War Paradise

In the cold-toned doomsday hotel, there is a deadly silence.

Lin Chi walked into the icy corridor and checked his current state with the help of the cold light cast by the incandescent lamp above his head.

The weapons and props he obtained from this map in his pocket have all disappeared at this time, and only the observer's contract is still in his pocket, but the content on the paper has also undergone subtle changes:

The original content of the call for help is gone, replaced by a simple and rude line of text: "Go to Room 207."

In addition, the dark blue prison shirt that was soaked in blood on Lin Chi's body was replaced by gray work clothes. The three letters "F.G.T" were printed on the chest of Lin Chi, and I don't know what it meant.

Lin Chi raised his head and stared at the dilapidated third-floor ceiling. The ceiling at the end of the corridor seemed to have been bombed out of a big hole by a bomb. The bleak cold light came in from the entrance of the hole, reflecting the piece of cement that was not illuminated by the light. Ground.

——So, what is the setting of where I am now?

Lin Chi, who was still in a confused state, tried to open all the doors in the corridor except Room 303, but found that all the doors were locked and could not be opened at all.

Fortunately, there is no unopenable iron fence in the stairwell of the "End of the World Hotel". Lin Chi did not encounter any obstacles, so he followed the stairs to the second floor and prepared to walk to Room 207 on the other side of the corridor. .

Then, when he poked his head out of the corridor, he suddenly stopped.

——Four guys wearing black combat uniforms, holding submachine guns, and wearing binocular night vision goggles, who look like special forces soldiers, are standing on the other side of the corridor. Search the house on the second floor.

"what's the situation?"

Seeing the guy suspected of being an enemy appeared, Lin Chi was also leaning against the wall, staring at the shadow cast from the other side of the corridor, watching those guys slowly approaching.

After entering the "parallel space", he returned to his unarmed state. It was obviously extremely difficult to subdue a fully armed soldier with his hands alone.

If you want to kill those enemies, besides weapons, you have to wait for a chance...

Thinking of this, Lin Chi lowered his head and focused his gaze on the brick beside his feet and the broken glass beside him.

In the silent corridor, the soldiers whispered something. Although the sound was very low, their voices were very clear because the building was too quiet:

"Not here, it may have escaped..."

"Keep on searching, we must find the lunatic. His experiment should be dying."

"Can't it just be unplugged?"

"No! In that case they would be completely hopeless. We need them..."

While discussing in a low voice, the soldiers walked to the stairwell. The eyepieces on their heads did not flash any light even under direct incandescent light.

The two soldiers in the rear aimed their guns at the back of the corridor, and the two in front moved forward slowly and vigilantly, holding hands with the dark submachine guns in their hands. The dark silhouettes looked like cold ghosts.

"Be careful……"

A soldier walking on the right front used a tactical gesture to issue a "stop forward" instruction to his teammates, pointed his gun at the dark stairway, and with the help of night vision goggles, was ready to check whether people were hidden at the stairway.

Then, a brick flew out under the gaze of the four soldiers, smashing the glass in the opposite corridor and flying out of the building.

When the brick appeared, the four soldiers had subconsciously raised their guns and aimed at the stairs, but their sights still followed the human "automatic tracking of moving objects" rule, and followed the bricks from left to right to the window.

And this fleeting opportunity is exactly what Lin Chi needs now!

Before the four soldiers opened fire, Lin Chi had already rushed out of the stairs. The sharp glass shards in his hand directly pierced the neck of the soldier nearest to him, and then instantly pulled out the D80 fighting saber from the scabbard on the opponent's waist and cut it. Open the throat of the other person next to him.

Bang bang bang...

The rapid sound of the submachine gun sounded, and the flames erupted from the muzzle illuminated the dark corridor. The two soldiers behind them shot at almost zero distance, but they all hit the body armor of their companions.

Relying on the soldier whose neck was cut by himself as a meat shield, Lin Chi successfully retreated to the stairwell, avoiding the enemy's shooting range.

