The Control Bureau Slaughters Humanity

"WTF!? The protagonist from another world!?"

"Holy crap, this game even has a parallel universe setting!?"

At this moment, the Zai Zong "shock" could no longer describe the expression on Zai Zong's face.

Seeing the option on the screen to press Enter to continue browsing the content, he pressed it without hesitation.

"Come, come, tell me more about parallel worlds, I'm fucking curious!"

"But the protagonist is really calm. Isn't he curious about parallel worlds? Or does he already believe in them?"

As the Zai Zong's doubts arose.

Soon, the small, thick 13-inch display screen began to rapidly show the following information.

This is a one-way message; we cannot communicate in real time. So just think of it as an email, an email sent from another world.

'I don't know when it started, but the Control Bureau... has changed.'

'At my Site 19, there have been reports of numerous deaths among high-ranking members within the Oldest House.'

etc.

Oldest House?

What is Oldest House?

Zai Zong frowned; a newly appeared term made him realize that this was not a simple matter.

It must be something important, and it's definitely architecture.

He shook his head, deciding to finish reading first.

Then, the content continued on the screen.

Among those who died were supervisors, generals, commanders, and department heads—high-ranking officials.

Do you know what this means?

'That was Oldest House! It happened right under the noses of the Director and the Upper Council!'

'What's even more terrifying is that the Upper Council said they committed suicide!'

'Who would commit suicide for no reason? Especially those who have become managers?'

This incident cast a shadow over the entire Site 19. Moreover, the suicides in Oldest House haven't stopped; they've been happening since the news first broke, and countless people have already 'committed suicide.'

'Furthermore, less than a day later, news of numerous other senior staff members resigning from Oldest House came in.'

"Can you imagine? In just one day, the core base of the Control Bureau in Oldest House experienced a wave of employee 'suicides' and resignations. This is absolutely abnormal. And yet, the Director and the Upper Council have taken no action whatsoever."

'No, they didn't do nothing. They sent a document to the remaining Oldest House employees 24 hours later. And then there were no more suicides or resignations.'

'I don't know what that document is, but it's definitely a Meme!'

"After that, the incident at Oldest House subsided, and neither the Director nor the Upper Council offered any explanation. We privately believe that those who committed suicide or resigned were spies planted by the Chaos Insurgency, the Control Bureau's adversaries, who were unfortunately caught and executed by the Director."

"But later, I realized how naive I'd been. What I'm about to tell you, as a member of the Control Bureau, you probably won't believe until you die."

At this moment, the program mechanism requiring the input of a certain code to view the information reappeared on the 13-inch computer screen.

The text above reads: Please enter the experiment number for project FBC-HA87545.

What is this?

The Zai Zong suspicious.

Why do I have to type something in again while I'm looking at this?

At this moment, the game's protagonist speaks again.

[I've been in charge of this project before; is this a re-verification of my identity?]

Upon seeing this, Zai Zong realized.

"I see. So that's why they did the third verification, in case the person receiving the message wasn't the main character."

"But to be honest, it's a bit unnecessary. You've already entered some Spiral Road code and an identity code. Isn't that enough to prove you're Jemin Walker?"

Despite complaining, Zai Zong still controlled the game's protagonist to type on the keyboard.

Soon, the game entered real-time calculation, which caused his expression to change slightly.

Another cutscene has started!?

At this moment, the screen in front of me began to display new content after receiving the instruction.

'I'm sorry I did this, it's to prevent others from doing so.'

Sizzle—

The screen suddenly flickered at that moment.

At the same time, a face with empty and lifeless eyes suddenly appeared and filled the entire screen.

Its dark, gaping eyes stared intently at the game's protagonist, its lifeless face seemingly speechless, yet it seemed to be telling a story.

Upon seeing this, the game's protagonist seemed stunned. He slightly raised both hands, unsure of what was happening.

But soon, that face slowly faded away.

Just when Zai Zong thought he could continue reading the otherworldly comments...

The next second, a large amount of text suddenly appeared on the 13-inch screen and quickly filled the entire screen!

Above, the three words are repeated densely.

'Release me, release me, release me, release me, release me, release me, release me!'

Then, these messages began to disappear one by one.

In the end, all that remained were three large characters that formed the entire screen. "Release me."

