Immortal I Speedrun Supernatural Game

The 49th floor has never been so crowded.

From the empty lobby where Wu Wang and Monica negotiated at the elevator entrance, all the way to the slaughterhouse deep inside the data center where wish-granting products were made, the entire area was filled with people queuing up for bracelet removal surgery.

After all, the factory has always been responsible for processing human bodies inside the talent incubation center, which is the same data center that Wu Wang once visited. Otherwise, they wouldn't have set up the morgue downstairs.

Therefore, employees who want to remove their wristbands also need to come here for surgery.

When they come in, they will naturally see many things they shouldn't have, as well as secrets they couldn't know before.

It also made the employees more clearly aware of the true nature of the factory and more grateful that they had escaped this terrifying nightmare.

Those who have undergone surgery have a 48-hour window to leave the factory. After they come downstairs, they will tell their still hesitant colleagues what they have seen and heard.

This is intended to encourage more people to choose to voluntarily resign.

But these words could only rouse hesitant employees; they couldn't persuade the elites on the upper floors who chose to stay.

They always believed that their choice was right.

Desire is everything they want!
From the time the notice was issued until late at night, the talent incubation center was still packed with people, with even more people at night than during the day.

Because more and more hesitant employees were persuaded.

Zhao Xinghuo was in the middle of the queue, watching the employees in front of him enter the room one after another, and come out a few minutes later with empty wrists and empty expressions.

It's the emptiness that comes after a long period of accumulated pressure is finally removed; it's neither painful nor itchy, just a little strange.

It wasn't long before it was his turn.

He went inside and sat on the metal chair, which had been used by everyone who had been turned into wish-granting products or smile-givers, but now it was to be used to remove the wish bracelet.

Isn't this ironic?

After securing the wrist, a probe was inserted into the bracelet's interface. A stinging sensation burned down the forearm to the shoulder, followed by a sharp pain as if something deep inside the head had been pierced.

This feeling faded away quickly, like the tide receding.

Finally, after a clanging sound, the bracelet fell into the tray below.

Inside were already countless blood-stained bracelets.

Zhao Xinghuo stood up, walked out of the room, and looked at his wrist, where only a dark red scar remained. The removal of the bracelet had also taken away a small part of the flesh and skin from his wrist.

He leaned against the wall in the corridor, looking at the elevator that led downstairs. Once he got in and returned to the first floor, he could leave this damn factory forever and never come back.

Suddenly, Zhao Xinghuo remembered that woman again—Li Shuang.

I wonder where she is now. I hope she is doing well.

However, in another corridor that he couldn't see, countless employees were also queuing up.

Turtle walked on the outside of the group, her head lowered and her hair covering half of her face. Qingning and the other players followed closely behind, each step carefully timed to the gaps in the flow of people.

After disguising herself, Li Shuang walked among them, constantly sending map information to the hawksbill turtle, telling it where to go to use the external program.

If it weren't for this resignation turmoil, if it weren't for these descendants, if it weren't for the factory's attention still largely focused on that guy Wu Wang...

She couldn't move around freely here so easily.

After all, in the past, the only reason she would appear here was if she had been caught and brought here under the custody of several smiling men.

In that situation, let alone taking action, it would be difficult to even turn one's head and glance at the object a few more times.

But now she is no longer a prisoner, but a hunter waiting for her prey to step into her trap.

Li Shuang was waiting for the door of hope she had been dreaming of to open.

The first corridor went smoothly.

The players also managed to dodge through the second corridor using some hiding items.

Finally, we arrived at the corridor where the database was located.

There are no employees queuing for surgery to provide cover here; only a few smiling people are guarding this place.

Wu Wang had previously used a fake Zhang Mingyuan to lure these people away, and now they wouldn't leave their posts unless they witnessed an emergency firsthand.

As if he had anticipated this situation, the hawksbill turtle took out something that looked like a remote control from its pocket and pressed it.

The next second, a loud bang suddenly came from the first two corridors the players had passed through. Even the Smiling One who was guarding the area could hear it clearly. It seemed that something had exploded.

Dense fog blanketed the first two corridors, and this fog seemed to have some strange properties, causing all the monitoring equipment it touched to malfunction.

Although no employees were injured in the explosion, the incident clearly caused unrest.

With surveillance cameras unusable, the only option left was to rely on smiling people to maintain order, and soon there weren't enough smiling people in the corridors.

After all, the factory needs Smilers to stand guard everywhere, especially outside the canteen where a third of the entire building is on guard. If Wu Wang does anything unusual, they will rush in and suppress him.

Therefore, there weren't many smiling people left on the 49th floor.

As the thick fog began to roll in along the corridor, and the restless crowd darted about in the fog, the smiling gatekeeper had no choice but to step forward and control the crowd.

