THN Chapter 29

 As soon as Chi Yiyin's words came out, there was an uproar both inside and outside the live broadcast.

　　[Dear Home] has existed for twelve years. Even if someone triggered the hidden plot, there has never been such a change.

　　Many old players in the live broadcast hall immediately became furious and were busy contacting acquaintances or partners.

　　Among the group of players who are truly powerful and understand some of the truth about the game field, no one dares to ignore this matter and treat it as a trivial matter.

　　They all know that the system is by no means a good friend. It may not lie, but it will never simply put the truth in front of them. They must find out the truth on their own from the malicious concealment and guidance of the system.

　　The name of the dungeon is to a large extent an important reminder of the truth about the dungeon, and is more likely to be related to the game field itself.

　　A dungeon name change... unheard of!

　　In the live broadcast room, someone was angrily scolding Chi Yiyin, thinking that he was lying and being cunning.

　　[How can the name of the copy be changed! When the dungeon was called this name, he didn't know where he was playing with Mud! Ever since I entered the game field twelve years ago, I have never heard of a problem with the dungeon name! ]

　　[What on earth does the anchor want to do? Is he going to destroy this copy? ]

　　[Does he sympathize with Ma Yuze, don't want to complete the dungeon mission, know that he can't pass the level, and just want to lead everyone to die together? ]

　　[Fuck, shit... I knew he was crazy from the first moment I followed the anchor, but I didn't expect him to be so crazy! ]

　　But as more experienced players heard the news and rushed into the live broadcast room, after analysis, they immediately discovered the differences between this copy and the previous twelve years.

　　——Not only has Mr. Ma, who has always been considered the boss of the dungeon, undergone a completely different change, but also, the female ghost has always been following Chi Yiyin!

　　This has never happened before.

　　No one cared about the female ghost.

　　Many players have triggered the plot of the female ghost in the boudoir and knew that she was resentful, but they did not take it seriously.

　　Players who are new to gaming might try to persuade the female ghost to be more open-minded. After all, they are her family members, and there is no need to be so rigid if they are related by blood.

　　But more experienced players will either use special props to make the female ghost change her mind, accept the family, and fulfill Master Ma's wish for harmony with the family.

　　Or, simply kill the female ghost, and let the player play the "sister" to complete Ma Yuze's role in the Ma family and avoid the ending of the family being destroyed.

　　But no one had ever thought of asking Ma Yuze whether he wanted to stay in this home.

　　Or... what she wants is to escape from this hell.

　　The veteran players gradually fell silent as they watched Chi Yiyin's eloquent talk during the live broadcast.

As Chi Yiyin said, even though the dungeon gave them the most important reminder to enter the dungeon as a "sister" from the beginning, no one paid any attention to this poor young girl.

　　They wanted to satisfy their father, who was the head of the family, and wanted generous rewards for completing the level, but they never thought of helping Ma Yuze to make her wish come true.

　　No.

　　Even Ma Yuze himself didn't know what his wish was. She just wandered around the mansion in confusion, guarding the dungeon to welcome players day after day, and tried again and again to tell others about her loss and regret, but no one ever stopped in front of her and listened quietly. her life.

　　Until Chi Yiyin entered the copy.

　　Amidst all the illusion, he discovered the truth in the mirror, and even found the regret and guilt that Ma Yuze himself was not aware of.

　　He held out his hand to her and told her - "I'll take you away."

　　In the living room of the Ma family mansion, the players have slowly come back to their senses from the initial shock and aphasia.

　　Li Li looked up at Chi Yiyin with a complicated expression. He tried hard to smile, but it was uglier than crying.

　　He had just accused Chi Yiyin of useless sympathy last night, and felt that he was right for the sake of profit. But in the end, the completely different ending proved to him that Chi Yiyin was right, and Chi Yiyin's sympathy was not without reason.

　　When he and his companions were exploring Mrs. Ma's room yesterday, they moved Mrs. Ma's body, causing the wedding woman to appear and throw them into a nightmare.

　　At the wedding hall, the mother-in-law pressed her companions into the wedding sedan, but the companions never came back.

　　It was only because he was a step too late that he managed to escape and earn his life.

　　It's ridiculous that he thought it was Chi Yiyin who was deliberately hurting them and pointing them in the wrong direction... This was clearly Chi Yiyin's mockery of them!

　　Laughing at them for missing the truth and failing to recognize what is right in front of them.

　　Chi Yiyin explained to the system the truth of everything he saw in a calm tone, and as he told the story, the Ma family mansion also underwent earth-shaking changes.

