Infinite spooky game

Chapter 128 Ning Xu

"When the total probability of survival is fixed, if I live, it means someone is going to die; if I save people nearby, more people in the distance may die because of my actions... Under this premise, I should How to make a choice?”

"Who is talking nonsense to you? If you have time to think about things, why not memorize more clearance strategies and train your puzzle-solving thinking."

"So, what's the answer to that question?"

"There is no answer, but just follow your heart. Next time someone asks you this kind of question, slap the questioner twice to see if he loses his temper."

"..."

Weird Investigation Bureau, Jiangcheng Branch.

Ning Xu left the medical office, walked straight to the depths of the corridor, and entered a small room where few people set foot.

The door number with the word "Archives Room" written on it has accumulated a thin layer of dust. After pushing the door open, the interior layout is clean and tidy.

The huge display refreshed the game forum's trends in real time. Various interaction records scrolled on the screen. Speeches involving keywords were highlighted in red, and the program automatically began to analyze the speaker's IP address.

After encountering supernatural events, many people always think that they are the protagonist of the story. No matter how bad they are, they are one of the few people who transcend the category of mediocrity. But it is a pity that these "protagonists" have been bathed in the gaze of the Federation from the moment they came into contact with the supernatural.

"The Federation is watching you", this sentence was originally an alarmist statement by a novelist, but with the development of technology, the reality has become even worse. 【Note】

On January 1999, 1, a strange game arrived.

At that time, the Federation had just been established for ten years, and the old national system had just disintegrated. Opposition demonstrations and military movements continued in various places, and few people focused on a "supernatural incident" involving only a thousand people.

Until 2008, various disasters such as earthquakes, floods, fires, and plagues emerged in places where various resistance organizations gathered. The Federation publicly stated its concept of "responsibility for mankind" and advocated that everyone put aside their grudges, unite as one, and lead all mankind through the difficulties. .

On the one hand, there is the benevolent federation, which organizes relief, and on the other hand, there are the "backward elements" who are impoverished and tighten their belts. Every fool knows who to choose.

The Federation has lived up to expectations, quickly taking control of the global economic lifeline and breaking down tariffs and technological barriers between regions. The tentacles of large companies extend to all walks of life everywhere, organize large-scale industrial production, and transport materials everywhere.

The Bureau of Bizarre Investigation was established during this period.

At that time, there were over 100,000 players involved in the strange game, and the major guilds had also developed to a certain scale, but in the end they were all self-organized, and most of the forces could be described as growing wildly and in chaos.

There are no less than a hundred forums just for discussing weird games. There are many group chats of various sizes, and there are many virus links that maliciously spy on privacy, so that people with ulterior motives can coerce other players offline, and even steal props and points.

The Weird Investigation Bureau first integrated a group of players who had been selected by the game and had official personnel; then they used the behemoth of the Federation to sort out most of the player information on the public network, select valuable people from them, and collect them. Surveillance and even execution of dangerous individuals.

Under such vigorous and resolute operations, the Bureau of Investigation soon gained considerable influence over the weird game, and even controlled the largest gaming forum at the time, using public opinion to call on players to unite and fight against the weird game.

Later, the Bureau of Investigation even recalled game qualifications on a large scale, selecting outstanding people from the army to actively enter the game, become players, and infect more and more people with their actions and ideas.

That period was also the most prosperous time for the Jiuzhou Guild.

Countless players talk about "a community with a shared future for mankind". Even if they encounter the worst situation, they will not consider harming others as their first choice. Firstly, they are worried about being liquidated by Kyushu after leaving the dungeon, and secondly, they believe that people in Kyushu will Save them.

Yes, the early weird games were far gentler than they are now. Old players can spend points to fish for people in the dungeon that has already started, and newcomers can also buy props at any time in the dungeon that can help them survive the death point.

The average monthly death toll of weird games once dropped to double digits, like the calm before the storm, or like a higher-dimensional being indulging children.

In this peaceful environment, guilds such as Xi La and Tian Tian who make a living by selling fear are like rats in the gutter, and everyone screams for beatings.

Seeing that the Bureau of Investigation is about to gather hundreds of thousands of players to jointly attack the final copy and break the supreme rules, the time has come on January 2014, 1.

It was exactly fifteen years after the game came, and the players gathered in front of the black tower in the Player Square. The then president of the Kyushu Guild was preparing to give another speech.

