The copy has 0 error tolerance, and the last words on the ground are all wrong for me.

Chapter 264 Shaking Video

Colonel Johnson was still wearing the uniform he had worn when he was on the mission, but the uniform, which had been originally straight and brand new, was now tattered and covered with crusted oil mud, so dirty that the original color could not be seen.

With dry hair, dull skin, haggard look and messy beard, he looked like a homeless person.

Wu Chang had never seen the other three people besides Colonel Johnson in Wells's resentment. Colonel Johnson was at the edge of the four. Starting from him, Wu Chang looked at the other three one by one.
The first one was wearing a dark brown suit and round-framed metal glasses. His temperament was similar to that of the dead Wells and he should be a scholar.

The second one was wearing a black work uniform with a name tag on the chest that read "Station Manager" - Bae Tae-hyung.

The third one is easier to identify. He is wearing a distinctive ethnic costume with large pieces of animal skins sewn on his clothes. A skull of an unknown creature is hung around his waist. He should be a wizard from the Naaru tribe.

The three men have different identities, but their physical and mental conditions are similar to Colonel Johnson.

The four of them sat side by side on the bench, staring blankly at the TV hanging on the wall.

A video was playing on TV. The video was taken from a handheld camera without an anti-shake device. It was unclear whether the photographer was moving quickly or his hands were shaking, causing the image on the screen to keep shaking without stopping for a moment.

The photographer was in a ruin, and a few frames of murals would flash from time to time in the shaking camera, but would quickly disappear.

Rather than asking what the photographer is filming, it seems more like he forgot to turn off the camera, or was deliberately figuring out how to make the viewer vomit.

Wu Chang spent five long minutes in a video that seemed like mental pollution. Just when he could no longer bear it and wanted to find the remote control to fast forward, the screen froze on a square stone platform.

On the stone platform stands a white statue with a diameter of 30 centimeters, spiraling upward like a conch.

The picture paused for seven or eight seconds, and then a prompt to play the video in a loop popped up at the bottom of the screen, and the content of the picture changed back to the violently shaking video.

It can be seen from the reactions of the four people that when the picture stopped at the last white conch statue, their eyes looking at the screen were particularly fiery and full of desire.

When the content on the screen disappeared, the four of them returned to their silence, staring blankly at the screen, waiting for the next appearance of the white conch.

Wu Chang raised his eyebrows. That white conch must be something important.

It was not because of the reaction of Johnson and the other four, but because when he saw the white conch, the omniscient crystal in his personal space flickered, expressing its desire to him.

The white conch is important to the All-Knowing Crystal.

This discovery forced him to change his strategy.

According to Leihuo's description, the way to leave the Night Island copy is very simple, that is to leave the Night Island and the waters around the island.

There is malice in the darkness of Night Island, and there is similar malice in the seas surrounding Night Island. Only by taking a special ship between life and death can one travel safely through the seas.

If there were only a few people including Jian Xing on the island, all they could do to be safe was to wait for seven days.

But with Wu Changzai, there was no need for such trouble. According to his original plan, they could just make a small wooden boat. Jian Xing and the other three would sit on the boat, and he would transform into a giant python from the abyss and take the boat out of the waters of Night Island.

As a simple copy, nothing here can hurt him, whether on the island or in the sea.

The giant python he transformed into did not have the exaggerated size of a sea giant, and could not pull a cruise ship like the sea god, but it was not difficult for him to pull a small wooden boat with only four people.

But the appearance of the white conch made him give up his plan to leave Night Island as quickly as possible. If he got the white conch, he might be able to use it to bargain with the Omniscient Crystal and borrow the power of the Omniscient Crystal without binding his soul.

He and the All-Knowing Crystal were in a stalemate in the negotiations, and the All-Knowing Crystal was the first to reveal a flaw. If he didn't seize the opportunity in time, he might not know when the next opportunity would come.

As for whether staying in the Erosion copy for too long would put the painter at a disadvantage for Wanghai City, Wu Chang believed that it would not.

If the painter wanted to carry out a terrorist attack, he could have done it in a thousand ways. Why would he have to beat around the bush?

Judging from the painter's actions, he was obviously coming for the Administration. The erosion copy was framed underground, and he was either heading for the Chilang Space on the third underground floor or the exhibition hall on the sixth underground floor.

He entered the erosion copy just to save people and elbow them by the way. Whether the property of the administration was affected or not had nothing to do with him.

When Wu Chang looked away from the TV screen, he already had a plan in mind.

