Chapter 21 (Catching Bugs)
Chapter 21
The smell of rancid meat filled the living room, and Cui Yuxiang's loving voice came from behind Lu Miao: "You are hungry, do you want to eat something?"
To be honest, after eating that grilled sausage, the taste was indeed very attractive to Lu Miao. He felt as if there were a group of hungry bugs in his stomach, clamoring for him to rush in immediately.
Join the crowd and compete with the town residents for the tempting delicacies.
But he just swallowed instinctively and stood at the door without moving.
Lu Miao turned his head and looked at Cui Yuxiang, who was standing next to him and was also motionless: "Aren't you going in?"
Cui Yuxiang's face was completely sunk in the shadow of the hat. Her eyeballs were stained with dust, but she did not blink. When she heard the words, she twitched twice expressionlessly.
Her expression and limbs became increasingly stiff, as if she were a moving corpse.
It stands to reason that since she has become like this, Lu Miao should not be able to see the change in her expression, but the fact is that Lu Miao can clearly feel her displeasure.
Cui Yuxiang reached out and pulled the edge of her hat so that her head could stay in the shadow better, and then walked in with a gloomy expression.
Lao Wang was as fierce as usual. He opened his mouth and tried to order her: "Can't you see there are so many people here? Don't stay here and go cook!"
However, Cui Yuxiang didn't seem to hear what he said, and walked straight into the master bedroom with his head lowered. The strange thing was that Lao Wang didn't say anything more, just moved his face stiffly, walked into the kitchen by himself, and brought out another
Plate of hot meat buns.
The residents of the town were originally staring at the door of the master bedroom, seemingly wondering why Cui Yuxiang suddenly changed her temper, but the aroma of the meat buns quickly occupied all their thoughts. No one thought of asking such a boring question, and they all jumped on it.
Fight for the delicious meat buns.
Two neighbors who used to be very close even got into a fight over a meat bun.
The eyes of the two people have degenerated to only black eyeballs, but their mouths are surprisingly big. They grabbed the same meat bag vigorously and breathed at each other. Then they didn't know what message they got from the other person, and they blinked.
They got into a fight.
The players in front of the screen were stunned.
"Damn it, why is Lao Wang still here? Wasn't he supposed to be killed by Cui Yuxiang?"
"No, I seem to have seen this scene somewhere...Did the exact same thing happen the night before? It's just that it was Cui Yuxiang who came out with the buns, not Lao Wang."
"Yes! According to common sense, these neighbors should have mutated the night before, and then followed Lao Wang to hunt down the players and start the battle royale plot. But now the main plot is about to be completed, why did they jump out of this plot at this time?
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"No, no, I'm dizzy. There are too many branches triggered by Lu Miao, and the plot has completely changed. It's completely different from when I played it! Is this the difference between the big guys playing games and me playing games?"
After all, it is a live broadcast on the homepage. Although it is only the homepage of the novice area, its gold content is not comparable to that of other recommendation positions. Viewers on the homepage generally trust the system's recommendation algorithm more than viewers in other recommendation positions.
But there were also people who couldn't see the newcomer being praised by so many people, so they taunted him sourly: "It's so funny, these days, all kinds of rubbish can be praised everywhere. Please open your eyes and take a closer look at his panel."
Attributes! His health value is only 5 points, and he will die if a monster pokes him! Not to mention there are so many monsters here!"
"It's just a blind cat bumping into a useless newcomer. I was so embarrassed when he praised him. If I didn't know, I thought he was some big shot on the newcomer list."
"So what if there are so many hidden achievements that are triggered? This weakling will be killed by monsters when it comes to clearing the level! With so many points, you might as well give them to me..."
Yu Qian listened to the envious and hateful speeches of these people, and subconsciously glanced at Wu Haitao again, unable to help but feel worried for Lu Miao.
This horror game randomly selects people to enter and pass the levels. While there are gentle bosses like Zhou Dongfeng, there are also many guys with dark hearts who just don’t like others. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be a separate failure highlight recommendation slot in the game lobby.
, and it’s so popular.
There are many people who wish for the newcomer to die, especially Lu Miao, who is such an outstanding newcomer.
Yu Qian even dared to assert that if Lu Miao could escape this disaster, his subsequent growth would definitely not be weaker than that of Zhou Dongfeng.
But it is too early to say this now, not to mention Wu Haitao who is guarding him outside, who seems to be a very difficult character to mess with. Even the mutated monsters Lu Miao is facing now are enough for Lu Miao to drink.
It's the pot.
Lu Miao is much calmer than the players imagined.
He looked at the chaotic scene in the living room, turned around and closed the door. Then, as if he hadn't seen all this, he walked around Wang Xiaomei lying in the middle of the living room and returned to his room.
Lao Wang looked over the heads of everyone and saw his back that seemed to be running away, and the corners of his mouth grinned wider.
As soon as Lu Miao returned to the room, he squinted his eyes in discomfort.
