Sitting in the conference room, his lips hooked into a subtle smile.

With dark purple eyes, Zheng Lingye wordlessly stared at the afterglow of the sunset outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

Indie game developers who have fallen asleep have been put on a low-key hitchhike to their homes.

"The relevant setting set of "Strange Talk City" has been copied and archived in the database, Zheng Ju."

A well-proportioned young man walked over and handed a printed document to his director.

"Just let Xu Yan go?"

As a newly promoted cadre of the Countermeasures Bureau, Li Jianqiu is the Taidao man who can be recruited not long ago.

Now he is the "lower monster hunter" of the doorway.

Favored by the secret realm of the "Monster Hunter" series, he was able to gradually acquire hunter-related skills, qualifications and talents in the secret realm exploration.

For example, the weapons and equipment of the Monster Hunt series, as well as the physical fitness of hunters who can climb mountains and mountains and leap over cliffs.

If you get a rare phantom relic in the secret realm, you will have the opportunity to summon the phantom spirits of famous hunters to help you in the future.

Even the Brilliant Black Dragon, the Annihilation Dragon, and the Crying World Dragon...... Those ancient dragons who were terrified.

Therefore, he is now also a newcomer who has high hopes in the Tiance Bureau.

Every day, he is required to practice Taidao swordsmanship, and he fights monster hunting for at least eight hours, and he must memorize the moves of the monsters, and strive to imprint their characteristics in his heart, so that he can easily apply them in the secret realm.

His doubts are also the doubts of all the cadres here.

The secret realm of "Strange Talk City" this time is obviously extraordinary.

Even though all the ghosts and goblins in it have been completely wiped out, this secret realm is still maintaining and even expanding behind the "gate".

One of them...... "Tsukieda", even wants to entrust the countermeasures bureau to help her find someone!

Now that the true form of the moon branch is known, it is a frenzied and twisted mass of flesh and blood that takes on the appearance of a thousand hands and a hundred eyes.

The meeting on the tram only made Li Jianqiu feel a tingling scalp when he thought about it at this time.

It's no wonder that even the famous demon hunter Pale Silver Wolf was captured by his face and destroyed the vision of one eye.

The other party let them leave the secret realm safely.

However, this is by no means a moon-level secret realm, and there is no doubt that there is a mistake in the judgment of the strength of the enemy that can appear, the danger level.

Did you just let Xu Yan go?

"Xu Yan doesn't know more than we know."

Slowly taking a sip of the bitter ice American, the purple-haired beauty turned her gaze back and smiled at the operators who were waiting beside her.

When he wakes up, he will forget the memories related to this conversation - Xu Yan is indeed just a simple producer, and it should have nothing to do with this secret realm incident.

"I've figured out what the situation is."

It's not a loss, it's Director Zheng! It's easy to figure out what we don't understand!

Facing the confused eyes of the operators, Zheng Lingye gestured.

The freckled girl with a notebook clicked on the interface of the steam platform on the screen in the conference room, allowing everyone present to see the game at the top of the list.

"Strange Talk City: The Last Tram".

The same name, but it's a super level remake 3A masterpiece that is completely different from the original.

"Telecom has reached out to the operators of the Steam platform in China to inquire about the situation, but they have said that they simply cannot remove the game from the top of the list.

"It's useless to delete data directly from the background and ban the game details page...... They were actually prompted that the permission was insufficient!

"Unless all the data rooms are shut down and the platform program is directly removed, but that is impossible, because the steam rooms are mainly distributed overseas......

"This game is like a cyber ghost floating over the Internet.

"Even, we went back to the source and checked the IP address of the "Key to the Door Studio".

"The results actually show ......"

The freckled girl's words paused, and then with a somewhat speechless expression, she put the query results on the screen-

"IP Source: Milky Way"

"Grass, what kind of interstellar joke, love comes from the galaxy, right?"

The countermeasures bureau agents present all hissed, why don't you say that your IP is from outside the universe?

"It's kind of outrageous......"

"That's not what technology can do."

"Is it a dependent?"

A lively discussion then rippled through the conference room, and seeing this scene, everyone present almost understood that there must be ghosts when they come home.

Such a supernatural phenomenon.

It can only be the handiwork of the Secret Realm.

The dark-haired office worker staring at the screen raised his hand to loosen his tie, as if he was looking out of the screen with a gentle smile.

Zheng Lingye looked deeply at the office worker's face shrouded in shadows, smiled politely back, and said slowly in a cheerful voice.

"This "Strange Talk City" game, which tops the popularity list, and the related natural disasters that have descended on Yushan this time, are undoubtedly man-made products.

