Streaming the same game means you have to take different plot routes. That way, more viewers will come to watch.
Naturally, the viewers expressed their support for Benjamin decision.
"Ok, I'm heading out now!" Without delay, Benjamin decided to act immediately.
"Ding. Considering the need to enter eight hundred meters into the deep sea, I strongly recommend crafting a pressure-resistant diving suit to withstand the deep sea water pressure." Gaia voice sounded at that moment.
"Got it!"
So Benjamin once again collected materials as per Gaia's instructions, crafted a pressure-resistant diving suit, put it on, and entered the sea.
This was quite a long journey. Shelter No. 2 of the Intrepid was one hundred thirty kilometers from the island, but the most critical part was that it lay eight hundred meters below the sea surface.
Eight hundred meters to the seabed! Even for someone as bold as Benjamin, when playing games, he had only dived to a little over two hundred meters at most.
Benjamin piloted the Sea Moth, racing all the way toward Shelter No. 2.
After spending nearly an hour, Benjamin finally arrived at the very top of Shelter No. 2.
The entire way, he had stayed close to the sea surface, so right now he was still eight hundred meters vertically from Shelter No. 2!
"Chat, pay attention! I'm about to dive. Everyone, get ready mentally!" Benjamin said, then took a deep breath and began his vertical descent.
The viewers in the livestream also began to get nervous.
Buzz buzz buzz
As he descended, the only sound was the Sea Moth's engine. Benjamin looked downward; below was an inky black expanse, with no trace of the seabed visible at all.
Only some small fish swimming about occasionally drifted past.
The deeper he went, the more varieties of small fish there were. They swam in schools, coming and going, and some of the fish Benjamin had never seen before.
He casually scanned the most numerous red fish school around him.
"Piranha. A small but aggressive predator. Its body composition is 94% muscle, 4% connective tissue, and the remaining 2% is brain. When hunting, it attacks indiscriminately, targeting any injured creature."
"Prey: Small herbivorous animals. However, according to calculations, piranhas can hunt in groups creatures exceeding twice their own weight. Assessment: Avoid large-scale encounters, and try not to bleed."
"Tsk tsk, piranhas of all things!" Upon hearing Gaia's analysis, Benjamin shouted in surprise. Piranhas were quite famous on Earth; as long as they caught even a whiff of blood, they would launch an all-out attack.
Benjamin quickly swept the bow light across the surrounding environment and immediately discovered that he was surrounded by densely packed red monster fish!
[There seem to be at least a few hundred piranhas around here.]
[No, definitely over a thousand!]
[Damn, if even a tiny bit of blood leaks out, you'll be gnawed into a skeleton by this swarm of piranhas!]
[Don't worry, Benjamin is inside the Sea Moth. Nothing will happen to him.]
[Yeah, that's right!]
The viewers spoke up one after another. Benjamin thought the same. Although the number of piranhas was downright terrifying, he was inside the Sea Moth. While the Sea Moth couldn't withstand Leviathan creatures, it still felt very secure against these piranhas.
They couldn't break through it, and as long as there was no bleeding, there wouldn't be any danger.
Benjamin held his breath and didn't bother avoiding them, continuing to descend through the piranha swarm. However, right at that moment, Benjamin suddenly noticed another strange creature appearing directly below the Sea Moth.
The creature was roughly two meters tall, humanoid in shape, with an overall eerie purple color. It floated upright in the sea like a human.
It had a head similar to that of a regular fish, but its body ended in octopus-like tentacles, and its upper limbs were like a mantis's double scythes. Overall, it looked rather odd, as if it had been pieced together.
Not only that, the creature's skin was in a semi-transparent state, and Benjamin could even see its internal structure through the skin.
"What the hell is this creature?" Benjamin narrowed his eyes.
"The design of this thing feels so different from the other creatures on this planet."
"But it doesn't look like it has much fighting power."
"Yeah, it should be a creature that preys on small fish."
The viewers also chimed in. To the eye, the most threatening aspect of this unfamiliar creature was its scythe-like upper limbs, but in truth, those things were very small and delicate. Rather than scythes, they looked more like two little daggers.
In terms of how ferocious it appeared, it wasn't even as intimidating as the sea crocodile that had eaten the woman from Pod No. 2 at the start.
Benjamin was inside the Sea Moth, so it shouldn't be much of a threat.
Just as he was thinking that, Gaia suddenly sent a prompt: "Ding. An unknown communication signal has been received. Play it?"
