Chapter 364: Doctored Memories
You were resurrected in the hut of the watchmen. 】
Luckily, the green-clothed administrator seemed to be an elderly shadow ghost, and his strength was very weak, far inferior to Granny Tang he met before, and he was directly killed by him with a cannon.
Coming back to his senses, Mu You first checked the loot dropped by the kill.
The drop just now, in addition to the clue in the music box, also has an extra thing that the shadow ghost bursts out.
[Remnants of the Shadow Ghost: The remains left after the death of the Shadow Ghost, in the form of a wriggling phantom, according to the strength of the Shadow Ghost, after fusion, it can slightly increase the strength of your shadow, thereby indirectly increasing the ability of your body. After fusion, your health will be permanently +56 points (the maximum increase of similar effects is 5000 points), so that you can gain the ability to control the shape and direction of your shadow, and make your shadow can move out of body for a short time, up to one hour per 24 hours, if the shadow does not return to the creature for more than an hour, it will disappear permanently. 】
The remnants of the shadow ghost, the bells and whistles of the explanation, Mu You tried to point it out and take a look.
A wriggling phantus appeared on the ground, resembling a slime, but illusory, disembodied and weightless.
Mu You tried to go under the phantom, but the thing actively merged into his shadow and disappeared, and his shadow seemed to be condensed.
Mu You glanced at his phone again, and sure enough, his health increased by 56 points.
"Is the shadow out of the body......"
Looking at the in-game instructions, Mu You tried to concentrate and connect his consciousness to the shadows.
The next moment, the shadow began to change shape, from a human form to an oval, and then to a thin thread as he pleased, and it could rotate around his body at will.
After a few seconds, the shadow broke away from its feet, swam around the walls of the room, and finally returned to him.
After a simple attempt, Mu You already had a preliminary understanding of the changes in his shadow, which simply means that as long as he concentrates, his shadow can be turned into a manipulable state.
When the shadow is separated from the body, it is equivalent to a doppelganger, and he himself can share the perspective of the shadow, and can use the nature of the shadow that does not collide with the volume to drill into some places that humans cannot reach for reconnaissance and other work.
It's a pity that they can only be out of the body for a maximum of an hour, and they have already learned from the previous capture of the inner village that the shadow of the detached body will also be injured normally, which greatly limits the use of this ability.
Of course, the original text in the explanation is that "the shadow does not return to the creature for more than an hour" before it disappears, that is, after the shadow leaves the body, it does not have to return to the main body, as long as it becomes the shadow of another creature.
This is also the principle that those shadow people can cast their shadows on the earth: make humans into 'shadow ghost skins', and as long as these shadows are transformed into the corresponding 'skin' shape, they can generate a real human on the shadow, and by disguising themselves as the shadows of this human, these shadows can leave the body for a long time and live in another world.
Of course, Mu You doesn't have this kind of shadow ghost skin, so his shadow can't exist for a long time after leaving his body, and he must return to his body as soon as possible, which is better than nothing for him.
This thing is really useful, or add health to him, don't look at only 56 points, but the back prompts the upper limit, by killing the shadow ghost, you can increase him by up to 5000 points of life upper limit, this value is very impressive!
But then again, he had killed two shadow ghosts on Earth before, the giant shadow ghost and the muscular male shadow ghost in K City, and the Uchimura that he captured after coming to Japan, but these shadow ghosts did not leave this kind of shadow wreckage after death.
The only difference between them and the old Shadow Ghost is that all three of them were killed on Earth.
In this way, this thing should only be dropped by killing the Shadow Ghost in the Star Spirit Realm.
After seeing the changes in the shadow, Mu You looked back at his phone and continued to take stock of the harvest.
[You opened the 'clue hidden in the music box', which is a neatly folded note.] 】
[Fragment of Louise's diary.] 】
【…… I've been in this place for three years now, and the other day, I was told by the administrator that my 'condition' had deteriorated and that I needed to leave here and move to a hospital in the West End for deeper 'treatment'. It's a huge bad news for me to leave Mianmian, she is my spiritual pillar here, and without her, I don't know how to live here in the future...... Mianmian comforted me, and promised to leave here when we were cured, and to call her loudly whenever I needed it, and she would come to see me no matter how far away......
Two days later, I was taken to a new hospital in the West End, a brand new room, much larger than before, but it became a double dormitory, and I was locked in with a little girl younger than me, only seven years old, named Sayaka, who seemed to have just come in, huddled in the corner of the wall and shivered in fear, like a poor little rabbit, and what was more troublesome was that what she said was not the language of the stars, but a language that we had not heard, and we could not communicate...... Fortunately, the administrator sent a prop that could make people communicate directly with their hearts, which lifted the language barrier...... After talking to Sayaka, I found that we seemed to be unexpectedly compatible in many of our preferences...... After a few short days together, Sayaka became very clingy to me and admired me very much, and I somewhat enjoyed this feeling and treated her as my own sister...... Now I have lost my sleep, but I have a new goal, which is to protect Sayaka to live here......
