Infinite Game - Part 1

### Chapter 1: Abnormal Interview - Ji Chen, an ordinary college student, participated in an interview with the well-known company "Reincarnation Technology" and found that the other applicants were nervous and did not communicate with each other. - The interviewer asked a strange question: "If you had to survive in an infinite loop, would you choose cooperation or betrayal?" - With his keen observation, Ji Chen discovered that there were abnormal details in the interview room (the clock went backwards, the scenery outside the window repeated) - Suddenly all the lights went out, and Ji Chen lost consciousness in the darkness. When he woke up, he found himself in a strange white room. The electronic voice announced "Welcome to the Lord God Game" ### Chapter 2: First battle with zombies - Ji Chen and seven other newcomers were trapped in a simulated city and were told to survive for 72 hours. - The team quickly split: Veteran Zhang Wei advocated breaking out by force, medical student Su Yuqing suggested finding a safe spot, and rich second generation Zhou Tao wanted to bribe others to use them as human shields. - Ji Chen discovered the countdown and hidden task prompts on his wrist and proposed teamwork but was laughed at - When the zombie crisis broke out, Ji Chen rescued Su Yuqing who was attacked. The two fled together and found a safe house marked on the city map. ### Chapter 3: Betrayal and Alliance - The team took a short break in the safe house. Ji Chen noticed that Zhou Tao secretly recorded everyone's behavioral characteristics. - Zombies broke through the defense at night. In the chaos, Zhou Tao deliberately led the zombies to attack Zhang Wei, causing his death. - Ji Chen and Su Yuqing were forced to temporarily cooperate with Zhou Tao to escape to an alternate safe point - Ji Chen noticed that the countdown numbers on Zhou Tao's wrist were different and suspected that he had a special identity. ### Chapter 4: Hidden Rules - The three of them found a backup safe spot and found a message from a former player engraved on the wall, "Trust is the biggest trap." - Ji Chen discovered through observation that zombies do not respond to sounds of specific frequencies, and developed ways to avoid them. - Zhou Tao tried to peek at Ji Chen's hidden mission at night, but was exposed on the spot by Ji Chen, who was prepared for it. - The electronic voice suddenly announced a rule change: the last survivor will receive double rewards, and the team relationship was instantly tense. ### Chapter 5: Fatal Choice - The safe spot was surrounded by mutated zombies and the food reserves were at the bottom. Zhou Tao proposed to draw lots and sacrifice one person as bait. - Ji Chen found out that Zhou Tao was manipulating the signatures, and tried to counterattack. Zhou Tao became angry and drew his sword against him. - During the battle, Ji Chen relied on his observation skills to predict Zhou Tao's movements, and Su Yuqing used her medical knowledge to temporarily blind Zhou Tao. - The two locked Zhou Tao in the house when they fled, but out of conscience they still opened the door and rescued him at the last moment ### Chapter 6: The unexpected truth - At the end of 72 hours, Ji Chen, Su Yuqing and Zhou Tao survived and returned to the white room. - The electronic sound announced that Ji Chen had completed the hidden mission "Keeping Humanity" and received the additional reward "Eye of Truth" - Before Zhou Tao was teleported, he coldly warned Ji Chen, "The Lord God game is not as simple as you think." - Ji Chen and Su Yuqing chose to form a team and were transported to the second world - a small town that looked calm but actually hid murderous intent. ### Chapter 7: Calm on the surface - The town is sunny but weird. The residents behave mechanically and repetitively, and there are strange rituals at night. - The team met veteran player Lin Sheng, who revealed that this world can amplify the dark side of the heart - Ji Chen discovered that Su Yuqing began to suffer from sleepwalking symptoms and unconsciously wrote numbers all over the wall at night. - Lin Sheng warns Ji Chen not to trust anyone, including the seemingly harmless Su Yuqing ### Chapter 8: Echoes of Darkness - The town residents turned into monsters at night, and the team was forced to hide in the church - Su Yuqing's sleepwalking symptoms worsened, and Ji Chen discovered that she had some resonance with the residents. - Lin Sheng tried to kill Su Yuqing, calling her a "source of pollution", Ji Chen protected her and fought against Lin Sheng - During the melee, Ji Chen accidentally touched Su Yuqing and saw fragments of her childhood memories: she was once an experimental child in the Lord God Game ### Chapter 9: Humanity's Choice - The truth is revealed: Su Yuqing is a survivor of the early experiments of the Lord God game and has game code fragments in her body - The electronic sound gives a choice: if you hand over Su Yuqing, you will be free, and if you protect her, you will face the most difficult world. - Ji Chen resolutely chose to protect Su Yuqing and triggered the hidden mechanism "Light of Humanity" - The two were transported to the final level and discovered the true identity of the Samsara Technology Laboratory and Zhou Tao - the game administrator Intention: human choice