Chapter 57:

What is a demon?
After entering this game and discovering that the couple wanted to summon demons, Ruan Bai had thought about this.
She knew that the copy of the game she was in was abroad, so she couldn't think of demons in the local Eastern concept. Therefore, based on the only information, she imagined the general source, purpose of the demons, and the purpose of the summons of the husband and wife.
Obviously, what they called the devil to get, and according to the bankruptcy information, 80% of them intend to claim fame and power from the devil.
According to Ruan Bai's consistent hearing of demons, the only thing they can give is the soul.
In countless fairy tales, Western demons love to confuse mortals and deceive their souls with their beauty and beauty.
As for summoning demons, more complicated methods are needed. Sacrificing human lives and the like is just the basis.
The couple let the children kill each other, and the last chosen father, Du, was afraid that it was just a sacrifice for the devil.
They tried to use this to summon the devil, but they didn't expect... to get something more terrifying than the devil.
What could it be?
"I have reminded you before that there is no difference between us and you... Demons are everywhere, they are bound to us, and they also follow you." Father Du said.
Ruan Bai sank and thought, Father Du is a ghost, this is undoubtedly, and the "we" in his mouth is also a ghost.
But what are "you"?
Is it an ordinary person... or a player?
She recalled that at the end of the second world, the female director made a gesture to her with the DSAS company icon, telling her not to mess with the company.
And the world began. Before disappearing, the poor little boy "Big Brother" also gave her a hint, so that she successfully escaped the attack of the castle couple.
These ghosts, perhaps know, no less than the players.
What are they, and will they also be players? !
Seeing Ruan Bai's face changed several times, Father Du's face showed a smile that was unclear whether he was satisfied or resentful.
"Yeah, the devil just wants to eat your soul. When you close your eyes, you will die. There will be no pain at all," it said as if sighing. "But what about it? It will force your soul. The contract allows your soul to collapse endlessly in death. It likes your fear and fear."
I don't know what it thought of, it sneered: "And after you die, the soul will still not be free, you still have to continue to drive it, never ending, until... the soul is gone."
Compared with the vague words before, the meaning of Father Du's words is very obvious.
Its words almost point to the escape game system without leaving any room!
"This... how is this possible?" Ruan Bai was a little unacceptable for a while, and he rarely spoke incoherently.
What it means is that even if they die, they can't get rid of the game! ?
Why does it say that, it is a ghost, why does it know so much...
"How can it be impossible?" Father Du asked her directly after hearing her question.
Its dark black eyes looked at Ruan Bai coldly, but his voice was colder than the air outside: "Do you think I need to deceive you?"
Staring at Father Du's gaze, Ruan Bai opened his mouth, but couldn't refute it.
She knew that Father Du really didn't need to lie to her.
Yeah, why is it impossible?
When Ruan Bai first thought of the system, he was resisting, it was incredible.
But after Father Du explained, her brain was in confusion, but there was a feeling that seemed to be so.
Yes, if Father Du didn't lie to her, wouldn't the escape game system be something more terrifying than the devil?
After all, in her concept, there are no gods or demons in the world, but there are things like escape game systems.
Being able to draw human souls into another world and continue to torment them is indeed far more cruel than demons in the ordinary sense.
At the beginning, the couple made this kind of game, originally intended to summon the devil.
It's just that they didn't expect that demons or other things were not attracted, but the escape game system was attracted.
The system found Du's father who was extremely talented and could survive the mutual killing of fourteen children, so he set Du's father as its host.
Maybe this is the truth.
"I am its first host." Seeing the stunned expression in Ruan Bai's expression, Father Du knew she had figured it out.
"Me and them, the ghosts in your mouth, were once hosts, but after we died, our souls were brought here." It said.
"Our experience during our lifetime will be made into a copy of the game by the system after some details have been altered, and we will repeat the things at that time here day after day."
Then, they will follow the instructions of the system in the game and continue to do the task.
And in these souls, some hosts were tortured by the game because of too much experience, and finally caused the ghosts to think dull and look numb, like a puppet.
This is one of the reasons why there are so many differences between ghosts and monsters.
After hearing these words, Ruan Bai pursed his lips, saying nothing.
She thought about the world she had personally experienced. If you replace all the ghosts with former players, it seems that many stories are really clear.
Just like in the second game, one-fifth of the students and teachers in the school are ghosts. In the end, they even believe the so-called fake university/teacher paranoidly and want to get rid of the disease.
Such things are simply absurd in reality.
Not to mention anything else, just talk about the infectious disease of malaria, but it's not that the school doesn't want the government to take care of it.
Not to mention the infected population, or school students.
But what if those students were not infected with malaria, but the system?
