Chapter 49: Perfect New World (XIX)
Nan Huan leaned against the wall and rubbed his eyes which were beginning to feel sore.
【The progress of reading the files has reached 66.7%. 】
[As of now, your perfect value has dropped by a total of 73.4, and the current perfect value is 36.6. ]
The perfection value has dropped to a strange range, and Nan Huan has begun to breathe heavily.
The restlessness in my heart can no longer be ignored, it is like wild weeds growing wildly, spreading bit by bit.
Through the hole in the metal cabinet, she seemed to be able to feel the unknown object flowing through the infected body, and it seemed to have an indescribable attraction to her.
Nan Huan even wanted to pierce the black skin of the infected body to make those things appear.
It took a lot of willpower for her to stop herself from thinking this.
The drop in perfection value made her consciousness a little unclear.
She had been repeating the same words mechanically a few minutes ago.
"I'm Nan Huan. I'm in a lost state right now. I need to complete 100% of the file reading to get out of this state. I'm meeting Bei Xi. My perfection value is constantly decreasing. I have to hurry up."
This confession made Nan Huan feel a little relieved for a minute or two.
She forced herself to stay awake and opened file No. 21.
[Your perfection value has dropped by 1. ]
Nan Huan's face became paler and paler, and her body began to stiffen.
She had no time to tell whether it was because of the increasingly cold temperature in the archives room or because of the declining perfect value.
The appearance of infected body No. 21 has gradually become blurred in Nan Huan's eyes.
She needed to concentrate very hard to understand the words on the file and then mechanically follow the instructions.
She didn't even know what she was doing.
There was a gust of wind in the archive room, but it soon became quiet again.
[Your perfection value has dropped by 2. ]
The system prompt sound in Nan Huan's mind had been automatically blocked. She did not dare to stop flipping through the files for a moment.
Hiding behind a metal cabinet, he watched as seriously as possible.
It’s like a child who has just learned to read. He has great curiosity about books, but because he knows too few words, it is very difficult for him to read.
[Warning, warning, your perfect value has fallen below 20.
Your alienation has entered an irreversible state and your consciousness has become completely confused.
When your perfection value approaches 0 infinitely, you have completed the entire process of alienation.
Look in front of you, your fellow human beings.
They are very much looking forward to you becoming exactly like them. 】
This reminder finally made Nan Huan move his fingers.
She struggled to flip through the files with one hand, while holding the torn part of the metal cabinet with the other.
The pain caused by the cold metal made Nan Huan sober for a few seconds.
She continued to look down at the files.
No.: 25
No.: 26
…
The pain in my hand soon disappeared, and apart from my gradually becoming conscious, it seemed as if even the numbness was gradually disappearing.
Hold on a little longer, it will be almost there.
Nan Huan gritted her teeth, her vision was blurred and her eyes seemed to be filled with something sticky.
She blinked several times before the sticky feeling dissipated a little.
The temperature in the room must have dropped a lot, but Nanhuan could no longer feel it.
No.: 28
No.: 29
One of Nan Huan's eyes was hit by the template thrown by infected body No. 29 because of his slow reaction just now.
I just felt a severe soreness and couldn't open my eyes at all.
【The progress of reading the file has reached 96.7%. 】
[As of now, your perfect value has dropped by a total of 106.33, and your current perfect value is 3.67. ]
[Warning, warning, the perfection value is about to drop to 0, prepare for alienation, prepare for alienation. ]
To make matters worse, Nanhuan only has vision in one eye, and is constantly disturbed by sticky sensations.
She tilted her head, breathing heavily, and mechanically wiped her eyes with the clean clothes on her shoulders.
All that was left in my mind was the last page of the file.
There seemed to be something extra in the eyes, hazily covering the pupils.
The entire field of vision was gray.
She couldn't see the scene clearly and just groped around instinctively.
The hand holding the metal cabinet finally touched a sharp spot.
Nan Huan actually had no idea what he was doing, he just squeezed it hard instinctively.
