Chapter 361 The Association’s New Goal
That night, Makiyama Hayata summoned all members of the defense club and checked everyone overnight, but no other shadow people were found.
This was not unexpected. Since the opposing forces knew that they had been exposed, even if there were still people here, they would definitely ask them to evacuate in advance.
As for the method of inspection, it is to use a light source to rotate quickly above a person's head to observe whether the shadow changes conform to the laws of physics.
Even if those shadow people can actively adjust the direction of the shadow, under such high-speed and irregular inspections, human control cannot keep up with the speed of light source changes, and flaws will definitely be exposed!
After learning that someone from the other world had infiltrated their senior positions, the Japanese government finally took it seriously and hurriedly asked various departments to use the methods provided by the exchange group to conduct self-inspections overnight.
Previously, players had always used skins to blend into the indigenous people. From the perspective of players, there was not much real feeling. Until now, alien creatures have really used similar methods to blend into humans. Many people have realized how terrifying this is.
This large-scale self-examination did find some things. Although no other shadow people were caught directly, a few staff members disappeared inexplicably tonight. This is very likely to be the shadow people who escaped in advance.
While the Japanese side was self-examination, the Defense Society had already started a meeting with representatives of the exchange group to discuss how to deal with this incident.
Mu You did not participate in the specific meeting process. He said goodbye to Xue Huang and others and returned to the accommodation arranged by the reception office in advance.
On the one hand, it was the same with or without him in this kind of diplomatic meeting. On the other hand, he also had his own meeting to attend tonight.
Today is Wednesday again, and the early morning is the time for the new week's secret art meeting.
Mu You rested in the room for a while, and when it was twelve o'clock, he went to the meeting on time.
There was no important external event to discuss this meeting, but it focused on solving the internal problems of the Secret Art Association.
Only nine people came to the twelve positions this time, and the missing ones were Taurus, Gemini and Scorpio.
Regarding the matter of Scorpio, Mu You had informed other members after solving the Z world walker last week, and the crystal of Scorpio is now in his hands.
At that time, Mu You did not say too much, but some smart members of the association had guessed that his previous statement that the crystal would automatically look for an heir after the death of the mystic was just an excuse. The crystal would not automatically leave after the death of the host, but would be obtained by the killer.
This point can actually be seen from the time when the Z-world walker entered the meeting last week: after the Z-world walker killed Scorpio, he directly obtained Scorpio's crystal, and then he also threatened to hunt for other people's crystals.
In other words, a person can inherit multiple crystals at the same time, which is not difficult to understand, after all, this thing is originally a complete piece.
So at this meeting, Mu You did not hide it anymore and said that the crystals of Gemini and Scorpio were in his hands, and the purpose of saying that at the beginning was just to avoid infighting within the team.
However, after so many meetings and last week's events, the personalities and character of the members present have been tested. He believes that the remaining ten members in the meeting are familiar enough with each other and have reached a high degree of trust, and will not betray or harm each other again.
In addition, there is another important reason why Mu You chose to directly announce this information, that is, the existence of the ‘Black Magic Club’.
According to the information left by the thief, this special organization seems to have developed a lower-level substitute for the secret crystal, and it is the kind that can be mass-produced.
Mu You is not sure to what extent this substitute can achieve, but as long as this thing has the ability to store and transform natural magic, there is a chance to complete the crystals for everyone present, which is much more efficient than their internal fighting.
So when Mu You announced this news, he also announced the information about the Black Magic Club and assigned tasks to each member, asking everyone to find clues and information about this club. Next, this mysterious black magic organization will become the focus of the association's strategy!
After the meeting, everyone started a week of card exchange as usual.
On Mu You's side, this week he took out a new card: ‘Transposition’, which is the black magic converted from the high-level space magic Transposition.
The black magic version of Teleportation still instantly switches the position of the player and the nearby target, but it has an additional effect: this exchange will not be affected by other magic effects.
The original Teleportation will not be activated when encountering some forced blocking magic effects, such as ice wall spells, water prison spells, and some space and magic blocking partitions. The target blocked behind such walls will not be locked by Teleportation.
After becoming black magic, there is no such restriction. In other words, no matter what kind of predicament Mu You is in now, as long as there is a target within the casting range, he can instantly switch the situation between himself and the target.
Although it is just a simple additional effect, it has very practical uses. For example, he can now lock himself in the water prison in advance, and then exchange positions with the enemy, and the enemy will instantly become imprisoned by him.
Similarly, in a place like the Undersea Prison, it would be much easier if he knew this spell at the beginning. He could just find a target outside the prison to exchange positions and easily escape.
This card is very popular, but unfortunately it is a high-level card and is not easy to swap out, because the number of high-level scrolls leaked is very small, and it is not easy to convert high-level black magic.
Fortunately, I was lucky this time, and finally got a high-level scroll from Libra, and it was also of the space system.
[Space Convergence: After activation, the surrounding space within a radius of five meters will be converged, so that the creatures within the range will be gathered together instantly. 】
According to Libra, this scroll was planned to be traded with Scorpio last week, but he didn't expect Z Realm Walker to come, so it was delayed until now.
The content of this scroll also surprised Mu You. Space Confinement, this spell is actually Liu Chen's 'Conclusion Spell'. He has experienced the actual effect many times, and it can be said to be a magical skill for killing monsters!
Mu You has been coveting this spell for a long time, and now he finally got one, and now that he has space crystals, he can turn this spell into black magic later.
After a while, the meeting ended and Mu You returned to the room.
Although he only got one scroll this time, it was a spell that suited him very well. Mu You was in a good mood. He turned on his phone, looked at the communication group, and after confirming that nothing was wrong, he logged into the game.
