'Who am I …
'Where am I …'
In the darkness, Monar slowly opened his eyes, only to be greeted by darkness. In the darkness, there was a pair of large hands silently pressing down on him, preventing him from getting up.
Monar furrowed his brows. He instinctively reached out with his hand and gently pressed it against the face of the figure in front of him!
The next second, something strange happened. As soon as he made contact, the figure in front of him suddenly flashed with a white light. It was as if a vortex had suddenly formed in the air and sucked the figure in front of him into the vortex.
In less than a ten-thousandth of a second, the figure had completely disappeared from Monar's sight.
Monar finally sat up from the filthy, smelly, and sticky metal bed when he saw this. At this moment, there were countless things tumbling about in his mind, making it hard for him to breathe.
After what seemed like an eternity, Monar seemed to have remembered something.
He suddenly looked at his hands. Although he could not see his own fingers in the dark, his vision penetrated the darkness and he could see everything in front of him.
The hands belonged to a dark-skinned person.
"I see, he's finally got his hands on the 'crack'?"
Monar murmured to himself. He looked around and finally fixed his gaze on the bed behind him.
If anyone else were present at the scene, they would be shocked to see that Monar's temperament had undergone a complete transformation. It was as if he had transformed from a country deer into a noble with a dignified air.
"How naive. How dare he use such an outdated method to detect memetic effects. Fortunately, he's not lying on this bed … Otherwise, I could've …"
Monar spoke slowly. He did not elaborate on what would happen after he said "could've". There was a flash of relief in his eyes, but it was quickly followed by a flash of hidden greed.
Just then, two more footsteps approached from the darkness. Monar did not even look at them. He was deep in thought as if there was a problem he could not solve.
"The neutrino field won't be stable for long. I need to hurry …"
Monar said in a low voice. He crouched down, bit the tip of his finger, and began to draw something on the wall.
Strangely, as he used his finger to write and draw on the wall, his finger began to melt from the tip of his finger. This melting was not the melting of flesh and blood. Instead, it was as if his finger had disintegrated into elementary particles and directly dissipated into the air.
Monar wasn't surprised by this phenomenon at all. He focused on drawing on the ground. When one of his fingers dissipated, he would use the other. As he drew faster and faster, his body began to dissipate bit by bit.
At this moment, the two footsteps were already very close.
The footsteps were deep and heavy, moving at a steady pace. 'Monar' could tell that the interval between each step was less than a thousandth of a second.
This was not something an ordinary human could do.
However, it was obvious that Monar didn't care about such things at all. He merely raised his head to look at the two men in black, armed with guns, approaching him. When they were about to grab him, Monar made a single movement.
He flicked his finger and another white light flashed. A vortex appeared and sucked the two men into the vortex, just like the man who held Monar down earlier.
As if he had just done something insignificant, Monar didn't even lift his head. He continued to draw on the wall with his right hand. When one of his fingers disappeared, he would use another. When all five fingers on his right hand had disappeared, he started drawing with his left hand again.
One hour, two hours, three hours …
Dozens of hours later, a strange pattern gradually appeared on the wall.
The pattern was composed of tens of thousands of dots, each of which was different in size. These dots were interconnected, and at a glance, it looked like the portrait of a woman.
In the portrait, the woman was gently covering her eyes. Her body was slightly curled up as if she was weeping silently. However, the strange thing was that there was a pair of feathered wings on the woman's back …
What was even stranger was that as Monar's body was slowly disintegrating and on the verge of collapsing, he suddenly drew a circular pedestal beneath the woman's feet.
In an instant, the woman, who was as lively as a real person, suddenly froze in place as if she had been frozen into a statue. She became lifeless and rigid …
When he was done, a look of relief appeared on Monar's face. He breathed a sigh of relief. He was about to mutter something to himself when his head suddenly fell off his mutilated neck.
Thud!
Then, Monar's entire body began to dissipate at an unstoppable rate.
