Scrapped Case (Amusement Park Chapter, One Week)
Life is always full of drama.
This happened around September 1, 2020.
According to the Ministry of Intelligence, an amusement park suddenly appeared on the summit of Mount Ssangyong in the E-11 area.
The summit of this mountain was originally a wasteland, but something of this magnitude appeared without warning.
Satellite detection systems are affected by toxic fog, making it difficult to detect the beginning of its appearance.
The amusement park attracted many visitors from the neighborhood during this period.
Twenty scientists, including BAES, also went to that place once.
But they didn't go on their own initiative.
The investigation found that none of the people who went there had any memories of going there in the first place, and they did not know why they came, but they remembered the memories of playing and leaving.
And after coming out, people's temperament has changed dramatically.
To put it simply, it means that people who originally had some problems with their temperament have become very "harmonious and friendly", as if any negative characteristics on their body have disappeared from their bodies forever.
This incident caught our attention and we began to investigate the secrets inside the amusement park.
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The team that was sent out to investigate was our fourth squad.
We were all on the move, wearing protective suits, and driving to our destination in specially designed armored vehicles.
The poisonous fog is very thick, and the car can only drive slowly and cautiously in the fog area.
"I really want to see the real sunshine." My inner thoughts came out unconsciously.
"Life, it is forbidden to say superfluous words during the battle." The captain warned me.
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It took the three cars five hours to finally reach their destination β to the top of the hill and into the amusement park.
The moment I entered the door, an electronic sound suddenly sounded at the door: "Welcome to the 'Ark Amusement Park', today is a special day, the park is free for visitors to play, I wish ten guests a happy time."
The amusement park is indeed huge, with carousels, bumper cars, pirate ships, and countless other facilities large and small.
The most conspicuous of these is a huge Ferris wheel.
As far as the eye can see, there are more than a dozen tourists playing.
"They have a strange look on their faces, and their eyes are blank." Team member Lino said.
"Is the analysis accurate?" The Xianshenghua team member asked her.
"Yes." Team member Lino replied, looking at the captain.
The captain spoke: "Our mission this time is to investigate the amusement park, find out its source, and we can't let go of anything suspicious." Everyone worked in pairs and went their separate ways. Return to the gate after two hours. β
We executed it immediately.
I'm used to teaming up with the members of the String Promotion, just like I usually get along.
Because she is one of the few female players in the team, she has a very gentle personality and will tolerate others like a mother, so I like her very much.
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We made a few turns around the building and didn't find a single staff member.
"It's hard to do......" Xiansheng leaned against the wall and gasped, she looked at me and saw me staring at the glass counter next to me, which had a lot of dolls.
My gaze was fixed on a blue-haired snow doll inside.
She walked over and asked with a smile, "Do you want it?"
"Uh...... Me?" I was a little flustered, "No, let's go." β
"It's time to investigate, and according to the captain's wishes, you can bring something back to study later." She said.
I turned around and suddenly felt a little happy: "Well, then I'll buy one."
I tossed a coin and took out the doll.
The label on which the doll was found reads Production Model: XSSH-094517.
There is also an expiration date: until February 3, 2023.
- It's amazing.
Xiansheng smiled at me, and I suddenly reacted, blushing a little, and looked to the side.
Xiansheng suddenly said to me, "Life, I want to ask a question. Although it is not appropriate to say at this time, I still want to know about it. Are you a little reluctant to get along with me?"
"Ugh! How could it be...... Where? I exclaimed, "I love being with you." β
"But I never seem to have seen you look at me or call me by my name. It seems to be the same as everyone else...... You seem to be alone all the time during breaks. β
"This ......"
"I don't mean anything other than I'm a little worried about you. If you don't want to say it, ......."
"It's because, get used to it. Calling people by their first names can be inexplicably embarrassing, especially to peers. I don't dare to say it until I have to. "My mask sticks to the doll.
"How? I've got to change it. Xiansheng said to me, "If you really can't use a nickname, it's okay, otherwise sometimes it's not good to act, right?" It's like me, my surname is Xiansheng, my name is Hua, what do you want to call me? β
Her burning gaze on me overwhelmed me for a moment, my brain racing, but before she could form an answer, she blurted out, "Next time!" Run away in shame.
Xiansheng chased after him: "Okay, don't embarrass you." Life, rest enough and keep moving! β
"Hmm."
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We spun around for a while, and entered a secret room called "Trap House".
The moment I entered the door, the protective clothing on my body suddenly changed into a costume for a fairy tale character.
- Oops, it's dangerous without protective clothing!
We realized the seriousness of the situation, and tried our best to break free of our clothes, but we couldn't take them off.
After a few moments, we didn't seem to suffer any damage from the fog before we let our guard down.
Xiansheng was now dressed in a red coat and carried a large worn basket containing boxes of matches.
I was wearing a dark blue princess dress with a few vines wrapped around my waist.
"A little match girl?" I quipped as I touched the collar of Xiansheng's shirt.
"There's really something wrong with this place...... "Xiansheng observed his surroundings.
The passage to the underground is long and endless, but we are determined to go down and uncover the true face of the amusement park.
After that, the trap of the trap house was triggered, and we were attacked more than a dozen times in a row.
Arrows, bombs, rolling stones...... Mechanisms like these that can endanger lives followed.
The guns we had on us have been turned into reloaded weapons, and of course we use them to defend against them.
