What’s Wrong With Seeking Death?

Xu Tuoran got her second assessment task card before falling asleep that night.

It was also at nine o'clock the next day, in the dance practice room. There are no requirements for the repertoire or dance, but a very sincere suggestion to Xu Tuoran to "just relax and perform as you like".

That's all it took to write out the shady "Even if you sing and dance well* we'll let you advance" statement.

After reading the specific task requirements, Xu Tueran was relieved, and happily covered herself with a quilt to sleep—of course, she didn't intend to waste the sleeping time. After careful calculation, Xu Tueran logged into the "Faith Box" in her sleep.

The last time she entered the "Faith Box" was the night she went to the camphor forest. In fact, it was not that many days, but when Xu Tuoran landed on the roof of Jason's house again, looking at the corner of the city he was already very familiar with, he still couldn't help feeling like a world away.

With her arrival, this little world featuring Jason begins to cycle once again. Xu Tuoran brushed up the daily point tasks in the box with ease, and at the same time looked at the current faith points.

Currently hold 3000 faith points, which can be converted into 1500 steps. And Xu Tuoran just got a new "Faith Box Physical Strength Free Trial Card", so he said to come and try it first.

The stamina-free experience card, as the name suggests, allows Xu Tuoran to move around in the faith box without consuming extra stamina. At present, the experience card held by Xu Tueran has a total duration of 48 hours. This time is calculated according to real time and can be used in batches—this is undoubtedly quite cost-effective for Xu Tueran.

Previously, due to the side effect of needing extra physical energy, Xu Tuoran's time in the belief box was quite limited, and the upper limit of his gains was also low. But now, assuming that it takes eight hours for her to sleep, she can completely use these eight hours in the belief box. Combined with the characteristics of the fast flow of world time in the box and the circulation, it is enough for her to make a lot of money in one go.

But Xu Turan didn't really intend to spend the night in the belief box—she always thought about going to the Path of Chaos again.

Although this domain seems to limit the login and upgrade space, fortunately, Xu Tuoran still has a 100% login opportunity in his hand. She originally wanted to leave this opportunity to the Palace of Order, but since the situation has changed now, it is not a loss to use it on the Path of Chaos.

The only problem is that there is only one chance of 100% login. If she entered the path of chaos but couldn't rise to the Chen level at once, it would be useless. That's why Xu Tuoran had to enter the Faith Box first—she planned to save another wave, and when she confirmed that the convertible points were enough for her to reach the Chaos Chen level, she would use them all at once.

Thoughts are fine.

I just don't know why, but something went wrong that night.

"…Are you OK?"

The next morning, in the restaurant. Pu Han looked at Xu Tuoran who was sitting diagonally opposite, raised his eyebrows slightly: "Your face seems a little blue."

Xu Tuoran looked at him silently, pushed away the untouched breakfast a little bit, and rarely showed a bit of sleepiness on his face.

"She has an upset stomach." The short-haired woman helped explain, "It started last night. She woke up once in the middle of the night because of it."

"So serious?" Pu Han was surprised, "Don't be really overwhelmed."

Xu Turan looked at him angrily, lowered his eyes, and didn't want to speak.

For a girl with short hair, it's still saving face for her. In fact, she was more than just "waking up once" last night - after she woke up, she rushed directly to the bathroom and retched for a long time.

Can't spit out anything. But inexplicably, I felt bloated, a dull pain in my stomach, and a little nausea.

She was swiping tasks in the belief box until she flew up, but she was awakened by this discomfort. I lay down on the bed again later, but I didn't even have the strength to get into the belief box, and I was dazed with the quilt until it was almost dawn, and I barely fell asleep for a while.

When I woke up again, my stomach pain was gone. The feeling of bloating and nausea was lingering, which made her lose all energy.

"Don't eat bad food." The tall Pu Han No. 3 showed worry, "Did you eat snacks before going to bed again?"

Xu Tuoran really wanted to say, you don't know if I eat or not. However, thinking about the good intentions of the other party, he just pursed his lips and shook his head, picked up the yogurt on the table, and sucked the box flat in two or three bites.

You have to drink yogurt if you have an upset stomach—this was what Yang Buqi told her before. Although this kind of food specially provided in the domain should not be expected to provide any special nutritional value, but it still has some comforting effect.

At least Xu Tuoran really felt a little more comfortable.

She exhaled, raised her eyes to look at the other three, thought for a while, and said softly: "By the way, I want to ask you something."

Three Pu Han: "?"

