Chapter 160 Romance Contagion (23) (1st + 2nd) [VIP]

"Among the book holders we know so far... Shi Linling, the book holder of Romantic Contagion 1, is a free man who accidentally obtained the original work, and the book holder of Romantic Contagion 2 is a Gu breeder who came in with a ticket to raise Gu..."

The new discovery made everyone examine all the original authors they had come into contact with during this period.

"It's still unclear whether Senior Qiu from 3 is a free man or a Gu breeder," Guan Hongyan bit the tip of her pen, "but the Gu King from Long Aotian's world who merged in should be a free man for sure."

The difference between the Gu Breeders and the indigenous people is very obvious. The biggest difference is that the Gu Breeders are committed to promoting the integration of the world, and then let their protagonists integrate more protagonists, while the indigenous people may not even know that the world will be divided and integrated, nor do they understand the benefits that the original work will bring to themselves.

Long Aotian, the Gu King, who has hundreds of original works but has not integrated them, is definitely not a Gu keeper.

The identity of Senior Qiu is a bit confusing. If we only look at his behavior, he has been frantically bringing in new worlds recently, completely like a Gu keeper.

"Senior Qiu's words..." Yun Tian thought for a moment on the table, "His behavior of suddenly pulling many original works into this world must have been stimulated by Long Aotian Gu King."

Long Aotian, the Gu King, made him feel a sense of crisis, so his response was to bring more original characters into this world.

But judging from the subsequent handling of this behavior, he doesn't seem like a Gu breeder.

"Why doesn't he integrate so many worlds he brought in?" Guan Hongyan thought while biting the tip of his pen.

If Senior Qiu had not yet merged the worlds, they would not have discovered that the worlds would merge only after they took the original work from the book holder of the F4 Academy.

Gu Tiancai was the Gu King he raised, it was impossible for him not to know that the worlds could be integrated.

"He could have made such a decision only because of the sudden appearance of Long Aotian Gu King. There are two possibilities," Bai Jinshu thought for a while, "First, he thinks Long Aotian Gu King is a Gu breeder. There is competition among Gu breeders, and Gu breeders from different factions will fight each other after entering the Gu farm."

Although there was a problem with the direction of their initial reasoning, their speculation about the rules of the original work should not be wrong. Being written into the text of someone else's original work will indeed distort cognition.

Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. From what Ge Guang said before, we can tell that in this collection organization, there are definitely various factions.

There are struggles between factions, so after entering the Gu breeding farm, Gu breeders from different factions will attack each other for personal gain, factional grudges, or old personal grudges.

Although Senior Qiu also has the Gu King, Gu Tiancai's superiority lies in IQ. His bug-level abilities are only useful on the Internet. Without computers, Gu Tiancai is just a kid who is a little smarter than his peers.

If he were to face the Gu King from the Demonic World of Long Aotian, he would be completely defenseless.

So one possibility is that Senior Qiu believed that the newly merged Long Aotian Gu King was a hostile faction, so he chose to hide himself among the many Marisu worlds.

"What about the other kind?" Guan Hongyan looked up.

"The second possibility is that he knows that Long Aotian Gu King is an aboriginal," Xu Zichen said suddenly as he stood up from the sofa. "Long Aotian Gu King is an aboriginal who deduced all the rules after obtaining the original book. He has no information gap with the Gu breeder on the rules."

"Do you know what is the most taboo thing in this kind of Gu breeding farm?" He glanced at everyone and smiled obscurely, "The most taboo thing is to let the Gu King know that you are the Gu King."

He expressed these words with a kind of eerie feeling that he couldn't let ghosts know that he was a ghost.

"What will happen if we know?" Zhang Ying shuddered.

"Of course I'll kill him on the counterattack," Xu Zichen lay back down again, "The ticket doesn't recognize its owner. As long as I kill the Gu breeder when he isn't paying attention, I can get the ticket."

"Why do you think the Killer Island Master chose to establish the Killer Island as the island master? Why did Senior Qiu choose to target Gu Tiancai since he was a child? Why did the original Gu breeder in "Romantic Contagion 1" choose Wei Sheng Pei Ya to appear when she was a child? Didn't they want to train the Gu King directly after he was formed? No, they just didn't dare."

It's like a baby elephant with chains tied around its ankles. When it grows up, even if it has the ability to easily break free from the chains, it will never have that thought again.

"The Gu King can only be trained from a young age," Xu Zichen said, "During this process, he must not know that he is the Gu King, and he must not know that he is devouring other protagonists."

"How do you think Gu Tiancai was created?" Xu Zichen showed that very intriguing expression again. "Cultivating Gu has nothing to do with the Gu King. During the whole process, Gu Tiancai actually didn't have to do anything. He didn't need to know about swallowing and fusion. Senior Qiu would specifically pull Gu Tiancai into the new world, choose a suitable protagonist for him, and then take the original work to find the Gu breeder in this protagonist's world."

