Immortal I Speedrun Supernatural Game

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"Give it back! And apologize to the shop owner!"

Under the bridge, in a place that could barely be called a dwelling, was made of layers of tattered tarpaulins and cardboard stacked together.

A young-looking boy, whose eyes revealed a weathered and world-weary look, slapped the face of an even younger boy in front of him, whose features still retained a hint of childishness.

The other party was clutching a genuine box of Lego bricks, which should have been so expensive to them that they could only dream of owning a Lego model.

Feeling the burning pain on his face, the boy couldn't stop the tears from welling up in his eyes.

He sobbed as he said:

"Brother, it's your birthday today..."

"I...I want to give you a birthday present..."

Upon hearing this, the boy, whose palm was also throbbing from the interaction of forces, was taken aback.

He then gritted his teeth and said, "We still can't steal it!"

"I never celebrate my birthday. I don't even know when my own birthday is!"

After he finished speaking, his expression and tone gradually softened.

He took the building block model from the boy's hand and placed it on the ground, continuing, "Liu Dong, I've already pulled some strings to get you into school. You can go in a couple of days."

"If you really want to give me a birthday present, then study hard and become successful! I'll be happy no matter what you buy for me in the future!"

"Let's go return the things now, okay?"

His words made the boy squat down, looking somewhat aggrieved.

He sat on the blackened, tattered cotton wadding on the ground.

He muttered, "But...but didn't you, Brother Qiang, often steal things too?"

"The steamed buns we ate and the water we drank last year, and..."

At this point, the boy paused, as if hesitating about something.

After thinking for a few seconds, she said in an even softer voice, "And the money you used to send me to school, wasn't it all stolen by you...?"

Upon hearing this, Liu Qiang raised his hand to strike again, wanting to make his younger brother realize his mistake.

But the hand that was raised high never came down.

Finally, she gently patted the boy's head.

He said gently, "That's because I have no choice. I'm an orphan, and no adults take care of me. I have to steal to support us both."

"But you can't."

"You have me to take care of you, so you can't steal anything, understand?"

The boy was still young and only vaguely understood what he was hearing.

But he still took the building block model and nodded, saying, "Then I'll return it later..."

Seeing his younger brother's sensible manner, Liu Qiang couldn't help but smile.

Sitting on the quilt, I asked him, "By the way, why do you think today is my birthday?"

Liu Dong, the younger brother, pulled out a calendar he had found in a pile of garbage from a pile of miscellaneous items.

Pointing to the date circled in red above.

With a gleam in her eyes, she said, "Because this day last year was the day you found me! I've decided to make today our shared birthday!"

These words left Liu Qiang staring blankly at the calendar.

I didn't know what to say for a while.

He was an orphan, but not the kind of orphan who had food and drink in a welfare home.

Instead, they are orphans who wander the streets and have to compete with stray dogs and cats for food in garbage cans.

Last year, I found this younger brother who was just of primary school age and was also an orphan.

Yes, they are not related by blood.

When Liu Qiang found this guy, he was huddled in a tattered cardboard box in the alley and almost froze to death.

Although the place I lived under the bridge wasn't much better, at least after scavenging for scraps over the years, it still looked like a place to live.

Perhaps it's because I feel lonely.

Or perhaps it's because they felt sorry for the other person.

It's more likely that he saw his own reflection in the other person.

Liu Qiang decided to take care of the little guy and named him Liu Dong.

He ran around for a whole year and finally managed to raise enough money for his younger brother to go to primary school.

And during all these years of wandering.

Besides stealing, Liu Qiang has done all sorts of dirty and hard work, and has gotten to know quite a few people.

Just a few days ago, I finally learned from a car mechanic that he knew someone who could help with school enrollment procedures.

He plans to go over tomorrow to check on the situation.

The two brothers ate some cheap food under the tattered tarpaulin to fill their stomachs.

Immediately afterwards, she took her younger brother to the store to return the items.

However, when he arrived at the store, he found that the store had already called the police.

The police are already at the store investigating the situation.

The two brothers, who had never actually dealt with these things, couldn't imagine why a toy model could sell for thousands or even tens of thousands of dollars, an amount large enough to warrant a criminal case.

When the two brothers approached and saw the police station.

The other party also saw them.

The surrounding area has been experiencing power outages for some reason today, and even the surveillance equipment has all malfunctioned, which is why Liu Dong dared to steal things in broad daylight.

Since there was no way to escape, Liu Qiang gritted his teeth and stomped his foot.

He snatched the model from his younger brother's hand and made him run back to hide. When he was caught, he insisted that he had stolen it.

Liu Qiang didn't understand any laws either.

