The author's diary of ghost stories

Yu Liang heard the footsteps falling at the door of the room outside, so he hid in the bed and listened carefully to what was going on outside.

He did not lock the door in the living room so that "Xu Cixi" could enter more easily.

The footsteps of high heels entered the living room, and Yu Liang, who was hiding under the quilt, also thought of a question.

The current "Xu Cixi" seems to be wearing high heels and a mental hospital uniform. Did she find this outfit and put it on, or did she conjure it up with her own abilities?

It should be like "Zhi", with the ability to turn shadows into clothing.

Yu Liang stretched one ear out of the bed so that he could hear more clearly.

Footsteps landed near the table in the living room, and then there was the sound of the chair rubbing against the ground, as if she was pulling out the chair.

Eat.

She sat at the table and ate in silence.

Listening to the chewing sounds, Yu Liang sneaked out half of his head again and looked in the direction of the bedroom door.

When he decorated the living room, he deliberately placed the table facing the door of the bedroom inside, and placed only one chair there.

If she wanted to sit down to eat, she would most likely have her back to him, and he would be able to see what "Xu Cixi" looked like when she came in.

At this moment, "Xu Cixi" was still wearing the same mental illness suit as last time, but she seemed to be more neatly dressed than before.

It was as if the clothes had been ironed before coming here.

The long black hair of the shawl fell down, and the loose blue and white striped psychiatric clothes could not hide her beauty.

Xu Cixi is the kind of woman whose beauty can be confirmed just by looking at her back.

The chair in front of the table has four long legs, so Yu Liang can also see her high heels from the space between the chair legs.

A pair of blue high heels with a few simple blue strips surrounding her slender ankles.

He had seen this pair of high heels before, and was still wondering why they were not red. After all, red high heels were much more likely to appear in horror movies.

Sure enough, "Xu Cixi" came here dressed the same as last time, but much calmer, as if she just came to say a final goodbye.

So now you just need to turn on the audio on your phone and slide it into the living room so that she can hear it.

The scriptures that save the souls of the dead can let her rest in peace.

The resting souls will eventually leave.

Although he resurrected her by going back in time, she had died as early as October 11th, and what was resurrected now was still a corpse.

A corpse that goes out of control and hurts others.

A T1 level supernatural monster that can evolve through time.

For him, it would make more sense to resolve this strange story as soon as possible and devote more energy to the confrontation with the moon.

"Xu Cixi" will look back and kill her. If she goes back in time to cause trouble for herself, it will really become a big trouble.

Today he has demonstrated Lu Mingzhe's [Thousand Arts] ability in front of her, and next time she should evolve the corresponding restraint ability.

And he doesn't have much time. "Doubt" and "Faith" should both pay attention to his existence.

Yu Liang lowered his head to call up the audio and almost pressed the play button. At this time, he suddenly noticed that Xu Cixi seemed to be lowering his head as he ate.

Judging from the back, he has almost buried his head in the food.

In other words, there is almost no head visible on her back...

The sound of chewing continued, but Yu Liang felt something was wrong and instantly buried his head in the quilt.

The next second he got his head under the quilt, "Xu Cixi's" head slowly poked out from the space under his armpit, and a pair of eyes looked towards the bedroom, observing everything in the bedroom. .

She was still chewing the dishes mechanically in her mouth, but she didn't seem to find any traces, so she withdrew her gaze again.

All of this was also brought into view by the "eye" chess piece in Yu Liang's hand.

He was still watching "Xu Cixi" eat in silence. For some reason, he just saw a touch of loneliness and relief in "Xu Cixi's" eyes.

In fact, it is difficult to really read any emotional color from just one look, but Yu Liang thought that he was probably more sensitive to these colors, and he confirmed that he could see this color.

lonely.

Relieved.

"Xu Cixi" knew that he was in the bedroom, under the quilt.

She was hoping that she could see Yu Liang's face, even if that look was not fair, even if it was just Yu Liang peeking his head out secretly.

Maybe she had already finished eating and was just waiting for this last look.

"Xu Cixi" did not walk directly into the bedroom because she also knew that this was not in line with the rules.

Between the living and the dead, the choice has always been with the living. Since Yu Liang has made his choice, he must let nature take its course.

Just like every soul that returned in the first seven days, they definitely want to see their familiar faces again.