"Next, Senior Qiu needs to torture their protagonist until his health is low, and then seize the original work after confirming that the protagonist is weaker than Gu Tiancai. This way, when the original work merges, Gu Tiancai can easily become the winner under the judgment of the law."

"During the whole process, Gu Tiancai didn't need to do anything. Before he was judged to be a qualified Gu King who could join the organization, he didn't even understand what happened during his growth."

When Xu Zichen said this, everyone in the room felt a slight chill.

For some reason, the room manager in the live broadcast room did not block this conversation, and all the investors who were watching the live broadcast heard the description.

[Brother, stop talking. I’m scared.]

[What kind of organization is this? I am already angry just by listening to it.]

[Angry +1. Before they said this was a Gu field, I didn't really feel it, but now that they said this, I suddenly felt the hairs on my back stand up.]

[Isn't this treating people as consumables instead of human beings? ]

[As expected, only when a specific event happens to a specific person can it be felt. Before Gu Tiancai was used as an example, I felt that this Gu field was just so-so, but after this example was used, I became furious.]

[My fist is hardened +10086. What's the point of being a Gu King for such an organization? Gu Tiancai might as well come to the Foundation. ]

[Yes, at least the Foundation would not set up such an anti-human poisoning site. ]

[Perhaps you still remember that Gu Tiancai was three and a half years old...]

[Oh my god, the world outside is so scary. The style of our foundation has suddenly become silly and sweet.]

[…In fact, the Foundation is not naive, it is just more capitalist.]

[Damn, it's true that the Foundation follows the path of capitalists, and the world outside is a bit darker.]

[This darkness is no longer just a little bit...]

…

"The Gu King is difficult to control, but also very easy to control," Xu Zichen continued on the screen. He lowered his voice and smiled meaningfully, "I will teach you how to make a qualified Gu. You must become his best friend, his lover, his most revered and respected senior, and a benchmark for his future as he grows up..."

"In this way, the Gu King, who cannot accept the sudden knife attack on his loved ones at the moment before his death, will raise the recruitment rate of the organization to the highest level," Xu Zichen's voice echoed lightly in the room, "and only in this way, after knowing the truth, will they be unable to take action."

The Gu King, who has become a team member and whose lifeblood is held in the hands of the other party, has long had a mixture of love and hate for the Gu Refiner. Even if he is sober, he can't do anything.

"I've seen this kind of thing too many times," Xu Zichen shrugged. "So instead of guessing that the book holder in Long Aotian's world is a Gu breeder from a hostile organization, it's better to guess that he is the Gu King who got the ticket through some unknown means."

"So it is because of his own experience that he collected other original works, wanting to help the Gu King like himself break free from control!" Lu Changfeng suddenly realized.

"Hmm?" Xu Zichen raised his eyebrows and looked in his direction, "Why do you think so?"

"A Gu King, a Gu King who knew he was a Gu King before he entered the institution on the verge of death, got the ticket, which only means one thing," Bai Jinshu suddenly said, "It means that he will never be able to leave this Gu field again."

He would not be willing to enter the collection institution that turned him into the Gu King, but he could not leave this Gu field either.

There are only two paths before him: to enter another larger Gu farm for relative freedom, or to become the killer of the Gu breeder in this Gu farm for revenge.

As a "ticket" holder who also became a monk halfway, he would naturally know that in this world, in addition to the Gu breeders, there are also some indigenous people who have obtained the "tickets".

Therefore, before taking action, he would carefully identify who is the Gu breeder and who is the indigenous person who is completely ignorant of the cruelty of this world and only has a glimpse of the world.

So this is the reason why the Killer Island Master was killed by Long Aotian’s Gu King shortly after being pulled into Long Aotian’s world.

Because the three dead killer sisters are the biggest evidence that he is the Gu breeder.

"Yes," Xu Zichen didn't expect Cen Bingqi to reveal the essence of the matter so easily. He glanced at him in surprise. "For a Gu King, from the moment he was chosen, he could only clearly recognize that all worlds are just Gu fields in different forms."

Leaving the Gu-raising jar, the collection structure you arrive at is just a bigger jar.

In that organization, apart from a small number of normal exploration team members who worked their way up from the low-end team members to the high-end team members, the mentally unstable Gu Kings definitely make up the majority of their high-end team members.

They were chosen as the Gu Kings, and they selected others to be Gu Kings. They were both victims and perpetrators. The entire group of high-end team members was connected by a complex and twisted web of emotions.

"To be honest, I am always sincerely worried about the mental state of their team members..." Guan Hongyan said, holding his forehead.

Can normal people really exist in an institution like this?

*

Inside the base of [0106], there was a notebook emitting a bright light on the table.

