DreamersGN Chapter 218 Crystal Lake's Resilient King, the Meme Infection Disaster
Chapter 218 Crystal Lake's Resilient King, the Meme Infection Disaster
Chapter 218 Crystal Lake's Resilient King, the Meme Infection Disaster
During the infiltration of the Styx worm, Mordy also discovered some unusual things through the "probes" left at the nuclear explosion site.
"The higher-ups at White Eagle seem to know something, otherwise they wouldn't have halted the on-site investigation so quickly. Moreover, they seem interested in the probes I left behind."
In this world, the United States remains a superpower and a global rogue state, having secretly established numerous laboratories overseas.
A significant portion of these are researching inhumane projects.
The White Eagle leadership seemed to know some inside information, and were very cautious about the probes left behind by Mordy. Instead of transporting them directly back to the mainland, they were sent to overseas laboratories for secret research.
"They're quite cautious." Modi observed the researchers' every move through the field of vision transmitted back by the probe.
Because the samples contained radiation, they wore thick anti-radiation suits and never took them off, which caused Modi some trouble.
He cannot directly control the Styx worms by burrowing into their brains.
But this is not a big deal; he has other means of control.
Inside the transparent, sealed container, the compound eyes of a Styx worm that had been feigning death flickered, and it released an invisible mental fluctuation in front of the researcher in front of the container.
The mental fluctuations penetrated the container, invading the researcher's brain and dragging him into the battlefield of consciousness.
He witnessed firsthand Modi's will, or more precisely, a fragment of it. Even so, fear overwhelmed his will, as if he had seen something indescribable, and he went mad.
The researcher's mind was opened, and the Styx worm took the opportunity to cleanse his personality, piecing together and reshaping his nearly shattered self.
Finally, a person who believed in the Blood God was born.
Less than three seconds had passed before a mental surgery was completed. As for the original researcher, it was hard to say whether the person standing there now was still him.
After a moment, the researcher looked away and continued his work.
Instead of exposing these Styx worms, Modi allowed them to continue infiltrating in the shadows, quietly spreading the blood sea pollution.
The other researchers were unaware that one of their colleagues had already become a completely different person.
Pollution is spreading silently.
Until most of the labs were completely compromised, the White Eagles did not realize anything was wrong.
They are still receiving false data from the lab, most of which are research reports on Styx worms.
Perhaps driven by a wicked sense of humor, Modi stuffed in a lot of his own personal opinions, submitting reports that were a mixture of truth and falsehood.
"According to research, this is an extremely ancient organism that may have existed for more than 2.5 million years, dating back to before the Permian-Triassic extinction event."
"They can feed on radiation, but they cannot withstand the high temperature and shock of a nuclear explosion. We speculate that there must have been more of them before the third nuclear explosion at Sakurajima."
"After the nuclear explosion, only a small fraction of them survived, but they were on the verge of death. They instinctively sought out radiation as food, but it was too late. By the time our people arrived, only their corpses remained at the scene."
Modi didn't care how the White Eagle leadership viewed these reports. His Styx Worm had already infiltrated White Eagle territory and was systematically infecting their top brass and conglomerate leaders.
Before he fully controls White Eagle's power, he will not expose these infected people, but will let them maintain their original lives.
As the infection progressed, he also found some ambiguous traces of the supernatural.
"The Crystal Lake murder case, the Chucky case, the Stanley Hotel mystery, the Cecil Hotel horror... these are all old friends."
With the backing of his power, Modi's investigation progressed rapidly, uncovering many bizarre events covered up by the White Eagle government.
Without exception, these bizarre events once attracted widespread attention, but after a period of time, their popularity gradually declined, and many debunking videos were released, and eventually no one went to investigate anymore.
Modi discovers that the White Eagle government is always covering up these bizarre events.
"The bald eagle's deliberate cover-up of the strange events is itself highly unusual."
If those events were all fabricated, the White Hawk government wouldn't need to go to the trouble of covering them up; the more it does so, the more suspicious it appears.
"Unfortunately, with my current access level, I don't have enough authority to access those files unless I get promoted."
The White Eagle's investigation stalled, so he simply sent some Styx Worms to conduct on-site investigations. Famous locations such as the Stanley Hotel, Cecil Hotel, and Crystal Lake were all on his investigation list.
The Crystal Lake incident is the most recent, having occurred some time ago, around the same time he came into this world.
"Jason of Crystal Lake... Come to think of it, he's one of the targets for my Awakening Armament Summoning."
Jason is quite the workhorse among horror movie characters. Not only is he brought out in every movie to repeat the killing spree, but he is also basically sent back to his grave at the end.
Occasionally, he'll be dragged out to compete against other horror movie characters, like Freddy Krueger.
