Volume 2 – The Abyss Detective Chapter 21 The Meaning of Life

In the afternoon, the breeze blows, and the black curtains are slightly lifted. The sadness in his pupils became more and more solemn, and there was no one around, this was an abandoned modern building. The boy slid his hand through the air (either by mind or manually), and a series of icons floated in the air.

"What is this?"

The boy saw the icon flashing continuously at the bottom right, and subconsciously touched it. The "drop" hand touched the icon and made a sound, and then a white letter appeared in front of him, and as the words rolled, a heavy voice slowly sounded:

Ladies and gentlemen of Japan, we are going to this world. You must have a lot of questions right now, but don't worry. Let me introduce you to the world. After speaking, one video after another appeared on the blank page, and while the video was playing, a heavy voice followed:

"On July 5, 2020, the 'Virtual Game Research Institute' was established, and the people of the institute worked hard to finally develop many virtual reality technologies, and in 2035, the institute began to prepare a huge project - to turn the whole world into a game. In the beginning, the project was opposed by many people, and the insiders insisted on explaining the rest and the benefits of changing the world, such as being born again!. After months of adjustment, the research finally began on November 17, 2035. Due to the difficulty of the project, no progress has been made after several years of research. Finally, on February 1, 2047, great progress was made. The researchers continued to work hard, and the project finally reached the final stage in 2055. On September 7, 2055, today, the project was launched. But misfortune happened. Turning the world into a game is something that needs to be done through a change, which we call "metamorphosis". But just when the program was "transforming", an error occurred. In the end, the game is limited to all of Japan, and you can't enter or leave the country. In the process, four-fifths of the population of Japan died as a result of the "metamorphosis", which means that only one-fifth of the people in Japan are still alive. And the mistake created another huge mistake, which is that the player dies and cannot respawn! And in this world, in addition to players being enemies of each other, there are also creatures in the system, as well as creatures born from system errors (we call them bad). Isn't it exciting? Okay, let's start your game after the introduction! ”

In addition to a letter, there are other icons, the boy clicked on the sword-shaped icon in the middle, which is the skill bar, and when you click on it, there are only two lines of icons and annotations:

Transmogrification: Players can transform into different characters or monsters in different games, each monster can only transmog once, and all attributes *2 cooldown time after transmogrification: 1 natural day

King's Treasure: Level 50 unlocked!

Although the skill of the King's Treasury is annotated, it is all in Sanskrit. The boy smiled wryly,

"Are novices so bullied that they can't even understand their own skill introductions."

He complained.

"But the 'transmogrification' skill is still good."

The boy thought seriously, and strangely enough, he was not surprised that the world had become a game, not only as if he had known it in advance, but also with a feeling that there was no one in his eyes. It feels like he didn't take the game into account.

The boy carefully slid down from the top, now hoping to find a safe zone or something. Walking into the jungle, the light was much darker, and even the field of vision became narrower, and from time to time there would be a few insect chirps, but soon they were gone. I don't know how long I walked, but the boy heard the singing, the voice of an angel.

"This song sounds so familiar."

The boy pricked up his ears and listened to the beautiful song for a moment. Then I found the source of the sound by feeling, and there was a small wooden house in the jungle (a cabin in the woods?). The sound came from within.

The boy cat leaned over slowly, and through the crack in the door he saw the owner of the voice, a girl, and a mossy piano beside him. The piano is not playing, but it still makes sound. The boy stared at the girl: sunlight was shining through the window above on the girl's fair face, and her hair was a rare dark red. The song has reached ** step by step, the magnificent music, coupled with the singing voice like a silver bell, makes people feel inexplicably excited. At the end of the song, the whole song seems to tell a story. The song stopped, and the boy was stunned, then pushed the door open.

The girl looked at the boy, and the two eyes met, not only the hair, but the girl's pupils were also dark red.

"Good singing."

The boy clapped his hands in respect. Then, with the idea of making friends, the boy walked forward, stretched out his right hand, and said:

"My name is Shirazen, and we're meeting for the first time."

The girl turned her head, pretending not to hear.

"What is this, I pulled down my face and showed yes first."

Bai Ran complained in his heart.

"The song you sing feels a little familiar, but I just can't remember what it is, can you tell me?"

Bai Zhan thought that a change of topic might work. The girl didn't say anything, just looked at the ground quietly. Shirazen looked at the piano and couldn't help but walk over, there seemed to be a mysterious power on the piano that attracted Shirozen. Shirazen thought back to the songs he had heard, and sat on a chair in front of the piano, waving his hands in the air, as if he was already eager to try. "Wow-" Hakuzen pressed the first button, and then played smoothly, the music soaking into the girl's heart like invisible rain.

