What’s Wrong With Seeking Death?

In Jiang Siyu's memory, her father suddenly became a little strange when she was seven years old.

At that time, my grandfather had not officially started the Taobao store business. Either going out all day and not coming back for several weeks, or burying his head in his own "laboratory" tossing his "trophies". Jiang's father was war-inclined and originally worked in the Renxinyuan. Later, his grandfather called him back to his side on the grounds of "helping you level up" to help him.

But Dad didn't want to be separated from her mother for too long, so he didn't go out with Grandpa often. He usually went to help in Mom's company, and sometimes stayed alone in the "laboratory". Whether you are busy or not, you will come home on time for dinner.

Until that day, he didn't come back all night. Mom finally got through to him the next morning.

The father on the phone came up and said three sentences.

The first sentence is, let's get a divorce.

The second sentence is, you take the child and run quickly, far away.

The third sentence is, you help me call my dad back, I can't hold it anymore.

"Fortunately, my grandfather just came back from the outside that day, and immediately rushed to the 'laboratory' to save my dad after getting the news."

Jiang Siyu took out a wet tissue and began to wipe the hands of the double-faced man in front of him. It was only then that Xu Tuoran noticed that the fingertips of the double-faced man were covered with mottled blood, which seemed to be from scratching.

"Since then, my dad has had a strange disease. Sometimes normal and sometimes abnormal. Sometimes he becomes like another person, always trying to kill himself, or escape... Oh, yes, didn't I just say ? From that day on, my dad was imprisoned in the laboratory by my grandfather."

Jiang Siyu said, took the hand of the double-faced man in front of him, and walked back along the corridor. While walking, he talked to Xu Tuoran very calmly:

"Later, the symptoms appeared more and more frequently, and the time became longer and longer. Grandpa had already switched careers and opened a Taobao store, and he helped him while opening the store... Finally, he couldn't control it anymore. He had no choice but to mess with himself It became like this."

She stopped before a room. There is the staff lounge, and there is a big LCD TV in it, and a bunch of ghosts and ghosts are sitting in it watching "Midnight Ring". Jiang Siyu peeked in, then turned to the old man hanging on the other side of his body and said, "Grandpa, they are watching an idol drama. Do you want to watch it for a while?"

The face closer to Xu Tuoran shook his head slightly. Jiang Siyu nodded clearly: "Okay, then I will call you next time they watch "Bright Sword"."

After speaking, she led her father and father to continue walking forward, asking Xu Tuoran as she walked, "Hey, where did I just say that?"

"...They made themselves like this." Xu Tuoran said, and glanced at the double-faced man walking obliquely in front of him again, and already had a rough guess about what happened to Jiang Siyu's father in his heart.

Jiang Lin and Jiang Lin. The war tendency held by Papa Jiang is one of the dangerous tendencies—Xu Tuoran has reason to suspect that Papa Jiang has also been infested by iron nematodes.

It’s just that for some reason, he still maintained a certain amount of self even when he was attacked by the “iron nematode”. Later, with the help of his family, he and the "iron nematode" reached a period of coexistence. When this kind of coexistence could not continue, Grandpa Jiang used himself as a seal to completely seal them...

Xu Tuoran estimated that Grandpa Jiang's current state should be similar to Feifei's. What she cares more about is how the previous period of coexistence was achieved?

Xu Tuoran was full of curiosity about this, but on the other end, Jiang Siyu had already continued on his own: "The two of them have been staying in this domain since then. I will take over the work of managing the domain and the Taobao store." ...Hey, now they have always maintained such a state, and I don't know what to do. My mother kept telling me that my father had a dual personality. Whose dual personality is like this..."

"It's not a dual personality." Xu Tuoran pondered for a while, and simply pointed out, "He was parasitized by something."

Jiang Siyu stopped in an instant.

After a second pause, she turned her head to look at Xu Tuoran:

"Sister, may I ask that 'that kind of thing' has something to do with the 'Jianglin' ​​you asked about earlier?"

Xu Tuoran was startled: "Why do you..."

"I guess." Jiang Siyu shrugged, "When I mentioned 'Jiang Lin' just now, sister, your mood suddenly became a little bit bigger."

Before this, Jiang Siyu hadn't actually paid attention to this name. She wasn't even sure how to write the name, Jiang Lin Jiang Ling, she couldn't tell the difference stupidly.

