The sun is high

"You want me to play a game with you?"

Xiuge thought so in his heart, and naturally said so. However, when he heard his own voice, he was surprised to find that he could actually make a sound now. This was the first time in the dream world. .

Before Xiuge could think about the reason, the strange figure whose face was shrouded in mist nodded, and then a voice whose gender was difficult to distinguish came into Xiuge's ears.

"certainly."

Xiuge recognized it. The voice was exactly the same as the one he heard when he first came to the dream world and was "kicked" into the abyss.

He stared at the indescribable chaotic face for two seconds. However, such a simple movement made him feel a severe dizziness, so Xiuge could only quickly move his gaze away, and then with a heavy Feeling uneasy and doubtful, he hesitantly sat on the cushion next to the other party.

The seat cushion was as soft as I remembered, but there was an awkward chill about it at the moment.

The strange voice came out from the black figure's body again: "You're anxious and curious, right? Don't worry, play two rounds with me... You can ask questions while playing."

In desperation, Xiuge had no choice but to stretch out his hand.

As if he had been waiting for it for a long time, the moment he picked up the controller, the fighting game on the screen had switched back to the main menu interface. After two consecutive game sound effects, the picture on the screen had entered a two-player fight. In the character selection interface of the mode.

"Why...really want to play games with me?"

Xiuge glanced at the figure next to him in confusion, and then turned to look at the screen. However, the abnormal game screen on it made him couldn't help but widen his eyes.

The five or six rows of game characters that should have been displayed in front of him have now disappeared, and in the center of the screen, there is only a cartoonized "character" head in the character frame. Beat slowly.

"This...is this?"

Shuge felt unbelievable because he saw his own face.

To be precise, it is the face of the body of Sugar Ernst.

His eyes moved to the right half of the screen, and he saw an even more astonishing picture. In the casting interface controlled by the mysterious black figure next to him, there were an unknown number of character frames densely packed together, and they were piled together. , the portraits in it are constantly moving, like living facial makeup.

"Don't be nervous, it's just a game. Shouldn't you be familiar with it?"

Shuge swallowed hard and said, "But I have never...manipulated myself."

"Oh, is that so?"

The unknown laughter came from the black figure again. At this time, he had also completed the selection of his character. Therefore, the huge "VS" word was highlighted in the center of the screen along with exaggerated and dynamic special effects. central.

"Then, it's up to Mr. Sugar Ernst... to face his enemy, an adult changeling bug!!!"

Along with the strange but extremely excited tone of the mysterious black shadow, the picture on the screen began to change rapidly. In the extremely classic arena background, a thin young man with pale skin wearing a long black trench coat emerged from After falling from the air, he awkwardly climbed up from the ground and looked ahead of himself nervously.

This appearance is almost exactly the same as when Shuge himself fought against those enemies.

"This is impossible."

Xiuge looked at the picture on the screen in disbelief. He tentatively pressed the button on the handle, and found that he actually made an action in the picture. At this time, as Xiuge's first " "Enemy", the adult changeling insect controlled by the mysterious black shadow has also pounced on him.

An extremely absurd virtual duel unfolded in this dreamland filled with countless mysteries.

Fortunately, as a planner who has been in the industry for many years, although he is not very good at this type of fighting games, he also has rich game experience and excellent understanding ability, so after experiencing After the initial fuss, Shuge quickly mastered the trick. Strangely enough, Shuge Ernst in the game screen was always able to perfectly make movements that fit Shuge's ideas. It seemed that the game was not controlling him. The handle is the consciousness in Xiuge's head.

At this time, Xiuge finally got the opportunity to ask questions.

While manipulating "himself" to deal with the opponent's attack, he asked carefully: "I want to know, how should I... call you? Or, who are you?"

"Theseus."

The name came out of the dark mist, and he said: "Of course, if you want to show your respect for me, you can also consider pronouncing all my names and titles, but this move does not help. Meaning, I don’t want you to spend half a day reciting my name every time you meet me.”

In the game screen, the adult changeling bug that had been defeated by Shuge in reality pounced fiercely. Its body extended into various strange shapes under the control of Theseus. A series of ferocious attacks destroyed Shuge. The character was forced to retreat continuously, so Shuge had to control his character to huddle in the corner, constantly trying to defend against the opponent's attacks.

However, Theseus did not stop speaking. He only heard him say: "However, as our first official meeting, I still need to introduce the names I use most often. Please listen carefully."

Along with these words, large groups of black fog began to appear on Theseus's face. They looked quite similar to the fog and words that blocked all kinds of things in the dream world, but in the next second, This thick fog gathered together like a sharp arrow and quickly pierced Xiuge's body.

Faced with this "sneak attack", Xiuge didn't know how to respond at all, so he could only watch the mist fuse with his body. At this moment, he only felt a terrible cold current flowing through him. All over his body, the suffocating coldness finally gathered in his mind and formed a bell that could stop all thoughts and thoughts.

The sound was far louder than the bell tower in the center of Salem City.

Under the shock of the loud bell, all Shuge's movements stopped. On the screen, "Suge Ernst" who was controlled by him also stopped moving and fell into a sluggish state of being passively beaten.

At this time, in Xiuge's mind, a large number of mysterious symbols that he could not understand emerged. They were quickly arranged and reorganized, and under the influence of some invisible force, they were gradually dissociated into countless broken sounds. with images.

