The sky was bright and the rain was drizzling.

The black-and-gray off-road vehicle sped across the open field, water droplets hitting the windshield, and were quickly swept away by the windshield wipers, revealing the outside scenery.

Probably because of the popularity of flying cars, the roads here are not very wide, and from time to time, there are one or two potholes, which make the off-road vehicles jolt violently.

On both sides of the road there is a row of fir trees, and the branches cross to cast shade.

Outside the metasequoia, there is an endless amount of grass, and occasionally you can see some ponds, groves, thorn bushes, and the like.

At intervals, there is a conspicuous yellow stand with signs such as "Biohazard", "Toxic Warning", and "Chemical Weapons".

In the distance, there was a barbed wire fence, and there was a smoke on the ground slowly rising, and the smoke was yellow, yellow, green and green, which did not seem to be a normal gas.

In the off-road vehicle, Zhou Zhen quietly looked out the window.

The ghost of No. 024 on the main driver drove intently and did not say a word.

The three ghosts in the back row, 080 kept staring at the mobile phone screen, with the swipe of his fingers, one after another green light hit the visual sensor he was wearing, reflecting a series of K-line charts; 041 is playing the game intently, and the excited sound effects are almost continuous, just starting, and the record is already 0-5.

Ghost No. 056 tilted his head slightly, carefully observed Zhou Zhen, and saw that Zhou Zhen's mood was always stable, and suddenly asked, "What is the case in Binhai Central Hospital?" ”

Zhou Zhen came back to his senses, and when he saw that a member of the ghost team finally asked him about the case, he immediately replied: "When I was on duty, I received a call from the ordinary team asking for support, and then immediately went to the central hospital with Team Leader Jin......"

Soon, he told the whole process of the case.

Of course, there is not a word about the side effects of [Plane Jump], as well as the photos and videos of the girls on the phone......

In addition, he also mentioned the personality of "Chu Jingyan" a little......

According to the information that Ghost 017 had just told him, he already knew that when the ghost team arrived at the scene, they were all attacked by him.

This black cauldron, he doesn't want to help "Chu Jingyan" carry it......

After listening, Ghost 056 nodded, and said with a very serious expression: "The [God-making Project] of the 'Dusk Trial' is to write the 'Digital Forest' into the 'Digital Domain' of the compatible. ”

"The 'ring' you just mentioned is indeed a 'digital forest'!"

"In other words, the test subject of the 'Dusk Trial' this time is the patient named 'Ji Yuantao'?"

Zhou Zhen nodded immediately, according to the information he has now...... "Dusk Trial" should have blocked the Binhai Central Hospital long ago!

He can receive a call for help from the ordinary group, which is completely a ghost of the "Ash Order"!

"Order of Ashes" wants to collect the battle data of the two test subjects, so everything that happened that day has been arranged a long time ago!

After a short period of silence, Ghost 056 spoke again: "We cleaned up the scene, but in the entire hospital ruins, we have not found the body or part of the body of this patient named 'Ji Yuantao', nor have we found any 'digital energy' left by him. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Zhen frowned, and immediately asked, "Meaning, he escaped?" ”

Ghost 056 shook his head and said very seriously, "No! ”

"At the site of the central hospital, we only collected the 'digital energy' that you left behind."

"Until just now, I thought you were the test subject of the 'Twilight Trial'......"

"Now it seems that this patient named 'Ji Yuantao' should have been devoured by the personality of 'Chu Jingyan'!"

"The 'digital forest' of this 'ring' you just mentioned, several of us have seen it."

"At that time, your personality named 'Chu Jingyan' used this 'Digital Forest' to catch us ......off guard."

"It's a pity!"

"If you, the master personality of 'Zhou Zhen', control the 'Digital Forest', then, no matter how big the problem is on you, the above will definitely make an exception and recruit you into the ghost group!"

"This is equivalent to the success story of the 'Twilight Judgment' [God-making Project]!"

"Although the official experiment of the 'Twilight Trial' extremist organization has always been strictly prohibited, the world now needs this kind of decisive result too much!"

"However, that 'digital forest' is now occupied by your infected personality, so for the above, you are more dangerous than before......"