All he knew was that his younger brother absolutely could not be arrested.

And so, he was taken away by the police.

Given that Liu Qiang himself is not actually an adult.

He was eventually sent to a juvenile detention center for a year.

But when he came out of the juvenile detention center, he couldn't wait to find Liu Dong.

All that could be seen under the bridge was ruins.

After making inquiries from various sources, all I received was devastating news.

My younger brother, Liu Dong, is dead.

Shortly after he was imprisoned, a group of homeless people came and occupied their home under the bridge.

When they left, they took everything they could.

That winter was exceptionally cold.

Liu Dong, who was already frail and sickly, did not survive.

Just like the fate that should have been his, which was frozen to death last year.

His body stiffened beneath the cardboard where he and Liu Qiang had once lain.

Does Liu Qiang hate him?

Of course he hated it. He hated himself for not being able to provide his younger brother with a warm home. He hated the scoundrels who gave birth to him for abandoning him. He hated the world for taking away even his last hope.

Under the influence of extreme emotions.

Liu Qiang walked forward from their small house under the bridge and into the river.

He committed suicide.

Immersed in the icy river water, on the verge of suffocation.

Liu Qiang was pulled into the beginner's tutorial.

He and Liu Yanfang were in the same batch of beta testers.

The two guys who hated everything got together.

They retaliated against everything in their own way.

He became known as a blacklisted player.

"Liu Dong, I'll be able to send you to school soon... Studying is great..."

"No need to steal or rob, live an upright life..."

Wu Wang looked at Liu Qiang in the corner of the room and muttered to himself.

He was also holding a brand new LEGO model set in his hand.

It is emitting a flame that has no temperature.

As the model burned, the bed followed the same pattern as Liu Yanfang's.

A small figure slowly appeared, wrapped tightly in the blanket, seemingly experiencing this warmth for the first time.

Before it was almost fully formed.

Wu Wang pushed open the door and went out.

He was wrong.

I was thinking of coming to see Liu Qiang, whose symptoms were slightly better, in case I could wake him up in time.

Unexpectedly, Liu Qiang was even more deeply affected than Liu Yanfang.

Because the olive wreath on this kid's head has already sprouted four small flower buds.

Now we can only leave it to fate.

I have already made up my mind—

The normal procedure should be like that of other players, starting by gradually getting in touch with islanders like Jiang Rou.

Newcomers to the island should absolutely not go to Shangguan He's place for treatment. That place is truly hell! It's all about mechanic-based kills!

Of course, now that we've covered the downsides, let's talk about the advantages.

At least Wu Wang knew who the most threatening person on this Happy Island was at this stage, and even who might be the person responsible for these anomalies.

It's like skipping levels in a video game...

Although it may be much more difficult to complete the game than usual at the beginning due to the lack of some essential elements.

But it also allows you to know more clues in advance that you might only be able to get later.

Otherwise, if there were other mechanisms that led to the current situation, I might not even know who the enemy is.

"What about the second-rate guy? What dangers might there be under normal procedures?"

Wu Wang thought to himself.

They then left the hotel and continued their ghostly journey to the island's seaside location.

Erbadao and Baijun both live here.

As he approached, he was surprised to find that one of the rooms was still lit up.

As I crept to the window, I noticed the two people discussing the day's events in the living room of the villa.

Clearly, without direct contact with Shangguan He, the impact of Happiness Island on them was only a gradual, insidious process, like a frog being slowly boiled in water.

They won't fall for it as easily as Liu Qiang did.

Therefore, Wu did not try to hide his defeat too much.

Go directly to the front door and ring the doorbell.

When Erbadao opened the door with a wary expression, he immediately put on a jubilant expression upon discovering that the visitor was Wu Wang.

"Oh my! Isn't this our Brother Yan'er?"

"Do you have any good news to share with us? We have some leads too."

Wu Wang felt helpless every time he heard that accent.

However, he still explained the anomalies on Liu Qiang and Liu Yanfang's side to prevent the normal players on this side from being killed by the same mechanism after dawn.

After saying that, he asked very seriously, "You idiot, open your mouth, let me see your teeth."

The other party didn't quite understand.

But seeing Wu Wang's serious expression, he slowly opened his mouth.

"Ah... what's wrong?"

The second-rate knife asked indistinctly with his mouth agape, while the white falcon also came over to observe and scrutinize him carefully.

But no matter what, there was no way to see anything unusual.

Wu Wang looked him up and down.

He squinted and took the corn kernel out of his pocket.

This thing still felt as hard as teeth to him.

But now, there is no missing part in the second knife.

