Infinite spooky game

Qi Si decisively let go of his hand and continued forward without looking around.

The light footsteps followed closely behind him, always maintaining a distance of one step behind him.

Qi Si put his right hand over the pocket watch of destiny and turned his head to look. He saw a huge rabbit wearing a red kimono standing upright like a human, staring at him with blood-red eyes.

Reiko disappeared, or rather...she turned into this rabbit.

"You're going the wrong way. You'll never get out if you go in from here..." A sharp female voice sounded from behind my ear, shrill and mournful.

A woman in white with disheveled hair stumbled out of the fog, but was caught by people wearing rabbit-faced masks.

Qi Si turned his head to look at the woman and saw a pretty but pale face, as if she had just escaped from the convulsions of a nightmare or been pulled out of cold water.

"Who are you?" he asked.

The woman did not answer him, but looked at the rabbit in red with a sad and painful look, muttering: "Reiko... my daughter... they have hurt you so much..."

The rabbit tilted its head to look at her, its grinning mouth extending all the way to its ears, revealing jagged fangs with strands of flesh hanging on them. The saliva from the corners of its mouth dripped onto the ground, clearing away the diffuse white mist.

The picture suddenly turned black, white and gray, and handwritten white words appeared in the void before my eyes:
[End of the second week of "Escape from Rabbit God Town"]

【Achieve Ending ② The Hidden Boy and Girl】

[You took Reiko all the way to the northwest, intending to leave Rabbit Town, but you accidentally entered the territory of gods and demons.

[In the dense fog, you lost your way and saw all kinds of strange scenes. You felt terrified, but the way you came had disappeared. Lingzi was assimilated, and those who were not assimilated went crazy.

[Your body was taken back to Rabbit Town by the tribe of Kamashi, but your soul remained forever in the strange fog. The strange legend of Kamikakushi spread in Rabbit Town, and children were no longer allowed to go to the northwest of Rabbit Town.

[And you will be crazy from now on, and you will never be able to escape...]

It ended in failure again, but I got a lot of clues.

For example, the northwest is the wrong escape route; for another example, the crazy woman is Lingzi's mother, and her words seem to mention that someone wants to harm Lingzi...

The three major families were originally equally powerful, but if the male head of one family died unexpectedly and the female head went crazy, they would surely be devoured by the other two families.

Lingzi is currently facing such a dilemma. "Being like the Rabbit God" is definitely not a good thing, otherwise it would never happen to her...

The scene before my eyes shattered into pieces and dissipated like smoke, leaving only a line of cold words.

[The next game of "Escape from Rabbit Town" will be available at 11:59:59]

Qi Si found himself sitting on a chair, and Lu Ming, who was leaning against his face, was sitting opposite him, staring at him without blinking.

"You failed again." Lu Ming said in a declarative tone.

Qi Si looked at him and smiled: "It seems that you have a way to fast forward. Why don't you fast forward it again so that I can start the third round as soon as possible? How about it?"

One of the main quests is to [Participate in the Fireworks Festival in Seven Days], which means pushing the time of "Escape from Rabbit Town" to August 7th, but Qis is currently stuck on the first day...

However, after two trials, Qis almost understood the death points of this game. One is to arouse the suspicion of NPC, and the other is to encounter strange events.

If he had to do it again, he would put aside the matter of "escaping from Rabbit Town" for the time being and try to follow the normal development of the game.

"You want to save Lingzi." Lu Ming answered irrelevantly.

He recited a nursery rhyme quietly: "The big rabbit is sick, the second rabbit takes care of him, the third rabbit buys medicine, the fourth rabbit boils...

"The nine rabbits were wailing on the ground. The ten rabbits asked them why. The nine rabbits said that the five rabbits had gone and would never come back..."

After reading it once, he looked at Qi Si and said, "Ten Rabbits know..."

In an instant, everything disappeared, including the game interface, the prayer belt, and Lu Ming.

Qi Si woke up on the hard bed in the dormitory of Hope Middle School, and what he saw was the darkness that represented the night.

Lu Ming's last words echoed in his ears. He remembered that this nursery rhyme was also copied in Lu Ming's diary, with a note in small words next to it: "We are all dead."

At this point, it doesn’t matter who the “Five Rabbits” in the school are. All you need to know is that it is dead.

The reason why Qis dared to enter and leave the office before was because he relied on himself as the "Nine Rabbit" in the nursery rhyme. In order to ensure the normal operation of logic, he would not encounter fatal danger before the "Ten Rabbit" appeared.