Hearing this, Zhou Zhen was suddenly a little surprised, and then quickly returned to normal.

Ji Yuantao was devoured by Chu Jingyan...... That's probably why he didn't see a new transfer student in that classroom.

And after Chu Jingyan devoured Ji Yuantao, she got the other party's "digital domain", [Dream Divine Kingdom]!

And, listening to the meaning of the ghost of No. 056, Chu Jingyan has absolute control over the [Dream God Kingdom]!

In addition, as long as he, the main personality, obtains the "digital domain" of [Dream God Kingdom], he can join the ghost group......

This is not difficult, just find Chu Jingyan to copy the homework.

But his "digital ladder" is too low now, and it is better to wait for the "digital ladder" to be high......

And also...... Chu Jingyan explained the principle of [Dream Divine Kingdom] to him very clearly at that time, and she couldn't tell that personality was an infected person at all!

I don't know if the ghost team got it wrong, or if there was some other reason......

After thinking about it, the off-road vehicle had already driven out of two electric iron gates not far from each other, and turned right into the outside road.

This area is supposed to be a suburb, and there are large expanses of wasteland nearby, overgrown with weeds, and far away, very different from the city, and there are no residential buildings in sight in all directions.

The drizzle was still falling, the tips of the grass were slowly covered with crystal dewdrops, swaying slowly in the wild wind, and the air that should have been fresh was mixed with a strong chemical smell, which was rapidly fading as they left the barbed wire fence.

On the empty road, there are no pedestrians or vehicles passing by, not even traffic lights, let alone surveillance.

Ghost 024 immediately began to pick up speed, the engine of the SUV erupted into a roar, and the scenery outside the window recoiled like a lightning speed.

I don't know if the members of the ghost team deliberately chose the path that is not visited, and there are no other vehicles or pedestrians along the way, and even the air is empty, and there are no flying cars passing by.

After driving for more than an hour, the ghost of No. 056 asked Zhou Zhen some questions related to Binhai Central Hospital, and Zhou Zhen answered them one by one.

The journey was dry and calm, with slight bumps in the body, and both sides began to relax their spirits......

No one spoke in the car, Zhou Zhen turned his head to look ahead, in a slight daze, and suddenly, he felt that the scenery outside the window was a little familiar......

He sat up straight and looked out of the car quickly.

On the right side of the road, the weeds are much sparser than on the left, and if you look closely, it seems that there was originally a lane in the grass on the right, but this lane was abandoned when the new roadbed was built.

Although the old asphalt road is overgrown with weeds, it still hinders the development of a considerable part of the root system.

In the dense climbing vines that extend from the distance, there are several jagged steel pipes, which have long since been corroded, and there are some non-degradable plastic products poured into each other, and the layout looks a bit like the old bus stop.

In the weeds near and far, there are three or five broken walls, and there are still vague traces of decoration on the walls, some are residential buildings, some are shops, and some are restaurants...... It is now crawling with mottled moss, with the occasional insect.

Next to one of the broken walls, there is an old camphor plant, which is as thick as two people hugging each other, but its upper half is cut off obliquely, and most of the canopy is missing, leaving only a small half of the canopy, which continues to grow vigorously in an oblique attitude.

Behind the old camphor, in the waist-length grass, a dilapidated school slowly appeared.

The school is clearly abandoned, and it is located on a lower level of the roadbed, overlooking part of the campus from the off-road vehicle.

Most of the walls had cracks, large and small, and there were traces of weeds growing in the breaches, and the gate facing the road had been eroded to tatters by rust.

Looking through the wall, the planned horizontal and vertical campus road is potholed, and the floor tiles are hidden in moss and weeds.

On both sides of the main road after entering from the school gate, rows of crape myrtle trees can vaguely see the neat and elegant appearance of the year, but now they are dead, only three or two thin crape myrtle trees remain, and the treetops are dragging three or two flowers, still lingering.

At the end of the road there is a rectangular fountain, and the nozzle pipe above the pool still maintains a jagged shape, but the sprinkler head has long been covered with a thick layer of rust.