However, Xu Tuoran's emotional ups and downs just now caught her attention. She carefully recalled the name again, and finally remembered that Xu Tuoran had inquired about a person named "Jianglin" when he first joined the Taobao store.

In Taobao stores, there are many people who conceal their real names and identities. Before that, Jiang Siyu had never heard of "Jiang Lin", and after seeing it, he didn't immediately connect with the "Jiang Lin" he had heard many years ago. But now, with Xu Tuoran's reaction, it's hard for her not to doubt something.

Now that the matter has come to this point, Xu Tuoran didn't intend to hide it, so he nodded slightly.

"Jiang Lin is a person controlled by a 'parasite'. Your father must have encountered the same thing." She said simply.

Because what she is talking about now is the fact that she has integrated and speculated, rather than directly transcribing what she read in Principal Shangguan's notes, so the information is completely conveyed to Jiang Siyu's ears. The latter nodded thoughtfully, and repeated in a muttered voice: "Parasite...that's right."

Xu Tuoran: "?"

The next second, I saw Jiang Siyu suddenly raised his eyes, his eyes were slightly bright: "About this matter, sister, can you explain in more detail?"

After finishing speaking, before Xu Tuoran could speak, she immediately added another sentence: "My side also has some exclusive information, we can exchange it. For you, it is definitely not a loss-making business."

Xu Tuoran: "..."

Seeing that she didn't respond, Jiang Siyu's breathing was slightly stagnant, but he didn't quite understand Xu Tuoran's complicated emotions now. After thinking for a while, he said again: "Or I can increase the price on the basis of the exchange. Items or resources..."

"Hey, stop. I didn't say I didn't want to." Xu Tuoran waved his hand hastily, "There's no need to increase the price. I just think it's weird for you, a primary school student, to talk about the exchange in a serious way... let alone a transaction, it's cold Yes, just treat it as simple information sharing." Otherwise, she would always have the illusion of bullying elementary school students.

...Although judging from Mr. Xiao Jiang's qualifications and rank, it is not certain who is bullying whom.

Jiang Siyu froze for a moment, then showed a relieved expression.

"Okay, sister, it's what you say. But sister, correct me a little bit."

"I'm not a primary school student, I'm in the first grade of junior high school this year."

Xu Tuoran: "..."

Now that intelligence sharing has been determined, it seems that there is no need to keep the issue of the "domain" mentioned earlier.

Jiang Siyu led Xu Tuoran to continue walking deep into the corridor, and said as he walked: "It is common sense that high-level abominations can expand their 'domain' through rituals. The higher the level of the abominable object, the stronger the ability, and the less restrictions the domain naturally has, or the more beneficial it is to them."

Because of this, it is generally believed that "domain" is the exclusive property of abominations. But few people know that human beings who have reached a certain level can also have their own "domain".

"My grandfather has studied this in private. He believes that Yu has higher requirements for the level of ability users, at least Chen level. If the skills are suitable, Hui level is also possible—but correspondingly, the 'Yu' of ability users will be higher than that of "Yu". Abominations are more flexible. There is more freedom."

Xu Tuoran raised his eyebrows: "For example?"

"For example, the place you are in now." Jiang Siyu said, "It looks like a domain fixed in an abandoned building, right? But it's not."

"This abandoned building is actually a place I chose temporarily. After I confirmed the address with you, I asked another local employee to come over and draw a special set of rune circles. Afterwards, I echoed this rune circle remotely, and this domain It is naturally connected with that abandoned building."

"That is to say, you are actually out of town?" Xu Tuoran tried hard to digest her words, "Then you now..."

"Just log in directly as an administrator." Jiang Siyu tried to make an analogy, "Well...you can understand that this is a different space. And I opened a separate entrance for you in the abandoned building."

It's just that Jiang Siyu originally planned to conceal this matter, so he deliberately shaped the domain to echo the abandoned building. But for the abomination, it is extremely difficult to manipulate the structures or scenes in the domain as they like.

And her domain, even if she is not there as the domain owner, can still exist and continue to operate. The domain of the abominable object can't be separated from the domain owner at all, at least that's what she knows.

"Oh..." This point is not difficult for Xu Tuoran to understand. After all, he is also the person who has broken so many domains. But there's one thing she doesn't understand:

"Why did you decide to stay in the abandoned building?"

