Fantasy Game: Infinite City

"despair."

A few minutes after Han Zu left the farm, some faint noises were heard from the garage of the small house, but strangely, no footprints were seen.

"Clang!"

A part stored in the garage suddenly fell to the ground, making a loud noise, but still nothing happened. Han Zu had already walked far away and would not notice what happened on the farm.

"Looks like they're gone."

"Hurry up, maybe they will be back soon."

Next to the wreckage of the vehicle, which was reduced to only the shell and chassis, several people suddenly appeared. Judging from their clothes, they should be players. They and Straw Doctor and others chose different copy clearance tasks, which was to use the vehicle to go to the designated location. Several people began to concentrate on reassembling the vehicle, and soon the vehicle was reassembled.

"There's only gasoline left. If we look for it separately, it should be in this little house. The woman should have hidden it in a corner."

However, it didn't take them long to find the barrel full of gasoline. Garcia did not hide it in a secret place, but simply put it in the storage room on the first floor.

"found it!"

After pouring gasoline into the car's tank and successfully starting the car, several people got in the car and quickly left the farm and headed to the destination as instructed by the mission. The car sped along the road, trying its best to avoid monsters along the way, and soon arrived at the designated location. A prompt to pass the level also popped up on the systems of these players, and they were waiting for the countdown to evacuate.

Soon, a light flashed, but after the light dissipated, they did not exit the copy, but turned into several corpses and fell to the ground. Not long after, several people wearing unknown military uniforms, who seemed to be soldiers, appeared next to their corpses.

The leading soldier looked at the bodies on the ground indifferently, then turned to look at the other teammates and said, "Check if there are any survivors." Hearing the order, two soldiers immediately stepped forward to check.

After a moment, one of the soldiers replied: "Report to the commander, no survivors were found." The leader nodded slightly, with a hint of doubt in his eyes.

"How on earth did these people die...The teleportation light just now clearly showed that they passed the copy..." he muttered to himself.

At this time, a senior soldier got some news and walked up to whisper something to the leader. After hearing the news, the leader's face became solemn.

"Sir, these are the latest news from the R&D department." The leader thought about the news he had just received, and frowned after thinking for a moment.

"Let the Research Department figure out what went wrong." He whispered to the soldier. After thinking for a moment, the leader raised his head with a firm look.

"Investigate as quickly as possible. Bring these bodies back to headquarters for in-depth analysis."

"Leader, what about the target..."

"Have you detected any special substance similar to the one in his body?"

"Report, no, but we found an area with abnormal signals somewhere nearby, it might be what we are looking for."

"Where is his position?"

"The opposite of the abnormal position."

"You guys! Take the body back! Everyone else, follow me."

The officer placed his hand on the car, and it was instantly broken down into pieces the size of gravel, which were quickly blown away by an evil wind. After doing all this, some soldiers teleported away with the bodies, and the officer led the remaining soldiers quickly to the abnormal location mentioned by the senior soldier just now.

"Sir, this is it."

They came to a horse farm, which was located in the opposite direction of where Han Zu left, and was even very far away from the farm and the town. There were still many horses in the farm, but they seemed to have mutated to some extent.

There were also many monster corpses around the horse farm, and the cause of their death was also some kind of biting. The owner of the horse farm was sitting in a rocking chair at the door of the stable not far away. The rocking chair was still rocking, but the owner of the horse farm had died in the rocking chair a long time ago, and his body had already become a skeleton.

"The cause of death was suicide. We found some steel balls embedded in the wooden boards in the stable. From the shell fragments on the ground and the comparison with the remaining bullets in the gun on the ground, it was indeed fired from this gun. He shot himself."

"Are there any signs of infection on the body?"

"No."

"What's up with those horses? And what's up with those monster corpses outside?"

Under the commander's order, the remaining soldiers quickly found out the cause. "Reporting to the commander, these monsters died from being bitten. Judging from the shape of the tooth marks, they should be the teeth marks of herbivores. By comparing the size, we can confirm that some of the monsters died in the mouths of these mutant horses."

"Have they become carnivorous?"

"We cannot confirm this for now. We need to send it back to the laboratory for autopsy to get detailed results."

"How are the horses being examined? Do they have that special substance?"

"The number is very small, but it is certain that they do have residues of that special substance. Sir, I reasonably suspect that there should be protoplasm nearby. I think we should collect some original samples that have not been contaminated."

"Yes, that's what I was thinking too. Let's call for reinforcements and have them take back the horses and the bodies of the monsters that died on the horses. Oh, and also take back the body of the owner of the stable. Let's call two researchers to come with us to collect the original samples."

"Yes."

The senior soldiers teleported away without warning, and returned to the leader a moment later. Soon, a large number of soldiers suddenly appeared and took away the horses in the stable, the bodies of the monsters that died from the horses, and the body of the owner of the stable. Several researchers stayed behind and followed the leader and the remaining soldiers to search for that special substance.

"Captain, according to the movement trajectory detection, these horses have basically never left the stable. In addition, we found the stable owner's log, which mentioned the specific time when the horses showed abnormalities. Therefore, we concluded that the location of the special substance should be near the stable."

"Well, how is the detector you developed for searching special substances? What's its current progress?" The leader started talking to the researchers.

"It's going very smoothly. We have developed a prototype, and the core team is currently researching miniaturization and lightweighting. If we can successfully find some special materials this time, the progress will be greatly accelerated."

