An Invading Anomaly...?

The base was much larger than Bai Zhi had imagined, and it had a wide variety of passageways.

However, the Dead Zero was clearly very familiar with the place, and under his guidance, Bai Zhi followed him through various passages.

Every now and then, he would encounter Researcher in white coats hurrying along the passageway, or Staff carrying large stacks of documents rushing off to some destination.

Most of these people were single-minded and focused entirely on their work, so no one paid much attention to the two of them. After all, those who worked here were aware of the Player' existence. Although the place was theoretically safe, it was still better for common to keep their distance from the Player.

However, occasionally, one or two young girls who seemed to be newcomers, carrying documents, would curiously observe the duo who seemed so out of place in their surroundings.

"Most of the people working here are common, but there are also a small number of Player. The person in charge here in Binhai City is Zhuge Yun, the one you saw in the elevator earlier. Like me, he is also Inheritor."

As he walked toward his predetermined destination, Dead Zero began to introduce Bai Zhi to the others.

"This is the center of Binhai City. The Responsible Leader and monitor the entire Binhai City. Surveillance data from all areas is transmitted here. If any Abnormal Event occur in any location, the people here will quickly make arrangements and react."

"So the Qualification Review is conducted here?"

While surveying the surrounding layout, Bai Zhi thoughtfully asked the Dead Zero was walking ahead, a question.

"This is clearly the Core Area. Wouldn't it be inappropriate to let Player from other organizations in here? It just doesn't feel right..."

"The Qualification Review is on the 29th floor; coming here will be faster."

The Dead Zero, gave a calm reply.

"So you're saying I got in through connections?"

Bai Zhi looked thoughtful.

"... As members of the Night Watcher, it's only natural that we have certain privileges."

The Dead Zero, turned his head and glanced at him.

"If you're willing to wait in line for several hours down there, I can take you."

"Then forget it."

Bai Zhi shook his head decisively.

"I was planning to take Qingyi and the others out to play this afternoon."

"..."

Before long, the Dead Zero led Bai Zhi into a room with the words "[Archives Room]" written on the door.

However, after knocking on the door and entering the [Archives Room], both Bai Zhi and the other person frowned simultaneously.

The situation Archives Room was actually quite common. Two Young Man dressed as clerks were sitting in front of the computer, engrossed in typing on the keyboard, unaware that someone had come in behind them. The overhead Lights illuminated the room as bright as day.

However, seeing this seemingly normal scene, both Bai Zhi and the Dead Zero tensed up as they stepped into the room.

This isn't because they're overly sensitive, but rather because Player of their caliber already possess a certain level of intuition about danger.

People who have never been on the brink of Life and Death are unlikely to have any real understanding of danger. Most common's judgment of danger comes from their visual and auditory senses.

Players, on the other hand, experience more and more Anomaly Incident, and the number of times they teeter on the edge of Life and Death also increases. Subtle changes in their surroundings can easily alert them.

Bai Zhi's Perception attribute was actually quite good, reaching 16 points. With the blessing of 16 points of Perception, ever since he stepped into the room, he immediately had a strange illusion that he was being watched by something.

... Have Anomaly invaded this place?

After a moment's hesitation, Bai Zhi reached out and stopped the Dead Zero, who was frowning and wanting to go over to investigate. Under Zero's slightly strange gaze, Bai Zhi reached into his Inventory and took out a Suona Chinese wind instrument).

"I'm planning to work part-time Suona at weddings and funerals in rural areas in the future."

With a slight shrug, Bai Zhi brought the Suona to his lips... and then played a tune of "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix to the Phoenix".

As the saying goes, among all musical instruments, the Suona supreme; it's used for either ascension to heaven or wedding ceremonies.

While he may not be very familiar with conventional musical instruments, Bai Zhi is already considered Expert of instruments like the Suona, Erhu, gongs, and drums.

However, after the song "Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix to the Phoenix" was finished, the two clerks on the other end didn't seem to turn around at all. They were completely undisturbed and continued to passionately type on their keyboards, busy completing their work.

Due to the lighting and viewing angle, they couldn't clearly see the content on the computer screen. The two clerks had their backs to them the whole time, and the computer screen was flickering with a faint light.

"Let's call someone."

Slightly narrowing his eyes, Bai Zhi reached out and grabbed the Dead Zero was trying to step forward.

"There should be many Player here, right? Why fight alone when there's Righteous Mob Beatdown?"

"This entire floor is under that guy's surveillance. He should have already noticed the anomaly, and Player will be sent over soon."

The Dead Zero, shook his head slightly, his expression turning somewhat grim.

"But in a place like this, the Anomaly have managed to infiltrate silently without anyone noticing. That negligent fellow..."

"Yeah?"

Slightly narrowing his eyes, Bai Zhi glanced at the two clerks who were still typing on their keyboards not far away.

"Then you wait here, I'll go take a look."

Without giving the other person a chance or time to reply, Bai Zhi pinned them to the spot and walked over.

A distance of a dozen meters can be covered in the blink of an eye.

When Bai Zhi walked a short distance behind them, he could clearly hear the clattering sound of them typing on the keyboard.

Without intending to examine the computer screen, Bai Zhi first looked at their hands, and when his gaze moved down to their hands typing on the keyboard, he couldn't help but raise an eyebrow slightly.

The hands of the two clerks, whose names he did not know, that had been relentlessly typing on the keyboard, were now a bloody mess. Blood had stained the entire keyboard, and at the joints of their fingers, one could even see the White Bones.

Even so, they showed no sign of stopping their work, hands ten fingers continuously and mechanically tapping the keyboard, as if they were following a pre-programmed sequence.

"...1U-B-U-Y-A-O-K-A-N-P-I-N-G-M-U-... Don't look at the screen?"

After patiently observing the other person's typing sequence and speed for a while, Bai Zhi, who had pieced together this sentence, wore a strange expression.

As we all know, the best way to get someone to press a weird button is to put a "Don't Press" sign next to it.

--For this reason, Bai Zhi decisively raised his head and looked at the computer screen in front of him.

Under the faint, cold light emanating from the computer screen, Bai Zhi's face was clearly reflected.