Perhaps his true form resides in a vast hell, causing his existence to be projected across all realms.
Standing by Crystal Lake, looking at the crystal-clear surface, Mo Di smiled.
Here, he sensed a trace of special residual energy, which gave him a familiar feeling.
"There's no mistake, it's the scent of that witch. She must have been here before heading to Sakurajima, or rather, she must have dealt with Jason at Crystal Lake first before going to Sakurajima to handle the evil god summoning ritual."
Those deer god followers who summoned him should have also received the witch's beam of light.
Modi didn't feel any regret about it, after all, those were followers of the Deer God, not his own.
There was only one thing on his mind: "Where did that witch come from? I used the powers of infected people all over the world, but I still couldn't find her. Could it be that she, like me, is an outsider who doesn't belong to this world?"
Jason of Crystal Lake is almost certainly real, or at least he once existed.
However, Jason, without any martial arts skills, was still too inexperienced when facing a flying witch and her light cannon.
We'd need at least a Jason in a nano-armor form.
Based on the residual special energy, Modi explored his way and finally found the place where the energy was most abundant.
"The soil here is different from the surrounding soil; it must have been filled in recently." He squatted down, dipped his finger in the soil, and quickly analyzed the results.
"This area may have been bombarded by laser cannons, leaving a large crater. The White Eagle government reacted quickly and filled the crater."
Of all the Crystal Lake and the surrounding area, only this place retains the most residual energy, and also only here is the soil relatively new.
"This should be Jason's burial place, but I don't know if he left any remains."
Logically speaking, since White Eagle covered it up, even if Jason's remains were still there, they would probably have been taken to the lab long ago.
Modi did not find any information about Jason's remains, so it can be concluded that Jason's remains are most likely lost.
But what if? After all, Jason is known for his incredible resilience; he gets buried in every movie, but always manages to be resurrected in the next one.
"Since we're already here, we can't just stay and look at the scenery."
With this thought in mind, Modi's body dissolved, transforming into countless Styx worms that covered the newly filled soil.
The Styx worms began to work, secreting Styx water that corroded the soil and absorbed the organic matter extracted from the Styx water, multiplying rapidly.
The Styx worm spread out, gradually covering the entire newly filled soil, and sank at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After digging for no more than five minutes, Modi saw an item that shouldn't have been there.
"Isn't that Jason's hockey mask? What's it doing here?"
Mordy reformed into human form, picked up Jason's iconic mask, and weighed it in his hand.
The spiritual sense swept across the mask and sent back feedback.
"This mask is no fake; it's brimming with resentment and entangled with curses. It's a genuine extraordinary object. If it were the White Eagle government, they would never let it go. But the question is, why was it buried here?"
There's no point in digging any deeper; the soil below wasn't newly filled in, and he's already reached the bottom of the pit.
Modi met the empty eye sockets of the mask for a moment, and a thought struck him as he felt a little like he was being watched.
"You're looking at me, aren't you, Jason?"
The mask remained silent, but the resentment and curses within it surged forth, conveying a message.
"Accept me, be the mistake, shatter this false world—"
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"A fake world?" Mordy vaguely grasped a certain thread. "Tell me what this means?"
The mask remained silent, simply repeating the meaning it had just conveyed.
He sighed, turned his hand and took the mask, then suppressed it with a river of the underworld.
If left unchecked, Jason, the king of survivability, might actually be resurrected with his mask.
There were two things he didn't understand: why did the mask say the world was fake? And what was wrong?
"False? But my senses tell me that there's nothing wrong with this world, unless..."
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Thinking of a certain possibility, Modi's expression became much more serious.
"Unless this world is similar to the Qiancang Realm, and gradually transformed into a real world through parasitism."
If that's the case, then this world has probably reached the end of its evolution; otherwise, he wouldn't have failed to see the signs.
Filled with doubt, Modi covered the pit again and left silently.
Shortly thereafter, the Styx Worms that had gone to other locations of strange events to conduct on-site investigations returned one after another.
Unlike Crystal Lake, he didn't find anything at the other locations.
Those places didn't retain any special energy, unlike the Crystal Lake, where objects carrying resentment would appear.
At best, it can only be considered a tourist attraction. Because the popularity of the eerie events has declined, there may not be many people visiting it.
Meanwhile, the Styx Insects, far away on Sakurajima Island, have been discovered.
After successfully taking control of high-ranking officials, including Prime Minister Sakurajima, Mordy gained access to a series of previously blocked documents.
These documents are all related to strange events.
"The Saeki Family Investigation Record, the Human Head Balloon Incident, the Sewer Mermaid Incident, the Train to the Underworld Incident, and... the Global Mega-Disaster Meme Infection—Sadako."