Welcome to the Nightmare Live

Chapter 186

Hearing this, Huang Mao couldn't help but be refreshed and said:

"Ah, yes! I remember you said before, whether you destroy the peace sanatorium built by the 05 spiritual world, or help the sanatorium control other high-risk patients, you can complete the task! So we have to continue this plan next, right? ?"

Luce was startled at first, then fell into deep thought.

A few seconds later, a look of approval appeared on his face, he raised his head and said, "I see, I understand your thinking, as long as the dynamic balance between the two forces in this instance is disrupted, this god-building plan can be made impossible. If you realize it, you can complete the main mission, right?"

"Yes, that's exactly what the previous plan was."

Wen Jianyan nodded approvingly.

"..."

wait, before?

After keenly capturing the key words in the other party's words, Su Cheng couldn't help being stunned for two seconds. As the one who knows Wen Jianyan's behavior best, an ominous premonition suddenly crossed his mind.

It always feels like this guy is playing some bad idea...

"Don't worry, if my idea doesn't work out, I'll still go back to the original plan." Wen Jianyan noticed Su Cheng's sudden change of face and comforted in a soft voice.

Su Cheng: "..."

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"Laughing to death, I don't feel comforted at all."

"Hahahahahaha Su Xiaocheng: If you have no love, I knew you were going to make trouble."

"Teammate, danger!"

"Huh? You changed your mind and aren't going to do this anymore?"

Luce asked suspiciously.

From his point of view, although the two options just proposed are not low in difficulty, they are very feasible and very consistent with the logic chain of the entire copy.

Besides, are there any other options?

He couldn't think of it.

Luce couldn't help but ask, "What are your thoughts now?"

Wen Jianyan didn't answer the question directly, he just changed the subject lightly:

"After the final main quest is completed, you will get a platinum trophy, and the dungeon will be completely closed and cannot be opened again, right?"

The others nodded.

Indeed it is.

This is common sense in the Nightmare Live Room, even a rookie who has only played a few dungeons knows it.

Wen Jianyan: "Have you ever thought that this logic is actually reversed?"

"?"

Several people were stunned for a while, not understanding the meaning of Wen Jianyan's words.

Su Cheng frowned: "What do you mean?"

"It means that the dungeon was not closed because the anchor gave a platinum reward, but because it had to be closed, so the anchor was awarded a platinum trophy."

"..."

In an instant, the air was silent for a moment.

Everyone showed a look of astonishment, and it was obvious that they had never considered this before.

As the contracted anchors of the Nightmare Live Room, their main purpose for entering the dungeon is to complete the task, earn points, and leave the dungeon so that they can live longer, and maybe one day they can save enough points to redeem their soul cancellation ticket.

There are even many senior anchors who have never made a platinum achievement after so many dungeons.

Most anchors will always seek advantages and avoid disadvantages when they are in the dungeon, not to mention actively activate the ultimate main quest - you must know that it is not only more difficult, but if it fails, even if the conditions for leaving the dungeon are met, it will die directly. .

Therefore, in fact, most anchors have not tried to think about the question of what "platinum achievement" means.

And Wen Jianyan is the exact opposite of them. He may have achieved more platinum achievements than many senior anchors combined.

It is precisely because he has experienced more that this feeling is clearer and stronger with each dungeon.

In the [Decai Middle School] dungeon, returning the mirror fragments to their original places means that the campus curse cannot be activated, and the dungeon is completely closed. In the [Fukang Hospital] dungeon, the most critical remains of the Holy Infant were taken away. The dean died and the dungeon was completely closed. The dungeon of [Fantasy Amusement Park] ended with the disappearance of energy and the fire in the park.

Let Wen Jianyan be sure that what he guessed was in the dungeon [Antai Community], even if he never tried to start the ultimate main quest from beginning to end, he still won the platinum trophy in the end - the reason given by Nightmare is that he The progress of exploration is the highest, so get the platinum trophy.

But the actual situation is that Po Wen died and the suppressed evil spirit fragments were revived, and it was impossible for the copy to be opened again.