But the moment he saw the diary, theoretically two people knew the truth, one was him, and the other was Lu Ming, whose real existence was unknown.

Among the two of them, one is "Nine Rabbits" and the other is "Ten Rabbits". The logic of the nursery rhyme is perfected at this point and no longer poses a restriction. The danger of this copy has really arrived.

As if to confirm Qis's guess, a nauseating stench began to permeate the air, lingering at the nose and sending a bad warning.

In the dim light, Qi Si caught a glimpse of a rotten head, connected by a thin layer of flesh, hanging from the edge of the opposite bed.

As if it had sensed the gaze of a stranger, the head fell to the ground with a "pa" and rolled towards the bed where Qis was.

There was also a rotting corpse on the other bed, and smelly liquid was constantly oozing out; the same was true of the bed behind me that belonged to the dormitory head.

Everyone is dead, and ghosts or corpses appear normal and peaceful during the day, but reveal their true colors at night.

But what kind of power could kill everyone in the school and imprison their ghosts in this space?

Could it be that the Rabbit God did this?

Qi Si gathered his thoughts, sat up from the bed, stepped over the bony leg of his roommate lying on the ground, and pushed the door open.

Since there are ghosts inside and outside the house, there is nothing to be picky about. It is better to go out and explore at night and collect more clues.

The door rubbed against the ground, making a creaking sound, which was particularly harsh in the silent scene, enough to attract those who were waiting for an opportunity in the dark.

In a second, a cluster of pale green lights lit up dimly, illuminating a gray figure at the corner of the stairs.

The figure crawled crookedly like a wild beast, but at a fast speed. In a few seconds, he crawled in front of Qis.

The voice of the female dormitory manager came out of her mouth, intermittent and unclear: "Why... don't you sleep? Why... run around at night?"

Her wrinkled face was half rotten, covered with fat gray maggots. Her right arm was bent, exposing the bones, and the broken part was lit with a faint green ghost fire, dripping with corpse oil.

Qi Si reacted very quickly and took a step back, retreated to the dormitory door, closed the door with his backhand, and locked it smoothly.

His heel seemed to step on something soft. He looked down and saw a hand that was so rotten that it was unrecognizable being stepped on the sole of his shoe.

Qiss: "..."

...Is it too late to throw away the shoes now?
Outside the door, the female dormitory manager was clearly not going to give up. She banged on the door and yelled, "Who was that just now? Hand him over, or your entire dormitory will lose points!"

It can be seen that this lady was very dedicated and was still thinking about her job even before her death.

Qi Si stood in awe, carefully stepped over the limbs lying on the ground, and returned to his own bed.

Just now, he heard a "sizzling" sound of electromagnetic disturbance coming from under his pillow, which seemed to be mixed with some bytes. It was not very obvious among the rustling sounds of ghosts moving, but it was discernible.

He reached into the pillowcase and fumbled around, and unexpectedly pulled out a cold recording pen, which was deeply embedded in the cotton. If it hadn't made a sound, it would have been impossible to find. On the dark strip, a white light shone, indicating the switch status. The recording pen had turned on by itself at some point.

Qis tried to press the switch, but there was no response. The recorder was still playing the pre-recorded content.

[Four...two...nine...seven...three...six]

Unlike the noise heard during the day, this recording contained substantial information in the form of meaningless numbers.

Password, or something else?
Outside the door, the banging sounds became louder and louder, and the rusty door lock soon couldn't bear the weight and broke with a snap.

In a flash, Qis got out of bed and huddled in the shadow of the corner between the bed frame and the wardrobe.

The next second, the female dormitory manager broke in through the door, her joints scraping against the door, making a teeth-grinding "crunching" sound.

She dragged her feet and walked deeper into the dormitory, her head turning constantly and searching everywhere with her eyes.

As the distance got closer, the unpleasant stench of corruption hit him in the face. Qis stared at the black toes approaching him, ready to activate the effect of the Destiny Pocket Watch at any time.

To his surprise, the female dormitory manager walked straight past him, stood straight in front of him, and opened the wardrobe next to her.

The closet was naturally empty.

The female dormitory manager asked angrily: "Where is he? Where did he go?"

Qi Si, who was a palm away, said: "..."

He lowered his eyes and looked at the recorder in his hand, and had some guesses.

At that moment, he raised his hand and knocked on the bed frame twice, almost trying to kill himself.