In the end, Monar completely disintegrated into countless elementary particles and dissipated into the air. The only thing that did not dissipate was the blood-drawn pattern on the wall …
After that, the black fog that permeated the space began to dissipate as well. Rays of red sunlight tore through the darkness and began to shine on the portrait...
Nothing seemed to have changed, but at the same time, it felt like something had subtly changed.
However, none of this was known to anyone.
...
"Sir Godfather, the Otherworld inside the factory has dissipated."
In the evening, Chen Chen, who was in his office on the top floor of the Blacklight Biotechnology building, suddenly saw Little X pushing open the door and sending him this piece of news.
"Dissipated?"
"Yes, the darkness inside the factory has dissipated. However, Yoru Kamidera didn't order the Black Knights to enter and investigate. He wanted to notify you first."
Little X replied.
"What about the three Black Knights inside?" Chen Chen immediately asked, "Are they still alive?"
"I can't get a signal from them."
Little X shook her head with a regretful expression. "It looks like they've fallen in battle."
Following Little X's words, Chen Chen's phone immediately rang. Chen Chen looked at the number and confirmed that it was Yoru Kamidera.
Seeing this, Chen Chen immediately picked up the call and said without waiting for the other party to speak, "I'll be there right away. You can send someone in to investigate now, but my advice is that you don't go in yourself until you're completely certain that the danger is gone."
"Understood."
Yoru Kamidera answered on the phone and then Chen Chen hung up.
"I'll go."
Chen Chen said to Little X. Little X nodded and immediately left the office.
After that, Chen Chen stood up and at the same time, a metal bead the size of a longan appeared in his hand.
In the next second, Chen Chen gently flicked the metal bead. After that, a flash of electricity appeared on his body and his figure immediately disappeared from the office.
Following that, the floor-to-ceiling window behind Chen Chen suddenly opened. A strong gust of wind unique to high altitudes poured in, causing the books on the desk to rustle loudly. After that, the window quickly closed again.
At this point, the originally quiet and deserted office was now empty.
...
"A few of you, put on the recorder and go in to check. It's best if you can find someone alive. If there's no one alive, find their bodies."
Outside the factory, Yoru Kamidera issued orders to a group of Black Knights. As he was given temporary command by Chen Chen, he could command this group of vegetable people.
After all, he was a core member trained by Chen Chen. Yoru Kamidera was also familiar with the physiological structure of the Black Knights, so he was not worried about the lives of these Black Knights. After all, as long as the chip was not destroyed, the Black Knights were not considered dead.
However, when several Black Knights walked inside and out of the factory and then came out, Yoru Kamidera could not help but feel a headache.
This was because this group of Black Knights saw nothing.
There were no corpses, no living people.
Next, Yoru Kamidera chose not to go in and check personally. He still remembered Chen Chen's instructions, so he directly checked the recorder above the heads of all the Black Knights.
As a result, in the Faraday combination cage, a strange pattern attracted his attention.
It was a dark brown pattern that seemed to be drawn with some kind of liquid. The content of the pattern was a...
The moment he saw the pattern, Yoru Kamidera felt a chill run down his spine. He wanted to immediately close his eyes, but at this moment, his body became extremely stiff as if there was some kind of magic in the picture. At the same time, there seemed to be a voice in his mind:
"Look at him! Look at him! Don't move your eyes away! "
That was a memetic pattern!
Cold sweat trickled down Yoru Kamidera's forehead. Just when he thought he was done for, the video suddenly turned off with a "swoosh" without warning.
"Kids shouldn't look at this kind of thing, it's not good for their health."
Chen Chen's voice came from behind Yoru Kamidera.
"Phew!"
Instantly, Yoru Kamidera felt like a burden had been lifted off his shoulders. He turned to look at Chen Chen, panting heavily, still in shock. "Your Excellency Chen Chen, did you see it too?"
"I saw it."
Chen Chen nodded. "But I didn't see the whole thing."