In this regard, Nightmare's attitude is very ambiguous.

It has a shocking setting that after opening the "Ultimate Main Quest", the anchor will die if he does not complete it, and at the same time, after the anchor has played the platinum trophy, the difficulty of the anchor's next copy will be increased, so that the anchor who has played the platinum trophy will follow survival becomes more difficult.

But in the same way, it will also give high rewards to the streamers who hit the platinum trophy.

Naturally, these can be explained by "improving the effect of the program" or "improving the viewing experience of the audience".

But... Wen Jianyan always felt that the "nightmare" was actually not happy.

This is what he realized in the [Fantasy Amusement Park] copy.

Good or bad luck is naturally a metaphysics, but in the game of luck in the amusement park, the worst option is drawn every time... something is wrong.

It's as if the drop rate has been dimmed in the background.

Perhaps...his misfortune is not some kind of metaphysics, but the real malice that stems from the Nightmare Live Room system.

"If we think in this direction, we should be able to understand why the dungeon's prompt for the completion of the main quest is so vague." Wen Jianyan said.

Obviously, in this copy, there are many ways to make it impossible to reopen.

Therefore, the reminder of the copy only tells the anchors the real structure of the copy, that is to say, how to use this information depends on them.

Since the ultimate main quest is equal to the permanently closed dungeon, their thinking can be opened up a lot.

"Then what do you mean... let's not think about how to restore the balance or break the balance, but how to break the entire copy?"

Luce's mouth slowly opened, and there were few better adjectives to describe the expression on his face other than sluggishness.

He is a senior anchor, and there are not dozens of dungeons, but at least a dozen of them. Although it is indeed dangerous to complete the ultimate main quest, but...

When this thing was equated with destroying the entire dungeon, it was still a bit... too much for him.

It's an unimaginable path!

[Integrity First] Live Room:

"Pinch mom... I knew it!"

"I'm going, I'm going, things really get interesting!"

"! I've never seen any anchors spread out in this direction, and they're ready to destroy the entire dungeon!!! Cow!"

"Bingo!"

Wen Jianyan snapped his fingers.

It's a pity that his relaxed and playful attitude did not make the atmosphere on the field any signs of easing.

"Cough," he looked straight, "In short, although our progress has been advanced to the present, it is still a mystery as to how this god-building plan works, even for those external "creators", The [Ping An Sanatorium] that has been constructed has become a completely closed black box."

The so-called black box is a theoretical term, which refers to a black box that can only observe its input and output results after the construction is completed, but cannot detect its internal structure.

In other words, the people who created the "Peace Sanatorium" only know to throw the test items in and wait for the appearance of the gods. As for what will happen in the middle, they may not know.

This is beyond the realm of human knowledge.

"Like this one."

With that said, Wen Jianyan took out the black box from her pocket and showed it to Luce.

Luce was startled: "This is...?"

"The reward for the epic hidden item quest." Wen Jianyan said without concealment.

The other party was surprised: "Huh?"

This dark thing is an epic prop

"To be precise, the epic props are in the box," Wen Jianyan shook the box, and a faint sound could be heard inside. He sighed, "Unfortunately, I haven't found a way to open it yet."

"Speaking of which, as a senior anchor, you should know that the copy and the real world are inextricably linked, right?"

Wen Jianyan suddenly changed the subject.

Luce was stunned for a moment. Although he couldn't keep up with the other party's jumpy thinking, he nodded solemnly: "I have indeed heard of this theory."

Just like the name of the live broadcast room, the copy in "Nightmare" is like an endless nightmare. Although it is terrifying, weird, full of darkness and danger, it is also like a nightmare, with the shadow of the real world. It seems to be built with this as a real framework.

"So, don't you think this copy is a bit weird?" Wen Jianyan blinked and added, "In terms of technology and humanities."

Luce was taken aback: "You mean... a sense of the times?"

"Yes."

Wen Jianyan nodded.

From a humanistic point of view, it is clear that the [Ping An Sanatorium] should be a copy from a long time ago, whether it is the identification of "sexual inversion" or "intellectual disability", including the religious atmosphere that is so strong that it cannot be dissipated, and the outdated , the almost cruel treatment method can feel its strong sense of the times.

