American Horror Story, Starting from Falls Town

Chapter 416 Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect

Lilith had arrived at the villa in Beverly Hills. She first examined Jennifer and Neddy's bodies, and then looked at the disc.

These things were all done without stopping the game; if the game were stopped, nobody knows what would happen.

"Lilith, how are you?"

Roy noticed that Lilith's brows were furrowed and her expression was not good.

"This is troublesome! This disc is indeed an anchor point for entering a space, a purely spiritual world that only souls can enter, and the conditions for entry are extremely strict. One must have heard the prayer twice and be playing the game at the same time to enter that world."

"But this game can only be played by two people in split-screen mode, unless I can get a second game disc."

Furthermore, playing the game using the second game disc doesn't necessarily mean you'll enter the game world where Jennifer and Nydy are, because it's a single-player game, not an online game.

Ashley, standing to the side, was a little worried for her best friend.

"I can try to force open this spatial passage, but I don't know what kind of impact it will have."

Video games were a new thing, and Lilith hadn't had much experience with them before, so she wasn't very confident.

"Lilith, try it first, and then stop if things don't go well."

Lilith nodded, and then began preparing for the ceremony.

At this moment, the game screen suddenly changed.

"Roy, look!"

Roy also noticed the game screen on the TV, which was covered in pixelation, jagged edges, and screen tearing.

This usually happens when there's a problem with the graphics card, but the game didn't crash and is still running.

Jennifer and Nyddy in the game also saw the same scene, and they were both startled by what they saw.

"Nidi, what's going on?"

"I'm not quite sure either. Maybe there's a bug in the game, or maybe the console's hardware can't handle it!"

Will this situation affect us?

"Jennifer, this is my first time entering the game world, just like you. How could I possibly know?"

Fortunately, this strange situation did not last long. When the elevator reached the bottom, the screen tearing disappeared.

However, when Jennifer and you leave the elevator and enter the underground corridor, you find that the corridor is a very glaring bright red, and there are many texture errors and leaked code on the walls.

It's like a world full of bugs.

"I roughly know what happened. There must have been an error loading the map, which is why this happened."

"So, are we just going to keep playing with this blindingly bright map? I seriously doubt we'll even be able to spot that red figure in this environment!"

"What else can we do? The elevator is broken, so we can only keep moving forward."

Jennifer shook her head helplessly and could only follow Nidi forward.

In such a glaringly bright red environment, people's spirits are easily affected. Fortunately, Jennifer and Nydy have good willpower and can barely hold on.

However, the two soon encountered some new troubles.

There are monsters in this area, but due to a game loading error, the monster textures are misaligned.

So now Jennifer and Nydy can no longer identify monsters by sight, and can only determine their location by hearing.

If the monsters were moving, that would be fine, but some monsters don't move at all.

Moreover, in this situation, some supplies are difficult to identify, and the two missed many supplies, with their backpacks becoming increasingly empty.

Even Nidy, who loves playing games, felt like she couldn't keep playing anymore.

"Ugh! What kind of lousy game is this? I thought it was pretty fun at first! Negative score! I'm definitely giving this game a negative score!"

Nidi frantically rubbed her hair, clearly on the verge of going crazy from the game.

Jennifer looked at Nydy and suddenly made a suggestion.

"Since this game is so bad, why don't we just use cheats to beat it faster?"

Upon hearing this, Nydy looked at Jennifer.

"how do you want to do it?"

"Of course it is..."

Suddenly, a fireball appeared in Jennifer's hand, which she threw at a monster that was walking towards the two of them.

Boom!

The fireball exploded and burned the monster to death, but the fire effects caused noticeable screen tearing.

Nidi was speechless.

"I think I can smell the motherboard."

Jennifer shrugged.

"What else do you want to do? I'm almost out of bullets, and this game doesn't allow melee attacks, so we definitely can't continue playing."

"Alright, I've had enough. Let's finish this quickly!"

