It was indeed too late.
Although there is no time limit for completing the level in Puppet Town, the evil puppet master sealed in the basement has awakened.
They have not found the cursed nail that can kill the puppet master. The hotel that was used as a safe point has been destroyed. Their panel attributes have basically bottomed out, and there are not many usable props left.
The attack dolls outside have already surrounded the chapel, and soon the chapel will no longer be able to protect them.
"I never thought I would die here."
Xie Zhi laughed at himself and looked at Shi Yunxiao who was sitting with the puppet Sethia. He couldn't help but ask: "What do you want to do with the soul pearl?"
Shi Yunxiao slowly turned his head to look at him. He had not closed his eyes after fighting the monster all night. His eyes were covered with red bloodshot eyes. In the past, his eyes were always bright and firm in the dungeon, but now his eyes were much darker. , as if something was broken in his eyes.
Such a look made Xie Zhi dare not look at him, and even secretly cursed himself as a bastard.
But his apology just couldn't come out. He also wanted to live, and he was not wrong.
"Don't blame yourself."
Shi Yunxiao spoke in a hoarse voice. He stood up and looked out the door, "Even if I have the soul pearl in my hand, I'm afraid I may not be able to get out."
Xie Zhi was puzzled: "Why?"
Shi Yunxiao did not answer him, but made a deal with him.
"I have a way to get you out alive, but you have to agree to one condition?"
"What conditions?"
"To protect my sister, I will give you everything I have gained. You can have everything from me, and you must swear on your life to protect her safety with all your strength and not to let her be threatened by any life. "
Xie Zhi agreed to this condition.
Then, for the first time, he saw that the copy was about to collapse. He saw the panel beating with a warning flashing red light, and his ears were filled with the system's piercing alarm.
He didn't know how Shi Yunxiao did it. He saw that Shi Yunxiao just asked the puppet Sethia to return to the altar and sit upright.
He prayed to her.
At this time, he actually believed in a puppet made by a puppet master and worshiped her as a god.
But Shi Yunxiao did it and gained the power from the gods.
He also restarted the magic circle outside that could go back to the past, leading him to get another soul bead.
Shi Yunxiao used this soul bead in front of him, praying for a girl to live healthy.
After using up the soul beads, Shi Yunxiao opened the system backpack to him and gave him everything, including the system permissions he had obtained.
He, a player, actually had system permissions that only gods could have.
Xie Zhi successfully came out of Doll Town alive, but he will not have the information to clear the dungeon. The Doll Town dungeon has been cleaned and no player information will be left, including the players.
After he came out, he saw that Shi Yunxiao's name was dimmed on the player rankings in Falling Star City Square, indicating that he was dead.
Zhao Chengming and Xuan Ye were judged by the system as level six punishments and sent to the Evil Abyss.
He was the only one who came out of Doll Town safely and quietly. No player knew that he entered Doll Town and came out alive.
He survived, but at a cost.
He needs to fulfill Shi Yunxiao's promise to protect his sister, a girl he has never met.
It wasn't that they had never met before. When he passed the Doll Town, he saw Shi Yunxiao's memories, and he even gave him his memories of his sister.
She was a cold, arrogant and solitary girl, but she always liked to pretend to be a little lamb.
But she was also very unlucky. She always encountered various accidents since she was a child, was often injured, and had a brush with death. It was as if God couldn't stand her and wanted to accept her.
Shi Yunxiao loved her very much, and she relied on Shi Yunxiao very much.
The brother and sister grew up dependent on each other, with only each other. This was an emotion he had never felt before.
He saw Shi Yunxiao's sister Xiao Zhimiao in the hospital.
She was much thinner than what he saw in Shi Yunxiao's memory. Because she had been lying in the hospital bed for more than two months without any activity or sun exposure, her skin was very pale.
The doctor said that she has woken up and has gradually recovered from a vegetative state to a normal state of health. This is a miracle.
There is no miracle, this is what Shi Yunxiao paid for with his life.
He sat down next to her and looked at her face that was similar to the doll Sethia, and his heart was filled with shock and confusion.
What is the relationship between that doll and her? Shi Yunxiao only entered the game after she had a car accident. Is it just a coincidence that the two look alike?
That makes sense, it's just a coincidence, their hair is different and Sethia's eyes are red.
Shi Yunxiao only showed affection for the doll because it looked like his sister.
Xie Zhi silently convinced himself, but the next second, he heard Xiao Zhimiao speak. Although he couldn't quite understand, he could tell that the language she spoke was the place where gods come. Only then will there be.
At that moment, he thought he was hallucinating. He looked at Xiao Zhimiao. She had her eyes closed and was mumbling.
He leaned close to her ear and tried to communicate with her, but she just talked to herself, and sometimes she would say a sentence or two that he could understand, but it was very confusing and illogical.
The doctor who came to check the ward told him: "She has been sleeping for two months, and her consciousness is not very clear yet. She always wakes up and sleeps in and out. It will take some time to recover slowly."
