Immortal I Speedrun Supernatural Game

Chapter 305 A bug that doesn't belong here
Wu Xiaoyou dragged Wu Wang along the corridor and ran wildly toward the stairwell.

Of course she knew that taking the elevator upstairs would be faster.

But if a ghost is chasing you downstairs, taking the elevator is definitely the most unwise thing to do.

Countless unfortunate characters in horror movies have been trapped in elevators.

thump—

Just then, Wu Wang suddenly stomped his foot and stood still.

This almost caused Wu Xiaoyou to fall.

Somewhat anxious and confused, she asked, "What's wrong, little brother! Run! Your sister isn't lying to you! There really is a ghost!"

She thought Wu Wang didn't quite believe what he had just said.

However, hearing this.

Wu Wang simply shook his head.

With a solemn expression, she said, "Second sister, of course I believe whatever you say."

"Moreover, I myself possess the trait of immortality, which defies the laws of nature, so it is reasonable for those supernatural things that Confucius did not speak of to be strange, powerful, or supernatural."

"I just wanted to ask, are you afraid of ghosts?"

“I remember you were quite picky about horror movies when you were little, and there seemed to be certain types of horror movies that you would never watch.”

this point is very important.

This relates to Wu's judgment of the nature of this place.

He remembers that he liked watching horror movies when he was a child, and he often dragged his older sisters to watch them with him.

My older sister is just as fearless as I am.

But the second sister's behavior was very strange.

Even if some horror movies are really scary, she will fall asleep while watching them, and she is not afraid at all.

She refused to watch any of the comedies that were clearly disguised as ghost stories.

They would even cover their ears when passing by a television.

"I've been able to see ghosts since I was little, so why am I afraid of ghosts?" Wu Xiaoyou asked, puzzled.

However, Wu Wang stared into her eyes.

He asked again, "You're scared. Think about it carefully. You're definitely afraid of a certain type of horror movie. But which one? Maybe it's not a real ghost, just something related to it."

His words made Wu Xiaoyou's face turn pale.

Her original "I'll take care of things if the sky falls" attitude suddenly turned into a somewhat timid and hesitant one.

The surrounding corridors were particularly dark and unsettling.

Wu Wang could even feel that her hand, which was holding his, was sweating.

What is she afraid of?

"me……"

"If I had to say... there's one thing I'm afraid of."

The second sister's voice became barely audible: "Zombie."

"What I've never dared to watch is zombie movies; my heart races whenever I see a zombie's face."

"I don't care how scary or gory other horror movies are."

Just as I expected!
Seeing the ecstatic expression on Wu Wang's face made Wu Xiaoyou feel ashamed.

After all, it's rather ridiculous for someone who can see ghosts to be afraid of zombies.

But now is not the time to laugh at myself!

Running fast is the only truth!
She immediately composed herself and, holding Wu Wang's hand, continued running upstairs.

This time, Wu Wang did not force a stop.

He continued to confirm as he ran, "Besides zombies, I remember you also have a fear of heights, right?"

“When we went to Happy Valley before, you wouldn’t ride the drop tower, the pendulum ride, or the roller coaster.”

"What height are you most afraid of? The fourth floor? The fifth floor?"

I don't understand why they would ask this at such a critical moment when they're trying to escape.

But Wu Xiaoyou always answers Wu Wang's questions.

She said shyly, "Third...third floor."

"When I look down from a height above the normal floor, my legs feel weak and I always feel like I'm going to fall. Sometimes I even really want to jump."

In response, Wu Wang offered a nonchalant but sharp comment: "It's normal. When the visual information received by the eyes is inconsistent with the balance perception of the vestibular system, your brain will become confused, causing a brief feeling of dizziness or even fear. The motor cortex of the brain will simulate possible falling actions in advance. This unconscious neural rehearsal may be misinterpreted by the conscious mind as 'wanting to jump down,' but it is just a feedforward control mechanism."

Wu Xiaoyou was completely confused by what he said.

What is this kid babbling about?

Before she could even ask a question.

Wu Wang said firmly, "Now I'm very sure where we are!"

"Huh? Aren't we at the Sanchun Hotel in Beijing?" Wu Xiaoyou asked, puzzled.

However, this obvious answer was rejected.

Just as they were about to reach the corner, Wu Wang suddenly let go of her hand and ran ahead, saying, "Something's wrong!"

He then turned the corner before Wu Xiaoyou.

As the figure disappeared around the corner, he said, word by word, "We're in a dream! In your dream!"

After saying that, Wu rushed into the stairwell.

Just then, they encountered a zombie with a green face and fangs, emitting a putrid smell, hiding around the corner, ready to deliver a close-range kill.

But as if he had expected it, he raised his hand and delivered a heavy punch to his opponent's face.

boom--

Although relying solely on physical attacks cannot harm a zombie.