When the piano ended, Bai Ran stretched. On the side, there was a hint of surprise in the girl's eyes when she looked at Bai Zhan, who closed her eyes and felt the keys again, reminiscing about what she had just played. Shirazome used to play a simulation game similar to playing the piano, and before he knew it, he had learned a lot of tunes, of course, he just memorized the order of the keys, but he didn't know anything about music. Shirazen stood up, and the girl didn't say a word the whole time.

"Forget it, since you have no intention of making friends, then even if I bother."

Shirazen shook his hand, then turned and walked out the door. The girl in the room stood there as if she had taken root, looking at Shirazen from afar.

It was already dark, and night had fallen. Bai Ran looked at the sky, then at the house behind him, and felt an indescribable bitterness in his heart. There was a rustling sound in the jungle.

"Wind?"

Bai Ran looked at the shaking bushes and said, and the next moment, Bai Ran felt: There is no wind tonight. Suddenly, in the bushes, a humanoid monster in armor jumped out, holding a sword, and looked fiercely at Shirazen.

"Damn!"

Bai Ran rolled on his side and dodged, and immediately prepared to escape, but he realized that there was another person in the room behind him, and seeing that the girl didn't look like she was fighting power, Bai Ran didn't know what to do for a while. The monster didn't intend to give Shirazen time to think, so he jumped over again, and with another stab, Shirazen took a step back and dodged again.

"Is there only one war?"

Shiran whispered, and after a split second, he activated his skills:

"Transmogrification!"

The air exploded one after another of purple mist, and then the purple mist violently wrapped Bai Dye, the meridian receded, and Bai Dye had transformed into a monster seven or eight feet tall, the monster's skin color was purple, the huge head was an elder with horns, the upper body was naked, and the lower body was wrapped in a gray blanket, but it did not affect the monster's action. The tail is a giant serpent, which constantly spits letters. Finally, the sheep's head opened his eyes, blue eyes, glowing red, white gas from his nostrils, and a huge big knife pinned to his back.

The girl walked out of the house and stood outside the door, watching what was happening not far away.

"The bule demon."

The girl whispered, looked down and thought for a moment before entering the house, apparently not knowing that monsters could not approach the safe zone. At this time, Bai Zhan had turned into a blue-eyed demon, and he pulled out a large sword from behind his back and perfectly slashed an arc in the air, and then the demon held the sword in one hand, and one was gaining momentum. The Great Tai Knife burst out with red light, this is the basic sword technique, the snake tail retreated sharply, and the demon kicked his feet again, and rushed straight towards the monster. Although the volume has become quite larger, the real stats have not increased much. The monster used its sword to block the demon's attack, and the great sword carved a red sword mark on the sword. After the attack of the demon at the moment, the monster is slashing again, this simple move, it is too easy to dodge in the eyes of Bai Ran, and it is another basic sword skill, and the light on the big sword has become brighter than last time, which means that the damage this time is higher and faster! The monster blocked its throat with its hand, but at the cost of one hand, and its health bar dropped from green to yellow (if you don't have the ability to see someone's life, you can only know the percentage of their life). The monster screamed, and a hand grew out of its severing place, wrapped in a layer of bony armor.

"Such a disgusting ability."

In the ensuing battle, the blue-eyed demon continued to unfold the monster's limbs until he slashed down and slashed at the thick bone armor, leaving only white marks that could not be cut off.

"Huh!"

The monster made an ugly mocking sound, but Shiraran just couldn't stand the ridicule of others.

"Dare to mock?"

Bai Ran thought in his heart that at this time, the air near the blue-eyed demon he had incarnated into seemed to have dropped by dozens of degrees.

"Accept the verdict."

Bai Ran was already enraged, and it was hard for this guy to provoke him with other things, but once he was ridiculed, he would be angry. Bai Ran kept thinking about the next move of the monster in his mind, and the two creatures kept colliding, and the sound of knives hitting each other was very harsh. Finally, a blue light burst out from the eyes of the blue-eyed demon, and a dark blue glow flashed on the Great Tai Knife, and a mysterious power covered the knife.

