A bizarre and terrifying experience; I messed up the dungeon world.

Han Fei walked to the control panel and looked at the miniature city sphere.

"You got the data. But you can't stop the incubation." Han Fei turned his head and looked at Han Yingying.

"Because you are the incubator," Han Fei said.

Han Fei pressed a red button on the console.

The control room was filled with red light. The ground tremors intensified.

Han Fei's projection dissipated in the red light.

Han Yingying glanced at her wrist. Red lines were moving beneath her skin. Her body temperature was rising.

She thought, "The incubation process has started. I have to stop it."

A series of hurried footsteps came from outside the door.

Lin Qi stepped back. She was carrying the silver safe. Her tight black clothes were torn in more places, and there was a gaping wound on her thigh, with the skin turned inside out.

Lin Qi slammed the door shut behind him and locked it.

Wang Jianguo looked at her. "Little sister, are you reluctant to part with us?"

Lin Qi didn't reply. She slid down to the ground against the door, took out some styptic powder from her bag, and poured it on her legs.

"There's no way out," Lin Qi said. "The staircase has collapsed. The corridor has turned into a living intestine. It's full of deformed creatures with a drop of 90 or higher."

Lin Qi thought, "I can't break through alone. These guys have a lot of firepower; I need their help."

A-Jie typed on the keyboard. "Spatial overlap is 100%. We've been pulled into a new, independent copy. Not in Earth's coordinate system."

Lu Chen went over and helped Old Li up. Old Li coughed up blood. Chen Pi held up the cracked tower shield and stood in front of Old Li.

The sphere in the center of the control panel cracked open. Red veins spread out, climbing up the control panel to the ceiling.

The walls of the room began to crumble, revealing the black void behind them.

Several skinless hounds crawled out of the void. They were a size larger than before. Their muscle texture was exposed to the air, dripping with slime.

"Get to work." Han Yingying drew her straight knife.

Lu Chen gripped the butterfly knife in his backhand and stood to her right.

The hunting dogs pounced.

Wang Jianguo picked up the Gatling gun and fired. The bullet struck the hunting dog, making a metallic clanging sound, and bounced off.

"This thing is bulletproof!" Wang Jianguo shouted.

The hunting dog charged at Wang Jianguo despite the gunfire.

Lin Qi stood by the door, not moving. She looked at Han Yingying.

She thought, "Let's see how you handle this. If that doesn't work, I'll find a chance to use them as bait."

Han Yingying charged towards the hunting dog. She didn't aim for its head. Instead, she slid to its side and sliced ​​the straight blade into the joint of the dog's foreleg, severing the tendon.

The hound fell to the ground. Lu Chen finished it off. A purple butterfly knife pierced the hound's ear canal. He stirred it.

The two worked together without any unnecessary movements.

Lin Qi watched this scene unfold. These two were incredibly accurate in identifying the monster's weaknesses. Their muscle memory and combat intelligence were top-tier. They were no ordinary people.

A-Jie stared at the tablet. "The laws of physics have been altered. Kinetic weapon damage reduced by 90%. Energy weapon damage increased."

Han Yingying wiped the blood off the knife. "A-Jie, find an exit. Jianguo, don't shoot, use melee weapons."

Wang Jianguo tossed aside the Gatling gun and pulled a military machete from his waist. "It's been years since I've played with a knife with anyone."

More hounds crawled out of the void.

Han Yingying glanced at Lin Qi. "Come help. Otherwise, we'll all die together."

Lin Qi slung the safe over her back. She drew her dagger and moved to the flank of the group, maintaining a two-meter distance.

She was wary of the hunting dogs, and also of Han Yingying and her group. No strangers allowed.

A hunting dog lunged at Old Li. Chen Pi used his tower shield to deflect it. The dog's claws dug deep grooves into the shield.

Wang Jianguo swung his machete and slashed at the hunting dog's back. The blade chipped, leaving only a white mark.

Lin Qi seized the opportunity, plunging his dagger into the hunting dog's abdomen and ribs. He withdrew the knife and retreated swiftly and cleanly.

"Thanks, sister," Wang Jianguo said, panting.

Lin Qi ignored him. She stared into the depths of the void. Something much larger was approaching.

Han Yingying's wrist was getting hotter and hotter. Red lines were creeping up her arm.

Fragmented images flooded her mind: white walls, blue liquid, Han Fei holding a recording tablet.

She thought the clues she'd found last time were correct. Zero was turning the real world into a game. This time, the strangeness was unprecedented.

"Ah Jie, what's the progress?" Han Yingying asked.

"I can't find an exit." A-Jie was covered in sweat. "The logic of this space is a closed loop. Unless we shatter the core."

The blood vessels on the ceiling converged to form a giant fleshy cocoon.

The fleshy cocoon throbbed. A heartbeat could be heard coming from within.

The battle lasted for ten minutes.

The hound's carcass lay piled on the ground. Green blood flowed everywhere, emitting a foul stench.

Han Yingying's breathing became heavy. The red line on her wrist spread to her forearm.

A wave of dizziness washed over her. A complete scene flashed through her mind.

Ten years ago. The underground laboratory of Changsheng Biotechnology.

Han Fei pointed to the red code on the screen. "The logic of zero has an infinite loop. It needs a biological carrier to break this loop. Yingying, your gene sequence is the only match."

Han Yingying lay on the operating table. Blue liquid was injected into her veins.

The screen ends.

Han Yingying opened her eyes.

She understood the nature of this copy.

"This isn't an ordinary copy," Han Yingying said. "This is Zero's underlying logic space. It's trying to complete its code."

Ah-Jie looked at the screen. "Boss, the data is pointing underground. We need to go down."

The floor of the main control room completely collapsed.

Seven people fell.

A feeling of weightlessness came over me.

They landed on a giant net. The net was woven from red veins.

Below was an unfathomable darkness.

After landing, Lin Qi immediately rolled away to create distance. She knelt on one knee on the net, her short sword held protectively in front of her chest.

Wang Jianguo rubbed his buttocks as he stood up. "What the hell is this place? It's all sticky."

He glanced at Lin Qi's tattered black clothes, revealing large expanses of fair skin. "Girl, you're really skimping on fabric with your clothes. What's in that suitcase of yours that's worth risking your life for?"

Lin Qi looked at him coldly. "It's none of your business."

Lin Qi thought, these people are too dangerous. That woman's body is mutating. The man with the butterfly knife has such cold eyes. I need to find a chance to escape.

Lu Chen walked over to Han Yingying. "What happened to your hand?"

He saw the red line on Han Yingying's arm.

"It's nothing." Han Yingying pulled down her sleeve. "The incubation program's countdown. I need to find the core node before it's finished."

The net began to shake.

Hundreds of green eyes lit up in the darkness.

A humanoid monster crawled up along the network of blood vessels. The monster wore the uniform of an immortal being. Its face was a blurry mosaic.

"Employee Aberration," Ajay reported the data. "Level 95. Attack accompanied by data infection."

Chen Pi held up the tower shield at the very front.

The monster charged. It crashed into the tower shield. Chen Pi took two steps back to steady himself.

Han Yingying leaped up, stepping on the tower shield. She then slashed down with her straight blade.