Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

Fei looks conflicted, so were back to fighting NE again

We have to dosomethingin the Ultimate Nightmare, replies Wu Jian, unless you want to do what X Beijin told us to and do nothing but keep our wits about? I think its not that simple, and were shouldnt just sit around and wait for the results and escaping all of a sudden.

Fei sighs and says, youre right.

In that case, where exactly should we be looking for? Ye Lan ponders, where did the fog first appear?

Then she and Wu Jian both look up and look at Xie Zhijin.

Xie Zhijin, stunned, wonders aloud, its just downstairs from my home, then?!

Wu Jian shrugs and says, at least, you were the first one to ever say something about a grey fog appearing.

Xie Zhijin is twitching while saying, I never knew my neighbourhood was developing some omnipotent AI

Though hes in disbelief, the others seem to find it likely enough, and are discussing how theyll head back there. Xie Zhijin wants to dissuade them, but keeps his silence in the end.

Maybe they really should be doing something in all this ridiculousness.

Better than staying somewhere safe and waiting for the sweet release of death Waiting for death

Suddenly, some image blazes past his mind.

Hes there. Others as well. Somewhere old, dilapidated, rotten struggling, but knowing only death awaits.

Fine. Then. Lets go search for the AI developers.

Fortunately, Wu Jian and the others basically walked straight here, and all three of them still remember the way, but unfortunately

Ye Lan asks, does the grey fog disorient our sense of direction?

The question is directed at Fei and Jiang Shuangmei, whove already made it through the grey fog once.

They answer almost in tandem, yes

Inside the grey fog, their sense of vision is as good as lost. The city is still there, but unless they have their face right up against the structures, they cant see a thing or use them as navigation aid.

Theyll have to rely solely on their sense of direction, which is extremely unreliable, especially when they are humans, used to having tools and technology assisting them.

Wu Jian scratches his head, then, he suddenly takes the laptop hes brought all the way with him out.

He was posting messages hoping to find his companions, but there wasnt a single worthwhile reply. He never put it down after he brought it along, though.

This might possibly help them somewhat.

Wu Jian suggests, this laptop has navigation software on it. The roads arecompletely wrong, but I suppose the built-in compass would still work, right?

Xie Zhijin praises him for his quick thinking, while the other Missiontakers are all stunned.

Using computers completely slipped out of their mindComputers! There hasnt been a single one in the Tower, ever!

Jiang Shuangmei is ecstatic, saying, of course! We just need to keep our direction straight!

So Ye Lan stands up and says, lets go.

Theyre going off to find the developer of the AI of the Tower, the one according to the games own plot.

X Beijin happens to see this.

He didnt hear their complete conversation. He started listening halfway in, when they were talking about what they should do next.

He found them after realising the Raining Hellfire has struck the Ultimate Nightmare, surprised that theyve grouped up together. He shifts the camera here for the stream.

Then, he is shocked that theyve seemingly deduced that there must be another layer to NEs identity, that is to say, Iro.

Its quite proud to see.

He didnt tell much information to these people who are trapped in the Tower, because he couldnt.

NE is in his sleep mode, but that doesnt imply that NE would never wake up again until woken up by X Beijin.

Perhaps the mention of a special keyword is enough to wake NE up, and alert him to the humans and X Beijins schemes.

So X Beijin had to do everything without arousing suspicion. Hopefully, when and should NE wake up, everything will have progressed to a point that NE can no longer stopBest case scenario, NE is unplugged before he could wake up.

Now, the Missiontakers he has the highest hopes for, are on their way forward.

X Beijin truly wishes them luck in their endeavour.

While X Beijin is distracted by the Ultimate Nightmare, Lin Qin alerts him, theres only five metres left.

X Beijin looks up by reflex, and notices the fog is almost right in front of them.

It does make X Beijin somewhat nervous; this grey fog headed for the Tower is the self-destruct mechanism of the game. Its reached the Tower in such a short period of time.

Next, the fog will start to erode the Tower altogether.

If humanity becomes trapped in an isolating, blinding grey fog, they will succumb to insanity soon enough.

At least the humans in the Tower are all asleep right now, so for a short while, these effects wouldnt be able to manifest.

However, X Beijin is also worried if the situation in the Ultimate Nightmare can continue to develop the way he envisioned.

But he also doesnt have time to think about that, because he needs to secure the last data port they need.

The data port, somewhere inside the buffer zone between the grey fog and the Tower, which is now only 5 metres wide.

At the same time, the silhouette of a door, starts to form inside the grey fog.

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