Since there were outsiders around, Xu Shenxing only explained vaguely.
In fact, Soullessness was one of the few tricky diseases that Xu Shenxing encountered in the other world.
The patient's body would lose its adhesion to the soul, causing the soul to accidentally wander to strange places. Without the soul, the body was just an empty shell. If placed on Earth, it was normal for the patient to be in a vegetative state.
Let alone Xu Shenxing, who was an idiot in magic, when it came to something like the soul, even a great sage who was proficient in this field wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
The only patient who survived was caught by Xu Shenxing when the soul left the body. He grabbed it back and stuffed it back into the other person's body.
The difference between a Soullessness patient and a vegetative person was that the former was just an empty shell, while the latter still had a soul in the body. However, most vegetative people's souls were relatively weak for various reasons.
After visiting the deceased's sister, Xu Shenxing once again confirmed Mo Li's information.
The deceased's sister was indeed not an ordinary vegetative person, but a Soullessness patient. Moreover, there was not even an Earthbound Spirit nearby. Even if Xu Shenxing wanted to revive the girl's soul again (physically), he could not do it, let alone the girl's soul that had just left the body.
"If this girl is also a victim of the Game of Death, then maybe we've been on the wrong track …"
After confirming all of this, Xu Shenxing adjusted his expression and said to the others, "Because the previous victims have all died, of course, we thought that the souls of the deceased had returned to the source … but in fact, this is not the case. I'm afraid this game … this curse itself is not to kill people, but to seize the souls of the chosen ones! The deceased do not have souls, so I didn't think of this in the beginning. "
"Souls … I feel like things are getting more and more exaggerated."
Chu Nuanxia still could not get used to the darkness in the other world, so she showed an expression of disbelief.
"If it's possible, this is the end of the investigation." Xiao Zhengyi suddenly said to Chu Nuanxia, "As Superintendent Chu's daughter, I can understand your feelings of obligation. However, if you continue, it may cause you harm. Leave this matter to the adults. This matter has nothing to do with you in the first place. It's better that you don't get involved in strange things because of this. "
"Ah, although it's a bit embarrassing to say it now, it's a pity that I've already been involved."
The girl smiled bitterly and replied, "I'm not the kind of person who has a strong sense of responsibility. The reason why I'm doing my best to investigate is just for myself."
"Yourself?"
Xiao Zhengyi seemed to have thought of something and revealed an expression of disbelief.
"Because I've also played the game of death."
The girl replied.
Hearing her words, the old Daoist priest could no longer hold himself back. He asked the young lady, "Could it be that you're also a member of the Black Dove Alliance?"
"Yeah, I'm [Dog With A Nuclear Bomb]. Since you asked this question, it means that you're one too, right?"
The girl also became excited.
"It's the same, it's the same. I'm [The Undying Pit Tree]!" The old man also became excited. "I didn't think that there would be such a cute girl in our guild!"
Mo Li watched all of this in silence. Then, he sneaked up to Xu Shenxing and tugged at his trousers.
"Landlord, I'm hungry."
Therefore, Xu Shenxing immediately decided to finish the meal first before talking about anything else.
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After the meal, the group continued to discuss how to get rid of the curse of the Death Game once and for all.
"Speaking of which, what's the game like? Can I play it? "
Xu Shenxing asked Chu Nuanxia.
"Uh, although I did bring the USB flash drive with the game, I can't open the game on it."
Chu Nuanxia rummaged through her small backpack and took out the USB that the president had sent her. She handed it to Xu Shenxing.
Thus, Xu Shenxing and the group began to move towards the nearby internet cafe.
When Xu Shenxing opened the game, the screen was no longer filled with endless darkness and a tragic death record.
Instead, it was the same as the girl's first time playing. A real game screen appeared.
Stopping at the initial interface of the game, Xu Shenxing didn't rush to start the game. Instead, he turned his head and asked Xiao Zhengyi, who was looking at his phone, "What do you think?"
"That's right," Xiao Zhengyi compared the image on the computer screen with the image on his phone. He couldn't help but nod and say, "This is the game demo made by the female university student who died in the accident."
