Chapter 4 The Out-of-Control Monster of the Sleep Experiment
Chapter 4: The Out-of-Control Monster from the Sleep Experiment
"You're quite meticulous in your work." Zhou Ming breathed a sigh of relief, complimenting himself.
This full name and identity note was clearly prepared by the original owner specifically for him, so he wouldn't be flustered when receiving a call and could communicate with strangers with the appropriate attitude.
He took a deep breath, answered the phone, and a gentle male voice came from the other end: "Is this Zhou Ming?"
"Wang Teacher, it's me," Zhou Ming replied politely.
"How is the social investigation progressing?"
"It's going well."
"Oh, good, keep up the hard work. I hope you can produce an excellent graduation thesis. I've received a task here; it's not difficult, and I see the location is near you. Just treat it as a small assignment and take care of it. I'll send you the case files later; find an opportunity to deal with it," Wang Teacher said casually.
Zhou Ming was stunned upon hearing this, hesitating about what excuse he should use to refuse, but the other party took advantage of those few seconds to hang up the phone.
Immediately after, a new email notification popped up on his phone, titled "The Out-of-Control Monster from the Sleep Experiment."
"This is bad. I'm completely unprepared. Just looking at the title makes it feel tricky. Is this what they call a'small assignment'? Is it really as easy to solve as that guy said?"
Zhou Ming wanted to refuse, but he felt that refusing would leave an abnormal impression, especially since the other party had just said it was very simple.
He thought about it: if he refused, although he wouldn't have to do the task, it might arouse suspicion. If he was truly suspected, then to cover up the flaws, he might expose more flaws, then he would be caught and interrogated, and finally be identified as a Transmigrator.
And then—death penalty!
"Forget it, I'll take a look first," Zhou Ming sighed.
He planned to first see what kind of task it was, and then look at the other videos the original owner left him, to see if there was any way he could quickly learn what he needed.
With the original owner's meticulous planning, this must have been taken into account... he hoped so.
Opening the new email, a horrifying picture popped out.
The picture showed a humanoid creature, completely hairless, with emaciated limbs like someone suffering from muscle atrophy, its upper and lower lips torn off to reveal bare gums, and no nose. The entire being looked as if it had suffered some kind of torture.
Below the picture was detailed information about this mission:
[Rumor Investigation: Regarding the appearance of this urban legend story online, the earliest it can be traced back to August 20, 2009. At that time, the forbidden speech order had already been issued but was not yet widely implemented, and online content filtering had not yet begun. However, at that time, the story did not transform into a strangeness.
At that time, a netizen fabricated a foreign urban horror story. In the story, a group of evil scientists threw five criminals into a sealed room. The room had sufficient oxygen, food, living facilities, and entertainment facilities, but a special gas was mixed into the oxygen supplied to them.
This was a sleep deprivation experiment. The purpose of the experiment was to see the consequences of these people continuously inhaling a special gas that prevented them from sleeping for 30 days.
In this story's setting, the background era did not have high-tech equipment like closed-circuit television. Experimenters had to monitor the situation inside the room through microphones and loudspeakers.
In the first five days of the experiment, everything was normal. The five participants communicated and ate normally.
On the ninth day, they started screaming incessantly, making some crazy movements, and began to lose their minds.
By the fifteenth day, the room had become completely silent instead.
The experimenters grew increasingly uneasy, feeling that the entire experiment had spiraled out of control. They were now very curious about what the situation inside had become.
To prevent further incidents, they decided to immediately stop the experiment. In the middle of the night that day, they turned off the special gas emission and began pumping in fresh oxygen.
It was at this moment that terrible screams suddenly erupted from the previously silent room, shouting that they didn't want oxygen, only the poisonous gas!
For safety, the experimenters requested the stationed armed forces to help open the room immediately. But the moment the door was opened, everyone present was stunned by the terrifying scene inside the room.
One of the criminals was already dead, his death a gruesome sight.
The other four experimenters, though alive, were all emaciated and covered in wounds. A large amount of accumulated food from previous days lay beside them, but they had not eaten it.
What surprised the experimenters most was that all four survivors had turned into incredibly strong monsters. It was only after sacrificing several special forces soldiers that they were successfully subdued.]
[Real Anomaly Characteristics: This incident occurred ten days ago. According to investigations, the rumor spread a month ago. Residents around the anomaly's location all knew this story, but no one took it seriously. This anomaly is an "emotional product," possesses immense strength, extreme speed, immunity to pain, and basic anomaly attributes. It is recommended to use a curse tool to eliminate it.]
That was the entirety of the mission file, and the note at the very bottom was added by Wang Xinyun herself—
[This task should be very simple for you. I hope you can resolve it within three days and send me a report. Additionally, I've sent two other classmates; please guide them more during the assignment and help them adapt.]
This was not the first time Zhou Ming had seen this story. He had read it before he transmigrated. This horror story had once been popular on forums, widely spread due to its bizarre plot.
Originally, this was just a purely fictional, flawed story.
But in this world where urban legends can become reality, its significance is no longer just to satisfy human curiosity for the bizarre; it represents a truly existing danger and terror.
"This task is very simple?" Zhou Ming's scalp tingled.
From the content, he didn't find it simple at all. This monster, based on the description, was an enhanced version of a zombie. How could just a few of them deal with it?
And why weren't troops sent? Isn't this just an enhanced zombie? And the kind that doesn't spread viruses. Couldn't it be suppressed by the military?
Zhou Ming planned to search through the information left by the original owner to see if there was any way he could quickly learn what he needed.
With the original owner's meticulous planning, this must have been taken into account. If there was a quick method, he could cram over the next two days to improve his chances of success on the mission.
Opening the other data documents, Zhou Ming searched for a moment and quickly found what he wanted.
Three documents: "Responding to Anomalies," "Anomaly Introduction," and "Key Points for Mission Execution"...