Infinite spooky game

After creating the gods with the flesh and blood of the origin, the exhausted ancestor god fell into a deep sleep under the world tree. The newly born gods conspired to eat the ancestor god and each of them got part of his authority.

The god who controls time and space weaves dreams, and the god who manages contracts tells lies. The ancestor god, who is deeply trapped in illusions, sheds his last drop of blood and tears, and red rain falls between heaven and earth for seven days and seven nights.

Plague and death are rampant on the earth. Believers who have become ugly due to mutations crawl out from the piles of corpses, collecting the flesh and blood of the dead in an attempt to rebuild their bodies.

Seven days later he took the ritual materials to the abode of God, where the people told the pilgrim: "All believers of the old gods have fallen."】

【ID Card: Fallen Savior】

……

Rose Manor.

The eternal gray-purple sky pressed down overhead, the pouring rain hit the muddy ground and splashed up light smoke, the savage roses wove a giant web on the stone walls of the ancient castle, decorating a solitary grave with clusters of flowers.

Li, dressed in black, appeared among the flowers. The gray-white rain curtain turned one centimeter away from him, as if separated from a dry void by an invisible barrier.

Li walked to the door of the castle, and the heavy door slowly opened, revealing an empty shell filled with vines inside.

The long table, candlesticks and mechanical clock had disappeared. All that could be seen were dark green vines that stretched out in all directions like chains, entangled with a bloody figure hanging in the middle.

"Qi, I have taken back the last remains of the ancestor god." Li said to the man in the vines.

Qi lowered his eyes and looked at the person for two seconds, then sighed, "You are no longer a child. I don't think it is necessary for you to report everything to me and ask for my opinion, right?"

Li continued to talk to himself: "The rules allow me to kill Him, but prevent me from possessing His authority; the rules put His remains into the 'Tower', but allow me to scatter His authority. I don't understand."

Qi smiled: "You understand, but you just don't want to believe it. Look, I told you a long time ago that we are not that important to Him. We are just emergency food for hunting and high-quality ingredients that taste better. You should have made plans earlier."

The sound of rain was noisy, and a few raindrops passed through the broken walls and fell into the interior of the castle, soaking a small area of ​​the ground.

The vines hanging from the sky were blown by the wind and rain, swaying rustlingly.

After a long silence, Li changed the subject: "I can feel that you are about to die."

Qi's smile did not fade: "He won't die."

……

【You are dead】

Four large bloody characters appeared before his eyes, looking as hideous and scribbled as blood vessels torn out of the body.

Qis was suspended in the dark and lightless void, his mind unable to tell the direction and his limbs unable to touch any solid objects, as if he was falling away from the planet in the vast universe.

It took him a long time to salvage his mind from the waves of blankness, and recall his experiences and existence as a human being called "Qis", as if he had really died once, and by chance, solved the mystery of the womb.

He stared at the words in front of him and sighed: "If I remember correctly, 'transformed into a ghost' and death are not the same thing, right?"

The original circles of words spread out, and the new blood-red words seeped onto the paper in the void like water-soaked paint.

[Your soul should have been trapped in the game forever, but now, you have a chance to be reborn]

[Would you like to rejoin the game as a 'Ghost'? ]

Qi Si asked: "Is there any difference between the 'ghost' identity and the 'human' identity?"

[After becoming a 'Ghost', you will no longer be recruited by the game to enter new dungeons, and you will not be able to receive points rewards for actively matching dungeons]

[You will not be able to start live broadcasting or upload clearance recordings; your records will not be included in the ranking of Sunset Ruins]

[You will walk in the 47th world as a pollution source of the weird invasion of reality, spreading the weird pollution around you anytime and anywhere]

Zeiss fell into thought.

It’s not because the price is unacceptable, but because... the conditions are too generous.

He had heard a little about these three changes after becoming a ghost from Zhang Yiyu, and thought that specific issues should be analyzed specifically, but he did not expect that the contradictions were universal.

"No longer being recruited by the game" is definitely a deal with only benefits for many players who want to leave the game. It is equivalent to essentially getting rid of the threat of death from the weird game.

Even though "not being able to obtain reward points" is indeed a bit troublesome for Zis, the impact is limited.

He can completely control other players with [Soul Contract], [Poseidon's Scepter] and [Scarlet High Priest], draw points from them and complete the accumulation.

The second price is even more dispensable. Qis has no interest in live broadcasting, and he does not intend to release something that can easily expose his cards, such as the video recording.

What he wants more is to remove his own record from the list.

Just when he was beginning to worry that someone might find clues through the records, the weird game told him that future records had nothing to do with him. It was like someone giving him a pillow when he was sleepy.

As for the third point…using weirdness to invade reality, isn’t that what he has been doing and has achieved good results?