　　All the bright colors faded into ancient desolation, and the magnificent mansion quickly turned into a pile of corpses. The precious ornaments were smashed to the ground, the furniture was overturned, and the bright red velvet curtains were torn and half hung to the ground, blowing gently in the wind. Fluttering lightly.

　　Master Ma, several younger brothers and sisters, as well as servants and guests... everyone died here with their eyes wide open, and even the corpses had begun to rot.

　　The wealth that was visible to the naked eye just now turned into a hell-like place of bones on earth in the blink of an eye.

　　Just as Chi Yiyin saw the truth of the year.

　　The audience before the live broadcast was caught off guard by such a scene, and even looked into the corpse's cloudy and lifeless eyes. Many people were immediately disgusted and vomited.

　　Players at the scene will experience a sensory impact in addition to visuals, and the smell of corpses will go straight into their noses.

　　Tong Yaoxun's eyes were red and he kept retching.

　　Chu Yueli, who had a broken leg, suddenly found himself sitting on a dead body after the scene changed. After noticing the smell and sticky touch, he turned around and faced the corpse's rotten eyes with pus flowing out. He was so frightened that he almost lost his mind when he shouted.

　　Only Jingcha remained calm and noticed the abnormality of "Master Ma".

　　The man rested his head on one hand and sat on a high-backed chair. The entire mansion had undergone earth-shaking changes, but only the area where he sat still maintained its original luxury.

　　The soft and thick cashmere carpet under his feet was still soft and thick, and the wood of the high-backed chair was shiny. It seemed as if the tragedy that destroyed the Ma family was in front of him, and he couldn't take another step forward.

　　Chi Yiyin also noticed the man's gaze towards him, but was unmoved. For the time being, he only regarded him as "Master Ma". He listed the wrong things that Master Ma had committed one by one and criticized him mercilessly.

　　What Ma Yuze couldn't say, he said, and what Ma Yuze didn't dare to scold, he scolded.

　　And the bondage that Ma Yuze couldn't break... He wanted to drag her out of the cage.

　　Not only did the man not refute Chi Yiyin's accusations against him, but he slowly nodded along with his words, agreeing with what Chi Yiyin said.

　　This small detail made Chi Yiyin frown, and a strange feeling emerged in his heart.

　　Who would think that when others scold them, they feel that they deserve to die because they are right? Even if the other party is acting as "Master Ma", for normal people, the minimum self-esteem will make people instinctively protect themselves.

　　But the man in front of him didn't show this.

　　On the contrary...it seemed like he already knew the truth about the Ma family and was fully aware of Master Ma's crimes.

　　Chi Yiyin temporarily stored this weirdness in his heart, and finally confirmed his wishes to the system.

　　"This is the entire truth about the copy and the Ma family that I have seen, and this is my conclusion."

　　Chi Yiyin paused and looked at the empty air on the stairs.

　　The next second, the air fluctuated, and the figure of the female ghost slowly appeared.

　　She stood at the place where she pushed her brother down by mistake, looking deeply at Chi Yiyin. Her lips moved as if she wanted to say something, but her eyes turned red first.

　　Chi Yiyin slowly stretched out his hand to her and said to the system firmly: "I will fulfill Ma Yuze's wish and take her to escape from this home that she should not endure anymore. This is not home, it is hell."

　　As soon as he finished speaking, the system went online immediately.

　　[Congratulations to the survivors! Completed the plot "Her Wedding Dress", the plot completion level is 100/100. Unlock the curse of "the female ghost's hatred", gain "Ma Yuze's gratitude", and fulfill "Ma Yuze's wish". 】

　　[Congratulations to the survivor Chi Yiyin for clearing the dungeon [The Home That Cannot Be Escaped]! Tong Yao and Chu Yueli followed to clear the copy. 】

　　[Points are being settled, please wait——]

　　Amidst a series of congratulations, Chi Yiyin's hand stretched out to the female ghost remained flat in front of her, and was not taken back because of clearing the dungeon.

　　He did see the truth about the copy, but it wasn't entirely because of this that he helped Ma Yuze. He would not let himself fall and die. He would not show kindness to Ma Yuze without any reason, but he would not use it completely.

"Yuze."

　　Chi Yiyin said to Ma Yuze in a voice that only two people could hear: "Come with me, and I will write a story for you that should belong to you. You have wings, and without the constraints of the Ma family, you should be able to fly." higher."

　　"Just like...your mother had hoped."

　　Ma Yuze's eyes slowly opened wide, with tears in her eyes. She stared at Chi Yiyin for a moment, and finally reached out and took the hand that was stretched out to her.

