[The Secret of the Wishing House 3.]

November 15, 1969 Rain

John died.

It was raining heavily outside, and I was awakened by the loud thunder.

There was an ambulance parked at John's house, and a group of people in white clothes poured into John's house, and I saw John's mother kneeling on the ground, and the rain poured down on her, but she didn't care at all, she cried so loudly, and I stood under the canopy at the door, and I could hear it through the dense rain.

I didn't know what was going on until I saw John, with his eyes closed, being carried out on a stretcher, and John's father was with the crowd, and his mother was about to go up and take John's hand, but she staggered and fell to the ground, and John's father just stood in the rain and watched silently.

It's creepy.

The group of men in white was leaving, and I watched a woman get out of the car, holding a black umbrella in her hand, and she was standing in front of John's house, and the ambulance behind her had left.

The woman seemed to notice that I was watching the scene, and she smiled at me.

What a beautiful person.

John's mother seemed to be arguing with John's father, or rather, his mother was arguing unilaterally, and she was so excited that she rushed up and grabbed his father by the collar, but John's father was indifferent, and he only looked at the woman with the black umbrella from the beginning to the end.

I always thought John's father, and the woman, was a little strange.

"Don't look at Elsa, it's time for you to practice." My mother opened the door and called me back to my room, and I had no choice but to go back.

Before entering the room, I glanced back at John's father, his left hand was slightly clenched into a fist, but he was shaking, I didn't think he was shaking because he was clenching his fist hard, he seemed to be afraid.

I thought it was strange, what was he afraid of?

I told my mother about my doubts, and she told me to leave them alone, and my own affairs were more important.

In the past two days, my father suddenly returned to his old rhythm of life, leaving very early and returning very late, and my mother happily told me that she really did not misunderstand the person, and my father was a talented person.

I didn't understand my mother's meaning, but I guess my father's business must be improving. Because my father bought me a remote-controlled car that was even more beautiful than John's car, and brought me two large bags of candy.

"Don't eat too much, Elsa. This will cause tooth decay. Father instructed.

I happily agreed.

It would be nice if John was still around, so I could race with him.

But I will never see John again.

I miss him so much.

3/4】

"Did you meet John? Jun Yao, what kind of props did you get to kill ghosts? Yi An and the others waited outside the safe house, and when they saw the three of them coming out, they hurriedly asked.

"I ...... There is only one defensive prop. Jun Yao scratched her head, and Ling Feng glanced back at her, "Blood Soul Jade, this, it's already a very strong thing. ”

"Blood Soul Jade?" Li Hua's expression changed instantly, he looked at Jun Yao, staring at her directly, and Chen Yao, who was beside him, looked at his brother's hideous expression, and gently tugged at his sleeve.

Li Hua woke up like a dream, and then he restrained his hideous expression, smiled slightly, and reached out to rub Chen Yao's head.

"It's fine." He said.

Ling Feng seemed to remember something, "What about the light rain?" ”

So Qi Ming was silent, Chiyo Dong didn't speak, Jun Yao was thinking about explaining, but he laughed first, as if with a bit of mockery, "I understand." ”

So Ling Feng turned away, Jun Yao couldn't see his expression clearly.

The relationship between Ling Feng and Yin Weiyu must be unusual.

Jun Yao came to this conclusion.

"The immediate need is to go to Aisha and John's house to find clues, just now 'Secret 3 of the Wishing House' is already in my hands, if I am not mistaken, the last one left should be at John's house. We'll wait until we get the last clue to reason, which will be better. Qi Ming looked at Chiyo Dong, "Dong, do you remember the road?" ”

Chiyodon nodded, "I probably remember." ”

"If the clue is really at John's house, we don't have to worry. After all...... John has been killed. Qi Ming glanced at Jun Yao again when she said this, but Jun Yao was looking down at the news on the game page, and after her fingers slid a few times, she was suddenly stunned, and then she put away the notification page.

Jun Yao looked like she had discovered something.

"What's wrong?" Qi Ming believes in Jun Yao very much now, her performance is indeed very good, as a newcomer, a newcomer who does not know the rules of the task, her calmness, her wisdom, really attracted him.

Her position is that of a wise man.

A wise man like himself.

"I'm just watching the ghost hunt that the system notifies." Jun Yao replied, "As you said before, the lower the number of ghost hunts, the stronger the ghosts will be. ”

"That's right."

