After taking the medicine, Cheng He instructed the relevant departments and the Horror Investigation Bureau to locate those who had been taken to the old factory, determine their condition, and bring them back to the bureau if possible.
He also ordered the use of all available means to investigate the people involved in the case, to see if any clues could still be found.
Cheng He estimated it would be somewhat difficult.
Beings like Zhao Jie were most likely used and then discarded, eliminated by the organization behind the scenes.
Permanently silencing witnesses by killing them was not an uncommon practice.
The facts proved that acting first always yielded some results.
Twenty minutes after they took that 'Admission Ticket', they noticed abnormalities in their bodies.
A game interface completely different from the usual one appeared before them, pulling them into another world they had never set foot in before.
It was unclear whether it was because he had taken this Gui Yi medicine, leading to insufficient effects, or because the instance's own rule power was suppressing them.
Only as time passed did they gradually unlock slightly, but after two days, the corrupted areas within this orphanage instance had also increased more and more.
It was likely that the players' power recovery progressed alongside the instance's development.
By the time their powers were fully unlocked, the ghosts and monsters in the orphanage instance would probably have corrupted to a degree that made them extremely difficult to deal with.
Although there were rule restrictions, he and Yang Qianqian had a special method of communication.
Even under surveillance, it wouldn't be detected as abnormal.
So by noon on the first day, the two of them had already confirmed each other's status and presence.
The orphan names they needed to play in the game instance were both derived from their real names.
[Cheng He's 'He' character - Xiao Ke]
[Yang Qianqian's 'Qian' character - Xiao Qing]
Removing the 'human' radical and taking the remaining part.
This orphanage instance had many restrictions, requiring extremely sharp observation skills and sufficient courage to complete the possibly triggered requirements and tasks.
The beings inside the orphanage, whether teachers or caregivers, were all extremely malicious ghosts and monsters.
Even the young ghost monsters in the orphanage would become oppressors at certain times.
Anyway, in this orphanage instance, players existed at the very bottom, and it had always been this way.
They not only had to guard against the adult ghosts and monsters who made various extreme demands, but also against the orphans around them.
Because you never knew if the moment you revealed a flaw, you would be instantly devoured by the ghost-transformed orphans in the next second.
Through these two days of experience, Cheng He had roughly determined some things.
Most of the players who entered were, as Li Qiwen said, young people with little experience.
Suddenly thrown into such a horror instance, they couldn't react in time, and who knew how many were eliminated on the very first day.
But aside from these ordinary low-level players, there was one orphan whose behavior made him somewhat concerned.
It was that thin young boy named 'Xiao Wu'.
Was the other party an orphan or a player?
Cheng He couldn't determine immediately; the other party seemed to hide many secrets.
If he had to say, he leaned more towards the other party also being a high-level player with some skills.
During these two days, 'Xiao Wu' had been constantly targeted, encountering two extremely difficult situations, but he managed to resolve them somehow using unknown methods.
He wondered if the other party's name transformation followed the same pattern as theirs; which character would the 'Wu' character originally be taken from?
If combined with radicals, 'Wu' doesn't form many characters - characters like 'Xu', 'Chu', 'Wu', etc.
If the pattern for changing code names in the instance was the same as theirs, then the scope for investigation upon returning to the real world wouldn't be very wide.
If the transformation pattern was different, then the difficulty would increase by several levels.
Determining the other party's identity would become much more difficult.
Originally, they thought just one 'Xiao Wu' was enough to keep them vigilant, but they never expected an unexpected [Writer] to suddenly appear!
Heaven knows how shocked he was when he learned from Yang Qianqian that the [Writer] had actually come here.
The [Writer] was clearly an outsider, and an intruder who had barged in at an inappropriate time.
He didn't belong here, yet for some reason, he had descended upon this place.
So, did that mean the [Writer] had already detected the abnormalities in Chuancheng back then?
And that's why he reminded them in that way?
Was the [Writer] not from the same faction as the Gui Yi forces manipulating everything behind the scenes?
It seemed their trip to this instance was truly worth the cost.
Back then, Cheng He had actually also pressed the red button; he agreed with observing the [Writer].
It was just that the shadow and oppression left by the [Scavenger] from before were too terrifying; he still hadn't been able to move past it.
So towards the [Writer] who could command the [Scavenger], he naturally felt a sense of awe and resistance.
He admitted that in front of Yang Qianqian, he had been somewhat insincere.
But he said those things hoping Yang Qianqian would adopt a more proper attitude; a super high-level existence like the [Writer] was absolutely not someone you could casually interact with.
If Yang Qianqian maintained that kind of mentality, she would inevitably suffer irreparable harm one day.
Cheng He gently pursed his lips, his mind involuntarily recalling the scene where the [Writer] had considerately helped him adjust his glasses earlier. When his brows and eyes lowered slightly, he seemed like a kind elder who made people feel at ease.
Could the [Writer] truly be a benevolent existence?
No, wait, what was he thinking?!
That was a super high-level ghost monster equivalent to a walking nuclear weapon!
An aggregation of endless hatred and resentment, a terrifying existence symbolizing curses and destruction.
He wasn't like Yang Qianqian, that guy with a crush sickness in her brain; he wouldn't succumb to such a little sugar-coated bullet!
This was a great opportunity to observe the [Writer], hard to come by! He would absolutely, objectively and rationally collect every possible piece of information!