darkest personality

Chapter 12 12. I want to play a game
What Li Dan didn't expect was that Bai Ye really hit the spot. The number of customers who came to 'Ye Xiao' tonight was much more than the previous few days.

"I'm afraid that these people are the same as me, and the game system restricts the relatively long matching interval?"

During the interval between performances, Li Dan took off his big sunglasses and glanced at the crowds of people in the venue, approached Bai Ye and said:
"This kind of setting is really pitiful. I don't know my heart's ability to bear it? I can accept something even more terrifying."

What he said obviously had a lot of intentions and lack of energy, and he really frightened him a lot in the first game.

Until 2 o'clock in the middle of the night, the 'Night Owl' carnival ended, and the customers all returned home with all their heart.

"Let's go, let's have a midnight snack together?"

Li Dan hugged a newly hooked up girl and walked to Bai Ye who was sorting out the equipment, and said hello.

Bai Ye looked up at the girl with heavy make-up and miniskirt, and said with a smile, "I won't go, you play well."

Li Dan replied with a smirk of 'you know', put his hand on the girl's hip, and left with the girl.

……

After driving the maglev motorcycle back home, Bai Ye checked himself with a heart rate detector as usual.

"The number of heartbeats per minute is between 40-45, which is similar to the data obtained from the last detection."

After checking his heart rate, he washed off the sweat sticking to his body and changed into dry clothes.

When all these things were done, it was already 3 o'clock in the middle of the night.

Usually at this time, he should start to sleep with anxiety.

He didn't dare to enter a deep sleep state, because deep sleep would slow down his heartbeat, and Bai Ye was afraid that his heartbeat would stop and he would die during sleep.

Every night, he would be woken up frequently by several alarm clocks set by himself. Over time, the heavy dark circles and red bloodshot eyes became the obvious signs on his delicate face.

However, tonight is destined to be different.

Because "Pale Dawn" has been officially opened to players around the world at 8 o'clock.

After lying on the bed, he put on the holographic gaming helmet and quickly logged into the game.

The character he created stood in front of the fitting mirror in that humble hut again. The appearance of the character has not changed much from before, with a signature silver-white hair, a white T with black suit pants, and only the left chest of the T-shirt. He got a medal in the shape of an eagle, which represented his newly acquired status as a third-rate explorer.

Approaching the workbench, he noticed an ancient-looking scroll and a thick black notebook beside the green iron letterbox.

After opening the scroll, what appeared inside was the points ranking of the escape list. A total of 100 places had been filled by players from all over China.

ID: Blue Star·Blue Sky, with 55 points.

A professional high-level player in the Blue Star Club?No wonder...

Then scroll to the end to check the 100th player - bacon zongzi, points: 10.

The 5 points I got from the novice teaching can no longer even rank up.

"The initial score gap is not very obvious. It is estimated that after all players play a few more games, there will be obvious polarization in the leaderboard."

This conclusion is also based on the disgusting matching interval setting in "Pale Dawn".

This setting directly leads to inconsistent game time for all players. Those who are bold and not easily frightened will definitely have a lot more game time than the timid ones.

If this rule continues, the point gap between the two will only be widened.

The black leather notepad next to the scroll is a 'task log'. After opening it, there is a hidden side task [Sculpture's Secret] that Bai Ye received in the novice teaching, and the side shows that the task is in progress.

……

After everything was ready, Bai Ye walked towards the door of the hut.

The picture darkened at first, and then turned into that kind of billowing black smoke.

A short video emerged from the black smoke:

This is on the roof of a high school teaching building. A sturdy blond boy in a school uniform is standing on the edge of the roof with a dejected expression. His eyes full of despair and death are looking at the sunset sky in the distance.

"Andrew, I order you to come down quickly, do you hear me?"

The camera turns to the bottom of the teaching building, where many teachers and students are standing, and some firefighters have begun to lay life-saving air cushions underneath.

The bloated, bald principal put one hand on his waist, held a megaphone, and shouted to the boy on the top of the building in a bad tone: "If there is any problem, we can come down and have a good talk. There is no need to commit suicide here."

"He's really dancing, but he's just trying to get rid of his crimes."

Among the teachers and students watching, a boy said that he was afraid that the incident would not be big enough.

"Yeah, if I did that kind of thing, I would have no face to continue living in this world..."

Another skinny boy added fuel and vinegar.

"Hey, don't say a few words."

A middle-aged woman who looked like a teacher interrupted, but she didn't blame the two boys who made sarcastic remarks, and even he looked at the boy who jumped off the building with no pity in his eyes.

The camera cuts back to the top of the building. Andrew, the boy who jumped off the building, seems to be in an unconscious state, and he doesn't notice that the firefighters behind him are trying to approach him by talking.

Suddenly, he took half a step forward, and half of his body immediately hung outside the roof.

"Oooh..."

The onlookers below gasped.

"Andrew, hey, Andrew, are you listening? Your parents are on their way to school, don't you want to see them one last time?"

The firefighter in charge of the negotiation also broke out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly spoke out to appease the boy.

"Mom and Dad... I'm the one who made you tired..."

It's okay not to mention the parents, but when the parents were mentioned, complex emotions of fear and regret flashed in the boy's eyes, and then he closed his eyes in pain, and took another step outside.

