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With his experience from last time, when Ji Dong opened his eyes in the small dark room, he was unfazed about the situation.
First, Ji Dong stood up to make sure that he was completely fine, and not missing the functionality of any part of his body.
His right arm, left critically injured by the glass shards, and his lumbar spine, which had been left disabled for the second time now, were as good as new, as well as the ripped white shirt, which had been restored to its neat, original state.
However, the blade and UV light he exchanged with points before entering the [Film] were nowhere to be found.
Except for the deflated empty backpack hanging on his left shoulder, Ji Dong could be called empty-handed.
——As expected with one-time items, you can’t bring it out with you when you leave the [Film].
Ji Xiao’niao thought sadly as he climbed up and touched the flimsy mirror-like wall of the small room.
When his fingertips touched the thin, jelly-like wall, it trembled slightly, and ripples flowed from his fingertips, just like last time.
[Confirmation [Participant] No. C0919 has entered the [Peach Blossom Spring], conscious, good mental state, ready for interaction.]
Accompanied by the familiar prompt sound, a beautiful young man in a snow-white suit appeared in the room out of thin air.
[Welcome back, number C0919, Mr. Ji Dong, I am at your service at any time.]
The one who spoke was the artificial intelligence XiaoBai, who had stolen a handsome man’s face.
Ji Dong raised his hand and greeted XiaoBai weakly.
The artificial intelligence showed a neat set of white teeth, and his expression was slightly bashful, “Do you want me to chat with you first to relax and unwind, or do you want me to get straight to the point?”
Ji Dong: “……”
He chose to skip the nonsense and settle the points first.
[Okay, I will settle the points for you.]
XiaoBai smiled with a naturally pure and harmless face and began the settlement with an emotionally charged tone.
[[Separation of Flesh and Bone], Difficulty F, Main Map Exploration Degree 34%, Key Map Exploration Degree 72%, Main Plotline Completion Degree 93%, Triggered Branch Line [Single Mother’s Help], Branch Line Completion Degree 100%]
[Killed Monsters: 〖Wanderer〗three,〖Guardian〗one.]
[Special Ability [Ordinary Power Bank] progressed to [High Energy Power Bank]…]
When Ji Dong heard this, his heart skipped a beat, clenching his hands into fists, he almost jumped up in excitement.
In fact, while still in the [Film] Ji Dong sensed a distinct sensation when he used his ability for the third time, compared to the previous two occasions.
So, that sensation of being pushed to the limit, a moment which felt as if every cell in his body, a surging electric current had burst out, was actually the manifestation of the advancement of the supernormal ability?
The corners of Ji Xiao’niao’s lips involuntarily raised to the sides, grinning very proudly.
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——It seems that I am still very good!
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[Because the special ending of [Thirty Years Later] is triggered, and the ending quest has not been completed, 35% of the completion of the main plotline will be deducted, and the final completion of the main story will be reduced to 58%…]
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——Wait!
——Wait, wait!!
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“Stop, stop, stop!”
His eyes widened and he shouted.
“What did you say I triggered again? Why would you deduct my completion level?!”
Ji Dong felt that they performed well in the last [Film]. Hadn’t they resolved all the key conflicts in the storyline?
And where the hell did the [Thirty Years Later] scenario suddenly pop up from?
What was the [Thirty Years Later]?
Who was [Thirty Years Later]?
After this deduction, the Main Plot Line completion was only a pathetic 58%, wasn’t it even lower than his first [Film]?
——No, he wouldn’t accept it!
——He must ask the artificial intelligence for an explanation!
XiaoBai smiled politely at his master.
[In view of your doubts about the points settlement process, I recommend you to use the [Plot Review] function.]
He paused before continuing.
[Do you wish to watch the [Plot Review] now?]
Ji Dong hesitated for a second, then nodded.
Although he was eager to know how many points he had, he wanted to know what the hell was going on with that damned progress deduction.
[Okay, let’s start the 〖Plot Review〗now.]
After XiaoBai finished saying this, an image suddenly appeared on the wall that Ji Dong was facing. When he looked closely, it turned out to be a 16:9 widescreen movie!
Then, for the first time, as an audience member, he watched the true ending of the film, [Separation of Bone and Flesh].
It turns out that the black gel that was expelled from the child’s body by the five vaccines was only the “Judas Tears”, no, it was the majority of the “King” parasite, to be precise.
However, there was still a very small part of it, which still remained in Su Lin’s body.
In fact, given their conditions at the time, it was impossible to completely separate the parasite from the little boy’s body.
As the host of the “King”, Su Lin would naturally be able to access the consciousness of “King”.
They were like a patient with dual personality,or rather, two souls living in the same body, destined to restrict each other, and compete against each other for the right to use the body.
When the vaccine was injected, Su Lin’s consciousness was almost completely overtaken by the “King”, who was on its last breath.
At that time, the little boy also hesitated to tell Ji Dong and the others that the “King” was actually still inside his body.