So Jennifer transformed into a fireball mage and started throwing fireballs everywhere, while Nydy became a priest and kept attacking with holy light, which greatly increased their speed of advance.

Before long, the two arrived at a place that resembled a prison. The reason they could tell it was a prison was thanks to the accurate rendering of the iron bars. However, the horrific scene still made Jennifer and Nydy frown.

Inside the prison were many dead women's corpses, all of which had been drained of blood. The mummies wandering in the mansion and garden probably came from here.

Continuing forward, they arrived at a laboratory with severely flawed textures. Dr. Stock stood with his back to the two of them, and the game entered a cutscene.

Stock: It's amazing that you two managed to get this far!
Yes, Dr. Stock also suffered a serious texture error, which made what should have been a very imposing Boss speech sound strange.

Jack: What the hell did you do, you bastard!
Stock: Didn't you see that?
Nicole: You're a devil!
Stoker: All of this is to resurrect my wife! You cannot understand the depth of my love for her! If it can bring her back to life, then it is all worth it!
Jack: Stock, you've gone mad!

Stoker: Mad or not, I'd do anything to bring Lisa back to life!
As he spoke, Dr. Stock pressed a button, and the doors around the laboratory opened, releasing a large number of mummies. At the same time, a mechanical arm appeared beneath his feet, lifting him to a high place.

Stoker: You too will become the materials for resurrecting Lisa!
After the cutscene ended, Jennifer and Nydy attacked simultaneously, their fireballs and holy light striking Dr. Stock, instantly killing him.

Hmm, it has a kind of beauty reminiscent of the Wind Spirit Moon Shadow Sect.

The game then enters another cutscene.

Dr. Stock fell to the ground and reached out his hand toward the tower.

Stoker: No! Blood Queen, you promised me! If I brought you blood, you would resurrect Lisa! Why…

Dr. Stock died before he could finish speaking, leaving behind new mysteries.

Jack: Did he just say the word "Queen of Blood"?
Nicole: I heard that too! Could that strange book be real?

Just then, the ground began to shake violently, and Jack and Nicole looked around in surprise and uncertainty.

Jack: This place looks like it's going to collapse. We'd better get out of here quickly!

Nicole: I know without you telling me!
The classic scene collapses after defeating the boss!

The two main characters, Jack and Nicole, might have some connection to Nathan Drake, the protagonist of Uncharted, as they both seem to cause collapses wherever they go.

Jennifer and Nydy, having regained control, took off running. Fortunately, the game didn't have any complicated escape routes; they simply ran forward and successfully opened the door to the greenhouse, leaving the underground area. "Phew! That was close!"

Nidice looked at Jennifer with excitement, clearly finding the escape very thrilling.

Jennifer looked around and breathed a sigh of relief.

"The textures here are normal, and our eyes are finally free from this torture."

Needy nodded.

"Jennifer, I think the game is almost at its final stage, let's go!"

Restoring the textures to normal did not change the situation for the two; they were still short of supplies and ammunition in their backpacks.

Worse still, a new kind of monster appeared after leaving the greenhouse: mummies entangled in branches. They were much more resistant to bullets, and revolvers were completely ineffective.

With no other option, the two had to continue using cheats, clearing out monsters with fireballs and holy light.

"Strange, why are these monsters so hard to defeat?"

Although Jennifer wasn't a gaming expert, she had played quite a few games with Nidi, so she found the current situation very strange.

Nidi considered some possibilities.

"I think there must be other, more powerful weapons in this game, but we've progressed too quickly and missed them."

"Maybe we missed each other underground. I don't want to stay in that awful place for even a second longer!"

During their conversation, the two unknowingly arrived in front of the tower. Jennifer took out the stone slab and placed it on the gate, after which a cutscene ensued.

The tower's doors opened automatically, and the two protagonists stepped inside.

But then, the cutscene was skipped without warning, much to the surprise of Jennifer and Nidi.

