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Chapter 328 - 300: Brain Speed

Chapter 328: Chapter 300: Brain Speed

As a double-grade senior agent of the Special Affairs Bureau and GOC, Zhao Zijing inherited the rigorous and serious modus operandi of both organizations, unlike Li Cheng, who had nothing better to do than mess around and spook people for fun.

For example, hanging a red dress with transparent fishing lines in the middle of the community road at night, or burning useless test papers at a crossroads at midnight.

Li Cheng pushed up the Information Integration Glasses on his nose, carefully observing the dead Sonic.

Due to this being a regular task of the [Anchor Point Connection], Sonic’s body did not get teleported back to the real world but remained in place.

"The Enchanted Ring on his hand is still intact. This proves that the attack method of that thing is not simply physical or magical."

Li Cheng lifted Sonic’s arm, revealing a standard obsidian ring from the FBI Special Incident Division on his left thumb.

This ring is of Rare Quality, priced at two thousand, providing a single external attack.

It can both defend against damage and provide early warning, making it a flagship product of the Special Incident Division.

"Sonic’s real cause of death was a biological electrical disruption."

Li Cheng scanned Sonic’s brain and squinted, saying, "His brain has been cooked."

Bai Jixiong was stunned and asked, "What do you mean, an external current killed him in an instant?"

"No, to be exact, it’s Sonic’s biological electrical system maintaining his body’s operation that collapsed instantly for some reason. From the brain to the whole body, he didn’t have time to react, resulting in sudden cardiac arrest and brain shutdown, dying on the spot."

Li Cheng took out some [Suicide Notebook] papers from the Backpack and drew sequentially. The results showed all scenarios of him dying in the conference room.

In some, he died alone, in others, he died along with every player present.

"This is tough."

Li Cheng scratched his head. The [Suicide Notebook] had a certain level of premonition, showing the same result in all scenarios, fully proving the danger level of this crisis.

It’s roughly equivalent to high-intensity surfing, sharp commentary, and extreme debates on various social platforms daily while constantly protecting one’s identity card.

Talisman Nail Drawing Dragon pondered for a moment and turned to ask Zhao Zijing, "We have a dozen players on the scene. Is there any way to eliminate the danger source or shield us from the danger?"

Zhao Zijing slowly and firmly shook her head, "No. That thing can’t be killed. Only by knowing it can you perceive it."

The words she used were quite definitive, making Li Cheng’s eyes brighten.

Zhao Zijing knew the specific information about that thing, could see it, and could directly converse with Li Cheng and others in its presence.

"There are three possibilities: one, it doesn’t understand human speech,

two, it doesn’t care about what humans say,

three, it wants you to keep communicating with others, revealing more information to let more people ’see it.’

Li Cheng spoke quickly to Zhao Zijing, "Which possibility is it?"

"I’m not sure."

Zhao Zijing’s face turned pale as she shook her head, keeping her gaze fixed on the table in front of her, as if there was some terrifying monster on the ceiling, "But one thing is for sure, if we delay any longer, it will kill us all—low temperature is just a surface phenomenon."

During the conversation, the room’s temperature dropped rapidly from twenty degrees to around seven or eight degrees, continuing to decline steadily.

"Understood."

Li Cheng promptly pulled out an electric blanket and an offline phone, handing them to Gray Rain.

"What’s going on?"

Gray Rain was initially in her own world, completely lost after Li Cheng mentioned "biological electrical disruption," and all she could hear was the white noise of a TV with no signal.

"Go play with the phone for a while."

Li Cheng waved his hand, the unseen, intangible presence in the room was even creepier than the conceptual entity Entropy Devouring Cloud they had encountered before in the killing field, as it killed based on the "degree of understanding."

Although Gray Rain’s little brain might struggle to keep up with Li Cheng’s thoughts,

for prudence, he handed her an offline phone with short videos loaded, suggesting she entertain herself under the electric blanket and not get involved in the brain-intensive tasks.

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The other players in the conference room, after hearing Li Cheng and Zhao Zijing’s conversation, came to a realization.

The situation now resembled "Catch-22." To deal with the unknown monster, they needed to understand it. But the more they understood, the closer they got to death.

They were stuck in a double-bind.

"Fuck, fuck, fuck!"

Dorling Gray cursed violently, suddenly thinking of something.

Similarly able to see that thing, Zhao Zijing didn’t die, but Sonic did.

This wasn’t a horror movie with a rule that black characters must die first. The reason could only be that Sonic knew more than Zhao Zijing, so he died first.

Wait,

Dorling Gray’s face changed drastically. Without hesitation, he pulled out an old-fashioned revolver from his waist and shot himself in the temple.

Bang!

The bullet hit the skull, blowing half of his head off. The splattered brain matter froze in mid-air before returning to Dorling Gray’s head.

[Item Name: Resurrection Repair Gun]

[Type: Gun]

[Quality: Fine]

[Attack Power: Low]

[Special Effect: Resurrection. After hitting the target, it first causes regular damage, then generates double the healing effect. Causes four times the damage to undead creatures.]

[Consumption: 50 Sanity Points]

[Cooling Time: 24 hours]

[Note: Holds seven bullets, needs 24 hours to regenerate after all are used]

[Note: For infection treatment, one bullet at a time]

Dorling Gray’s bizarre act of shooting himself and instantaneously healing left everyone bewildered.

However, the most agile-minded players quickly caught on, their faces changing just like Dorling Gray’s.

The difference between Zhao Zijing and Sonic lay in the former being a double-grade senior agent of the Special Affairs Bureau and GOC, and the latter belonging to the FBI’s Special Incident Division.

The Special Incident Division’s outpost in the killing field was attacked by an unknown entity half a month ago, resulting in heavy casualties.

The strange news about this incident was all over the player forums, rumored to be the work of a Divine Calamity on par with the Insect Master...

Including Li Cheng, all players who thought of the word "Divine Calamity" instantly experienced a blackout.

What was just an empty conference room ceiling now had a shadow that appeared out of thin air, like a mass of sludge.

Tightly clinging to the ceiling, it extended tentacles that dangled above everyone’s heads.

The faster and smarter the players were, the clearer they could see the true form of the monster, and the closer they were to ending up dead.

Dorling Gray shot himself in the head to forcibly interrupt his thought process and stop his thinking.

Unfortunately, it was futile.

Telling someone not to imagine an elephant is futile, as the physiology of the human brain means the will cannot control the spontaneous generation of thoughts; they will unavoidably imagine an elephant.

Talisman Nail Drawing Dragon felt a chill run down his spine as he closed his eyes, finally understanding Zhao Zijing’s reaction.

With the influx of information like temperature, shape, and smell, even closing his eyes, Talisman Nail Drawing Dragon felt the outline of the sludge-like shadow in his mind becoming clearer.

The fastest-thinking players also displayed the same despairing expression as Zhao Zijing.

The slower-thinking players, through observing others’ reactions, were passively exposed to some information, allowing them to see the shadow too.

In the midst of this atmosphere of despair, probably only Gray Rain, huddled under the electric blanket with Bluetooth headphones, happily scrolling short videos, was entirely shielded from all impacts.

"Mr. Ant,

Zhao Zijing took a deep breath and asked with difficulty, "Do you have any solution?"

"Solution?"

Li Cheng thought for a moment, "The smarter the brain, the faster you see the Divine Calamity. I achieved a good result of 2.7 seconds in the ’fastest to see the Divine Calamity’ challenge, why don’t you give it a try too?"

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