Chapter 251: One Man Against a Nation

In the blink of an eye, a few days passed.

During this time, the agenda proposed by Joel to participate in the Pleasure War and try to counter Partygoers was passed by more than half of the council members. After receiving partial assistance from Earth civilization, the war team was gathering rapidly.

On the other side, the psychic agents also completed the simple surveying work of Level 1. Because this level was constantly undergoing subtle changes, the shelf life of this survey was not long, but the maps of most relatively stable areas could still play a not-small role in the subsequent construction.

In addition, Frank also tried to find their traces according to the map left by Johnson, but time had passed too long, various traces had disappeared, and the channels and some levels in the Backrooms had also changed in the hundreds of years of time, so the progress of the search and rescue operation was not ideal.

After returning empty-handed again, Frank returned to Level 1 with a gloomy face. When he walked into the base, Zishu, who had been waiting for him to return, hurried over.

"Sir, we have exchanged partial information with Partypoopers. You'd better come and take a look." Zishu pulled Frank and said.

"What information?"

"Regarding the first Pleasure War and the hero they mentioned. Sir, in the intelligent brain's judgment, that hero is likely Lao Die who left with Johnson." Zishu continued.

Frank was stunned when he heard this, and then immediately accelerated, pulling Zishu to the technical center quickly.

Seeing Frank coming, Haizhu directly projected the relevant information in the conference room.

【Pleasure War】

【Event: A clearing war launched by Partypoopers and Partygoers due to serious conflicts in philosophy.】

【Time: 250 years ago.】

【Result: With the powerful interference of the suspected Lao Die, the massacre action of Partygoers was successfully curbed, and they suffered heavy losses, giving the nearly extinct Partypoopers a chance to re-develop.】

【Relevant materials: Brief record of the battle, video materials, hero events, etc.】

Brief record of the battle: After 130 days of continuous fighting, the number of Partypoopers decreased sharply. The population in the Backrooms had dropped to less than 500, and the levels they were active in were compressed from the initial 13 major levels to one level.

To retain enough fire seeds, Partypoopers decided that some warriors would stay behind for defense and containment, and the rest would switch levels through channels, go deep into the Backrooms, and establish new gathering places.

Partygoers simultaneously decided to send troops to pursue, to kill all Partypoopers from the physical level, destroy their fire seeds, and make them disappear from this world completely.

In the pursuit, both sides entered Level 1312 simultaneously. This was a small area similar to an antique street. According to records, the buildings next to the street and the items in them had experienced at least 500 years of time.

The 141st day of the war, Partygoers' army had searched this level for more than a week, and still hadn't found Partypoopers' fire seeds. At the same time, on the front battlefield, Partygoers had attacked the core area of Partypoopers.

The following is the record document of the person involved recalling after the event:

"We could only hide in a basement used to store antiques. Partygoers were chasing us relentlessly outside. Fortunately, the buildings here had a strong shielding effect on various perceptions, and it seemed that there were no other dangerous entities, otherwise we wouldn't have been able to hide at that time. However, at that time, we all thought that destruction was just a matter of time (= "

"Soon, Partygoers abandoned the conventional safety regulations and began to destroy the buildings in this level wantonly, using violent means to find our location. We were ready for the last battle. In this war, there would never be a Partypooper who surrendered (= "

"Just when we were about to make a desperate strike, Partygoers' destructive behavior seemed to wake up the terrifying existence of this level. When an antique shop on the side of the street collapsed, a thin individual wearing glasses walked out. From the appearance, he was similar to the wanderers we encountered, but compared to a hero, the wanderer was too weak (= "

Here, Haizhu put up a photo.

The thin old man in the photo was extremely similar to Lao Die in the video obtained by Wang, but Lao Die in the video had a kind of peace and harmony of an old man who saw through the world, as well as a reliability produced by the precipitation of time.

And the old man in this photo was covered with strange black patterns on his face. With every breath, thick black gas floated in the air. Just looking at it made people feel fear. If it weren't for the body shape and some characteristics being very matched, no one would think this was a person.