"I'm thinking, we always thought we were safe when we weren't hunting. However, before the first start and just after the end, we all met ghosts. ”

Qi Ming nodded, signaling Jun Yao to continue.

"So I think that the ghost hunt may just be the system forcing the system to summon a large number of ghosts to hunt down the player, and this group of ghosts summoned by the system, or perhaps created, will disappear after the ghost hunt is over. But maybe the city itself is full of ghosts? ”

"It's called a ghost town, isn't it? The original ghosts in this city are not controlled by the system. Like Elsa and John, they said they appeared on a hidden mission, but their story may be a real thing that happened here, so-"

Chiyodon was also listening to Jun Yao's reasoning, everyone was already quiet on the way to Elsa's house, and if they were too noisy, they would lose their sense of danger, and when she said the truth of the existence of the hidden story, she understood.

"Elsa and John are the ghosts that really roam the city."

"Yes, they are not controlled by the system, because it was not the system that created them." Jun Yao nodded, "So, we are not absolutely safe now, because there are still many ghosts related to hidden missions in this city, plus those citizens who died because of the plague. ”

"Here we are." Chiyodon stopped, and in front of him was a two-and-a-half-story villa, just like what Elsa said in her diary, except that there were houses on both sides of the villa, and it was impossible to tell which one was John's house just from the appearance.

"Let's go and see it in groups?" Li Hua opened his mouth to ask, Qi Ming looked at both sides and nodded, "Then I, Dong and Jun Yao are in a group, and you are in a group of four." We go to the house on the left. ”

Jun Yao was also observing the two villas, and after looking back and forth several times, she frowned, "I want to go into Aisha's room again, the six of you are just divided into two groups." ”

"Jun Yao?" Yi An was a little puzzled why she was acting alone, although John was dead, but Aisha was still there, and as she said, there were many ghosts in the city in the first place, and it was too dangerous to act alone.

Both for the person acting alone, and for the rest of them.

"Dong'er and I have been here before, and I thought it was strange from the moment I entered this room, but I can't say what was strange. While resting in the safe house, I thought back to Elsa's diary, and although there were only two of them, I still thought it was weird. So...... I'd like to go in and see again. Jun Yao explained, "Don't worry, I have defensive props, plus the strong blood soul jade bracelet you said, it will be fine." ”

Jun Yao's intuition is very accurate, which is obvious to all. If she discovers something very suspicious, she may be able to unlock the secret of the Wishing House.

It's just that...... To live.

Only if she is alive can she tell what she has discovered.

Chiyo Dong raised his feet and walked towards Elsa's house, Jun Yao was stunned for a moment, "Dong'er, you ......"

But in fact, Jun Yao thought too much, Chiyo Dong didn't mean to go with her, she just took off the dart she had just thrown on the door, and then stood in front of Jun Yao.

"This is no ordinary dart, if you break it from here, it will send me a message that I can be there for you right away." Chiyodon didn't have that sense of gentleness when she said this, or maybe since the game officially started, she wasn't as gentle and amiable as she first appeared, just like a snow-capped mountain after the clouds and mist cleared, and at the moment before the full picture was revealed, you never realized it was a snow-capped mountain.

This is a very important thing, Jun Yao immediately reacted, and Chiyo Dong was willing to use this to save his life.

"Thank you." Jun Yao nodded heavily, and then she put the dart in a position where she could touch it in her clothes pocket at any time, and pushed open the door of Elsa's house.

"Squeak-" After pushing open the door, Jun Yao found that the world behind the door had become different! What was supposed to be a dilapidated, moldy, and unlit house turned into a new, bright and warm cabin. Jun Yao was surprised by this, and was about to turn around and call her teammates, only to find that the world behind her had also changed.

The green trees surround Elsa's house, the grass seems to exude a unique freshness, the bright flowers have butterflies fluttering, and the laughter of children can be heard from not far away.

This is the world of memories, if she guessed correctly, it is the world of Elsa's memories, and it is also a different space. Since it's a different space, it must be dangerous. Although he had just killed John himself, as far as Jun Yao's judgment was concerned, John's danger was far less than that of Elsa. There are strict conditions for John's appearance in the different space, that is, through the medium of the mirror, you must first see the mirror before the other space can be opened, and John can pull people into his own world. In addition, he also needs to rely on some kind of rule to kill people, that is, the ballad "Wooden Man" that Jun Yao heard in the toilet, and John can only kill when the song stops.

