paranoianovel Chapter 220
Chapter 220
: Both Ends of the Balance 01
This night, it seemed too quiet.
Kai Xin looked towards the old tobacco factory. There was silence, and no alien creatures emerged.
But the shadow holding the scales that she encountered in the world shuttle just now was very unusual. This was an accident she had never encountered before, and the situation seemed to be sliding all the way towards the abyss. Kai Xin felt out of control, as if she was driving a car on a winding mountain road. She walked through the bend carefully and tried hard to move forward, but the car still lost control and fell uncontrollably towards the cliff.
There are dangerous and unknown huge obstacles across Kai Xin’s path.
Near the tobacco factory, Li Guanran and Song Tingshuang also regained consciousness.
Li Wanran immediately threw herself in front of the monitor and began to check the footage remotely recorded by the drone, but something happened that caught her off guard.
23:59:59, there is a picture on the monitor, the old tobacco factory is under the cover of night, everything looks gloomy and silent.
At 00:00:00, the monitor went black for a moment, and then jumped to 00:00:03 in the next second.
Where did the three seconds in the middle go? Why does the video screen jump directly and nothing is recorded?
Li Guanran contacted his teammates stationed on the other side: “Is there something happening at zero o’clock?”
“No, everything is normal and passed smoothly.” The teammate replied.
“Do you keep time? Are you staring at the stopwatch?” Li Guanran asked.
“No, I’ve been keeping an eye on the tobacco factory, afraid that those monsters will come out…”
Li Wanran put down the communicator and looked at Song Tingshuang, “Do you feel something is wrong?”
Song Tingshuang looked at Li Wanran suspiciously, and shook his head, “As usual, in the blink of an eyeKung Fu came back… What’s wrong? ”
“The theory of the flow of time…” Li Wanran took a deep breath, “No, it may not be the flow of time…something took a pair of scissors and cut off three seconds of our time out of thin air, and those three seconds were empty. The surveillance screen was blank.”
Song Ting paused, and thought for a while, “Can’t it be that the monitor is malfunctioning? The monitor malfunctioned inexplicably when the gate of the dark world was opened for the first time, maybe it was affected by unknown forces and caused it to malfunction. gone.”
“This time is different from last time. Last time, the monitor directly short-circuited. This time, the screen was recorded, but the time was missing by three seconds.” Li Guanran said, “This is not right.”
She held her forehead, her face pale.
Listening to her words, Song Tingshuang felt goosebumps on his arms, “Our time lost three seconds out of thin air? It was frozen for three seconds? How could it be…”
“This world is becoming more and more absurd. Nothing is impossible.” Li Wanran looked at the tobacco factory and said after careful consideration, “We must see what’s going on inside… Control the drone to enter.”
A drone with a camera was separated from the black drone group in the sky, and it slowly flew in through the broken window of the tobacco factory. As soon as it passed through the window, it suddenly lost power and fell from the sky. It was supposed to hit the frame of the window, but the drone went straight through the frame of the window and the wall below and fell straight to the ground and smashed to pieces.
The peripheral drones captured this scene, and Li Wanran, who had been paying attention to the video, broke out in a cold sweat.
The scene of the drone falling through the building is really weird… It seems that the models of two objects in the game pass through each other, and it seems that the drone passes through a group of real phantoms.
Li Guanran immediately thought of the mirage phantom that appeared in the sky on time every day, but now the real buildings in the first world were transformed into phantoms. The old tobacco factory stood there, but it seemed to disappear out of thin air, leaving behind What is there is only the afterimage of the building, the image stuck in the gap between time and space.
“I have to get closer…” Li Wanran opened the door and got out of the car.
Song Tingshuang quickly said: “It’s too dangerous! I’ll go with you!”
Li Guanran stopped and thought for a while, “It doesn’t have to be that close…you can use a signal flare to launch into the building to see what’s going on.”
She quickly called out to her teammates and asked him to set up equipment and aim at the wall of the tobacco factory to fire a signal flare.
“Wh–”
After the signal flare was fired, it burned in the air and released a light beam. According to the normal situation, the signal flare would definitely hit the wall of the tobacco factory and fall off. However, the situation just now was repeated again. Go straight through and the light goes out!
Song Tingshuang couldn’t calm down anymore. She said in shock: “That tobacco factory, does it really still exist?”
“Perhaps, it doesn’t count as existing.” Li Wanran murmured.
