In the end, everyone had no choice but to spend the night in this village.

Of course, Misaka Mikoto was scared to death. After all, this was a village where someone had just died. And what Fang Zheng said before, that a corpse that had been dead for more than ten years could still move, was too scary. So Misaka Mikoto dragged Shirai Kuroko, Saten Ruiko, and Lei to a guest room, while Alisa and Fili stayed in another room. As for Fang Zheng...he slept in the living room.

But Fang Zheng didn't care. He was checking the work of those players at the moment!

After three rounds of screening, except for players who were not at a high enough level or were judged to have failed the test, most of the players at the maximum level entered this "new copy". Of course, Fang Zheng also used up his own divine power to raise the players' level cap from level 70 to level 80. After all, it was also necessary to give players some motivation to level up and fight monsters, right?

Zuerni became the first main city for players to come to this doomsday world. After helping Zuerni to defend and repair it, the players began to spread to the surrounding areas as Fang Zheng had expected. Of course, this was not an easy task, because these players were all illegal residents in this world and did not have formal procedures. If they wanted to go to other mobile cities, they would need documents, which meant that players needed to complete a certain level of tasks in Zuerni first, and then apply for documents, before they could leave Zuerni and take the wandering bus to other cities.

Fang Zheng also used Xiao Hei and the others to distribute two different mission branches to the players. One is the main line, in which players need to go to other mobile cities, build good relationships with that mobile city, and then use various methods to explore its core reactor.

Another way is to fight wild monsters - to put it simply, it is to look for the core in those abandoned mobile cities. Of course, considering that such abandoned cities are very dangerous, in the eyes of players, they are almost the same as dungeons.

Most players chose to complete the main quests step by step, and each took a car to other mobile cities. Some players were more interested in excitement, so they went directly to the wilderness to explore the abandoned city. So far, although no player has successfully contacted the reactor core, as long as everything goes well, it is only a matter of time.

So what's next?

After Fang Zheng checked the current task progress on his personal terminal, he picked up a book from the table and turned the page.

On Monday, God created the world.

On Tuesday, God separated order from chaos.

On Wednesday, God adjusted the subtle values.

On Thursday, God allowed time to flow.

On Friday, God looked at every corner of the world.

On Saturday, God rested.

Then, on Sunday, God—forsaken the world.

"Acheron is full, and this world will soon be coming to an end. Oops, screwed."

The god suddenly appeared in front of the people, leaving only these words before disappearing without a trace. From that day on, humans no longer died. Even if their hearts stopped beating and their bodies rotted, the dead would still continue to move. No new humans appeared, and soon, this place became a world of the dead.

However, the gravekeeper appeared.

Gravekeepers are the last miracle that God has given to mankind. They build tombs and bury the dead, allowing them to sleep forever. At the same time, they allow the living to sleep peacefully, and this is the job of gravekeepers.

"What a strange story."

Fang Zheng frowned as he flipped through the story in front of him, not knowing whether it should be called a fable or a record. This was definitely not an ordinary fairy tale, but more like a record of how the world was created. After all, if it was a creation record imagined by humans, there would not be very professional words such as "division" and "fine-tuning". This was more like an experimental record, just like "drop three drops of B** from A into test tube C to obtain reagent D"... except that the recorder himself might not understand science, so he could only use this method to record what he saw.

But, are there really gods in this world?

After reading the records given by the Golden Nightmare King, Fang Zheng knew that the core system of this world split the backup data and sent it to several worlds before self-destruction, but the one who truly possessed self-awareness should be the AI ​​that has now become the Golden Nightmare King.

Or is it that some data in this world has been contaminated by chaos, causing it to become like this?

But even if it hadn't been contaminated by chaos, this current vicious cycle would be deadly.

Fang Zheng could guess that one day, a "bug" appeared in the "program" responsible for the operation of this world in this area, just like the infinite rebirth or infinite freezing in specific areas of many games. This area obviously did not keep up with the "conversion rhythm" of other places.

Therefore, it is not polluted, and monsters from other parts of the world will not come in, because the two sides cannot exchange information at all. Whether it is the wild god or the polluted beast, there is no corresponding data and texture resources in this relatively isolated "copy", so even if you input the data itself, it will self-destruct.

Just like Fang Zheng's Protoss battleship.

Therefore, people here will not die.

"This is such a troublesome place... Why does the goddess of order always leave me with such messy and troublesome things..."

Fang Zheng closed the book in his hand, complained, and then looked out the window.

However, it’s not entirely a bad thing. If it’s integrated properly, maybe... this world can really be saved.

Of course, it's just a possibility.

And just like that, the night passed.

Fang Zheng slept well that night, but Misaka Mikoto had dark circles under her eyes - her biggest mistake was to pull Saten Ruiko to squeeze in with them yesterday, and then Saten Ruiko, thinking that this was Girl's Talk, suddenly became excited. Generally speaking, in this kind of scene, urban legends must be told.