But I didn't even feel any pain, and a few seconds passed.
Her nose, which had long lost its sense of taste, suddenly twitched a little, and she seemed to smell a faint smell of blood.
The ink-black silk in front of my eyes seemed to be torn open suddenly.
Nan Huan didn't know what was going on, but the current situation seemed to be suddenly getting better.
She exerted a little more strength, and this time, she finally felt a little pain.
The eye covered by silk mist finally saw some light.
The feeling of the five senses seemed to be gradually recovering, because there seemed to be some sharp and painful sounds outside the metal cabinet.
As Nanhuan slowly recovered, these sounds became more and more harsh.
[Your perfection value increased by 1. ]
[Your perfection value increased by 2. ]
[Your perfection value increased by 5. ]
…
As the system's slightly surprised voice sounded, Nan Huan's consciousness finally returned a little.
She slowly opened her eyes, and at the same time, the pain finally came back, and she felt a severe pain in her left palm.
A strong smell of blood spread in the small space.
She just noticed that in the rush just now, because she couldn't feel it, her control of strength was a little off.
The left half of his palm had been pierced by the iron spike and was now hanging there like a skewer.
She gritted her teeth and raised her hands suddenly, ending the whole torture.
I tore a piece of cloth from my clothes and wrapped it around my body.
Now the virtual panel and medicine cannot be used, so I can only make do with it for now.
The screams outside the metal cabinet were getting louder and louder, and he still had a page of the file to read.
Although I haven’t figured out what the situation is now.
But things finally turned around, and Nan Huan didn't have time to think too much and finally opened the last page.
No.: 30
Date of infection: May 21, 3412
Infection location: Slums
Infection Diary:
On the first day, infected body No. 30 had a body that was no different from a normal person, but his head became twice as large as a normal person's, and he was able to manipulate objects within 1 cubic centimeter with his mind.
Nan Huan had just finished reading this line. His reaction speed became faster due to the increased perfection value, and he turned his head to avoid the attack of several small iron beads.
On the second day, the mass of the head of infected body No. 30 continued to increase, and the objects it could manipulate continued to grow larger.
…….
On the sixth day, infected body No. 30, the metal that can be manipulated by mind, reached its peak quality.
The metal cabinet in front of Nan Huan disappeared again.
She rolled to the side out of habit to avoid the metal cabinet that was about to fall.
But the strange thing was that the metal cabinet did not catch up, but fell to the center of the room without any warning, raising a thick dust.
Then Nan Huan saw that the infected bodies that had been standing around the metal cabinet and refused to retreat suddenly all stepped back a little.
It was as if the metal cabinet suddenly turned into a man-eating monster.
Nan Huan was a little confused, because when the other infected bodies saw the metal cabinet, they were still screaming, and the unknown object inside their bodies was also moving, looking a little anxious.
She didn't quite understand what was going on at first.
Could it be that there is a tough guy in the team?
But when she looked again, she found that they were not afraid of the metal cabinet, but the back of the cabinet was stained with her blood.
Not only did No. 30 not show his mutation process as per the file contents.
And other infected bodies are also afraid of his blood.
In a trance, Nan Huan remembered that in the first copy, the witch's hair seemed to hate her own blood very much.
Later, Nanhuan forgot about this matter.
She looked at her pierced palm and realized that she should have started self-harming earlier.
She stood up from the corner, holding the file document unsteadily, and took a step forward.
He found that the infected bodies on the opposite side were following his footsteps, or to be exact, his injured person moved and took another step back in the already small room.
It feels like I am a bad person who bullies others.
Nanhuan suddenly felt like the singing of emancipated serfs.
Then she looked at infected body No. 30. In fact, they had fought before, but that night, the other party did not show any signs of mutation.
Before looking through his files, Nan Huan even thought that his mutation could be replicated.
But obviously, he was wrong.
The man in front of me was far from the man I saw last night.
