Chapter 48: Perfect New World (XVIII)
To be precise, Nan Huan already realized something was wrong when he heard Bei Xi's anxious voice.
But it was too late, she found her body gradually becoming stiff and she could no longer control her gaze.
The blue color in the other person's eyes continued to expand until it completely enveloped Nan Huan, making her unable to move.
[Unfortunately, you accidentally lost yourself in the past. ]
The blue around gradually faded into boundless darkness.
The voice of the system in my ear was a bit gloating.
Oh, your reminder was really timely. I was just afraid that I would wake up earlier or something.
Nan Huan rolled his eyes in his heart and waited to hear what it would say next.
[Your current state is called out-of-body experience. If you want to wake up completely, you have the following two options.]
It seemed that Nan Huan's attitude of not worrying at all made the system's voice seem a little ridiculous.
It couldn't wait to make her make a choice and watch her make a fool of herself.
[1. Call your partner and wait for her help. However, once you call her, she will be lost in the past like you, and she only has five minutes to take you out of here. If you exceed the time limit, both of your souls will be trapped here forever.]
【Oh, getting lost here together doesn't seem like a good idea. 】
[However, this is a place where you can escape from the world and the world. Here, you can get rid of the troubles of reality and don’t have to care about the fighting in the game. You can also stay here with the two people you love all the time, which is also a better choice. ]
Nan Huan felt that today's system not only talked too much, but also seemed to be hinting at something in some way.
What about the second option?
Nan Huan asked herself this question in her heart. She would not believe what the system said about this place being a peaceful place, nor did she want to drag Bei Xi into it.
[Second, the soul state makes you lose the body's original defense ability. Being lost will not only bring danger, but also allow you to freely enter and exit certain secret places, such as the archive room where records are kept. Don't you want to know what happened here? After the exploration of the archive room reaches 100%, you will completely get rid of the lost state. ]
It was obvious that the system was not very satisfied with Nan Huan's attitude, so it spoke of the second option somewhat casually.
I choose two.
Nan Huan made the decision without much hesitation.
Just kidding, this model of Calabash Brothers saving grandfather has no benefit at all except that one is fighting the other and both of them are lost.
She did not forget that the reason the two of them saw images of the past was because there was still a two-person mission to complete.
Now that she has come in, Bei Xi will probably have to explore this task slowly.
Moreover, option two is obviously here to deliver clues. There should be a lot of records in the archives room, which will not make the two of them wander around here like headless flies without finding any clues.
The system did not speak again, but the darkness in front of Nan Huan slowly dissipated after she made her choice.
Then she found a door in front of her.
There was a small iron plate hanging in the middle of the door with the words "Archives Room" written on it.
But maybe because it’s been a long time, rust has formed around the sign, making it look tattered.
Nan Huan pushed the door open carefully. She did not forget the danger of getting lost that the system had just mentioned.
The door, which had been in disrepair for a long time, creaked and raised the dust in the house.
Nan Huan was choked and coughed twice.
The room was not very big. There were a few old metal cabinets and a table inside. Apart from that, there was nothing else.
Nan Huan stood behind the door for a few seconds, and when he didn't find anything strange in the room, he walked in.
With a bang.
The door behind him closed without warning, making a loud noise.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for unlocking the single-player side quest - View Archives.
Mission Description: This research institute is not as peaceful as it seems on the surface. The archives record its dark side that cannot be seen in the light. Are you ready to explore it?
Mission requirements: The exploration degree of the archive room reaches 100%. 】
As the system prompt sounded, a gust of wind suddenly blew in the room.
The door of the metal cabinet near the corner was blown open without any warning.
Nan Huan turned his head to look at the closed window, then turned his head to look at the empty metal cabinet that had been blown open. There were only documents with khaki covers on the middle layer.
The system seemed to be afraid that she couldn't find where the files were hidden, and it almost pressed her head to force her to open them quickly.
But is the other party so kind?
Nan Huan didn't believe it, but she still walked to the metal cabinet and reached out to take the file. After all, it was the only clue at the moment.
