Disaster Simulator, global collapse begins.

These are all just excuses.

Now that things have come to this, we can't very well lay all the cards on the table and say that our understanding of the supernatural is actually the same as yours—zero...

Fortunately, Originium is effective against the supernatural!

The low-level, weak monsters can be dealt with using ordinary weapons.

For more powerful solutions that physical methods cannot address, weapons inlaid with Originium or bullets etched with Originium are highly effective.

It's practically an enchantment with gem socketing...

Six months after the strange occurrence.

After extensive experimentation, global data collection, and six months of experience in the struggle, SDRRD released the initial version of the Weird rating system.

Lowest level: Reverberation level.

Its destructive power is comparable to that of a rat to a D-level martial artist. It has some idealistic characteristics; the less afraid you are of it, the weaker its power and its impact on reality become.

Echoing-level anomalies can be eliminated by physical means such as fists, melee weapons, and bullets.

The next level up: Ghost level.

For ordinary people, the best way to deal with strange occurrences is to run away, because there is no simple, direct, or easily categorized method.

If you think it's an Echo, but rush in only to find it's a Ghost, you're doomed. At this level, whether you're afraid of it or not is irrelevant.

Whether you're reciting the twenty-four-character mantra or a passionate young person with a materialistic faith, to the ghosts, they're all the same food.

Ordinary physical methods can only cause limited damage to Spectres; special methods are needed to eliminate them, such as burning them with flames exceeding 600 degrees Celsius for ten minutes.

Of course, the simplest solution is to call the police and have professionals use Originium weapons to send it to its doom.

If dying in a bizarre way can get you into heaven.

Level 3: Evil Spirit Level.

With the word "evil" attached to it, it is indeed special. If there are harmless and tamable eerie creatures in Echoes and Phantoms, and you can still play with the idea of ​​a love story between humans and ghosts, then the Evil Spirits are all creatures that harbor the greatest malice towards humanity.

They cannot communicate, cannot understand each other.

Its destructive and combat capabilities have reached the BA level. According to SDRRD testing, it is strangely like a perpetual motion machine that never gets tired. It can tear apart a mechanic's tank without getting tired.

A plan to exploit supernatural forces has been proposed and is currently under steady research and development.

Yes, that's very capital-intensive.

Above that is the urban legend level, which is comparable to AS. When fully developed, it has the power to destroy a city. It has only appeared three times so far, and all of them were resolved by the fairy Airi.

The only regret is that no one was left alive.

Higher levels are more of a reserve.

For example, it could be compared to a natural disaster that could destroy a country, or an even more powerful catastrophe.

If such a bizarre event were to actually occur, Chen Jie could only silently chant "Love Gate," fire three arrows simultaneously, and let the causal spiral spin infinitely.

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Chapter 168 This world is slowly dying

The world is changing.

Even though Originium and Honkai energy weapons can kill the supernatural beings, reducing some of the unsolvable atmosphere like in horror stories and turning them into monsters that humans can eliminate, it still doesn't change the fact that this world is becoming increasingly unsuitable for human habitation.

Apart from darkness.

Rain, snow, fog, hail, gales... every originally simple natural phenomenon now has a different kind of impact on the world.

Don't get wet in the rain.

Getting wet in the rain increases the likelihood of mutations, affecting not only trees and animals, but also inanimate objects and living people.

I must mention the bizarre classification here.

Instead of classifying by strength from lingering echo to world destruction, it is classified according to the cause of formation and the type of ability, somewhat like the biological classification of kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.

First, there are ghosts. This term isn't entirely accurate because they don't communicate like ghosts in fantasy works.

It's more like a manifestation of obsession; it appears when a person dies if they have a strong obsession in their heart.

Unfortunately, what can be considered a strong obsession is mostly hatred.

Ghosts are generally between the Echo level and the Ghost level. Half of them will dissipate after fulfilling their obsession, while the other half will become crazy and indiscriminately attack the living people around them.

Even if what forms an obsession is not hatred, but some kind of good emotion.