As he finished reading the last file, he developed black pustules on his skin, just like everyone else.
But perhaps because of the influence of their own blood, those pustules were not as arrogant as they were at the beginning.
It moved very perfunctorily, as if the smell of blood in the room made it very uncomfortable.
Although the system said that he was in a soul state now, Nan Huan didn't know why he was bleeding and feeling pain in the soul state.
But she was sure that the dirty things in this game seemed to hate her blood.
Nan Huan did not continue to scare the infected bodies, but flipped through the file documents in his hand again.
Except for the front of the first page, there are traces of tearing.
After the last 30 pages, there are also signs of three pages being torn off.
If there were three more files that had been torn up, Nan Huan could have guessed it.
What could have been the first page to be torn off? After all, the files she saw started with number 01.
There shouldn't be anyone else in front.
[Reading file progress reached 100%]
The system's reluctant voice rang.
The pile of infected bodies in the room seemed to be waiting for this moment.
Before he even finished his words, he disappeared completely, leaving Nanhuan no chance to explore at all.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for completing the single player side quest - View the Archives.
Mission Reward: A key to open the hidden files. (You are smart and have discovered the secret of the archive room. Some important files are hidden. Only those who have this key can find them.)]
The system's self-adjustment ability is quite good.
After a while, I could already hear the resentment just now.
As the prompt sounded, Nan Huan felt that there was something extra in his hand.
[Luckily, you have completed 100% exploration of the archive room and woke up from your lost state.
Open the door and you will be able to return to the past images.
Your partner is still waiting for you, I wish you good luck. 】
The files in Nan Huan's hand gradually disappeared, and everything around him began to become blurred, with only the door in front of him becoming clearer and clearer.
She clenched the key in her hand and pushed open the door.
——
Time goes back to not long ago, when Bei Xi and Nan Huan were in the ward, rummaging through the bedside table.
Bei Xi was the first to notice bed No. 32, so he stopped throwing the cotton swab and turned to Nan Huan.
By the time she spoke up to remind him, it was too late.
Then the next second, she saw Nan Huan fall straight down.
She crossed over the middle bed, put her arms around Nan Huan's waist, and held him tightly in her arms.
She called out twice and found that Nan Huan's eyes were closed, as if he was asleep, but she couldn't wake him up no matter what she did.
Just as I was about to question the person on the bed, that fast-forward feeling came back.
The scene before my eyes began to move forward madly.
Others questioned it, but no matter how fast Bei Xi's hands were, he couldn't even touch a person.
She had no choice but to hold Nanhuan and wait for the impact to roll over until they could move freely again.
However, this time the timeline has obviously passed a long time.
Because when Bei Xi was able to move again, not only the ward in front of him, but also the interior of the entire small building began to become deserted.
The scene that was crowded with people just now suddenly became empty.
Not to mention people, Bei Xi didn't even see a living creature in the entire building.
This place looked like it had suffered a severe attack, with most of the walls crumbling.
She jumped with Nan Huan in her arms, and returned to the first floor through the gap.
The lobby on the first floor was covered with half-human-high weeds because it had been exposed to the outside for a long time.
There is no trace of the prosperity of recent times.
The small building had already been reduced to ruins, and the stairs leading to the second floor were blown away to the point where only half of them remained.
Nan Huan still couldn't be woken up. Bei Xi was worried about leaving her here alone, so he had to carry her and wander around the small building.
She had just checked and found that Nan Huan had no injuries and was not unconscious.
She guessed that it was probably the system or game settings that caused Nan Huan to fall asleep.
Now all we can do is try to complete the two-person mission and see if we can wake the other person up.
Find old objects in your memories.
Since it was a double task for two people, Bei Xi guessed that this thing must have something to do with their hidden identities.
That's why they rushed to the two people's ward at the beginning.
But after the scene changed, Bei Xi searched the ward again, but still found nothing.
Then she suddenly remembered that No. 32 in the ward was wearing a white robe, which was not the clothes she was wearing when she was taken into the small building.