However, she did not open it immediately. Instead, she opened and checked several metal cabinets against the wall, even the ones on the table.
Finally, he confirmed that there was nothing else in this room called the archives room except the document in his hand.
According to Nanhuan's understanding, there are hundreds of thousands of files in the archives room, but the khaki file bag in his hand seems a little thin.
She carefully opened the file bag and found an old-fashioned black folder inside.
There was nothing on the cover except a capital X.
When he opened the first loose-leaf, Nan Huan found traces of tearing next to it.
It is obvious that you could open the loose-leaf and take the file away quietly, but someone deliberately left clues, or the system deliberately gave you hints.
This dossier is incomplete.
No.: 01
Date of infection: May 21, 3412
Infection location: Slums
Infection Diary:
On the first day, both arms were red, with no other changes in appearance, and cognitive abilities were normal.
On the second day, the redness in the arms deepened and tended to spread to the body. The temperature of the skin rose, exceeding the normal body temperature. Communication was temporarily normal, but the reaction time was slower than yesterday.
On the third day,
While looking at the files, Nan Huan carefully observed the surrounding environment.
After reading a few lines, she noticed that the temperature in the room seemed to be dropping.
The next second, she seemed to realize something and turned around suddenly.
As a result, I saw a "person" appear in front of the table. Her arms were red, and the color deepened little by little, spreading to her neck.
It seemed that because of Nan Huan's pause, the changes in her body also temporarily stopped.
It's like a painting that's half-rendered and stuck there.
Apart from the fact that the color of her arms was different from that of normal people, she looked no different. She even raised her head and looked at Nan Huan because of his gaze.
But because of her limited ability to understand, there was obvious confusion in her eyes.
The temperature in the room was still dropping little by little. At the same time, Nan Huan felt as if he was gradually becoming a little impatient.
Seeing that the other party didn't seem to have any intention of attacking him, Nan Huan tried to read a few more lines.
On the fourth day, the whole body turns red, the body temperature exceeds the normal range, the person loses reason and comprehension, and sometimes shows aggressive behavior.
Crash——
Out of the corner of my eye I caught a glimpse of an arm reaching out, stirring up a lot of dust.
Nan Huan quickly took two steps back, and when he looked up again, the woman in front of him was already rushing towards him with her teeth bared.
A bad premonition is never wrong.
The person in front of him was infected body No. 1. She was using 3D to help Nan Huan understand how he was infected little by little.
Nanhuan wouldn't be so stupid as to think that this was a real infected body.
After all, not only was she now trapped in the images of the past, she was also forced to leave her body to check the files.
Besides, the timing doesn't match. It's obvious that the system has set up some obstacles for this single-player mission.
But this does not mean that there is no danger.
Nan Huan took the opportunity to step back and check her props, only to find that the virtual panel was in a locked state. She could only see the data, but she could not do anything.
She didn't have time to curse at the system, but she finally understood why the system said that the soul state made her lose the ability to defend her body.
In short, she now has only her bare hands and cannot use any props.
Moreover, Nan Huan discovered with sadness that her value had not changed since she entered the dungeon, and even exceeded the perfect value of 110, but it finally changed at this time.
[Your perfection value has dropped by 0.1. ]
It was just a brief encounter, but the situation dropped so quickly.
Nan Huan used the metal cabinet to block the opponent's fist, then hurriedly lowered his head to continue looking at the files.
On the sixth day, infected body No. 01 was often in a manic state, but as long as he didn't look at the other party, he would not cause the other party to go crazy.
When Nan Huan saw this, he had already turned around with the file in his arms, trying not to look at the other person.
The strong wind behind me seemed to slowly stop.
She didn't dare to delay and had to continue reading.
On the seventh day, the fingers of infected body No. 01 mutated and began to become elastic.
…
The temperature in the room was getting lower and lower, and after a while, the system prompt sound would be heard again.
[Your perfection value has dropped by 1. ]
On the 30th day, infected body No. 01 began to lose vitality, its red skin began to fade, and its entire body began to turn black.