"You are equal to each other's slices." Xu Tuoran pondered, "Then if one of you feels uncomfortable, will it affect the others?"

Three Pu Han: "...???"

They looked at each other, obviously a little surprised that Xu Tuoran would ask such a question. Pu Han was the first to react: "Don't you think that your stomach hurts because of...another you?"

"Guess." Xu Tuoran twitched the corners of his mouth, his expression still grim.

Not just because of the sudden discomfort. There is also a large part of the reason, because when she woke up, she found that her death value had soared by almost 3,000.

In fact, when the death value was rising one after another, Xu Tuoran was wondering if there was another self here. But thinking about it, it's not a bad thing to increase the death value anyway, so I don't care.

But now, an inexplicable discomfort appeared again—this made her a little concerned.

She doesn't think it's her own fault. God knows, to eat bad food in a domain, it is even rarer than bumping into a ghost. And if the discomfort comes from the mutual induction between the split bodies, then the problem may be a little serious.

The premise is that there is indeed a similar induction mechanism between the split bodies.

So she deliberately asked one more question.

The three people in front of them showed similar confusion and were unable to give an answer for a while. No wonder, after all, they have been paying attention to protecting themselves since they entered the domain, and the most serious injury they have suffered may be the kidnapping and threats from Xu Tuoran.

Pu Han thought for a moment and had an idea.

He opened his mouth to ask Xu Tuoran two questions.

One was, "Our table, can you put a privacy screen on it?"

The other is, "Did you take the first aid medicine that Yang Buqi gave you?"

Xu Turan nodded, feeling a bad premonition in his heart, and then saw him smile: "Okay."

Then I saw him pick a more beautiful plate from the table, look at it gracefully for a long time, and nodded with satisfaction.

In the next second, he slapped directly on the head.

In the next second, with his head full of red, he gave Xu Tuoran a thumbs up:

"It's been checked, it doesn't matter."

Xu Tuoran: "..." There is no need to fight so hard.

She handed over the first aid medicine with a complicated expression, opened and closed her mouth, and finally found her voice after a while: "...that, thank you?"

"You're welcome." After taking the medicine, Pu Han began to wipe off the blood on his head, and suddenly he let out a "hey" with remorse on his face.

"Mistake." He turned to the tall man next to him, "I should have hit you just now."

Xu Tuoran: "..."

She put away the medicine bottle without saying a word, and then looked at the short-haired girl next to her. He found that the other party was still nodding in agreement.

I don't know whether I agree with Pu Han's behavior or what he said.

And as the one who was almost patted on the plate, the tall man didn't have any special reaction to this... Could it be that the whole table felt that this behavior was a bit wrong?

Xu Tuoran fell silent for a while. It has to be said that the advantage of acting with Pu Han is that it always makes her feel the normal part of herself.

In any case, at least Pu Han has given the answer with his own actions. Xu Tuoran didn't bother with this issue for the time being. In fact, she still has some doubts about the existence of her split body, but time is limited, and even if she wants to find it, she can only wait after returning from the assessment.

In this assessment, only Xu Tuoran and Pu Han were among the four. They had passed the time and place before, and the two happened to be in the same group.

Therefore, after breakfast, the two of them went directly to the assessment site. Pu Han No. 2 and No. 3 were left. They stayed in the restaurant for a while and left together. They decided to use the extra time to look for clues about the current domain.

On the way, the girl with short hair abducted to the staff's office to get the bed curtain that she applied for yesterday. When walking out with his things in his arms, he caught a glimpse of a strange figure squatting in front of the glass wall next to him, motionless.

Through the reflection of the glass, the short-haired girl saw the number on his chest. F30.

It was a young man who looked to be in his early twenties, with dyed blue hair and a bunch of purple streaks in his bangs. Pu Han had the same style of waterfall slanted bangs, which was even better than that in killing Matt.

The man squatted quietly in front of the glass wall, as if he was looking at something in a daze. The short-haired girl followed his gaze, but saw nothing. Just in time, a staff member came over from the other end, saw that Shamat brother was not moving at all, and even asked a few questions. The little brother raised his head awkwardly, and his voice was very low, and the short-haired woman could only faintly hear a few words—"there is a cat" and "the cat without eyes".

It seemed that the other party also saw those little animals without pupils. The short-haired woman poked her head curiously, and saw that the other party was being persuaded by the staff, helped her up from the ground, and walked away step by step.

Out of curiosity, the short-haired girl followed without hesitation. Following that killer and the staff turned the next corner. And not long after she left, another trainee passed by the same place and stopped suddenly.

