Xiao Buli was shocked when he heard this. Although Xuan Zhenzi was a legendary figure to him, he had never known his actual location in the real world. "How do you know?" Xiao Buli asked seriously.
"Hehe, I'll tell you in a bit," Xuan Zhenzi suddenly beca mysterious. Of course, Xiao Buli had the patience, so he didn't say anything further but continued to listen. "Once we arrived at the base, we were placed in separate rooms within the base. The conditions were slightly better than the farm, but still limited. In the following days, we were forced to undergo various training exercises. Sotis we would be forced to do field training like special forces, and other tis we would be strapped to a machine that spun us relentlessly until we felt like vomiting. We were tornted miserably during that ti, but fortunately, we were well-fed. They were never stingy with food, which was at least more enjoyable than our ti at the farm. This routine lasted about half a month. Then so of us were selected for experints, including myself."
"Indeed, it's the sa device you're using now. We were tied to beds, had helts put on our heads, and entered the ga. But back then, we didn't know what it really was. Each ti we entered, we were led by a soldier. Inside, we could do everything we did in reality—jump, laugh, work. Initially, we appeared in a village and took on tasks in the village based on our expertise. As soone who was a Taoist, I would adopt the appearance of a Taoist each ti I entered the ga. Later on, when I helped a wandering Taoist in the village, he took on as his apprentice. Since then, I've had a new understanding of the ga."
"I don't get it. If General Huo was willing, why not let soldiers enter the ga? After all, they are more willing to sacrifice themselves, right?" Xiao Buli raised his question.
"I think it has to do with our real-world professions. Our attributes in the ga are assigned based on our real-life situations, especially when it cos to initial skills or later career developnt. It's all influenced by these factors. Although General Huo would change the person leading, or rather supervising us, every so often, without exception, these people were all soldiers or militian. That's to say, their path of advancent in the ga was too uniform. Hence, General Huo was looking for people with other skills. Anyway, I was the first among them to obtain abilities within the ga. The Taoist taught the Fireball Technique, which I discovered by accident. Lei Zhengang, who I shared a room with, was the first to discover the secret. He used to be a horse bandit. Although a bit rough, he was brave and ticulous. He felt we could escape the base once we had enough abilities, and indeed, that's what he later did." Xuan Zhenzi took a deep sigh, and Xiao Buli found it very understandable.
"What happened after that?" Seeing that Xuan Zhenzi had stopped talking, Xiao Buli hurriedly prompted him.
"After that, many of us started to notice problems with the ga since more and more skills were being used in real life. But it seed General Huo didn't stop the experints because of this. His goal was to train an elite troop through the ga, and we were just his lab rats. If not for what happened later, he might have succeeded. The first one to have problems was , probably because I was the strongest among them and was one of the few who developed in the magic system. So, I was the first to hear the Heart Demon's voice. At that ti, we couldn't be sure whether we were hallucinating or really hearing voices in our heads. So reported this, but soon after, I never saw them again. Everyone was scared, trying to keep from going mad while also too scared to tell General Huo our true situation. In the end, the situation erupted. I watched helplessly as those soldiers executed them right in front of us. Of course, the situation would have been much worse if they hadn't opened fire, but it still terrified us. We were just experints that could be killed at any ti, nothing more."
During the scarce free ti we had for eating, getting so fresh air, and sleeping, we planned our escape, making full use of our expertise to co up with what we thought was a perfect plan. Unfortunately, the day before we intended to escape, Lei Zhengang fled first. He had trained in assassin-type skills in the ga, and he was best at hiding. Maybe he didn't trust our plan. Anyway, he vanished that night without a sound, and I hadn't even noticed. From that day on, General Huo increased surveillance on us. They also constructed a new room on the sub-ground level—a execution chamber. They started placing us there before we went mad, observing our reactions through bulletproof glass, assessing how much of a threat we were. Later, they nad this condition Soul Departure Syndro. One by one, people left, and I felt my spirit was on the brink of collapse. But to survive, I kept enduring. Life here was even harder to bear than at the farm. Yet with our abilities, we always believed there was a glimr of hope. Maybe one day, we could withstand those bullets. That's how we comforted each other."
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