Descent Mode! (Extra chapter for Mengzhu Fa Biao Xiao Mu Mu)

The key point was that after the instant coffee machine tumbled down, it somehow hit some switch, causing the coffee spout to start gushing coffee. Seeing this, Fang Linyan firmly remembered the hint to drink a cup of coffee here, and without a second thought, he jumped down the stairs, then took a few quick steps to the second floor of the basement to grab a paper cup and catch the coffee.

He had only filled it less than halfway when the spout stopped flowing, but by then Fang Linyan didn't care—having something to drink was enough.

At that moment, he suddenly felt something was off. Looking around, he realized he was on the first floor of the basement, and a faint layer of mist had appeared on the stairs leading back up. Through this mist, everything from above seemed filtered through frosted glass—both images and sounds felt distorted and unreal.

Not only that, but Fang Linyan noticed the stairway entrance leading down to the second floor of the basement looked especially deep and dark, even faintly glowing with a red light. Though it was broad daylight, this scene made him feel uneasy inside. So he simply raised the cup in his hand, downed it in one gulp, and then planned to head back up into the ruins above.

But whether by coincidence or not, just as Fang Linyan raised the coffee cup and drank it all, a muffled explosion came from somewhere unknown. The powerful shockwave made his chest feel tight and uncomfortable.

What's more, with the explosion came a sudden loosening of the floor beneath his feet. He lost his balance, and the floor simply collapsed. He tumbled down, flailing, into a dark and deep hole below. Fang Linyan lost consciousness the moment he fell.

It could be seen that when Fang Linyan fell into the black-red glow below, under the wash of that light, he underwent a bizarre transformation! Wrinkles on his skin multiplied rapidly, his hair turned gray, his back began to hunch, and his muscles started to sag.

In just a few seconds, the flow of time on his body seemed to leap across decades, turning him from a youthful young man into a decrepit old man on the verge of death. If this continued, he would surely turn into a pile of rotting bones, then completely dissolve into dust!

But at this moment, the black old-person phone he carried began to vibrate eerily. Not only that, but the relic of Fang—the S.K.M Black Iron Medal—also started vibrating, the two resonating together.

Then, the S.K.M Black Iron Medal transformed into light and gathered around the black old-person phone. It could be seen that the phone underwent subtle changes, forming a light shield that protected the unconscious Fang Linyan.

Inside the light shield, Fang Linyan began to revert to his original form.

Immediately after, a series of messages began to appear on the unconscious Fang Linyan's retina—though his brain was unable to process them at the time.

"Receiving information..."

"Beginning data matching..."

"Starting time node locking analysis..."

"World confirmed!"

"Beginning character assimilation with this world..."

"Data conflict detected. Initiating repair per underlying rule three, modular rule seven."

"Contractor No. 72AFS (Fang), you have experienced seven adventure worlds. Your strength is judged to overwhelm other contractors in this world."

"Therefore, if you choose to continue entering this world, you will explore in Incarnation Mode. Do you wish to continue? Yes/No?"

"Countdown beginning: 10, 9, 8..."

"Time's up. No selection made. Defaulting to Incarnation Mode for exploring this world."

"In this mode, your base attributes, abilities, equipment, etc., will all be cleared. A new body will be cloned from your own cells, replacing a storyline character in this world for exploration. You will inherit their personal attributes, abilities, equipment, and even relationships."

"Warning: In this mode, if you die, you will also die."

"Leaving this world defaults to exiting Incarnation Mode. Any rewards gained in Incarnation Mode will be carried over to your original body."

"You have been defaulted to master relevant mainstream languages. Forgotten upon leaving."

"In Incarnation Mode, you will not receive information related to this world."

"Beginning entry into world..."

"The iron curtain slowly descends over Siberia. The white-headed eagle of the West now dominates the world."

"False peace seems to have arrived, but conspiracies gather like dark clouds, slowly accumulating."

"Flying iron birds of metal will bring terrible death. The sky is covered with dust and clouds. Innocent people weep and wail in agony."

"As one of the X factors, you now appear upon the world."

***

It felt like a long time had passed, Or perhaps just an instant.

Fang Linyan gradually regained consciousness. His eyelids trembled twice, then slowly opened. His eyes were initially blank and unfocused, but gradually became lively and sharp.

"Damn it, my... my head hurts. Where... where am I?"

He began to look around. First, he saw the smooth gray partition, then the stainless steel door latch in front. Finally, looking down, he saw a slightly yellowed toilet lid. Only then did Fang Linyan realize he was inside a men's restroom stall.

Not only that, but the air carried a faint scent of cheap perfume mixed with mothballs. The floor tiles were quite clean. Faint sounds of a popular rap song came from nearby, and the signs around were all in English.

Seeing all this, Fang Linyan pressed his temples firmly a few times, frowned, and quickly made a judgment:

"Hmm, looks like I'm in a restroom of some large shopping mall or something. Strange—I was unconscious in that basement on Baisheng Road. How did I suddenly end up here?"

Just as Fang Linyan was puzzled, he felt something vibrate in his pants pocket. It was none other than the old-person phone from before. He instinctively reached for it, and the moment he touched its surface, a stream of information began to appear in his mind—exactly the series of prompts from when he was unconscious.

"..."

After carefully reading the prompts for a while, Fang Linyan's mind began to spin rapidly, processing this newly acquired information at high speed:

"So that means those super-powered guys like Fang are called contractors? Each one has a corresponding number."

"It seems I've impersonated Fang's identity to enter this world and carry out some mission? Damn! How could I possibly match that freak's strength... Huh, Incarnation Mode? What the hell is that? I get it—that S.K.M Black Iron Medal belonging to Fang apparently serves as his identity verification, and then that old-person phone used it to let me fake his identity."