Although Xu Shenxing had already guessed this, he still had a proud expression on his face.
Even though he was an idiot in magic, he could see that there were many traces of black magic in the game's starting screen. For example, the magic circle on the background, the strange black dots on the pixel protagonist's body, and the title that looked like a spell … No, rather than black magic, it was more like witchcraft.
However, Xu Shenxing didn't know what witchcraft was like in this world, so he couldn't say anything.
"In other words, the mastermind behind this is the female university student who died a long time ago?" Xiao Zhengyi couldn't help but sigh. "This is unbelievable …"
"What's so unbelievable about it? The effect of the curse is to take away the soul. The female university student probably became some kind of special undead that needs to devour souls to barely survive." The old Taoist sneered. "But that's all there is to it. In the end, she's just a guy who relies on living souls to survive."
Although he was weak, the old Taoist was knowledgeable. As long as it wasn't out of his scope, he could answer almost all questions. He could be considered an inferior version of Xingyan A Dream. "Once too many living souls are absorbed, the memories and emotions in the soul will cause the brain to become chaotic and unable to distinguish between them. In the end, the person will become a monster."
Did the undead even have a brain?
Xu Shenxing cursed in his heart.
"After saying so much, how should we deal with the curse?"
Chu Nuanxia asked again. It seemed that she was indeed quite worried.
"If two people are cursed, and the first one is not so easily killed, after several failed attempts, will the curse continue to kill the first person, or will it just skip the first person and go for the second person?"
Xu Shenxing asked.
The old Taoist and Chu Nuanxia looked at each other. They hadn't thought about this question before.
"It will probably keep trying to kill the first person, right?"
After a while, Chu Nuanxia tried to guess.
"I think it might just skip over. No, I should say that I hope it will skip over …"
The old man said weakly, "But it clearly attacked me twice just now, and now there's been no movement. This makes me feel uneasy."
"Anyway, let's just give it a try."
Thus, Xu Shenxing clicked on the game. A little person appeared on the screen, and the game began.
However, Old Xu didn't do anything. He directly controlled his character to jump into the river at the edge of the randomly generated map and commit suicide …
Then, the game screen gradually disappeared, and a line of white words appeared on the screen.
Time of death: 1 minute 32 seconds
"What are you doing?"
Chu Nuanxia was taken aback by his careless actions.
"I'm testing the curse's performance." Glancing at the black fog that wrapped around him, Xu Shenxing calmly pulled out the USB flash drive. "I'll keep this for you for now."
The next thing to do was simple.
Xu Shenxing and the old man, under the watchful eyes of the others, were experimenting with the curse's effect in a less crowded place.
Soon, the results were out.
Similar to Xu Shenxing's guess, this curse was a vengeful spirit curse after all, and it had some intelligence. Therefore, after being defeated by Xu Shenxing twice in a row, it seemed to have stopped, or perhaps it was afraid of Xu Shenxing.
Therefore, although Xu Shenxing walked in the alley with his belly full, no accidents happened.
On the other hand, the old Taoist would encounter some accidents when he was a little further away from the others. For example, a match in a roadside trash can would spontaneously ignite, a wire would suddenly break and fall from above with electric sparks, and a naughty child would throw firecrackers into the sewer …
It seemed that as long as the old Taoist didn't die, the next person to be cursed would be fine.
In order to confirm this, Chu Nuanxia logged into her game account at the internet cafe and asked the few people who were still in the guild about the situation. The current situation was similar to what they had guessed. None of the players who had died earlier than the Old Taoist had died.
Although they found a breakthrough in an unexpected place, it didn't completely solve the problem.
The curse of death had been hanging over the heads of the people who played the game (excluding Xu Shenxing), like the sword of Damocles, making it difficult for them to feel at ease.
"No matter what, we've got the upper hand now."
Xu Shenxing was quite optimistic. "There are two things we need to do now. The first is to protect this guy (he patted the old Taoist's shoulder) from being killed by the curse. The second is to retrieve and destroy the rest of the USB flash drives."
After saying this, he looked at Xiao Zhengyi and asked, "Can the support department do the latter?"
