Chapter 128 Ning Xu
“When the total probability of survival is fixed, if I live, it means someone will die; I may even need to take the initiative to kill innocent people in order to eliminate threats... Here Under the premise, how should I make a choice? "
"Who is talking nonsense to you? If you have time to think about things, why not memorize more clearance strategies and train your puzzle-solving thinking."
“So, what is the answer to this question?”
“There is no answer, but just follow your heart. Next time someone asks you this kind of question, slap the questioner twice. Let’s see if he gets crazy.”
"..."
Odd Investigation Bureau, Jiangcheng Branch.
Ning Xu left the medical office, walked straight to the depths of the corridor, and entered a small room that few people set foot on.
The door number with the word "Archives Room" written on it has accumulated a thin layer of dust. After pushing the door open, the interior layout is clean and tidy.
The huge monitor refreshes the trends of the game forum in real time. Various interaction records scroll on the screen. Speeches involving keywords are highlighted in red. The program automatically starts analyzing the IP address of the speaker.
After encountering supernatural events, many people always think that they are the protagonist of the story. No matter how bad they are, they are one of the few people who transcend the category of mediocrity. But it is a pity that these "protagonists" have been bathed in the gaze of the Federation from the moment they came into contact with the supernatural.
“The Federation is watching you”, this sentence was originally an alarmist statement by a novelist, but with the development of science and technology, the reality has become even worse. [Note]
With the further improvement of the real-name system on the Internet, basically everyone who leaves traces online will enter the sight of federal officials and be bathed in the gaze of this behemoth.
Since its establishment in 2008, the Weird Investigation Bureau has relied on the power of violent organizations to carry out its activities in reality.
Thanks to the federal's huge information database, the Bureau of Investigation quickly identified the earliest batch of players, contacted them in reality, took control of the largest forum for discussing weird games at the time, and based on this, it annexed other players. A small forum formed voluntarily by players.
Since then, the Investigation Bureau has relied on the game forum, an information giant, to manage the image and guide public opinion on the one hand; on the other hand, it monitors the movements of players so that they can be contained in a timely manner.
There is a saying that is right: "If you can't deal with you in the game, finding you in reality is just a matter of bullets?"
Under such vigorous and resolute operations, the investigation The bureau soon had a lot of influence on Weird Games, and it reclaimed game qualifications on a large scale. It selected outstanding people from the army to actively enter the game and become players, infecting more and more people with their actions and ideas.
Countless players talk about unity and cooperation. Even if they encounter the worst situation, they will not consider harming others as their first choice. Firstly, they are worried about being liquidated by Kyushu after leaving the dungeon. Secondly, they also believe that People from Kyushu will save them.
Yes, the early weird games were far gentler than they are now. Old players can spend points to fish for people in the dungeon that has already started, and newcomers can also purchase props at any time in the dungeon that can help them survive the death point. .
The average monthly death toll of weird games once dropped to double digits, like the calm before the storm, or like a higher-dimensional being indulging children.
In this peaceful environment, guilds such as Xiela and Tiantian, which sell fear for a living, are like rats in the gutter, and everyone screams for beatings.
Seeing that the Bureau of Investigation is about to gather hundreds of thousands of players to jointly attack the final copy and break the supreme rules, the time has come on January 1, 2014.
It was fifteen years after the game came, and the players gathered in front of the black tower in the Ruins of the Sunset. The president of the Kyushu Guild at the time was preparing to give another speech.
The originally dark yellow sky suddenly burst out with golden light, which reminded people of the explosion of stars at the beginning of the creation of the universe.
The blood-colored flowing fire fell from the sky, hitting the earth like a meteorite with the roots of a giant tree. The moment it landed, it shot out into the sky with flames, spreading in all directions like lava.
Some players reacted very quickly and exited the game, while others were stunned for a few seconds longer and were swept into the sea of fire and burned to ashes.
Screams and death complement each other, and the Sunset Ruins was like a purgatory on earth for a while.
