[Haining Cat Island exploration completed, check out the pre-order: "Being a Creator God in an Infinite Game"]
[Cover is the False God, past 16 covers can be found @月渡寒塘不含...
Chapter 166 The Sky Falls (1) (1st update + 2nd update + 0.5 update) [VIP]
Time is running out, the live broadcast of [Sky Has Fallen] will start in three days.
Although Ningqiu only locked four positions, in fact, except for Song Jirou who chose the project from the beginning, the other positions are still vacant.
This space was originally decided to be decentralized by [Ningqiu] after rigorous evaluation and energy detection. It has not been long since it appeared in the mid-range project pool. Not many people have discovered this new project, and there are relatively few blind investors.
The only ones who were planning to enter [0106] were Lu Changfeng and Xu Zichen. He had to pay attention to the fact that the internal information of [Ningqiu] "contains certain unscientific elements, and it is recommended to select members of the exploration team of the non-materialistic world, and those with life-saving skills are preferred."
These organizations that have been developing in the foundation for some time have all kinds of strange sources of space. It is not surprising that the specific situation of the space can be inferred from the source, but the problem is that neither Lu Changfeng nor Xu Zichen are from the non-material world.
A certain evil god is not materialistic, but the last experience of entering the exploration space made Bai Jinshu discover that once he entered the copy, he would disappear and merge with the natives in the copy.
Huai Jiamu needs to see him to recover his memory, but Huai Jiamu's identity may not be related to the main storyline. What if they haven't met each other in the 20 days since entering the copy?
The remaining randomly assigned exploration team members can't expect to be exactly the right ones, and the non-materialistic world members can only come from him. [Ningqiu] watched the live broadcast and thought that their [0106] organization was a large organization with many members similar to theirs. I'm afraid they didn't expect that the only person who could barely rely on the non-materialistic side was She Mochu's ID card.
The identity of She Mochu is too targeted, and he can only exert his greatest power in the worldview of the K-system. In a world without the concept of the K-system worldview and san value, his advantage as a half-K-system creature is basically nothing.
In addition, many spells in the CS worldview are special attacks against CS creatures, and their lethality to creatures in the non-CS worldview is not very good. If you really get in, they may be of no use.
But if you have to get a non-materialistic identity card in... this new mage is...
Bai Jinshu's gaze fell on Director Li in the distance with an indescribable look.
Intellectually speaking, he knew that there must be something wrong with the script and the protagonist Ye Dian, otherwise Huai Jiamu would not feel that this protagonist was familiar.
The best way is to enter the exploration space once with this identity and see if Huai Jiamu will remember anything after coming into contact with this vest.
But deep down, he rejected such a role.
He is a man who is about to retire from the screen, so why on earth would he still bother to understand such a bizarre worldview and role?
[Brother Chao?] Lu Changfeng continued to send messages, [If we have no problems, I will go and tell the people in Ningqiu that the business order has been accepted?]
Bai Jinshu took a deep breath and replied: [Go ahead.]
[I went to the organization and chatted with people one by one to get orders.]
This was definitely the most bizarre identity card he had ever used.
Since I have decided to play the role, I naturally want to know as much as possible about the character. The half-finished script that Director Li sent me is totally not enough.
Bai Jinshu opened the director's chat box on WeChat and sent a new message: [Director Qian, I think this script has great potential and I am interested in investing.]
[Recently, my studio has signed a group of promising newcomers, all of whom are good seedlings.] His conscience was slightly pricked, [There are a few newcomers who I think are very suitable for the roles in the film.]
[I hope to have time to talk to you about the script, about the world view and the characterization of the protagonist. ]
That’s great, Bai Jinshu thought expressionlessly.
He also has a studio and a bunch of new people signed by Old Wu for him to cause trouble.
*
[Loading into unknown space——]
【Unknown space loading completed】
[Unknown space scene: The sky falls]
[The Foundation predicts that the collection level: B+]
[Initial potential value: 1.598,235]
[Explorer team personnel quota: 8 people]
[The longest exploration time of this unknown space: 20 days]
[The interface is well connected, and miracle redemption and use are open normally. ]
This is an aircraft entering cruising mode in the stratosphere.
There was a clear sky outside the plane window, and looking down, one could just see the sparkling sea a few thousand meters away. The sun's rays shone through the window, making the entire cabin warm and bright.
The stewardess with delicate makeup was pushing a cart to distribute meals, holding a coffee pot in one hand and a paper cup in the other. The coffee flowing from the spout hit the wall of the cup, splashing out round water droplets.