That kind of light, the same color in the eyes of the demons, is so murderous. The monster began to roar, his health was already red, and he had entered a certain state, and his sword also flashed with blue light, but this light was as big as the gap between the fireflies and the bright moon compared to the demon. The big knife dragged an afterimage, and fought with the knife, rubbing fierce sparks. Then the demon lifted the knife upwards and shook the monster away with the sword. Although the demon has a large body, it is not sluggish at all, but very agile. Looking at the monster that flew out, the demon took advantage of the hard straight to follow, and this time it was different from last time, and the sound of the iron weapon colliding from the knife on the bone armor began to decrease the life of the monster. Although the monster wanted to fight back immediately, the demon would not give him a chance, and a golden light flashed in his eyes, and a remnant was accompanied by a sword fight. "Whew-" The knife slashed through the monster's body

The blue-eyed demon put away the great sword, and in that instant, the monster turned into a beam of white light. Although this battle was very short in the eyes of others, it was already a vicious battle for Bai Zhan. Because Bai Zhan often plays this kind of sword game, usually a battle can be controlled within 2 or 3 minutes even if he is seriously injured, but this time it seems that this is not the case. Bai Zhan's body gradually fell back to its original state, and his vision began to blur, and then he fell to the ground, his eyes slowly closed. There were several knife wounds on his back, cheeks, thighs, and hands, and blood was constantly gushing out, staining his body red, not to mention that the time he had used the transmogrification just now was too long, and for low-level people, his spiritual power would definitely be unbearable.

"White dye? It's a really interesting fight. ”

Not far from the white dye, a man wearing a sky-blue scarf and a pair of sunglasses stood on the branch of a tree and watched the battle. He supported the trunk of the tree with his left hand, pushed his sunglasses with his right hand, and said:

"Hopefully next time I see you won't be so embarrassed."

Then he turned around, and at some point an oval hole appeared in the ground like a void.

"Goodbye."

The man said as he jumped down.

"Bang-"

"Ah~ it hurts"

The man did not jump into the hole accurately, but fell to the side.

"Damn, I originally wanted to have a handsome ending, which made me embarrassed!"

The man stood up and patted the dust off his body.

"Well~ Since that's the case, then I'll just walk in."

The man said this, and was just about to step into the void, when he suddenly looked back at the place where he had just fought, and Bai Zhan was no longer there, leaving only a pool of blood.

"Oh, it's funny, I didn't expect this guy to take the initiative like this."

The man smiled faintly, although the man's appearance can only be regarded as above average, but his temperament is incomparable, and that smile makes the man even more mysterious. Finally, he stepped into the void of nothingness. The body slowly sank, the hole slowly closed, and slowly, the person and the hole all disappeared, as if nothing had happened. In the end, only a man's complaint was left:

"As one of the twelve orders - space, since I can't use the door of space to pretend to be forced at any time, it's really a shame, I want to quit the group."

A warm ray of moonlight shone on the pale face, and at the head of the bed sat a girl dressed in pale white and light black clothes, her dark red hair falling on the bed like a waterfall. Bai Ran has been in a coma for a few days, and he still hasn't woken up, even if his ordinary mental value is exhausted, he won't be in a coma for so long, so it can be known that Bai Ran's coma this time is not just as simple as mental exhaustion. Does the girl sing a song or two, and after each song, she will look at Bai Ran, seeing that he has no sign of waking up, and there are wisps of loss in his dark red pupils.

Bai Zhan's brain is now very chaotic, in the nerve center, it is like two voices arguing. Like twin brothers, but their faces are very blurred. So maybe it's more like an enemy? Memories are like broken glass, and when you are going to pick him up and go back to the past, it is very likely to cut your hands and hurt your heart. When I was a child, there was a person who once said a word to Bai Ran, and that person Bai Ran no longer had any impression, but Bai Ran still remembered: People are children of heaven, and when children leave, heaven will cry. This sentence has passed for a long, long time, but it is still like a ghost following Bai Zhan's side. At some point, he will appear, and at some point, he will suddenly disappear. At that time, Bai Dye would not have understood the meaning of that sentence, and even now, he is the same.

Time waits for no one, it's slowly passing. A quiet singing voice came into Bai Zhan's ears, and Bai Zhan opened his eyes in a trance, just in time to see a new moon outside the window. Bai Ran looked around at the unfamiliar surroundings and sat up slowly. At this time, next to him, a girl was singing quietly with her back to Shirazen, completely unaware that Hakuzen had woken up. Looking at the girl's back, Bai Ran smiled, he couldn't bear to disturb others, so he listened quietly on the side.

The girl finished singing the last stanza and suddenly turned around.

"Huh?"

Looking at Bai Dye who sat up, the girl couldn't help but panic.

"Good evening."

Shirazen said hello uninterestingly.

