The countdown is over. The lights in the subway are dimming.
The whole city came to a standstill.
For a long, long time, no one in this city made a sound.
Some are confused, some are surprised, and some are in pain.
“Why hasn’t my identity changed?”
"Why do I still remember those things! Damn it! I don't want to be a son to a little kid anymore!"
"Do I still have to be married to that old man? Yue..."
Some people even thought of some disgusting things and vomited.
Most of them are dissatisfied with their current status.
Some people are young and beautiful, but are assigned a husband who is in his seventies or eighties.
Some people are in their prime, but they want to be heirs to a little kid.
Of course, there are also many people who are very happy.
They laughed and thought they were still in this satisfactory status.
"Great, this company is still mine!"
"She is still my wife, hahahahahahaha..."
"At least it's not getting any worse, which is not bad."
Everyone in the subway had different emotions.
Ruan Qingyun lowered her head, thinking, should she go back to that hotel again? It didn't seem to be a bad idea.
She has feelings for that place and has always been playing her role carefully.
It's just that she thinks differently from others.
A small number of people actually noticed that the countdown was gone.
When the previous countdown ends, a new countdown will begin. This is normally the case.
But this time it was different, there was no new beginning.
There is no longer a countdown in everyone's eyes.
Ruan Qingyun suddenly thought of someone... Wujiu.
No one in history dared to beat or kidnap a free man, but Wujiu did it. Did he also change some other things
Is this kind of thing really possible
That man... doesn't look tall at all, but he can do such a thing
"I have always believed that only those who can make choices are human beings, otherwise they are just blind slaves."
The words Wujiu said when he left echoed in Ruan Qingyun's ears again, and her heart beat... a little faster.
"I don't want to be the son of these little brats anymore!"
"I don't want to waste my youth on an old man who is about to die!"
"I do not want!"
Some people shouted out their inner thoughts, and gradually, this resistance spread like a disease transmitted from person to person.
Everyone was venting their dissatisfaction.
Others who were satisfied with their current status did not dare to shout.
Because soon... someone noticed something was wrong.
"Who allowed them to think that?"
"Who allowed them to say that?"
“How can people express their resistance to the rules?”
These thoughts and doubts appeared in everyone's mind.
Soon, everyone fell silent again.
They were surprised to find that the shackles on their thoughts... had been lifted.
They can express their dissatisfaction freely without feeling any guilt.
They did not acquire a new identity, but it was as if... they no longer belonged to the old one.
At this moment, a huge feeling of confusion came over me.
Everyone was confused. Could it be that the rules that had been in place in this city for so long... were actually broken
So how are we going to live in the future
What identity should I live with
Some people have lost the light in their eyes. They are used to blindly following others and letting fate arrange everything for them.
Suddenly they lost their identity, and they didn’t even realize that they could take the initiative to create an identity they liked.
But some people had shining eyes. They raised their heads and felt an unprecedented sense of conquest.
I quickly went through all those thoughts that I had never dared to think about before...
Soon they realized that the constraints and shackles on their thoughts were really lifted!
This strange city and its bizarre rules can no longer restrain them!
They can fight, struggle and conquer.
At this moment, everyone's identity is reset to zero.
This city is destined to usher in great chaos, and people are destined to suffer countless sacrifices in the process of building it from nothing to something.
And who are the losers and who are the winners—
From everyone's expressions at this moment, we can already tell something.
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Not long ago.
In the Baichuan City Zoo, Bai Wu finished the interrogation and prepared to leave with Wujiu.
Wujiu said:
"Have you found out the result? What should we do?"
“It turns out that the free people didn’t know who gave them absolute freedom.”
Wujiu suddenly felt a little sympathy for the two free men. They also paid a heavy price.
"then what do I do?"
"It's okay, I'm hooked."
With the Eye of Prell, Bai Wu actually didn't need to ask anything. It was not too difficult for him to find anyone now.
