"Ah, I got it! I must've used this rock to kill the monster. Yes, that's it. "
Lin Xue picked up the rock from the ground and snuck up to the monster's side before throwing it at its head!
"Pa da!"
Lin Xue's aim wasn't that great, the rock brushed past the monster's head and landed with a crisp sound.
The baby-like monster immediately let out an ear-piercing scream and ran towards the location of the stone!
Lin Xue was stunned for two seconds, "Ah? So that's how the rock is used? Ahem, that's more or less the same … "
Lin Xue was scared. She thought she was going to use the rock to hit the monster. If that happened, wouldn't she be dead …
Thankfully, the rock managed to lure the monster away, allowing Lin Xue to quickly move forward.
Lin Xue's progress was much faster after learning the correct way to play the game, but the process was still scary.
Simply put, the game required the player to use sound waves to explore the path, avoiding the forks in the road, activating various traps, and making their way out of the level.
There were many scary monsters in the level. These monsters were of different types, but they all had one thing in common, which was that they would use sound to determine the player's location.
Every time the player walked, waded, or clapped their hands to explore the path, these monsters would scream and charge at them, giving the player a huge psychological pressure.
At this time, the player had to use some special methods, such as throwing rocks to lure the monsters away, and then use the opportunity to activate the trap to escape.
There was no future in using brute force, even if you had a few lives, it wouldn't be enough …
There were two types of settings in the game. One was the real world settings, such as the main character's home, office, and orphanage. These settings were made using real maps and models. There were no monsters, so there was no need to use echoes to explore the path, but there were some cell phone elements.
For example, the newspaper of the year, the brochure of the orphanage, the letter from the wife to the main character. These were all collected elements that hinted at the background of the game.
Through these scattered elements, the player could roughly guess the main character's identity and background.
The other setting was where the echoes led the way, such as the pitch-black cave.
These settings were often cramped, narrow, and had no source of light. The only way to see the surroundings was through the echoes.
These scenes were filled with all kinds of monsters. Players had to move forward in fear and use their voices to battle with these monsters before entering the next scene.
These two scenes were constantly alternating, causing the players to feel tense and slightly relaxed at times. With such a rhythm of tension and relaxation, the players could grit their teeth and persevere while being highly tense.
"This game knows how to progress step by step. I always want to quit immediately, but I still ended up here …"
"Wait a minute, let me throw some stones to find a path … Eh?! This monster is invisible!! "
Lin Xue threw out a rock and saw a red shadow almost instantaneously move to where the rock was and then disappear!
Obviously, as they progressed through the levels, the difficulty of the game would also increase.
The new monster was invisible, which meant that it could only be seen for a split second when it moved. Normally, it was impossible to see where it was.
Not only did Lin Xue have to avoid the monsters and take detours, but she also had to activate all kinds of complicated traps.
Most of these mechanisms were valves or gates. Every time they were opened, there would be an ear-piercing sound that would attract the monsters.
Therefore, Lin Xue could only throw stones at the monsters to lure them away, only daring to activate the traps after calculating the distance.
What was more annoying was that throwing stones to lure the monster away was also very risky.
This was because the monsters' hearing would become more sensitive as they progressed. Even the sound of normal footsteps would attract them.
Lin Xue could only walk quietly or crouch down as she slowly moved forward, not daring to make any noise.
She could only rely on the sound of water dripping and the screams of the monsters to determine her surroundings. Most of the time, she was throwing stones blindly.
If she wasn't careful and the stone bounced off the wall in front of her, she would be done for …
Under such continuous mental torture, Lin Xue managed to persevere all the way to the end. Even she herself was very surprised by this.
As the levels progressed, Lin Xue began to obtain more clues.
The male protagonist once tried to adopt a child, but for some reason, he failed.
The company's leader once wrote a letter to the male protagonist, asking him why he was so distracted recently, even giving him a long vacation to adjust his mood.
It seemed like something serious had happened to the male protagonist's family. After the vacation, the male protagonist performed well, so the company considered promoting him to chief designer.
At the same time, Lin Xue found a large amount of medication to treat depression in the male protagonist's home. The medication had actually been banned since the early 90s because overusing it would cause suicidal tendencies.
In the end, after the torture of the long journey, the male protagonist replayed his past with his wife amidst the twisted and terrifying memories, and finally arrived at a rooftop.
On the rooftop, the male protagonist's wife jumped off and left him forever.
At that moment, Lin Xue's vision turned blue. A program was restarting urgently, and a dialog box popped up.
"Manual restart required."
"y/n"
At this point, Lin Xue finally understood that everything was just a virtual world.
The male protagonist and his wife were about to have a cute baby after their marriage. They had even started to prepare for pregnancy, but they had a miscarriage due to an accident. They wanted to adopt a child, but it didn't work out. The wife committed suicide due to depression, leaving the male protagonist trapped in this nightmare forever.
Lin Xue chose not to restart the program.
This time, the male protagonist woke up in a room filled with servers. Behind him was a virtual reality device.
This was his home, but it was all occupied by servers.
Only a crib in the corner was left, it reminded him of the warm and happy home.
After his wife died, the male protagonist worked hard and earned a lot of money. He bought many servers and virtual reality devices, creating an illusory dream for himself so that he could return to the happiest time.
However, the dream was not a happy one. The male protagonist's guilt did not let him go, and his dream turned into a terrifying nightmare.
After several decades, the male protagonist finally walked out of this endless nightmare for the first time.
However, just when Lin Xue thought the male protagonist had let go of everything and accepted his wife's death, he pushed open the door and walked out.
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