Mutation

Success is determined by details, while failure is determined by one's overall perspective.

Although the rules stipulated two people per room, for safety reasons, the Five Players ultimately chose to stay together.

In those Horror Movie, the Protagonist' team often ends up being wiped out because they insist on splitting up and acting recklessly... just like the Akatsuki that never fights as a group.

With five people crammed into one room, it inevitably felt quite crowded. However, extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures, so there was no need to worry about such trivial matters.

Sleeping was out of the question; no one could sleep peacefully under these circumstances. After some discussion, they decided on a night watch system, meaning at least two people would keep watch each night.

Regarding the handling of the obviously problematic Panties, everyone tacitly agreed that it was better to leave it in the open than in the dark. Bai Zhi also wanted to see what the other party was planning to do.

To what extent does this polluted world affect the Player?

The night passed peacefully and quietly.

Apart from the strange noises coming from next door, the knocking on the window behind the Curtain, and the peculiar sounds coming from the doorway... the whole night was peaceful.

The next day arrived quickly.

West Pavilion Gardener, Li Tong, OriginDeficit arrived at the hotel at eight o'clock in the morning and met up with them.

However, their arrival also brought bad news: the situation outside the hotel had undergone a rather bizarre change.

It was as if the consciousness that Overlord the body had been ripped away. The humans, like puppets, lost all their vitality and collapsed limply. This bizarre situation was spreading rapidly like a virus.

On their way to the hotel, West Pavilion Gardener were nearly sent flying by several cars that veered off course because their drivers had fallen over.

Originally, the external environment, though absurd and bizarre, at least had a certain order. However, with the extreme spread of this strange phenomenon and the books, the order has vanished.

Some people just collapse while walking and can't get up; a bus driver is driving and then his head droops down, causing the Bus to crash through a bridge and plunge into the river; Chef is heating oil in front of a wok and then falls headfirst into the oil...

Car crashes, Explosion, chain-reaction collisions, flames engulfing the entire city—perhaps describing this scene as the Apocalypse wouldn't be more fitting.

Those humans who were still active remained oblivious to everything happening around them.

Half his body was smashed by a car, yet he was still smiling as he made a phone call, seemingly oblivious to everything, before walking into a raging fire and being burned to a crisp. He made no attempt to look at the ground, stepping over the faces of the unconscious victims...

If the world previously maintained a bizarre order, it is now a scene of complete chaos, like the Apocalypse.

The torrential rain from last night has stopped, but the Tian Kong remains overcast, and Explosion and fires are still heard throughout the city.

The establishment of order takes a long time, but the destruction of order takes only a moment.

"Did something happen in the True Dream World?"

Standing at the hotel entrance, looking at Apocalypse scene outside, there was a sense of unbearable sorrow in the words of "Fireworks of Romance".

If the world's background is indeed as someone said last night, then this current out-of-control situation clearly indicates a problem within the "Ordinary World" where common live.

"Who knows? This world was already on the verge of destruction; it's just heading towards its final demise. There's nothing we can do to help."

Bai Zhi shook his head slightly and glanced at the front desk manager standing at the hotel reception.

The other party, however, seemed unaffected by the situation outside and remained obediently standing behind the counter, Perfect embodying the concept of Tool Person.

However, judging from the current situation, it probably won't be long before all of humanity falls into a state of silence. Those whose minds exist in the True Dream World, upon closer examination, will likely not fare much better...

"Alright, everyone, stop sitting around and get to work."

Shaking his head to banish those chaotic thoughts from his mind, Bai Zhi turned to the others and began to speak.

"If things continue like this, we need to prepare for a power outage at the hotel. Let's use this time to go out and gather as many supplies as possible... Also, be careful of [Gelina]."

[West Pavilion Gardener] They didn't catch the Madman in that Closed Loop World. If she wasn't stupid, she could easily deduce the conditions for leaving that place based on the corpses they left behind.

The other party is a significant potential threat, but not a problem.

Around three or four o'clock in Tian Kong afternoon, it started raining again.

After nearly a day of chaos, the city finally quieted down. The streets were littered with corpses, and the flames from the massive chain-reaction collision were quietly extinguished in the downpour.

The power was not going to stop yet, but as a precaution, they prepared a large quantity of Item to deal with a power outage that night.

The wall between rooms 8602 and 8603 was smashed open by Li Tong and West Pavilion Gardener, who took turns using Hammer, and the room's furnishings were also rearranged accordingly.

With everyone else except the Player falling, no one stepped forward to condemn them for doing such a thing.

That's right. To this day, not to mention the whole world, at least in this city, all of humanity has been wiped out.

The same was true for the hotel's front desk manager; when Bai Zhi found him, he was slumped face down under the counter, just like the others outside.

This is a catastrophe, and no one can escape it.

Just as Bai Zhi was sitting on a high chair in front of the hotel lobby counter, pondering the next steps, West Pavilion Gardener, with a solemn expression, and Yuan Que, OriginDeficit somewhat lost, walked in from outside.

Regarding what happened to Li Changyu and Panties, Bai Zhi deliberately separated Panties from West Pavilion Gardener and the other two to give a detailed explanation. And no matter when, there were always two people following Panties.

"What's wrong?"

Bai Zhi raised an eyebrow slightly as he looked at the two people with different expressions who walked up to him.

"We have discovered traces of Li Changyu."

He glanced at OriginDeficit beside him, then turned his head to look towards the stairwell West Pavilion Gardener spoke in a low voice with a solemn expression.

"The other party's current situation... is quite bad."