Chapter 209: Doomsday Game

The man nodded, indicating Lin An had answered correctly, though his expression was a bit stiff.

"Your IQ isn't too low; at least you've reached the passing line."

He paused for a moment, then continued:

"The so-called supernatural incidents, memes, supernatural events, and so on—a series of illogical existences."

"Their essence is the same."

"Ninety-nine percent of them appeared after the Doomsday Game, or simply put, they appear in the game."

"So..."

"Their essence is merely a component of the game."

"Just like you and me, and the intellectually deficient adults behind you."

A map-wide attack mocked everyone present; Lin An didn't mind, merely thinking silently.

He roughly understood what the man meant to express.

Behind him, Huang Haitao, utterly confused, couldn't help but speak up:

"How could supernatural incidents and memes possibly be the same as us!!"

"We're human! They're monsters, and their abilities are completely illogical, utterly impossible..."

"Mistaken."

The man interrupted Huang Haitao's words:

"After the Doomsday Game loads, are we still considered human?"

"Can humans spit fire, fly, move underground, and turn into bears?"

"We've already been digitized by the game; from the moment you see your attribute panel, you should realize this."

"As for the illogical nature of supernatural incidents,"

"That's just because you don't know its principle, so it seems illogical."

"If you were thrown back before the apocalypse, who could explain your abilities?"

"Take your captain Lin An, for example—he can shatter enemies' skulls from afar with invisible mental force; to the ignorant, what's the difference between that and a monster's methods?"

Lin An focused his mind; it seemed the man had been observing him even in his desiccated corpse state.

After hearing the man's explanation, everyone felt a sudden enlightenment.

Wen Ya took a deep breath, a flicker of astonishment flashing in her eyes, and she spoke somewhat uncertainly:

"So, you mean that whether it's a meme or a monster, their ways of killing or existing are merely different skills!!"

"They merely exhibit extremely special abilities!!"

"They are merely special mutants!!"

The soldier in uniform forced a stiff smile:

"You can understand it that way."

"They are merely monsters generated by the system, possessing specific skills."

"Moreover, compared to high-level mutants, they are actually easy to handle."

"Because they are used to clean up game bugs, their intelligence is low and they are rigid."

"You regard them as terrifying, but that's only due to interference from various pre-apocalypse horror information."

"If someone who has never seen monster information faces them, they'll only feel that this monster's ability is somewhat special."

"Essentially, the so-called unsolvable, illogical, is merely the thought of fools..."

"Unknown, therefore feared."

After hearing this, Wen Ya turned her head, glanced at Lin An's expression, felt shaken, and instinctively grabbed his hand.

She had never thought these things could be explained this way.

The reasoning is simple, but before the man explained it clearly, no one had thought of it this way.

She took a deep breath and continued to ask:

"Well... sir."

"You only explained the essence of supernatural incidents' existence; what about the solution?"

"Was there anything wrong with our captain's earlier analysis?"

The man frowned slightly after hearing that:

"I think I made myself quite clear."

"Such a simple problem, even a kindergarten child could think of it."

The whole crowd was bewildered; only Lin An let out a wry smile and slowly spoke:

"Indeed, the method is very simple."

"I had overcomplicated it from the start..."

He let out a light sigh and straightforwardly explained to everyone:

"If the monsters of supernatural incidents are like us, existing in the game and are special cleaners,"

"then, as monsters that eliminate players, what is their best way of elimination?"

"The answer is obvious."

"First, block (make disappear) the player in the game world, ensuring you have no power to resist."

"Then delete your login account (lose your memory)."

"Finally, while you are unable to resist, kill you physically..."

"If you don't first go through the steps of blocking and deleting the account,"

"Some players might have resurrection or clone skills, allowing them to escape disaster..."

The killing method I previously guessed is merely similar to these three steps.

So...

Lin An drew a deep breath, the shock in his heart no less than that of the crowd:

So, human life that existed before the Doomsday Game essentially has two lives after entering the Doomsday Game.

Just like when we sit in front of a computer playing a game...

But the Doomsday Game is too real, so real that dying in the game means we in front of the computer also die.

He struggled to calm his emotions and continued explaining:

So, the three-stage death sequence I previously guessed was just me overcomplicating things.

There are indeed three stages, but their meaning is completely different.

1. Block the character in-game, 2. Delete account information, 3. The player dies completely.

They merely chose, under the system's rules, the means with the highest efficiency and success rate.

Like antivirus software cleaning junk—delete, shred, format.

And these three steps, I mistakenly thought corresponded to "reversed death."

Actually, it's not; this is merely the normal killing sequence of a supernatural incident.

There has never been any so-called reversal.

The man, hearing this, nodded without changing expression and added:

We are not simply sitting in front of a computer playing a game; essentially the situation is far more complex.

But generally, your line of thinking this time is not wrong.

There is no so-called reversed death sequence; this kind of convoluted, obscure logic.

Because the supernatural incident exists within the game, it first attacks the game's "data."

Just as in a game, minor enemies will always attack the character you control first, and will not suddenly run out of the computer to beat you up.

As for why it prioritizes dealing with the character in the game.

I don't have enough information to deduce it, so I can only guess:

1. As long as the character hasn't disappeared, the player won't die.

2. The character possesses in-game abilities, i. e., the system. The character can hinder monsters, so they prioritize killing the character.

3. Character, account, and player are like three doors; they must be eliminated in order, because this is the game rule, and it also lies within the rule.

After this explanation, including Zhang Tie, everyone suddenly understood.

Xiong Hanzi smacked his forehead, picked up the baby in his hands, and said angrily:

So!

This thing is just the game administrator's lackey!

Damn it, after the game kills us, it still wants to delete Laozi's account, and then completely kill us?!

Pia!

Zhang Tie slapped the baby's butt with one palm, making the child wail loudly.

Fuck your mother's ghost baby!

Scared Laozi half to death!

Having said that, Xiong Hanzi gave a foolish laugh, looking back and forth dubiously between Lin An and the man.

Um, I still didn't quite understand that.

Although what Lin Dui said earlier was wrong, the result is still correct!

Isn't this just a blind cat hitting a dead mouse?

Why does saying let this ghost baby be reborn from her mother's womb mean we'll die?

I think you're nitpicking words.

Don't use this method; tell me what else can solve it!

Zhang Tie still eyed the soldier in uniform uneasily, waiting for him to give a reasonable answer.

Moreover, the two of them were like people trading riddles.

They talked on and on but never said what the solution was.

Lin An let out a sigh, but wasn't overly despondent.

Having encountered a supernatural incident for the first time, he was indeed flustered.

He is human, after all, and naturally subject to emotional disturbance.

With Zhang Tie, Wen Ya, Mo Ling and others possibly disappearing or even dying, concern turned to chaos.

He could disregard others' lives, but when it came to these few people nearby, he couldn't think absolutely rationally.

The resurrected man before him, from his words and actions, looked exactly like a robot.

So can one maintain absolute rationality?

Lin An gazed at the ghost baby in Zhang Tie's hand, his voice heavy:

I managed to save you with flawed logic; all I can say is that I was lucky.

If we really followed this logic, reenacting the ghost baby's birthing process.

That would be tantamount to unlocking its shackles.

The moment it truly resurrects, it will gain the ability to think.

As a cleaner within the game, their power is far beyond what we can resist.

A ghost baby no longer bound by system limits, once rigid, becomes a sentient supernatural entity with wisdom and autonomous consciousness.

By then, we simply couldn't sever its head.

"It will kill all of us in an instant!"

Zhang Tie's face turned pale, his hand holding the ghost infant's arm went stiff.