Chapter 403 Empty House Magic

No. 2 had a serious look on his face. Cheng Jie sat cross-legged opposite him and suddenly began to reflect on himself.

"I don't remember that I've never been so good..."

"..."

No. 2 wanted to hit someone, but held back.

To endure is to grow.

"If you can't accept what I say next, just listen to it as a story."

"Then you tell me and I will make my own judgment."

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"What I'm going to tell you is a magic trick."

"...I think you should get straight to the point. You seem to be starting from the beginning of the world. This is too convoluted."

"Shut up, I have to tell you this magic trick, and you have to listen even if you don't want to."

"..."

Cheng Jie was not given the right to refuse, and no one could say no to No. 2.

No. 2 came talking.

"You must have seen it on TV, where the magician stuffs a rabbit into a hat, makes it disappear, and then pulls it out again, right?"

"I haven't seen it before. I don't like watching TV."

"...I forgot about that," No. 2 suddenly realized that he really didn't like watching TV. His metaphor was inappropriate, "If you haven't seen it before, you haven't seen it. Just listen to me."

No. 2 said that the key to this magic lies in the prop, which is the hat. A magician is not a magician. Without props, he cannot perform tricks with his bare hands.

"I'm not talking to you about the tool behind this trick, I'm talking about the hat."

No. 2 used an arrow to draw a pattern of a top hat on the sand.

"Once you master this method, it will be the same whether you transform into a rabbit or a dove. The top hat is just the right size to hold these small animals. If it is replaced by a larger prop, such as a room..."

"Then we can release people?" Cheng Jie suddenly realized, "A big transformation into a living person?"

"You didn't mean you don't watch TV."

"But I've seen the show."

"..."

No. 2 did not intend to argue with him, but continued to speak his own way.

"We assume that if there is such an empty room now, it is equivalent to a giant magic prop."

He used the soles of his shoes to erase the top hat and the patterns of rabbits and doves, and replaced them with a square room.

"At this time, a man walked in and was locked in the room. An invisible hand opened the room and showed it to the outside. It was empty.

But something suddenly went wrong hiding in the room, or he died, but the outside world, like a long-awaited audience, urgently needed this person to come out of the room intact again.

Then, something magical happened, and the man actually walked out of the room alive. "

When No. 2 said this, Cheng Jie thought along his description.

"Could it be that... that person was swapped inside? No way. The person who came out from behind will definitely be exposed by his family and friends, people who are familiar with him, right?"

No. 2 suddenly stopped talking and stared at Cheng Jie silently, making the latter feel cold.

"Holy crap, this person you're talking about...can't be me, right?"

Cheng Jie couldn't imagine it.

"You mean, I'm the one who came out from behind?"

No. 2 shook his head. This time he could answer Cheng Jie's question clearly.

"No, you are who you are. But you were almost replaced."

Cheng Jie understood a little bit.

"Then you...you are the one who wants to replace me?"

"I shouldn't replace anyone, I am Cheng Jie."

No. 2 suddenly stood up, not intending to continue talking to Cheng Jie.

"Okay, no matter how much I say, I might not be able to save my life. I'm still waiting for the day I can go out."

Cheng Jie now believes that No. 2 is his own words. He's not stupid, but his IQ occasionally drops.

No. 2 said that he was the one who walked into an empty house but was not replaced and left by luck.

Thinking of the familiar star marks on the wax figure and the lost memory, Cheng Jie made a bold guess.

He once visited the replica of the wax museum, and in this scene, he encountered danger.

No. 2 should not have appeared in the scene at that time. He was the only one. In the end, he was exhausted. He watched the monsters spawn again. He could not fight or hide. He exhausted all his strength and was about to die.

When he was dying, No. 2 appeared.

No. 2 is not here to save him, he is here to replace him.

Although it is common for players to die in dungeons, for some reason, Cheng Jie is special.

The outside world still needs him to exist, so No. 2 is here.

However, No. 2 went against his original intention. Instead of replacing him, he saved "himself".

Just like this time.

But two Cheng Jies cannot be allowed to exist in the same world. So he stayed in the copy, in the wax museum, always with the cold air and stiff wax figures here.

If it were anyone else, Cheng Jie wouldn't dare to say that such a person would sacrifice for another person.

But if it were him, if he were No. 2, he would choose to save his seriously injured self instead of replacing him.

"How long have you been trapped here? How long will you be trapped here?"

Cheng Jie's voice became hoarse when he asked this question.

He even acted on impulse——

"Why don't you go out with me? Think about what to do next when you get outside."

No. 2 was already standing at the opening of the wax figure. Hearing his words, he turned his face sideways and raised the corners of his mouth.

"It's our character to do things without thinking of the consequences."

But he declined Cheng Jie's kindness.

"Cheng Jie, you still have your own mission. I'm here just in case, to carry out your mission.

I'm just a safety net.

When the mission is over and everything returns to normal, it will be the real salvation for me, them, and more people."

As he said this, he resolutely pressed the button and opened the door to the outside.

He pulled down his long scarf and revealed his face. When he appeared as "Player Cheng Jie", the monsters in the exhibition hall moved again, all attacking him alone.

"Go."

He shouted to the wax figure behind him.

"Now, hurry up!"

Cheng Jie wrapped his head with the extra scarf and came out of the passage.

"I can't--"

"Stop talking nonsense!" No. 2 was agile and swift, and the long arrow became a handy weapon, piercing the vital points of the wax figure one by one, "I can deal with it, go!"

No. 2 did not lie, he was already quite skilled in dealing with the monsters in the scene. He heard Cheng Jie's movements before, but he didn't help. He was also observing whether the other party was the real Cheng Jie.

He had learned from the past and couldn't make the same mistake again.

He could let Cheng Jie leave safely, and it was not an empty talk.

The only thing he couldn't do was to leave this scene.

But he would leave eventually, and he believed his friends could do it.

This wax museum is really cold. Let's reunite on a sunny day in the future.