In the faded bar, a huge "conch"-shaped black figure stood in front of Ji Le.
Ji Le guessed that this was the maker of the box scene, but why was its body a black shadow? Whether it was Li or Bai Bo with glasses before, what finally appeared in front of Ji Le were vivid three-dimensional biological images.
Moreover, Ji Le did not feel any strong emotion from the black shadow. The black conch shadow standing in front of him was like an empty shell.
"Ji Le, something's not right." Glasses Li frowned. "This is the personality animal of the box scene maker. Logically speaking, this should be the creator's identity, but I can't feel anyone's breath from it."
"Is it possible that the box scene maker is an intellectually impaired person, so his personality animal seems to have lost some of its soul?" Bai Bo asked tentatively.
"You mean he's retarded?"
"Um."
"Unlikely." Ji Le shook his head. "The original driving force of personality animals is emotion, not intelligence. Even if the intelligence is impaired and expression is impaired, as long as there are strong emotions, personality animals will not become so empty."
People who can generate personality box scenes must have experienced emotional fluctuations comparable to the intensity of a mental breakdown. Since such emotional fluctuations can occur, it also shows that this person's ability to perceive emotions is no problem.
The black shadow of the conch gradually grew larger and continued to spread in the direction of Ji Le.
But unexpectedly, a white door appeared in the center of the black shadow. The door opened automatically, revealing a busy street outside.
"Is this the door out?" Ji Le raised his eyebrows. "So this box scene is asking me to leave?"
"I don't want to play with you anymore." Glasses Li joked.
"But I haven't had enough."
Ji Le looked back at the people lying on the ground in confusion.
[Only you are allowed to leave. 】
A line of words appeared in mid-air.
"That won't work. The mission hasn't been completed yet, so I can't go in vain." Ji Le shook his head.
Completely different from the situation when facing Glasses Li and Bai Bo, Ji Le couldn't feel the conch's emotions, so he couldn't find a flaw in it to break through the opponent's psychological defense.
The line of words floating in the air flickered, then turned into particles and dispersed, and then reorganized into a new line of words.
[Then go die. 】
The conch suddenly exploded and turned into countless black shadows, surrounding Ji Le and those who fainted. Perhaps knowing that Ji Le would not be intimidated, the black shadows did not approach at an extremely slow speed like before, but quickly gathered in the middle.
When the circle shrunk to the point where the black shadows were all stuck together, they merged and changed, eventually turning into a black cage.
"You have to think of a way, this black shadow will melt you instantly." Bai Bo was so anxious that he tried to block the cage with his hands, but he had no body and could not touch it.
"If we can't find any flaws, we can only take the initiative to try to change the environment here."
Ji Le glanced around.
To break through the current predicament, he can only start by changing the environment. If he succeeds, it means that the opponent's box scene will be invalid.
Now, the bar is faded, so to restore it to its former appearance, it must be "painted".
Ji Le concentrated on imagining what this bar looked like before——
Warm lighting, warm-colored wine cabinets and bar counters, colorful cocktails, and the slightly sweet smell of alcohol filling the air.
But it was just imagination, Ji Le couldn't change anything.
The cage of black shadow locked Ji Le and others inside, and also blocked his own weaknesses.
The cage has been locked very small. In a few seconds, the person lying on the outermost edge will be corroded by the black shadow.
Ji Le dragged those lying on the ground toward the center.
"Before, you got out of trouble by reconstructing our box scene. The premise of reconstruction is to find the flaws in our hearts. But this time, you can't reconstruct this box scene. Do you want to find another way?" Glasses Li is also thinking of a solution.
Ji Le immediately understood what he meant.
"Since reconstruction doesn't work, then just build my own box scene to cover this place?"
"That's right, to reconstruct is to first find other people's psychological flaws. Then if I want to rebuild, I only need to focus on my own emotional needs."
"I want to get out of trouble now, restore this bar to its normal state, and resolve this incident."
"If I can't solve this incident, I won't be able to get the materials for the next update copy. Without the materials, I won't be able to update the next version. When the time comes, nothing will be online and players will be lost. I won't be able to complete the task, and it will be impossible." Get paid by the system.”
"If I don't get paid, I won't be able to pay the next mortgage and medical treatment. If I can't pay the mortgage, the bank will repossess the house, and my credit score will drop. Without medical treatment, I might die the next time I get sick."
Ji Le thought step by step.
"So, I have to get out of trouble now!"
Ji Le was very anxious, and his brain was spinning rapidly.
"If you want the color of the bar to come back, you need paint, paint?" Ji Le looked at Bai Bo.
The moment he figured it out, in Bai Bo's surprised eyes, a huge squid gradually reappeared on top of Ji Le's head.
This squid is exactly the same as Bai Bo's personality animal.
"So it can still be used like this." Ji Le suddenly realized.
When designing games before, most of the work was actually done by the system. Although Li Li and Bai Bo also helped some, in Ji Le's opinion, their efficiency was not as good as the system.
Now, he understood that when he reclaimed their data, he also gained the right to use their data.
The squid began to spray ink around. Of course, the ink was not completely black, but had rich colors.
The areas where the ink was sprayed returned to their original color, and when the black shadows touched the ink, they quickly retracted as if they were electrocuted.
The bar gradually returned to its original appearance, and the black shadows reunited and turned into a mass of shadows printed on the wall. Under the warm light, the shadow looked like an ordinary conch shadow, nothing special.
The person who fell to the ground has not yet woken up.
"I'm honored that I can still be of such help." Bai Bo felt that he was useful and felt excited.
"Then we are out of trouble, but we haven't gotten anything yet?" Glasses Li frowned.
"Not out of trouble." Ji Le replied. "That's not enough. Have you forgotten the original appearance of this place? In reality, this bar has been abandoned, with dilapidated furniture, dusty floors, and white walls without any projection. Only seeing these means that we have returned to Reality."
"And now, what we're back to is just that warm bar. We're actually still in the box scene of the box scene maker's bar scene."
"But the good thing is that after returning to this scene, the producer of the box scene has to follow the rules here and continue to play games with me. Our power has already controlled her, preventing her from changing the environment of the box scene. Change the rules.”
Ji Le looked at the sofa.
Rika, who was supposed to be lying on the ground, was sitting there with an ugly expression.
The light hit her body, casting a huge conch shadow behind her.