"Yes...... Provocation—"

The purple-haired beauty chuckled inexplicably.

"Someone made this game directly from their own experience of raiding the secret realm of "Strange Talk City", and in the early hours of this morning, it was uploaded and occupied the top of the popular list on the steam platform.

"With the rapid spread of the Internet, with the help of people's extremely heated discussions and imagination.

"The consensus on "Strange Talk City" has been established, and the power of desire has begun to gather rapidly-

Then, it led to the arrival of the Secret Realm of Natural Disasters.

"Such a familiar handwriting.

"Undoubtedly, the Chaos Order's masterpiece."

The purple-haired beauty's voice fell.

When the operators heard the name of the organization "Chaos Order", they couldn't help but have a cold and complicated expression on their faces.

"Damn, it's this group of neuropaths again......"

Of course, all the officers who were recruited by the Countermeasures Bureau already knew the reason for the birth of the Disaster Secret Realm.

Human imagination and consensus will converge into a power called "wish".

All kinds of magnificent fantasies erode reality like a sudden natural disaster, forming overlapping subspaces.

The so-called "Order of Chaos".

That is, a group of madmen who believe in natural disasters themselves.

Unlike the natural disaster countermeasures bureaus of various countries, the idea of "raiding, controlling, and developing" is generally upheld for secret realms.

The members of the Chaos Order, since discovering the existence of secret realms, phantoms, and wills, believe that a higher life will be born from human desires.

Detachment from "man".

That is, the so-called ...... "God".

After all, all kinds of games, literature, movies and television ......

In terms of content, they are just stories born of fantasy.

In fact, there is no essential difference with various legends, epics, and myths.

Human beings already live in an imaginary society, and as long as there are more people who believe in it, fictional things will naturally become reality.

Even the concepts of "society", "company" and even "family" are gradually established.

Since the world of the game, through the consensus of fantasy, is able to invade reality and become a part of reality.

So......

"God", of course, is okay.

Because "desire" is an emotion that is much stronger than "desire".

The catharsis of destruction and killing, the quest for wisdom and knowledge, the love of existence and life, the desire for pleasure and pleasure......

The members of the Chaos Order are convinced that from these four most basic human desires, four gods named "Chaos" will be born.

They have been trying in vain to call these chaotic four gods to the present reality.

Its teachings state:

The more intense the desire is expressed.

The more the gods they believe in will bless their group of believers.

That's why.

The style of the members of the Chaos Order is often excessive.

Like a mad and tyrannical murderer, a careerist who instigates conspiracy, a research freak who wants to live forever, and a wicked degenerate who pursues pleasure......

Its organizational composition can be said to bring together all kinds of evil people, among whom there are many celebrities who hide their identities and secretly operate in the upper echelons of the Order.

There are even a large number of Secret Realm Dependents.

After all, except for "wishes".

The most lacking and most intense emotion of human beings in this world is "desire".

"The Chaos Sect directly prompted the Demon Realm Rift incident three years ago, and now it still dares to come to Yushan City...... What the hell are they trying to do?! ”

The senior cadres seemed to be excited, and some of them even flew out in the Yushan dialect.

"the fairy Banban! If Lao Tzu's flying sword is not sharpened into a treasure dragon, Lao Tzu will not be surnamed Li! ”

Many rookie operators don't know what the Demon Rift event was.

I only know that in that secret realm strategy, the people of the Yushan City Tiance Bureau ...... More than seventy percent died.

The current deputy director, Zheng Lingye, is from that secret realm...... The only survivor who returned.

"It's already obvious......

"Everyone, please look at Miss Tsukieda's popularity right now.

"For example, under the short video I clicked on casually, there are more than one million likes in the comment area."

The purple-haired beauty motioned to everyone present to look at the screen in the conference room, and said slowly with a smile:

""Tsukizhi is so cute", "Tsukizhi is my wife", "I really want to touch Tsukizhi's little hand", ......"

She chanted slowly.

The expressions of the agents present who realized something gradually became ugly and solemn from the thoughtful at the beginning-

"That's right, everybody thought of it.

"I guess it's a member of the Chaos Order, who accidentally discovered the existence of the moon branch in the secret realm of "Strange Talk City" and communicated with it.

"So, by converging people's wishes."

Zheng Lingye raised his gaze and looked at the ordinary office worker whose face was not clear in the promotional frame of the game.

It's as if you're looking at it through the screen.

"He's trying to be in reality...... Summoning this twisted and crazy evil god, summoning the incarnation of the "Moon Branch". ”

*

In a silent atmosphere.