After more than a dozen rounds, we were exhausted.
Soon we were surrounded by a group of puppet soldiers.
In fact, I have always felt a sense of sleepiness during this period of progress, and the longer I spend it, the stronger the sleepiness becomes. When it came time to fend off the puppeteers, I couldn't hold on any longer and passed out.
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After a lot of twists and turns, I finally woke up.
I found myself sitting in a red chair, and the costume on my body had changed back into a hazmat suit.
There are also many identical red chairs neatly arranged around, and in front of you is a large screen playing movie and television images.
- Cinema?
Pinch your face vigorously.
- No pain, great, it doesn't seem to be an illusion.
I didn't care why there was a movie theater here, and I didn't want to think about why I was here and get ready to get up and go back.
But his legs were too weak to stand up.
I had to lean back in my chair and sit still, looking at the screen and thinking about what had just happened.
The movie is played in a fairy tale.
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Once upon a time, there was a beautiful forest with a kingdom in the forest.
This is a country that "should not exist" in itself.
It is the product of God's mistakes in creation.
God is unhappy with the Kingdom's existence and demands that the Kingdom pay for its existence.
So an oracle was sent down for the kingdom to sacrifice two of its people to atone for their sins.
Otherwise, a natural disaster will befall.
The king had no choice but to do so.
The two people who were sacrificed, one was a princess from the royal family, and the other was a commoner from the forest.
The unfortunate news reached the princess's ears unintentionally.
Before everyone could act, the princess fled the kingdom in terror.
At dawn, the princess went into the forest and came to an abandoned castle in the woods.
The castle is home to a witch.
The witch sympathized with the princess's plight and made a deal with her.
She promised to free the princess from being sacrificed, but at a price.
The princess agreed.
The witch cast a spell to put the princess to sleep and hid her in the depths of the castle with rattan.
In her slumber, the princess escaped being sacrificed.
However, the witch did not wake the princess up.
All the time.
The witch opened the sheepskin scroll in her hand and aimed the sharp blade at the princess's chest, squeezing out a hideous smile on her dry face.
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The end, the above is the first act of the movie.
I don't know when my attention was completely drawn to the story.
"It's an interesting state of mind."
A deep voice came from the side, and I looked over to see that there was an extra person in the seat on the left side of the chairs.
The man was dressed in a gray suit, his bare skin was dark and golden, revealing a metallic texture, with shoulder-length fluffy hair, a strangely shaped metal water chestnut on his head, no eyes, and a mouth with sharp teeth. Listening to the voice is a "man".
He looked over with a smile, too.
I was frightened by his appearance, but immediately calmed down and asked him, "What do you mean by that?"
He told me, "This is a theater of the mind, and the screen is showing movies and TV that match your mood."
"Really? How do you know? I asked him.
"Because I'm the consciousness of this amusement parkβin the language of you earthlings, it can also be the caretaker."
I looked at him.
"Why are you telling me this?" I asked.
"It's not something to hide. Since you want to know, I can certainly talk about it. The caretaker got up and walked towards the door of the cinema.
I followed him closely: "Yes. Then I've got a lot to ask you! Please tell me what kind of place you are here. β
The caretaker opened the door, and instead of a flat ground and a road, it was a high sky, what appeared to be the air on the upper floors of the building. There was a rope and a crane on the rope that followed the doorway and connected into the distance.
The caretaker got into the crane and turned around and said, "If you're willing to walk with me, I'll tell you."
I thought for a few seconds and followed.
The crane departed.
When I looked back, I was surprised to see that the building connecting the crane was a giant Ferris wheel. The cinema we just walked out of was one of the boxes on the Ferris wheel. The Administrator looked at me and said, "I know who you are, so you're here to investigate us." That's exactly what I want. It is also the job of the administrator to introduce tourists. β
I didn't know what I meant, but I sat up and listened.
"As you can imagine, we are not a product of this planet, but from the universe. We are inherently given a mission: to descend on various planets to attract life forms in a form suitable for the local area to entertain, and thus collect the 'seeds' from them. β
"What is a 'seed'?" I asked.
"Defects in living organisms."
"Defects in living organisms?"
The crane travels to the end - on another tall building.
I got out of the car with the administrator.
There is a railroad track on the building, and at the beginning of the track there is a red roller coaster.
The roller coaster's box is open-air. At the front of the car is a male driver with shaggy hair that resembles a doll.
The caretaker chose a private room and sat in and asked me, "Would you like to accompany me for another trip?"
I immediately followed, to the box behind the administrator.
"Then tell me what I mean." I said urgently.
"The living beings who come here will be subjected to the 'trial' of the amusement park. Those who pass will be identified as perfect existence and receive prizes; Those who fail are identified as defective beings, and the amusement park strips their flaws out of their bodies to perfection. β
I was horrified to hear that.
The roller coaster has begun. The car shook violently. The "puppet driver" at the front of the car swayed back and forth, grinning, looking crazy, without any breath of life.
"The location we chose for this collection is Earth." The administrator spoke again.
"Why......" I asked him.
"Because, it's a good place. The current earthlings are affected by 'Fogora', and the planetary order is out of balance, and there are strong negative elements everywhere, which is very precious fodder. β
Hearing this, I remembered the bad experience of my first holiday last month, and I can't deny that society is really chaotic now.
"'Vogola', is that the name of the fog virus?" The first time I heard that title, I was suspicious.
