Crawling Creature

"They're really playing a game! Really! You won't believe me, just look."

In reality, the Zai Zong stepped aside to let his mother and aunt peek in.

After discovering that they were really playing a game, they gave them a few words of advice and then left.

Zai Zong shrugged. It looked like his cousin's family would be staying here tonight.

He glanced back at Huan Huan, who was still shaken on his bed, and couldn't help but find it amusing.

"What, scared? Want to play a couple more rounds?"

"Roll--!"

The Zai Zong chuckled heartlessly, picked up the VR device from the ground, and put it on.

"Brothers, your streamer is such a coward, he actually ran away in fear. Now, in order to let everyone enjoy the show, I have to impersonate him. Don't worry, I'm different. I wouldn't run away even if I were scared to death. If I really do die of fright, I'll come back to let everyone know I'm safe on the seventh day after my death."

The live stream chat immediately erupted with comments.

"Aren't you a total coward too?"

"The more miserable my son is, the happier I am."

"As long as you keep courting death, I'll be your loyal audience."

"I hope that Zai can go to some dangerous places to make everyone happy. If that's not possible, then find some monsters to broaden everyone's horizons."

"Hurry up! Xin Xin next door has already died seven times, and you've only died twice. Your efficiency is terrible, streamer."

After glancing at the comments, Zai Zong cursed loudly and then started the game.

At this moment, lines of text prompts appeared in the Pitch Black screen.

[Death Files - 1002]

[Number: D-9341]

[Cause of death: The person was found severely mutilated, and forensic DNA testing later confirmed their identity. It has been confirmed that they died at the hands of the ' Flesh Beast ' created by Z/A-FBC-0427.]

[Continue the game]

Return to main menu

After glancing at the cause of death, Zai Zong noticed that the number at the top had changed from 1001 to 1002.

He then realized that this was actually the number of deaths?

Okay, judging from the number 1002, it is indeed the number of times the protagonist has died.

So next time, it should be 1003.

Zai Zong was a little excited because he could finally experience the game.

To be honest, he really wanted to start over. But that wouldn't be good for the viewers, as repetitive content would bore them.

So he suppressed the urge to start the game again and went into his cousin's most recent save file.

Suddenly, the screen lit up slightly.

He arrived at the short passageway of the facility and looked around at his surroundings.

"I'm in the game, and holy crap, no wonder my cousin is so scared. The atmosphere and the sound effects are giving me goosebumps."

"Snort."

Huan Huan let out a muffled groan of displeasure, but did not speak.

Zai Zong ignored him, feeling that the game in front of him was more important than comforting his cousin!

Moreover, it seems to be more refined than "Skyhill"!

The industrial-tech facilities and buildings, in particular, left him in awe!

If there were lights here, it would probably feel like stepping into a military base from a movie!

Unfortunately, it's all dark now.

After surveying the game environment, Zai Zong began to familiarize himself with the controls and then slowly stepped forward.

"Brothers, we'll probably have to go around this door. That's where we just died."

"I'm unarmed right now. Facing these monsters that can kill me in the early stages, I'd better hide for now. They're the bosses, we can't afford to mess with them."

As he spoke, Zai Zong moved slowly forward, close to the wall on the right.

When he reached the open mechanical door, he paused and glanced inside. He found it Pitch Black; he couldn't see anything.

"Sure enough, that was a trigger zone. It would automatically activate as soon as someone got close. Now I'm far away, so it's fine. I'll come back later when I have a gun, although I don't think it'll be very effective."

Zai Zong glanced at the mechanical door again before stealthily passing through it.

At that moment, he noticed that there was a number marked on the door next to him.

'Z-FBC-1025'

"What kind of anomaly is this?"

He blinked and glanced cryptically at the open room opposite, from which the sounds of swallowing and chewing could be heard.

I glanced again at the locked mechanical door in front of me, and the obvious access control switch next to it.

This obviously requires a key or magnetic card to open.

Zai Zong forward and tried it, and sure enough, a prompt appeared in the game.

You are missing Level 2 Keycard.

"Level 2 Keycard?"

The Zai Zong, having withdrawn his hands, slowly moved away from the two doors.

Although we don't know exactly what the anomaly inside the door is, it seems to be a place that is currently inaccessible.

Is it a key card?

We need to figure out a way to get one first.