"At the beginning, we didn't think the hero was a hero, just felt that Partygoers provoked a terrifying entity, because the scene at that time is unforgettable to me until now (= "

Haizhu called out the video recorded by Partypoopers. From the perspective of the recording, at this time, Partygoers were still hiding.

In the video, when the blackened Lao Die walked out of the antique shop, eight black gases full of characteristics jumped up in the ruins of the antique street.

In an instant, the earth began to shake, the sky thundered, the gravity of the entire level fell into chaos, hot magma erupted from the cracked ground, and the water columns sprayed from the buildings swayed in the wild wind. The entire level was like the end of the world.

Partygoers who encountered the enemy suddenly were caught off guard. They could assimilate the surrounding space, which was their conventional means of attack and defense. Ordinary attacks were difficult to be effective in the face of such assimilation.

But the situation in front of them was different. The chaotic rules and violent energy made their assimilation extremely difficult. Before the last attack was assimilated, the next attack had already arrived.

Within a few minutes, thousands of Partygoers who were chasing Partypoopers' fire seeds suffered heavy casualties, with less than half the number left.

After passing the most difficult period, the Partygoers who gathered together formed a defense circle. The rules within the circle became stable under the concerted efforts of Partygoers.

This was one of the most powerful racial talents of Partygoers, super strong adaptability. No matter what kind of attack, the longer it was in contact, the longer it took effect, and the less effective damage it could cause to them.

It was precisely because of this talent that Partypoopers retreated steadily.

The weapons designed and manufactured initially suddenly lost their effect after several fierce wars. Partygoers also relied on this gap to directly break through Partypoopers' defense line. After understanding what was going on, the weapon research and development and scientific research capabilities of the severely damaged Partypoopers could no longer keep up with Partygoers' adaptation speed.

In the video, after Partygoers' defense line stabilized.

Lao Die finally made a formal move.

Waving his hand to summon a folding fan, he waved it fiercely toward the front.

When the folding fan appeared, the air flow in the entire level seemed to stop, and the surging whistling wild wind disappeared in an instant.

And the moment the folding fan was waved, the endless wild wind appeared again. This wind was pervasive, rotting skin and eliminating bones.

Partygoers facing the wild wind turned into ashes in the blink of an eye. Their adaptability and assimilation ability seemed to have completely lost their effect under this gloomy wind.

Understanding that things could not be done, Partygoers began to retreat, forcibly noclipping out of the current level. Although the number could not be determined, it could be judged that less than one-tenth of those who escaped were left compared to when they came.

"At that time, we thought it would be our turn soon. However, death is death. Not dying in the hands of Partygoers is more acceptable (= "

"However, things didn't develop as we imagined (= "

In the video, after driving Partygoers away, Lao Die turned to look at Partypoopers' hiding place.

"Partypoopers, come over..." Lao Die made a hoarse voice. When speaking, black gas leaked from his skin, and the whole person was shrouded in black fog.

"Can we choose a way to die that we hope for? (= "

A Partypooper wearing a crying mask and a black long-haired sweater walked to Lao Die and asked him.

"What time is it now?" Lao Die's eyes were slightly confused, as if he had slept for too long and forgotten the world.

"What time do you mean? (= "

"Humans... how long have wanderers appeared?"

"About fifty years (= "

"I have slept for so long..." Lao Die looked at the waste around him and muttered to himself. After a while, he continued, "You go."

"Are you not leaving? Partygoers have a more powerful army. Their war weapons haven't been brought. In front of those weapons, you are also helpless (= "

【We realized at that time that the existence in front of us seemed to have a relationship with the wanderers everywhere in the Backrooms. The kindness once formed with the wanderers seemed to have played a role at this time...】

"No, there is one more thing waiting for Lao Die to do." Lao Die grinned. Obviously, his appearance was more terrifying than at the beginning, but the feeling he gave people was not so scary.

