Chaos Escalates
In the bedroom,
Everyone sat cross-legged on the bed and discussed the intelligence they had gathered so far.
The initially perplexing events are gradually becoming clearer as the pieces of the puzzle are pieced together.
The main storyline we are currently in can be summarized as follows:
1. The Corner Event involving the eight of them corresponds to a "videotape," which was likely brought into the picture through a television broadcast, with the emphasis on erasing the participants' memories of each other.
2. The danger directly related to the videotape is [fog].
Whether it's Wu Wen's experience at the Newspaper Office and the related clues, or what's happening at the school now, it's all related to fog.
It's almost certain that if they want to escape from the videotape, they will most likely need to find the source of the fog, which corresponds to "a certain set of remains".
3. In addition, there are numerous Fear Divinity projected from the Corner Depths, which together constitute the events. These divine forces are scattered throughout the city, both dangerous and full of opportunities.
For example, Luo Di and Mia received rewards for completing tasks required by the gods, which greatly helped them during their exploration.
in addition,
Important information within the university has also been collected.
1. Mist Man
One of the forms of fear that fog corresponds to.
The danger can be eliminated if the television set, which is the "medium," can be destroyed.
Its capabilities include, but are not limited to:
"Mindset Influence (Brain Fog)" - During combat, it can cause the target's thinking and reaction to become slower and slower, and even make some completely wrong choices.
"Mist Touch" - The Mist Man's fingers are all swirling with compressed mist.
Once an opponent is touched, the relevant area will be instantly erased.
Even Luo Di's Hell Body couldn't withstand it; both flesh and steel would vanish.
"Internal Weather" - During the fight with the Mist Man, if you are injured, the mist in the environment will quickly seep in and permeate your body.
Once the Internal Weather is formed, all regeneration and self-healing effects will become ineffective, and the body will become the weakest human body, where even a very ordinary injury could lead to death.
"High-Rank Body" - lethal methods are unlikely to cause effective damage to the Mist Man. Even if damage is caused, it will be quickly filled and repaired by the environmental mist.
No core or weakness has been found.
2. Research Direction
According to the investigation in the underground morgue, the faceless suicide victims were mainly concentrated in the [School of Life Sciences]. It is estimated that there are important clues related to the mist within that school. If they can be found, this investigation of the university site can be completed ahead of schedule.
After gathering the clues, Luo Di decisively outlined the next course of action, which would take place tonight without any delay.
"Let's grab something to eat at the cafeteria now, and then head straight to the School of Life Sciences. If what Mia said is true, carrying the metal bucket will get us all in."
Luo Di jumped off the bed and picked up the iron bucket.
The Girl inside was still sleeping. Even though Mia's description of the situation was exaggerated and terrifying, Luo Di did not sense the slightest danger.
Just as he was about to leave with the iron bucket, Wu Wen's voice came from behind him:
"Forget about food~ Also, let's just leave from here, it'll be faster, we can finish this sooner and get out of this university sooner."
Wu Wen had reached the dormitory window and was about to make a dangerous vaulting motion:
"Didn't I tell you? The [location], like the fog over the entire city, will become dangerous over time, and the Chaos Value will increase autonomously."
The campus has become dangerous; it's no longer the same as it was when we First Day arrived.
Forget about meals, just eat snacks to fill your stomach.
"It's only the second day and it's already like this? Our infiltration operation at the hospital last night was very successful, and Mia didn't kill anyone."
Wu Wen pointed to the number "3," saying, "Today is my Third Day on campus."
"Huh? I slept for two days? What's the situation at school now?"
"You can take a look through the peephole and you'll get a general idea."
"Let me see."
As soon as Luo Di's eyes were on the cat's eye, he saw a student facing the wall.
Because he was facing the wall, his face was not clearly visible.
Judging from the way the other person held the cigarette between their fingers and the white smoke coming out of their mouth, it seemed that they were smoking.
Perhaps they sensed they were being spied on.
The student slowly turned his body, revealing a face whose features were degenerating.
All that remained of his eyes were two round indentations, his nose was only slightly raised, and his mouth had a small hole that was barely able to be opened, just big enough to fit a cigarette.
There were also many cigarette butts scattered on the ground, as if he had been smoking here all along.
The student quickly approached the peephole.
Without knocking,
No collision,
Instead, he removed the cigarette and painstakingly extended a tongue from the only remaining hole in his mouth, licking the surface of the cat's eye.
Luo Di had already left through the door. "Has the whole school started to become faceless? Smoking is probably a way of yearning for the mist. I bet this guy won't last tonight and will jump off a building to commit suicide."
He went to the window and looked out at the campus in the last rays of the setting sun.
Sure enough, a large number of smoking students were wandering around the campus, and on the rooftops of every building, one could see people about to commit suicide, with those campus personnel who had completely lost their facial features lining up on them.
Seeing this scene, Luo Di began to consider the matter of disguise again. "The School of Life Sciences is quite far from here. If we go around it, we'll probably be discovered, right?"
"Um?"
Wu Wen pointed to the iron bucket in Luo Di's hand, "Have you been sleeping too long and your head is still not clear? Didn't Mia say that we have a special partner who can save us the trouble of infiltration and disguise?"
"It's also useful for these mutated creatures?"
"Mia and I tested it this morning, and it works as long as the person isn't dead. The Girl you've been protecting all this time is very special."
"OK."
Three figures landed one after another at the foot of the dormitory building.
Luo Di tried to hold the iron bucket in front of him like a lantern.
Sure enough, the teachers and students they encountered along the way would take the initiative to offer their help, such as guiding them or carrying their buckets.
Luo Di was about to refuse, but Wu Wen interrupted him.
"If you refuse them, things will become unstable, so just agree to everything."
"All right."
The journey from the dormitory building to the School of School of Life Sciences had already stretched from a small team of four to a line of a hundred.
A large group of students whose facial features were degenerating huddled around, forming a large circle. If a student became completely faceless, they would leave the group and go to the nearest tall building to commit suicide.
The academy in front of us has long been abandoned.
The building's surface was covered with various warning tapes and "No Entry" stickers.
"Luo Di, send one of them in to try. If these guys can help us find clues, we can avoid all the risks."
"OK."
In the eyes of this group of people, Luo Di, carrying the iron bucket, was the perfect representative of Girl, and they would comply with any request he made.
After a brief exchange, several physically strong students quickly ran into the building and explored from different directions to help everyone search for clues.
Just two minutes passed.
Snap!
The students then fell in front of everyone, their faces smashed to pieces.
"It's not that simple after all. Ordinary people will turn into faceless as soon as they step into this place. Let's do it ourselves... Be careful, we'll probably be affected as well."
Amidst the waving goodbye of hundreds of students,
The team officially entered the abandoned college building.
Tear off the seal.
When I pushed open the sensor door that had long been out of service...
Sizzle!
An unsettling electromagnetic noise emanated from the Security Room on the inside.
Looking inside through the latticed iron window,
Surprisingly, a television was placed in the Security Room, which was turned on as soon as everyone entered.
When the Mist Man walked out of the Security Room with his body hunched over, the lobby was already empty. It seemed that the four people had already gone to the depths of the building.
The Mist Man did not give chase.
His body was drawn back into the television set by the mist rising from beneath his feet, and the image on the screen changed from half a face to static before disappearing completely.