Even if he was only nine years old, he had seen enough of the tragic situation at the Research Institute to know how dangerous and destructive this parasitic creature from the depths of the mine was to human society.
However, the “King” accurately grasped the child’s weakness.
It told Su Lin that after being parasitized by their race, the host would have a strong ability to repair itself.
As long as it coexists with the little boy, the genetic disease that had been tormenting him for a long time would slowly heal naturally.
The boy would be able to walk, run, and play freely like any able-bodied child of his age.He would grow up to be a healthy adult and be able to stay with his adoptive mother for a long time.
Due to the five vaccines he took in one breath, the concentration of the Moon God Stone components in his body was very high, so the “King” would remain dormant in his body and wouldn’t be able to take over his consciousness for a very long while.
In other words, the “King” and Su Lin, two completely different species, could co-exist in a human body, the former to repair the latter’s dying body tormented by disease, while the latter, will keep its existence a secret from everyone.
The “King” told Su Lin that it could give him thirty years to enjoy the health and freedom he had never experienced before, and to accompany his adoptive mother until she grew old.
As for thirty years later…
Thirty years later, the vaccine in Su Lin’s immune system should have been almost completely metabolised, and the “King” should have had enough time to recover and make a comeback, and truly occupy the young man’s body and begin reproducing in the manner of their people.
In exchange for these thirty years, Su Lin compromised.
He did not mention the existence of the “King” to anyone, and pretended to be an ordinary, helpless child, and returned to human society with Annie…
Ji Dong: “…”
Seeing this, he was completely speechless.
Therefore, the [Thirty Years Later] referred to the situation that would unfold in roughly thirty years due to the butterfly effect caused by these annoying butterflies. About thirty years later, the parasite with higher intelligence would successfully mix into human society, and cause another crisis in that [Film]?
… Then, did that mean that another group of participants would be thrown into that [Film] again, but thirty years into the future?
He pressed his temples, which vaguely throbbed with pain, and confirmed weakly.
“So… the correct way to pass this [Film] should be to kill Su Lin, right?”
XiaoBai’s answer was quite mellow.
[I can only say that if you had chosen to kill the host of the “King”, there would be no penalty of deduction of completion degree.]
Ji Dong: “……”
He grinded his teeth fiercely.
If he didn’t know that the handsome young man in front of him was just a holographic projection of artificial intelligence, he really wanted to beat him up to vent out his frustration.
“All right, go ahead and settle the points.”
Ji Dong waved his hand and asked XiaoBai to continue.
[Okay.]
The artificial intelligence smiled and did as he was ordered.
[Participant No. C0919, Mr. Ji Dong, a total of 2582 points.]
——Oh, it’s two thousand five hundred!
Ji Dong had been staying in the [Peach Blossom Spring] for a while now and had a basic concept of the number of points. He knew that in the Level F [Films], it was good to be able to score 2500—he guessed that this was probably a bonus from the huge Skeleton Monster he killed.
However, there was one last sentence in XiaoBai’s settlement:
[… You obtained a [Permanent Prop]. ]
Ji Dong: “!!!”
He froze for a moment before he realized that the so-called ‘permanent prop’ should refer to the ‘collectibles’ that the senior participants were talking about!
Ji Xiao’niao racked his brain but couldn’t remember when he had gotten something that could possibly be a “collectible item”?
“Wait…”
He asked XiaoBai, “You said ‘permanent prop’, where exactly is it?”
XiaoBai tilted his head playfully. Maintaining a professional smile, he replied,
[It’s in your backpack.]
The backpack was hastily taken off, and he reached in and dug around for a while.
Then, he felt a hard, cool thing about the size of a ping-pong ball at the bottom of his bag.
He quickly took it out—the whole body was a combination of blue and gold, and the surface was faintly glowing with a lustrous metallic yellow—wasn’t this the “Moon God Stone”?!
Ji Xiao’niao was completely stunned.
He clearly remembered that they handed this stone over to Annie before crossing the light film, so, how did it end up in his backpack?
——That’s right!
Ji Dong, desperately trying to remember, suddenly recalled a small detail that he had overlooked at the time.
Before leaving the [Film], Su Lin had reached out to hug him, and his little arm should reach right by his backpack hanging on his left shoulder—the “Moon God Stone” must have been secretly put in by the little boy at that time!
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The author has something to say.
Peach Blossom Spring: Heh, leaving a pit is the basic nature of horror films, otherwise how do you shoot the second part?
Pffft they just want to make a sequel! And it seems like they’re gonna have a part in the sequel as well
Should’ve expected that never trust a horror film’s ending 😔
Thank you for the update ❤️💯
Thank you for the chapter！
Wow, plot twist
Thank you for new chapter
Omg, the ending of this world was is almost like the ending of the forest. It actually shares many similarities to the game Forest. Especially with them using unknown forces to try and cure a child’s illness.😰
The author’s note at the end is so true…
also this child, Su Lin is one smart ruthless yet sweet cookie. I know he tricked them but I still like him a lot!