But Aisha's different space is a bit complicated, the first time I entered, it was at the moment I stepped into the study, and the medium should be the weird oil painting, the oil painting is parallel to the direction of her entry, so Jun Yao can't see the oil painting the moment she enters the door, so the opening condition of the medium of oil painting is not to be seen, Jun Yao guessed that the opening condition of the oil painting should be perceived. To be perceived, simply put, is to appear near it. And now that he has entered the world of Elsa's memories, this is obviously not the different space opened by the previous oil painting, this should be a different space opened by another medium, and what this medium is and how it is opened, Jun Yao has no clue at all.

The second is the rule, after entering the study, Aisha asked herself if she wanted to make a wish, which seemed to be a triggering condition, but when she said she didn't make a wish, it directly triggered Aisha's attack. So, is making a wish a condition for avoidance? Jun Yao thinks no, the whole task is named after "Wish", which means that this task must have something to do with making a wish, Aisha's first two diaries mentioned two wishes, one is the story of making a wish told by John, and the other is the fulfillment of wishes said by the mysterious woman who appeared in John's dream. These two times are related to the wish is ominous, Aisha is afraid of the story told by John, although the diary does not tell that story, but it contains Aisha's reaction - fear, and John's dream wish is directly his own death. The wish must also be attacked by Elsa, Jun Yao concluded. Therefore, no matter how Jun Yao answers Aisha's question, she will be subject to Aisha's tools, so the rules for Aisha's killing are not wishing. What would Elsa's killing rules be?

Standing at the gate all the time, you can't find the answer, and since you've been pulled into this alien space, you can only enter the house and find a way to break the rules to leave or simply kill Elsa. The latter is obviously extremely difficult and Jun Yao can't do it alone, so let's look for clues.

Jun Yao stepped into the house, and as soon as she stood still, the door behind her automatically closed.

Typical horror mode...... Jun Yao didn't seem to be afraid, but began to complain.

"According to the routine, the danger level on the second floor must be higher than on the first floor, and I think that only if I find a suitable clue on the first floor can I enter the second floor." Jun Yao thought about it, and in order to confirm her inference, she tried to walk up to the second floor through the long staircase, and as soon as her foot stepped on the first staircase, she was bounced back as if she had touched some invisible barrier.

Sure enough, it couldn't be entered.

As an out-and-out Internet addict girl, she has read countless games, and she has played more than 100 escape games in a closed supernatural space. Now I entered Elsa's house in a dream, the door was closed, Elsa's ghost didn't know where to hide for her life, and the house was full of clues, which was no different from the game I played!

From a game of hide and seek to "Elsa's Home in the Escape Room"?

Jun Yao was going to go back to the study where she first met Aisha, and turned right from the entrance to the living room, and then there was a long corridor, Jun Yao remembered that the study was the second room on the left side of the corridor.

"Knock knock knock......" The sound of something rolling down came from the direction of the kitchen, Jun Yao immediately turned around and returned to the entrance, and then walked to the kitchen directly opposite the entrance.

"Bang la la-la-" This time it was the sound of flowing water.

Someone in the kitchen? Jun Yao saw the toy car falling on the ground, she stared intently in that direction, slowly squatted down and wanted to pick it up and throw it to the kitchen to test the "thing" inside, but when her hand reached for the floor, what she touched was not a car, but a soft and young hand.

This hand was too cold, Jun Yao immediately lowered his head, and quickly retracted it before he saw it, the place where he touched it was empty, and he just saw that the toy car had long since disappeared, but in the afterglow, Jun Yao saw another thing.

A pair of feet, which are girls' feet.

"Sister, are you looking for it?" A cold voice came from behind him.

Aisha! It's Elsa!

At the same time as the voice came, Jun Yao also reacted, she wanted to get up and run away, but a hand pressed on her shoulder before her movements, "You haven't answered me yet, sister." ”

The strength of that hand was too great, and it was not at all the strength that a child should have, and Jun Yao couldn't move even half a minute.

Another question. How to answer? Yes or no? If the answer is yes, will it give me the car? In other words, what would she do if I answered no?

Jun Yao thought about it, but the little girl behind her suddenly disappeared, and the power that bound her shoulders disappeared with it.

What's going on?

Jun Yao dared to look back at this time, there was nothing behind her except the closed door, she turned back to look at the kitchen again, only to find that the car she wanted to pick up was in front of her.

Take? Don't take it?