"I guess you're in City A. It's a place where you can draw runes secretly without worrying about being erased." Jiang Siyu bluntly said, "As for why you think you're in City A... didn't you pick up that one before?" Looking for a list for the grey-haired girl?"

Xu Tuoran: "..." Hey, what list?

She was silent for two seconds, and then she remembered that the Taobao store once issued a reward task, the task was to find a gray-haired girl who was doing trouble in City A. She picked it up at the time, but as a result, there were too many things to do later, and she completely left it behind...

Xu Tuoran gave a guilty "ah", Jiang Siyu saw this, and changed the topic wisely: "In short, capable people have a higher degree of freedom in operating domains. They can even annex or transfer them. For example, now—"

She held the hand of her own family members, led Xu Tuoran through a flight of stairs, and said with a smile: "Sister, do you think there is any difference between now and just now?"

Xu Tuoran glanced at the cold metal wall next to him, and said lightly, "This is not your domain."

"Half right." Jiang Siyu exhaled, "This is my grandfather's 'laboratory' in the past. Before he locked my dad with himself, he transferred the ownership of this place to me."

The so-called "laboratory" is actually old man Jiang's own domain—everyone thought that the person with the ability to predict that was piled up by the Charity Institute five years ago was the first Chen-level human being, but they didn't know it. In the missing place, there is a genius who has reached a height that others cannot reach.

—or rather, a madman.

"My grandfather is one of the very few capable people with the three tendencies. Life, order, and long night. He was originally from the Renxinyuan, but he was a little, uh... not gregarious, and no one agreed with his research direction. So we started Get rid of the boss and come out and do it alone."

Jiang Siyu stood still in front of a metal door with a very high-tech feel, and used his finger to press the electronic lock next to him familiarly. The door opened steadily to both sides, revealing the "laboratory" hidden behind the door.

It looks like the set of a sci-fi movie. The entire room was as big as a small basketball court, filled with icy white. There are several experimental tables in the room, which are full of instruments that Xu Tuoran knows or doesn't know—most of them don't know.

On the other side, there are a large number of containers filled with strange liquids. Runes are painted on the surface of the containers, and various strange monster organs or limbs are soaked in the liquid.

Strangely, those organs and limbs were still twitching uneasily from time to time.

Xu Tuoran: "..."

"Then what, let me ask you." She took a moment to sort out her thoughts, "What is Grandpa's research direction...?"

"'On how to use abominable objects to effectively increase the efficiency of the ability to upgrade'." Jiang Siyu was serious, "This is his initial research topic. Later, he opened several more."

Xu Tuoran: "..."

No wonder, there's a pile of sliced ​​abominations here. Like bubble wine.

"Then did he help you raise your Changye level?" Xu Tuoran asked as he walked into the laboratory.

Jiang Siyu let go of his family's hand and let the other party walk around in the laboratory, shaking his head slightly.

"Not all. Strictly speaking, my current long night tendency belongs to my grandfather. He peeled it off and gave it to me before locking up my father."

"...?" Xu Turan, who was looking around, was startled, and could hardly believe his ears, "What?"

"He peeled it off and gave it to me. When he gave it to me, there was already a Chen grade." Jiang Siyu said, opened a cabinet, took out a stack of folders from it, found one, flipped through it twice, and handed it over. To Xu Tuoran, "Here, this is the subject."

Xu Tuoran: "..."

She took a closer look and saw a bold line on the paper: "Analysis of the Feasibility of Ability Transfer or Inheritance".

Xu Tuoran: "..."

I don't understand. But I was blown away.

"To put it simply, my grandfather intends to keep my dad in the domain. But this domain needs people to maintain it. The maintainer must also have a Chen level. He just chose me as the ability heir."

In fact, his best choice at the time was Jiang Siyu's mother. However, he is only halfway through the research of this project, so he can only transfer the stripped tendencies to blood relatives. He was too withdrawn by nature, and other relatives had already cut off contact, so in desperation, he could only choose Jiang Siyu, who was still young.

At that time, Jiang Siyu's father had been "ill" for more than three years, and Jiang Siyu was just over ten years old.

"...In other words, your father has been with that parasite for three years." Xu Tuoran murmured.

