Inside the public area of Phantom Power Company, flat-screen TVs could be seen everywhere. On those TVs, a promotional video for the company was playing 24/7.
The content was basically …
"Phantom Power Company, we will reach new heights! We will make your car start, warm your home, light up the city you live in, and accompany you every day … "Accompanying the narration, the promotional video showed various scientific illustrations." We have the best scare workers in the entire Monster Kingdom. In the House of Terror, the humans who are transported here will experience suffocating terror, and the high-quality terror will be converted into a stable energy source for your use!
"We know that the fear in humans is getting weaker and weaker, and their courage is growing. But we have the courage to face the challenges of the future! Our company has the scariest workers, the best power generation equipment, and we are already working on a new energy technology. We … are Phantom Power Company! We_scare！ Thank you for taking care of us!]
Inside the breakroom of the company's security department, Ruo Yu finished watching the promotional video that was several minutes long without any expression on her face.
"Basically, they are using the setting of the Monster Company (an animated film made by Pixar) …" That was Ruo Yu's thought.
Buzz buzz!
At that moment, the door to the room opened.
A slender female monster walked in through the door. Her body was humanoid, and she wore a black suit. Her face had about ten eyes of various sizes. She had no ears or nose, but there was a mouth …
"Hello, ma'am." The multi-eyed monster showed a professional and steady presence. She walked slowly to the table in the breakroom. She raised her hand to signal Ruo Yu and said, "Let's sit down and talk."
Ruo Yu nodded slightly. She walked over silently and sat down.
The multi-eyed monster sat across from her and said, "Let me introduce myself. I am the manager of the security department, Multi-Eyed."
"You can call me Passing Rain." Ruo Yu used her usual tone to reply.
"Okay, Miss Passing Rain." Multi-Eyed said, "Let's get straight to the point …" Her eyes (all eyes) changed slightly, and she continued, "You are a traveler from another world, right?"
Ruo Yu thought for a moment and replied, "That's right."
"Hmm … as expected." "Our Monster Kingdom … has long had rumors about you. It's similar to urban legends."
"A ghost with a dozen eyes dares to call me an urban legend …" Ruo Yu could not help but complain in her heart, but on the surface, she still replied calmly, "Then I'm sure you know something about us."
"I do know a little, but rumors are just rumors after all. Most of them are very one-sided, and it's hard to tell if they're true or false." "At the end of the day, we are just an electricity company, not a law enforcement agency of the kingdom. Therefore, I am also considering … whether to hand you over to the relevant departments. "
"No, you've already considered it." Ruo Yu immediately cast a sharp gaze at the other party. "Or rather, your superior has already made up his mind." She interlocked her fingers and placed her elbows on the table. Her upper body leaned forward slightly, and she acted like she had a card up her sleeve (actually, she was mimicking Feng Bujue). She glared at Multi-Eyed and said, "This conversation between you and me is essentially a negotiation. You wish to get information from me, but you don't know what kind of conditions you should use in exchange. Therefore, you started with the question of whether to hand me over to the relevant departments. To put it bluntly … you're threatening my personal freedom and safety. "She scoffed." Unfortunately … your negotiation strategy is wrong. "
"Oh? Why is that? "Multi-Eyed pretended to be calm.
"Because … if we want to, we can leave your world at any time." Suddenly, another voice came from the wall on the side of the room. "Death … is just a way to leave."
Before the voice finished, the upper half of the wall started to glow. It gradually faded until it turned into a transparent glass.
On the other side of the glass, there was a dark room. At this time, there were two people standing side by side in the dark room. One was the boss of Ghost Power Company, Freddy Guge (the classic villain in the horror film series A Ghost on the Street), and the other was Feng Bujue.
"Why are you there?" Ruo Yu turned to look at Brother Jue and asked directly. She knew he could hear her.
"Ah … I arrived a few minutes earlier than you." Feng Bujue replied with a smile.
As he spoke, he raised both of his hands. Ruo Yu then realized Brother Jue had a pair of handcuffs on his wrists.
"Mr. Feng, you promised not to interfere with their conversation, so I allowed you to listen in with me." Freddy turned to look at Brother Jue and said, "Why didn't you keep your word?"
"The negotiation is over, can't you see?" Feng Bujue tilted his head to the side and replied with a mocking expression. "My partner saw through your strategy from the beginning and saw through your bottom line. You still don't know anything about her, and she won't tell you anything … So, it's just a waste of time to continue. "
"Ha …" Freddy heard this and sighed deeply. The next second, he waved his hand and the wall between the two rooms turned into a green light and disappeared.
"Are you okay?" Ruo Yu saw the wall disappear and immediately stood up and walked toward Feng Bujue.
"Don't worry." Brother Jue replied with a smile and immediately raised his hand. The next second, the iron handcuffs on his wrists broke.
Seeing this, Ruo Yu calmed down and dismissed the idea of using force to save him.
When Freddy and Dou Mu saw this, their expressions changed. Freddy took two steps back nervously and put some distance between himself and Feng Bujue before saying, "Mr. Feng … It seems that you're hiding something …"
"Ha …" Feng Bujue smiled at him. "I didn't resist when you put the handcuffs on me. I just wanted to show you my sincerity in cooperating with you." He paused for a moment and a ferocious look flashed across his eyes. "I broke the handcuffs now to tell you that if you want to resort to force, I'll accompany you to the end."
"I see …" Freddy said in a low voice. "I'm sorry, I was a little rude."
As a highly intelligent villain in horror movies, Freddy almost instinctively felt danger from Brother Jue. This unknown traveler from another world was temperamental and unpredictable, and he showed no signs of panic or fear from beginning to end. It was as if everything was under his control … When faced with such an opponent, Freddy did not dare to be careless.
