Evolution Paradise, are you the disaster?

Chapter 849 "Reverse Meme", Lao Yang, come and play the peak match!

Because Meng Yi had put Xiao Hong into the 'Pinduoduo server' which was under construction, the only team from Zhongzhou that went to the dungeon was the 'Seven Men's Team'.

The seven men, all with the lowest "Gene Lock: Tier 4, Initial" level, were the first to awaken.

"Isn't it 'Ju-on'?"

Zhang Jie clicked his tongue. The information he saw using his "Guide" identity was clearly "Ju-on". He even revealed it to Meng Yi and Chu Xuan indirectly. But what the hell is "Ju-on: Mysterious Revival"?

The "Preliminary Selection" section of "One of the Initial Templates: The Original Infinite Series" has an "information exchange phenomenon" with "Pan-Human History", but the "information exchange phenomenon" may not have everything, and there is nothing that can be done if the extracted things are incomplete.

According to the normal calculation, "Mysterious Resurgence" started serialization in 2018, while "Infinite Terror" is an old relic from 2007. It is not surprising that Chu Xuan and others did not know about "Mysterious Resurgence".

"Lord Meng Yi?"

"I do not know."

Chu Xuan and Meng Yi exchanged questions and answers, maintaining a tacit understanding between them.

I don't know, that's wrong.

I know, that's correct.

It cannot be said to be correct.

Saying that would increase the difficulty is correct.

"The 'Ju-on' series is a ghost-themed horror film, with the suffix 'mysterious resurrection'..."

'Take a lenient view of the enemy; consider them as physically indestructible—no, consider them as monsters with rule-based immortality and bizarre, unpredictable killing mechanisms.'

Having lost the "script cheat" of "props and logic", Chu Xuan can only rely on his own wisdom to think.

……

"Holy crap, a 20-player difficulty level?!"

Zhang Jie exclaimed in surprise, "The Central Continent Team has 7 official members and 13 newcomers. The difficulty level has directly reached the limit of the 'Main God Space · Dungeon Mission'."

Twenty people were scattered somewhat crampedly in the lobby of a two-story Japanese-style house.

The task displayed by the main god's large orb is "Survive for 10 days," and completing it will reward you with "S-rank side quest x1 + 50000 reward points."

"The Lord God of the Trench!"

"If the start is this difficult, what kind of monsters and demons will follow? Is this going to wipe us out!"

Zheng Zha, Zhang Jie, Lingdian, and Bawang were all cursing and swearing.

Who caused the dungeon difficulty to increase?
Between the end of "World One" and the beginning of "World Two," it goes without saying who is the most suspicious—it's definitely the chain reaction caused by Meng Yi's forced growth of the Central Continent Team.

At that moment, an indescribable fear gripped the minds of the super soldiers.

If the difficulty of "World 3" is already off the charts, what will happen to "World 4" which has adjusted its difficulty based on "World 2: Alien Dungeon"?
Relying on Meng Yi's logistics and Chu Xuan's command to rapidly grow stronger also comes with greater risks and challenges. Falling behind the two super-powerful figures means certain death.

"Everyone, listen to my command, we still have a chance to survive."

Chu Xuan calmly shook his personal prop pocket watch to attract the attention of the official members of the Central Continent Team.

"Regarding 'Ju-on: Mysterious Revival,' we'll disregard the latter for now. As for the former, the word 'Ju-on,' combined with our current environment, leads me to conclude that our location is very close to Kayako's residence from 'Ju-on.'"

"Although we have something to rely on, we must not let our guard down, and we should not judge the modified version by the standards of a horror movie."

"The best course of action now is to protect ourselves. We should save the newcomers if we can, and those we can't..."

Chu Xuan's implication was that 'those who can't be saved should be used as cannon fodder,' which was cruel and realistic.

Assuming the enemy is a rule-based entity, using human lives to test out the mechanics is a good option.

For no reason at all, people choose to sacrifice their fellow Daoists rather than themselves; it's just human nature.

……

The seven members of the Central Continent team stopped communicating because some of the 13 newcomers in the "Ju-on: Mysterious Revival Dungeon" had already woken up.

"As usual, I'll talk to them."

Wearing a white coat, Meng Yi stepped forward, intending to keep the 100 reward points for popularizing science; having two extra days would always be good.

The 13 newcomers were roughly divided into two categories.

There are 10 cannon fodder characters; three of them have names: Zhao Yingkong, an assassin disguised as a man; Saito Ichi, an antique appraiser; and Ming Yanwei, Zhang Heng's ex-girlfriend.

'After the reclassification, only Zhao Yingkong can barely keep up with the progress, provided that this guy uses his 'secondary personality' to devour 'Zhao Yingkong - Main Personality' and 'Zhao Ruikong - Personality Fragment,' overcomes his inner demon tribulation again, and recovers his peak 'Gene Lock: Fourth Tier - Mid' and 'Light of the Mind - Annihilation.'