His teeth were so white they could advertise for Darlie toothpaste.

"It's grown back? Then what's the point of replacing the old with the new?"

Wu Wang was deep in thought.

He then recounted what he had discovered during the day, but regarding the "Vision of Truth," he simply explained it using a tool that could see through illusions.

There's no need to explain the item's effects in detail, since that's a matter of personal privacy, and these two naturally understand the unspoken rules that Spirit Disaster players previously followed.

Touching the corn kernels Wu Wang handed him, Erbadao incredulously reached into his mouth and touched each of his teeth.

However, each one was a familiar tooth, seemingly unchanged.

"After you two arrived at this villa, did you go anywhere else at night?" Wu Wang asked.

After thinking for a moment, Bai Jun pointed to the bathroom and said, "I haven't gone out yet, but I took a shower. I was all sweaty and sticky from dancing all day."

Following his directions, Wu Wang entered the bathroom.

The water stains on the surrounding walls hadn't dried yet, and there was even a layer of water in the bathtub, with white shower gel floating on the surface.

"Oh, it seems the bathtub drain is clogged. I called the island's maintenance staff using the villa's phone, and they said they'd come to fix it tomorrow," White Falcon explained, explaining why he hadn't completely drained the water after taking a shower.

Unexpectedly, Wu Wang immediately reached into the water and stirred it up.

His expression gradually became serious as he looked at himself.

Before long, the white falcon saw the other side scoop up the layer of foam on the water's surface.

He said, word by word, "This isn't shower gel, this is—your hair."

Holy crap! I'm bald!?

Even the usually calm white falcon was so frightened that it couldn't help but reach out and touch its head.

The hair... is still there!
But this is not good news either.

In other words, the white falcon's hair is now just like the teeth of a second-rate knife.

They all fell off without his awareness and then grew back.

Currently, my body doesn't seem to be experiencing any abnormalities.

He also casually mentioned to Wu Wang the clues he and Erbadao had discovered—

“We have noticed that the islanders seem to be divided into two categories.”

"One type is people like us who come from outside the island to join Happiness Island."

"They know about all kinds of misfortune and suffering, but now they have chosen happiness."

"The other type are those who were born on the island, or those who have been islanders since they were conscious."

"They have no idea what misfortune and suffering are; in their world, there is only happiness."

This also prompted Wu Wang to ponder deeply.

It seems that Jiang Rou is the latter; she has no idea what suffering is.

If we analyze it from this perspective...

Perhaps the latter is very likely to be someone similar to Liu Qiang's younger brother and Liu Yanfang's husband and son.

They were created.

It exists solely to make someone feel happy.

If it's the former, it's most likely a real, living person.

But now it has been completely distorted by Happiness Island.

Hmm? Something doesn't seem right.

If that's the case, why is there talk of euthanasia on Happiness Island?

The latter would definitely not choose euthanasia.

After all, they will only be happy forever.

In other words, the former might, under certain circumstances, even in the midst of happiness, want to die.
Jiang Sze-ze! This is the most recent person to be euthanized, and also Jiang Rou's father.

If we could find out why he wanted to die.

Perhaps it can free others from their constraints? Or perhaps it can help us find the so-called "Island Soul"?
Wu Wang hadn't forgotten that this item was also in the side quest.

Maybe this thing can bring about a turning point in things.

"Speaking of which... if that's really the case..."

"Well, I do have an idea that might stop you two from losing teeth and hair."

Upon hearing Wu Wang's words, Erbadao and Baijun both looked at him with expectant eyes.

After all, this strange situation doesn't cause any physical discomfort.

It still sends chills down your spine.

What if one day it's not teeth or hair that fall out, but something like your head?

It would be a good thing to be able to stop it.

"Brother Yan'er, please tell us, we'll listen to you." Erbadao patted his chest and said, "Just tell us what you think, it doesn't matter if it's difficult or not! Don't look down on us, we're tough as nails!"

Unexpectedly, Wu Wang's gaze gradually turned mocking.

After throwing the foam back into the water, he pressed his fingers together, making a cracking sound.

It's like preparing for some kind of battle.

He said calmly, "It's simple. Let you both relive the pain and temporarily forget the feeling of happiness."

"Given the current limited conditions, it is too difficult to experience the torment and pain of the soul, so we can only start with physical pain."

"Who comes first?"

Looking at him rubbing his hands together in anticipation.

Erbadao swallowed hard.

He changed his previous tone and said awkwardly, "Well... it's not that hard... Why don't you try it first, Brother Bai?"

The white falcon's beak twitched.

Feelings just let us get beaten! Is this a fucking serious approach?

He was hesitant.