"No... Andrew!"

"My God!"

"Ou Maiga!"

In a series of screams.

The young man standing on the edge of the roof stepped into the air and fell straight down from the height of the five-story building.

……

When the short video ended and the black smoke gradually dissipated, Bai Ye's eyes were still completely dark.

He found that he seemed to be sitting on an iron chair, with some heavy object placed on his head, and two pieces of iron in his mouth, like hooks, against his tongue and palate respectively.

A smell of rust spread in his mouth...

He couldn't speak, he could only make a fuzzy whining sound, and there was an electronic sound of 'di...di...' like a timer in his ears, as well as the slight sound of gears turning.

The hands and feet are not bound, and when the hand touches the object worn on the head, the feedback is a rough metal touch, which feels like an iron frame in the shape of a helmet.

"This opening... is really strange."

Thinking of this in his heart, he tried to pull the iron frame of his head with his hands, but the thing didn't move at all, and it was very firmly buckled at the lower end of his jawbone.

At this time, a series of 'Gada' sounds came from the direction above the head, and several rows of searchlights were lit up one by one, and the hazy and yellow light immediately illuminated the surroundings.

After his eyes became able to see things, Bai Ye finally saw his situation clearly;

This is a room of about ten square meters, and he is sitting on the only iron chair in the center of the room.

The room is so simple that it can be seen at a glance, with unpainted rough concrete walls on all sides, a thick iron door, and a dilapidated bedside table in the corner of the right front wall, on which a 17-inch TV is placed.

There is still a half piece of glass mirror hanging on the wall facing Bai Ye, from which Bai Ye can clearly see his current appearance;
A ferocious clip mechanism was worn on his head. The main body of the mechanism is an iron animal trap that can be opened 360 degrees. Ordinary animal traps can only be opened to 180 degrees. Opening 360 degrees is equivalent to The iron teeth of the bear trap were closed together in reverse.

The mechanism designer obviously changed the spring device on the trap, and also installed two sets of special gear structures on the left and right sides of the trap (now corresponding to Bai Ye's left and right cheeks), so that The bear trap can maintain the maximum stretching state without springing back.

In addition, the iron teeth at the lower end of the device were stuck on the bones of the mandibles on both sides of Bai Ye, and there was an iron lock the size of half a palm hanging on the right gear, which firmly locked the opening of the mechanism.

Unless the key can be found to open the iron lock, it is impossible to remove this mechanism from the head.

rustling... rustling...

Not long after the lights were turned on, the 17-inch TV on the bedside table suddenly turned on, flickering like a snowflake screen.

After the snowflake screen twisted for a bit, it aligned, and a weird puppet in a black suit and a red bow tie appeared on the screen.

The puppet has a gloomy white face with two swirls drawn with red paint on the raised cheekbones. A pair of red sclera eyeballs are slowly turning with the body, looking towards the camera.

"Hello, Bai Ye, I want to play a game with you."

The puppet opened and closed its mouth and began to speak, making a thick and deep voice.

"You are wearing my favorite work on your head, a mechanism called 'jaw ripper', and when this video ends, the timer on it will be triggered.

After 10 minutes, if you still can't take it off your head, it will burst out with surprising power, and your head will be ruthlessly torn apart by it just like this dummy..."

The television screen then switched to a plaster head wearing a 'jaw ripper'.

With the triggering of the mechanism, the iron teeth on the trap twisted violently, making a loud 'bang', and half of the plaster head's head was immediately smashed into powder.

Bai Ye's pupils contracted slightly. This video demonstrates the power of the 'jaw ripper'. This mechanism can easily cast a shadow of fear in the wearer's heart.

"You may not know how to speak all the time, let alone how to express your meaning accurately, but you are like this, but you are engaged in a profession that most needs 'speaking'."

The camera turned back to the puppet, and the puppet spoke in that thick voice again.

"You are used to truncating the facts that you have seen with your own eyes, reporting them with falsification and fabrication, and guiding the development of things in a direction that you think will attract the attention of the public, even at the expense of other people's lives.

You know that by doing so, you're chasing the number of views and comments that will earn you a fortune and a reputation.

Selfishness corrupts your soul and makes you lose the professional ethics that a journalist should have. "

The puppet paused and continued:
"Now, I will give you a chance to reform yourselves. When you go out through that iron gate, you will meet three people who have the same experience as you. They are used to lying or advocating violence. Selfishness makes their souls become vile and filthy.

And now, only you can save them.

Is it the awakening of conscience?Or sink into hell?Make your choice! "

Then, the screen distorted for a bit, and then changed back to the snowflake screen state.

A main task also popped up in front of me;
【Redemption?or destruction? 】

[Mission description: 'You have already learned about your current situation in the video, so if you don't want to die, you'd better do what the other party said obediently. ']

【Mission Objective: Complete all 3 'Salvation and Destruction' events. 】

At the same time, Bai Ye also noticed a 10-minute countdown at the top of his line of sight, and he heard the 'cracking' sound of gears turning slowly in his ears.

[Deadly danger: After 10 minutes, the jaw ripper on your head will automatically activate, causing 100% damage to your health. 】

This game has not officially started until now.

……

　2-in-1 chapter, that's all for today.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)