He looked at Jianxing and Leihuo and asked, "What's going on with them?"

Lei Huo explained: "According to the information obtained from the intelligence of various organizations, the Night Island Research Station was attacked by unknown creatures four years ago. Of the 42 people in the station, only four of them survived, and the rest are all missing."

"People are alive, but they are all crazy. They eat when they are hungry and sleep when they are tired, but other than that, they can only do two things."

"One is to help the players who enter the island collect a bottle of special grease. That grease should be the fuel for the night lamp."

"Second, they are staring at this TV, watching the same video over and over again. If you stop them from watching it, they will go crazy and attack you."

Wu Chang curled his lips and said, "In an attack, who can the four of them beat?"

Lei Huo shook his head and said, "The four of them are not strong, but as long as they go crazy, the research station will lose power and darkness will pour in."

"There were many players who claimed that they wanted to kill the four of them to see what they could get, but they were still alive in the end. Among the players who actually did so, only two White Tower players survived by relying on the items that forced them to leave the dungeon."

Wu Chang continued to ask: "Deputy Director Lei, you said they would cooperate in collecting grease. Do you know where the grease is collected?"

Lei Huo nodded and said, "Collecting oil is one of the conditions for leaving Night Island. We made this request as soon as we entered the scientific research station."

Leihuo pointed at Colonel Johnson and said, "We saw him carrying a glass bottle into the depths of the research station. There was no light there, and we couldn't follow him. Now that we have your night light, we can go and take a look."

The Night Island Research Station is very large, but because of the previous accident, four-fifths of the station was reduced to ruins and plunged into darkness. Only the lobby, entertainment room, storage room and duty room are still intact.

On the Island of Night, being alone is considered extremely stupid, even in an expedition station.

The three of them went back to call Director Gao and Zhao Yan, and under the light of the night lights, they headed to the dark area of ​​the investigation station.

Before Colonel Johnson started collecting the grease, Leihuo marked him. At this moment, as Leihuo activated his energy, two rows of footprints appeared on the ground, one back and forth.

They followed the footprints they had come from and came deep into the research station, where the footprints stopped in front of a heavy iron gate.

Wu Chang looked at the few people and asked, "Who can open the lock?"

Jian Xing waved his hand, and the flying sword directly split the door lock. He retracted the flying sword and added: "I can."

Wu Chang shrugged, pushed open the iron door, and found a staircase leading downwards.

As soon as the door was opened, everyone smelled a stench rising up. It was not the smell of rotting flesh or blood, but more like the smell of a large number of dead fish.

Walking all the way down the stairs, everyone looked at the scene in front of them and knew where the fishy smell came from.

On the ceiling of the underground space, there are more than thirty monsters with fish heads and human bodies hanging upside down. They should be the deep-sea fishmen mentioned in the description of the night light.

The deep-sea fishmen are different from the fishmen in the quiet town. The fishmen in the quiet town are huge and covered with scales, and they are marine creatures at first glance. The deep-sea fishmen in front of everyone are more like ordinary humans with fish heads. Not only do they have human bodies, but they also wear different styles of clothes.

Changed, but not completely.

The method of extracting oil is very simple. Cut the head of the deep-sea fishman, place a candle on it to heat it, and the oil in the fish head will slowly melt and drip into the glass bottle along the fish head.

As soon as the candle goes out, the cold air will freeze the oil immediately, so there will be no waste.

Nearly half of the deep-sea fishmen hanging upside down had their heads cut open to remove their fat.

The fish head, having lost all its fat, will wither and dry out, becoming wrinkled and regaining a 50% human appearance.

Among these dried fish heads, Wu Chang recognized two people, both of whom were Wells' teammates.

He counted the number of people, thirty-eight, no more, no less. If it were other players, the intelligence would end there. They would only think that in the attack that year, except for four survivors, all members of the expedition team turned into deep-sea mermen.

But for Wu Chang, this is not the end.

Because the number of people matched, but the identities did not.

Among these 38 bodies, there was no Hiroyuki Fujita.

As an explorer, Hiroyuki Fujita often acts outdoors. He is short and dark-skinned, but strong and sturdy, like a small cannon.

But among those who were hung upside down, there were only two pure black people, and no black athletes.

The scientific research station was attacked, thirty-eight died and four went crazy. The only one who knew the most, Hiroyuki Fujita, faked his death and escaped, and replaced himself with a fake corpse.

It’s really hard to guess who was behind the incident back then.