The water in the kitchen was getting louder and louder, and it seemed like the water was about to overflow from the pool. Such a supernatural event proves that there must be clues in the kitchen, and he was stopped by the little girl just when he wanted to test it......

Gotta go in and check it out.

Thinking of this, Jun Yao gritted her teeth and took two steps forward to pick up the toy car on the ground.

[Dream Traveler Shen Junyao, get the prop: Toy Car]

[Toy Car (3/3): A special item that can be moved to a designated area by itself, and a ghost will sound an alarm and cause a psychic explosion if a ghost appears along the route. Can be used up to three times. 】

It's actually a prop! Jun Yao carefully looked at the introduction of the props and decisively clicked to use it.

[Please check if you are using props: toy cars]

Jun Yao clicked "Yes".

【Please plan the route of the car】

So Jun Yao drew a straight line in the air, then turned 90 degrees to the right, and then went straight.

【Route Generation】

【Toy Car (2/3)】

The moment the prompt sounded, the car in Jun Yao's hand automatically appeared on the ground, and then slowly moved forward according to the planned route. I don't know what a psychic explosion looks like or what it will do, but even if you can't kill a ghost, you can still hit it hard.

"Ahh

[Dream traveler Shen Junyao, kill Mary]

[Obtain hidden items, which will be obtained after the mission ends]

"This ...... That's too strong, isn't it?! Yi An couldn't help but sigh when he received the news, Ling Feng stood in place, as if he was thinking, and then he was operating something, which made Yi An a little puzzled.

"Xiao Feng, what are you thinking?"

"Shen Junyao, this person is too strange. She doesn't act like a novice dream traveler at all, whether it's for the cracking of the plot, the completion of the game, or the proficiency of the combat...... She's better than both of us. Ling Feng continued, "Based on past experience, all Dream Travelers participating in the mission should have gathered at the point of birth, but how did we find her? It was Dong'er who heard something strange, and then she appeared. ”

Yi An frowned, she already understood what Ling Feng meant, "Are you suspicious, this Shen Junyao is not the real Shen Junyao, but the disguise of the ultimate boss?" And the real Shen Junyao was already dead at the point of birth? ”

"This possibility cannot be ruled out." Ling Feng nodded.

"I know, your suspicion is because of the experience of Qi Ming and Dong'er's novice quest "Ghost Island", in which the boss confused their memories, controlled the progress of the entire game, and finally led them to the end of the lore. If this Shen Junyao is also a boss, then what she did was also to lead us to the worst situation, right? Yi An paused, as if to leave Ling Feng room to think, "But, even so, there is no need for her to trigger the side quest to give us a hint at the beginning, you can feel that this town is very big." Without a map, we don't necessarily find a safe house before our first ghost hunt, and we can't even find the power-ups in the system to ward off the ghosts. She's going to kill us and lead us into a difficult predicament, so wouldn't it be easier for us to kill us in a state where we don't have a map, are very unfamiliar with the town, and have ghosts chasing us? ”

"Maybe it's because ...... Would it be more fun to lead us into a side quest and then kill us? ”

"Well, that's even weirder, isn't it? Perhaps, she scared the little girl Elsa and hurt Elsa by acting to show us - to gain our trust. But there was no need for her to kill the little boy John and save Qi Ming. Her goal is to lead us into a worse situation, so is there any big difference between two mini-bosses killing us and her killing us herself? Besides, as you saw from the hint just now, she killed another ghost, Mary, at Elsa's house. Elsa is not dead yet, and she is very powerful, if she wants us to die, why not let us enter Elsa's house together and choose to be alone? There's no need, isn't it? Yi An said a long list, Ling Feng was silent, and at this time, Li Hua walked down from the second floor and looked at them.

"There is nothing on the second floor, so I have turned over the living room, which does not look like a trace of a child's residence, but a bit like an elderly couple." Li Hua said, "It seems that this is not John's home, the place where Dong, Qi Ming and Xiaoyao go is John's home." You guys...... Did you find something? ”

Yi Anduo glanced at Li Hua a few times, then shook his head and smiled, "No, we are also saying that this should not be John's home, after all, the photos in the study are all an old couple and a young couple, without children." ”

"So, should we go and find them now?" Li Hua nodded.

"Well, let's go...... Let's go. Yi An pulled Ling Feng, who was in a daze, and the three of them slowly walked outside, Yi An hugged Ling Feng's side and whispered, "If you talk about strange people, I think there is someone who is even more suspicious......