Night’s Nomenclature

Chapter 922: Brother Doesn't Want to Slap You Now

Buddha Master's figure, spinning in the sky, flew out in a graceful parabola.

Buddha Master's scream went from loud to soft. "Ah....thud"

The sound of him hitting the ground hard and abruptly stopping was painful to hear.

The large pendulum gradually stopped rotating in the air, and a voice came from the pillar: "Congratulations on clearing the level! All surviving visitors are lucky visitors. Note: There is only one correct exit from the maze area!"

Qing Chen pondered, what did the special mention of only one correct exit mean?

At this moment, Gui Zi spoke again: "Mr. Qing Chen has received two votes and has become the luckiest visitor of this round. You can listen to the individual reward information later!"

In this level, all visitors were divided into two identities: "visitor' and "lucky visitor'. The large pendulum would randomly throw out a "visitor", not a "lucky visitor". As long as the visitor has a vote, regardless of how many, they are a "lucky visitor', not a "visitor'. "Lucky visitors' will be safe.

Therefore, Qing Chen asked everyone to vote for themselves. Doggy voted for Doggy, and Qing Chen voted for himself. The final result was one vote per person, making everyone a lucky visitor.

This was exactly the opposite of the misleading information: if everyone had previously voted for Buddha Master, then only Buddha Master would have survived.

Those who intentionally wanted to kill Buddha Master would die instead. Previously, Buddha Master had only listened to the first half of Qing Chen's analysis. He thought that he was going to die anyway. If Qing Chen also had a vote, he would also be thrown out, wouldn't that be taking someone down with him?

So, he voted for Qing Chen, wanting Qing Chen to be his companion in death. The result was: Doggy and others had 1 vote each, Qing Chen had 2 votes, and Buddha Master had 0 votes.

Therefore, Buddha Master was thrown out, and Qing Chen became the luckiest visitor. Buddha Master was truly a living Bodhisattva.

The circular wheel slowly descended, and Qing Chen asked everyone to step aside, choosing to listen to the reward information alone.

The pillar said: "When you see the light, you are about to reach the end."

Light? What did that mean?

Qing Chen looked at Doggy in the distance: "Leave one person behind, go to the next level"

Everyone carried their kayaks through the gate, walked along the mountain road for a long time, and the sky gradually darkened.

They looked at the Forbidden Zone forest around the mountain road. It was pitch black inside, as if some danger was watching them. They all huddled together to move forward, afraid of being caught by something in the darkness.

The mountain road wound upwards. They didn't know how long they walked before it finally opened up.

At this time, they had reached a very high altitude, and in front of them was a long stone pipe, three meters in diameter, dark and nothing visible inside.

This stone pipe twisted and spiraled downwards, extending from the mountain to the foot of the mountain, until it plunged into the dense Forbidden Zone forest. Obscured by the tree canopy, they couldn't see where the end was.

Sixth level, slide area.

No wonder the previous level prompted "When you see the light, you'll reach the end." But wasn't that a useless statement? In a completely enclosed slide, wouldn't you be close to the end when you see the light?

Qing Chen asked: "What color did you see the slide as?"

"Black."

"Black."

"Black."

According to the kind reminder in the visitor's instructions, the slide should be red. If you see a black slide, it means your mind has been polluted.

Everyone present had already suffered varying degrees of mental pollution.

Therefore, after all of them went through the 113-kilometer slide, in a completely enclosed environment, under endless psychological suggestion and hypnosis, they were likely to go crazy when they slid out of the slide.

However, Qing Chen suddenly froze. There was also a fixed coin-operated telescope from the viewing area on this cliff. However, this telescope didn't require coins; its coin slot was exactly the size of Wishing Cards.

Doggy looked at the string of Wishing Cards around Qing Chen's waist. Heh, this should provide a good view. But he saw Qing Chen insert a Wishing Card and then looked down into the telescope.

Wait a minute, this telescope can actually rotate, overlooking the entire amusement park!

However, before he could take a closer look, the telescope fell into darkness and closed.

One Wishing Card could only be used for 5 seconds! Qing Chen inserted another Wishing Card.

Then he murmured: "Carousel area, rafting area, bumper car area, water park area, large pendulum area, slide area, maze area, single-plank bridge area, Ferris wheel area, bungee jumping area... Except for the maze area which was blocked by thick fog, Qing Chen had already taken in the entire amusement park area. If it were an ordinary person, they would have to insert more than twenty Wishing Cards to see it clearly, but Qing Chen didn't need to. He could savor it carefully in his memories...

