Chapter 406 Belief

another city,

In a narrow, dirty, turbid basement, in front of a computer desk full of sundries,

The disheveled mule frowned slightly, looking at the friend's chat box in sight.

"King Nan..."

The intelligence broker scratched his hair. At this moment, Mule's body was covered with all kinds of extraordinary items.

Jade bracelets, metal necklaces, stone rings, wooden figurines...

These items are defensive props,

It has physical defense and is automatically teleported when it is damaged.

There are also props that can defend against various injuries on the spiritual level.

The mule thought about it carefully, "All the materials need 30 game coins, and you can give 20 first."

"it is good."

Li Ang didn't talk nonsense, and transferred the reward.

Fifteen minutes later, Mule sent several documents, which contained complicated and detailed contents.

including, but not limited to, chat logs for posts,

The personal information of the netizens participating in the chat,

Before being discovered and taken away by the Special Municipal Bureau, the records of netizens’ speeches on other social platforms,

Concept art for meme delivery...

Li Angzai read these documents carefully and discovered a fact by accident.

Shengnan Wang was originally made up,

The poster clearly explained to his friends on other social platforms that the whole story is purely a dream.

There is no such thing as a nightmare about giving birth to King Nan.

In addition, those netizens who claim that they have also had similar dreams under the post,

Either follow suit,

Or it is to graft the elements about King Shengnan into the vague nightmare in his own memory, so as to be compatible with other people.

The birth of King Nan was not an abnormal event.

It's just that netizens who are keen on urban legends spontaneously promote a carnival together.

Since the post contains some classic elements that constitute urban legends (suspense, thriller, multiple witnesses),

Through the contributions of netizens, it has become a story that is interesting enough to be re-created.

At the same time, the vagueness of the netizens when they spread it again also added a touch of mystery to the story, prompting more people to actively explore out of curiosity,

In the end, the story of King Shengnan became a freshly baked man-made legend.

If things just stop at this step, then King Shengnan will at most become a well-known horror story like the slender shadow of America,

More likely, still disappeared,

Or become a recognized stalk that some urban legend lovers can smile knowingly after hearing it.

But now, the whole thing has turned into an anomaly,

Many ordinary people have symptoms of memetic contamination,

Some netizens who participated in the discussion have been summoned by the Special Affairs Bureau to the stronghold for investigation.

Li Ang pondered for a moment, then asked the mule, "Aside from me, are there any other players who bought relevant information from you?"

"..."

The mule didn't answer immediately, and after a moment of silence, he replied: "Yes, there are a lot of them."

a large amount?

Li Ang frowned, "Judging from the concept map of meme transmission, the number of people polluted by level 4 or even level 5 memes is at most a few thousand people, right?

Even less than 10,000 people, the scope of influence is too small.

And the anomalous meme isn't harmful yet. "

"At present, there is no harm."

The mule replied: "However, you should also know the term Nianli, right?

Many occult scholars believe, 'As more and more people believe in some stories, the false things will become real due to the accumulation of human thoughts. '

This kind of statement, even if the primate arrogance hidden in it is removed, there is still some truth in it.

Because the power of thought is the power of faith.

Some anomalies only survive if people believe in them. "

Li Ang was taken aback when he heard the words, and subconsciously thought of a real case on the player forum.

A month ago, an unusual incident occurred on a small island in the South Pacific. A bird destroyed an American airliner flying near the island.

In terms of appearance, this bird is no different from the gray gull widely distributed in the South Pacific—the only difference is that this gray gull is really too big, with a wingspan of 500 meters.

The Global Occult Coalition immediately blocked the news and launched an investigation.

However, the fighter planes they flew over were all shot down by the giant gray gull without exception, and all man-made weapons seemed unable to cause fatal damage to the gray gull—fortunately, the giant bird only lived around the small island.

In the end, the Global Occult Coalition relied on two agents who snorkeled and climbed onto the island to deliver important information.

More than a month ago, a plague broke out among the isolated indigenous tribes on this small island, killing the tribe's shaman and a large number of residents in a very short period of time.

Later, some residents discovered the anomaly,

Huge bird figures appeared in the forest, waiting for the opportunity to hunt and kill the natives who entered the deep mountains alone.

As the disease spread and the number of residents decreased, the Gray Gull grew bigger and bigger, and finally could even ignore the spears and arrows of the tribe warriors and fly to the village to hunt humans.

