Chapter 32: Pollution Source (1) Just as the rules say...
Bai Bei's discussion with Xie Jianshan at the base about the S-level ghost story was not a spur-of-the-moment one. A few days ago, a similar topic was suddenly mentioned in the comments, but it was said in an extremely vague way. He guessed that the first ghost story with the highest level of danger was about to come.
In the next few weeks, Bai Bei watched the barrage for a while and finally figured out what kind of weird story was about to appear.
Although the text still appeared to have no discernible pattern, piecing it together revealed a considerable amount of information. He had a rough idea that this impending, highest-level, uncanny story was a replica of one he had experienced.
Its domain name is "Pollution Origin", and Bai Bei still remembers the opening remarks and rule settings of this ghost story copy.
Dear players, welcome to the dungeon "Origin of Pollution": It is delighted to have you here.
This world has long been invaded by an unknown entity. Day and night have ceased to alternate. Deformed monsters roam every corner. Blood stains the soil. New life is born from death... Does the eerie smile reflected in the mirror belong to you?
[Please select your initial camp and read the survival guide. The human camp's initial pollution value is 10, while the pollutant camp's initial pollution value is 30, and they are immune to pollutant attacks.]
[Rule number one: You are human, so always remain rational and vigilant. Good intentions must be measured, and remember that everything comes at a price.]
[Rule 2: Do not reveal your identity as a human. This land only contains pollutants.]
[The third rule: The "sun" you see is no longer what you imagined it to be, but a blood-red eye.]
[Rule 4: There is no concept of time here. Please do not mention anything related to time.]
[Rule 5: Pollutants will devour each other. If your life is threatened, kill the pollutant and consume its remains. This will increase the pollution level. Players whose pollution level reaches 100 will be completely transformed into pollutants.]
Good luck to all players.
The most coincidental thing is that the ghost story will come to City A in a week, and the limited new copy of the game he made on the ninth day is based on this ghost story, and it has been almost prepared, and the event will also start in this time period.
The intertwined births of life and death foreshadow the emergence of new pollutants and the death of humanity.
A carnival show exclusively for monsters, using the entire city of A to build an amusement park stage, this is not a good idea. Bai Bei was wondering how he would pretend to be confused in this situation.
This is certainly not the biggest problem. The key is that the area covered by this ghost story is too large. After the fusion is completed, it will further expand to the surrounding areas, and casualties are inevitable.
After thinking it over again and again, Bai Bei finally sorted out the contents of the new copy and sent it to Xie Jianshan. He didn't think that the other party would leak it out. Besides, the confidentiality work of the Ninth Day has always been very good. If he really came across some unpacking information, he would know who did it without thinking too much.
After he sent the message, he used the number that Fei had previously used to message Xie Jianshan to remind someone the next day. The person on the other end said that they would immediately report it to their superiors. The specific evacuation method and date would have to wait for notification to prevent the strange story from leaking out.
However, before the notice was issued and the response measures were implemented, the unexpected accidents came even faster.
——The strange story has arrived early.
Bai Bei took out his cell phone to send a message to Xie Jianshan. Just as he was about to tell him that the ghost story was expected to come early, an active barrage of comments appeared in his field of vision.
[Here it comes! The first S-ranked ghost story that makes everyone scream and shout (scary version) is here! It comes with the tragic experience of the previous game! Don’t come over here!!]
[I don't want to recall ah ah ah ah ah I'm really going crazy, because I have to disguise the pollutants. The protagonist of the previous game ate several pollutants by resisting them. In the end, the pollution value reached 92 and the sanity value was almost zero. I'm alive, but I'm going crazy.]
This weird story is a complete stunt. I've completely lost myself in my heavy-mouthed XP. The gory scenes have made my sanity plummet. I feel like both the protagonist and I are about to be assimilated into pollutants.
I am human, I am human, I am human, I am human, I am human… Who knows the scene in the previous game where the protagonist returns to reality and keeps writing these words on paper? He is almost having a mental breakdown. It gave me goosebumps all over the floor.
[The main thing is that this ghost story is too mentally polluting, it's full of pollutants... Who would have thought that even the sky is polluted! How can anyone distinguish between reality and ghost stories? If you have even the slightest hesitation, you're doomed, you'll definitely get lost in the ghost story.]
[Also, many members of the Operations Department were assimilated due to excessive exposure to pollutants while rescuing people, and ultimately had to commit suicide by shooting themselves. Captain Xie Yuan was also on the verge of collapse... I dare not think about it TT]
[And I don’t even want to talk about that damn U… I’m a villain fan, but that doesn’t stop me from wanting to kill all of U with one punch.]
"Don't be so pessimistic...! Okay, the situation is really critical. Fei Shen is backstage. Can we please get him out?! Bro, we really need you!!"
A large amount of text appeared in front of his eyes, densely occupying his field of vision. Bai Bei looked away and stared at the palm of his hand with his eyes lowered. The sky outside the house had darkened at some point. There was no light on in the room, and the computer screen emitted a dim light.