'Release me!'

[What the hell happened?]

The game's protagonist stammered, as this situation was something he had never experienced before.

Therefore, foresight and precognition have become ineffective!

As for the player, Zai Zong, he was also completely bewildered.

The plot was going well, so why did the computer suddenly stop working like this?

Is it broken? Or...?

Is it conveying some kind of message?

However, before Zai Zong, the glass screen malfunctioned and flickered again.

The three large characters "Release me" disappeared in an instant, replaced by the unfinished sentence from before.

'I'm sorry I did this, but it's to prevent others from impersonating you and viewing these comments.'

What I'm about to tell you might not believe, but it really happened.

"The video below was taken by a satellite from the World Paranormal Alliance. You'll understand once you watch it."

Soon, an. avi video appeared below the content.

Clearly, this is meant for him to click and take a look.

Zai Zong, of course, did not hesitate at all. The real-time calculation had already been completed, and now it was his turn to take control.

So he directly pressed the 0079 key, and the video started playing immediately.

The next second, his eyes widened in surprise!

The video is very clear.

It was an ocean, and in the picture, the water was azure and calm.

From an aerial viewpoint, this sea area is dotted with islands and boasts a natural ecosystem.

It looks like a relaxing and pleasant place, a perfect vacation spot.

but

Such a beautiful and pleasing scene did not last long.

boom--

A muffled thud.

On the sea, a mushroom cloud of nuclear explosion suddenly rose, and a huge shock wave pushed across the sea surface at a visible speed, spreading far away.

"Holy crap, an atomic bomb?!"

The Zai Zong shocked!

But his shock came too soon.

In the video, before one nuclear explosion has subsided, another one occurs.

Mushroom clouds, one after another, exploded like fireworks on the turbulent sea.

The immense force destroyed the scattered archipelago, and the instantaneous burst of heat evaporated a large amount of seawater, causing white fog to spread and torrential rain to pour down.

The original beauty is gone; what remains is a raging torrent of waves.

But this is only the prelude.

After the nuclear explosion, Zai Zong saw things he never dared to imagine in his life!

A colossal, unimaginably large creature emerged from the sea!

It was only then that Zai Zong realized that those islands actually grew on the back of this sea monster!

What's even more terrifying is that the part that's above the water is only a small portion of its back and body.

Beneath that icy seawater lies a complete body that even satellites cannot fully capture on camera!

So much so that when viewed from above, within the hazy steam, one could see the shadow of a gigantic creature that was beyond the range of satellite imaging!

At the same time, Zai Zong heard a distant, deep sound through his headphones that made his legs tremble.

That sound was even more ethereal and eerie than the sound of a deep-sea whale!

"My God! What a terrifying thing this is!"

At this moment, the giant marine creature in the video appears to move slightly.

In an instant, a massive, overwhelming storm surged forth!

The scene then shifts to a Haicheng being ravaged by a giant wave several meters high.

In the blink of an eye, this city built of reinforced concrete was reduced to ruins.

Countless people inside have probably died.

The video ended there. After watching it, Zai Zong remained silent for a long time, his face showing shock.

"My goodness, there are things like this in the ocean?"

"Can anyone tell me what that is?"

At this moment, a message appears below the video on screen 0079.

'A-FBC-0169, the Control Bureau calls it ' Leviathan,' a species suspected to have survived from the Cambrian and the origin of mythology. Currently, this sea monster is known to be over 8,000 kilometers long, equivalent to 900 Mount Everests. Those beasts at the Control Bureau dropped several nuclear bombs on it during its dormancy, waking it up so that even the slightest movement caused earthquakes and tsunamis, destroying nearly 90% of the world's Haicheng, and nearly sinking island nations, led by Japan. The death toll is incalculable.'

Holy crap!

That's awesome!

Leviathan from mythology!?

These kinds of monsters exist in the game world?!

The slightest movement triggered a natural disaster, destroying nearly 90% of the world's Haicheng.

The capital of Japan was almost destroyed?

What kind of weird setting is this?!

That's incredibly imaginative!

How many natural disasters must the development team have created in this game world?!

More importantly, does the Control Bureau have the ability to manage such a behemoth?

The Zai Zong agitated, his mind still vividly recalling the shocking scene that had just unfolded.

