I Persuade People With Reason

I followed the account of Zhang Chen's die-hard fan "Takoyaki" who sent a private message, and scanned almost all the communication tools the other party used on the Internet. The girl whose real name is "Xu Zhenzhen" is on the Internet. All the traces left behind are neatly spread out in front of the original, without any mistakes.

[Host, why? Why are you so skilled? 】System 999 watched silently, and finally couldn't help but speak.

... Obviously, he was still an old antique from the Luofu world who knew nothing about modern technology and civilization, wasn't he? How to see this hacking technology is a master of the master ah. Could it be that the host secretly made up lessons when he didn't know it?

"In the last world, were you free? I learned some extra skills. Wouldn't you use it now?"

...are you free?

System 999 quickly dug up the records of that world in the database, recalling the people who were sent around by their own host, unable to complain.

...Yes, there are? So many tool people to call for the host, isn't the host just idle?

"Clap!"

With the last sound, the fingers that were not tapping the keyboard stopped, and his eyes were fixed on the screen.

...

Ten kilometers away, a single-family villa on the outskirts of the city.

The slanting sunset was like an egg yolk that was pierced when it was undercooked, and the flowing orange spread evenly across the entire sky and into the courtyard of the villa.

The sound of the piano like flowing water came from the villa. Under the setting sun, the sound of the piano was distinctly light and pleasant, but it showed an inexplicable desolation and melancholy.

Among the sound of the violin, there are young girls humming out of tune, cheerful and light, as if the little girl who has received the confession of her sweetheart is expressing her joy to the fullest.

"La la la... Is he dead... Damn it..."

"With my blood...my flesh...my everything..."

"La la la... not enough... not enough..."

The setting sun shone through the large floor-to-ceiling windows, and the entire floor was covered in dark red, as if it had been painted with red paint. Looking closely, it was more like coagulated blood, and it was like crimson wax oil dripping all over the floor.

A girl in a white dress "sit" in the center of the floor.

She was born petite and exquisite, and the snow-white skirt spread out on the crimson floor like a flower petal. This scene looks extremely beautiful.

But if you look down carefully, you will find that the bottom of her unfolded skirt seems to be cut in two by the waist, from the waist down? There is nothing? No, no legs, There were no feet, and no blood came out either.

The girl's waist was touching the floor, and the waist part was still melting, and the crimson "wax oil" flowed out from the skirt. It is conceivable that her feet and legs have already melted into "wax oil" all over the ground.

On the floor in front of the white-skirted girl, a crimson candle was burning quietly. The wax oil on the ground seemed to be attracted by some kind and flowed towards the candle. The pencil-thick candle was as red as Normal blood.

At the candle wick, the flames with their teeth and claws burned, as if there were countless people screaming and wailing in the flames, murmuring frantically. The flame was reflected in the girl's eyes, attracting all her attention, and her expression was almost crazy.

A cold flame burned on the wax oil that the girl's flesh and blood had melted into. A brisk singing sounded in the room. Gradually, her shoulders also melted, leaving only a head that had not completely lost its breath. .

The record player was running slowly in the corner, and the brisk sound of the piano ran through the entire room. The girl's singing had stopped, and a pair of bloodshot eyes stared at the burning flame. She seemed to see something incredible, and her tone was full of resentment: "Why? Why? Why hasn't he died! No, this shouldn't be—how can he not die?!"

"...Why? Why can't it be?"

The door of the villa was suddenly knocked open, and a figure Shi Shiran walked in. The twilight fell on the person who came, and a slender shadow appeared.

The broken hair was blown by the breeze, revealing the broad forehead of the youth, and the too sparse and cold brows below. He had a neat, not-so-good-looking face that was approachable, pale and cold with alienation.

Why not? Stepping over the "red paint" all over the place, he came directly to the girl, his eyes swept over the only remaining head, and after an extra second, he landed on the one on the floor. on a red candle.

He bent down and pulled the candle with force. Traces of viscous red wax oil seemed to turn into countless granulation buds in an instant, entangled on the floor, and when the candle was pulled out, it made a sour sound.

Wasn't it? With a single force, I pulled it off directly.

There seemed to be countless screams? Screams?

He stood up holding the pencil-thick candle and looked down at the head on the ground.

"what--"

At the moment when the candle was pulled out, the girl let out a short scream, and the madly eroded eyes finally regained a moment of sobriety, and the young man's pale and indifferent face was reflected in her pupils: "It's you. …”

The flowing wax oil completely solidified on the floor, the neck below the head no longer melted, the girl's beautiful face was stained with a layer of blue and white, and her eyes completely lost all brilliance, as if she had been dead for a long time.

Why didn't he look at the small candle in his hand again.

When his eyes fell on the burning flame, he immediately sensed an uncontrollable strange force, which made him want to stare at it for a long time.

"Be careful! Don't look!"

