows, pretending not to see it.

Just now, Jingcha had just finished talking about newcomers and oldcomers. If he went to save Red Bird immediately now, it would be like adding fuel to the fire. It would be better to wait for Jingcha to react on his own.

The red bird was not talking about the piano.

It is what the performer perceives, the affirmation and kindness towards her from the outside world.

Most of the players in the game field have blood on their hands.

As long as one crosses the line of life, one cannot go back. Killing once is effective, and the next time he encounters difficulties or crises, his first reaction will be to kill.

Taking someone's life becomes one of their backup options.

For these players who have released the dark side of their souls, they will not be those who have dissatisfaction in the bottom of their hearts in reality, but more will be released.

Most of their malice and pressure will turn into resentment and dissatisfaction with the people and things around them.

And if a player complains in a cafe that the player's piano is poor, it's not that the piano master is pointing the music, but when they see someone sad and vulnerable, they maliciously want to grind the other person's wounds, and take this opportunity to vent their feelings Disgruntled, having fun with other people's meltdowns and cries.

During the candlelight concert, Chi Yiyin also met the performer.

There were still tears on the face of the woman in the black dress, her eyes were dull and full of brokenness.

Those people have the bad character of smashing beautiful things, bullying the weak and fearing the strong.

For such a woman who seemed easy to bully, they would not let go of the opportunity to release their malice.

Chi Yiyin could even imagine that the players were sitting on the sofa smiling and looking at the performer, expecting her to break down and cry.

Even if some players are still restrained in the game field and will not take the initiative to participate in malicious incidents, but they can enter the C-level dungeon, most of them are experienced players, and they will not be kind for no reason.

It is already "kindness" for them to stand on the sidelines.

Unfortunately, what those players kicked in the cafe was an iron plate.

In addition to grief, players need affirmation.

If they are denied or questioned by the surroundings, maliciousness will infuriate them, making them recall their past pain, and go mad because of it, and use the lives of those players to appease the anger.

That's why there was a case of murder in the box.

It's just that the dolls will also act together with the players...

Chi Yiyin noticed the violation.

Even if it sounds good on the lips, in fact, it is difficult for people to empathize, empathize with other people, or help when they know there is danger.

More people who will help are those who have similar experiences and emotions, and who sympathize with each other.

If those dolls will be with the performers, then perhaps the performers are also a member of the dolls.

Or to put it another way—

The doll is a player who used to be in front of the piano.

They may have been residents or players in this city, but without exception, they all chose good happiness in their false memories, so they stayed in the cafe forever, and now they only exist as dolls.

As there are fewer and fewer traces of them in the game field, and no one remembers them anymore, their souls will also weaken, and finally die, turning into dolls completely.

Chi Yiyin thought of the woman she met in the alley.

In the eyes of people like him and Jingcha, those souls are weak, but for those people themselves, their spirits may have already been on the verge of collapse, the pressure and danger are overwhelming them, and they can rest in peace in the cafe chance, has been the goodness of mercy to them.

He sighed softly, silently wishing and affirming the performer in his heart.

Then, his eyes fell on the red bird not far away.

Since the boxes are usually opened after the player is killed, then...

Originally, the red bird was screaming from the beating, but it was still full of anger. It was clear at a glance that Jingcha had kept her hands, and she didn't use her claws when scratching people.

But suddenly, he felt a chill down his back and shivered with fear.

He felt... as if he was being stared at the back of the neck by a large beast. As soon as he moved, the beast would rush up and bite his neck off.

The body's instinctive desire to survive caused Red Bird to fall to the ground in an instant, and began to play dead.

Jingcha: "...? Red Bird, are you touching porcelain?"

He looked at his partner in disbelief: "Do you think I'm a fledgling and inexperienced bastard? How much effort did I have to know? With this strength, if you still die, I won't be called Jingcha today!"

Red Bird: Grandpa, shut up! I think Chi Yiyin wants to kill me, really Q皮Q!

But Chi Yiyin just looked at the red bird ponderingly, and then looked back at the notebook in his hand.

In the usual way of leaving the box, the recognition of the performer must be met, and the player must be beaten to death—a change in the player's attitude, or simply blood.

