Anomaly Trait That Cannot Be Named
The Zai Zong horrified watching it.
The terrifying appearance of the headhunter monster before him stunned him into standing still, completely dumbfounded.
It's not that he's timid.
It's a remake of the Headhunter, and its appearance is completely different from the original!
It's become more terrifying, more frightening, and more horrifying!
The original Headhunter, due to its top-down perspective, only showed its cracked upper body and head, as well as its two thin, bamboo-like arms.
It might be terrifying at first glance, but after fighting it a few times, it's not so scary anymore. If you don't look closely, you can treat the Head-splitting Monster like a dog.
But would you dare do that in a remake?
In the first-person VR perspective, the headhunter in front of you can be described as a terrifying man-eating monster!
Not only does it have a body as tall as a human, but its torn upper body, sharp fangs covered in bits of flesh, drooping and terrifying human head, long and dark red tongue, and the clothes it wore when it was originally human are all visually striking, profoundly demonstrating the horror of the mutation!
If the original Headhunter was a mix of horror and humor, then the remake is nothing but pure horror!
How could this not give the Zai Zong a chill down his spine?
After all, they used to be able to walk the Head-splitting Monster like a dog, would they still dare to do that now?!
At this moment, real-time calculations are underway.
Under the watchful eyes of everyone in the live stream, the humanoid headhunting monsters bent over, lay prone on the ground, and opened their mouths, revealing their fanged bodies, as the Special Task Force soldiers on the ground screamed in terror.
[No! No no no!!! Help me! Help me! Help me!]
The soldier tried to grab his gun, but before he could move, he was overwhelmed by the monsters.
[Aaaaaaaahh...
In the scene, in the Pitch Black and narrow passage, Zai Zong could see was a group of monsters devouring something, with blood splattering and bits of flesh flying everywhere, and an arm stretched out upwards, helplessly grasping at something.
It was as if they were trying to grasp the hem of the goddess of life's garment in this despair, unwilling to fall.
But the result was terrifying.
That stiff hand was eventually pressed down.
The soldiers' cries for help were drowned out by the tearing and devouring.
Inside the narrow passage, a dramatic scene of tearing apart unfolded, leaving the viewers and fans in the live stream wide-eyed.
"Holy crap! This line is going to give us a hard time right from the start! And they're armed!"
"That's fucking bloody! We just watched that soldier get eaten! The fear stemmed from insufficient firepower, but even with enough firepower, we still ended up dead!"
"Wow! The remake of the Head-splitting Monster is too ferocious. How are the Mole Squad supposed to handle so many of them together?!"
"Thank goodness it's just a side quest, I'm not doing it anyway. Damn it, my heart can't take this!"
At that moment, a striking message worth 30 yuan appeared.
It said, "I could accept that these monsters killed the soldiers, but I can't accept that they dismembered and devoured them alive."
After glancing at the comments from the audience and fans, Zai Zong also agreed.
Killing someone is just a matter of a quick death; the production team could have simply arranged for the soldiers to be killed.
But the scene before them was extremely bloody and cruel, a veritable massacre that left everyone stunned, unable to bear it, and even feeling nauseous.
Suddenly, during the real-time calculation, the captain's loud shout rang out over their radio.
[Team C! Leave! Leave immediately!]
[27 fungi—delicious food, spores, and infectious agents—were eaten in the hospital! They were all eaten by the doctors and nurses!]
[They have no blood! No flesh! The 27 rescued fungi—delicious food, spores—are not human! They might even influence those around them to eat them raw!]
[Those fungi, delicious foods, spores, and infectious corpses you saw may very well have encountered something.]
[Gu. Ooh. Ah. Ah. Ah.]
The captain's voice suddenly stopped, followed by a sound like someone was being choked and unable to breathe.
At the same time, a woman's exclamation and scream came through the radio, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying.
As the real-time calculations reached this point, Zai Zong's expression changed slightly.
What's going on?
27? What the heck? Delicious food? What the hell?
What's wrong with the captain? He was just talking, why did he suddenly become unable to speak?
Could something have happened at the command center as well?
In the game, Captain C-1, like Zai Zong, was also quite taken aback by the situation on the radio.
He hurriedly asked about the situation at the command center, but what he said sent a chill down Zai Zong's spine.
[Captain - Dead? What happened? Command Center? Please respond! Captain - Dead, are you still there? Captain - Dead - Dead - Dead, please respond!]
With a click, the radio was cut off.
Immediately afterwards, a low growl came from ahead, causing Captain C-1 to look up.
At this moment, Zai Zong, wearing VR equipment, saw the Head-splitting Monster with their upper bodies torn apart slowly stand up in front of him, one after another, facing them, poised to attack in the narrow passage!
The C-1 captain, whom he controlled, responded with feigned composure.
Oh no.
This isn't true.
He then abruptly changed the subject, immediately raised his gun, and shouted into the radio.
[Team C, listen up! Fire!!!]
[Received!] *4
In an instant, Zai Zong regained control.
But he immediately pressed pause, took a deep breath, and processed the information in his mind.
"Brothers, what just happened?"
"Is there a problem with the game's dialogue, or what?"
"What the heck are these 27 culinary mushrooms? Aren't they supposed to be 27 absentees?"
"And what an absurd title, Captain Death."
"What I don't understand is why this team seems completely oblivious to the issue of this name? They didn't even react at all!"
"Even the captain himself is using titles incorrectly, what the heck?"
"Damn, my brain isn't working properly. Everything was fine until suddenly it became so confusing that I need to use my brain."
At this moment, the viewers in the live stream remembered something and quickly pointed out that a similar situation had occurred in the trailer.
"Isn't this just like the situation in the trailer?"
"Yes! There's a guy named Todd Pearson in the gameplay trailer, I think it's just a different name, something like Sealed Wooden House."
"I just rewatched the trailer, and the note in it said that we couldn't name people, we couldn't call them by name, and we couldn't [do certain things]. That part was censored, and I guess that's why the captain died."
"Thinking about it that way, it seems that the captain did indeed call out the same name repeatedly, so he triggered the Anomaly Trait and died?"
"Wow, is this Anomaly Trait really that powerful? It can even affect the command center? And Captain C-1 seemed to have mentioned a name repeatedly, right? How is he still alive?"
"Don't ask. The only answer is that Captain C-1 is a side protagonist, his halo is there. However, this Mole Squad is indeed wiped out later. I guess we'll explain that later."
"This is awesome. The trailer shows Todd Sealed Wooden House. This side quest is Captain Death Death. Playing this game is really brain-draining."
"Yeah, it's scary and mentally taxing. I was so scared watching the live stream that I almost shrank back."
Zai Zong glanced at the comments and suddenly realized.
Can't we name it? Can't we address it? Then what's the other thing we can't do?
Why do people die suddenly after choosing a name?
What kind of Anomaly Trait is this? It's so amazing!
What amazing new concept is hidden in this remake of The Dark Forest?
The Zai Zong getting more and more curious, but now is not the time to think about the plot.
Next, he's going to go on a killing spree!
Zai Zong immediately returned to the game, and suddenly, gunshots rang out and lights flashed in the narrow passage!
Game start!
Faced with a large number of terrifying Head-splitting Monster, he immediately controlled Captain C-1 to raise his gun and fire.
"Come on! Let me shoot my fill!"