But at least the force was enough to knock the other person off balance and send them crashing downstairs.

After all, this is a stairwell!
In old Hong Kong movies, zombies could only hop with their legs together, which inevitably made it difficult to maintain their balance.

As for why Wu Wang was so sure that the zombie originated from old Hong Kong movies.

This is naturally because there aren't many high-quality zombie movies on the market right now.

From the golden age of zombie films led by Mr. Lam Ching-ying.

Market saturation leads to a decline in quality.

The genre ultimately declined around 85 to 97.

Therefore, most zombie movies are old-fashioned Hong Kong films.

Because of her fear, my second sister naturally stopped actively seeking out any zombie movies after watching these old-fashioned Hong Kong films.

Therefore, the zombies in her mind should be like those in old Hong Kong movies.

At this moment, Wu Xiaoyou also ran into the stairwell.

She heard something clattering down the stairs, and through the blur, she could only make out what appeared to be a human figure.

Because the stairwell was somewhat dark, they couldn't even see what clothes the guy who rolled down was wearing.

Wu Wang ran upstairs and complained, "Your stereotypes about Hong Kong movies are way too strong!"

"Do zombies have to wear Qing Dynasty official robes? I thought it had just been dug out of a grave."

Wu Xiaoyou didn't understand what he was saying.

He tilted his head, looking bewildered: "Huh? What stereotypes?"

The two quickly went upstairs.

When we arrived at the fifth floor.

Wu Wang also explained to his second sister, "Listen to me, what's chasing us downstairs isn't a ghost, it's the zombie you're most afraid of!"

"I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry yet."

"The characteristics of a dream are very simple—look over there."

Wu Xiaoyou looked on with trepidation.

He pointed to the window at the end of the corridor.

The faint moonlight shone in, and nothing seemed amiss.

Seeing his second sister's matter-of-fact attitude, Wu Wang couldn't help but cover his face and sigh:
"My dear sister, do you have any common sense?"

“The numerous streetlights, billboards, car lights, and building lights in the city produce intense artificial light. This light is scattered into the atmosphere and forms ‘sky glow,’ which can obscure moonlight and starlight.”

"Moreover, in a bustling modern metropolis like Beijing, where the PM2.5 index is high, fine particles will also scatter and absorb moonlight."

"In other words, it is impossible to see moonlight shining directly into the hotel from here."

"You're just influenced by movies and TV shows or by habitual thinking, so you think moonlight should stream into the room at night, right?"

I listened to this guy rambling on and on with his analysis.

Although I didn't understand it very well.

But Wu Xiaoyou was still scratching the back of her head and grinning foolishly.

Because that's really what she thinks.

When there are no lights in the house at night, don't we rely on the moonlight to barely see?
And this is such a blatant display of common sense!

Who else but you would casually treat the principles behind various phenomena as common sense?
In fact, Wu Wang noticed this anomaly when he woke up.

Because of the completely dark hotel room environment.

There was just too much moonlight.

Now he can be certain.

I can't access my backpack or use my equipment and items.

It's entirely because this is my second sister's dream! She has no idea these things exist.

Naturally, there's no way to dream about it.

He finally understood why the red vertical pupils of the Abyss God's Mark were mocking him.

He is certainly exerting his power.

Or rather, they've been putting in effort all along!
Otherwise, how did I get into my second sister's dream?

This is all the work of the Abyss God!
It's no wonder that the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs has not taken any corresponding action.

I thought they were even so lax at headquarters.

Now it seems that it was entirely because nothing unusual happened outside!

Everything that seemed amiss happened in the dream!

In reality, it was probably just a hotel guest who was sleepy and sleeping.

Whose attention will this attract?

Dreams are inherently places where contradictions and illogicalities are likely to occur.

It's just that the dreamer themselves don't realize it.

Take, for example, the current issue of living paycheck to paycheck.

If it's my second sister alone in her dream.

She would never notice anything amiss.

Because this is her dream.

She saw all of this as perfectly reasonable.

Only by being a traveler who has strayed into someone else's dream can one perceive something amiss from an outsider's perspective.

There's definitely some player causing trouble inside the hotel.

My second sister was indeed affected by some kind of effect.

This effect of falling asleep and entering a dream state usually only works on ordinary people.

But my second sister isn't exactly an ordinary person either, is she?
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that her "yin body" constitution is immune to all poisons.

In other words, the way this sleep-and-dream effect distinguishes ordinary people from players is not based on physical constitution.

Then there's only one possibility—

[Mental Strength]!
Even after becoming a player, you can still increase your mental strength without intentionally allocating points to it.

However, after undergoing high-pressure training that puts people under extreme mental strain, such as dungeons and life-or-death trials, everyone's mental strength will inevitably increase unconsciously.

Over time, players' mental strength will naturally be higher than that of ordinary people.