However, the experiments related to the mental brain in the laboratory, the artificial mental illness, and the so-called "maternal body" all carry a sense of technology beyond the times, just like the existence of science fiction that can only be developed in the future by human beings .

This sense of contradiction pervades every corner of the copy.

Of course, there are ghosts and ghosts in other dungeons that do not exist in the real world, which can be attributed to the processing of nightmares.

However, this dungeon is different from other dungeons. The entire [Ping An Sanatorium] is built in the spiritual world of No. 05, which is a real low-dimensional world-even with the artistic processing of the Nightmare Live Room, it cannot change this fundamental Copy frame.

"If, just if, as guessed, each dungeon has its actual prototype and era background," Wen Jianyan narrowed her eyes and said slowly, "Then this dungeon also has it."

That is to say, they came up with a set from the future in an almost medieval background-

In other words, a higher-dimensional technology system.

"You say, whose help did they get?"

Wen Jianyan looked at everyone and asked softly.

"..."

There was silence in the arena.

They understood what Wen Jianyan said, because each of his theories started from the information they already knew about the Nightmare Live Room and the dungeon, and every logic was impeccable, but...

In a sense, they couldn't understand what the other said at all.

This has completely surpassed the content of the dungeon [Peace Sanatorium], but has directly risen to another angle that they have never touched at all.

A more terrifying angle closely related to the "Nightmare Live Room".

When everyone's brains crashed, the yellow hair made a dry voice, breaking the silence:

"...Wait, it won't be what I thought, right? You mean, there are also existences in this copy, similar to those eyes?"

Wen Jianyan smiled, raised his hand and rubbed Huang Mao's head, and praised, "You can teach me."

"..."

Although he was frightened and numb from his own imagination, after receiving the praise from the other party, Huang Mao's face involuntarily turned red, and he couldn't help showing a shy expression.

He murmured, "Thank you, thank you."

In fact, Wen Jianyan came to this conclusion precisely because of the previous copy.

Unlike several other patients, the "Ping An Sanatorium" is not the incarnation of the spiritual world of No. 05. It is just the source of energy supply. The architect of the copy is located outside the entire copy and is a higher-dimensional existence. It is a The well-designed chessboard, No. 05 is just one of the pawns.

This style of conduct...

Does it sound familiar?

Meat grinders designed by higher-dimensional beings are treated as "shards" of energy supply, and a cycle of reincarnation that never ends.

There's even that exact same mark of the Ouroboros.

However, the only difference is that "Safe Sanatorium" is more like a crude and rough semi-finished product than "Fantasy Amusement Park".

Although it also has external and internal worlds, it is difficult to control the alternation and alternation. Although the high-risk patients in it are controlled for most of the time, the possibility of derailment is also very high, and the victims are far less docile loyalty.

[Ping An Sanatorium] are those "Ability Gods" from the higher-dimensional world, but, unlike the [Dream Amusement Park], which is completely self-contained and operates independently, it is more like an experiment, or an unfinished 's work is a failed attempt for them.

Therefore, compared to the previous one, which had no background at all, and was like an amusement park that was completely independent of the world, the sanatorium was much rougher.

That is to say... the other party will reveal more.

Once this opportunity is missed, it is very difficult to appear again.

Wen Jianyan held the dark, boxy box in one hand, looked at Luce, who was still running, and asked, "You said earlier that you had some fragmentary impressions of the time when you were in a coma, like It's like being soaked in a petri dish, right?"

Luce nodded subconsciously.

Wen Jianyan said, "recall carefully, have you seen anything similar during that time?"

"..."

Luce's eyes fell on the black box in Wen Jianyan's hand, and his brows were slightly wrinkled, as if he was trying to sort out his increasingly chaotic mind, looking for any useful information in those broken fragments.

Wen Jianyan looked at Luce and waited patiently.

If, as he guessed, all of them were trapped in the spiritual world constructed by No. 05's brain, then the "illusion" that Luce saw during the time when he was on the verge of death, It is likely to be closer to the truth of the entire copy than any of them.