After becoming a ghost, the only thing you need to pay attention to is not to be unlucky enough to be caught by the Weird Investigation Bureau like Zhang Yiyu.

But everyone knows that Qisi, who controls the [Insomnia Bacteria], can lead the world into the Deterrence Era at any time...

"I always feel like there's a trap... When did the weird game become so kind?"

Qi Si's eyes were empty, and he reached out to grab a torn piece of paper floating in front of him.

【Goblin: Undead】

[Description: A corpse cursed by the blood of the ancestral god will continue to lose blood after being injured, and cannot heal itself or die. Its mobility will not decrease due to injury, but it will fall into eternal sleep after losing all its blood.]

Qi Si's mind moved, and the paper pages broke into spots of light and sank into his body.

At the same time, in the darkness in the upper left corner of the vision, the light grey system interface reappeared, and the layout was changed as if it had been reinstalled and restarted, with an additional line of small words at the edge -

[Status: Undead (Ghost)]

There was a burst of fireworks, and a cold voice was reading in my ears:

【Congratulations on returning to the weird game】

The blood-colored words faded and were washed into a solid silver-white by the invisible water waves.

["Frog Hospital" rating S, reward points 5000]

[Clear the True End of "Frog Hospital" and get 5000 bonus points]

[Unlock the dual world lines of "Frog Hospital", reward points 5000]

[World view cracking degree 100%, reward points 5000]

[Complete medium-difficulty side quests x2, reward points 10000]

Qis found himself back in the temple without knowing when, sitting comfortably in a high-back chair, and the entries for basic reward points were refreshed as usual.

Among them, the two medium-difficulty side quests he completed were "cure the disease" at the Blue Frog Hospital and "let the patients of the Blue Frog Hospital take a thousand tadpoles" at the Green Frog Hospital.

He personally forced Lu Zimo to eat tadpoles, so it is reasonable for him to receive the credit.

While waiting for the settlement, Qi Si tilted his head to look at his image in the full-length mirror.

The scarlet in his eyes infected his entire body, making his hair look as dark as night and his face as pale as a ghost. Before entering the dungeon, his flawless white shirt was stained with mottled blood, and the red mist extending from his ID card draped over his shoulders.

The bright color did not come from the infiltration of blood, but from the changes brought about by the role. The bleeding knife wounds under the clothes and the burn marks on the heart had long since returned to a smooth pale color.

The three words "Undead" hang high in the field of vision, but it is obvious that "injuries received in the dungeon will not be carried out of the game" as one of the core rules of the weird game is not affected by the characteristics of the ghosts themselves.

This is really good news.

[Unlock the achievement "Blasphemer" (actually pollute the ritual of the god-level NPC and become the object of its hatred), reward points 1000]

Looking at the achievement icon that looked like a drop of blood, Qi Si raised his hand and touched his cold face: "There is actually an achievement called Blasphemer. Does it mean that players should treat all beings equally and strike hard?

"It seems that the gods are not very united. They don't even pretend to show sympathy to their own kind?"

Qis had already seen some of the discord between the gods from the game between Qi and Li, but he never expected that the weird game would encourage the players, who were the dominated, to attack the high and mighty gods.

This has gone beyond the scope of internal contradictions. He has gone crazy and is not even sparing himself. He is not hesitant to leave hidden dangers of subverting his rule and digging his own grave.

It's more like... intentionally guiding players to undermine the authority of God.

[Unlock the achievement "Seven Deadly Sins" (accumulate serious malicious acts against other players in seven copies), reward points 1000]

[Unlock the achievement "Two-Faced Man" (Change camps twice in a short period of time, and each time caused a significant impact), reward points 1000]

[The total reward points are 33000, which have been deposited into the points account]

The points rewards have been calculated here. The remaining two achievements are easy to understand. As always, they urge players to turn their knives against their companions without any lower limits.

The skill [Soul Contract] was unsealed after leaving the dungeon and became usable. The text in the Remarks column became:
[Each copy can only be used three times. After exceeding the limit, the player will be killed immediately]

Some loopholes can only be exploited once. Qis knows that he should not abuse his skills habitually in the future.

The consequences of transforming into a ghost were loud but insignificant, but they still sounded a wake-up call for him: the situation in the dungeon would be ever-changing, and using up the trump card too early would only put him in a passive position.

Later in "Frog Hospital", when the Soul Contract skill was briefly sealed, Qis could feel that he had lost contact with all the Soul Blades.

If he had not given those tools sufficient psychological hints and intimidation in the early stages, I'm afraid someone would have taken the opportunity to cause some trouble.

In the future, he will control more soul blades, and accordingly, the impact of his skills being blocked will be even greater. It is hard to guarantee that one or two fools will accidentally discover the loophole.

"A relationship maintained by a contract is not always strong. In the end, you still have to use force and inducement... It's troublesome."

