Chapter 1 Opening

Opening the metal door before me, a room of about twenty square meters came into view.

The lights in this room were already on, and the scene inside was clear at a glance.

Obviously... this was a "cell" for experimental purposes.

Moreover, the four walls of this cell were almost entirely covered with strange symbols and writing.

Needless to say, I'm sure everyone has guessed... this was the cell where Dr. Andre was held during the third sleep experiment. And the writing on the walls was basically all done by him using excrement.

"The prisoner's conditions aren't bad..." Feng Bujue even muttered as he walked into the room, "...eating whole wheat bread."

Most people, when entering such a room filled with the stench of feces, would at least frown and cover their noses, even if they didn't vomit outright. But when Feng Bujue came in, he actually took a sniff first and deduced the test subject's diet from the smell...

"Hmm... Dr. Andre's hemorrhoids seem to be quite severe as well." After entering the room, Feng Bujue glanced around and noticed that the shit-colored writing... had quite a few dark red patches mixed in. "Judging by this, it's been flaring up almost every day."

Despite the吐槽, he didn't forget the task at hand.

From the moment he entered this room, he had begun to think about the third set of hints.

"Anti-tank dog... sacrifice... a sacrifice who refused to sacrifice... or... running back... return?"

"The third experiment, the first six days are basically the same as the first two experiments... unchanged."

"The seventh day... pacing back and forth... back... forth..."

Thinking of this, Feng Bujue looked again at the contents on the surrounding walls.

"Oh... here..." Jue-Ge said, fixing his gaze on the wall directly opposite the entrance. The seventh line of writing on that wall had the same symbol at the beginning and end, and the shit used to draw those two symbols was bloody.

"Then... the eighth day... 'four' people other than the doctor... bleeding... sent to the infirmary. And... the ninth day... archiving..."

This time, Jue-Ge thought for a full five minutes before turning around and leaving the room.

"Hoo..." It wasn't until he was out the door that he belatedly realized, "I was so engrossed in thought... I ended up standing in a place full of shit for so long..."

Even Jue-Ge made mistakes sometimes.

However, this kind of mistake wouldn't cause any substantial loss...

Fifteen minutes later, Feng Bujue returned to the gravity-sensitive gate from before.

Now, Jue-Ge knew very clearly that the area from this gate to Experiment Room Number One was a corridor that spiraled inward like a mosquito coil, except that the corridor didn't curve inward, but rather turned inward at right angles.

In the entire map, the terrain of this area was also unique. The corridors in other areas were all crisscrossing, orderly, and extended to the edges of the map; only this place... had a unique design.

"I thought the document's hints were pointing to the exit, but it seems I was wrong again..."

Feng Bujue had already seen the dark mass of figures at the intersection from quite a distance away from the gate.

There were seven people standing there in total. Six of them were clearly mutated test subjects and ritual conversion subjects from the sleep experiment, and the remaining one... was Igor.

"In this sandbox completely devoid of markers and details, the system used all the resources related to the main storyline that it could to create a 'map'... a 'map' that could only exist in my mind."

Even though so many obviously hostile NPCs had appeared in his sight, Jue-Ge remained unmoved, continuing to ponder in his mind...

"With extremely limited resources, the system transformed the way to break through this sandbox into 'various pieces of information' and conveyed them to me."

He got closer and closer to those figures, and his pace quickened.

"From the very beginning... the system's primary goal wasn't to let me leave the 'script,' but to let me leave the 'sandbox.'"

He took the opportunity to take his hands out of his pockets on both sides of his clothes, leaned forward, and prepared to fight.

"The Foundation, after seeing through this, gave up observation and instead adopted... this strategy."

[Hidden Mission Completed]

[Cracking the Worldview: ***Observation Project]

In that instant, two consecutive voice prompts entered Feng Bujue's ears.

At the same time, the group of figures guarding the front also moved.

"Hmm?" As soon as those people moved, Feng Bujue realized something, "Heh... they even know how to imitate what they've seen..."