It was as if a huge and chaotic ball of thread had been forcibly stuffed into the brain. Among the sounds that were difficult to distinguish, as if coming from countless different mouths, the thin black threads that made up the ball of thread were twisting one after another. My body is like a sea anemone growing on the bottom of the sea, constantly catching tiny creatures along the current, or like a black poisonous snake lurking in the abyss...

Amidst the heavy dizziness, Xiuge gradually heard and saw sounds and words that he could understand and accept.

"Theseus."

"Messenger from the Eternal Land."

"The invisible god of destiny."

"The weaver of burlesque drama."

"Singer of the Lost Gods."

"..."

"..."

After Theseus's name, there followed countless weird title affixes that made Shuge dizzy, and these affixes were not just words, but also many pious and fanatical prayers.

These sounds are very far away, as if they are floating from countless corners of the starry sky. These sounds should be chaotic, but when they are gathered in one place, they become extremely coordinated and consistent, like a chaotic The orchestra was led and coordinated by a professional conductor, so in the end, Shuge succeeded in hearing high-pitched, excited and even crazy shouts.

They call out the many mysterious names of Theseus.

As these voices became louder and louder, their praise of Theseus finally came to an end, so at the end, Shuge succeeded in remembering two more perhaps the most important names for Theseus.

"Father of the Forsaken Familia!"

"The Lord of Thousand Faces and Changes!"

As the name "Lord of Thousand Faces and Changes" fell into Xiuge's mind, all the chaotic sounds stopped, and the chaos and restlessness completely disappeared from his spiritual world in an instant. Everything returned to silence, leaving only the call from the distant world still slowly echoing in his head.

"Snapped."

In the long period of sluggishness, the game controller in Xiuge's hand fell to the ground.

Theseus, who was covered in black mist, looked at the game screen in front of him. In the false game screen, the adult changeling that had been torn apart by Shuge with Charron's Touch now became the winner. The thin, pale young man was now tightly wrapped in the translucent body of the changeling bug, and the viscous body fluids possessed by the changeling bug were killing their prey bit by bit. Click and drag towards the abyss of death.

This kind of death is destined to be slow and painful, because the changeling bugs will never directly deprive the lives of their victims when "preying". Only living prey can continuously provide them with specific and effective knowledge and knowledge. Wisdom, but the victims can feel their thoughts being eaten away bit by bit and their bodies being melted bit by bit while being completely unable to move...

"Boring."

Although he had clearly won the game, Theseus suddenly sighed, and in the twisting, amorphous black fog, there was actually an extremely clear emotion called boredom.

He glanced twice at the extremely real changeling insect that was devouring the body of "Shog Ernst" in the game screen, then reached out to pick up the controller in front of Shuge, and pressed the button on it very casually. After pressing several buttons, the human figure wrapped in changeling bugs in the picture actually moved again. He raised his palm with difficulty, and then, the black touch of Charron spurted out from his palm, directly acting on The inside of the changeling insect.

Just like what Shuge once did in Ernst's old house, the body of the changeling insect could not withstand the power of this magic at all, so its sticky body was torn apart and collapsed on the spot, leaving countless translucent fragments. Scattered around, located in the upper right corner, the "health points" possessed by the changeling bugs were also completely emptied in an instant.

"The trend is very good now, no more changes are needed."

Theseus put down the handle, clapped his palms twice, and let out a chuckle.

Under the influence of this laughter, all the strange phenomena that disturbed Xiuge's spirit disappeared instantly. He woke up from his dazed state, but there was a strong fear in his heart.

The moment Xiuge regained consciousness, he realized a terrible fact.

That was the laughter that Theseus made. It was almost exactly the same as the sound that suddenly appeared in his head when he controlled the Running Rat to sneak into the Legal Committee. He could be sure that the reason why his control on the Running Rat was loosened at that time , it is precisely because of the interference of laughter!

"Before...it was you?"

"certainly."

As if they had completely seen through Shuge's thoughts, this strange black shadow with many titles and extraordinary powers, but whose identity is still a mystery, quickly responded to Shuge's question. He said: "But don't worry, it's just a little It's just interference... As a qualified screenwriter, you can't just watch the performance develop in the wrong direction."

The thick black fog on Theseus's face shook violently, and a simple and exaggerated "smiley face" pattern was outlined: "Judging from the current results, my intervention was completely correct, wasn't it?"

Xiuge pursed his lips vigorously. He stared closely at the elusive black shadow in front of him who claimed to be a god, and asked: "So, is all this happening now arranged by you?"

"Did I arrange it?"

As if hearing a joke, Theseus laughed strangely: "My dear, why do you have such a strange idea?"

The dark face of chaos suddenly moved forward, almost directly in front of Shuge. So in the twisting black mist, Shuge heard Theseus say in a tone that sounded like teasing: "The city of Salem." The ending, the direction of Vann's situation, the fate of Shuge Ernst... weren't all these written by you yourself? And the enemies you encountered, didn't you once like them very much? You even You also use Iris Guards as your chat avatar, why, now you don’t like it again?”

Heavy joking and malice flowed out of that face, crushing Xiuge's reason like a flood, almost dragging him into a whirlpool of despair and anger on the spot, and as Theseus With this move, the entire dream world began to tremble, and the fog that shrouded the surroundings and the darkness that isolated the inner and outer world burst into joyous laughter as if they were alive.