All that is needed is to set a certain threshold, such as only people with mental strength below 10 points (the highest range for ordinary people) will be affected.

This way, players can avoid noticing anything unusual.

This further reduces the risk of being discovered by the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs.

"What a clever conspiracy... playing the underdog!"

Wu Wang exclaimed with some admiration.

It must be admitted that they were able to cause trouble right under the noses of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs and the Tarot Society.

This person does indeed have some unique qualities.

Unfortunately, since his mental strength was too high, he should have been unaffected and thus unable to detect the abnormality in himself.

However, Yuan Shen forcibly brought her into her second sister's dream because he wanted to see some fun.

This led to the discovery of the other party's underhanded tactics.

Maybe I'm the first player in the capital to notice something amiss in my dream!
“But if I’m dreaming… why are you here, little brother?” Wu Xiaoyou’s expression was a little strange. “And I’ve already realized I’m dreaming, so why haven’t I woken up yet? Am I going to just keep sleeping like this?”

She was a little nervous.

However, this was also a problem that Wu Wang was considering.

Since the effects used by the mastermind hiding in the shadows only target ordinary people.

That means it must be a large-scale, wide-ranging net casting.

It's absolutely impossible that it was just targeting my second sister, who had just arrived in Beijing for tourism.

In such a situation, if ordinary people were to fall into a deep sleep and not wake up on a large scale, it would also alert the Bureau of Extraordinary Events to investigate.

Therefore, ordinary people will definitely wake up.

The other party simply wants to obtain something through the dreams of these ordinary people.

"Zombies...fear of heights...fear?"

"Fear! That's it!"

Wu Wang only thought for a few seconds before drawing a conclusion.

If I hadn't entered this dream...

Once the second sister wakes up and checks her room, she will find clues such as a suitcase, bloodstains, and footprints.

This led to the conclusion that "there might be zombies here," and that he murdered his own brother.

In her fear, she might call for help.

So, a zombie hangs by the window, ready to scare her back at any moment.

If you try to go downstairs, you'll find a large number of zombies slowly catching up to you.

The second sister was gradually forced to flee upstairs.

Perhaps if you run up to the rooftop, you'll find that the door to the rooftop isn't locked.

This will lead to another fear for my second sister – her fear of heights.

Finally, she will be pushed off the rooftop by a horde of terrified zombies.

Everything that is happening now is simply a manifestation of what the second sister fears.

I tried to break down her psychological defenses little by little.

Perhaps the second sister was truly awakened by the shock when she fell from the building.

Then he probably just thought he had a nightmare.

The mastermind behind this wants to collect the fears of ordinary people!
Or something more!
Although Wu Wang was not a pessimist, he always made sure to think about the worst-case scenario in advance.

He doubted the existence of ordinary people who were awakened by fear.

They may also be planted with a seed of fear by the mastermind behind the scenes, or have something extracted from them that the other party needs.

In short, it's definitely not a good thing.

Otherwise, the other party wouldn't have bothered to conduct underground activities behind the back of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs.

"Heh, doing bad things right under my nose? I don't care about anyone else, but if you drag Second Sister into this..."

"Then I'll have no choice but to intervene."

Wu Wang squinted at his second sister.

He suddenly felt somewhat fortunate that he hadn't kept almost everything from his second sister.

Especially those who are "immortal".

In other words, in the second sister's subconscious, she didn't believe she would ever die.

Inside this dream hotel.

Logically speaking, after dying, one would likely wake up and be unable to provide help.

Now, however, it's because the second sister believes that it's only reasonable for her not to die.

So even if you die, you won't wake up; you'll just revive on the spot.

Wu Wang is currently a bug that can realize he is dreaming and also make the dream's owner realize this.

He doesn't belong to this dream.

But in this dream.

The mastermind behind this probably never expected something like this to happen.

"You will wake up, second sister."

"But it was definitely not because I was startled awake."

"Let me turn this nightmare around! Come on! Follow me!"

Wu Wang reached out his hand to Wu Xiaoyou.

The other person grabbed her hand without hesitation.

Just as my younger brother would unconditionally trust me, I would also unconditionally trust him.

No matter what kind of nightmare it is, it's nothing to be afraid of!

Wu Wang, who was pulling his second sister along, started running upstairs at an even faster pace, a hint of excitement flashing in his eyes.

And a faint killing intent.

Players who dare to come to the capital, a vital city of the nation, at this critical juncture when the public beta is about to begin, are willing to offend or even provoke the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs just to cause trouble.

Unless someone's brain has been eaten by a dog.

His identity then becomes obvious—

[Disaster Education]

"What a coincidence! I was just wondering where you bunch of scum were..."

"You've just arrived in the capital and you've given me such a wonderful gift. How can I possibly thank you enough?"

"Oh, I see."

"How about we send you to be reborn in the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss?"

(End of this chapter)