Regarding those obviously magical plots as systemic tampering, and replacing the plague-like "malaria" in the plot with an escape game system that can also bring death to students, then the leaders and students of this school are unwilling to seek help from officials and governments , It's normal.
It's okay to say that malaria can be proved by the hospital, but who would believe such things as escape games! ?
There is nowhere to go, and there is no way to escape. People who have returned to reality can only hopelessly ask for help from ghosts and gods.
There is also the same in the third world, the auction under the manor must have mixed in with outsiders.
Now think about it, those ghosts who tried to get the identity of the player, perhaps the people who got in, were later recognized by the system and selected as the player.
Ruan Bai's heart gradually sank.
With the emergence of a little clue, she can no longer ignore this fact.
The horror escape game... is a more terrifying existence than the devil.
From the beginning to the end, she seemed to be confused about the source of the system.
She regarded Ershu Shen as the first generation of players, but in fact, she knew that the game existed much earlier than they thought. It was just a long time ago that there was no internet and it was inconvenient for everyone to communicate, and no one believed it. That's it.
What is the significance of its existence? What is it for signing players and forcing players to escape in various games?
Ruan Bai didn't know this, but its maliciousness seemed to have not been concealed from the beginning.
The system chooses players, naturally, there are standards. The more excellent and long-lived in the game, the easier it is to be selected.
If it is the same as Du Fu said, its purpose is to collect fear, then it does not give the player a dead end, and it is easy to understand. After all, only the living can give it a steady stream of fear.
Those games that can be exchanged for material points, those games that can be cleared as long as they struggle, are like a carrot hanging in front of all players, telling them that the game is not for nothing, as long as you work hard, you can survive and have breathing time. .
At the same time, this is also like a hint, soothing all players, making them feel that this is just a game, and one day, they can escape.
But what if you can’t get rid of the system after you die?
Ruan Bai didn't dare to think about it here.
In addition, the ghosts in the games she has experienced have one thing in common, that is, there are people from DSAS in their vicinity.
This must not be an accident.
"You are its first host. How did the host behind come from?" She took a deep look at Father Du and asked softly, "The presence of players is very dense. This must not be an accident. So, the system is It's contagious, isn't it?"
Father Du nodded.
"Since I became the first host, I have been pressed on a radar. Everyone around me will be detected by the system, and those who are suitable for them will be forcibly bound to the system," it said , "You are right, they are like viruses, infecting from one person to another, and finally expanding the number of players to an unimaginable level."
"When it first started, it was not called a'system'. This is what your generation of players said," Du Fu continued. "It is very smart and will adjust itself appropriately according to the times. At least when I was young, it was true. Thought it was the demon in the legend."
Therefore, whether it is a ghost or a player who is still alive, they have more or less contact with DSAS.
Du Fu established the DSAS company and promoted the system to a larger field.
As for the fact that the system is very smart, Ruan Bai realized it early on.
She found that when the system selects its host, it hardly selects officials such as officials. Most of them are ordinary people, the bottom of society.
The host of Ershu Shen was probably one of its mistakes. At that time, Ershu Shen's eldest brother died and the Shen Group was on the verge of bankruptcy. It is estimated that the system did not expect him to grit his teeth.
So when Ershu Shen became aware of the existence of the system’s running dog DSAS, he was killed by the system cleanly.
After thinking about this, Ruan Bai felt cold.
She looked at Father Du with disappointment in her eyes.
"You didn't choose to intercept it... You actually helped him to abuse?" She couldn't help but said, "It's a cancer! It will kill a lot of people!"
Those are real people, some even children!
When Father Du deliberately guided the system to expand the host, didn't he feel uneasy?
She vaguely discovered from the beginning that when Father Du talked about these things, he didn't show much normal emotions at all.
Not only that, but its tone even carries a kind of self-satisfaction, and it will not be painful because of the loss of life.
"Why should I intercept it?"
Sure enough, Father Du laughed directly after listening to her.
It replied: "It allowed me to survive from adoptive parents, it can bring me huge benefits, and it allows me to live the life of a master. Why should I resist it?"
Its reply was quite righteous, and Ruan Bai was speechless when he heard it.
This was not because Ruan Bai couldn't say it, but after she reacted, she knew that there was no need for this dispute.
Since the system chose Father Du, it must have its purpose. If Father Du was an ordinary normal person, the system would not choose him.
The father of Du, who lived in a war zone since childhood and was deliberately nurtured by the husband and wife of the old castle, is completely different from normal people.
It survived by slaughtering brothers and sisters and by disregarding life.
This kind of experience will completely distort a child's three views, ruin the child's life, and make it run counter to the mainstream thinking.
It will not feel that it is wrong.
For a time, Ruan Bai could understand why Du Wenwen had changed his temperament when he grew up, and he was so resistant to his father's company.