As for Ming Yanwei, she's not very significant. Even the "suited man Zhang Heng," who was supposedly "person in charge Z" getting involved for fun, is of little value, let alone Ming Yanwei, whom "person in charge Z" is just messing around with for his own personal whims.

The further along the team goes, the harder it becomes for newcomers to keep up with the Central Continent Team's spiral ascent.

Starting with the "Prototype" difficulty level of "World 3: Ju-on: Mysterious Revival" dungeon still offers a chance, but starting with "Approach: Ultimate Realm" level of "World 4: ???" is just asking for trouble.

"I don't like wasting time. The Great Sphere of Light has already packed all the knowledge into your minds."

"You're going to die. We have a chance to survive this dungeon if we rely on you. Going it alone means certain death."

Meng Yi flicked his finger, and thousands of beams of light spread from the tablet computer in his hand. The cage outlined by the beams locked the activity space of the 13 newcomers.

Laser weapons distort the air, generating intense heat. Facing the fear of death, even the most idiot wouldn't dare to make a sound.

With 100 reward points in hand, Meng Yi decisively removed the laser net.

The rest of the matter—whether it was Chu Xuan gaining the newcomers' trust with a few words or the very approachable Zheng Zha expressing his intention to help the newcomers survive—had nothing to do with Meng Yi.

Some people believed it, some didn't. If Meng Yi hadn't established his authority first, the 13 newcomers would have certainly caused a ruckus for a while.

……

"Click - click -"

The barrier of the main god's great sphere of light disappeared, and the static "World Two: Ju-on: Mysterious Revival" resumed its flow.

The next moment, something unexpected happened.

The television, which was off, flickered with black and white static, and then a quiet, ancient well appeared.

A ghost, a composite of a cat, a woman, a child, and a man, floated past the corner of the stairs between the first and second floors, its venomous gaze fixed on the twenty reincarnators in the lobby on the first floor.

"Huh? Sadako and Kayako? These two actually ended up being neighbors?"

Despite being a little scared, the skilled and daring members of the Central Continent team decided to stand still and test the two "hospitable" "locals".

Thirteen newcomers cried and screamed and ran away. Meng Yi's intimidation was far less than that of the female ghost F2. Only Qi Tengyi and Zhao Yingkong, who were a little smarter, chose to follow the Zhongzhou team.

"Chu Xuan, what do you say?"

Zheng Zha, his body engulfed in black flames, was eager to try.

“They made no move to help us; they seemed to be driving us away, as if the ‘room’ could protect us from something that even Sadako and Kayako feared.”

Chu Xuan adjusted his glasses.

'Are the ghost groups afraid of the indiscriminate killing mechanism of the rule-based ghosts?' In his view, Sadako and Kayako are more like 'huddling together for warmth'.

"I don't recommend leaving. Let's make our move and take over this house first. Be careful to minimize the damage and avoid making too much noise."

Chu Xuan issued the order, and the tacit understanding cultivated in the previous instance made Zheng Zha and the others subconsciously obey Colonel Chu's command.

With their supernatural abilities, Ba Wang, Li Shuaixi, and Lingdian ruthlessly captured Sadako and Kayako, two weak, pitiful, and helpless female ghosts, with ease.

……

In theory, ghosts and monsters cannot communicate; however, theory is theory, and practice is practice.

Chu Xuan used some tricks to instruct Li Shuaixi to build an "ordered personality model" for the two female ghosts who were huddled together for warmth, and extracted some valuable information from Sadako and Kayako.

①The real monsters will not appear during the day.

② Night is dangerous. The "night nightmare" that chants the children's rhyme "Night will come, bad children will die" will indiscriminately wipe out all groups that violate the mechanism.

③True monsters primarily target sentient beings, and will not deliberately target spirit-type ghosts unless absolutely necessary, as if spirit-type ghosts have little value.

④ The "World Three Instances" do not have the common concept of planetary rotation dividing day and night. There is no time scale of dawn and dusk. You either enter a 12-hour "Noon 12 o'clock" or a 12-hour "Midnight 12 o'clock".

⑤ The moon is blood red, and being illuminated by blood-red moonlight will bring disaster and misfortune.

⑥ Dangers are everywhere outside, but houses are relatively safe (without violating the mechanism).

⑦ Kayako and Sadako know of three 'monsters': "Nightmare", "Mutual Aspect", and "Gorilla Moon".

⑧ Monks, Onmyoji, and other native Japanese supernatural paths have revived, and they capture relatively easier-to-bully spirit-type monsters to obtain supernatural abilities.

"So, we just need to hide in this house for 10 days to get through 'World Three: Ju-on - Mysterious Revival' without any real danger?"

A gorilla whose cerebellum attacks its brain and whose pointed tip replaces its thinking speaks without considering the consequences.

"..."

Chu Xuan put his hand to his forehead, feeling utterly helpless at Zheng Zha's thought process.