"I've already told the bureau about this. They said it would take some time. However, I'm quite impressed by their efficiency, so don't worry."
Xiao Zhengyi replied with a face full of pride.
"That's good. This way, we can stop the curse from spreading. In the future, every time the curse attacks, it will consume its own power. After a few more attacks, I believe it will be weakened to its limit. At that time, it won't be difficult to defeat it."
"Even though we already know the enemy's real body, Old Xu, you still can't kill him directly?"
Hearing Xu Shenxing's orders, Xiao Zhengyi couldn't help but feel a little unaccustomed — in the past, Xu Shenxing's tactics were basically like this: Mo Li and I will attack them from the front, and you just have to shout 666 from the back …
"Because we can't find the enemy's real body, the vengeful spirit-type curse attack is too weak. In addition, the curse doesn't have a physical body, so it's even more fragile. Every time, before I can find the karma line, it'll dissipate."
Xu Shenxing looked like he was sighing.
"If you're talking about karma, why don't you go to the female university student's house and look for some relics she left behind? Those things should have karma on them, right? "
Although he didn't know what the karma line Xu Shenxing was talking about was, Xiao Zhengyi immediately put forward his own opinion.
When Xu Shenxing heard this, he felt that it seemed to make sense.
Although doing this felt like an assassination (physical), in order to solve this problem as soon as possible, it wasn't unacceptable to use some extreme methods.
"But this way, Mo Li and I will have to leave here. Can you guarantee that during this time, you'll be able to protect that old man and prevent him from being killed by the curse?"
Thus, Xu Shenxing asked Xiao Zhengyi.
For Xu Shenxing, this kind of curse was indeed very weak, but for ordinary people, this kind of curse was quite fatal.
After Xiao Zhengyi joined the super administration, his growth was indeed very fast. Coupled with the Yuan Rong Sword, he should have no problem protecting himself. However, if he wanted to protect that old Taoist, he might not be able to do it.
"It's okay, I might not be able to do it alone, but I can still call for help!" Xiao Zhengyi took out his phone and then dialed several numbers saved in it …
About half an hour later.
Ding Yang, who was half a step into the realm of Cultivators, came here with Chen Tuwa, who was trying to escape.
"Oh, oh, Master, you're here too!"
Seeing that Xu Shenxing hadn't left yet, Ding Yang couldn't help but feel surprised. At the same time, he shamelessly came over. He probably wanted to see if he could get something good from Xu Shenxing, like the main character in a novel.
The heavens took pity on Xu Shenxing, as of now, other than the fifty cents in his pocket, he didn't have anything worth taking out …
Thus, after vaguely saying a few words, he picked up Mo Li and awkwardly ran away.
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According to the address that Xiao Zhengyi obtained from the support department, Xu Shenxing had to be careful not to be discovered by ordinary people while doing parkour like Spiderman to reach his destination.
The female university student who developed the game didn't have a very good family background, and after her death, her family's financial situation plummeted. Her mother finally came to her senses. Although she had spent almost all of her family's wealth, she still managed to extricate herself from the evil cult. Now, she could only live in a small room and wash her face with tears every day.
Right now, it was probably her working hours, so there was no one in the room.
Xu Shenxing decided to quietly sneak in.
Thus, he smashed open the wall with his forehead and swaggered in with Mo Li. Then, he asked the little girl to use alchemy to repair the wall.
"Aiya, I should've slowed down a bit …" After Mo Li finished repairing the wall, he slapped his forehead and was a bit annoyed, "I'll have to smash it again when I get out later …"
No matter what, he finally managed to sneak in.
It was obvious that the female university student's mother was still very sad about her daughter's death. There weren't many daily necessities in the small room, but the female university student's belongings filled up half of the room …
Just as Xu Shenxing was about to find something to cast a spell (physics), he found a small notebook with a password lock.
Gently pinching the password lock, Xu Shenxing opened the notebook and saw that it was a diary.
Then, he quickly flipped through the book.
After doing all this, Xu Shenxing let out a long sigh.
"Damn, I made a mistake …"
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