The pale blue painted school building stands quietly behind the pool, and the main school building is 7 stories high on the ground level, and most of the windows are curtained so that you can't see inside.

The staircase is neat and smooth, there is no outer balcony, and the front is H-shaped.

On either side of the "H" is a building with an attic that resembles a bell tower at the top.

The slogan "Seeking Truth and Beauty, Striving for Determination" embedded on the stairs has been missing arms and legs, and the original bright red has faded into a bleak pink and white.

The whole school was silent, and every now and then a wild bird could be heard.

Zhou Zhen's gaze went beyond the old camphor and stared closely at the school.

He had no recollection of being to this place at all, nor did he have any memories of the school.

But that sense of déjà vu is getting stronger and stronger as the distance between the buggy and the school closes!

The off-road vehicle galloped all the way, at a fast speed, and soon came to the school wall, at this distance, every trace of the wall eroded by the years is very clear, and the feeling of desolation and abandonment is also extremely strong.

In the blink of an eye, the gate of the school appeared not far away.

Looking at the school gate that was closed in the long grass and swaying slightly, suddenly, Zhou Zhen realized something, and he hurriedly said, "Stop!" ”

Chirping......!

A sharp brake sounded, the No. 024 Ghost braked urgently, the tires pulled a black shadow on the road, and the huge off-road vehicle paused heavily in front of the school gate before stopping.

The four members of the ghost team looked at Zhou Zhen at the same time.

Ghost 041's phone screen is once again black and white, and the screen is filled with fragrant greetings from teammates.

Meeting the eyes of the four, Zhou Zhen took a deep breath and said, "I want to go to this school to have a look!" ”

"It won't be long, I'll just go in and walk around."

The expression of the ghost of No. 056 suddenly became solemn, and Zhou Zhen's performance suddenly became a little abnormal, in order to prevent accidents, he couldn't let the other party get out of the car!

Moreover, you have to give the other party the [Digital Tranquilizer]!

However, this thought just appeared, and the mind of Ghost 056 changed inexplicably...... Zhou Zhen should be allowed to go to the school to have a look!

This is the freedom of every citizen!

Even if he is a member of the ghost group, he should not restrict the personal freedom of a citizen!

In addition, since it was Zhou Zhen's request alone, then, Zhou Zhen could just go to the school alone, and the four of them didn't have to follow!

Thinking of this, Ghost 056 immediately replied, "Good! ”

"Then we'll wait for you in the car."

Listening to the words of Ghost 056, none of the other three "ghosts" raised any objections.

Zhou Zhen did not hesitate, immediately opened the car door and walked down, striding towards the main entrance of the school.

Crunch......

Although the school's gate is locked, the lock has long since eroded into a fragile shell over time.

With just a push of normal force, the door lock fell straight down, and the iron door also groaned and stepped back, opening the door to the school.

Sand, sand, sand......

Zhou Zhen stepped on the weeds, one foot deep and one foot shallow on the main road with dilapidated floor tiles, and from time to time there were insects, mice and other small animals leaving quickly in the grass.

There are many bare tree trunks on both sides of the road, and occasionally a half-dead crape myrtle tree is still alive, struggling to produce light purple-pink flowers.

The original beautifying flowers and plants in the flower beds have disappeared, and all of them have been encroached upon by wild flowers such as Arabian mothers.

Walking alone on this desolate campus road, Zhou Zhen felt very familiar with this place the more he walked, as if he had lived here for a long time!

He continued to walk inside, and soon came to the fountain.

At this moment, there is still some water in the fountain, but there is a thick layer of moss floating on the surface of the water, which looks sticky and quiet, exuding a fishy smell, I don't know if it is the wind blowing, or other reasons, the moss is slightly turbulent, as if there is something unknown lurking under the water.

Zhou Zhen bypassed the fountain and walked into the teaching building.

Step, step, step...... The school building was covered with dust, apparently no one had been here for a long time, the hallways were dark, and the classroom doors on both sides were locked.

The lamp overhead had long been damaged, and there was a little bit of light in the ventilation window that was just more than a person high, barely illuminating the surrounding situation.