"That's smart. Yes, it seems that it is different from what you earthlings say, and each place has different names. The administrator said.
"So! What good will it do you to gather these 'seeds'? You say it's feed, is it something to cultivate? β
"There's no comment on that."
A cave appears in front of the winding track.
The roller coaster weaves inside and travels through the dark tunnel for a while.
Then, out of the cave, you come to a very different "world".
The first thing that catches your eye is a fiery red sunset and a beautiful sunset.
The light sunlight bathes the whole body warmly.
There is no dark poisonous fog here, there is a bright and smooth space!
The wind blowing in your face carries the strong aroma of red fruits.
I looked left and right in amazement.
At the bottom of the tracks, there is a series of medieval-style buildings.
There are tall castles, towers, ramparts, and low dwellings made of solid rock blocks.
Each building has an icon carved into the wall β an icon of a prayer posture with ten fingers of both hands holding a cross.
In addition, the ground is crowded with people, and there are countless "people" moving around in various areasβhumanoids with black appearances, to be exact.
- They're fighting......
There was chaos everywhere, and there was a lot of commotion everywhere, and there were fights, fights, rapes, arson, theft, and all kinds of outrageous acts, and they were all over the capital.
It's a big crime scene!
The wonderful atmosphere brought by the view was ruined in an instant......
"Welcome to the Remnant." The administrator introduced gloomily, "This is already a zone that is forbidden to the general public. β
"Ordinary people? Forbid? I looked down curiously and replied nonchalantly.
"Hmm." He nodded in response.
The roller coaster came to a stop at the end and we got off as well.
There are also a lot of "people" around the parking spot who are sabotaging and making trouble, and you can also see some "people" who are being bullied.
For example, on the roof of the building, there was a hairless "man" who was stripped naked and covered in bruises, and jumped off the parapet wall when intercepted by a group of "people". Looking at it up close, I was a little physically unwell......
"These ...... Could it be the 'seed' you stripped from humans......" I asked the administrator guessingly.
The Administrator calmly replied as he walked, "Yes, they are beings formed by negative traits, and there are all kinds of 'sins'. For example, crossing the road, driving illegally, breaking into private homes, kidnapping and robbery...... There are also many evil acts of disobedience to the management of the epidemic. These are all phenomena that exist in your society now.
But don't bother, they will be sanctioned soon. β
Suddenly, a bell rang from the bell tower.
I looked over and was very strange to understand the voice of the announcement: feeding time.
In the blink of an eye, the sky turned completely red, and a huge disk appeared.
Huge purple-black spikes descended from the core area of the disk, and they were numerous and overwhelming
About each thorn is three meters long and half a meter wide.
The spike falls, striking the "man" on the ground, killing it.
The strange thing is that when the spikes touch the building, they will directly shuttle through, and the building will not be damaged, but when they touch the body of the "person", it will be worn directly, which is very targeted.
The scene is horrific, and the flesh of the dead will turn into black particles and disappear into the air.
I scrambled to find cover and hide, but the administrator stayed put.
After more than a minute, the "spike rain" finally stopped.
There were countless dead and wounded in the streets.
The Administrator walked over and leaned down to explain to me, "These 'seeds' have now been partially absorbed. The remnants will be cleaned up again soon. When the seeds are used up, they are collected again. β
I looked at him, panicked in my heart, and said to him, "This ...... Not so good. β
"What do you mean?" The administrator asked.
I wanted to say something dissuasive, but my mind was so confused that I couldn't say it.
The administrator said, "What's the problem? There is no need for mercy to them. After eliminating them, the original owner of the living form will no longer have negative traits, no weakness, no hatred, no pain, and will always abide by the precepts, and will eventually make a stable and peaceful world.
To put it bluntly, this is for your good. Just like you, we are heroes who enforce justice and maintain world peace. β
"That'...... "You answered all the questions I asked," and you ...... me nervously, and let me see them, why did you do that...... What purpose do you have! β
"Aren't you going to investigate? Isn't it good to lay out the truth and take a stand? Or am I not attentive enough? The Administrator said with a grimace.
"This kind of thing doesn't look like something that the administrator should introduce to tourists......!" I replied with a shudder.
The administrator straightened his waist and suddenly smiled hideously again: "When did I say that you are a tourist?" β
"Ah......?" I stood up in confusion, and my uneasiness grew.
"Well, you're right, and I'd be surprised if I were you. Why is this 'administrator' saying this? Telling so many shady scenes is like a dying artist rushing to find a successor, right? The Administrator waved his arms in a look of madness.
I glanced nervously at him and stepped back.
The caretaker took a deep breath and looked at me solemnly: "The order of this amusement park has come to an end. Today is the last day. β
Step by step, he approached me: "This place, this place, is the end of the journey I have accused. I want to engrave these stories in someone's heart in this last moment, without being forgotten by the universe. β
"Why me, that person?"
"Because you're special, miss. I've been observing you since you entered the park, and after reading your state of mind story, I'm even more sure that this judgment is correct. β
"You...... Do you want me to record what happened here as a bystander? β
"...... record? Yes, yes, yes, but that's what it was intended to be.
Soon, I saw that there was a talent lurking within youβthat you were just like us.
