I Created the Myth of the Old Ruler

Lu Tiao's bed was very clean.

There is no clutter, no garbage, not even dust. Under normal circumstances, people who can do this probably have some mental problems, just like the guy who kills people while listening to Ode to Joy.

There are no spiders or dolls under the bed.

He opened the wardrobe. The clothes inside were very simple and you could see them all at a glance. Good-looking people don't actually need fancy clothes to decorate themselves. A simple T-shirt can also be worn as a trendy brand.

Among the clothes, Lu Tiao saw a doll and took it out.

The doll had heavy makeup like a clown, and the corners of its funny and weird mouth turned up into a smile.

Nowadays, this kind of doll is definitely not as lovable as the Kodak Duck, but more than ten years ago, this kind of doll was quite popular with children. What exactly changed the aesthetics, Lu Jian couldn't say.

"Why are you under my bed?"

Lu Tan asked the other party.

But the doll didn't answer, it just lay there quietly.

Lu Jian remembered that the exploration level of his initial mission was only 30%, mediocre among mediocrities, and he just completed the mission in an ordinary way.

In the mission of the Quiet Place, if the exploration degree is about 70 or 80%, you can get a glimpse of the whole story. If you reach 90 or above, you can basically come into contact with the truth. If you go above 100, you can get a glimpse of something behind the incident. There are traces of some indescribable great beings, or they have a decisive influence on the development of foreign lands.

So, for this initial mission, if I could reach a higher degree of exploration, what would I get?

Although the mission cannot be repeated now, Lu Tiao can still play this supernatural game.

Of course, before trying it, Lu Tian also roughly thought about what he would get.

First of all, Lu Jian didn't know at the time that there were weird things in the world similar to those in late-night movie theaters. These twisted rules existed in every corner of human civilization. Obviously, this heartbeat counting game was one of them.

[Alley of No Return] and [Fellow Travelers] are obviously the embodiment of similar weird things.

If Lu Jian's exploration level were higher, he would probably be able to understand this level. He conservatively estimated that by this point, the exploration level would have reached 70%.

If you dig deeper, you may be able to discover the true nature of the doll, as well as the causes, rules, and methods of dealing with this strange thing.

This is what Lu Jian needs to explore.

From the current point of view, this game will not cause death. Even if the toys fail the mission, they will only wake up halfway and be frightened for a while.

On the one hand, it may be because this is a game world built by Lu Jian. The authenticity is based on Lu Jian's knowledge. Lu Jian himself did not die while playing this game, so the players will not die either.

On the other hand, it may be that this supernatural game is not inherently dangerous. After all, it is a [mortal] difficulty game. Maybe even if you fail, you will just be haunted by evil spirits and your sanity will be reduced.

Therefore, Lu Tan decided to try it himself.

night.

Lu Tan did not prepare garlic and salt this time. He watched a latest horror movie as entertainment before going to bed. Unfortunately, I don’t know if it was because Lu Tan’s impact on the film industry was too great, so the recent Horror movies tend to be a bit tasteless. They overly pursue special effects and ignore the atmosphere. Lu Tiao is not fully enjoying himself.

As twelve o'clock approached, he turned off the light and lay down on the bed.

When the bell rang, Lu Tan closed his eyes and began to count his heartbeats.

Since he had already experienced it once, Lu Tan was familiar with it and quickly entered that erratic state.

However, Lu Tiao was able to peel off his consciousness at this time. He could find that along with the act of counting his heartbeats, he was covered by something. That thing penetrated into Lu Tiao's body like running water and seemed to be absorbing Lu Tiao's body. The memory in the consciousness.

In this state, Lu Tan's perception of the outside world became much weaker. The noise of life in the community at night could hardly reach his ears. He could not control his body. The connection between his consciousness and his body was blocked by these things. .

At this time, Lu Tan's consciousness emerged and he saw that his wardrobe was quietly opened.

From the closet, a dark creature slowly crawled out.

It was taller than a normal person, but its body was slender, as if it was just skin and bones. Lu Jian looked at its head and saw only two black holes. It was said to be a skeleton, but it didn't look like a human being, more like some kind of humanoid creature. .

It just came to Lu Tiao's bedside and leaned over to look at Lu Tiao.

With its head facing down, the monster was getting closer and closer, its upper body almost forming a right angle.

The monster's hand stretched out towards Lu Jian, and gently brushed the invisible thing wrapping Lu Jian. Then, Lu Jian saw a distortion in the space, and the monster seemed to be devouring it, absorbing these invisible things. In those two big holes.

Lu Tran saw that his breathing became calmer and his expression calmed down a little. The thing straightened up and was about to quietly return to the closet.

At this time, Lu Tan suddenly raised his hand and grabbed the other party.

"Wait a moment."

Lu Tiao opened his eyes and saw that the strange creature made a popping sound of air leakage, and then quickly shriveled up. There seemed to be an invisible force hovering in the space, and then it got into the closet.

Snapped--

The closet door made a loud noise. Lu Tan glanced at the leather bag that was disappearing into smoke and decisively opened the closet door.

But there was nothing in the closet, only Lu Tan's original clothes.

He rummaged around for a while, but didn't find any dolls, spiders, or other things to scare people.

"Gone?"

Lu Tan frowned slightly.

He probably understood that this thing should be a strange thing that was triggered when counting heartbeats. As for what it just did...

Lu Tan thought about it for a moment. When he was absorbed by this monster, fear, fear, and nervousness would appear in his mind. Moreover, due to the ambiguity of external stimulation, he would have a stronger stress reaction, just like when he was pressed into bed by a ghost. Confused consciousness, worry about hearing voices that shouldn't be heard, etc.

This negative emotion was extracted by the invisible thing covering Lu Jian's body, turned into food, and was devoured by the creature.

"So, this is a creature that feeds on human fear?"

Lu Tiao speculated.

"As long as you play this game, you will summon it. Then, this creature will create fear, eat a meal and then leave?"

"Then the images seen by people playing the game are hallucinations?"

At this time, he thought that one of the key points of the game was to look under the bed, but the monster just now obviously did not get under the bed. What was the connection between them?

Lu Tan looked under the bed and found that under the spotless bed, lying quietly was a Lanlanlu doll with a funny smile.

Obviously, this is a sign of the monster's presence.

In other words, is this the... excrement left over after the monster devoured Lu Jian's fear?

Lu Tian looked at the doll in his hand and immediately threw it to the ground.