Top Horror Novelist - Chapter 6

When the little boy approached Chi Yiyin, the scene was also displayed as it was in the live broadcast room, causing the audience to exclaim.

[Strange, when did this child appear?]

[Wait a minute! I’ve watched other [Dear Home] live broadcasts before, why haven’t I seen this child before?]

[The newer is in trouble… if you said you didn’t see it, it should be that the level of the anchor you watched before was too low, and he died before making it through the first night. This child has no attack power, but the problem is that he will incur the hatred value of other NPCs towards ‘elder sister,’ which can be called bad luck.]

[Damn, the anchor is too unlucky. Why didn’t anyone else meet him, but he was the one who got caught.]

[It’s his fault that he ran around by himself, dare to show off like that without the strength to back it up, and was hated by important NPCs, hehe. He deserved it if he died.]

The live broadcast of the Carnival Game Field was not open to the public. Those who watched the live broadcast were all players in the game field.

Some players wanted to watch the anchor make a fool of themselves or die, so they could have some fun. It’s a rare entertainment.

But for more players, the most significant function of the live broadcast was to let them observe the situation of other instances.

It’s the equivalent to check other people’s test papers before the exam, knowing what questions would be asked, and knowing how others would answer.

This would keep them alive at critical moments.

Because, the Carnival Game Field was truly “disorder within order.”

There are many rules in the game field, but it will not be told to the players easily. The system could only wait for the player to trigger the keyword, and then the system will be stingy and inform the corresponding rules.

That is, “no questions, no answers.”

This puts the player at a constant risk of violating the rules and causing death.

Even if someone really collected all the rules in the game field, it would be useless.

 ——Because in the game field, there are random events.

There is no possibility of prediction, it is pletely random.

Time, place, instances, monsters… Even within an instance, different branches will be triggered every time it is opened.

This made players have to be vigilant, and under unpredictable circumstances, they could only grasp the situation as much as possible.

Those with more points could buy expensive recording materials at will, but more ordinary players who were struggling could only watch the live broadcast.

For instance such as [Dear Home] that no one was willing to choose, the probability of being randomly chosen would increase accordingly.

Because of this, although this instance was only E-level, it had always been very popular in the live broadcast hall.

After all, everyone was afraid they would be the one randomly assigned to this instance.

However, even if you didn’t have to worry about being randomly assigned to this instance in the future, there were still many players who are attracted to this instance.

All of them were curious, this was the last time, will anyone pass the level? Or is [Dear Home] still undefeated?

More importantly, who would get the legendary rewards for clearing the level that had been rolled out so generously…

Players who watched Chi Yiyin’s live broadcast were not optimistic about him. When the little boy appeared, some people even lamented: [I know your food, but you don’t need to cook it to this extent, right? Messed with the NPC so quickly. ]

[Are you going to die? Haha, I quite like this plot.]

[Begging for mercy, breaking down and crying, pleasing other players for a way to survive… I’m tired of watching these death plots, I don’t know if this anchor will have other wonderful ways to die.]

Some people were imagining maliciously, wishing that the young man in the live broadcast would immediately suffer bad luck and be killed by an NPC.

But during the live broadcast, Chi Yiyin remained calm and showed no sign of being frightened.

When he heard the reminder that the number of followers was declining, he realized that maybe the audience knew what the little boy would bring and thought he would definitely die, so some people unfollowed and left.

As a result, Chi Yiyin looked at the little boy with contemplation.

In the eyes of adults, children of this age were generally classified as harmless.

Outside the mansion, Chi Yiyin saw the malice towards him from the other two siblings. But the little boy blinked his eyes and didn’t speak nor move. Although he didn’t like his “elder sister,” he wasn’t too malicious.

Others may think that the little boy was a well-intentioned NPC under such circumstances, and may be able to obtain some information or help from him.

But the declining number of followers gave Chi Yiyin a glimpse of the truth, and he did not relax his vigilance towards the little boy.

“Sister~”

The little boy was still pulling Chi Yiyin’s trouser legs, looking forward to him.

Chi Yiyin pulled away from his thoughts, put on a gentle and kind smile, and squatted down elegantly. He looked straight into the little boy’s eyes, and said with a smile: “But sister forgot about you already, what should I do? I don’t even remember your name.”

As soon as these words came out, not only the little boy was stunned, but also shrunk his mouth aggrievedly. Even the audience in the live broadcast room shook their heads and sighed, thinking that he was indeed a newer. Diminishing an NPC’s favor, they knew it would increase hatred without even watching.