On display 0079, the content continues.

But this time, what was uploaded was a picture.

Upon Zai Zong felt a surge of nausea and nearly vomited.

That picture is a photograph of a city.

But this city is not the typical steel jungle; it is filled with tender flesh and blood!

Yes, every visible part of this city is covered with a layer of flesh outside of that reinforced concrete.

This is clearly a city of flesh and blood!

Not only that, but the streets were also littered with blood and flesh.

Whether it's cars, shops, or fire hydrants, everything is covered in a thick layer of blood and flesh.

Even the pedestrians on the street are made of flesh and blood!

Some of them don't even have a human form; they're just solidified chunks of flesh!

It just has a human-like face on it, which looks eerie and creepy.

Others hung upside down under the streetlights in the form of fleshy tumors. Among them, fleshy humanoid figures seemed to be crawling out, looking like worm eggs.

They really do look like a mass of flesh and blood that can be deformed at will.

It made the Zai Zong extremely disgusted.

The viewers in the live stream were also startled by this picture.

"Holy crap! What the hell is this thing? It's awesome!"

"I know this is Horror Games, but it can't be too spooky, ugh."

"Honestly, the meat I buy at the market looks pretty much like this picture. But now, whenever I see this picture, I just want to throw all the meat out of my fridge."

"Has the city been swallowed up by flesh?"

"It's disgusting, a mass of flesh and blood, I can't stand it, it makes me want to vomit."

Looking at the comments in the live stream, Zai Zong felt the same way.

Now, in 0079, the content below the image tells them what this strange thing is.

'A-FBC-0610, the second anomaly the Control Bureau couldn't control; they called it ' Hateful Flesh.' This thing appears to be a living organism, possessing a virus-like infection rate and contagiousness. Once a person comes into contact with it, they are rapidly transformed into amorphous flesh-and-blood creatures. This photograph is the Control Bureau's masterpiece. Those bastards spread samples of 0610 in major cities around the world, causing civilians, including members of the Control Bureau themselves, to turn into these flesh-and-blood creatures.'

"What?! Is the Control Bureau such an evil and perverted organization?"

Upon Zai Zong blurted out in surprise.

Viewers in the live stream also expressed their agreement, believing that the Control Bureau is a large-scale terrorist organization that is anti-human and anti-social.

Their level of weaponry has reached the point where they are capable of destroying all of humanity!

No, they already did that!

Four times still!

At this moment, content continued to pop up on the 0079 display screen.

"Their methods of eliminating humanity go far beyond this. There's an anomaly within the Control Bureau, W-FBC-0096. Anyone who sees its face—whether in a photograph, video, or even a portrait—will be located and devoured at unimaginable speed, no matter where they are, even at a depth of 20,000 meters in the ocean. The Control Bureau has used a ruthless method: they've published its image on the internet."

hiss--

The Zai Zong gasped.

Meanwhile, a fan in the live stream left a prominent message worth 50 yuan.

The caption read, "Holy crap, isn't this the same one that Xin Xin encountered? I only glanced at it on the security camera and it came rushing over right away, even the thick iron gate couldn't stop it!"

"Holy crap, is this anomaly really that amazing?!"

The Zai Zong shocked!

I never imagined that 0096 actually exists in the game!

He was just lucky not to run into her, but his friend Xin Xin did.

Speaking of which, Zai Zong remembered the researcher Romy who conducted experiments in the Universal Converter".

Because he processed photo 0173, he obtained photo 0096.

Then, according to the settings, as soon as the anomaly sees its appearance, it will rush over and kill people.

So Researcher Romy died, leaving behind the universally acknowledged greeting, "Fuck!"

The Zai Zong couldn't help but shudder, feeling a lingering fear.

"This is outrageous! You die the moment you look at it, you die the moment you blink. How many more ways does this game have to kill you without you even noticing? Isn't this just a waste of your time?"

"These kinds of anomalies are impossible to guard against, and they're incredibly fierce. They're the hardest to avoid. If you don't encounter them, you're fine, but if you do, you'll be instantly killed!"

At this moment, information about the other world continued to pop up on the screen.