　　Chi Yiyin's palms were slender and cool, but reassuring enough. When Ma Yuze looked at those blue eyes, it was as if he had fallen into an unfathomable sea.

　　But she could feel that he was not lying to her, he would give her...another story.

　　The origin, truth, and final desire of the inhuman thing.

　　The female ghost who once could not be written has met all the prerequisites for Chi Yiyin to write it into his book. From this moment on, he can write Ma Yuze into his book at any time. Not only for her strength, but also to give her another ending.

　　【warn! Survivor Chi Yiyin, you have cleared the dungeon and can select the rewards for completing the level. But if you insist on taking away Ma Yuze, the key boss of the dungeon, it will be equivalent to taking away the entire dungeon itself. According to the regulations, you will lose the right to obtain the wealth of the Ma family that has accumulated over twelve years. Please proceed with caution! 】

　　pick one of two.

　　——For your useless compassion, take away a useless ghost, or choose ten trillion in wealth?

　　That is a huge amount of wealth that is enough to tempt even the devil. It can allow an ordinary person to reach the top in an instant. It is a wealth that cannot be spent in several lifetimes. The happiness it can bring is imaginable. And in a place like the game field, having such rich savings is enough for players to stay in the temporary residence area forever without risking their lives to enter the dungeon.

　　Even a fool knows how to choose.

　　The viewers in the live broadcast room looked at Chi Yiyin and were so jealous that their eyes almost bled. They wished they could rush up and enjoy such happiness for Chi Yiyin.

　　But when the system's voice sounded, Chi Yiyin didn't even hesitate and immediately chose Ma Yuze.

　　Even Ma Yuze was a little surprised when he looked at him.

　　But Chi Yiyin was still smiling, as if he had no idea what kind of wealth he had lost.

　　Money and worldly happiness are unimportant to him. Before entering the game field, what he pursues has always been inhuman things and the truth of this world.

　　In the monastery, he witnessed with his own eyes the sins that the unrestricted pursuit of money would bring. From then on, he realized that only the truth in the world is eternal, so how could he be obsessed with such false things.

　　For Chi Yiyin, this is not a multiple-choice question at all.

　　The moment he made his decision, Ma Yuze's image also changed.

　　She no longer looked like a ghost with long hair in a red dress. The hem of her little dress flew behind her, with large swaths of sunflowers embroidered on it, just like the oil painting she once hung in her boudoir, brilliant and sunny.

　　As if time had gone back, she was still the young student educated in Shanghai, full of passionate expectations for the future and freedom.

　　Just like she had just gotten off the train in Gushu Town, before she had experienced these tragedies and felt guilty.

　　Ma Yuze finally smiled.

　　But others went crazy.

　　"Why, how could this happen!"

　　The middle-aged man who randomly came in retreated hastily, looking around in disbelief. He was frightened by the dead body and screamed in agony, trying to escape.

　　But the system didn't care about his collapse at all, and still coldly and solemnly announced to him the fact that he had failed to clear the level.

　　"Impossible! Didn't you ask me if I want to accept the task of fulfilling Master Ma's wish? It's because you asked that I accepted it. Now you say this is wrong? Are you kidding me!"

　　The middle-aged man's eyes tightened into points, and his heart beat so fast that it almost jumped out of his throat. He was still trying desperately to explain and escape from the truth.

　　But the system's answer was still mechanical and ruthless: [The system only asked according to the example, and never said that this was the truth of the copy. It was the survivors who misunderstood the meaning, and all consequences should be borne by the survivors themselves. 】

　　The middle-aged man shook his head and backed away, and even tried to run out of the hall.

　　He tripped over the corpse at his feet and fell to the ground. He happened to be face to face with a highly decomposed corpse and was covered in the fishy corpse water. He was so frightened that he yelled wildly. His last psychological defense was finally broken, and he completely lost his temper. Crazy.

　　And from his clothes, several stacks of gold ingots fell.

　　Everyone else knew that the middle-aged man must have seen the gold ingots in the box in the boudoir last night and became greedy and wanted to steal a few.

　　But the gold ingot turned into a gold ingot to see him off.

　　The middle-aged man screamed, and his whole body expanded rapidly like an inflated balloon. His facial features bulged outwards, and his skin was soon stretched to the limit. Fine blue and purple lines began to spread on his body, and his skin had been Cracks appeared.

　　next moment--

　　"Bang!"

　　The middle-aged man exploded into a bloody flower, with severed limbs and remains flying everywhere.

　　Chi Yiyin, who hated filth, had noticed this a long time ago, and cleverly ducked to the side to avoid all the splattered flesh and blood.