On the thirty-first day, the second phase of the experiment began, and the infected body No. 01 was injected with a second source of infection.
…
Then the first file ends here.
The temperature in the archive room had reached a point where Nan Huan felt cold even if she curled up, and she was becoming more and more anxious.
There seemed to be no movement behind him, but Nan Huan keenly noticed that the thing had not disappeared at all.
Nan Huan rubbed his already stiff fingers and slowly turned around.
With the experience just now, she didn't dare to look the other person directly in the eye, but instead glanced up from the ground.
She originally thought that since the infection diary in the file came to an abrupt end, the other party's form should not change anymore.
But her body did not stop changing. The red skin faded and black gradually covered her body.
Then, without any warning, a bulge appeared on her arm, as if something had penetrated it.
A bulge appeared on the body, the skin gradually became thinner, and black spider-web-like lines appeared on the skin.
That thing seemed to be alive and began to spread all over the other person's body.
【The progress of reading the file has reached 3.33%. 】
[As of now, your perfect value has dropped by 3.67, and the current perfect value is 106.33. ]
The system's prompt sound temporarily brought Nan Huan back to his senses.
The person in front of him did not show any other aggressive behavior except for the strange swelling on his body which was still growing.
However, after hearing these two numbers, Nan Huan had a bad feeling.
She didn't rush to turn the page at the back of the file, but just counted the pages. There were only 30 pages.
After I finished reading it all, my progress was exactly 100%, but at the rate at which the perfection value dropped, my perfection value dropped to zero by the time I finished reading it.
I don’t know if I can get out alive.
The current situation is equivalent to a dilemma.
If you stop looking at the archives, the perfection value will not decrease, but you will not be able to complete the side quests and cannot return from the lost state.
Keep looking at the archives and the perfection value will drop to zero.
Although he was in a lost state, Nan Huan did not forget that he was still in the game copy.
When the perfection value drops to zero, it is equivalent to the health value dropping to zero.
Nan Huan hesitated for only a few seconds before deciding to continue reading.
She decided to take a gamble, her body's defensive abilities were just not usable in her lost state.
In other words, as long as she gets out of here, her perfection value will not be affected.
Now we can only take a gamble.
She took a deep breath and thought about it.
In order to avoid the continued emergence of infected bodies and other attack forces that she was not aware of, Nan Huan knew that she could only read the files as quickly as possible.
There are ways to deal with those infected bodies here, but the prerequisite is that you must not be disturbed. It is best to read on quickly.
After setting the goal, she stood up, stretched her stiff body, and pushed the three metal cabinets to the front corner a few times.
A stable triangle was built, leaving a space for people to curl up.
Then he went in and opened the second page without hesitation.
No.: 02
Date of infection: May 21, 3412
Infection location: Slums
Infection Diary:
On the first day, infected body No. 02's hands mutated. The human hand form disappeared and turned into sharp long thorns, currently up to 5 cm long, which can easily penetrate the wooden board.
With a "puff" sound.
As the temperature dropped, Nan Huan could already hear the sound of the wooden desk outside being pierced.
She didn't even raise her head and continued to look down quickly.
On the third day, the mutation of infected body No. 02 continued to grow. The length of the thorns had reached 10 cm, and their hardness was still increasing. Now they could penetrate thin iron sheets.
The next second, the long thorn had pierced through the metal cabinet and almost poked Nan Huan's eyes.
On the fifth day, the results of the experiment showed that the long thorns on the fingers of the infected body No. 02 had a special feeling when being touched. A short period of comfort could make the long thorns disappear temporarily and return to normal hands.
Nan Huan looked at the tip in front of him and sighed inwardly.
He didn't dare to hesitate and touched it. It had thorns, but it felt cold like metal.
This inhuman touch made Nan Huan feel a little better.
About five seconds later, the long spike was retracted from the metal cabinet, leaving only two black holes.
…
[Your perfection value has dropped by 2. ]
On the 30th day, infected body No. 02 began to lose vitality, the abnormalities in its fingers began to disappear, and its entire body began to turn black.
