In the cold-toned apocalyptic inn, there is a deathly silence.

Lin Chi walked into the cold corridor and checked his current state with the help of the cold light cast by the incandescent lamp overhead.

The weapons and items he had obtained from this map in his pocket had all disappeared at this time, leaving only the Observer's contract book still in his pocket, but the contents of the paper had also changed subtly:

The original distress call was gone, replaced by a simple and crude line of text: "Go to Room 207." ”

In addition, Lin Chi's dark blue prison clothes, which were originally soaked in blood, were replaced by dusty overalls, and the chest of his shirt was printed with ". T" three letters, I don't know what it means.

Lin Chi raised his head and stared at the tattered ceiling of the third floor, only to see that the ceiling at the end of the corridor seemed to have been blasted out of a big hole by a bomb, and a dismal cold light was thrown in from the hole, reflecting the concrete floor that was not illuminated by the light.

- So, where you are now, what is the setting?

Lin Chi, who was still in a state of confusion, tried to open the doors of other rooms in the corridor except for room 303, but found that all the doors were locked and could not be opened at all.

Fortunately, there was no iron fence door in the stairwell of the "Doomsday Hotel" this time that could not be opened, and Lin Chi did not encounter any obstacles, so he walked down the stairs to the second floor, preparing to walk to Room 207 on the other side of the corridor.

Then, the moment he poked his head out of the hallway, he suddenly stopped.

- Four men in black combat uniforms, submachine guns, and binocular night vision goggles who look like special forces soldiers are standing on the other side of the hallway. Search the house on the second floor.

"What's the situation?"

Seeing the appearance of the guys suspected of being enemies, Lin Chi also leaned against the wall, staring vigilantly at the shadows cast from the other side of the corridor, watching those guys slowly approach.

After entering the "parallel space", he returned to his unarmed state, and it was obviously extremely difficult to subdue a heavily armed soldier with just his hands.

If you want to take out those enemies, you need to wait for a chance in addition to weapons......

Thinking of this, Lin Chi lowered his head and focused his gaze on a brick at his feet and the broken glass next to him.

In the silent corridor, the soldiers whispered something to each other, and although their voices were very low, their voices were still very clear because the building was so quiet:

"Not here, probably escaped......"

"Keep searching, we have to find that madman. His test specimen should be dying. ”

"Can't you just pull it out?"

"No! Then they will be completely hopeless, and we need them ......"

The soldiers whispered their discussions as they walked to the stairwell, the eyepieces above their heads that did not shine even under the direct light of incandescent light.

The two soldiers in the rear aimed their guns at the back of the corridor, and the two in front of them moved forward slowly and vigilantly, their hands clenched into the pitch-black submachine guns in their hands, and the dark figures were like cold ghosts.

"Be careful......

A soldier walking in front on the right, using tactical gestures to give a "stop advancing" command to his teammates, points his gun at the black staircase, and with the help of night vision devices, prepares to check whether there is a person hiding at the staircase.

Then, a brick flew out under the gaze of the four soldiers, shattering the glass in the opposite hallway and flying out of the building.

When the bricks appeared, the four soldiers had subconsciously raised their guns to aim at the staircase, but their eyes still followed the law of human "automatic tracking of moving objects", and followed the bricks from left to right to move out of the window.

And this fleeting opportunity is exactly what Lin Chi needs at the moment!

Before the four soldiers opened fire, Lin Chi had already rushed out of the staircase, and the sharp glass shards in his hands directly pierced the neck of the soldier closest to him, and then instantly pulled out the D80 fighting saber in the scabbard of the opponent's waist and cut the throat of the other person next to him.

Bang bang bang......

The rapid sound of the submachine gun rang out, and the flames from the muzzle of the gun illuminated the dark corridor, and the two soldiers in the rear fired almost zero distance, but all of them hit the body armor of their companions.

Relying on the soldier whose neck had been cut by himself as a meat shield, Lin Chi successfully retreated into the stairwell, avoiding the enemy's firing range.

"Fuck ......"

