It wasn't until the "father" triggered the mechanism he had set up that Summer Night finally discovered a terrifying fact: he was not actually in a dream, but in the real world, and he vaguely accepted the "dream" of a man who looked exactly like his father. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

- How did this horrible creature get into the palace?

Summer Night had no idea how this person had broken through the puppet legion on the periphery of the palace and the traps in the inner cloister to get to this dormitory. But she knew that she couldn't show any suspicion now, otherwise this terrifying man would probably kill herself on the spot!

"Are you feeling unwell?" "Father" asked, and a faint glow emanated from the top of his head, and the face, which had been very kind to the summer night, seemed to have become hideous and terrifying.

"It's okay, I'm not in a good mood today...... "Summer Night replied casually, tugging at the hem of her pink pajamas with some fear.

“……”

Seeing her move, "Father" raised an eyebrow, and then stretched out his right hand to the summer night—

At that moment, Xia Ye felt as if her blood was about to freeze, and she was nervous and didn't dare to make a sound, the man's big hand fell on top of her head and gently rubbed her hair:

"Then let's talk about it later, good daughter."

Before the words fell, his figure distorted in front of Xia Ye's eyes, turning into a turbid black mist, Xia Ye, who had been extremely awake due to fear, suddenly began to blur his consciousness at the same time as the black fog appeared, trying to continue to stay awake, but there was an uncontrollable sleepiness welling up in his heart.

When she woke up the next morning, Summer Night found herself lying on the bed riding the quilt as usual. Unlike the normal situation, the pillow under the head has been soaked with cold sweat.

The lingering "nightmare" of last night still lingers in front of me for a long time.

Summer Night sat up from the bed abruptly, and with trepidation, she checked the mechanism she had set up in front of the bedroom door, and found that several paint bottles had indeed been triggered, and the paint inside was missing.

――In other words, did "that person" really come last night?

Realizing this, Xia Ye also immediately moved to live in an empty room on the second floor of the palace, and arranged several of the most elite puppet warriors in front of his door, ordering that anyone who dared to approach would be killed.

In addition, as the empress, she also issued a martial law in the palace prohibiting movement in the corridors at night. Even in his bedroom, he arranged two puppet knife and axe hands.

But even so, her nightmare hasn't gone away......

"The man who disguised himself as your father is still 'dreaming'?" Lin Chi asked.

"Nope." Xia Ye shook his head and laughed helplessly: "His figure never appeared again, but it didn't take long for me to have auditory hallucinations every night......"

- After the "dream" was discovered, the mysterious man did not give up control of the summer night, and changed to a more malicious way:

The ghostly and mysterious man, whose voice is so clear that always appears in the ears of the summer night at midnight, when the summer night wakes up from the nightmare, only to find that there is no one else in the dormitory except the knife and axe hand he has arranged.

From then on, that terrifying voice like an oracle became a haunting nightmare in the heart of the Empress of Organ City.

After his identity was revealed, the other party did not continue to try to disguise himself as Xia Ye's father, but directly used a gloomy and hoarse voice to roughly convey the order to the empress of the organ city:

"Make more puppet guards."

"Appoint that man as a minister."

"Send General Huo Qubing to Xiacheng District."

Summer Night tried all kinds of ways to get rid of the voice, but to no avail, she even deafened her left ear, but the voice was still very clear, as if it was directly transmitted to her consciousness.

"This is your fate, and you cannot disobey it." The voice said.

“……”

Speaking of this, the empress of the city clenched her fists and looked up at the dark sky, the expression on her face was full of determination:

"Later, I found that his instructions did help to strengthen my rule, and I began to accept them gradually, and I acted on them...... Until I discovered the existence of the barbarians. ”

"You're talking about the man in prison?" Lin Chi frowned.

"Yes, the man seems to have come from another world, and he carries with him many things that do not conform to our cognition, and he speaks many words that he does not understand at all......"

"At that time, the army in the prison couldn't defeat him at all, so I personally defeated him and locked him in a cell." Xia Ye shook the short knife in his right hand: "I also tortured him for a short time, and I got a lot of information from him......"

"And then you learned the truth?" Lin Chi looked at the empress in front of him.

- Having fought with an unknown death row inmate, he knows very well that the NPC escaped from other game maps, and he also fought with the "Executive", so he should know a lot about the setting of this game.

"yes......"

The Empress lowered her head slightly, as if to sort out her emotions, but despite this, her voice began to tremble slightly:

"The barbarian said that the world is simply false...... And I'm ...... I'm just set up to be a 'monster' destined to die at the hands of outsiders......"

"The world is controlled by the higher 'gods', who control everything and use all kinds of means to put the world on a predetermined track. Including the death of my parents, the man who dreamed of me, and that damn voice......"

Speaking of this, Xia Ye suddenly raised his head, slowly stepped forward, threw away the short knife in his hand, pulled out a scythe from behind and held it in his hand, with fair skin and a long black dress, like a god of death descending from hell:

"But today, I finally disobeyed God's command! I ruined the city ahead of schedule and lost the trust of the people. From now on...... I'm no longer the Empress of Organ City. ”

"Is that really the case......" Lin Chi sighed.

As he had guessed before, the reason why the empress would make an unusual move was because she learned the truth about the virtual world!

Her rebellious behavior is equivalent to triggering the boss fight early, and also reduces the difficulty - if you wait until the army breaks through the gate of the upper city before raising the labyrinth, and let the trap beasts attack the rebels trapped in the maze. There will only be more people dead than there are now......

Thinking of this, Lin Chi stared at the rebellious empress and asked seriously:

"In that case, do you want to join my side?"

The Empress shook her head, her voice became firm again, and the weak woman disappeared, replaced by a true "king":

"Now I, not as an empress, but as an independent 'person', have chosen to fight with you."

Xia Ye said and waved the sickle in his hand, drawing an arc of light in the air, his long black hair swaying behind his back, and his eyes looked at Lin Chi without blinking, his expression was full of determination:

"Let's go, I'm tired, this is the last fight."

“……”

Hearing the other party's firm words, Lin Chi nodded silently. He drew his two weapons again and stood in front of the Empress.

Although he wanted to take the other party under his command, he still chose to respect the other party's decision, after all, the empress had already lost everything, and continuing to live would only add to the pain. And......

"I've got other things to do, I'm sorry." He said.

Ten minutes later......

The bloody battle came to an end. Lin Chi, who was covered in bruises, stood silently on the cliff, staring down at the woman who fell at his feet, and the expanding pool of blood under her body.

Hints for killing bosses, appearing in his field of vision:

The boss battle "Empress of the Trap City" has ended, and it will take 1 hour and 20 minutes.

Congratulations to the player "Countercurrent" for winning the first kill of the boss and breaking the record for the fastest kill of the boss!

You have earned the achievement "The Kingkiller!" "Your Titan Grip skill has been upgraded to level 4.

You have 100,000 gold, 200 prestige, and 200 dominance points.