Zhou Zhen observed the surroundings while walking, the corridor was clear at a glance, there was no half a figure, and occasionally one or two broken tables and chairs were thrown in the corner, or some books, stationery and other things, which were also covered with a layer of dust, full of a sense of desolation that had been unpopular for a long time.

He walked through the first floor and up the stairs.

The dust in the stairwell was stirred and slowly churned.

I don't know why, Zhou Zhen didn't enter the other floors to check, he came directly to the 7th floor, passed through most of the corridors, and came to a classroom with a signboard for the third (8th) class of high school, he pushed open the door and walked in.

It was a very ordinary classroom, with incandescent lights overhead and six symmetrical ceiling fans.

Before I had time to wipe the formulas and symbols on the blackboard, the eight big characters "Study hard, go up every day" were pasted high near the roof.

The podium, tables and chairs are a bit old, revealing traces of repair everywhere, and there are some messy scratches on the tabletop, including cheat sheets, rare characters, and strokes similar to "XX is a bastard".

This......

Zhou Zhen's eyes widened suddenly, everything in this classroom was the same as the dream he had been having...... Same!

The classroom in his dream is the prototype of this class!

I see!

Over here...... It's "that place" he's been looking for!

He, Luo Yuchen, and Huang Xurong have all been here!

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhen gradually calmed down, and he suddenly realized that something was wrong.

No. 056 and the other four members of the ghost team, who were obviously in charge of escorting themselves to high-risk cities, why did they allow themselves to get off the bus halfway and not follow them?

Also, with such an obvious abnormality, why didn't he feel anything wrong just now?

Zhou Zhen did not hesitate, and immediately fled towards the door, but as soon as he took the first step, the door of the classroom was pushed open, and a strange figure strode in.

This figure was wearing a white coat and a white doctor's hat on its head, and it looked like a doctor, but its naked face, neck, and palms were all black and white horizontal and vertical lines, without any traces of flesh and blood!

On his left chest, an upside-down scepter was embroidered on his white coat, and on top of the scepter, a two-headed snake was wrapped around it.

Zhou Zhen's eyes touched this sign, and his pupils suddenly shrank.

This sign...... He'd seen it when he woke up from that underground clinic!

In the case of the Marina Central Hospital, the two members of the "Ash Order" also have this logo on their bodies!

Be a member of the "Order of the Ashes"!

Zhou Zhen's face changed, he suddenly stopped, looked at the figure that suddenly appeared, and asked solemnly: "'Ash Order'?!" ”

The other party seemed to smile, but the sound made was a series of subtle electric sounds, and then, the figure bypassed Zhou Zhen, walked to a desk not far away and stopped, and calmly replied: "My name is Fu Shangjing, you can call me ...... 'doctor'!" ”

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Esplanade Academy of Arts.

With a history of nearly 200 years, this institution of higher learning covers an area of dozens of hectares, and the college is full of plants and trees, and hides various styles of buildings, which are either antique, modern, or gorgeous and elegant...... A well-looking student shuttles back and forth, full of vitality.

Female dormitory building.

It is a modern building with vermilion facades, small white balconies, and the entrance door is made of polished marble and metal, with diagonal and zigzag lines to create a futuristic sense of technology.

It's class time, the tall and wide entrance hall is relatively deserted, and occasionally a few girls who are in a hurry are just delicate, and there are no dazzling beauties.

Whew......

There was a sound of slow footsteps, and Shi Xiaoli walked out of the lounge on the first floor of the dormitory building, accompanied by a middle-aged female teacher wearing a white silk shirt and a navy blue fishtail skirt.

The middle-aged female teacher is about to retire, although there are fine wrinkles at the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, her temperament is very elegant and demure, and her posture still maintains a girlish slenderness.

She straightened her back, stretched out her hand to guide Shi Xiaoli, and said, "Deputy Team Leader Shi, this case is completely a farce. ”

"There was no trace of the presence of the candid photographer at the scene."

"At present, this so-called 'clandestine photography case' has had a very bad impact on the school."

"And our art academy requires students to live on campus before graduation without special circumstances."

"Now students and parents are worried, especially many female parents, who collectively propose to take their children to live off-campus, but there is a lack of professional practice rooms and equipment outside the school, and some activities are not convenient for their studies......