The remaining aborigines can only hide in every corner of the island, trying their best to avoid being discovered by the giant gray gull.

After investigation, the Global Occult Coalition discovered murals left in caves by countless generations of tribal shamans,

According to the information on the mural,

When the shamans first landed on this island thousands of years ago, they discovered the gray gulls that were so huge that they covered the sky.

They were afraid of this bird, and used a special method to seal its power, making it extremely small, no different from an ordinary gray gull.

As long as there are more people who believe in the existence of gray gulls, and more people who tell the story of gray gulls,

The power of this gray gull will be imprisoned forever.

On the contrary, if fewer people remember the essence of the gray gull, the size of the gray gull will become bigger and bigger, and even return to the appearance of covering the sky and covering the sun thousands of years ago.

At first the Global Occult Coalition was reluctant to believe it,

An indigenous tribe with less than a thousand people can actually interfere with the abnormal monster itself with a wingspan of 500 meters, and even fight against it with faith and restrain it.

This totally defies any logic.

However, belief is such a thing that does not conform to conventional logic.

At the end of the matter, the Global Occult Coalition still managed to solve the gray gull and contain it.

The way to contain them is to find some indigenous people from distant islands,

Through occult rituals,

Let those aborigines become the aborigines of the island, and tell them the essence of the gray gull—this approach worked, the size of the gray gull shrank rapidly, and finally turned into a regular-sized seabird,

He was held in a stronghold established by the Global Occult Coalition on the island.

"Believe in order to exist."

The mule sent a message: "The King of Shengnan is a purely fictional urban legend, and it has become an abnormal event. I can't say for sure, the final direction of this matter..."

Li Ang looked at the chat box hanging in sight, squinted his eyes, and tapped the table with his knuckles.

This is very strange, Mule, who is an information broker, usually doesn't talk so much with customers - he is not a chatter for a hundred yuan an hour game.

Maybe the mule is scared...

Li Ang's eyes lit up, and he sent a question that crossed the line.

"Those people who bought information about King Shengnan from you, what do they want?"

After sending out the question, the chat box was silent for a long time, and finally a line of words emerged.

"It's not in line with the professional ethics of intelligence brokers...Forget it,

Some players seem to think that they might be able to take advantage of King Shengnan.

Or, enter the dream of King Shengnan and trigger abnormal events,

Or, take away the huge amount of thought power that gave birth to Nan Wang,

Or, directly hostage King Shengnan himself..."

Mule sent a message, and immediately added with some regret: "I shouldn't have said so much,

There are many people who are eyeing King Shengnan, and besides Lone Wolf, there are also many secret organizations.

I can't figure out their plans either. "

Li Ang frowned, "Why are you telling me this?"

"You are also infected with abnormal memes?"

The mule said bluntly: "At the beginning of the Shengnanwang incident, I, who specialize in collecting various information, have been polluted by memes.

As an informant, I see more than the average player.

The power of belief cannot be explained by logic, is elusive, cannot be speculated,

In my opinion, those who try to understand anomalies they cannot understand are completely suicidal.

Instead of letting them interfere with anomalous memes on their own terms and end up affecting me,

Might as well tell you, wise man, more information—maybe it will add a little life to me.

By the way, the above content will not be charged again. "

Let's talk, Mule ended the friend communication, leaving Li Ang alone, staring at the computer screen that was playing a boring variety show in a daze.

Suddenly, the system prompt sounded.

[Task trigger conditions have been met]

[Task Type: Regular Task (Multiplayer)]

[Task name: Shengnan Yimeng]

[Task goal of the first stage: After five hours, maintain a lying posture in the secret room and enter the dream of King Shengnan]

[Task time limit: none]

[Task Reward: None]

[Punishment for mission failure: None]

[This mission is a regular multiplayer, and all players who meet the mission trigger conditions (becoming a person infected with the abnormal meme of King Shengnan) can receive the mission. All players who choose to accept the mission will enter Shengnan King's dream at the same time around the world]

[In the Dreamland of Shengnan King, players can earn equipment props and game currency rewards by solving abnormal events. There is no friendly damage shielding between players. Players cannot get rewards for killing each other]

[During the mission, players can choose to quit at any time, and there is no penalty for failure. Once you log out, you cannot re-enter. The time mechanism for players to enter and exit is the same as the script task]

[The mission will end by default when King Shengnan dies or ends the dream, and all players will be forced to quit]

【Shengnan King, who has been sleeping forever, waits for you to fall asleep】

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