So poor Misaka Mikoto, after seeing the corpse for half the night, was dragged to listen to urban ghost stories for half the night, and she almost collapsed.

In the end, even Riri Saten fell asleep while talking, but Misaka Mikoto tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep. As a result, when it was dawn, Fang Zheng was shocked to see Misaka Mikoto walking down with dark circles under her eyes.

"Oh my god, what's wrong with you?"

"Nothing, I didn't sleep well last night..."

As she spoke, Misaka Mikoto looked around and then curled up her body involuntarily.

"Let's get out of here... I feel... uncomfortable here."

"Want a ride?"

"I want to take a walk!"

Finally, at Misaka Mikoto's request, everyone had to eat something quickly before hitting the road. However, almost everyone had the same idea, that is, they did not want to ride in the tank at all. It was not because the tank was so fast, but because Fang Zheng's operating skills were really intimidating to them!

Basically, the tank controlled by Fang Zheng just moved forward in a straight line, crashing into anything it saw, and occasionally it would tilt due to loss of balance - even worse was that Fang Zheng would hold the joystick and mutter to himself in confusion, "It didn't feel like this when I was playing games"... They were terrified to hear that, because if they accidentally drove into a lake, wouldn't everything be ruined!

After thinking it over, the girls decided that it would be a good idea to calm their spirits by taking a walk. It just so happened that this area was not covered with desert like other places. Looking at the endless green grasslands, lakes and mountains in the distance, and the wheat fields swaying in the wind, it could be considered a kind of relaxation, right?

Just don't think about the dozens of people who died here a few days ago.

So, the girls went on their way, chatting and laughing, while Fang Zheng followed the crowd, holding a roujiamo and eating it.

“Crash!”

However, not long after the girls walked out of the village, they suddenly heard a slight sound, and then saw two round black shadows flying out from the grass and landed at the girls' feet. This stunned the girls who were originally talking and laughing. When they looked carefully, they found that what fell at their feet were actually two grenades!

"careful!!"

Saten Ruiko reacted very quickly and waved her hands hastily. Then a strong wind suddenly rose from the ground and blew the two grenades away. However, the two grenades just left the ground when they exploded with a "boom", instantly enveloping the group of girls in smoke.

"Ha ha ha ha!!"

At this moment, several young men dressed in quite non-mainstream styles jumped out from the bushes on both sides of the road. They held various guns in their hands and started firing at the sight.

"ah--!"

Hearing the gunshots, the girls screamed. Fortunately, Shirai Kuroko reacted quickly and waved his hand to teleport the others to the other side of the street. At this moment, Alyssa had also raised her own magic machine. With a "click", the sword in Alyssa's hand suddenly turned into a Gatling gun, which instantly spun and exploded, spraying an unparalleled barrage of bullets at the enemy in front of her.

“Bang, bang, bang!!”

The old guns on the opposite side were no match for the Gatling gun. Before Misaka Mikoto could even make a move, Alisa swept the Gatling gun around and all the opponents fell to the ground.

Only after confirming that there were no enemies on the opposite side did the madly spinning Gatling gun in Alyssa's hand let out a low roar and then slowly stopped.

“What on earth is going on!?”

At this moment, Riri Saotome and the others were still in shock. Who could have thought that they would be blown up by a grenade when they went out for a walk early in the morning?

"I don't know either, but the other party is not friendly."

Alisa shook her head.

"But now all of them should..."

However, before Alyssa could finish her words, the figures that were knocked down by her stood up again.

"Hahahaha, that's great, give me some more!"

"How is this possible?"

Hearing that the other party was still cursing, Alyssa was full of doubts about her life. You know, she was very sure that the previous shot must have hit the other party's vital points. Even if it was not accurate, shouldn't she cry and scream at this time? How could she laugh?

At the same time, accompanied by a gust of wind, the smoke on the battlefield slowly dissipated, and then the girls finally saw the true face of the attacker in front of them.

They were a few young people dressed in very non-mainstream styles, seemingly in their twenties. There were both men and women among them, wearing worn leather jackets and windbreakers, holding rifles and pistols in their hands. But at the moment, none of this mattered; what mattered was their appearance.

Alyssa's attack was completely accurate. At this moment, the hearts, shoulders and even heads of these people were blasted with big holes by the magic machine. One man's skull was even blown off by Alyssa's magic machine bullet, and the gray brain debris inside could be seen. Logically speaking, these people should be dead, but...

"Oh, I didn't realize these chicks are so hot."

"I just like this, hahahaha!"

"Come on, little sister, or I'll let you taste my bullet?"

The girls were stunned to see these people with their hearts pierced, bodies torn apart, and heads smashed, yet still smiling and talking to them like real people.

"What on earth is going on here?!"