My Cell Prison-Chapter 1177 - 1176: Grave

[Out of Control: ?? (Multiple deep out-of-control cases, source unidentifiable)]

Level and Type: Level III Contagious Out-of-Control

World Code: M-0031, "The Tombs"

(Note: M stands for the Middle-ranged world, this world ranked 0031 was created during the early days of Black Tower, unlike Outward-recruited World)

Summary: Under the proposal of ███, related information about "The Tombs" has been blocked. ███ believes that the current collection of information on "The Tombs" might mislead the intervention personnel at the cognitive level. The "The Tombs" influenced by the out-of-control cases has undergone fundamental changes, and original world information is unreliable.

To date, four groups of employees (three groups of interns and one group of formal employees) have visited "The Tombs" world.

Among them, all interns perished, and only one formal employee escaped back to Black Tower, and was executed on the spot for being deeply infected without extracting related intelligence.

After analyses by the Technical Department and Medical Research Section on the executed deceased, the out-of-control level was determined as "Level III Contagious Out-of-Control"

[Request]-Due to severe lack of information on this event, the requests are divided into three levels:

First Class: Investigate the relevant information on "The Tombs", bring back ’valid’ body tissues of the out-of-control case ensuring the individual isn’t infected (investigation information volume needs to be ＞50%)

Reward: 1 Talent Point, 400 Fate Points, may apply to obtain one portion of Epic Material.

Second Class: On the basis of fulfilling ’First Class’, investigation information volume needs to be ＞80%, and clarify the root cause of out-of-control in "The Tombs", bringing back fundamental evidential material.

Reward: 2 Talent Points, 600 Fate Points, may apply to obtain one piece of Epic Equipment.

Third Class: Kill or capture ’the root cause of out-of-control’, attempt to cleanse the world (cleanse level ＞80%)

Reward: 2 Talent Points, 1000 Fate Points, may apply to obtain one portion of Legend-level material.

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"This mission ... it’s kind of odd.

Black Tower subjectively hides the [World Background], probably because their collected data isn’t enough. Providing original world data could likely mislead the employees, accelerating their deaths.

For such worlds that have scarcely been explored after the control loss, the best way is to provide nothing, letting the employees explore on their own ... but it’s still so strange."

Unlike the previously reviewed materials, these details made Han Dong highly uncomfortable.

"A total of four groups have chosen this mission, almost entirely annihilated ... even the only formal employee who escaped back was executed on-site after being deemed infected.

Black Tower’s medical technology is quite advanced; though the returning formal employee didn’t complete the mission, he did hold some valuable information about ’The Tombs’.

But he was executed just there, showing that Black Tower determined his infection to be incurable and a significant transmission risk.

This mission is extremely difficult.

However, just achieving the ’Second Class’ requirement could earn 2 Talent Points ... I’ve never seen such a segmented reward pattern before.

Let’s compare some more."

Han Dong continued searching in the archives for nearly two more hours.

The proportion for[Level III Out-of-Control Events] was pitifully low, accounting for only about 1-2% of the archive room.

Moreover, not every[Level III Out-of-Control Event]awarded two talent points.

Two more hours passed, Han Dong found another [Level III Out-of-Control] that rewarded 2 Talent Points, and compared it with "The Tombs".

Although this case directly named the out-of-control and gave some information, its difficulty was similarly high.

The target exists in a [Large World] that Han Dong had not yet encountered, with the objective to capture the target alive.

"There’s no such thing as an easy ’Level III Out-of-Control Event’; comparatively, might as well choose the former.

With my current physical condition, I can at least fight against ’infectious types’."

"And moreover, the Second Class requirements didn’t demand the killing or capture of the ’Out of control source,’ but only required bringing back a part of the organization.

As long as I could identify a channel to escape back to the Black Tower in the Tomb World in advance, like the ’phone’ similar to that in the Hacker Empire, it was highly probable that I could escape through the special traits of the Void.

That settled it."

When Han Dong made this decision, his Body involuntarily shivered.

But... this was Han Dong’s only option.

Blame it on his own timing for arriving too late in the Demon World; if his past self, a college professor, had died a few years earlier, he wouldn’t be in such a hurry now.

"If I can’t complete the ’Opening the gate,’ it will be difficult to display my strength in the London game’s continuation... the Expeditionary Army will also arrive in London by then, and I must play a pivotal role."

Thinking this, Han Dong came to the front desk with "The Tombs" file bag.

The person in charge here also wore a Vortex Mask, monitoring the documents and Han Dong’s identity, and repeatedly confirmed three times.

"The files have been submitted. Since you chose a peculiar document, you will be arranged to have a brief conversation with a high-level Black Tower individual before departing... This high-level person is responsible for the worlds M-0001 to M-0100. The conversation will influence whether you can go to world M-0031.

Please follow me."

"Okay..."

He entered a completely sealed metal compartment through the back door of the archives.

The floor was composed of a White Liquid, just enough to submerge Han Dong’s lower legs.

A ’high-level’ individual wearing a white suit, human posture, and a white whirlpool mask was already seated at the small square table, waiting for Han Dong to sit down.

"This White Liquid must be something he released; its composition is indecipherable, probably able to read my interest waves... so formidable; this is the first time I’ve encountered a presence whose level I can’t determine.

However, I’ve seen such a scene before."

It was not as oppressive as when Han Dong had once met Old King Grey.

Han Dong seated himself calmly, maintaining a smile throughout.

A voice akin to that of a broadcaster directly resonated in Han Dong’s head:

"A member of the ’Fight Club,’ no wonder you don’t fear me much, excellent... Why did you choose this mission?"

"I need to ensure a one-time gain of two Talent Points.

At the same time, I think this task is more suitable for me. I have killed a contagious Out of control person before, and I myself possess contagious traits."

"Hmm... a fine answer.

I allow you to proceed. However, I must inform you of a few things before you depart.

At present, the association between M-0031 ’The Tombs’ and the Black Tower has reduced to 13%. Our control over it has nearly failed, and we can only produce a limited number of entrances and exits.

The ’Entrances and Exits’ have been set as ’Coffins,’ but due to association issues, some Coffins may not function as entrances or exits connecting to the Black Tower; you need to investigate this yourself.

Additionally, we cannot guarantee the state in which you will enter the world; we’ll just try to teleport you to a theoretically safe location.

Given the high uncertainty of this mission, if you escape back to the Black Tower for a legitimate reason, you will not be penalized for the unfinished task."

Han Dong nodded thoughtfully and then curiously asked:

"Given such a low degree of association with this world, the Black Tower must have specialized methods to handle it, right? Why turn it into a task and assign it to employees?"

"The Black Tower stipulates that when the world’s degree of association falls below 10%, a special task force will be sent for suppression. If the suppression fails, that world will undergo spatial annihilation.

You are probably the last employee... intern to undertake this event.

And indeed, your ability differs from the previous ones who have died; perhaps you could achieve the goal, or even gain something unexpected. I wish you all the best."