Gray-white mist surrounded the air like thin silk, and the moist soil was filled with dampness and coldness. The surrounding trees seemed to branch out into a road.
On one side of the road, a crooked and worn wooden sign was covered with dark green moss, and there were some words written on the back of the sign.
Chen An remembered that if calculated according to the time of arrival, the wooden sign they saw now should be the last one they saw when they arrived.
After experiencing everything in the story world, the rules that I have chewed many times before have long been remembered in my heart.
On the front of this sign, it should read:
[Everything has to pay a price. If you want to be happy, you will eventually have to face some pain]
[3. Please believe that true happiness will appear, and pain is just falsehood]
At this moment, the backside that Chen An and others saw read:
[Give up yourself, lose yourself, lose yourself, and you will get true happiness]
[No one is happy forever, eternal happiness will not be real, and what is real will always be false]
[The moment true happiness appears, it means you have lost yourself. Eternal happiness is as permanent as the lost self is forever]
"A summary after the game?"
Chen An was slightly startled. Looking back now, he saw that what was written here refers to those players who have abandoned their souls and themselves and indulged in the false "happiness" in the happy town.
They live "happily" and will be happy forever.
But there is no difference between this and death.
Chen An shook his head, and everyone was silent. After seeing such a topic again, the atmosphere seemed to be a little heavier at the moment.
Suddenly, Chen An thought of Ling Qinglin.
He...said he wanted to go back "home".
...
Everyone continued walking, and new writing appeared on the next wooden sign, the same as the previous wooden sign.
The handwriting seemed to have been spray-painted with red paint, and it was a little crooked.
The content on the front of this wooden sign should be:
[But why should we face pain instead of embracing happiness? 】
[2. Kill the present around you and you can embrace sadness. 】
And now, what everyone sees is:
[Happiness without the contrast of sadness will not make people feel happy. The fundamental evil of human nature is engraved in the depths of the soul. 】
[The purpose of killing false happiness itself is to embrace real happiness. 】
[Happiness should be pursued by oneself, not an illusion that falls from the sky]
[Things that are not real enough are bound to be unreal]
Seeing this, Chen An was suddenly startled.
There were thousands of thoughts in his mind, and he suddenly noticed something.
"If... the essence of this world is to lead humans towards madness and distortion, according to my previous conception, the purpose of Happy Town is to make people kill illusory happiness, which is to make people crazy and cold-blooded... "
"But looking at it this way...it's a little strange..."
Chen An frowned slightly and saw that the other people had ordinary faces, as if they didn't think much.
But he still had some doubts in his heart. If he follows this line of thinking, the direction of the story world seems to be correct, not wrong...
Everyone continued walking.
The surrounding fog is getting lighter and lighter, like soup that is not flavorful enough. The substantial silk floating in the air is almost broken. The further you go outside, the closer it becomes to a real forest.
This also means that everyone is gradually leaving the strange world.
As expected, the new wooden sign soon appeared crookedly in front of him.
The original content of this wooden sign should be:
[People are always eager to pursue happiness, but they don’t know that true happiness is right next to them]
[1. Trust the present around you, and you can live (the word "live" was painted out at that time, but later the word "live" was added). 】
This was also one of the questions that Chen An and others wondered at the beginning, why there were two "lives".
But now the content on the wooden sign seems to give an "official explanation."
【Everyone is pursuing happiness, but human desires are endless. 】
[In ancient Funong, there is an ancient poem, which says:
I run around all day just because I am hungry, and when I am full I think about clothes.
He has enough food and clothing, but he also wants a charming and beautiful wife.
Marry a beautiful wife and give birth to children, but hate having no land and no foundation.
The farmland is vast, and there are no boats or horses to ride on.
The trough head imprisoned the mules and horses, lamenting that he had no official position and was being bullied.
The county magistrate's book is still too small, and he wants to hang a purple dress in the middle.
After performing the magic of seeking immortality for the emperor, he even wanted to ascend to the sky and fly across cranes.
If the world wants to be satisfied, there is no other way than to be in a dream. 】
[What is the definition of "happiness"? What is happiness"? 】
[The desires of the human heart are like the deep ocean, which can never be satisfied. 】
[When you pursue higher "happiness", have you ever thought about whether your current life is the "happiness" you once imagined? 】
[Believe that the happiness around you is happiness, and you will reap your initial happiness. 】
Seeing this, Chen An's eyes narrowed slightly. He chewed this "poetry" in his mouth, but before he could think about its connection with the world of the story, he thought of another thing.
"Isn't this..."Jie Ren Yi" by Qian Decang from the Qing Dynasty?"
"Here, he is talking about Gu Funong... The history of the dark world, according to Brother Scar, is only more than a hundred years old, but at that time Brother Scar only knew about the current Third Age of Darkness..."
"If according to what the 'Angel of Destiny' said, Funong has existed since the Second Age, it was a glorious period, but how can this be related to the poetry of the Qing Dynasty?"
"Then where is the reality of the Second Age?"
Chen An suddenly felt a little confused. The relationship between the history and reality of the dark world was like the strange path itself, full of chaos and madness.
Chen An sighed slightly as his thoughts returned to the present.
Human desire is like a deep sea, it is endless.
My old friends will never deceive me.
In other words, think about when I didn’t know my identity, when I was still coding at home every day, and when I went to work, I complained about being boring and ordinary.
But looking back now, compared to now, how happy it was.
"Amitabha, everything you see is emptiness."
Gu Laiyin on the side suddenly said gently: "The wisdom of the ancient Funong people made the young monk sigh, why should people worry about happiness while living in this world? The five elements are empty, everything is empty, the meaning itself is meaningless, this is just a journey."
Luo Qi glanced at Gu Laiyin, her cold face wavering slightly, as if she agreed.
Tuzi Moore, the dark-skinned bald man, scratched his head and said, "Gu Laiying, I can't understand what you're talking about. The meaning of my life is just to pursue higher academics."
Chen An closed his eyes slightly.
After seeing these wooden signs, combine them yourself.
Now, as for Gu Laiyin's thoughts...
I beg to differ.
But...
Can't refute.
...
The last wooden sign, the original words on it should be:
[For your safety, there are some rules about the town that you need to remember]
[Zero. Memories may not be real. Forgetting may not be a bad thing. 】
The current content is:
[Memory and process are important parts of who you are, but memory and process themselves are meaningless. 】
[What is meaningful is not the thing, memory, or process itself, but what you encounter during this process, what you cherish, what you find interesting and meaningful,
people. 】
After seeing the last wooden sign, Chen An and the others completely stepped out of the misty forest.
Arriving at the very beginning, the "living" wooden house.
The wooden house where the residents of Ebony Town used to cut firewood still stayed there, as if it had never "lived" before.
"The meaning of the journey... lies not in the journey itself, but in... the people?"
Chen An was slightly startled. Before he could think about it, he suddenly saw the door of the wooden house suddenly open.
Everyone is on guard.
And the next second.
A girl with a soft face, like the sister next door, wearing a light blue dress, with short shoulder-length hair, stretched out her slender hands and pushed open the door.
Chen An was stunned.
This is...
Tang Sirou.
The girl came out, her bare snow-white and ruddy feet stepped on the green grass, and walked towards Chen An step by step.
There was a slight smile on her lips, and she looked at Chen An affectionately.
"Chen An."
She spoke, her voice as clear and moving as a lark.
"you,"
"You killed me."
"You killed me..."
"You killed me!"
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