American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 415 Why are you meddling in other people's business!

"You mean Jennifer and Nydy's souls were dragged into the game world?"

Lilith had been possessing Jennifer's body for several months, so she naturally knew about video games, but she was still somewhat surprised.

"Yes, their bodies are completely unresponsive now, but the characters in the game can still move on their own. I think they must have entered the bodies of the game characters."

What is a spatial anchor point?

"I think it's the game disc, but I'm not sure what caused them to enter the game world, because Ashley and I weren't affected."

Lilith on the other end of the phone thought for a moment.

"Was there anything particularly strange during the game?"

"What's particularly strange? If I had to pinpoint it, it's that the game forces players to read the strange prayer text twice, right?"

"A prayer? Do you remember what the prayer said?"

"of course I remember."

Roy's memory attribute is now as high as 85, so he can basically remember anything after just one glance.

"Roy, find a place to read the prayer to me, don't read it next to that CD."

"You suspect there's something wrong with this prayer?"

"Yes, but it's not certain yet. We need to listen to the content again to know."

So Roy made Ashley look at Jennifer and Neddy's bodies, and then ran to the bathroom to recite a prayer to Lilith.

"Lilith, did you hear anything?"

"This is indeed a spell, and a ritual spell at that!"

Lilith quickly explained the meaning of the spell to Roy.

"As long as the incantation is heard twice while the person is playing the game, their soul will enter another space to perform a ritual."

"So this game is actually a kind of ritual?"

"I think so, but I need to confirm the specific meaning on-site."

"Lilith, then you should come over here right away!"

Lilith hesitated noticeably on the other end of the phone, because she had to take care of Dorothy.

Dorothy is now plagued by misfortune, and if she were alone, some irreversible disaster could very well occur.

However, since Roy had spoken, Lilith decided to listen to her.

"I'll tell Dorothy, I'll be there for you right away!"

After hanging up the phone, Roy returned to the living room.

Jennifer and Nydy remained motionless, while in the game screen, the two protagonists were facing the second boss.

After Stoker finished chanting the incantation, a huge flower bud bloomed around him, revealing a naked woman inside.

Nicole: Mrs. Stock?

Jack: Nicole, do you know Mrs. Stock?
Nicole: I don't know her! But there's a portrait of Mrs. Stock in the mansion's main hall, didn't you see it?
Jack: Okay, I didn't notice those portraits, but it looks like we're in big trouble!

The woman inside the flower bud opened her eyes and looked at the two protagonists with a malicious gaze; let's call her the flower fairy for now.

Stock: Good boy, treat them well!

After saying that, Dr. Stock turned around and went behind the woman to press a button, which revealed a secret passage.

It seems that the person the gardener mentioned secretly picking flowers might not be the blonde maid Anne, but very likely Dr. Stock himself.

However, Jennifer and Nydy didn't have time to think about this issue for the time being, because the cutscene had ended and the two were able to move freely again, which also meant that the boss battle had officially begun.

Suddenly, a vine lashed out, trying to give Jennifer and Neddy a hard time.

Fortunately, both of them reacted very quickly and dodged the attack.

This game world doesn't restrict Jennifer and Nydy's movements, unlike when playing with a controller where the characters can basically only walk and run, and dodging attacks depends entirely on positioning.

"Fire!"

After dodging the flower fairy's attack, the two began to focus their fire on the flower fairy, but the effect was quite limited.

The main issue is that police revolvers have a very small caliber, specifically .38.

This revolver was very weak; when it hit the flower fairy, it only left small holes. Even if the two of them used up all their bullets, they might not be able to kill her.

"Damn it! The revolver is too weak!"

"Nidi, should we use roses to deal with this guy?"

"Are you kidding me? Are we going to use a small flower against a big one?"

This suggestion does sound pretty far-fetched; it's impossible to use roses to deal with a flower fairy.

However, since this is a game, there must be a way to deal with the flower fairy in the boss room.

Nidi looked around and suddenly noticed some fertilizer bags in the distance.

Many fertilizers are actually combustible, which gave Nydy an immediate solution.

"Jennifer, I found some fertilizer. Maybe that stuff can ignite the flower fairy. I need you to cover me!"

"I try my best!"