That being the case, then things will be easy to handle.

As long as all the possibilities are triggered at the same time, you can leave the box without even checking one by one.

Chi Yiyin turned to look at Chu Yueli beside him, and asked with a light smile, "Yueli, what's your opinion?"

Chu Yueli smiled and looked at Hongniao: "Hasn't Mr. already made a decision?"

The red bird lying on the ground trembled, and was horrified to find two figures landed on the ground, walking towards him slowly, one in front of the other.

The sound of crutches falling to the ground, like footsteps approaching death, made Red Bird's heart tighten, and all the blood in his body went to the heart.

"You, what are you going to do?"

Red Bird swallowed, trembling and trying to remind: "I'm your ally! Allies, the kind that can't be killed!"

At this time, Jingcha also felt that something was wrong, and frowned and looked at Chi Yiyin: "You want to kill the red bird?"

Red Bird trembled when she heard the words, and looked at Chi Yiyin with shocked and hurt eyes.

Chi Yiyin squatted down next to him slowly, and asked in a negotiable tone: "In order for us to leave here smoothly, you can sacrifice a little bit."

"what?"

"Lend your blood."

Chi Yiyin smiled and said, "Oh, by the way, you'd better not be afraid of pain, otherwise..."

While talking, he unhurriedly wrapped his handkerchief around his palm, moved his fingers as if preparing for an activity, and then clenched into a fist suddenly, his eyes were instantly sharp, and before he finished speaking, he He swung his fist at the red bird, aiming straight at the red bird's nose.

"Boom!"

A tube of nosebleed sprayed out and sprayed on the wall, splashing long.

If someone who didn't know came in, they would even be frightened, thinking that this was not the scene of a murder.

Under Chi Yiyin's strict selection of angles and strength, the nosebleed played its biggest role, making the scene look so realistic.

Looking at her "painting", Chi Yiyin nodded in satisfaction.

Red Bird's nose was sore, and he cried out physiologically while bleeding from his nose. Most of his face was covered in blood, which was very frightening.

"and this."

Chi Yiyin looked at the red bird at his feet sympathetically, like a kind person who couldn't bear to look directly at other people's suffering, but what he did and said was extremely cruel: "I borrowed your blood and there is still a little left, I will pay you back." .”

As he spoke, he took off the blood-stained handkerchief and put it in Red Bird's hand.

The Red Bird cried louder.

After a brief astonishment, Jingcha burst out laughing.

Red Bird seldom went out to work, and it was rare for him to see Red Bird in such a miserable state.

Not only was he not angry at Chi Yiyin's punch to the red bird, but he was so happy that he wanted to rush over and shake Chi Yiyin to say that he did a good job.

Jingcha was even regretful that no external equipment could be brought into the box, and even the live broadcast and communication equipment were invalid. Otherwise, he must take a few more photos of Red Bird's embarrassing appearance from multiple angles, and laugh at him every day when he returns home.

It's no different if they are pro-partners.

"With the blood, Red Bird's mentality has also changed. He should now very much recognize the 'player', or the soul in the cafe."

Chi Yiyin smiled: "The only thing left is the last condition - the determination to break through the beautiful illusion."

As he spoke, he walked slowly towards the blood-splattered wall.

Under everyone's gaze, the shape of a door gradually appeared on the originally empty wall.

As long as Chi Yiyin walked over and opened the door with a strong desire to leave, he could go out and return to the cafe.

But Chu Yueli's hand gently grabbed Chi Yiyin's clothes.

"Sir, for the time being, the outside of the box must be more dangerous than the inside."

Chu Yueli reminded: "The momentum is so great, and Red Bird didn't mention the current situation before. It can only be said that what is happening in the cafe now is a danger that even Red Bird doesn't know about."

"The walls of the box are already cracking, the building is in jeopardy, and the dangers outside may not even be planned for the dungeon at all, so even the cafe itself is affected."

Chu Yueli's eyes were worried about Chi Yiyin's safety: "Sir, although there are dangers in the box, after all, it can survive here. If you go out, you will face immediate danger. Are you sure?"

Chi Yiyin watched Chu Yueli for a long while, then laughed.