So I changed my mind, and I want to pass on the position to you, and you will carry on my mission. The moment the park closes today, you'll be the new caretaker! Keep this order on! β
I was so shocked that I put on a fighting stance, and shouted, "What a joke! Why? Do you think I'm going to be obedient? β
The administrator spread his hands: "Don't worry, it's a normal thing, no one in our previous generations of administrators has taken the initiative to take it, as long as it is a part of fate, you can accept it." β
"You...... You guys...... You unreasonable bunches! I turned and fled.
The administrator didn't chase after him, but stood where he was, whispering, "You can't escape." Didn't I say that? Ordinary people are forbidden to enter here, but you are already in, hahahaha......"
The distance between me and the administrator is getting closer.
- Oops, I don't know how to go back!
I regret that I didn't make this point when I was questioned just now.
I was wandering around the city, scrambling to find an exit while guarding against the Administrator.
The "spike rain" just now didn't wipe out all the "seeds", so you can still encounter some from time to time.
The sky was getting darker, and the moon was hanging in the sky.
And I've been busy for a long time, and I haven't found anything.
Walk through the winding path and stumble into a church.
The walls of the church are inlaid with a large number of delicate frescoes, which are faintly visible in the dimness.
In the center of the church is a sculpture of a prayer posture with a cross in both hands and ten fingers.
I was too tired to walk, so I sat down in a chair and clasped my fingers together in a sculptural shape and prayed silently for a few minutes.
I didn't know what I was thinking during this time, maybe I didn't think about anything, and I felt very at peace.
I opened my eyes, looked at the murals around me, and couldn't help but mutter, "No, I still don't think it's right." It's cruel to strip away the negative traits of people or something. I'm going to stop. β
At this point, an idea has been formed in my mind: these "seeds" should be controlled by some kind of machine. Since these "seeds" can be collected here, it also means that they can be released. I'm going to find a device to control the "seed" at the amusement park and release it.
The idea came when I saw the disc that rained down the "spikes", and I suspected that it was the device that controlled the "seed".
I can't go into detail about how reliable this is, but after all, I am a person with a more impulsive personality, and I am determined to do it, even if it is very unsuccessful.
Now we have a complete idea of the investigation, but there is still an urgent matter, which is to find an exit from here first.
Next to the church, there is an aristocratic college.
Can you find an exit here? - Thinking so, I went inside.
Wearily walking down the hallway, passing one classroom after another.
Something wonderful: every classroom would have a sign with a famous quote on it, and the words on the sign were alien characters I had never seen before, but I could read them strangely.
My mind seemed to be moving closer to this amusement park.
This inexplicable feeling scared even me.
There was a quote from a classroom that made me a little concerned.
"What you see with your own eyes is not real."
This sentence reminds me of the illusions that I usually have.
When I walked to the community near the school gate, I saw that there were also a few "people" here.
Several burly men were beating a skinny young man around the barrel pile.
The young man was beaten to the ground, letting out a high-pitched scream, his whole body was wounded, and scarlet blood flowed all over the ground.
- Ah...... It's annoying, how can I see this, I really want to escape quickly.
They didn't pay attention to me anyway, so it's okay to slip away at this point.
However, there was a faint pain in my heart, as if I had been caught by an invisible devil's claws.
I looked back at the lad again.
His bloody face looked pained, helplessly begging for help.
"Ahh
"Stop!" I resolutely joined the battle and attacked the strong men.
Although I know that none of them are good people, I really can't stand this kind of scene, I have been very uncomfortable with this since the first time, and it is definitely not right to bully the weak!
If I turn a cold eye and ignore it, won't I be like that bastard administrator and the cold-blooded passers-by on the street!
- Whatever they are! Just hit it!
One of the "people" suddenly raised a torch and threw it over.
It didn't hit me, but the flames spread to the nearby cask pile.
The barrel exploded.
Barrels exploded in droves throughout the area.
All of us were swept up in the heat flow.
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When I woke up again, I was lying on a wooden bed.
The costume and protective suit on her body have changed back to the princess suit of the trap house.
In a castle-like room.
At this time, Xiansheng was sleeping next to my bed, and she was covered in bruises.
"Hey! What happened to you! I quickly got up and examined her wounds.
Since I didn't have a medical bag on my body, I tore off the placket to tie her up.
Xiansheng opened his eyes and said to me, "Fate, you're awake." You were unconscious during the battle, so I created this place to take shelter for a while. β
I hurriedly asked, "How long have I been asleep?" β
She replied, "About five minutes." β
"Five minutes...... And what's going on with this room, you said you 'made' it? I looked around.
"That's right...... The costumes we get in trap houses have certain abilities. I figured it out just now that my ability is to have a match that creates illusions.
So this is actually a fantasy space that I created. We were still in the trap house, and the puppets were psychedelic all around.
When the matches are extinguished, the place will be restored to its original state. β
I noticed that there was indeed a half-burned match stuck in the head of the bed.
Watching the injuries she suffered to protect me, I felt very guilty and bitter inside, and mixed feelings were intertwined.
"I'm sorry, Hana...... I'm holding you back. β
Xiansheng shook his head with a smile.
"Wow, you called me by name." She said.
I looked her in the eye in shock.
"Well, let's write off the previous matter," Xiansheng looked at me gently.
At this moment, I seemed to have a little experience in my heart, I felt warm, and I also regained my self-confidence.
"Okay." I'm open-minded.
Then, he briefly recounted the "dream experience" of the string ascension just now.
"In this case, let's escape first, and discuss it with the captain and them!" Xiansheng said.
"Well, I have a plan." I propose.