Strict and orderly patrol tasks were distributed one by one in the conference room.

"Zheng Ju, why don't a few of us show up?"

Looking at the senior operators who received the task, they were hurried and solemn.

Li Jianqiu was uneasy, full of enthusiasm that immediately wanted to hold the sword and kill it.

Sliding step! See Cut! Denglong! Cat car!

Coherent!

It can only be said that Taidaoxia is like this.

The purple-haired beauty slowly took a sip of bitter coffee and smiled at the four newcomers who were still sitting in front of her.

Youthful, enthusiastic, and vibrant.

It reminds me of my former self.

"Because, this time it may be a big move on the part of the Chaos Sect, and here in Yushan City, we have already contacted the Tiance Headquarters in the Imperial Capital.

"The imperial capital, I will send an Yuan rank over."

I'm super, abyss!

Hear the word "abyss".

The rookie operators who are still at the door level can't help but have a yearning look on their faces.

"Dependents".

It means a person who is favored by the secret realm of natural disasters.

And - the door, the clothes, the moon, the abyss, the core, the gods.

It is a common level division of the current countries in the world for the strength realm of dependents.

No one knows how the name of this scale came about, and who drew it.

But...... There is often a well-known secret among the relatives of the secret realm:

"The first five orders of the realm of dependents correspond to the name of a god."

"These realms are deliberately spread - the more widely they are preached and the deeper the awe, the stronger their power becomes."

Abyss-level dependents often have a desire like the abyss, and at least three or more A-level talents.

In addition, because of the accumulation of years of secret exploration, they often have phantom relics at the bottom of the box, and the phantoms that can be summoned to help them fight are basically well-known powerhouses in popular works.

It can be said that one person can suppress a city.

Just like Zheng Lingye today, he is also at the abyss level.

"You have good potential, but at this moment, it's just potential – it's not something you can be a part of.

"This patrol seems to be a little too dangerous for the four of you newcomers......

"So, on the night of the blood moon tonight, everyone should go to their respective secret realms to explore with peace of mind.

"Arrange it yourself, don't die."

The rookie executives present here...... They looked at each other for a moment, wondering if they had heard it wrong.

"Grass, am I having auditory hallucinations?"

"Zheng Ju actually cares about us so much?! Even today I don't even work overtime! Tears can't help but shoot out......"

"You guys seem to have mistaken something."

Zheng Lingye, who heard this, shook his head lightly and smiled gently.

"It's 'self' to arrange time, not to say free time."

Newcomers: "......? ”

The purple-haired beauty clapped her hands, and the clerk waiting next to her suddenly handed over a few documents.

The above content is actually based on each person's situation and the corresponding secret realm, and a task list is densely arranged:

"Acquisition of Qigong Wave and Dou Qi Enhancement"

"Completely awaken the complete spiritual ability and master the primary spiritual interference"

"Increase the rate of marksmanship and prosthetic modification, and try to install Snwestein"

"Capture a Mud Fish Dragon, forge equipment, and practice weapons other than the Taidao"

"Make your own arrangements, submit a report to the group meeting in a month, and I will personally check the progress of everyone's strength, and deduct wages and annual leave if you do not meet the standards."

"Within half a year, strive to advance to "clothing"."

If you accidentally die in the secret realm, your soul will be damaged, and you will be paralyzed directly in bed into a vegetative person with a weak sense of touch, and you can only pour liquid food, which can be said to be more uncomfortable than death.

Such a high intensity can't help but make the newcomers sound one after another.

The deputy director of the beautiful lady, known as the "lifeweaver" in the family world, leaned on the recliner in the main seat of the conference room, propped up her slender and white ten fingers, and made people smile like a spring breeze.

A long trench coat draped over the shoulders is carved with a silk-like pattern that twists like a spider's web.

"Today's Yushan Tiance Bureau is green and yellow, and there are some faults, and everyone may be too lazy.

"The situation will only become more tense in the future.

"Looks like it's time to put a little pressure on you.

"Don't you still think that this world is a peaceful and prosperous place to live and work in peace and contentment?"

Zheng Lingye shook his head and snapped his fingers lightly, and the big screen in the conference room changed accordingly.

"This is the super-large natural disaster secret realm that has descended around the world in the past three years, and it is highly classified:

"For example, this one is a silent raccoon city that appeared in the Free Federation, and there are zombies roaming the world during the day and a triangular head dragger in the world at night.

"Another example is this one, the towering black giant tree that appeared in Seoul, the Demon Tree, you all recognize it, right?