With a crisp "ding" sound, the paused time began to flow again.
The cabin was filled with the sound of quiet conversation, the splash of coffee into paper cups, and the noisy hum of the engines outside the plane.
[Pioneer JS5418345 login completed]
Bai Jinshu opened his eyes, subconsciously raised his hand to block the strong light from the right, and looked up at the place where he logged in.
He is now sitting on a large aircraft. There are two parallel aisles in the cabin and the passenger seats are divided into three areas: left, middle and right. Stewardess on both sides are pushing food carts on the aisles to distribute meals. He is now sitting in a window seat on the right side of the area.
Bai Jinshu had no idea how many times he had flown when he was on the announcement, and he was familiar with the internal structure of the plane. Although he usually sat in the first-class cabin at the front, he was now sitting in the economy class, and he could infer the current situation based on this clue.
Unlike the medium-sized passenger planes that usually fly domestic routes, this large aircraft is generally used to fly international routes.
Large aircraft for international routes have more spacious interiors and can accommodate more passengers.
Looking around quickly, I found that most of the passengers were Asian, and the whispers on the plane were all in Chinese. It was certain that the destination or origin of this plane must be in China.
No foreign faces have been found except for the flight attendants. The nationalities of the passengers on the plane are very single, so it is reasonable to suspect that it is a charter flight.
Most of the passengers on the plane were wearing casual clothes, but the professional signs were hard to hide. Bai Jinshu still saw signs of training on some of them.
Some of the passengers on this plane should be military and police personnel.
The flight attendant pushed the cart closer to their row, and they communicated in English, one of the common languages.
There are so many countries that use English as their official language that it is impossible to tell where the plane's other landing point is.
Some of the passengers around him had special identities, and the seats were not all occupied, so it looked like a military or police charter flight. Bai Jinshu was unsure of the current situation and his own identity, so he chose to just observe for the time being.
A familiar voice came from the seat next to me.
"Brother Xu, Brother Xu?" Lu Changfeng lowered his voice and looked around, "This..."
How come this is on a plane?
The exploration of this unknown space takes a total of fifteen days. It shouldn't be spent entirely on this plane, right?
Xu Zichen was sitting in the aisle seat. He seemed to have just woken up and was leaning his head to look out the window.
From this angle, you can see a very fashionable young man sitting by the window.
He had a hairstyle that looked like it had to be carefully groomed every morning when he woke up. A strand of hair on his forehead was dyed white and hung diagonally above his nose. He looked completely out of place from the other passengers around him.
The others seemed to be military and police personnel who were wearing private clothes and chartering a plane. Even on the plane, they sat upright, with visible signs of training.
This person was sitting casually. Not only was his hair dyed with a striking white stud, but he also had a few ear bone studs in his ears. If we just changed his clothes and the scene, he wouldn't look weird even at a music festival.
But that's not the important thing.
What’s important is that a familiar dial was revealed on his left wrist; it was the Foundation’s combat watch.
This person is a member of the exploration team.
Xu Zichen's eyes suddenly changed from unfamiliar to familiar.
His scrutiny was so obvious that Bai Jinshu naturally noticed it.
The time was too tight three days before entering the unknown space, and he had not had the chance to meet them in this identity. There were three people sitting in a row, all of them were members of [0106]. Bai Jinshu raised the watch on his left wrist and nodded, the meaning of the action was self-evident.
Xu Zichen nodded slightly and also noticed the special identities of some of the passengers around him. Now they were sitting among a group of military and police officers. If they said something that they shouldn't say given their current identities, they would be in trouble.
Lu Changfeng quickly opened the background of his fund account, which showed that he had not arrived at the check-in location. It seemed that the good news was that this plane was most likely not the place where everyone would stay for the next fifteen days.
They still have a chance to get off the plane and onto land.
No wonder he thinks too much.
The name of this project is too specific: [The Sky Falls].
And now they were sitting on a plane, arguably the closest they could get to the sky for untrained humans on Earth.
——The several thousand-meter-high buildings in the original space of their base do not count.
Now everyone is on the plane, with no village in sight and no shop nearby. If something happens in the sky at this moment, everyone on the plane will have to watch the end of it.
He was not the only one who thought so. Xu Zichen had obviously thought of this as well.
Temporary group chats cannot be used before signing in, and the mall will only be opened after all members of the exploration team are confirmed to be present. The plane is full of indigenous people. Although the three of them now see the environment they are in and think of the name of the space, they have countless things to say, but they can only hold them back for the time being.
A few minutes later, a cell phone in flight mode was handed to someone sitting by the window. There were only two lines of text on the screen: [Yedian, 0106.]
