Life Game In Other World
Chapter 622: Are you human, or······ (Big - for monthly ticket)

Chapter 622: Chapter 622: Are you human, or······ (Big Chapter for monthly ticket)

Writings left by people from the Second Zone?

He Ao glanced at the bloody characters, flashed his flashlight, and then redirected his gaze, walking forward step by step.

Although the language options in all the more advanced electronic computers in the ruins included the language of the Second Zone, this was the first time He Ao had seen traces left by the ’people’ of the Second Zone.

The faint glow of the flashlight illuminated the cold, dark space, which was permeated with a damp, sticky, and faint smell of blood.

The style of this area differed from the ones He Ao had previously passed through.

Since his arrival on this spaceship, most of what he had encountered were decrepit steel constructions or damaged robots, with very few signs of flesh and bones.

This area too was filled with mechanical constructs piled up like small hills, but unlike the other areas, these machines were almost entirely stained with fresh blood.

In the gaps between the steel, one could vaguely make out the remains of what seemed to be fragments of human bones, broken into small pieces.

The further he walked, the richer the scent of blood became.

There were no windows here, nor could any light be seen, only the floors smeared with fresh blood, and the fine, gravel-like, scattered bone fragments, as if it were the deepest, night-time slaughterhouse.

The cold light of the flashlight shone on the bloodstained walls, and beyond the initial "I’m so hungry" He Ao saw, there were no new writings.

Sizzling—

And just as He Ao put away his flashlight, preparing to continue forward,

a faint sound of electricity sizzling came forth, and to his left, a monitor stacked amidst the broken machinery suddenly lit up.

The weak light shone in the pitch-black space.

The fact that there were still operational electronic devices in this place was somewhat unexpected to He Ao.

He turned to look at the monitor, whose outer screen was shattered, while the image on it looked like the snowy static on old-fashioned tube monitors.

The spots flickered violently, followed by a line of blood-red, trembling characters that appeared on the screen.

[The hatch is closed, we are safe now. What exactly happened outside, why have all the robots gone berserk? The network is down too, we can’t contact the command center. Saino is injured, damn it.]

It was text in the language of the Second Zone.

Just as He Ao finished reading this line, a new monitor lit up to his front right, diagonally opposite the first one.

The snowy static and blood-red characters still shone on this monitor.

The glow from the two monitors illuminated the dim space.

He Ao glanced at the faint reflection on the floor and turned off his flashlight.

Good, he could save some battery for the flashlight now.

Then he continued forward, looking toward the text on the second monitor.

[Saino’s body is weakening; he can’t speak normally anymore, and his consciousness is unclear. We can’t do anything, only following the emergency medical guidelines to bandage him. We have no medication—God, bless this poor man.]

At this moment, a new monitor lit up to He Ao’s front left.

He Ao naturally continued walking forward, one monitor after another continuously lit up in the darkness, casting a faint path to follow.

[Our food is almost gone. We rushed in too quickly and didn’t bring anything with us. There are loud bangs and strange growls outside the hatch every day. It’s the third day, and we still can’t contact the command center.]

[Swin and I have redistributed our food and water. Saino has lost all consciousness. We have left a portion of the food for him, but he might not need it anymore.]

[Saino is dead. Some strange mutation occurred on the spaceship that we are unaware of. It’s the fifth day, and we still can’t contact the command center; all networks are disconnected.]

[We placed Saino in the corner of the cabin and held a simple funeral for him. We hope the command center can resolve the problem soon and rescue us. I think I hear screams outside the hatch, Swin says I’m hallucinating. I hope he’s right; I haven’t slept well for a week.]

[We took Saino’s portion of food, but it’s still not enough. Although we have been conserving, our food won’t last another two days.]

[I woke up dizzy this morning, as if everything prior had been a nightmare. I seemed to hear the captain scolding me for oversleeping again, as if we were still living peacefully on the spaceship. Unfortunately, it was not a dream; I am so hungry.]

[The situation was worse than we had imagined, our food had completely run out. We found two energy bars that Saino had hidden in his trouser pocket, these hard and astringent things were our last food.]