Lao Die stretched out his hands, and eight black gases flew out from various areas of the antique street into his body. Simultaneously appearing were seven other artifacts.

Counting that folding fan, these artifacts floated beside Lao Die, rotating slowly around him, helping to stabilize his body.

"Are you going to face a fallen civilization alone? This is unwise (= "

"Unwise? No, waking me up from the edge of being lost, this is God's will, and it is also their unwisdom!"

Lao Die looked back at Partypoopers and said, a burst of indescribable momentum erupting from his whole body, as if the opponent's strength was not something worth caring about in his eyes.

"There is one more thing. Let you go this time. Don't do anything that disappoints me in the future!"

In the next second, Lao Die in the video disappeared, and the video ended.

"What about later?" Frank continued to ask. He urgently wanted to know where Lao Die went and where he was now.

"The video is gone later. However, according to the follow-up text records sent by Partypoopers, Lao Die took eight black gases and eight immortal artifacts and killed his way back to Partypoopers' gathering place, defeating the Partygoers' army that was doing finishing work there in one fell swoop."

Haizhu looked at the records sorted out on the screen in front of him and replied, "After resolving Partypoopers' extinction crisis, Lao Die went north all the way, killing through the defense line built by Partygoers."

"One man against a nation, killing until the blood flowed like a river, the sky was clear, and he forced the Partygoers who had expanded to the limit at that time back to their old home, the Pleasure Level."

"Immediately after, Lao Die rushed into the Pleasure Level alone, rescuing other entities that were being assimilated by Partygoers, such as Faceless, and some wanderers who were lured there."

"According to the records of subsequent survivors, Lao Die once killed his way into the core area of Partygoers, beating those Partygoers so they couldn't even get out of the door."

"At the very end, Lao Die stood in front of Partygoers' defense line, holding a green-edged long sword, pointing remotely at the core of Partygoers, and carved the words 'Humans were here' on their ground, and then died of exhaustion."

"Although Lao Die stopped breathing, the residual deterrence and the murderous aura that rushed to the sky still made that group of Partygoers dare not step out of the defense line for a step. A full three days passed before Partygoers dared to send scouts out tremblingly. After touching Lao Die's body and seeing Lao Die's body turn into ashes and dissipate, Partygoers still didn't dare to cheer."

"It is said that in the ten years after that, Partygoers didn't hold any parties, and their logo - balloons with smiling faces floating in the air - didn't appear in other levels."

"... Passed away." Frank sighed. "Are you sure?"

"This is just an inference based on the information sent by Partypoopers. Partypoopers returned to their home, lit the fire seeds, and then drew a part of the people from the extremely scarce hands, contacted all the individuals who were rescued or present at the time, collected various information from them, and finally organized it into this document..." Haizhu continued.

"Why are they suddenly so cooperative?" Frank reacted and asked back.

"They might think Lao Die is a citizen of Earth civilization." Haizhu scratched his hair. This thing was quite awkward.

According to the original plan, they had the intention of saving Johnson and Connors, but saving Lao Die, it seemed there was really no clear idea.

Of course, if they could save him by the way, they would definitely do it, but there was no specifically designed separate rescue operation.

"Can you determine the authenticity?" Frank continued to ask.

"It should be possible, because after the news that the wanderer's Saint is a citizen of our civilization spread out, Partygoers launched an attack on wanderers and us."

Zishu opened his mouth, "This afternoon, outpost stations of many wanderers have been attacked by Partygoers. Judging from these behaviors, we think that the general direction mentioned by Partypoopers should be correct, or they have no subjective deception."

"Outpost stations were attacked? How is the damage? What is the situation now?" Frank pursued.

"Seven outpost stations at different levels were destroyed, the number of wanderer deaths exceeded 100, and the number of missing people exceeded 300." Zishu waited for Frank to give orders while speaking.

"... Since they want to die, fulfill them! I announce that the exploration team is in a state of war against Partygoers!" Frank slapped the table and said loudly. ===== CHAPTER 252 =====