Immortal I Speedrun Supernatural Game

Chapter 702 Misfortunes Never Come Alone

"Huh? Sir, what are you saying?"

A large question mark was projected onto Bai's head, making her look a bit like a female version of the question mark box from Blackheart Penguin.

She continued, puzzled, "How could Li Shuang be the soul of data?"

"Whether it was when I copied the chip code from her hand earlier, or when I traced the smiley symbol on the bracelet when you touched her body just now, I didn't detect this signal at all."

As the soul of data itself, Bai was certain that if she came into contact with someone of her kind, she would be able to sense it immediately.

After all, the most perfect container for the soul is the body, and it must be a body corresponding to the species. If a human soul is forcibly forced into the body of another animal, the resulting rejection will quickly lead to the soul and body decaying together.

Even if it's implanted into a human body, there's still the issue of compatibility.

Otherwise, it will also lead to abnormal aging and other sequelae.

Besides, if Li Shuang is truly a data soul, doesn't she already possess a physical body?

Then why would you need to use an external program on a USB drive to possess someone else?

Faced with this question, Wu Wang simply squinted and asked:

"What if this body doesn't get what she wants?"

"You didn't detect it, perhaps because this body is her original body. How could you tell it's a data soul when they fit together perfectly?"

[Bai] was taken aback upon hearing this.

Even the computing power experienced a slight lag.

She didn't quite understand what Wu Wang meant.

Isn't your own body the most perfect and suitable?

No matter how well other people's bodies match, they can't exceed this limit, right?

In response, Wu Wang tapped his fingers lightly on the table and slowly uttered his speculation:

"Judging from the fact that Li Shuang's own bracelet also has symbols indicating that it has been modified, it proves that her ability to control other people's bracelets was not something she had from the beginning."

"At the very least, her ability only emerged after the strike failed and she was laid off from the factory and placed in the talent incubation center. And it certainly wasn't brought about by the chip; it's definitely an ability unique to her."

"This also explains one of the reasons why she wanted to possess other people—her own body had been modified. Although she didn't become a Smiler, she had been corrupted in a sense and was now part of the factory's products. She didn't want to be controlled by the factory forever."

[Bai] nodded silently upon hearing this.

It's reasonable; many of the products in the factory are based on the separate processing of the body and memories.

Wu Wang had spent the entire night studying Zhou Ping's wife's body and was quite certain that, from a purely physical perspective, she was a real human being, not some fake created from some special substance.

That factory has so many products.

Where did their bodies come from?

There's no need to overthink that.

Because there is only one source—employees.

Factories certainly can't create human bodies; the simplest and cheapest way is to directly modify employees' bodies and turn them into products.

If that's the case, then it involves a key point—memory.

Wu Wang had previously stated that most of the clues provided by Li Shuang that could be verified were likely genuine.

Only by mixing truth and falsehood together can one effectively deceive people.

She mentioned the term "forgotten zone" in one of her posts.

That's where memories are stored, repeatedly extracted until they've completely lost their value.

This is a clue that Wu Wang will definitely verify after entering the data center, so she wouldn't lie or deceive in this regard.

The talent incubation center has a very clear process for handling employees.

It first extracts the employees' memories repeatedly.

The emotions extracted are crystallized and used as fuel for the factory's operation.

This process is also like cleansing the soul.

After all, a soul without any memories is like a blank sheet of paper, like a newborn baby, which can be smeared with whatever one wants.

Then divide these bodies, whose souls have been cleansed, into two groups.

They are either transformed into smiling beings in factories, or sent to be made into products like "The Return of the Dead".

As for how this product is made, it probably only takes two steps.

They sculpt the body into the desired shape through plastic surgery, and then inject corresponding memories into their empty souls.

In this way, a "deceased" is created by piecing together a modified body, a blank soul, and false memories.

Once the buyers of these goods are also sent to the talent incubation center, the goods can be recycled and the above steps can be repeated to create new deceased individuals.

In the end, a living, breathing employee was completely devoured by the factory, inside and out.

Body, soul, memory, emotion...

Everything will be recycled and reused by the factory.