Song Tingshuang said stiffly: “Should we… have to go nearby? If we want to find out what’s going on inside, it’s best to let a living body enter…”
Everyone present was actually ready to sacrifice, but manpower is the scarcest resource, and it is far from the point where sacrifices are required.
“First conduct experiments on live animals, such as experimental monkeys, put ropes and collars on them for easy recycling, and see what happens to the experimental animals after they enter the tobacco factory.” Li Wanran said.
“Then I’ll get in touch and ask them to prepare.” Song Tingshuang took out the walkie-talkie.
Li Guanran glanced at the night again, and said to Song Tingshuang, “I’ll go outside.”
Immediately, people in full armor followed her, wanting to protect her, but Li Wanran refused, “Don’t follow me, I’ll go by myself. Don’t worry, nothing will happen, I know what to do.”
Li Wanran left the team alone, and walked straight towards the periphery of the old industrial area.
After walking for more than ten minutes, Song Tingshuang and the rest of her teammates had pulled away a long distance from her. She came to a relatively empty place and began to wait silently.
Before waiting for three minutes, there was the sound of branches and dead leaves being crushed from the bushes a few meters ahead, and someone came.
“Sure enough, just as I thought, you will come to me.” Li Guanran’s solemn expression relaxed a little, “At that time, I saw you, so it should be you.”
She was referring to the scene she saw when the Second World investigated the Popov family’s scene rewinding.
“Well, I also know that you are in that team.” Kai Xin said, “Thank you for covering it up for me.”
“It should be.” Li Wanran said, “You seem to have a lot of information, whether it’s my information or the information of the two worlds, you are very familiar with it.”
Kai Xin pondered for a moment, and took the initiative to reveal something, “I am more than one person. I have companions and teammates around me. We have different divisions of labor and directions of responsibility. One of my teammates is very good at collecting and processing information. Found you.”
“The last time we met, I heard that your code name is Spearhead Viper.” Li Wanran said.
“Yes.” Kai Xin said.
Li Wanran asked bluntly: “Is the black snake you?”
“It’s not me. The black snake is the leader, and I’m in charge.” Kai Xin said calmly.
A thoughtful expression appeared on Li Wanran’s face, “I understand.”
“You covered it up for me and lied for me, which will make you bear a certain risk. The abilities of the second world are all kinds of strange. If someone has the ability to detect lies, then you will be in a dangerous situation.” Kui Xin Say.
“I have paid attention to this. Li Guanran said, “Thank you for reminding me, I will be careful.” ”
Kai Xin asked: “Did you encounter any strange things during the shuttle?”
“Did you also notice the time issue? The three seconds were cut off.” Li Guanran’s brows were full of worry.
What Kai Xin really wanted to ask was whether she had seen the shadow of holding the scales high during the time travel. Judging from Li Wanran’s answer, it is obvious that there is not.
The only person who has seen the balance is Kai Xin.
Being special is not a good thing. Kai Xin became a game player, different from ordinary people in the first world, and became a member of a special group. She became a depriver, a special group different from normal players. Now she saw the red and sapphire scales that no one else saw, and she became the special one again.
Being special may mean that one’s own ability is stronger than others, or it may mean that special people themselves need to face more difficult difficulties and bear more responsibilities, and the road ahead is thousands of times more difficult than others.
It’s hard to say it’s luck, to some extent it’s a kind of misfortune.
Kai Xin stabilized his emotions and asked her, “Isn’t time flowing, but time being cut?”
“Yes.” Li Guanran said, “This is my personal guess. There is not enough evidence to support this. It may also be the suspension of time…”
“Impossible. It’s either the flow of time or the reduction of time, not the pause.” Kui Xin said, “I set the alarm clock. If the time in our world is completely frozen, then the alarm clock should not play the last few lyrics.”
Li Guanran said cautiously: “This time the preparations were not sufficient. Next time we can use various methods to verify the time. We have always underestimated the impact of the second world on the real world, and we did not expect this impact to spread so quickly. You need to be vigilant.”
Kai Xin raised his chin to indicate the direction, “Over there at the tobacco factory…”
“Not too good,” Li Guanran said succinctly, “We will hurry up and do live animal tests. We must figure out the true meaning of the coming of the dark world as soon as possible.”
Kai Xin was silent. She has been paying attention to the situation of the tobacco factory. She has also seen what Li Wanran saw.