"Fuck……"

In the face of the unexpected situation, the remaining two soldiers were caught off guard and turned on the portable radio while moving back, trying to call for support.

One of the soldiers took out a grenade and just tore off the safety pin. A fleeting silver light suddenly lit up in front of him. What followed was a large saber that flew from the front, nailed to his right wrist, and almost crazy. Severe pain.

"Ahhhhhhh!"

The soldier knelt down and looked at his saber-pierced wrist, screamed loudly, and rolled the grenades with the insurance out of his hand for a few seconds before hitting the apartment door next to him with a crisp sound.

"I go……"

Seeing this scene, before the next soldier had time to say something, the whole person was swallowed by the fiery fireball exploded by the grenade.

boom!

Lin Chi, who was hiding in the stairwell, witnessed the blast of flesh and blood fragments on the nearby walls. After confirming that the enemy had been killed, he finally entered the corridor again.

The four soldiers had been smashed to pieces in the grenade explosion, and their equipment was also destroyed. The corridor, which was full of bullet holes, seemed to have been washed by blood, and the walls were covered with burn marks and flesh and blood fragments from the explosion.

"This map is really exciting." Lin Chi said with emotion.

By now, he knew very well that what was said in the introduction of the map was true. In this map, not only the killing protection program was closed, but also the "bloody control system" that provided players with a harmonious picture. Nowadays, in brain imaging games that are becoming increasingly "harmonious" due to policies, there is probably only "War Paradise" that can appear such flesh and blood images...

There was choking smoke floating in the air, and the smell of barbecue was mixed in it. Lin Chi quickly walked through the **** zone in the corridor to the black metal door of Room 207.

As before, the door of Room 207 was not locked. Just looking at the burn marks on the door frame and the burn marks on the wall beside the door, you knew that the soldiers should have used the door breaker and forcibly opened the door.

Entering the door of Room 207, you see the same messy living room, but unlike the situation in the last "Apocalypse Hotel", this time Room 207 contains a strange machine.

The room that was supposed to be a bedroom was now occupied by a cube with a silver shell. The surface of the thing flashed a sharp cold light, the top was filled with slender metal pipes, and the base below was fixed to the floor by large screws, obviously immovable.

--what is this?

Lin Chi stood in front of the machine with great interest and observed the structure of this thing.

On this seemingly high-tech device, there is no exposed control panel and display screen, and there is no place to operate at all. The blue and white electric light from the shell from time to time and the dangerous crackling sound are also reminding him. "Don't touch."

So, is this machine related to the weird "switching map" before?

While Lin Chi was thinking about it, a trembling female voice suddenly sounded just a short distance behind him:

"Um, may I ask..."

Like a sound from his ears, Lin Chi turned his head back in an instant, but didn't see anyone. The woman seemed to have noticed his fear, and then whispered: "Don't worry, I'm using the speaker..."

"Daddy is scared to death." Lin Chi muttered impolitely and asked, "Who are you?"

The other party did not answer immediately, but asked in a low voice: "You are the enemy of those soldiers, right? I saw you killing them on the monitor."

"Right." Lin Chi nodded, and added: "Please answer my question."

Since entering this game, he has been in a state of perplexity, and what he wants to know most is the plot and worldview of this map.

And now, this woman who was hunted down by the soldiers should have some inside information.

"Ah, wait for me to see if there are enemy bugs nearby..."

The female voice sounded a little panicked, and it took a minute for it to finally resound again: "Thank God, they should all be dead. Well, what did you ask just now?"

To this confused guy, Lin Chi repeated his question again, and then finally got the answer from the other party:

"Hello, I am the administrator of this community, and I also lock them up to save the residents..."

--administrator?

Hearing this word, the gloomy figure of "executive" appeared in Lin Chi's mind first, but he soon realized that the manager in the other party's mouth was not a game manager (GM), but a different kind of manager. Management in the sense:

"You mean, you belong to the neighborhood committee?"