Zai Zong retreated to the end of the corridor, turned around, pressed the switch next to the door, and then went inside.

Then he turned around and closed the door.

Instantly, the sounds of swallowing and chewing were completely cut off.

The surrounding environment became deathly silent once again.

After feeling the pressure in his heart gradually subside, Zai Zong let out a heavy sigh of relief, and then turned his head to examine the new facility passageway.

Here, it's similar to the previous corridor, and there are also two mechanical doors facing each other.

Fortunately, nothing happened in the corridor, so he didn't need to crouch down to sneak up. Instead, he stood up and cautiously walked towards the two doors.

It turned out that both doors also required key cards.

"Damn it, why do we need key cards everywhere? We can't move an inch without them!"

After failing to open the door, Zai Zong had no choice but to continue to the end of the corridor to open the next door.

"It's a bit dark. Do you have Flashlight? Looks like we need to restore power. Ugh, another power restoration. Restoring power in Skyhill has already driven me crazy, and now Control Failure is happening again. I can't take it anymore."

"As everyone knows, and as everyone knows, strange things always happen when power is restored."

Zai Zong pressed the switch for the mechanical door at the end.

The environment is changing.

Unlike the similar facilities and passageways before, this place is more like a two-story warehouse.

Large quantities of shipping containers were stacked together, each a different color.

Several forklifts were parked haphazardly, adding a touch of unusual color to the dim light.

There's such a large area inside the Control Bureau's site!?

This is truly eye-opening!

Moreover, the warehouse seemed to be very spacious, and it was Pitch Black and nothing could be seen 10 meters away.

"Maybe there's a gun? Or something else useful?"

Zai Zong was thinking this, two voices rang out the next second.

[Damn bastards! These D-Class Personnel dared to attack us!]

[Shh! Keep your voice down, something seems off here.]

Someone's there!?

Holy crap!

"Brothers, there's someone! There's an NPC! They seem to be normal people, maybe it's a random event? Or maybe they're survivors who can give out side quests? Let's go check it out!"

With that, Zai Zong stepped inside.

The warehouse was huge, filled with containers, and the dim lighting made it difficult for him to determine his exact location.

We had no choice but to follow the sound.

Fortunately, the talking did not stop; the conversation continued.

[Damn it! I'm bleeding! That bastard! I'll kill him!]

[Shh! Shh! Keep your voice down! Something seems to be coming.]

[Don't move. Let me ask.]

Click—

The safety on the gun clicked, followed by a loud shout.

[Hello? Who's there?]

"It really is a person! Brothers! It's not easy! We've finally met someone we can talk to in the game, except for that A'Ti from before."

[Hello? Friend? Can I speak? Someone here is injured and needs help, Hello?]

The questioning continued from deep within the warehouse.

And Zai Zong responded immediately, regardless of whether the game character could hear him or not, purely for the sake of live streaming effect.

"Hello! Hello! I'm here! I'm here!"

At this moment, the protagonist also spoke.

But the protagonist did not respond to the shout; instead, he spoke in a low voice that only he could hear.

There's a rotten smell here; I feel like I've smelled it somewhere before.

A putrid smell?

Zai Zong, but didn't pay any attention, and continued searching for survivors in the warehouse.

It's normal for such a large warehouse to have odors and dead rats.

In addition, with the outbreak of the crisis and people dying everywhere, the smell of blood might be present. This is understandable.

So the baby didn't care at all.

[Hello, friend. May I say something? You're making us nervous, and we're worried you might hurt yourself.]

No sooner had he finished speaking than Zai Zong glanced at a shipping container as he passed by and was shocked to find two corpses inside!

Two corpses dressed in security uniforms!

Two pistols were scattered around him!

Zai Zong could react, the game's main character uttered a surprising statement.

[The stench of decay! Oh my god! I remember now!]

[It's them!]

The next second, two smooth, eyeless, fleshy red, enormous Crawling Creature fell from above, landing straight in front of Zai Zong with a dull thud.

At the same time, human voices could be heard coming from their gaping maws.

[Monster! It's a monster! It's on your head! On your head!!!]

[What?! Aaaaaaahh...

A game won't focus on just one perspective; it will be played from multiple viewpoints. With a single perspective, the game has continuity. With multiple perspectives, the game won't be continuous; instead, it will focus on the scary parts.