Chapter 1710: The Disappearing Elf

Om - oom - oom -

Periodic vibrations come from under the pillow, along with music that fades into and out of crescendo.

Zhang Zian woke up in a daze. He felt that he had just closed his eyes and hadn't fallen asleep at all when the alarm rang on his phone.

Why does the phone alarm ring?

He had just escaped from the dream, his mind was still at the boundary between reality and dream, and he was not fully awake yet.

It was still completely dark outside the curtains, and occasionally sparse raindrops hit the window glass.

It's time to get up and drink water.

He finally remembered the reason for setting the alarm. The typhoon had just passed, and the outdoor sewage had not subsided.

If the sewage seeping through the crack of the door is not cleaned every two or three hours, the first floor may be soaked. When the sewage overflows the height of the baseboard, it will leave an ugly stain on the wall and will not be repainted. Watermarks on walls that are otherwise difficult to remove.

In addition, the temperature of the aquarium may also rise to the edge of danger, it is time to add ice and sea salt to cool down.

The shop assistants have all gone home, and he has to do all these things alone. It is roughly estimated that he will have to toss for at least half an hour. After the toss is over, it will not be far from dawn, but there is no way. Fortunately, during the day, the sewage may recede. It's almost there, and the municipal department should also seize the time to rush to repair the circuit.

Every time Zhuang Xiaodie pushed him out of the dream, he used such a simple and rude method. It would be great if he could be as smooth as when he was pulled into the dream... But it's just thinking about it, and I dare not speak out.

In addition, he is not sure whether she deliberately tormented him, or she had to use this method to leave the dream. After all, the dream is easy to linger, and the only way to leave may be a miracle.

There was no electricity, it was not bright, and the room was dark, and he could hardly see his fingers. However, he knew the layout of the room well, and he would not be tripped if he closed his eyes.

He groped his way down the stairs. Of course, the first floor was also dark. The cats, cats and dogs heard the noise and made a little commotion.

He put on the emergency light, first went to the next door to add ice cubes and sea salt to several aquariums according to the proportion, then returned to the pet shop, threw the water-absorbed rag near the door into a plastic bucket to wring out the sewage, and then replaced it rag.

After tossing, he was slightly sweating,

I was basically awake, and I didn't feel sleepy at all. Even if I lay back on the bed, I might not be able to fall asleep.

He didn't know what was going on, but he always felt that something was wrong. After thinking about it for a while, he noticed that he didn't seem to hear the elves' complaints?

Usually, the elves with sensitive senses will be woken up by things like this in the middle of the night. Although most of them don't care, there are always a few sleepy ones who will complain a few words.

However, since just now, he hasn't heard a single complaint.

Is it because they are sleeping too hard?

During the day, the elves were not as busy as he and the shop assistants. They were not tired, and logically they shouldn't sleep soundly.

His heart skipped a beat suddenly, and bad premonition rushed to his heart.

Going upstairs with the emergency light might dazzle the elves' eyes. Besides, he is very familiar with the family and doesn't need the emergency light, so he put the emergency light back on the cashier just now.

At this time, he picked up the emergency light again and walked up the stairs.

Standing at the door of the bedroom, he became more and more flustered and short of breath, and he didn't dare to open the half-hidden door.

No, probably not...

He tried to comfort himself, probably he was thinking too much, when he opened the door, the bright light of the emergency light illuminated the room, and the elves would definitely rage at him...

So, after several times of psychological construction, he lowered his head and pushed open the door.

Strong light shines into the room.

The room was still quiet, and the expected scolding did not appear.

He slowly raised his head absently.

The empty room was illuminated by emergency lights, and there were no living things.

The crib, empty.

The curtain of the princess bed is empty.

Under the princess bed, empty.

On the electric blanket covered with a mat, it was empty.

The hanging basket wicker chair is empty.

Next to the night light, empty.

Next to the pillow, empty...

His chest seemed to be crushed by a huge boulder, he was almost suffocated, and it was extremely difficult to breathe.

what happened?