The originally dark yellow sky suddenly burst out with golden light, which reminded people of the explosion of stars at the beginning of the creation of the universe.

The blood-colored flowing fire fell from the sky and hit the ground with the roots of the giant tree like a meteorite.

Some players reacted very quickly and quit the game, while others were stunned for a few seconds longer and were caught in the flowing fire and burned to ashes.

Based on the last words left by the deceased in half an hour and the memories of the survivors, many people had hallucinations and heard the ravings of the great being; some claimed to have seen the corpse of the legendary "god".

Although those people's descriptions of "gods" were varied and completely different, no different from hysteria, the investigation bureau still named this event "Twilight of the Gods".

After that, Weird Games went on a month-long "service outage for maintenance," and the Bureau of Investigation also worked intensively to count the losses.

Most of the investigators were lost, and the core members of the Kyushu Guild tried to save people at the scene, but almost all of them were wiped out. The player group's vitality and morale have been greatly reduced. If they don't intervene in time, they may fall into ruin.

After the players entered the game again, they were disappointed to find that many of the game's mechanisms that benefit players' survival had been modified, and some inexplicable functions had been added.

In the following months, after experiencing dungeons with excessive difficulty again and again, the Bureau finally realized that the strange game was deliberately targeting them...

For more than ten years, the Bureau of Investigation had to shrink its influence in the game, retreat to reality to conduct behind-the-scenes supervision and public opinion guidance, and focus its work on dealing with strange intrusions.

After Xi La, Tian Tian and other organizations were attacked in reality, they focused on expanding their power in the game.

Eventually a balance is achieved.

……

Ning Xu glanced at the dangerous remarks made by Jiangcheng IP that had been packaged and distributed on the computer screen, and just raised her eyelids indifferently.

Most of these people are just talking about it, and when they are found, they shake like quails that have been caught in the rain; while the real big fish either use virtual addresses or don't make much noise.

What the Investigation Bureau really needs to pay attention to is only players who have cleared certain special dungeons such as "Dialectical Game".

Ning Xu walked around the computer desk, and the investigator responsible for following the forum finally noticed her, raised her head and said hello: "Sister Ning Xu, are you here?"

"Well, let me register the latest situation." Ning Xu smiled and nodded.

She stood in front of a metal wall filled with drawers. She opened one of the drawers with her fingerprints skillfully, took out the electronic screen stored inside, and entered a line of text: "The alienation degree of the subject under supervision is 6%, and the intervention of a psychologist is not needed for the time being." "

Although the injuries in the copy cannot be brought to reality, the mental and psychological damage is real. It has been very common in the thirty-six years since the advent of the weird game that veteran players have transformed into massacres, and investigators have lost control and gone crazy.

The Weird Investigation Bureau has gradually formed a complete supervision and self-examination system, paying attention to the mental health of investigators at all times, and taking in dangerous personnel in a timely manner.

For someone like Chang Xu who almost died in the dungeon and finally managed to save his life, it is inevitable that the degree of alienation will increase. As for how much it will increase, it all depends on his psychological quality.

Of course, it is said that this thing has a certain relationship with IQ. Ning Xu thought half-jokingly more than once: "Foolish people are blessed with stupidity. The simpler the mind, the less they think, and the easier it is to get out of negative emotions."

After Chang Xu left the game, he was in a coma in reality for five days. He was pulled into taking notes just as he was about to move a little bit. It was only now that Ning Xu had met him.

During the conversation, Ning Xu always felt that Chang Xu was hiding something, but after thinking about it carefully, the other party did not seem to have such a scheming person, so she just assumed that she had an illusion.

Chang Xu, in the words of the senior officials of the Investigation Bureau, is a sharp knife. If used properly, it is a useful tool. Even if he cannot exert the maximum effect, remember not to let him get out of control.

So, Ning Xu just sent the last person under supervision to the shelter, and then went to the orphanage to pick up Chang Xu.

She felt like she was facing a formidable enemy at first, but soon she discovered that this guy's world was as simple as a blank sheet of paper, lacking a lot of common sense and knowledge. To put it simply, he was easy to deceive.

For such a person, many of her ideas were subtly instilled by her. How could they be beyond her control?