Even after being sure that he could not get an answer from the free population, Bai Wu had already used the old method... directly observing in all directions through the Eye of Prell and found where he wanted to go.
Since you need me so much, old friend, I can even mark your current distance. You are still 22.4 kilometers to the target.
The Eye of Prell seemed to have evolved, and an accurate "Map of Hundred Rivers" appeared directly in Bai Wu's eyes.
Bai Wu wasn't used to it for a while.
In the past, this pair of eyes would at least make a riddle to pretend to cover up and be a little bit arrogant.
Now I wish all the information could be directly thrown at my face.
It’s pretty good. Bai Wu suddenly felt that his eyes were taking revenge on the will of the world.
As soon as he entered this world, the will of the Well World erased the most critical intelligence sequence.
Now that I think about it, if I had the Eye of Prell, maybe I would have entered the next stage.
"So you know where the target is... your eyes have some ability to see it?"
"Yes."
"Then why torture those two free men?"
"Hobby."
Wujiu was convinced.
In fact, Bai Wu was just trying to confirm whether he could get some more useful information.
Of course, he hated these absolutely free people.
Because he had met absolutely free people before.
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The huge and magnificent manor did not originally belong to Baichuan City. In fact, Bai Wu didn’t know why this manor in the food city was stuffed into Baichuan City.
Why does the will of the Well World allow Violet's house-playing rules to take effect in Baichuan City instead of Food City
Is it really just a deep distortion and fusion of the scenes that one has experienced
It doesn't seem so. Bai Wu always feels that the will of the well world has a deeper meaning.
But he had no time to think about it.
In the western suburbs of Baichuan City, Bai Wu found this familiar manor.
But in the manor, there are no poor people who are forced to play the role of a family of three.
But the Zhong family’s former luxurious office building is still there.
According to their memories, Bai Wu and Wu Jiu quickly found the place where Violet had suffered the stimulation.
Although many things have changed, many things have not changed.
Violet was indeed integrated into the manor, and then after a deeper distortion, Violet's rules spread to the entire city.
Everything was already very clear, and the answer was also obtained when Bai Wu observed the manor with the Eye of Prell.
He suddenly realized that all the tests were actually meaningless.
Wujiu stood silently outside the room. This office building should have once been the site of a prominent enterprise.
There are many secrets hidden here to explore, but Bai Wu seems to be familiar with everything here.
So in the end, Wujiu stayed in a room outside a suspected eucalyptus discovery site, while Baiwu was inside, communicating with a little girl in a purple miniskirt.
"Deja vu..."
A strange sense of déjà vu emerged, making Wujiu feel that this feeling of me standing outside waiting and guarding boredly, while Bai Wu stood inside negotiating with a monster... was a very familiar feeling.
It seems like this classic scene has appeared many times.
But he still couldn't remember anything. The strength of the Well World's will allowed Wujiu to have some familiar feelings, but he couldn't have complete memories like Bai Wu.
The same goes for all humans living in Baichuan City. They have temporarily broken free from the rules, but still can't remember their previous identities.
However, Wujiu's intuition was also very accurate, as if the white mist could solve all problems. This feeling made him not anxious at all.
He listened to Bai Wu's words silently, and subconsciously wanted to take out his notebook to take notes or something.
Yes, it is another action that seems very familiar.
But he had no notes, because before this day, he was still a cook.
So Wujiu could only rely on his memory to remember Bai Wu’s words in his mind.
What kind of story is this
It's probably about a little girl who once had a happy family, but later she found out that it was not the case. She had a mother with a messy private life and a father who despised everything.
She eventually turned into a monster and merged with the manor due to some experiences that would lead to the 404 in the book.
This obsession creates a rule that requires people to play their own roles well.
Deep down in her heart, she hoped that her mother would always be a good mother and her father would always be a good father.
Once this rule was distorted, it spread to the entire city and to all identities.
