Alice spoke casually, but Cheng Zhu was terrified.
The stadium's running track was connected to a meat processing plant, but what kind of processing plant would need a running track? The only thing Cheng Zhu could think of was a conveyor belt for processing products.
Taking a deep breath, Cheng Zhu suddenly made a bold move, turning off the environmental filter of the smart chip.
In an instant, the whole world before Cheng Zhu's eyes changed.
The stadium, which was once bathed in blue skies and white clouds, a sight that soothed the soul, is now a blood-red sky filled with ominous black clouds. The once clean running track has become a stationary conveyor belt, stained with blood and smeared with bits of flesh. The golf course, which once had many artificial hills covered with lush green grass, has now turned into piles of entrails, and the grass has vanished without a trace.
The only thing that hasn't changed is the stadium, but along the edge where it meets the running track, it seems like worms are crawling, slowly devouring and assimilating those areas. Clearly, given more time, these "worms" will be enough to completely turn the entire stadium into a human slaughterhouse.
Everything before her eyes gave Chengzhu a strong sense of discomfort, so she immediately turned the smart chip back on, restoring everything to its fresh and normal state.
“If we leave now, we can avoid this place and save a lot of trouble.” Alice checked the time. “Three minutes left, make a decision.”
She was very curious about how this chosen one would choose.
Of course, there are no inescapable situations in the game of rules and strange tales, but breaking through them requires not only danger but also some brainpower.
If you rely entirely on your talent and gradually become lazy in using your brain, you will soon fall into a death trap in new dungeons. Just like the Chosen Ones of Blue Star back then, many Chosen Ones died as soon as they entered because they obtained "very powerful" talents, so they became careless and were counter-killed by the natives and the strange creatures in the details.
If Alice were to look at it rationally, the best solution would obviously be to simply ignore the group of natives and turn away: what does their life or death have to do with her?
However, considering her emotions, Alice was, after all, an impulsive person, and could completely accept Cheng Zhu's decision to turn back and save the person: knowing that the other person was bound to die was one thing, but watching someone who could be saved fail and feeling guilty was another.
Just as Alice was looking forward to Cheng Zhu's next choice, a voice interrupted their thoughts.
"Oh my, Christine! It's really a coincidence that Dog Egg and Pearl Buck are both here—it's all fate!" Before she arrived, her voice preceded her. The familiar speaking style made Cheng Zhu's mind instantly realize who this person was, and his body subconsciously wanted to dodge.
However, that person was clearly one step ahead, slapping Cheng Zhu directly at the stadium entrance, causing her to stumble and fall into the stadium.
Alice stared in disbelief at the incident, then suddenly realized what had happened and immediately pulled Mary back several steps.
The next second, more and more people appeared outside the stadium. At first, the environment was relatively relaxed, but as the flow of people increased, some of the people in front realized that something was wrong and wanted to leave, but they were swept along by the flow of people and had to continue to move forward.
Thanks to Alice's preemptive reaction, Mary was pulled away from the vicinity before being swept up by the crowd and was able to squeeze directly into the stadium.
Finally, the stadium doors slammed shut.
The stadium was packed with people, and it should have been very noisy, but Alice and Mary, who were standing outside, couldn't hear anything except the occasional sound of the wind.
"What do we do? Christine went in?" Mary finally realized what had happened. "Will something happen to her?"
"I don't think so..." Alice wasn't sure about the situation. In fact, only those who had died at least once would be forcibly attracted to the stadium. Cheng Zhu, on the other hand, was not currently contaminated. If he hadn't been pushed by the natives, he might not have gone in and could have skipped this hidden level.
Besides Alice—also known as Yin Zhu—slowing down the spread of the eerie phenomenon, another reason why the "Normal Future" instance was designated as the second instance was that there were ways to avoid many places.
Compared to Cheng Zhu, he was somewhat unlucky.
Because of the "personalized recommendation" mechanism, the chosen ones often encounter different natives based on their own preferences.
If the chosen one is swayed by the consumerism of artificial intelligence, they may encounter some natives who also enjoy shopping, and the two can exchange shopping experiences; if the chosen one is more interested in games, they may encounter some natives who also love playing games, and they can enjoy playing together; if the chosen one is interested in history, they may encounter natives who are also interested in this subject, and so on.
In short, there's bound to be one that suits you.
Cheng Zhu, a chosen one who realized he could use the personalized recommendation mechanism to push more natives who could help him pass the level and thus achieve his goal, is not an isolated case. Otherwise, one instance would have been enough to wipe out the whole world.
Even if you want to invade a world in a way that cannot be explicitly stated, you need to proceed gradually. If you unleash a powerful attack right away, it will only provoke extreme resistance from that world.
However, none of the other chosen ones encountered such bad luck, being directly pushed into the side challenge by the natives. Alice's intuition told her that she had missed something, but she couldn't remember it for the moment. She could only pray that everything would go smoothly.
As for Cheng Zhu, who was slapped into the stadium, he was at least furious, if not enraged.
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