Chapter 27 Chapter 27 Utopia - Ghost City (including the forum...
Real world, capital.
At 8:02 in the morning, Liu Yanran, who had returned from Ghost City, arrived at Central Village subway station.
At 8:05 in the morning, the Beijing Metro Dispatching Center announced the emergency closure of the [Zhongyangli] subway station and the implementation of skipping stations for the Inner Ring Line 2 at the [Zhongyangli] subway station.
At 8:17 in the morning, all passengers in the Zhongyangli subway station on Beijing Inner Ring Subway Line 2 were evacuated, and five of the six subway entrances (ABCDEF) were closed.
At 8:47 in the morning, the first round of full-line survey of the [Central Village] subway station was completed, and image analysis was completed, and no abnormalities were found.
At 9:11 am, Liu Yanran completed the first round of record-keeping in the First Confidential Room of the Special Affairs Management Bureau.
Inside the confidential room, Liu Yanran and her colleagues from the First Action Team watched the subway video on the display screen together.
After playing the multi-angle subway video twice at fast and slow speeds, Liu Yanran touched her chin.
"So, in my opinion, I took the subway from Ghost City back to the real world, but according to the surveillance system, I got off the Inner Ring Line 2."
The technical detective from the imaging department nodded and zoomed in on the screen, revealing Liu Yanran's entire body. He spoke, "At 8:01:12, when this subway arrived, the first image we captured of you was your feet stepping onto the platform."
"The operation of this subway train on the entire line is no different from normal."
"Then can I understand that this subway train from the strange world was specially selected to arrive at the same time?" Liu Yanran said.
"At this moment, the two worlds briefly overlapped?"
"The principle is not clear yet and there is a lack of data, so it can only be considered a personal guess." Zheng Hao spoke at this moment.
"Yanran, on this round-trip train, do you have any feelings? Compared to leaving the dungeon as a player, what do you think is the biggest difference?" asked the leader on the side.
Liu Yanran frowned, thought carefully and said:
"First of all, as a player, there's a time limit for leaving a dungeon. Leaving a dungeon within a limited time is more like being kicked out at the expiration date."
"As a temporary resident, I have a dedicated train line, and I can even use the "Rugui" app interface, which is completely different from when I'm a player. My personal opinion is that this means I have increased privileges and improved treatment. To give you an inappropriate example, ordinary players are treated as outsiders by the natives of a strange dungeon, while the natives are considered city dwellers. It's like the difference between lower and higher citizens, non-members and members."
"When players leave a dungeon, as long as they confirm their departure, they're almost instantly back to reality. Senior administrators will directly kick the group members out. This time, I went through the entire process, very formally going from one place to another, in an orderly and regulated manner."
Liu Yanran repeated what was announced on the subway, even though she had emphasized it during the recording.
"What do you think about this Utopia, Yanran?"
The copy phone belongs to each player personally. When it is placed on the desktop, even if other people see it, they cannot see the content belonging to the individual player.
But Liu Yanran's [Ghost City Temporary Resident Certificate] could be seen by everyone present.
"This Wuyou Township, my first reaction when I saw it in the [Yinhuai Village] dungeon was that it was a fictitious 'Wuyou'. To the natives of this strange world, the players came from a place that didn't exist." Liu Yanran said slowly.
"But I think the expert group should have other opinions."
"Zixuwuyou, vanishing into nothingness, if you say it's a homophone, or the carefree Wuyou Township."
"The above are all my personal thoughts."
"Yanran, regarding your 17-hour trip to the haunted city, the first phase of the transcript has been reviewed. The expert group still has many questions that urgently require your assistance."
"During your time in the Ping'an Home community, were you able to sense the attitude of the natives of the strange world towards you? Please explain your identity as a player and as a temporary resident separately."
"Please carefully review the results of the Yin Huai Village dungeon after you returned to reality. Is there any slight difference between the results of the dungeon you experienced before? Even if it's just a little bit?"
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After returning to reality, Liu Yanran almost sat on the chair, eating, drinking water, discussing, asking additional questions, and answering various questions.
As the only player so far who did not leave after the end of the copy, and then obtained a temporary identity through the natives of the strange world and returned to reality, if her experience were to be spread, it would be called "legendary".
It has been five years since the strange copy appeared. During this long period of time, although the authorities have been unable to interfere, they have never stopped researching this strange domain that came from outer space.
The real-world hypothesis that the strange dungeon might be a connected city had already been analyzed as one of the possibilities. As details from Liu Yanran's own experiences were added, researchers were often able to see the bigger picture and analyze more.
"Yanran, regarding your observations of the elderly residents exercising in Ping'an Home, assuming they're either freaks or indigenous, do you think the separation of the head and neck, and upper and lower body, is a common physical behavior in a freak society, or is it mass hysteria?"
"Yanran, take a look at these portraits. Which one do you think best matches the Luo Qing you observed?"
"Yanran, regarding the route and map you described from Yinhuai Village to Guicheng, Qingshan Hospital, No. 7 Middle School, and then to Ping'an Home, is this the route?"