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The matches went out, and the illusion vanished.
In the center of the puppet group appears a figure - "The Administrator".
The "Administrator" asks the puppets majestically - what is the "seed" controlled by? Where is the control of the "seed" thing in the amusement park? How do you release the "seeds"? β and ask the puppets to lead the way.
The puppets are pointing to the underground in the central area of the amusement park on a map board. There's a big disc icon there.
The puppets told him that the disc was the device that controlled the "seed", and that if its core was destroyed, the "seed" would be liberated back into its original body.
They can't get out of the trap house, so they can't lead the way.
The "administrator" understood, swaggered out of the doorway, and pulled out the extinguished match in his pocket.
His body instantly turned into two people, and I and the chord rose.
This "Administrator" is an illusory entity that I asked Xiansheng to create based on the appearance of the real Administrator I have seen, and the puppets have indeed been fooled.
After going outside, the costume also changed back to protective clothing.
Now that we knew where we needed to focus our investigation, we started walking back to the door to meet the rest of the team.
I turned my head to look at Xiansheng, and suddenly I saw a faint red thread appear on her head, the red line was very long, and it was drawn from the top of her head to the sky.
There are also such red lines on the heads of pedestrians passing by.
I mentioned it to Xiansheng, and she said she didn't see it. The same goes for everyone else.
I was a little surprised.
An electronic voice sounded in my ears: "The amusement park will close in an hour, please leave the park in an orderly manner before closing." β
"What! It's time to close the park! β
Just as we were startling, the sky suddenly and without warning shot a barrage of arrows, with flames attached to themβaimed at us.
We hurriedly found cover to take cover.
The building that was shot caught caught in flames, and soon the neighborhood became a sea of fire. Amazingly, the fire from these arrows burned even when they fell into the pool.
Terrible arrows kept falling.
"What's going on?" I hid in the steel pipe and looked around.
Then, I saw a scene of cold hair.
A passer-by wearing a yellow wolf mask next to him didn't have time to enter the bunker, and the rain of arrows hit his body, causing him to fall to the ground and die on the spot, turning his body to ashes.
The red thread on his head immediately broke and disappeared.
I instantly reacted: this is the Administrator's fault!
Farther around, there are also many red lines that are vertically upward.
He's threatening me with the lives of everyone here to compromise and stop me from moving forward! Damn it!
At this time, it is difficult to find the captain again, and Xiansheng is also injured, and it is difficult to continue to walk in this situation.
What am I going to do? What to do? At this time...... How?
His head was buzzing, and a fire of anger burned in his chest.
Feeling a strong anger and sadness, my body was constantly panting and shaking, my face turned red, then blue, and my neck swelled as if it was about to explode.
With a frown, I made up my mind that I was going to go through it alone - to break into the center of the amusement park and destroy the disc!
I climbed out of the pipe, stood up, and lifted the steel plate next to me and held it above my head to block the arrow.
"And find him! Beat him up! I shouted.
Xiansheng did everything in his power to stop me from being impulsive.
I gave her a firm look - I won't die!
He rushed out as hard as he could.
I was hit by an arrow in my right side in the rain of arrows, which was very hot, but I immediately pulled out the arrow and threw it away, and it did not affect my progress.
I saw several arrows on the way, and when some arrows in my body that I hadn't dodged were about to hit my body, an invisible "gravitational force" suddenly appeared and tilted the arrows, so that I was not shot.
Approaching the central area of the amusement park, the rain of arrows finally stopped.
In front of you stands a colorful castle-like tall building.
On the arch of the tall building, there is also an icon of a prayer posture with two hands and ten fingers holding a cross, which is the same as on the building of the "Remnant".
"Forty minutes until closing." The electronic sound came again.
- It's the underground of this castle!
I pushed open the semicircular arch and went inside.
Inside, it's not a flat floor, but a vast and boundless space with no end in sight.
Countless bubbles, large and small, float lazily inside.
I didn't have time to react, my feet were empty, and as soon as I entered the door, I fell and fell on top of a big bubble.
The bubbles were strong and didn't burst.
I scrambled to my feet on the bubble and looked around.
"Is that the design?"
I saw my shadow reflected in the bubbles all around, but the picture was not the current me, but the previous periods, and even the process of doing various things.
The images are a little blurry, but I can tell that they are all experiences of all kinds of things that I have done in the past that I feel sorry for.
They are no ordinary bubbles.
I didn't have time to think about it so much, thinking that the depths below were where the administrator was, so I jumped down to the bubbles one by one as fast as I could.
But before I could go down a dozen meters, there would be a lot of bubbles around me, transporting me back to the upper place, and I couldn't go down at all.
And you can't break them even if you hit them hard.
When I was having a headache, I suddenly heard a voice behind me.
"Fate!" A crisp voice called my name.
I looked back - the person who called me was a member of the Yuanhexuan team!
"Why are you here?" I hurriedly asked.
He jumped on top of the bubble I was lying on and said, "I was with Lino until ten minutes ago, until I found this." He pulled out a music box, "It seems to be a teleportation device, and I twisted it, and it was bizarrely teleported somewhere else." The first time was to teleport to a haunted house, and the second time was to be teleported here. It's weird. β
"I see. Then we're really destined. I replied, "I just happened to be exploring this place, and now I'm thinking about how to get down - these bubbles are damn good, and they don't let people go down no matter how much they jump." β
"Let's find a way out of these bubbles. They all reflect what I've done in the past, what do I want to express......" Yuan said.
