Upon closer inspection, this black and white posthumous photo of Zhao Xi was different from all of the previous posthumous photos that Gao Life had obtained; the photo was covered with creases and cracks, and all the traces intersected on the chains on Gao Life's and Zhao Xi's arms.
"Those black chains seem to be moving ..."
Zhao Xi in the posthumous photo is a bit blurry, and he seems to be passing something through the chains and transferring it to Gao Life.
"The words behind the black and white posthumous photo seem like they're hinting to me that if I want to obtain Zhao Xi's ability, then I have to let more people know about his past so that he can completely let go of his obsession."
"But then again, what is Zhao Xi's ability?Jumping off a building without dying?"
"There's also a big difference between the remains photos, so it seems like I still have a lot of things to figure out and experiment with."
Gao Fate put away the two posthumous photos, he was going to wait until the next time he entered the game and bring all of them over, experimenting with them one by one, and also letting his family members get to know each other.
"I wonder if Qi Yan is still alive?I should warn Zhao Xi and Teacher Yao that there might still be a cruel and dangerous rainy night murderer hiding in the apartment building."
The building lights came on and Gao Life returned to the fifth floor, he had just pushed open the door when he saw Xuan Wen take down the disfigured investigator to the ground with a backbreaker.
"Don't you teach fighting in your investigation bureau?"
The investigator lying on the ground had thought that Gao Ming would come over to dissuade him, but who knew that Gao Ming's sentence made his cries for help get stuck hard in his throat, "I, we ... we never fight against ordinary people!"
"How principled."Gao Life entered the house, unlocked the security door, closed the window, and drew the curtains, "Now that no one can hear us, do you all want to have a frank exchange."
Xuan Wen glanced at High Life and changed her expression to one of anger as she clasped the investigator's arm and chided, "Why did you suddenly appear in my house?"
"Broken!It's going to break!You let go first, and I'll tell you all about it slowly!"It took the investigator a great deal of effort to get up from the ground, "You two are considered to be the first-hand witnesses and witnesses of the unusual event, so there's no point in hiding it."
He rubbed his wrist and told the two about the information about the abnormal event.
"I'm a bit strange, you said that there was an abnormal event in Xinhu half a year ago, why can't people search for any information?"Xuan Wen's voice was particularly nice, and if he hadn't just been beaten up, the investigator would have thought that Xuan Wen was a gentle girl as well.
"Even for investigators who know all kinds of survival codes, the probability of successfully surviving an abnormal event is only thirty-four per cent, the survival rate of ordinary people is less than one-tenth of one per cent, and the tiny portion of ordinary people who survived will be left with very serious psychological problems and physical disabilities, and they'll be sent to the Bureau of Investigations to receive free treatment."The investigator looked at High Life, "And because of that, that's why I think he's great and want him to join the Investigation Bureau."
"If I don't join, will I also be taken away for 'treatment'?"High Life stared at the investigator "with interest".
"No."The investigator's tone became serious: "It's impossible to hide it, sooner or later the abnormal event will break out on a large scale, what we can do now is to make more adequate preparations and responses while delaying the arrival of the disaster."
"Can anyone join?"Xuan Wen seemed to have other ideas.
"This friend of yours is smart and the bravest person I've ever met, he can save more citizens by joining the Investigation Bureau, but it's also true that you'll encounter all sorts of dangers."The investigator touched his somewhat terrifying face, "I will become like this because of a certain unusual event.And I'm already considered lucky, of the investigators who entered at the same time, only I survived."
"I will seriously consider it."High Life didn't know when the disaster would be in full swing, and joining the Bureau of Investigation seemed like a good choice.
"We rush to the front line to face the danger, but relatively speaking, when the danger comes, our rights will be very great."The investigator gave a small hint to High Life, and then digressed, "In the future, you may also encounter abnormal events again, and this code of survival that we have not yet perfected internally is considered a gift from me to you."
Sliding the black ring, the investigator asked Gao Life to take out his mobile phone, and after he exchanged contact information with Gao Life, he sent Gao Life a piece of information.
"Unusual events are classified into seven levels according to severity, danger, and destructiveness."The investigator thought highly of Gao Life and carefully interpreted the information for him:
"Level 0: It is determined that the anomalous event has occurred, but its severity and danger do not exist in any of the following behaviours from levels 1 to 6."
"Level 1: The event exhibits an anomaly, but the anomaly will not interfere with people in reality, will not come into contact with people, and will not affect the normal lives of people within the site of the event."
