Chapter 23 The right way to deal with fraud
"What did you see in the illusion?" Lei Ruoya asked Xu Ke.
Xu Ke hesitated for a moment when he heard this, and then said with a wry smile: "Actually, I met my ex-fiancΓ©e......"
"Ex-fiancΓ©e ......" Lei Ruoya subconsciously repeated the word, and then as if she suddenly remembered something, her eyes widened and she stroked her palms and asked, "Your Excellency, is this the rumored divorce!?" β
Xu Ke nodded, smiling a little reluctantly: "She is my childhood sweetheart, and when she was very young, everyone regarded us as a couple." We have had a good relationship since we were children, and we naturally have feelings for each other later. At the earliest, she took the initiative to confess to me. Our relationship progressed quickly, and two years ago, we got engaged. β
But just six months later, she repented of her marriage. When I heard the news at that time, I really felt like the sky was falling, because it was difficult for me to understand why she suddenly repented of her marriage. I didn't figure it out until later...... Or maybe I didn't subconsciously try to figure out why she suddenly changed her mind, but I heard that her family seemed to think that my conditions were not worthy of her. β
Lei Ruoya stroked her palms and sighed: "This is a typical marriage contract that does not match the power of the family, the protagonist's family is in decline and causes the other party's family to be dissatisfied, and then the other party's family forcibly cancels the marriage contract with force, creating an extremely depressing and dull atmosphere for the reader, this is like a textbook-like standard divorce flow!" β
Speaking of this, Lei Ruoya fell into an inexplicable frenzy and asked, "And then what!?" Are you contemptuous in the face of the other party's divorce, and throw down the sentence 'Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, don't bully the young and poor', and then tear up the marriage contract with your own hands and leave in a dashing manner, concentrating on hard work for several years and finally becoming the supreme road, returning to your hometown and crushing the other party's family into ashes!? This is the ultimate goal of the divorce stream as the protagonist's follow-up development and expansion of space! β
"Miss Ruoya, wake up!" Xu Ke was taken aback by the girl's fanatical state.
Then he shook his head again and said slowly: "How can you do such an act as Miss Ruoya said in the outside world. After I was dismissed, I left my hometown and went to an ordinary place to become a teacher, living an ordinary life. β
Xu Ke's tone was calm, but Lei Ruoya raised her eyebrows exaggeratedly when she heard this, and her voice suddenly raised an octave: "It's really unreasonable!" How can there be a person like you in this world!? β
"Why did Miss Ruoya say that?" Xu Ke didn't understand the other party's reaction.
"Such a standard protagonist template is off to a good start, which indicates that your future is limitless, but you don't cherish it and don't want to go back with a slap in the face, just thinking about living a dull life!?"
Xu Ke was stunned for a moment, but then replied: "I have already put down this matter, and I ask Miss Ruoya not to mention it again." β
"If you really let go, how could I say such words? This kind of low emotional intelligence is just something I don't care about. Lei Ruoya sneered, "Since you have let go, why did you almost fall into the abyss before?" β
Xu Ke opened his mouth, subconsciously wanting to refute, but found that he didn't know what to say.
"Since Mammon is the demon who corresponds to 'greed', his illusion is naturally to arouse the uncontrollable desires in your heart. What you see in your illusion is what I expected, it must be the scene of your divorce, and his behavior is to make you feel unwilling and angry, so as to generate an abnormal desire for great power. Lei Ruoya sighed, "Since we are facing the illusion of original sin in our hearts, it must be that we touch this sin to be dangerous." If you have really let go, then you should not be tempted or even killed! Let's talk about ......."
"Enough!" Xu Ke let out an angry roar trembling all over, interrupting Lei Ruoya's unfinished words.
I should have let go of it a long time ago......
But if you really let go, how can you feel unwilling and angry when you go through that scene again?
How could there be such a strong desire for what was behind that door?
Or is it ...... What I have been doing all along, in fact, ......
"After all, it's just self-deception." Lei Ruoya's mouth said the words she hadn't finished before, and the words hit Xu Ke's heart mercilessly.
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"Want to change that?" The loud voice in the darkness still carried no emotion.
Lei Yang still looked at his hands blankly, and did not react to the question.
"Is that all it takes?" The voice continued to ring.
"I've already decided to protect my sister, haven't you?"
"With you now, can you really protect her?"
"If you're not reconciled, what are you hesitating about?" His voice gradually became urgent, constantly throwing questions to Lei Yang one after another.
Unwilling to ...... Guard...... Getting stronger...... It can't be like this......
Countless questions and ideas poured into Lei Yang's mind like a wild bombardment, and a huge amount of information was piled up, and he who usually barely used his mind to think by his sister's side suddenly felt as if his head was about to explode.
Lei Yang hugged his head and let out a cry of pain: "Ah!!!!! β
Lei Yang's voice continued to echo in the darkness, and as the sound spread, the entire dark space began to gradually emerge fine cracks!
Then the next moment, the darkness suddenly shattered into countless fragments, and the fragments converged in front of Lei Yang, forming a huge black door.
Lei Yang still maintained the posture of holding his head, and the sudden change in his vision made him stunned.
"I can give you everything you want." The voice came out of the black giant door, and the voice still didn't carry any emotion, but at this moment, when it came to Lei Yang's ears, it seemed to have a strange kind of magic.