'I don't understand. I don't comprehend why the Control Bureau did this. They released A-FBC-0682, an immortal, highly intelligent life form that utterly despises humanity, in an attempt to wipe out all of humanity. The moment it was released, the sky was stained with blood. I can't even imagine the horrific devastation 0682 ravaged.'

Zai Zong saw this number, his tone immediately became excited.

"Holy crap! 0682! It's 0682! Does anyone remember this number? It's that anomaly that lives on in the lines of ' Skyhill '. Does anyone remember it?"

Soon, the live stream responded to Zai Zong.

Some people said they remembered, some said they didn't, and some said they had never played Skyhill.

Upon seeing this, Zai Zong began to explain.

"There's a side quest in Skyhill where the two doctors were discussing the Z-FBC-0825 Illusion Helmet. Didn't they mention that a lizard went inside and stayed for a whole week? Then it came out as 0682 and said that it didn't want to see a second 0682?"

"Back then, many people were speculating about what the lizard had turned into, making it all very mysterious. Now, wow, it starts with the letter A, which means it's Aleph (dangerous). The description says it extremely hates humans and should be very ferocious. I wonder if we'll encounter it in the game. To be honest, I'm kind of looking forward to it, guys."

"Look at what other anomalous methods this Control Bureau has used to massacre humans. This Control Bureau is undoubtedly a terrorist organization; there's no way to deny it!"

"I refuse to believe that someone who committed the massacre of all humanity can be whitewashed, and I can't think of any reason to whitewash it. If I could, I'd eat this screen right now and randomly select 100 fans from the live stream to receive a game!"

The live stream chat immediately erupted with comments, all responding to Zai Zong's words.

However, no one believes that the FBC Federal Bureau of Control can clear its name.

After all, it was the massacre of all humanity; how can that be whitewashed?

Zai Zong looked at 0079's screen again, where the content was still popping up.

"The Control Bureau isn't the only power in the world; they have rivals and peers. The surviving humans, with the help of other supernatural organizations, have established refugee camps. In one of my resurrected experiences, I escaped from Site 19 and went to one of those camps to eke out a living. I saw clearly the people there; they lived in constant fear."

"A mother weeps bitterly, cradling her long-dead child; a father protects his daughter from being taken away for lust. And a ten-year-old girl huddles in a corner, silently watching her feverish brother die. You see, this is the mistake the Control Bureau made. We lived ordinary lives, yet they destroyed everything we had. I don't understand, I don't understand!"

"But they wished for humanity to die out! I witnessed an old man join the refugee camp. From the moment he arrived, the camp was plagued by accidents. More and more people fell ill. The number of accidental deaths also increased dramatically. And many more, tormented by illness, chose to commit suicide. In just two days, a refugee camp of over 300 people was reduced to only that old man."

'Yes, I was one of those who died too. As I watched myself being pierced by a steel pipe that had accidentally fallen, I realized that this old man was someone from A-FBC-1440 who had made a bet with Death that he could cause natural destruction and natural death of humanity and all human creations.'

"The crimes committed by the Control Bureau go far beyond this. They destroyed humanity's hope with a deus ex machina. They even sent a seven-year-old superhuman, whose values hadn't yet fully formed, to slaughter survivors. They also released the eggs of a genetically engineered creature anywhere in the world—my God, that monster! It dissolves any tissue under human skin, using it as a nutrient solution for its offspring. And it's constantly laying eggs. The Control Bureau's actions have undoubtedly utterly extinguished humanity's hope."

'Jamin Walker, or should I call you D-9341, please help me. Find the cycle effect of W-FBC-0970. Come to my world. Let me be freed or save this world from imminent extinction.'

Find 0970 and keep walking until you find my ID card.

'Please... I'm counting on you...'

That concludes the content.

At the same time, a task notification appeared in the lower right corner.

[Mission Updated: Find W-FBC-0970, use the Anomaly Space phenomenon to travel to the parallel world, and see what happened there.]

In reality, the Zai Zong wearing the VR headset stared wide-eyed, completely shocked.

His cousin Huan Huan was equally incredulous.

His viewers fell silent for a moment, seemingly shocked by the news.

Only Zai Zong's lips trembled. He stared at the screen in front of him, opened his mouth for a long time, and finally managed to utter a single sentence.

"W-W-W-This game really created parallel worlds!? And I can actually go there!? Holy crap!!!"