He instantly judged that all of the enemies in front of him had become "hybrid mutants" like him.

Obviously, the Foundation's observers, after seeing what Jue-Ge had done, followed suit—they used the remaining sleep experiment mutants to perform a conversion ritual on Igor, and then injected those mutants with VNO-9. In this way... these monsters all became hybrid mutants like Jue-Ge.

As for their IQ or sanity, it didn't matter anymore. Anyway, the Foundation had already directly controlled the actions of these NPC monsters through forced intervention. As the last line of defense against Feng Bujue, they only needed to have powerful strength and combat instincts...

Bang bang clang clang...

No sooner said than done! At the moment of close combat, Jue-Ge suddenly stopped abruptly, retreated, and flipped backward.

The monsters couldn't stop their momentum, and accompanied by several consecutive loud noises... they collided with each other, some crashing into each other, and some crashing into the walls on both sides of the corridor.

The monsters' first wave of attacks ended in a disheveled state of stumbling and falling.

"Very good... it's still a bit challenging." At this time, Feng Bujue had already thrown away his toolbox because he now had the strength to smash the enemies' skulls with his bare hands.

However, right now he was facing seven opponents alone, and the individual hard strength of those seven opponents was not much different from his own. Winning in this situation... was still a bit difficult, and he had to rely on combat experience and skills.

Fortunately... in this regard, Jue-Ge had a great advantage.

Don't be fooled by the monsters' fierce and vicious attacks, Feng Bujue was still dodging left and right with ease even without an obvious advantage in speed...

To put it in perspective, this scene was like in a fighting game... a group of very straightforward AIs who had friendly fire turned on were ganging up on a player-controlled character.

"Heh... I didn't expect..." After fighting for a while, Feng Bujue smiled and muttered to himself, "I'd have this day..."

At this moment, he couldn't help but recall the situation when he first encountered 【Crazy Shadow of the Sword】.

The difference in physical skills was similar, and Jue-Ge even had a greater advantage in terms of hard strength.

However, before Jue-Ge obtained his psychic weapons, he was still being suppressed and beaten by the other party.

And now... Feng Bujue himself had become the one with the more outstanding fighting skills. When he looked at the monsters rushing over with predictable movements and attack patterns, like headless flies, he finally experienced the feeling of a master虐菜.

Ka—

Thirty seconds into the fight, Feng Bujue seized an opportunity and used a snake-like thrust with his right hand to smash the back of a mutant's head, successfully killing one person.

Where there was one, there would be a second. As the number of monsters decreased, it became easier and easier for Jue-Ge to kill them.

The second opportunity appeared twenty seconds later...

Feng Bujue used a simple feint to trick two mutants into staggering and colliding, and then he spread his arms and easily took two lives.

And so... three minutes into the fight, only one of the seven opponents remained; and that... was Igor.

Just as Feng Bujue was preparing to decisively finish him off as well, suddenly...

Buzz buzz buzz—

The buzzing sound rang out again, and that wave of invisible fluctuations came again from all directions.

"Feng Bujue, do you really want to kill Igor?" The next second, a woman's voice rang out. Her voice sounded like it was coming from a very far distance, and its timbre was obviously transmitted through some kind of instrument, slightly distorted. "He's just an innocent test subject, and a partner who has helped you survive all along."

"Hmph... isn't it ridiculous to say that now?" Feng Bujue scoffed upon hearing this. "The real Igor died a long time ago in 1949, didn't he?" He fought as he spoke, "He died in some underground research institute, becoming a sacrifice for some experiment." He paused, "What I'm facing right now is just an image in a simulated world... whether he lives or dies, when you shut down this crude mirror world, he will disappear... until you open the next parallel universe, another Igor, another Nikolai, another Andre will appear..."

As he spoke, Feng Bujue used a wall-rebounding jump, and went around to the back of Igor's head and followed up with a sweeping kick, shattering the other's head.

"Spare me the act... the one who's talking to me." Feng Bujue landed and coldly continued, "I'll talk to you when I get to your side."

