Chapter 010: Life Value

As the expression of pain appeared on Wang Lin's face, the other four individuals shared the same sentiment. However, in comparison, the five of them displayed an even more intense emotion: a profound hatred! A hatred directed towards the curse!

Zhang Fengyu thought to himself that if it weren't for his love of horror movies, he wouldn't have looked at that movie promotional flyer, and thus he wouldn't have fallen into this curse. He now deeply regretted it. After hearing Zhang Fengyu's words, Wang Lin let out a bitter laugh and said, "Everyone who comes here is just an ordinary person; none of us have done anything wrong. This curse might just be a game of the Grim Reaper or a game of the God of Horror, so the selection of victims is naturally indiscriminate. No one can figure out what this curse really is. All we can do is compromise and carry out the wanted tasks. Once you are chosen by the curse, even if you don't watch the movie or take the movie promotional flyer, the horror wanted notice will still approach you in another form. For example, it could be the toilet paper you use, the cover of a magazine, a newspaper, and so on. These are things you cannot avoid. So it's not that you chose the curse, but rather the curse chose you!"

In Zhang Fengyu's view, this curse is quite similar to a novel he is very fond of called "Infinite Terror". Infinite Terror features a main god space, while this place is a death base. Infinite Terror involves experiencing various types of movies, whereas they are experiencing various forms of horror

Indeed, it is as follows: if one of the six individuals dies during a bounty mission, then before the next bounty mission prompt is issued, a newcomer will complete the novice task and return to the death base. Those who survive after three bounty missions will qualify to become the execution team leader. If the original team leader dies and all remaining individuals have completed fewer than three missions, the position of team leader will cease to exist until someone successfully completes three bounty missions. If all remaining individuals have completed more than three missions, the position of team leader will be randomly selected or transferred. In any case, these details are not what you need to understand at this moment.

Based on the fact that each task only yields 3 life points, it would take at most thirty to forty bounty tasks to gather enough. The thought of having a way to break free from the curse caused Zhang Fengyu, who had originally been feeling suppressed, to relax slightly.

Wang Lin suddenly stopped speaking, lowered his head, and took several deep puffs of his cigarette. This was already the tenth time he had explained the rules of this curse to newcomers. Many of the newcomers who had previously listened to his explanations had perished during official missions, and each time he explained the rules, it only served to confirm that more innocent people had fallen victim to this damned curse

Zhang Fengyu was about to ask a question when he was interrupted by Wang Lin's wave of his hand. Wang Lin then said: "I know what you want to ask. The execution team leader does not receive any special treatment; his purpose is solely to guide the newcomers. However, he will know the details of the next wanted mission a bit earlier than others. Other than that, there are no additional privileges."

Thinking of this, Fengyu inquired: "Previously, you mentioned that I could use life points to exchange for items. So, what exactly can be exchanged?"

During this period of relative calm, Zhang Fengyu quickly digested what Wang Lin had just said to him. At this moment, Wang Lin had also emerged from his pain and continued to explain to Zhang Fengyu: "Every time a wanted mission is issued, it will be published on the piece of paper you carry with you. In fact, it is called a Terror Wanted Order, and the target of the wanted notice is naturally a ghost. Each time you successfully complete the task listed on it, a claw will extend from your own wanted order to pull the ghost into the wanted notice. However, this depends on the nature of the wanted mission you are executing. For some tasks, even if you complete them, the wanted order will not kill the ghost, and the only way to kill the ghost is to complete the wanted mission. But this also depends on the nature of the wanted mission you are executing. For some tasks, even if you complete them, the wanted order will not kill the ghost, and the only way to kill the ghost is to complete the wanted mission.

The other individuals also wore expressions of helplessness; everyone knew that the struggle to survive was exceedingly difficult, or perhaps it could be described as extremely uncertain. However, even with just a glimmer of hope, they still yearned for the chance to continue living

Oh, what is this curse all about? I am just a student and have never done anything wrong. Why does this curse have to target me? Why not go after those wrongdoers? I truly regret having taken that movie flyer

However, what is different is that the infinite horror is a horror that can be resolved. People can rely on their own hands to eliminate the horrors they face, but they cannot solve it with their own hands. They can only use the malevolent spirits mentioned in the wanted notices to kill the ghosts they encounter. This is fundamentally an unsolvable horror; what they experience is the true infinite horror

Upon hearing this, Zhang Fengyu recalled the blood-red text that had appeared on the big screen in the cinema, stating, "The bounty for this wanted notice is 3 life points." Now he finally understood the significance of these life points, and at the same time, a glimmer of hope arose within him; as long as he could gather a hundred life points, he would be able to leave this place. This also made Zhang Fengyu feel that perhaps breaking free from this curse was not as difficult as he had imagined.

