Life Dungeon Game

An elderly man with a full head of white hair quietly gazed at the scene outside through the open door.

The door, which had been tightly closed, had been opened at some point, and straw amulets were scattered all over the floor. A gentle breeze blew the door hinges, causing the old door to sway softly.

The streets were deserted, and the silent sunlight shone on the mottled bloodstains.

"Grandma? Can we go out now?"

From below the cellar came the little girl's trembling voice.

They had been hiding in this cellar for almost two days, ever since they heard the terrifying noises.

The food and water were all gone, and the emergency power supply was also used up. The cellar was pitch black.

There had been all sorts of scary noises coming from outside, and Grandma wouldn't let her go out.

Only after several hours of silence outside did they dare to open the door and go out to take a look.

"Wait a moment."

The old woman struggled to pry open the cellar door, staggered out of the cellar, carefully closed the cellar door, and walked towards the front door.

The little girl looked up at the cellar door, which was gradually turning completely black, and trembled as she grabbed the ladder beside her.

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After a while, the cellar door was opened again, and the silver-haired old man's face came into the little girl's view. "It seems that everything is alright. Come out."

The little girl then slowly climbed out of the cellar.

At this moment, the old man had already turned around and started tidying up the things in the house. "Everything is broken, the cabinet is damaged, how much will it cost to repair..."

The little girl ran to the door and carefully picked up the amulets one by one, patted off the dust, and put them into the bamboo basket that had been torn in half and was now only half intact.

Her stomach was rumbling, and her face was pale with weakness. She carefully picked up the straw amulet from the ground, as if picking up pieces of clean bread.

These straw amulets are very cheap, but it takes two people a long time to weave them, involving several processes.

Just as she picked up the two straw amulets in front of the door frame, two rather tall shadows blocked the sunlight outside the door and obscured her small body.

She looked up, somewhat bewildered.

What came into her view were two people, a man and a woman, dressed in old animal skin clothes, with ordinary-looking, even somewhat dull, middle-aged faces.

The man standing in front looked down at the little girl on the ground.

His previously expressionless and somewhat stiff face suddenly twitched. He slowly squatted down and reached out to hug what he was still holding in his hand.

The little girl with the amulet.

The little girl trembled as she raised her hand and carefully touched her cheek, as if touching a marshmallow from a dream. She sniffed, gently pinched the tear-stained skin, and whispered,

"Daddy, don't cry."

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The large-scale extermination of the contaminated monsters lasted all day, while the resettlement of the surviving people of Newland City-State was also underway.

The research institute brought a special C-grade extraordinary item, the 'Forget-Me-Not Stone'.

This stone can significantly influence the memories of ordinary people, but its function is not to delete or modify a memory, but rather to 'forget' it.

The memories of those affected do not disappear; they are simply stored in the deepest corners of their consciousness, like some long-forgotten memories. Unless someone brings up many keywords or they are exposed to a scene that is extremely similar to the one they were in, these memories will not be recalled.

Of course, if a person deliberately touches the relevant items and frantically tries to recall these memories, he will be able to remember them.

Because memories are not actually erased, many things that are deeply etched in our memories may be 'reinterpreted' in other ways.

Li Cheng manipulated this extraordinary item, causing most ordinary people to 'forget' their memories of the various monsters that had occurred during this period.

The reason for this is simple: the more people come into contact with the mysterious, the more likely they are to be targeted by the mysterious. Moreover, these people have also come into contact with those twisted high-level forces, which means that they are more likely to be entangled in supernatural events afterward.

The survival rate for most people in extraordinary events is very low.

The Forget-Me-Not Stone can not only make people forget their memories, but it can also reduce the correlation between the affected person and all factors in the corresponding memory, thus reducing their chances of being approached by extraordinary events.

In a sense, the 'Forget-Me-Not Stone's' ability lies in reducing associations; forgetting is, on the contrary, its side effect.

However, if forgotten memories are recalled, the diminished connection to the extraordinary will also be restored.

Meanwhile, the Newland city-state government officially defined the events of those two days as a tsunami triggered by a 'major earthquake,' which led to a chain of casualties.

