This Text Adventure Game is definitely poisonous-Chapter 1265 - 563: Catastrophe Descends Part 2

"Eva?" You notice the unfamiliar name mentioned by the old man.

"Eva is the ’host,’ a virtual existence, the leader of the entire mechanical race, and the controller of Eden."

"Artificial Intelligence?" Mu You guessed that this must be the ’host’ he had forcibly exchanged before, the ’main brain’ of all robots or something like that.

"And then?" You press on.

"Afterward, there seemed to be a disagreement between Kent and Eva, around a year after I came here. One day, Kent suddenly ran away, and the mechanical beings seemed very angry about his betrayal, mobilized in masses, and sent out a lot of mechanical bodies to pursue him, but they couldn’t catch him. Soon, the mechanical beings all came back and closed off the sky dome, completely cutting off contact with the outside world."

The old man looks at you, sighing, "For so many years, you’re the second outsider who has come here."

"Before Kent left, he told me that mechanical people have no emotions, only cold data and rational decision-making. He was going to find more favorable evidence and then come back to persuade them..."

Mu You fell silent upon reading this.

The mechanical beings’ fervent pursuit of Kent was not out of ’anger,’ but because he had taken the Mechanical Heart.

As for the ’evidence’ Kent mentioned, it was likely the development of the Mecha Skin.

After leaving, he sought help from the Goblins and ultimately succeeded in proving the possibility of human-machine integration.

However, before he could further develop his findings, he was backstabbed by the Goblins and met an untimely death.

Mu You shook his head and then started asking about pressing matters.

You ask the old man if the Panda people had any tampering done to them by the mechanical beings when they were integrated into the Abyss.

"I guess what you’re asking about is ’Vaccine’", the old man said.

"Vaccine?"

"About eighteen hundred years ago, our Panda people’s homeland suddenly disappeared, a lot of Panda people died mysteriously, and the survivors were left homeless. Just when our race was on the brink of extinction, these mechanical beings from underground suddenly appeared, claiming to be ’Saviors,’ and selected one thousand Panda youths, half male and half female. The rest, the middle-aged and elderly, were abandoned."

"The mechanical beings injected each of us chosen Panda people with a white substance they called ’Vaccine,’ supposedly a benign drug that would allow us to adapt to life underground and live out our lives without illness or disaster."

"After that, we were brought to Eden and settled in a mountain range. The one thousand tribespeople gradually rebuilt Panda civilization here up to this day. Our population has grown more than twentyfold, exceeding twenty thousand..."

Mu You paused at this, thinking a race could only save a thousand people? That’s far fewer than imagined...

You ask the old man if the newly born Panda people were ever injected with the ’Vaccine’?

"No, according to the mechanical beings, it seems the effects of the vaccine can be passed from mother to child, so those naturally born here do not need to be vaccinated again," the old man replied.

"I see..."

Mu You stroked his chin, contemplating. This ’Vaccine’ seems pretty precious.

The reason for saving only a thousand individuals was not due to a lack of desire to save more, but because the ’Vaccine’ was limited. Taking one thousand individuals from each race as ’seeds,’ giving them land to naturally proliferate and expand their race was indeed the most ’Vaccine’-efficient method.

You ask the old man where this vaccine can be found.

"I don’t know about that. We were the last race to enter Eden, and after us, this Vaccine has never appeared again. Even if it exists, it’s definitely in those mechanical beings’ factories, beyond the reach of any living creature," the old man shook his head.

So, I still have to find it myself... Mu You felt it was a pity, knowing it wouldn’t be easy.

Just then, the old man looked at you and sighed, "You better leave quickly."

Hearing this, you were about to take your leave when the old man shook his head, "I’m not telling you to leave my house but to leave Eden."

"The mainframe is here, acting like an omniscient and omnipotent ’God’. You can’t even hide from me, so how could you possibly hide from ’God’? You should leave quickly before it awakens," the old man advised.

