I, the screenwriter, have experienced a resurgence of inspiration.

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Hot post: [A sparrow on the street has come to life! It can understand human speech!]

Original Poster: Anonymous User 66789

This morning on my way to work, I bought some steamed buns downstairs, and a flock of sparrows perched on the railing, staring at me.

I casually mentioned that I hadn't brought any food, and they all tilted their heads to look at me, then flew away!

I didn't believe it, so I said again, "There's bread, do you want some?" And to my surprise, they flew back and circled around me!

[So smart, it's like he's suddenly gained superhuman intelligence.]

[It's no exaggeration at all; in my more than twenty years of life, this is truly the first time I've ever seen such a clever sparrow.]

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[This is normal. Spiritual energy is reviving, and all things are becoming sentient. Animals will become increasingly intelligent and will get used to it as they see it more often.]

The stray cat downstairs is even more outrageous; it can open the building entrance door by itself and it even steals sausages from the supermarket. The owner knows it.

My dog ​​can now read my expression and even turn off the alarm. My alarm hasn't been going off for the past couple of days. Then my friend came over and saw my dog ​​take my phone away just before my alarm went off, turn it off, and then return it.

The puppy might want you to spend more time with it, but this is also quite scary; it's gone beyond the realm of "intelligence," isn't it?

[Will animals become sentient beings in the future? Why am I suddenly starting to feel a little excited?]

Don't get your hopes up. If a sentient animal turns out to be evil, it'll be even more troublesome. Humans have finally evolved to this state.

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Popular post: [Help! Many round, muddy gourd-like things have grown in my house, what are they? Pictures included]

[Posted 7 days ago at 09:46]

Popularity: 10 likes, 2.3 comments

Original Poster: Anonymous Player 22367

(Images) (Images) (Images) Over the past week, many of these round creatures have appeared in the cracks of my windowsill and the corners of my bathroom.

[You've seen "The Secret of the Magic Gourd," right? It's the one that's even cuter—small head, round body, no legs, and when you crush it, it just turns into a puddle of mud.]

[This stuff keeps reappearing every day after I clean it out, and it seems to multiply the more I clean it. I've also been having frequent fevers and nightmares lately. Could this be related to it?]

—The accompanying picture is very clear, showing small, round, muddy-colored spheres of all sizes, which do not really look like insects or plants.

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Reply: [I have this at home too! It's a bit more effective than cockroaches; it eats dust, and you know how great that is for a little girl who's too lazy to clean her rented apartment?]

No, this seems to be listed in the Special Investigation Bureau's Abnormal Creature Encyclopedia, described as a "Clay Demon," which should be harmless.

What does this mean? Something from the dungeon has escaped?

[I don't think the official authorities have determined the level of harm yet, but I feel it's not harmful to humans. Something similar appears in my house (picture), and I keep it in the trash every day; it's quite fun.]

[Isn't keeping paranormal creatures prohibited? (This comment violated the community guidelines and has been deleted.)]

[Official Certification - Special Investigation Bureau Field Officer: We have received a tip and dispatched personnel to the corresponding area for disinfection. Please keep your phone accessible.]

We remind all residents that if you find such foreign objects in your home, please do not attempt to remove them. Instead, please keep your home clean and tidy.

[The official response was incredibly fast; it gives me a huge sense of security.]

What does this mean?

[What I mean is, these things only grow in places with lots of trash and heavy filth in the home, and usually only one or two grow there. For someone like you whose home is practically overrun... the Special Investigation Bureau will come and give you a thorough cleaning.]

[Yes, my house had that too before, but it cleared up after we cleaned it.]

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[A two-tailed stray cat spotted on the street! Are there really cat spirits here?]

Original Poster: Anonymous Player 90145

[This photo was taken on my way home from get off work. It's a pure black stray cat with two complete tails. It looks very intelligent and sat on the wall staring at me for a long time, not afraid of people at all.]

The older generation says that two-tailed cats are spirits; will I be unlucky?

The accompanying picture shows a black cat perched on a wall, its two black tails drooping, its eyes cold and arrogant, exuding a powerful aura.

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Reply: [It feels like some kind of anomaly occurred after the dungeon appeared. Humans have six fingers too; it's not a supernatural being, and it doesn't bring bad luck. Don't overthink it.]

[So handsome! I want to pet him!]

Don't touch them carelessly. What if these stray cats carry some kind of virus? They might scratch you and you wouldn't even know what kind of vaccine to get.

[Hellish joke: You have to make herbal tea with glutinous rice just for scratching someone—my family has really been eating glutinous rice for the past six months.]

[Last time I was in the woods in the park, I saw a mushroom grow legs and run away (blurry photo). These things run incredibly fast; they disappear in a flash.]

[It feels like the spiritual energy has really revived. What exactly is this dungeon thing?]