Qi Si sighed seriously, but he also knew that some questions had no answers for millions of years and could not be solved overnight.

He slumped in the high-back chair like a boneless man, his elbows half-supported on the armrests, his index finger tapping his chin from time to time.

There was a mural on the dome with red eyes, and golden vines hanging down from its sides were fluttering in the wind. Dust was billowing in the empty temple, flying into various shapes.

In the silence, no new text was refreshed on the system interface for a long time.

Qi Si straightened up and asked, "Where are the reward items for completing the dungeon perfectly?"

The scarlet above his head slowly expanded and contracted, and the high priest in red in the upper right corner of the field of vision raised the cross in his hand.

In the rolling gray fog, the system interface froze for two seconds, and a few lines of text popped up reluctantly.

[Congratulations on obtaining the portable item "Director's Special Pass" in the "Frog Hospital" copy. The item has been stored in the item column]

[Name: Special Order from the Dean]

[Note: The writing on it is a little strange, but the hospital staff won't care. You can use it to enter and exit the Frog Hospital at any time.]

In the prop bar below the field of vision, a paper page icon filled with black words appeared in the last grid, and the prop information popped up after two seconds of staring.

Qi Si almost understood that the strange game knew that he had gained great benefits in "Frog Hospital" and did not intend to give him any additional reward props.

Weird Game is as stingy as ever, but the value of the pass is indeed very high.

The effect of props that allow you to enter and exit the dungeon at any time is rare, and when it is put on the market, it is enough to make most players salivate.

You know, there are many players who are afraid of death and are keen on earning points through investment and other means, and then spend the points to enter simpler or more familiar copies to live out their days.

The pass can skip the matching process, allowing players to enter specific dungeons for free and survive the mandatory conscription every seven days. How can this not be enviable?

But for Qis now, the purpose of the pass overlaps with his characteristics as a ghost, and its value is not as great as imagined.

What's more, he has actually controlled the Frog Hospital through the Scepter of Poseidon, so it doesn't matter whether he has this pass or not.

As for putting the pass on the market at a price of one million points to solve the medical treatment problem once and for all, it is extremely unrealistic.

Players who attempt to escape from the dungeon will most likely not be able to come up with such a large amount of money at once, and players who can afford the money... probably have other intentions for buying such items, and Qis has no intention of letting them get their way.

"Is this considered a reward item? It's obviously useless..." Qis expressed his dissatisfaction, but undoubtedly did not get a response from Weird Game.

He decided to quit while he was ahead, took out the Poseidon's Scepter from the prop column and held it in his hand.

No one knew what had happened to the scepter that was originally inhabited by the remnant soul of the sea god who attempted to possess its body. After it was in his hands, it became as silent as a dead object, not transmitting any power fluctuations at all.

Fortunately, the effect of the prop is real. After sinking the consciousness into the scepter, it is easy to sense that it has established a connection with a certain place.

Qi Si zoomed in, and the floor plan of the Frog Hospital unfolded in his mind's hall.

Including the corridor that was only fifty meters long after shrinking, the rooms on both sides lined up like tombstones, the turquoise pond outside the iron gate, and... Cheng An who was nailed to the wall with two scalpels.

In role-playing copies, after the player leaves, the original self he is playing will still exist in the copy world and follow the original life trajectory.

At this moment, Cheng An, covered in blood, was struggling to raise his left arm, trying to pull out the scalpel nailed to his right hand.

Qisi kindly called upon the power of Poseidon's scepter, causing the waves that rose from the ground to sweep him into the pond, giving him relief.

He brought some sea water and rain water to wash the bloody ground clean. Then Qis put down the Scepter of Poseidon and began to count the unexpected gains from this copy.

The first thing was the [Book of the Dead] that he got from Huang Xiaofei and her brother. Its effects overlapped with the characteristics of ghosts and monsters, so it wouldn't play a big role in the short term.

But the "broken" symbol next to the name reminded Qis of the "Pocket Watch of Destiny".

Maybe this thing can evolve just like the [Pocket Watch of Destiny]?

Well, the future is promising.

Then came the team ring - also obtained from Huang Xiaofei and her brother. Qis directly put the bloody ring on the middle finger of his right hand.

The experiences in the last two copies and the information told by the puppeteer all made him realize the importance of a reliable tool man. It is not as reliable as recycling rather than using local materials.

In the three minutes after completing the copy, he told Lin Chen his contact information, and believed that the latter would soon be happy to come to him for use.

Finally, there were some miscellaneous belongings of Huang Xiaofei and her brother, including a flashlight, a lighter, and a compass.

Qi Si accepted it all.

He looked at the account balance displayed as [134000], and a smile appeared on his face: "I only need points to buy that item..." (End of this chapter)