The game becomes reality: Black Myth invades the real world.

Chapter 12 The Mysterious Five Elements Mountain

"Replica generation in progress... Please wait until generation complete."

"Copy: Black Myth: Journey to the West (based on the truth of Chapter 14 of Journey to the West), ID: CN-1-14."

Background: This place is called Five Elements Mountain. Five hundred years ago, a demon monkey was imprisoned here and has now died tragically in the mountain.

"Mission: Investigate the cause of death of three bodies."

"Completion Rewards: Awarded based on the corpse examined, with at least three different rewards."

"Punishment for failure: death."

Content remarkably similar to that of a class-specific dungeon appeared before Chen Fu. After a moment's thought, he continued to wait for the text to be generated.

He still chose "Journey to the West".

He had previously obtained a hair from the Great Sage through a professional dungeon, and the resentful body of the Water Ghost proved the power of this item.

In Chen Fu's view, if he rashly chose other instances, he might not be able to make full use of them. It would be better to enter instances related to Journey to the West again.

If there is danger, even the Great Sage's hairs can be of use.

But after the text was generated, he realized something was wrong.

The monkey that was suppressed by the Five Elements Mountain actually died. So how did the Great Sage come to be?

"How strange..." Chen Fu muttered to himself as the subsequent text was already generated.

"At the foot of Five Elements Mountain, in an inconspicuous gully, lies the desiccated body of an elderly man. Do you wish to go up and examine it, or are you prepared to explore the surrounding area?"

Chen Fu naturally chose to step forward and inspect.

The mission is to examine three corpses. There's one right in front of us. If we ignore it, we don't know if we'll encounter another one later.

And judging from the way the game's text is written, going around to look around will definitely trigger other plot developments.

Chen Fu dared not gamble on whether something would suddenly appear and kill him, leaving him with nothing and forcing him to delete his account in real life.

To be on the safe side, the first option is better.

"You come to the body of an elderly man and you find that he is dressed in the clothes of a commoner in the Tang Dynasty. Beside him is a tattered basket containing a few shriveled peach pits."

"His facial muscles were tense and contorted, but there were no obvious external injuries. Are you prepared to conduct a thorough examination using professional autopsy techniques?"

Please select from the following options.

"First, dissection is performed using a scalpel."

Second, touch it with your hands.

"Third, leave it alone and search for the body again."

Chen Fu focused his attention on the first two options.

We can't just let it go; it's already started, so we have to keep going.

So, should we dissect it with a scalpel or touch it with our hands?

Just now, through the game text, Chen Fu already knew that he had checked the exterior and found no cause of death. The next step would be to use instruments to check the inside of the body.

He chose option one.

"You cut open the old man's chest with a knife and found some faintly glowing pebbles remaining in his stomach."

"Now that you realize this may be the real cause of the elderly man's death, have you begun writing the death report?"

You made the right choice.

Chen Fu let out a breath and clicked "Start".

Based on the background description of Five Elements Mountain and the items beside the old man.

He deduced that this person was the child who gave peaches to Sun Wukong in Journey to the West.

As time went by, the child grew up and became an old man, who died at the foot of the mountain while delivering peaches.

But how could there be stones in his stomach?

No normal person would eat something like that.

Chen Fu didn't understand, but since he was able to write the death report, he had completed one-third of the task, which was not bad.

"This old man was a mortal who had been delivering peaches to the stone monkey trapped under the mountain since childhood, rain or shine, for decades."

However, during his final delivery of peaches, he swallowed a pebble and died tragically by the roadside. The cause of death was chronic internal radiation damage and organ failure.

Something's not right, something's very wrong.

Your statement that the child accidentally swallowed a pebble makes sense.

How could an old man swallow something like this?

Chen Fu vaguely felt that the old man's death was related to his choices.

This situation might not occur when examining other bodies.

But having already made the choice, Chen Fu didn't dwell on it. He kept his doubts to himself and started reading the rest of the text.

"You've examined one body. Do you plan to wander around the area or climb the mountain?"

"If you choose to wander around, you will find a village where the people are very hospitable. If you ask for an autopsy, they will try their best to accommodate you."

