Chapter 178 Despicable Me 11

Chapter 178 Despicable Me 11

"Current quest completed. Main quest updated."

When Feng Bujue obtained the third potion, the sub-quest in his menu to exchange Billy for one of the chemical potions got a tick next to it. The other quest, ’Find the chemical potions (3/4)’, had been updated as well.

Technically, Feng Bujue’s action was no different from getting rid of someone when they were no longer useful. Ravid’s head was shot through by the bullet, and it exploded in a shower of blood. The blood sprayed everywhere, dying the table, floor, ceiling... and of course, Feng Bujue, who was standing nearby, red.

Ravid’s body that was as large as a kangaroo toppled backward as it knocked the chair down. It slumped heavily on the ground, and the curled rabbit’s foot was still twitching.

"Currently, the time is..." Feng Bujue wiped his face for the umpteenth time. "sixty-five minutes."

His eyes moved to Billy the puppet, who should have been on the table, but he had disappeared.

"It looks like you couldn’t continue this act anymore," Feng Bujue said with a smile.

The light in the first prison cell came on by itself. Billy was sitting inside, still perched on the same chair. The light from above lit up his dark expression. "Were there any flaws, or was it simply due to this one mistake by Ravid?"

"There were too many flaws," Feng Bujue replied. "The shot was merely a final test."

He placed the gun on the table, placed his hands in his pockets, and shuffled to stand before the prison cell. "In regards to when my suspicion started... well, it should be from the very beginning."

"Humph... Even though you’ve seen through the trick, isn’t that a bit too much of an exaggeration?" Billy said.

"You don’t believe me? Is it that you can’t believe it or won’t believe it?" Feng Bujue taunted. "In any case, I still have twenty-seven minutes before the poison will kill me, so I have more than enough time to explain it to you."

He walked back and grabbed the chair that had fallen next to the Ravid. He dragged it over to the cell door and sat down across from Billy. He cleared his throat and said, "I’m not going to repeat the whole introduction... I admit that it is well thought out, filled with traps and seduction, and it is specially formulated to trick me. Just like you said, you can indeed ’precisely predict a person’s mind’, or at least you know how to use certain method to direct my analysis and progress.

"But there is one sentence that you shouldn’t have said... ’During this period, you might run into some people or witness some things. What you see and what you hear might affect your course of action and disturb your decision’."

"That is very simple. You wish to break out from the prison, right?" Feng Bujue said. He was right again. Billy lifted his head slightly but said nothing.

"I believe... this whole space that we’re in is a ’prison’ in itself." Feng Bujue scanned the four cells. "These four cells are merely decorations."

He tapped on the iron bars with his fingers. "Since we’ve reached this point, I shall point out a few of the bigger flaws. When I saw SCP-173, I was certain that the rabbit was pulling my leg. It said that four inmates were kept here, hah... but one knows iron bars are not going to hold SCP-173. Or as an unblinking puppet, do you plan to stare at SCP-173 through the iron bars forever?

"Secondly, both Aldan and SCP-173 can teleport, so what use are the corridors? Lastly, you shouldn’t have gotten Ravid to say that it has taken over the warden post of Sam Montier. When we’re in the same room, your presence and lethality are at least twice those of that rabbit, and you want me to believe that it is your warden?"

Feng Bujue shook his head and chuckled coldly. "If I’m not mistaken, the real warden is guarding the entrance to this space, and the entrance is inside the first corridor.

"Your ability at manipulating space is unrivalled. I believe... the length of the corridor, the changes of the room, everything can be changed with one of your thoughts. How long I take to run down the corridor and how long before I run into the rooms are within your control.

"But you and your underlings, or cellmates, came up with this whole show, created such complicated rules, dropped multiple hints, controlled my source of information, and patiently set up so many things... just to make me do something so simple?

"You’re the one who gave me the gun, Aldan had fingers that could pull the trigger, and even Ravid could have attempted it, so why didn’t you all do it yourself?"

Feng Bujue crossed his legs. "Initially, my prediction was... none of you could open that door, or you couldn’t get close or even touch it, but after some thought, I realized..."

Feng Bujue revealed a wicked smile but did not reveal the basis of his analysis, which was from the brief introductory cinematic—’Overlapping space, the game of death, endless terror, and recurring nightmares.’ This sentence was given by the system when the scenario started and was not mentioned by the boss. This sentence was the real key to unlocking the secret of this scenario.

That ’overlapping space’ coincided perfectly with Billy’s scam. In a way, it had confused Feng Bujue, but he understood it after chewing on it for some time.

"I believe you have tried that multiple times already, yes?" Feng Bujue said with a smile. "Even after killing the warden, you are unable to escape, right?"

"Is that so funny to you?" Billy replied.

"Why don’t you tell me what is not funny about it?"

"Killing the warden not only won’t allow us to escape, it will trigger a temporal rotation," Billy explained. "The power of me, Aldan, and Ravid that has been recovered, especially the power to manipulate time and space, will revert to zero as if time has gone back on itself, but our memory will remain.

"That 173 that you mentioned... I have no idea what it is. It is not our cellmate but a part of the punishment. Whenever we try to escape, the ’rotation’ occurs, and a new monster like 173 appears inside the prison to kill us again and again... until we’ve recovered enough power to regain control of the prison."

Feng Bujue nodded. "So, you wish to borrow my power to break out of this endless rotation?"