It's like a monster with its jaws wide open; the moment you step into its mouth, you're destined never to leave, and you can't even send your thoughts out.

"I suspect that Li Shuang encountered a problem in the process of extracting memories."

"Her memories were thrown into the [Forgotten Module] without being completely drained, or even without being extracted at all, which also caused her soul to be stored as data along with it."

Wu Wang looked at [Bai] and asked, "Didn't you say that you couldn't stop her when she controlled my bracelet, as if you didn't have enough authority?"

"Furthermore, the fact that the factory immediately sensed her use of this ability and dispatched the Smilers to arrest her means that she wasn't directly controlling the bracelet, but rather using the factory's own permissions to issue commands to it. This is also a violation of regulations, which is why the alarm was triggered."

"This is a privilege that can only be obtained by someone who has become the soul of data and has worked in the database of a factory."

At this point, Wu Wang tapped the table a little faster.

His gaze also became more profound.

[Bai] The moment I looked up and met his gaze, I felt a strange sense of panic.

It was as if no secret or falsehood could be hidden in front of those eyes, and everything about her would be presented to Wu Wang without reservation.

This feeling wasn't just about being startled by Wu Wang's speed and method of thinking.

Instead, they were stunned by something indescribable in his eyes.

She felt that those eyes held the truth!

It's neither an adjective nor an exaggeration.

Rather, the truth itself was right in Wu Wang's eyes!

Is this your ability, sir?

She wanted to ask, but for some reason, a chilling premonition arose from the depths of her soul—that if she asked about this matter, she would immediately fall into an abyss of no return.

[Bai] It is very clear that Wu Wang would never harm her.

It felt more like the problem itself was against the natural order, and that some being was going to destroy her.

It's too much to look at directly...

indescribable……

It's unspeakable...

"From this perspective, Li Shuang must have done something to make her body retain her own memories and soul after the modification."

"She is still herself, but she has been polluted by the factory inside and out."

"Therefore, the thing that Li Shuang wants, the deepest desire in her heart, is only one thing—freedom."

Wu Wang did not notice the abnormality of [Bai], and continued to make his speculations.

When Xiao Qiu heard this sentence.

Swinging its tail, it retorted, "Meow?"

Why does she insist that you, Boss, live?

[If she wants freedom, aren't there so many employees in the building she can choose to possess?]

Faced with Xiao Qiu's question, Wu Wang slowly closed his fingers that had been tapping the table, finally clenching his fist and grinning:

"Because she met the players afterward."

"Her desires grew."

"The freedom she wants is not just about escaping the factory or returning to a normal life."

"She wants to possess the player! She wants to escape this world! In order to gain the player's immense power and limitless potential!"

"This is truly the best interpretation of desire..."

So far, the most skilled player Li Shuang has encountered in this dungeon is Wu Wang.

Therefore, you are the one the other party most wants to possess!

From the moment Wu Wang came into contact with the Desire Sea Spirit Lord, even without the subsequent warnings from Qinglong and his elder sister.

He also knew very well that he must not harbor any greed towards anything the Venerable One offered.

Desire is a bottomless abyss.

Once a precedent is set, there's no going back; it just leads to endless decline.

Wu Wang even suspected that if Li Shuang simply wanted to escape the factory, she might have been able to do so during that initial encounter with the player.

After all, they had actually broken into the data center back then.

It seemed like success was just one step away, but ultimately it all fell apart due to betrayal.

The so-called traitor that Li Shuang mentioned...

It's probably still herself!

She didn't want the players to destroy the Desire Factory like that!

She needs this factory to fulfill her desires!

Therefore, Li Shuang activated her privileges to let the factory know that someone was conducting unauthorized operations in the data center.

All players were wiped out as a result.

Logically speaking, since it was her first time interacting with players, it was impossible for her to have prepared the possession code in the external program in advance.

The modification to this external program was something she painstakingly made little by little while waiting for the next batch of players, namely Wu Wang and others, to arrive.

As for how the alteration was done...

Wu Wang's gaze turned helpless, even tinged with a hint of pity.

That was an opportunity created for her, of course, by Zhang Mingyuan.