"Yueli, you said the opposite."

His voice was deep and magnetic, with an all-encompassing softness: "The most dangerous thing is to stay in the box."

Hesitating because of fear, staying in the box for a little bit of safety for the time being, will only make you lose the initiative in the next hard battle, and you can only follow the rhythm of the instigator, be led by the nose by others, and fall into a passive situation.

That's definitely not Chi Yiyin's style of acting.

For him, the best policy is to take the initiative to strike first and strike first.

Chu Yueli did not persuade him any further, nor did he say that he would stay in the box.

He just nodded, as if confirming something: "I see."

"In that case, let me help you sir."

He laughed and said, "I don't know why, as long as there is a gap, I can see... different scenery that others cannot see."

Red Bird was shocked when he heard the words, he suddenly raised his head to look at Chu Yueli, and blurted out: "The Hanged Man!"

Jingcha heard the words, and immediately exclaimed: "Huh?! It's true, this title has never been taken away."

When Chi Yiyin and Chu Yueli heard the sound and looked back, they saw two shocked faces with a very high synchronization rate.

"?"

Chu Yueli tilted his head, feeling a little confused: "What is... The Hanged Man?"

Jing Cha was the first to react.

In terms of titles, he is much sharper than Red Bird.

"Since you are an ally, Chi Yiyin believes in you again."

Jingcha glanced at Chi Yiyin, saw him nodding slightly in agreement, and continued: "Before leaving the box, there is one last thing to tell you."

"The "Pope" on the Morning Star list is Red Bird and I. This is our common title."

"And we now suspect that you also have the title... It's just that you don't know it yet."

Not all awakened people will compete for the only title. In fact, there are a total of 22 titles, corresponding to the 22 most powerful human beings, and they are also used as the astrolabe, which is used as a symbol of the highest strength. All Awakened compete separately.

The title once used to name the Major Arcana has become the crown of the Awakened.

Although they are both awakened, everyone's awakened power is different. According to their behavior style and power attribute, they will be classified into the competition category of these 22 titles.

For example, Jingcha, he once competed with several other awakened people for the title of "Pope".

In the end he was victorious—standing over the corpses of those contenders, bearing his own crown.

As for the "Hanged Man", one of the twenty-two Arcanas, no competitor has ever appeared.

Until now, it was called out by the red bird.

Chi Yiyin doesn't understand the Awakened, but he understands the astrolabe and the Major Arcana.

As a professional novelist, his knowledge reserve is amazing, from the ancient and lost Latin Persian to the future quantum mechanical mechanical language, he knows as many fields as he has touched.

All the roads he walked and the people he met finally became his knowledge, helping him face new inhuman existence and crises.

And the Hanged Man...

Even in the Great Arcana, this is the most peculiar existence.

The Hanged Man was martyred like a son of God, nailed to death on a wooden frame, standing upside down on one leg and looking at the world.

For him, all beings in the world are upside down, and different perspectives bring new perspectives. Hanging upside down keeps him awake all the time.

He can see what ordinary people can't see, and he has already predicted what ordinary people can't think of.

Although everyone in the world hates the bad luck brought about by the death of the Hanged Man, what Chi Yiyin cares more about is that the sobriety behind the Hanged Man is different.

With the reminder of the red bird, Chi Yiyin, who didn't know much about the awakened one, finally realized why Chu Yueli was able to see the essence of so many things before.

—Chu Yueli broke his leg, died, and was abandoned in the fog, like a martyred son of God, who was brutally killed and abandoned after doing nothing wrong.

But he survived the fog in the end.

Chi Yiyin once thought that it was because Chu Yueli had never angered Ma Yuze, so Ma Yuze, who was entrenched in the Ma family mansion at that time, was moved with compassion and bypassed Chu Yueli with his life.

But now it seems that there is also the reason why Chu Yueli was awakened at that time.

The unique perspective and the fate of bottoming out brought him a different turning point.

It's just that both Chu Yueli and Chi Yiyin didn't know much about the awakened ones before, and Jingcha and the two didn't know Chu Yueli either.

It was not until now that Yue Li's title and reason were figured out.

