CH 50

(Woman: Hehe, let me give you a piece of advice. Viewing everyone as puppets in your eyes, such an attitude will eventually lead to your downfall.)

(The woman disappears.)

(You return to the rest area in the kitchen.)

(You regain your composure.)

(You terminate the deduction!)

"Cough, cough..."

Gu Yi opened his eyes again, unable to help but cough twice.

He breathed heavily, covering his mouth, only to discover that he had actually expelled a clump of black fur.

Drip...

Drip...

The sound of water droplets came from above Gu Yi's head.

He looked up.

The entire ceiling had turned red, with fresh blood continuously dripping down, like a waterfall.

Xu Nian was already lying in bed, fast asleep, completely oblivious to Gu Yi.

"It's over... The erosion is getting worse."

Gu Yi lifted the covers and rolled up his pants.

The black fur had spread towards his knees, and black fur had also reappeared on his chest.

Gu Yi pondered for a moment.

The accumulated mental trauma from the deductions was already too much. If he were to come into contact with the Dean's wife again, he would likely transform into a monster directly.

The information obtained from the Dean's wife was already sufficient, and he didn't need to visit her again.

"Now, it's time to resolve all of this."

Gu Yi took a deep breath and decided to venture out personally.

He only had ten points of mental energy left, enough for one more deduction. However, the mental trauma accumulated in his body was already significant, and he couldn't delay any longer.

The mental trauma received during endless deductions wouldn't disappear but would accumulate until it reached a certain threshold and manifest on the individual.

Now was the time for Gu Yi to bear the backlash.

"Calm down, I can do this, just like during the deductions."

Gu Yi took a deep breath and looked up at the ceiling.

The illusion of dripping blood finally disappeared.

Gu Yi put on the pig head mask and gently opened the door to the ward.

Dr. Li happened to pass by in the corridor and caught sight of Gu Yi.

Gu Yi felt a chill run down his body, his palms sweating profusely.

Dr. Li glanced at him deeply, then turned and walked towards the nurse's station.

Xu Nian was startled awake by his own movements. He walked over and gently patted Gu Yi's shoulder.

"Hush..."

Gu Yi made a gesture to keep Xu Nian quiet, soothing his emotions.

—Finally, he understood the advice left by the Dean's wife.

He always focused all his energy on deciphering and exploring, but he forgot about a significant loophole.

How many times had he secretly sneaked out of the ward in reality?

And how many times had he sneaked out of the ward during deductions?

Were there any occasions when the doctors and nurses noticed him?

Or perhaps...

They noticed him but never apprehended him?

Handling night-roaming patients were not part of the doctor's duties, so when Gu Yi unlocked the door, even if they saw him, they pretended not to.

They probably knew all along what he was doing.

Just like the shop owner of the small shop, silently helping him.

"Thank you."

Gu Yi whispered to Dr. Li.

Dr. Li didn't respond and continued walking toward his office.

Gu Yi turned his head to look at his fellow patient, Xu Nian.

Xu Nian didn't say anything, he just raised his thumb toward Gu Yi.

After contemplating for a while, Gu Yi took out the ward key from his pocket and handed it to Xu Nian, explaining to him by movements.

"There might be some commotion in the hospital later. If you encounter any danger, use the key to open the door and leave the ward as soon as possible, understood?"

Xu Nian nodded silently, watching Gu Yi as he left.

Gu Yi took the elevator to the basement level.

The corridor here became narrow and seemingly endless again. Gu Yi's mental state had started to deteriorate, and even wearing the mask couldn't alleviate the hallucinations.

Gu Yi pushed open the door to the basement office.

At this point, the decor of the Dean's office had become even more bizarre.

Twisted deer head decorations.

Blood-red woolen carpets.

The leather chair was dripping with fresh blood.

Animal specimens soaked in formalin.

And the air carried a hot, sulfuric smell.

The entire office seemed like a scene from hell.

"Hah..."

Gu Yi took another deep breath, but the illusion in the office persisted.

Sitting in front of the computer, a viscous liquid oozed out from under the leather cushion, and Gu Yi didn't dare to lower his head to inspect it. He was afraid that he would go insane if he saw it.

"Creak, creak..."

Before Gu Yi could even place his hands on the keyboard, the buttons started trembling incessantly.

The keycaps of the keyboard grew sharper, and the computer screen turned completely blood red. Gu Yi couldn't even see the input box clearly.

"0716."

Gu Yi entered this string of numbers.

This was the day Toto entered the hospital, and also the date of the Dean's wife's death.

The computer screen started shaking.

Blood gushed out from beneath the screen, and Gu Yi instinctively moved away from his seat.

A ghostly figure emerged from the computer screen, holding a bone-cutting knife in its mouth.

Summoning his courage, Gu Yi approached and grabbed the knife handle, immediately triggering a prompt from the system.

"You have obtained a special plot item in the instance: Memory."

"Your plot exploration degree has increased."

"Current exploration progress is at 87%."

"You have gained a temporary enhancement."

"Your strength, agility, and stamina have increased by 10% across all attributes!"

Boom!

Gu Yi felt fireworks exploding in his head, and his body was filled with strength.

He held the knife behind his back and walked into the elevator.

When he gripped the knife handle, memories of the Dean flooded into his mind like a tidal wave.

Just as he suspected, the Dean's real name was "Chongshan," and like himself, he had traveled from a similar Earth-like planet to this one. Chongshan had lived on this unfamiliar planet for over twenty years.

It wasn't until his university years that his life gained some color when he met his wife.

However, at the moment his wife passed away...

Chongshan completely broke down. He had already found a way to cure his wife, but she couldn't wait any longer.

The Unspeakable power took advantage of the vulnerability.

Driven by extreme and twisted desires, Chongshan established this "living organ trading center."

The "Memory" ends here.

Using the Unspeakable's power, Chongshan sealed away his humanity and memories in the basement—where reality and illusion intertwined.

With the knife in hand, Gu Yi didn't go to the Dean's office to find Chongshan but returned to the cafeteria's kitchen.

Gu Yi raised the bone-cutting knife and struck the door of the freezer.

The bone-cutting knife passed through like a ghost.

"Memory is like a knife, clearly only useful to Chongshan himself and certain special things."

A chilling wind blew out from the freezer.

Involuntarily, Gu Yi shivered. His mental energy was now down to just 12 points, and he decided to use the Infinite Deduction one last time.

--This might be his final deduction in the instance!

"Deduction... begin!"

(Deduction begins!)

(You stand in front of the freezer door.)

(You speculate that the body of the Dean's wife may be hidden inside this freezer, and the bone-cutting knife in your hand is the key to opening her tomb chamber.)

(After opening the tomb chamber, the Dean will undoubtedly appear.)

(You must be prepared in advance.)

(If you can kill the Dean in an instant, then all problems can be solved.)

(You set up a tripwire trap at the entrance of the cafeteria, and place a giant spider egg behind the door. As long as you throw the toad out, the spider will hatch immediately.)

(You hold the dog whistle in your mouth, ready to blow it at any moment.)

(You swallow a red pill and put on the elephant mask.)

(You make all the necessary preparations and push open the freezer door.)