[Comprehensive British and American] Welcome to Arkham's Infinite Journey

first night 05

"So it is."

After an awkward silence, Jack managed to maintain a smile on his face.

"But wasting food is not a good virtue, so wait."

Throwing down such a sentence, Jack and the others stood quietly and said nothing more.

Humans are greedy, stupid and cunning creatures.

Jack didn't believe what the players said.

Now it is possible to firmly reject a table of "food" and even say "don't eat wild animals".

But it's not enough to be hungry.

"Hunger" is a monster in itself.

It can destroy all semblance of civilization in a person.

During times of famine, people ate everything in sight.

Including but not limited to animals, vegetation, soil, even the old, weak, women and children who cannot resist, and other people who starve to death.

So now he just has to wait.

No one can really refuse the food in front of them when they are hungry.

Rubbing his stomach, the players are indeed very hungry, but it is not unbearable at this time.

After these things, although we have never met each other, we feel much closer.

In such a situation, it is always a relief to be accompanied by someone who has experienced the same experience.

Nothing happened at this time, everyone introduced each other and chatted, completely treating Jack and others as nothing.

After a while, everyone organized a temporary mutual aid meeting and invited Sephiroth to be the host.

Mutual aid associations are very common among the Stars and Stripes.

Such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Gamblers Anonymous, etc., covering a very wide range.

Members who join the mutual aid association do not need to pay any fees. Through mutual exchange of experience, mutual support and encouragement, they can solve the common problems of everyone and help more people get out of the same troubles.

The temporary mutual aid club formed by the players is...

"Survival Mutual Aid Society".

Hearing these words, the corners of Jack's mouth twitched.

He has never seen such an outrageous player in the infinite world.

As if it wasn't such a terrible encounter.

Although Hannibal also felt speechless, after Sephiroth agreed to host, he immediately followed up actively and shared his thoughts with everyone very seriously.

——Hannibal, who is broken and broken, no longer cares about the problem of leaking his speech after losing his teeth.

Most of the players are just ordinary people. When they came here suddenly, and so many things happened, there was a lot of panic in their hearts.

In the Survival Mutual Aid Club, everyone narrated all these anxieties and fears in order, and encouraged, thought, and suggested ideas to each other.

Although no substantive problems have been solved, the mental state of everyone is indeed not getting better.

The haze that was hidden in the bottom of my heart seemed to fade and dissipate in this process, and everyone looked at Sephiroth, full of light like a torch.

As an excellent psychiatrist, Hannibal sees everything in his eyes, and has a deeper fear of Sephiroth.

In a closed and dark room, it is difficult to perceive the passage of time.

The time displayed by all the watches, mobile phones and other things that players carry on their bodies has long since stopped.

Seeing that everyone looked tired, Sephiroth suggested that everyone take a break.

The players were very obedient to Sephiroth's words, and quickly found a corner to rest against the wall.

As long as you fall asleep, the growing hunger in your stomach will weaken.

Hannibal, who hadn't spoken for a while, followed suit, but his body couldn't stabilize, and he wobbled and squatted on the ground.

Sensing something strange, Sephiroth lifted Hannibal from the ground.

"...Are you hungry?"

Hannibal, with a pale face and trembling limbs, nodded slightly, not even having the strength to die.

"It was bearable at first, but the hunger was getting stronger... This is not normal at all..."

And his hunger is obviously stronger than other players.

Sephiroth stared thoughtfully.

Generally speaking, according to the differences of individual human beings.

Normal humans will die for three days without eating or drinking at all. People with more fat can persist more.

If you reduce the amount of exercise, lie down in one place, and drink water, people with better physique can persist for half a month.

So in the beginning, after the NPC Jack explained the customs clearance conditions, it really didn't count for the players, as long as they had enough endurance.

It's just that things are not as simple as they seem.

Sephiroth put his strength into Hannibal's body and walked around for a week, thinking about it.

"This hunger is just mental, your body is not that hungry."

Hannibal was tortured by an increasingly intense hunger: "..."

He suspected that the dean wanted to starve him to death, and he had evidence!

If it was other staff members and ordinary patients in Arkham, Sephiroth would say a few more words, but for Hannibal, Sephiroth felt that it was enough.

So Sephiroth loosened his hand, and Hannibal shook his body weakly.

I don't know how many years ago, Sephiroth got rid of the shackles of the human body and didn't need to eat.

But as time went by, Sephiroth also developed a sense of hunger.

The hunger was extremely fierce, like a monstrous ocean wave, trying to extinguish his sanity.

Not far away, Jack has been watching Sephiroth.

After discovering that Sephiroth had always been extremely calm, the expression on his face became more and more weird.

Although the novice trial level is simple, it is not absolute.

