Chapter 605

But, it's the [hospital] again, will this time be similar to the previous situation?

Gao Hai couldn't help but recall the investigation he, Jianzi and Zhenfei had done, and wondered if they would return empty-handed this time. At the same time, he also recalled the phone call Tangyuan had made to him before, and repeated every word Tangyuan said at that time in his heart. Well, those words he said at that time... As expected, there was something wrong with the tone and content of the words. Could it be that he had been killed or possessed by some powerful thing?

[Mr. Gao, Mr. Gao, please come as soon as possible. There was a problem with the third volunteer participating in the "Throne of Thinking" experiment. He seemed to have seen something, something that none of us had seen, something that only he could see. That thing is dangerous, that thing is sweet, it is trying to seduce all of us, it is trying to reach all of us...】

[Mr. Gao, Mr. Gao, the "Throne of Thought" has lost control of its obsessions. Those obsessions that were pieced together on the test machine have lost control at a speed that we have no time to react to. Now the entire test area has almost fallen into a state of chaos between reality and unreality, and it seems that something terrible is gradually descending into the real world with the help of this change. I think the only person who can calm the situation at this time is you, Mr. Gao. Only you can enter here. Our coordinates are...】

[Mr. Gao, Mr. Gao, I hope you can get to our temporary test area as soon as possible. Others have already started to come. But they are not enough, they are far from enough. The problem here has become more and more serious. If they come in, they will only become rations and food. Only you, Mr. Gao, have the strength to solve the problem. Only you can. I can feel that thing seems to understand this, so it may also be... looking forward to it...? 】

[Mr. Gao... Please be careful, this place is not normal...]

Tangyuan didn't say much on the phone, and she didn't respond to Gao Hai's reply. She just stubbornly spoke at her own pace.

But in those words, Tangyuan's voice was obviously affected by some kind of power. Gao Hai couldn't say how much of her words came from her own heart and how much was affected by something else. He could only be sure that the last sentence the other party said before hanging up the phone was probably said by her, but he couldn't be sure of anything else.

Step——

Gao Hai, who took the first step, stepped inside the gate of the abandoned hospital building.

The whispering voices of the players who were gathered around disappeared at this moment, as if they had never existed.

Absolute darkness enveloped Gao Hai's surroundings. In the dead silence, Gao Hai had the illusion that he had come to a Jedi where nothing existed and he was the only one.

Buzz——

A soft glimmer bloomed from the side, dispelling the darkness and making the empty corridor and walls appear in sight.

Kaguya's figure appeared beside Gao Hai. The two held hands and continued to move forward after looking at each other.

The source of the soft light was Kaguya Shinomiya's [Blood Domain]. Or to be more precise, after receiving the blessing of the blood-colored flower, under the dual influence of the blood flower power and Kaguya's own consciousness, it has completely transformed into a new form of [Domain] power.

The broken limbs and dirty blood that were originally composed of Chiyoko Hachiya's "heart image" no longer exist in the [Domain] summoned by Kaguya. Instead, there is an invisible soft breath and a gentle light that will never hurt people's eyes. At the same time, the healing ability of the domain and the ability to stabilize the space have also been greatly improved. In comparison, the original power of plundering life has been reduced to a certain extent. It can be said that it is actually not as aggressive as the original blood-colored domain.

In addition, Kaguya also used a second power, which was the power directly brought by the blessing of the blood flower. This power can be regarded as a kind of anchor point, or a continuous anchor point. In order for this power to work, Kaguya herself needs to let her spiritual power contact Gao Hai or friends with whom she has a good relationship, such as Zhenfei Hayasaka. Under the premise that the spiritual power of each other can directly contact, Kaguya can activate the power of blessing to stabilize the spatial structure between each other. Even if someone is forced into a special space by some strange power, others can follow in through this chain power, or pull them out of the special space. It can be said to be a very useful ability.

Just now, after Gao Hai entered the special situation first, Kaguya activated this ability and followed in, avoiding the situation where the two were scattered to other places at the beginning.

"Well, let's start, be careful, the breath here is not friendly."

Gao Hai said casually, and then took a step forward.

Chapter 26 Stepping into the depths of the gradually distorted and alienated abandoned building

Darkness extends at the end of the road

The empty cement walls without any tile or wallpaper decorations showed a turbid color under the light. Some bloodstains that were obviously splashed not long ago exuded a fresh smell, and deep in the corridor that still had not reached the end, a certain cold breath was gradually spreading.

