Chapter 91

Seeing that everything was almost ready, Chen Yang returned to the deepest part of the Core and asked, "Screw Commander, it's ready. How do we bring people in?"

"Bringing people in? It's simple."

Chen Yang's vision blurred, and the sudden change made his pupils constrict.

The scene that appeared this time was not a 100% realistic simulation but a vast, dark void filled with countless blue light points, like fireflies, stretching endlessly, their number unknown.

"These... each light point represents a person, right?"

Chen Yang realized.

"Exactly, a total of eighteen million humans."

The cold words from the Right Hand were chilling.

"Eighteen million people?"

Chen Yang carefully examined the light points. "Can't identify their identities or genders, can only randomly select them..."

"Once they enter the Core, their brainwave patterns will be recorded, and they can be identified later."

The Right Hand changed the topic, "However, I need to tell you one thing. The Core's realistic simulation is so lifelike that without overload protection, if someone dies here, the person in reality will subconsciously believe they are dead, leading to actual brain death..."

There was no trace of sympathy in the Right Hand's tone. After all, it always viewed humans as low-level organisms and didn't care about their lives. Moreover, even if someone died, the Core's special and secretive nature would ensure it wouldn't be exposed.

"Since that's the case, let's randomly select them."

For the first test, Chen Yang decided to choose six people. He scanned the light points and linked to six of them.

"Alright, the connection is normal, loading the scene..."

A flash, and Chen Yang's appearance gradually changed from a 24-year-old young man to a middle-aged man with glasses and a disheveled appearance.

The surrounding scene also returned to the forest path next to the old bus.

In the deep forest at night, there was not a single bird's chirp, and the silence was terrifying.

Chen Yang stood to one side, looking down at the two women and four men lying on the ground. One of the women was young, wearing a pink nightgown, probably only 17 or 18 years old. The other woman wore a supermarket uniform and was at least 27 years old.

As for the four men lying on the muddy ground, one was a high school student, one was a middle-aged man in a suit, and two were in their thirties, their identities unclear.

These six people were the ones Chen Yang had randomly selected.

This sudden connection to the Core would cause them to faint in reality. If they were in a dangerous place, it could be life-threatening. However, Chen Yang checked and found their brainwaves normal, indicating that their physical bodies were fine. He snapped his fingers, and the six people gradually woke up.

The first to wake up was the middle-aged man in the suit. As soon as he opened his eyes, his confusion quickly turned to alertness as he looked around cautiously.

Seeing the others lying on the ground, he paused, then noticed Chen Yang standing nearby with his arms crossed, his eyes immediately filled with caution.

The second and third to wake up were the two men in their thirties. They looked around in confusion, still trying to understand the situation.

The high school student and the two women woke up almost simultaneously. Unlike the others, the girl in the pink nightgown, upon waking, looked around and immediately let out a shrill scream, shouting "Help!"

The scream made the others jump, and someone quickly shouted, "Shut up!"

The scream abruptly stopped, but the girl's fear remained. She stared at the strangers and the unfamiliar environment, unable to understand why she had woken up here.

Was she kidnapped?

What a joke, this isn't a movie, and her family's financial situation wasn't worth kidnapping her.

"Damn, where are we?"

The one who said this was not one of the three adults or the supermarket worker, but the high school student, who got up and dusted himself off.

"Where? I want to know where we are too."

The man in a black tank top, spitting out foam, also stood up from the muddy ground.

"Everyone... don't tell me none of you know where we are?"

The other man, in his thirties, though in his prime, looked somewhat disheveled, wearing old pants and no shoes, his profession unknown.

His words left only three people silent: the female supermarket worker with a Ji Jia Supermarket apron, the man in the suit still sitting on the ground, and Chen Yang standing a few meters away.

The female worker, seeing everyone's gaze on her, shook her head in fear and confusion, "I... I don't know."

The gaze then turned to the man in the suit.

The man in the suit, clearly a successful person, was calm and composed. Seeing everyone's gaze, he didn't panic but instead felt his pocket and took out a phone.

"... No service, no signal."

"Right, our phones!"

Everyone realized and quickly checked their phones.

In this era, almost everyone had a phone, and not having one made them uneasy.

However, when they checked their phones, the empty signal bars on the screens made their faces grim.

"It won't work, even calling 110 is useless."

The man in the suit was the first to test, and even without a service provider signal, dialing 110 would automatically search for any signal. If even 110 couldn't be reached, it meant there was no signal from any provider here.

"What is this place?"

"Looks like the outskirts or a mountain area?"

"How is that possible? I was just drinking in a bar, and I can't have suddenly ended up here, right?"

"I was working in the supermarket too..."

It seemed that everyone's reactions proved they were all in the dark. They began to discuss, moving from mutual suspicion to a cacophony of voices.

The unfamiliar environment and bizarre situation made everyone feel uneasy.

The sky seemed to grow even darker under the gloomy forest.

"So, everyone was suddenly in the middle of their activities and ended up here?"

"Yeah, that's what happened to me."

"How can this be so strange? Could it be..."

The supermarket worker trembled, not finishing her guess, but it was enough to chill everyone.

"Calm down."

The man in the suit suddenly spoke, "We didn't suddenly appear here. When I woke up, everyone was just coming out of a coma... We must have been drugged and transported here by criminals."

"Mr. beside us, do you think what I said is correct?"

Turning to Chen Yang, who had been silent, the man in the suit looked straight at him.

At this moment, everyone's attention turned to the man they had previously ignored.

"You..."

Chen Yang slowly said, "Unfortunately, this isn't a kidnapping or a prank, but a curse. Only those who successfully complete a series of tasks can escape this curse..."

Silence. Everyone was stunned.

"Excuse me, sir, did you take your medication when you left the mental hospital today?"

The high school student asked very sincerely.

"No."

Chen Yang shook his head, "Because I'm not sick, and I'm not joking. If you don't take this seriously, you will really die."

"What are you talking about?"

The man in the black tank top, impatient, said, "Stop talking nonsense. Do you have any clues?"

"Let's see what time it is. Now, check your phones."

Chen Yang stood still, speaking calmly.

"Phones?"

Everyone frowned, not understanding what Chen Yang meant. The man in the suit, however, picked up his phone and turned on the screen, only to be stunned.