The Earth is Online - Chapter 49

[Chapter 49]

Tang Mo had already guessed about Fu Wenduo’s identity, but when he heard it, he couldn’t help but secretly glanced at the man beside him. Fu Wenduo had a keen sense of perception and quickly caught Tang Mo’s line of sight.

After peeking and being discovered, Tang Mo nodded without changing his face. Fu Wenduo paused for a moment, and looked at him with a more meaningful gaze.

Luo Fengcheng continued: “Since we all know each other, then I will explain what the ‘Black Tower Selection’ is. But before that, let me confirm, Major Fu, that your identity as a stowaways is…”

Fu Wenduo’s voice was calm: “On November 16, I performed a secret mission at the border.”

Tang Mo and Luo Fengcheng immediately understood what he meant.

All those who eliminated players and entered the game by killing people were stowaways in the definition of the Black Tower. But there are many reasons for killing. Some are real murders, some are for other reasons. Tang Mo had long thought about why Fu Wenduo was a stowaways. Especially after they met in Pinocchio’s copy, Tang Mo’s doubts became even bigger.

Fu Wenduo’s performance in Pinocchio’s copy did not look like a vicious murderer. If his reason for becoming a stowaways was a secret mission, that would make sense. At the same time, this also explains why Tang Mo always felt that this person was different from other players in the Pinocchio dungeon. That is a kind of determination as a stone of military bearing, deep hidden sharp, blade scabbard standing.

“Although I have heard of Major Fu’s name for a long time, it is the first time we meet after all, so I still have to ask some things in advance.” After Luo Fengcheng got the answer, he was not ashamed because he suspected Fu Wenduo’s behavior. , He said frankly: “In late November, after I left the Black Tower game on the first floor, I met the Atak organization. I got their approval in some ways and officially joined their team as a reserve. Team. Then I found Nie Fei. Tang Mo, you and Nie Fei have met, you should have some impression of him.”

Tang Mo recalled: “I did meet him when I left the dungeon of Mario. Although he was young, he was quite calm.”

“Nie Fei’s ability is flying. To be precise, his ability is not ordinary flying. He can walk in the air with the help of some medium.” Luo Fengcheng took out a piece of white paper and drew some sketches on it with a water pen. Thing: “We can’t see the air, and Nie Fei’s ability can’t let him walk on the air. But apart from the ethereal gas like air, he can walk on many other things.”

Luo Fengcheng drew many dense dots on the white paper, and wrote two words next to it: sand.

“For example, when fighting, sprinkle some sand into the air, and Nie Fei can use the sand to walk out of thin air.” He drew a rough model on the paper, “The fine sand becomes solid under his feet. The ground. And stepping on the non-substantial ground, he uses the ability, and the speed can reach a maximum of 100 meters per second. And the ability is not limited.”

Fu Wenduo asked, “Can you only walk on things like sand?”

Luo Fengcheng shook his head: “Sand is just an example. In addition, the most surprising thing about Nie Fei’s abilities is that his abilities are constantly changing. When I first met him, he could only Walking on some relatively large objects, such as stones and boards. But when he was killed by the stowaways group, he was able to walk on sand. What does this mean? Maybe after a while, he can walk without the help of sand , walking on smaller matter. In the end, even walking directly anywhere. This is spatial displacement.”

Tang Mo immediately thought of Little Fatty’s ability: “Zhao Zian’s ability is similar to space movement, but he can only move other things, not himself. When I first met him, what he could move was some smaller things. , now it’s possible to move some big things very quickly.”

“His progress is not as fast as Nie Fei’s.” Luo Fengcheng said, “Zhao Zi’ang has never experienced such a change in his heart rate.”

Tang Mo closed his mouth and continued to listen.

“On the evening of November 17, three hospitals in Shanghai received four patients. Each patient had no obvious pathological features, but the heart rate continued to accelerate and his mood was irritable. Among them, the slowest patient had a heart rate of 119, and the fastest one had a heart rate of 119. The human heart rate is 136.” Luo Fengcheng said, “At that time, this situation was not discovered, I just thought it was a disease that has not yet been identified. An experimenter from Group B in Shanghai…” After a pause, Luo Feng Chengdao, “It’s a little girl who just graduated with a doctorate. She discovered this situation and reported it to the research institute.”

Luo Fengcheng roughly recounted the matter: “After I learned about the situation, I immediately sent all four patients to the research institute, and the three groups investigated the abnormality in them together. At the same time, I reported the situation to Beijing. ”

Fu Wenduo nodded: “I just saw this information in the database of the Beijing Research Institute and decided to come to Shanghai to check the situation.” He paused for a while and said, “No one in the Beijing Research Institute survives.”

Luo Fengcheng: “Is that true…”

The three were silent for a moment, Luo Fengcheng looked at Tang Mo: “Have you calculated your maximum heart rate?”

Tang Mo: “About 169, I didn’t count them.”

Fu Wenduo: “171.”

The numbers of the two were very close, Luo Fengcheng glanced at them and closed the folder on the table. He solemnly looked at the two players in front of him, one was an official player and the other was a smuggler. After a long time, he smiled and said, “Then everything is my guess.”

Half an hour later, Tang Mo left Luo Fengcheng’s office first. Fu Wenduo came all the way from Beijing to Shanghai to find information, and naturally there are still some things to ask Luo Fengcheng. Both of them were state secret agents, Tang Mo had no interest in eavesdropping on this kind of conversation, and walked out of the office alone, leaning against the wall to think.

The selection of the black tower is a synonym for this phenomenon given by Luofeng City.

The objects selected by the Black Tower are very random. Their common performance is that within those three days, their heartbeat will continue to accelerate, which cannot be relieved with drugs. In addition, the mood is irritable, psychological anxiety, and even in severe cases, there will be a desire to commit crimes. Among the four patients studied by Luo Fengcheng, the patient whose heartbeat reached 136 was sent to the hospital because he hurt someone in the restaurant.

