Chapter 6 Practice Rules
The next morning
[05:30]
Luo Di put his packed backpack on his back and left the community carrying the silver metal box.
Yesterday, we reported to the community that we would be away from home for 48 hours to participate in the practice. During this period, the community on-duty staff will help check the lighting conditions at home.
A rather conspicuous plaque with text framed in brass hangs on the main entrance of the Regional Institute.
A seven-seater black business car also parked on the side of the road early. It was the special car responsible for the actual pick-up and drop-off.
Although Luo Di arrived half an hour early, there was already a person standing at the entrance of the institute, deputy squad leader Gao Yuxuan.
The two characters were destined to be unable to open up the topic. In order to avoid embarrassment, Luo Di chose to stand under the streetlight ten meters away and checked the contents of his backpack again to ensure that he had not missed anything.
During inspection,
Luo Di accidentally caught a glimpse of Gao Yuxuan not far away, who was behaving slightly abnormally. The main manifestation was that his left arm was not very flexible, and even his fingers looked a little stiff. This was probably related to his half-month leave.
After five minutes of silence, Gao Yuxuan actually walked over and finally took out a small green metal box from his pocket.
"Ahem... do you want it?"
"Thank you."
Rody took two sugar-free mints, something that can wake you up in advance. Pretty good.
Just as the two were exchanging mints, a distinguished black car drove up.
Wu Wen and Anna got out of the rear driver's seat at the same time, looking at the strange picture in front of them with wide eyes, "Ah! When did you two become so close?"
When the monitor said this, Gao Yuxuan immediately turned around and left.
Luo Di didn't care, he never cared about what others thought.
At this time, a middle-aged woman wearing a white coat and a dean-shaped face walked out of the institute. She was the type to make people sweat just by looking at her.
"Since you are all here, get on the bus in advance."
"Okay, Professor Qin."
Wu Wen seemed to know the other person, and she suddenly became more honest, and everyone They also put their luggage in the trunk of the commercial vehicle one after another and then all got on the bus.
The car door is closed.
At this moment, the four people in the car were more or less nervous.
When the car is driving, Professor Qin's voice is transmitted through the car audio.
“This trip will last one hour.
After listening to me explain the relevant practices and some rules, you will ask questions.
What I will say next It will be related to your practice success rate and even survival rate, so I hope you can cheer up and memorize every word.
This practice area is located in the experimental area 30km outside Jupiter City. .
1. The total duration of the practice is expected to be [48 hours].
If you can deal with the root cause of the incident in advance, you can also end it and leave early.
Of course, as long as you can persist for 48 hours, it will be considered completed regardless of whether the exception is handled or not.
2. The practical difficulty will be randomized to be close to reality and train your ability to face the unknown.
Once the practice starts, the experimental team will not actively intervene unless you suffer serious life-threatening trauma. Also, your practice will count as a failure whenever an intervention occurs.
3. It is prohibited to leave the practice area in any form.
This practice will use the [Simulated Anomaly] developed by the Joint Research Institute. The regional changes, strange events, and attacks by pseudo-humans and anomalies that you encounter will be highly consistent with real events.
Next we start to talk about the practical details.
1. There are multiple random "objects" in the practice area. Once found and activated, the corresponding abnormal events will also be opened.
The search and trigger time should not exceed half an hour.
2. The difficulty of the event will not be informed in advance. You need to face the unknown, investigate the unknown and deal with the unknown.
3. Any effective subjective behavior may improve the individual's evaluation in this practice.
4. The technology for simulating anomalies was only started to be used last year. Although most of the technology has been stabilized, there are still minor vulnerabilities. Once you find something abnormal during practice, you can submit it to us at any time, which will also improve your personal evaluation.
Now it's your turn to ask questions. ”
Just like in the classroom, Wu Wen was the first to raise her hand and start asking questions,
"During practice, do we have a relatively safe time period? For example, sleeping time, eating time, etc."
"No, you will be in danger once we start." "Oh." Wu Wen said with a look on her face Depressed but quickly recovered.
Gao Yuxuan asked his question while staring at the notebook he had just filled with words:
“Once we trigger the corresponding abnormal event through an object, Will all the other objects in this area be recovered by you? Or can we trigger it again?”
"The question is very good, you don't have to worry about it.
"Abnormal events" are directly controlled by our research institute. You can only trigger them once. Even if you find other items and want to trigger them later, we will not do it here. Carry out relevant operations.
What you are facing is only one event. ”
Blonde Anna put her fist against her chin and squeezed out sweat from her forehead, but she couldn’t think of a good question, so she didn’t ask in the end.
Rody, who was sitting in the last row Seeing that no one had any questions, I chose to ask:
"If we have a conflict with the simulation anomaly, causing environmental damage and forming a [corner] without light source, will the practice be interrupted?"
These words made Director Qin look ugly,
“Theoretically this will not happen, because in the experimental area where you are located, any buildings and trees that may form [corners] have been specially treated by the institute. .
All corners are rounded, and the door shafts and window shafts that may form the corners are also standard reinforced cylinders, and the environment itself is difficult to damage.
Moreover. , there are more than 300 hidden cameras in the experimental area, and modified wild horned parrots are scattered on the branches of the forest. Any lightless corners will be discovered by us immediately
Of course... you should avoid this situation as much as possible.
If your subjective behavior leads to the formation of [corners] and brings unpredictable dangers, your personal report will not be passed even if you complete the practice. "
" Got it. ”
Everyone didn’t have too many problems. The commercial vehicle also arrived at the exit of Jupiter City at this time.
The entire city is surrounded by a fifty-meter-high luminous city wall, with a large number of sentry posts. Towers, drones and patrols are responsible for security here
The current city exit is similar to a highway gate, with a total of eight stations.
During the National Day, many private cars plan to leave the city. They are currently queuing up due to the need to undergo a physical examination before leaving the city.
The institute's cars belong to a special category, so you only need to take the special car lane at the end.
Leave the city smoothly,
The road outside the city still maintains the same high-density street lights as in the city. The forest areas on both sides of the road are also tied or buried with wires to ensure that the lights in the forest are Available all day.
There are even some trees that have been biologically modified to be self-luminous.
Occasionally, you can see highly paid forest rangers walking through the forest.
Cars are speeding along the main roads, and once you leave the city, it is difficult to see the existence of ‘buildings’.
At most, there are only public facilities such as service areas and watch towers. Few living people actively live in the suburbs of the city, and even if they do, they are basically missing.
There are no villages or towns, everything is centered on cities.
Not long after, the official car drove off the main road and turned onto a small road similar to a rural road.
The right side of the road is close to the hillside, and the left side is covered with lush trees, almost blocking the sky.
The light density here is significantly reduced, but it is still above the safe value.
Contrary to what everyone expected,
the final destination of the car is not a research institute built in the woods, or a suburban building for four people to practice.
The vehicle parked directly on an ordinary roadside.
Director Qin, who had spoken through the microphone before, turned his head for the first time and stared at the four young people behind him.
“Going up from here, this hill of no more than 100 meters is the “experimental area”. Once you step on the soil of the mountain, it means [beginning].
The "objects" that trigger practice are all scattered on this mountain
Remember, you have only half an hour to find and trigger events. ”
The four of them got off the car each with their luggage, looking up at the hillside with high vegetation density and dim light. They were more or less nervous. The first social practice in their lives was about to begin...
(End of this chapter)