"...Ah, there are cats." He stared at the glass wall for a while, then murmured in a strange tone.

"A cat with eyes."

the other end.

Same as the last assessment, after Xu Turan and Pu Han arrived at the corresponding floor, they met the staff responsible for the reception, and were led by the other party all the way to the real assessment location.

At the entrance of the dance studio, three other trainees were already waiting here. They are all male, numbered U12, U31, U59, U40. Among them, U12 looks like a junior high school student, U31 and U40 are handsome middle-aged people, and U59 is older, with white temples. It looks quite energetic. Seeing Xu Tuoran and Pu Han approaching, several adults greeted them politely.

When Xu Turan saw the battle, he roughly understood that this time, he probably squeezed out the position of a male trainee and was forced in.

After all, the female members of Group U already had a collective assessment yesterday. According to the normal rules, I should wait until the next time they collectively assess and then join them. Combined with the shady speech on the mission notice, she has reason to suspect that Jiang Siyu is trying his best to carry herself to group D at the moment.

While she was thinking about it secretly, the staff opened the door. The first few trainees filed in, Xu Tuoran was at the end and hurriedly followed, and the moment she entered the dance practice, the door behind her was slammed shut, and at the same time, under the cover of silent darkness, the surroundings suddenly brightened There was a glowing green light.

The two middle-aged men visibly froze for a moment because of this change, but the young man and the old man remained calm. Pu Han was fine until he noticed the red long-sleeved cheongsam hanging on the wall.

Pu Han is a person who accepts zombies and monsters well, but he is a little allergic to things like red shoes and red cheongsam, and he can't help but gasp when he sees this—whoever thinks about the next second will make him laugh so hard The scene that comes out comes out.

The red cheongsam, like a living thing, began to flutter left and right.

As it fluttered, there were faint writings on the wall behind him. But because the cheongsam was moving very fast, the sleeves kept waving when it was moving, and the light was dim, so that several people's eyes widened, and it was difficult to see the words hidden behind at once.

…Not to mention that when the cheongsam is moving, a human face will appear above the neckline from time to time. It’s scary on the one hand, but the key is that every time it appears, people can’t help but look at it, and it’s easier to miss the information hidden behind it.

"Looking for... fragments..."

"put together…"

"Sing...dance..."

Several people dared to widen their eyes, but they could only see a few words. Just when Pu Han was thinking about whether he should try to touch the cheongsam, a shadow suddenly appeared beside him——

He grabbed the collar of the cheongsam and pulled it off.

It wasn't enough to pull it off, and I also pressed the piano case I was carrying with me. The cheongsam, which was struggling desperately, suddenly stopped, Xu Tuoran clicked his tongue, stepped on it angrily, looked up at the wall, and quickly read a few lines on it.

"'Please look for the diary fragments belonging to 'her' in the scene, piece together her favorite songs, find the corresponding records or tapes and play them. And dance freely with the accompaniment of the corresponding songs.'"

Xu Tueran finished reading like a cannonball, and then scanned around to make sure that no clues were missed. Fang clicked his tongue, picked up the piano case, and straightened up:

"Mission confirmed. You can go."

After all, he took the lead and walked towards the other end of the room.

With the backpack in his arms, his body was still slightly arched.

The rest of the people: "..."

Their eyes turned back and forth between Xu Tuoran's back and the red cheongsam still stuck to the ground, obviously not knowing how to react for a while. After a few seconds of silence, Fang listened to Pu Han and smiled apologetically.

"She's not in good health today. She has an upset stomach. She's a little irritable." He said, pushing the person next to him forward, "It's okay, as long as the matter is resolved. Come here, come this way..."

The "scene" used for this assessment is very large, with more than one room. In fact, the room they're in in the first place isn't even a room—it's so dark they don't recognize it at first. It was actually just a relatively spacious entrance.

The hallway was empty. A red cheongsam was hung on one wall, and a mirror was inlaid on the other wall. Below the mirror was an empty shoe cabinet. The rest of the people checked around and confirmed that there were indeed no clues here, so Fang followed Xu Tuoran into the next room.

Unlike previous missions. This time, the trainees are clearly required to collect clues, and even if Pu Han has omniscience, he cannot directly read the location of all the fragments. At most, he can only see the "story" that happened in this scene, and then make some speculations—because Therefore, for the time being, he can only follow the others and honestly search for clues.

