"So, the main story of this game is that we, as employees of a company, come to fulfill the employer's dying wish through dreams so that he can die in peace? Gotta say, this setting is quite interesting."
[Indeed, I won't complain for now, this game looks pretty good.]
[But isn't this old man's wish too outrageous? How come he wants to be an astronaut at such an old age?]
[Old people nowadays are really getting better at having fun.]
[Maybe he misses his Grandpa and Grandma's jelly, LOL.]
The barrage was instantly filled with cheerful laughter.
The conversation in the bedroom also gave them a general idea of the game's content. According to Lili, Old John was a carpenter, and his wife passed away two years ago. His wish to go to the moon might be related to his wife, but she didn't know the specifics.
Then, Lili suggested that the two Doctors could look around the room for clues, and the two children could guide them.
"Classic laborers."
Silently complaining, Sirin found the two children and quietly started doing small tasks.
The tasks weren't difficult, and they quickly obtained the key to the basement, which the children called the 'interesting room'.
The usual tedious puzzles didn't bore everyone here; instead, the rather interesting conversations always made everyone smile knowingly.
For example, when the children deliberately asked for ten billion yuan for candy, many people were amused, laughing that children even understood psychology.
In short, after a not-so-long puzzle-solving session, Sirin was led by the two children, key in hand, to the entrance of the villa's basement.
Then, she took the key in her hand and opened the dusty wooden door.
Instantly, the screen went completely dark, with only a faint light where Sirin stood at the doorway.
"This..."
Sirin hesitated. The atmosphere was clearly relaxed just now, so why did the BGM stop as soon as she got here?
Then, she fumbled for the light switch and turned it on.
After seeing the scene inside the room, Sirin's pupils immediately constricted.
"Ah!!!!!!"
The entire screen had a yellowish filter over it, and large areas of colorful origami rabbits were scattered on the ground. At the same time, a strange background music slowly began, thudding like a hammer in Sirin's heart.
"Is, is this a horror game? You scared me!!"
Sirin calmed her racing heart, her face showing the expression of being startled. She immediately took out her phone, muttering curses, wanting to scold Nangong Yu.
However, she quickly remembered she was still live streaming and could only hold back for now.
She would remember this grudge!
The game still needed to progress, so Sirin started looking at the scene inside the room.
Even though it was a pixel game, it was this hazy art style, which provided more room for imagination, that elevated the sense of horror.
Looking at the paper rabbits all over the floor, an image of someone madly obsessive quickly appeared in Sirin's mind. The originally relaxed and cheerful atmosphere also became subtle at this point.
"Could it be that they went crazy wanting to go to the moon and kept folding Moon rabbits?"
Relying on self-talk to suppress the fear in her heart, Sirin clicked on a conspicuous item on a chair.
Soon, a picture of an ugly doll was enlarged on the screen.
'A plush platypus toy'
The confusion piled up. This place was sealed off, clearly a place Old John valued greatly, but this bizarre scene not only failed to explain why he wanted to the moon, but also made people increasingly bewildered.
After coming out of the basement, Sirin asked the two children.
"Paper rabbits, we know other places with paper rabbits~"
"It's in the abandoned lighthouse below the cliff."
"I have the key, want to go take a look together?"
"Hehehehe~"
The chilling piano background music and the children's alternating sentences made the scene look bizarre no matter how you viewed it.
Although it was the middle of summer, Sirin tightened her clothes and continued playing with a grim face.
Led by the two children, Sirin quickly saw the lighthouse from the beginning.
It was right below the Moon, quietly watching over everything around it under the bright moonlight.
In front of the lighthouse, a tombstone stood sideways.
"Xiao Xi Wyles."
This might be Old John's wife's grave, Sirin guessed inwardly.
The wish to the moon, his wife's grave, the lighthouse, the paper rabbits, and that strange platypus...
The scene before her made Sirin feel that there must be some connection, but the lack of the most important clue prevented her from connecting these known factors.
It seemed the final answer still needed to be sought in Old John's dream.
Following the stairs up the lighthouse, she indeed saw little rabbits scattered all over the floor on the top level.
However, among the many colorful little rabbits, she found the only one pieced together with two colors, a little rabbit with blue limbs and head, and a yellow belly.
After she put away the little rabbit, another Dr. Möbius called.
"Everything is ready, we can depart."
...
White light filled the entire screen, and then a scene like a yellowed old newspaper appeared on the screen. This was still Old John's bedroom, and a long yellow progress bar appeared at the top of the screen.
The short progress bar, however, contained Old John's entire life.
Infant, child, teenager, youth, adult, elder.
Each stage had a corresponding image identifier.
"This is the furthest point in time we can reach. Turn off all audio except for Old John. Let's go, it's time to find a way to implant the dream in Old John."
The two walked through the empty room and soon found a sheet of music on the piano in the living room.
'for river'
'Author: John Wyles'
"Wyles? Isn't that the surname on the grave? It seems this person named Xiao Xi was Old John's wife."
Discovering a clue so quickly brought a noticeable look of pleasure to Sirin's face. This feeling of solving the puzzle bit by bit was quite interesting.
Next, Sirin walked out of the villa and came to the lighthouse, which should have special significance. Old John and Lili, the villa's maid, were there at the moment.
After learning the purpose of Sirin and Dr. Möbius's visit, Old John fell silent, then slowly said, "...It seems my luck is quite good. Can you take me to the moon?"
"We cannot, but you can yourself."
"Why do you want to go there?"
Dr. Watts, controlled by Sirin, asked.
"I don't know."
"Huh?"
Not just Sirin outside the game, but even the comments were covered in a sea of 'Huh?'.
[Is this old guy crazy? He doesn't know why he wants to go?]
[So random, how are we supposed to do this?]
[Humorous.]
Especially those viewers who often worked as contractors deeply empathized with the two Dr. Möbius at this moment. Meeting such a client was just bad luck for them.
"...You can't say you don't know. You must have a motive for wanting to the moon, right? Either fame or fortune. That's key to us being able to help you."
"Sorry, I really don't know."
Just then, the background piano music suddenly became soothing, mixed with the sound of waves crashing on the shore, creating a deep and profound atmosphere.
Old John was silent for a moment, then said seriously, "I just... have to go."