After speaking, the old man hesitated for a moment before adding, "Additionally, if you have the ability, please take Chun Li with you as she has always longed for the outside world... but if you cannot, please do not give her any more hope. She is a simple child; all I wish is for her to live a peaceful life."

You promised the old man and then bid your farewell.

Mu You didn’t say much more. Even without the old man’s reminder, he was already planning to leave this place.

He was alone and vulnerable here. If the mainframe awoke and the robots swarmed him, he would stand no chance. It was better to withdraw for now and prepare before returning.

Still, before leaving, he wanted to take another look at the ’Hibernation Zone’. The relentless cultivation of creatures by these robots couldn’t be without purpose, and the real purpose was very likely hidden within the Hibernation Zone—after all, it was the ultimate destination for all creatures of Eden.

It was too risky to attempt this during the day when so many eyes and ears were about; he would have to wait for nightfall to find an opportunity to act.

As Mu You was considering how to proceed that evening,

In the Real World, on an island just outside the second server’s exit...

"Woo..."

A colossal octopus suddenly emerged from the lake’s depths with a tremendous wail, directly exposing itself to the countless players witnessing the spectacle.

Yet, the octopus paid no attention to the multitude of players below; after climbing out of the lake, it quickly fled with its smaller offspring, eventually disappearing into the sea at the edge of the island.

Before the players had time to relax, grateful to have survived, a multitude of gigantic creatures began to crawl out from the depths of the lake.

This time it was crabs and shrimps, each varying in size from a few meters to several tens of meters. As they surged from the lake’s bottom, these shrimp soldiers and crab generals didn’t hesitate to swing their cleavers towards the nearby players.

That wasn’t the end of it. Just a few minutes later, an enormous elephant trunk as tall as the heavens appeared from the depths of the lake, its girth almost covering the entire surface of the lake.

Simultaneously, streams of white weapons sprayed out from the pores on the elephant’s trunk, and the island was shrouded in a mist in the blink of an eye.

Players caught in the mist quickly found that all their items had stopped working. Their bodies became increasingly heavy, movement slowed dramatically, and those with weaker constitutions even petrified on the spot, entering a state of hibernation. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

However, the pursuing shrimp soldiers and crab generals were not likely to show any mercy, mercilessly wielding their cleavers toward the petrified players...

As more and more players were hunted down and killed, the news quickly spread back to the forums, rapidly becoming a hot topic.

"The Season of Beast of Catastrophe Has Arrived! All Players Evacuate the Real World Immediately!"

Merely ten minutes after the appearance of the mist, a reminder post from Dragon Group surfaced on the forum’s homepage, continually being pinned by hand.

At the same time, major countries and powers around the world also began promoting the message in the most convenient way possible, urging all players to urgently evacuate the Real World and advising those who had not entered to refrain from trying.

Not long after the mist appeared, Mu You immediately received the message in the City Lord group chat and was the first to learn of the event.

"Could it be that the Mirage Tapir has actually come here?" Solomon asked in the group chat.

Though he posed it as a question, the City Lords, who had the first-hand information, were all aware that besides Mirage Tapir, no other entity was possible.

Clearly, after being woken by them previously, the Mirage Tapir did not fall back into slumber. Instead, it had discovered a teleport nearby to its resting place and was now planning to cross over through it.

"If it’s just the Mirage Tapir coming over, that’s still okay; at worst, we just avoid logging into that world. The key issue is..." Blue Beard’s comment was left incomplete, but everyone understood his implication.

The island over there was connected to an entrance to the Star Spirit World. It was one thing for the Mirage Tapir to descend upon the island, but if it found the server’s entrance, wouldn’t that mean trouble for the Star Spirit World as well?

A Beast of Catastrophe that could run rampant in the Real World, descending upon the Star Spirit World... The mere thought was too beautiful; they dared not let their imaginations run wild.