[Trigger side mission—Puppet Horror!]

【Puppet Horror】

【Task】

[Difficulty: lv21~???]

[Explanation: Broken, mutilated, and dark are their worlds. Under the lights is a carnival stage. With a mutilated body, you are qualified to perform on this stage, but how do you please this audience?

Put on a personal show that satisfies the puppets. When the performance satisfaction reaches 90 or above, you will receive special gifts from the puppets!】

[Reward: 300000 experience]

[Punishment: None]

[Time limit: 1:12:27!]

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"Are you trying to make the task more difficult for me by triggering the mission now?" The system voice rang in his ears, causing Cheng Shen to stop in his tracks.

stage,

Performance.

Cheng Shen thought for a while and felt something was wrong. He lowered his head and looked at the oil lamp he was protecting in his hand. Just as he was about to leave with the oil lamp, he suddenly triggered this task. It would be too coincidental to say that it was not a prompt given to him by the system...

"The night is their world, and under the lights is the stage where the puppets carnival. If I dismantle this stage in front of everyone..."

Cheng Shen's heart sank slightly.

He could imagine the consequences of that without the system reminding him.

"I just reacted as a normal person should..." He took a breath, "If the system hadn't prompted me, I might have been besieged by the puppets at this time. At that time, no matter whether I was exposed or not, I would be dead...

…”

The danger passed me by quietly.

Cheng Shen was shocked when he realized what he was doing.

In just a moment, he has already been on the verge of death several times! There may be more hidden crises that he is not even aware of. If he makes one wrong move, he may be a cold corpse now!

"It's really like walking on thin ice..."

From time to time, there were touches and the feeling of pushing his body in the darkness around him. Cheng Shen originally thought that the puppets wanted to kill him, but after seeing the mission description, he felt that it was more like the audience was waiting for a boring heckle.

They are waiting for the person occupying the stage to perform.

What show would the puppets want to see?

Cheng Shen put the oil lamp back, and the dim light shrouded the workbench and its surroundings, making it look more and more like a simple stage. His eyes slowly swept over, and Old Johnny had actually already given an answer to this question.

Wither!

What these puppets are most interested in is carving!

Benedict!

Cheng Shen picked up the carving knife and tapped it lightly. The noise around him immediately weakened a lot. There were still frequent sounds of heavy objects moving, but Cheng Shen could clearly feel that the audience surrounding him had quietly dispersed.

The performance begins.

The audience went to find the best viewing position, and no one bothered the performer again.

Only the piercing scratching sounds that surrounded the warehouse continued, like a group of unlucky people who didn't get tickets and gathered outside the venue, unwillingly venting their anger.

Benedict!

Cheng Shen became more attentive after realizing this.

He has no foundation in engineering, but if he studies the crafting technology carefully, it will always remain true to its roots. Talismanship is just as difficult as engineering. They all pursue the precision of manual operation.

And Cheng Shen can rely on his energy control talent to use every ray of soul power to the smallest detail.

It's like a high-precision machine that never goes wrong.

Easier than cheating!

Benedict!

Sawdust flying.

Cheng Shen skillfully used several tools to modify the wood in his hand.

When he started working seriously, all the puppets in the darkness became silent. He could still feel the existence of each object, but compared to what he felt before, the panic in his heart gradually became calmer.

All they want to see is a show...

Cheng Shen had an inexplicable realization.

Perhaps, they are all waste products that failed to be produced or were discarded here for other reasons.

They also longed for light and experienced the wonderful years of being on the stage and receiving the spotlight.

But the final destination of these dolls ended up in this dark and damp warehouse.

No more sunshine.

However, they did not complain about their imperfections and miserable circumstances.

Until now, the biggest wish of these puppets is to see more and more perfect puppets born in this warehouse, and to watch them embrace the beautiful life course after they are made...

After the last cut.

An ordinary white brilliance bloomed in Cheng Shen's hands.

【Production successful!】

[Hint: Engineering proficiency 3!]

…

White items.

This should be the worst quality prop Cheng Shen has ever made.

But at the moment of completion, he felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction in his heart, just like the feeling after finally repairing a damaged product.

clang,

Bangdang...

There was a sporadic sound in the quiet warehouse.

[Mission completed—Puppet Horror!]

[Acquire: 300000 experience!]

[Sorry! Your performance did not make the puppets particularly satisfied, but they still want to give you a gift! As one of the special tasks, you can try this task again later! 】

[Obtained: Demon Doll Making Drawings (Incomplete)! 】

…

The face smeared with bright red dye once again appeared in the range of the light, and its entire body was hidden in the darkness. Only its neck, which was spliced ​​together one by one, could be seen, full of grotesque horror.

"call……"

It blew out a gentle breath.

The oil lamp went out.

Cheng Shen, who was plunged into darkness, did not panic.

This time, he didn't read any malice in that face, but instead there was a trace of deep sympathy...

Wow...

Something in the darkness touched him again, and a stack of cold papers was gently pushed into Cheng Shen's hand.

The oil lamp lights up automatically.

But this time.

Cheng Shen could no longer feel any unknown presence around him.

The puppets have all left.

“Satisfaction…”

Cheng Shen pulled up the system records and took a look at the satisfaction scores of the dolls.

twenty three……

If the full value is 100, this result will not even be qualified.

Cheng Shen frowned secretly. Although he intended to control it within Karl's level, he managed it successfully.

Why is the score so low?

The system prompts that this task can be repeated in the future, which means that the gift of the doll will be a very important item.

However, just looking at the results this time, Cheng Shen couldn't figure out how to achieve a satisfaction level of over 90...
To be continued...