Whether a ghost obsessed with something will go mad or simply vanish is as unpredictable as Schrödinger's cat.

SDRRD conducted experiments, using the Philosopher's Stone (that's what people in this world call Originium) or gold artifacts to restrain ghosts, preventing them from fulfilling their obsessions for extended periods.

It will gradually go mad, and at the same time its strength will increase, reaching the level of an evil spirit at its highest. The source of its energy is unknown. Even the gold and the Philosopher's Stone, which can shield the strangeness itself, cannot shield the logical chain of this sudden increase in strength and energy supply.

Honkai energy can corrupt ghosts, transforming them into Honkai creatures that are more difficult to eliminate, similar to the Fallen Spirits. It is not recommended to conduct related experiments again.

Ghosts come from the dead, while the second type of monster appears from word of mouth.

Unbelievable events on campus, urban legends, rumors circulating online...

After their bizarre resurgence, these former subcultures have actually appeared in reality as people spread them.

And they started hurting people, so now countries are intentionally blocking these things on the internet.

Unfortunately, there are always some people who enjoy themselves, or those with extremely bad consciences, who want to spread the word even more when the country tries to block it.

Special times call for special policies. Information spread online that was originally not a capital offense can now potentially lead to the deaths of hundreds of thousands or even millions of people in a city simply by clicking to forward it or spreading a rumor.

After all, the fourth level of the Weirdness level is called the Ghost Story level, which is the average strength of these legendary monsters. With the help of word of mouth, they have the blessing of being called legendary, and the strength of these Weirdness monsters increases rapidly.

Even the weakest ghost stories are of the Phantom level, relying on the stories and beliefs of others. An individual's unwavering resolve cannot influence them as effectively as it can with Echo levels. And the most powerful…

SDRRD suspects that the mutation of darkness also stems from people's fear of darkness and the unknown!

In chaotic times, harsh measures are necessary; these people have now been added to the D-level personnel luxury package.

The third type of strange thing is living matter.

For example, trees, houses, swamps... these things that were originally motionless came to life, gained some mobility, and began to attack humans.

The number of living organisms has been increasing in recent years.

Rain increases the probability of objects becoming animated, and what's disheartening is that this increase is cumulative. Houses, vehicles, roads... every time they are exposed to the elements and get rained on, the likelihood of them turning into something bizarre increases.

The largest living entity recorded in the SDRRD is a city, Tokyo of the Orochi Kingdom, which came to life. This enormous city began to kill its inhabitants by various means, much like humans kill fleas.

If human and animal corpses are exposed to rain, they will become zombie-like, moving corpses. According to tests conducted by Class D personnel, these zombies do not spread through biting.

But even living people can turn into zombies—if they get rained on too many times.

By injecting personal terminals into the heads of those undead, we can still receive their responses!

These living people turned into zombies are like having their souls trapped in an uncontrollable body.

Don't get wet in the rain.

Do not leave yourself in darkness; do not let snow fall on exposed skin; when it is windy, make sure your relative speed to the wind does not exceed 80 km/h, even if you are sitting inside; when it is foggy, never be alone...

Wait, these are all rules that countless people have tested through death.

This world is indeed becoming less suitable for human habitation.

In just three years, the world's population has shrunk by 30%.

The price of gold increased more than a hundredfold because SDRRD discovered that gold could block the supernatural; the weak could not pass through the gold barrier, and the strong could also block their detection.

Nowadays, the world's richest and most powerful people are not judged by their private jets, yachts, or villas, but by whether they own a safe house made of gold.

When Chen Jie first discovered this, he issued a gag order to SDRRD. However, this huge organization pieced together from various countries was not monolithic; it was like a giant sieve.

The news about the gold spread quickly, and from one person to ten, from ten to a hundred.

Initially, some wealthy individuals tried to snap up Originium through various means, but the ridiculously low production and its wide range of uses meant that even though SDRRD was short of money, it was unable to operate this industry chain, which was more profitable than mining gold.

