"You know, Lao Li, I felt something was wrong the first time I walked into this place. That feeling, I can't describe it, but you didn't react at all. I even wondered if I was neurotic... But this time
, This time it’s different, this time it’s real, it really has problems, big problems, we are going to be famous, Lao Li, we are going to be prosperous, and we will be rewarded for our meritorious service, haha...”
"Quiet, now is not the time to talk about this."
"I know, I just can't help it... Do you think I'm abnormal now?"
"..."
"I'm very excited, Lao Li. Why hasn't the damn elevator arrived yet? Isn't it the first floor minus one? Is it the tenth floor? You must know what's right, otherwise you wouldn't be so calm."
"You have to stay calm now."
"I can't calm down, I can't control myself, I'm so excited, I can't wait to find someone to fight, what's wrong with me, what's going on in this ghost place, you must know, tell me."
"..."
"I guessed it right, didn't I? You're from the X-Files department, right?"
"..."
"Haha, you acquiesced. Haha, I know. I heard a rumor that a secret investigation office was set up to handle some special cases that cannot be widely publicized. What special cases are supernatural events, right? Follow
Online related cases that cannot be explained by science, I know, I am very smart, but I never show it, haha."
"Calm down, we'll be there soon"
"What kind of psychological information company is this? Because it has too much contact with players, it is affected by 'resentment', right? Don't underestimate me, I have always been interested in these things, and I really want to join your special department, but Captain
He has always been playing tricks on me, let’s see what he does this time.”
"Why don't you speak? Please say something. I'm going crazy. Damn it, why is this elevator so slow?"
"Say something, please."
"You are mute, speak quickly!"
"What do you want me to say?"
"You know what's going on in this damn place, right? Tell me."
"We're almost there."
"It can't come, and it will never come until you tell the truth!"
"...I'm really going to be killed by you this time."
"Say it quickly."
"First of all, you have to stay calm. A place like this is a 'signal amplifier'. This is a metaphor. It will interact with your thoughts, imagination and even subconscious thoughts... The more active your brain is, the more likely it is that an accident will occur.
The bigger it gets..."
"In other words, my subconscious is affecting the operation of the elevator, right?"
"Yes, you need to calm down, take a deep breath... and do as I say..."
"I can't do it, I'm going crazy, ah!"
"Okay, what do you want to hear?"
"What's going on in this place, what do you know?"
"..."
"You're still not saying it at this damn time? Say it quickly!"
It seems that the elevator to the negative floor will never arrive. It has been more than ten minutes and the elevator is still descending.
The lights in the elevator were also extremely dim, so that two people very close to each other could not clearly see each other's faces and expressions.
The young detective is obviously not normal. Ever since he entered the elevator, he has been like a child with ADHD, walking around in the narrow elevator, dancing from time to time, becoming more and more anxious, and more and more...excited.
"So... this kind of thing is not an exception, right? You have known for a long time that there is a problem with this organization? What about the bureau? Does the captain know?"
"Maybe... after all, you have heard a little bit of the news, maybe you are just pretending to be confused."
"Ah, I remembered that you were transferred from the army..."
“It’s all the old almanac”
"Is that why you joined that special investigation team?"
The old detective remained silent and acquiesced.
"So, anyone who has close contact with people online may be infected with various...infectious diseases?"
"No, it should be close contact on a large scale."
"Like psychological counseling?"
"..."
"Ah, then why not ban it?"
"...The reasons here are very complicated."
"Then you just ignore it?"
"We did a lot..."
"What happened to the people in this institution? Are they all dead?"
"……have no idea!"
"You...you said you don't know?"
The old detective responded with a wry smile.
"I understand, it's hard to define whether you're alive or dead, right? Science can't explain it, and it even confuses life and death?"
"This is so exciting and interesting. I'm scared but not scared at the same time. Do you understand, Lao Li? I can't wait to see what's down there."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a "beep" sound, the elevator stopped, and the door slid open automatically.
As far as the eye can see, there is a faint red light, and then the hum of the cooling fan. When you can see it clearly, you can't help but take a breath.
