Chapter 159
Shen Yunzhe's cell phone rang. This time Shen Yunzhe did not answer the call, because even if he answered it, he knew that the person he was asking about was the huge statue of the Virgin Mary.
The hand stopped moving after half of it appeared, as if it had just suddenly tested it and then froze in mid-air.
It didn't go any further.
But the 'Madonna' appeared!
Whether it was from the organization or from the news of Shen Wei and Shen Yunzhe, the statue of the Virgin Mary was the symbol of the core gaming field. The appearance of the statue of the Virgin Mary meant the final erosion of the gaming field on the real world, an erosion that was difficult to resist and even impossible to stop.
Now the Madonna is no longer moving forward, but what if it continues to appear?
On New Year's Eve, ordinary people looked through the glass at the stone statue that seemed to be there and not there. The statue seemed to exist and not exist at the same time. The plane circled in the air for several times but could not reach the location of the statue.
The Spring Festival Gala could no longer attract everyone's attention. Everyone was discussing the huge stone hand that suddenly appeared in the air.
Is that thing a ghost?
[Although I've always heard of ghosts, this is the first time I've seen one.]
"Hey, buddy, didn't you see the ghost of the woman who committed suicide by jumping off the building this morning? The body was even moving."
[No, my neighborhood is quiet. I only found out about this incident when I checked my phone.]
I was so lucky! I woke up early in the morning and saw something jumping off a building. It fell right in front of me. It nearly gave me a heart attack.
I have to say, the hand is very well carved. It's really beautiful and soft. It must be a very beautiful woman. I'm looking forward to seeing the full appearance of this stone statue.
[Tsk, tsk, come on, have you heard? It seems some people online are going crazy, searching for a missing woman's body. They're saying it's the most beautiful woman in the world, and they're determined to get it. Several people have been detained, and some are even out looking for it.]
"The Kind Corpse" seems to be a newly released code name. Oh, this name sounds really devilish.
[Someone has compiled this information, and so far, over one hundred strange erosion events have been announced.]
[There are so many of them, so scary, is this really the end of the world?]
[The end of the world is great! I don’t have to go to work anymore. My boss and my job will both die!]
How should we deal with a global disaster? There's no way to deal with it. Even shelters are unavailable, and ordinary people can only stay in their homes. After panicking about this situation, everyone becomes calm, like a salted fish resisting failure.
Some people say that if the world ends, everyone should die. Some people say that if they turn into a ghost, they will bite the ghost that killed them to death. Some people howl like ghosts but it is useless.
In short, it was barely maintained.
"At least the stone statues haven't appeared any further. Everyone's on high alert." Qiao Dong spoke to Shen Yunzhe. "It's not too chaotic right now. Everyone's relatively well-behaved, and management isn't difficult."
Shen Yunzhe sat on the balcony chair, "There will probably be a chain reaction later."
"There have been enough strange erosion incidents, they're everywhere." Qiao Dong sighed, "By the way, thank you for what happened today."
"Go thank Li Yiluan for discovering the real body."
"Thanks already." Qiao Dong said, "At least no tragic incidents have occurred. There are people stationed on every street now, so if there are any problems, they can be dealt with immediately."
Shen Yunzhe nodded, "By the way, if you find a mountain village, tell me as soon as possible."
"Mountain Village?" Qiao Dong thought for a moment. "People from the organization have said this before. They said that the mountain village is the place that connects to the core game field. No matter what you do, you must enter the core game field. Only you know the method to enter."
Shen Yunzhe frowned and thought for a moment, "If the statue of the Virgin Mary really wants to come here, there shouldn't be any restrictions. We can just find the mountain village and enter."
"But I don't know what's going on inside."
It was unknown whether Shen Wei was still there, and it was also unclear whether this playground was truly harmless.
After knowing that Shen Wei was codenamed Qianmian, Shen Yunzhe was thinking about how he stole the codename Qianmian. Then he suddenly had an idea. The codename Qianmian can replace all strange things, including anyone, so is it possible that he replaced Shen Yunzhe's original identity?
He replaced Shen Yunzhe in this way, and stayed in the core game field ever since. Ordinary people except Codename Hope could not bear the negative emotions of the game field, so he died, but by that time Shen Yunzhe had already been stolen.
"We will try our best to find the mountain village." Qiao Dong replied, and at this moment, fireworks rose into the sky.
Soon, the sound of firecrackers rang out and the night sky was filled with flames.
"It's time." Qiao Dong said, "Happy New Year."
"This isn't a New Year I should say Happy New Year to." Shen Yunzhe sighed, "But it's still New Year after all. Happy New Year."
Under the unknown fate and flickering firelight, the new year has arrived.