Bei Xi seemed to have thought of something.
She carried Nan Huan and moved among the ruins on the first floor, barely recognizing the signs on the doors of each shabby office.
Finally, in the corner, where half of the door was burned, I saw three words - storage room.
The door of the room wasn't even decorated, Bei Xi opened it with a light kick.
The inside is a little tidier than the lobby, but it's a little dusty due to age.
Bei Xi first took out a clean blanket from the warehouse, wrapped Nan Huan up, and found a table against the wall for him to lean on.
He ran to the front few shelves and started searching.
On the shelf were some moving boxes, not very big, with labels carefully pasted on the outside, but they were dusty and not very clear to see.
Bei Xi found boxes numbered 31, 32 and 33 without much effort.
The boxes were very light, and Bei Xi placed the three boxes on the ground one by one.
She first opened the box number 32 in the center.
It was clearly the influence of the past, but No. 32 in the scene just now could see them.
Bei Xi always felt strange about this, especially when she faced the other party, the huge sense of crisis that appeared in her heart for no reason made it difficult for Bei Xi not to care.
However, the things in the box disappointed her. There was nothing inside except a piece of clothing.
Bei Xi even condescended to touch his pocket.
Finally, it was confirmed that the box contained a piece of clothing that was as ordinary as it could be.
Then she shifted her gaze to the remaining two cartons.
Both cardboard boxes were very light. Apart from the clothes, the only things that Bei Xi thought might be old items were two small metal balls.
Compared to other old things, this thing doesn't look old.
It was about three centimeters in diameter, glowing with cold light all over, with no gaps, and it was impossible to tell what it was.
Bei Xi didn't touch it with his hands, but just observed it through his clothes.
Nan Huan hasn't woken up yet, so she doesn't want to take any risks for the time being.
Ahem——
Nanhuan, who was leaning against the wall, finally made a movement.
After she opened the door, her vision became blurred. When she regained consciousness, she opened her eyes and choked on a mouthful of dust. She couldn't help coughing twice.
Bei Xi didn't expect that she woke up without any warning. When she walked over to pat Nan Huan on the back, she found that she was injured.
"How did you get so badly injured?"
Bei Xi didn't dare to use too much force, but just carefully peeled off the blanket to check her wound.
"Something went wrong. I just left my body to complete a side quest," Nan Huan said, not wanting to make her worry. "I'm not seriously injured. Where is this? Why are we here?"
"Don't talk for now. I'll help you heal your wound first?"
Seeing her like this, Bei Xi no longer cared about anything else and was about to take out the treatment agent, but was stopped by Nan Huan.
"I just tried it, and it doesn't work. It might be because of the way we entered here."
In fact, Nan Huan had wanted to use therapeutic agents to heal herself when the system announced that she had completed the side quest. After all, she didn't want to meet Bei Xi with injuries and make the other party worry.
But at that time, I found that medical items were disabled for some reason.
She originally thought it was because her soul had left her body, but after her soul returned to her body, she found that she still couldn't use it.
Bei Xi tried it and found that it was just as Nan Huan said, so he had to tell the other party about his experience.
She knew that the only way now was to complete the task as quickly as possible and bring Nan Huan back to the packaging workshop so that she could use the medical equipment.
Then, Bei Xi showed the two small iron balls to Nan Huan.
"These are the only two things that could be what we're looking for, but we can't tell what they are."
Just when her hand touched the small iron balls, one of the iron balls suddenly seemed to sense something and vibrated a few times in Bei Xi's palm.
The two watched helplessly as the iron ball, which had no cracks or gaps at all, began to peel off piece by piece starting from the very top, like a blooming lotus.
Finally, the blue liquid that appeared in the pistil was only the size of a thumb nail.
It was purer than any blue liquid the two had seen in the copy so far, and very much like the blue in No. 32's eyes.
Before the two of them could react, the small amount of blue liquid had quickly penetrated into Bei Xi's skin.
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