- Ugh! Is it all he sees? But what I saw was myself, and I didn't see him in a bubble......
Could it be that each person sees a different picture......
- "What you see with your own eyes is not real." β
This sentence suddenly came to mind.
- By the way, if you can't break these bubbles directly from the front, let's crack them from the inside. Let's take a look at what these images mean.
It just so happened that a bubble about a meter in diameter floated in front of us.
"This is ......" Yuan frowned, his eyes a little apprehensive, "what happened during the previous battle. β
He turned around abruptly and said to me, "Fate, although it is not appropriate to say it at this time, I have thought about it for a long time, and I really want to make amends for what happened last time!" β
- Hey, he's talking about...... What happened to my first two battles with him?
He remembers.
I panicked and said, "Why do you care about those?" I've forgotten about it for a long time! β
His expression was a little ashamed, and I was embarrassed.
So, patting him on the shoulders and saying seriously, "Well, what I just said is false, and it is impossible to forget it." However, I don't blame you. Wouldn't it be nice if you were okay? Who is not at fault! Besides, it's just a trifle for me. I hope you don't take it to heart, it's not good to be stuck in the past! β
I can't even figure out how I said it, after all, I'm not used to comforting people, and it's a bit one-sided.
However, I saw through the shield that his round eyes brightened, and he nodded knowingly.
That makes sense, that's a good thing!
When I told him this, I also felt a lot calmer in my heart, and I was not as radical as I was just now.
I looked at the music box in his hand and immediately asked, "Can this thing still be transmitted?" β
Yuan said, "I can use it again." β
"Give it to me, I might have to use it."
Yuan handed me the music box, and the moment he received it, the bubble standing under his feet burst.
We fell on the spot, and another group of bubbles hugged us and separated us.
"What's going on...... Wow! "I squeezed out of the bubbles and saw the picture of the bubbles around me become much clearer.
And there were two huge bubbles under my body that were close to me, and their images immediately surrounded me, attracted me, and I was sucked into the picture.
The story inside is what has always been in my heart.
One of them was a child who secretly drank his father's experimental medicine, but it was discovered and caused a lot of trouble to his father. But my father didn't blame me.
Still, this incident has kept me on my laurels.
The other is the scene when he was a child and Yu should be in the orphanage. During the forest fire, I caused Yuying to run away, leaving a scar on her face that will never fade. And I stubbornly didn't apologize. Although Yuying didn't blame me, I felt very guilty afterwards.
This is also the reason why I didn't feel surprised when I reunited with Yuying after many years, but I was a little disgusted.
I'm running away. The long-term evasion of these two things made me hesitate in my heart, and I didn't dare to face it, and I could only deceive myself and condemn myself, so I kept it deep in my mind and didn't want to think about it.
These pictures that I am very reluctant to look back on are actually presented in front of me like this, and they really poke deeply at the hidden pain in my heart.
But it also made me realize a little bit clearly.
- What beautiful words were you talking about just now, I'm a person trapped in the past.
Especially for Dad......
However, the fault against him can no longer be remedied.
So, at least...... What can be remedied now should be remedied, and there can be no escape!
- The next time I see Yuying, I should apologize to her.
I thought so, and suddenly I was pulled back from the picture by an electronic sound:
"Thirty minutes until closing."
"Oops, what's the distraction? You should think of a way to get rid of it now! β
As soon as the words fell, the two bubbles under me also burst, allowing me to continue falling.
"-Wow! What's going on? How do bubbles burst? β
I nervously and quickly recalled the scene just now.
The icon of the prayer posture with the ten fingers of both hands holding the crucifix flashed back to mind.
- Flaws, seeds, interiors, icons, flaws......
The fragments of the threads quickly put together.
Isn't that right? According to the essence of the amusement park, the way to crack it is actually - repent!
The voice of the thought came to my head, and it became clear.
For a moment, the mouth suddenly opened, yes, repentance can make the bubble of past regret disappear, just like just now, it is because of the confession bubble that disappears - probably.
I don't know where the confidence comes from, I don't have time to hesitate, I am determined to take a gamble!
Clasp your fingers together, close your eyes, and "judge" yourself over and over again for your past mistakes.
Then, the unthinkable happened.
The bubbles around me really burst one by one.
And when the bubble came back below, it didn't transport me back to where I started, but to where the last bubble I was standing was before it disappeared.
I just fell off and on.
- It seems that the bet was right......
The sight in front of him suddenly turned red, and he fell to the soft ground.
I got up and looked around.
It's already down to the bottom.
It's a spacious interior, but it's not as big as the space just now, and you can see the walls not far away. Looking through the window on the wall, it seems that the building is at a high altitude.
A large disc device hovers at the top, and from the disc extend countless tentacles surrounding the middle area of the disk, the core.
The ground in front of me was emptyβexcept for one person standing, and that person was the Administrator.
"It's ten minutes before closing."
- Looks like this is it.
Just destroy that device, and you'll be able to ......
I stood up and angrily walked towards the Administrator.
"I knew you were going to be here." The Administrator greeted me with open arms.
"Thanks to you, my companion is suffering outside." I glared at him.
"So, you have to think about it, won't you be able to lift their predicament by taking my place?
"Yes, I figured it out, I'm not going to be an administrator, absolutely not!"