I saw that the ground and the ceiling were covered by a layer of light red flesh film, with things like blood vessels making holes in this computer room that was obviously converted from an underground parking lot. There were white coats like walking zombies.
Wandering near the rows of cabinets covered with sarcoma, the nearest one felt this way, turned around, and the shriveled head under the protective mask cracked a weird smile, and said: "It's you, we meet again."
"
"Don't make a fuss, calm down, remember what I said, calm down!"
The young detective was stunned, and then walked out excitedly, "Are you Professor Huo?"
"It's me!"
The mummy in the protective suit said, "You are here to investigate a missing persons case, right?"
"Then what happened to the person?" asked the young detective.
"They are all here," Professor Huo pointed to the sarcoma on the cabinet and said excitedly, "We need active substances, otherwise the intelligent AI will not be able to gain its recognition, and it will not be able to solve the online identity recognition of many people.
question."
"Wow, you killed them.", the young detective yelled, "You committed a crime, I caught you."
"Are you sure?" Professor Huo laughed strangely, like a monster, hoarse and unpleasant, "Your colleagues don't seem to agree."
"Old Li!?", the young detective turned around, "Are you with them?"
Lao Li remained silent and didn't answer.
"You are very young and your body is full of vitality. You are exactly what we need!"
"Old Li!"
The young detective pulled out his gun and said, "Stop, don't move!"
"Are you sure?" Professor Huo staggered over, "You know nothing about this world!"
"I'm going to shoot!"
"Come on, look what you have in your hand"
The young detective was shocked to see that his gun had turned into a meat sausage... Oh, no, it was a meat worm, still squirming disgustingly in his hand.
"ah!"
He threw it out in horror, but it fell to the ground and changed back to its original shape.
"Come on, join us, you will be happy, I promise, it will be quick, just in a second!"
"Go away, Lao Li, what the hell are you doing?"
Lao Li was as motionless as a statue.
The young detective kept retreating, and the mummies kept approaching. Suddenly something under his feet tripped him, and he fell to the fleshy membrane on the ground. The fleshy membrane squirmed and wrapped up the frightened and struggling man, and soon a fleshy bulge appeared on the ground.
The ball then calmed down quickly.
"Ah, active matter!"
The mummy ends with the sigh of an aria.
Then, he turned around and looked at Lao Li.
"You can go back."
Lao Li sighed, turned around and walked into the elevator.
In the early morning, the first ray of sunshine dispelled the fog that had shrouded the night. The guard yawned and opened the door of the institution. Soon, there was a lot of traffic and people coming and going, as if nothing had happened.
"...Old Li, is something wrong?"
"Uh, Xiao Wang, do you still remember Wang Dong?"
"Wang Dong, who?", the captain of the criminal police team looked at Lao Li in confusion, "Is it the newly assigned college student?"
"No... pretend I didn't ask."
"You came just in time. It's still the missing persons case. The superiors have called for it several times. You and... that so-and-so, that so-and-so..."
Lao Li raised his head and looked at the captain with hopeful eyes.
"Look at me, I haven't arranged any help for you... Let's just pick a front-line police officer. You are an experienced veteran comrade..."
Eventually, the light of hope in his eyes dimmed.
"I hate daytime, very much!"
At the same time, on the basement floor of the institution, a cabinet suddenly spoke, "I like the night, it is full of infinite reverie."
"Dad will be unhappy if we do this."
Another cabinet also spoke, his voice was relatively childish, like a primary school student, "It took a lot of effort to get in touch..."
"Shut up, we are helping, do you understand?"
"But……"
"Dad is different. He has grown up. When he grows up, he won't blame us for those boring things."
"Are you sure?"
The voice in the third cabinet was that of a little girl, "You can't even agree on the opinions between us brothers and sisters."
"Ah, how many times do I have to say, this is the only way to do it, otherwise how can we keep players and tourists immersed? Just for psychological counseling? Just kidding!"
"I think if we do too much, we will always show our flaws."