Step——

Every time a footstep falls, there will be a clear echo around, as if someone is following behind, taking steps with the two people who are moving forward at this moment.

This is no longer completely the realm of the real world.

Although there is still a certain degree of difference from the real copy world, Gao Hai can be sure that the place where he and Kaguya are now has been transformed into the spatial structure of the copy world to a certain extent. Therefore, the various physical rules and space-time rules that were originally effective in the real world may have been polluted and transformed to a certain extent here. Even if Kaguya's anchor blessing can ensure that the two of them will not be forcibly separated, if something actively attacks, there may still be danger.

It's really a very intimate feeling. I didn't expect that I would be more adapted to such an environment.

Even though the palpitating heaviness has spread deeply around, Gao Hai has a strange sense of security. Compared with the sluggishness in daily life, this feeling of being in a place where strange things roam makes him more adapted. It seems that after experiencing the baptism of multiple copies, he has become more adaptable to this dangerous environment, as if he was born to live in such a place. It has to be said that this feeling made Gao Hai feel a little nauseous, but he controlled this little emotion very well and did not show it in front of Kaguya.

{Gao Jun, still can't sense the traces of other people?}

Kaguya's voice sounded from the mental link. The girl followed Gao Hai's steps closely at this time, and was always observing the surrounding situation carefully. But in fact, it has been quite a while since she and Gao Hai entered here together, but the two have never found any traces of players from beginning to end, whether it is the people of the [Historian] or the players who first entered this abandoned building. They were not sensed by the two.

{The abnormality of the space is becoming more and more intense. It took us less than two minutes to walk through the entire floor on the first floor, but now that we have entered the fourth floor, the depth of the corridor is obviously abnormal. I suspect that as we go deeper, this place may gradually be distorted into some kind of alien space. Only then will we be able to really find those missing people. So before that, you must be careful}

Gao Hai continued to move forward while speaking in the mental link, and in his mental induction, the inhuman abnormal breath has become stronger and stronger.

So strong, it's like being surrounded by those things.

But until now, nothing has appeared in front of me. Now they seem to be still in another world, still... still trapped in the copy space.

To be honest, I am actually a little bit looking forward to it.

After all, how strong I am now can only be known after I have a serious encounter with these weird things. Although the KP in a weird state was caught by him in one move, the other party's state is very abnormal after all, and cannot be regarded as a normal and complete KP. If you really want to get started, you have to look at the various monsters in the copy.

Of course, Gao Hai will not lower his vigilance because of his own strength. On the contrary, at this moment, he has fully stimulated his mental power, and Alice is constantly investigating the surroundings under his call. It can be said that he has been fully prepared to deal with attacks from any direction.

Step——

Stop.

The end of the corridor is in front of the sight, and a staircase leading up has appeared in Gao Hai and Kaguya's sight.

This building was originally supposed to be used as an outpatient building. The internal structure is not complicated. It is a simple straight-line building. A straight corridor runs through the floors, and on both sides are rooms for various purposes. However, because the building was abandoned before it was completed, these rooms are just empty houses.

There is a staircase leading up at the end of each side of the corridor. Therefore, in order to investigate and explore this place as comprehensively as possible, Gao Hai and Kaguya walked from one side to the other on each floor, and then went up the stairs at the end. Therefore, after reaching the end of the fourth floor, they are ready to go to the fifth floor and walk through the corridor on the fifth floor again.

As for why Gao Hai did not try to directly destroy the wall and the building itself, but had to go around in circles inside, the reason is very simple, that is, if he did so, the missing players might not be able to come back. After all, at this moment, the building has actually become a different space. When Gao Hai was inside the floor, he couldn't even use his mental power to perceive the situation of the upper and lower floors. It can be imagined how serious the distortion inside has been.

But if it was just distortion, it wouldn't be a big problem. The key is that Gao Hai found that although the building was already in a serious distortion, the combination of this distortion and the real world itself was not very close. Just like a piece of paper covering the table, it only takes a breeze to be blown away, not to mention the act of directly destroying the table. Therefore, after confirming that most of the missing players have gone deep into the different space, Gao Hai can't easily destroy this place, otherwise those players will either be torn to pieces and killed by the broken space, or they will be involved in the copy space, which is not what Gao Hai wants to see.

{Then, the next is the fifth floor, or the fifth floor in our current cognition}

Takahashi said this in the mental link, and then instinctively glanced up and down the stairs.

