Chapter 1759: Chapter 1759
(Hold on for edits) The player who was fleeing had been using props to move between floors, but unexpectedly stepped onto 101. He couldn’t penetrate these tallic props from the ga, and then he saw Xu Huo beside him, taking aim at him with a crossbow!
The crossbow didn’t shoot a solid arrow, but rather a semi-transparent ice projectile, which lted quickly after piercing the wall!
“You are not the one I’m looking for,” Xu Huo clarified his stance, but due to this brief delay, the pursuing player had already descended from the floor above. However, just as his feet appeared, a strange force knocked him aside, carving a deep groove into the ceiling before coming to a halt at the wall.
In the next mont, two people and a Stone Lion landed on the sa floor where Xu Huo and his companion were.
“Da Mao, attack!” Yan Jiayu commanded the Stone Lion to pounce on the humans, while simultaneously sticking a muscle doll sticker on her face. Her speed instantly skyrocketed, becoming as fast as an undetectable missile, crashing fiercely towards the person at the wall!
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Many were holding various terminals to record and share the spectacle, so when a piece of Amber with a steel needle-pierced arm embedded in it hit the ground, it was imdiately uploaded to the public network through sophisticated communication tools. anwhile, the crowd gathered in the square grew chaotic, seeing what appeared to be a “corpse” in the unusually peaceful Zone 019 was bound to cause fear.
But there were also so daring enough to gather around.
“This person’s hand seems fake, there are also words on the adjacent stone plinth.”
“The sins of the governnt and mining group for slaughtering miners will pass down generations. The souls of the dead, eager for revenge, will eternally haunt, and Zone 019, forged from blood and bodies, will likewise perish in blood and bodies…”
Soone read out the words aloud, then puzzled, remarked, “Slaughtering miners? Does Zone 019 have miners?”
Many younger people were confused by this. Of course, their confusion didn’t last long as the arriving players and ard robots quickly took away the two pieces of Amber.
The items were taken away, but more people could see them on the Collection of Information Terminal, and soone raised, “I heard from elders that more than a hundred years ago, we relied entirely on humans for mining, and when an earthquake hit, many people died. Almost every mountain saw fatalities… Is the stone tablet referring to this incident? Wasn’t it an accidental disaster? This suggests it wasn’t accidental?”
Many people didn’t realize the potential significance behind this sudden event; they were rely intrigued by the ripple disrupting their peaceful life, eager to call friends and investigate further.
The sa phenonon was happening in several other major cities, which are quite so distance from Lüyang City. But within a few minutes, similar pieces of Amber were thrown into crowded places, so with puppet hands, others with feet or bodies, yet each was accompanied by the sa slab of Amber.
This situation quickly escalated.
The puppet Ambers were insufficient as evidence, but the contentious words on the accompanying stone slabs provoked Collection of Information Terminal’s control center to begin purging related information within twenty minutes—images, holographic records, text records—all were blocked.
Such actions had a counterproductive effect, provoking even more curiosity and digging into the matter, especially motivated by those families of the deceased who received governnt subsidies. Many of those who directly witnessed the mining accident over a century ago are still alive, and they tell this tale of “sacrifice” as honor to their descendants, even if today’s young generation doesn’t pay attention.
But when such honor puts on the cloak of “conspiracy,” people start thinking in different directions. After all, regarding the mining disaster, it wasn’t that no one questioned it then, only that most inquiries fizzled out. Together with the subsequent governnt and mining group’s efforts, everyone was forced to let go.
Yet, the words on the stone slab implied their relatives might have been murdered, which was nothing short of earth-shattering.
Thus, only half an hour after the ssage blockage, many people took to the streets, and headed to the municipal governnt office, demanding the lifting of information blocks and calling for the truth.
At the sa ti, so began campaigning on Collection of Information Terminal about the “hard tis” of Zone 019 a hundred years ago, including so available public data and so preserved materials from the ti. This information revealed that the District Governnts and mining groups jointly concealed the true number of casualties, and there were even deliberate acts of harming family mbers of the victims who ca forward to seek justice.
The people of Zone 019 have long lifespans, aning many direct witnesses of the mining disaster remain. Even in Jiusang City, so can still clearly recount how many people initially died in the mining town, let alone other cities or villages with larger populations.
More and more voices began to appear on Collection of Information Terminal, with so logically and factually voicing truthful suspicions, including so who recovered or didn’t recover their family mbers’ bodies, and those genuinely pursuing the facts. Others simply stoked the flas out of amusent without caring about the gravity of the situation, hoping to use this occurrence to spark new excitent.
Zone 019 Governnt holds the supre control over Collection of Information Terminal. Even if regional governnts opened permissions, anything the District Governnt disagreed with would remain blocked. So, half a day later, citizens spontaneously gathered before the District Governnt, demanding all permissions be unlocked.
During this, governnts from various locales successively issued notices, labeling the incident as a prank by players from other regions—since puppets, not real bodies, were used; they’ve apprehended a couple of players, yet couldn’t disclose the interrogation results at that mont, urging citizens to wait peacefully and return ho for information.
Zone 019’s governnts have been consistent in administrative affairs, establishing a trust relationship with division residents, so when the notice was issued, many were inclined to wait for information, as truly implicated individuals are few.
However, as the uproar began to subside, new puppet Amber appeared. This ti, in addition to parts of bodies and stone slabs, there was Master Soran’s signed endorsent, marking a specific ti.
This stirred up a hornet’s nest. Master Soran’s “Ember Girl” had been a topic of fascination for Zone 019 residents for over a decade. Many searched tirelessly for this painting, yet failed to find it. Now, how could it be associated with puppet Amber?
Experts dedicated to studying Soran’s works publicly stated that from their perspective, there was no doubt it was Soran’s handwriting, but given current advanced technology, mimicking notes isn’t difficult, thus making verification uncertain.
But just ten minutes later, a photo featuring a corner with Master Soran’s script made its way to Collection of Information Terminal, pushed to hot news.
Shortly thereafter, Master Soran’s son personally stepped forward to confirm his mother’s handwriting, and hoped that whoever possessed the “Ember Girl” could make the painting public—first, to investigate Soran’s intent, second, to avoid involving other matters, lest it disturbs the deceased.
However, the account that posted the photograph didn’t relay any further ssages; Zone 019 players and ard robots traced the signal location and only found a temporary terminal, without a sign of the publisher’s Shadow.
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