Jennifer fired repeatedly at the flower fairy, trying to attract its attention.

The effect was somewhat noticeable; the flower fairies began to focus their attacks on Jennifer, causing her to lose a significant amount of health.

Nidi, on the other hand, ran over to the fertilizer bag and checked it.

"Damn it! It's urea!"

Jennifer took a moment to ask Nidi a question.

What's wrong with urea?

"This stuff isn't flammable; it might need an ignition source or an open flame to light it!"

In the real world, Nidi would probably choose to remove the primer from the bullet and use it as an ignition source, but this is a game, so obviously she can't do that.

"Ignition source? Open flame?"

Jennifer noticed a man's mummified corpse in the corner of her eye out of the corner of her eye.

"Nidi, there's a man's body over there. I'm going to check it out. Cover me!"

"give it to me!"

Nidi raised her gun and fired, each shot aimed at the flower fairy's head, successfully drawing the flower fairy's attention.

The boss's aggro system in this game is quite simple: whoever is attacking, the boss will attack that person.

Therefore, Jennifer arrived at the male corpse very easily, triggered the light spot for investigation, and sure enough, found a lighter.

"Nidi, I got a lighter!"

Now it's very clear what to do next.

The two began to take turns shooting at the flower fairy to draw the other's attention, then took turns moving the urea under the flower fairy and turning it on, finally igniting the urea with a lighter.

The game enters a cutscene where the urea is quickly ignited, and flames spread from the flower fairy's base to her entire body, causing the flower fairy to let out a scream.

This cutscene is very short and is purely used to inform the player that the Boss has entered a different phase.

Nidi couldn't help but make a comment.

"Urea doesn't burn that fast. Judging from the way it looks, I thought it was solid alcohol that was just ignited!"

"Let's not talk about that. The flower fairy doesn't seem to be dead yet. We might need to finish her off!" Jennifer raised her gun and fired. Each shot created a large hole, as if the flames had broken through.

Nidi also opened fire, her marksmanship was even more accurate, all her shots hitting the flower fairy's head, actually blowing the flower fairy's head off.

However, as a person in a vegetative state, losing his head is not enough to kill the flower fairy.

Finally, after using up most of its ammunition, the flower fairy was killed.

The dead flower fairy dropped a key, which should be used to open the door to the mansion.

As expected, the greenhouse's secret passage was closed from the inside and could not be opened from the outside, so Jennifer and Nydy had no choice but to continue to the mansion.

Of course, Jennifer and Nydy didn't rush to leave. Instead, they searched the greenhouse and gathered some supplies.

Afterwards, the two entered the mansion through a side door and found that it was very dark inside, as if the entire mansion had lost power and they could only see things by turning on a flashlight.

The area where Jennifer and Nydy are located previously required a key to open, so they need to take a detour to reach the study.

Subsequently, the two discovered that more mummies had appeared inside the mansion. Although these mummies were easy to deal with, Jennifer and Nydy had no choice but to bypass them due to dwindling supplies.

Unless it's a mummified corpse blocking a necessary path, neither of them will fire.

Soon, Jennifer and Nydy returned to the living room, and the study was just upstairs.

But at that moment, Jennifer and Nydy saw a figure crouching on the ground, sobbing softly. Judging from the clothes, it seemed to be a blonde maid.

As soon as the two got close, a cutscene immediately started.

Jack: Annie? What's wrong?
The blonde maid was still sobbing softly, the sound of which seemed particularly eerie in the darkness.

Nicole, being a woman, stepped forward to comfort the blonde maid, but upon getting closer, she discovered that the blonde maid's eyes were empty, and her tears were blood.

Nicole: What's going on?

Nicole's voice seemed to startle Annie, who suddenly stood up and looked at Jack and Nicole with a fierce gaze.

Anne: Why? Why are you all meddling in other people's business!

The next second, the cutscene ended, and Jennifer and Nydy regained control of their bodies.

Then, Annie extended her sharp claws and charged at the two of them at a terrifying speed.

Jennifer reacted quickly, throwing a rose that froze the blonde maid. Then, Nydy swiftly fired a shot that hit the blonde maid.

However, the blonde maid who was shot disappeared.

The game then cuts to another cutscene.