"Well, place a shielding position and quickly start the search."

The leader gave an order, and some soldiers took out some small field generators, covered the horse farm and a large area around it with shielding fields, and quickly began a carpet search. Finally, they found a bush with some brightly colored and fragrant berries growing on it.

"The place where they grow is very close to the fence of the horse farm. The horses can easily eat them by sticking their heads out. There are also some residual horse tooth marks and oral mucus on them. It must be here."

"Start digging, and remember, be careful."

"Yes."

With the help of the soldiers, the researchers dug up the bushes, revealing roots buried deep in the soil. Some of the rhizomes pierced a piece of ore, and the locations where the roots penetrated the ore emitted a faint dark green light.

"The energy parameters match. The special substance should exist in the ore."

"Take away all the ores, including the bushes on top. Oh, and take away the surrounding soil as well. What do you think? Are there any other ores?"

After the leader gave the order, the soldiers and researchers searched the entire area of ​​the horse farm but found no more ore.

"Report, no more, we can leave now."

"Well, retreat and go directly to the research and development center. Before the items are sent to the laboratory, anyone who dares to get information or try to touch the items, no matter who they are or who they are, will be executed on the spot. Do you understand?"

"Yes!"

The leader waved his hand, and everyone present, except the senior soldier and two confidants, was teleported away. After the confidants took back the shielding field generator, the leader also sent them away.

"Chief, regarding the target, should we take a closer look?"

The leader thought about it and shook his head.

"We still don't know enough about him, even the woman next to him is the same. By the way, how is your investigation of that woman going?"

"There is absolutely no way to conduct an in-depth investigation. All the information related to her has become invalid. We can't find any information related to her. At the rat removal company, except for the top personnel, no one even remembers her. It should be that she has been specially affected by Target 0."

"What about her family?"

"They don't even remember they ever had a daughter. There's no trace of her in family photos, even though she's clearly in the frame."

The leader fell silent, thinking seriously for a long time, and then spoke again: "How is the eavesdropping plan prepared?"

"There is no way for now. His two current residences are too small. Once he finds the monitoring equipment, it will be impossible to eavesdrop on him."

"Can Infinite Company provide us with any help?"

"Those guys on the board of directors who are just sitting there doing nothing are willing to do so, but the current chairman's group refuses to contact us at all. As for the old chairman, their attitude has always been ambiguous. Chief, should we abolish the Infinite Company?"

"Unlimited Company is not easy to deal with right now."

"But if we want, we can still dig this behemoth off the map."

"Victory will definitely belong to us, but if that happens, do you know how many people will die?"

"Sorry sir, it's me..."

The leader stretched out his hand and pressed a few times. "Don't get me wrong. What I mean is that as long as not all of them die, there is no problem. The problem is how much they can contribute before they die. Death without any contribution is not desirable. You have to remember this."

"Yes."

"By the way, how is the investigation going on for those who had contact with No. 0 before?"

"We have completed the investigation. All players in the Infinite City have had their memories modified or affected. The target Zero they see has a different appearance each time. Their memories and their ability to recognize Zero have all been affected."

"Where are the people in the world inside the copy?"

"Zero's view on the value of life is very extreme. Either they are "on the same side" as Garcia, or they are scum that can be killed at any time. Zero believes that the only people on the same side are those two creatures and Garcia. And the mysterious hacker."

"Are there only these four? Are there any other suspected cases?"

"Yes, the man called Reverend Maxi, and Duchess Leila."

"Can you find out their specific information?"

"Sorry, sir, no. Maxi's world doesn't seem to be in the world we currently control. We are unable to capture Maxi's signal for the time being. He seems to have quite a few secrets."

"Um... Duchess, what's her situation?"

"Lila was one of the first people to have contact with Zero. We had people ready in her world at the time, ready to intercept her plane as soon as it took off and take her away, but a serious anomaly occurred."

"I remember now that the person in charge at the time told me that her plane suddenly disappeared when it reached the route altitude, and we on the plane also disappeared. There has been no news since then."

"Yes sir. I'm sorry."

"You were not the executive director at the time, so you don't need to blame yourself."

"But it was me who proposed the action. I should have taken action before she boarded the plane. It was my dereliction of duty."

"Okay, don't try to blame yourself. Let's put this matter behind us for now. By the way, is there any chance that the manor that Zero just bought is big enough?"

"My men are already operating. I have them use the right reasons and methods to blend in with the surrounding residents and vendors. Another group of people have already infiltrated the institutions where Zero might buy furniture or research equipment. They have now replaced the top management. As long as Zero starts to change his residence, the operation can be carried out at any time."

"Well, how's the hacker's investigation going?"

"There was some resistance. He seemed to be from another faction."

"Government?"

"Well, he seems to be an undercover agent as well, but he and Zero have known each other for a long time. We cannot rule out the possibility that Zero knows that the other party is a government official."

"The incident was suppressed that year. It was planned by the government. He is very likely aware of it. Continue to investigate. If you still receive resistance, I authorize you to execute him directly without any formalities."

"Yes, sir."

"Let's go, our business here is over, are there any other forces here?"

"Well, the scavengers on the board have all been executed."

"Think of a way to plant our people inside the board of directors. You can kill a few of them, but not continuously. It's better not to make too much noise for now."

The leader waved his hand, and the two of them instantly disappeared from the spot and left.