"Doctor." The young man's voice remained calm, as if he didn't notice the changes happening to the person in front of him, even though the attending doctor's head was crawling with worms, half of his head was cracked, and a lethal amount of brain matter was constantly flowing out.
The patient maintained due respect between the doctor and the patient. He politely asked, "You don't look well. Do you want to end this consultation early?"
The "doctor's" cloudy pupils moved. A closer look revealed countless insect eggs inside his eye sockets, mixed with the flowing tears. He... or perhaps it was him, in his last lucid moments, pleaded with the strange patient for help: "Kill... Kill me..."
Assimilation is irreversible. Even if the ghost stories disappear, humans who have become contaminated cannot be restored to their original state. Bai Bei is aware of this. He picked up the pen on the table and nodded as if to comfort you. "I understand. I will try my best not to make you suffer."
The pen in his hand was also a sharp blade, which easily pierced the throat and sent away the struggling pollutants. Bai Bei closed his eyes and mourned for a few seconds for the doctor who had been examining him not long ago, then clicked on the panel, changed into Fei's appearance and walked out.
"It's out?" Shen Que leaned against the wall, with the polluted head of a severed head at his feet. The dagger in his hand was stained with blood. "A strange story has come. It's really bad. I don't want to experience the troubles of pollution again."
The rules of pollution constituted this strange story, but Fei, who enjoyed invalid authority, was not affected at all. He frowned and grabbed Shen Que's wrist, helping him to remove the pollution factor and also eliminated the wreckage. He reminded: "Stay awake, Shen Que."
As early as when he learned that the strange story invading reality was this pollution strange story, Fei used his ability to control Shi Yu and others, including the operations department and studio members, so that they would not be contaminated at the beginning, but he could not guarantee that they would not be affected in the end.
After all, pollution can be found everywhere. In this strange story, it is not only pollutants that can spread pollution, but also the real sources of pollution, the land under our feet, and the air.
As long as a person is alive, he or she will be polluted.
There are too many people in City A, and Fei cannot control them all. Moreover, the pollution factors are completely everywhere. He can only infiltrate the source of pollution and slow down the rate of pollution as much as possible.
"Is it okay for you to do this?"
Shen Que knew very well that even if he refused, the other party would just pretend not to hear and continue cleaning. But after all, those polluting factors did not disappear, but were transferred into his own body by Fei. How could he be at ease?
This is different from the previous time, including Shi Yu and the others, although Fei seems to be unaffected by the pollution.
But as the rule says, the cost and conditions are balanced.
Fei rolled up his sleeves to reveal a monitoring bracelet. After the ghost story arrived, this bracelet would appear on everyone's wrist, monitoring the pollution level in real time. Experienced players would certainly not choose to remove it, but ordinary people who were unaware of the situation might not necessarily do so.
"Take a look." Fei shook the monitoring bracelet, and the number zero displayed on the screen was particularly eye-catching. "I'm fine."
Shen Que began to doubt his life. He glanced at the pollution value on the monitoring ring on his wrist, then looked at Fei's, and thought he was hallucinating. "No... Is your bracelet broken? Why is your initial pollution value zero?"
"Anything produced by a strange story must be high-quality. It can't be bad, don't worry." Fei refused to explain the reason. He then said, "Reality is definitely not like the game where you can only survive for nine days. We have to follow the plot and dig out the consciousness beforehand."
The copies of ghost story games basically do not have such high requirements and restrictions on the plot. The player's main task is to survive, and the completeness of the plot affects the settlement rewards. As for the level of rewards, these are all decided by the players themselves.
If the plot is complete enough, key rules can be obtained, and accordingly, the main consciousness of the ghost story will also come early.
Shen Que saw that Fei was avoiding a response. As usual, he didn't dwell on the matter, but instead considered more areas where reality deviated: "Kwaidan doesn't give us a camp choice. Is it because we've made a choice before, or is it the same for everyone?"
Except for some people who were unfortunately selected and encountered high pollution from the beginning and became pollutants, the others should be normal humans.
"But there can't be no one in the Pollutant Camp. It seems like there are already reserved spots."
Shen Que's tone was mocking. He shook off the blood on the dagger in his hand and kicked away the pollutant that was deader than dead at his feet. "For example, those rubbish who chose the pollutant camp in this dungeon, it seems we will face U again."
"I didn't see those crazy people protecting the ghost stories in the dungeon, but they are very active after the game is covered." Speaking of the organization that often tripped him up in the game, Shen Que wanted to curse.
Fei said that if he met someone from U, Shen Que could do whatever he wanted and he would never stop him, as long as he didn't lose.
"Let's go, let's leave the hospital first."
Fei estimated that he would not come to the hospital for some time in the near future no matter what. Every time he came to the hospital, he would encounter strange stories. He was really speechless.
He tapped the system again. "That's weird. Even if this ghost story is based on the entire city of A, many of the previous ghost stories happened to be in places I would pass by. Don't you think it's weird?"
The system knew Fei was testing it again: [……]
The system chooses to sink: [Shut down.]
Fei: “…” I expected it.
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