The Dark Realm Descends, the name of the task is Dark Realm Descends. It was the door to the dark world that was opened at the beginning, but now that the tobacco factory has changed, it can be regarded as the real dark world has descended. The invisible realm swallowed it, making it seem to stay in the first world, and it seemed that it no longer existed in this world.
If the coming of the dark world is caused by gods, then is the dark world the domain of gods?
After a while, Kai Xin said: “Just like the time flow theory on the forum, we also have a theory that is purely speculation.”
Li Guanran said: “Can you talk about it? I think at this stage, any guesses and theories are valuable. Even if they are not correct, they can provide a way of thinking.”
“Anchor point mooring theory.” Kai Xin said, “We assume that the player is the anchor point, the second world is a big ship drifting in endless darkness, and the first world is a port where the ship can berth. With the help of the anchor point, it dropped the anchor point—the player. With the help of the anchor point, the big ship was able to dock smoothly.”
Li Guanran froze in place, only feeling that he was hit by something terrible. A gust of cold air rushed from his heels to the Tianling Gai, and a sense of horror and absurdity spread.
She said with difficulty: “The player is the anchor?”
“We people are really like anchors, aren’t we? An anchor is rooted in the port—our world, but the chain extending from the anchor is connected to the big ship of the second world.” Kai Xin said, “We We carry both the characteristics of the first world and the characteristics of the second world. We are the starting point of fusion and the beginning of mutation. We are the most abnormal things in the first world. Our world was originally ordinary. There are no gods, no alien species, and no strange abilities, but with the appearance of players, the world has also begun to change. Our bodies are assimilating with the second world, and our world is also assimilating with the second world.”
For a moment, Li Guanran didn’t know how to answer the conversation. She was immersed in Kai Xin’s speculation, and then asked eagerly: “Because of us, is the trend of the assimilation of the two worlds irreversible?”
“Maybe.” Kai Xin said, “But we’re not the culprit, we’re just not so lucky—we were chosen.”
She thought of Fang Zhi, thought of herself, and thought of the scale held high in the black shadow’s hand: “Ruby or sapphire, which one do you choose?”
“We assume your theory is valid.” Li Wanran said depressedly, “Then can the anchor point be cleared? If the anchor point is cleared, can the world be prevented from merging?”
“It’s hard to say, this is just a theory at the hypothetical stage.” Kai Xin replied.
“But you…or your organization have some basis for proposing this theory?” Li Wanran said, “What is your basis? Besides the changes in the players and the world, is there any other basis?”
“Yes.” Kai Xin pointed to the eerie tobacco factory in the distance, “That is.”
Li Wanran subconsciously looked at the tobacco factory with complicated eyes.
“A special blood man died there, and then it became the place where the dark world descended.” Kai Xin said, “We can understand that blood man as the anchor point, and the dark world wrapped by the tobacco factory The domain is a small ship, an advance team, from the big ship of the Second World.”
“Special people with different blood?” Li Guanran turned to look at Kai Xin and asked, “What’s special?”
“He’s a bit ridiculously strong.” Kai Xin said simply, “In the second world, people with different blood who survived after taking the blood of the gods will be considered to be chosen by the gods, and the ancient gods will bestow upon them power, allowing them to possess extraordinary abilities other than regeneration of flesh and blood. The believers of the secret order Claiming that they can communicate with gods, and that gods do exist in the Second World, they may not be lying.”
“Based on this, you think that the dead man with different blood, Fang Zhi, is the anchor? He was chosen by God?” Li Wanran said.
Kai Xin nodded.
There is another basis, a hidden worry that has been circling in her heart for a long time-death reincarnation.
This ability is incompatible with the other abilities she has obtained. It possesses super-standard power. Every time she uses the death cycle, the black shadow will approach her, and her condition will become worse.
From this, it can be inferred that this ability is most likely related to God.
The six pieces of advice after entering the game emerged again—everything has a price.
“Is it possible that only players with different blood have anchors?” Li Wanran said.
Kai Xin slightly mentioned: “Railway.”
Li Guanran suddenly realized that a person with different blood had died on the railway, but the place where he died had not changed… Not every person with different blood can become an anchor.
“Then could it be that only certain special players are anchors?” Li Wanran said again.
Li Wanran expressed what Kai Xin was most worried about.
Kai Xin paused, “Very likely.”