For ordinary players here, although they will feel hunger stronger than usual, the growth of this hunger is only slightly higher than usual.

But Sephiroth and Hannibal are different.

First of all, they are not normal players, but foreign guests who have broken the rules.

Secondly, this kind of hunger is affected by unknown factors that cannot be described in words, such as personal strength, thoughts and karma, and directly acts on the soul.

In other words, even if powerful people come to this level, it is not completely safe.

Therefore, Hannibal's hunger grows much faster than other players.

Sephiroth should be so hungry that he lost his mind in a very short period of time.

but……

Sephiroth has been very calm.

It's no joke that hunger can drive people crazy.

How much perseverance and a clear mind is needed to endure this?

Instead, the players who woke up one after another looked worse and worse.

"Everyone looks hungry, let's get something to eat."

Jack made a sound at the right time, and the black-haired girl rolled her eyes directly. She was obviously hungry, but she still slammed back with great momentum: "Is it your brain that is bad, or ours? Listen, don't eat wild animals. Don't you understand?"

Not only the black-haired girl, but also other players who woke up ignored him.

Jack: "..." The players in this class are simply poisonous.

Although the hunger was so strong that it was abnormal, everyone did not complain.

What should be said and what should be thought has been communicated before, and now we just need to keep in mind what Sephiroth said and carry it out.

The players pushed the buckets in the corner of the room over. After drinking a couple of sips, they went back to sit against the wall, as if they were going to live for seven days.

There is also a more ruthless player, a boy with still immature facial features, who came directly to Sephiroth and said, "Sir, please knock me out."

"Good boy." Sephiroth praised him.

"You have to know that this kind of hunger is just a spiritual feeling. As long as you can endure it, you can leave."

After saying that, Sephiroth fulfilled the boy's request.

Seeing the young man fainting with peace of mind, the other players were somewhat eager to move.

They had known each other not long ago, but they trusted Sephiroth's words extremely.

Jack broke down a bit: "...There are so many delicious foods here, why do you have to endure your desires?"

However, no one paid any attention to him.

Unbelievingly, Jack prepared to wait for a while, and the hunger would only get stronger the longer it dragged on.

and……

As far as an ordinary person is concerned, the way to pass this level does not include spending seven days without touching any food.

But Jack's "firm belief" only persisted for two days in the infinite world.

Seeing more than one ordinary player fainting from hunger and unwilling to eat the food on the table, the expression on Jack's face finally cracked.

"why……"

"Why is this?!"

Jack walked towards the player with a plate of food, but was stopped by Sephiroth halfway.

"It's only been two days, are you in a hurry?"

Jack looked at Sephiroth with an incomprehensible look.

"What have you done to these people? Why can they really hold back when you say not to eat?"

Jack could see that it was Sephiroth who agreed with the "don't eat" behavior, so these players really didn't touch it.

Some players who were so hungry that they couldn't stand it simply followed others and let Sephiroth knock him out.

Among them, the soul is the darkest, the outsider named Hannibal.

In the middle, I was so hungry that I lost my mind. I didn't even look at the food and wanted to attack the nearest player.

But before he jumped out, Sephiroth kicked him against the wall.

"These players are not allowed to eat." Sephiroth's feet were obviously strong, but his words and deeds looked at him, he was still calm and stable, and his mind was clear. "Others are up to you."

Hannibal was kicked back to his senses, and he didn't attack the player again, but his eyes were red with hunger, and even Jack and other NPCs looked at him.

What scares Jack the most is that even Hannibal is in control.

Facing Jack's question, Sephiroth tilted his head and chuckled.

"Probably because...they know it's better to trust me than you?"

Jack was speechless, and then said for a moment, "What about you?"

Jack is too good at the Chinese dinner plate, highlighting the existence of the food in his hand, "For you, the feeling of hunger should be stronger than these people, right?"

Sephiroth and Jack looked at each other, and the corners of their lips curled up for a moment.

"Although you are NPCs, you are bound by the rules of the game, right?

"It's only been two days, and the players haven't starved to death, so why are you in such a hurry?

"After standing for so long, aren't you hungry?"

Jack was obviously stunned for a moment, and those waiters, who were standing with downcast eyes like stone sculptures, all looked up, as if they didn't understand why Sephiroth said this?

All the players who were still conscious opened their eyes.

The hungry and crazy Hannibal suddenly laughed: "That's right! Aren't you hungry?!"

As he was speaking, Hannibal suddenly got up, pounced on Jack who hadn't recovered, and bit him on the face.

With a very slight hiss, a piece of flesh left Jack's cheek.

At that moment, Jack's vibrating pupils were filled with many emotions.

Shocked, unbelievable, inexplicable, scared...

At the same time, the words Sephiroth said rang in his ears again.

"These players are not allowed to eat, others are up to you."