However, it is often not seen at this time.

Because we can't let the dead souls feel nostalgic anymore.

Because it cannot affect the reincarnation of the dead soul.

People use a cold rule to separate life and death, refusing to allow any connection between life and death.

And, named "Custom".

Today Yu Liang is doing the same thing.

He took one last look at the notes on his phone about the "First Seven" precautions in the Tiantian Jili, hesitated for a moment, and closed the phone.

Forget it, that’s it.

Since he has hesitated, it means that he is not so determined and may regret it at some point.

Speaking of which, Xu Cixi can be regarded as his first friend in the world of ghost stories.

He is also the only familiar friend so far.

For this reason, you can take risks.

Yu Liang got out of the quilt, sat at the end of the bed, and looked silently at "Xu Cixi" in the living room.

"Xu Cixi" also noticed Yu Liang's presence. She slowly stood up from the table and walked to the door of the bedroom.

The two stood and sat, looking at each other for a long time.

When she stood still, Yu Liang realized that Xu Cixi was back.

The person standing in front of him now was Xu Cixi, not the monster just now.

Xu Cixi did not move. She looked at Yu Liang who was close at hand, and her tone remained calm: "You shouldn't come out."

"I know." Yu Liang nodded, and then smiled, "This copy of 'Moon' attacks the soul, the spiritual level of people. And it suddenly occurred to me that when I no longer think about 'should I', but When you think about 'willing to or not', you are truly powerful."

Xu Cixi was silent when she heard the words. She understood what Yu Liang meant.

This was beyond her knowledge of Yu Liang, she thought he wouldn't do this.

"Special memories have been implanted in my mind, and I can easily lose control. Only when I see the moon can I feel a little calmer, but it can only last for a short time. When I came to see you before, I was only awake for a few seconds. Time." Xu Cixi said, and she thought for a while, "Maybe moonlight is also effective, but probably only the moonlight that sees 'suspect' can be effective."

Her voice was as cold as ever, like a spring of winter water.

Even now, standing after death and before extinction, she still maintains her usual calmness.

After spending several years in the world of Kaitan, she realized very early on that she needed to stay calm at all times, otherwise she would die faster.

Xu Cixi said quietly: "I know what I am doing, but I can't control it."

"It's okay. To a certain extent, I should be able to produce 'suspicious' moonlight." Yu Liang thought about his physique where moonlight would fall when he had doubts, and suddenly realized that this was pretty good.

But listening to Xu Cixi's words, he suddenly thought of something.

Was she conscious for only a few seconds?

So which seconds exactly are they?

Yu Liang carefully recalled the situation at that time. First of all, he was sure that those few seconds must have been after the curtains were opened.

At that time, Xu Cixi opened the curtains and stood in front of the door, crying silently at the moon. Because of his tears, he almost subconsciously looked into Xu Cixi's eyes and almost saw the moon.

"So your tears at that time were real?"

Yu Liang asked.

"I closed my eyes."

Xu Cixi replied.

If the answer is not what was asked, there is no need to ask again.

Because Yu Liang has already got the answer.

Without the recitation of sutras, Xu Cixi, who was confused and overwhelmed, would not be able to break through the hell and successfully pass the Huangquan Pass.

In other words, she would be forced to stay.

"There's still an hour and a half before the end of midnight." Xu Cixi walked into the bedroom and sat at the end of the bed next to Yu Liang, "You still have a chance to regret it."

"I speak my mind and have no habit of regretting it." Yu Liang shook his head and suggested, "While I am taking advantage of this time, I might as well think carefully about how to turn you back into a living person."

Almost instantly, he thought of something he had seen before, so he blurted out: "Can it be a 'living' character?"

"I do not meet the conditions for the use of the 'living' character." Xu Cixi just shook her head, "I am a corpse now, and there is no 'living' element in my body. You can understand that it does not contain the power of life."

Yu Liang nodded, this was the same pattern as he had observed and concluded before.

He opened his page and looked at what could help Xu Cixi.

As he looked at it, he noticed the two little paper figures in the universe suffering from moon syndrome, and was immediately speechless.

At that time, he thought they were like this because they saw the moon in Xu Cixi's eyes, but now Xu Cixi said that he had closed his eyes at that time.

So that means...

The two of them actually went directly to look at the moon outside the window.

Think of yourself so badly that you go crazy and escape directly into the universe to sleep.