"If you climb to the top of the mountain, you will see a temple nestled among the mountains, which are obscured by the clouds. However, because it is too far away, you cannot see it clearly, and you do not know if there are any corpses after you go up. It may be a waste of your time."

Chen Fu frowned.

Why does the game text keep hinting at his surroundings? It's as if it's trying its best to hide something.

To be on the safe side, it's best to follow the meaning of the text.

But he had just examined the old man's body and found stones in his stomach.

Chronic internal radiation injury is definitely related to the stones. What if we suddenly give up at this point, and then there's a plot twist that kills him off later?

Chen Fu felt that at this point, he should use reverse thinking to reason about the whole thing and absolutely not be led astray.

He chose to climb mountains.

"Your destiny is sealed; your stubbornness has once again triumphed over your reason."

"The mountain path was difficult to walk on, with sharp rocks everywhere, causing your feet to bleed and making you feel extremely tired."

Chen Fu's legs suddenly trembled.

He was lying in a hospital bed, but his feet started to turn red and bleed, and several large blisters appeared inexplicably.

I felt completely exhausted, as if I had climbed Mount Tai.

The effects of the game are taking hold of him.

Chen Fu was not discouraged, but rather excited. He gently wiped the bloodstains with a tissue and looked at his phone screen again.

He thought of the gods mentioned on the stone tablet.

What kind of existence is that?

A god who controls countless dungeons!

The truth of the myth is hidden within the dungeon.

The greater the obstacle, the closer we are to the truth.

He absolutely had to climb that mountain.

"After a difficult climb, you have finally arrived at the temple halfway up the mountain."

"At the entrance sat the corpse of a monk, dressed in a tattered robe, in a meditative posture. In his hand he held a string of stone prayer beads that emitted a faint glow and were embedded in his palm bones."

"You have keenly noticed that this rosary is exactly the same as the stone in the old man's stomach."

"Are you prepared to proceed with the autopsy?"

Chen Fu's eyes lit up.

The old man died from accidentally swallowing a stone, and the monk was also holding a stone bead; everything was connected.

Perhaps the old man was killed by the monks!

But how did the monk die?

Chen Fu chose to perform an autopsy.

He felt the truth was about to be revealed.

"When you go up to look, the monk is in the standard lotus position, with his back straight, his right hand in a mudra in front of his chest, and his left hand forcefully digging the stone rosary into his palm."

"Are you planning to start with an external examination, or go straight to dissection using tools?"

From the moment he started playing the game until now, Chen Fu has a clear understanding of the autopsy process and has chosen to start with the appearance.

"When you gently touch the monk's forehead, the back of his hands, or other exposed areas, you feel a gentle warmth that distinguishes it from a corpse."

"You slide your fingertips along the spine, and when you reach the thoracic vertebrae, the sensation changes abruptly, becoming as smooth as jade."

"Two unusual sensations piqued your curiosity about the monks, and you began to examine them further with a knife."

This time, Chen Fu didn't need to make a selection; the game text continued to be generated.

"The tip of the knife gently pierces the thoracic vertebra, peels back the skin, and a strange bone, dark as amber, appears before your eyes."

"This section of bone is not solid, but a hollow tube with smooth walls and a faint golden luster inside."

"You take out the silver needle and gently scrape it. When you take it out, the tip of the needle is covered with golden dust."

"The bones are empty and metal remains."

Several ideas came to mind.

Please select the true cause of death from the options below.

"Choose correctly to continue the dungeon. Choose incorrectly to fail immediately."

So this is what was waiting for... Chen Fu straightened his feet, trying to reduce the pain from the blisters.

It's just a hollow skeleton, what thoughts can I possibly have? If I make the wrong choice, I'll collapse. You're pushing me to my death.

The situation suddenly became serious.

But looking at it from another perspective, going up the mountain was indeed the right thing to do.

The text kept guiding him to make other choices, trying to prevent him from discovering the truth, and in the end, it even resorted to a deadly move.

If you can choose the right option, you can definitely uncover a corner of the mystery of the Five Elements Mountain.

Chen Fu silently watched as a large amount of text appeared on his phone screen.

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