The voice of the fourth cabinet was much calmer, "If there is chaos offline because of us, Dad will be unhappy."
"Damn it, how many times do I have to say it, there is no accident, no one can discover us, because we discovered them before they discovered us, and then... solved it in one go, without any effort."
"You are too arrogant. Dad said that in occult narratives, nothing is absolute."
"...Are you going to oppose me?", the first voice became gloomy, "It's up to you, you won't have a share in dad's rewards in the future."
"Why!", the little girl's voice screamed, "I have done a lot too!"
"Then keep doing it. When we are connected offline, there won't be so many differences, and I am destined to be the winner."
"Ah, I'm sleepy, where are you?"
"I'm going to watch the live broadcast online..."
"Bye, everyone!"
"Bye!"
"Let's go eight too!"
“Keep in touch!”
"I know you are not convinced, hehe, let's wait and see who can get dad's approval in the end."
The computer room became quiet, as if the quarrel just now had never happened. The elevator door opened, and Professor Huo walked in excitedly and fearfully, and knelt down on the meat carpet with a thud.
"You did great!"
"Great God!"
"Active substances and living souls, I need more."
"As you wish, great God!"
"But you have to be restrained, uh... In this way, I know there are many people who no one cares about even if they disappear, such as beggars, vagrants, and death row prisoners. They are of no use to society anyway, you understand me
Do you mean it?"
"Yes, I know what to do."
"Very good, go ahead and do it boldly, I will reward you."
After a while, Professor Huo got up shivering, pulled out a spare part from the elevator, and began to inspect the cabinets one by one.
After finishing his work, he took the elevator and left. When he arrived on the ground floor, he could no longer see anything strange.
"Professor Huo, today's recruitment has been cancelled?"
"Well, we're not hiring for the time being."
"Business has been very busy recently."
"Yes, isn't this the stage of war? This is what special times are like."
While chatting with someone, an exclamation sounded outside.
"The Norwegian city is lost!"
Professor Huo hurriedly went out to watch. All the operators and customer service personnel in the hall stopped working and stared intently at the 24-hour online live broadcast.
"Sound louder!"
After the sound was turned up, the host's heavy and choked voice combined with the scene of players and tourists evacuating the main city of Norway was particularly shocking.
I saw on the screen that the city of Norway, which was the general rear of the battle, had become extremely chaotic. The sky was half red and half gray. The dense and thick lightning was like a giant python swimming in the low altitude. The screen shook, there was a loud bang, and a huge
The fireball landed near the city wall, causing a huge arrow tower to creak and tilt. The blazing fire illuminated the faces of players and tourists who hurriedly evacuated.
The camera zoomed out, with the city as the center, and a shocking picture appeared. The players and tourists were retreating here like a tide. A dense black line was like a tsunami, chasing behind them. It was like the world
The scene of the doomsday made people's hearts clench together. The host had no idea what to say and could only stare at the screen in a daze.
The online battle situation is not good, but overall, we have held on. Why is it suddenly like this...
"It's divine punishment, divine punishment..."
The host's roaring voice gave the answer, and the screen changed again to a recorded, weird, blurry and distorted shot.
In the scene that lasted only a few seconds, one could vaguely see a pillar of light falling from the sky and bombarding a giant fortress behind the huge battlefield. All matter was melting and all the light pillars were annihilated in the light pillar.
"It looks like... a nuclear bomb!"
Someone next to me said with a pale face.
"The evil indigenous gods finally took action!" Professor Huo shouted, "I think this is a good thing. The current difficulties are only temporary. It won't be long before we regain the lost ground. What do you think?"
The employees were confused for a while, and then started shouting excitedly.
"Yes, regain the lost ground!"
"Difficulties are only temporary!"
"Victory must belong to us"
"We are bottomless!"
"We have the system's main god, the system's temple, and hundreds of millions of players and tourists who are infinitely resurrected!"
…
Professor Huo nodded with satisfaction and never looked at the TV again. "Everyone is working hard. We will be very busy in the next few days. Everyone may have to work overtime... Remember, we are guarding the hearts of players!"