The number of followers in the live broadcast room began to decline again.

Chi Yiyin didn’t take it seriously, and said in a deliberately gentle voice: “Sister doesn’t like bad boys, and she doesn’t like you either. Unless you say you like me, only then will sister play with you.”

He didn’t like having too much contact with people, he just thought the world was dull and boring. They couldn’t see the truth that was in front of them, so stupid that it makes one laugh.

But that didn’t mean he’s not good at interacting with people.

As long as Chi Yiyin wanted to, he could gain anyone’s favor and trust.

The little boy’s originally slipping mood immediately picked up. He opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but Chi Yiyin covered his mouth with a smile.

“The bad boy who doesn’t say hello when his elder sister es home, let’s start by saying hello. Come on, what’s my name?”

The little boy blinked his eyes: “Annoying bastard, devil, b*tch that can’t be married off.”

Live broadcast room: [……?]

[My fist is hardening, if my brother calls me that, I can beat him to death.]

[Did I remember wrongly, isn’t the anchor the eldest daughter of the family, or was she picked up?]

Chi Yiyin raised his eyebrows, but he knew it in his heart.

This should be something that other people used to refer “elder sister” in front of the little boy, so he learned it. Especially outside the mansion before, seeing that the little boy has a good relationship with the other two, it is likely that the two brother and sister called “elder sister” that way.

It looks like “elder sister” really has no status in this family…

Although it is generally said that children will not lie and are innocent.

But from Chi Yiyin’s point of view, the child instinctively observed words and expressions, and imitating the examples. In them, they can best reflect the situation of adults and families.

From the little boy’s words, Chi Yiyin had glimpsed part of the truth about this home.

——”Elder sister” was called back home from school in order to be married off.

At the age of the two brother and sister, they themselves would not know what “b*tch that can’t be married off” was, unless an adult said it in front of them.

Before, when the housekeeper was blaming the young miss, he also mentioned that her sister had reached the age where she could talk about marriage.

The elder sister who has no status was suddenly to be married by her family and was called back from school… It’s urgent.

As soon as this idea appeared in Chi Yiyin’s mind, the broadcast from the system rang.

[Congratulations to the anchor for starting the main mission of the instance: The truth about home.]

[Current instance exploration degree: 50%]

[Congratulations to the anchor for advancing 50% of the progress in one fell swoop, earning points: 50 points.]

[Current total points: 55 points. Please continue to work hard, and you can redeem permissions when you reach 500 points, check the barrage in the live broadcast room]

Chi Yiyin was slightly stunned.

He didn’t have time to plain about the stinginess of the system. The reward was 55 points, but the barrage permission in the live broadcast room required 500 points, which was simply sky-high. His attention was all on the 50% exploration degree.

He knew very well that what he was thinking just now were only two things.

One was the embarrassing position of this elder sister in the family, and the other was the elder sister’s marriage.

Only these two things, but promoted to 50% of the progress?

Too fast, that’s not right.

Chi Yiyin was not overjoyed by the rapid progress, but felt pressured instead.

This was the first time he had felt such a heavy pressure since entering the game field.

But the audience in the live broadcast room was in an uproar, blinded by the bright prompt [Current main mission progress: 50%] that appeared above the live broadcast room.

[……Fuck! This anchor is poisonous! I said you are a rookie, and you made it look like an old player, and I said you were going to die, and you made half of the progress? Aren’t you a little rebellious!]

[Pfft, this is reverse poisonous milk.]

[My face hurts, I dare not speak.]

[Just unfollowed, and obediently followed back. This anchor is definitely not a newer! Must be a very nb old player!]

T/N: nb = 牛逼 (niu bi) = chinese slang meaning “when someone did smth shocking or amazing” 

[Shocked! How did he do that! I feel like I can’t keep up without seeing it at a glance, so he’s not a bamboo!]

Others in the live broadcast hall heard that there was instant progress to 50%, and they all ran over to watch.

For a while, the number of viewers and attention in Chi Yiyin’s live broadcast room soared, and he quickly rose to the 5th place among the 9 players in the current instance. The stingy system also awarded him with 1 point.

But Chi Yiyin didn’t care about the data prompts in the live broadcast room. Instead of revealing his true thoughts, he made an angry look and said to the little boy: “Who taught you to say that! Then I also want to call you a brat!”

