Recap
The head of the Ninth State headquarters used a slightly trembling hand to open the lighter, and the flame flickered, and it took a few times to light the cigarette.
He took a deep breath and pretended to be calm.
Yes, he was calm. Shit!
“Make a call for me, yes, directly to the headquarters.”
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The head of the headquarters took another deep puff of cigarette. The headquarters were established three years ago, and this was the first time he encountered such a situation. The student awakened a special talent in the instance, and the talent was calculated as “resources,” so they benefited the whole country.
Ha, ha ha ha ha.
Cough, stay calm, stay calm.
Many people in Ninth State lowered their heads silently, looking at the blue classical booklet that suddenly appeared in their hands. The cover was made of silk cloth, embroidered with a golden thread, with three vertical words in the middle, “Taotie Food Sutra,” and two smaller words on the side, “Supplementary Volume.”.
They opened the cover, and two lines of vertical cursive appeared: The sky is a cover, the earth is a basin, and the mountains and seas are cooked in one pot.
Opening it again, a close-up image of a black crown mushroom appeared, and there was a small introduction on the side: Black crown mushroom, a variation of dry mushroom, has a mellow aroma, has the flavor of cured beef and fish without the greasy meat, can be stewed, fried, or stir-fried, its taste is very delicious. Eating it can solve doubts.
Note: Don’t worry, eat whatever you want; it won’t poison you.
“And it comes with instructions for consumption?”
“The material and the usage. These two descriptions are used in a clever way. Are the things here not only used as ingredients but also have other uses?”
“Opening special talents in the instance and benefiting Ninth State, I dare not imagine this even in my dreams; this must be worth a first-class medal of honor.”
“Um, what does ‘can solve doubts’ mean?”
“The characteristics of black crown mushrooms are fraud and psychedelic, so eating them can keep you awake—maybe that’s what it means?”
“I seem to understand how the “Classic of Mountains and Seas” came about.”
“Eat it.”
The people in the command center talked about yours and mine, unable to restrain their excitement. The minister had already called his boss, the general manager of the Black Tower, to report this unexpected situation. His expression was very calm, but his voice was higher than usual.
The people in Ninth State in the live broadcast room finally came back to their senses. They held the supplementary book that suddenly appeared in their hands tightly; their faces flushed, and they were as excited as getting married, having children, and getting a raise.
“Summon, black crown mushroom?”
In different voices, the same words sounded in Ninth State. Whether excited or skeptical, they all looked at the book in their hands, watching it produce a hazy light and turn into a dried mushroom with white edges and black skirts in front of their eyes.
“Ah-ah-ah-ah–black crown mushroom, it’s a real black crown mushroom!”
“Ji Xinghai is awesome! Ninth State is awesome!”
The roars gathered into a wave, accompanied by flashing lights in the dark night.
Today, when every household has power cuts, turning on the lights is the greatest respect for the strong in Ninth State. And in today’s Ninth State, where there are people, there are sparks of light.
[So, Ninth State people can get a portion of food every day now?] The confused foreigners finally reacted. Today, when they can only fill their stomachs with bread produced by bacteria, Ninth State people get a portion of food every day.
[More than that, it seems that a temporary gain buff can be gained from eating it.]
Oh my god, my immigration application has just been approved. [Is it too late to request withdrawal now?]
[It’s too late, ha.]
The foreign viewers were so jealous, really.
Others died after eating abnormal creatures, but he didn’t die, and he even obtained a buff for all the citizens of Ninth State.
[It’s all so strange. Look at other students, and then look at our own. I laughed at Ninth State for being tricked by the Federation before. This exam is going to be tough. I didn’t expect that we would be the clown.]
Is the Ninth State’s destiny so good? It’s been thousands of years, and humans have almost reached their time. What’s the big deal if they lose once?
Ji Xinghai is the calmest. He plays his role to the end and performs after-the-fact surprises.
‘Do you think I look like a cute guy with an unstable mental state but a firm and principled stand in the face of major issues?’
After walking around the hunter’s cabin, he felt that it was okay and the audience were probably excited enough, so he sat on the stool and took a quick look at the “Taotie Food Sutra.”.
The original has more instructions than the supplementary, and it also introduces the abilities and characteristics of the dry mushrooms and black crown mushrooms that he just ate.
It can create illusions, imitate human speech, and emit spores that can lower people’s defenses and confuse people.
It was just a few lines of words, and he finished reading it at a glance. Ji Xinghai closed the booklet, and the booklet disappeared in his palm. Then he started to eat the remaining bowl of mushroom soup.
After all the excitement, the mushroom soup stew would get cold if he didn’t drink it now.
It smells so good.
Well, it has to be wild mushrooms; farmed ones are not as fresh.
It was too surprising to digest it for a while. The viewers in Ninth State stayed up late and refused to turn off the computer, staring at Ji Xinghai, who was drinking mushroom soup and drooling.
However, another piece of news attracted some people’s attention three seconds later.
The abnormal natural disaster in the neighboring country N began with Q city as the center, and the city F to the south had already encountered an abnormal attack on the city and attempted a mass evacuation. As the country where the first person died in this instance was located, the whole world was paying attention to the situation there.