"Sister Ning Xu, Tingfeng Guild has sent out another warning." The investigator sitting next to the computer said without raising his head, "The 'Gate' has definitely appeared."

Ning Xu said "hmm" and said with a smile: "Let's wait for the director's notification. Such a big matter is not something we can decide."

Without looking back, she closed the drawer, locked it, and walked out of the file room without looking back.

She wandered aimlessly down the corridor and before she knew it, she came to the only window on the entire floor.

It was said to be a window, but it was just a small opening of one square decimeter. It was unknown whether it was used for ventilation or was damaged by an accident.

This opening has never been blocked, and the scene outside the building can always be seen, so many investigators like to stand here for a while when they are free.

Ning Xu stopped and looked sideways out of the window.

A black cat squatted on a tree, eyeing the bird's nest in the bushes. The pearl-necked turtle dove perched in the nest has not yet realized that the danger is approaching, and is still preening its feathers happily, unaware of it.

Ning Xu couldn't help but laugh, and suddenly wanted to throw something out, either to chase away the black cat or scare away the birds. But then she thought, as cats and birds are part of the food chain, what position does she, a human, have to interfere?

While he was struggling, the communicator on his waist rang, and Ning Xu connected.

The man opposite said: "Ning Xu, the plan you proposed last time has been approved by the higher authorities, and you are fully responsible for it. But...if something goes wrong, you will have to bear the main responsibility."

"No problem, I understand everything." Ning Xu said calmly, then turned and walked towards the elevator deep in the corridor.

She walked into the elevator and went down.

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Weird Investigation Bureau, five underground floors, with cold metal rooms on both sides of the maze-like corridor, with numbers and words marked on the doors.

Ning Xu counted the rows of numbers and stopped in front of a door marked [129].

Basic information is written on the upper left corner of the door.

[Weird name: Puppet]

[Type: Ghost (?)]

[Danger level: E]

[Remarks: It has human memory and recognizes itself as a human being; it also has weird basic characteristics, such as immortality, pica, and infectiousness, etc. It has a good affinity for other weird things and can sense weird positions with a higher degree of danger. No intention to actively attack humans has been found so far. 】

Through the electronic screen on the door, you can see what's going on inside. A woman with disheveled hair is lying on the ground like a wild animal, not knowing whether she is dead or alive.

Ning Xu put on protective clothing and entered the room.

When the woman noticed someone coming, she woke up suddenly and begged angrily:

"Please let me out... I have really cleared "Dialectical Game", I am really a human being..."

"I am Zhang Yiyu, a student in the 30th class of the School of Liberal Arts at Liucheng University. My mother is Zhang Haiyan. She and my father divorced, and I am the only relative left..."

"Please, at least let me have a phone call with her..."

Ning Xu walked over, helped the woman up from the ground, and comforted her gently: "I believe you are human."

She took out an iron ball from her pocket and handed it to the woman. Her voice was persuasive: "Eat it and I will let you go."

As if grasping a life-saving straw, the woman quickly took the iron ball and stuffed it into her mouth.

Ning Xu took a few steps back without leaving a trace, staring at her coldly.

After ten seconds of dead silence, the woman had swallowed the iron ball into her belly. She raised her eyes to look at Ning Xu and asked sadly: "Sister Police, I've eaten it. Can you let me go?"

Ning Xu looked down at her condescendingly, with a look of pity flashing in his eyes: "Do you still think you are a human being? After eating such a large piece of metal, a normal human would have died of pain long ago."

The woman woke up from a dream, and her already pale face became even paler. She hurriedly tore open her stomach with her hands, turned her intestines and stomach in a cloud of black smoke, took out the iron ball, and threw it away.

She curled up into a ball and muttered to herself: "I didn't eat, I didn't eat... I am a human being, I am really a human being..."

"Didn't I already promise you? I will let you go." Ning Xu sighed, then came forward and held up the woman's face almost lovingly, "It doesn't matter that you are human, it doesn't matter that you are weird. Woolen cloth?"

The woman's eyes widened in disbelief, and she heard the beautiful woman in front of her continue to say: "Join us as a ghost and re-enter the weird game. I will give you the greatest freedom within my authority."

"You can contact your mother once a month, and we will also tell your mother that you were working for the federal confidentiality department during the period of disappearance."

"I think your mother would be proud of you."

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[Note] Adapted from the sentence "The Big Brother is watching you" in "1984".

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