"The neighborhood committee... is what you said? I am called the Apartment Residents Administration here." The woman is serious about this, and said solemnly: "The residents of this apartment are all under my management."

"So what's the matter with this machine? Also, how are the others in the apartment?" Lin Chi asked curiously.

"That machine is the'Dreamland Maker', and everyone else in the apartment should still be in the dreamland created by it." The woman quickly answered Lin Chi's question: "I just came back from there too..."

——In this way, the **** map before is actually a "dream" made by this machine?

Realizing this, Lin Chi finally understood the reason for the map switch, and continued to ask: "So why are you doing this?"

"You can see it too." The woman's voice was a little frustrated: "War has erupted here, and it is already barren. The neighborhood is surrounded by minefields and radiation areas. It is impossible for us to leave."

"So, did you prepare a virtual ‘paradise’ for them?" Lin Chi reacted immediately.

"Yes, it was like this at the beginning." The woman laughed: "The food and supplies here are enough to last a while, but the residents begin to restless. I know that I was trapped in the apartment during the war and couldn't get out. Even the internet is disconnected, which is really desperate."

"In order to appease the residents, I will use this machine to create a virtual paradise for everyone to live in and temporarily forget the troubles in the real world. Their bodies in reality are supported by infusions."

"But now, it's worse over there than here." Lin Chi smiled.

"Yes, that's why I flee back..." The woman sighed, "But it's also strange here. The residents on the first floor are all missing, and a group of soldiers came and started chasing me inexplicably."

Although the question she raised was really strange. However, under the current circumstances, Lin Chi is most concerned about another issue:

"So, can you explain what this "Dreamland Maker" is? Don't you think it is strange?" Lin Chi vomited.

In this kind of world view that is suspected to be the 1990s, the strange device similar to the imaging game warehouse in the brain appears to be a bit wrong and full of a strong sense of violation.

"Ah, you said this machine..." The woman's voice didn't sound very concerned, she explained lightly: "This is provided by Mr. Vincent in the apartment. Everyone before entering the cabin door. Signed an agreement, agreed to use this machine, and erased some of the previous memories. Do you have any questions?"

"Erasing memories" is still impossible even in the real world in 2035. Because of this, Lin Chi was slightly surprised when he heard the woman's explanation, and asked, "Are you serious?"

"Yes, isn't it important?" The woman's tone was a little confused: "What's wrong with you?"

Lin Chi soon realized that in the other side's worldview, the "Dream Maker" device seemed to exist for granted, and there was no strange feeling.

But... for Lin Chi, this situation is really abnormal:

According to the woman's account, this apartment building should be surrounded by minefields and radiation areas. But if it is technically sufficient to create a "dream maker", breaking through the minefield is simply a breeze.

Of course, the military in this worldview may also have very advanced equipment, creating minefields that cannot be broken through. But judging from the equipment of the four soldiers that Lin Chi killed just now, the soldiers here are actually still using weapons and equipment from the 1990s, and they don't show a particularly advanced level of technology.

At this level of technology, such black technology as "Dream Controller" simply shouldn't exist! so……

——This apartment, like the Doomsday Hotel, is a simulated virtual space, right?

Thinking of this, Lin Chi was about to speak when the woman's voice sounded again, with a hint of anxiety in her voice:

"It's not good, another soldier is here!"

Before he could finish his words, Lin Chi heard the outside of the apartment, and suddenly there was the sound of the helicopter's propeller spinning. He stood in front of the window and saw the open space in front of the apartment brightly illuminated by the lights of the transport helicopter.

More than a dozen soldiers in black were rappelling from a helicopter hovering in mid-air, and along the long rope thrown from the cabin, they slid down to the open space in front of the apartment.

After landing, these black-clothed soldiers wearing night vision goggles quickly dispersed, in a standard combat formation, and outflanked the apartment from three entrances at the same time.