Although the two countries have always been at odds, and the people of both sides would ridicule each other when they met, to be honest, what did the people of country N do wrong?
When the nest is overturned, no eggs will be left intact. Most people in the Ninth State are not angry at this time but rather feel sad for the death of the innocent.
When will this damn day end?
The so-called abnormal natural disasters are not a lot of monsters suddenly falling from the sky, but harmless and delicious creatures that were originally common in human life, such as dry mushrooms, suddenly become level 3 abnormal black crown mushrooms and then given them a fatal blow.
It is impossible to prevent it, and it is unreasonable.
Even in a country like Ninth State, where reliable troops are assigned to every place, there are heavy losses after each abnormal natural disaster, not to mention those countries that are normally in complete chaos without order.
They, who believe in Confucian teachings, still care about the basic survival rights of ordinary people. But their country’s innate conditions are too poor, and it is still extremely difficult to deal with abnormal natural disasters.
The country did not broadcast the situation of the area where the natural disaster occurred to the outside world, but if the outside world wants to know the situation, there is always a way to get in and see it.
Through the map that appeared on the live broadcast, they can see the specific disaster-stricken areas of N country, or one-third of the southern territory. This is a privilege that only small countries can enjoy. Big countries like Ninth State and the Federation have three provinces, and millions of people have died.
The streets are in chaos.
The mutated sea monster crawled out of the sea and climbed onto shore. The street lamp also pulled out its feet and wandered around on the street.
Chaotic, crazy, and disorderly music was played, and the people whose souls were affected fell into a terrible nightmare. They were either crazy or started killing each other, screaming one after another, the police couldn’t even get out of the police station.
Animals, daily necessities, and even games or movies at home can become deadly.
As a small peninsula country with scarce resources and a small country that is highly dependent on imports of natural resources, N country has had a very hard time in recent years.
Business closures—all of which are owned by the neighboring D country—, financial collapse, unemployment, rising prices, and inflation have not missed any of them.
It used to be an exaggeration to say that except for H city in N country, other places are rural areas, but now it is a realistic rhetoric.
Outside H city, the whole country is farming to meet three meals a day. Even in the era of great pollution, there is always some arable land in the corners.
It is said that their only entertainment now is to follow the live broadcast of Hunger Academy, watch old movies and listen to old songs, or watch old variety shows again.
But after returning to agriculture, the lives of the people of N country have not been better. They still endure the damage caused by hunger and contaminated food every day and have to deal with sudden, abnormal natural disasters from time to time.
But strangely enough, the suicide rate of young people in their country has decreased. The citizens of this country have been extremely tenacious in difficult situations. For example, in this abnormal natural disaster, they actively resisted instead of passively waiting.
In fact, everyone was prepared for this abnormal natural disaster. After all, it has been three years. Now every household has a “safe house.” It was night in N country, and most people successfully hid in their safe houses, so the situation was not bad.
Property loss is certain, but as long as people are alive, things are not too bad.
A safe house is a small space made of a special material that isolates the magnetic field. Because the material is expensive, the poor make it smaller, and the rich make it larger. Nothing will be placed in the safe house. They can filter out 85% of abnormal creatures by taking off all the jewelry and hiding barefoot.
There are still 15%…
“This thing depends on luck. As long as the rule-based anomaly does not appear, there is no big problem.”
“Fuck, ‘Childhood Memories’!”
Just when they were thankful, they were slapped in the face. A nearly unsolvable rule-based anomaly appeared!
‘Childhood Memories’ is a horror mobile game that was once popular in N country and later famous in half the world.
Accompanied by the creepy explanation, the film began to rotate, and various childhood games were played one by one. Countless people who hid well were pulled out to participate in the game, and many were injured, if not killed.
The viewers outside N country only felt fear, and the people of N country were wailing.
“Think about it on the bright side. ‘The disappearing train’ did not team up with it to compete for heads.”
“Shut up the crow’s mouth upstairs.”
“Okay.”
“How could a rule-based anomaly appear?” All countries were surprised by this accident.
According to previous examples, there are twelve exams in a year. The difficulty of the early exams is low, and the level of abnormal natural disasters after death is also low. The difficulty of the later exams is high, and the level of abnormal natural disasters after death is also high.
It stands to reason that the abnormal natural disasters caused by death in the first exam will not even cause human abnormalities, let alone this kind of unsolvable rule-based abnormality.
“In recent years, the level that students encounter has been getting higher and higher, and the death rate of humans in the outside world has been getting lower and lower. It seems that everyone has begun to get used to it, so is the Hunger Academy beginning to get impatient?”
Humans’ adaptability and learning abilities are very strong. After three years, many people have reached a reconciliation with today’s life, the Hunger Games and abnormal natural disasters have become their accustomed existence. It is indeed not as thrilling as at the beginning.
Because of this, the Hunger Academy wants to make a big wave.
People with this speculation subconsciously looked at the live broadcast screen: If the abnormal natural disasters in the outside world have this kind of enhancement, then does the setting of “the first exam is a mild adaptation version” still exist?
Hundreds of students chose to avoid the sharp edge and go to the mountains to hide and survive. They made this decision based on the premise that the first exam was relatively simple and safe. What if this is no longer true?!
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