Chi Yiyin’s expression frightened the little boy. He pursed his mouth, took two steps back and began to sob: “I’m not a kid, I have a name! My name is Ma Xiao, not a brat!”

The little boy was crying and was about to hit Chi Yiyin with the wooden toy in his hand, but Chi Yiyin grabbed it quickly.

He did it to get information from the little boy, not to get hurt, it still hurts to get hit.

He hates pain.

“Now you know how unfortable sister feels.”

Chi Yiyin intentionally made himself look helpless and sad: “Xiaoxiao, I didn’t do it on purpose, look, isn’t sister calling your name now?”

“So, tell sister now, what are the names of elder brother and sister.”

The little boy wanted to cry, but Chi Yiyin stretched out his hand and pinched his mouth, making him unable to utter a single syllable.

His face was bulging, with tears still hanging on his face, he looked like a little puffer fish.

Even the viewers in the live broadcast room, who knew the child was dangerous, couldn’t help but soften their hearts.

Chi Yiyin still smiled, unmoved.

Want to cry? Then continue to cry for me.

However, Chi Yiyin’s strength was not small. The little boy struggled for a long time without breaking free, and finally lay in his arms panting from exhaustion. He also forgot why he was crying before, and his attention was successfully shifted to the hand holding his mouth.

His eyes accidentally turned cross-eyed.

……Pftt.

Chi Yiyin chuckled secretly, then let go of his hand unhurriedly, and repeated his question again.

Just as the little boy was about to cry, he saw his “elder sister” raised his hand with a smile.

“Hic.”

He hiccuped and didn’t dare to do anything.

I can’t run away, and I can’t cry. The little boy was successfully frightened, and could only wring his fingers sullenly, mentioning the names for Chi Yiyin, trying to trade for his freedom.

“Ma Yuze, Ma Qing, Ma Yulan.”

He looked at Chi Yiyin anxiously: “No more.”

It’s just that the look he gave to Chi Yiyin was different from before that was expecting to play with him. This time he wanted Chi Yiyin to let him go.

The system also broadcasted in time: [Get the names of important NPCs, and initially check the background of the elder sister, current progress: 51%]

Chi Yiyin knew what the little boy was thinking, but he still smiled and said, “Xiaoxiao can’t shout like before, okay? Come on, I will play with you now.”

With that said, he let go of the little boy, and made a gesture to get the little boy’s toy.

The little boy trembled suddenly, and took advantage of the gap when he was being let go off, and quickly ran away.

Seeing that his plan had gone smoothly, Chi Yiyin didn’t feel guilty about bullying the child at all. He just looked at the direction the little boy ran away with a smile, made a note in his heart, then stood up slowly. The false smile on his lips gradually changed.

When the servant led the way just now, he discovered that the elder sister’s boudoir was in the corner of the mansion, not the main courtyard.

But judging from the housekeeper’s attitude towards the younger siblings, the three children’s status were not low, and they must live near the main courtyard if they didn’t live in it.

In other words, the whereabout of master and madam Ma, whom the servant refused to tell, was also in that direction.

When Chi Yiyin stood up straight, the false smile on his face disappeared, leaving only a calm and indifferent face, as if he had thrown away a used mask casually.

Tong Yao, who spent all her time investigating the situation in the mansion, and fearing being discovered, didn’t know that Chi Yiyin, who in her opinion had chosen unwisely, had already triggered the main storyline just by returning to a room, advancing 51% of the plot. Not to mention the progress, the layout of the entire mansion had been clearly seen, and even the location of the Ma family couple had been roughly deduced.

Players feel that more clues were hidden in the dark rather han where they could see, while ignoring things that were at their fingertips.

But the “elder sister” boudoir, that they despise, had been used to the extreme in Chi Yiyin’s hands.

Chi Yiyin stood still in the empty courtyard for a while, then took out the red letter from his suit pocket.

The slender fingers with well-defined bones gently took out the card from the letter. Against the red background, it looked even more white and cleaner.

When Chi Yiyin saw the words on the card clearly, his pupils shrank.

It was different from what he saw at first!

… Are the words on the card changing dynamically?

Chi Yiyin remembered the several “triggers” mentioned by the system before.

There are no clear rules, and even tasks are not issued in advance, everything depends on his own exploration and triggering.

The appearance of the rules were on the surface, but the real rules were actually hidden and refused to be easily shown to others. If you make a mistake, you will die… The planner didn’t want the player to pass the level at all, and was clearly waiting for the player’s death maliciously and happily.

