However, Basilisk was still constantly mutating... "
Fujiwara Aoki spoke intermittently. His face gradually became expressionless, as if he had completely fallen into a state of numbness. "But in the end, people suddenly realized that it wasn't just the pattern. A paragraph of text, a voice, and even the interaction between people, all appeared to be similar to the Basilisk pattern!"
"But at that point, the world could no longer be saved!"
When he heard this, Chen Chen was shocked. "You're talking about something similar to the Basilisk pattern, what do you mean?"
"I've only heard about it from others."
Fujiwara Aoki came back to his senses. He did not seem to want to talk about this, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "After all, before most people could come to their senses, they noticed that there were fewer and fewer people around them and more and more people were dying. After that, the government disappeared, their neighbors disappeared, and their loved ones also disappeared... The world was collapsing at a rapid pace and we survivors began to gather together and exchange our experiences of survival..."
After thinking for a while, Fujiwara Aoki continued. "Some people said that the Basilisk pattern had begun to evolve continuously. They even broke away from the constraints of the pattern and evolved into all kinds of information. These information also began to go beyond symptoms like 'Gödel's shock'. Some of them can cause people to go crazy, some can cause people to lose their memories. In the end, we even heard that some Basilisk patterns can cause physical changes in people!"
Hearing this, Chen Chen could not help but fall into deep thought. This information was completely beyond his understanding. If not for Fujiwara Aoki's clear logic and appropriate language, he would have thought that Fujiwara Aoki had already gone crazy due to loneliness and fear.
"Over the past five years, Basilisk has been evolving every day."
Fujiwara Aoki murmured, "In the beginning, although the government disappeared and order was in chaos, my team and I went out every day to search for supplies. We still encountered our own kind, and there were even various conflicts...
"However, as time passed, we gradually discovered that the number of our kind in the city was decreasing. Those people seemed to have disappeared into thin air. We could only find their remains in the houses, and some of them couldn't even be found …"
There was a flash of fear in Fujiwara Aoki's eyes. "Also, I've seen the new Basilisk gadgets kill people with my own eyes a few times. I was sleeping in the dormitory in the middle of the night when I woke up because I wanted to go to the toilet. Suddenly, I saw a woman slowly emerging from the chest of my partner on the upper bunk. That woman only had the upper half of her body. Her hair was disheveled, and as soon as she emerged, she reached out and strangled my partner to death …"
Chen Chen's pupils shrank. He subconsciously looked at the diary in his hand and seemed to understand something.
"Later, I heard from another companion that the woman would appear in dreams."
Fujiwara Aoki continued, "There seems to be a pattern. As long as you trigger it, you'll find a woman in white appearing in your dreams. And every time you dream, she'll get closer and closer until she's standing right in front of your bed …"
"There are many similar things. Can you imagine that these strange things are all evolved from that Basilisk pattern?"
At the end of his speech, Fujiwara Aoki could not help but spread out his hands. "This is really a bastard world. That's why I said that reading a dead person's diary is a very dangerous thing to do. Because no one can tell if this diary contains the information that will trigger the death mechanism …"
At this point, Fujiwara Aoki was close to the truth. Chen Chen had also roughly understood the truth of this world. At this time, Chen Chen nodded and sighed. "If it wasn't for the fact that this world has become like this, I wouldn't dare to believe that what you're saying is the truth."
"I understand."
Fujiwara Aoki smiled with an ugly expression. "But this is the truth. Under the power of Basilisk, the entire human civilization has collapsed. As of this year, including you, I've only encountered two groups of outsiders."
"In that case, take me to your team."
Chen Chen nodded. "Regarding Basilisk, I'd like to join your team. That way, I'll be able to understand more about it."
"I'm afraid that won't do."
However, Fujiwara Aoki shook his head with some difficulty. "Your weapons are very advanced. Although you're outnumbered, if there's a conflict, my team is no match for you at all. Also, if I bring you there without the team's consent, I'll also be expelled from the team by the captain."
"That's simple."
Chen Chen waved his hand. "If you're worried that we have ill intentions, then I'll go with you alone. I don't have any weapons."
With that, Chen Chen took off the GS Combat Suit and handed it to the Black Knight behind him. Then, he changed into casual clothes. "Fujiwara-kun, you have to understand that I have no reason to attack you or your team. Also, if I really want to harm you or your team, I can completely capture you and interrogate you. That way, it'll be easier to get answers, won't it?"
Fujiwara Aoki suddenly fell silent as if he still had some concerns.
"It's probably very difficult to find food by now."
Seeing this, Chen Chen simply waved his hand. Immediately, the Black Knight behind him brought out a large box of nutrition bars from the spaceship. "I can use these to exchange for information about your team."
Seeing this, Fujiwara Aoki seemed to be a little tempted, but he still gritted his teeth and said, "I believe in Chen-kun's sincerity, but this isn't a trivial matter. It concerns the lives of more than thirty members of my team, so please forgive me for not being able to comply!"
"Why bother?"
Chen Chen shook his head and chuckled. "Actually, even if you don't bring me there, I can still guess where your team's stronghold is. When I found you, you were walking from west to east. The east is in the direction of the city center while the west is in the direction of the suburbs. In other words, you came from a location close to the suburbs.
"Also, I can see that your backpack is basically full and there's still more than half a bottle of water in the canteen. You didn't consume too many resources, so I can also confirm that you've left the team's stronghold for no more than ten hours."
With that, Chen Chen gently snapped his fingers. A beam of light lit up on the spaceship, directly projecting an aerial view of the entire Tokyo city. At the same time, the aerial view quickly zoomed in.
"This is where we are now. Below us is the suburbs. Although there are many places to hide in the suburbs, a place that can accommodate more than thirty people must be some kind of large-scale place."
As he said this, Chen Chen pointed to a middle school at the edge of the suburbs. "And you mentioned the words' dormitory 'and' upper bunk 'before, which means..."
"The stronghold where your team is located is actually at Tokyo No.3 High School."
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