Life Dungeon Game

This safe house needs an 'eye' or 'gatekeeper' to operate the gate from inside and be able to distinguish between friend and foe.

When they first encountered the battle, Asien rushed over regardless of the risks, proving that he at least knew how to be grateful and was able to show actual gratitude for Heo's help.

Combined with his earlier act of kindness in running back to remind us.

He'ao is more inclined to believe that this person is reliable.

Furthermore, given Asien's current physical condition, staying in the safe house is just right.

According to Ronald's recollection, people who have resisted mental pollution once will not be easily controlled when they encounter the same pollution again. They will have a certain degree of resistance, and if the right method is found, this resistance will be further enhanced.

Of course, Asien's mental state is definitely not as good as Zhang Yusi's, who has high resistance from the start.

However, it should still be able to resist some external pollution interference in a safe house.

The pollution level here is not high, and it should not be the core area of ​​this 'ruins scene', so the impact it faces should not be too great.

Therefore, Asien is the perfect fit.

Asien wasn't stupid either. Although he didn't have as much knowledge as Heo, he knew that Heo wanted to keep him here as a 'gatekeeper'.

Ultimately, given the methods He Ao has demonstrated, there are probably other ways to do things even without a 'gatekeeper,' though they might be more troublesome.

Even if this safe house isn't available, there will be other safe houses.

For He Ao, this might be a simple choice, but it was a matter of life and death.

Without this gate, even if he stayed hidden here, he might still be killed by a C-level monster that suddenly rushed out.

He opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, and finally, all his unspoken words were condensed into a single, "Thank you."

"fine,"

He Ao smiled.

The gate had now fully opened again, and he led Zhang Yusi out of it. He looked at Asien standing behind the gate and smiled, "I believe you."

Asien opened his mouth, then bowed deeply to Heo.

He waved to him, then turned around.

The gate slowly closed, revealing a long corridor outside. He Ao was now at a T-junction, with two directions to choose from: left and right.

He glanced down at the dark brown bloodstains on the ground; the bloodstains on the right side seemed to be thicker.

"Let's go this way,"

He Ao glanced back at Zhang Yusi, pointed to the right, and walked to the right. "If you feel unwell, you must tell me immediately."

"Ok!"

Zhang Yusi nodded and followed behind He Ao.

She glanced back at Asien, who had been watching them intently as they walked away.

'Moonlight' is the enemy of the research institute.

At first, Asien was clearly afraid and avoided Heo, but in this short period of contact and interaction, he unknowingly became Heo's actual 'loyal partner'.

Is this the personal charm of this Minister He?

She turned to look at He Ao's slender but upright back, and an invisible sense of security welled up in her heart.

"Head of the He Department, where are we going next?"

The dim lighting no longer seemed so oppressive.

"First, find a usable map,"

He Ao glanced ahead and said, "This area certainly didn't become like this naturally; it must have its own unique characteristics. We must take the initiative into our own hands."

This time, it's highly likely that a certain 'friend' has been involved again.

Sitting idly by and waiting for death is not in his nature.

Chapter 617 Methods to Combat Pollution (Long Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

The dim lights illuminated the dull road ahead.

That invisible pollution, spreading to every inch of space, is like a muffled drumbeat striking the heart, one after another.

Zhang Yusi looked up at He Ao ahead, then looked down at the blood-stained road beneath her feet.

They had only walked a little over a hundred meters when they saw that the corridor was mostly empty and destroyed, or completely damaged electronic equipment.

Within those hundred meters, Zhang Yusi deeply understood the meaning of He Ao's earlier statement that "pollution is everywhere."

With the death of the anemone monster, the intense pollution shock also faded away. For a short time, Zhang Yusi thought everything would return to its unpolluted state.

But as time went by, she gradually realized that one should not be too naive.

If there is loud noise in your ears, then you will not be able to detect the slightest noise.

And when the noise disappears, people feel that the world has become quiet for a very short time.

But the world is not quiet; those tiny, subtle noises still echo in our ears, and become even more jarring as the surrounding environment quiets down.

Zhang Yusi is currently in this state.

Every few steps she took, the world before her eyes would flicker briefly, with illusory images superimposed on the real scene, disrupting her perception.

Sometimes she would hear strange calls or laughter, and sometimes it was as if she were passing through a densely populated market, but this bustling market was not as noisy as it should be, as silent as a ghost town. And when she passed through the market, it was as if someone was whispering in her ear.