It started snowing again. The snowflakes fell with the wind at the beginning of the new year, covering the ground with a layer that looked shiny. The red firecracker paper fell on the white snow and was covered by the white snow again. Some people burned paper in the snow, and the fire kept flickering.
The next day, no one went to pay New Year's greetings. Everyone tacitly ignored this tradition and stayed at home to eat last night's leftovers.
Because it was daybreak, the huge hand in the sky became more visible. Some people took photos. The plane was still searching for the hand, but it could never touch it.
Shen Yunzhe didn't have any sense of ritual for celebrating the New Year by himself, and he didn't have many things at home. He went out mainly to see the people outside.
As soon as he left the community gate, Shen Yunzhe saw people guarding the intersection. Those people knew Shen Yunzhe and greeted him when they saw him. Shen Yunzhe nodded to them and continued walking forward. When he arrived at the convenience store he often went to, he found that there were some goods displayed at the door of the convenience store and the owner was sitting on a small stool with his head down.
Shen Yunzhe walked over.
"Open?"
The boss didn't look up. After a long while, he nodded and asked in an old voice, "What do you want?"
"Cigarettes." Shen Yunzhe looked at the boss, "Do you have any cigarettes?"
The boss raised his head, revealing an old face and dead eyes. He looked at Shen Yunzhe for a while, then turned back to the store and took out a box of cigarettes.
Shen Yunzhe transferred money to the boss. He looked at the cigarette in his hand, then looked at the boss who continued to sit in front of him. To be honest, he felt that the boss was a little strange. If he remembered correctly, this boss was very scared three days ago and said he wanted to go back to his hometown.
How dare you open the store today?
He turned on the camera of his mobile phone and pointed it at the boss. At this moment, the boss looked up. Shen Yunzhe met the boss's eyes on the phone and saw the smile on the corner of the boss's mouth.
He is laughing.
[World D05020, Codename Calligrapher is synchronizing, synchronization rate 80%]
Everything in Shen Yunzhe's eyes changed in an instant. He saw that the boss in front of him was filled with thick black fog. Shen Yunzhe moved his phone away and looked at the sky not far away. The huge hand in the air was also made of black. Shen Yunzhe blinked and lit a cigarette and put it in his mouth with an expressionless face.
Hmm... I bought the right cigarettes.
The smoke was exhaled, and Shen Yunzhe turned to look at the boss again. This time the boss no longer looked at him secretly, but looked at Shen Yunzhe openly.
In Shen Yunzhe's sight, or in Hawkeye's sight, the boss was no longer in human form. It was covered with a layer of human skin, but inside it was a porcelain doll, a porcelain doll with a bloody mouth and sharp teeth.
It looked at Shen Yunzhe greedily, like a starving ghost looking at a big meal.
"You took my things." Shen Yunzhe heard him speak.
"You have to pay me back! You owe me a debt!"
Shen Yunzhe said expressionlessly: "I gave you the money."
"I don't want money." The boss stood up, swallowing his saliva, his eyes full of greed, "I want you!"
Silk threads pulled the boss who was about to pounce from all directions. Shen Yunzhe now felt more and more that the marionette was the most practical ability, which could catch all the dirty things without any hands.
The boss opened his mouth wide, his sharp teeth sticking out, and Shen Yunzhe looked at him with disgust.
The silk thread pulled the boss back hard, and it fell to the ground with a bang, the sound of porcelain breaking. The porcelain doll was too fragile, so it broke into pieces. But the broken porcelain doll stood up again, but this time it was not so beautiful.
The boss's skin was wrinkled and folded together, covering a pile of porcelain fragments as he crawled forward.
"You broke me! You have to pay for it!" The porcelain doll shrieked. "You have to pay for it with your skin!"
It was the police who discovered the situation here that stopped all this. The police surrounded the place. They looked at the porcelain dolls and human skin crawling in front of them, and many of them swallowed their saliva.
"Report!" The person in the front pressed the communication button. "A new strange object has been discovered. It's tentatively identified as a 'porcelain doll' covered in human skin! Danger level B!"
Class B, a strange object that is deadly enough. The official emergency classification of strange objects released last night is also to deal with more dangerous strange objects as much as possible.
Shen Yunzhe stepped back and left the scene to them, then turned around and continued walking forward.
Soon Qiao Dong called him. After all, everyone who reported it knew that it was Shen Yunzhe who discovered it.
In fact, there are many strange things hidden in the crowd, and they have not been fully exposed. This is also the current shortcoming of the officials. They are very worried that a strange thing that is difficult to deal with will explode at any time. This is simply beyond their work ability.
"I think I can find some strange things now. Do you want to hear it?" Shen Yunzhe spoke directly without waiting for Qiao Dong to ask.
Qiao Dong's words were stuck in his throat for a long time before he spoke, "What's the accuracy rate?"
