Chapter 3 This Is Not a Game

The people in the corridor looked at each other in bewilderment.

The middle-aged man's eyes twitched and he took a half step forward.

Officer An calmly loaded his pistol, and the middle-aged man froze.

"I still have twelve bullets."

Officer An said expressionlessly: "It's not the first time that everyone has had thoughts in their minds, but I still want to remind you to restrain yourself. Only by uniting together can we have a chance to survive and reunite with our families. My duty is to protect everyone, and I don't want to see everyone killing each other, and I don't want to point the gun at any of you. I hope you can understand."

Lu Buer's heart moved slightly, and he noticed that the police officer leaned towards him when warning everyone, and invisibly declared his protection for him.

Due to the deterrence of the gun, the middle-aged rich man finally sat back in dismay, and his companions beside him also shrank back to the corner and quietly put down their weapons.

Lu Buer was shocked.

Everyone gathered together only when they were in trouble. They were strangers to each other and definitely not trustworthy partners. If it really came to a life-and-death situation, who knows what would happen.

Officer An looked at the boy and asked softly: "Student Lu, where did you get your food?"

Lu Buer hesitated for a moment: "I brought it with me."

Officer An pondered: "It is true. Our belongings have not weathered, and we can see this from our clothes. I think it is because the cocoon wrapped around us has formed a kind of protection for us. Except for the things in the cocoon, nothing else can be preserved."

Boss Zhang wondered: "But in fact, this is not entirely a ghost town. On the way here, we also saw tents set up by people, as well as the remnants of campfires and camping garbage. Didn't we also pick up knives and grenades? This is very likely that someone came here to explore."

In this case, the only thing everyone can rely on is wisdom.

After everyone exchanged known information with each other, it is not difficult to infer that there seems to be some special changes in this world, resulting in the city being empty.

Lu Buer fell into deep thought. At this moment, he had a very bold guess, that is, the so-called "Pure Land" is not an online game at all, but a preview of the changes that are about to happen in the real world, and what his parents are studying is definitely not as simple as a game.

Is it possible that the initial test at that time was not for him to experience.

Instead, they wanted to take that opportunity to convey something to him!

"This place is not suitable for staying for a long time, but there are dogs outside, so... um?"

Officer An stepped on something in the dark, so crisp that it was creepy.

Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and it was a skeleton wrapped in tattered cloth.

"Corpse?"

They were surprised.

They had just arrived not long ago and didn't find anything here.

But the problem was that this skeleton was deformed like a monster, and it had already been moldy. No one dared to touch it, for fear of contracting some pathogens.

"It looks so ugly."

Boss Zhang was scared, and the musty smell made people nauseous.

Officer An hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether he should touch this thing.

Only Lu Buer was brave enough. He moved over to fiddle with the body and found some of the deceased's belongings in the gaps between the cloth, such as the dagger and the golden tree-shaped emblem he carried with him. The most noteworthy thing was a dusty notebook.

"What's written on it?"

Officer An came over and helped him light up the flashlight.

Lu Buer frowned as he looked at the handwriting.

"On May 4, I returned from studying in Chicago. This time, I finally got the qualification to evolve. I saw the great sacred tree in my dream, felt the sacred rhythm, and touched the extraordinary. The human beings in the new world can really master such a powerful power, which is beyond my imagination."

"This is the gift of the sacred tree. I thought that after I fully mastered the sacred rhythm, the door to evolution would be opened to me. But I was wrong. I found that the rhythm I mastered was wrong. It failed to make me evolve, but destroyed me..."

"At that time, I hated this deformed appearance. My parents and sister hated me because of this, and my superiors and colleagues alienated me because of this. I was forced to enter the prison of the Abnormal Supervision and Management Bureau and suffered in that dark hell..."

These three sentences made people's scalps numb.

I thought it was a happy thing to find a suspected clue, but the weirdness revealed between the lines made people feel chilling.

"Deformed?"

They all thought of the strange dogs outside the door.

Including those mutated creatures.

Lu Buer fell silent. The discrepancies from the initial test reappeared. It seemed that someone had already come into contact with the extraordinary civilization before they emerged from their cocoons.

This was something completely different from the initial test.

"On August 16, I met her in prison. Oh my god, this is the first time I have seen someone with such severe deformation, but I am not afraid of her, and even think she is so beautiful. She claimed that her name is Butterfly. Butterfly is a beautiful creature, but people are often afraid of its magnified horror, but they don't know that it is her true, incomprehensible beauty."

"Butterfly helped me and made me realize that I am the most beautiful now. I began to appreciate myself. This deformed beauty is so intoxicating."

"The more I indulge in this deformation, the more I find that the mouth full of The false god of lies deceived us! The sacred tree used its sacred rhythm to turn the world into such an ugly appearance, but it committed atrocities against such a beautiful me! He is not worthy of being called a god, he is a false god! "

"We planned a jailbreak, escaped from the cage collectively, and came to this abandoned city. The dimension of this city has become abnormal, returning to the most primitive ecological environment. It is so beautiful and quiet. Over the years, many people have come here to explore and experience, but few people know its true secrets..."