She doesn't know what expression to put on now. She used to think that a Chen grade elementary school student was enough to surprise her, but she didn't expect the family members behind her to compete one by one.

"It's also because my grandpa has been watching." Jiang Siyu was modest, turned around and opened a locked cabinet, and took out a thick stack of draft paper from it.

"My father used to record some things when he was sober. Not all of them were in Chinese, and some strange words were mixed in... I can't understand those things, so I can only guess based on sporadic Chinese."

She placed the draft paper on an empty table, and waved Xu Tuoran to go over: "That's all. Here, the word 'parasitic' is also mentioned on this piece of paper..."

She showed one of the papers to Xu Tueran, Xu Tueran glanced at it, and subconsciously said: "'... I finally understand. What is that thing. It is incomplete, ugly, and it is a fragment from ancient times. It is in the What are you afraid of, so that you dare not expose the world at all, and you can only despicably parasitize on human beings...'"

The handwriting was large and scribbled, but in just a few lines, it already took up the entire surface. Xu Tueran turned the paper over, wanted to look behind, but met Jiang Siyu's shocked eyes: "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You..." Jiang Siyu blinked, her little face was full of astonishment, "Sister, you understand?"

Xu Tuoran: "...?"

"What is there that I don't understand? It's in neat Chinese—" Xu Tuoran said, then glanced at the paper again, and couldn't help being startled.

I saw that on the paper, where is there any "neat Chinese"?

The whole side is almost full of strange-shaped writing—Xu Tuoran is not even sure if it is a kind of "writing". It looks like some kind of rune, or a sacrificial pattern.

Only the word "parasitic" is indeed in Chinese characters. However, the writing is extremely distorted, and the strokes are very wide apart, as if a person is holding on to the notes written while dozing off in math class. It takes some work to identify.

...However, when Xu Tuoran wanted to understand the content on this piece of paper, the words in front of her became clear and recognizable again. It was as if an automatic translation machine was installed in her head, and what she saw was automatically translated in her mind.

So what is the situation?

Xu Tuoran slightly widened his eyes. While she was still in a daze, Jiang Siyu couldn't wait to pick up a few more manuscript papers: "Then, there are these? Sister, can you translate them all for me? Please!"

Xu Tuoran naturally did not refuse. She took a few manuscript papers, glanced quickly, and frowned slightly: "The order is all messed up. I have to sort it out first."

As she spoke, she took out a few more sheets of paper, and while she was reading quickly, she arranged them one by one on the laboratory table. Runes against hallucinations.

- Too much time has passed, and the previous runes have begun to lose their effectiveness. Xu Tuoran now sees that the table is full of long tentacles. It hurts the eyes.

She has already drawn these runes by now, several of them are connected in one go, and she continues to organize the records without blushing or panting after drawing.

On the other hand, Jiang Siyu, who was next to him, was completely dumbfounded.

God knows, these runes are all high-level, and she has to rest after drawing two of them seriously.

The boss is indeed a boss—she used to think that it would be enough for her to be able to destroy a bunch of abominations and props until they were half disabled, but she never expected that the boss would always show fierceness beyond her imagination...

While the two were shocked and knelt to each other, Xu Tuoran finally finished sorting out part of the manuscript.

She divided the finished draft into two parts. Part of it is the records left by Jiang's father in the early stage of being "possessed". These are mostly descriptions of the other party and his own feelings. Part of it is the middle and late stages of Papa Jiang being "possessed". At this time, his confrontation with that "iron nematode" had reached a fever pitch, and he himself clearly felt that it would not last long.

【…When I opened my eyes again and saw the familiar ceiling, I could hardly believe my eyes. At that moment just now, I thought I lost... That guy has become more and more irritable, I don't know how long I can hold it. 】

[Whenever I escape death, I'm glad I'm war-prone. There are a lot of ruins and shelters in the upgrade space there. You can even pick up weapons and ammo. These gave me the strength to fight. And my father, I used to think he was crazy, but now he is my only comrade-in-arms. If he hadn't taught me how to use skills in the upgrade space, I might have died a long time ago. 】

[It started to change its strategy again. It can't just leave me, a part of it is already inside me, and I can just use this to hold it back... It also seems to have learned how to use the ability in the upgrade space, it has been trying to use that part Attacking and controlling me, things get a little troublesome...]

