Chapter 129 Apartment
Humans are such stupid and cute creatures.
Every day, I lay lazily on the soft armrest of the sofa, squinting my cat eyes, and quietly observing "my" human beings.
Hum, he was always facing the luminous board, sometimes frowning in a frighteningly serious manner, sometimes smiling non-stop at it.
As soon as I shouted, no matter what he was doing, he had to come over quickly to add food and water to me.
With a flick of my tail, he knows whether I want to play or get my chin scratched.
I feel very proud, I feel that this two-legged beast is really under my control.
I even secretly scratched many lines in the cracks of the floor in the corner with my sharp claws. Those are my precious notes for studying human stupidity.
I think I understand them very well, they are my big, well-behaved pets.
Results—
One by one!
One peaceful afternoon, my front door was suddenly knocked open by a huge force!
Sawdust flew everywhere, and several tall humans wearing black uniforms rushed in like black lightning. Their movements were so fast that I, the cat, couldn't react in time.
They immediately pinned my "pet" who was always giggling at the luminous board to the wall.
Immediately afterwards, there was a flash of cold light, and a short knife pierced his heart without hesitation.
Blood instantly gushed out, staining his clothes and walls red.
I was scared out of my mind!
The hair on his body all exploded, and he instinctively arched his back and let out a low, threatening roar of "Ming Ming" from his throat. But in fact, he was so scared that he just wanted to find the deepest crevice to crawl in and hide.
Just the moment I tried to turn around and escape, a big hand wearing black tactical gloves held me down unusually softly, and the movement was unexpectedly gentle.
Looking immediately, the other hand reached behind my neck with precision.
I closed my eyes in despair, my little body shivering, and thought: "It's over, it's over! I'm going to be stabbed to death like my pet!"
However, the expected severe pain did not come.
Just listen to a soft "click" sound.
The black collar with bells and small tags that I had been wearing around my neck was untied.
The neck suddenly relaxed and felt much cooler.
Then, I heard a voice that was as gentle as possible and seemed a little nervous said: "Girl, it's okay, don't be afraid."
I was stunned for a moment and secretly opened one eye.
The man in black who helped me untie my collar was looking down at me.
His eyes are completely different from what I usually see. There is no intention of teasing me, but a kind of nervousness and expectation?
Aren't they here to hurt me?
I was completely stunned and froze in place, the hair that exploded had not yet gone down, and my little cat brain was completely unable to handle this sudden change.
"Why did you call me girl?"
[Mo Yingqi Miao] subconsciously asked.
As soon as she opened her mouth, she was surprised to find that she could speak human language.
What surprised her even more was that the man in black in front of her immediately showed a relieved and happy smile on his face.
"You still have self-awareness! Great! Another human being has been saved!"
The man in black's tone was filled with irrepressible excitement.
[Mo Ying Qi Miao] became even more confused: "Human? I am a human? Am I not the greatest and smartest cat?"
The smile on the man in black's face instantly solidified and turned nervous. He emphasized urgently: "You are a human! Not a cat! You must remember this! Think about it carefully!"
Human?
Cat?
These two words were like keys, suddenly prying open [Mo Ying Qi Miao]'s memory shrouded in fog, and a series of unfamiliar pictures and information flooded into her mind like a tide!
Twilight game?
C-level mission?
Player?
A copy?
Damn it!
It turned out to be cognitive tampering!
This is a level 11 or 12 dungeon. Can the task be less difficult?
【墨影其妙】感觉脑袋昏昏沉沉，如同从一场大梦中挣扎醒来，她艰难地跟着重复：「对，我是人类，不是猫—————.」
听到这句话，黑衣人脸上以肉眼可见的速度爆发出狂喜，他猛地He shouted towards the door: "Found it! Found a human who has regained consciousness! Hurry up one by one"
But before he finished speaking, his tone suddenly became cold and urgent: "Hurry and catch her!"
[Mo Ying Qi Miao] was shocked, and immediately realized that he had made a fatal mistake.
She shouldn't admit that she is human at all!
But it seemed like an invisible force had influenced her just now, causing her to tell the truth without realizing it. She couldn't stop it at all. Almost as soon as the man in black finished speaking, the other two men in black immediately pounced on him, their movements swift and precise.
However, [Mo Ying Qi Miao] has restored the player's memory.
Although her body is still that of a frail cat, and her physical fitness is at the level of an ordinary cat, her 11-point willpower attribute explodes at the critical moment of life and death!
The short-term bonus of +11 to all attributes made her instantly turn into a black shadow as fast as lightning, just a human!
Where can I catch cats with explosive potential?
[Mo Ying Qi Miao] A flash of pride flashed through his heart, and turned into an arrow. Relying on his petite size and instantaneous burst of speed, he narrowly slipped through the fingers that were coming at him, and rushed straight to the open door.
She had no intention of fighting back. Her keen perception told her that these men in black were by no means as simple as they seemed.
It was a blessing to be able to escape unexpectedly at this moment. If you were to confront someone head-on, you might die without even knowing how.
