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Chapter 46 - 50 Death Curse 1

46: 50 Chapter Death Curse (1)

46: 50 Chapter Death Curse (1)

“It’s you guys who wanted to watch.”

Zhan Xinyu looked innocent as she put away her phone, “This was forwarded to me by someone else.

It’s probably an AI synthetic, hyping up some upcoming horror movie.”

No, it wasn’t synthetic.

The other students dispersed, and Li Cheng unobtrusively withdrew his gaze, silently pondering.

After becoming a player and reviewing so much information, he was very clear about the current state of the world.

Over the past few years, governments and civilian guilds around the world have been trying to block news of abnormal events.

But as the player community expands and Extraordinary Power becomes more widespread, the boundaries between reality and the killing field have become increasingly blurred, making it more and more difficult to block news.

No one knows when the critical point will be reached and can no longer be concealed.

To better resolve abnormal events, guild organizations, including the Special Affairs Bureau, all have a type of detector that can measure abnormal fluctuations in objects and living creatures at close range.

Indices 0-20 mark green warning levels.

For example, inexplicable laughter in an abandoned hospital, or fleeting apparitions beside the highway at night.

Such odd events, existing even before the Slaughter Field Game appeared, have basically no impact on human society and don’t result in deaths.

Indices 20-50 mark blue warning levels.

For example, Water Ghosts that drag people into the water, or ghosts that tempt people to jump from buildings and the like.

Such abnormal events have started claiming lives but are still within the resolution capability of Ordinary professionals.

For instance, bringing in excavators and water pumps to drain the pond water and grind the Water Ghost bodies to ash would suffice.

Indices 50-200 mark yellow warning levels.

For example, Pen Spirit Game that can cause deep coma and soul out-of-body experiences.

These types of abnormal events often require professionals to use special Equipment including heavy weapons.

Ordinary people encountering such events is quite dangerous.

Indices 200-1000 mark orange warning levels.

Failing to handle them promptly might result in major casualties of over a hundred people.

Indices 1000-3000 mark red warning levels.

Failing to handle them promptly might endanger an entire bustling district.

Indices 3000-5000 mark dark red warning levels.

Failing to handle them promptly could jeopardize an entire city.

Although abnormal fluctuation indices are linked to warning levels, the two do not always coincide completely.

For instance, the ink spider Li Cheng had eliminated before — its Strength was only so much.

The formidable part was its capability to pollute information.

If left unregulated to expand its species and hunt at will, countless lives could be lost, and it could fit into the orange or red warning areas.

The video on Zhan Xinyu’s phone was probably a recent outbreak of an abnormal event somewhere abroad.

Ordinary people unfortunate enough to encounter it wouldn’t stand a chance of escaping.

Truly…

quite hopeless.

Li Cheng stopped twirling his pen.

He might have become a player and acquired certain capabilities for self-preservation, but his family and friends remained blissfully unaware.

‘One of the perks the Special Affairs Bureau provides to its employees is to relocate their families to the city where they are stationed, grouping them near the Special Affairs Bureau base to reduce the likelihood of family attacks.

Even so, it’s not 100% safe…’

Li Cheng thought to himself, ‘Perhaps only the peak Lv40 Transcendents from the pyramid can enjoy a night’s peace.’

As he pondered, the system’s voice suddenly rang in his mind.

[Task Type: Script Task (Team)]

Here it comes.

He took a deep breath; as the class bell rang, he stood up along with the other students to greet the teacher and listened to the system voice in his mind.

[Task Name: Death Curse]

[Task Objective: At 12:00 midnight tonight, submerge your body in clean water and wait for Teleportation]

[Task Reward: Will be announced when the next step of the task prompt is received]

[Failure Penalty: Annihilation]

Death Curse…

Li Cheng’s gaze imperceptibly solidified for a moment.

The name of this task blatantly screamed supernatural.

According to the patterns summarized by the player community, killing field tasks sometimes hint at crucial information through their names.

For example, if the task name is [Bloody New York] or [Kill Dawn], it’s highly likely to be a pure combat Type task, so bring weapons and ammunition.

If the task name is [Evil Spirit Possession] or [Seven-Day Soul Return], it’s highly likely to encounter Spiritual Bodies, hence the need for spiritual body targeting Equipment.

Similarly, special Teleportation methods also provide clues.

If a task requires Teleportation while watching a certain movie, then the task content is likely related to that movie.

If a task requires teleporting while diving deep into the sea, then the content most likely takes place in the ocean.

After completing an entire day of classes and waiting until school was out, Li Cheng didn’t head home directly on his bike but informed his family through WeChat that he’d be staying overnight at a friend’s house.

Then, he found a public restroom to complete his disguise, changing into an adult face, and with fake identity documents in hand, checked into a budget hotel.

As the Special Affairs Bureau has the Skynet system, if AI programs notice any abnormal behavior under surveillance cameras, they would deploy resources to find related footage of the person.

This could easily expose Li Cheng’s disguise.

Therefore, he had Zhangsun Yao help create a set of fake documents, enough to pass muster at hotels, airports, and train stations.

As for why not to stay at home, but go to a budget hotel…

On one hand, he wasn’t sure if anyone at home would wake up at night and interfere with his Teleportation,

On the other hand, if he died during a script task, or brought anything unlucky back from it…

It was better to be far from home.

Having prepared everything, Li Cheng rested for a bit in the hotel room and at midnight filled the bathtub with water, lay in it, and silently awaited Teleportation.

Ringing, ringing, ringing—

Accompanied by the noisy sound of the alarm clock on the hotel bedside table, the scenery before Li Cheng’s eyes changed abruptly.

He found himself inside a Toyota van that was slowly sinking into a river.

The van looked like a TV station broadcast vehicle, with many filming equipments laid out on the back seats.

A Japanese program played from the radio.

There were three other people in the van, and with just one look, they recognized each other as players.

[First Phase Task Objective: Head to Shuijing City’s TV station]