That voice didn't respond to Jue-Ge again, but the distortion of the scenery in the script intensified.

One could imagine... the Foundation was in a complete mess right now. Even the sympathy card was being played, which was undoubtedly a sign of being at one's wit's end.

After dealing with the last batch of obstacles, Feng Bujue immediately walked into the corridor behind the gravity-sensitive gate.

With his current physical function, there was no consumption of survival value or stamina value at all. Anyway, as long as he didn't do strenuous exercise, even if he was walking at a fast pace, those two values would continue to recover at a very considerable rate.

"Blood... blood... blood... I remember there were a few bags here..."

Two minutes later, Feng Bujue arrived at the operating room and opened a cabinet in the corner.

"Ah... it's really here."

Inside the cabinet, there were some blood bags. All of these blood bags were of the same blood type, and they should have been prepared for Igor to receive a blood transfusion when needed.

Previously, when Feng Bujue was exploring this room, he had already discovered these blood bags. Considering that these blood types were different from his own, and Igor's blood was already fluorescent liquid at that time, Jue-Ge didn't take these blood bags with him.

"Okay, let's go..." Right now, Feng Bujue picked up a few blood bags, went out the door, turned left, and continued forward.

When passing by the room where ***-1011 was stored, he was still very careful to shield his eyes, so as not to cause trouble...

After walking for a while, Feng Bujue once again arrived at Experiment Room Number One—that is, the room he was initially teleported to.

After entering the room, he conveniently turned on the light, and then walked to the huge mirror, and directly used the strength of his fingers to puncture a blood bag and began to draw symbols...

He drew a total of four symbols, that is, the repeating symbols on the seventh line on the opposite wall in Dr. Andre's cell... marked with the blood from hemorrhoids.

After drawing, the blood in the blood bag was almost used up.

So, Feng Bujue also threw away the blood bag and wiped his hands on his already sticky and dirty clothes, and then looked at the mirror... and revealed an evil smile.

"I know you're watching." Jue-Ge smiled, "Hehe... the system using the example of 'anti-tank dogs' to describe your experiment is quite apt..."

As he said these words, the four symbols on the mirror surface gradually changed... emitting a dark red light.

"It's describing a story of...'humanity, paying the price for its arrogance.'"

[Current Mission Completed, Main Mission Has Been Changed]

At this moment, the system prompt came again.

Feng Bujue opened the game menu and found that 【Escape the Experimental Base】 had been checked off, and the newly emerged main mission was—【Destroy All Observation Records of ***-3232 Within the Foundation】.

Almost at the instant Jue-Ge saw the mission clearly, the mirror in front of him shattered.

"Clang clang clang..." A series of crisp sounds of glass shattering suddenly arose and spread continuously...

Facing this scene, Feng Bujue didn't even blink, letting the fragments of the mirror fly towards him.

As a result... those fragments all passed through his body like intangible projections, causing no damage at all.

"What is this again... it shouldn't be a physical facility, right?" Looking at the pitch-black space behind the mirror, Feng Bujue said softly.

Clang clang clang—

On the other hand, the sound of shattering still hadn't subsided, wave after wave, as if it would never end.

Because... it wasn't just the mirror that was shattering, but the entire space.

The cracks on the mirror extended outward, spreading to the walls, the ceiling, and even the ground...

Everything within Feng Bujue's sight quickly shattered, the surface "layers" all turning into untouchable fragments that scattered and disappeared, and the underlying black space was without any light source... Jue-Ge quickly couldn't see anything anymore.

Next, was silence, and darkness...

Soundless, shadowless.

However, this was not the Door of Nothingness after all... at least Feng Bujue could still hear his own breathing and heartbeat, and he didn't have that feeling of being spiritually invaded.

After a few breaths, finally...

Clang—

Chih—

A muffled sound of metal being dislodged and a distinct sound of a pressure valve releasing air came.

Immediately afterward, a strong light appeared in front of Feng Bujue...