[Swin was in a terrible mood, we still couldn’t contact the command center, and there were many sharp noises outside the hatch, like someone scraping the door with a knife. Swin said we might not get rescued, but right now, I just want to sleep. When I’m asleep, I’m not hungry.]

[All the food was gone, we had only water. Swin said we couldn’t just sit and wait to die, we had to find a way out to search for some food. The hatch to the elevator was sealed by something, we tried to open the game room’s hatch, but after only prying it open a crack, a monster with a helmet squeezed through. We barely managed to kill the monster and seal the hatch.]

I just saw them, the outside was full of these monsters, we can’t get out.]

[The power went out, fortunately, the ventilation system was still operational, so we wouldn’t suffocate. Of course, Swin also lay in the corner silently. Sometimes, I would feel like I’m on a vast prairie, surrounded by plump flocks of sheep, their fat must be delicious.]

[Dreams became scarce, most of the time, I dreamt of fat sheep.]

He Ao shifted his gaze from this monitor and continued walking forward.

Ahead, the display on one monitor after another intermittently lit up.

In these monitors, there was only one sentence written in bright red font,

[I am so hungry!]

[I am so hungry!]

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After passing three or four monitors in succession, He Ao finally saw some new content.

[I found a sheep in the corner, it’s delicious.]

[Oh no, Swin caught me secretly eating the mutton, I invited him to taste the deliciousness with me, but he seemed scared? I gave him a small piece of energy bar I found on the sheep’s body.]

[I don’t know why, but Swin is avoiding me, but it doesn’t matter, I’m not that hungry anymore, the mutton is so tasty.]

[The joyful times are always fleeting, the sheep’s meat is almost finished.]

[Swin came over to tell me that he had discovered a new sheep in the corner, he invited me to taste it together, I knew he must have found a way.]

He Ao finished reading the text on this screen, but the next screen did not light up immediately as before.

After a brief darkness, a flickering dim light slowly came on not far in front of He Ao.

The display that lit up this time had background noise flashing and jumping constantly, with blood-colored writing filling the screen.

[The goat attacked me, I killed it.]

[This goat’s meat is very fresh and the bones are crisp, too bad Swin is gone, otherwise I could have invited him to eat goat meat with me.]

[I don’t know why, even though I am full, I am getting hungrier.]

[I am so hungry!]

[The goat meat is finished, I am so hungry!]

[It seems like I can hear a flock of sheep outside the hatch, maybe I can open the hatch a bit to let the sheep in.]

All the text stopped abruptly there.

No new displays lit up after that.

He Ao looked up ahead, the end of the corridor ahead was twinkling with small lights.

There was also a hatch there, and it was not locked.

That must be the hatch leading to the elevator area.

At this moment, the monitor in front of He Ao did not go dark; it flickered once, and the screen suddenly switched to a pitch-black image.

Then, the image moved, and showed a hatch that had been opened a little bit.

At the gate, two men were pulling at a switch, closing the gate.

One was lean with brown, cropped hair, while the other was shorter and stockier, sporting orange hair.

At this moment, the stocky man was leaning close to the brown-haired man, laughing as he spoke in Tia language,

"Lord Ivier, that Central Earth fool is so stupid to think we actually wanted him as a teammate. In fact, he is nothing but a tool, hahaha."

The Tia language was not only used in the Tia Empire, but also as an official language in some small countries and those deeply influenced by the Tia Empire in the Western Lands.

"Hmm."

Ivier with the cropped hair nodded slightly, but he did not directly respond to the stocky man’s words. Instead, he gestured for the stocky man to turn on the flashlight and carefully inspected the dark surroundings.

"Lord Ivier, why do I feel like this place isn’t recorded in the organization’s documents?"

The stocky man looked around, "Is this really a ruin?"

"It should be," Ivier said softly, "The script, architectural style, and design aesthetics are all consistent with the ruins. We must have come to a part of the ruins that no one has ever been to before."

"Really?"

The stocky man’s eyes lit up, "Then aren’t there many treasures here, so aren’t I going to strike it rich?"

