I, a Mental Patient, Was Chosen to Participate in AnalogHorror-Chapter 479 - 445: Project 77

The wall in total had 8 screens, each divided into an upper and lower layer.

The upper screens showed a first-person perspective that was still slightly moving; one could see the scene directly in front of them, which likely came from a camera worn on the chest.

The footage was crystal clear and uncensored, with a frame rate so smooth, it was clearer than watching 4k video.

The lower screens offered a second visual perspective, displaying the personnel’s hands and part of their bodies, presumably because the cameras were mounted on their helmets.

The man in black proudly explained to Du Lala,

"Look, this time we sent out two emergency teams. The best outcome is to capture Pennywise alive, the normal outcome is to severely injure it, and the worst is letting it escape wounded."

Uh...

Du Lala had something on her mind but wasn’t sure if it was appropriate to say. frёewebηovel.cѳm

She genuinely didn’t understand why this Putixin man had such confidence in these emergency teams.

After all, the Weird Research Institute had almost no information on Pennywise.

"I see these emergency team members seem to be lying in ambush at some location. Can you predict Pennywise’s position in advance?"

"This is one of the locations predicted by our sociological experts. In fact, there are two other locations."

Following the press of a button by the man in black, the images on the wall switched twice.

So, in total, 24 people were dispatched?

That didn’t seem like very many, Du Lala thought to herself, no! When dealing with this kind of thing, one could never send too many people!

"Uh, I’m still a little worried. Are they really up for it? Can their weapons even hurt it?"

"Lala, you only need to know that in the face of abnormalities, we too have abnormal methods."

Well, with that said, Du Lala suppressed her desire to ask further questions for the time being.

"Du Lala," Jiang Xiao wiped Du Lala’s arm, "what’s that guy’s name?"

"His name is B2, he has higher clearance than me. It’s possible that the institute has really found a way to counter Pennywise in the past couple of days."

A codename?

Alright, the job’s unusual, so some mystery is to be expected.

But this title B2... was somewhat inelegant.

"B2, regarding Pennywise, have we made any groundbreaking progress in our research?"

B2 nodded; since the information was soon to be made public anyway, and Du Lala’s position was not low, giving her an understanding wouldn’t do any harm.

"Here, this is the file on Pennywise."

Du Lala carefully accepted it.

The organization currently designated Pennywise as "Project 77."

Name: "Pennywise"

Controlled Area: "The Four Seas (currently only observed moving within the Four Seas range, but the possibility of future escapes to other areas is not excluded)"

Project Overview:

Currently, no specific information about the project has been obtained. The working theory hypothesizes a high probability of gaseous form, possibly solid, and a small chance of some kind of artifact (but with obvious self-awareness).

It favors areas with active or weak spirit influence (mental hospitals, schools, childcare hospitals).

No suppression methods have been discovered yet; it is presumed to be some form of mental attack that exerts severe spiritual influence on individuals within a 50m radius.

Victims will encounter extreme fear, seeing the images they most dread, causing them to lose consciousness and resistance, and it possesses certain infective qualities (the infection is weak, and the route of transmission has yet to be found).

Project Type: Spiritual Contamination

Danger Level: Dangerous.

Containment Methods: None.

Emergency Plans: None.

Beside her, Jiang Xiao also finished reading this so-called file, and spoke up.

"Hisss, dude," I hate to say it, but I don’t think your information is all that comprehensive. Of course, I don’t deny the difficulty in gathering these stats, but in the end, I feel like the emergency squad might not be able to handle Him."

Really, from this information, Jiang Xiao could only discern the inscrutability and strength of Pennywise.

"Right, Du Lala told me that some psychiatric patients not only survived after encountering Pennywise, but also didn’t show any hysteria in the medical ward?"

"Yes, it seems that some of the less smart chosen ones, like you, have finally realized this. Because you and those psychiatric patients alike have a higher spiritual essence, you can resist the mental contamination of Pennywise... uh, some experts refer to Pennywise’s technique as ’spiritual scouring’."

Got it.

As an expert in the "spiritual domain," it wasn’t hard for Jiang Xiao to grasp the meaning behind B2’s words.

"Eh, then why don’t you guys recruit psychiatric patients to handle Pennywise?"

"It’s not that we don’t want to enlist psychiatric patients for the emergency squad, but those with a higher spiritual essence, once contaminated, can become uncontrollable and engage in some ’very bad’ behavior. Experts speculate that Pennywise becomes stronger by infecting psychiatric patients."

"I understand now."

So, the reason Pennywise went to the psychiatric hospital was to absorb the strong spiritual essences of the psychiatric patients to enhance its own power.

"What about going to children’s health centers and schools? Is that also to become stronger?"

"No, children may have high spiritual essence but it’s not settled enough, they’re more susceptible to external disturbances, their thoughts too imaginative and unbound, which doesn’t make Pennywise any stronger."

"Then why target children..."

"Maybe it’s hungry, or maybe it’s just a pure evil taste, who knows."

The conversation fell silent.

Jiang Xiao’s perception of this B2 improved a bit; although he had an air of ’too cool to care,’ he wasn’t a bad person.

The atmosphere was silent, so the three of them had no choice but to pass the time by watching the images on the screen.

.....

At this moment...

The entrance of No. 2 Experimental Primary School in Linwan District.

On some hidden corners of shops and some single-story buildings, the emergency squad had been squatting there for three hours already.

"Captain, something’s been detected!"

A girl with ear-length bobbed hair, excitedly taking off her headset, was dressed in a silver-grey combat suit.

"How is it, really? As the experts said, by electromagnetic induction, can we actually see the movements of Project 77?"

"Check it out," asked Camia, the team leader, burly with a sensually trimmed mustache.

"No, there’s no target on the computer, but the headset’s picking up some rustling sounds!"

"Then why did you take off the headset!" the rest of the team scolded.

"I got too excited!"

The girl brushed the hair by her earlobe, pouting, and put the headset back on to communicate.

"Hmm? It seems to be getting closer? The rustling is getting louder, denser!"

"Everyone, prepare for combat, check your gear and weapons again for any irregularities, notify Squad Six to flank from the side!"

"Squad Six has received the message!"

"Brothers, this time we have no way back, only forward, either we all perish, or take down Project 77!"

"Got it!"

After a brief exchange, the atmosphere fell silent once more.

Other than the occasional "rustling" from Qiqi’s headset, there was only the sound of the cold wind sweeping past their ears.

Just then, a crew-cut team member spoke up:

"Captain, Qiqi hasn’t been here long, doesn’t have much experience, maybe today we should let her..."

"Once you join the emergency squad, even if you’re a newcomer, you don’t get any special treatment."

Camia stated emotionlessly.

Qiqi straightened her headset firmly, thumped her chest, and with an equally stern face, she conveyed that she was professionally trained and not to be judged by her appearance!

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