[Chao Yougan told me about this project. It's a business order, right? The client is a newcomer in Ningqiu? ]
This person is actually a member of the organization.
Xu Zichen looked at Ye Dian with curiosity.
[Ningqiu] Of course he also got the internal information of this space, and he was also aware that the internal information suggested that non-materialist team members enter.
Since both Lu Changfeng and he are in the materialistic world, it is obvious what kind of player Chao Yougan is looking for for the last spot left in [0106].
It must be a non-materialistic world.
Following this line of thought, the non-materialistic world is metaphysics. Before meeting him, he thought he would see a master with an immortal appearance... or a Taoist monk or something.
After all, in his opinion, they [0106] were so unconventional that it would be a shame not to recruit a master to disappoint the tone of their organization.
I didn’t expect this member to be… so trendy.
Looking at the black nail polish and metal ring on the hand of the person handing over the phone, Xu Zichen and Lu Changfeng were both in a trance for a moment.
Where is the master you promised me?
The image of a sage in my mind faded away, and he gradually turned into a rapper.
No, buddy, you are too trendy, right?
I have rheumatism and I can't stand seeing people who are so trendy.
The new member looks like a very fashionable young man, but since he was found by Chao Yougan, he should be quite reliable.
After leaving the two names [Xu Zichen] and [Lu Changfeng] on the phone, and a sentence [Yes, it is a business order, the customer's name is Song Jirou, we have the customer's photo here to confirm the candidate], everyone had exchanged names and confirmed their identities.
If you sit in your seat, you will most likely not be able to determine who is a member of the exploration team and who is a native of the space.
Since Song Jirou had not yet been promoted to the special space and could not meet, Ningqiu provided a photo of Song Jirou before entering here so that they could identify the client among all the team members.
At the same time, they also provided Song Jirou with photos of Lu Changfeng and Xu Zichen, who they had confirmed had entered the unknown space.
[I'll go see if there are any other exploration team members on the plane.] Xu Zichen took out his phone and typed a line of words. After making sure that the two teammates next to him had seen it, he stood up and left his seat.
He sat in a seat next to the aisle, which was most convenient for him to get up and leave.
By adjusting the strap, he put the Foundation watch across his body and walked from his position to the bathroom. He then continued to display the watch in a prominent position by wiping the water stains on his hands.
After returning to his seat, Xu Zichen typed a line of words on his phone: [Two exploration team members have been confirmed. One is a boy wearing a shirt, who looks young, about 23 or 24 years old, sitting in the middle of the middle area about four rows away from us. The other is a woman wearing a skirt, with a princess hairstyle that reaches her shoulders, sitting by the window about nine rows away from us. The remaining two, including Song Jirou, are not seen, and may be sitting in the front seat.]
It was not convenient to talk on the plane, so everyone raised their hands to show each other the combat watches on their wrists to indicate that they were also members of the exploration team, and then silently memorized the facial features of the other person.
[It seems that the team members were logged in in batches this time. Since the three of us are from the same organization, we were logged in to the same row of seats.] Bai Jinshu typed a row and returned it.
[Then it is very likely that these two people do not know each other, otherwise they would not be separated and logged into seats in different rows.] Xu Zichen replied.
[If we count this way, Song Jirou and two other team members have not shown up yet.] Lu Changfeng also said.
[Song Jirou and another one,] Bai Jinshu typed, [Our organization has also sent a secret agent.]
[Hidden agent?] Xu Zichen didn't react.
[Chao Yougan said you guys have teamed up before, haven't you seen it?] The cool guy with a dyed hair raised an eyebrow at him, [The one who will directly dissolve into the dungeon and become a native.]
As soon as he said this, Xu Zichen and the others reacted.
The two of them made an OK gesture to show that they understood.
The space exploration team is scheduled to consist of eight people, and [Ningqiu] has locked up four seats, namely Song Jirou, and Bai Jinshu, Lu Changfeng and Xu Zichen who are currently sitting together.
Among the other four people, one was a hidden spy who disappeared after entering the dungeon, and the remaining three should be those who were selected to come in later, or those who were forced to enter by the Foundation.
Among these three people, sitting behind them were two people, a man and a woman.
In other words, if not everyone had logged in separately, then the remaining person who was not discovered should be sitting in the front.
Sure enough, after a while, a boy who looked a little thin came over from the front holding a watch.
Seeing the watch, the three members of the exploration team raised their hands together, indicating their identities as exploration team members.
The third team member appeared.
