"Is this Mr. Craftsmanship?"
"Yes."
"What are you looking for him for?"
"We are his friends and we have something to do with him."
"You can find a hotel three hundred meters ahead, and Mr. Ai Yiyi lives in it. But a little way further forward is blocked by a mudslide. Your car can't drive through, so it's best to walk."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome."
The girl spoke very politely, but never blinked. After Meng Xiang turned her head, she stuck out her tongue and licked her lips again, and a strange light flashed in her eyes.
Gu Yi carefully pulled Meng Xiang behind him and pointed forward with his mouth open.
"let's go."
"Um."
The two of them walked in the direction pointed by the girl, and sure enough they came across a section of road where a mudslide occurred.
Several young villagers were digging and cleaning rocks with simple tools. When Gu Yi and Meng Xiang passed by, they all put down their tools and stared at the two of them.
Meng Xiang couldn't help but stare at the residents. If Gu Yi hadn't been holding them, he would have fallen into the pit on the roadside.
"what's wrong with you?"
"I...I don't know either." Meng Xiang said with a wry smile, "I seem to be almost empty of sanity."
Gu Yi turned his head and said doubtfully: "This is exactly the same as what was said in the novel."
"where?"
"It is said in the novel that this village is full of young people, there are no old people or children, because they have all become nourishment for the ancient gods.
After arriving here, I found that those young people were wandering around the town like street gangsters. I rarely saw them working, and even when they were working, they were often fishing. "
The workers cleaning up the mudslides clearly had tools such as shovels, but they picked up the stones on the ground with their bare hands, and only picked up the smallest ones at a time.
Their movements were so slow that it gave people a headache just to watch.
Gu Yi and Meng Xiang finally found the hotel.
Meng Xiang raised his feet to walk out, but was stopped by Gu Yi.
"what happened again?"
"I always feel... this is all too simple." Gu Yi shook his head and said, "Have you set the coordinates for your escape?"
"One coordinate is in the car, and the other is in the city."
"Yes." Gu Yi nodded and said, "I put the save file before entering the town. No matter which one of us dies, I will load the save file and start over."
"good."
The two of them got ready and walked into the hotel together.
As soon as he entered the door, Gu Yi heard a series of keyboard tapping sounds.
Gu Yi took a deep breath. He held on to his satchel and walked in the direction of the sound.
In the lobby of the hotel, there is an old-fashioned computer.
An ugly-looking man was sitting in front of the computer, typing on the keyboard seriously. He had a slender face, sunken eye sockets, and was listless.
no doubt.
This guy just loves crafts.
"Is he the BOSS?"
Meng Xiang leaned into Gu Yi's ear and whispered.
"I have no idea."
As soon as Gu Yi finished speaking, he heard the system prompt voice coming from his ear.
【warn! 】
[In the hardcore mode, players are prohibited from doing things that are inconsistent with the character's identity and personality. Once violated more than three times, the system will determine that the game has failed. 】
"Why at this time..."
Gu Yi frowned, his forehead filled with question marks.
Meng Xiang didn't think too much, his mouth was much faster than his head, "Huh? This is what you call OOC, right? Oh, crap..."
Meng Xiang covered her mouth and quickly swallowed the second half of the sentence.
Gu Yi raised his head and looked at Ai Craftsman with a smile.
"Mr. Love Craftsmanship, we are insurance investigators from Anxin Insurance. It looks like you are having a good time now."
When Ai Handiyi heard Gu Yi's words, he stopped typing, "Well, hello."
"Aren't you going to explain?"
"Explain what?"
"Our company received a report saying that you were dead. However, we now see you sitting in front of us, typing, and even happily serializing the latest novel.
Insurance fraud is a serious illegal act. I guess you don’t want to spend the rest of your life serializing novels in a prison cell, right? That would be miserable for your readers. "
"In fact, I am indeed dead." Ai Zuiyi stretched out, "But, I was resurrected, using the secret method of the Innsmouth people."
"Haha, novelists have really rich imaginations."
"Brother, you don't understand at all. In this world, there is a power called faith.
As long as I believe I am alive, then I am still alive.
As long as I believe that the world is going to end, then the world will end eventually. "
"absurd."
Ai Handi smiled and leaned on the sofa, not caring about Gu Yi's ridicule.
"Brother, you should have read my novel, right?"
"Yes."
"Have you read the latest novel? Leon discovered the secret of the Innsmouth people. What will be his fate?"
"The police aimed at Li Ang and pulled the trigger, and he fell in a pool of blood."
"What happened after? What do you remember? The Innsmouth people collected his body, sewed up his wounds, and performed evil rituals to bring him back to life."
"That's right."
"What if I tell you that all this is true? The people of Innsmouth really have mastered the secret of resurrection from the dead, and they all came to life from my novels. The novels I wrote...all... It’s all…true.”
Ai Craftsman's tone gradually became crazy, and he stood up from the chair, with a dark abyss emerging under his feet.
Gu Yi pulled out the crow card and wanted to use skills on Love Craft, but he finally held back. He wasn't sure yet whether killing Ai Craft here would end the game.
You know, they haven't unlocked any of the endings yet.
"How is it? Do you believe me now?"
"I believe……"
Meng Xiang opened his eyes and said excitedly.
Gu Yi turned around and saw Meng Xiang looking at Ai Handicraft with piety on his face.
"My servant, take my story with you, let more people know about our great cause, and let them believe in me together."
"For the love of craftsmanship, and for Cthulhu!"
Meng Xiang's sanity completely collapsed. He picked up the unpublished manuscript on the table, turned around and rushed out of the hotel.
"Meng Xiang!"
Gu Yi yelled and ran out after Meng Xiang.
As soon as he went out, the people outside the door were full of Innsmouth people. They held various weapons in their hands and looked at Gu Yi eagerly.
"Don't leave!"
"Don't leave!"
"Don't leave!"
The Innsmouth people shouted in unison, their hair falling out one by one, fish scales growing on their faces, and their voices becoming more and more rough.
On the cliff in the distance, a group of monsters with fish scales crawled out from the sea level and rushed towards Gu Yi with their teeth and claws.
"Love craftsmanship, it's time to stop."
Gu Yi opened his satchel, walked up to Ai Handicraft with the gun in hand, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.