The entrance is connected to the living room, where the light is brighter. The overhead light glowed dimly. There are four doors on the left and right in the living room. After the other people went in, they saw that Xu Tuoran had already rummaged under the TV cabinet, so they dispersed consciously, intending to search for clues in other rooms.

Unexpectedly, just as one of them was about to touch the doorknob, Xu Tuoran said in a flat tone: "That's the bathroom."

"It's okay." The middle-aged man said immediately, "I'm not afraid of being dirty..."

"There's a man sitting on the toilet with a razor in his hand." Xu Tuoran said without raising his head, "Be careful he cuts you."

"..." Hearing that, the man silently withdrew his hand. In the next second, Xu Tuoran said again: "There is a hanged person in the utility room opposite the bathroom... Oh, it seems that you already know."

Before she could finish her sentence, she heard the sound of the door closing violently. Another middle-aged man leaned against the door with a terrified expression on his face.

Seeing this, U12, who was only a junior high school student, quietly leaned towards Xu Turan. The old man numbered U59 laughed twice, and looked at Xu Tuoran: "Have you seen all four doors? What's behind the other two?"

"The upper left is the kitchen, and there's a man in an apron looking for ingredients." Xu Tuoran mumbled, "The upper right is a woman in a wheelchair."

...The description is quite ordinary. But in this environment, it is very unusual.

Pu Han sighed secretly, and wisely decided to be active in the living room now. Facts proved that his idea was right - because soon, Xu Tuoran took out a red high-heeled shoe from behind the TV.

There is a note hidden inside the high heels, on which is a line of beautiful words:

【Safe room, can only be reached if you wear the correct shoes. And my other half will never be too far away from me. 】

"...To put it simply, after collecting a pair of shoes, you can unlock the next room to explore." A middle-aged man scratched the back of his head, "So we need to find both diary fragments and shoes... oh, It's a bit of a hassle."

Who said no?

Xu vainly closed her eyes restrainedly, got up and leaned against the wall—she had been squatting for too long just now, and her stomach felt even more uncomfortable.

Now that the target has been determined, the actions of the remaining few people have also become neat. After all, they have all gone through more than one assessment, and soon found their rhythm, each divided an area, and began to search carefully.

The old man was not fit to bend over, so he rummaged in a wine cabinet, found a box of medicine from a drawer, and was about to squint his eyes to take a closer look, when Pu Han passed by, casually said: "Cure for schizophrenia."

The old man was startled, and turned around in amazement: "You recognize it?"

Pu Han smiled modestly: "In this respect, I am more professional."

The old man suddenly realized and said in awe, "Are you a doctor?"

"Almost." Pu Han lowered his head and opened another drawer without raising his head, "I have a certificate."

Although it is a certificate of diagnosis of mental illness.

Unconsciously, the old man said "oh" again, and waited for a while, seeing that Pu Han had no intention of speaking again, he left in a bit of a daze.

Xu Tueran looked left and right, saw that no one was paying attention to him, so he quietly found a corner seat and sat down, as if nothing had happened, he stomped down hard with his foot, firmly stomping on a blue and white palm sticking out from under the chair. He stopped, then opened the backpack, and stretched one hand into it, but there was a bit of hesitation on his face.

Sensing that something was wrong with her, Pu Han quietly leaned over: "Are you not feeling well?"

Xu Tuoran nodded with a gloomy face, and opened the backpack to show him—only a layer of yogurt was stuffed inside.

Pu Han: "...When did you get so many?"

"Before going to the restaurant, I stayed at the vending machine for a while." Xu Tuoran quietly closed his backpack, "Isn't it good for me to drink yogurt here?"

Pu Han: "..."

It's not that it's impossible, but it's a bit disruptive to the atmosphere.

And as an unofficial candidate, fishing in front of other accompanying trainees always seems a bit bullying.

"I think so too." Xu Tuoran hissed in embarrassment, then sighed with determination, and stood up.

Pu Han: "?"

"I'll go to another room." Xu Tuoran said firmly, "Just avoid other people."

...? ? ?

But did you make a mistake, there are ghosts in other rooms, so we hid here... Oh, it's Xu Tuoran for you, then it's okay.

While Pu Han was still hesitating to speak, Xu Tuoran had already made up his mind, and quietly slipped out through the door closest to her with his bag.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to step on the ghost hand hidden under the chair again.

Ghost Hand: ...? ?

The ghost hand was very confused. It is obviously being collected in, is it also stepped on? ? !

Pu Han watched Xu Tuoran leave, turned his head and saw the ghost hand with five fingers twisted and scratching on the ground, and smiled apologetically.