{Well, let's go together, Gao Jun}

Kaguya followed in the mental link and said very imposingly, and immediately stepped into the stairs with Takahashi.

I smelled a clearer smell of blood, as well as the smell of disinfectant alcohol and various medicines.

You can't be wrong, the higher the floor, the more serious the degree of alien space.

With steady footsteps, Takahashi and Kaguya slowly approached the upper floor, and went deeper into this place step by step in the dark stairwell without any light source. This feeling made Takahashi feel a little weird. Obviously, they were walking step by step towards the upper level, but he couldn't help but have the illusion that he was falling into the abyss and gradually sinking towards some bottomless dark place.

I'm afraid it's not an illusion.

Takahashi thought like this, and his eyes became sharper.

So, what will be hidden here, and what will come to greet me?

Even though he hadn't really felt any moving things and hadn't encountered any enemies until now, Gao Hai's fists had been clenched and unclenched repeatedly, and his aura was becoming stronger and stronger.

Snap——

The steps he took when he entered the fifth floor were much crisper than before.

The reason was simple, because this floor was paved with tile floors instead of pure concrete roads.

{Are interesting changes finally starting to appear? }

Looking up, under the power of Kaguya's light field, Gao Hai could clearly see the white tile floor extending forward and the pale walls painted around. Those rooms that originally only had basic structural frames were also blocked by doors, and each door was obviously sealed.

Starting from this floor, the space here has really begun to gradually lean towards the dungeon world compared to the real world.

It's just that Gao Hai must admit that he seems to... feel this kind of dungeon world for the first time.

There was no rotten smell that filled the entire space, no suffocating heavy coldness and terrifying murderous intent. On the contrary, after really going deep into this place, what was transmitted to Gao Hai from his senses was a long tranquility, a tranquility that made people sleepy.

It was like a voice spoke in his heart, persuading him to sleep and singing a lullaby for him.

{Concentrate your senses, stay alert, and mental pollution will start to work from here}

Takahashi, who was talking casually in the mental link, gently patted Kaguya beside him, and only felt relieved after confirming that there was no problem with the girl.

It was just this level of mental pollution, which was meaningless for Gao Hai and Kaguya who were standing here at this time.

Let’s not talk about Gao Hai. After Kaguya Shinomiya received the blessing of the blood flower, similar to Zhenfei, a certain desire in her heart was also realized under the power of the blessing. Unlike the real concubine who has gained the ability to detect, Kaguya, who hopes to strengthen her resistance to various abnormalities and play a role on the front battlefield, has obtained the second blessing effect, which is a power named [Spirit Purification] by herself. This power has secondary strengthened Kaguya's spiritual power, including the perception blessing. Kaguya's bloody field can be transformed into a bright field, and this blessing is in effect.

After the basic strengthening ability, another most basic effect of [Spirit Purification] is to protect Kaguya's own spirit. This power can purify and filter everything that is harmful to Kaguya's own spirit, so that the girl's thinking ability always remains in a normal and healthy state, just like a water filter. And because Kaguya herself has always shown some signs of split thinking, and can even hold a trial for herself in her head, this power of purifying the spirit can also be combined with Kaguya's strange characteristic of "self-splitting" to a certain extent, which can be regarded as an ability with both advantages and disadvantages.

And it is precisely with this ability that Kaguya can now show a skill similar to Gao Hai's complete disregard for mental pollution.

{I feel the traces of living people. The distance should not be too far. Be careful! }

After advancing a little further, Gao Hai finally sensed the third breath besides himself and Kaguya.

Judging from the direction of the breath, it is estimated to be in this corridor, not far away.

However, in contrast, the induction from the mental power that is currently investigating is also becoming more obvious.

In stark contrast to the reassuring breath felt by the five senses, when Gao Hai used his mental power that had reached the level of ascending to the god to investigate, the response and perception he obtained were completely opposite. Almost endless despair and confusion covered everything, blending into every wisp of wind, every stone, and every drop of blood in this building.

This feeling was the strongest in the place where the living people were detected. Gao Hai was not sure what he would encounter there, but if possible, he still hoped to rescue the people normally instead of being entangled by some strange things.

Tap--tap--

The crisp footsteps echoed in the darkness. It didn't take too long for the two to reach the direction where they found the breath of life. And this place, after the building itself was distorted by the alien space, actually presented a structure like the nurse reception desk of the inpatient department. And the player who was finally found was curled up under the table of the nurse station.