However, just when [Mo Ying Qi Miao]'s four claws were about to step out of the threshold, a seemingly invisible but extremely tough web appeared out of thin air, like a spider web that had been waiting for its prey, accurately covering her completely.
"Caught! Huh, human, want to escape? You're still a bit immature!"
The cold voice of the man in black came from behind.
As soon as he fell into the net, [Mo Ying Qi Miao] felt a strange power spread all over his body.
Not only can she no longer speak, she can only make a helpless "meow" sound, even the willpower she just burst out has been completely suppressed, and her body has become limp, unable to exert any strength.
She was picked up effortlessly by the man in black, put in a net and taken out of the room.
Outside the door is a long, dimly lit corridor, with closed doors on both sides, forming a depressing enclosed apartment structure.
As he was being carried towards the atrium, [Mo Yingqi Miao] was shocked to see many cats squatting or similarly covered in nets on both sides of the corridor.
But from their eyes, which were different from ordinary cats, full of perseverance and vigilance, and constantly looking around, [Mo Yingqi Miao] instantly understood that they were all players.
They are all players who have been turned into cats!
What the hell!
I turned into a cat!
Bai Ming's heart almost collapsed at this moment.
He looked down at his furry paws, and then twisted his slender neck. The bells hanging on the black collar around his neck jingled, and an extremely unreal and absurd feeling swept over him.
He raised his eyes and looked at a little girl of about seven or eight years old with two pigtails and round eyes. She was squatting in front of him, holding a food bowl with a pattern of dried fish in her hand. The bowl was filled with cat food that looked crispy and fragrant.
"Mimi~ Come and have dinner!" The little girl's voice was sweet, with the softness unique to children, "This is your favorite taste of dried fish~ Try it quickly, it's delicious!"
As she spoke, she stretched out her other little hand and tried to pick up a small grain of cat food with her fingertips. She enthusiastically handed it to Bai Ming's nose and waved it. Her face was filled with expectation and pure joy that belonged to a child.
Even though the cat's body's instincts are screaming like crazy, the salivary glands seem to be secreting saliva, sending a powerful signal: "This thing smells so good! Eat it!"
But Bai Ming's reason firmly suppressed this instinct.
Eating randomly in the dungeon?
Or is it something of unknown origin?
This is not the way to seek death!
He turned his head and pointed his butt towards the tempting bowl of cat food. He even scratched the ground with his paws in disgust, expressing his determined attitude of disobedience.
The smile on the little girl's face froze instantly, her bright eyes were covered with a layer of moisture at a speed visible to the naked eye, and her small mouth opened in grievance.
"Mimi, why don't you eat?" Her voice was filled with tears, and her small shoulders slumped, "Do you not like me anymore? Or are you still sick and have no appetite?"
She put down the food bowl and cautiously reached out to touch Bai Ming's back. Her tone was full of worry and sadness: "You will starve if you don't eat. The last time I didn't eat, I was so hungry that I couldn't bear it. Mimi, can you eat something? Just eat a little bit-"
Seeing the little girl crying and aggrieved, Bai Ming felt a trace of empathy in his heart, but this empathy could not change Bai Ming's decision.
Just like the previous copy of [Mountain Village], Bai Ming was very pitiful and sympathized with the "weak wood", "weak water", and "weak earth". When they stood in front of them in the form of ghosts, Bai Ming's attacks still showed no hesitation or mercy.
What's more, in the "Twilight Game Strategy Guide" circulated internally by the relevant departments, an iron rule is repeatedly emphasized in bold font.
【Be wary of any form of sympathy! Ghosts and dungeon mechanics are very good at exploiting human sympathy. No matter how realistic the scene is or how pitiful the target is, the first principle is to put aside sympathy and prioritize ensuring one's own survival and clearance. remember! They don't really exist! 】
Bai Ming knew very well why the predecessors who wrote these guides emphasized this point so much.
· The root cause is psychological problems. Players are individuals with inhuman powers. Once their psychological defenses collapse, they may develop cognitive distortions, post-traumatic stress disorder, or bring the distorted values in the copy into reality.
The consequences will be extremely serious.
The decrease in the dungeon clearance rate is only the slightest price. What is even more frightening is that a player whose heart is broken and whose power is out of control will itself become an extremely unstable source of pollution, causing immeasurable harm to the real social order.
Because of this, the relevant departments are equipped with a far larger number of psychiatrists than the regular staff, and there are even players with special healing psychic abilities on standby at any time.
One of the core purposes is to monitor and intervene in the mental health of players to prevent this worst-case scenario from happening.
Speaking of a thousand words, no matter how real, helpless, and pitiable the little girl in front of him appears, to Bai Ming, she is first and foremost a part of the copy, a potential threat or clue.
His first task is to observe, analyze, survive, and then pass the level.
Just when Bai Ming was about to observe the situation in this room.
Hands rang out—
A loud noise came suddenly!
The door of the apartment was violently knocked open from the outside by a huge force, and the door panel hit the wall, making a deafening sound.