On the thirty-first day, the second phase of the experiment began, and the infected body No. 02 was injected with a second source of infection.
…
【The progress of reading the file has reached 6.66%. 】
[As of now, your perfect value has dropped by 7.34, and the current perfect value is 102.66. ]
After reading the two files, Nan Huan's perfection value was still stable at above 100. Apart from feeling a little impatient, there was no other reaction.
She was still able to control her body for the time being.
Nanhuan continued reading without further ado.
No.: 03
No.: 04
No.: 05
…
Every time she started reading a file, an infected body would appear outside the metal cabinet.
Some of them had their chests transformed into magnets, and the three metal cabinets were instantly sucked onto their bodies. However, because they were ticklish, they returned to normal after being scratched a few times by Nan Huan.
Some bodies transformed into vines, and the small archive room instantly turned into a jungle, but when they heard compliments, they would shyly retract their branches.
Nan Huan, against his conscience, uttered a few half-hearted compliments before he managed to free himself from a vine.
It was not until Nan Huan finished reading file number 10 that he sneezed, and the color of the room was forced to change.
She leaned against the wall and let out a long breath, breathing slightly.
【The progress of reading the file has reached 33.3%. 】
[As of now, your perfect value has dropped by 36.7, and your current perfect value is 73.3. ]
In addition to the physical exhaustion, Nan Huan was already exhausted.
The drop in her perfection value had caused her to feel dizzy and even had difficulty concentrating. She needed to put more effort into seeing the text on the file clearly.
The anxiety in her heart was growing stronger and stronger. For a moment, she even wanted to tear up the file, but fortunately she suppressed it.
Nan Huan forced himself to look away from the two bottles of perfect spray on the virtual panel.
If the skills cannot be used, the rewards will naturally become like the moon in the water and the flowers in the mirror.
Trying to quench her thirst by simply wishing for something better would not only fail to make her current condition better, but would make her even more impatient.
I wish I could get into the virtual panel, grab the thing, and spray it on my face a few times.
The temperature in the room was still dropping, but because Nan Huan had been forced to exercise, his body was not as stiff as before.
But as she gasped, one could faintly see white air coming out of her mouth.
Nan Huan didn't dare to delay too long. His physical strength was not good enough to begin with. If he stayed here for too long, it would only cause more trouble.
She adjusted herself a little, then hurriedly lowered her head to look at the second round of ten files.
Because of the decrease in perfection value, this time she spent longer than the first round of 10.
She needed to put a lot of effort to ensure her concentration and understand every word on the document.
Fortunately, the infected bodies in this round were not particularly lethal, and apart from a few scratches on Nan Huan's body, he did not suffer any more serious injuries.
Following the method suggested in the file, the infected body was temporarily pacified.
Because the number of samples was not enough just now, Nan Huan did not dare to make a decision easily.
But Nanhuan, who has now finished reading twenty files, has discovered a problem.
She could confirm that this group of infected people were the same group she and Bei Xi saw outside the small building.
They were also all infected in the same place.
Based on the current archival data, it is not yet certain what contaminants infected them.
However, this infection, like some kind of virus, parasitizes in the human body for a period of time, begins to multiply and grow, and various mutations occur in the infected body.
Once this mutation reaches its peak, the virus will become weaker and the mutation will disappear.
But unlike viruses, after the virus disappears, it will cause harm to the human body, but this harm is not necessarily devastating.
However, this kind of pollution is devastating to the infected body. After reaching its peak, as the mutation disappears, the infected person's body begins to become weak.
At this time, the researchers here did not find a way to solve this problem.
Without even making any more attempts, they injected the infected person with a second source of infection without hesitation.
Why the second time?
Nanhuan has always cared about this point.
Moreover, judging from the research records and infection diaries, after this group of infected people were accepted by the institute, they seemed to have received no treatment at all.
There were no attempts or records of treatment, and all the files contained were observations of the conditions of the infected people after they were infected.
When this situation could no longer continue, the researchers injected them with a second source of infection.
What is it for to continue?
And Nanhuan was very curious, where did the second source of infection come from?
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