[You appear in the south area of the underground factory. 】
[As soon as you approach this area, you hear the laughter and noise of many children. Obviously, there are people living in this area, and there are a lot of them. 】
[You drive into the South District and find that the building layout here is almost the same as that in the East District of the North District. There are living areas, accommodation areas, amusement parks, and canteens. The difference is that the buildings here look much newer than the other two districts. 】
【You are walking around the southern area and find that this area looks like a large nursery. You see many children here. Judging from their height, most of them are between five and seven years old. They gather in the playground, laughing happily, chasing each other and playing. 】
[A little boy noticed you, his eyes lit up as if he had discovered some novel toy. 】
[The little boy runs towards you, pulling the mechanical crystal rainbow piece above your head, and shouts into the distance: "Come and see, this robot is lazy!"]
[More children are running towards you, and you are surrounded by a group of naughty children. 】
[You feel a group of little hands touching you. 】
[A gear part from your waist has been stolen...]
[Your crawler was kicked crooked...]
…
"emmm..."
Mu You had a black line in his head and hurriedly retraced his steps.
The naughty kids are really scary. He was not defeated by the shadow people, but these naughty kids discovered something unusual.
[You went back in time and sped away from the scene before the little boy approached you...]
Mu You hurriedly controlled the game character to escape. He was relieved when the game prompted, 'The little boy has given up chasing you.'
After being tortured here, Mu You finally understood. No wonder Luke complained that the robots always broke down so quickly. It was not because of the defective products sold by the seller, but because they were all damaged by these bears. The child broke it!
In fact, Mu You has also explored another part of the East District in the past two days. There are also some children living in the East District, generally around 7 to 10 years old. However, the children there are lifeless, and there is no sound of laughter at all in the area. There will be no children who casually treat robots as toys. All the children follow the rules and are careful in every move. Even the game text uses the words "angry" and "numb" to describe the children there. It seems that everyone has experienced it. Lots of desperate incidents.
In comparison, these children in the South District look more like they have just arrived, have not experienced any setbacks, and still remain innocent and energetic. It’s hard to imagine what these children have experienced in just one or two years to make such a big change...
Shaking his head, Mu You continued to explore the South District, staying away from children whenever he encountered them on the way.
After wandering like this for two or three hours, he finally discovered a special place.
[You see a library appearing in front of you. 】
[This is a place for children here to read and borrow. There are thousands of books in it, but most of them are children's books. This is one of the least favorite places for children. Of course, they would rather stay in the playground than read. Only a few children who like reading will visit occasionally. 】
Mu You was certainly not interested in finding a library filled with children's books, but in a place like a library, it was easy for 'clues' to appear.
[You drove into the library and found that except for a nearly useless robot acting as the librarian at the door, there was no trace of anyone else in the entire library. 】
[You drove into the library in the shape of a cleaning robot. The old robot administrator at the door ignored you and let you go in to clean. 】
[You attacked the robot administrator from behind! The robot, which was almost scrapped, could not withstand such intense torment and immediately fell into a state of paralysis. 】
[You damaged the robot administrator's 'recording circuit' and processed the scene to make it look like it was destroyed by naughty children. 】
After killing the administrator, Mu You switched back to his vampire skin and began to cast a search spell in the library, searching for clues about Louise.
After searching from the first floor to the sixth floor, Mu You finally found something.
[You have searched for an item related to Corday Louise. 】
[You followed the instructions and finally took down a dusty book from the top of the third row of bookshelves against the wall. ]
[This is an old fairy tale book. The unattractive cover and the old-fashioned story make this book one of the least popular books in the entire library. From the thickness of the dust on the surface, it can be seen that no one has borrowed it for a long time. ]
[But you found a note stuffed under the cover of this book. ]
[The remaining pages of Louise's diary. ]
[…Our escape plan failed! Mianmian was right. All this was indeed a trap they had set up. The moment we were caught by the administrator, everyone stopped breathing. Despair and fear spread in the hearts of each of us... I had decided that if my escape failed, I would immediately commit suicide. But when it really happened, I found that I couldn't do it at all. I was a coward and couldn't face the fear of death. I also implicated a group of friends... Including me, a dozen children who escaped were taken as examples and sent to the unknown west area to receive a punishment for a day and a night... Here, more than a dozen of us were thrown into a large pool, which was filled with dense poisonous insects... Countless insects crawled and bit us, and it was extremely painful... But What scares me more than the bugs is that there seems to be something extremely terrifying on the platform ahead, just like a beast that has found delicious food, drooling, panting and staring at us... This reminds me of the legend of the "monster" I heard at the beginning... For so long, I have never felt so close to it...
——5/8
Another diary fragment, this time it is the fifth page, which is connected to the story on the fourth page last time. The escape plan of these children really failed, and they were caught and taken to the west area to be punished. The way of punishment is to throw them into the pool for raising Gu...
Mu You sighed and his thoughts returned to the content of the diary.
In this diary, the word "monster" was mentioned again. It seems that something seems to be raised in the west area of this underground factory.
Let's not talk about what this monster is for the time being. Another point that Mu You noticed is the "Gu Pool".
A pool dedicated to raising Gu, which immediately reminded Mu You of the Gu nemesis "Golden Silkworm" that he had heard about before.
It is said that this kind of silkworm will only be born in places where Gu worms gather, and the most densely populated place must be this kind of Gu pool!
After two days of exploration, Mu You now has a basic understanding of the layout of this underground factory: the three districts of the east, south and north are where the children they captured live, one is brand new, one is old, and one is abandoned, which also symbolizes the three states of the children here.
The central district is where the "administrators" live, and Mu You met at least five administrators with shadows there.
The only thing left to explore is this mysterious west district.
Next, whether it is to find the possible existence of golden silkworms or to continue searching for Louise's diary, Mu You decided to go into this west district.