Chapter 224: Something unto death! Penacony is in danger!
"This must be the end of the space, right?"
"We need to find the puzzle fragments now and use this puzzle gentleman to open the door to the exit."
Guinaifen steadied herself slightly.
Clarifying the objective within the game.
Two fragments had run off into the rooms on the left and right.
She first arrived at the room on the left.
It was a toy room that looked quite cozy.
Even the background music had changed to the tune of the Safe House.
Lines of text emerged.
[ This is the origami bird I folded for you… ]
[ Mikhail, take it with you! ]
[ It will protect you from harm. ]
The room on the right was a very empty guest room.
Inside, there were some wandering Dreamjolt Troupe members.
Guinaifen carefully skirted around these monsters.
She obtained the second fragment.
[ I will definitely protect it. ]
[ I promise you, Mikhail… ]
[ So, you must protect yourself too… ]
White text.
Floating in the air like a ghost.
Guinaifen felt she should have been used to this by now.
She had seen so many "monologues" along the way.
But.
It still felt a bit unsettling looking at it now.
"It's… it's okay, it's okay…"
"We'll be at the exit soon~"
The puzzle was completed.
A large door materialized out of thin air.
She stepped forward.
Interacted.
After the door opened.
A long corridor was revealed.
As she gradually moved forward.
The surrounding lights became dimmer and dimmer.
The atmosphere suddenly turned eerie!
After opening the door again.
It was a new room.
This room was very dim, with only a treasure chest in the center bathed in a spotlight.
"Could there be some luxurious reward inside?"
"Forget it… I don't hold any hope for what's inside the treasure chest now."
At this moment.
Guinaifen hadn't realized the severity of the problem.
The moment she clicked on the treasure chest.
There was no expected prompt for obtaining a reward.
Instead, the screen went black!
"Ding-a-ling-ling—"
Accompanied by a sharp, urgent alarm sound.
The surrounding lights all turned on.
The scene inside the room was fully revealed.
Guinaifen was startled!
"Wait, wait, wait…"
"Why did this background music become even creepier!"
"It feels like something is wandering around…"
"Damn it… the art style is wrong!"
Old-fashioned, bulky TVs were piled up in the corners.
And in all directions of the room.
There were nothing but identical doors!
Guinaifen licked her dry lips.
She looked at the mission prompt.
[ Find any door to leave here ]
She started to panic.
She could only try to reduce the unsettling atmosphere by constantly talking to herself.
"This isn't the same type of horror as the Garden of Serenity."
"Although there's no direct threat…"
"It gives a feeling of mild horror and absurdity…"
She chose the door at the very top.
She switched to Fu Xuan.
After activating a Technique shield, she ran at full speed!
Her experience exploring the Storage Zone in the space station came in handy.
"Hiss, hiss, hiss—"
Just as she was about to reach the door.
The screen suddenly flashed.
Accompanied by a harsh electrical buzzing sound.
Little Gui's mouth twitched.
Her heart skipped a beat.
She almost let go of the controller.
"No… who taught you to make games like this!"
"I thought I was playing a space comedy? Why does it feel like a horror game now!"
"That flash almost scared me to death…"
…
"Damn…"
"Scared the hell out of me…"
"Such eerie music…"
"Is it this terrifying even just watching Little Gui play?"
"Don't scare me, ahhhhhhh!"
"It's the middle of the night here."
"I'm so scared I quickly pulled my feet back under the blanket!"
…
"This is… a ghost wall, this is!"
Guinaifen exclaimed.
Coming out of the room, it was still the same room!
The only change was.
Some of the piled-up TVs were now showing static with no signal.
Many words slowly emerged next to the black-and-white TV sets.
[ Help ]
[ Save me ]
Entering this room again.
The background music became even more urgent.
The ticking sound of the clock's countdown was also getting faster and faster…
Guinaifen's scalp was already starting to tingle!
Everything around her was rendering one thing—
Something extremely bad was about to happen!
And yet, she could only bite the bullet and keep going!
Because.
She had tried it just a moment ago.
Teleportation wasn't working at all now!
Teleportation had been disabled!
All the prompts on the screen were garbled code!
"Oh my god…"
"What the hell is going on!"
"I feel like I've fallen into a damn nightmare…"
"Family, save, save, save, SAVE LITTLE GUI!!!"