　　The man who called himself "Master Ma" was still sitting in the high-backed chair, not even trying to hide. The splattered blood was blocked in the air by an invisible barrier, and it didn't even have the right to fall at his feet.

　　His handsome face was still smiling, but there was no warmth at all, as if the death of a person did not touch him in the slightest.

　　--No.

　　Those people were not even qualified to be looked upon by him.

　　It's natural to be arrogant.

　　Seeing the death of the middle-aged man, Tong Yao fell silent.

　　She knew that it was because of her trust in Chi Yiyin that she saved her life.

　　It was Chi Yiyin who told her about Ma Yuze and asked her not to fulfill Mr. Ma's wish. Therefore, when the system asked Tong Yao, although she hesitated, she still gritted her teeth and rejected the system.

She had no ill intentions toward Ma Yuze, had not done anything outrageous toward the female ghost to cause hatred, and had not agreed to fulfill Mr. Ma's wish. She stood on the opposite side of Ma Yuze and locked Ma Yuze in this hellish home.

　　Therefore, when Chi Yiyin took the lead in clearing the dungeon, the system also counted Tong Yao as a success.

　　In the same situation, there was Chu Yueli.

　　He had just returned to the Ma family mansion early this morning. He had not had time to arouse the hatred of the female ghost, and because he was rescued by Tong Yao, he followed her example and made the same choice.

　　He had already cleared the dungeon before he could figure out what was going on.

　　It's a blessing in disguise.

　　One leg was broken, but he managed to survive.

　　But Li Li's situation is not optimistic.

　　He and his companions entered the dungeon with confidence, thinking that the preparations they had made in advance meant that they were sure of victory, and their arrogant decision was the whole truth.

　　Even the death of his companion did not wake Li Li up.

　　When asked by the system, he agreed without hesitation and took over the task of realizing Mr. Ma's wish.

　　He cut off all his own escape routes.

　　It wasn't until Chi Yiyin successfully cleared the level that Li Li suddenly realized it, but it was already too late.

　　Seeing the middle-aged man die in front of his eyes, Li Li closed his eyes, his heart was filled with despair, but he was unexpectedly calm, and did not have the embarrassing death struggle like the middle-aged man.

　　He just looked up at Chi Yiyin, his expression seemed to be crying and smiling at the same time. He wanted to say something but just opened his mouth, and finally turned into a bitter smile and shook his head.

　　The system's countdown ended, and Li Li also exploded into a blur of flesh and blood amid the notification that he had failed to clear the level.

　　Before the live broadcast, some people were laughing carnivally, rejoicing in this bloody feast, enjoying the stimulation of the senses by death, and shouting for one more death and more deaths.

　　There are also characters who hurt others, silently watching the deaths of Li Li and others, knowing that one day they might follow in Li Li's footsteps and die in a certain dungeon.

　　But under everyone's gaze, Jingcha, who also chose to accept Master Ma's mission, did not panic at all.

　　He was still wearing the bloody rabbit sweatshirt, with his hands in his pockets and staring at Chi Yiyin unblinkingly.

　　For him, the death of everyone was not as aggrieved as the feeling of losing to Chi Yiyin.

　　He had not yet been able to clear the dungeon, but Chi Yiyin succeeded first. The person he wanted to kill was not only alive and well, but also seriously injured him, almost causing him to capsize in this E-level dungeon.

　　This is enough to leave an indelible impression on Jingcha.

　　Chi Yiyin looked back at Jingcha and found something and slowly frowned.

　　Last night he stabbed Jingcha twice in the heart. Even if the knife hidden under the legless bird brooch was not enough to penetrate the heart, it was enough to seriously injure Jingcha and lose her mobility.

　　But now, although Jingcha's sweatshirt is still bleeding from the scratches from the knife and the blood has dried up, it can be seen from the holes in the clothes that the wound on his chest has healed, leaving a light pink scar.

　　Just one night... This healing speed is too fast and completely violates the laws of physics.

　　Either it was the special props Jingcha had obtained before, or it was Jingcha's own awakened power that was causing trouble. And facing the imminent death, Jingcha seemed too calm.

　　Perhaps those monster rabbits he saw last night could have far more effects than that?

　　Chi Yiyin had a guess in her mind and looked at Jingcha with caution.

　　He has not forgotten that the other party intends to kill him.

　　He originally wanted to use the power of Ma Yuze and the dungeon to strangle Jingcha, but now it seems that if the other party dares to enter the dungeon, he has his own support.

　　Jingcha's confidence comes from his awakened power.

　　Morning Star List... Chi Yiyin was suddenly curious about what kind of people the people on this list were.