Jack: What happened? Why did Annie suddenly disappear?
Nicole: I think something must have happened in the mansion while we were in the garden!
Jack: This damn case is getting more and more complicated!

Nicole: We have to get it done, no matter how troublesome it is. It's our job, isn't it?
The brief cutscene ended quickly, and Jennifer and Nydy, having regained control of their bodies, went upstairs to the study.

Upon entering the study, the two were astonished to find a person hanging there; the blonde maid had actually hanged herself.

Jack: Annie... she hanged herself? And who was that we just saw?

Nicole: Could it be a ghost?

Jack: Let's put her down first!

In the animation, Jack puts down the blonde maid's body and then begins to investigate.

Jack: This guy looks like he's been dead for a while; the stiffness is very obvious.

Nicole: Maybe she hanged herself after we entered the garden, so what we just saw was really a ghost?

Jack: Here's a note, it looks like a suicide note.

Nicole: What does it say?
Jack: I'm tired of this life. It seems what happened in the mansion has nothing to do with Anne; we had suspected her before.

Nicole: I hope she rests in peace.

Nicole reached out and helped Annie close her eyes, then went to find the stone disc that opened the tower.

The next second, the blonde maid opened her eyes again.

This animation foreshadows the likely reappearance of the blonde maid's ghost, and Jennifer and Neely immediately become cautious.

The stone slab was placed on top of the bookshelf. Jennifer and Nydy brought a ladder and climbed up. When they got the stone slab, the blonde maid stood up immediately.

Anne: Why are you all meddling in other people's business!

Having learned from her previous experience, Nydy threw a rose to immobilize the blonde maid, and then Jennifer fired the shot.

The blonde maid disappeared for the second time.

Jack: Fuck! Are we going to run into this guy a third time? Honestly, I'm getting tired of it!

Nicole: It's obvious, so be prepared!

Jennifer put the stone tablet into her backpack after receiving it; such a large item only took up one space.

According to the game's progression, Jennifer and Nidice are supposed to go to the tower in the garden at this point, but Nidice thinks things aren't that simple.

The two went to the gate leading to the garden, but unsurprisingly it was boarded up. So they went to the greenhouse door, but it was also blocked.

"I knew it! The tower is obviously the final level. We've only fought two bosses so far, it's impossible for us to see the final boss so soon."

"Where should we go? All the shops that can be opened inside the mansion are open!"

Nidi rested her chin on her hand and thought for a moment.

"Wait a minute! There's still one room we haven't been to!"

"which room?"

"Mrs. Stock's room!"

Jennifer suddenly realized.

Indeed, when the two protagonists first went to Mrs. Stock's room, they only stood outside the door and glanced at her from afar. After seeing Mrs. Stock, who had turned into a mummified corpse, they went back to the study to find Dr. Stock.

"Let's go then, let's go to Mrs. Stock's room."

After cleaning up some mummies along the way, the two arrived at Mrs. Stock's room, where the mummies on the bed were still there.

This suggests that the flower fairy in the greenhouse that looks very much like Mrs. Stock is not her, but perhaps it was cultivated using Mrs. Stock's blood.

Nicole: Do you think Mrs. Stock will stand up like the other mummies?

Jack: Who knows? Better safe than sorry.

Jennifer and Nydy found a key in the room, and Mrs. Stock never stood up until the very end, so it seemed she was indeed dead.

Nidi examined the key carefully.

“Jennifer, I think I’ve seen the pattern on this key in the servants’ quarters!”

"Does that mean we have to go to the servants' quarters to open the door?"

"I think so, let's go!"

On the rest of their journey, aside from cleaning up some mummified corpses, the two encountered the blonde maid again.

It seems that the ghost of the blonde maid will randomly appear in different areas of the mansion, and each encounter with her consumes a rose, causing Jennifer and Nydy's rose reserves to decrease rapidly.

Upon arriving at the servants' quarters, they quickly found the room, opened the door with the key, and discovered that it was an elevator.

The mansion only has two floors, so this elevator is obviously going down to the ground.

The elevator was still working, so Jennifer and Nydy got in and started it.

As the game progressed downwards, strange things suddenly happened.

妮迪
(End of this chapter)