Chapter 1

The players present weren't fools; they immediately understood this point.

Especially since the system had emphasized that friendly fire would be temporarily disabled during the notification process.

This meant that players could attack, harm, kidnap, and even kill each other for their own survival, without any restrictions – not even those within guilds.

Most players immediately raised their weapons, warily watching each other, and the atmosphere instantly became tense.

"Fourteen supreme beings with gloomy faces stood facing each other. With every gesture, it was as if the universe were being created, with primordial chaos surging.

They were ready to fight to the edge of the universe, causing galaxies to collapse and the Great Dao to be obliterated."

A hoarse, deep, and powerful male voice echoed from a corner.

The players turned their heads and saw a white-coated figure wearing a dragon mask holding his hands together like a trumpet near his mouth, solemnly saying, "I wonder which supreme being will ascend to the Heavenly Emperor in this battle, with a single thought, flowers will bloom, reigning over the world, suppressing all enemies."

"..."

The players were interrupted by this, and the explosive situation couldn't be maintained. They simply lowered their weapons slightly.

"The supreme beings present tacitly ceased their hostility, whether they reached an agreement through the mystical fluctuations of divine power, or faintly sensed the foreign enemies lurking in the dark side of the galaxy."

Li Ang wore a solemn expression and continued to provide voice-overs in a vigorous and powerful voice.

"..."

The players present had stiff expressions, but they were simultaneously complaining in their hearts.

A handsome man standing in the corner adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, sighed, took out a rectangular metal card from his pocket, stepped forward, and held up the card, saying, "Everyone, please calm down. I am a special affairs bureau intelligence analyst. You can call me Bai Haozheng.

This script mission is very strange.

Not only are there a large number of participants, but there is also a restriction on the use of summoned creatures, and the friendly fire setting between players has been canceled.

Right now, we don't know the mission mode, the enemy type, or the conditions for clearing the level.

Without knowing anything, there is no need to treat other players as potential enemies – this is not a deathmatch mission."

Intelligence analyst?

Li Ang narrowed his eyes, and Liu Wudai's voice, as faint as a mosquito's hum, reached his ears, confirming that this brother wasn't impersonating anyone and was indeed a member of the Special Affairs Bureau.

...It can only be said that there are good and bad points.

The good thing is that there is an officially certified intelligence analyst who can provide a lot of help with reasoning and puzzle-solving for the fragile player team present.

The bad thing is that the longer you spend with this intelligence analyst, the easier it is to expose subtle details in your words and actions.

Maybe the other party can rely on their keen observation skills and powerful information collection network to follow the clues and find your real identity in the real world.

Tsk.

Li Ang nodded, his mind racing.

Perhaps the Special Affairs Bureau's official credentials had an effect, or perhaps everyone present felt that what Bai Haozheng said made sense.

The players remained silent.

Seeing this, Bai Haozheng continued, "This script mission may be of the irrational spiritual type. To eliminate misunderstandings and hostility, why don't we all show our player names first.

I'll go first."

A line of text appeared above his head.

[Lv17] [Yun Yao·Bai Haozheng]

So-called irrational spirituality, also known as unsolvable spirituality or fundamentalist spirituality on the player forums,

refers to the type of spirituality that cannot be communicated with by conventional means and cannot be understood.

Compared to ghosts and monsters, it is more like a "weirdness," a natural phenomenon fixed to things and places.

Like *Ju-On: The Grudge*.

The opposite of irrational spirituality is naturally the ghosts and evil spirits transformed from human evil spirits.

Although they are terrifyingly powerful, compared to the former, they have more human memories, emotions, and resentments.

To some extent, they can be understood, communicated with, and even utilized.

For example, a certain Shiba Inu who has degenerated into a domestic pet.

The official did not clearly divide these two types of spirituality.

However, the player community generally believes that fundamentalist spirituality is much more terrifying and difficult to deal with than rational spirituality.

Facing evil ghosts and grudges of ten or a hundred years, they still have a chance to fight.

But if you step into the place where *Ju-On* is entrenched... you may not even know what the enemy looks like before being dragged into the darkness and disappearing from this world.

Bai Haozheng analyzed the external pressure and set an example by disclosing his player information.

Other players followed suit and also displayed their player names.

The person wearing the evil spirit mask was [Hei Sheng Zi].

The burly strong man with his upper body naked was [Mu Yin Zhi Gui].

The three African players were [Dan Fei], [Bob], and [Kafei].

The person holding a snake staff and wearing a crow's beak mask was [Yi Yi].

The East Asian girl in a sailor suit was named [Hagoromo Shinju].

The South American youth was named [x?13mark].

The one with a spherical fish tank on his head and wearing a long red robe had the most peculiar nickname, with only one letter, [Ω].

Pronounced Omega.

Since everyone else showed their IDs, Li Ang and the others naturally followed suit.

Player nicknames cannot be faked, and everyone present was teleported here at the same time.

After this operation, the possibility of "weirdness" turning into human form and mixing into the player group was avoided.

But... there are quite a few acquaintances in this script mission.

Hei Sheng Zi was encountered in the previous Aberrant World 3v3 mission. At that time, Li Ang and Xiaodao teamed up, and before leaving, they tricked the other side, almost killing Hei Sheng Zi.

They had formed a grudge.

Yi Yi was a teammate encountered in the Longheng Shopping Mall mission and the Aimagatoki mission at the Japanese island campus, so he was considered an acquaintance.

And Bob...

Looking at his appearance and nickname, it was likely Bob, the black old man who was harmed by Li Ang in the Aberrant Fairy Tale script and had a worm stuffed into his stomach.

Unexpectedly, he survived, and judging from his standing position, he and the other two African players were probably teammates.

Could it be that this script mission summoned several teams of selected players from different guilds?

After Li Ang and the others revealed their IDs, Yi Yi looked over and nodded almost imperceptibly to express goodwill.

Bai Haozheng, seeing Wanli Fengdao and Liu Wudai with Special Affairs Bureau backgrounds, remained expressionless and pretended not to know them.

And Hei Sheng Zi and Bob, these two enemies in a certain sense, after seeing Li Ang's nickname, were not very excited, but just glanced over here a few more times.

It was unknown whether they had completely let go of their past grievances,

or as Bai Haozheng said just now, this script had just begun, and any grudges could be slowly settled...

"Very good, openness, cooperation, and teamwork are the important foundations for us to survive and return when facing unsolvable spirituality."

Bai Haozheng smiled slightly and said calmly, "The first stage mission objective is to enter the Dolphin Hotel, with only a twenty-minute time limit.

There are a little more than ten minutes left now, so why don't we take this opportunity to search around the hotel first,

and then enter it."