Point of difference doom

Of course a good person would not commit suicide, which sounds so incredible.

But the results shown by these data are so irreversible.

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Twenty-one days ago, a person with the ID of Daoma Dan in a community forum in Songjiang City left a message:

“I don’t know how to contact ‘us’ but I did see the update.”

"Part of the updated content of version 1.01: Wraiths will appear in the Songjiang Reservoir, and the corruption level of the reservoir will reach E level."

"This is what I saw in my dream. I will be drafted into the Songjiang Reservoir in version 1.01. I must find a way to survive near the water for four hours."

"Four hours later, I will return to version 1.0, probably back to the real world? I hope this is really just a weird dream."

There aren't many comments on this post.

In the massive speculation about version updates, humans have shown unlimited imagination.

There are even top ten novels on related topics that rank among the top ten monthly votes on a certain Chinese website.

There are so many dazzling posts that no one knows which post is worth trusting.

After all, no one seems trustworthy.

But Zhou Baiyu had to pay attention, because Daoma Dan updated the post with this sentence——

"Speaking of which, I can see a strange countdown. Could this be the remaining time I stay in version 1.0?"

These were the last words. Soon after, the Dao Ma Dan committed suicide.

At the bottom of the post, someone from the same community said that Daomadan hanged himself a few days later, and his real identity was the swimming coach of the community.

The second countdown-related message came from a driver in Linxiang City. He posted a video on Kuaishu seventeen days ago:

"What's wrong, brothers! I went out to do some work today, and my map navigation voice changed from Kurosawa Shirei to Nabe Tokatsuna!"

"He also told me that part of the update in version 1.03: Juhui Street spawned a large number of low-level monsters, and the corruption level of Juhui Street reached D level. I couldn't understand it, but I was shocked."

"I'm going to Juhui Street and drive to escape for sixty minutes, by the way..."

"I can see a countdown. It feels... weird."

Comments on the video all read "Have a good journey" and "A moment of silence".

In the massive amount of information, few people still believe what this driver said.

The reason why the barrage is full of these condolences is because the driver posted a live video of jumping off a building not long after.

He became a warrior who used death to accuse this involved world, but the video has been harmonized.

Zhou Baiyu only found out what happened in the video comment area.

When he saw this, he already saw some frightening connections.

Later, Zhou Baiyu found a lot of information related to the countdown. He conducted data analysis on all these messages.

The conclusion made him shudder even more.

The publishers of the information, without exception, ended up dead, and all committed suicide.

Every suicide victim claimed to have seen the countdown and saw or heard a version update announcement between 1.01 and 1.04.

Everyone’s update announcement is different, but they all have something in common——

Go to a mutated area and complete some kind of challenge. There are either monsters or weird rules in the area.

And so many people have committed suicide, and the messages they left behind during their lifetimes are all similar...

Zhou Baiyu can almost conclude that this is not an accident, but some kind of "rule" that must be followed.

"Those who see the countdown will be 'recruited' to the future 'version' for some kind of survival challenge."

"Those who fail the challenge, without exception, will be forced to commit suicide!"

This is undoubtedly an extremely absurd and extremely desperate conclusion.

But Zhou Baiyu didn't believe that so many people would use their lives to make fun of a "prank."

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Time returns to the present.

There are only eight hours left before the countdown ends.

After leaving the company building, Zhou Baiyu went to the house he rented not long ago without any delay.

This is a loft apartment of about 50 square meters, which is a secret base used by Zhou Baiyu to attack the "version".

After returning to the apartment, he quickly turned on the computer.

He prepared two wills.

The first will was written to my parents and was in the memo on my cell phone.

To put it simply: I am sorry to be born as a human being, and I don’t know what hell is like, but the world is full of torture.

Yes, this is a truly depressing "suicide" will.

Zhou Baiyu hopes that in the eyes of his parents, he did die by suicide.

Because whether it's the countdown or the update reminder slogans all over the world, I'm afraid it's all caused by some kind of extraordinary power.

Human beings may be fighting against something terrible.

If possible, he just wanted his parents to accept the fact that he committed suicide, and then return to a peaceful life after a short period of pain.

The second will is Zhou Baiyu's real will.

To be precise, this is a guide.

"Hello to the stranger who found this post using countdown as the keyword."

"By the time you see this post, I will be dead. Let's skip that bullshit and remember what I said now."

"First, after the countdown ends, you will be recruited into a certain future version. The higher the version number, the higher the regional corruption rating. The region you experience will have more terrifying rules and more monsters."

"Second, you may get version updates through various methods. Your navigation may speak, and your dreams may express it. You need to pay attention to it at all times."

"Third, this is an experiment. I'll put a banana in my pocket, enter the 'new version zone,' and I'll either eat it or throw it away.

If you didn't touch a banana in the pocket of my corpse, it means that items can be brought into the 'new version area'.

But if you touch it...well, then I'll treat you to a banana, don't waste it."

Zhou Baiyu updated what he summarized one by one.

His job is to save human lives.

So even if you are about to die, you must at least let your death bring life to others.

Time passed minute by minute, and Zhou Baiyu did not stop at all, constantly collecting information and updating his will.

But suddenly, a huge ":(" graphic appeared on his computer.

Computer blue screen.

【:(Your computer encountered a problem and needs to restart; we only collect certain error messages.】

Zhou Baiyu subconsciously wanted to restart, but suddenly found that there were even smaller text in the blue screen interface.

"coming!"

His eyes widened in excitement.

He had been confused before. People who saw the countdown would see the version update announcement in many strange ways.

But I didn't see the "Update Announcement". I didn't know which version to go to and what to do.

At this moment, the announcement finally appeared!

The announcement itself is information, and information can increase the hope of survival!

only--

After Zhou Baiyu looked at it several times to confirm that he was not dazzled, he suddenly felt cold:

"Version 2.21? Class A corruption area?"