Faced with an unexpected situation, the remaining two soldiers were caught off guard and turned on their portable radios as they retreated, trying to call for backup.

One of the soldiers took out a grenade, and had just torn off the safety pin, when a fleeting silver light suddenly lit up in front of him, followed by a large saber nailed to his right wrist, and a sharp pain that bordered on madness.

"Ahhhh

The soldier fell to his knees and looked at the wrist pierced by his saber, screamed loudly, and the grenade with the safety removed in his hand rolled on the ground for a few seconds, hitting the door of the apartment next to him with a crisp sound.

"I'll ......"

Seeing this scene, before the other soldier next to him could say his curse, the whole person was swallowed up by the blazing fireball of the grenade explosion.

Rumble!

Lin Chi, who was hiding in the stairwell, witnessed the fragments of flesh and blood being blasted against a nearby wall by the shock wave. Sure that the enemy had been killed, he finally re-entered the hallway.

Four soldiers had already been crushed to pieces in the grenade explosion, along with their equipment. The corridor, already riddled with bullet holes, looked like it had been washed in blood, and the walls were covered with scorch marks and flesh fragments from the explosion.

"This map is really exciting." Lin Chi said with emotion.

By now, he is well aware of what the map description says, and that it is not only the torture protection program that has been turned off in this map, but also the "Bloody Control System" that provides players with a harmonious picture. In the brain-imaging game that is becoming more and more "harmonious" because of policies, I am afraid that there is only one "War Paradise" that can appear this kind of flesh-and-blood picture......

Choking smoke floated in the air, mixed with the smell of barbecue. Lin Chi walked briskly through the bloody area in the corridor and came to the black metal door of Room 207.

As before, the door to Room 207 was unlocked, and just looking at the burn marks on the door frame and the burn marks on the wall next to the door, it was clear that the soldiers must have used a door breaker to force the door open.

When you enter the door of Room 207, you will be greeted by the same messy living room, but unlike the situation in the previous "Doomsday Hotel", this time there is a strange machine stored in Room 207.

The room, which was supposed to be a bedroom, was now occupied by a cube with a silver shell. The surface of the thing shone with a sharp cold light, the top was filled with slender metal tubes, and the base below was held to the floor by large screws, apparently immovable.

- What is it?

Lin Chi stood in front of the machine with great interest and observed the structure of this thing.

This high-tech-looking device, without any exposed control boards and displays, could not find a position to operate at all, and the blue and white electric light from the shell from time to time, as well as the dangerous crackling sound, also reminded him to "do not touch".

So, is this machine related to the weird "switching maps" before?

When Lin Chi was thinking, a slightly trembling female voice suddenly sounded in a position close to him behind him:

"That, may I ask ......?"

It was like a voice ringing in his ears, so frightened that Lin Chi turned around instantly, but he didn't see anyone. The woman seemed to notice his fear, and whispered, "Don't worry, I'm using a loudspeaker ......"

"Scared my dad to death." Lin Chi muttered rudely and asked, "Who are you?" ”

The other party didn't answer immediately, but asked in a low voice, "You're the enemy of those soldiers, right?" I saw you kill them on the monitor. ”

"Sort of." Lin Chi nodded, and added, "Please answer my question." ”

Since entering this game, he has been in a state of confusion, and what he wants to know most at present is the plot and world view of this map.

And now, this woman, who was being hunted by the soldiers, should have some inside stories in her hands.

"Ah, wait until I see if there are any enemy bugs nearby......"

The female voice sounded a little panicked, and it took a minute before it finally sounded again: "Thank goodness, they must all be dead." So, what did you just ask? ”

For this confused guy, Lin Chi repeated his question again with some confusion, and then finally got the other party's answer:

"Hello, I'm the administrator of this community, and I'm locking them up to save the residents......"

- Administrator?

Hearing this word, the first thing that appeared in Lin Chi's mind was the gloomy figure of "executive", but he soon realized that the administrator in the other party's mouth did not refer to the game administrator (GM), but management in another sense:

"You mean, you're from the neighborhood committee?"