Zhang Fengyu trembled upon hearing this, exclaiming in disbelief: "It takes three missions just to gain a few points of life value, and the life value we desperately earn must be thrown away every three times by 10 points. This is simply a scheme to make us die!"

Hmph!" Zhang Feng let out a cold snort, continuing to tilt his head back, taking a deep drag on the tobacco in his mouth, no longer paying any attention to Wang Lin

Wang Lin's words fell upon Zhang Fengyu like a bucket of cold water, dousing him thoroughly, but this was not the end; more despairing words awaited Zhang Fengyu.

The so-called Death Base refers to this very train car we are currently in. In this train car, no matter what injuries you sustain, you can be instantly healed. Moreover, within the Death Base, any item you desire, as long as it is not a living thing, can be obtained through your subconscious imagination, almost as if by magic. However, it is impossible to acquire anything that is alive; the only beings that can exist in the Death Base are us, the executors.

Wang Lin shook his head and said: "You can only be considered truly qualified to exchange life points for items after completing three bounty missions. Otherwise, you will have to pay double the life points. However, once you successfully complete the three missions, a cabinet containing items and tools will appear in your mind, and at that time, you will be able to exchange them for an equivalent amount of life points."

After experiencing three bounty missions, the Death Base will undergo a wave of chaos caused by ghosts, meaning that ghosts will invade this Death Base where we are located. The only way to survive is to spend 10 life points to exchange for a shield that protects you from ghostly harm; otherwise, your fate will be to be killed by the ghosts. However, it should be noted that although bounty missions are quite challenging, as long as you carefully observe the details and calmly analyze the situation, there is a chance to escape from here. The five of us have survived multiple bounty missions.

Zhang Fengyu nodded and continued to ask: "Are we required to have six people for every task we undertake?"

Hmph! This curse is inherently designed to kill us; it is impossible for us to survive until the end! Impossible to survive until the end!" Zhang Feng's eyes were filled with bloodshot veins as he roared at Zhang Fengyu like a beast. Wang Lin, seeing Zhang Feng in this state, darkly replied: "Zhang Feng, you are someone who has survived three missions; if you continue to be this pessimistic, then there will truly be no chance of survival. Even if there is a glimmer of hope for survival, we absolutely cannot give up. Since fate has tormented us so, we must rise against the wind, relying on our own beliefs, striving to dismantle this curse, and live on tenaciously!" And Wang Lin, seeing Zhang Feng in this state, darkly replied: "Zhang Feng, you are someone who has survived three missions; if you continue to be this pessimistic, then there will truly be no chance of survival. Even if there is a glimmer of hope for survival, we absolutely cannot give up. Since fate has tormented us so, we must rise against the wind, relying on our own beliefs, striving to dismantle this curse, and live on tenaciously!"

Wang Lin observed Zhang Fengyu's expression at this moment and found that he seemed somewhat indifferent. He thought to himself that Zhang must have realized there was a way to escape and felt hopeful. Wang Lin sneered at Zhang Fengyu and said, "If you think it's easy to escape from here, then you are gravely mistaken. Every task is extremely difficult, and some tasks have no hints at all; it is purely a matter of luck. I once experienced a task with no clues at all. The task was simple: play a coin toss with a ghost. Each person tossed the coin a total of ten times. If the number of tails you got in those ten tosses was greater than the ghost's, then you would die. There were absolutely no clues; it was purely a gamble on luck. Do you think your luck can be that good? Moreover, the higher the life value reward for a task, the greater the difficulty of that task, which means it is more likely to be unsolvable. One hundred life points require going through dozens of wanted tasks. Who has luck that can last through dozens of times like that?"

Do not harbor any illusions that you can kill them with charms, spells, chicken blood, swords, or other such means; this is simply impossible. Ghosts do not have a true form, which is why physical attacks have no effect on them whatsoever. If you do not believe this, you may also conduct a personal experiment.