In order to reward those who play their roles well, they also change their identities regularly. Those who perform well will get a better start with resources, and those who perform poorly will get a worse start with resources.
Gradually, free men were born.
"I once met a nasty free man. In my world, that man was called Zhong Xu."
Wujiu outside the door didn't react when he heard these two words, but he felt that Ziluolan inside the door seemed to become very irritable.
"Violet, you really disappoint me. You hate Zhong Xu, but you created a lot of Zhong Xu."
When facing Hong Yin, Bai Wu tried to persuade Hong Yin, because Hong Yin was worthy of him doing so.
So when facing Hong Yin twice, Bai Wu did not change his original intention.
When facing Violet, Bai Wu showed undisguised disgust, the same thing happened both times.
"You are such a disgusting kid. Do you know what Zhong Xu did in the tower later?"
"He is an absolutely free man. The morality, rules, and ethics of the human world have no restraining effect on him."
"Family? Friendship? Love? They are just tools that can be used."
"He eats whoever he wants to eat, exploits whoever he wants to exploit, and bullies whoever he wants when his lust erupts. How similar is this to the free men in your city?"
“Absolute freedom means having the power to degenerate at will, but human nature cannot withstand temptation. People do not degenerate because they are restrained by their sense of morality, but more importantly, the rules do not allow people to do so.”
"Once you remove this layer of rules, morality is just a thin layer of paper. It's really interesting that those unfree people in your city, when they are not free, are playing their roles in a disciplined manner, but after they are free, they bully others everywhere..."
"So do you understand? You and Zhong Xu are the same kind of people! You are the person you hate the most!"
Bai Wu's series of words directly broke Violet's defense. During the process, Bai Wu showed the boat ticket and also mentioned a lot of Zhong Xu's past, the past before entering the tower.
Those were Bai Wu’s experiences in Violet Manor.
These things also made Violet certain that the person in front of her had indeed seen Zhong Xu.
"Shut up! How could I be like him! That disgusting man, he betrayed me! How could I be like him!"
"Really? I thought you always used Zhong Xu as your role model? Otherwise, how could you create a bunch of Zhong Xu?"
"Trampling on other people's efforts at will, destroying other people's families in front of them, and ignoring all social relationships and identity constraints, isn't this Zhong Xu? How is he different from your free people?"
Violet has already started to hold her head here, looking extremely painful.
Bai Wu said:
"I can kill Zhong Xu, but I need you to lift the rules and prove to me that you and he are not the same kind of people. Otherwise, I will go back to the tower and tell him that he has a good daughter who created a bunch of people like him because she missed him too much."
"Shut up! Shut up! I'm not like that! I'm just giving them a reward! I just want them to play their roles well!"
Violet roared, and the little girl looked like she was about to collapse.
Bai Wu was unmoved and said coldly:
"Then make a new rule, a rule that won't give rise to monsters like Zhong Xu!"
White fog time is on.
Wujiu, who was outside, knew that it would take time to convince Violet, the source of the distortion that created the Free Man, but he believed that this would not be a difficult task for Bai Wu.
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While the white fog was lifting the city rules, while everyone was waiting for the countdown in the subway.
In another corner of Baichuan City, a monster covered with faces was silently saying goodbye to a young man.
The boy looked at Danderer in confusion, unable to believe that Danderer would actually let him go.
People are like this sometimes. They can never get what they want by force. Once they let go, they become entangled instead.
When Danderel saw the boy's smile, which he had never shown before, he suddenly felt relieved.
"If I keep you imprisoned... then what's the difference between me and the doctor who hurt you?"
The evil Danderel finally chose to help his good self and did not devour him.
So far, Violet's Manor, the Ogre with a Strange Face, Baichuan Zoo, and the Ninth Mental Hospital, which were dangerous in the past and even more dangerous after being distorted, were once again broken by the white fog.
The true secret of the fifth level of the Well World is about to be revealed.