The laptop screen was fixed on the homepage of a foundation organization's website. A large bulletin board occupying half of the screen was scrolling a carousel of recommendations for space projects that were currently being broadcast live.

Below the live broadcast room that occupies the largest recommendation column, the large words [Serial Number 106] are very conspicuous.

All the current members of the organization were sitting in front of the coffee table. Yun Guang, who hadn't been seen for a while, sat in the middle and clicked on the link very skillfully: "Since I finished talking to the officials, this live broadcast room has been recommended on the homepage."

"Although the name written on it is [Serial Number 106], people outside have started to call this space [Romantic Contagion], taking the name of the original work in the space," Yun Guang said as he opened the page. "The current number of viewers is 120 million. Since this live broadcast room was recommended, the number of online users has never dropped below 100 million."

"The Foundation is intentionally promoting this space. Coupled with the posts that people made on the forum before we discovered that this was a breeding ground for gu, now basically 70% of the Foundation's traffic is flowing into this space."

Right now, there is no space to fully fill in the rules, and even the level displayed to the outside world is still E.

This is definitely a rare sight since the establishment of the entire foundation.

All investors, whether they are low-end, mid-end or high-end, and even analysts and team members in organizations in special spaces, all focus on a small E-class space.

Most of the time, the live broadcasts in the space are not even about exploration content, but a girl with a ponytail cutting onions, or a child who doesn't even look like he's old enough to go to kindergarten playing on the computer, or some exploration team members wearing school uniforms attending a pretentious school.

The three rules that have been submitted are hanging alone on the expansion bar on the right end of the live broadcast room. Although there are only three rules here, everyone who watches the live broadcast is well aware of the rules that have not been filled in.

"Does the foundation intend to publicize what that organization has done?" Guan Hongyan leaned forward to take a look at the screen.

"It seems like this at the moment," Yun Guang spread his hands. "Competition between collection institutions is already fierce. The timing is too good this time. The Foundation didn't take the initiative to make a move, but the other party handed it the handle. The Foundation will naturally seize this opportunity and do a good job of publicity."

"Plus, most people don't know about the existence of other organizations outside the Foundation, so they come here to watch the fun. Even if they watch a live broadcast of cutting onions all day, they still find it fresh. The number of viewers in this live broadcast room will naturally increase."

"So..." Lu Changfeng scratched his head, "Brother Yun Guang, what is the reason for you calling everyone out this time?"

At around eight o'clock this morning, Yun Guang suddenly sent them a message on the message board, asking the few exploration team members who were still in the space to find a chance to come out, as there was something they needed to discuss.

So, taking advantage of a break at noon, everyone logged out of the space one after another and came to the base of [0106].

"Well... let's discuss the direction of the subsequent live broadcast," Yun Guang held up his chin, "Now this development has obviously exceeded our initial expectations."

Originally, everyone chose live broadcast just to share some of the exploration costs, but they didn't expect Yun Guang to be so lucky that he pulled out the most explosive one from a bunch of spaces.

The live broadcast suddenly became a handle for another collection institution, and the foundation began to promote the live broadcast in order to seize the other party's mistake.

Now the cost of space exploration seems less important. All the rules have been explored by them. If they want to end the live broadcast, they can choose to fill in the rules at any time and then log out of the space openly, exit the foundation's live broadcast, and then handle subsequent matters out of sight of the public.

"The question is..." Xu Zichen raised his eyebrows, "Is this the way the Foundation wants to deal with it?"

The foundation made such a big splash for this live broadcast, even going so far as to put it directly on the recommended advertising slot, which was definitely not what they wanted to see.

"I called you out to discuss this," Yun Guang held his forehead helplessly, "The Foundation's move obviously doesn't care if we expose the existence of the special space. They pushed the live broadcast to such a high level just to let everyone see what this organization does."

"Although I don't know what they are going to do specifically, our live broadcast has now become the vanguard of creating public opinion," Guan Hongyan said bluntly, "This won't work. We have to pay more."

The foundation gave them this space in order to obtain compensation, but now the compensation has become the focus of public opinion, and they have to work for the foundation in return.

"As long as we are willing to broadcast more content, the foundation will definitely agree to our conditions," Bai Jinshu folded his hands, "The point that Yun Guang wants to express should be what kind of attitude we should show towards the other party in the live broadcast and what kind of measures we should take."

Xu Zichen's previous remarks had already brought most people's rejection of the Gu farm to a peak. What the foundation wanted was for them to arouse investors' anger, or to make investors see the unreliability of the other party, or to use this as a pretext to launch a crusade against that organization in some areas that they currently cannot access?

If the foundation can benefit from this live broadcast, they [0106] will definitely benefit as well, and they may even become an organization with an official background.

And in fact, the Foundation has been deliberately catering to this rumor. In the eyes of organizations that don't know that [Serial Number 106] is the compensation plan they [0106] chose in the Yunling Space Business War, their live broadcast this time is a cooperation with the Foundation.