　　"It's a pity that I couldn't kill you, Chi Yiyin."

　　Jingcha glanced at the man on the high-backed chair warily. The pain from having his neck bone crushed by the man's bare hands last night when he was almost crushed was still frightening. But what made him even more wary was that his power had no effect on the man. This made him shocked and even more suspicious of the man's identity.

　　Where did Chi Yiyin find such a helper? He is by no means on the same level as a loser like Tong Yao.

　　Jingcha's eyes darkened, and his evaluation of Chi Yiyin doubled.

　　"Mr. Jing, if you are about to die, don't you have any last words?"

　　Chi Yiyin raised his eyebrows and quietly tested Jingcha.

　　The other party just sneered.

　　"Chi Yiyin, I admit that I made a mistake this time and underestimated you. But next time..."

　　Jingcha's tone was soft, like the words of love whispered by a young man: "Next time, I will definitely kill you."

　　The system's countdown ends with a beep.

　　Jingcha exploded on the spot, splattering blood and minced meat all over the walls and floor.

　　But Chi Yiyin still remembered the way Jingcha looked at him. He still frowned and looked at the place where Jingcha had just stood, without relaxing at all.

　　The next moment, something amazing happened.

　　Those pieces of blood and flesh seemed to have a mind of their own. They squirmed and gathered in the middle, as if they wanted to reassemble a human form, but slowly, the pieces of flesh changed.

　　Jingcha's facial features that were blown to pieces gradually deformed, elongated, twisted, and took shape.

　　What finally appeared was not a human face, but... the appearance of a rabbit.

　　When Chi Yiyin recognized the rabbit from the blurred flesh and blood, he was stunned for a moment, and then an astonishing guess formed in his mind.

　　Perhaps the ability that Jingcha awakens is not only to raise rabbits, but those rabbits can also be himself and bear harm for him.

　　Only in this way can we explain why Jingcha's heart injury healed so quickly.

　　And Jingcha, who escaped through death, may have escaped outside the dungeon now.

Chi Yiyin's eyes darkened, and his desire to win was really aroused by Jingcha, and he recorded Jingcha's death on the to-do list in his heart.

　　But another person who had been clutching his heart before the live broadcast finally breathed a sigh of relief: "This little ancestor... scared me to death."

　　The man stared at Chi Yiyin during the live broadcast, pondered for a while, kept a screenshot of Chi Yiyin's image, and put it in his special attention list.

　　"You can do this to this extent against this ancestor, and you have cleared [Dear Home]. No matter what the identity of this person named Chi Yiyin is..."

　　His eyes flashed: "Perhaps, from now on, he will be a competitor on the Heavenly Ranking or even the Morning Star Ranking."

　　It seems that the little ancestor of Jingcha is going to have a headache.

　　Thinking of this, the man laughed softly.

　　With Chi Yiyin's declaration of success, the number of followers in the live broadcast room also experienced a surge, and it soon entered the top 20 popularity rankings. It was pinned to the top of the live broadcast hall and scrolled, attracting more and more players. Enter the live broadcast room.

　　The people who came in later were all stunned when they learned what Chi Yiyin had done, and almost thought they had heard wrongly.

　　As the first player to successfully clear this dungeon in twelve years, the name "Chi Yiyin" really entered the field of vision of game players and began to attract attention and discussion.

　　The audience eagerly discussed Chi Yiyin's true identity, and the voices of negative voices turned into praise almost instantly. Some people boasted that they had long known that the anchor would be successful. He had long seen that Chi Yiyin was absolutely extraordinary, but instead he attracted ridicule from others, who slapped his previous pessimistic remarks on his face.

　　But no one knew that this person who had accomplished the impossible was still a new player. Not to mention the ranking on the Heavenly Ranking, I still barely understand the rules of the game field.

　　After the copy was completed, the Ma family mansion began to shake violently, and the thick fog began to spread from the outside of the mansion inward, quickly swallowing up all the buildings and faceless servants.

　　After the last run, the copy ended its twelve-year mission and began to enter the automatic destruction process.

　　It is also time for the surviving players to leave the dungeon.

　　The live broadcast ends.

　　Tong Yao and Chu Yueli are both veteran players. They skillfully used their terminal operations to locate their residences in the temporary residence area and prepared to leave the dungeon.

　　Before leaving, Chu Yueli walked to the stairs with a pale face and bowed deeply to him: "Thank you, if you hadn't made the right choice, I wouldn't have won this time." Copy."

　　He looked at the blurred flesh and blood on the ground next to him and said with a wry smile: "If it weren't for you, I would be like this now."