"Neighborhood Committee...... That's what you're saying, right? I'm calling it the Condominium Residents Authority. The woman was very serious in this regard, and said seriously: "The residents of this apartment are under my management. ”

"So what's going on with this machine? Also, how are the other people in the apartment? Lin Chi asked curiously.

"That machine is a 'dream maker', and everyone else in the apartment should still be in the dream it created." The woman quickly answered Lin Chi's question: "I just came back from over there......"

- So, the bloody map before is actually a "dream" created by this machine?

Realizing this, Lin Chi finally understood the reason for the map switch, and continued to ask, "So why are you doing this?" ”

"You can see that, too." The woman's voice was a little dejected: "There has been a war here, it is already a barren area, and the vicinity is surrounded by minefields and radiation areas, and it is impossible for us to leave. ”

"So, you've got a virtual 'paradise' for them?" Lin Chi reacted immediately.

"yes, that's how it started out." The woman laughed, "The food and supplies here are still enough to last for a while, but the inhabitants are starting to get restless. I know it's desperate to be stuck in an apartment during the war, unable to get out, and even cut off the internet. ”

"In order to appease the residents, I will use this machine to create a virtual paradise where everyone can live in it and forget about the troubles of the real world for a while. And their bodies in reality are supported by infusions. ”

"But right now, it's worse over there than here." Lin Chi smiled.

"Yes, that's why I fled back......" The woman sighed: "But it's also strange here, all the residents on the first floor have disappeared, and a group of soldiers have come and started to hunt me down inexplicably." ”

Although the question she asks is indeed strange. However, in the current situation, Lin Chi is most concerned about another problem:

"So, can you explain what this 'dream maker' is? Don't you think it's weird? Lin Chi complained.

In this kind of worldview, which is suspected to be in the 90s of the last century, the appearance of a strange device similar to an intra-brain imaging game warehouse is really not quite right, and it is full of a strong sense of disobedience.

"Ah, you say this machine is ......" The woman's voice didn't sound very concerned, and explained lightly: "This is provided by Mr. Vincent in the apartment, and everyone signed an agreement before entering the hatch, agreeing to the use of this machine, and erasing some of the previous memories. Do you have any questions? ”

Even in the real world of 2035, such a thing as "erasing memories" will still not be possible. Because of this, when he heard the woman's explanation, Lin Chi was also slightly surprised, and asked, "Are you serious?" ”

"yes, it doesn't matter, does it?" There was a hint of confusion in the woman's tone: "What's wrong with you?" ”

Lin Chi soon realized that in the other party's worldview, the device "Dream Maker" seemed to exist as a matter of course, and there was no strange feeling.

But...... For Lin Chi, this situation is really abnormal:

According to the woman's account, the apartment building is supposed to be surrounded by minefields and radiation zones. But if it is enough to create a "dream machine", it is simply easy to break through the minefield.

Of course, the army in this worldview may also have very advanced equipment and create minefields that cannot be broken through. However, judging from the equipment of the four soldiers that Lin Chi killed just now, the soldiers here are actually still using weapons and equipment from the nineties of the last century, and they do not reflect a particularly advanced technical level.

At this level of technology, black technology like "Dream Control Machine" should not exist at all! So......

- Isn't this apartment, like the Doomsday Hotel, a simulated virtual space?

Thinking of this, Lin Chi was about to speak, when the woman's voice sounded again, with a hint of anxiety in her voice:

"Oh no, another soldier is coming!"

Before the words fell, Lin Chi heard the sound of the wind breaking the rotation of the helicopter propeller suddenly sounded outside the apartment, and he stood in front of the window, only to see that the open space in front of the apartment was brightly reflected by the lights on the transport helicopter.

A dozen black-clad soldiers were abseiling from a helicopter hovering in mid-air, sliding down the long rope thrown from the cabin into the open space in front of the apartment.

After landing, these black-clad soldiers wearing night vision devices quickly dispersed, outflanking the apartment from three entrances at the same time in a standard combat formation.