"Ding-a-ling-ling—"
The urgent alarm sounded again!
Now.
Every time she opened a door.
Guinaifen's heart skipped a beat!
She said, on the verge of tears: "Feathered Spirit, why don't you go make horror games!"
"This damn atmosphere and immersion are maxed out!"
[ Please help me… ]
[ Please help me… ]
[ I don't want to die ]
Firefly's voice reminded her: "The flashing of the TV is so blinding… careful, it seems like there is something…"
Bang!
Bang!
The sound of a heartbeat rang out.
On the TV in front of Stelle and Firefly.
The static screen seemed to suddenly receive a signal!
But the image presented was—
An unidentified object that looked like an eye!
Immediately after.
Such a strange, purple eye appeared on all the TV screens!
Stelle immediately took out her baseball bat, shielding Firefly behind him.
And above their heads.
A purple light streaked across.
The purple eyes actually condensed into reality!
It crawled out from the darkness!
Its main body looked like a weird hand.
And those eyes were growing on the palm and arms.
Scattered eyes were also floating around.
It appeared in an upside-down posture!
All of them were staring at Stelle and Firefly below.
Guinaifen was stunned.
She was so scared that her hometown dialect slipped out.
"Oh my grandma…"
"Th-this, what the hell is this thing!"
"It's too evil, TOO EERIE…!!!"
[ Enter Battle ]
Guinaifen slowly let out a breath.
She wasn't as scared now that the monster had appeared.
It was scarier when it couldn't be seen.
After calming down a bit.
She began to observe the monster's weaknesses.
Guinaifen gathered her courage.
Attempting to regain some face after the previous embarrassment.
"Wind, Fire, Imaginary…"
"Good, good, good."
"I just happened to bring Dan Heng • Imbibitor Lunae!"
"As long as there are weaknesses, it's fine!"
"I don't care what kind of ghost you are, I'm going straight for the Azure Dragon's Strike!"
…
"Dan Heng: My job."
"Ruan Mei: Interesting, let me study it."
"So damn exciting!"
"The contrast is too big, a monster like this appears in Clockie's home?"
"Is this the secret the Family is hiding?"
"Damn it! There's actually something like this in the dream? If I had to experience this, I would have been scared unconscious."
"Holy crap, this young man! Even if you gave me money, I wouldn't go to Penacony now."
…
At this moment.
It was the Memory Zone Meme "Something Unto Death's" turn.
A prompt suddenly appeared on the interface.
[ Daybreak's End ] has stacked 3 times.
"Thud—"
Something Unto Death suddenly hid itself in the darkness.
When it reappeared.
It was above Ruan Mei in the team.
A flash of blood-red light shone in its eyes.
Its sharp claws struck downward!
Guinaifen was dumbfounded!
"What's going on!?"
"My full-health Ruan Mei was one-shotted?"
"How fierce is this monster?"
"Damn it!"
"My Ruan Mei's soul was even snatched away by it!?"
…
The Reverie Hotel.
Lobby.
Seeing this scene in the game.
All the watching players were stunned!
Most of the players were previously denouncing the Family.
Feeling that the Family had used false advertising.
Concealing some bad things in the dream!
However.
There was also a small portion of players who thought this was actually nothing.
Instead, it added some exciting fun to the dream!
After all, they still believed that one wouldn't really die in the dream!
But now.
With the appearance of this monster.
Previous perceptions were completely shattered!
"Damn it! Is this thing really a monster that exists in the dream?"
"I could accept those Dreamjolt Troupe monsters, but this thing… just looking at it, my sanity is drained!"
"I was wrong, I was truly wrong…"
"Family, how the hell do you explain this!?"
"Listen to the monster's name! — Something Unto Death! Even Feathered Spirit defined such a terrifying name for it, which is enough to show that this monster is truly terrifying! It can really kill people!"
"Good thing I chose to watch from reality and didn't enter the dream…"
At the same time.
In the moments of major dreamscapes.
In the main areas.
The scene playing on the big screens almost scared all the tourists and players currently in the dream awake!
"Mommy! I can't stay in this dream anymore!"
"I have to go!"
"Run, quickly!"
"Back to reality, I want the Family to pay for my mental distress!"