"Me too."
Yoru Kamidera quickly replied, "It's a good thing that's the case. Otherwise, I might've been infected by the memetic pattern."
Chen Chen did not say much. In truth, as the mainframe of the Black Knights, Little X was the first to discover the memetic pattern. It was just that the picture was not complete due to the angle, so Little X did not specifically remind Yoru Kamidera. After all, an incomplete memetic pattern would not trigger the effect.
However, he didn't expect that even an incomplete picture could cause such a strong discomfort. What would happen if he saw the complete picture?
"Seal that pattern."
Chen Chen instructed the Black Knights beside him.
"What about the metal bed?"
Little X's voice came from the headset, asking.
"Seal it inside for now. At present, it seems that we haven't used its ability."
Chen Chen felt a little regretful.
At once, several Black Knights who were standing in place immediately went inside and sealed the Faraday metal cage.
After all this was done, Yoru Kamidera felt a little relieved. He looked into the factory and then revealed a puzzled expression. "Monar and the three Black Knights have disappeared."
"That's not beyond my expectations."
Chen Chen nodded. "When I was trapped inside, I already knew that those who died in the Otherworld would disappear. The Black Knights must've died inside, but..."
As he said this, Chen Chen suddenly frowned. "Monar's disappearance is a little unexpected."
"Could it be because Monar and the Black Knights died together?"
Yoru Kamidera suddenly had a strange thought. "After all, the Black Knights are still very strong in combat. If the three Black Knights worked together, they might've been able to defeat Monar. After all, he couldn't have learned how to use the Otherworld from the start without a teacher."
"What you're saying is possible."
Chen Chen glanced at Yoru Kamidera. "But this is the best-case scenario. What I'm afraid of is that there are other hidden dangers. After all, the memetic effect doesn't follow the logic of reality."
"That's true..."
Yoru Kamidera felt a little embarrassed. It was true that people like Chen Chen who always prepared for the worst could live the longest.
After that, the strange metal bed and the memetic pattern were sealed inside the Faraday cage.
Chen Chen looked at the sealed combination cage again, but he did not feel happy at all.
This was because everything he had done before had become meaningless with the disappearance of the Delta-level subject, Monar. Initially, he thought that even if he lost the three Black Knights, he could still use Monar as a test subject to slowly discover the value of the metal bed.
Even so, the reality disappointed Chen Chen greatly. There was no point in repeating the experiment.
If the final result of every test subject was to disappear, then there was no point in continuing the experiment. There was no way to understand the rules of the metal bed.
Moreover, the experiment subjects did not simply disappear. The sudden appearance of the memetic pattern made the situation even more complicated.
Chen Chen could not guarantee that if he continued this experiment, would another memetic pattern appear? If it did, what kind of memetic pattern would it be?
There was no doubt that memetic research was the most dangerous subject Chen Chen had encountered so far. It was also the most mysterious and amazing subject that Chen Chen had discovered.
After all, all the laws of physics and chemistry, including the conservation of mass and energy, seemed to pale in comparison to the study of memetics.
These thoughts flashed through Chen Chen's mind. He suddenly looked at the Black Knights and frowned at the same time. At the same time, he said, "Dispose of the bodies of these Black Knights as well, just retrieve the chips."
"Are you worried that they've come into contact with the memetic pattern?"
Little X asked.
"That's right. After all, this is a meme that we've never come into contact with before. I can't guarantee what its triggering ability is. If there's a problem with it, it could be a big problem."
Chen Chen nodded with a serious expression. "Destroy it."
"Understood."
Little X replied. After that, the Black Knights who had entered the factory and seen the memetic pattern got into a car and drove toward the other factories.
Their destination was a steel mill.
There, their bodies would be directly destroyed in the molten steel and completely disappear from this world.
However, no one, including Little X, noticed that there seemed to be something else hidden in the pupils of the Black Knights.
It was a portrait of a weeping woman who was upside down …
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