However, he failed to kill the man.

After three days, the four patients disappeared without exception.

Humans who have been selected by the Black Tower are not guaranteed to enter the game, and many of them have not survived those three days. But as long as they survive those three days, their abilities will be stronger. Fu Wenduo was the first player in the world to clear the first floor of the black tower, and Tang Mo was the first player in the world to clear the hard mode tower attack game.

As for Nie Fei, he used to be the most powerful ability user in the Atak organization (stronger than Jakes). If it wasn’t for that accident, he might have been able to successfully clear the first floor of the black tower.

In the face of this completely random choice, Luo Fengcheng gave two guesses: “First, this mutation was given by the black tower, and the black tower made some humans have different characteristics. This selection will be the next step. The process will affect the strength of the player’s abilities. However, many selected humans have not entered the game at all, and the Black Tower has not fully given these players privileges, so why give them this special change? So this possibility is only Four percent.”

In the dark parking lot, Tang Mo softly read out Luo Fengcheng’s second guess.

“It has nothing to do with the black tower, just about everyone themselves…”

This kind of mutation is named the black tower selection, but it does not mean that it must be given by the black tower. Like supernatural. Before Earth went online, there were no real power users in the world (Fu Wenduo and Luo Fengcheng confirmed this to Tang Mo just now), and the appearance of power users must have something to do with the Black Tower. But everyone’s abilities are different, and their strengths are also different. No one knows whether this ability is given by the black tower, or whether the player has it and is inspired by the black tower.

It is very likely that the black tower is like a catalyst, catalyzing the hidden abilities that humans have.

Regular players and stowaways get a stronger black tower catalyst, so they are more likely to generate powers. The presence of the reservists is weaker, and the catalytic effect given by the black tower is less, and it is difficult for them to obtain abilities.

This speculation has certain feasibility.

Therefore, the selection of the black tower may be the same as the ability, and it has no necessary relationship with the black tower. It is those players who have been selected, and they themselves have the qualifications to be selected.

Tang Mo stood against the wall, and the door beside him was squeaked open. He turned his head to look.

Fu Wenduo walked out of the room and looked at him as well.

The two looked at each other for a moment, and Fu Wenduo smiled and said, “Want to know more information?” In the room just now, Fu Wenduo stayed because he wanted to learn more about the black tower from Luo Fengcheng. , Luo Fengcheng also wanted to get more outside information.

Tang Mo did not deny it. He looked at the tall and handsome man in front of him, and inexplicably remembered the code name of the second in his mind.

… Xiaolong.

As if aware of Tang Mo’s thoughts, Fu Wenduo closed the door and the two walked into the darkness together. Fu Wenduo said: “Xiaolong is not my code name, but the code name of the entire unit. Every secret unit in China has no official number, only a code name. The Southwest Military Region Special A Team, code name Xiaolong.”

With such an explanation, Tang Mo coughed: “Major Fu, I really want to know some information about other places. You came from Beijing and passed through three provinces and two cities along the way. You should have seen more things and know more external news. ”

“When I came from Beijing, I was in a hurry all the way, and it only took about four days. The stay was too short, and the information I knew was not comprehensive. But it is indeed a lot more than you.” After a pause, Fu Wenduo said in a low voice: “Call I’ll be fine with Fu Wenduo.”

Tang Mo didn’t call the name, he said directly: “What is the price in exchange for information?”

Tang Mo knew that Fu Wenduo must have received a lot of information from Luo Fengcheng just now. Luo Fengcheng basically knew everything he knew, and so did Fu Wenduo. He didn’t have much news here that could make Fu Wenduo’s heart move, but he was eager to know the news from the outside world.

Especially the news from Beijing.

Tang Mo’s last friend was in Beijing.

Tang Mo has already made a plan to tell Fu Wenduo the information he knows about the Underworld Kingdom and the monster world. Hearing a low laughter coming from the darkness, Tang Mo turned his head to look. The light was too dim, and he couldn’t see the other’s face clearly, only a vague outline could be seen.

Fu Wenduo said, “No need, just tell you directly.”

Tang Mo paused: “Mr. Fu?”

Fu Wenduo: “As you said in the copy of Pinocchio, you have known each other for a long time, Tang Mo, don’t be so unfamiliar.”

Tang Mo was silent for a moment: “…Why, Fu Wenduo?”

Why get valuable information without paying anything. He believes that his relationship with this man is not good enough for him to make selfless dedication.

Fu Wenduo’s voice was calm, but he had a meaningful feeling: “Before I came to Shanghai, I went to Suzhou. There, I killed three stowaways.”

Tang Mo suddenly understood what he wanted to say.

“Luo Fengcheng said that seven people from this organization had come to Shanghai and killed a lot of people. In Suzhou, they killed more people. When I first arrived in Suzhou, it was almost an empty city. It’s not that there are no players, It was everyone who hid, and no one was seen on the street even during the day.”

Tang Mo said, “You killed the last three members of that organization?”

“Yes.”

After a long time, Tang Mo said, “…Thank you, that’s my hometown.”

Fu Wenduo smiled: “Don’t say thank you, it’s all the same. Some things seem important, but compared to other things, they’re not as precious as imagined. What do you want to know, if I know and haven’t touched it My bottom line, maybe I can say a little bit. After all, you are another owner of Momo.”

Without any hesitation, Tang Mo said directly, “How is Beijing?”

The capital of China, the political center, before the Earth went online, Beijing.

How is Beijing?

Fu Wenduo stopped. In the darkness, Tang Mo noticed that this person seemed to be looking at him.

“Similar to Shanghai. Not better, only worse.”