[Huh? Did it pick up another broadcast?]
[Survivors? Or is it another spaceship coming to rescue?]
[No, listen carefully. Gaia said 'unknown communication signal' this time!]
Benjamin was also somewhat puzzled and quickly commanded, "Play it!"
"Playing."
However, what transmitted this time wasn't a human voice, but a strange buzzing syllable like the sound of a mosquito.
"What the heck is this?" Benjamin muttered in confusion.
"It looks like an alien broadcast." Gaia explained. "Now attempting translation... Translation complete."
"As follows: (garbled) New type of bacteria-infected creature detected. Mode: Hunting mode. Now sharing this creature's location with other Warper."
"What does that even mean?"
The translated content only left Benjamin even more bewildered. An alien broadcast? Could it be connected to the aliens inside that alien building?
What were these newly infected creatures and Warper?
And the hunting part too.
[Warper image:]
Just as Benjamin was puzzling over it, there was a sudden buzz from below. He looked down and was startled to find that the unknown creature had, at some point, crossed through the piranha swarm and appeared in a different location!
Benjamin's eyes widened instantly!
[Holy crap, how did this thing suddenly jump such a far distance?!]
[Did you guys see how it moved!?]
[Didn't catch it. It seemed to move pretty fast!]
The livestream viewers also saw this scene and were all shocked!
While everyone was still stunned, another buzz sounded. This time everyone saw it clearly: space around the unknown creature fluctuated, and it disappeared from its original spot once more, instantly reappearing ten meters away.
The most terrifying part was that it was getting closer and closer to Benjamin's Sea Moth!
[zHoly shit, this is teleportation! This thing can actually teleport!]
[More accurately, it's spatial teleportation. There's obvious spatial distortion around it!]
[This thing seems to be coming straight for you, Benjamin!]
No need for the viewers to say it; Benjamin saw everything clearly too. At this moment he was quite shocked as well. What was devs up to, designing such an overpowered creature?
Born with built-in spatial jumping?
This was way too broken!
"Don't be afraid." Suppressing the shock in his heart, Benjamin said, "Although this thing can do spatial jumps, it doesn't seem to have strong combat power. I should be safe inside the Sea Moth. I'll go over first and scan it with the wristband to see!"
Benjamin had always been very bold, so when the unknown creature approached, he didn't choose to flee. Instead, he wanted to figure out exactly what it was.
After several consecutive spatial jumps, the unknown creature was now only five or six meters away from Benjamin.
Seeing this, Benjamin simply piloted the Sea Moth right in front of the creature and raised his wristband to scan it.
Gaia soon provided the answer. "Ding. Warper. An aggressive creature with the ability to spatially teleport itself and other creatures.
It hunts other creatures, but strangely has no digestive organs. Its internal structure is much more complex than other known organisms.
No genetic similarity to other local creatures was detected.
No recommended defensive measures found in the database. Unable to assess."
The instant Gaia voice rang out, Benjamin's pupils shrank sharply!
So this thing was the Warper mentioned in the broadcast earlier, and it really could perform spatial teleportation!
Wait a minute, Gaia also said it could teleport not just itself but other creatures too?!
"Buzz"
The sound of the Rift Splitter traversing space rang out again, but this time right beside Benjamin's ear. Benjamin felt his vision blur for a moment, and then he saw the Rift Splitter's ugly face less than half a meter in front of him!
"Shit!"
Benjamin heart leaped in his chest, but at the same time he reacted: the Warper had used its spatial teleport ability to directly yank him out of the Sea Moth!
"Holy crap, that face scared the hell out of me!"
"What the hell? Did the Rift Splitter suddenly come into the Sea Moth?"
"No, the Rift Splitter didn't come in. Benjamin was directly pulled over by it!"
"Holy shit, it can even play like that!"
At this moment, all the viewers in the livestream were stunned. Before they could react, the Warper had already swung its scythe straight at Benjamin.
Benjamin instinctively raised his hands to block. With a squelch, he felt a numbing sensation erupt in his right arm. That was the sign he had been attacked!
Blood spurted from Benjamin's right arm, and his health bar dropped by a quarter. The Rift Splitter's attack power didn't seem too strong.
"This damned thing!"
Benjamin shouted, reaching for the pistol at his waist. But there was another spatial fluctuation ahead, and the Warper had already distanced itself from him.
"You fucking want to run? There's no way I'm letting you get away!" Benjamin roared, ready to get revenge. Then he suddenly realized something and, with an expression of terror, fury, and disbelief, looked around.