"It's okay." Feng Bujue spread his hands and replied casually, "At least … from now on, we can discuss cooperation in a more equal way."
"The cooperation you're referring to is …" Freddy asked tentatively.
"You, the entire staff of Phantom Power Company … and my team," Feng Bujue replied. "Together, we'll deal with the 'real intruder'."
"What is that?" Freddy asked again.
"That will be your downfall …" Feng Bujue instantly put on a serious expression. "I have a reliable intel. At this moment, a very powerful humanoid lifeform that is half a dimension higher than all of you has arrived in this universe, and … it's hiding inside your company." He and Freddy looked at each other for two seconds, observing the change in the other's expression. "For now, I don't know their gender and name, but … I can tell you that their race is known as the 'Anomalies'. They are an extremely dangerous race. For you, they have power close to that of gods …" Brother Jue pointed at Duo Mu. "For example, this Madam Duo Mu. With her power …" Several black streams of data flashed across his eyes. "… there is a high chance that she will be directly controlled by the Anomaly and become an obedient puppet."
"You'd better have some basis for your words!" Duo Mu immediately retorted in a heated tone. This was also strange and normal. Anyone who heard such words would feel angry.
"Haha … I'm just giving an example." Feng Bujue's expression changed faster than flipping the pages of a book. In the blink of an eye, he was back to his usual smile. "I hope you don't mind."
On the other hand, Freddy thought about it. Then he touched his festering chin and asked, "Do you have any evidence … to back up your statement?"
"Currently, I don't, but …" Feng Bujue replied. "When you do, I'm afraid it will be too late …"
"Then forgive me for being blunt, Mr. Feng," Freddy said. "I cannot trust you completely."
"It's fine if you don't trust me for now." Feng Bujue had predicted this result. "Now, I have something else that I need to do. If you'll allow it, through this, I can further express my sincerity."
"Oh?" Freddy asked. "What is it?"
…
Five minutes later, in the company's underground parking lot.
"I've already told you everything I know! Don't be like this! I just want to go home! " Edward, who was kneeling on the ground, had already confessed his birth characters. He was just short of revealing his dark history of lifting a girl's skirt when he was in elementary school. However, the three players still had no intention of letting him go.
"How is it?" Tired Dream looked at Xiao Ling and asked. For some reason, he seemed to treat Xiao Ling as the person in charge here.
"Hmm … It seems like there's nothing more to ask," Xiao Ling said thoughtfully.
It had only been ten minutes since they captured Edward. During this time, Xiao Ling had already asked the other party for all the valuable information he knew. She had successfully grasped some of the basic worldviews of the Monster Kingdom.
"But there's still something … very strange," Greedy Wolf said.
"Yeah …" Xiao Ling nodded and murmured, "Why hasn't the main mission been triggered yet …"
"Uh-huh, hello, can you hear me?" Suddenly, a familiar voice sounded from the radio in the parking lot.
In fact, it was not only the parking lot. Feng Bujue's voice echoed throughout the whole Ghost Power Company.
"I am Feng Bujue, and I'm currently with Passing Rain. Everyone from Underworld Frontline, and … Tired Dream, Greedy Wolf, listen up. " Brother Jue said through the radio, "Please go find a nearby security guard and have him bring you to the company's security department." He paused for two seconds before continuing. "You should have noticed that the main mission hasn't been triggered yet. I can tell you clearly that this is caused by the Anomaly. " The latter half of what he said sounded completely different to the NPCs because it had been censored by the system. "Do you still remember the core content of the V1.10 patch? In the new update, when you enter a six-man Nightmare Mode Team Scenario, there will be a 0.2 percent chance of running into the Anomaly. Now, we have run into one. "
At this point, the players who heard the broadcast confirmed that this was not a trap. This was because … it was possible for an NPC in a scenario to pretend to be a player to broadcast, but they would not say something like the V1.10 patch. Furthermore … Feng Bujue's unique tone was hard to imitate.
"It has been less than half an hour since the scenario started, so there is an eighty percent chance that the Anomaly's data has not been formed yet. But … I can confirm that we have run into a very powerful character this time, so powerful that even the plot of the scenario has been affected. " Brother Jue continued. "If I'm not mistaken, when the Anomaly is fully formed, the hint for the main mission will appear, and it will be a mission directly related to the Anomaly." He sighed. "To put it simply … the system is now waiting to make the necessary arrangements. So … we'd better hurry and prepare as soon as possible. "
At this point, he felt like it was about time, so he added, "In any case, please come as soon as you can. We'll talk about the details when we meet."
…
At the same time, in the main control room of the Security Department.
Feng Bujue switched off the microphone and turned to tell Freddy, "Alright, I'm done."
"Then … let's wait and see." Freddy placed his hands on his waist and looked at the many surveillance cameras before him.
"No, I don't think so." At that moment, Ruo Yu, who had been standing at the back, suddenly opened her mouth to tell Brother Jue, "Xiao Tan might not be able to make it."
"Hmm? What's wrong? "When Feng Bujue answered, he glanced at the game menu." But he is still in the game. "
"I don't know about others, but he definitely did not hear the broadcast," Ruo Yu said.
"How do you know that?" Brother Jue asked.
"Sigh …" Ruo Yu sighed. She raised her right hand and used her index finger to point at her right side.
Feng Bujue followed her finger, and his eyes soon stopped at a small screen in the corner of the room.
At that moment, the screen was playing a scene … There was a square room, and in the corner of the room, there was a dressing table and a chair. Sitting on the chair was a woman in a red dress, and she was slowly combing her hair in front of the mirror. In the other corner of the room, there was a man (Xiao Tan). He was squatting in the corner with his arms hugging his knees. His face was covered in sweat as he stared at the woman combing her hair. He did not even dare breathe loudly.
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