"Xinghai? Now is not the time to play hide and seek."

no respond.

"Fina?"

"Master Tea?"

"Richard?"

"Femas?"

"Fate?"

"Pi?"

"Snow lion?"

His voice was like a mud cow falling into the sea, and none of them responded.

Unwilling to give up, he walked quickly to the bed, squatted down and lifted the hanging sheet, "Vladimir?"

Vladimir, who usually sleeps under the bed, was not there.

He rushed to the bathroom and pushed open the bathroom door without even knocking.

"Shihua?"

There was clear water in the bathtub, but there was also no sign of Shihua.

His heart was beating violently, and it was about to jump out of his throat, his temples throbbed and hurt, and he felt like a fire-breathing dragon was breathing out hot air from his throat.

"Hey! Where have you all been hiding? Stop hiding! Is this a surprise? It's not even my birthday yet!"

He raised the volume, almost shouting, even if someone complained that he was disturbing the people late at night, he couldn't care less.

Still no response.

what happened?

If it's a joke, it's taken a little too far, and maybe only Richard would make such a joke.

When he just finished his work, he was still only sweating slightly, but now he was sweating profusely, his chest and back were soaked, as if he had run five kilometers in a dog day.

Calm down, calm down.

There's no point in panicking now.

We must first figure out what is going on.

Could it be...

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration, like a thirsty person seeing a clear spring, he had great hope.

Is this still a dream?

Zhuang Xiaodie repeated his tricks and created a dream in which all the elves disappeared, making him think that he had escaped from the dream, but it was actually a dream within a dream like a Russian doll?

"Zhuang Xiaodie, come out, I've already seen through, this is another dream you created, right? The same trick can only work for me once, let's try something new." He said bluffing.

He wished so much that this was a dream, that as long as he woke up, everything would be as usual, he would sit up from the bed screaming, and then be scolded a few times, that's all.

After waiting for a while, there was still no response.

Based on his understanding of Zhuang Xiaodie, if he sees through the dream, she doesn't seem to need to continue playing. She doesn't bother to play tricks, and with her character, she should show up generously, torture him and let him He's really sober.

After waiting for a while, Zhuang Xiaodie neither showed up nor showed any sign of responding.

He stood there in a daze, his heart as empty as a room.

He hoped that this was a dream, but he could not paralyze himself and pin all his hopes on this being a dream, nor could he pin all his hopes on Zhuang Xiaodie.

People always rely on themselves.

He tried his best to adjust his breathing, forcibly diverted his attention, and stopped thinking about whether this was a problem with the dream world, but began to consider other possibilities.

Will it...

He thought of another absurd possibility, could there be no elves from the beginning to the end, and everything was just a delusion in his mind? He even came up with a logical explanation-he was too stimulated by the sudden death of his parents, and imagined elves to accompany him.

In other words, has he already gone crazy?

However, every detail indicated that there had been living creatures other than himself in the bedroom.

On the mattress of the crib, there were a few short black and white hairs falling down.

He reached under the mattress of the princess bed, and found out the diamond ring hidden there, and there were fine scratches left by sharp claws on the diamond ring.

Turn on the laptop, and there is a Word document on the desktop. After clicking on it, the cursor flickers at the end of an unfinished chapter.

On the bed sheet next to the pillow, there was a pool of yellow-green marks faintly, exuding a foul smell.

On the bathroom cabinet next to the bathtub, there is a very feminine mobile phone, which is dead.

These details couldn't have been deliberately forged by a lunatic in order to deceive himself, right? That's so damn professional!

It's not a joke, it's not a dream, it's not crazy, so what reason can explain the collective disappearance of the elves?

Could some terrible enemy have slipped in and killed all the elves without anyone noticing?

"..."

how is this possible.

Not to mention that he has been sleeping in the room with the elves, even if he is negligible, what powerful existence can do this without waking him up?

Thinking of this, his eyes fell on the pillow.

He walked to the bed and took out his mobile phone from under the pillow. After he stopped the alarm of the mobile phone just now, he put the mobile phone back under the pillow.

