With the support of a ninth-level civilization, do you want me to believe in electronic gods?

Chapter 128 Madness (6000 words)
Seven days no reason to return?
Although Hong Chengdong didn't quite understand the fascinating words in Chen Fan's mouth, he still understood one thing: his "investment" might fail!
Of course, we can't say absolutely.

As many salvagers enjoy the benefits on the ground, the team of salvagers in the underground city is gradually expanding.

There are too many monks and too little porridge.

Compared with before, the ground resources around Kukan Underground City have been greatly reduced.

In the past, he only needed to pick up some "junk" around to make a lot of gains, but now, he can only choose to ambush the omnic's drone to make a good profit!

If this continues, if they want to obtain more resources, they will inevitably go to the "no man's land" far away from the passage of Kukan Underground City.

At that time, they will inevitably have a head-on conflict with omnics!

Therefore, these powerful weapons are not useless.

Watching the warehouse door slowly closing, Hong Chengdong comforted himself silently in his heart.

Chen Fan, on the other hand, withdrew his gaze again and prepared to turn around and leave this underground city with an astonishing amount of work.

Suddenly, a shrill roar came from the shantytown area not far away!
The rough roar is not like the sound that a human can make. It is hard to imagine how much pain the speaker must have suffered to make such an animalistic roar!

Chen Fan paused and subconsciously turned his head to look in the direction where the roar came from.

It was a shantytown area made of thin iron sheets. It was also part of the outer city and was a place where people and hyenas were salvaged.

Like Chen Fan, pedestrians walking on the cement road stopped one after another and cast their eyes in the direction of the roar.

next second.

Accompanied by the clang sound of the iron sheets colliding, a man with disheveled hair and a layer of tattered linen clothes wrapped around his body rushed out of a shaky shanty house made of thin iron sheets with messy steps!

Under Chen Fan's gaze, the man staggered and knelt down on the rough concrete pavement. He hammered the back of his head with his rough, calloused hands while crawling forward on his knees.

"Shut up!"

The man beat his head hard and yelled some vague words: "Quiet!!!"

"I told you to be quiet!!!"

There was silence all around, and the streets were silent.

But the man still roared similar words.

What sound did he hear?
A little confusion quickly emerged in Chen Fan's mind.

The cement road in the outer city was uneven. The fine stones and cracks on the potholes instantly pierced the man's knee. In just a few seconds, a bloodstain appeared on the ground, ranging from light to dark!
This strange man seemed to think that his fists were not strong enough. He even picked up a sharp, fist-sized stone from the ground and smashed it on his hard head.

The moment the scalp was pierced, bright red blood shot out from the top of the man's head like a slender fountain under the influence of blood pressure!

Feeling the warm blood spraying on his body, the man not only did not panic, but slowly moved the corners of his mouth and showed an extremely charming smile in the direction of Chen Fan.

Facing this weird smile, Chen Fan subconsciously took half a step back, and a thin layer of cold sweat instantly appeared on his back.

What the hell is going on?
[This machine thinks this is just a coincidence. 】

One's voice sounded in Chen Fan's mind.

coincidence?

Chen Fan turned his head and looked around him. Except for Hong Chengdong standing next to him, there was almost nothing worth noting around here?
Could it be that...that man was actually looking at Hong Chengdong?
Chen Fan had a thought in his mind, and a silver-white smart terminal appeared in his right hand. Not only that, the outline of PW-1 also appeared in his palm.

Seeing the auxiliary virtual sight provided by Yi appear in front of his eyes, Chen Fan suddenly felt a little confident.

The ancients never deceived me!

Insufficient firepower is the source of all fear.

If you encounter any problems, you might as well try increasing the equivalent amount.

While Chen Fan was determined, the man not far away slowly turned his head and cast his dull eyes on the concrete floor in front of him, as if he was brewing some idea.

Chen Fan also took the opportunity to turn his attention to the pedestrians who were standing silently watching.

With just a casual glance, Chen Fan was surprised to discover a strange phenomenon:

The eyes of these passers-by may be surprised, regretful, or worried...

But there is no hint of fear! ! !

Not only was there no fear, he even saw a bit of numbness on the faces of some pedestrians! ! !

seem……

The horrifying scene in front of them is just an extremely ordinary thing to them!

Looking at several salvagers not far away who were busy with their work as if nothing had happened, Chen Fan's premonition became stronger: There was something hidden in this underground city that he didn't know!

Just when Chen Fan was about to ask Hong Chengdong, a wave of dizziness swept over him without warning!

The strange murmuring voice that had appeared several times sounded in his mind again.

