Yi Chen stared at the clown-like girl in front of him, and at the same time asked Xiao Pu Tao to open his overall vision and be on guard against possible nightmare attacks at all times.
"Who are you?"
The girl pressed the tip of her nose gently and said, "Call me Catherine."
"Are you the root? Or an ordinary derivative?"
"Well, I can't tell you now. Of course, when we get to know each other to a certain extent, I will consider telling you this secret quietly, hahaha!"
The girl wore exaggerated black smiley face makeup, which made her look like she was smiling all the time.
"Did you call me here just to show off your 'invasion results'? Combining nightmare substances with everyday meat products to infect the entire city."
“No… No!”
Catherine quickly denied it, stepping on the ground with her feet in black and white socks, and explaining as she walked.
“The word infection is not appropriate. The word implantation is more appropriate because what we put in is very special and very different from common pathogens.
By the way, William! Do you know what is the most stubborn thing in human beings or living things with thinking ability? "
"I don't know." Yi Chen just laid there waiting for the answer, too lazy to think.
Catherine walked over slowly and reached out to touch Yi Chen's forehead, but the latter took a step back and distanced himself from her.
She had no choice but to point to her forehead.
“Ideas – once an idea is implanted in a person’s head, it is not only difficult to detect, but also almost impossible to get rid of.
After being implanted, this idea will slowly integrate until it becomes an indispensable part of the individual, affecting his most basic living habits and even abolishing his original personality.
It cannot be detected by any quarantine equipment, and all conventional means are ineffective.
That's the perfect pathogen, isn't it? And the nightmares we control are the perfect medium for that."
Yi Chen did not deny this.
However, in Yi Chen's opinion, this girl or the source of the nightmare behind her is just using the idea as an excuse, and their real weapon is still the nightmare itself.
"Tell me, what's the matter with you looking for me? Although I am the first human willing to go deep into the dream, there is no need to risk being exposed by meeting me."
"You are right, Mr. William!
The reason 'we' want to meet you, besides the fact that you are the first nightmare recipient, is because you have similar abilities to us.
Your crazy brain can also transmit "thoughts", am I right? After all, the crazy people in the old world can do the same. "
What the girl was talking about was exactly the educational ability corresponding to Yi Chen's profession.
"Do you still want to join me in destroying this city that nurtured me and gave me care and attention?"
"No... Although we often mess around, we would never do such a stupid thing. We just want to play a game with you. That's all.
You can see as you walk in from the front of the factory that pieces of meat carrying "ideas" are flowing continuously to every corner of your city.
When the time is right, we only need to give a fire to ignite all the ideas in people's brains and give them a permanent smile.
However, Mr. William, you have a chance to save us all! As long as you participate in the game and win, I will immediately remove all the "ideas" rooted in people's minds and evacuate here."
"You have worked so hard to lurk in Zion for such a long time, infiltrating step by step. Now you are willing to stop just to play a game. Do you think I will believe it?"
Catherine seemed to have guessed what he would say, and was not in a hurry at all, "Haven't you come to see me? This shows that we have begun to build the most basic trust between us, doesn't it
All I'm doing now is hoping you can trust us.
For example, if we show you an important factory like this, and you don’t want to participate in the game or continue communicating with us, you can leave now and report the factory to the organization. It’s totally fine.”
"Why do you have to play games with me?"
"Didn't I tell you before? Because you and I share a common trait, and the gameplay happens to be related to this trait... You'll know when the time comes, and it'll be very interesting."
"Just for this game, are you willing to withdraw your months of hard work?"
Catherine put a finger on her chin and tilted her head to the side. Suddenly she thought of something.
"Hey~ Let me tell you a story.
Once upon a time, there was a thief with extremely great skills who sneaked into a claw machine amusement park in the middle of the night. He easily opened all the claw machine devices.
But he took out all the dolls and touched and selected them one by one.
At the same time, we also tried the sensitivity of the grab bar of each machine.
Finally, he put all the dolls back into the claw machine and placed his favorite doll in the position where it was most likely to be caught.
He came the next day when the store was open for business as usual, and grabbed his favorite doll from the claw machine that was easiest to control. He was so happy that he stayed up all night, and even wrote this joy in his diary to preserve it forever.
The story is over~William, can you understand the meaning
Like the thief, we came to this human city just for fun, to see what special performances humans can perform in nightmares.
Who knows, with the sudden insertion of an interesting individual like you, the priority will naturally be raised.
As long as you come to the game site as required, we will sign the Old World Contract with you. If we lose, you must leave Zion immediately. I can even apologize to you, but only to you. "
"What if I lose?"
"If you lose... join us in destroying this city and killing your friends, especially the woman who held you last night."
"When and where will the game be played?"
“No rush, I haven’t set up the game scene yet, and the props are still being prepared. As long as you carry the card with you, we can get in touch at any time.
I'll let you know when everything is ready."
"Well, anything else?"
Catherine took a step forward and tried to get closer to her body, but Yi Chen completely avoided her by moving sideways.
"Can you please not stay with that woman for a while? She looks so uncomfortable on us."
"It's none of your business."
"That's right, first come first served, right? Then don't mind my peeping tonight. If you do something too extreme, I might do something even more extreme than last night.
Be careful or I will record your intimate behavior and spread it everywhere!"
"If nothing else, I'll leave first."
"Okay, take care!"
Catherine took a small leap to the side wall of the secret room.
Crunch, crunch~ A tentacle grew out from the palm of the hand, spraying ink to draw a door leading to the outside world.
She also stood obediently to one side, slightly on tiptoe.
Just as Yi Chen was about to leave, Catherine raised her little hands over her shoulders and shook them left and right, "Bye."
"Um."
Yi Chen responded softly and walked out of the room, instantly returning to the normal raw material factory.
Looking back, the room that was originally invaded by nightmares has returned to its original state. The dark-skinned supervisor with dreadlocks behind the desk has returned to his original state. He still has a smile on his face, as if he has just had a good conversation with Yi Chen.
Out of the workshop,
Little Grape immediately jumped out from his shoulder:
"William! You can't really believe this evil woman, can you? What a bullshit game! It must be a trap to lead you to the depths of nightmare. It's all a lie."
“It’s not that I tell lies, I can only tell the truth and the falsehood.
We must not cut off the connection with Catherine for the time being, and try to obtain more intelligence before the game starts."
(End of this chapter)