He unlocked the phone, swiped the screen, and looked for the familiar icon.

No.

The more he swiped, the more he panicked, and he swiped the interface countless times, but he couldn't find the icon of the "Pet Hunter" game.

There is no icon, how to start the game?

At this time, he noticed an unread notification in the notification bar at the top of the screen.

He pulled down the notification bar.

[Game Tips]: Dear player, due to the accumulation of more and more irreparable errors in the game, recently a large number of elves were defeated by unknown units that do not exist in the database at the same time, so we judge the stability of the game It has reached a precarious level. Now we regret to inform you that the game has ceased operation. According to the user agreement, all players' accounts have been canceled and all captured elves have been recycled. When you see this notification, the game app has been removed from your phone by itself and cannot be recovered. Thank you for your participation and company over the past year. goodbye.

After reading the whole article, such a passage full of official expressions can be summed up in a few simple words-dear player, I am your father.

He read the notice countless times until every word remained in his mind.

Although he was so angry that he wanted to smash his phone to the ground several times, he still resisted the urge and didn't even cross out this notification, because it was the only proof that the "Pet Hunter" game had ever existed on his phone. It is as if the bond with the elves is completely broken.

All the muscles in his body were trembling. It turned out that the sudden disappearance of the elves was caused by the game!

In retrospect, when I first downloaded this game and registered, something like the user agreement did flash on the screen, but who would read such a long list of things carefully? Still not brainless, sure? You can't play unless you're sure.

Thinking about it carefully, the user agreement seems to say that the player account and sprites belong to the game, but even so, it is too unreasonable to say that it is canceled when it is said to be canceled, and that it is recycled when it is said to be recycled, and he did not violate the rules of the game Thing... Well, Vladimir may have gone too far in piercing the air wall, but it has nothing to do with him, and things like a large number of elves being defeated by unknown units have nothing to do with him. What makes him also responsible for this?

No, this cannot be tolerated!

He suddenly stood up and was about to go out with his mobile phone, but stopped after walking a few steps.

Who to go to?

Find the TV station to expose or find the Consumers Association to complain?

is that useful?

He sat slumped on the floor, holding his head in his hands, and his head was about to split open.

It's useless, and it's useless to find anyone.

As far as the black technology embodied in the game is concerned, it far exceeds the scope of modern technology. As long as people are willing, they can conquer the world in minutes.

Time passed by every minute, and his heart became colder and colder.

He hated to admit it, but the truth was that he might never see the elves again, not even say goodbye.

This feeling of pain and powerlessness like falling into the abyss is no less than his mood when he received a call from his parents with bad news.

No, actually the elves bid him farewell, and while he was half asleep, he heard what the elves said in a different tone than usual.

He thought it was a dream at the time, because even the voice of the snow lion who always hated him seemed a little sad.

If... If he could open his eyes at that time, maybe he could see the elves for the last time, maybe he could have time to say goodbye.

Slap.

Tears fell silently from his cheeks and hit the floor drop by drop.

The empty house is as silent as a tomb.

I don't know how long it has been.

He has been sitting there with his head down like this, he doesn't even want to do the things of absorbing water and pouring water and adding ice cubes, he can do whatever he likes.

Just as the first faint light of dawn penetrated through the window.

In the blurry peripheral vision, something suddenly moved.

"Meow~Zian, don't cry~"

His heart was pounded so hard it almost stopped beating.

He raised his head slowly and saw a black and white kitten squatting in front of him.

"Star... star sea?"

He stared at it in disbelief.

Is this a dream? Did I fall asleep again unknowingly?

Xinghai is back?

"Meow~Zian, cheer up! Don't be sad~"

Xinghai stared at him with silver gray eyes.

"But...everyone is gone..." He wiped away his tears fiercely, staring carefully at the sea of ​​stars in front of him, for fear that it might be a mirage-like phantom.

"Meow ~ Xinghai knows~" it nodded, "Don't worry, let's wait for reinforcements together~"