"You, you, when did you wake up?!"

The girl stood up, her cheeks already flushed, and now she could only hope that Shirazen hadn't heard her singing.

"I've been awake since the first stanza you sang that song."

Bai Zhan's words shattered the girl's hopes.

"Ahh~"

The girl covered her flushed cheeks and began to become shy.

"No, it's okay, I think you sing pretty well."

Although Bai Ran thought it was cute, he still couldn't bear to look at the girl like this. After a few minutes, the girl finally lowered her hands that were covering her face, and even after all this time, her face was still red.

"Since you're awake, then I'll go to sleep first, goodbye~!"

The girl left quickly, and Shirazen didn't have time to ask more questions.

"I'd like to ask her name, what kind of question is this, but it doesn't look like it's going to work tonight."

Bai Ran thought to himself.

"But I can't sleep if I go to sleep again."

Bai Ran had just covered the quilt, but suddenly thought of this.

Late at night, Bai Dye couldn't sleep for a long time, so he simply decided to go out for a walk. Bai Ran lifted the curtains, and looked out the window, and people outside came and went. Since this is the first floor, you can clearly see the people coming and going.

"I didn't expect her to save me."

Bai Zhan spoke, staring at the dazzling lights outside, forgetting the idea of preparing to go out, and began to be in a daze.

"What's wrong, you look like you've lost your soul?"

I don't know when, there was a person sitting on the same bed as Bai Zhan, and this person looked very similar to Bai Zhan, no, it should be exactly the same.

"Here you go again."

Bai Ran didn't turn his head, still looking at everything outside the window.

"What's wrong? Don't you welcome me? ”

The strange man smiled, and when he saw that Bai Zhan did not answer, he immediately said:

"But yes, if you hadn't welcomed me, I wouldn't be here."

Bai Ran finally turned his head and looked at the person in front of him who looked the same as himself, the second personality of Bai Ran. The second personality is called "Du" by Bai Zhan

"It's not a big deal, it's just"

Bai Ran said as he looked out the window at the flow of people.

"Are you just confused about what you're going to do in the future?"

Duya also learned to look out the window with white dyeing.

"Maybe, in fact, I don't know, I just don't have a goal, no motivation to move forward, no luxury to live."

Instead of looking out the window, Hakuzen raised his head and looked at the ceiling.

"In that case, why not aim and drive to become strong or protect someone? When a person has someone to protect, he will be reluctant to die because he wants to protect someone forever. And if you want to protect someone, then you have to be stronger, stronger than anyone else. ”

With his hands crossed and his chin propped up, he spoke as if he were reasoning. For some reason, when Du said these words, Bai Ran couldn't help but squint his eyes, as if he had thought of something.

"Hey~"

Shirazen sighed, then stood up on the bed.

"Look at you like this, you've found your target."

Du looked at the partner in front of him and stood up, his eyes were no longer confused before, but gradually became firm. And the reason for this, Du also knows, is the girl who saved Bai Dye.

"Alright, since you're okay, then I'll go too. Remember to go to bed early! ”

Duya learned to stand up with Bai Ran, but he turned around directly, waved his hand at Bai Ran behind him, and disappeared directly.

"Am I that worrying?"

Bai Zhan stared in the direction of leaving, and asked with a smile, but Du had already left, but he could hear it, because Du lived in Bai Zhan's heart.

In a scattered and dimly lit alley, there is a chessboard, on either side of which sit two teenagers, one wearing a light blue casual shirt and black shorts, highlighting the youthful vitality. The other man had blue hair, not short of which reached the back of his head. The white-blue jacket with a plain white t-shirt gives a cold feeling, and the trousers are tightly bound to give a perfect feeling.

"You can't be distracted in chess, otherwise the victory or defeat may appear in a moment of sluggishness."

The energetic boy picked up the king on the chessboard and shook it, then put it down again.

"Yes, indeed. You've already lost. ”

At some point, the blue-haired boy had moved the chariot to E8, which was the result of the game.

"Alas, I didn't expect you to be distracted, and I still can't beat you."

The energetic boy was a little helpless, but he still kept smiling.

"Everything else is okay, but it's not easy to notice changes on the board, which is the main reason why you lose."

The blue-haired boy stood up, didn't do anything superfluous, and immediately turned to leave.

"Well, I'll clean it up by myself again."

The energetic boy complained for a moment and began to clean up.

"Well, I'm still curious about what this guy is thinking, and it should be more interesting to distract that guy."

The young man raised his head, looked at the sky, and said lightly:

"Will it rain?"