This Text Adventure Game is Absolutely Toxic

Chapter 701 The evil ghost in the mountain

 When Mu You regained consciousness again, he appeared in a mountain forest.

It seems to be late at night, and there is a layer of clouds in the sky. There is no starlight in the dark sky. Only a lonely waning moon shines through the clouds and casts a little moonlight, which prevents the forest from being invisible.

Down the mountain, you can still vaguely see a village, and you can see scattered buildings, but it is extremely quiet. There is no light coming from the huge village, and it seems to be just an abandoned village.

 “emmm…”

Mu You looked at the surrounding environment a little confused.

 He ​​knew that this was someone's dream, and anything could appear in the dream, but he thought it would appear in the daytime at least. It didn't matter if there were more people or less, but at least there must be living people.

 As a result, what greeted him was midnight, a mountain village, an abandoned village... This was too hellish.

Mu You once wondered if he was in a horror movie dream, right?

The surrounding area was deserted and staying there was no other option. Mu You was about to go down the mountain to explore the deserted village.

　　A faint cry suddenly came from another direction.

 The sound was intermittent, mixed with the sound of the wind, and sounded like it was coming from deep in the mountains and forests. If Mu You didn't have the talent of being a "wind listener", he would probably have ignored it.

Mu You immediately turned around and looked for the source of the crying.

According to the formula of horror movies, most of the people you encounter if you go directly to him are ghosts, but even if they are ghosts, you can at least catch him and ask for some information, which is better than trying to catch someone blind on the mountain alone.

Mu You quickly shuttled through the jungle and quickly approached the source of the cry. At this point, you can already hear clearly that the crying voice is a female voice, and she is not very old.

Continuing to walk forward for a while, sure enough, under a big tree in the darkness ahead, a little girl carrying a schoolbag, wearing a simple floral skirt, sitting under the tree holding her knees, her thin body huddled, His eyes were red and swollen, tears fell from time to time, and he was sobbing quietly.

Mu You didn't deliberately suppress the sound when he came closer. The little girl seemed to hear the sound of Mu You's feet stepping on dead branches. Her ears trembled and she raised her head blankly. As a result, she saw a black figure standing in the darkness in front of her. Startled, he hurriedly climbed up and hid behind a big tree, covering his mouth tightly, not daring to make any more noise.

Mu You was stunned when he saw the little girl. He has never seen this little girl before, but the familiar twin ponytails and the mole at the corner of her eyebrows, could this be...

Mu You's expression became strange, and he slowly approached and walked around behind the tree.

At this moment, the little girl was squatting on the ground, holding her schoolbag tightly with both hands, looking at Mu You with fearful eyes, like a timid little rabbit, her thin figure looking particularly helpless in the dim moonlight.

 “Don’t be afraid, I’m not a ghost.”

Mu You did not approach directly. He stopped at a safe distance and spoke in a gentle voice.

 After saying this, the little girl made no response and was still looking at him in fear under the tree.

Mu You thought for a while and had no choice but to snap his fingers.

 A ball of light condensed at his fingertips, and the magic of illumination emitted soft white light, instantly illuminating the surrounding space.

"Ah..." The little girl was frightened by the sudden change and screamed, but soon realized that the light ball did not explode, but provided her with warmth and light.

The girl stared at the ball of light in Mu You's hand in stunned silence. She rubbed her eyes and thought for a while that she had seen it wrong.

 After a while, she looked back at Mu You blankly: "Brother, are you a god?"

 “If it makes it easier for you to understand.”

 Mu You didn’t bother to explain magic or anything like that. Anyway, he was already on the verge of becoming a god, so there was no problem in calling him a god.

 “Little girl, what’s your name?” Mu You asked quickly while the little girl’s vigilance was slightly weakened.

"I, my name is Shen Ya..." The little girl was still immersed in the wonder of magic and said her name without much hesitation.

　　　…”

Mu You’s lips curled up. It turned out to be Xiaoya. At the same time, she felt relieved. Vivian said that there was a high probability that she would enter the dream of someone she knew. Unexpectedly, she was lucky and directly ran into Xiaoya’s dream.

He is very familiar with Xiaoya, and he will not resist helping Xiaoya achieve her wish.

"Xiaoya, why are you here alone? What happened?" Mu You approached some girls.

Judging from the little girl's condition, she is about seven or eight years old. It should be Xiaoya's dream when she was a child.