"Yanran, Yanran..."
Liu Yanran's ears were filled with her own name throughout the whole day. She sat in the room, and colleagues from different departments and different divisions of labor kept coming to ask for help.
By the evening, she even felt a little short of oxygen.
Liu Yanran knew that her tiredness was nothing. As the "hope of the whole village", she only needed to sit here and answer questions. There was a health doctor to supervise the situation at any time, and special security guards were guarding the door. Since she joined the Special Affairs Management Bureau, her personal salary is now higher than that of the director.
Outside this confidential room, the entire General Administration has been put into full operation, with analyses and reports being continuously produced. Individual abilities are limited, but the collective strength is infinite.
In particular, the power of the state apparatus.
Liu Yanran could only stay in reality for seven days. On the third day after she returned to reality, she held a brief action manual in her hand.
Although her return this time brought a lot of big news, the time was too short and a person's observation perspective was limited.
The action manual at hand is actually the further observation information in various aspects that experts hope to obtain.
After staying in the bureau for two days, Liu Yanran was finally released on the third day and was able to "move freely", but she was surrounded by her super strong comrades in the First Action Team.
As she walked, she flipped through the booklet and took notes. The captain Zheng Hao who was accompanying her said:
"People in reality tend to talk big but never really do it. Just take a look at this. Your personal survival is paramount."
"I know, Captain." Liu Yanran smiled.
She is now treated like a nationally protected player. In addition to her own props, she has two more strange props that have been researched and adapted for her, not to mention the extra strange coins in her account.
Because of this, she dared not relax.
"Regarding my application to post on the forum as an individual, do you think it will be approved?" Liu Yanran looked at the short-haired captain beside her.
Zheng Hao shook his head silently and said softly, "It's difficult."
Liu Yanran was an official player, so even if she wanted to share her personal experience on the forum to help other players, she would still need to go through multiple levels of approval. This was especially true given her unique experience. If it wasn't replicable, and other players believed the indigenous people or were deceived by them, the consequences would be immeasurable.
It's obviously impossible for the official to issue an announcement without a rational route that has been repeatedly verified. Even if Liu Yanran wanted to post it herself, her superiors would have to consider the heavy responsibility behind it.
"But you don't have to worry." Liu Yanran looked at the captain who usually had no expression and suddenly blinked.
"Someone didn't report back in your copy."
"We can't control what players do privately unless it's posted on the official forum."
Liu Yanran was stunned for a moment and opened her copy phone. She was in reality and entered the [Rugui] APP, which was the forum interface.
On the first page of the forum, the popular post titles at the top are very obvious.
If you meet a female NPC named Luo Qing in a dungeon, follow her closely, obey her, and listen to her = 100% survival
Liu Yanran looked surprised. "This title is quite clickbait."
She clicked on the post, quickly read the main content, and immediately understood who the poster was.
It’s Murphy, the player from the Yinhuai Village dungeon.
He described the entire dungeon experience in the post, even sharing the coffin items he obtained. The last sentence of the main post was highlighted in red and emphasized:
If you encounter her in the dungeon, remember, her name is spelled like this: Luo (Luoyang), Qing (Qing) (Qiandao). Besides her work in the dungeon, she must have a part-time job as a real estate agent. She will be the biggest variable in your dungeon.
Outside of the main post, many players posted comments below cursing the poster, suspecting that he was a spy sent by Weird.
[Is there any good NPC? Why am I so unconvinced? OP, could it be that the NPC drugged you?]
[I personally tend to believe that the original poster did not lie, but this example is still too simple, and no other players have come forward to say it.]
[First of all, I want to correct you. I'm not a nitpicker. Five of you seven survived, but that doesn't mean a 100% survival rate.]
[To reply to the previous poster, the five of them completely obeyed the instructions of the tour guide NPC named Luo Qing. They had a 100% chance of surviving under the conditions of obedience, which is not a problem.]
Regardless of whether what the original poster said is true or not, the latest information about the Yinhuai Village dungeon is very comprehensive. The original poster is kind, thank you. PS: Based on the information the original poster provided about the Yinhuai Village dungeon, this dungeon is completely malicious and full of misleading information. Surviving it really depends on listening to the NPCs!
On the 1258th post, a player with the ID [Can't Die Before Retirement] spoke out, agreeing with the original poster and sharing his experience in the [Liangxin Performing Arts Training] dungeon.
On the 3297th post, [胖胖的生活长] expressed his gratitude to the player on the 1258th post, and expressed his deep gratitude to Luo Qing, the mentor in the dungeon.
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On the 5549th post, [Xiao Ke Newbie on the Road] shared his experience and added the [404 Convenience Store] dungeon experience in his reply, saying that he mistook the NPC Luo Qing for a player.
Post No. 8012, [Return to the Podium] adds personal supplements to the [Yinhuai Village] dungeon experience.
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After the 9,000th floor, the author sorted out the players who have come forward to share their experiences, integrated the three dungeon experiences related to Luo Qing, [404 Convenience Store], [Liangxin Performing Arts Training], and [Yinhuai Village], and added them to the main floor link jump, and added a new statement.