"This is a black eclipse dragon that appeared in the Amazon rainforest, and the virus it carries directly makes all the animals in the forest start to go crazy, isn't it familiar?

"This is the sudden emergence of blood-colored sea water in the coastal area of Sakurajima, and all the people who come into contact with the sea have different degrees of physical distortion, and this natural disaster has not been perfectly and properly resolved......

Zheng Lingye's slightly cold words echoed in the ears of those present.

Look at the pictures of the scenes with a strong sense of déjà vu.

In the hearts of the newcomers participating in the meeting, their scalps inevitably tingled, and the waves were overturned.

The city of Resident Evil and Silent Hill, the Demon Tree of Devil May Cry, the dragon virus of Monster Hunter, and the Bloodborne Plague of Bloodborne......

This...... Is this planet really suitable for human beings to survive well?

"It's true that only those who belong to them can step into the secret realm, but with the expansion of natural disasters, more and more ordinary people will gradually be swept into it......"

"The domestic Tiance Bureau. With sacrifice to cast the cornerstone of the people's tranquility, every time the super-large secret realm, we will do everything to carry out the strategy,

"Don't take your hard-won peace for granted."

Zheng Lingye snapped his fingers and slowly closed the screen in the conference room, his purple eyes drooping his eyelids.

A dull silence spreads through the room.

"For, why...... Don't put those elements too dangerous...... Ban them all, Zheng Ju. ”

Li Jianqiu did appreciate the seriousness of the situation from these pictures.

If fantasy has become so corrupt into reality—why not ban all those works that have too dangerous worldviews from circulating on the market?

If not popular enough.

Naturally, there will be no such natural disasters and secret realms.

Hearing this, the purple-haired beauty couldn't help but have a meaningful arc at the corner of her mouth.

"Usually, do you post ● pictures in the group?

"That's not encouraged."

The words fell.

"Ahem...... Ahem——! ”

"Zheng Ju, you ask ...... do this?"

In the conference room, there was a sudden coughing sound one after another.

I didn't finish asking.

The smart people here also seem to realize something. An expression of realization appeared.

Seemingly, I kind of understood......

"To be denied is also an affirmation.

"Forbidden things are often widely circulated.

"You can gag people's mouths and cover people's eyes. so that they cannot speak with their mouths and see with their eyes.

Zheng Lingye smiled and said word by word.

"But ever, it is impossible to close people's hearts.

"Only thoughts cannot be controlled.

"There must always be a place for emotions to be vented, and there must always be a goal for wishes.

"If you have a relaxed mindset, you will be denied the right to appreciate the art of games.

"People will ...... Begin to imagine "God." ”

The words fell.

The operatives fell into an unspeakable silence.

That's right, at least normal people will understand when they play the game - it's just a game, a false dream.

If anything becomes dangerous.

Then the word danger will almost lose its original meaning.

I don't want the secret realm of natural disasters to come, unless I deprive people of their free thoughts and make people no longer human.

Otherwise, if you lose the game, there will be film and television, and if you lose film and television, there will also be text.

Even if the circulation of words is lost, people will still imagine their own "gods" in their hearts.

"So, instead of banning it completely, it's better to do the right thing."

Zheng Lingye said with a smile.

"Everyone, you must have played the games of the "Human 40K" series, right?"

The "Human 40K" series is a space opera about the human race, fighting against various monsters, resisting subspace storms, and struggling to survive in the dangerous universe.

The main thing is to show the sacrificial nature of human brilliance, and the spirit of perseverance to fight against chaos and corrosion.

The villains among them are the four gods of chaos.

When the Celestial Ce operators learned about the existence of the Chaos Order, they thought that these crazy people were all fanatical fans of this game, and they actually believed in the game's setting.

"Actually, it's the opposite."

Looking at the operators' slightly dazed expressions.

The purple-haired beauty slowly revealed an amazing secret.

"This is actually the product of the collaborative development and production of various countries - we have made the teachings of the Chaos Order into the game "Human 40K" series.

As a result, players will feel that the so-called Four Gods of Chaos are just gods in the game.

"The more people play memes online and see the four gods as a concept in the game, the more the influence of chaos will be weakened.

"After all, who would think that the gods in the game can influence their thinking along the network cable?

"Therefore, not only should it not be suppressed, but it should be vigorously promoted and promoted, and its concept should be entertaining, harmless, and ridiculous-

The so-called "gods."

Zheng Lingye held ten fingers and said with a smile.

"In this way, it was reduced by human beings."

*

Looking at the shocked and speechless expressions of the operators.

Zheng Lingye shook his head with a smile, feeling that he seemed to have overspoken to the little ones today.