"Consider the difficulty of the S-rank side quests. A narrow escape? Survive for 10 days? Please, just shut up, okay?"

“Sadako and Kayako, two spirit-type ghosts who are not deliberately targeted by ‘monsters’, are still able to find a three-headed monster while they are obediently huddling together for warmth in a house.”

"When you find a cockroach in your home, don't doubt it, the cockroaches are definitely rampant."

"What if we unknowingly violate some 'monster's' rules and mechanisms without investigating the situation?"

Chu Xuan looked at Li Shuaixi and ordered, "Use your mental power to probe, but be careful to proceed gradually and don't open up the scope of your mental probe too much at once."

"Yes, Your Excellency Chu Xuan."

The tool-like Shuai Xi the Great releases his spiritual power.

For a second, Li Shuaixi showed no abnormality.

In two seconds, Li Shuaixi covered the entire city he was in.

In three seconds, Li Shuaixi covered the entire territory of Fusang.

In four seconds, Li Shuaixi went crazy.

"Hahahaha! It's over! It's over! It's over! We're all going to die! We're all going to die! We're all going to die!"

Li Shuaixi appeared to be insane, and his eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, ears, and other features gradually disappeared, transforming him into a faceless being without any facial features.

The transformed "Wu Xiang Li Shuai Xi" ignored the humans and ghosts in the house, pushed open the door and walked into the bustling street. Wu Xiang's face grew back with normal features.

Li Shuaixi's personality, spirit, thoughts, and consciousness were assimilated and devoured by the "Monster Wuxiang" after coming into contact with something beyond the boundaries.

Chu Xuan tried to use a backup plan to blow up Li Shuaixi, but found that he couldn't do it at all.

Killing Li Shuaixi is no easier than destroying the multiverse; this kind of immortality is close to the immortality gained by "sainthood" and binding with the multiverse.

Multiverse → Multiverse Rules Ghost·Formless → Formless Cluster → Li Shuaixi!
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The current surviving members of the Zhongzhou Team are: Chu Xuan, Meng Yi, Zheng Zha, Ling Dian, Ba Wang, Zhang Jie, Zhao Ying Kong, and Qi Teng Yi.

"The real monsters won't appear during the day, but danger lurks everywhere outside the houses..."

"Threshold! There's a threshold for the number of times you can come into contact with 'formless'! Exceeding the threshold will result in assimilation!"

This is too bizarre! What kind of outrageous nonsense is this?!

What appears to be a law-bound ghost writhing on the planet is actually a "sacred position" of a multiverse earthbound spirit!
Having lost his resurrection ability and only having the ability to protect himself through the interdimensional barrier, Chu Xuan admits he's a little panicked.

"Li Shuaixi showed abnormality in the fourth second, which means that Li Shuaixi was actually assimilated in the third second."

"Three seconds is enough to cover an entire country, but it's unclear what percentage of Fusang's total population the 'Formless Cluster' represents."

Direct contact triggers a 'threshold', but what about indirect contact?
Does chatting on online communication tools count?
Does the number of times one contemplates or meditates on "formlessness" also count?

Chu Xuan wiped away his cold sweat. A monster governed by the rules of the multiverse was so troublesome. Ten, a hundred, a thousand, ten thousand... The intricate rules and mechanisms were intertwined and interdependent, and a slight mistake could lead to being killed by the mechanism.

……

"You guys chat, I'm going out for some fresh air."

Meng Yi also had a pained expression on his face.

To avoid the difficulty of directly violating the rules and getting promoted, he could only use the phrase "go out for some fresh air" as a subtle reminder to avoid the "Multiverse Rule Monster - Large Group" [mechanism kill: the number of life forms in a closed space is ≥10, and the time spent together exceeds 0.5 hours].

【warn!warn! 】

[An indirect violation by an "intruder" has been detected. The "Main God Space Balance Mechanism" has taken the following countermeasures—]

[The third installment of "World Three: Ju-on - Mysterious Revival" adds "Multiverse-level Anti-meme: Inducing Cognitive Threshold Limits - Existence Loss".]

[Antime: A phenomenon that, through its inherent properties, prevents others from spreading it and possesses self-shielding characteristics.]

When an individual recognizes ≥100 "rule" mechanisms, they will instinctively explore more "rule" mechanisms and are more likely to discover or encounter them.

When an individual's cognitive "rule" mechanisms number ≥ 10000, touching the taboo boundary of "antieme" will result in "multiverse-level existence loss."

"..."

"Chu Xuan, let's prioritize stability and split up."

Meng Yi decisively slipped away.

The "reverse meme's" "multiverse-level existence loss" is locked in a stalemate with him, and staying next to the Central Continent team is simply a recipe for disaster for them.

'Go to Dachang City in Shenzhou and see if there are any three-eyed people. If not, we'll think of another way.'

(End of this chapter)