If the game field was a real game, players would definitely curse the mastermind.

Unfortunately, this is the real game of death.

Chi Yiyin drooped his slender eyelashes like butterfly feathers slightly, but he was not moved at all when he saw the cruelty behind the rules of the game field.

Soon, he made up his mind, took out the pen pinned in the pocket of his suit jacket, and wrote on the red card.

[Ma Yuze.]

The card is asking him about the truth about home, and it looks like the answer will be the real situation of the elder sister who pushed half the progress.

But what Chi Yiyin wrote on it was only the elder sister’s name, which seemed to be an irrelevant answer.

Persisting in handwriting for many years, Chi Yiyin had developed a good handwriting.

The last stroke of “ze” drawn with a silver hook, like a sharp sword, drew a long stroke on the card, extremely sharp, as if the card had been torn apart.

In the next second, together with the name written by Chi Yiyin and the previous words, all the handwriting on the card gradually disappeared, leaving only a card that was as red as blood.

It seems that Chi Yiyin gave the wrong answer, and the card was rejecting him.

But Chi Yiyin could clearly see that at the moment when the card was blank, new words slowly appeared on the letter.

[Recipient: Ma Yuze]

The instance acknowledged Chi Yiyin’s identity as “elder sister.”

Chi Yiyin’s eyes began to blur the past scenes, as if the instance was rewarding him, showing him the part he had glimpsed.

The girl in the long skirt raised her hand and got out of the carriage, carrying the suitcase, and walked towards the mansion under the gaze of the housekeeper. With the gloomy and ear-piercing sound of rubbing, the heavy gate of the mansion slowly opened to the girl.

The strong wind rushed towards the girl, knocking off her hat, her long hair fluttering, and the dark mansion behind the gate looked like a monster that chose to eat people.

The housekeeper grinned sinisterly.

At that moment, the whole mansion fluctuated in front of Chi Yiyin’s eyes, as if everything had finally e to life, from a cold instance to a real home.

——He is Ma Yuze, he lives here, there are younger siblings who hate him and servants who despise him, and the wealth here is not his to own.

At the same time, Li Li on the other side of the mansion sensed something, and raised his head in surprise: “What’s going on? The instance has been triggered.”

The panion frowned: “Who did it, was it Ah Si that fox? Or some other old player who came here for the instance boss?”

The two looked at each other, seeing each other’s seriousness.

“No matter who did it, the instance will officially enter the countdown after the trigger, and we don’t have time to find Master Ma.”

“Damn it! This is the best chance to kill the dungeon boss solo, if I find out who it is…”

The panion gritted his teeth, couldn’t help being irritated, and kicked at the rockery.

But the system didn’t care about anyone’s thoughts, and the cold and heartless voice still rang in the minds of all players.

[The instance [Dear Home], the countdown begins, all survivors are requested to clear the instance within seven days.]

[Please note that because this is the last time this instance is online, the rules have changed from before. This instance does not allow any survivors to leave the instance by means other than clearing the custom clearance. The point exchange and item exchange services have been closed.]

[Survivors who fail to clear the instance within the time limit will be left here and will be recycled and destroyed by the game field along with the instance.]

[Good luck to all the survivors.]

“What!”

The old players in the mansion were shocked.

Li Li and his panion couldn’t e back to their senses for a while, and were stunned on the spot by the news.

Random event… it came.

The revised rules simply blocked all of their escape routes.

But the question was, this is an instance that no one had ever passed, can they really do it…

The players who were exploring the mansion lost their minds and were so pressured that they couldn’t breathe, as if they had seen their own death.

Chi Yiyin also heard the announcement from the system, but he didn’t care about the imminent death, but was touched by the revised rules.

“My luck is not so good as always.”

Chi Yiyin sighed with a chuckle, turned around and stepped into the boudoir.

But just as he raised his eyes and looked into the dim boudoir, he suddenly saw the huge mirror facing the door.

In the mirror, the woman stood behind him, staring at him coldly.

In the blink of an eye, it disappeared again.

Chi Yiyin turned around for a moment to look, but there was clearly nothing in the open space behind him.

But he didn’t see it, the moment he turned around, the woman reappeared in the mirror, her long hair fluttering, she seemed angry, roared silently and rushed out of the mirror.

“Bang!”

“Ahhhhh!!!”