Chen Chen stood at the top of this building, silently listening to the sounds of the entire city. The blood flowing from his eyes had formed scabs and hung on his cheeks. There was an inexplicable sense of tragedy.
Although Chen Chen had forgotten the purpose of gouging out his eyes after returning to this dimension because of the existence of the antimeme, there must be a very important clue in it.
Moreover, perhaps because he had lost his sight, Chen Chen felt that his perception had become more acute.
Just by listening attentively, he could hear sounds that were usually difficult to distinguish, such as the sound of the wind blowing through obstacles, the dead silence of the tall buildings under his feet, and even his own breathing and heartbeat...
It was not just his hearing. Chen Chen could smell the endless smell of decay in the air. Even the coastal area could not block out this smell. This smell of decay came from the buildings themselves.
The walls of these buildings had long been filled with the bodies of the missing people, and these walls were the source of the rotten smell...
Through the previous information, Chen Chen had learned that at this time, the Ju-on meme was not limited to the room, but the surroundings of the room would also be infected. It was precisely because of this that the Ju-on meme would completely go out of control, causing the entire Shangdu to fall.
If they did not find a way to stop it, Shangdu was just the beginning. Next, the entire world would start with Shangdu as the starting point, rotting bit by bit until the entire world completely lost its last piece of pure land.
Humans would be helpless against this meme.
"If I'm not mistaken, the number of deaths should be a very important factor."
Chen Chen murmured in a low voice. The information recorded that in the original large hospital, tens of thousands of students were quarantined here. According to the original official estimate, less than one-tenth of the students were infected by the Ju-on meme.
In other words, among these students, about a thousand people would eventually be killed by the meme. At that time, the remaining people would pass the incubation period and it could be determined that they were not infected, thus eliminating the suspicion of being infected.
Although it was a little cruel, for the helpless officials, this was the easiest way to cut losses.
And this method did have a certain effect in the beginning. As time went on, the number of missing people would be very high at first, but after reaching a peak, it would quickly decline.
That was because the people infected with the meme were almost all dead.
If this data was divided into a graph in his mind, it would be clear at a glance — it was an arched curve. At the beginning, the data was not high, but as time passed, the curve began to rapidly increase until it reached a peak, and then it began to rapidly decrease …
As long as this number was reduced to zero, it would be equivalent to controlling the spread of the meme and controlling this terrifying thing at a reasonable cost.
Unfortunately, the facts had proven that the Mainland and the FBI had underestimated memes.
According to the following data, the graph did not completely fall to zero as they had expected. Instead, after falling to a low point, it suddenly rose again. Moreover, its peak value began to rise continuously, reaching two times, three times, and even ten times higher than the previous value!
Chen Chen had already obtained the answer from the data — in a large building, when the number of people who died from curses reached a certain number, these curses would link together, allowing the infection range to spread from a single room to the entire large building!
At this time, as long as one entered this building, they would be infected with the Ju-on meme.
Then, when more and more people were killed by the Ju-on in this building and it reached a critical point again, the Ju-on meme would explosively spread again, and the infection range would completely spread out of the building, turning a wider area into a cursed land.
Then, it would completely fall into an endless cycle of continuous spread.
This was the most fatal rule of the Ju-on meme.
It was precisely because the authorities of Mainland China gathered all the infected people together that it backfired and allowed the meme to spread in an even more rampant manner.
"In other words, at this time in Shangdu, there are at least several areas of this indiscriminate infection. As long as one enters this area, one will be infected by the Ju-on meme, and as more and more people die in these areas, the area will expand..."
Chen Chen muttered in a low voice, "In that case, this area will be called the 'cursed dead zone'. Anyone who enters the cursed dead zone will die."
Chen Chen silently analyzed everything in his mind. The above was probably another rule of the Ju-on meme. Compared with the first rule — there could be no third-person observer — this rule was undoubtedly more fatal. Its threat was more of a threat to the entire human civilization.
Now it seemed that the international metropolis of Shangdu could be said to have been abandoned.
Moreover, if they did not find ways to reduce the death of this group of people in the cursed dead zone, there would be an even greater hidden danger — when the death toll in the cursed dead zone reached more than a million, the entire Shangdu would become a large cursed dead zone and even spread out completely, infecting nearby cities.
The only way to curb the expansion of the dead zone was probably for the officials to cut their losses and evacuate people thousands of kilometers away within a few days. This way, they could create a no-man 's-land ring, thereby restraining the spread of the cursed dead zone.
However, did the officials have the courage and ability to do so?
Chen Chen sighed secretly. 30% of the population of the entire continent lived near the Shangdu circle, which was one of the most densely populated areas in the world. If all of them were evacuated, the manpower and material resources required would be an astronomical figure.
Moreover, even if the government paid a huge price to suppress it, the area within a radius of several thousand kilometers could be considered to be completely wasted. It was like an ugly scar that could not be erased across the surface. Even after thousands of years, it would still remain here.
Moreover, in these areas, the Earth Federation had to invest tens of billions of dollars every year for the army to be stationed at the borders, and no one was allowed to enter. After all, although these cursed dead zones had stagnated because the surrounding areas had lost the resources to continue spreading, even after a million years, the so-called cursed dead zones were still infectious.
Because a meme was a concept, and a concept would not disappear.
This place was like a big time bomb of human civilization, which could be detonated again at any time, and no one could guarantee that there would be no chance of stopping the next detonation.
These thoughts flowed through Chen Chen's mind, but Chen Chen did not have to worry about this. After all, he had already used the Basilisk pattern for immunity in Ju-on dimension. It was as if he had been injected with a vaccine. His body had produced antibodies and he was permanently immune to the infection of Ju-on meme.
Thinking of this, Chen Chen leaped and jumped directly from the top of the tall building.