"It's too dark...I dare not go home..." the little girl said aggrievedly, tears welling up in her eyes again.

 “Are you afraid of the dark…”

 Mu You looked at her state and roughly guessed the cause and effect.

 Xiaoya was born in a rural village in a ravine. It was not easy to go to school in the village, and she had to walk a long mountain road back and forth.

She was obviously late from school. It was already dark on the way home. Xiaoya was afraid of the dark and did not dare to walk at night. As a result, she was delayed longer and later, and was finally trapped on the mountain.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　…

Just when Mu You was about to say something, a discordant sound sounded. It was the little girl's stomach growling.

The girl's face suddenly turned red, and she held her belly tightly for fear that it would make another sound. At the same time, she lowered her head, not daring to look at Mu You.

Looking at the embarrassed look on the young Xiaoya's face, Mu You's heart softened, and he concentrated on concentrating. He made some small snacks such as chocolate bread in his hand and gave them to the girl: "Eat some cushion."

The girl hesitated, then timidly stretched out her hand, picked up a piece of chocolate, and took a reserved bite at first.

Soon it turned into lowering his head and biting fiercely, stuffing his cheeks full, making a gurgling sound in his throat, and still speaking inarticulately: "This is the most delicious thing I have ever eaten..." s things…"

Mu You smiled. In fact, these embodied things had no taste at all, but in the dream, there was not so much fuss, and everything tasted delicious.

Xiaoya devoured the food, and Mu You was not in a hurry. He sat down next to her and watched her actions with a smile. He didn't have many opportunities to interact with Xiaoya when he was a child. Maybe this was the chance in his life. He was willing to be here. Stay with her for a while, even if it's just a dream, she will soon forget it when she wakes up...

Mu You just stayed with the little girl quietly, watching her eat more than ten packs of snacks and drink a bottle of water. She finally had enough to eat and drink, holding her bulging belly, feeling a little uncomfortable. Looking at Mu You with embarrassment: "I'm sorry, big brother, I ate all your food..."

"Don't worry, it was originally given to you." Mu You smiled, stood up, and swept away from the mountain forest.

"Xiaoya, where is your home? I will take you back."

 After eating Mu You’s food and being with him for so long, the little girl has completely believed in Mu You.

However, after hearing Mu You's question, she hesitated for a moment, and then under Mu You's questioning eyes, she could only weakly stretch out her hand and point in a direction.

 “It’s really a village at the foot of the mountain…”

Mu You looked strange. No one turned on the lights at night, and it looked like a deserted village... But then he thought it was a dream, and he felt relieved. There were so many illogical things in the dream.

"Let's go, I'll take you back." Judging from the current situation, Xiaoya's wish is obviously to go home. As long as she gets home safely, this dream should be over.

The little girl panicked when she heard this, looked around nervously, and hesitated: "But... there is a ghost..."

"Don't be afraid. You have forgotten that your brother is a god, and gods can conquer ghosts." Mu You comforted her, waved to her, and walked forward while maintaining the lighting technique in his hand. The little girl's eyes still flashed with hesitation, but when she saw Mu You walking away and then looked back at the dark woods around her, she had no choice but to follow him quickly.

Mu You led the way, and the little girl followed behind him, holding the corner of his clothes tightly with her little hands, never leaving.

 A humanoid ghost figure suddenly rushed out of the forest and rushed towards the two of them with a large **** mouth.

“Ah!” the little girl screamed and closed her eyes subconsciously.

As a result, the attack she imagined did not come. When she opened her eyes again, she was surprised and saw the ghost falling to the ground, burning all over, turning into ashes and scattering in the wind.

Mu You breathed a sigh of relief and put away the wand in his hand.

The monster in this dream seemed to be much weaker than he thought. He was originally planning to use his divine power, but found that it was useless. He threw an ordinary fireball and killed the 'ghost' instantly.

The two of them continued to move forward, and various strange ghosts began to appear along the road.

Mu You used long-range magic to kill them all one by one, and no one could get close to them.

These monsters are actually born from the emotional fluctuations in the little girl's dreams, and there is no logic at all.

This is the mechanism in dreams. She is not scared because of the appearance of ghosts, but because the surrounding environment makes her feel that she should be scared, so the dream will 'refresh' things that she thinks are scary to make the dream look like 'Reasonable'.

 So before Mu You takes her to a safe enough place, ghosts will continue to appear around her.