The epic hidden items in the dungeon are often closely related to the key secrets of the dungeon.

That is to say... If the props in this box really come from the "outside", then only Luce may have seen its true content.

Luce hesitated and said:

"It seems...do you have an impression?"

Wen Jianyan straightened her back subconsciously and leaned slightly closer: "Tell me?"

"I'm not too impressed..." Luce raised his hand, pinched his frowning eyebrows, and showed a thoughtful expression, "Across the liquid and glass, I seem to see it, very There is this black box in the distance, it is very strictly protected, it seems to be placed in the center of the whole room... The lid is open."

Wen Jianyan narrowed her eyes.

"Then, did you see what's inside the lid?"

he asked.

Luce shook his head: "Unfortunately...no."

During that time, he was basically in a trance state of half-dreaming and half-awake. Everything around him was like a broken dream. It was difficult to even recall it, let alone see clearly and recall the contents of a specific box.

Wen Jianyan nodded, showing a thoughtful expression.

That means, then, that even without the use of a lock-picking prop, there is indeed a key to open it.

What could it be?

"..."

Wen Jianyan was startled suddenly.

He stood on the spot, his eyelashes were lowered, covering his slightly stunned eyes. The whole figure seemed to be frozen. After a few seconds, he jumped up suddenly, as if his tail had been scorched by fire. .

A few people next to him were shocked by his actions:

"What, what's wrong?"

Wen Jianyan didn't answer, he just quickly opened his backpack and took something out of it.

The whole body is dark, and it is impossible to tell what metal it is made of.

It's an ouroboros end-to-end.

He took a deep breath, slowly adjusted the angle of the ouroboros in his hand, corresponding to the shallow notch on the box, and pressed it gently.

Strictly fit.

In the next second, only a light "click" sound was heard, and the lid of the box popped open.

[Integrity First] In the live broadcast room:

"I go!"

"I go!"

"I go!!!!"

"!!!"

Everyone around couldn't help but take a deep breath, staring in shock at the unreasonable scene in front of them, almost unable to believe their eyes.

This……

Generally speaking, except for completing the task of hiding epic-level items, epic-level items will be directly distributed into the backpack as rewards, and other items can only be included in the system backpack after the copy has been completed, that is to say...

Is Wen Jianyan using props from other dungeons?

As a result, the box in this copy was opened...

how can that be? !

Wen Jianyan didn't pay any attention to the people around her.

He lowered his eyes, slowly opened the lid of the box, took a slow deep breath, and looked into the box.

Unexpectedly, what was inside the box was a small stack of yellowish and brittle paper, which looked like it was very old, with some handwriting densely written on it.

Wen Jianyan held her breath slightly and began to read from the recognizable handwriting.

The language above is English, with some Latin mixed in. At most, he can only recognize the general meaning and barely piece together the content.

"...Thank the Lord for actually communicating with someone like me..."

What follows is a series of praises to the Lord and a hype of self-humiliation. To sum up, it is probably that someone suddenly found a way to contact "God" one day, and got his own mission and task from "God" , and began to kill for this purpose.

Judging from these contents alone, it is easy to dismiss the writer as a psychopathic murderer who is mentally chaotic.

After all, in human history, there are indeed many paranoiacs who say that they have received "God's mission", so they do all kinds of crazy things.

"...Lord, I've done what you taught me, those ungodly atheists and pagans will go to hell sooner or later, omg they're knocking on the door, they won't get anything out of my mouth, This is the will of God, no one can change it, and this is the mission I was born with..."

The last stroke was so deeply drawn that it almost tore the paper.

Next came a large patch of irregular, dried-up tan marks.

That's the end of the yellowed and brittle old paper.

The paper below looks much newer and more tidy. It seems to be a case from a mental hospital, and the brushstrokes seem to come from a doctor.

"...The patient was diagnosed with delusional disorder and violent tendencies, was arrested after killing more than 20 people, arrested and committed suicide, and was transferred to our hospital after failing to commit suicide."

"..."