[When that part is active in my consciousness, I feel very uncomfortable. In the process of fighting against it, there will always be a lot of strange information flooding my mind, which is very uncomfortable. 】

【I took advantage of my father to visit me and told him about this matter. He told me that similar symptoms usually only appear in omniscient people. Some omniscients will feel similar pain when they level up... Does that mean that the guy who parasitizes me has something to do with omniscients? 】

…

[I'm sure, I can't last long. My skills are getting weaker and weaker. The last time I was confronted by the upgrade space, I was interrupted by it. How long can I hide? 】

[I have a bold idea. 】

[Maybe I can try to read the information that floods into my head. In the previous fragments, I'm sure I saw something related to its past...though only a flashback. If I get more information, if I can make sense of this and write it down... maybe it can help someone else. 】

【…It really is omniscient! I saw! Omniscient, Chaos, Eternal Day, War...they wander in these four places! No wonder it's after me! 】

[Then you should be crucified here! Don't even think about going out for the rest of your life, trash! 】

【…What is their pursuit? What is taller than Chen? ? 】

[I saw some strange things again... I saw the ancient land, the altar, the people who chanted... No, those don't look like people...]

[They are waiting for grace. Whose grace? 】

[…[A world can only have one star. When two stars exist at the same time, the only ending for the weak is to be extinguished. ]]

[When two corresponding abilities exist side by side, there will only be one real end. [Beasts and chaos, sharing the name of the full moon, natural disasters and wars, giving birth to the real disaster star. And the power of foresight and omniscience belongs to the fate spinning wheel that manipulates time and space—they are also called the fate writers. ]]

[—These are the scattered words I caught from the fragments. I don't know what they mean. My head hurts and I feel chills as I write. I don't know what I'm afraid of. Or maybe what they point to is itself a fear. 】

[[Great educator, personally open the star gate. The great educator, gave birth to the stars. When the flames devour our ugly bodies, we will be reduced to ashes in the brilliant starlight, become the offspring of the breeder, and gain true eternity...] What does this passage mean? The educator is not a star, so what is the educator? What is our world? 】

【Educator... Educator, please tell me the answer. Great Educators, answer my call...no wait, who am I praying to? What's wrong with me? ! 】

[…The situation has gotten worse. I seem to see something I shouldn't. I shouldn't have written this down! 】

【Don’t think about him, forget the paragraphs above! Forget about it! ! 】

— These last few paragraphs were heavily crossed out.

Xu Tuoran looked at the last two paragraphs, but frowned deeply.

Educator—she had never seen this term before.

However, the moment she saw it, she couldn't help feeling a chill in her heart, her hair was numb, the back of her neck hurt, and a feeling of discomfort that she had never felt before rose to her chest.

This uncomfortable feeling was even deeper and more complicated than when she came into contact with the craftsman.

She pursed her lips, suppressed the uncomfortable feeling, turned her head to see Jiang Siyu's worried eyes, and said softly that she was fine.

She carefully relayed the contents of the remaining pieces of paper to Jiang Siyu, but didn't mention a single word in the last few paragraphs that were crossed out—the "educator" seemed to be something that would cause mental pollution. To be on the safe side, it's better not to spread it.

Xu Tuoran thought silently, and conveniently put away all the draft papers he saw. In my mind, I inadvertently ran through the words I had just read about "educators".

Especially the part about the prayers.

The next second, she saw Jiang Siyu looking at her in surprise, and handed over a pack of wet wipes in a panic.

"Well, sister, you, are you okay?"

? Xu vainly didn't understand.

What are you talking about, what can I matter. I just watched something...

Just as Xu Tuoran was about to speak, he heard a slap, and a drop of red slid down his face and landed at his feet.

She was silent for a while, and belatedly reached out her hand to touch her cheek, and touched the blood on her hand.

— her eyes. For some reason, blood was dripping from her eye sockets.

Jiang Siyu was obviously frightened, and when he unwrapped the wet tissue, he was about to hit Xu Tuoran's face. Xu Tuoran stretched out his hand to say no, but with a wave of his arm, a double image appeared.

In the next second, she felt her eyes dim, and by the time she realized it, she had already collapsed.

[Congratulations, you have gained 200 death points. 】

A notification sounded coldly.

It sounded strangely.