After Qing Chen finished watching, he fell into thought. He vaguely felt that this telescope provided very important information, but because the information puzzle was not complete enough, the information it provided did not constitute a decisive result.

"Let's go, get on the kayak and enter the slide. Although everyone saw a black slide, we have to try it out, whether we live or die."

Qing Chen said: "You go first, I'll be last."

Doggy: "Do we need to take the kayak..."

Qing Chen: "What if it's useful? This is one of the only three tools we got; we can't throw it away casually. We need to be prepared for any crisis."

Kayak, paddle, Wishing Cards, none of them could be abandoned. Doggy and the others got into the black slide one by one.

As soon as they went in, they seemed to have experienced some great fear,

and they all screamed: "Is someone crying? Did I hear wrong?"

Qing Chen knew that he needed an unwavering will to endure until the end of the slide.

He took a deep breath, sat in the kayak and slid down quickly, the world plunged into endless darkness. Qing Chen closed his eyes. Water park area, seven Chen Family masters successively woke up. They looked at each other, then felt the piercing cold on their backs and the call of the water ghosts.

"Don't look back!"

They remembered the amusement park's warning. Everyone stiffened their necks, overcoming the fear of the unknown behind them with the tenacious will they had fought for on the battlefield.

A Chen Family master said: "What do we do now? Keep going or...?"

He didn't know that the amusement park rules could be discussed. He could only vaguely ask.

What he meant was that there were fewer people, which didn't conform to the rules, so should they still move forward?

The master in charge pondered for a long time and finally said: "Keep going forward, complete the Boss's instructions. You and I still have relatives outside the Forbidden Zone, think about them."

The Chen Family masters looked at each other, could only get up and continue walking south, scanning their irises one by one before entering the large pendulum area.

They saw Buddha Master's corpse lying crookedly beside the stone tank at the entrance. The corpse was shriveled and bloodless, and there were traces of recently dried blood on the stone tank.

Someone used Buddha Master's blood to return to the previous level.

They saw Buddha Master's corpse: "Hey, why is this damn Buddha Master dead here? Did he wake up and sneak off to clear the level alone?"

"I'm afraid not... He was probably brought here to clear the level."

"Who used his blood to go back? We didn't see it."

"It should be the person left behind in this level from Qing Chen's team. He was left here alone, and if he didn't find a way to return, it would be a dead end."

"Makes sense."

The seven people came to the large pendulum, listening to the rules. The person in charge took a deep breath and looked at another person: "Chen Biao, we'll take care of your family's elderly and children. We'll all vote for you."

Chen Biao was stunned: "Why vote for me! I'm not playing anymore!"

The remaining six looked at each other, and without saying a word, directly pressed Chen Biao onto the seat and fastened his safety buckle.

As the large pendulum began to rotate in the high altitude, Chen Biao cursed loudly: "You six bastards will not have a good death......Whoa!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the six people had all flown out.

Chen Biao was dumbfounded. Were curses this effective? Even when the large pendulum slowly descended, congratulating him on passing the level, he was still dazed.

Who am I, where am I?!

In the darkness, Qing Chen closed his eyes.

The dark tunnel kept spiraling, spiraling, spiraling. He only felt as if he was falling into an abyss... Not a real abyss, but the subconscious abyss of the devil's whisperer. Li Shentan had said that the essence of hypnosis is to reach out to you and let you hand over your subconscious to him.

When a person's subconscious is controlled, he may even experience spontaneous combustion on his skin even when he thinks he is burned without actually being burned.

This is the result of mental will intervening in the real world.

Qing Chen suddenly opened his eyes. He was sitting in the kayak and heard the crying behind him.

A child cried: "I want to go home, brother, do you want to go home?"

"Brother, come home with me."

"Brother, go home!"

Qing Chen asked: "Where is your home?"

The child laughed hahaha: "Won't you know when you get there?"

Qing Chen felt that his will was gradually going crazy, and his mental pollution was becoming deeper and deeper!

No. I have to find a way.

In the darkness, he used his fingernails to carve a small line of words on his arm, using it as his last safety line.

Qing Chen completely immersed his consciousness in his subconscious.

