Chapter 1: Upheaval
As the dazzling light disappeared, Bai Ji slowly opened his eyes.
The surrounding environment was very noisy, and it was early summer at this time, but Bai Ji felt that there was a wind behind him that made him cold.
Probably because of the influence of the system's sentence "You have left the safe zone", Bai Ji was already ready for battle, but when he saw the environment clearly, he immediately stuffed the P228 in his hand back into the watch warehouse.
"Damn, why is it a supermarket again." Bai Ji said that it was night when he left the hotel before, but after the teleportation, it has become daytime at this moment.
The sudden exposure to the bright space made Bai Ji's eyes sore and painful, but he could still see the endless crowd clearly. Those people were dressed fashionably, and except for the occasional few words of English, all of them were in a language that Bai Ji didn't understand, but judging from the harmonious and orderly environment, there should be no danger nearby.
At this time, Bai Ji was standing in front of a clothing store, and the cool breeze from the central air conditioner above his head was still rubbing his back. He patted his face to make himself more sober, and asked Xiao Ai in his heart: "The time difference between Thailand and us shouldn't be that big, right?" ”
Xiao Ai was making a "tsk" sound, as if she was browsing the goods in the store through Bai Ji's eyes, and listening to Bai Ji's question, she replied as a matter of course: "The location chosen by the teleportation system is determined by the system, so the time for you to arrive at your destination is also set by the system." It's 2 p.m. Beijing time, which is 1 p.m. Bangkok time, and I've helped you re-set the time on your watch. ”
"Oh, thank you then." Hearing Xiao Ai's "tsk" sound again, Bai Ji said angrily, "So my task is to survive until one o'clock in the afternoon seven days later." ”
In fact, the mission information given by the system has been very clear, Bai Ji needs to survive in Bangkok, Thailand for a whole week, and in addition to not being allowed to leave Bangkok, there are no special restrictions on the information.
To be honest, although Thailand is a relatively close country, this is also the first time Bai Ji has gone abroad, and there are all foreign faces walking around, and it is impossible not to say that he is not excited. But compared with the excitement, Bai Ji's heart at the moment is more uneasy - his current identity is no longer an ordinary normal person, but as a selector of the system, the purpose of his visit to Bangkok is not tourism, but to complete some incredible tasks.
Therefore, it is imperative to find out his situation first, and after Bai Ji was teleported to Bangkok, he felt an indescribable energy surrounding him. Now that Bai Ji has woken up from his state of confusion, that strange energy is even more obvious, and if he had to describe it, it would be more appropriate to use the word "gloomy".
It represents the gloom of the unknown, aging, and death. So even if Bai Ji was in the middle of the crowd now, he could feel an invisible danger coercing him. Bai Ji's hunch has never been wrong, and judging from the situation of the last encounter with the alien, he has every reason to believe that there is no safe environment at all during the mission.
Just as he was thinking about it, his watch suddenly vibrate, and Xiao Ai said in his head: "Does the voice call from the residents of Room 2122 need to be connected?" ”
Bai Ji nodded, and then quickly hid in a corner where no one was around.
Although it is said to be a "voice call", the watch does not make any sound, but is directly transmitted to Bai Ji's mind like a system. As soon as this voice was connected, Bai Ji heard Li Xiaopeng shouting over there: "Hey! Is it Lao Bai? ”
"Hmm." Bai Ji said with a dark face, he didn't know why, he always felt that Li Xiaopeng's voice was very bad.
"You've made it to Bangkok, right? Isn't there a lot of beautiful foreign girls? Li Xiaopeng asked again.
Bai Ji sighed and said, "Can you stop talking nonsense?" ”
"It's not nonsense, we've got a whole week, we have to find something to do, don't we?"
Bai Ji is not an impatient person, but hearing Li Xiaopeng say this, he still can't help but want to hang up the phone. Seeing that Bai Ji didn't have the slightest intention of joking with himself, Li Xiaopeng also realized that Bai Ji was about to get angry, so he restrained himself a little and asked him seriously: "Did anything other than happen to him?" ”
"I felt like throwing up, and my spine was cold, as if I was going to die at any moment."