"Hmm?"

Ivier glanced at the stocky man.

"It’s you who will strike it rich, it’s you,"

The stocky man immediately bent over, speaking sycophantically, "I am willing to slog like a dog or a horse for Lord Ivier."

"Don’t worry,"

Ivier withdrew his gaze, continuing to scrutinize the space around them, "I won’t shortchange you. Whatever good things we find here will definitely include a share for you."

"Yes, yes, yes."

The stocky man immediately nodded and bowed, speaking with a smile, "Whatever you need, Lord Ivier, just command me."

Ivier gave him a glance but said nothing.

The two continued forward.

Suddenly, the monitor beside them lit up abruptly.

"Ah!" The stocky man took half a step back, "What the hell is this, giving me a fright."

"It looks like the script from the ruins, but it’s not the commonly used kind."

Ivier walked up to the monitor, examining it.

At that point, other monitors also lit up.

Their attention was drawn to the new monitors as they moved forward.

"What are all these gibberish symbols,"

The stocky man observed the screens, "Can’t understand a single one, yet they put on a pretty scary front."

He huddled his shoulders, instinctively hiding behind Ivier, "It’s kind of cold in here."

Ivier looked up at him.

Then he obediently went back and stood in front of Ivier, as they continued forward.

"Lord Ivier, that idiot from the Research Institute must be dead by now,"

The stocky man, walking ahead, seemed to have remembered something pleasing, "Those allowed into the ruins are ones with high Talent in the region. Killing such people means the organization will surely reward us when we return."

"Hmm"

Ivier didn’t engage with him, instead, he kept looking at the blood-written characters on the monitors; he seemed not to recognize them but intended to memorize them.

His expression was solemn, evidently sensing the complexity of this area.

These two, since they did not have to scrutinize the text closely and were just glancing over it, moved much faster than He Ao had.

They soon reached the last monitor.

"Lord Ivier, what is this dark video in the monitor, and there’s that helmeted monster from earlier,"

The stocky man stared at the monitor, "This creature seems to have taken the same path as us."

At that moment, the image in He Ao’s monitor flickered, showing the stocky man’s face, as if he was being viewed from the monitor’s perspective.

Simultaneously, the light from the monitor reflected in the stocky man’s pupils flickered, seemingly transforming the scene into a line of blood-red text.

Then He Ao saw a puzzled expression appear on the stocky man’s face in the image,

"Lord Ivier, this line of text..."

The stocky man asked, somewhat confused.

"What? You recognize these characters?"

Ivier behind him retracted his gaze from straight ahead, asking quickly.

"I don’t recognize them," the stocky man shook his head, "but for some reason, I can understand the meaning of this sentence. It is asking me, ’Are you a sheep or a human?’ What a strange question, of course, I am human."

At that moment, Ivier also lowered his head to look at the screen, and his complexion changed as he took a step back.

Almost at the same moment as the stocky man replied, the image in his pupils flickered again.

This time, the scene appeared to be a reflection of himself.

"This monitor! This monitor!"

As he retreated, something seemed to appear off-screen; the stocky man’s gaze shifted, his complexion changing, and he hastened his retreat,

"What are you? What is this you’re giving me? You want me to eat this? I don’t eat this stuff! Don’t come over here! Lord Ivier, save me!"

Just then, a palm extended from the darkness, shoving him towards the thing that had walked into view off-screen.

Subsequently, Ivier’s figure flickered forward, disappearing from view.

"Ivier... save me... glug..."

Bright red blood spread across the floor.

He Ao shifted his gaze away from the monitor and looked down.

He was currently stepping on some fresh blood that hadn’t completely dried yet.

He looked back up at the monitor.

At this point, the monitor no longer displayed the surveillance-like scene but had turned back into a bloody red text,

[Are you human, or a sheep?]

Seeing this text, He Ao reached for the sword hilt on his back, directing his Divine Sense into his eyes.

The monitor flickered again, slowly revealing the back of someone carrying a bone sword.

The owner of this back had his hand on the sword hilt.