The diary stopped here, and the yellowed pages were covered with blood.

I always feel that the owner of the diary went crazy in the end.

Literally speaking, a person who returned from studying abroad, after some kind of event called evolution, became sick and deformed and even went to prison, until one day he met his own kind, and then he was obsessed with his deformed self like crazy.

"The dimension is abnormal, and the city has been abandoned."

Lu Buer whispered softly: "That is to say, there is some problem with this city, so it has been abandoned by the outside world. Why are we still here?"

"Bah, no intention to disturb, the dead are the greatest!"

Boss Zhang was frightened and led everyone to pay tribute to the skeleton.

"Look, there is more than one body here." Officer An searched in the corner of the church again. There were deformed skeletons everywhere. Some had only half of the skull, some had more than 20 vertebrae, and some had a third hand, which was quite strange.

There were about 20 bodies, and the cause of death could not be determined.

Lu Buer went to check and found that everyone was wearing a golden tree-shaped badge.

But those badges were scratched beyond recognition by sharp weapons.

It can be seen that this group of people hated the meaning represented by this badge.

"There is another statue here!"

Boss Zhang pointed to the depths of darkness and said, "What the hell is this?"

When the flashlight shone over, an ancient and incomplete stone sculpture suddenly appeared in the light. It was a huge six-winged archangel, but it grew branches and roots like a tree. The surface of its body was still smooth, and mysterious symbols were engraved all over it.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing was the words smeared on the stone sculpture.

"Liar!"

"A false god who betrayed us!"

"A monster that defiled faith, He should be like us, deformity is the real beauty!"

It's crazy.

Behind this sculpture is a secret passage, probably the back door of the church.

There is still coagulated blood on the door handle, and there are footprints on the ground.

"It seems that this is a group of heretics, and the mainstream church here should be called...Akasha Holy Church. They came here for their crazy obsessions. Some died in this church, and some left here." Lu Buer can only make some rough analysis at present, because he only cleared a Novice Village dungeon that year.

He knows nothing about the rest of the content.

"It's really weird."

Boss Zhang said.

"Anyway, we can get out of here."

Officer An suggested: "But what should we do next?"

Everyone looked at each other in despair.

Lu Buer said: "Don't worry, this is not the end of the world, but there is a problem in our city. As long as we can get out, we can get rescued. These corpses are a good proof that they have not been dead here for a long time."

"Although it is very cold in the city, you can keep warm by following the light source."

He emphasized: "But there must be danger ahead."

Everyone was stunned. This is indeed a very reasonable speculation. They are not sure what changes have taken place in this world based on the corpses here.

But Lu Buer can be sure.

Because according to the setting of "Pure Land", they were all born in a high-difficulty dungeon.

As long as they get out of the dungeon, they can return to normal life.

"Then it's decided, let's move on."

Seeing that everyone was nervous, Officer An said, "Still the old rules, I will lead the way in front, the men will follow me, and Lao Zhang will be responsible for the rear. The elderly, students and girls will be in the middle of the team and stay alert at all times."

No one raised any objections, even the middle-aged local tyrant followed in the team.

Before leaving, Officer An looked at Lu Buer and said, "Will you go together?"

Lu Buer hesitated for a moment. Following the team was the best solution at the moment. After all, he didn't have the cheats like he did in the initial test. However, considering his previous experience, he said, "This city is very dangerous. There are not only those mutant animals, but also more terrifying ones. Everyone should be careful, especially in a special area, which is extremely dangerous..."

Someone in the team asked suspiciously, "How did you know?"

Everyone looked at him.

Lu Buer had already found an excuse for this. He pointed to the corpses on the ground and explained, "It is obvious that not only we have been here, but also others have been active here. They left some clues, and they can be found as long as they are carefully searched."

This is a very reasonable explanation.

"I know."

Officer An nodded, "Let's go."

They pushed open the back door of the church, and the group walked carefully on the empty long street. As expected, they avoided the crazy dogs and walked for more than six hours.

Lu Buer found that everyone was quiet, only the middle-aged local tyrant always wanted to buy his food, and from time to time he would come over with a few companions, and there were almost conflicts several times.

The only thing to be thankful for was that Lu Buer passed by Yinzuo Huafu on Huaixi Road along the way.

This is the school district house of Fengcheng No. 2 Middle School, including many of He Sai's classmates living here, and there are obvious signs of fighting nearby, and there are a pile of animal corpses.

Obviously, someone has been active in this area, I don't know if it is He Sai.

This comforted Lu Buer, hoping that he would be safe.

The closer to the light source, the thicker the fog. Just now, someone almost fell into the manhole cover, but fortunately Officer An was quick and pulled him up.

According to the current situation, no one knows whether they can return to normal life. In fact, Officer An does not need to abide by the responsibilities of a sheriff, but he still leads the team to protect everyone as much as possible, even though he looks very tired.

"Everyone be careful."