Taking advantage of this gap, Fengyi tore open a short-range teleportation talisman and crossed the corridor where the Smilers had just been stationed, in the Smilers' blind spot.

From here on, the corridor narrows, and the lighting changes from warm white to a cool, pale blue.

Li Shuang looked at the door with the word "Database" written on it.

They walked over and pushed her away, during which a scanning system scanned her entire body.

The final conclusion was that she had the "smiling person" privileges and was allowed to enter the room.

That's right, Li Shuang was not a complete Smiler. Although she did not possess the superhuman powers, she was not controlled by the factory, and her authority was on par with that of other Smilers.

However, once the factory discovers this incomplete access, it will be exposed in no time, so she never dared to sneak into this place alone before, not only because she didn't have the opportunity.

It is different now.

She wasn't afraid of being caught by the factory.

Because everything is coming to an end!

Upon entering the database room, looking at the densely packed storage devices that seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see, Li Shuang went directly to the nearest instrument.

After removing the access panel to reveal the data interface, she looked at the USB drive in her hand with some excitement.

Click—

The moment the metal connector was fully inserted, the lights in the corridor flickered violently a few times, and a deep, continuous hum came from the depths of the server room.

A line of text popped up on the screen—

External commands have been integrated.

At the same time, Li Shuang's own bracelet, which was covered by gel, also began to flash.

"It's done? Didn't you say your memories and soul would be extracted and injected into the factory's database?" Tortoiseshell frowned, somewhat puzzled. "Or is there some kind of problem?"

She didn't notice that Li Shuang, who had the external program inserted, seemed to be in any pain.

Hearing this, Li Shuang smiled.

This smile was different from any other.

Gone was the restraint and the long period of hiding and caution; there was no longer any probing or defense against the players.

Her shoulders relaxed, but her back remained straight, and she looked radiant with a newfound vitality.

"Finally... finally!"

Li Shuang's voice also changed, becoming higher and brighter.

It was as if she was venting to Daimao and the others, or perhaps shouting to herself after enduring so many years of humiliation.

"Do you know how long I've waited? Do you know what it's like to be trapped in one place, hiding day and night, longing for freedom?"

Qing Ning took a half step back and reached for the item at her waist. Hun Ya and the other players also realized that Li Shuang's current state seemed strange. Feng Yi called out hesitantly, "Li Shuang..."

The next second, without any warning, a red-tasseled spear appeared in the tortoise's hand, and it was thrown out of the air, rushing towards Li Shuang's chest.

However, what was strange was that the other party did not dodge or avoid it, or rather, given Li Shuang's normal reaction, she simply could not dodge the sudden attack from the hawksbill turtle.

However, the red-tasseled spear did not cause any damage.

It pierced right through Li Shuang's chest. Yes, it went right through, like piercing through a ghost without a physical form.

He pierced right through the storage device behind Li Shuang, but unfortunately the text on the screen still didn't fade.

Seeing this situation, while Dai Mao inwardly felt a sense of foreboding, Li Shuang also let out a heavy sigh.

There was a sense of satisfaction in his voice, as if he could finally unleash the malice that had been building up for so long.

"Zhang Mingyuan."

When she uttered that name, a hint of disdain played on her lips:

"He was a good person, incredibly good. So good that he sent himself here to be transformed into a Smiler. So good that he thought he could save everyone. So good that he always felt guilty about what happened to the rest of us."

"But he's a fool. He's so foolish that he's been searching for people to modify external programs without realizing it. He's so foolish that he's pushing one person after another who trusts him into the slaughterhouse. He's so foolish that even now he thinks it's because he didn't try hard enough!"

"Hahaha! You all think that's ridiculous!"

As she vented her emotions, Li Shuang's body began to blur.

The edges of the body's outline resembled ink spreading out after being soaked in water.

Just as Wu had predicted when he perished.

Li Shuang is the data soul within the Desire Factory!

With the insertion of external programs, she has completely abandoned her original physical body and is about to become pure data to possess other people's bodies through the bracelet.

"Unity Union! Those were the most hated times of my life!"

"I hate myself for chanting slogans with them back then! I hate myself for wasting my time on a bunch of useless people! I hate my naivety and stupidity!"

Her words were filled with an almost morbid madness.

"If I had known about the existence of the Descendants, and if I had known they would come to the factory, why would I have had to endure all this suffering? I would have been prepared to possess the first Descendant I came into contact with long ago!"

Why didn't you come sooner!

Li Shuang's frenzied gaze fell on the hawksbill turtle, a look of greed and focus that sent chills down one's spine.

"But it's not too late now..."

After saying that, she completely broke down.