The only one who hasn't come out yet is Song Jirou.
However, considering her fixed attributes, and the fact that the plane looked like a military and police charter plane, Song Jirou had most likely obtained an official identity now. Bai Jinshu and the others were not too worried about this client who had never appeared.
As long as there is no hijacking, Song Jirou should not be in danger of life before the plane lands.
Besides, with the current configuration of passengers on this plane, if a hijacker really appeared, it’s hard to say who would be in trouble…
Fortunately, the journey was very safe and the flight time was not very long. After two hours, the plane landed smoothly. There were no inexplicable hijackers, no unpredictable air crashes or mechanical failures, and no Song Jirou.
During the two hours, Song Jirou did not show up. When they got off the plane, the exploration team member sitting in front of them was already waiting at the corner of the plane's boarding bridge.
It wasn't until the other two members of the exploration team showed up that everyone got to know each other's names a little bit.
The other three members of the exploration team, the boy who looks younger is called Ning Xiao, the woman with a princess hairstyle is called Yin Liantao, and the remaining one who looks thin is called Fu Yandong.
All three of them are mid-level team members. They entered this exploration space because they felt that being stuck at level B+ was dangerous, but it also came with opportunities and the possibility of upgrading was great.
"Lu Changfeng," Lu Changfeng took the initiative to introduce himself, "The three of us are high-end team members. We came here to bring business orders. The potential value of this space is no problem."
"Xu Zichen," Xu Zichen nodded without saying anything more.
"Yedian," the last person to speak was Bai Jinshu, a cool guy dressed like a rapper. He raised his chin and spoke in a familiar tone, as if he had explained this kind of question many times before. "Ye in Ye Zi, Dian in Eden, it's not the nightclub you think it is."
Although the way he is dressed makes it seem like a nightclub is more suitable for him than "Ye Dian".
"The maximum number of people in this space is eight," Fu Yandong said after everyone had introduced themselves. "Are there two more people who haven't arrived yet?"
The six of them had almost met each other on the plane just now. Although they didn't know their names, at least they were familiar with each other.
The remaining two people never showed up.
"Brother Ye, Brother Lu, are these two the clients you want to bring?" Yin Liantao asked proactively.
This form of business orders also exists in the mid- and low-end space, so it is not new to them.
However, the few of them waited until they reached the jet bridge, and by then the people on the plane had almost left, but no one noticed that their watches had stopped. Could it be that the remaining two team members were not on the plane?
Bai Jinshu was not surprised by this situation. As expected, Huai Jiamu did not show up.
He should have appeared in the body of a certain indigenous person now. As for whether he can meet this indigenous person, it depends entirely on fate.
"One," Xu Zichen explained, "the other team member has a special fixed attribute and will not appear for the time being, so he does not need to sign in."
Except for Huai Jiamu, whose whereabouts are unknown, there are six members of the exploration team here, and one Song Jirou, whose whereabouts are unknown.
"We haven't reached the check-in location yet," Ning Xiao opened the backstage and took a look. "The check-in location... looks like it's inside the airport."
"It's probably because although we logged in on the plane, the plane is moving in real time, so it's not convenient for the Foundation to set up a check-in point on the plane," Xu Zichen thought for a moment, "Since the check-in point is inside the airport, then the client we want to bring, Song Jirou, is probably inside."
Almost all the passengers in the jet bridge had gotten off the plane, and several of them hurried towards the exit.
As we walked along, the English words in the hall made everyone realize that this was probably an English-speaking country on the other side of the ocean.
Following the crowd, they walked towards the luggage carousel, and from exploring the carousel, the team members finally found out their current location.
This is an international flight taking off from Wangjing and heading to New York.
The passengers on the plane have consciously divided into several teams and are standing together waiting for their luggage. One group is made up of military and police personnel with very obvious professional temperament. Some of them are wearing suits and have carefully styled their hair even though everyone is wearing casual clothes during the journey. The remaining group has no special features in their clothing and temperament. There are both men and women, all of whom are young people who look to be in their twenties. They are all led by an old man in the middle who looks very old and kind. It seems like the way a teacher and a student get along with each other.
Song Jirou was standing next to the kind-looking old man.
She looks taller in person than in the photo.
Xu Zichen measured himself as a reference and found that although Song Jirou had a very gentle-sounding name, she was actually about 1.8 meters tall.
She was wearing a black T-shirt and overalls that were convenient for movement, and she stood next to the old man with a high ponytail, looking like a lone woman blocking the way for ten thousand.
Seeing the two faces in the photo provided by Ningqiu, Song Jirou turned her head and said something to another person next to her who was dressed similarly, then walked over.
