042 was gasping for breath. The unknown corpse had fallen down. But looking at the similar yet different face, an inexplicable feeling gripped his throat tightly. The trembling mist came from all directions, paralyzing and infecting his nerves little by little as 042 breathed.
"Something's wrong... This isn't right."
Looking at his teammates behind him, they all had the same look of fear on their faces. That inexplicable feeling became stronger at this moment, like a heavy hammer, constantly hitting the hearts of the three people. As time passed, the beating became heavier.
042 slowly raised his hand and covered his cheek. It was only a simple swing, but after killing this guy, he became even more exhausted. His heart was beating hard, but the blood seemed to be solidified in the blood vessels. No matter how hard it beat, it could not flow and was frozen.
"It doesn't feel like erosion, but it feels like erosion..."
011 said slowly. He also noticed the negative emotions that were constantly growing. His thoughts were being suppressed and distorted little by little.
"There is nothing abnormal... but it is the biggest abnormality."
042 Looking at the fog that was almost solid, they felt that something was disturbing them, but they were not sure what it was at the moment.
"Is it a hallucination?"
016 suggested.
"Impossible. If it's a mass hallucination, you should have noticed it." 042 turned around and said to 016.
"So what went wrong?" 011 said.
042 did not reply. He suppressed the turbulent emotions in his heart and maintained his sanity with the willpower of a demon hunter.
He leaned over and cautiously opened the strange corpse.
"He... is human."
Wiping the blood off the face, 042 was surprised to find that the features on the facial features were the result of deliberate post-processing. Of course, part of it might be related to the weirdness of the valley.
As the symbols were wiped off, the strange feeling in his heart gradually subsided, and 042 concentrated on analyzing.
"I seem to have some clues."
042 said slowly.
“It’s these symbols.”
016 cast a puzzled look, but 011 did not look over here. He was intermittently using Shang Dafeng to ensure that no monster would suddenly emerge from the fog and catch everyone off guard.
All this weirdness seemed to reveal some truth, Lorenzo said slowly to the audience.
"Do you know about cognitive stress? You who have fought against demons should have come into contact with some of this."
"Receiving that amount of information?" Joey replied, obviously understanding what Lorenzo meant.
"The brain receives too much information in a short period of time, which is a self-protection measure, but at the same time, cognition can be distorted."
"Are you talking about the power of demons?" Joey asked.
Lorenzo shook his head. "No, this kind of thing is not necessarily related to demons. It's just like psychological suggestion. For example, if you are afraid of fire, in certain stressful environments, the sudden appearance of fire will increase your psychological pressure and cause fear."
"Similarly, some things can guide your cognition, which is the key to the whole uncanny valley task."