Based on the last words left by the deceased in half an hour and the memories of the survivors, many people claimed to have seen the corpse of the legendary "god".
Although those people's descriptions of "gods" were varied and completely different, no different from hysteria, the investigation bureau still named this incident "Twilight of the Gods".
After that, Weird Games went on a month-long "service outage for maintenance," and the Bureau of Investigation also worked intensively to count the losses.
Most of the investigators were lost. The core members of the Kyushu Guild tried to save people at the scene, but almost all of them were wiped out. The player group's vitality and morale have been greatly reduced. If they don't intervene in time, they may fall into ruin.
After the players entered the game again, they were disappointed to find that many of the game's mechanisms that reduce the difficulty of player survival had been modified, and some inexplicable functions had been added.
In the following months, after experiencing dungeons that exceeded the standard difficulty again and again, the Investigation Bureau finally realized that the weird game was deliberately targeting them...
Like this for more than ten years, The Bureau of Investigation had to shrink its influence in the game, retreat to reality and conduct behind-the-scenes guidance, focusing its work on dealing with strange intrusions.
After Xi La, Tian Tian and other organizations were attacked in reality, they focused on expanding their power in the game.
Eventually a balance is achieved.
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Ning Xu glanced at the dangerous remarks made by Jiangcheng IP that had been packaged and distributed on the computer screen, and raised her eyelids indifferently.
Most of these people just talk about it, and as soon as they are found, they shake like quails that have been caught in the rain; while the real big fish either use virtual addresses or don't make much noise.
What the Investigation Bureau really needs to pay attention to is only players who have cleared certain special dungeons such as "Dialectical Game" and "Double Happiness Town".
When Ning Xu walked around the computer desk, the investigator who was responsible for following the forums raised his head and said hello: "Sister Ning Xu, are you here?"
"Well, let me register for the latest updates. "
Ning Xu walked to a metal wall filled with drawers, opened one of the drawers with a fingerprint, took out the electronic screen stored inside, and entered a line of text: "The degree of alienation of the subject of supervision. 6%, no psychologist intervention is needed yet.”
Although the injuries in the copy cannot be brought to reality, the damage to the spirit and psychology is real. It has been very common in the thirty-six years since the advent of the weird game that veteran players have mutated into massacres, and investigators have lost control and gone crazy.
The Weird Investigation Bureau has gradually formed a complete supervision and self-examination system, paying attention to the mental health of investigators at all times, and taking in dangerous personnel in a timely manner.
For someone like Chang Xu who almost died in the dungeon and finally managed to save his life, it is inevitable that the degree of alienation will increase. As for how much it will increase, it all depends on his psychological quality.
Of course, it is said that this thing has a certain relationship with IQ.
Ning Xu thought half-jokingly more than once: "Foolish people are blessed. The simpler the mind, the less they think, and the easier it is to get out of negative emotions." After Chang Xu left the game, in reality He was in a coma for five days, and when he was about to recover, he was pulled to take notes. It was only now that Ning Xu had seen him.
During the conversation, Ning Xu always felt that Chang Xu was hiding something, but she believed in Chang Xu's character. Since he was unwilling to tell some details, pressing too hard would be counterproductive.
Chang Xu, in the words of the senior officials of the Investigation Bureau, is a sharp knife. If used properly, it is a useful tool. Even if he cannot exert the greatest effect, remember not to let him get out of control.
So, Ning Xu just sent the last person under supervision to the shelter, and then went to the orphanage to pick up Chang Xu.
At first she felt like she was facing a formidable enemy, but soon she discovered that this guy's world was as simple as a blank sheet of paper, lacking a lot of common sense and knowledge. To put it simply, he was easy to deceive.
Faced with such a person, even Ning Xu himself sometimes felt that the Investigation Bureau was too worrying.
"Sister Ning Xu, Tingfeng Guild has sent out another warning." The investigator sitting next to the computer said without raising his head, "The 'door' has definitely appeared."
Ning Xu said "yes" She said with a smile: "Wait for the director to inform you. Such a big thing is not something we can decide."