Compared with the living room, which was bright and dazzling, his room was too dark. Even though the curtains were still open, because it was a cloudy day, the sunlight could not illuminate the field of vision very well. It took Lu Miao a while to see clearly.
Furnishings inside the house.
He looked at his room thoughtfully and suddenly figured out something.
In fact, this trip to Wang Xiaomei's school brought back far more than he imagined.
There is also the matter of Lao Wang’s return.
Lu Miao was a little surprised that Lao Wang came back, but he was not surprised to see Lao Wang return to his normal appearance.
He didn't come in at first, he was just surprised that there was so much light in the house.
Cui Yuxiang obviously doesn't like bright light. After the fight with Lao Wang, even the sunshine on a cloudy day can make the human skin on her face fall off, revealing her original terrifying face.
Lu Miao thought at the time that Cui Yuxiang wanted to hide her identity as a monster in front of his son, but this idea was later overturned.
Big meatballs and Cui Yuxiang are not the same thing at all.
The mutated Lao Wang couldn't beat Big Meatball, not because he couldn't resist his mother, but because they were two completely different species.
Everything in the school dormitory has been well explained.
Those lying on the bed were obviously students in the school. The monsters used their own flesh to transform these children into unrecognizable appearances - yes, transformation, not mutation.
When these human beings become more and more like monsters, monsters can put on the human skin of these people, replace them and return to normal life, and continue to transform the normal people around them.
Batch after batch, week after week.
Lu Miao didn't know where the real Cui Yuxiang went, but like the students in the school and Lao Wang, he was hidden in a place where no outsiders would usually visit, so that it would be easier for monsters to take his place.
their identity.
Now Cui Yuxiang and Lao Wang are both monsters in human skin.
The residents of the small towns outside are the next targets that the human-skinned monsters are preparing to replace. Although their faces have changed greatly, they... Lu Miao thought about it, they are still human beings during the mutation process.
After the mutation is completed, these residents can meet the monster standards determined by the system, but they will still not be accepted by human-skinned monsters, but will be sealed by them or used for other purposes.
From this point of view, the human-skinned monster is quite concerned about its "bloodline".
Lu Miao suddenly twitched the corners of his mouth and smiled.
Once the two types of creatures, human-skinned monsters and mutated monsters, are distinguished, the content of the entire dungeon is completely different. It was originally considered that 90% of the main task "Finding the truth about my sister's disappearance" has been completed. This progress bar is too short.
, also seems very suspicious.
If you follow the system prompts, this copy will be an ethical story involving horror elements.
Because the girl could not bear the harassment from her stepfather but could not tell the truth to her mother, she could only use her rebellious behavior to attract her mother's attention, which prompted the two to quarrel and divorce. However, she did not expect that her mother would not believe it even if she saw the irrefutable evidence in the bedroom.
The girl eventually fell into despair, ran away from home, and finally died.
In this way, everything the "mother" character does seems to be revenge for her daughter, which not only earns enough tears from the audience, but also establishes herself on the moral high ground and conceals the true purpose.
But what about the logic of the story?
Why did the mother turn into a monster? Why did she not immediately kill her husband after becoming a monster? Instead, she chose to turn her husband into a monster like herself, and then "protect" her dead daughter?
The most important thing is, why was the death of my daughter caused by a monster?
Lu Miao had speculated before that people still retain a certain amount of rationality after mutating into monsters. He also used this to let the two monsters fight among themselves and sneak into the master bedroom without any worries.
He didn't think his speculation was wrong, but once the logic inside changed, the reason why the big meatballs appeared became very intriguing.
She definitely didn't show up to "protect" her daughter.
There is an obvious relationship between feeding and domestication between the two monsters, and since it is domestication, it must be accompanied by teaching and discipline.
Cui Yuxiang was teaching Lao Wang that he shouldn't kill his prey so quickly, because doing so would leave his tribe with one less person to replace him.
This is the "family law" that this family really needs to abide by.
Lu Miao lowered his eyes, thinking that this horror game was really deceptive. Not only did the tasks and achievements have no hints, but even the main quests, which were very instructive, were actually used to confuse people.
[The progress of the main mission has been refreshed, looking for the truth behind my sister’s disappearance, mission progress: 90%...80%...0%]
[The progress of the main mission has returned to zero, and the mission description has changed... The mission "Finding the truth about my sister's disappearance" has been merged into the monster card side mission "Heart of True Love". The progress of the mission has been refreshed, "Heart of True Love", looking for the truth about the disappearance of Wang Xiaomei, mission progress:
10%]
[Trigger the main mission: bloody breeding of human-skin monsters.]
[The description of the dungeon has changed, refreshing... Refreshing completed. You have entered the game dungeon "The Lost Sister-real truth", the number of players in the dungeon: 1, and the dungeon level: d.]
The players who were still mocking Lu Miao just now were stunned for a moment, staring at the dungeon level judgment results in front of them with their mouths open.
"Did I read that correctly? D...D-level copy?"
Chapter completed!