Clown Game-Chapter 85 - 73 Dark Realm 1

Chapter 85: Chapter 73 Dark Realm 1

Chapter 85 -73 Dark Realm 1

Chen Xiao arrived at the “K City Anomalous Biological Research Area,” and in the elevator, he took out his phone to check it again.

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Mission Brief:

(Assigned Mission)

Location: K City Anomalous Biological Research Center — Underground Level Three Meeting Room (see map for details)

Description: (—)

Mission Funds: 200

Containment Reward Funds: (—)

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First, this was the first time he had received an “Assigned Mission.” This type of mission wasn’t listed in the mission logs waiting for someone to pick it up; it was specifically assigned to an individual, meaning you had to do it whether you wanted to or not.

Most field agents generally carried out such missions, after all, people like Chen Xiao who stayed at home with nothing to do and yet sought trouble were in the minority.

Second, this mission lacked a mission level, which was quite strange; the description merely instructed him to proceed to the marked location, and additionally, the marked location was the “K City Anomalous Biological Research Center,” with no containment reward…

Chen Xiao stared blankly, and following the Foundation’s excellent tradition of “by any means necessary to deceive its own staff into carrying out missions,” this mission was undoubtedly a huge trap, and it wasn’t even slightly concealed, blatantly set out in the open.

“Hmm… the reward is a full 200, I’ve got a bad feeling about this,” Chen Xiao muttered to himself and then actually grinned mischievously a few times.

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Level three underground, this area was usually for discussing important meetings and where senior staff worked, but since there wasn’t much of importance happening in the “Research Area,” this level was typically inhabited only by some technicians.

Chen Xiao pushed open the door of the meeting room.

“Wow,” he exclaimed softly.

The meeting room was large, terraced, and at this moment, there were probably more than thirty people gathered here, squatting, sitting on tables, leaning against the walls, all engrossed in discussions in small groups.

Among these people, there were many familiar faces, such as Team Leader Li, Rat, Bai Xiong, Ding Manshan, and Wang Billy, whom he had met while playing the game of black and white; of course, the short man with glasses was not there.

At that moment, they all looked over at the sound of the door, those who recognized Chen Xiao slightly changed their expressions, and those who didn’t know him naturally glanced at the corners of his mouth, then whispered something to the people nearby.

Chen Xiao observed their gazes and thought, “Hmm… seems like I’m somewhat famous.”

He then smiled happily.

Everyone was momentarily startled by this smile, showing expressions of disgust.

Indeed, although Chen Xiao had not joined the Foundation for long, he had earned many praises due to his impact and the various excellent qualities displayed during missions, such as weirdo, lunatic, disgusting, abnormal, psychotic, and so on; these names gradually spread in the circles of the field agents.

Chen Xiao, completely unconcerned by the odd looks from people, hummed a terrible tune, feeling extremely good about himself, and glanced at the crowd… then, hands in pockets, walked toward Bai Xiong’s seat.

Ding Manshan was sitting next to Bai Xiong. Seeing Chen Xiao heading this way, he immediately got up and dove into another group of people.

Chen Xiao leaned nonchalantly onto a chair next to Bai Xiong and casually greeted, “Hi.”

Bai Xiong, expressionless, subtly shifted aside. Though he could tolerate Chen Xiao, he still felt somewhat awkward under so many watchful eyes.

“What’s the situation?” Chen Xiao asked, as if he were alone.

Understanding his meaning, Bai Xiong simply stated,

“Almost all the field team members have arrived.” As he spoke, he glanced at a short-haired woman in front of him. “That person is the only C-level field agent in our research area.”

Following Bai Xiong’s gaze, Chen Xiao looked over to a thin woman who appeared somewhat sickly; he could only see her back. Chen Xiao frowned – with his observational skills, it seemed that he hadn’t noticed her when he first entered…

“Hmm… so you’re saying it’s beyond level C? Or perhaps it’s not a containment task at all…” Chen Xiao continued, still watching the woman’s back.

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At that moment, the meeting room door was pushed open, and Mrs. Liu entered with a somber look on her face.

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With a “snap!” the lights in the entire meeting room were turned off, and the projection screen flickered a few times before showing an image of a dilapidated factory, switching between various angles while everyone fell silent.

Then, Mrs. Liu’s voice sounded: “15 hours ago, 20 kilometers outside the city center of K city, an Anomalous Phenomenon began spreading from an abandoned factory. Due to security issues, we are still unaware of the nature of this Anomalous Phenomenon, but it’s certain that the Asia Division immediately dispatched personnel to handle it and contained the anomaly within a 140-meter radius centered on the factory.”

As she spoke, the screen flashed, displaying an aerial view of the factory with a red circle marked around it.

Mrs. Liu continued, “Two hours ago, the ‘division’ issued an emergency task notification, requiring all field team members nearby to immediately proceed to the site. Unfortunately, that means you. Following instructions from the ‘Asia Division,’ this mission has several requirements.”

“First: Gather 30 people, divide into 6 groups of 5, and enter the anomaly from different positions.”

On the screen, six arrows appeared around the red circle.

“Second: The objective of this mission…”

Mrs. Liu continued, as a vial containing a red liquid, resembling blood, appeared on the screen.

“Each person involved in the mission will carry one such ‘vial.’ You are to locate a ‘specific spot’ within this ‘anomalous range’ and then break the ‘vial’ there.”

As soon as she finished speaking, the screen flashed again, this time showing a disc-shaped object resembling a pocket watch, black but without any pointers.

“Due to certain peculiarities, we cannot be sure where this ‘specific spot’ is, hence, one person in each group will carry a detector. The closer you get to that specific spot, the stronger the vibrations emitted by the detector will be.”

As her voice fell, a garment resembling a radiation suit appeared on the screen,

“Third: All field team members must wear this special protective suit. During the task, no one is allowed to remove the protective suit, and if anyone’s suit suffers significant damage or if an indicator light turns red, the rest must immediately kill that person and distance themselves from the body.”

As she spoke, the area on the sleeve of the “protective suit” where a long bar-shaped indicator light was located got magnified.

Mrs. Liu seemed to take a deep breath, steadying herself. She continued,

“Under no circumstances must anyone hesitate to kill someone whose indicator has turned red. Anyone attempting to prevent such action is authorized to be killed as well, and… if someone strays from the group and discovers their indicator has turned red… it is best to commit suicide quickly. According to data from the ‘Asia Division’…”

As she mentioned this, the screen flashed, displaying a series of images.

The “field team members” present, though experienced and knowledgeable, all involuntarily gasped.

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