During those days, Xie Zhi often came to see her, but he always missed her late at night with the noisy young man named Lu Qingyang.
During the few days he spent with Xiao Zhimiao, the word he heard most was brother.
She kept calling her brother and talking about daily interactions, such as eating, studying, going out, training and playing games.
It was as if she was dreaming. In the dream, she was living a normal life with her brother as usual.
She likes this kind of life very much.
But Shi Yunxiao, her brother Xiao Yun is dead and will never come back.
Late at night, listening to the girl talking to her brother word by word, and sometimes laughing, Xie Zhi's mind would keep thinking about the time he snatched Master Yunxiao's Soul Bead in Doll Town.
At that time, they still lacked the conditions to clear the level of Cursed Death and could not seal the copy boss, but he still did not believe that Shi Yunxiao could not clear the level even if he had the soul orb.
If he couldn't clear the level, then why could he come out?
Shi Yunxiao even has system authority. He has the soul bead, and he can pass the level with the soul bead by himself.
It was he who killed Shi Yunxiao.
He always thinks that if someone like Shi Yunxiao hadn't snatched his soul beads, would he have taken him through Doll Town with him?
After all, Xie Zhi didn't dare to gamble.
He did not dare to bet that a man he had only met a few times in the dungeon would take him into consideration in the face of life and death. Even though he had classified Shi Yunxiao as a good person in his heart, he still did not dare to bet.
His experiences since childhood made him understand that the human heart is the most untrustworthy and far more terrifying than any monster.
After all, Xie Zhi actually hated Shi Yunxiao a little. He hated why he had to meet him, and why Shi Yunxiao didn't attack him several times in the dungeon, but instead wanted to cooperate with him.
Hateful Master Yunxiao did not blame him for robbing the soul beads, but planned everything in his heart, so that now he has to bear the same responsibility as him.
Why should he trust himself and trust him to protect his sister?
"elder brother......"
In the dim ward, the girl's cold hand gently held his hand.
She opened her eyes slightly and mistakenly recognized him as Xiao Yun.
"Brother, it's great that you are still here."
"I will never go to summer camp again, nor will I go skateboarding with others. I will go to your store to work with you, and we can walk home together."
"I want to eat the newly opened burger at the intersection. I heard there will be salty ice cream. I really want to eat ice cream. Why is it all sweet?"
"Brother, you are not allowed to go anywhere..."
The girl said these words in a daze. Seeing that he had calmed down, she fell asleep and stopped talking nonsense. The room fell into silence.
Xie Zhi looked at the hand holding his own. It was so pale and thin that even the blood vessels were clearly visible, and it was so slender that it seemed like it would break if it was broken.
After a long time, he grabbed his hair, took his hand out and ran out of the ward.
"Hold!"
Damn it!
Thanks, you fucking deserve it, what the fuck did you do?
In the corridor of the hospital late at night, Xie Zhi punched the wall, roaring silently.
He was always alone, whether in reality or in games, he never wanted to carry anything. Deep in his heart, he hated Xiao Yun for making him carry a promise, and he was tightly entangled with guilt. Every time he dreamed back at midnight, he would think of Shi Yunxiao's face. Tell him calmly that it's okay.
Damn it, why did you say it didn't matter, why didn't you punch him in the face? Shi Yunxiao, who the hell do you think you are, but you just deliberately wanted to make him feel guilty and uncomfortable.
Xie Zhi could not forget Xiao Zhimiao's reaction when he heard that Shi Yunxiao was dead after he woke up.
Wearing a mask, he hid outside the ward and watched her sit quietly for a long time after hearing the news, saying nothing.
Just when everyone thought she could slowly accept it, she suddenly got off the hospital bed, pushed away Lu Qingyang who stepped forward to help her, and walked out dragging the water bottle.
Lu Qingyang kept talking to her to persuade her, and she grabbed his neck and pushed him to the wall with such force that his forehead bled, and then threw him to the ground.
The others were frightened and did not dare to step forward. They just watched her dragging the shelf holding the potions and moving step by step outside the hospital.
After lying in the hospital for more than two months, she suffered from malnutrition and mild muscle atrophy and could not walk very fast. Xie Zhi followed her at a short distance and could hear her heavy breathing.
He didn't dare to step forward, not because he was afraid that she would treat him like Lu Qingyang did to him, but because he didn't dare to face her.
If Xiao Zhimiao can forgive him by beating him, he will hand her a knife.
But Shi Yunxiao had seen her character in his memory, and he knew that she would not forgive easily.
Shi Yunxiao is too important to her.
He just watched Xiao Zhimiao stubbornly walk out step by step. She fell at the door of the hospital. He stepped forward to help her, but was quickly pushed away by her.
In this way, she walked from the hospital to her home step by step. Lu Qingyang followed her, covering his head that was knocked out of a big bag, and he followed not far behind the two of them.