Trying to isolate himself to escape the increasingly crazy Cognitive Bias and delusional disorder.

He returned to the dream his brother gave him. This was the last fortress in his heart.

Some people dream for a few minutes but can see decades of scenery.

Qing Chen experienced 17 years in the dream, but it was only a short ten minutes in reality.

In the long 113-kilometer dark tunnel, he repeatedly experienced birth, kindergarten, elementary school, middle school, and high school.

Going to school and going home day after day. Eating, sleeping.

In the morning, his brother, sister-in-law, and father were already sitting at the dining table. His brother finished his breakfast first and smiled, saying he was going to work on the construction site. His sister-in-law gently responded, "Come back early tonight, don't drink too much with your workmates outside." His brother laughed and replied, "Okay, okay."

Qing Chen carried his schoolbag and took the city Light rail, passing through the city from the air, as if heading to the end of the world.

At the Gingko station, he counted the numbers, 1, 2, 3.

Yang Yang, wearing headphones and carrying a schoolbag, appeared at the entrance of the Light rail. She looked at Qing Chen nonchalantly, while Qing Chen turned his head and pretended not to see her.

The two took the same Light rail, as if they had a tacit understanding. For 12 years since elementary school, 12 years were the same.

Qing Chen got on the train at 7:10 at Xingfu Li Station in the fifth district, and Yang Yang got on the train at 7:05 at Gingko Station in District 4.

Then they got off together and went to school, one in front of the other.

The two were like two parallel lines, always able to see each other but never intersecting.

Qing Chen tirelessly lived out his long dream, as if he would never wake up.

He didn't want to face the twisted, chaotic, and crazy world outside, nor did he want to face those spontaneously appearing water ghosts and ghost children.

Until the 31st time, Yang Yang suddenly turned around at the school gate.

Qing Chen was stunned because this was a dream that had never appeared before, as if a parallel universe appeared here, a branch appeared. Yang Yang took off her headphones, looked at Qing Chen, and said: "If you continue like this, you will sink into the dream of your subconscious and never wake up."

Qing Chen said: "I don't care."

Yang Yang smiled, walked in front of him, gently caressed Qing Chen's cheek, and then stood on tiptoe and kissed Qing Chen's lips:

"I'm still waiting for you outside, go back, I believe you can."

The next moment, Qing Chen suddenly opened his eyes in the dark tunnel!

He turned his head and saw a pale-faced child sitting behind him, staring at him with a strange look:

"Brother, going home?"

Qing Chen gently patted his head:

"Be good, brother doesn't want to slap you now, play in the kayak for a while, okay?

The ghost child "....."

Qing Chen turned back and silently looked at the darkness ahead. The ghost child didn't speak again!

That crazy Cognitive Bias was suppressed for a moment! Strange, the screaming ahead had stopped.

Doggy and the others were gone, and he couldn't hear their breathing. Qing Chen muttered.

If everyone fell at about the same speed, the distance between them would not be too far, and he was at the back, so no one should have disappeared without reason.

So if Qing Chen believes that this amusement park is still under the rule of dialectical materialism, it's impossible for Doggy and the others to be stolen away by ghosts and monsters. There is only one answer:

They entered different forks in the road.

This slide should be like a railway track, with something like a points switch. A slight change, and the trajectory changes.

But where did those people go? At this time, a voice came from the slide:

"Congratulations on clearing the level! As time goes on, the sound of gold and iron clashing will come at any time. Visitors who don't want to continue playing, please go to the haunted house area or the roller coaster area after hearing the sound of gold and iron clashing."

Qing Chen was confused again. The reward information appeared paradoxical again. The first paradox was, is the roller coaster area to the left or right of the haunted house?

The second paradox was, is the gecko sculpture one or two? Should they feed them Wishing Cards or not.

The third paradox was, after hearing the sound of gold and iron clashing, should they go to the haunted house area, or the roller coaster area, or the maze area?

The next moment, Qing Chen and the kayak rushed out of the dark tunnel of the slide and plunged into the dark forest of the Forbidden Zone.

He was astonished to see the gecko sculpture in front of him. He had already arrived at the maze area?!

No wonder everyone entered different paths in the slide. Originally, everyone entering the maze area could only clear the level alone. Perhaps, from here on, clearing the level changed from a team cooperation mode to an intra-team competitive individual mode!