The metal bed frame made two crisp "ding" sounds. The female dormitory manager turned around suddenly, but her eyes swept straight over Qis, as if he did not exist in this time and space.

At this point, Qis was certain that the recorder had the effect of blocking the perception of ghosts and could help him act at night.

The female dormitory manager was still searching the dormitory. Qi Si silently held the recorder in his right hand and walked out of the dormitory again.

He walked along the corridor towards the stairs. The sensor lights in front of him flickered all the way, triggering angry roars from the female dormitory manager behind him.

Qi Si walked down the stairs calmly. The stairwell and corridor on the third floor were separated by an iron door, so he went straight down to the second floor.

Waves of silver bell-like laughter floated to Qis's ears, light and lively, belonging to a young girl.

The corridor on the second floor was only lit near the stairwell because of Qis's footsteps. The deeper part was pitch black, with a strange red light jumping from time to time.

The ghostly singing voice floated over like a ghost's voice:
"The Rabbit God descended to the northwest, wearing red and colorful clothes and sitting on a high platform, blessing and protecting generations...

"Three families celebrated with fireworks, and the carriage passed through the southeast street, deep in front of the cave..."

They were the two haiku couplets related to the Rabbit God Festival in the game "Escape from Rabbit God Town".

The two different times and spaces seemed to be connected to some extent. Even though he had not seen it with his own eyes, Qis seemed to see a group of beautifully dressed girls surrounding a statue, clapping and singing.

The face of the statue was blurry, and we only knew it was a rabbit dressed in red, looking like a human...

Qis walked over, making footsteps to light up the sensor lights along the way. When he reached a certain place, the sensor light above his head seemed to be broken and did not emit white light as expected.

He seemed to realize something and looked back. The lights behind him went out one by one. The light was getting farther and farther away and he was trapped in darkness.

The enchanting red light filled the entire space. The female students had changed into kimonos at some point and were filing out of the dormitory door.

They also ignored Qi Si, and gathered in twos and threes, laughing and talking to each other.

"It's almost time, and everything is ready. Let's pray to the Rabbit God together."

"Everyone must be present. If one person is missing, the Rabbit God will be unhappy and will punish everyone."

"Everyone, think about what questions you are going to ask the Rabbit God and what wishes you are going to make."

The girls sat cross-legged in a circle.

Qi Si noticed that their faces were as pale as if they were covered with powder, their black eyes were stiff and motionless, and their voices were as hoarse as if they were read with a stick.

——Obviously not a living person.

Paper pages with strange symbols drawn on them, colorful blessing belts, symbolic sand tables and ornaments were placed in a circle, which looked very much like the "Pen Fairy" that the girls loved to play with when Qis was in junior high school.

But unlike the "Pen Fairy", these girls are not asking for ghosts, but gods.

The last dormitory door also opened, and a girl came out, supporting a man in a red dress and a red cloth hood, and led the man to sit in the circle.

"It's a wonderful thing to please the gods with the most annoying guy among us, and in return, all of our wishes will come true."

"Once she helps us realize our wish, we won't hate her anymore, because she's going to die."

"Keep your voice down. Don't let Teacher Qian hear us and come catch us..."

The girls whispered to each other and began to sing loudly: "The Rabbit God descended to the northwest, wearing red and colorful clothes and sitting on a high platform, blessing and protecting generations...

"Three families celebrated with fireworks, and the carriage passed through the southeast street, deep in front of the cave..."

A gust of wind blew away the red cloth on the face of the person in the circle, revealing a girl's face as pale as paper. It was a face that Qi Si was already familiar with.

——Reiko.

[Main quest progress has been updated]

[Main Quest: Find Qi Lingzi's Body (4/7)]

Reiko's body quickly grew rabbit hair, her mouth and nose protruded, taking on the features of a rabbit face, and her eyeballs turned blood red.

The girls laughed: "The Rabbit God is coming! The Rabbit God has arrived!"

They crawled on their knees towards Lingzi in the center of the circle, like devout servants approaching their king.

They expressed their questions and wishes:

"I want to know if he likes me or not?"

“I want to be more beautiful!”

"I hope to get good grades in the next monthly exam..."

Qi Si had no intention of getting involved in this evil ritual and stepped back step by step.

Lingzi's bloodshot eyes looked at him at some point, and he suddenly became unable to move.

After a while of dizziness, his vision settled again, and he actually sat in the middle of the girls, in the seat that belonged to Reiko... (End of this chapter)