"Sorry, she's not feeling well today, so she's a little irritable."

After finishing speaking, he raised his foot in a good temper and kicked the ghost hand that had been crushed to the ground.

Ghost Hand: ...I thank you.

And when all the trainees were seriously facing the "assessment", all the pictures were simultaneously projected on the big screen in the multimedia room.

On the stepped seats, all Jiang Siyu moved to the first few rows very consciously. Almost the moment Xu Tuoran showed his face, he began to swipe bullets on the screen in unison.

Xu Tuoran can swipe "Sister is so cool" when he beats a cheongsam, and "Sister take care" when Xu Tuoran sits and rests. Seeing the yogurt in Xu Tuoran's backpack, although he doesn't understand it, he still swipe a row of hugging little roses .

The behavior was so inexplicable that even the father group sitting in the side area couldn't stand it anymore. A barrage of different colors quickly popped up on the screen, pointing to several other players with arrows:

[Jiang Siyu, your possible father is here, thank you. 】

Although no Jiang Siyu is willing to talk to him.

There is no way. Individuals after splitting tend to express more extreme emotions or needs. Especially the kind of preferences that can remain unified even if they are split - the more unified, the more stable the ontology's preferences in this regard. The same is true of certain traits of character.

This is why Jiang Siyu created this series of "assessment scenes" according to his grandfather's request.

These scenes are basically extracted and integrated from the memories of Father Jiang and Old Man Jiang—as two high-level ability users who have experienced many battles, they have naturally experienced a lot in various strange domains, just scan them It's a whole set of unlimited streaming material.

In this familiar and extreme environment, the performance and mental state of the trainees is one of the key observation indicators for Jiang Siyu and others. Some things will not change even if there is no memory, and the closer the performance is to the original version, the more likely the trainee is to advance.

It's a pity that it doesn't matter how good the trainees performed this round—Jiang Siyu sighed inwardly. It's not that she is partial to Xu Tuoran...although it is true.

The main reason is that Xu Tuoran and her little friends are different from other trainees, they lack the protection of amnesia. They must be arranged to leave the trainee's activity area as soon as possible.

Outside the living area of ​​the trainees, there are always fragments of "it" wandering around, and recently, "they" have become more and more active recently, and it is always uneasy to let them stay there...

And the only way to get them out of there is to quickly let them advance according to the rules and then join the jury.

Jiang Siyu made up his mind, raised his eyes, and suddenly heard a cry from someone nearby.

Followed by several barrages swiping across the screen:

【strangeness. I remember the other high-heeled shoe is clearly behind the sofa, why not? 】

[Yeah, that's weird. Who moved it? 】

[Wait, look at the dust marks behind the sofa! 】

[Die, is that a cat paw print! 】

[…! It really is! what's the situation! 】

[! Look over here! On top of the cabinet! 】

[There are cats! Why are there cats here! 】

The entire multimedia room was in an uproar in an instant. Jiang Siyu stood up suddenly, his face changed immediately.

Someone next to him spoke nervously, but just as he spoke, Jiang Siyu stopped him.

"I know," she said grimly. "It's worse than we thought. Those things... those things have seeped in. We need to do something now."

"Now adopt the second plan. Prioritize the protection of the father and grandpa who have already formed a group. Also, try to convey the message to the scene—"

Jiang Siyu gritted her teeth: "It's too late to wait for my sisters to come over. I have to find a way to contact them immediately."

at the same time.

The man with a rotten face and wearing an apron crouched in the corner with his head in his arms, while Xu Tuoran aggressively occupied the only small bench in the kitchen. Cuckoo.

At this moment, a slight "meow" suddenly came from above his head.

Xu Turan: ...

She followed the sound and saw an extra cat on the top of the refrigerator.

A black cat. Because it was so dark, Xu Tuoran couldn't tell whether it had eyes or not.

The black cat was very strong, and seemed to be more courageous. After meeting Xu Tuoran's eyes, although he shrank subconsciously, he quickly stabilized himself, continued to poke his head out, and even had the guts to grin at her, showing a mouthful of fangs threateningly.

And Xu Tuoran... After staring at it for a second, Xu Tuoran silently put down the yogurt in his hand.

Then without hesitation, he turned his head away, making a retching sound.

She didn't know why, but when she saw the cat, she instinctively felt a little nauseous. It's like a person who has eaten fried chicken for several months and suddenly sees the fried dough.

The black cat looks provocative on the surface, but its heels are still shaking: …

Are you polite?