There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game-Chapter 741 - 634: The Brand of the Star Guild
Chapter 741: Chapter 634: The Brand of the Star Guild
Officials had never stopped researching the defense line; it’s just that they had never made any significant breakthroughs.
Until recently, when the brightness of the Tall Tower seemed much stronger than usual, it was at this time that the officials’ detection efforts finally started to take effect.
Luo Kai, who had been worried that the defense line would be completely useless, finally breathed a sigh of relief upon witnessing this.
When Xu Shuo arrived, he noticed Captain Zheng was also there, instead of directing the situation on the ground at Mingzhu Fun World.
“The situation over there isn’t serious.”
Luo Kai seemed aware of the appearance of the Abyss in Mingzhu District and took the initiative to explain, “The alert just now was from the system, which is why the Safety Bureau was able to quickly locate the emergence of the Abyss. However, it looks like the Abyss hasn’t fully formed yet.”
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Captain Zheng added, “But we still can’t determine the exact location. We can only have people on alert nearby for now, and we’ve also dispatched staff not on the regular rolls to investigate the vicinity.”
Staff not on the regular rolls was the term for players.
Perhaps because the word “players” sounded really too childish and because most players didn’t want to really join the Safety Bureau and be restricted, they simply established a non-regular position for these types of people.
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They accept the dispatch of the Safety Bureau, but it’s not mandatory; it’s akin to a normal employment relationship.
Xu Shuo nodded thoughtfully and asked with curiosity, “So, have you developed something here?”
Luo Kai smiled, “I’ll take you to have a look.”
There was nothing much to hide from Script Space players regarding these things because most of the superpower technology was actually provided by the players.
Even the equipment used by the officials to research the “defense line” was developed with the help of technology-oriented players.
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Fifty meters parallel to the defense line tower, there was another tower-shaped building erected by ordinary people, only half as tall as the defense line.
And surrounding the tower-shaped building, there were quite a few low buildings.
Before, the military had set up camp tents next to it, but then as they realized they might be stationed there for the long term, gradually, cement buildings were erected.
The main research area for the defense line was that imitation short tower, with a signboard above the door that read “Yuhua Institute.”
It’s a kind of superstition among Chinese people that consuming certain foods replenishes corresponding parts of the body.
In this case, it might be more like building what they research.
Before entering, both received an identity badge to avoid being treated as intruders.
The lobby of the institute was an atrium, and at the top of the tower was a giant Compass lying flat, carved with intricate patterns and layers of scales. Above the Compass, three giant pointers were suspended.
“That is the Divine Compass I mentioned.”
Luo Kai pointed to the Compass and said, “The detectors on top are connected to the defense line. If energy fluctuations occur there, the Compass here will react synchronously.”
Xu Shuo nodded thoughtfully, “It sounds quite formidable. So, what’s the principle behind it?”
Luo Kai: “…”
The atmosphere suddenly fell silent.
After a long while, Luo Kai said somewhat mournfully, “You’re really putting me on the spot.”
Xu Shuo laughed and continued to look around the place.
Because the giant Compass was laid flat, it was impossible to discern anything from the bottom, so the two took the stairs from the nearby gallery to the middle level of the institute.
There was a special platform here for observing the Compass needles.
Luo Kai couldn’t understand; he turned around and asked a passing researcher for an instruction manual, ready to decipher the scales on the Compass according to the manual.
“Hiss… This isn’t about discerning the Compass direction but about reading the pointers??”
“So the first needle is…”
Luo Kai was studying the manual intently.
The giant Compass was about five meters in diameter, with several different patterns on its surface. The base color was gold, with other colorful lines crisscrossing each other. The patterns were layered upon layers, resembling ancient sacrificial motifs, akin to traces of directional scales.
Xu Shuo stared at the patterns above and suddenly paused, feeling an inexplicable sense of déjà vu.
Had he seen these complex patterns before?
They were somewhat familiar yet not quite the same; this ambiguous sensation was difficult to grasp, causing Xu Shuo to furrow his brows.
“Eh? What’s the matter, why do you look so troubled?”
Luo Kai, after finishing the instruction manual, turned to find someone staring fixedly at the Compass, their expression so serious that it became quite oppressive.
Xu Shuo relaxed his expression and said, “I just feel like I’ve seen the pattern on this Compass somewhere, but I can’t remember where.”
Luo Kai pondered upon hearing this: “If you really have seen it before, it must have been in the Script Space, right? It seems like this thing was researched by some player for the Safety Bureau.”
—Script Space?
In an instant, Xu Shuo remembered something, the patterns he had seen in the starry sky flashed through his mind.
Back in the script “To My Lovely Angel,” when Xu Shuo was hit by the female reporter’s ultimate move, he had briefly seen a pair of green eyes.
Before those eyes formed, the trajectory connected by those stars bore a remarkable resemblance to the patterns on this Compass.
Xu Shuo had an epiphany: “It’s the Star Guild!”
Upon hearing this, Luo Kai raised an eyebrow and said, “The Star Guild? You mean that guild from the Script Space, right? I know of this guild, it’s somewhat akin to Bai Xiaosheng’s existence, but to join their ranks, one must give up their belief.”
And even after giving up their belief, one may not necessarily become a core member, as it still requires the imprint of the deity they worship.
Without the deity’s imprint, one is merely a nominal disciple.
However, most players in the Script Space stop at the first step of relinquishing their beliefs.
They know that some script worlds genuinely have deities and have witnessed some negative consequences of giving up their beliefs, so they are a bit wary of such matters.
This is also the reason why Luo Kai has not joined any guilds for so long.
Powerful guilds mostly require one to worship certain entities, and the more ordinary ones don’t pique his interest to join.
“Didn’t I recommend the ‘Miracle’ guild to you last time? They don’t require a belief; it’s like an adventurers’ alliance, where you just take on and complete missions on your own, maybe grouping up to do instances occasionally,” said Xu Shuo.
“That’s great, so why haven’t you joined yourself?” Luo Kai smirked.
“I prefer going solo.”
“Same here.”
“But you were still looking for me to team up last time.”
“…”
Luo Kai was left speechless.
Xu Shuo turned his gaze back to the Compass. With a clearer train of thought in his mind, he looked at the patterns on it, and once again, those divine green eyes filled with miracles surfaced in his mind.
At the same time, as though drawn by something, a few stars in his Sea of Consciousness sketched out a trajectory.
Then he suddenly had a flash of insight—”The Abyss is in the roller coaster.”
“Ah?”
Luo Kai didn’t quite catch on at the moment.
Xu Shuo paused, then said, “Haven’t you guys not yet pinpointed the source of the Abyss? You could have someone check near the roller coasters in Joy World, or better yet, investigate whether anything that could generate negative energy has happened on the roller coaster.”
Luo Kai, startled, looked at him with a strange expression after reacting: “You abruptly brought up the Star Guild just now, and now this… You haven’t joined the Star Guild, have you?”
“No.”
Xu Shuo denied flatly with an even countenance: “I have not joined the Star Guild.”
He didn’t believe in them; it was the deity of the Star Guild that had unilaterally implanted its imprint in his Sea of Mind.
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