"The Hanged Man..."

After the initial surprise, Chu Yueli whispered the name and slowly laughed.

"If Mr. is not afraid of the bad luck I will bring, perhaps, I can use this name to do more things for Mister."

Chu Yueli smiled and said: "Although I didn't know about awakening before this, if the awakened person can help Mr., this power is not bad."

Ordinary people will keep bad luck by their side and not be afraid of bad luck?

Compared with showing loyalty, Chu Yueli was more like a cautious temptation, fearing that Chi Yiyin would despise him because of this.

Chi Yiyin rescued Chu Yueli who was abandoned by everyone. In the cold eyes of everyone and the early judgment of death, Chi Yiyin, who gave Chu Yueli the only help, became his faith and belief. God.

The spirit collapsed, and the ruins were dead.

But above that, the sun rose again, and the gods rescued him at dawn.

From that moment on, Chu Yueli had a devout belief, and his **** was named Chi Yiyin.

Chi Yiyin didn't show too much surprise at Chu Yueli's title, but raised his eyebrows when Chu Yueli was probing, and said indifferently: "If it's bad luck, then Yueli you want Be careful."

"I haven't seen anyone more unlucky than me. Probably the world and the gods hate me and fear me."

Chi Yiyin blinked at Chu Yueli, feeling a sense of intimacy when facing his own people.

This made Chu Yueli laugh, and followed Chi Yiyin with peace of mind: "Since the gods hate you..."

Then I will help you and kill the gods.

The world that doesn't recognize you is also not recognized by me, and it doesn't matter if you die.

Chu Yueli was thinking like this casually, but he didn't say it out loud, and there was still a quiet and gentle smile on his face.

Jingcha watched Chu Yueli with a complicated expression.

He felt as if he had seen a hound—dangerous and fierce, but would rub against his master's palm sobbing and acting like a spoiled child.

This guy Chu Yueli... Since death failed to kill him at first, then anyone who wants to kill him in the future, don't even think about it.

If Chu Yueli really had the title of "The Hanged Man", it meant that he walked with death all the way.

Just like what he reminded Chi Yiyin, only he brings bad luck of death to others, but others can't do anything to him.

—He has determined to serve the gods with martyrdom, so what can scare him away?

wide awake.

And crazy.

Jing Cha, who has always been fearless, even thinks and recalls rarely, to see if he has offended Chu Yueli.

He wasn't afraid, but if he was being targeted by a lucid lunatic... it wouldn't work.

As long as Jingcha thinks about turning around anytime and anywhere, he can always see a pair of eyes staring at him, and feels that his hair is about to explode.

Fortunately, Chu Yueli's attention has turned to Chi Yiyin, and he is not interested in the pair of Red Bird and Jingcha.

Jingcha silently mouthed to her partner: You said before that you wanted to know what kind of person is a "hanged man" or a "tower", what do you think now?

Red Bird: ...I was still too young back then, so I didn't know the reason why you shouldn't say things casually.

And as Chi Yiyin firmly held the doorknob, the box, which had been shaking violently like an earthquake, became quiet in an instant. The gaps that had spread on the wall had stagnated, as if quietly waiting for Chi Yiyin.

The words and sentences written in the book before reappeared in Chi Yiyin's mind. He lowered his eyes slightly, and what was hidden under the elegant gentleman was the unshakable firmness of the gods and demons.

So what if there is a happy illusion and a temporarily safe box?

What he wanted was never these.

He wanted to see the truth—the buried and forgotten truth.

Whatever the consequences, he has the strength and courage to bear them.

The moment the idea appeared in Chi Yiyin's mind, the box and the dungeon core behind it also sensed his firm determination, and the box, which had been sealed without any gaps, slowly began to open to the outside.

"Crack...crack."

A slight sound sounded under Chi Yiyin's palm.

The door that appeared on the wall not long ago opened a gap softly, and a weak to imperceptible wind blew in from the outside.

Chi Yiyin narrowed her eyes, her heart sank.

He vaguely smelled the stench of blood.

It's not the smell of fresh blood, but the rotting corpses that have been placed in the confined space for a long time, and the stench is unpleasant.

"You are right, sir."