Along with the murmurs came the familiar sense of ethereal emptiness.

It's a familiar recipe, and it's a familiar taste.

Just like the previous times, Chen Fan once again felt that his mind was thrown into the vast and strange time and space!

In his ears, in addition to the extremely obscure whispers, there were also continuous painful roars coming from the distance.

The whispers continued to grow stronger, and strings of characters with unknown meanings began to appear in Chen Fan's mind uncontrollably!

Just when Chen Fan's discomfort was about to reach an unbearable peak, the painful roars suddenly stopped, and the obscure whispers quickly dissipated like a passing cloud of smoke.

Not only that, those strange words with unknown meaning quickly faded out of his mind.

Everything just now seemed like just a dream!
Only the strong feeling of dizziness and the remaining sense of exile reminded him that everything was not an illusion.

"...Brother Fan? Brother Fan?!"

A somewhat familiar shout came to his ears, pulling his distracted consciousness back to the real world.

He opened his eyes, and the first thing he saw was Gao Yuan's shiny, plump forehead and the mechanical prosthetic eyes shining with a faint red light under the black hood.

"No...it's okay." Chen Fan took a breath of cold air, shook his still somewhat groggy head, and stood up from the cold and hard ground.

"You just fainted." Isa, who was following Gao Yuan, reminded softly, "I said you accidentally connected to the cross-universe broadcast channel."

Chen Fan frowned and asked Yi from the bottom of his heart: "Yi?" Is this really the case? '

【Indeed. 】

An electronic synthesized voice sounded in my mind: [According to the monitoring results of this machine, your state just now is no different from the previous times. 】

'But... I didn't hear the communication message from the People's League this time. '

[This universe bubble is in a deserted area, with almost no other universe bubbles around it. 】

[The frequency of cross-universe broadcasts in uninhabited areas is relatively low, and it is normal to not hear them occasionally. 】

Chen Fan nodded thoughtfully and accepted the explanation.

but……

For some reason, Chen Fan always felt that something was wrong.

Especially when he thought about the time when the dizziness and obscure whispers appeared, the uneasiness in his heart became more intense - just when the man fell into madness, he entered that mysterious state. Could these two be too much? A bit of a coincidence?
Or……

Are there any potential connections between the two?

Chen Fan noticed a swelling pain in the back of his head and subconsciously raised his hand, ready to tap the back of his head lightly.

According to the previous experience of accidentally entering the cross-universe broadcast several times, doing this can slightly relieve the uncomfortable feeling.

As soon as he raised his hand, he caught a glimpse of the man lying in a pool of blood not far away from the corner of his eye.

Chen Fan's movements instantly froze on the spot, and an inexplicable sense of horror surged into his heart.

What the fuck...

Isn't the action he is preparing to do now the same behavior this man had done before?

It's just that the man's actions were more intense than his.

Thinking of the vague words with unknown meanings in the man's mouth, Chen Fan's shock became even stronger!
Could it be that……

Did this man hear that obscure whisper just like him?
……

Chen Fan suddenly raised his head and cast his gaze at the man not far away who had roared in pain before: "That person..."

"already dead."

Hong Chengdong sighed from beside him: "What a bad luck. I didn't expect that this madness would find him..."

"Crazy? This time?"

Chen Fan frowned immediately.

The amount of information hidden in just one sentence is too huge!

"Yes, crazy." Hong Chengdong nodded and explained with a sigh on his face, "That's what everyone in the underground city calls him."

"Once you get this kind of disease, your whole person will first become nagging, as if you are talking to someone."

"Then he fell into madness." Hong Chengdong pursed his lips towards the corpse in the pool of blood, "Well, just like him, it was obviously very quiet around him, but he kept telling people to stop talking."

"The last step is to commit suicide."

"Every person who suffers from madness dies in a very similar manner. They either smash their heads with something or commit suicide by hitting a wall..."

"It's all about the head anyway."

Chen Fan couldn't help but fell into silence.

It was a good thing that he didn't think of this symptom. As soon as he thought of it, he realized the problem - isn't this the reaction he should have when hearing those obscure whispers? !

"Is this madness still contagious?"

Chen Fan asked in a panic.

Hong Chengdong nodded, then shook his head: "I don't know if it will be contagious, but every once in a while, this weird crazy disease will appear in the underground city."

"In the past, the interval was quite long. It might take several years or more than ten years for one to appear."

"But in recent times, this madness has appeared more and more frequently." "Just a few days ago, I heard that a person in the dungeon next door contracted madness and died."