　　Chu Yueli persistently handed over his contact information and solemnly promised Chi Yiyin that he owed Chi Yiyin his life and would help Chi Yiyin without hesitation whenever he came to him.

　　Even if it is a matter of life and death.

　　Chi Yiyin nodded and did not refuse.

　　Tong Yao also paid tribute to Chi Yiyin, saying that he could contact her at any time after leaving the dungeon.

　　In the messy living room of the mansion, only Chi Yiyin and the man were left.

　　They stood high on the stairs, looking down indifferently.

　　One was sitting on a high-backed chair, smiling leisurely when he raised his eyes.

　　There was a faint golden light flowing in the man's eyes, like the sun melting in his eyes.

　　He originally wanted to witness the destruction of the copy and the collapse of a corner of the real world. Unexpectedly, what Chi Yiyin showed him was the miracle of Jedi counterattack.

　　While this surprised him, it also made him curious and expectant of Chi Yiyin.

　　Just like an audience who loves stage plays, they watched a performance that can be recorded in the history of art at a great location. From then on, they fell in love with the dazzling performer on the stage, and they can no longer erase his influence in themselves. mental image.

　　I just want to watch the next show, the next show... until the performer's light fades and he dies on the stage.

　　The man laughed softly and slowly stood up from the high-backed chair.

　　"What should I say to congratulate you on successfully passing the level? Chi Yiyin."

　　The man smiled and looked up at Chi Yiyin. The heavy fog stopped spreading at the edge of where he stood, seeming to be afraid of his majesty.

　　Chi Yiyin just looked back calmly, and then said: "Celebrate me with a question."

　　His answer was beyond the man's expectation, and he raised his eyebrows in surprise, with more interest in his eyes, but he nodded in agreement: "You only have one chance to ask a question, ask it, Chi Yiyin - no matter what your question is .”

　　"Wealth, status, fame, even...the truth about the world."

　　The man's voice was low and magnetic, with divine bewitchment, enough to make anyone fall in love: "As long as you ask, I will answer."

　　But Chi Yiyin's eyes were still calm and clear, with no trace of being deceived by the other party. Instead, he analyzed more rationally.

　　"You are not Mr. Ma. You, like me, are just a copy role player, but you only appear when the play is about to end... Now is not the time to ask about your true purpose. Even if I ask, you will not Will tell me."

　　If you are too greedy and eager for success, you will get nothing.

　　Chi Yiyin paused and continued: "My question is - your real name."

　　The man curled his lips, and his beautiful and handsome face suddenly came to life, as if a god lowered his eyes and looked at his followers above the temple.

　　"A smart question, Chi Yiyin."

　　The heavy fog that had been stopped began to surge again, swallowing up the last place standing.

　　The man turned around, leisurely opened his long legs, and gradually walked into the depths of the thick fog.

　　"My name is Reiji-kun."

　　“This shall be the name of your lord, and God will anoint your forehead with anointing oil, and grant you the kingship and throne...it shall be your kingdom to the end of the earth.”①

　　The man's voice gradually faded away and disappeared in Chi Yiyin's ears.

The thick fog completely covered Chi Yiyin's vision, and nothing could be seen in the vast white field.

　　He suddenly felt that his feet were empty, and he felt weightless, and he quickly fell into the abyss.

　　And Ma Yuze's figure appeared next to him, smiling and extending his hand to him.

　　Chi Yiyin's consciousness fell into darkness.

　　When he suddenly regained consciousness and opened his eyes, the first thing he noticed was the regular noise coming from his ears.

　　It was the mechanical sound of an old model train.

　　The smell of flowers and burning coal lingered on the tip of his nose.

　　Chi Yiyin's long eyelashes trembled, and the blurred vision slowly became clear.

　　Then he discovered that he had left the Ma family mansion and reappeared on the train from whence he came.

　　But this time, there was no one else on the train, and the carriage was quiet.

　　There was only him...and Ma Yuze, who was sitting opposite and smiling brightly at him.

　　"Mr. Chi, you're awake."

　　Ma Yuze wore a straw hat and a beautiful little dress spread on the seat, like a field of blooming sunflowers, which was so beautiful. And she sat upright and elegant, just like a lady of that era.

　　"Yuze?"

　　Chi Yiyin called out in surprise.

　　"Thank you Mr. Chi for being willing to exchange his rewards for me and taking me away from the Ma family. I am free from now on."

　　Ma Yuze thanked Chi Yiyin with a smile, and there was no haze on his handsome and young face: "But what I am more grateful for is that Mr. Chi's wish is not to let me continue to live as a ghost, but to truly live as a student Ma Yuze." Live once.”