"Level 2: The anomaly clearly affects people, and the behaviour of people within the site of the event begins to be abnormal, with the presence of, and not limited to, insanity, perceptual confusion, and cognitive blurring.The abnormal manifestation is only limited to the site of the abnormal occurrence, the person exposed to the abnormality still maintains his/her sanity, and after his/her behaviour goes out of control, he/she can be restored to normal through the dissuasion of bystanders."
"Level 3: A specific 'ghost' appears in the anomalous event, the behaviour of the person exposed to the anomaly is completely out of control, and the person starts to commit self-inflicted suicides or attacks on other people, his/her self-cognition is completely assimilated by the anomaly, and his/her close family members are unable to terminate his/her behaviour."
"Level 4: The anomalous event begins to show signs of spreading, and as the fear spreads, the scope of influence continues to expand.At this stage, the 'ghost' that is the core of the abnormal event begins to grow rapidly, killing, blood, fear, all negative emotions are eaten by it, and all disturbances become its sustenance."
"Level 5: The range of influence of the abnormal event ripples out greatly, the 'ghosts' in the abnormal event have 'matured' and are extremely difficult to kill, they have taken root in people's hearts."
"Level 6: The anomalous event is completely out of control, there is no solution to this type of anomalous event, they themselves represent fear, all investigators should avoid the emergence of level 6 anomalous events at all costs!"
"After he went down to the ground floor, he disappeared."High Life didn't reveal the existence of the posthumous photo.
"Bad!"The investigator's face changed and he ran towards the door of the room, "That old man is trapped in the middle of an abnormal event!"
Gao Life followed the investigator to 2707, Teacher Yao had stopped breathing, his daughter had called the emergency services early, but it was too late.
Teacher Yao's dry, thin and shrivelled body formed a contrast with the various awards and banners on the wall, and he had kept photos of his youthful bravery next to his pillow until he died.
"The old man probably had his own choice."
The old man was gone, but there wasn't any chilly feeling in the room, it was as if he could finally get a solid night's sleep.
After the ambulance pulled Teacher Yao away, Gao Life and Xuan Wen returned to 2507, and it was now time that belonged to the two of them.
"You took that older man through the Weird Tales game in my room?"Xuan Wen tilted her head and surveyed High Life, the smile on her face still gentle.
"Don't say it's weird, I wanted to bring you along but you didn't show up."Gao Life held out the one of Zhao Xi's last photo, "The blank last photo you gave disappeared, the 'ticket' seems to only work once."
"It's strange, I was excluded."Xuan Wen slowly approached, "The Strange Tales game is extremely dangerous, I'm a little curious how you got through it."
"Against the danger level classification given by the Bureau of Investigation, the Weird Tales Game that was triggered early, it's probably only level three in terms of danger, but the ghosts in the game itself should have the potential to grow into Weird Tales."Gao Life wasn't prepared to give Zhao Xi's posthumous photo to Xuan Wen, but he also couldn't just let Xuan Wen give without giving her anything in return, "Look carefully at this black and white photo, I've discovered another way to make you more real and stronger."
"The chained veins on the posthumous photo are pulsing?What is that?"Xuan Wen discovered something special about Zhao Xi's posthumous photo.
"The chains can be interpreted as a bond between family members, I can gain access to his abilities, but at the same time, I need to let more people know about his pain ..." Gao Lian flipped the posthumous photo to the back, "I'm thinking about the possibility of whether or not it's a good idea to letmore people know Zhao Xi's story and create an emotional change for Zhao Xi, the dead Zhao Xi could gain something from it?It's not necessarily necessary to send living players to a place where the two worlds overlap to experience life and death, perhaps we could make a game out of Zhao Xi's experience, which would be equivalent to Zhao Xi's tombstone, and the emotions that each player generates in the process of clearing the level could potentially bring about an impact on Zhao Xi."
"That makes sense, but I have to remind you of one more thing.The reason why your game became reality is because you encountered something in that tunnel, not because you have some kind of ability yourself, if you want the game you're creating right now to become reality as well, I'm afraid you'll have to make another trip to that tunnel to figure everything out."
"I didn't think about making my game continue to become a reality, I just wanted to make Zhao Xi's story known to more people through this method."Gao Life naturally put away Zhao Xi's black and white photo, "If Zhao Xi does change, your life is also equivalent to one more safer back road."
"What?You want to eat me?"Xuan Wen held her hands back as if she was bound.
"Say that again."High Life picked up his backpack and headed outside, "Do I look like that kind of person?"