Urban Legends: The Legacy of Ancient Civilizations

“Indeed, the definitions of fearless and crazy are often very blurry.

To be honest, I am really envious that you can remember the content of the fantasy.

For those four comatose people, you don't have to wait for them to wake up again. Their coma is meaningless, and their responses after waking up are even more worthless.

I hope you can reach the third underground floor smoothly. "

Gogol's response was very jumpy, and his last wish was even more ambiguous. It seemed to be echoing Bai Ning's thoughts, but it also seemed to be just mocking Bai Ning for overestimating his capabilities.

All the information that should be inquired about has been found out, and the preparations that need to be made have been made. Bai Ning went straight to the underground level alone amidst many admiring and puzzled looks.

I don't know if it's a psychological suggestion, or maybe the core of the illusion has a stronger sense of oppression on Bai Ning. Walking alone in the dark corridor, the cold feeling is like the cold current in Siberia, which is eroding Bai Ning indiscriminately. Deep in the bone marrow.

The joints of the limbs seemed to have become stiff in this bone-eroding cold.

Standing at the end of the corridor, Bai Ning looked at his palms. They were usually rosy in color, but not pale in the cold weather. He tried to move them, and all the joints were working well.

Very inexplicable behavior, extremely inexplicable sense of conflict.

This feeling is as if Bai Ning's brain is gradually separating from his body. Could it be that the corridor that has been walked many times has become different now?

Or maybe Bai Ning is already in a maze of illusions at this time.

As Goli confirmed, the radiation range of the illusion core will change with time, and the previous corridor is already within the radiation range of the illusion core.

The so-called bone-chilling coldness is actually the process of the body and brain gradually disconnecting.

If this reasoning is correct, then Bai Ning is indeed in an illusion at this time.

Now Bai Ning's body may be standing at the end of the corridor at the same time, or it may have been wandering in an unknown area on the underground floor long before Bai Ning's self-recognition.

Can real-time areas of the body be presented through interaction with the core of the illusion?

Once this need was expressed, the scene around Bai Ning remained unchanged, but the darkness in front of him became more real.

When he first came in, Bai Ning felt that the darkness on the underground floor was a little light and not completely dark, as if there were some dark light sources mixed in this space.

Thinking about it all at this time, maybe what Bai Ning felt at this time was the most realistic feeling on the underground floor.

No matter how real the darkness in front of him was, Bai Ning would not feel that he had escaped from the maze of illusion.

This is just the synchronization process of the core of the illusion to the real five senses, and it is a feedback to Bai Ning's current needs.

Continuing to go deeper inside, the illusion around him seemed clearer than before. However, after taking a few steps, an inexplicable feeling of dizziness suddenly came over him, making Bai Ning feel like his eyes were blurring.

No, too high a degree of realism will increase the load on the brain!

Based on the current overall feedback, Bai Ning is even more convinced that this virtual core is a more realistic interactive system.

How to get to the so-called third underground floor?

During previous adventures, Bai Ning had the experience of returning to the entrance of the corridor, which shows that there is some kind of restart mechanism in the core of the illusion.

A large number of previous expedition teams have failed to reach the third underground level, and this restart mechanism obviously plays an important role.

According to previous restart experience, the condition for restart is doubt in the heart, but the fact cannot be that simple. Bai Ning feels that it may also be related to some rigid assessment conditions.

For example, it is similar to some game assessment data, or learning assessment data.

Therefore, Bai Ning guessed that the first exploration process was extremely important.

Just as he was thinking about it, Bai Ning had successfully reached the second corner. According to the prompts on the 3D diagram, as long as he passed two more corners, Bai Ning could reach an elevator leading to the second underground floor.

In Gogol's 3D illustration, this elevator is not the only way to the second underground floor. There are many elevator shafts, and there are even stairs in some corners.

Unable to control so many choices, Bai Ning could only follow the optimal path to the entrance of the second underground floor.

The process went very smoothly. Bai Ning successfully arrived at the nearest elevator entrance. Judging from the visual results under the strong light, the elevator in this elevator shaft has also been abandoned, but the elevator door has been pried open, revealing The space inside is straight up and down.

I shined a bright flashlight into the elevator shaft, and found out that it only went to the second underground floor.

Seeing this situation for the first time, Bai Ning felt a little incredible even though he was in an illusion.

Bai Ning had guessed before that the 3D illustration given by Gogol was fake. The three underground floors of the base did not exist on a factual level. They were alien spaces that existed in the maze of illusions.