[It may be a unique mental illness caused by the gradual lack of resources in the dungeon, just like mechanical sex. 】

Yi gave a conjecture: [According to the records of the Academy of Social Sciences, many life forms will suffer from mild or severe similar symptoms when resources are extremely scarce. 】

Is it really a madness caused by lack of resources and excessive pressure?
Chen Fan didn't agree with this statement in his heart.

Recalling the strange look the man looked at him and the extremely coincidental cryptic whisper, he had some bad premonitions in his heart.

"I remembered!"

Suddenly, Isa, who had been standing next to Chen Fan, let out a low exclamation: "Such a thing has happened in Varela City!"

"More than ten years ago, when I first became a church deacon, there was a man in Varela who was also infected with this mad disease."

"Just like Uncle Dong said, that person also showed the same symptoms."

Isa hesitated for a moment and continued: "But... he has not developed to the last step."

Chen Fan's eyes moved, and he felt a little excited in his heart.

"Did he survive?"

"That's not true." Isa shook her head without hesitation. "The archbishop thought it was an evil spirit, so he sent some guards to force the man to the execution platform before he started to harm himself."

Chen Fan: "..."

In order to prevent someone from committing suicide, kill the other person first, right?
Damn, what a hell joke!
"Yes, yes!" Gao Yuan, who was frowning and recalling carefully, heard Isa's description and immediately remembered the scene at that time, "I still remember that the man was still clarifying his identity loudly, but no one believed him at all. .”

"This kind of thing has happened in Varela City..." Looking at the search interface in the holographic projection in front of him, Chen Fan murmured in a low voice, "I haven't seen any relevant records in the library."

"Are there not many things that have been sealed up by the church?" The wide black hood shook slightly, and a somewhat angry voice came from below, "The archbishop strictly prohibits talking about this matter, who dares to record it?"

Chen Fan said nothing, but the expression on his face became more solemn.

If the madness in the underground city is caused by the lack of resources, what about Varela City?

Varela City has no shortage of resources!
Yi also fell into silence.

Documents flashed across the holographic projection in front of him. Apparently, Yi was also looking for similar cases in his own database.

[Varilla City...maybe because of the high-pressure management of the church. 】

Yi's voice also became uncertain: [Theoretically, excessive stress can also cause living bodies to suffer from mental illness. 】

[Of course, this machine is just speculation, and the specific situation has been uploaded to the Dangerous Technology Management Bureau. 】

Chen Fan did not speak, but held the inconspicuous PW-1 in his hand and walked towards the man lying in a pool of blood.

What is going on? I am afraid that the answer can only be found from this man’s body!
He stepped forward carefully and slowly.

As the distance between him and the man continued to narrow, some detailed information also appeared in Chen Fan's eyes.

The man who had been screaming in pain had fallen to the ground silently, with his hand and leg joints firmly fixed at a strange angle.

Rigor mortis has occurred.

It is certain that the other party is completely dead.

The man's stiff body was covered with dark red, semi-coagulated blood, and some pale brain tissue could even be seen inside the skull with a large hole.

His eyes widened with anger, staring straight at the ground in front of him, and his right index finger was making a writing gesture with the blood flowing from his body.

In front of the man, a series of dark red, seemingly irregular and twisted lines were lying quietly on the gray-white concrete floor.

The moment he saw these lines clearly, Chen Fan felt a bang in his mind, and memories that had been forgotten suddenly burst out!

This is not a line!
This is text! !
These are the words of unknown meaning that just appeared in his mind accompanied by obscure whispers! ! !

How come these words appear in this place? !
Chen Fan's heart suddenly beat violently, and waves of dizziness came to his brain, which had not yet fully recovered!
A bright yellow warning sign automatically popped up in the holographic projection in front of you, and an electronic synthesized sound also sounded.

[Chen Fan, this machine has detected abnormal fluctuations in your physiological state. 】

【What happened? 】

"One, I seem to recognize these characters..."

【you know? 】

Yi Yi was stunned for a moment: [But there is no record of such text in the local database. 】

Chen Fan ignored the strange looks cast by the salvage men around him and quickly took a few steps forward to stand beside the man.

Looking at the few words on the ground, Chen Fan's face paled visibly: "You can't be wrong, these are the words that just appeared in my mind!"

He squatted down, dipped his index finger into the blood that had not completely solidified on the ground, and completed an unfinished text: "Just now, when I entered that wonderful state, these words automatically appeared in my mind. "

As he spoke, Chen Fan quickly traced the words in his memory on the ground.

Thinking that there was no relevant text record in the database, an even more incredible thought came to his mind.

