Strange Game Designer Chapter 14

Chapter 14 The First Chain

Zhao Xi's cell phone slipped out of his wound and fell to the ground through the heavy rain.

At the height of five floors, the phone was torn into pieces and completely destroyed.

The fragments of life captured by Zhao Xi with his mobile phone, the words he said to himself when he was lonely, the life he longed for and envied, and the darkness and cruelty buried in his heart were all dissipated in the heavy rain.

His clothes were already soaked, and Gao Ming only started to climb up after hearing the sound of his cell phone falling to the ground.

“Hurry up! You reckless man! How dare you jump!”

“Be careful! You still have to pass by the fifth floor window!”

The upper bodies of the investigator and Teacher Yao were also wet from the rain, and they tried their best to pull Gao Ming upwards.

Hands on the rope tightly with five fingers, Gao Ming has done everything he can. This should be regarded as Zhao Xi destroying his mobile phone with his own hands.

Came to the balcony of the fifth floor again. Zhao Xi, who was standing on the fifth floor, stared at Gao Ming in a daze. His eyes were slightly different from before, and the cold numbness was replaced by confusion and pain.

"Friends", "family", and "neighbors" put him in trouble. He couldn't think about it and finally stepped on the edge of the building.

No one cared about him, and even after his death, everyone was complaining, why couldn't he die farther away? It was really unlucky, and the housing prices in the community were going to fall again.

At the end of his life, he met many people who always pushed him closer to the window inadvertently. Only Gao Ming did not do that.

What was playing in the video on the mobile phone was what Zhao Xi wanted to do. It was the hidden malice of this honest man, but now that malice was destroyed by his "hands".

A rich black shadow escaped from his body. It seemed to be the connection between the unknown world and Zhao Xi, and it also seemed to be some kind of special energy.

With his head raised, Zhao Xi stood alone in the room. 2507 was his room. On that rainy night, he stood like this for a long time.

Gao Ming's body was dragged by the rope. He stared at Zhao Xi in the room and made a decision after a moment.

Stepping on the window frame of 2507 with his shoes, Gao Ming adjusted his body, let go of the rope, and jumped into room 2507 again.

Seeing this scene, Teacher Yao and the investigator were really dumbfounded. Teacher Yao, who had not said a bad word in more than 30 years, even uttered a curse word.

“Why is this coming back again!”

“This is the first time I've seen someone dare to jump repeatedly on both sides of the fifth floor window.” The disfigured investigator was really tired, but he didn't dare to let go. He was afraid that he would jump out again after a while!

Gao Ming also heard the voices of Teacher Yao and the investigator, but he pretended not to hear them and walked towards Zhao Xi step by step.

"You have been tolerant since you were a child, afraid of bringing trouble to your family, so even if life hits you hard one after another, you just brush it off and continue to hold on." Gao Ming stopped at Zhao Xi In front of you: "I will let everyone know what you have endured, and I will be your real family."

Without shaking hands, Gao Ming opened his arms and hugged Zhao Xi gently: "You have worked very hard."

　When a person is at his most vulnerable, what he needs is not comfort, but a hug from his family.

The bones are intertwined and the twisted neck is pulled back. Zhao Xi seems to be very unaccustomed to this.

When Zhao Xi retreated, the black shadows escaping from his body seemed to have found their target and began to surge towards Gao Ming.

They were unable to penetrate Gao Ming's body, so they condensed on the surface of Gao Ming's skin, like moving black blood vessels, or like a tiny living chain.

Gao Ming reached out and touched it, feeling depression, pain and despair. Those shadows merged with Zhao Xi's memory.

Severe pain shot through his arm, and his breathing became difficult. Gao Ming tried to grab the chain. He had a special premonition in his heart, as if as long as he could grasp the chain, he would have the same abilities as Zhao Xi, but Zhao Xi might disappear.

Zhao Xi stared at Gao Ming silently. As the black shadows left, the wounds on his body and his eyes gradually returned to normal, but what was worse was that his body was also becoming illusory. It seems that after Zhao Xi disappears completely, the black chain on Gao Ming's body will be fully formed.