"I hope you can close the case quickly and let public opinion stop......"

Hearing this, Shi Xiaoli nodded slightly, but she still felt a little strange in her heart.

The case of the Coastal City Art Institute was taken by her on duty the night before yesterday.

The case was caused by someone calling the police that the girls' dormitory was haunted......

She rushed to the scene after receiving a call for help from the general team that night, checked all the surveillance in the school, and also rummaged through the entire girls' dormitory building, but never found anything.

Yesterday she rested, and according to the description of her colleagues, this matter did not develop further.

Shi Xiaoli originally thought that this case was really just a farce, but this morning, the more she thought about it, the more wrong it became......

After a turn of thought, Shi Xiaoli opened her mouth to interrupt the middle-aged female teacher's words and asked, "How many students are there in the Academy of Arts?" ”

The middle-aged female teacher immediately replied: "We now have 16,841 full-time students, including 7,689 male students, 9,152 female students, and ...... have bachelor's degrees."

Hearing this, Shi Xiaoli is not surprised, since the "digital rain" 40 years ago, countries around the world have introduced policies to encourage childbirth, in the face of the crisis of the ethnic group, and the greatly relaxed welfare, the fertility rate, which has been stagnant or even regressed, has begun to increase significantly.

It's not surprising that a university now has tens of thousands of students, but it's just ......

"There are 9,152 girls?"

"It's all in this building?"

"I just looked at the whole female dormitory building, and the vacancy rate is very high, and many dormitories are occupied by only one person......

"Doesn't look like there are so many students?"

The middle-aged female teacher was slightly stunned, took out her mobile phone with some doubts, opened the school's internal APP, checked the data, and found that what she just said was right, and suddenly replied with some uncertainty: "Maybe...... It's the wrong ...... the statistics."

Statistical errors?

Shi Xiaoli shook her head, not only the number of girls is wrong!

What she felt was the most wrong thing was that she entered the girls' dormitory building today and the day before yesterday, and checked up and down for a long time, but she didn't see any particularly good-looking girls!

This is the Academy of Arts, where there is no shortage of beauties!

But she didn't see the real beautiful girl!

The most important thing is that in such a situation, whether it is her, or the whole school, it dragged on for two days, and no problem was found!

Thinking of this, Shi Xiaoli didn't explain to the middle-aged female teacher next to her, but directly dialed Lu Jun's number: "Hey, Team Lu, I'm Shi Xiaoli......"

"The case of the Marina City Academy of Arts, there is a new situation......"

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On the outskirts of Marina City, abandoned schools.

Teaching building, high school three (8) class classrooms.

"My name is Fu Shangjing, you can call me ...... 'doctor'!"

Fu Shangjing?

Doctor?

Zhou Zhen frowned, the figure in front of him, where his footsteps stopped, was his seat in the classroom in his dream!

Zhou Zhen's spirit was highly concentrated, ready to use the [Plane Jump] to escape at any time, he watched the other party's every move closely, and asked tentatively: "This school, is it a 'digital forest'?" ”

Fu Shangjing shook his head, and the sound of electricity coming from his head was "Boom, Boom", and he walked past the seat, his hands behind his back, and slowly paced down the aisle between the desks.

Electronic sound echoes in the dilapidated classroom: "It used to be ......"

"Moreover, 40 years ago, a drop of the 'digital rain' fell here......"

"When I first entered this school, I had to pay attention to a lot of rules......

"You can't refuse the confession of the school flower, otherwise it will become the breakfast ...... of the school flower"

"You can't be alone with the school flower......"

"You can't look good, you can't behave differently than ordinary people, otherwise you will be made into a photo ......"

"After class, you can't be the first to leave the classroom......"

"You can't sit in someone else's seat, you can't eat a snack that someone hands you......"

"When the bell rings, be sure to return to your seat immediately......

As he spoke, Fu Shangjing walked to Zhou Zhen's side again, he turned his head slightly, his face full of black and white horizontal and vertical lines turned to Zhou Zhen, and then said, "However, that was two months ago. ”

"Now this is an ordinary school that has been abandoned for a long time."