——6/8】
The diary on page 6, this one spans a long time, directly to three years later, Louise changed her residence and separated from Mianmian, but at the same time welcomed a new roommate, who was mentioned in the diary on page 7 before, "Sayaka".
The diary specifically mentioned that Shaye Xiang did not speak the Star Spirit Language, but another language, which made Mu You even more convinced that this Shaye Xiang might be an earthling who was kidnapped to the Star Spirit Realm through a spatial rift.
And Louise entered the underground factory four years ago, three years after the diary, that is, a year ago.
Mu You opened the group of the exchange group and called up the missing persons database shared by the Japanese side, and searched for three conditions: 'Shayeka', '6-8 years old', and 'before 10-15 months'.
However, the search results are empty.
Mu You tried to relax some conditions again, but the result was still the same, there were many people named Shayexiang among the missing people, but the youngest was over 13 years old, which was obviously not right.
Guessed wrong, not Japanese? Or is Sayaka not actually her real name?
Mu You couldn't be sure for a while.
In any case, with the sixth page of the diary being found, he has now found the first seven pages of all eight pages of the diary, and finally gradually connected into a complete story, telling what happened to Louise in the three years after entering this factory, and through her perspective, revealing the darkness in the Church of the Dead.
The eighth page, which is still missing, is the most important, because it should tell the story of Louise's ending and how the Shadow Ghost was created.
Unfortunately, now that his identity has been revealed, those shadow people have begun to be wary of the existence of mechanical lifeforms, and it is almost impossible to sneak into the underground again.
In the following day, the life of the academy and the dungeon was restored in the Muyou game.
Now the progress of the dungeon of Dawn City has advanced to the fourth layer.
Yes, the boss of the third layer has been killed in advance by a certain wasteland team, and Mu You is not too surprised by this, after all, most of his energy has been focused on the Undead Society in the past few days, and he has not paid much attention to the dungeon, and it is normal to be preempted once.
After a few days of adaptation, now the system of the wasteland reclamation team organized by the major forces has basically matured, and everyone has experience, and the further they advance, the more difficult it is, and the progress has a tendency to gradually accelerate.
At this rate, it is estimated that it will be within a week to break through the dungeon.
Mu You is very satisfied with this speed, so the dungeon side has not made any extra moves, and all the staff can play freely.
In addition, at around 7 p.m. that day, a prompt popped up in the game.
[The Twilight Zone has been successfully activated, and the first city lord: Holy Light Nana. 】
Another Sky City is activated, the City Lord ID is a name that is unfamiliar to many people, and more importantly, this is another Celestial Empire!
There was another uproar in international forums, and the number of up-and-coming justice fighters proliferated. In the past, half of the eight cities settled in the Celestial Empire, which was already excessive, but now the ninth is the Celestial Empire, and the proportion of five out of nine directly crossed the half line, which also made the people of other countries completely unable to sit still.
The question of whether Sky City should accept players from all over the world has been debated again, and it is likely to intensify so much that not many people care about who the new city owner 'Holy Light Nana' is.
The members of the Mystic Association were quite calm about this, because they all knew this 'Holy Light Nana', and it was actually Libra's stand-in card.
Libra and Capricorn had already said in the early morning meeting that they were preparing for the battle for Twilight, and they had also made an appointment with others for remote support, and now they have successfully won the city lord, and everyone is not surprised, and they have left messages of congratulations.
In this way, their Mystic Association finally had a second Sky City of their own.
About an hour later, Mu You received a private message from Libra and Capricorn, asking him for his experience in building Sky City.
Mu You didn't hide it either, and directly passed them a copy of the building sequence document given by Jiuyou before, and at the same time briefly told the two of them about some of the pits he had stepped on and the experience he had accumulated during the construction of Dawn City.
By the time we were done dealing with the Twilight business, it was already dark on the Japanese side, and it was completely dark outside.
Mu You changed into the skin of a medicine picker who is not usually used, and went out in Moon Black Wind High School.
Following the address given by Ye Rumeng, Mu You rushed all the way to Aoki District next to Qiangu District, and found the residence of Ye Rumeng's family at the back of a commercial street.
It was a small two-story building, but it was pitch black, the doors were closed, the yard was overgrown with weeds, and it looked like it had been uninhabited for a long time.
Mu You walked to the door and took a look, and found that there were seals and notices pasted in front of the door.
Mu You checked it with translation software, to the effect that the house has been nationalized and is going through the property disposal process, and if you have something to contact, contact the phone number below Yunyun.