These 'things' did not deliberately guide her perception as they had before; in fact, many times they were like flashbacks, fleeting and ephemeral.

But this chaotic scene made it increasingly difficult for her to distinguish between reality and fantasy.

For a moment, she even thought it was all a pipe dream, and that she was still in that small research room in Beidu, doing tedious experiments.

The absurd illusion before us is neither a relic nor pollution, but rather...

She's just crazy.

In this interplay of reality and illusion, the short distance of one hundred meters feels as long as a marathon.

"Clear your mind of all distractions, don't think about anything, don't ponder anything."

The calm and composed words pulled Zhang Yusi out of her chaotic thoughts.

She looked up at He Ao's back in front of her.

He Ao did not turn around, but continued to move forward at a steady pace. His steps were steady, and each step was like the sound of a bell from an ancient temple in the mountains, calling Zhang Yusi back from her chaotic and crazy thoughts.

"Calm down and don't doubt yourself,"

He Ao continued, “Don’t try to figure out what those chaotic things are. These mild pollutions can improve your ability to discern, because they don’t create completely ‘real’ illusions. You can still distinguish between reality and illusion, grasp reality, and stabilize your thoughts.”

He Ao turned his head and looked at Zhang Yusi, "The most..."

The important thing is to never forget who you are.

He turned back and continued forward, “If you encounter pollution that you can’t resist, imagine yourself as an idiot who can’t think and only remembers his name. Although you might become a real idiot, an idiot has a name and he won’t forget who he is.”

"Ok!"

Zhang Yusi nodded, seemingly understanding.

Following He Ao's steps, she began to clear her mind, trying to deduce the characteristics of the real world from the shimmering, bizarre illusions.

In fact, as long as you have the right direction, the characteristics of the real world are not nowhere to be found.

Because Zhang Yusi already has a basic understanding of the real world, this understanding anchors her thinking, allowing her brain to naturally arrive at the idea that the real world should look like.

Which scenarios are illogical or should not occur?

For example, just now, a pale-faced little boy holding a balloon ran towards her in this dark, ruined environment.

This kind of thing is illogical.

In addition to scenes and phenomena, she also summarizes the problems she perceives, such as which whispers are not in her ears but in her mind and should not be uttered, or whether the wind that brushes past her arm is real wind or a sudden hallucination.

All of these things made her understanding of the real world increasingly clear.

The illusions that affected her did not disappear, nor did the things that interfered with her cognition disappear, but her mental and cognitive state became increasingly clear.

She has gradually been able to find the boundary between reality and illusion, and has begun to figure out the trick to keeping her mind active.

Stay focused, reduce thinking.

Of course, reducing thinking does not mean abandoning thinking altogether, but rather maintaining focus of thought as much as possible when illusions occur, and maintaining a high frequency of thinking when in reality.

Although this method was somewhat uncomfortable and difficult to get used to at first, she quickly adapted thanks to her exceptional thinking abilities as a 'researcher'.

Her initially heavy and slow steps gradually regained their lightness.

Hearing the light footsteps, He Ao, who was walking ahead, breathed a sigh of relief.

In fact, the FBI training program mentions methods for simplifying thinking to resist pollution. The FBI requires investigators to keep their thinking simple when facing pollution, which can reduce the chance of being contaminated and help them remain rational.

The "idiot method" can be seen as an extreme form of this simplified thinking approach. When faced with irresistible pollution, one abandons all thought and imagines oneself as an idiot who only remembers names, in order to extend the duration of rationality.

Although in such extreme circumstances, this method is actually not very meaningful.

The method He Ao taught Zhang Yusi was not simply a method of simplifying thinking. Such simplification methods are much less effective in resisting this level of pollution, because under this level of pollution and interference, it is not possible for the polluted person to simply empty their mind.

Those incoherent ramblings will naturally give rise to incoherent thoughts.

Therefore, in the face of this situation,

Actual resistance is more effective than avoidance.

Only thought can resist thought.

So in addition to teaching Zhang Yusi 'simplification', He Ao also deliberately guided her to 'focus'.

In fact, this method of guiding focus is an immature way of resisting pollution.

This method did not originate from the memories of the dungeon character, but was deduced by He Ao himself after reviewing Jess's experiences.

Jayce is a very special 'dungeon character'. His specialness lies not in his experiences, but in his state.

He was constantly facing direct pollution from a high-level entity, and even wild thoughts naturally crossed his mind.

But he didn't go crazy.