I'm a villain, not a devil

The startup panel was covered with dust, and through the gap on the side, a thin layer of something could be vaguely seen.

That thing looked like a piece of paper suspended in the gap, but it was gray and black all over, and if you didn't look closely you would think it was part of the panel.

It was so thin and barely noticeable that Sean didn't notice it at first.

He gently hooked his fingers, and the black thin paper fluttered for a moment, but did not come out.

Sean frowned. His mental power was as vast as the ocean now, so it should be easy for him to move something like this - this thing was resisting my mental power?

However, we can only resist for a while.

He increased the force a little, and even though he was 'reluctant', Sean still pulled the thing out.

"Something is wrong..."

Xiao En pinched it lightly with his fingertips and showed a slightly surprised expression.

He detected a slight smell of pollution, which he would have hardly noticed if he had not been exposed to similar pollution before.

This piece of black thin paper is the same size as the panel overall, but judging by its heavy weight in the hand, it should have been compressed into this size.

At first glance, it looks like a reduced X-ray film, slightly translucent, and blurry, as if there are figures walking on it.

What surprised Sean was that this piece of paper was a special proliferation...

It is similar to the big hand on the Mountain of Survivors that Sean had come into contact with before and the ruby ​​on Gan Hu's head. Sean also has a special proliferation in his hand, which is in the shape of a metal sheet and left behind by a special mutant summoned by the members of the Vatican when they attacked him.

As far as Sean knows, the only force with the most special proliferation is the Holy See, which is the Ego Church that few people know about.

"Is this the work of the Believer Cult? No, if it was done by the Believer Cult, they should have known my true identity and origins. The current arrangements seem too weak... Was this thing brought here by Kan Shisi?"

If Sean had not traveled through time, then if their game was developed for another two or three years, they would be able to introduce Kan Fourteen as the NPC to enable the online mode.

But that was just a draft. Logically speaking, the shelter he was in now didn't even have a prototype... But now it seemed that not only were the details of this place complete, but even the equipment for cloning human bodies was ready.

Another question is, how did Kan 14 find this place?

At the beginning, Sean wiped out the special proliferation that represented Qiu Qingming's will, leaving only the material for Kan 14. However, the shelter where Kan 14 was located later suffered because of Gao Yu's body. In fact, it was not because Kan 14 was researching special proliferation...

Could it be that there is some evil spirit involved?

But the evil god can't see through my head and see the deepest memories...

Sean couldn't help but look to the periphery. There, people he was very familiar with were cheering for the identity of an "internal beta player", but the reality was that they were the creators of this game...

The feeling here is very strange, as if they were created, but all memories of this game were erased...

More importantly, the Sean outside was not himself at all...

Wait, special proliferation and them...

He thought for a moment, then put the black paper in his hand back on the panel.

Back to the outskirts of the shelter, the 'players' were still working hard.

"Village chief, I have moved most of the wood over there. It will take a while to finish chopping it. Do you have any tasks next?!" Qiu Qingming, who had a buzz cut, approached Brother Dao with great interest.

Brother Dao and Shouhou looked at each other. The boy in front of them was obviously an ordinary person, so why didn't he feel tired at all?

Could it be that they were the last spark of fire left in this shelter, but because the shelter had fallen into disrepair, something happened to the consciousness they retained?

Brother Dao scratched his head and finally said, "How about you go over there and pick some fruit? I see you haven't eaten yet..."

Qiu Qingming immediately nodded in agreement and went away happily.

Sean was floating in the air, following his steps lightly.

No one here is qualified to see through his illusion.

Qiu Qingming moved quickly and started working immediately after arriving at the destination.

Sean narrowed his eyes slightly as he watched him pick a bunch of fruits.

Something is wrong...

With an idea in mind, he slightly hooked his fingers, and a spider climbed onto the fruit that Qiu Qingming was picking.

Seeing the spider crawling onto his hand, Qiu Qingming quickly shook his hand and said in disgust: "This game is too realistic..."

He stepped on the spider rolling on the ground and killed it, then continued with his work.

"It's not made according to the Qiu Qingming in my memory. Let me first rule out the possibility that my memory was invaded by someone..." Sean whispered to himself.