　　"Why? Mr. Chi, you know that if I died on the night of the wedding, I would be more helpful to you."

　　Chi Yiyin looked at Ma Yuze quietly, then chuckled, and said calmly and softly: "Because this is the look you prefer. Yuze, what you want is never to marry a wife, let alone a hurtful ghost. Do you want to All he does is Ma Yuze, a student with unlimited future."

　　Under Ma Yuze's surprised gaze, Chi Yiyin took out his notebook and calmly spread it out in front of him.

　　"I already know all the causes, processes, and endings. The truth about you is in my heart. Yuze, this time, I can give you a better story."

　　He gently raised his eyes and looked at the girl opposite: "A story with you as the protagonist."

　　The pen solemnly writes on the notebook, the thin gold body and the iron painted silver hook tear apart all the bonds and regrets and break open the cage.

　　A new name takes shape on the notebook.

　　"Her Heart Turns to the Sun".

　　Ma Yuze watched curiously as Chi Yiyin quickly wrote down something in his notebook. Every sentence he wrote was related to her, but it was a beauty she had never experienced before.

　　"I don't seem to have introduced myself to you."

　　Chi Yiyin chuckled: "I am a novelist, and what I write about is the truth about the injustice and anger of inhuman things."

　　"Many people don't like me because they think the stories I write are too bloody and uncomfortable. They like beauty and vitality, but they refuse to acknowledge the existence of tragic life and don't want people to break the world in their illusions."

　　"But more people also like the stories I write, thinking that they are scary, lifelike, and like real things."

　　"That's right."

　　He paused and said with a smile: "What readers don't know is that the stories they read did indeed happen. Whether it's scary ghosts or angry injustices, every word and every word is something they have never seen before. I’ve been to other people’s lives.”

　　"But Yuzawa."

　　Chi Yiyin stared at Ma Yuze steadily and said softly: "I will not truthfully write down the death and dark marriage you have experienced. In this story, you will choose another life and see the world outside the Ma family. .Remorse should not be a chain that binds you, it should be your boost."

　　"And the story written by my pen will become your reality."

　　The whole trip to the Haunted House was originally for Chi Yiyin's new book. Although there were many twists and turns in the process, in the end, Chi Yiyin achieved his original goal.

　　Under Ma Yuze's gaze, Chi Yiyin will rewrite her life.

　　Based on what he knew about Ma Yuze's character and situation, the most reasonable plot was derived. She would choose a completely different direction at the fork in her life.

　　[Even though it has been many years, the eldest daughter of the Ma family will still remember that when she walked off the train for the first time with her suitcase in hand, she was shocked by how colorful Shanghai was when she looked up. The prosperity was completely different from Gushu Town. her mind.

　　The wind in Shanghai blew up her hat, and she hurried to catch up, but her attention was attracted by the bustling crowds and streets.

　　This will be hers, a broader world.

　　Ma Yuze said to himself. 】

　　[...The mother's body was very cold. Even if Ma Yuze held her hand tightly and frantically wanted to share her warmth with her mother, she would not open her eyes to look at her daughter again.

　　Her father wanted her to stay, but what Ma Yuze remembered was her mother combing her hair and lovingly telling her that she was a phoenix destined to fly out of Gushu Town.

　　My mother longed for freedom, and she had longed for it all her life. When she was a child, she hid outside the school and eavesdropped on her husband's teaching, but was discovered and chased away. Those homework scriptures that teenagers hate the most are the things that my mother has longed for in her life.

　　What she didn't get, she hoped her daughter wouldn't be as regretful as she was.

　　Ma Yuze held her mother's body and cried bitterly all night. Then before dawn, she finally wiped away her tears and solemnly bid farewell to her mother. She wants to fly out of Gushu Town along with her mother's desire. 】

　　[Before escaping Gushu Town, Ma Yuze turned back for the last time and glanced in the direction of his home.

　　But she knew very well that it would no longer be her home—a daughter in this era would never have a home of her own until she died.

　　So she made a decision. From then on, she would fight for thousands of daughters like her. Her descendants will no longer experience her pain, and future mothers will no longer be as eager to study as her mother was but unable to do so.

For this ideal, she swore an oath. If her ambition was not fulfilled, she would not marry.

　　From that day on, Gushu Town lost the eldest daughter of the Ma family, and Shanghai lost a female student.

　　But there is one more person with ideals and ambitions. 】

　　[Many years later, Ma Yuze was already very old, lying in a rocking chair with gray hair, but he would lovingly hold the hands of young girls and tell them stories about his many battles with the darkness of death when he was young.

　　She never married and had no children.

