Chapter 238 The Underlying Logic of the Hungry Ghost Apocalypse
Chapter 238 The underlying logic of "Hungry Ghost Apocalypse"
How can "fasting" players have their own tribe?
This question is very practical for Jiang Qian.
To answer this question, we must return to the thinking of the pattern of the "Hungry Ghost Apocalypse" copy.
The super-species players who have entered the apocalypse have embarked on three different "survival paths" through "choosing food":
All three can continue to meet the conditions for using super-species abilities through corresponding "choosing food", that is, when solving the first test of "hunger" given to players by the copy, the problems solved by these three eating methods are consistent. There are only differences in efficiency and effect.
Unlike "fasting" players, players on the other two paths can see a clear incentive direction and continue to advance accordingly: create tribes, complete migration, etc.
"Fasting" players choose to restrain their overflowing appetite, choose limited food, endure hunger, and seem to have embarked on a path of ascetic monks. But careful players will eventually find that they have gained an extra benefit once and for all: the appetite is gradually returning to normal.
The other two paths seem to solve the problem with the highest efficiency, but in fact, the rampant appetite has not been curbed. The way of survival that advances in the way of "indulgence" always exists.
Each has its pros and cons, but the underlying logic is unified.
In Jiang Qian's view, the underlying logic here may include both the consistency of the cause and effect relationship of each path and the consistency of the dungeon test faced by the three at the same stage.
According to this idea, the stage goal of the fasting players is undoubtedly pointed to: "Ethnic Group Creation" by reversing the incentive direction visible in the other two paths.
So, how to achieve the ethnic group creation of fasting players?
He has not found relevant clues for the time being.
However, judging from the nature of the "fasting" path that "nothing is better than something", he is not without any achievements now: those residents in Ideal Town who have been rescued by him and are grateful to him, and those who are willing to believe in him and fight side by side, in a sense, can also be regarded as his "Ethnic Group Creation".
The difference is: the first two have absolute power and control over their own ethnic groups, while he is still a nominal non-staff member of Ideal Town.
However, humans are always fickle.
So Jiang Qian didn't take this idea too seriously.
If Monat hadn't mentioned it, he would have concentrated on this issue after solving the "side quest".
He believed that the most urgent and important thing at the moment was still the "side quest" to find out the "source of the disaster" in order to unlock the item bar.
"Hungry Ghost Apocalypse" was a survival copy. Jiang Qian's goal was not to pass it perfectly, but to ensure that he and Xue Yang could leave safely, mainly to ensure that Xue Yang could leave safely.
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"Now is a chaotic world, and power is more important than ever before."
Monat looked at Jiang Qian as if talking to himself:
"If you have to be transformed after all, it will definitely be more reassuring to be done by someone familiar."
But a militiaman sitting behind him showed some complicated expressions.
Jiang Qian smiled and did not comment.
"Come on, come on, let's eat first!"
The militiamen who had been waiting in the car had already prepared dry food and handed it to Monat and Jiang Qian in the front row.
Now Jiang Qian's eating state is no longer as exaggerated as it was at the beginning, and his appetite and food intake are close to that of normal humans.
Several people began to eat and chat.
After getting the unexpected "material", the team immediately faced a decision: to send the hard-won medicine back to Ideal Town first, or to drive directly to the next stop, the mental hospital as originally planned.
Jiang Qian made a prompt decision and said: "I can go to the mental hospital and library alone, and return to Ideal Town after achieving the goal. You take the things and retreat first. If everything goes well, you may be able to have dinner at home before sunset."
After all, it was not easy to get a large amount of medicine. If it is lost, it will be a loss.
And Jiang Qian is a super species player with wings to rely on, which is obvious to all.
"Are you sure you will come back?" Monat looked serious, as if he was worried that Jiang Qian would get rid of the burden of Ideal Town.
Jiang Qian smiled: "Of course, my friend is still in Ideal Town."
Monat was silent for a while.
"Okay then." He glanced at the militia in charge of food, "Prepare more food for Dr. Jiang."
"Okay!"
"Thank you."
Then Monat talked about the last time he and Elizabeth explored the mental hospital from his perspective:
At that time, the creepers were rampant, and the two did not dare to delay here for too long, so they only explored the hospital archives, drug warehouse and Dr. Kate's private ward.
The string of genetic source code was the mark found in the corner of Dr. Kate's room.
After dinner, the group parted ways.
Jiang Qian went to the approaching mental hospital without distraction, while Monat and others turned around and returned to Ideal Town.
In the car, the militia who had gone back alone to ask Jiang Qian to get on the car was silent for a long time, and finally couldn't help revealing his inner worries: "You say, why does Dr. Jiang want to help us?"
Monat looked alert: "Cooperation, what's wrong?"
The militia recounted what he heard and felt in the supermarket, and said: "I always feel that Dr. Jiang's identity, his ability and means, don't seem like someone who can cooperate with us on an equal footing..."
The other two militiamen also fell silent after hearing this. They had never seen Jiang Qian show his skills, and they had heard about Jiang Qian's "strength" from the townspeople, so they ignored the "fact" that Jiang Qian was not only strong, but also cruel.
"They are all 'players', right? He treats his own kind..." The militiaman swallowed his saliva and said in a low voice.
"Did you see it with your own eyes?" Monat suddenly interrupted, "What they were doing at the time, whether there was a conflict, are all limited to your imagination."
"Uh, this..."
"Since you haven't figured it out, it's better to speak carefully." Monat reminded coldly.
The militiaman was choked, his eyebrows pulled down, his expression was solemn and he didn't say much.
The other two militiamen also looked at each other and didn't say much.
The car drove through the quiet street, but Monat's brows gradually tightened.
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Jiang Qian rode along the street and arrived at the mental hospital soon.
During the period, he did not encounter groups of crawlers.
The Lotus City Mental Hospital has been built for a long time. When the disaster occurred, many infrastructures were severely damaged. It seems that it was used as a nest by the crawlers. However, now there are only a large number of crawler corpses left here.
The door lintel is cold and in a mess.
This dilapidated and dirty environment undoubtedly increases the difficulty of exploration.
But Jiang Qian still has enough patience to investigate according to the plan.
Not only the room where Dr. Kate lived at that time, but also any place where the patient might move, including the central position he thinks is important, he carefully explored it one by one with the perspective of spiritual vision.
Even though a lot of infrastructure has been damaged, some rooms have even been partitioned or buried.
So, he found the gene source code engraved on the corner of the room where Dr. Kate once lived; in the locked drawer of the dean's office, he found a strange album marked with Kate's name: the album recorded photos of Kate and her patients playing various animals; and the secret door leading to the underground connected to the patient's activity room.
This secret door was hidden very cleverly, but after observation, Jiang Qian easily saw that the door had been opened recently.
"Could it be that someone got there first?" Jiang Qian raised his lips.
Now he is almost no longer troubled by hunger, and his abilities can be released at any time. He made a prompt decision and entered the secret door directly with the "trophies" he had obtained.
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PS:
Wrong typos will be corrected later.