Wu Chang sighed and glanced around. He wondered if Hiroyuki Fujita had been hiding in the research station for the past four years.

Suddenly, more than thirty bodies of indigenous people appeared. Several people wanted to search the bodies to see if they could find any valuable information, but they found that although everyone was wearing the clothes they wore when they were alive, all their belongings had been taken away.

The perpetrator was very careful, but if he was so careful, why did he let Johnson and the other four crazy people live instead of killing them directly?
However, the group was not completely without gain. They found a spare night light in the underground space and filled it with oil from the bottle. They then had two light sources, which greatly increased the speed of exploring the research station.

The crowd passed through the group of upside-down fish and entered the second underground level, where they saw a pool of water.

At the bottom of the pool, you can see a second metal door.

Wu Chang looked at Jian Xing and asked, "Can you open this door?"

Jianxing drove the flying sword into the water. When the flying sword touched the water surface, it was like piercing into a solid object. Its speed became extremely slow and it seemed extremely strenuous.

After finally hitting the metal door, the flying sword had no power left and could only leave a white mark on the iron door.

Jian Xing retracted his flying sword and said solemnly: "There is a kind of power in the water that will quickly absorb the energy of the person entering the water. I can't do anything about it. And through the flying sword, I can feel it..."

Jian Xing was halfway through his speech when he noticed that Wu Chang had taken off his short-sleeved shirt and pants.

"Why are you taking off your clothes?"

Wu Chang tied a rope around his waist. He threw it to Jian Xing and said, "If I drown, pull me out."

Jian Xing's brain short-circuited, and before he could react, he saw Wu Chang had already jumped into the water.

"Hey, wait!"

Just as Jian Xing said, as soon as Wu Chang entered the water, he could feel a special suction coming from the water. There was a hint of divinity in the suction, and ordinary abilities could not resist it at all. No wonder Jian Xing's flying sword could not work.

But this divinity had no effect on him.

He dived all the way to the bottom of the water and observed the metal gate at the bottom.

This underwater door was definitely carefully designed. It blocked the way to the underwater world, but ensured that the sea water below could surge up to the pool, making it impossible for Wu Chang and others to pump water.

The metal door was made of solid material. Wu Chang pulled hard, but with his 108 points of strength added by the Master of Breaking the Situation, he couldn't budge it at all. Unless he brought Shinie in and transformed into a sea giant, it would not be easy to open the door with brute force.

We must find the key to the door. Maybe we can ask those four crazy guys.

But before that, he had one more question.

Taking advantage of the darkness underwater and the unclear view above, he turned his back to everyone, took out the All-Knowing Crystal, and whispered:

"If you want what's under the water, you have to work hard."

As soon as he finished speaking, he felt his vision blur and a complex rune appeared in his mind. The rune rotated and flashed twice, and finally appeared on the TV screen in the lounge.

The next moment, the clues that Wu Chang saw disappeared.

The clue is indeed the TV in the lounge.

He was just about to turn around and go back to the shore when they felt him trying to rise. Someone on the shore suddenly exerted force and pulled him out.

As soon as Wu Chang came out of the water, he was confronted by Jian Xing's questioning, "Are you crazy?! I just told you it was dangerous underwater, and you dared to jump in?"

Wu Chang spread his hands and said, "Don't be so nervous. I have a marine clan transformation, which makes me half a water clan. I can feel that this sea area will not harm me."

Jian Xing and others looked at Wu Chang repeatedly, and were relieved to make sure that Wu Chang was truly confident and not bewitched by the malicious forces in the darkness.

Director Gao sighed and said, "Even if you are sure, you should act more slowly next time and work out a safe plan before taking action."

Lei Huo didn't lecture Wu Chang. He was more concerned about what Wu Chang saw underwater. "What's going on down there?"

Wu Chang: "The door below is very thick and needs a key to open, but I found something underwater. Maybe we should go see those four crazy guys. They might be able to provide clues."

There are only two floors in the underground space, so there is no need to continue exploring. Seeing Wu Chang speak, the few people did not doubt him and followed Wu Chang back to the lounge.

When they came back, the four lunatics were still staring at TV blankly.

Wu Chang sat next to Colonel Johnson and watched TV side by side with the four crazy people.

When he looked at the TV, the runes that the All-Knowing Crystal had demonstrated to him appeared before his eyes again. The runes fell on the TV screen and began to rotate.

The shaking video content, combined with the rotating runes, made the mentally polluted video seem normal.

(End of this chapter)