Because Qiu Qingming is actually a person who is very afraid of spiders. He told Sean that when he was a child, he went up the mountain to chop firewood. When he passed by a wild fruit tree, he climbed up to pick some. He was frightened by a spider that suddenly crawled onto his hand. When he fell down, his eyebrow hit the hatchet, and he was left with a broken eyebrow.

That's why he's extremely afraid of spiders.

Normally, after seeing a spider, Qiu Qingming would be so scared that he would jump back dozens of meters. How could he have the courage to step on the spider to death?

During the game modeling process, taking this into consideration, Sean either did the modeling of the spider monster himself or gave it to others, and did not let Qiu Qingming touch it.

"It's like a clone that retains many of Qiu Qingming's characteristics and memories, but some of his physiological instincts are not the same as the real Qiu Qingming..."

On the other side, Qiu Qingming finished his work and ran towards the shelter carrying a large basket of fruit.

"Brother Dao, it's done!" He found the 'village chief'.

Brother Dao nodded, and then he saw Qiu Qingming looking at him with expectant eyes.

He looked at the skinny monkey in confusion. The latter thought about it for a while, then suddenly realized something and whispered to Brother Dao: "Hasn't he been asking us for a mission? You gave him a mission, and he completed it. Maybe he wants the reward for the mission?"

"Reward?" Brother Dao looked at the other party in confusion, "They ate it themselves, why are they asking me for a reward?"

"Who knows... And, Boss, don't you think this group of people is very strange? From last night till now, they haven't rested at all. This kid has been carrying heavy objects this morning and didn't even drink a sip of water. How can an ordinary person without superpowers hold on? But just now, he ran all the way back carrying so many things, how can he look tired? Are they... special life forms that have been transformed?"

After hearing what Shouhou said, Dao Ge nodded thoughtfully: "You mean..."

"If it's what I think, maybe they can grow quickly... It's normal for a top-level shelter to have this kind of biotechnology, right? We need to develop this place now, and we're short of people. They're not quite in their right minds either, so why don't we get along well with them... Right, village chief?"

Seeing the skinny guy's sly smile, Brother Dao seemed to have made a decision. He turned and looked at Qiu Qingming.

"Ahem... Well, you did a good job. How about this, I'll give you a set of training manuals that I used in my early years."

Qiu Qingming immediately shook Dao Ge's hand happily: "Thank you, Village Chief!"

After getting a manual, he ran towards his companions happily.

"Shit, I triggered a hidden mission, the 'Superpower Strength Training Manual'!"

Hearing Qiu Qingming shouting, the others quickly gathered over.

"Fuck, you're really lucky."

“Hey, can we share it?”

"But we haven't awakened our powers yet. When will the awakening mission be available?"

"I don't know about that. Didn't the game say that we have to explore everything?"

A group of people chattered for a long time, which was quite similar to the noisy scenes in the studio when they discussed various game settings.

After everyone went back to continue their "mission", Qiu Qingming found a corner to study the manual.

Sean stood aside, thought for a while, and then gently hooked his fingers.

The energy intensity around suddenly became thicker.

Qiu Qingming trained for a while according to the requirements in the book, and suddenly he showed a look of surprise.

"Fuck, there's something flowing inside me!"

Sean's eyes suddenly narrowed.

He only used some small tricks to strengthen the energy around him, but Qiu Qingming actually absorbed the energy into his body in an instant - the manual in his hand was only sold for a few hundred credit points at most on the black market, and had nothing to do with any rare secret book.

Then, Sean's eyes became more shocked.

The energy intensity in Qiu Qingming's body is increasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although these energies are just a drop in the ocean for Sean at the moment, for Qiu Qingming, it is a geometric increase.

In just a short moment, he had actually reached the threshold of the elite level.

The speed at which strength increases... isn't it the same as adding points in a game?

But this is the living world, and energy doesn't work that way...

Sean narrowed his eyes.

Qiu Qingming, no, it should be said that this clone that utilized Qiu Qingming's characteristics and memories, this body has problems.

After snapping his fingers lightly, Qiu Qingming, who was about to go back to tell his companions the good news, stopped where he was in a daze.

A voice sounded in his ears.

"What is the name of the company that developed this game?"