A small amount also leaks out, which is unavoidable in any organization, just like the former Soviet Union and the current Federation. Both of these huge countries have people who resell arms and technology. There's nothing new under the sun.

These small amounts of Originium are far from enough to build a safe house, but gold is different; even though it is extremely expensive for ordinary people, it can be purchased in large quantities.

From then on, when facing the bizarre between life and death, humanity was no longer equal. The wealthy could strengthen their defenses, while ordinary people could only fend for themselves.

Add to that the resentment generated by the large number of deaths, the resentment caused by injustice, and the resentment caused by the various aftereffects of the economic recession... the resentment in the whole society is getting bigger and bigger, and the growing resentment is giving rise to even more powerful eeriness.

It's like a vicious cycle.

The facade of civilized society remains intact, but discerning people can see the fragility beneath it.

Civilization is on the verge of collapse.

Chen Jie sat at the SDRRD headquarters, breathing in the salty sea breeze, which carried the smell of something rotting.

This world is slowly dying.

Bing's mistake could have destroyed the planet with a single arrow, but he was powerless to stop what had happened.

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Chapter 169: Creating a King of the Uncanny?

Where is the way out?

Not letting any available force slip by, Chen Jie even brought out Loken Williams.

Things from the Matrix world, once taken out of the dimensional gap, can only last for one minute. But if these virtual things undergo a dimensional reduction transformation—

For example, import it into your computer and create a model for storage.

This is equivalent to switching from virtual world A to virtual world B. It does not require dimensional upgrading, so it will not disappear after one minute due to rule conflicts.

As luck would have it, Mr. Loken pulled a clever trick, uploading himself into Originium, completing a migration from consciousness to data. The rest was very simple: just transfer him to a pre-prepared Originium.

Loken is no good person, but having simulated time travel so many times, the experienced Chen Jie is also very good at persuasion.

After friendly discussions, he finally agreed to work for Chen Jie temporarily... without pay!

By exploiting what is perhaps the world’s most knowledgeable scientist about Originium, SDRRD has achieved a great deal of related results.

Chen Jie wouldn't completely trust him either. Loken's research results would undergo repeated experiments by local scientists. Even so, the research speed on Originium was much faster than before.

But that's far from enough!

More familiarity with the bizarre, more powerful Originium-etched weapons... these can indeed allow civilizations to go further, but they cannot be identified as TeEnd by the simulator.

Without completing the judgment, the present world cannot be replicated, and any amount of experience will only increase the time spent struggling.

How can we solve this once and for all?

People always seek solutions to problems from their existing experiences.

Chen Jie recalled his actions of using the Herrscher of Nature and humanity to suppress the Honkai Descent Lv1, so...

Is it possible to create such a king of the supernatural to suppress the overall progress of the supernatural resurgence?

Based on his understanding of simulators.

Solving a disaster doesn't require annihilating the enemy completely, leaving not a single trace. Things like the Honkai and Originium can be dealt with by suppressing them slightly, preventing the sudden demise of human civilization.

The remaining elements, such as residual Honkai energy at a certain level and Originium, are all within the limits allowed by the simulator.

Life always finds a way out.

Chen Jie wasn't sure either.

Perhaps the reason for this remnant is that the Honkai Descent and Originium Catastrophe are currently only at Lv1, and do not apply to the Mysterious Revival... There is too little data to refer to.

However, given the current lack of other options, this is indeed a path worth trying.

The global economy and all industries are in decline, but the international organization SDRRD is rising against the trend, like a huge monster, wielding more and more power and resources.

SDRRD's contributions to the world are undeniable. Without this organization, modern society would have collapsed within a year and would not have been able to maintain its appearance of civilization for so long.

However, its costs are also enormous. There are always some people who like to question authority, and some people with ulterior motives feel that the organization is too large and thus affects their own interests.

Most of these people will die from bizarre events due to a lack of timely rescue.

Human civilization ultimately chose to change.

Abandon the wilderness and shrink into the city.

Each of these massive cities has built its own high walls and protective networks.