[OP]: It doesn’t matter whether you believe it or not, I just consider it as a good deed.
By the time Liu Yanran read the post, it had received replies from over 30,000 players.
Those who watched the show, those who mocked it, those who said these players were acting out a show, those who shouted why the official hadn't released it if it was true, and those who suspected they were spies sent by the weird...
Liu Yanran sighed inwardly, "Thirty thousand people."
Although it is not known why Murphy did not contact the authorities, this may be the advantage of the Mavericks.
If this post is viewed by 30,000 more players, even if it leaves a tiny mark in their hearts, and makes them try to trust the indigenous people once when they really meet Luo Qing, perhaps a few more people will live.
"Captain, how many business cards have been distributed now?" she suddenly remembered.
"Everyone is vying for spots, and the research hasn't yielded any results," Zheng Hao replied.
The batch of business cards that Liu Yanran brought back numbered about fifty, plus the ones originally brought back by Fatty Xu and Uncle Li, totaling about seventy.
When you enter the dungeon with a business card, whether you can meet Luo Qing is a matter of probability.
Liu Yanran had no control over the ownership and division of business cards, so she left it to her superiors to deal with.
On the fourth day after she returned to reality, at eight o'clock in the morning, the [Central Village] subway station skipped stations again, and there were complaints on the Internet, and no one knew what was going on.
Liu Yanran stood at the door of the subway car waiting under the gazes of everyone.
In reality, the [Rugui] APP only opened the forum, but displayed her personal temporary resident status, allowing her to see return tickets and make an appointment for the return time.
Taking into account the different levels of danger at different times of returning to Ghost City, after some coordination, the time period around eight o'clock was chosen.
Liu Yanran, carrying a full load of "moving" equipment in the copy space, boarded a Line 2 subway train specially designed for her.
There were people sitting scattered around in the carriage, all of them were official plainclothes officers.
Liu Yanran was carrying a bag and a suitcase, and was looking at the multiple surveillance cameras in front of her.
She looked at the captain who nodded to her. The subway was speeding by, and in an instant, the carriage was empty, and she was the only one left with her bag and suitcase.
"Dear passengers, you are now on a special train departing from Wuyou Township and ending in Guicheng. This train is about to arrive at the station—"
Liu Yanran exited the Ping'anli subway station and passed by the local residents of Guicheng. She saw the red-bottomed and yellow-lettered "Ping'an Real Estate" sign with its door open. After thinking for a moment, she pulled her suitcase and walked over.
"Welcome—"
"Oh, Miss Liu, you are finally back. I was worried that something might have happened to you." Luo Qing looked at her with great surprise.
Because her first tenant never returned, she hasn't been to her new part-time job yet and she's always worried.
"Ah, I have a lot of things to deal with when I get back, such as packing and moving things." Liu Yanran said.
"Yeah, come here. There's no one here, so I can just go back with you." Luo Qing stood up and was about to help her.
"You must have prepared a lot of things. A new house needs to be well furnished. Just tell me if you need anything. You can use what I have at home first. If you need to buy something, I will tell you where to buy it, otherwise you will be easily ripped off." Luo Qing was very concerned about his first tenant.
Especially Miss Liu is a young girl who works hard outside. If it is not for making money, who would be willing to leave her hometown?
"Okay, I'll listen to you, Sister Luo Qing." They returned all the way to Building No. 9. Liu Yanran thought about it and spoke to Luo Qing with considerable nervousness in her heart.
"Sister Luo Qing, what do you think about me finding a job near the community? No. 7 Middle School, Qingshan Hospital, don't you know they're hiring?"
This was a question in the action manual, requiring her to test whether, as a [temporary resident of the ghost city], she could enter the dungeon as an NPC similar to the indigenous people.
After hearing Liu Yanran's question, Luo Qing was stunned.
"Ah, you're quitting your old job?"
However, she quickly realized that it was no wonder that Liu Yanran had been gone for several days. It turned out that she had gone to resign and pack up her things. It was estimated that the work and accommodation arranged for them, outsiders, were not very good.
She thought for a moment and said, "Both schools and hospitals need qualifications, right? I can help find out."
"However, if you want to make some money recently, I have a job for you."
"Just a few days after you left, Teacher Wei from our neighborhood came to see me. Oh, Teacher Wei, she used to be the director of a museum and art gallery. Her relative opened a cultural study tour company and wanted me to work part-time helping with the tour groups. It's a job that pays well."
"I don't know if you're interested. You can go through the explanation process with me first and memorize the script. If you can become a professional, you can take on one or two groups a day, and you can cover the rent for half a month or a month."
Liu Yanran's pupils shrank. "You mean the 'Renhe Art Museum' and the 'Wonderful Museum'?"
Luo Qing clapped her hands: "Yes, you know it. Have you been there?"
Liu Yanran shook her head, "I haven't been there, but I've heard of it."
Both [Renhe Art Museum] and [Wonderful Museum] are strange copies!
Go, she must follow Luo Qing!
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