"Manufacturer... Sekaishu, the most famous game manufacturer in the world. They have triggered a major revolution in the gaming industry and were the first to launch a game cabin that allows people to enter the real gaming world..."

World Tree...Sean narrowed his eyes.

He continued, "What do you do? And your companions."

"We? We are players... Besides being players, we are a small game studio. The game we are currently developing is called Dungeon Warriors, a 2D horizontal version of a level-breaking pigeon game..."

Dungeon Fighter? Their studio has never had a related project, and the initial goal of a group of people was to create a large-scale 3D game - otherwise what would Sean, a modeler, do? They still need to recruit modelers for 2D, and also recruit interns for the modelers?

The memory seems real, but the underlying logic is confusing, and it seems more like some of the settings were made up in the mind with only a vague understanding.

Yes, setting...

Sean narrowed his eyes, "So you guys are just going to stay in the game?"

Qiu Qingming was stunned for a moment, then said in bewilderment: "Shouldn't it be? The game cabin can provide us with nutrition, and we can stay here for a very, very long time..."

After asking a few more questions, Qiu Qingming always seemed confused when answering questions about the real world. Many of his answers seemed normal, but upon closer inspection, they were completely inconsistent with normal logic.

At least, it doesn't conform to the logic of the world Sean existed in before he traveled through time.

But... apart from those things, he really is exactly the same as Qiu Qingming.

Looking at him, Sean pursed his lips slightly, and finally snapped his fingers lightly.

A head rolled to the ground.

Inside the shelter's hibernation room, the system panel lit up on its own.

A moment later, a hibernation capsule opened and Qiu Qingming sat up from it, gasping for breath.

He looked at his body, was stunned for a moment, and then quickly ran outside.

"Shit, I think I just encountered a super high level monster!"

Suddenly a group of people surrounded them. Brother Dao and Shouhou looked at each other. Something was not right. They had been standing at the door the whole time. How could that guy not have gone in?

Qiu Qingming danced with joy: "Fuck, I just went to practice the manual, and just now I felt a little energy, but suddenly my eyes went black!"

"and then?"

"Then my system panel showed that my etheric body was being invaded by an enemy of unknown level!"

"Then what?!"

Qiu Qingming spread his hands and said, "And then nothing happened. I seemed to have died straight away."

"Dead?!" Brother Dao and Skinny Monkey jumped up first.

Is there an unknown enemy in this place?

But, you died...how did you come back to life?

The two looked at each other in disbelief. Could it be that this place had a most advanced cloning and resurrection system?

They were arguing there, with only Sean standing in the air with no one watching.

"Master Saint III, I speculate that these 'players' have undergone consciousness transformation. The so-called game panels they mentioned should be technology implanted in the brain and displayed on the retina. This is consistent with the advanced prosthetic technology before the apocalypse."

Sean whispered, "What about those so-called extra points?"

Noah replied: "There is a certain energy blessing in their bodies, and this result was created through deliberate creation."

"So what do you think will happen to them if we give them enough time?"

Noah was silent for a while, and finally replied: "It depends on the degree of energy blessing. If the life form that blesses them is at a very high level, perhaps they will reach the peak of deep red without any obstacles, or even break through deep red to deep blue, and the time required is very short."

Sean smiled and said, "I think I know where these friends came from."

"Did you find the answer?"

"No, it still needs some experiments..."

……

Qiu Qingming found a safer place to practice again, and then his vision went dark again.

In the hibernation room, the system panel started up again, but the moment it started up, the special proliferation image suddenly disappeared.

The hibernation capsule trembled, but the person who appeared was no longer Qiu Qingming. A bald, square-faced man sat up.

He looked around and asked in confusion: "Here... huh? Is this... retinal imaging technology? Game panel? Wait, I'm a researcher, who implanted this thing in me... The shelter is rising? Is there anyone? I..."

Before he could finish his words, he collapsed with convulsions and quickly lost his vital signs.

The bottom of the hibernation chamber opened automatically, and the pipe sucked the body in like it was sucking away garbage.

With another tremor, a man who retained the features of Qiu Qingming and a square-faced bald man sat up.

"Where is this? I'm a researcher... No, I'm Qiu Qingming, I come from another world, this is a game... This is not a game! I'm a researcher, I want to see the supervisor! There's a problem with the shelter system... No, who am I?"