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While browsing posts at the end of the Song Dynasty, he secretly noted down the locations where supernatural events occurred, while also enjoying the gossip.

Just as she had expected, the revival of spiritual energy in China was a gradual process, starting from specific points and spreading outwards—with multiple instances as the center, paranormal events and supernatural phenomena experienced an explosive growth.

Or rather... the closer you get to her, the faster your spiritual energy recovers.

On the streets of Jiangcheng, people have already photographed crows chatting with people on the street.

It seems that not only humans, but also animals and plants are undergoing some kind of change.

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While scrolling through the pages, Song Mo suddenly came across a gossip post:

[Quick news! A real estate tycoon's son has died in a game! This news is absolutely true!!]

[Breaking News! Lu Jianming, the young master of the Lu Group, died in the 404th dungeon. What does this mean? Money can't buy life even in dungeons!]

This new post, made this morning, was pushed to the top of the trending topics list in just a few hours.

[Original Poster: Anonymous Spectator]

Everyone knows about the incident at Taiping Cemetery yesterday, right? The super-rich tycoon Zhou Bingkun, who was on the verge of death, spent a lot of money trying to enter the dungeon to prolong his life, but was stopped by the Special Investigation Bureau and not allowed to enter.

Later, the 404 ghost bus suddenly appeared. He didn't get on, but his son, Lu Jianming, did. Many livestreamers filmed this.

I just got news that Lu Jianming is dead; he died in the dungeon.

[Hilarious! They used to say "money can make the devil turn the millstone," but it turns out the devil doesn't need money; he just wants to kill you.]

The post exploded with thousands of replies, creating a heated debate:

[Holy crap? Didn't those who broke through the checkpoint yesterday get arrested by the Special Investigation Bureau? The Lu family's lawyer is probably cursing in the detention center right now.]

Wasn't Lu Bingkun also arrested?

[An old man in his eighties, already seriously ill, why arrest him? Aren't the authorities afraid he'll die in detention? He's probably in the hospital now.]

[The official death list has just been updated. My friend works at the Special Investigation Bureau and says that Lu Jianming's death has been confirmed.]

So, everyone is equal before the dungeon; money is useless, the rules don't care about money.

[It's just so pitiful for his father. He spent so much money trying to prolong his son's life, but his son died first—a parent outliving their child.]

[What's so pitiful about this? You're actually feeling sorry for them? The whole family is no good. The CEO of the Lu family abandoned his first wife, then took advantage of her family's extinction, and even built a house for them to suppress their corpses… Go look it up yourself… The Lu family shoddy construction of their houses, cheating countless ordinary people. This is just karma.]

[Don't try to explain the cause and effect here. Dying in a dungeon is simply dying; it has nothing to do with luck. Stop spouting nonsense.]

[I remember now, wasn't there a rumor back then that the location where the CEO of the Lu Group buried his first wife was quite special, supposedly to extend her lifespan or something?]

Upon seeing this, Song Mo became very interested and asked A Yan to investigate the past of the Lu family group.

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That's a little scary.

Hiring bodyguards for two million won't help; if you can't even get in, it's useless. Money is just worthless in the instance.

[Unless you can afford to hire professional gamers, but such people are as rare as pandas, and they're not stupid enough to risk their lives for two million of yours.]

Suddenly, it feels quite fair. Whether you're rich or poor, powerful or powerless, once you enter the instance, it's all the same; those destined to fail will fail.

Not necessarily. Rich people can buy items and hire experts to carry them to victory. It's just that he died as soon as he entered this time, missing out on the chance.

[What are you thinking? Dungeon items are incredibly rare; even if you have money, you can't buy them anywhere. Do you really think you can become stronger by spending money like in a game? The supernatural doesn't care about money; it only cares about fate.]

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The famous commentator from the late Song Dynasty remained noncommittal.

She admitted that once the copy is released, it's not a possibility, but a certainty that a considerable number of people will try to take advantage of the situation and use their current status and wealth to smooth things over.

Perhaps some villains will overcome all obstacles and survive to the end.

But perhaps some good people will fail miserably as soon as they appear.

Nothing that happened in the instance could have been predicted, including by Song Mo himself.

No one is absolutely immortal, and no one is cut off from the path to life.

But there is one point that the late Song dynasty firmly wrote into the core of every copy:

All people are equal before the rules.

After looking at it for a while, she lost interest in browsing and was about to exit when suddenly, a pinned gold-label post appeared at the top of the entire site.

[Gold Standard Guide | First Release Online! Complete Walkthrough of the A-Rank Dungeon "The London Underground: Death Zone" + Core Rules Sharing]

—This post, bearing the official top-level certification mark, saw its popularity soar at an alarming rate.

Within minutes of its release, it instantly surpassed the previous post about the Lu family scandal and topped the forum.

Who is from the Jiangcheng team?

Song Mo opened the post with great interest.

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