However, the current situation shows that Gogol's 3D diagram is real, and the passage leading to the third underground floor marked in the diagram may also be real.

Is it so easy to directly access the third underground floor?

Any guess needs to be verified. After thinking about it for a few seconds, Bai Ning had already taken off the safety rope on his body and used the rope he was carrying to descend to the second underground floor.

Climbing out of the elevator shaft, the indoor layout within the range of the bright flashlight has not changed much. This is another large public office area. Although the items on the table are covered with thick dust, there are no Traces of destruction.

This feeling is very strange. The warehouse space on the first underground floor clearly shows signs of being severely damaged, but the more important second underground floor seems to have been evacuated in an orderly manner, which is completely inconsistent with the overall style of this base.

Furthermore, there is a sinking area at the bottom of the elevator shaft. When you step on it, it doesn't look like cement, but more like a natural stone.

This seems very strange. In Gogol's 3D illustration, the area of ​​the third underground floor is obviously larger than the second underground floor. The layout of the elevator shaft is obviously unreasonable.

Could it be that this elevator shaft is actually part of the fantasy maze?

It is difficult to distinguish the authenticity of the connecting passages between the first underground floor and the second underground floor, and many of the spaces under the connecting passages are false illusions.

If you continue walking down this false space, you may get completely lost in the maze of illusion.

This seems very strange. If this elevator shaft is fake, why does it appear in Gogol's 3D illustration?

Furthermore, Bai Ning is now on the second floor underground, so where is his body now?

You can't just stand on an open space somewhere on the ground floor and stand still, right?

In such an abnormal state, Jiang Yingxue would definitely pull Bai Ning back to the warehouse space through the safety rope.

Could it be that the result of Bai Ning untying the safety rope on his own has already happened, and now he is in a dissociated state. In addition to being able to send back certain surveillance videos, Bai Ning can only return through his own efforts?

This is a very serious situation. Although it will happen sooner or later, it is indeed a sign before a major crisis occurs.

It's not that I'm panicking, but I can't make any mistakes in every step I take now, otherwise, I may really be trapped and die in this illusion maze.

After recalling the 3D diagram again, Bai Ning probably summarized his previous guesses. The current layout may be like this:

The second underground floor is either real or fake. The passages that can actually reach the second underground floor are very limited. In the 3D illustration, there are also spaces that lead directly to the third underground floor. It is obvious that these passages are also real and fake.

The difference between the two may be that it is extremely difficult to go directly from the first underground floor to the third underground floor, but as long as you find the space leading to the second underground floor, it will be easier to go to the third underground floor.

So, do we need to continue exploring this virtual space to get familiar with the characteristics of the fantasy space, or should we return to the underground level now?

After a little weighing, Bai Ning felt that he should cherish his time.

You must know that Bai Ning's brain load has a limit, and the time he can stay in the illusion is also limited. If he is unable to break out, he may become completely comatose in the outpost research base.

When the time comes, it will be difficult to tell the truth from the false, and perhaps the truth will stay here forever.

Taking one last glance at this false space, Bai Ning climbed up to the underground level again along the rope. When he looked up, the safety rope that had just been thrown to the ground was still there. For a moment, Bai Ning didn't know that this safety rope was still there. useless.

Anyway, having already entered the second underground floor, the existence of the safety rope was no longer necessary. With a decisive decision, Bai Ning turned and walked towards a nearby elevator shaft.

As he walked forward, Bai Ning thought about the 3D diagram provided by Gogol. The content may be false, but it was obviously a rough diagram of the fantasy maze.

Every path leading to the second underground floor in the picture may have been explored by Gogol through a large number of human lives.

Or maybe it was Gogol who tried it out through his own difficult experiences.

But even so, in the end Gogol still never reached the core of the illusion and found what he wanted in the so-called three underground levels.

So, in this space between virtual and real, how can we reach the so-called third underground floor faster?

This problem is still very difficult.

In this 3D illustration, Gogol did not mark the authenticity of the passage, which shows that from Gogol's perspective, he still cannot tell the difference between real space and virtual space.

However, Gogol's grandfather once worked in this outpost research base. Could it be that the space diagram he provided was also incomplete?

Or perhaps, under the long-term torture of the illusion, Gogol has actually been unable to distinguish between the things left by his grandfather and the information he got in the illusion maze.

The true and false speculations are entangled until the end, and the result will always be doubts.

In this way, Bai Ning's actions at this time were like a stroke of luck and contained the element of an absolute gamble.