"100%." Shen Yunzhe said as he walked, "As long as I am sure, it must be a strange object."
Qiao Dong was silent for a long time. "Then, can I ask how you made that judgment?"
“I see.”
"See?" Qiao Dong thought for a long time, "Is it similar to a pentagram?"
"If you think it's about the same, then it's about the same." Shen Yunzhe said, "Do you want to hear it?"
"Okay." Qiao Dong said, "From now on, a team of people will follow you. If you find anything strange, tell them and someone will deal with it. I'll trouble you to look around today."
The world seen by codename Hawkeye is different from that seen by normal people. He can see many things that normal people cannot see, and can also hear sounds that many people cannot hear.
Shen Yunzhe walked through the streets, heard countless voices, and finally accurately pulled out the strange creature from the crowd.
Compared to normal people, weird creatures are really easy to identify because they are a collection of negative emotions. As long as you get close to them, you can hear complicated, unbearable and sharp remarks.
For a time, Shen Yunzhe became the savior of many officials, but at the same time, people were curious about why he could really identify strange objects.
Up to now, the official has tried to recruit Shen Yunzhe but failed, and they don’t know much about Shen Yunzhe. They can only judge that he has many abilities, and may even have different special abilities. This kind of multi-level and changeable ability is unimaginable to anyone.
They could only regard it as something Shen Wei had left for him, or perhaps Shen Wei's research had worked on him.
Shen Yunzhe finished a whole box of cigarettes in the whole day. He frowned as he watched the last porcelain doll being broken. He felt that his whole body was soaked in the smell of cigarettes and he felt a little disgusted.
He didn't want to continue searching, so the system desynchronized it in due time.
The moment the synchronization was released, Shen Yunzhe was choked by the smell of smoke on his body. He sighed and decided to take two more showers tonight.
After taking a shower and having dinner, there were a few people setting off firecrackers outside, and there were not many people downstairs. The stone statue's hand was still hanging in the air, showing its presence.
Just then, Shen Yunzhe's cell phone rang.
"I heard that you were very powerful today and cleared out all the strange things around?" Li Yuluan asked in a teasing voice.
Although it was a joke, Li Yuluan has a naturally cold tone, so this joke also sounded rather cold.
Shen Yunzhe sighed, "You don't want your house to be surrounded by strange creatures, do you?"
"Of course I don't want to, but there's nothing I can do. Not many people can discover strange things." Li Yiluan said, "I heard you were looking for a mountain village?"
"Finding the mountain village is like finding the way to the core game field. If I had known this, I wouldn't have come out last time."
Li Yiluan responded, "I received an official commission."
"you?"
"Yes, me." Li Yiluan nodded. "A big price. Entrust me with fortune-telling. The sooner you find the mountain village, the more money you will get."
"Did you find it?"
"Not yet." Li Yiluan looked up at the giant hand in the sky. "My ability isn't very stable, or rather, fortune-telling is something that can be accurate or not. I can only see something occasionally, so it's difficult to pinpoint the exact location unless I see survivors in the mountain village."
Li Yulun's ability is people-oriented. He can see everyone's destiny and future. It is difficult to see predictions out of thin air.
"So, Director Qiao made a decision."
Shen Yunzhe thought for a moment, "He's planning to release the players who wanted to find the Kind Female Corpse, and let you look at them one by one beforehand?"
Li Yiluan was silent for a moment, then nodded helplessly, "You guessed right."
This is the last resort.
The mountain village disappeared and then kept appearing in random places. They couldn't predict it and they were powerless to do anything, but they had to determine the location of the mountain village.
Players who are attracted by the kind female corpse in the mountain village are the ones most likely to find the place. They have been locked in and may be found even if they walk blindly. They were captured in the first place to protect their safety. The danger level of the mountain village and the kind female corpse are both set at S, which is a level where death is inevitable without a miracle.
But the current situation has made them helpless, so they had no choice but to release these people. In order to find the mountain village in advance, they chose to entrust Li Yuluan.
Before releasing them, let Li Yiluan determine their fate and use it to find the location of the mountain village.
"I can understand that. After all, I've been to a lot of game arcades and seen a lot of life and death," Li Yiluan said. "But I still feel a little sad to see people being left to die like this, especially since I have to be sure where they're going to die."
Shen Yunzhe thought for a moment and asked, "Do you need me to accompany you?"
"Great, that way I can tell you the answer right away." Li Yiluan sighed, "Huang Yihua should be there by then, and there might be many important people there too."
“As long as we get a location in a mountain village, many people will go there.”
The statue of the Virgin Mary has appeared, and strange creatures are eroding reality. There is no time to waste, and the theoretical disputes between officials and organizations must end here.
It has reached the point where we have to risk everything to enter the core gaming field.
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