The metaphysical mother returns, and the villain son stands at attention

Chapter 253 Game Over
Outside the game space, the Ghost King looked at this scene with a sneer on his face, "Pretending."

Why did you do it even though you knew it was an illusion and nothing could be changed? To show him?
The Ghost King's face darkened. He waved his hand and the scene in the illusion changed rapidly.

On the way back, Gu Qingyin and Zhang Qiuyan suddenly stopped. The surrounding scene flashed by quickly like a slide show, and it took more than ten seconds before returning to normal.

Zhang Qiuyan closed her eyes and said, "I feel so dizzy."

"Let's go." Gu Qingyin urged, "They must be getting impatient."

There were sudden changes in the illusion, and they didn't come back. The few people who stayed in the yard became anxious and went out to look for them.

Fortunately, they met on the road not too far away. But before they could say anything, they saw a man and a woman carrying a basket and walking by without looking away.

"It's them!" Huo Xingchen pointed at the couple, "The Ghost King's parents!"

"Do you want to follow and take a look?" Huo Yunjing asked.

Gu Qingyin shook her head, "No need."

Zhang Qiuyan looked over in surprise, "Why?"

Gu Qingyin looked towards the yard beside her with a heavy gaze, "Maybe it would be better to throw it away."

Zhang Qiuyan followed her gaze and saw that a man in the yard was holding a knife with red eyes, but he was hesitant to cut it. Under the knife was a child with his eyes closed, unaware of anything.

Zhang Qiuyan widened her eyes and rushed forward to stop him without thinking. As soon as her hand pushed the door, she went through it. She staggered to steady herself and looked down at herself in surprise.

"Don't waste your energy. He can't see us and we can't stop him." Gu Qingyin pursed her lips. "Maybe this is the Ghost King's punishment for our hypocrisy?"

"Hypocrisy?" Zhang Qiuyan turned away and stopped looking at the heart-wrenching scene in the courtyard. "Why does he think we are hypocritical? We just followed our hearts. Who cares if he can change? How can we pretend we didn't see this happening right before our eyes?"

Gu Qingyin shrugged, "Who can understand the Ghost King's thoughts?"

Dongfang Lingjun also advised, "If you can save him, save him. If you can't save him, don't blame yourself too much. It's all in the past. Don't dwell on it."

Zhang Qiuyan stood there for a while, then turned around and walked back.

"Hey? Where are you going again?" Dongfang Lingjun followed worriedly.

Gu Qingyin's heart moved and she followed him.

Seeing this, Huo Xingchen trotted over and held his mother's hand.

The remaining Gu Ziqian and Huo Yunjing looked at each other and had no choice but to follow.

The illusion is controlled by the Ghost King, so it is better not to separate easily.

"Where are we going?" Huo Xingchen asked, looking up.

Gu Qingyin could probably guess, "He should be going to see a little brother."

Although they changed Changsheng's fate in the illusion, that scene did not happen in reality, and Changsheng didn't know what would become of him.

It was still the same old courtyard. Several people walked straight through the wall and entered the courtyard.

Zhang Qiuyan was the first to arrive. She stood at the door of the old house, staring blankly.

Gu Qingyin felt something was wrong, so she picked up Huo Xingchen, covered his eyes, and then walked over.

At one glance, her brows furrowed.

Dongfang Lingjun next to him also sighed, "What a sin!" Inside the house, three men were surrounding a child, criticizing and discussing which part was softer and more tender... One of them was the child's father.

"Beast!" Zhang Qiuyan gritted her teeth, furious, but she could do nothing because of the Ghost King's restrictions.

Everything Changsheng did before was to survive, but in the end he still died at the hands of the people closest to him.

"Let's go and stop looking." Gu Qingyin sighed and pulled Zhang Qiuyan.

Huo Xingchen was extremely curious, but he was very obedient and did not try to pull away his mother's hand that was covering his eyes. "What's wrong? Why can't you let me see?"

"It's not suitable for children and will leave a shadow on their children." Gu Qingyin didn't care about others anymore, turned around and walked away, and didn't put her hand down until she was outside the yard.

Huo Xingchen glanced at the others and reminded them softly, "Mom, have you forgotten that I'm not really a child."

Gu Qingyin glared, "That won't work either!"

Huo Xingchen pouted in disappointment, "Okay."

Back in the yard, everyone sat on the benches and fell silent, but they were all thinking the same thing in their minds - how to continue this game?

They have become "transparent" in this environment and cannot touch anything. How can they play?
"This boring game is almost over." Gu Ziqian leaned on the recliner and said lazily, "Have the final preparations for the formation been completed?"

Dongfang Lingjun smiled and nodded, "I originally planned to do it after we got to the destination, but I didn't expect to find better materials in the mountains, and I can spare such a long safe time to prepare." After a pause, he sighed, "It's true that fortune and disaster go hand in hand."

Gu Qingyin was confused, "What preparations?"

Zhang Qiuyan had already adjusted herself, and answered quickly: "It's the formation base. Master updated it with new materials. It's more suitable than the previous one!"

Gu Qingyin was even more confused. When did this happen? Why did Zhang Qiuyan know about it? Looking at the others, Huo Yunjing looked calm, and Huo Xingchen didn't seem surprised at all. Could it be that she was the only one who didn't know?
What's wrong with feeling excluded?

At this time, the paper man jumped out of the house, holding a tea tray with a teapot and six teacups on it.

The paper man was like a dutiful old servant, distributing tea to everyone one by one and preparing to hand the cups to them one by one. As the master, Gu Qingyin was naturally the first.

Gu Qingyin took the teacup and asked, "Did you know about their change of formation base?"

The paper man paused and tilted his head to express his confusion.

Gu Qingyin immediately exclaimed “Haha”, it was great that she was not the only one who didn’t know!
"Ah!" Huo Xingchen pointed at the teacup in his mother's hand in surprise and joy, "I can touch things again!"

"Not only that." Huo Yunjing reminded, "After we return to the yard, we will be able to touch the real thing." He gestured and glanced at the stool under Huo Xingchen.

Huo Xingchen looked down and suddenly realized that he hadn't even noticed it just now!

"So, we have to continue playing the game again?" Huo Xingchen frowned. "What exactly does he want us to experience?"

"He probably wanted us to empathize with him, but he didn't expect that we not only provided our own food and drink, but also went up the mountain to hunt." Gu Qingyin shrugged, "This game was unfair from the beginning."

Perhaps it was angered, the entire space shook twice.

Gu Qingyin was not panicked at all, and even clicked her tongue twice: "See, I was right."

The next second, the entire space began to shake, and several people plus a paper man suddenly appeared in the familiar yet unfamiliar forest.

Not far ahead, the Ghost King was staring at them grimly.

(End of this chapter)