Then, the screen distorted again, but this time it was different from the previous screen tearing and pixelation. After the distortion stopped, Jennifer and Nydy were surprised to find that the game's graphics had improved.

When the two entered the game world, what they saw was still the same jagged, low-quality graphics, similar to what they saw in the game in the real world.

But now things are different. The game seems to have suddenly been upgraded to next-generation high-definition graphics, which greatly shocked the two of them.

"Nidi, what's going on?"

"I want to know too! This is definitely not the kind of game graphics your era could have!"

At this moment, Jennifer and Nydy discovered that the iron gate behind them had turned into a wall, and they were now trapped inside the tower.

"You guys are finally here!"

A deep female voice echoed through the tower.

"who are you?"

Jennifer asked loudly.

This was actually a test; when the two were talking earlier, the other characters in the game couldn't hear them.

Because Jennifer and Nydice are actually playing Jack and Nicole, the game characters can only hear what Jack and Nicole say.

But now Jennifer is speaking to herself, and if that voice answers her, it means that this is no longer a game.

"I am Mary, the Blood Queen. Come to the top floor to see me!"

Jennifer and Nidyl exchanged a glance.

"Nidi, do you think we should go up?"

"It seems we have no other choice."

With the tower's space limited and their escape route blocked, the two indeed had no other choice.

"In that case, let's go up and take a look."

The tower was much taller than Jennifer and Nyddy had seen from the outside, and it took them almost half an hour to reach the top.

The top of the tower was actually a bedroom-like place. Jennifer and Nydy saw a pale woman in a long red dress lying on the bed, her eyes closed as if she were dead.

Was that her speaking just now? She seems to be dead.

Nidi found it strange, but didn't go near the bed; who knew if the woman in the red dress was faking her death?

At this moment, the deep female voice appeared again.

“She is indeed dead, but I am still alive.”

Following the sound, Jennifer and Nydy saw a person who looked exactly like the woman in the red dress on the bed, both in appearance and clothing, sitting on a sofa not far away.

The woman had her legs crossed and was holding a wine glass, acting like a socialite.

If Jennifer is not mistaken, the wine glass should contain blood.

"You are Mary, the Blood Queen?"

The woman looked at Jennifer with a flippant air, as if speaking to Jennifer was a form of charity.

"That's right, I am Blood Queen Mary. Are you ready?"

"what to prepare?"

"Of course, they'll become the materials for my resurrection!"

As she spoke, Mary reached out her hand to Jennifer and Nydy, and the two of them immediately felt a surge of excitement.

This is not a good sign, because the two of them clearly entered the game world in a spirit state, and they shouldn't be experiencing this feeling.

In other words, at this moment, Jennifer and Nydy's souls and bodies are in a synchronized state, and it is very likely that if their souls are damaged, their bodies will also suffer the same damage.

"Jennifer, step back!"

Nidi instantly transformed into a four-winged angel, and the exhilarating feeling vanished. The powerful holy light simultaneously dispelled the magical effects on Jennifer.

Mary was completely dumbfounded; she had no idea that Nidi was an angel.

The current situation is roughly as follows: a tiger caught a pig, thinking it could have a good meal, but it turns out that the pig was actually Wu Song in disguise, and now Wu Song is going to beat the tiger to death with his fists.

"How could you..."

"Go to hell!"

Before Mary could finish speaking, Nidi had already unfurled her wings of light, and countless white feathers shot towards Mary, almost turning her into a sieve.

Holy light was extremely harmful to dark creatures like Mary, who had no resistance whatsoever and turned into a dark red stream of pus and blood.

At that moment, a hole suddenly appeared in the wall, and Roy crawled in through it.

[Ding! You have obtained the Treasure Chest of Blood Queen Mary! Open it?]

"Huh, am I too late?"

"Hmm! Roy, this is really an interesting game!"

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(End of this chapter)