"Push it away and you'll get what you want...... You can have the power to protect your sister, you can have the power to be above all else. β
Lei Yang's eyes widened and he looked at the black door in front of himβthe black door was made of no material, it looked extremely ordinary, and even a little dilapidated.
"Really...... Can you get everything you want? Lei Yang's expression was excited, and he felt that his voice trembled violently when he said this.
"As long as you push it away...... Come on, come on...... Everything is yours. The voice suddenly began to drag on for a long time.
"Is that so?" After hearing this, Lei Yang praised sincerely: "That's really powerful, but I still think it's better not to push it away." β
ββ¦β¦ Yes? There was a doubt in his voice that could not be concealed, and the owner of the voice seemed to suspect that he had misheard the other party's answer at this moment, and couldn't help but ask Lei Yang, "What did you say?" β
"I said I thought it would be better for me not to open the door, because Ruoya said that the benefits of strangers should not be accepted casually." Lei Yang explained seriously to Heimen.
"......" Lei Yang felt that the owner of the voice seemed to be choked after hearing his answer.
The voice was silent for a long time before it sounded again, and it threw a question to Lei Yang that countless people had asked: "...... Are you stupid? β
Lei Yang nodded earnestly in affirmation.
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At this moment, Xu Ke and Lei Ruoya were still staying in the place where the two met, Lei Ruoya sat on the stairs with her hands and knees in a daze, and Xu Ke stood aside, her face a little unnatural.
"Is Mr. Lei Yang really okay with such an illusion?" Xu Ke was still a little worried.
"Anla, I had roughly guessed the 'Greedy' illusion this time before I came, and I thought that I shouldn't be able to break such an illusion, so I took the 'Delirium Breaking Water' before I came in." Lei Ruoya waved the empty bottle in her hand and said to Xu Ke, "If you want to get out of this illusion, you probably have to have a very strong mind or a very simple mind. β
"Then Mr. Lei Yang, which kind of person does he belong to?"
"Those with strong minds can face everything about themselves calmly, and no matter what kind of illusions they encounter, they can still maintain their hearts and not be tempted. The simple-minded, on the other hand, does not have the original sin of 'greed' in their hearts, so the devil naturally has no way to start. But despite all that...... "After explaining for a long time," Lei Ruoya suddenly changed her words, "but to be reasonable, I don't think my brother, he's any of the above. β
As soon as the words fell, Lei Ruoya's eyes turned to Xu Ke to observe the latter's reaction.
Xu Ke saw that Lei Ruoya was looking forward to his reaction, and immediately shrugged his shoulders: "Miss Ruoya doesn't have to sell off, I found that everything seems to be under your control since the beginning of the Miracle Game, so no matter what you do in the future, I won't be surprised." β
Lei Ruoya couldn't help but be disappointed: "Then won't I only have to talk to my stupid brother in the future." β
"Getting back to business," Lei Ruoya said solemnly, "After listening to your description of the illusion, I probably know the boss's routine - reproducing scenes that can greatly touch the psychology of people who fall into illusions, and it is best that these scenes can make people who fall into illusions feel extremely angry and unwilling, so that people who fall into illusions have an extreme desire for power, and here in fact, those who fall into illusions have already committed the crime of 'greed'." The illusion at this stage is indeed very incomprehensible now, because everyone has some such experiences to some extent. β
But there is a fatal flaw in this illusion...... Because in this illusion it is not that touching the original sin will put the victim in danger, and from your description, the other party will try in every possible way to tempt you to touch the door. From this condition, we can make the simplest inference - although we don't know what the consequences will be after touching that door, judging from the other party's approach, all the methods of the demon general need to be used only after the illusionist touches the door, and everything done before that is just foreshadowing! β
Lei Ruoya concluded: "The essence of this fantasy is very similar to the trick of fraud, no matter how full the foreplay made up by fraudsters, its purpose is to scam you out of your money in the final analysis. β
After Lei Ruoya finished speaking, she looked at Xu Ke again, she knew that if it was Xu Ke's performance before, she would probably show a surprised expression when she heard the analogy of her own span at this time.
But Xu Ke only bowed his head slightly, motioning for her to continue.
Powerful as Lei Ruoya couldn't help but feel a little discouraged: "So the most effective way to deal with this illusion is actually the same as the way to deal with fraudsters, no matter how sweet the other party is, as long as you stick to your own discipline...... I mean the wallet, and he can't do anything about you. And here, as long as you don't touch that door, the demon general will have nothing to do with you. β
But in fact, when facing a real illusion, because the other party deliberately creates the emotions of the trapper, he wants to resist that temptation...... It's really hard to be fair. Xu Ke pondered for a moment and then asked his own question.
Admittedly, this is not realistic for most people, just as some people know it's a scam but still pay out of their own pockets. But if the demon general meets his brother who has the template of the protagonist, it is estimated that he can only be deflated. Lei Ruoya stroked her palms and sighed, "Because it is unfortunate that my brother has been well educated since he was a child, and he will definitely not agree to such a thing as a stranger letting him open the door." β
Speaking of this, Lei Ruoya suddenly let out a sneer: "Who knows if it will be the strange Shu millet who wants to show him the goldfish behind the door?" β