Rustle rustle rustle!
A large swath of swimming sounds came from the surrounding space. All the piranhas that had been wandering nearby were now charging toward Benjamin's position!
The blood flowing from Benjamin arm had attracted them!
"My God!!" Seeing the dense, sky-filling swarm of piranhas, Benjamin was utterly stunned. He felt his scalp tingle as a chill shot straight up his spine to his head.
"No, noooooooo!"
Amid Benjamin's desperate screams, the piranhas surged up in a wave, instantly enveloping him. Rows of incredibly sharp teeth bit into his body without mercy.
Everywhere he looked was red, accompanied by the constant sound of piranhas gnawing. Benjamin felt an intense numbing sensation across every inch of his skin!
He instinctively tried to curl up and shield his brain, but the piranhas' combined force was too great. They piled and crowded together, pinning Benjamin so he couldn't move an inch. He could only watch helplessly as his body was frantically gnawed to nothing!
The next moment, the screen went black, and a prompt appeared: You have died.
"Huff, huff, huff"
Benjamin panted heavily. Before he knew it, he was covered in cold sweat. He yanked off the VR headset and checked his body in panic.
[Holy shit, that death method was way too terrifying! Getting eaten alive by over a thousand piranhas!]
[These piranhas are just like maggots on a rotting corpse. It makes my scalp crawl just watching!]
[Me too, goosebumps all over. Benjamin just unlocked a brand new death method!]
The viewers let out a wave of exclamations. Benjamin had no interest in communicating with them; he kept examining his body over and over.
Only after confirming that everything was completely fine did Benjamin finally breathe a sigh of relief.
"Jesus Christ, that gnawing feeling was way too real." He wiped the phantom sweat from his forehead and sighed. "Seriously, aside from the pain, all the other sensations were fully restored. I really thought I had been bitten full of holes."
[Haha, Benjamin actions right now are exactly the same as when CaseOh got taken out by the Ghost Leviathan. The first thing you do after dying is check whether your body has any issues.]
[It's mainly because the studio games are too realistic. They feed back a real sense of being attacked to the brain, so you instinctively want to confirm.]
The viewers spoke up one after another. In truth, Benjamin really hadn't experienced it before, because during Silent Hill the game always cut off the instant the female ghost attacked you. It wouldn't let you fully experience the specific sensations of being attacked like Subnautica did.
This feeling was just like dreaming you jumped off a building and waking up in a fright, instinctively checking your body right away.
All that could be said was that the games devs developed were getting more and more hardcore.
After resting for quite a while, Benjamin finally calmed down. He regained his courage and entered the game once more.
After respawning, Benjamin returned to the Sea Moth at the spot where he had been before diving.
Looking at the pitch-black seawater below, knowing there was a swarm of piranhas down there along with a bizarre Rift Splitter, Benjamin felt his head swell. "Chat, it seems we'll have to detour around this area. The combo of the piranha swarm and the Warper is truly unbeatable."
Benjamin spoke, his tone filled with helplessness.
[It's mainly that Warper that's too broken. Teleporting itself is one thing, but it can even teleport other creatures!]
[Yeah, it feels like we don't even have the qualifications to fight the Warper.]
[Jenny over there got the Sea Shrimp. I wonder if she can take on the Rift Splitter.]
[What good is the Sea Shrimp? One spatial transfer and your Sea Shrimp is wrecked!]
[FR!]
"And another point, this Warper isn't just tricky with its methods; it should be an intelligent creature too. Its own attack power isn't high, but it knows how to scheme! It uses teleportation to borrow other creatures' hands to take us out." Benjamin added. "I really didn't expect that as a human, I'd be outwitted by a monster in the game using tricks."
Honestly, this feeling was pretty damn frustrating. He had actually been outsmarted by a game creature in terms of intelligence.
[Monsters designed by Silent Hill Developers, how could they not be powerful?]
[That's right, Benjamin. Losing to a creature designed by devs isn't embarrassing!]
[But I'm a bit curious. What's the connection between these Warper and the aliens? What's the situation with the infected?]
[No idea. devs planted too many foreshadowings. We'll have to keep watching the plot progress to find out.]
The viewers began discussing. Benjamin also sighed inwardly: devs foreshadowing skills are way too strong. There's no way we can guess these things. We'll only know after experiencing the later plot.
Back when he played Silent Hill, he had already sensed developers prowess in this regard. Otherwise, he wouldn't have become a die-hard fan of [New World Studio].
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