Longzang

Chapter 1103 The Silent World
Wei Yuan paused for a moment before writing down a line: Who are you?

A large patch of static flashed across the screen, then fell like a heavy snowfall, finally displaying the sentence: Guess?
Having had experience with the outer world, Wei Yuan did not feel helpless at this moment. With a thought, he realized that he was in the body of an ordinary person, his sea of ​​consciousness was not developed, and therefore he had no primordial spirit or divine sense.

Wei Yuan was somewhat unaccustomed to his mortal form. Not only were his thoughts hundreds or thousands of times slower, but he could also only handle one or two tasks at a time. Furthermore, he had to manually input lines of code that the system could recognize and execute before he could communicate normally with the system.

But being a mortal is being a mortal... Wei Yuan quickly accepted reality and began to guess what was hiding behind the screen.

Based on past experience, this is likely done by a prankster colleague who has obtained some system privileges through certain means and is trying to scare you.

But when Wei Yuan looked around, the entire work area was brightly lit, yet completely empty. Many workstations still had half-filled cups of steaming coffee or half-eaten snacks. Most of the screens were on, but no one was sitting in them.

Strangely, the entire work area was filled with rustling noises and general work-related sounds. If you closed your eyes, you would feel as if you were among thousands of people, all working diligently, and no one was speaking.

On most screens, data and subtitles are constantly scrolling, as if someone is actually working.

Wei Yuan suddenly heard a clear sound of keyboard typing, so he looked to his left and right and saw that on a workstation next to him, the keyboard was being typed rapidly and automatically, and lines of code appeared on the screen.

Amidst countless lines of tedious code, a series of characters suddenly appeared, revealing the sentence: "Can you see me?"

Wei Yuan frowned slightly, then reached out and touched the workstation beside him, only to find nothing there. This vast work area seemed to be filled with countless invisible and intangible transparent ghosts.

Wei Yuan hesitated for a moment, then tried typing a sentence: System?
The person on the other end of the screen seemed to pause for a moment before replying, "Are you kidding me?"

The tone of this sentence sounds like that of a prankster colleague, even the time it took to react is like that.

The Umbrella Corporation's central system is powerful and cold, supposedly without vulnerabilities and incapable of error. Numerous rumors circulate among young researchers about the system, the most outrageous being that it possesses its own thoughts.

When the young Wei Yuan first joined the company, these rumors quite frightened him for a while. But later, as the number and complexity of the viruses he designed and edited increased, Wei Yuan discovered that in the microscopic world, many viruses were far more terrifying than the systems that came to life.

Especially some superviruses, when their numbers reach a certain level, exhibit significant changes in behavior, as if they have awakened self-awareness. Once discovered, these types of viruses are strictly controlled by the company, and Wei Yuan has absolutely no authority to access related information.

Wei Yuan did not continue his conversation with the unknown entity behind the screen. Instead, he got up and surveyed the office area, then pondered his current situation.

Wei Yuan's consciousness was as if covered by a seemingly transparent cloth, but in reality, this cloth was not only not transparent, but also presented completely false images, making it impossible for him to realize where he was, somewhat similar to the mystery of the womb.

However, there was now a small opening in the curtain, which allowed Wei Yuan to see the real world behind it.

Looking out through this gap, one could see that they were actually standing in ruins, everything decayed and rusted, abandoned for who knows how many years. But strangely, several computer screens were still flashing, the one in front of Wei Yuan and the one next to him.

Scattered among the workstations were some skeletons, some still lying on their seats, as if they were working until their last moments.

Everything in the real world was covered in a layer of sticky black grime, as if it were a mixture of oil and dust. Wei Yuan casually wiped his hand on a nearby workstation, leaving a clear fingerprint immediately. But in the false vision within the screen, the desk appeared perfectly tidy, and Wei Yuan's brush left no trace. His fingertips were clean, without the black grime of the real world.

The hole in the curtain not only allowed Wei Yuan to see the real world, but also reminded him of why he had come here. He had clearly entered the Reflection of Ruins Array to search his past memories, so how did he end up in the outer world again?

When Wei Yuan first came to this world, he came through the Gate of All Realms. How did he get here now?
Wei Yuan used the Taiyin Wanhua Heart Method to examine himself, but still could not find his primordial spirit and sea of ​​consciousness. In other words, he could not use any of the Taoist techniques and supernatural powers. He was now just an ordinary person, at most with a physical condition much stronger than that of a normal person.

This situation was extremely bizarre, even Wei Yuan found it difficult to understand. However, he did figure out the reason for the hole in the curtain: the Heavenly Demon.

Because of the existence of the Heavenly Demon, in the eyes of Heaven and Earth, Wei Yuan is always under the influence of Heavenly Tribulation.

Although the Heavenly Demon was not strong in absolute terms, its position was special and it was not within the scope of this world or any known world. As a result, a hole appeared in the curtain that was obscuring Wei Yuan's divine sense, allowing Wei Yuan to discover the truth of the world ahead of time.

Based on his memory, Wei Yuan first went to the security room.

Inside the curtain, the security room door is locked, impossible for anyone to open. But in the real world, the security room door is wide open, and the floor and walls are covered in black stains, which appear to be bloodstains.

Wei Yuan pondered for a moment, then, relying on his common sense about cultivation, he directly rammed his head into the security room door, and sure enough, he passed right through and entered the security room.

Wei Yuan immediately went to the weapons cabinet, took out a shotgun, and then got enough ammunition. He then took a bulletproof vest from the armor cabinet and put it on.

In the real world, these things no longer exist, but in the virtual world, they are all intact.

Wei Yuan ignored the real world and tried pushing the door of the security room again, but as expected, it wouldn't budge and he couldn't get out.

Wei Yuan seemed to be deep in thought. It seemed that the world before him was a state of "if you believe, it exists; if you don't believe, it doesn't exist." This was a common practice in the supreme illusions set up by many immortals.

In the illusory realm of immortals, many people believe they are severely injured and beyond cure. Their primordial spirit then assumes they are dead, sinks into oblivion, and ceases to restrain their soul. The soul, drawn away by the array, leaves the body, leaving the physical body as a walking corpse—truly dead.

This is the principle of immortal formations, but what is the principle in this strange world?
As Wei Yuan was pondering, he suddenly sensed some changes in the real world. He switched to the monitor and discovered that some static was appearing on one of the monitors in the security room!
Wei Yuan switched back to the virtual world and found the monitor that was lit up in the real world. The monitor showed a long corridor, at the end of which was an imposing gate. Wei Yuan remembered that gate vividly; in the previous adventure in the outer world, Ji Liuli's office was behind that gate.

In that instant, Wei Yuan suddenly remembered Ji Liuli's background. Could this incident be related to her? Had those mysterious entities that had tracked her back then reappeared?

Wei Yuan arrived at the security terminal, retrieved the structural diagram of the entire building from memory, then turned off the security measures along the way, left the security room, and headed to Ji Liuli's office.

　Then ask for votes and then collect them.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)