Chapter 1386: Chapter 360: Building a Nightmare Industry Chain in the Otherworld (Part 4)
Various speculations continuously surged in his mind.
An alien civilization test? A military secret experiment? An extraordinary encounter event in a story?
What made him shiver in fear was that, even when he looked away, those words still clearly appeared in every corner of his vision.
Whether he blinked or shook his head, the options of yes or no clung to him like a hideous growth.
"Damn!"
At this moment, Lex realized this was not an effect achievable by technology.
Earlier, he thought it was a prank by hackers in the local network.
But after cutting off the power and seeing the bizarre options wherever he looked, he understood this was a power beyond comprehension.
His knees began to weaken, filled with both fear and some anticipation.
He feared whether the unknown force behind this option would drag him into an unpredictable abyss.
Perhaps it was bait from some interstellar predator or a trap designed to filter experimental subjects.
Just like in those apocalyptic stories, the chosen ones would become mere victims, only able to struggle in fear.
He could envision the worst outcome: losing control of himself to some invisible force.
Yet the anticipation grew wildly like vines.
He also thought of the many extraordinary tales prevalent before the End of Dharma Clan invasion.
Some gained a mysterious system in dire situations and reversed their lives using extraordinary abilities.
Some accidentally accessed a cross-dimensional network and rebuilt civilization from the wasteland.
What if this truly was an olive branch handed by fate?
The development dilemmas of the venue, the confusion about survival, the helplessness towards this decaying world—perhaps all could find an exit in these options.
Lex stared at the blinking cursor in his vision, his fingers curling, nails digging deeply into his palm.
Fear and anticipation clashed in his chest, almost suffocating him.
Two thoughts battled fiercely within his mind.
In a short time, he couldn’t decide what he should choose.
Lex’s gaze tugged between yes and no, sweat dripping down his forehead onto the ground.
Several times he resolved to make a choice, but ultimately he pulled back his finger.
However, thinking about the red stamp urging for rent payment, the dusty experience capsules in the venue, this world already crumbling to ruin.
Guarding a virtual venue on the brink of bankruptcy, what kind of future was this, really?
He cursed under his breath, as if to spit out all his fears, and his trembling finger finally stabbed fiercely at the "Yes" option in his vision.
There wasn’t the anticipated huge commotion or dazzling lights.
The moment his fingertip landed, the options in his vision receded like a tide.
The screen at the counter, long since powered off, suddenly lit up, slowly revealing new content.
[Nightmare System has been activated, current authority: Junior Angel Envoy]
System Introduction: This system uses "Shock Value" as its core driving force, constructing immersive horror scenes for the target individual, generating Shock Value based on the target’s level of fright and spiritual shock.
Shock Value can be used to exchange for various resources in the system’s store, including but not limited to energy supplies, special scene materials, authority unlock credentials, etc.
Moreover, Shock Value has the attribute of creative empowerment, consuming a certain amount can unlock the instance editor.
Supports customizing scene structures, NPC behavior logic, environmental interaction rules, and fear element combinations, all contents from basic audio-visual effect tweaking can be personalized through the editor, meeting the different fright needs of diverse scenarios.
Specific Instructions: ...
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Lines of orderly text scrolled out.
On the left were ten scene names marked with numbers, each followed by a brief description.
End of Dharma Invasion, Silent Death Land, Rusted Ruins, Alusi’s Recovery...
Lex’s breathing became rapid, the descriptions crawling from the screen into his mind, making his heart race.
On the right side of the screen, there was a "Nightmare Store" icon.
He reached out and clicked it, and instantly the screen shifted to the store interface.
A large amount of product information was listed there:
[Nightmare Scene Expansion Package]: Can simultaneously accommodate 50 people for online experience, consumes Shock Value: 5000 points.
[Custom Scene Editor]: Consumes Shock Value based on scene content generation.
[Life Pill]: Exchange may have delayed release, can improve physical fitness and extend life, consumes Shock Value: 500,000 points.
[Divine Weapon: Broken Frost Axe]: Can cut through all objects in the world, consumes Shock Value: 1,000,000 points.
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The items in the store list were all displayed to Lex by Wei Shan using the Nightmare Illusion Realm.
The editing permissions for the Nightmare Scenes inside needed him to receive Lex’s ideas and then he would edit and generate them himself.
As for various spiritual medicines and even divine weapons.
They are the most common items in the hands of players.
Especially the various divine weapons that can be exchanged, generally sourced from the battlegrounds of Imperial Tomb Village, but in the Small World can certainly be referred to as divine weapons.
The agent mode’s aim is to give the agent a sense of superiority in acquiring the system.
Then guide them to develop along the path set by the system, essentially working for him.
All the goods were sold at over ten times the price, and some items did not even require Flower Sacrificial Power for acquisition.
But in Lex’s eyes, he was undoubtedly hitting the jackpot.
"Shock Value..." Lex murmured to himself, his gaze fixed on the screen.
The descriptions of various tools in the store sent him into a frenzy of joy.
In his view, these items were simply the threshold to touching the extraordinary.
He almost seemed to see, as the Shock Value accumulated, what kind of transformation he would undergo.