"Implemented electroshock therapy and hydrotherapy with no improvement."

"Acupuncture, no improvement."

"Drug therapy, no improvement."

"After being admitted to the hospital, the patient did not achieve any results, the violence led to multiple clashes and he was placed in solitary confinement."

"..."

"The patient died."

Wen Jianyan glanced at the cause of death.

... scratching his throat a little bit with his fingernails, leading to blood loss and death.

His scalp was numb, and he skipped this passage and continued to read.

The next one is the autopsy report.

"The patient found undigested contents in the stomach."

"It's like a blank kraft paper, no age, no writing."

"wrong……"

Next, the content on the paper is broken.

"..."

Wen Jianyan's eyes darkened.

Obviously, this "patient" was connected to those high-dimensional "Ability Gods" in some way, so he started a perverted killing. He was arrested for a crime and sent to a mental hospital, and the same The way of "Ability God" contact was also obtained by the mental hospital.

From here, the progress of the matter is connected with his guess.

The higher-ups of the mental hospital were bewitched, thinking that they were accomplishing the task of the gods, and their influence was far greater than that of an ordinary person who was mentally deranged. Nursing homes" were conceived little by little.

While he was contemplating, suddenly, Wen Jianyan suddenly realized that something seemed to be falling from his fingers, silently rubbing the pulp of his fingers, bringing an almost itching feeling.

He froze slightly and looked down.

It was a tattered kraft paper. The leather-tanned paper was yellow and worn and looked extra soft. It fell silently into the center of the black box.

At that moment, Wen Jianyan's mind flashed what he had just seen in the autopsy report.

[A blank kraft paper, no age, no handwriting]

wrong.

In front of his eyes, handwriting slowly appeared on the kraft paper.

Clear, distinct, regular.

"!"

Wen Jianyan's fingers trembled, almost snapping the box back.

He sucked in a breath.

Grass……

So, the epic props in this box are actually the contents found in the stomach of that patient?

That kraft paper that drives the whole nursing home crazy?

"Dear Wen Jianyan, hello," wrote standard Chinese on the kraft paper, "you can ask me three questions."

...any question is ok?

Even related to those eyes that don't know where they came from, or even related to the Nightmare Live Room?

A dangerous thought flashed through my mind.

A few people on the side saw that Wen Jianyan's face was wrong: "what happened?"

"……nothing."

Wen Jianyan shook his head.

A prop that can answer any question and doesn't limit its content... You shouldn't let anyone know of its existence until you have figured out its function.

more importantly……

The source of this thing made Wen Jianyan wary.

He had also obtained "living" props before, such as the remains of the Holy Infant. After it was activated, Wen Jianyan could clearly feel the emotions emanating from the props.

Love, dependence, protection.

Although this piece of kraft paper does not have an irrefutable human form like a ghost baby, the fact that he can talk to people and even know his name is enough to make Wen Jianyan feel threatened.

In particular, it has a direct impact on the appearance of the copy of [Peace Sanatorium], and it is likely to be a product created by those "Ability Gods" in order to manipulate humans.

And Wen Jianyan didn't forget what he did in the last dungeon - backstabbing.

He didn't think this thing would harm him.

Su Cheng, who had been standing beside him, suddenly raised his head, as if he had suddenly thought of something, and reacted from his dazed state:

"and many more……"

He looked at Wen Jianyan with a strange look on his face: "You just said that you plan to never reopen this dungeon, right?"

Wen Jianyan said, "Yes."

"But, you're not going to use the two methods you just told us..." Su Cheng's face became even more unsightly.

The purpose of this copy is to create gods.

To make it permanently disqualified from opening, either destroy it, or...

"You, tell me the truth, you, shouldn't you be preparing to complete the ceremony and really create that so-called god?"

Speaking of the back, Su Cheng stuttered a little.

Wen Jianyan paused and blinked innocently.

He wanted to deny it, but...

Suddenly, his peripheral vision caught something.

Wen Jianyan was startled and looked down.

The previous words on the kraft paper have disappeared for some time, and more words have emerged.

"Complete the method of creating gods."