However, every time I face a newcomer, I will have such a worldview puzzle and education.

This will give them the motivation to move forward.

She took a sip of the bitter iced Americana and smiled gently.

"Fantasy is invading our reality, yes.

But who can be sure...... Isn't our world a story written by someone else?

"Weakness is not an obstacle to survival, arrogance is.

"That's why we at the Heavenly Policy Bureau always emphasize to everyone that please respect your wraiways and treat them as living beings, even if they are game characters who follow their wishes and respond to the call, they have their own lives.

"Go for it.

"Children who do well are rewarded."

The rookie operators left with complicated expressions and thoughtful expressions.

The empty conference room soon fell silent.

The purple-haired beauty held her own ice American, carefully tasting the bitter taste.

Actually, she didn't like bitter things before.

But...... This refreshing bitterness.

It reminds her that she is still alive.

The world is indeed ushering in subversive development, and all countries are stepping up to explore and develop all kinds of secret realms.

This year, the Joint Council for Natural Disaster Countermeasures passed the "Secret Land Bill No. 086", which was jointly funded by various countries, and consumed the astronomical amount of willpower, and constructed a new wish for the world:

"Humans have developed superconducting materials at room temperature."

Looking at the laptop screen, the daily news is changing with each passing day of science and technology reports.

Zheng Lingye's eyelids drooped.

Why, why does it have to be so urgent?

Because, now the natural disaster countermeasures bureau in the world, all the secret realm dependents above the abyss level, all know the prophecy that can be called a top secret:

"2042, the end of July."

"A subspace storm will fall from the sky."

Smoking is never allowed in the conference room.

But the woman named Zheng Lingye is the rule of this Yushan City.

He lit a cigarette and took a deep breath.

"If the gods of chaos in subspace are coveting reality from fantasy......"

The purple-haired beauty exhaled a mouthful of mist, slowly folding her long legs wrapped in purple silk tights.

She looked away at the last rays of the setting sun outside the window.

"—And where is the Lord of Mankind who can save the world, at this moment?"

*

Twelve o'clock in the morning.

The black-haired young man standing on the roof of the rooftop raised his right hand wearing the ring of oaths and looked at the cold full moon on the sky.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching.

The moon is full.

So, according to her previous instructions, Su Shu with a gentle smile, facing the full moonlight, softly called out her name.

"Moonbranch".

Moon-top branches.

This illusory voice, the moment it fell.

The prompt box from the system slowly appeared in front of Su Shu's eyes.

"The power of the wish is full."

"The key to the door is watching you......

"Phantom Relic Detected: Moonbranch's Oath"

"Do you want to consume 1 Silver Key to summon this Wraith to reality, the Moon Branch?"

"Confirm/Cancel"

Loading ...... Reality –

This planet at your feet.

In Su Shu's eyes at this moment, it seemed to be regarded as a game.

Against the cold moonlight of the sky.

The black-haired young man standing on the roof of the rooftop grinned slightly at the corners of his mouth, smiling brightly and excitedly.

The Fourth Plague of Evil.

Maybe it's manipulating and turning the whole world upside down.

"Confirm."

"Summoning Wraiths for you......

In the menu that appeared, the 15 silver keys in his possession jumped and slowly changed to the number of 14.

In the dark night sky, there seemed to be a silver door that only he could witness, slowly opening—

The moonlight is white and white.

At the far end of that field of vision.

Located in the lush forest area of Yushan Central Park, a huge green tree is growing and spreading rapidly from the ground.

Those intertwined roots.

Woven for a slightly swaying cradle.

A frail, silver-haired girl sat on a swing made of vines, blinking her crimson eyes a little dazedly, looking at the suddenly changed urban neon in front of her.

Why...... Not flesh and blood?

Her long hair was spread out like the finest brocade, and her slightly swaying white and slender feet were not stained with dust.

Trance.

Seems to have sensed something.

Yuezhi slowly raised her gaze, and her crimson gaze seemed to span a distance of thousands of meters.

looked at the rooftop in the distance, and looked at the figure that he had been thinking about all these days.

This burning sensation......

Yes, it's called "missing", right?

Tsukieda has learned a lot from the dictionary.

With a slightly blushing complexion, she tilted her head in a dazed, confused, and shy manner.

"Tree-kun?"

Then he saw the handsome black-haired young man who was staring at him, standing on the rooftop, just a thousand kilometers away, and replied with a lip smile.

"How does it feel to see the scenery outside of your dreams?

"That's right, Tsukieda-sama."

He said softly.

"I'm keeping my promise."