"You yourself should know why."

Why?

Because this "digital forest" has now been moved to his dream!

No, it should be in his spiritual world!

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhen looked at Fu Shangjing with a frown, and asked coldly: "Write the 'Digital Forest' into the spiritual world of the compatible, this is your [God-making plan]?" ”

Fu Shangjing immediately shook his head and replied in a calm tone: "[God-making Project], that is the experiment of the 'Double Seam Man'. ”

"My experiments and perspectives are different from those of 'double seam man'!"

"Most of the members of the 'Evening Judgment' founded by the 'Double-Seamed People' are from the West, and under the influence of the religion there, they like to call the unknown 'miracles'."

"The 'Evening Judgment' holds that if only one 'God' is created, 'God' can save the world!"

"But in fact, 'God' can't save the world, the only one who can save the world is human beings themselves!"

Hearing this, Zhou Zhen did not speak.

He didn't know the purpose of the person in front of him, but the last thing the other party said was ......

In his memory, his parents couldn't help him, his relatives couldn't help him, and his friends and colleagues couldn't help him...... The only one who can really help him is himself!

may be because of empathy, Zhou Zhen suddenly had some recognition of the member of the "Ash Order" in front of him.

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhen came back to his senses and still asked very cautiously: "Then what is the matter with your experiment of 'Ash Order'?" ”

The anomaly on his body now is obviously an experiment in the "Ash Order".

But if the purpose of this experiment is for the future of the entire human civilization...... Then, this "ash order", the starting point is quite good, it may only be in the means, it is more extreme......

Fu Shangjing pulled out a chair from the side, sat down, and then asked, "Do you know, what is the fastest speed in the universe?" ”

Hearing this, Zhou Zhen didn't know what the other party meant by asking this irrelevant question, but he quickly replied: "Not counting the speed of the expansion of the universe, not counting the 'thought' of brain teasers, but the speed of 'light'." ”

Fu Shangjing quietly "looked" at him, and his head let out a burst of laughter, and after a while, he said: "At the speed of 'light', let alone traveling in the entire universe, even if it is just through a galaxy, it will take 160,000 years!" ”

"If there is a high civilization outside the galaxy that wants to invade the earth, it is driving a light-speed spaceship...... So, how many tens of thousands of years will it take them to reach their destination? ”

High civilization?

Is it the civilization that blocked the earth with a "digital virus"?

Thinking of this, Zhou Zhen was about to speak, but he heard Fu Shangjing continue: "In the entire universe, there are no two leaves that are exactly the same. ”

"Just like the 'equation' for each of us, all of them are unique."

"However, the emergence of the 'digital virus' has made everything possible!"

"According to the current experimental research, if the 'equation' of a mouse is changed to the 'equation' of a black cat, then this mouse will become a black cat!"

"It will have the appearance of the black cat, the habits of the black cat, the flesh and bones of the black cat, the talent of the black cat, and the memories of the black cat...... At the same time, its consciousness will also become the consciousness of a black cat. ”

"The two are exactly the same, the original black cat can control everything about the guinea pig like controlling itself!"

"Because that little mouse is now a black cat!"

"In the same way, high civilization represents the black cat, and we are the guinea pig."

"If the advanced civilization wants to cross the distance of more than 160,000 years and descend on the earth, it does not need to ride a light-speed spaceship, nor does it need a curvature engine, let alone space jump technology, as long as the human beings on the earth 'equation' are changed into their own 'equation', they can directly appear on the earth across the entire galaxy, or even farther away, and become the new masters of this planet!"

"This is the ...... of infected people we are seeing now"

"They are the 'equation' containers that advanced civilizations are making through 'digital viruses'! Their final form is the life form of a higher civilization! ”

"And we, the 'digital compatibles' who have retained our own consciousness, are in fact the failures of the 'equation' in the eyes of the higher civilizations!"

"So, my experiment is not some [god-making project]."

"It's about pretending to be a life form of a higher civilization before the higher civilization descends on the earth, and occupy all the equations on the earth!"

"The name of this experiment is called [High Dimensional Life]!"

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