I Got My Cheat Skill by Acting My Way into a Horror Protagonist Role Chapter 46

Ten minutes earlier.

"Warning! Warning! Warning! Abnormal energy fluctuations detected in the southern suburbs!!!"

"Energy values are continuously rising!!!"

"Warning! Warning!!!!"

"Target energy cannot be specifically detected, temporarily designated [Death God Level] alert!!!!"

Maple City, Fifth District [Tianji] branch. The entire base's atmosphere instantly tightened to the extreme. Countless figures rushed through the corridors as the enormous national machine began operating rapidly.

The southern suburban area contained some abandoned old residential buildings where no one lived anymore.

Before numerous computer screens, countless professionals typed furiously, attempting to access nearby street surveillance cameras, mobilizing every available method to gather relevant information.

"Received, currently intercepting—"

Advanced drones had already been dispatched first to investigate the situation.

"Director Song! Something's happened!!"

"Director Song, we've already locked onto the area where the energy fluctuations appeared. Drones were dispatched immediately for investigation..."

"Currently unlocking advanced files, searching for relevant information..."

"Establishing connection with headquarters, reporting the situation..."

A large group of staff followed beside a woman as she rushed toward the command center, listening to their orderly reports.

That woman was the highest leader of the Fifth District [Tianji] branch, Song Shengwan. She wore athletic clothing, sweat on her forehead, breathing somewhat rapidly, with a soldier's determination between her brows. Her high ponytail made her appear heroic and spirited.

Noticing one staff member couldn't keep up with her pace, Song Shengwan grabbed his arm like lifting a chick, helping him walk faster for a few steps, saying in a deep voice, "Continue reporting—"

"The energy fluctuation level is difficult to determine, but according to previous unified criteria, the AI has preliminarily judged it as [Death God] level..."

"Death God level..." Song Shengwan frowned deeply, murmuring to herself as she stepped into the main command center.

The scenes on the massive electronic screen continuously changed until finally, a residential area enveloped in a soaring blood-red light pillar appeared before everyone's eyes. That area stood completely incongruous with the surrounding scenery, with space slightly distorted.

"That... that couldn't be from the horror game world, could it..."

"How could it appear in the real world!?"

The crowd stirred with unease.

She had attended that secret meeting half a month ago. The information obtained from headquarters indicated that similar situations had occurred in Northern Europe and Country M.

This was still top-secret information that very few people knew about.

Five years already. As expected, those forces hiding in the shadows could no longer restrain themselves and were beginning to reveal their fangs?

"What about that block area? Has it been sealed off?" Song Shengwan asked.

"It's the southern suburban area, but we dispatched personnel immediately. It shouldn't cause widespread panic."

"Mm, Deputy Director Li will now fully handle the base situation. I need to go to the scene immediately without delay. Have we connected with headquarters? Route the channel to every field personnel's communication device!"

Every person was a battle-hardened warrior who absolutely followed orders, rushing toward an unknown battlefield for their country and people.

In the southwestern mountains, [Tianji] headquarters.

"Warning!!!—"

"Received [Death God] level information transmission from Fifth District—"

"Emergency video conference convened!!"

"Applying for channel connection!"

"Application approved immediately!!"

"Relevant personnel immediately connect to channel, channel number W52369, repeating, channel number W52369. Relevant information materials have been sent!"

Most information researchers with sufficient clearance received the relevant information, immediately putting down their work with serious expressions and entering the connected channel.

[Horror Game World Information Investigation Division]

The ninth squad members were still undergoing treatment and isolation in the isolation room. Yesterday, that venerable white-haired elder was still here watching over them while recording relevant data.

After understanding the relevant situation, Elder Gu's originally gentle and kind expression immediately turned serious. He raised his hand signaling Liu Feng and the others not to worry, then quickly connected to the channel himself.

[The drones are watching us]

The Zero System detected the drones the moment they appeared, intentionally adjusting the surrounding magnetic field to be more chaotic, preventing the drones from clearly detecting the two people standing on the rooftop.

[I think I'm fine anyway—my face is fake and I'm already dead. More people watching might even increase my acting percentage—

But what about Xu Zisheng? What's his current situation? Can he be directly discovered by the state?]

Xiao Gui'an looked down at himself, finding nothing that could cover Xu Zisheng's face.

He could only remind the other party and see how he would react.

"There, the eyes of observers." [Writer]'s gaze fell upon a spot in the air.

Xu Zisheng followed his line of sight. With his ghost power-enhanced eyes able to see more clearly, he faintly spotted several small red dots and aircraft bodies, immediately realizing they were drones.

Although [Writer] didn't explicitly state it, he roughly understood the meaning.

"Thank you, Mr. Yan..."

He pulled up his hoodie hood, covering most of his face. Faint ghost energy enveloped his entire body, blurring his clothing and appearance.

They arrived so quickly and precisely—[Tianji] must have already discovered them.

He didn't know what measures they would take.

In his current condition, once caught in abnormal situations, he would definitely attract [Tianji]'s attention, and troubles would surely follow one after another.

[Many ghosts are rushing up here]

To escape those black beetles and blood-red beetles, many ghosts were surging toward the rooftop, avoiding being devoured by that power.

Many ghosts were coming specifically for Xiao Gui'an, hoping to gain his protection. Each one appeared bloody and terrifying, and the ghosts still able to move now were all relatively high-level.

But they didn't dare rashly disturb [Writer] either. A bunch of ghosts could only twist their bodies, bend their limbs, squeezing together repeatedly, gathering in a small area by the rooftop entrance.

"Guard the entrance—" [Writer] said calmly. The ghosts looked at each other, not daring to resist, obediently and diligently displaying their various abilities to handle the continuously surging eerie beetles.

[System, I never thought 'in this lifetime' I'd be confronting the national machine. When they deploy certain secret weapons, with our pitiful ghost NPCs, we're definitely not escaping death's outcome, right?]

After all, they've experienced so many adventure instances and their abilities are quite strong. So it's not impossible that all the ghosts in this entire building could be eliminated—it would just take some time and effort.

The greater danger now is that forbidden power! Think about how to resolve that properly!]

[I see—] Xiao Gui'an murmured softly, his brain beginning to operate rapidly. [Since external forces can't break it, what about power from within the horror game world? Can it handle the current situation?]

[It's possible, but where would you find that magnitude of power? The space is extremely unstable now. With sufficiently powerful impact, it could indeed disrupt the formation, and we would return to the horror game world—]

[None available? Not necessarily.] Xiao Gui'an looked at the lightly churning black mist before him, curling his lips slightly. [Maybe it's already on its way?]

The system seemed to guess what he was thinking. [No way, you—]

[How would I know if I don't try?]

Xiao Gui'an's eyes flickered, the deepest part of his pupils flashing with a madness he himself didn't realize. [Although I don't understand much, borrowing every available power to gamble—]

[Besides, this is a perfect stage that can help me resolve two matters at once—]

Within the soaring blood-colored light pillar, on the distorted and eerie residential building rooftop, [Writer] was surrounded by ghosts like a ruler. His plain long gown remained spotless, like a cold yet compassionate deity gazing down upon everything from on high.

[Let all existences see]

[The show is about to begin!!!—]