"It's okay, it's a normal reaction to teleportation, and you'll get used to it after a few more tasks." Li Xiaopeng said.
"You don't feel the slightest thing wrong?"
"Huh? Is there anything wrong? Li Xiaopeng asked rhetorically, Bai Ji frowned, he even heard Li Xiaopeng whistle, obviously flirting with someone.
"Forget it, I can't explain it to you, where are you now? I'll go find you right away. Bai Ji asked patiently.
"I'll let the system send you my location later, you ......"
Before Li Xiaopeng could finish speaking, Bai Ji cut off the voice call and sighed quietly. Just like Li Xiaopeng told him before, if there is no companion to help, it is extremely difficult to complete the task on his own, although as a new resident, Bai Ji can't expect how strong the resident who is willing to partner with him can be, but at least don't look like a child who has no experience in the world, right?
Why is it Li Xiaopeng? Thinking of this, Bai Ji inevitably thought of Zhao Tianren, who was also a new resident of the hotel for the first time, Zhao Tianren's psychological quality and reaction speed in the face of aliens were extremely strong, if he could be a partner in this mission, it should be much more comfortable, right?
But at this point, Bai Ji has no other choice, Li Xiaopeng has sent the location to Bai Ji's watch as promised, and now all Bai Ji has to do is to join Li Xiaopeng before the attack.
"Xiao Ai, let me ask you, is it because of my nerves or does Li Xiaopeng have no sense of crisis at all?" The more Bai Ji thought about it, the more wrong it became, although Li Xiaopeng behaved quite unreliable, after all, he was also an old resident who had completed two tasks, at least in terms of actual combat experience. But even Bai Ji could feel that terrible breath of death was approaching, why was Li Xiaopeng picking up girls like a nobody?
"Both." "Generally speaking, for example, in a mission like the one you are facing now, the residents will basically not be threatened too much in the first three days of the mission, and this period is called the puzzle or information period by the residents. It is only on the fourth to seventh day that there is a real threat to life, especially on the seventh day, when the occupants are basically on the verge of death all the time. ”
"Information period?" Bai Ji asked as he walked down.
"It's the time that the residents spend gathering information. Don't think that you can survive all the missions safely if you have strong personal qualities, if you don't have enough intelligence to back it up, no matter how strong you are, you will have an accident in the mission. Xiao Ai said.
Bai Ji nodded, he never felt that gathering intelligence was an unnecessary thing, and he even thought that the most dangerous thing about the tasks issued by the system was the unknown nature of the mission.
Before accepting the mission, the occupants have no idea where the mission is, and it could be anywhere on Earth. And after accepting the mission, the residents have no idea what the things and crises need to face in the mission, it may be a zombie, it may be an alien, or it may be the existence of death in other sci-fi movies and horror movies that have never been seen.
Even the "details" of the quest are just a simple request, just like this one, if the quest details are "a week of battle with the alien in Bangkok, Thailand", then the pressure on the residents will be much less. And it is this unknown that deprives all the occupants of the only possible advantage - all mental or material preparations will be rendered useless in the midst of the change, and the occupants cannot even imagine the way in which they will die.
"So, since we are in the information period, it is normal for Li Xiaopeng to have a weak sense of crisis. But I don't want you to ......."
Before Xiao Ai finished speaking, there were already people's exclamations from upstairs, and before Bai Ji could look up, he saw a black shadow slammed on the floor on the first floor.
"What did you just say? The first three days of the mission. Bai Ji looked directly at the corpse that was smashed into a bloody blur, and then swallowed sluggishly.
"For the first three days of the mission, the occupants were largely free from too many lethal threats... Target. Through Bai Ji's vision, Xiao Ai was stunned.
It's not because the corpse scared Xiao Ai.
It was the watch on the corpse's hand that scared Xiao Ai, and it also scared Bai Ji.