This is to prevent the extraordinary event from being leaked, so that people in other parts of the main world would know about it, and thus cause ordinary people in other areas of the main world to suffer undeserved disasters, being inexplicably drawn into the extraordinary event simply because they know about the extraordinary information.

Although the three organizations are constantly at odds with each other, they are remarkably coordinated in handling such matters.

However, actions taken at the level of ordinary people could not stop this from spreading within the extraordinary world, and the strange word 'K' also spread throughout the main world through invisible channels.

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A crisp knock came from the closed office door.

"Please come in."

Li Cheng, who was frowning, spoke up.

The office door was pushed open. He Ao, who had taken a shower and changed his clothes, opened the door and looked at Li Cheng, "Dean?"

"You finally decided to come back, kid?"

Li Cheng didn't even look up. "I thought you were going to go solo with Hao Yi."

He Ao's main body remained on the Verola, as he had told Li Cheng using a clone.

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The reason given was that the injury was too serious and that there were some things that needed to be discussed with He Ao.

The reason it's been so long is because we're waiting for the meat chunks in the canned nutrition products to be refreshed.

"If this is what the dean wants, I will contact Hao Yi right away."

He Ao said with a smile.

"You brat,"

Li Cheng slammed the file on the table, looked up, and said, "You think you're all grown up now?"

When he noticed He Ao's pale face with some scars, he paused slightly, "The injuries are quite severe?"

"Um,"

He Ao nodded, "I ate the nutritional canned food, but I still feel a bit tired."

This is mental exhaustion. He Ao feels like he has been staying up all night for a week and then took a nap during the day. Although he is physically energetic, he is still extremely tired.

He seems to have reached the limit in controlling the fragments of 001.

"You brat,"

Li Cheng glanced at him, took out a small, translucent, pipe-like container filled with purple liquid from his pocket, and placed it on the table. "Try it. Put it in front of your nostrils and inhale directly."

He Ao picked up the pipe, hesitated for a moment, then took a tissue from the tissue box on the desk next to him and wiped the pipe mouthpiece.

Upon seeing this, Li Cheng's face darkened.

Then he put the small pipe in front of his nostrils and took a deep drag.

A wisp of purple mist billowed from the pipe and entered his nostrils.

The next second, an extremely strong stream of pure energy rushed into his brain, replenishing his somewhat weak soul and instantly easing the fatigue that had been bothering him for so long.

"It really works!"

He Ao glanced at the snuff bottle in his hand with 'shock', then casually put it into his pocket.

Through their recent contact, he already knew that this was a C-grade extraordinary item.

"You're quite good at pretending, aren't you?"

Li Cheng glanced at He Ao's actions but did not stop him. Instead, he asked slowly, "Do you still have the canned nutrition?"

He Ao nodded. He had originally intended to return it to Yang De, but Yang De felt that his injury had not fully healed and told him to keep it. So he used it again this time.

“I’ve found Yang De a new replacement; you can keep the can.”

Li Cheng flipped through the documents in his hand, glanced at He Ao, and said, "I see now. You're much better at causing trouble than Yang De. You need that thing more than Yang De does."

"That's so embarrassing."

He Ao scratched his head.

But they didn't take out the nutritional cans.

If it were Yang De, he would have sent it back to Yang De even without Yang De saying anything.

But Dean Li Cheng, well, the dean doesn't lack these treasures.

Li Cheng looked at his motionless figure and couldn't help but chuckle.

He placed the documents on the table, his expression finally turning serious. "This time, we're facing an angel?"

"Ok!"

He Ao nodded slightly.

Li Cheng is the only person in the entire main world who possesses an angel-level weapon and can unleash angel-level combat power to a certain extent. He pays more attention to this level than others and understands the true combat power of this level better.

"Was it 'K' who saved you?"

Li Cheng then asked.

He thought for a moment and nodded.

That’s right.

Do you think there might be a connection between Hao Yi and 'K'?

Li Cheng asked thoughtfully.

He Ao nodded again.

They are quite close.

Li Cheng fell silent, his fingers tapping lightly on the table. "Why is this 'K' helping us?"

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