Mu You’s magic wand never stopped, transforming into a magic turret, and colorful magic kept blasting out from his hand.

This time the little girl finally had the opportunity to see clearly the process of his attack, and was stunned for a moment.

"Amazing…"

“You can even kill ghosts, big brother, you are really a god...”

 …

The little girl's compliments kept coming, and Mu You smiled, thinking that this girl's dream was much simpler than she imagined, probably because she had not been exposed to the Internet at this time, and the scariest thing she could think of was , these are the ghosts that appear on TV.

Mu You dealt with the monster seriously all the way, but the little girl had walked up to him at some point. From tugging at the corner of his clothes to holding his hand, she was no longer as scared as before, and she even had time to pick it up. Some stones helped him smash the ghosts rushing around him.

Mu You looked at the little girl's nervous look and smiled knowingly, but suddenly remembered something.

By the way, he seemed to have had a similar dream once.

It was a dream he had when he was very young. In the dream, many monsters were chasing him, and he could only run as hard as he could. Just when he was desperate, a big sister appeared in the dream, and she started to look like him now. Take him to escape and kill all the monsters along the way.

Generally speaking, most childhood dreams have been completely forgotten long ago, but there are also a very small number of memories that remain in the brain because of some special scenes or characters. Sometimes these memories are even bigger than Real experiences are remembered longer.

 Just like this dream.

Because Mu You was too young at the time and was less than the elder sister's waist, the specific content of the dream, the identity and appearance of the other party, etc., have long been blurred. I only remember that he was following behind and saw the pair of black silk stockings. Long legs.

 At that time, when black silk stockings were not yet popular, those legs brought a great shock to his young mind...

"Big brother...big brother?" The girl's call came, waking Mu You out of his thoughts.

Looking down, the little girl was looking at him pitifully, holding his hand tightly with both hands, and returned to the trembling state.

Mu You looked up and realized that because he was temporarily absent-minded, the surrounding ghosts and ghosts had actually gathered around them, and many of them had already come within three meters of them.

Mu You waved the wand in his hand, and a shock wave spread out with him as the center. The ghosts and ghosts around him suddenly fell to the ground in a mess, and dissipated in mourning.

"Sorry, I was distracted." Mu You looked at the girl apologetically.

The girl shook her head and said in admiration: "Brother, you are so awesome! I wish I could be as awesome as you..."

 “You will do the same in the future…”

Mu You smiled knowingly and didn't explain much. He was planning the itinerary in his mind.

　　"Take her home and it should be over..."

Vivian told them that the conditions for clearing the level were not only to fulfill the wish of the dream owner, but also to turn the nightmare into a beautiful dream.

 However, in many cases these two conditions are equivalent.

"Um?"

Mu You looked at a ghost in front of him that was hit by his fireball technique but did not die immediately. He frowned and realized something was wrong.

It had been a while since he set out with the girl. Unknowingly, the two of them had reached the foot of the mountain, not much distance left from the village.

And he showed great strength along the way. From the girl's condition, it can also be seen that her sense of security is gradually returning.

Logically speaking, there should be fewer and fewer ghosts appearing around this time.

But in fact, as they gradually approached the village at the foot of the mountain, the number of ghosts along the road became visible to the naked eye, and even the strength of the ghosts began to increase significantly.

"Roar!"

The humanoid zombie, whose whole body was burning with flames, stood up again and pounced, but was taken away by Mu You with a fireball.

Mu You drove away the ghosts around him and subconsciously glanced at the girl next to him, thoughtfully.

 The little girl’s wish is really to go home?

This is not because he is careless, but because this is a dream, and the dream world is very sensitive. Changes in every small detail may reflect the psychological changes of the dream owner.

 “What’s the matter, big brother?”

 The little girl noticed that Mu You suddenly stopped and couldn't help but raise her head in surprise.

“Xiaoya, can you show me your schoolbag?” Mu You suddenly said.

"Ah..." An obvious panic flashed across the little girl's face when she heard this, and she subconsciously hugged her schoolbag tightly, appearing extremely reluctant.

 But under Mu You's insistent gaze, Xiaoya had no choice but to carefully hand out the bag with eyes that were about to make her cry.

Muyou opened his backpack and took a look.

As expected, there were no books in the bag, only a change of clothes and a pair of shoes.

 She was not stranded on the mountain because she came home from school, but she got lost when she ran away from home...

 (End of this chapter)