Ruan Bai felt a little palpitated when thinking that the Fourth Middle School was the school where Du Wenwen went to school.
Even his own children were completely used by Du's father.
Thinking of this, Ruan Bai was full of emotions.
After a while, she sighed and lowered her head.
In the palm of her hand, the mermaid bell might have noticed her low mood, again emitting a gentle heat, flashing with a faint white light.
It's like comforting her.
"Why do you want to tell me?" Ruan Bai asked softly at the end, "You obviously can say nothing, you don't have to tell me this, after all, your soul is bound by the system. Say this, yes. You are harmless to no benefit, are you?"
Although it was Mermaid Ling who led her over, it was Father Du who said those words.
Not only that, in the kitchen, Du's father also hinted at her again, but at that time Du's father said too implicitly, Ruan Bai did not understand.
She is not the smartest, nor the strongest. Why did Father Du want to tell her this?
Ruan Bai wanted to know this, but she did not expect it. Father Du, who had asked her questions just now, closed his mouth tightly and said nothing.
She raised her head, only to see the ghost's numb face, there was a strange, unclear emotion.
The face of ghosts rarely changes, most of the time they are expressionless or show resentment.
So Father Du was so strange that Ruan Bai quickly caught him.
She raised her eyes and met Father Du's eyes.
In just a few seconds, Father Du's eyes were complex to the extreme. Even in the darkness, his deep black eyes seemed to flash, full of dark glow that Ruan Bai couldn't understand.
"...You are the most special."
After a few breaths, Father Du said.
"That's all I can tell you." After saying that, Father Du took a step back and quickly changed the subject. "Knowing too much is not good for you. In the rest of the time, you Worry about yourself more."
It's very obvious.
Ruan Bai felt unsatisfied when he heard this, and opened his mouth to keep asking.
However, without waiting for her to say anything, she realized that Father Du in front of her had disappeared.
She was the only one left in the entire corridor.
...This is no way.
Ruan Bai was slightly startled, and had to give up and continue looking for Du's father.
She didn't hesitate for too long, then turned around, and walked back to the place where she had come back according to the memory she had come over.
The mermaid bell still emits a white light, dispelling the black mist around her.
While thinking about the amount of information he had just received, Ruan Bai slowly walked to the side of the four players.
At this time, these players were still asleep, completely unaware that Ruan Bai had left.
Ruan Bai walked to Xue Se and lay down slowly.
It's just that although tired, it is difficult for her to fall asleep.
Du's father's words, the truth of DSAS, Du Wenxue's past, and the unknown mermaid bells all gave her the illusion of being in a net.
The dense and invisible mesh bound her and made her move forward a little bit. She had to get acquainted with many people, encountered more things, and headed towards the destined ending.
She does not fully believe what Du's father said today, because Du's father must have reservations, and even key points will be blurred.
But Ruan Bai guessed it, and believed that it was 80%, there was no problem.
What she can be sure of now is that the young Du's father, after a fight, was favored by the system and became the first-generation host and the "spokesperson" of the system.
Relying on the wealth given by the escape game system, he returned to China and founded the DSAS company, and through some means, he continuously exported new hosts to the system.
Later, his child Du Wenwen grew up, realized what Du's father was doing, and began to resist his father and DSAS.
What other experimental results Du Wenxue has made is likely to be aimed at the system.
Finally, Du Wenwen took his own research results and took the initiative to go to Mermaid Village and died there.
In fact, the first world she encountered was the world most inconsistent with what Father Du said.
Because the mermaid girl inside is the only ghost in this world, and she doesn't look like a player...
Perhaps this is because of Du Wenwen's research results?
Ruan Bai felt that his brain was in chaos, and he had already revealed a lot of secrets, but the confusion became more and more.
What makes her more disturbed is that Du's father is obviously smarter than her. The information provided now makes it difficult for Ruan Bai to verify.
As for the DSAS company, its answers were very vague. Even if Ruan Bai knew so much news, she could not get the prototype of DSAS company in reality.
After thinking about it for a long time, but couldn't think of it. Then, Ruan Bai took a deep breath and decided to give up.
After she clears the game, there is still a few months of rest, and then she can slowly think about it.
After relaxing, Ruan Bai stopped thinking, and his body was again occupied by fatigue.
With the sound of breathing one after another, she closed her eyes, and her consciousness gradually sank.
It was only when she was half asleep and half awake, but Father Du's sentence "You are the most special" sounded in her mind.
She is an ordinary girl, what can be special?
Just as Ruan Bai felt funny, suddenly, a flash of light hit her instantly!
She thought that what Father Du said...maybe it was not wrong.
Compared with other players, she does have one thing, which is very different from them.
That is her system. From beginning to end, it is not an escape game system, but a white lotus cultivation system.
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