She closed the drawer, locked it, and walked out without looking back. Archives.
She wandered aimlessly along the corridor and unknowingly came to the only window on the entire floor.
It is said to be a window, but it is just a small opening of one square decimeter. I don’t know if it is used for ventilation or if it was damaged by an accident.
This opening has never been blocked, and the scene outside the building can always be seen, so many investigators like to stand here for a while when they are free.
Ning Xu stopped and looked sideways out of the window.
A black cat squatted on a tree, eyeing the bird's nest in the bushes. The pearl-necked turtle dove perched in the nest has not yet realized that the danger is approaching, and is still preening its feathers happily, unaware of it.
Ning Xu couldn't help but laugh, and suddenly wanted to throw something out, or drive away the black cat, or scare away the birds. But then she thought, as cats and birds are part of the food chain, what position does she have as a human to interfere?
The communicator on his waist suddenly rang, and the person opposite said: "Ning Xu, the plan you proposed last time has been approved by the higher authorities, and you are fully responsible for it. But... if something happens, You must also bear the main responsibility.”
"No problem, I understand everything." Ning Xu said calmly, then turned and walked towards the elevator deep in the corridor.
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The Weird Investigation Bureau, five underground floors, has cold metal rooms on both sides of the maze-like corridor, with numbers and words marked on the doors.
Ning Xu counted the rows of numbers and stopped in front of a door marked [129].
Basic information is written on the upper left corner of the door.
[Weird name: Pseudoman]
[Type: ghost (?)]
[Danger level: E]
[Remarks: Has human memory and self-identification Known as a human being; at the same time, it has weird basic characteristics, such as immortality, pica, and infectiousness. It has a good affinity for other weird things and can sense weird positions with a higher degree of danger. No intention to actively attack humans has been found so far. 】
Through the electronic screen on the door, you can see what's going on inside. A young girl with disheveled hair was lying on the ground like a wild animal, not knowing whether she was dead or alive.
Ning Xu put on protective clothing and entered the room.
When the girl noticed someone coming, she suddenly woke up and begged angrily:
"Please let me out... I really cleared "Dialectical Game", I really People..."
"I am Zhang Yiyu, a student in the 30th class of the School of Liberal Arts at Liucheng University. My mother is Zhang Haiyan. She and my dad divorced, and I am the only relative left..."
"Please Please, at least let me have a phone call with her..."
Ning Xu walked over, helped the girl up from the ground, and comforted her gently: "I believe you are human."
She took out an iron ball from her pocket and handed it to the girl, with a persuasive voice: "You Eat it and I will let you go.”
The girl quickly took the iron ball and stuffed it into her mouth.
Ning Xu took a few steps back without leaving a trace, staring at her coldly.
After ten seconds of dead silence, the girl had swallowed the iron ball into her belly. She raised her eyes to look at Ning Xu and asked sadly: "Sister Police, I have eaten it. Can you let me go?" ?”
Ning Xu looked down at her condescendingly, with a look of pity flashing in his eyes: "Do you still think you are a human being? After eating such a large piece of metal, a normal human would have died of pain long ago."
The girl woke up as if from a dream, and her already pale face became even paler. She hurriedly tore open her stomach with her hands, turned her intestines and stomach in a cloud of black smoke, took out the iron ball, and threw it away.
She curled up into a ball and muttered to herself: "I didn't eat, I didn't eat... I'm a human being, I really am a human being..."
"Didn't I already agree? Are you there? I will let you go." Ning Xu sighed, and moved forward, holding the girl's face almost lovingly, "So what if you are human, so what if you are weird?"
The girl's eyes widened in disbelief, and she heard the soft woman in front of her continue to say: "Join us as a ghost and re-enter the weird game. I will give you the greatest freedom within my authority."< br>
"You can contact your mother once a month, and we will also tell your mother that you were working for the federal confidentiality department during the period of your disappearance."
"I think your mother will You are proud."
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[Note] Adapted from the sentence "The Big Brother is watching you" in "1984".
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