vrcanaries Chapter 72 The Game of the Blessed Spirit: A Loving Family
Chapter 72 The Game of the Blessed Spirit: A Loving Family
You bend down, reaching under the bed, your fingertips touching several hard objects.
You pulled hard, and out came several envelopes—exactly the same as the ones you'd received under the doorstep before, all made of yellowed paper and unsigned.
Do you wish to open the envelope?
"Of course we should open it."
Li Qingchen's heart stirred. These envelopes were most likely the key clues to breaking the current predicament and finding the demons.
You opened the first envelope. The letter was somewhat torn, the edges curled, the handwriting messy and crooked, with some strokes even overlapping.
It was clear that the letter writer was terrified; their hand was trembling uncontrollably, and they could barely write steadily.
The note read: "I saw my sister being eaten by a demon, right there in the mountains outside the village. The demon was terrifying, and I still remember my sister's screams."
"I was very sad, but my parents told me that my sister was fine at home and told me not to overthink it, saying that I must have been mistaken."
"So, the dead person I saw wasn't my sister?"
Or are my parents lying to me?
Or perhaps, is the woman before me really the woman I know? Her eyes sometimes seem so unfamiliar, not as gentle as before. She seems... never hungry, and never sleeps.
"Could it be that I have hysteria?"
Li Qingchen felt somewhat bewildered, his brows furrowed tightly, and his doubts deepened.
What happened?
The plot development was quite different from what he had imagined—a mass grave, a haunted house, and the like.
There is no direct danger.
Instead, it is full of strange and suspicious points.
The letter writer should be Lin Mo, the character he is currently playing.
Lin Mo witnessed his sister being eaten by a demon.
But her parents said her older sister was perfectly fine.
The sister Lin Mo saw later was indeed fine, but her behavior was somewhat abnormal.
What exactly is going on?
Lin Mo really did suffer from hysteria and was hallucinating.
Or are the parents hiding something?
Or perhaps, the woman in front of me isn't human at all, but rather a demon in disguise?
More and more questions are arising.
Li Qingchen continued to manipulate the characters within the text.
[You continue opening the envelope: "There's a hidden lock under the door that can't be opened by brute force. The switch is in a secret compartment under the bed; just press it gently, and the lock will open."]
Li Qingchen's eyes lit up, and he immediately began groping under the bed.
Sure enough, there was a small bump.
He pressed it gently, and there was a soft "click" sound, followed by a slight tremor in the door.
The door opened.
But there's still one letter that hasn't been opened.
You opened the last letter; the handwriting was even more illegible, some parts even distorted.
It's clear that the letter writer was extremely terrified and on the verge of a breakdown.
[The above contains only one sentence: Don't trust anyone, including yourself.]
"Don't trust anyone, including yourself?"
Li Qingchen repeated the sentence in a low voice, completely baffled.
This statement is too bizarre and too absolute.
If he can't even trust himself, then who should he trust?
Could Lin Mo's memories also be fake?
Or is everything he's experiencing now just an illusion, and he's really suffering from hysteria?
Regardless, the door is now open, so we can go outside and explore to find more clues.
Li Qingchen composed himself, suppressed his doubts, and stepped out of the room.
You come outside, and not far away by the stove, a woman is tending a fire; she is your mother.
Upon seeing you, your mother stopped what she was doing, slowly turned around, stared directly at you, and asked:
"Where's your sister?"
The game presents two choices.
1. Refuse to answer your mother's questions and walk away to avoid saying anything that might cause trouble.
2. Answer that you don't know, temporarily gloss over the issue, and observe your mother's reaction.
Li Qingchen chose option two.
Given the unclear situation, he didn't want to cause trouble.
Furthermore, he could deduce a crucial piece of information from his mother's words—
The mother firmly believed that her older sister existed and that her sister should be with him.
This creates a huge contradiction with Lin Mo's memory of "his sister being devoured by demons".
This made him even more suspicious.
Either you're being kept in the dark.
Either they are deliberately concealing the truth.
You: "I don't know where my sister is."
Your mother frowned, a look of displeasure appearing on her face, and her tone became stern:
"Hurry up and go find her! It's almost lunchtime, and she has no sense of time at all. Your sister is always obedient, why is she nowhere to be found today?"
You could only reply, "Sister, dinner's ready!" you shouted towards the outside.
Mother: "What are you shouting for? It's so noisy! Can't you go to her room and shout?"
Your sister is probably reading in her room, and you disturbed her by shouting like that!
You quickly responded and turned to walk towards the room you remembered your older sister, Lin Wan.
My sister's room is on the east side of the courtyard, separated from your room by a small patio. It looks no different from any other room. Her door is tightly closed.
You walked to the door, knocked gently, and called out, "Sister, it's time to eat."
No one answered.
Standing at the doorway, your doubts deepened.
[A terrifying possibility suddenly occurred to you: Could it be that your sister really is dead, devoured by a demon?]
[And your mother either has problems herself, and is deliberately pretending your sister still exists to deceive you?]
Once this thought arises, it can no longer be suppressed.
"Sister, it's time to eat," you tried calling out again.
There was still no response. The room remained deathly silent, as if it had never been inhabited.
The game then presents two options.
1. Push open the door and go in to see if your sister is inside, to find out what's going on.
2. Keep calling outside until your sister responds, to avoid rushing in and causing trouble.
Li Qingchen pondered for a moment and then chose one.
Shouting outside won't get you any answers; it'll just be a waste of time.
The most important thing right now is to go inside and check the room. Maybe we can find traces of my sister, or even more clues about the demons.
Even if there is danger inside, he has no choice but to take the risk.
Sitting idly by and waiting to die will only hasten your demise.
You push open the door and find the house empty; perhaps that's why no one answers.
Just as you were about to leave, you suddenly felt dizzy.
You touched your nose and realized you were bleeding.
You touched your eyes and found that you were constantly shedding tears of blood.
You touched your ear; it was full of blood.
You seem to hear the soft laughter of the Blessed One.
【you are dead. 】