Another city,

In a cramped, dirty, turbid basement, in front of a computer desk full of all kinds of miscellaneous items,

The unkempt mule frowned slightly, looking at the friend's chat box in his sight.

"King Shengnan..."

The intelligence broker scratched his hair, and at this moment, the mule's body was covered with all kinds of extraordinary items,

Jade bracelets, metal necklaces, stone rings, wooden statues...

These items are defensive items,

has both physical defenses, automatic teleportation when damaged,

There are also items that can defend against various damage on the psychic level.

The mule thought about it carefully, "All the information costs thirty game coins, you can give twenty first." ”

"Okay."

Li Ang didn't talk nonsense and transferred the reward.

Fifteen minutes later, the mule sent several documents, which were full of detailed content.

including but not limited to the chat history of the post,

The personal information of the netizens who participated in the chat,

Before being discovered and taken away by the Special Municipal Bureau, the speech records of netizens on other social platforms,

Concept art of memetic delivery...

Li Anzai carefully read the documents and unexpectedly discovered a fact.

Shengnan King, at first it was just made up,

The poster clearly explained to his friends on other social platforms that the whole story is a pure dream.

There is no nightmare of giving birth to the king of the south at all.

In addition, those netizens who claimed to have had similar dreams under the post,

Either it's a coax,

Either it's to graft the elements about the King of Shengnan into the vague nightmare in his own memory, and he should be with others.

Shengnan Wang, it's not an abnormal event,

It's just netizens who are keen on urban legends and spontaneously promote a carnival together.

Because of the post, there are some classic elements that make up urban legends (suspense, thriller, multiple witnesses),

Through the contributions of netizens, it becomes a story that is interesting enough and worthy of being recreated.

At the same time, the vague language of netizens when they spread it again also added a touch of mystery to this story, prompting more people to take the initiative to explore it out of curiosity.

In the end, the story of King Shengnan became a freshly baked man-made legend.

If things just stop at this step, then King Shengnan will become a well-known thriller story at most, like the thin black shadow of the United States.

is more probable, or disappearing,

Or it can become a recognized meme that some urban legend lovers can smile at after hearing it.

But now, the whole thing has turned into an anomalous event,

Many ordinary people have symptoms of memetic pollution,

Some netizens who participated in the discussion have been summoned to the base by the Special Affairs Bureau for investigation.

Leon pondered for a moment and asked the mule, "Apart from me, are there any players who have purchased information from you?" ”

“...”

The mule did not answer immediately, and after a moment of silence replied, "Yes, there are a lot of them." ”

A lot of them?

Li Ang frowned, "Judging from the concept map of meme transmission, there are only a few thousand people who are contaminated by level 4 or even level 5 memes at most, right?"

There are not even 10,000 people, and the scope of influence is too small.

And this anomalous meme is not harmful. ”

"At the moment, there is no harm."

The mule replied, "But you should also know the word telekinesis, right?"

Many occult scholars believe that 'as more and more people believe in some stories, false things will become real things because of the accumulation of human minds.' ’

This statement, removing the primate arrogance hidden in it, actually has some truth.

Because the power of mind is the power of faith.

Some anomalies can only survive if people believe in them. ”

Li Ang was stunned when he heard this, and subconsciously thought of a real case on the player forum.

A month ago, an anomalous event occurred on a small island in the South Pacific, where a bird wrecked an American airliner flying near the island.

The bird is no different from the gulls that are widely distributed in the South Pacific – the only difference is that the gull is so large that it has a wingspan of 500 meters.

The Global Occult Coalition immediately blocked the news and launched an investigation.

However, all the planes they flew over were shot down by the giant gray gull, and all the man-made weapons did not seem to be able to cause fatal damage to the gray gull - fortunately, the giant bird only lived around the island.

In the end, the Global Occult Coalition relied on two agents who snorkeled and climbed onto the island to relay important information.

More than a month ago, a plague broke out among the isolated indigenous tribes of this small island, killing the tribe's shamans in a very short time, as well as a large number of inhabitants,

Subsequently, some residents noticed the anomaly,

Huge fowl appeared in the mountains and forests, waiting for an opportunity to hunt down the natives who had gone into the mountains alone.

As the disease spreads and the number of inhabitants decreases, the gulls grow in size, and eventually they can even fly to the villages to hunt humans, ignoring the spears and arrows of the tribal warriors.

The remaining indigenous people can only hide in all corners of the island, trying to avoid being spotted by giant gray gulls.

