“By the way, what is this taskbar?”
Before that, Chen curiously clicked on the task module.
There were three tasks in it, with a “Refresh” option behind them.
They were:
1: Deeply explore Level 150, the Memory Foundry, and enter the interior of the foundry.
Reward: One-time Save Device
(Set an anchor point in a certain level; when encountering lethal effects or mental control, you will flash back to the level where the anchor point was set, return to the moment before death, and purify your own state).
2.
Randomly teleport to a level that is a multiple of 7 to explore and successfully noclip out.
Reward: One “Warpberry” Object 74
Note: This task can only be accepted in levels with Survival Difficulty 1 or below.
Object 74 – Warpberries
Can teleport users to where they are found.
Their appearance is similar to strawberries.
The fruit itself is unable to spoil or rot.
Excessive use causes the user to be stranded in the level with their normal ways of exiting not working.
3.
Investigate Level C324.8.
Reward: A magical Poké Ball
(Entities special edition; using this Poké Ball can capture Entities and convert them into your own combat power. The weaker the Entity, the higher the probability of successful capture, and vice versa.)
“Do I really need to escape?”
After carefully reading the information about this level, Chen suddenly realized that this place was in a state where Entities were extinct, and the only source of danger in this level, “mental pollution,” had been blocked by the system.
Although he didn’t know the duration, it could at least be maintained for this noclip.
“In that case, isn’t this going to be a fun exploration?”
It’s a perfect opportunity to complete Task 1.
A life-saving divine gear like the One-time Save Device gives a full sense of security just by looking at its name.
After activating the mental influence shield, the buzzing sound would no longer have a negative impact on Chen; he could just treat it as background noise.
And this time, exploring further ahead did not trigger the effect of being sent back to the starting point.
On the way, Chen also found two bottles of red almond water scattered on the ground, which seemed to be a special version of almond water.
After finding the items, Chen could also view the introduction of the items through the system.
Just like that, he walked for about ten kilometers.
By the time Chen questioned for the fifth time whether the road signs along the way saying “Almost there” were some kind of prank by the level, rows of houses appeared before Chen’s eyes.
“Huh? This, this isn’t right, did I walk in the wrong direction?”
This seemed to be the village of “Newcomers” described in the information.
“Should I ask for directions?” Thinking this, Chen knocked on the door of the house closest to him.
The person who opened the door was a young man with determined eyes.
He looked Chen up and down and smiled
“A Newcomer I haven’t seen before!”
“Uh, if you say so.”
Chen was noncommittal, then expressed his desire to go to the Memory Foundry and asked the young man if he could point the way.
“The Memory Foundry? You don’t know where the Memory Foundry is?”
The young man heard this and looked at Chen with a constipated expression.
“That’s not right. Every Newcomer should be called by God and the Memory Foundry.”
“Could it be…”
After staring at Chen for about five seconds, the young man suddenly said mysteriously,
“Did you accept a special commission from M.E.G.? Don’t look at me like that, I’m a veteran private investigator in The Backrooms, after all.” Then he patted Chen on the shoulder by himself and smiled.
Looking at the name tag on his chest that read “Need” squad under the M.E.G.
Third Exploration Department, Chen fell into deep silence.
Fortunately, the young man still pointed out the way to the Memory Foundry for Chen at the end, which was about 5km away from this village.
In addition, the young man enthusiastically explained the village’s material trading site to Chen.
In the end, Chen used his own two almond sugar beads to exchange for about ten bottles of almond water and five fire salts.
Object 15 – “Firesalt”
A volatile crystalline formation found within the Backrooms.
Most commonly found as irregularly shaped shards between 1 and 5 cm in size, colored orange and slightly translucent.
Can be used as self-defense, easily primed, and its small explosive can be used to surprise, hurt, or scare away both hostile entities and humans.
After walking for another period of time, a huge factory came into view.
This was an old factory, similar to most factories from the last century, with many places already rusted.
In addition, when approaching the factory, the faint buzzing sound was replaced by the rumbling of huge machines.
This must be the Memory Foundry.
With an excited heart, Chen stretched out his trembling hand and pushed open the factory door.
Then he was blocked by a machine.
This machine was huge, so large that it almost filled the entire interior of the factory, and the machine seemed to extend downwards.
When looking at the information introduction, there seemed to be a basement here, which should lead there.
In short, it was very strange.
The information showed that this machine seemed to be the culprit behind the memory replacement capability on this level, but it seemed impossible to destroy the machine by physical means.
Then Chen kicked the machine.
To Chen’s surprise, the machine actually shook.
“Huh?”
He kicked it again.
This time the machine shook more violently.
Then a rustling sound rang out from a distance.
Chen saw a door far away from him open, and a human without a face came out from inside the door.
“No way, buddy, can’t you take a joke?”
Looking at the weird human slowly squirming towards him, Chen mentally greeted the staff member who edited the “Entities extinct” entry, and then took out a piece of fire salt he had traded for and threw it directly out.
A violent explosion sounded, and the fire salt accurately hit the Entity in front, but it inevitably also hit the machine.
Then the machine shook even more violently.
More Entities vaguely appeared behind the door.
Seeing this, Chen felt that things were not looking good and hurriedly ran towards the outside of the Memory Foundry.
Strangely, these Entities seemed unable to leave the Memory Foundry.
After blocking the entrance for a long time, they returned to the depths of the Memory Foundry.
Looking at the task bar, the progress bar for the task of exploring the Memory Foundry had reached halfway.
This meant that Chen still had to go deeper inside?
However, this time he didn’t dare to kick the machine again; this old thing seemed to hold a grudge.
When Chen went in, it started shaking again, scaring Chen so much that he hurriedly opened a door inside and fled in a panic.
The machine seemed very satisfied and slowly stopped shaking.
After some nerve-wracking exploration, the progress bar was finally full, and Chen hurriedly ran away, not wanting to stay here any longer.
Chen remembered that the information said the doors inside the Memory Foundry had a chance to lead to Level 23 and Level 113.
Chen was not familiar with these two levels and did not dare to noclip in rashly.
It would be a disaster if he accidentally fell into some dead zone.
It was safer to go out from another exit of Level 150.
Another stable exit here led to Level 10.
The specific method was to return to the village where the “Newcomers” were, find a road sign named “Exit” nearby, and walk along the path indicated by the sign to reach Level 10.
Level 10, Chen had heard of it before crossing over.
It seemed to be a level called The Wheat Fields, which was relatively safe and had many supplies.
The key was that there were a large number of human gathering places, and the M.E.G., the Light of the Wanderers, seemed to have a base there, so he could go there and report in.
It took some time to find the road sign named “Exit”.
Chen walked forward a few steps, and suddenly a strange feeling struck him.
Chen felt as if he was experiencing some kind of dizziness.
Opening his eyes again, Chen saw endless wheat.
He had arrived at Level 10 “Field Of Wheat”
(Or “Bumper Crop”)