I confronted the Administrator and accused, "You are a criminal person who keeps saying that you can eliminate defects and enforce justice, and you are not worthy to be a hero who keeps the peace." β
"That's a really heart-wrenching statement, and we've clearly become a gesture that the higher beings of this planet can accept. And the interior has been rearranged to suit your mood. The administrator replied.
I ignored him and walked behind him, looking up at the disc: "I will destroy it and release all the 'seeds' that have been stripped from humans." β
The administrator turned around and asked, "Why?" β
"Man's defects should be overcome by oneself, not deprived like this."
"Isn't that indistinguishable?"
"How can it make no difference! Human beings cannot never make mistakes, and have the courage to correct them every time they make mistakes...... All of them symbolize the leap of growth. If you deprive yourself of this individuality, what difference is it from dying! β
The Administrator said, "Is that how you know and believe in humans?" β
I replied, "Yes." Although there are many people who make mistakes, I have also witnessed first-hand those who correct them. I myself am an example of this. β
The Administrator said, "But how do you trust other humans to correct their mistakes?" β
I replied, "So, that's the value of the existence of people who maintain order, but that's not you." β
The Administrator said, "That's a funny statement, it's clear that you and they are different beings. β
I turned to look at him, "I don't know what you're talking about. I'm a real human being. β
The Administrator asked, "So, as a human being, how much value do you say?" Aren't you yourself often lying to yourself and to others? - For example, in diaries and novels. And how can you expect to really convince me? β
I took a deep breath.
- It seems that there is nothing more to say.
I pulled out the laser gun at my waist and shot at his head.
However, when the ray hit the Administrator's body, the Administrator did not suffer any damage, and his body became transparent.
- Projection?
I quickly distanced myself from him.
Seeing that the administrator was not moving, I turned the laser gun to maximum horsepower and fired at the disc above.
The radium rays were blocked by the tentacles, and then the tentacles reached down towards me.
I shot some of the tentacles that came back, but at the same time more tentacles approached.
Outnumbered, I was immediately entangled in them, dragged off the ground, and lifted into the air.
The more I struggled, the harder the tentacles were tied.
"It's five minutes before it closes." The electronic sound is clear and pervasive.
I calmed down for a few seconds, then twisted my right arm with all my might.
As soon as the tentacles were retracted, the right arm was broken.
Blood with flames in the body spilled out.
The blood has flames, which looks weird, right, I think so too.
The fire spread to the tentacles, and the tentacles were all released in the moment of pain.
And the fire on the tentacle also quickly extended to the disc.
- From the moment I was hit by the arrow, the flame of the arrow crept into my body along the blood vessels, and it is still burning!
Perhaps there is almost no problem on the outside of the protective clothing with fireproof function, but the inside of the protective clothing is already a "sea of fire", and I am supporting it with a tenacious will.
- Now they are harmful to others and ultimately to themselves!
As I untied the bonds, the core of the disc was revealed.
I pulled out the music box with my left hand, twisted the spinner with my fingers, and my body was instantly shifted from my gaze to the center of the disc.
Hold the laser gun in your left hand and aim it at the core in front of you.
Behind him was a group of tentacles that hadn't reacted yet.
The loss of his right arm made his body visibly unbalanced, but he was not worried, after all, the target was close at hand.
- And I'm left-handed!
Pull the trigger firmly.
"Boom!" The core was hit and exploded on the spot, and I was blasted down in a blazing heatwave.
As I was about to fall to the ground, the Administrator suddenly caught me and took me in his arms.
My consciousness was a little blurry and I asked him, "Why...... Catch me? β
He replied, "It's also the duty of the caretaker to keep the tourists safe." β
I said disdainfully: "Nonsense, you obviously killed so many people. β
The Administrator said, "Why do you think they're dead?" β
"Huh?" I was in a trance.
"Why don't you think it's your hallucination?" The administrator continued.
"So...... Just now, you didn't stop me, but watched me destroy the core, why is that? I asked.
The administrator put me on the ground and lay down, and calmly replied, "Actually, the matter of making you the administrator is fake. I just wanted to get the right person to put on a spectacular ending to this amusement park. In order to achieve the goal, a little bit of means were used. β
"Uh......" I looked at him confusedly.
"If you really want to say it, you don't have the qualifications to hold it at all. However, I didn't expect that such a big loophole would make you easily believe it. That's a good thing, and I don't have to work hard. He laughs.
"Why am I the 'right person'?" I'll ask again.
"Didn't you say that, because you are special, Your Highness Princess." The administrator replied, "Especially when it comes to mobility." No one but you would have this stupid recklessness. It's also the equivalent of an amusement park's trial for you, but unfortunately you didn't pass. β
He pulled out two small boxes out of thin air and placed them beside me.
The box is marked as "Prize".
"Even so, I want to reward you. I won't say anything about apologies. β
The flames spread over his body, and his body gradually turned gray, but he himself did not react to this phenomenon, and simply continued naturally: "What you said is interesting, although it conflicts with my philosophy. Let me see the value of your beliefs.
But don't dwell on your dreams all the time. β
Looking at his face and listening to his words, there is a very incredible feeling.
"Who the hell are you?"
- I held back my sleepiness and asked one last question.
The Administrator smirked, shook his head, and in the blink of an eye, his whole body turned to ashes.
He disappeared.
I lay in a pool of blood on the ground, listening to the music box next to me, watching the large disc slowly falling from the sky.
There is one last thing that is very strange: how did he know the content of my manuscript?