"Excuse me...... Who are you looking for? ”
Mu You was busy checking the translation software, and a woman's voice suddenly sounded next to him.
Mu You turned his head to see that at the door of the next room, a middle-aged woman was looking at him with some vigilance, carrying a large bag of ingredients in her hand, as if she had just come back from work.
"I'm looking for someone from this ......"
As soon as Mu You spoke, he remembered that he didn't know Japanese.
I was thinking about how to communicate, but the other party suddenly spoke fluent Chinese: "Are you from the Celestial Empire?" So you are a relative of Mr. Ye's family? ”
Mu You glanced at her and confirmed that there was a player logo on her head, then he shook his head and said, "I am Mr. Ye's friend in the Celestial Empire, and I came to visit him this time." ”
"Huh? This one...... In fact, Mr. Ye's family had a car accident as early as a year ago, and all three of them died on the spot......" the woman sighed.
"Car accident?"
Mu You was stunned, this little girl hadn't told him.
"Wait, a family of three?"
Mu You immediately noticed this: "It means that there have always been only three people in their family?" ”
"Yes, Mr. Ye, Mr. Ye's wife, and their daughter." The woman looked at Mu You a little strangely, not quite understanding why he asked.
"Mr. Ye...... Have you ever had any other daughters before? Mu You tried to ask.
"You mean an illegitimate daughter?" The woman looked at him even more strangely, and hurriedly waved her hand: "I don't know about this, I have lived here for more than ten years, and I have only seen that little girl named Mengmeng......"
There is only one daughter......
Mu You frowned, the little girl clearly said that Mianmian was her sister, her own sister who grew up with her since she was a child, how could she not appear?
Then Mu You didn't ask any more questions, and quietly released the forgetting spell on the woman, making her forget what happened just now, and then left the scene and hid in the dark.
After the woman came back to her senses and entered her house in a daze, Mu You turned back and sneaked into the building in front of her stealth.
The room was full of household items, and everything seemed to be the same as it had been before the closure, except for a layer of dust on the table on the floor that reminded him that no one had been here for a long time.
Mu You searched in the room, and soon determined that this was indeed a family of three, and all the living items were for three people, and he also found a family photo album, which included all the photos of Ye Rumeng from childhood to adulthood, but all the photos only appeared repeatedly in a family of three, and there was never a shadow of the fourth family member.
The question is, is Mianmian a child of this family?
Did the little girl lie to him? Mianmian is not her sister?
But in the previous conversation between the two people of the Undead Society, they mentioned No. 14, which is the residence of Mianmian, which should be here......
After thinking about it, Mu You opened the lock cylinder space, found the little girl in the space, and brought her out.
"Huh? Mu You, this is my home! ”
Ye Rumeng appeared in the dim room, was stunned for a moment, and quickly recognized something, running around the room, rummaging for his belongings.
"My pillows, my toys, my certificates...... Mu You, come and see, this is my room......"
The little girl ran back to the room excitedly, and subconsciously wanted to press the light in the room, but was stopped by Mu You.
"Mengmeng, what was the last scene you remember about your parents?" Mu You squatted down in front of her and asked seriously.
"Parents ......"
Ye Rumeng quieted down at this time, recalled for a few seconds, and said with some pain: "I remember, my father was driving, and the car suddenly flew up, and then ...... And then, I don't remember anything......"
Mu You nodded, at least the memories of her family were correct.
"Your sister has been living here with you all along?" Mu You asked again.
"Of course!" The little girl nodded firmly.
"Then why aren't there any of your sister's things here?" Mu You asked.
"How could it not be? My sister's stuff is ...... It's ......" the little girl subconsciously pointed into the room.
However, the finger hung in the air for a long time, but it never stayed on anything concrete.
The little girl was stunned, and ran to other rooms without believing in evil.
However, until she walked through all the rooms, she did not find any proof of her sister's existence.
"How can this be ......"
The little girl stood in place sluggishly, and after half a sound, she suddenly hugged her head in some pain, and the person became swaying.
"Mu You, my head hurts...... It's so sleepy......"
The little girl fell to the side as she spoke, and was caught by Mu You in time.
When she looked down, she had closed her eyes and fallen into a deep sleep, her face still maintaining a painful expression.
Mu You sighed. Through Louise's diary, it can be determined that 'Mianmian' must be real, and she has been imprisoned in that underground factory by the Undead Society for a long time, but she and Ye Rumeng should not be sisters.
The car accident suffered by this family may have been caused by the undead, who used the car accident to hide people's eyes and ears and kidnap the little girl.
Then, the little girl probably also entered the underground factory, maybe it was there that she met Mianmian, what should have happened between the two.
In addition, the little girl's memory seems to have been tampered with, so sometimes the words spoken will be a little confusing, as for whether it was done by Mianmian or someone from the Undead Society, he still doesn't know.
(End of chapter)