There was a loud shout from outside the gate, and a figure rushed in like a ghost, bringing a gust of wind. He stretched out his hand and was about to take the candle from Yuan Wuwei's hand.

Yuan Buwei turned to the side to avoid him, but the hand holding the candle was still steady. He looked away from the flames and looked at the man who suddenly rushed in.

A dark jacket, trousers of the same color, a burly figure, a sturdy temperament, and a shaved head. Although his face is not handsome, his eyebrows are very handsome, giving people a kind of "tough guy". " temperament.

Did this person see that he could grab the candle from his original hand, and he didn't try to shoot again, he just said quickly: "Don't stare at this flame for more than ten seconds, or you will definitely have it? You don't want to see it. horrific incidents occurred.”

"... become like her?"

It seems that he didn't think of the original reason? Was there any question? Instead, he immediately accepted the setting. The man was stunned for a while, and then simply said, "That's right."

"Oh? Then? What if you just blow out the candles?"

I'm not really curious, like a bear child who got a new toy, puffing out his cheeks, as if he would lean over to blow it as long as he got the answer.

The man's face changed, and he waved his hand hastily: "Don't!"

While the two were talking, two people came in from outside the door. They seemed to be wearing school uniforms, dressed as students. They were a pair of boys and girls aged seventeen or eighteen.

"Old Chu, how is it?"

These three people obviously knew each other, and the two greeted each other, and immediately looked at the entire villa without making a sound, and when they saw the head of the **** the floor, they all shook their heads and sighed.

Then, they looked at Yuan Buwei, who was standing by the side with a candle.

Among them, the young man spoke first and asked curiously, "Hey, are you an investigator from another area? Why haven't we met?"

Yuan Buwei raised his lips with interest: "Investigator? I think I heard something interesting?"

"...You're not an investigator?!" The young man was shocked, realizing that he had missed his mouth, and quickly covered his mouth, looking at his two companions innocently.

"Wade White, you idiot! I've said before that you should be careful, don't leak secrets to ordinary people..." The **** the side covered her forehead helplessly, let out a sigh, and then turned to "Why not?" of……"

In such an environment that can be called a horror movie scene, why not act so calmly and calmly is undoubtedly very eye-catching. To say that he is an ordinary person who has no knowledge of everything, I am afraid that no one is willing to believe it.

No wonder Wade White admits his mistake.

With this thought in her mind, the girl has already started to negotiate skillfully, and apparently has dealt with this kind of thing more than once or twice, she took out a dark cloth: "Let's isolate this "flame of hatred" first, and then Can you elaborate on anything else? "

"Of course." Yuan did not intend to obstruct, so he held up the candle and handed it over.

The girl didn't cast her eyes on the flames for almost a second, she closed her eyes and grabbed the black cloth and covered it with very agile movements.

The amazing thing is that the black cloth covered the whole candle, but it was never burned through by the flames. Instead, it blocked all the flames, and the inexplicable and gloomy atmosphere in the villa seemed to dissipate a lot.

call……

The three men breathed a long sigh of relief. Why not? You can even see their bodies relax a lot.

Then, the tall man took out a certificate from his arms: "This time what you have encountered is a special incident of the secret level, we are investigators from the Special Incident Investigation Bureau, referred to as the Special Affairs Bureau... …”

According to the three people's self-introductions, the man's name is Chu Kuang, the previous boy's name is Wade White, and the last girl who looks gentle and amiable and is good at negotiating is called An Miaomiao.

Appearing here inexplicably, the three people naturally have to routinely ask the identity of the original one.

"My name is Yun An." Why didn't he take out his identity certificate and show it to them.

"Mr. Yun, can you tell us what happened before we came?" How many people sat down in the courtyard of the villa? An Miaomiao asked.

She has an unpretentious gentleness and kindness about her, which makes it easy for people to let go of their hearts and unwittingly dispel their guards. Although this influence is like a breeze to Yuan Buwei and can be ignored directly, why should it be shown?

Won't you? Then I told the story of the original body receiving a private message and falling into the weird space: "... After coming out of that weird space, I realized that there should be a problem with that private message, so I just Using a trivial little hobby?, to track down this place." Speaking of which, he smiled slightly and spread his hands, "Then, this is the picture you see."

"No, wait, let me take a stroke." Wade White was stunned, and he didn't realize it. "You mean, you left the Bizarre Domain first, and then traced it here through the traces on the Internet—"

Why didn't he nod his head, and said suddenly: "So that weird space is called Wei Yu, um, I came here after I came out of Wei Wei."

All three suddenly looked at him, speechless for a while.

... No, why are you so calm? An ordinary person just came out of the strange realm like this, such a thrilling thing becomes a sentence in your mouth, has the middle process been omitted?

Although I really want to know how Yuan Buwei escaped from the strange realm, this is obviously not the point now, the point is the matter in front of you: "You mean, Xu Zhenzhen sent you a cursed private message? Then? It should be That's right, it's the effect of the flame of hatred!"