He wouldn't have...accidentally connected to a cross-universe broadcast channel from an unknown advanced civilization, right?

The truth behind the "madness" seems to have emerged - these crazy and unlucky people, like him, accidentally "heard" the cross-universe broadcast from a higher civilization.

The huge amount of information on the radio directly caused irreversible damage to their brains.

It is precisely for this reason that in order to reduce the pain, these "crazy" patients can only hit their heads hard and eventually die from self-mutilation.

"One, are you sure you don't have these words in your database?"

Chen Fan looked serious: "Where is the administration's database? There is no record in it?"

[...Wait a moment, this machine is helping you apply for permission to access the superior database. 】

After realizing the seriousness of the problem, Yi's tone became serious: [The application has been approved, and the language database of the Hazardous Technology Administration is being queried...]

[Sorry, no relevant information was retrieved. 】

[Applying for higher access rights...]

Electronic synthesized sounds kept ringing in his mind, and red warning signs began to appear in the holographic projection in front of Chen Fan.

From the intelligent terminal database to the language database of the Dangerous Technology Administration, to the language database of the Academy of Social Sciences, and finally to the general database of the Academy of Humanities and Social Sciences...

In just one minute, Chen Fan watched the data access rights in the holographic projection skyrocket, and the anxiety in his heart began to increase.

Damn it?

Things... seem to be developing out of control?
[No matching text information was found in the People's Federation database. 】

Yi gave the final answer: [This unit has reported the situation to Director Moore. 】

……

"Uncle Dong, I have to ask you something."

Chen Fan stood up from the ground, shook off the blood on his hands, and strode to Hong Chengdong: "You just said that a mad disease also appeared in the dungeon next door a few days ago. Can you remember the specific time?"

Hong Chengdong looked at the dark red blood drops on the ground in fear, and the fear of Chen Fan in the depths of his eyes became a little stronger again.

This is the fucking ruthless person!

As soon as he woke up from a coma, he happily ran to the mad dead man and used the man's blood to write some words on the ground that no one could understand...

At this moment, Hong Chengdong even suspected that Chen Fan was also infected with madness!
"I, let me think about it..."

Hong Chengdong swallowed hard and recalled carefully.

After a moment, he hesitated and gave a date.

Chen Fan's heart sank.

Right!
This date happened to be the last time he heard the obscure whisper! !

Chen Fan looked gloomy and told Yi his suspicions.

"One, do you think it is possible that what I heard was a cross-universe broadcast from another advanced civilization that does not belong to the Human Alliance?"

"It's not just me. These crazy people are also affected by the aftermath of the cross-universe broadcast like me?"

[Theoretically, this possibility is extremely small. 】

Yi quickly completed the calculation: [The full name of cross-universe broadcast is hyperspace membrane communication technology. Its energy level is extremely high. Usually only level nine civilizations have the ability to send out broadcasts. 】

[Under normal circumstances, it is basically impossible for carbon-based life forms to receive cross-universe broadcasts on their own. 】

[In addition, even if it is really a cross-universe broadcast sent by an unknown civilization, the People's Federation should have discovered it earlier than you. 】

[But judging from the current situation, this possibility cannot be ruled out. 】

"...I have a question, how did I receive the cross-universe broadcast?"

Chen Fan questioned.

[...This machine is not sure. 】

Yi was silent for a long time: [Don't talk about this machine, the academicians of the Hazardous Technology Administration don't know either. 】

[Since the development of the Human Federation, you should be the only carbon-based life form that can physically listen to cross-universe broadcasts and respond. 】

[To tell you the truth, several academicians studying biology in the Management Bureau have urged you several times. Once the Management Bureau opens a stable wormhole, they should take you for a detailed physical examination. 】

Chen Fan: "...?"

For some reason, when he heard Yi's words, he always had the illusion that he was about to become a guinea pig.

Having said that, Chen Fan still filled in the last piece of the puzzle with these words of Yi -

Why are so few people affected? Why has no one in Varela experienced this situation for more than ten years?
Obviously, not everyone is lucky enough to "listen" to the broadcasts of advanced civilizations. The larger the population base, the greater the possibility of this happening.

Not only that, there must be some unknown preconditions!

ps: This chapter is a big chapter of 6,000 words. I was a little pressed for time and I didn’t have time to divide it into chapters, so I posted it all together.

Thanks to the leader [Ying Zheng Bushi] for the reward!

Thanks to Mr. [Hua Nanruo] for the 10000 starting coins!
Thank you, boss! Happy New Year, boss. I wish you a lot of money in the New Year! !
(End of this chapter)