This is a female player who looks no older than 30 years old. Gao Hai has no impression of her, but he knows from Xiao Heshu's records that she is a Red Moon-level player active in several other neon cities. In terms of strength, she cannot compete with player clubs such as [Market] and [Red Society], and she does not have much ambition to enter the Red Moon-level dungeon. It seems that after finally getting the lowest Red Moon-level blessing, she has never entered the Red Moon-level dungeon again, but has been leading her team to the Dark Night-level dungeon, and occasionally even to the Dusk-level dungeon.

She seems to be one of the players participating in this experiment, and the reason for participating is very realistic, that is, [Historian] will give obsession objects to the participants of the experiment, that's all.

"..."

And now, this player is curled up in the space under the table with lifeless eyes. Gao Hai can't tell whether she was played badly or stimulated by something.

For the time being, there is no hostility or particularly serious distortion. The mental state of this player is not hopeless. But why was she in the nurse station on the fifth floor, where the environment was just beginning to change significantly?

Reaching out his hand, Gao Hai was ready to slap the player who looked mentally ill a few times to see if he could wake her up.

Ding-ding-ding-ding-

Just before Gao Hai did this, a landline phone on the table at the nurse station suddenly made a sharp sound.

"......!"

The trapped player curled up even more after hearing the ring, as if he had heard some terrible sound.

Kaguya didn't feel anything unusual, but she still carefully observed the phone and the surrounding situation.

Gao Hai, who had already thought of something, stood up and reached out to pick up the phone receiver.

Chapter 27 Kaguya's disturbing words and the sudden attack of the twisted enemy

[Beep...beep...beep...]

A clear busy tone sounded in the phone receiver.

It seemed that the moment Gao Hai answered the phone, the other party hung up the phone.

But with the sudden strong sense of gloom, Gao Hai's sight suddenly turned and met the player under the table who had raised her head at some point, and her slowly opened mouth.

[Zizi... Zizizi... Mr. Gao? Is it Mr. Gao? ]

Along with the harsh noise, it was the voice of the historian Tangyuan. It could be heard that her voice was a little weak, and there seemed to be several other voices around, probably about three or four people gathered together.

Yes, this voice came from the mouth of this player.

It was obviously a voice coming from the mouth of a living person, but she actually just opened her mouth and didn't really speak. And the voice with obvious electric current was obviously made through something like a walkie-talkie, and no one knew why it came from a person's mouth.

No.

Gao Hai had already understood what was going on.

As his mental power spread and deepened again, he finally figured out something that he had not noticed at the beginning.

Reach out.

Gao Hai pressed his fingers on the cheek of the player and slowly took it off.

This process was not difficult, because her face had been cut open long ago, but it was glued back to the head after being cut open, and the cut surface was almost invisible, so there was no problem.

The sticky juice flowed and stretched with Gao Hai's movements, emitting a fishy smell.

And under this cut cheek, what appeared in front of Gao Hai and Kaguya was not what the inside of the skull should look like, but a mechanical device embedded in the bone. The lines and circuits penetrated into the flesh and blood in a rough way. The gears turned silently under the soaking of blood, and a small walkie-talkie was placed on one side of the machine that occupied the entire skull, continuously emitting the voices of Tangyuan and others.

This player is still alive.

Even if you use mental power to sense it, you will definitely get the conclusion that she is still alive. After all, every organ, every blood vessel, and every cell in her body is still working normally and can still maintain normal functions. Even before Gao Hai discovered that her brain had been replaced, this woman could still show reactions similar to those of normal humans, but it just looked like she was a little stimulated.

This is not something like pure bloody art.

This mechanical device, which seemed very strange to Gao Hai, really replaced the function of the human brain and allowed a person without a head to really continue to stay "alive".

No, it's probably more than that. The fluctuations of her soul are still there, and her soul can be sensed through the induction of mental power. In other words, this device can even retain a person's soul, thereby achieving a complete disguise.

Is this kind of change the power of the [Hospital] copy?

Gao Hai, who had never seen such a strange power, fell into a brief silence at this moment.

After entering this distorted space, the first player he and Kaguya met happened to have this transformation phenomenon. Does this mean that this thing itself is something that is deliberately showing this scene to him, and is taking this opportunity to deal with him?

{Be vigilant, the situation this time may be very complicated}