"Song Jirou, the fixed attribute is a stable job. You are Xu Zichen, right? The person next to you is Lu Changfeng?" She stretched out her hand and shook hands with Xu Zichen, and said without further ado, "Thank you for the trouble in this exploration."
"Ye Dian," Xu Zichen pointed at Bai Jinshu and introduced him, "Ye as in Ye Zi, Dian as in Eden, he is one of ours too. You can go backstage and introduce the non-materialistic world team members you need."
"Sorry for the trouble and thank you for your care." Song Jirou shook hands with Bai Jinshu very politely.
"Regarding this project, the check-in point is right here at the baggage claim area. The things we brought in should be automatically turned into luggage by the law. You can sign in now and wait for your luggage. I'll give you a brief introduction before the live broadcast starts." After learning the names of the remaining exploration team members, she didn't waste any words, "I have roughly figured out the background of this project on the plane."
As soon as she said this, everyone became extremely alert.
The biggest problem for everyone now is that they are completely in the dark, with no idea of what is going on or who they are. They got off the plane in a daze, and had no idea what to do next.
Song Jirou’s message came at just the right time.
"When I came in, I was in the first-class cabin in the front. My obsession is called "iron rice bowl". The fixed attribute is that after entering the unknown space, I will definitely obtain an official identity related to the rules and become a civil servant." She quickly introduced her situation.
"The plane we just took was a government charter," she quickly summarized. "There were three groups of people on this plane. One group was the academic master Xi Enze and the researchers in his research group who were going to New City for a meeting, and the other group was students. That was the group of people."
Song Jirou pointed at the kind-looking old man from afar, as well as the researchers and students around him who looked relatively young.
"One group is government workers who came here on our chartered flight." She pointed at the group of people in suits.
These people were indeed the smallest group among the passengers, and they seemed to be dressed very formally, which made them look out of place among the others.
"The last group left are the security personnel responsible for Xi Enze's safety." She pointed to the group of military and police personnel.
The guards are all wearing casual clothes, so they are not noticeable when standing alone, but once they stand together, one can clearly feel the difference between this group of people and ordinary people.
There are three groups of people, each with a unique identity. There are indeed no simple passengers on this plane.
"Xi Enze is about to attend a top academic summit. The theme of this summit seems to be some ethically controversial issues in the current academic community," Song Jirou explained quickly. It seems that in the few hours on the plane, she had already inquired about the background of this mission in the first-class cabin and obtained very comprehensive information. "My identity generated by fixed attributes is one of the guards. I don't know if you have an identity, but since you are wearing private clothes, you can be said to be a guard. When the time comes, I will directly transfer you to my team, so you don't have to worry about the identity issue. My fixed attributes will automatically approach the rules, so this time the rule information is very likely to be on Xi Enze."
"Do you have anything else you want to ask?" She finished telling him everything she knew so far.
"So..." Xu Zichen asked curiously, "Why does attending an academic conference require security personnel to charter a plane?"
"Because three days before the meeting was about to start, a foreign extremist organization publicly warned the authorities that the meeting must be cancelled, otherwise they would sabotage the meeting and kill all the experts attending the meeting," Song Jirou frowned, "but Xi Enze insisted on attending the meeting in person, so all the security personnel were there to protect the safety of this expert."
After answering the questions, Song Jirou continued, "Anything else? Feel free to ask any questions you have. Otherwise, when I start working later, I may not be able to stay with my teammates. This is not something I can decide subjectively. It is a side effect of the fixed attribute, so there is a high probability that I will be separated from the main group in the next exploration, and I can only communicate with you through the temporary group chat."
It seems that although this fixed attribute sounds useful, it still has certain limitations.
While she had obtained a convenient official identity and first-hand information from within the official organization, she was unable to resign from her job.
"No more questions." The remaining members of the exploration team looked at each other and pressed the sign-in button.
The luggage carousel slowly unloaded everyone's checked luggage. Bai Jinshu held his chin with his hand, his black nail polish particularly conspicuous: "I feel like the sky is falling, it must be related to the content of this meeting."
"What's the name of that extremist organization? They might know something."
As he spoke, he took down a cylindrical object from the turntable that was almost as tall as him.
"I also think it has something to do with that organization...wait, what is that?" Song Jirou was halfway through her sentence when her gaze was involuntarily drawn to it.
"Oh, this?" The rapper-like master raised the tightly wrapped stick, "My staff."
The author has something to say:
Ye Mowang: He is a mage, but he is also a rapper.