[ After a long time of interacting with it, I discovered that it has its own thoughts, but not many, limited to the level of a child. Therefore, it only needs to be treated like a child.]
[A child's nature is pure; they remember likes and dislikes for a long time, but their affection or dislike for someone can easily change, for example... with a piece of candy.] (The text was deliberately colored with marker.)
[What the Front Desk said is absolutely correct, provided that the answer you received was obtained by paying a certain price.]
[Please find an escape route within three weeks. If you truly can't, remember... it will help you next time...]
[The rooms on the second and third floors only have seven rooms each. Only the first floor has eight rooms, with the extra room being for the Front Desk to live in. This means each floor can only be occupied for one week.]
[The residence does not provide fresh meat. Please resist your inner desires and do not take that forbidden step.]
[The above is what I wanted to tell you. Remember them, and they will help you live a little longer. There are some things I cannot explicitly state; whether you understand them depends on you.]
Bai Yuze looked at the new hints and reached into his pocket to pull out the old slip of paper.
("Don't swallow a lifetime of sweetness whole" — is that what it means?)
Bai Yuze also realized at this moment that the milk candy in his pocket was gone. He was very glad he hadn't eaten it.
Speaking of "eating," Bai Yuze only just realized he hadn't eaten anything for two days. This made him wonder: everyone has their own role. Yamauchi Haruki is "Food," Yukino and Tuanzi are "Victims." So what is his role?
He pulled up the sleeve of his left arm; the three shocking knife marks were still on his wrist.
(Am I a victim? Is that why I don't feel hunger? But shouldn't I be like that corpse?)
Thinking of this, Bai Yuze looked at the male corpse in the room. Because Bai Yuze was injured, the two women had moved him onto the bed and moved the male corpse down.
[Death is liberation, but anger will continue.]
Bai Yuze suddenly remembered this hint. Combined with the three knife marks on his wrist, he had a bold idea.
Perhaps he had already participated in this "game," but for some reason, he had forgotten. Yang Peng said, "Find an escape route within three weeks. If you really can't, then..." At first, Bai Yuze didn't understand, but now he did. Yang Peng was telling him to leave marks that could store experiences, notes, and something else...
But Yang Peng had mentioned that leaving obvious diary hints would be altered by it, and Yang Peng had also escaped after multiple cycles. This could be seen from Yang Peng saying, "I seem to know it," and the cycle was to slowly erode the players' memories. Yang Peng also said more than once in his hints that his "memory was getting worse and worse."
(But what kind of memory did I leave behind?)
Bai Yuze was silent. He knew himself; since he knew that leaving blatant hints would be altered, he would never take such a risk.
Suddenly, he thought of a method—a life review!
"So... death means liberation from this cycle, but 'anger' will carry my 'memory' forward!"
Bai Yuze understood! But Tuanzi was baffled by his puzzling behavior. She waved her hand in front of Bai Yuze, asking,
"Xiao Ze, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
"No! I feel great! Tuanzi, can you give me a knife?"
"A knife? What do you need a knife for?"
Though Tuanzi was a little confused, she still handed the scalpel to Bai Yuze.
After taking the scalpel, Bai Yuze smiled slightly at Tuanzi, then said,
"Thank you, Tuanzi. If we get out of here, I'll definitely pursue you, and of course, Yukino too!"
Tuanzi was shocked. She hadn't expected Bai Yuze to openly make such a wild claim, stating he would pursue Yukino and her. This couldn't help but make her worry if Bai Yuze's mind had been damaged.
But what shocked her even more came next. After Bai Yuze finished speaking, without a moment's hesitation, he gripped the scalpel and fiercely cut his own wrist.
Blood immediately splattered. Not only was she stunned by this scene, but even Yukino, who was just about to activate her sharp-tongued mode, was shocked.
If you want to build a harem, just think about it slowly! What does slitting your wrist mean? Suicide if we don't agree? This kid is outrageous!
This was the common thought in both women's minds.
But from Bai Yuze's perspective, as soon as he cut his wrist, the whole world began to darken, and the house gradually crumbled. He felt himself falling.
Then he saw "himself," or more accurately, his past "self."
The Bai Yuze in the scene was the same as when he first arrived. In the first week of the first cycle, he explored the entire first floor. In the second week, a new person arrived, Yui Yuigahama. After Bai Yuze comforted her, he invited her to go to the second floor together, but both were killed by the "monster" on the second floor.
In the second cycle, he and Yui Yuigahama came together. He still had no memory, but through his subconscious, the boost from the Guaidan, and Yang Peng's hints, he solved the second floor. In the second week of the second cycle, Yukinoshita Yukino arrived, and the three went to the third floor, but "it" suddenly split into two, blocking the stairwell, trapping and killing the three of them.
In the third cycle, Yamauchi Haruki was added, and this time they were almost killed by Yamauchi Haruki. Therefore, on the way to the third floor, the three of them sent Yamauchi Haruki to scout ahead. After sacrificing Yamauchi Haruki, they solved the third floor, but the cycle still hadn't ended. They hadn't found the fourth floor, nor an escape route, and at the same time, Yang Peng's hints were completely corrupted by the anomaly.
Everyone: game over.
The fourth cycle was just now.
The scene ended, and memories flooded in like a tide. Although Bai Yuze felt mentally exhausted, his body felt completely relaxed. He wanted to laugh, but he didn't know why.
Regarding the fourth floor, which he hadn't found in the first three times, he had a guess: who said the fourth floor had to be above the third? The basement mentioned in the rules might be the fourth floor, and the escape route would be in the basement.
But what depressed Bai Yuze a little was how he was supposed to preserve these memories, and how he would get to the basement?
Bai Yuze now found that he could move normally. He could go anywhere. At this moment, he realized that his cycle was not over yet. Bai Yuze decided he had to do something to help his future "self."
So... he snuck into the Front Desk's room, took out some slips of paper and a marker from his room, and recorded the rules and hidden dangers he had seen. He placed them in different places. After doing all this, Bai Yuze suddenly thought of something, so he added a few more lines to the slips of paper.
[Hello, dear player, I am Yang Peng.]