During this time, Zhang Mingyuan found ten hopeful individuals he believed could resist the factory.

Of course, Li Shuang, who was secretly observing, also witnessed the entire process.

She manipulated and deceived these ten passionate employees who wanted to overthrow the factory, just as she had done to herself.

They were tasked with constantly modifying external programs for her.

Finally, filled with trust and hope, they voluntarily entered the talent incubation center, only to be completely devoured by the factory...

Even now, Zhang Mingyuan is still blaming himself, believing that he did not work hard enough and that the plan was not perfect enough, which led to these comrades losing their lives in vain.

Little did he know, the real reason was that someone had been stabbing him in the back.

Just then, Bai, who had been silently lowering her head and not daring to meet Wu Wang's gaze, suddenly returned to normal, as if the slight abnormality she had just sensed had never existed.

Even her memories of that strange feeling had vanished completely.

It was as if she had simply listened to Wu Wang's speculation.

He was simply overwhelmed by the sheer volume of information and asked, "Sir...you opened it?"

All of Wu Wang's accounts were based on his speculations, and a large part of them even reflected the transformation of Li Shuang's own thoughts and desires.

These are things that cannot be seen or touched at all.

When Wu Wang said it, it was as if Li Shuang had told him herself.

Isn't calling this speculation a bit too much?

[Bai] I feel like I can't understand you anymore, sir.

Wu Wang blinked at this.

He rubbed his temples and laughed, "I've never turned it off."

"But I don't know why, my mind seems clearer today."

He sighed again as he said this.

He shrugged, somewhat helplessly, and said, "But if what I'm speculating is true, it means that Li Shuang's problem is not solved, and she will come back again."

"After all, when faced with the Smiling One that I played in my clone, she quite decisively chose to let it capture her and take her to the talent incubation center. Even when I tied her up in the end, she only cursed and was angry, without any excessive fear."

"This proves that she was confident that even if she was arrested and put in for reform, she could repeat the same operation to escape."

"This time, it will probably be difficult to catch her."

The ability of the other party to manipulate the bracelet and cause the wearer to die suddenly posed no threat to Wu Wang.

But what about other people?

Let alone ordinary employees like Lao Fan and Tie Jian, even players like Dai Mao and Qing Ning would likely be wiped out one by one.

Who knows when she'll suddenly jump out and cause trouble?

Fortunately, so far everything has been progressing smoothly...

Boom!Boom!Boom!

Just then, there was another knock on Wu Wang's door.

It was very fast and powerful; the opponent seemed to be in a hurry.

Xiao Qiu quickly jumped to the door and opened it.

Upon seeing the newcomers, Wu Wang raised an eyebrow and teased, "Oh! What day is it today? Are you all planning to have a music party at my house? Well, I'll have to charge a fee per person, 250 yuan, cash only."

This was even more unexpected than when Wen Xiaolou came to find him before.

The people who appeared at the door were Tortoiseshell and Lime.

Moreover, there were several somewhat familiar faces standing behind them, who seemed to be employees who joined the company at the same time or players of the Spirit Disaster.

Players, led by Hawksbill Turtle, who want to complete the main storyline of taking over the factory, have all arrived!

This also allowed Xiaoqiu to arch its back and activate its Spinosaurus breathing form as soon as it opened the door.

He was afraid that these guys were coming to fight their boss.

Who cares, I'll just breathe on it first.

Tortoiseshell ignored the seemingly silly and cute cow cat.

He simply said to Wu Wang in a rather serious tone, "Something has happened."

"A player just forcibly broke into the talent incubation center and was caught, exposing a large number of abilities that do not belong to this world, which has led the factory to plan a major purge."

"It wants to filter us all out and eliminate us all at once!"

"We need to figure out how to survive first."

Wu Wang: "?"

Okay, he's going to retract his statement.

Everything is not going well now.

It's not the formidable opponent you should fear, but the incompetent teammate.

Why would anyone be foolish enough to try and force their way into a talent incubation center?

Do you really think you can clear the entire dungeon with just your fists?

Who do you think you are? The Azure Dragon? (End of Chapter)