Officer An gestured to everyone to walk behind him, and he walked in front alone, but his steps were a little staggering.

"Have you got hypoglycemia?"

Lu Buer realized that he was exhausted, so he simply handed him a bag of egg yolk pies.

Officer An was obviously stunned, then pushed his hand back: "Keep it for yourself."

Everyone's eyes were immediately focused on the egg yolk pies. Just when the middle-aged local tyrant wanted to come up and snatch it, Boss Zhang immediately said: "Stop, stop, stop, look ahead."

Lu Buer silently put down the knife in his hand.

If that guy dared to come and cause trouble again, he would strike first.

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice.

They all felt the warmth, the cold air no longer made people shiver, and the tree roots that penetrated the ground were so warm that they could be hugged like charcoal to keep warm.

The light penetrated the fog and illuminated the silent cemetery in front of them.

They actually walked to a cemetery.

"Hey, if we find the light source, we'll pass the level, right? We can't get out, it must be because of the bug in the game. When I return to reality, I will definitely sue Aurora to bankruptcy!" The middle-aged rich man took the initiative to leave the team and walked in front.

It seems that he insists that the world he is in is a game.

Officer An was helpless and waved his hand to signal people to follow.

"Hey, look, what is this!"

Someone raised his finger weakly.

Lu Buer turned around and saw a huge stone tablet standing in the cemetery.

Officer An signaled people to come over and check. There was a mottled handwriting on the stone carving.

"The rotten corpse nourishes the spring air, and then it emanates into flowers, exhaling a soft breath. The sunlight is like fragrance, and the flowers are like stars, burning death brightly, mocking the maggots crawling in the soil."

Lu Buer gently recited the last eight words: "The land of rebirth, the forbidden zone of life."

This sentence vaguely revealed a strange and ominous meaning, and the survivors felt creepy, as if they were gradually approaching some terrible taboo.

Lu Buer took a deep breath.

Yes, it's here.

He cleared the level here.

If there is any hidden prop in this copy, it must be here. But at that time, his parents also reminded him that if that thing really appeared in the world, it would inevitably cause a huge disaster, because it involves the secret of the gods!

"Is there really a god in this world?"

Lu Buer was not sure.

"Hahaha, I finally found it, I finally found it!"

The cheers of the middle-aged local tyrant sounded in front.

Everyone looked at each other and followed. They saw a huge cocoon in a low building. It was so pure white in the darkness, as if it was a pearl left at the end of time.

The middle-aged local tyrant knelt in front of it, as if he had found a rare treasure.

Most people did not think this was an opportunity to return to reality, because they all came out of the cocoon, and they were more inclined to think that this was a survivor who had not yet woken up.

"Why are there still people who haven't come out? Is this a difficult birth?"

Boss Zhang leaned over to take a look: "Why didn't you come out of the cocoon?"

"Damn difficult labor, is that human language?"

Lu Buer was speechless, not knowing how to answer.

"I'm going out! I'm going out!"

A young man rushed over and tore the cocoon like crazy.

Some people looked at each other, thinking that the person in the cocoon might be carrying food, and rushed over.

As the silk on the cocoon was peeled off, a girl in a white dress was sleeping in the cocoon. Her black hair fell like a waterfall, her delicate sleeping face was so peaceful, her skin was as white as snow, and her hands were folded on her chest, as if she was praying in her sleep.

This scene was like a mural that had been silent for thousands of years, vivid and lifelike.

In the silent and empty world, a girl sleeping in a cocoon.

A mysterious atmosphere spread.

The young man was amazed by her sacred and inviolable beauty. He held his breath for a moment, admiring her seductive curves like an obsession, not knowing what to do.

Lu Buer, however, had the urge to vomit when the cocoon was opened.

In his early years, he had worked in a crematorium in the suburbs and had seen many rotten and smelly corpses with his own eyes. The so-called corpse odor is this kind of smell, which hits your soul and makes you unforgettable forever.

Oh, he remembered it.

At the beginning, his parents reminded him that some people would have accidents when they broke out of their cocoons in the land of the dead, and then they would become extremely dangerous monsters!

Lu Buer stopped the rest of the people: "Don't go over there!"

Because the moment the girl in the cocoon came into contact with the air, she quickly shrank like a mummy that had been weathered for thousands of years, like an extremely evil ghost in hell, opening her graceful and sinister eyes.

With a click.

The young man's head was bitten into pieces like a watermelon, and thick, fishy blood mixed with white brain matter spurted out, splashing on people's dazed faces like a fountain, and became a mess.

Only a headless corpse was left, falling straight down.

A drop of blood was also stained on Lu Buer's side face, his heart was beating wildly in his chest, and cold sweat was pouring down.

Someone was killed.

Officer An and Boss Zhang's hearts were beating wildly.

If Lu Buer hadn't stopped them.

At this moment, they would probably have died!

Everyone suddenly realized that this young man was not simple, and seemed to have a relatively accurate prediction of all the changes that were happening now!

Once again, a friendly reminder, this book is not about doomsday...