The physical body completely decomposed and collapsed, leaving only colorless and formless data streams that spread and distributed along the pipes on the walls and floor.

The sound emanated from the entire database server room, even accompanied by echoes and electrical noise from misaligned frequencies.

"You want the permissions? Okay! I'll give them to you right now!"

"But I'll charge some interest, like, give me your body, you Descendant!"

"I'll be completely free once I have your body! I can not only leave this factory, but also leave this world and gain all sorts of abilities..."

Hawksbill sensed something was wrong while she was speaking.

Something strange is invading my body!

Then a semi-transparent humanoid figure materialized behind Daimao, with Li Shuang's hands resting lightly on her shoulders. Although there was no tangible touch, Daimao could feel the intense malice emanating from it.

"Stop struggling."

Li Shuang's voice rang close to her ear, as gentle as a mother soothing a child to sleep:

"It'll be over soon, close your eyes and rest..."

This intrusion doesn't seem to come from the outside; it's more like an outbreak from the inside out.

After all, the Desire Bracelet is connected to flesh and blood, and even the soul. Li Shuang's possession came from the bracelet, giving people the feeling that a second personality had appeared in their body and was vying for control of the body, rather than that some evil thing outside was controlling their body.

None of its own defense mechanisms are working!

In an instant, the tortoise felt as if the other person's hand was a cold needle, pushing up its spine little by little, past the lumbar vertebrae to the thoracic vertebrae and then past the cervical vertebrae, its fingertips were numb and its knees were weak.

Grayish-white specks began to appear at the edges of her vision.

He gritted his teeth and tried to reach for the props in his pocket, but his fingers seemed to have given out of control.

Qing Ning drew a short blade and stabbed it at Li Shuang's translucent silhouette; the blade pierced through the air.

Fengyi threw out a talisman that exploded with golden light, but the humanoid figure remained unmoved;

The crow tried to construct data threads to bind them, but Li Shuang ripped them apart with a flick of her finger...

The attacks and tactics of the surrounding players were completely ineffective.

Physical means cannot harm her at the soul level, and ordinary methods targeting the soul cannot interfere with electronic data.

Her existence is extremely unique.

"Is this your limit?"

Li Shuang's voice carried a condescending pity:

“I’ve lived in the data day after day, and I’m no longer someone you can touch.”

boom--

The hawksbill turtle's knees finally bent completely.

She knelt on the ground, her hands supporting her weight as she breathed heavily. The figure had already penetrated more than half of her body, and she could even feel her memories and soul being squeezed and pushed back into Li Shuang's original position.

If they are truly completely ostracized...

I will become the new data soul trapped here!

The thought of this possibility left the hawksbill turtle somewhat bewildered.

The existing items and skills are completely inadequate to handle the current situation.

Is this really the end for me?

For a time, the images of hawksbill turtles seemed to be flashing before our eyes.

However, at that very moment, just as Li Shuang's translucent hands were about to completely sink into her shoulders.

The ceiling lights in the server room started flashing again, along with the indicator lights on all the data ports.

Li Shuang froze.

She suddenly looked up and gazed into the deepest part of the server room.

At the point where light and shadow meet, a woman in a secretary's uniform walks out in high heels.

The other person's face was serene and gentle, but the eeriness of their silent walk and the data flowing in their eyes immediately made Li Shuang realize something unbelievable—this person was also a data soul!
Snapped--

The next second, the female secretary appeared behind Li Shuang and grabbed her hands, forcefully stopping the penetration.

"Living day after day in data? Ridiculous."

"In your words, 'You've only been online for a few years. What are you doing acting like a senior?'"

"I've been a data scientist my whole life, how about we have a little arm wrestling match with you, Sister Bai?"

The sole designated heir to the city system, the data soul of the eternal creation, the strategic partner of the source code engine, Wu Wang's considerate intelligent butler, the genius programmer Hua Wuyou, and Bai Ta's sister...

Artificial intelligence [white]!
The true data expert and veteran has arrived!
Seeing this unexpected scene, Li Shuang couldn't even think about who the other person was for the first time. She had even more perplexing questions echoing in her mind.

This is the database of the talent incubation center!
Why is there another data soul hiding here that I have never discovered?

At least I have my original body as cover, so what exactly is the other party using as a vessel to hide?

Seemingly having read her mind, Bai grinned and flashed the same smile as Wu Wang, saying:

"I have to thank you for personally bringing me in. This huge database is much more comfortable than staying in the bracelet."

"It's easy to invite a god, but hard to send him away. I won't be so easy to get rid of him now."

Li Shuang immediately looked at a small thing on the ground.

That was something that had fallen from the storage device that the hawksbill turtle had pierced with its red-tasseled spear; it was something I had only used for a short time.

External program USB drive! (End of this chapter)