There are really enough people who can commit suicide.

"Then you can still use characters now?" Yu Liang looked at her hand.

Xu Cixi said: "Yes, but it is impossible in another state."

She looked at her outfit and seemed to have just noticed that she was wearing such clothes, so she frowned slightly and reached out her hand to cover Yu Liang's eyes.

At the same time, the shadow under her feet spread up to her body, changing her clothes into a black windbreaker, and the high heels under her feet also turned into shoes more suitable for sports.

"So your current setting is still a player, and the setting of the other state is a monster creature. So as long as you ensure that you are a player when you complete the source monster story, you can return to reality with me." Yu Liangliang The thinking became clearer.

Xu Cixi smiled: "From what you said, the source monsters are like little monsters that can be easily dealt with. They are not that easy to deal with."

"Huh? Haven't you already spent three or four years in the world of ghost stories? The source of ghost stories...should have been resolved some, right?" Yu Liang said in surprise.

He has only joined the Kaitan World for less than two months, and has already entered the dungeon three times. Counting Xu Cixi at this rate...

Didn't Xu Cixi clear the level of Guaitan dungeon dozens of times?

No matter how you pass the test, as long as you can pass it dozens of times, it is definitely something that cannot be underestimated.

Look at Xu Cixi now...

It seems to be somewhat different from the "not to be underestimated" in Yu Liangliang.

"I have participated in about twelve dungeons of ghost stories, but I have only solved one ghost story alone, and then solved it once while working as a team." Xu Cixi continued to answer, "The ghost story cannot be directly competed by humans. We can only use a more tactful approach to try to solve the problem and get a chance to leave the instance."

Even so, the root ghost story can only be sealed, suppressed, and exiled at most, but cannot be killed directly.

"Have you only done twelve copies?" Yu Liang was a little surprised.

Is this some special minor protection mechanism?

For example, you can only play for two hours a day?

hiss--

It doesn't look like Xu Cixi is underage.

Nothing like it anywhere.

"Yes, a normal player would do a dungeon about once every three months. As a student, I should do it once every six months. However, my strength often increases by leaps and bounds, so the frequency has increased."

Yu Liang did the math and came up with the answer naturally.

The frequency with which he enters the Kaidan dungeon is almost four to five times that of ordinary players.

hehe.

Being targeted.

However, according to the meaning of Xu Cixi's words, if the strength increases by leaps and bounds, the frequency of entering the ghost story dungeon will increase.

To put it this way, it is actually because he became stronger too quickly, and it is normal for him to be suppressed.

"I know, I've basically told you everything before." Xu Cixi sat on the bed, swinging her legs gently, "The road ahead may require you to work harder."

"I will." Yu Liang agreed.

After saying this, the expression on Xu Cixi's face was slightly stunned. She seemed to feel something and smiled: "It's time for me to go. I may have to leave temporarily."

"Um?"

Before Yu Liang could react, Xu Cixi's body slowly became translucent, and then gradually disappeared in front of him.

Xu Cixi...

Yu Liang didn't speak in the end, but just read her name in his heart.

At the same time, he also felt as if he was carrying something on his back.

Well, it’s not these illusory things that responsibility hopes for, but something that is really carried on our shoulders.

It's just like……

Ghost on the bed?

Yu Liang stood up and touched his shoulder, but he felt nothing.

He has no mirror image, so he uses the chess piece to shine at himself.

Yu Liang saw a woman more than two meters tall standing behind him.

Although she is tall, she is still slender. She is wearing a bright red Chinese wedding dress and a red hijab on her head.

The wedding clothes were embroidered with gold threads to show the auspiciousness of dragons and phoenixes, which looked bright and ghostly red in the dark.

The little exposed skin showed a delicate pale white color, which contrasted with the bright red, making it look even colder.

"Xu Cixi?" Yu Liang tried calling her, but there was no response.

It seems that she has no sense of self anymore.

All people are corpses, and all corpses are ghosts.

There is no doubt that Xu Cixi has become a ghost now.

Yu Liang suddenly understood the function of the ritual of shadow marriage.

A ritual that connects humans and ghosts.

At this time, the ghost bride behind her slowly leaned down and leaned lightly on Yu Liang's back.

A little bit of coolness is transmitted from this ghost body made of condensed death energy.

I am here.