"The flame of hatred? What exactly is this?" Yuan didn't look curiously at the candle on the ground covered in black cloth.

The three were silent for a moment, and Chu Kuang said, "It stands to reason that this kind of thing will not be known to ordinary people. Even if you encounter this kind of thing today, you will most likely have to erase this memory later. But since you can come out of the strange realm, you are obviously not an ordinary person, maybe you still have the potential to become an investigator..."

Then, he said shallowly: "The world we live in may seem peaceful and quiet to ordinary people. But in fact, since a year ago, there have been many strange changes all over the world. Ghosts, evil spirits, weirdness, all kinds of weird things have popped up..."

"For example, what you encountered before is weird. Weird is like a rule, which cannot be eliminated by itself, and we humans don't understand the law of their birth at all. Take the one recorded by the Special Affairs Bureau? An example of weirdness, that weirdness only appeared in a campsite nine months ago. At that time, there were twenty-seven teachers and students in a class, and they were idle to play games, but the weirdness came without warning. The game lost. Anyone who has been killed will die, and if you quit the game midway, you will die - this is the rule set by the weird, no one can break it. If you don't want to die, you have to keep winning..."

It is conceivable that in this round of rounds, except for the final winner, everyone else is dead.

The student who survived in the end was also mentally stimulated and is still recuperating in a mental hospital.

Recalling the old story, the emotions of the three people were obviously lowered, and Chu Kuang's eyes were bright: "Our investigators exist to deal with these ghosts, evil spirits, and weirdos. But investigators are only mortal. , does not have superpowers, so how should we fight against these strange things? Then, we must mention the Sealed Artifacts.”

Sealed Artifacts are also born with the weirdness. Compared with the weirdness and uncontrollability, the Sealed Artifact is obviously an existence that humans can control. Although controlling the Sealed Artifact also has to pay a deep or shallow price.

"...This flame of hatred is a Sealed Artifact that was discovered more than half a month ago. It is said that it will affect the mood of the bearer and amplify the hatred in the bearer's heart. What we know so far is the bearer. Originally, he just had a fight with his neighbor, and his emotions should be gone after a day. I didn't think that he was affected by the flames of hatred, and this man hated his neighbor, and actually touched the next door one night and killed someone..."

The police who dealt with the case at that time just treated it as an ordinary case. Only recently did they discover all kinds of clues and follow the clues.

According to the description of the three people, all sealed items in this world must be used at a price, and the stronger the sealed items, the more so.

The effect of the flame of hatred is that, igniting the flame, you can curse the person you hate in your heart and let misfortune befall the other party. If you drop your own blood into the flames, the power of the curse will be strengthened.

And the price paid is that the holder will also be affected by the flame of hatred, be influenced by hatred, and finally become more and more crazy. It may be just a few drops of blood at the beginning, but at the end, it may be like Xu Zhenzhen, who almost sacrificed all the flesh and blood of the whole body, and the whole person was devoured by the flame of hatred.

The original body cloud is safe? Okay? Staying at home, suddenly pulled into the strange realm formed by strange rules, it is obviously the "unfortunate" brought by the curse of the flame of hatred.

Car accidents, accidents, earthquakes, fires, falling into weird rules... are all "mishaps" that can happen. The original body is obviously the most unlucky kind.

In the original story of fate, Xu Zhenzhen just dripped a few drops of blood, and the original body died in the strange domain, and then the three investigators who followed the clues along the way arrived. They took the flame of hatred from Xu Zhenzhen, but they failed to save the original body's life.

If it wasn't because I remembered wrongly, although Xu Zhenzhen was punished this time, but because she came forward to protect Zhang Chen, when Zhang Chen grew up, she took Xu Zhenzhen into her own wings. down, to be sheltered.

The arrival of Yuanbuwei obviously changed the direction of fate.

He didn't die, but escaped from the realm, breaking the curse. If the flames of hatred want more "misfortune" to come, it means that Xu Zhenzhen must ask for more from the bearer - this is why after the arrival, you will see the picture of the opponent's whole body almost completely melted.

All the doubts in my heart disappeared. Seeing Chu Kuangsan, the people still wanted to invite him to join the special affairs bureau, why not? After thinking about it, he asked seriously, "Can a part-time investigator be allowed?"

"???" I have seen so many newcomers joining the Special Affairs Bureau, and this is the first time I heard such a request. The three of them looked confused, and the friends with the little question mark joined hands in a circle, "Your original What does work do? Does it matter?"

"My job is to bring baptism to the minds of all people, to lead them to appreciate the scenery of another world, and to prepare everyone from the bottom of their hearts for the changes in the real world in advance... um, very It's important."

A string of question marks appeared on the top of the three people's heads again: "It looks really important, so what is it..."

"Cough, thank you, just an ordinary horror writer."