"Brother Zhao, what I just said is true. I can take you to meet other family members in the future." Gao Ming's expression was distorted by the pain that split his spirit and will, and he desperately held down his trembling arms.

Zhao Xi in room 2507 was also making his final choice. He stood still for a long time, then slowly twisted his neck. Zhao Xi looked at the full-length mirror in the living room. He looked at the upside-down world in the mirror. The mirror did not reflect his body. He waved his hands covered with calluses and wounds, but there was still no Zhao Xi in the mirror.

The broken body seemed to understand something. Zhao Xi turned around in silence. He did not continue to jump off the building with his life, but walked towards the corridor.

The neighbors in the WeChat group chat on the mobile phone are all fake, and he is the only one in the entire apartment building.

Zhao Xi walked down the steps. The shadows covering the apartment building began to dissipate behind him. The temperature was slowly rising wherever he walked.

“Brother Zhao! I didn't lie to you!”

Seeing that Zhao Xi was about to leave, Gao Ming chased him out. Upon hearing his voice, the investigator and Teacher Yao also ran out.

“Zhao Xi is gone?” Teacher Yao was only slightly surprised, while the disfigured investigator was full of disbelief.

"How did you do it! Quick! I want to record it! We solved the abnormal incident before dawn! This is simply a miracle!" The investigator was so excited that he held Gao Ming's hands.

"Adults also need understanding and comfort. I just wanted to be a family member with him, and he left." When Gao Ming saw the investigator starting to record frantically, he quickly stopped the other person: "Don't record blindly! I passed various analyses. , coupled with being neighbors with Zhao Xi for many years, I was able to grasp his psychology. This method cannot be replicated. "

“That's amazing! I felt how special you were the first time I saw you!” The investigator just didn't let go.

“You didn't even pay attention to me when you first met me.”

"That's not important!" the investigator said very sincerely: "If you are interested, you can join our investigation bureau! I will be your recommender!"

"If I can't find a job, I might consider it." Gao Ming pointed to Zhao Xi's room: "There should be some clues in his room. You can go look for it."

After sending away the investigators, Gao Ming did not stop and ran downstairs with Zhao Xi. There will be rewards after clearing the game.

Coming to the first floor, Zhao Xi had left without knowing when, the shadows receded, and a black and white photo of the deceased was placed on the ground at the entrance of the corridor.

Just as Gao Ming was about to pick it up, Teacher Yao next to him suddenly let out an exclamation.

"What's wrong?"

Under Gao Ming's gaze, Teacher Yao raised his hands, and his body was fading with the shadow: "I...seem to be unable to leave here."

“Teacher Yao!”

The temperature rose, the lights in the corridor flickered, and Teacher Yao's body merged into the shadows.

When the lights were fully turned on, Teacher Yao had disappeared, and only a black and white photo remained where he stood.

Gao Ming picked up the two photos. The black and white photo of Teacher Yao was very ordinary. He had a helpless smile on the front and a child's crooked words on the back.

“Photos of family members (dying people): I heard my inner voice. Rather than lying on the hospital bed waiting to die, losing my freedom and dignity, I want to experience the feeling of living again.”

In reality, Teacher Yao is terminally ill and unable to get out of bed. In a world shrouded in shadow, he seems to have regained the feeling of being alive.

“Is this really Teacher Yao's own choice?”

Gao Ming took out the second photo of his death. In the photo, the twisted and terrifying Zhao Xi fell from the balcony. Gao Ming stood at the window and held him tightly.

In addition to the color of Gao Ming in this photo, the arm he grabbed Zhao Xi was also wrapped with black blood vessels like chains. Those blood vessels bound the arms of one person and one Gui together.

“Photos of family members: The bonds between family members are commitments, responsibilities, rights and control. I am willing to be a part of you, and I hope you can let more people know my pain.”

(End of this chapter)

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