　　But all the daughters in the world will be her children.

　　They will no longer be as miserable as she and her mother, and they no longer have to worry that their young lives will wither due to secret marriage. They walked in the sunshine with bright smiles.

　　Born toward the sun. 】

　　After the last period fell, Chi Yiyin raised his head again.

　　The train drove for a long time, and time and space became no longer clear.

　　The train kept going as long as he was immersed in his thoughts, as if the track would never end.

　　Chi Yiyin closed the pen with a smile and pushed the notebook towards Ma Yuze opposite.

　　"The world may not care about you, and future generations will not know your name and forget your story. But I will not."

　　Chi Yiyin said softly: "I will remember you with my story, remember all Ma Yuze, all Ma's family and Gushu Town."

　　Ma Yuze opened his notebook and his eyes slowly opened.

　　Tears flashed in her eyes and flowed down her young and tender cheeks.

　　Her hand holding the notebook trembled slightly, but she was as careful as if she were holding a rare treasure. She wiped away her tears indiscriminately, not wanting her tears to blur the ink marks.

　　When she turned to the last page, she burst into tears.

　　"Thank you, thank you, Mr. Chi."

　　Ma Yuze's tearful eyes were bright and sincere, touching people's hearts: "May there be no more Ma Yuze in the world, and from now on, there will be no more ancient tree town."

　　Then, with laughter in her tears, she finally closed her eyes with peace of mind.

　　The notebook fell back to the table, and Ma Yuze's figure slowly disappeared into the air.

　　Her obsession and regret finally dissipated in this completely different story.

　　Chi Yiyin seemed as if he hadn't seen him, so he just turned his head and looked at the scenery outside the window.

　　The train passed by, and the thick black smoke dissipated in the sunshine. At the dilapidated car show outside the window, the stop sign of "Gushu Town" has long been decayed.

　　Not far away, Gushu Town has collapsed and turned into a deserted ruin.

　　Chi Yiyin lowered his eyes slightly, his calm and gentle smile reflected on the car window.

　　Goodbye, and then——

　　Hello, Ma Yuze.

　　…

　　The first thing that rushed into Chi Yiyin's ears was the sound of noisy music.

　　The heavy drumbeats of rock music hit people's hearts, causing Chi Yiyin, who was sleeping, to frown before he opened his eyes.

　　Even people who are not angry when they wake up will not like such a bad sleeping environment.

　　——Especially because the person playing the music was tone-deaf and kept singing along with howling like ghosts.

　　Chi Yiyin trembled her eyelashes, slowly opened her eyes with a gloomy look, and looked towards the source of the sound.

　　Then he realized that he was sitting in a moving jeep. The bumps along the way could almost make him vomit out his stomach, and the inappropriate music made him even more upset and irritated.

　　At the very least, the flower-armed eldest brother in front is not as stable as Chi Yiyin.

　　"Stop fucking singing! Call the soul, your mother is dead, right?"

　　The flower-armed brother violently kicked the rock young man's seat, and his tight black half-sleeves were bulging out from his muscular muscles.

　　The young rocker was unhappy and wanted to retaliate, half-way swearing, but when he saw the flowery-armed brother in the back seat, he shut up angrily.

　　"I don't understand music, it's vulgar, it's too vulgar!" He muttered in a low voice.

　　But Chi Yiyin has a good impression of the flower-armed brother.

　　——No one likes to be woken up by the cries and howls of the people next to them while taking transportation.

　　Chi Yiyin's frown finally eased. He turned his head and looked out the car window.

　　He remembered clearly that before falling asleep, he was still on the old-fashioned train leaving Gushu Town. But now, outside the car window is a vast expanse of snow.

　　The biting cold wind rushed in through the crack in the door and quickly penetrated Chi Yiyin's suit. The temperature when he just woke up quickly receded.

　　Another copy?

　　The moment this thought emerged, Chi Yiyin felt his chest feel hot.

　　He reached out to touch it, and sure enough, it was the familiar red envelope again.

　　Chi Yiyin took off the legless bird brooch, and then used a knife to skillfully cut open the bright red fire paint mark.

　　The red card was taken out by his slender fingers, and the red made his skin even whiter.

　　[The long-awaited trip, the reward promised by your parents. You like snow and want to witness the purity and majesty of snow with your own eyes. This will be a pleasant family trip to the snow-capped mountains. 】

　　Snowy mountains?

　　Chi Yiyin raised his eyes and saw that behind the cold white fog outside the car window, the outline of the snow-capped mountains was vaguely visible.

　　And the jeep is driving towards the snow-capped mountains, looking so small in the pure white and quiet world.

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