Next, a magical scene happened. Chen Chen showed a uniform speed of descent, jumping directly from the hundred-meter-high building, and then landed gently on the ground.
However, at this time, the street was already extremely desolate, not even a shadow of a person, so there was no audience to support this shocking scene.
Chen Chen tilted his head. In his senses, he was on a familiar street at this time. This road was called Renmin Road, which was a kind of commercial street.
However, the shops on both sides of the commercial street were either completely closed or had been forcibly pried open, and the products inside had been looted.
Obviously, the people in this city had not died out. There were still a large number of people trapped in the city. They hid in some shops and homes, hoarding enough food, thinking that they could avoid the strange woman in white.
Still, all this was just wishful thinking. Memes would not play hide-and-seek with humans.
"But, returning to Shangdu on my own, what am I looking for?"
Chen Chen had some doubts in his heart, and at the same time, he was a little depressed. After all, after coming back from the other side of the passage, he found that he had gouged out his eyes, making himself blind for the first time.
Not only that, but his subconscious was also urging him to return to Shangdu. Although Chen Chen was immune to Ju-on meme, the One Missed Call meme and the Ring meme were still spreading in this city, and there was even the more terrifying Reaper meme.
It was just that until now, Chen Chen had not heard of anyone who had experienced the Reaper meme.
But thinking about it, this was normal because those who had seen the Reaper meme were all dead.
Next, Chen Chen simply wandered aimlessly on the streets of this city. He believed that he must have planned something on the other side of the passage. At this time, he just had to carry out his plan.
...
Next, Chen Chen constantly used Field to scan both sides of the street.
With the advantage of Field having no blind spots, Chen Chen quickly found several living people through the gaps on both sides of the road.
These living people were very vigilant. They hid themselves in the stores of daily necessities. There was enough food for them to eat for several months, so they did not have to worry about starving to death.
Moreover, because Chen Chen did not lower his footsteps when he walked, many people who heard the movement even stared at him through the cracks in the door.
Only when they saw the blood on Chen Chen's cheek, some people who wanted to ask Chen Chen were completely speechless. In their opinion, Chen Chen's strange appearance was not much different from Kayako.
Still, just as Chen Chen turned to the end of a road, his footsteps suddenly stopped.
In his perception, in a corner of the street, a familiar figure flashed by.
So Chen Chen quickly stopped. He turned around, closed his eyes, and walked in the direction where the figure appeared.
Then, Chen Chen "sensed" a familiar figure.
It was the beggar.
This beggar looked very young, only about fourteen or fifteen years old. Her thin, stooped body was curled up in a dark corner somewhere. The skin all over her body had festered, exuding a strange smell.
Her hair had formed a flaky substance like wool felt. Chen Chen could not even judge the other party's appearance. The only thing he could be sure of was that this beggar was a girl.
After sensing this scene, Chen Chen slowly stopped his steps. He closed his eyes and turned his face to the other party. At the same time, he frowned slightly, revealing a solemn expression.
Could a beggar who could survive the memetic disaster be an ordinary beggar?
Chen Chen did not believe it.
Still, at this moment, the beggar finally saw Chen Chen. Suddenly, she sat up slowly and at the same time, stretched out her thin, dark arms, and crawled toward Chen Chen in a strange posture...
Field could not observe so many details like the eyes. Chen Chen could only sense that the other party was staring at him with a pair of big, dull eyes.
Was it finally here?
Chen Chen only felt a little stiff all over his body. He subconsciously took a step back, but at this moment, there was suddenly a clear cry of alarm behind Chen Chen. "Chen Chen, run!"
What followed was a series of crisp and hurried footsteps.
This voice, it was Aixen!
Thinking of this, the owner of the voice had also broken into the range of Chen Chen's Field energy. Only then did Chen Chen completely relax.
In the perception of Field energy, it was indeed Aixen.
"Chen Chen, hurry up! Run! "
Aixen grabbed Chen Chen's right hand and dragged him backward. At the same time, she panicked and said, "Don't touch that person, don't!"
Chen Chen only felt that he was caught by a slender, soft hand and then he was pulled in the opposite direction...
"Why are you here?"
Chen Chen was still a little vigilant and asked as he ran. He had just faced the beggar and Aixen appeared right after. It seemed too much of a coincidence.
"I, I don't know either..."
However, Aixen was taken aback. She shook her head and said with a puzzled expression, "I don't know why I'm here either. I only know that you're in danger!"
Chen Chen's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. If Aixen was really the incarnation of Little X in reality, then it was indeed reasonable for her to appear here. After all, she was the guide of his hypnosis.
However, was all this really so simple?
Chen Chen only felt that the doubts in his heart grew stronger. Although the person in front of him was indeed Aixen, for some reason, he gradually began to feel a sense of awkwardness.
It seemed that he had forgotten something very important.
At this moment, the sweat that had seeped out while running suddenly flowed down from Chen Chen's forehead. When it flowed through his eyes, a piercing pain suddenly struck him.
"Ah!"
Chen Chen could not help but cover his eyes, half-kneeling on the ground and crying out in pain.
"Chen Chen, run! Don't stop! "
Aixen grabbed Chen Chen's collar again, trying to pull Chen Chen forward. At the same time, her tone was already sobbing, becoming more and more urgent.
However, in the midst of the severe pain, Chen Chen suddenly came to a realization!
He finally remembered what was wrong. Aixen did not ask his eyes!
Thinking of this, Chen Chen raised his head abruptly. He faced directly in the direction of Aixen and kept trying to open his eyes!
However, in reality, what he opened was only a pair of pitch-black eye sockets. The eye sockets were a mess of flesh and blood.
However, in reality, what he opened was only a pair of pitch-black eye sockets. The eye sockets were a mess of flesh and blood.
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