After investigation, the Global Occult Coalition found murals left in caves by countless generations of tribal shamans,

According to the information on the mural,

When the shamans first landed on this island thousands of years ago, they found a gray gull that was so large that it covered the sky.

They were afraid of the bird, and used a special means to seal its power, making it incomparably smaller, no different from ordinary gray gulls.

As long as the more people believe in the existence of the gray gull, the more people will tell the story of the gray gull,

The power of this gray gull will be imprisoned forever.

On the other hand, if fewer people remember the essence of the gray gull, the gray gull will become larger and larger, and even return to the appearance of a thousand years ago, covering the sky and the sun.

At first, the Global Occult Coalition was reluctant to believe it.

An indigenous tribe of less than a thousand people was able to interfere with the anomalous monster itself with a wingspan of 500 meters, and even confront it through faith and restrain it.

This is completely illogical.

However, belief is such a thing that does not conform to conventional logic.

In the end, the Global Occult Coalition still managed to solve the gray gull and contain it.

The way to contain it is to find some indigenous people from distant islands.

Through the occult rituals,

Let the indigenous people become the indigenous people of the island, and tell them the nature of the gull - it worked, and the gull quickly shrank in size until it became a regular-sized seabird.

Imprisoned in a global occult Coalition stronghold on an island.

"Believe in order to exist."

The mule sent a message: "King Shengnan, as an urban legend born of pure fiction, has become an anomalous event. I'm not sure where this thing will go..."

Leon looked at the chat box hanging in his sight, squinted his eyes, and tapped his knuckles on the table.

It's strange that a mule, who is an intelligence broker, doesn't usually talk so much to a customer - he's not a game-by-game conversation of a hundred-dollar an hour.

Perhaps, the mule was afraid...

Li Ang's eyes lit up, and he sent a question that had crossed the line.

"What do those people who bought information about King Shengnan from you want to do?"

After the question was asked, the chat box was silent for a long, long time, and finally a line emerged.

"It's a bit out of line with the ethics of an intelligence broker... Never mind

Some players seem to think that they might be able to take advantage of the Shengnan King.

Or, enter the dream of King Shengnan and trigger an anomalous event,

Or, take away the huge amount of mental power that gave birth to the birth of the Southern King,

Or, directly hold the King of Shengnan hostage himself..."

The mule sent a message, and immediately added with some regret: "I shouldn't have said so much,

There are many people who are eyeing the King of Shengnan, and in addition to the lone wolf, there are also many secret organizations.

I can't guess their plan either. ”

Li Ang's brows furrowed, "Why are you talking to me about this?" ”

"You're also an anomalous memetic infector, right?"

The mule said bluntly: "At the beginning of the Shengnan King incident, I was already polluted with memes by collecting all kinds of information.

As an intelligence monger, I see more than the average player.

The power of belief, which cannot be explained by logic, is elusive, cannot be speculated,

It seems to me that those who try to make sense of anomalies that they cannot understand are completely self-defeating.

Rather than let them take matters into their own hands and interfere with the anomalous memes and end up affecting me,

I might as well tell you about this clever man, and more information - maybe it will add a little bit of life to me.

By the way, the above content will not be charged again. ”

Let's talk about it, the mule ended the friend communication, leaving Leon alone, looking at the computer screen that was playing a boring variety show in a daze.

Suddenly, the system prompt sounded.

【Task trigger conditions met】

[Mission Type: Regular Mission (Multiplayer)]

[Mission Name: Shengnan One Dream]

[Phase 1 Mission Objective: After five hours, maintain a quiet position in the secret room and enter the Dream Realm of Shengnan King]

[Mission Time Limit: None]

[Reward: None]

[Mission Failure Penalty: None]

[This mission is a regular multiplayer, and all players who meet the trigger conditions of the mission (become an anomalous meme infected person of Shengnanwang) can receive the mission.] All players who choose to accept the quest will enter the Dream of the Born South King at the same time in the world]

[In the Dream Realm of Shengnanwang, players can earn equipment items and in-game currency rewards by solving abnormal events. There is no friendly damage shield between players. Players don't get rewards for killing each other]

[During the mission, players can choose to quit at any time without failure penalty.] Once you exit, you will not be able to re-enter. The time mechanism for players to enter and exit is the same as that of the scripted quests]

[The quest will end by default when King Shengnan dies or ends the dream, and all players are forced to quit]

[The sleeping King of Shengnan, waiting for you to fall asleep]