Chu Yueli was stunned the moment he appeared through the crack of the door.

Through this gap, which is small enough to be ignored, he saw scenes that ordinary people couldn't see at all.

In the entire cafe just outside the box, there are ghostly souls floating everywhere. Some of those souls are still emitting a shimmer, while some have dimmed, like white porcelain that has lost its luster.

The gloomy souls drifted in one direction, and then gradually disappeared from the cafe, and could no longer be sensed.

In addition to these souls, there are many black and red things.

As soon as Chu Yueli saw those black and red human figures, he frowned in disgust, and raised his hand to cover his nose due to the stench.

He soon discovered that those corpses had already decayed, but there were not only souls inside, but also other problems—they were like cells separated from the plasmodium, and the soul and the corpse did not match, as if the soul had passed through a hole. An overly bulky garment, the corpse is repelling the existence of the soul.

And these corpses are the culprits that lead to the bleakness of the soul.

Chu Yueli saw those shimmering souls curled up in the doll's body, as peaceful and happy as a fetus sleeping in a mother's body, but they were grabbed by the corpse and torn to pieces mercilessly.

With the broken dolls, those souls also become fragile and dim.

Corpses... slaughtering souls.

No, it should be said that it is the soul that kills the soul. They are killing each other without hesitation.

Chu Yueli was astonished, and told Chi Yiyin what he saw, and Chi Yiyin understood it instantly.

Those "missing" players are the dolls in the cafe.

They once chose sweet dreams, "live" in cafes with the appearance of dolls, and got the happiness they dreamed of.

But the big dream will eventually wake up.

Once those people stop dreaming and wake up and resent the decisions they made, they want to get back their original life, choose the path they gave up, as players, or as the city that was forced to collapse by life life, continue to live.

They regretted it, and wanted to beg for grace again, and return to the world from death.

And the other souls who are still in their dreams are their hostages and bargaining chips to threaten the cafe.

Chi Yiyin smiled with no fluctuation in his eyes: "That's why I hate those ignorant guys..."

As he spoke, he exerted force under his palm, and the door opened with a sound.

The box collapsed and disappeared inch by inch behind them, turning the room into darkness, while the world outside the gate gradually became clearer and brighter.

In the air that used to be filled with the aroma of coffee and flowers, now there is only the stench of rotting corpses. The second floor of the cafe where the boxes were located lost its tranquility. The wooden floor in the corridor was scattered with indistinct flesh and blood, and the torn dolls fell into the flesh and blood, stained with dirty blood.

At this moment, the corridor on the second floor was quiet, only the sound of blood dripping and ticking, as if the bitter battle here had passed and the assailant had left.

The crystal chandelier was smashed to pieces, only the light of a candle in the distance flickered in the wind, barely illuminating the darkness.

The darkness and tranquility are like invisible hands, slowly clenching a person's heart, pressing down like an unknown dangerous mountain, which can almost crush a person and make him unable to breathe.

But the howls and terrified screams from a distance still showed the danger hidden in the darkness.

Chi Yiyin only stood at the door for two seconds, glanced at the audience, and stepped out with long legs without hesitation, stepping on the corridor on the second floor.

"Squeak—"

The screeching sound of the old floorboards reverberated in the darkness, which was very clear and disturbing.

In an instant, the darkness, which was still noisy and shouting, became completely quiet.

As if something was awakened, he slowly raised his head from the darkness of slumber, and stared at Chi Yiyin and the others silently with hollow and rotten eye sockets.

Soon, everything returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

There was a rustling sound in the depths of the corridor, but upon listening carefully, there was nothing. The cold wind drifted past behind him, bringing with it a strong, foul-smelling **** smell.

Red Bird had goosebumps all over his body, and his body's instinct after sensing the danger made his heart beat faster, and it was already in his throat.

Chi Yiyin stood there calmly, her azure blue eyes were like sapphires, and even the deepest darkness couldn't hide the bright light.

He listened slightly, the wind and noise were his friends.

In the blink of an eye, Chi Yiyin's eyes sharpened sharply, and he quickly swung his long legs across.

"Boom!"

In the darkness, heavy objects fell to the ground.