- It's so unpredictable.
The music stops.
"Boom!!"
There was another loud bang, and the disc had fallen to the ground.
The surrounding walls cracked, and the entire space collapsed.
I was also in a huge impact, and most of my body was shattered into crumbled sauce.
The building he was in was in ruins in the blink of an eye.
Spectacular ruins lay in the dust.
The last thing I saw in my only intact left eye was a giant monster β no, a monster β right above my body.
and a soft shimmering blue light, the back of a white dress looming in the light.
The warm light enveloped me, and my breathing and consciousness stopped at the same time.
"The amusement park is closed, please bring your belongings and leave in an orderly manner, welcome to visit next time!"
β¦β¦
When I woke up again, I was sleeping in a human culture tank in the laboratory at the BAES base.
I really don't know how long I've been asleep, and I don't want to know.
When my teammates learned that I was awake, they all came to the ward to see me.
Great, I'm alive again.
I looked at the live footage from before my experience.
At that time, the last place I confronted the caretaker was actually in one of the boxes of the Ferris wheel of the amusement park - what a magical space setting.
After the Ferris wheel collapsed, the entire amusement park collapsed.
A giant monster emerges from the middle of the ruins of the Ferris wheel - this monster is purple-black all over and looks like a spider.
At the same time as the monster appeared, a strange phenomenon also occurred - in the center of the ruins, a blue beam of light rose, and a blue giant appeared from the beam.
I opened my eyes wide to see clearlyβ
The giant's body is slender, very similar to a human, and its body looks very much like a human female.
The skin tone of the body is more dark blue, with simple silver-white stripes.
The chest is inlaid with a diamond-shaped lamp that glows pale blue.
The head appears to be made entirely of silvery-white bones, without the flexible skin of the body. The face is delicately contoured and the face is delicate.
The head is shaped like a lotus flower β or rather a strange crown, with a beautiful diamond-shaped spar on its forehead.
The eyes glow and have a milky oval shape. The contour of the mouth is also small, like a cherry mouth.
She has a dark blue band of fish fins behind her. The skin band runs from the head to the hips.
Peculiarly, only the back of the head and buttocks are completely connected to the body, starting from the back of the neck to the middle of the entire back, showing a hollow shape of "end to end".
Therefore, the middle part of the body will flutter freely with the burst of aura, like the dancing skirt of a fairy, which is extremely light and agile - this is the most striking part of her body.
It is estimated that the height is fifty meters.
Her body shone brightly, and the moment she appeared, all the poisonous fog within a radius of ten kilometers dissipated.
The giant stood tall and slender, looking at the monster in front of him with a holy posture.
The monster doesn't have any activity.
The giant clasped his hands together and shot white light at the monster, which was instantly broken down into blue particles of light.
Immediately after, the giant scattered pale blue waves of light around it with its soft and smooth movements.
The light fell on the damaged building, and the building was restored.
Some of the tourists who were crushed by the building also recovered.
Subsequently, the giant's body also automatically disintegrated into blue light particles and disappeared.
The entire amusement park vanished, leaving everything gone, leaving only the many visitors in place.
The whole process lasts less than a minute, but it's enough to be impressive.
After that, the captain notified the headquarters and sent a rescue force to come to the rescue.
Then there was another surprising scene: when the amusement park facilities "went berserk" and began to attack people indiscriminately, many visitors were implicated and killed. When the rescuers were dealing with the aftermath, they found that no one had died, and everyone was rescued safely.
So, is it really like the administrator said that what I saw was a hallucination? It is no longer possible to pursue it.
Soon, according to reports, those who had been to the amusement park and had become "abnormal" were all back to their original state.
This is the end of the matter.
β¦β¦
I stared at the screen, replaying the giant's appearance, and I couldn't close my mouth in amazement.
"Ultraman ......"
My eyes should be rightβthere's no doubt that the blue giant, like the three giants who once saved the Earth, was an Ultra Warrior.
Moreover, she was exactly the same as the giant I had seen in the illusion before.
A series of mysteries began to emerge from the mind.
β¦β¦
Later, I had the opportunity to spend time with Xiansheng again and talked to her about it.
I asked her if the blue giant was also a fantasy she had created, and she quickly shook her head, claiming that she didn't have that kind of imagination at all.
So, that giant...... It's the new Ultra Warrior that really exists.
"Speaking of which, you were really brave at the time." Xiansheng said to me.
"Actually, I was encouraged by you. At that time, I was recognized by you immediately after correcting my mistakes, and I was very happy that I had the strength to move forward. I said, taking out something, "This, I want to give it to you, just take it if you don't mind." β
This is a snow doll doll that was purchased at the amusement park before. It has been verified that this is a normal doll and there is no danger whatsoever.
She accepted it with great joy.
"Thank you, very few people will give me a gift."
"No thanks, peanut butter." I covered my face and snickered back.
"Uh, peanuts...... Sauce? Xiansheng was a little puzzled.
"It's the Chinese homonym of your name. Didn't you say before that you could be called by a nickname? When I finished speaking, seeing that she hadn't reacted, I twisted my head to the side a little shyly.
Xian Sheng smiled and replied, "Okay, life sauce." β
- Wow, what a cute name.
It was as if a warm current was flowing through my chest and was pouring into my heart.
In the evening, I wrote this incident in my diary, and I specially added a sentence:
That's a new friend. Happy.