In their eyes, the order of events was probably that the Foundation discovered traces of the organization's Gu farm, so they selected Xu Zichen, who had severely damaged the opposite Gu farm last time, from a group of special team members, and deliberately let Xu Zichen and other people in [0106] enter this project, and then downgraded the level to the lowest level E that all investors can view.

Then they were allowed to explore until Xu Zichen discovered the truth and revealed it directly in the live broadcast.

In their eyes, perhaps this exploration was just a play between the Foundation and [0106], just for...

Suddenly, a voice sounded: "In order to have a legitimate reason to be a teacher."

Everyone turned to look over.

Bai Jinshu raised his eyebrows in surprise.

The person who said this was actually Huai Jiamu.

This time Yun Guang asked them to go out together. Bai Jinshu wanted to introduce the special existence of the Evil God to everyone, so he brought him out of the space as well.

Unexpectedly, his personality was probably really influenced by that [Xuanyuan Huan] in the space. After leaving the space, Huai Jiamu became visibly cold again. He nodded slightly to the other four team members, and sat on the edge of the sofa in the base as if he had disappeared, listening silently to their discussion of the follow-up plan.

If he hadn't spoken suddenly, Guan Hongyan and the others would have almost forgotten that there was someone sitting here.

However, they had never seen any strange team members in [0106], so it was not strange for the exploration team members to dissolve into the copy.

It seems that he is really sensitive to topics related to the foundation... Bai Jinshu's mind turned around and he put his speculation behind him.

Huai Jiamu's sudden words attracted everyone's attention.

Staring at the burning gazes of the five people, he said calmly: "When two armies fight, there must be a reason. The party that strikes first is always at a disadvantage."

"The Foundation wants to force the other side to take the first step in this poison field, so that their subsequent response measures can be a just counterattack."

"Hiss..." Guan Hongyan took a shallow breath, "Which organization was it that attacked the space in Yunling last time? Was it this one as well?"

"I don't know," Yun Guang shook his head, "but...what he said makes sense."

He hesitated for a moment, obviously not knowing what the evil god was called.

This person seems to be very familiar with the Foundation's way of doing things. Maybe he has an official background that is closely connected with the Foundation?

"What happened in this space is absolutely intolerable. Zichen just happens to have an old grudge against them. Taking down their Gu farm will not cause any negative public opinion. Instead, it will deepen the positive impression of the foundation," Yun Guang thought thoughtfully, leaving his speculation about Huai Jiamu behind and continued, "and this Gu farm is a hot potato. If it falls into the hands of the foundation, it is inevitable that other institutions will bring up this Gu farm in the future and suspect that the foundation is also refining Gu. So the transfer of ownership of the space this time is actually a good move."

Serial number 106 is actually their [0106] space, and the ownership had been transferred even before the exploration was opened. In [0106], there is Xu Zichen, who has many new and old grudges with the Gu farm and the opposing organization. When the dust settled, no one could speak or say: this Gu farm that fell into the hands of the foundation will still be used as a Gu farm.

From this perspective, it seems that this space was tailor-made for them.

A world that can continuously split and merge space, with a rating starting at at least S, or even higher.

By the time it was over, [0106] had gained space, the Foundation had gained a reason to go to war, and the only one who was hurt was the opposing organization.

"No need to say so much, just tell me what we are going to do next in another world?" Xu Zichen stretched.

Bai Jin said: "Causing trouble."

Huai Jiamu: "Provoking a fight."

They both spoke at the same time.

Bai Jin's statement was straightforward, while Huai Jiamu was much more tactful.

Bai Jinshu coughed lightly and continued, "We will stir up as much trouble as possible in this space. We will do whatever the Gu King Long Aotian does. Once the identities of all the Gu breeders are confirmed, we will snatch their tickets and kill them on the spot. We will turn this Gu field upside down and let everyone know that you, Xu Zichen, are seeking revenge. You are doing this for personal grudges, for personal grudges of justice."

"Hey," Xu Zichen straightened his clothes and said seriously, "I like this one."

*

The door of the enemy's old house was kicked open.

The Qiu family members who rushed over after hearing the noise only saw that the person who kicked the door open was a very tall man.

The man put his hands in his pockets, as if he didn't take anyone seriously. In the crowd, Senior Qiu's pupils suddenly contracted.

"King Qiu Gu~" Xu Zichen's eyes were locked on him, and he spoke in a brisk voice, as if he was singing.

"I found you."

"Do you want to hand in the ticket yourself, or do you want me to take it after I kill you?"

"Oh, I was kidding you," he laughed for no apparent reason, "I will kill you here whether you give it to me or not."

The author has something to say:

I feel like the name Qiu Gu Wang sounds weird, but I’m too lazy to give him a name since he’s going to die anyway ()