Volume IV The Stranger Chapter VII The Railway
Wang Feng and the others ran a long way down the streets of the river valley before they came to the station, and for some reason, the high brick walls around them seemed to be more terrifying than those streets.
Eventually, the two finally saw the station.
"This place is in ruins, isn't it?" Wang Feng felt that the station in front of him could only be described as ruins, and it seemed to have been suspended, and the weeds were growing wildly here, and there was no station at all.
"Let's take a look at the front!" Van Gogh looked ahead and walked towards the railroad tracks that ran out from the end of the station.
Although the rails are rusty and nearly half of the sleepers are rotten, they are generally in good condition.
"It's too hard to walk, isn't it? It seems that the train is no play...... "Wang Feng feels that it is very difficult to walk or run on such a road.
Van Gogh also agreed with Wang Feng: "You can only move slowly...... Can't go fast. ”
The railway stretched along the edge of the river valley, and after walking some distance on the railway, they finally came to a long covered bridge.
The height of this covered bridge over a deep valley is a bit dizzying.
"If we can leave, then the two of us can go straight over! If we can't walk, then we will take a detour from the town to find a similar road bridge and pass through the river valley. ”
Van Gogh walked up slowly, and then told Wang Feng his plan.
"Okay!"
Wang Feng also stood up: "It seems that the sleepers within a few meters are quite safe." ”
As soon as he finished speaking, a flock of bats flapped their wings and flew past him.
"And the bats almost hit it." Wang Feng is now particularly afraid of bats.
"Be careful...... Van Gogh hurriedly reminded Wang Feng to pay attention to safety.
In a few moments, the two of them crossed the eerie covered bridge, and the old railroad tracks crossed the riverside street at the same level, and then extended towards the town-like area.
And the disgusting smell of fish in the town before was getting weaker and weaker, and there was no place where weeds and thorns were not tearing at their clothes.
It's very difficult to move forward, but if you encounter any danger, this is undoubtedly the best place to hide.
As they walked, a wetland appeared in front of them, and there was a low roadbed overgrown with weeds, and only a single track remained, and the weeds were much sparser than before.
"How can there be footprints on this?" Wang Feng looked at the huge footprints on his junior brother and couldn't help muttering: "It doesn't look like a human footprint." ”
"It looks like some amphibian...... Did you find any details before? Van Gogh suddenly realized something and quickly asked.
"I saw the waiter's skin and clothes before...... When I picked up the skin, I found some of the scales that were supposed to be the monsters, and when I touched the skin, the skin quickly melted into liquid and vanished. Wang Feng explained the strange events he had encountered before.
Van Gogh felt that Wang Feng's explanation was not accurate enough: "What kind of disappearance method is that skin?" ”
"After the human skin melts into a liquid, it drips to the ground, and then disappears instantly, without a trace, not even a trace."
Van Gogh thought for a moment and then shook his head, rejecting Wang Feng's idea: "No, it should not be leather, but a substance similar to human skin...... The reason why it melts into liquid is because the temperature on your body surface is too high...... Moreover, this substance and its volatile nature will disappear when it falls to the ground. Van Gogh spoke his reasoning.
Wang Feng looked at him in amazement, a little incredulous: "Strong! ”
"Where do you think you've seen this monster before? But I still haven't fully recovered my memory. Van Gogh shook his head: "It's just a coincidence." ”
"You haven't fully recovered your memory?" Wang Feng glanced around, and then looked at Van Gogh.
"No, I don't even remember the memory of my death, I just remembered the general details, no matter how I think about it, I can't find it." Speaking of this, Van Gogh suddenly remembered one more thing, and hurriedly said to Wang Feng: "Those who entered the game before and were activated by the talent, when they contact the game again, the second talent will be activated." ”
"Entering the game before will give you an ability, and then you will get a second ability when you touch the game again? So what was the first time Faust got the ability before? You should remember this, right? ”
Van Gogh nodded: "Your ability is the realm of thinking, and his ability is extreme reasoning...... At the moment, his second ability should be immortality. ”
"Extreme reasoning? What is that? Wang Feng was a little curious.
"Your abilities are a little different from his, but they're mostly similar...... But in terms of reasoning ability, he should be better...... When a player in the game quits the game, the talent becomes a part of themselves...... And when you quit the game, you will lose that memory. Van Gogh explained to Wang Feng.
"Understood...... It means that when Faust was still Sherlock Holmes, he lost his previous memory...... "Wang Feng understood.
"That's right, after receiving a stimulus, the memory will awaken one after another...... And this stimulus point will lead to the awakening of the second talent. Van Gogh looked at Wang Feng: "The most terrifying thing about this game is not that you meet the so-called monsters, but also some supernatural events. ”
Wang Feng looked at Van Gogh with a bewildered expression: "What do you mean by this?" Could there be anything more terrifying than these things? ”
"There's more to it than monsters...... For example, the human heart...... Take the game itself, for example. Van Gogh's expression suddenly became serious, as if he remembered something.
"The human heart is indeed quite terrifying, but why is the game itself terrifying?"
"You think about it, once you join the game, you either live like this, or you die, and you don't have any choice at all. If you quit the game, it will become a bug in the game, and there will be players who will fix the bug. When the patch is complete, you will become a card that is used by the player and then eliminated in Card Mode. If you think about it, it feels terrifying, this game can't be called a game at all, at least for the player, it's a never-ending cycle...... And many people don't know the truth yet, and that's the scariest part. Van Gogh took a deep breath and continued: "If you understand the mechanics of the game, you can follow this mechanic and not be eliminated by the game, but if you don't understand the mechanics of the game, then you have only one choice, which is to die." ”
Wang Feng couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, and then remembered what he had encountered before, and deeply felt the horror of this game.