Bang!
Yang Peng was punched by the Front Desk into the wall, the kind that couldn't be pried off.
Accompanied by a groan of chains, Bai Yuze also regained his freedom.
But he showed no intention of resting; instead, he walked up to Yang Peng, who was embedded in the wall.
"It's a pity, we could have been friends."
"Friends? Hahahaha! It's been a long time since I heard that nauseating word. What is this? The victor's humiliation of the loser?"
Yang Peng's breath was very weak. The Front Desk's blow severely injured Yang Peng, and as a half-human, half-strange entity, Yang Peng could only repair half of his body.
Unfortunately... his heart was still in a human state... which meant Yang Peng's death was inevitable.
"Thinking about it, if I were you, I'm afraid I would also walk down the same path as you."
Putting himself in Yang Peng's shoes, he had painstakingly helped others overcome one difficulty after another, rescued one lost newcomer after another, only to be discarded like an old tool.
His two teammates were unreliable; one pretended to be indifferent but had already sided with the opponent, and the other was ambiguous, only able to choose through silence. If Bai Yuze were Yang Peng, then for any newcomer to the residence, it would be merciful if he let them live for even half a day.
There was no special reason, just pure annoyance. If he was annoyed, he would kill, until his hands and legs were sore, and he couldn't lift a knife...
Bai Yuze took out a milk candy from his pocket. Due to the cycle, he had found a substitute for milk candy, which was sugar.
So he had kept the milk candy until now. Bai Yuze unwrapped the milk candy and then put it into Yang Peng's mouth.
"Eat it. That guy on the first floor is your resentment, right? It loves candy so much, surely you haven't tasted this flavor in a long time, have you?"
Yang Peng's strange state was similar to the long-limbed monster on the first floor, and the strange entity on the first floor clearly retained some humanity, so the only answer was that the strange entity on the first floor was Yang Peng's irrational side.
Yang Peng's mouth moved slightly a few times. The refreshing sweetness spread in his mouth, and unknowingly, tears slowly streamed down Yang Peng's eyes.
"This thing... is insignificant to others... but for me, I will never forget it... for my entire life..."
Yang Peng was also an ordinary person at first, with a happy family and admission to his ideal university, but ever since he became entangled with the strange Instances, everything changed...
For ordinary people, that plain and simple life was the dream of his entire life.
Due to long-term adventures in the strange Instances, he rarely talked to his family and never mentioned this matter to them, because telling his parents would be useless and would only make them worry more...
And Yang Peng's mother seemed to notice her son's recent estrangement and inner Boredom, so she specially prepared Yang Peng's favorite milk candy.
"Son, no matter what, as long as there's a bit of sweetness in your mouth, everything will pass."
His mother's words echoed in Yang Peng's ears again. Yang Peng subconsciously stopped chewing.
"This brief sweetness of dozens of seconds... I haven't experienced it for several years... Mom! I want to go home... I want to... go home..."
Yang Peng's body gradually softened, and his eyes slowly closed, perhaps due to the unwillingness of his plan not being achieved... or perhaps... he saw something in his life's final moments that he would cherish for a lifetime...
Yang Peng... died.
Bai Yuze sighed. When one person's sacrifice can bring safety to everyone, then that person's very breathing is wrong.
To be fair, Bai Yuze couldn't be as friendly as Yang Peng. In such a dangerous place, only self-interest could drive him to seek mutual help from others.
If he didn't understand the character of Yukinoshita Yukino and Yui Yuigahama, he would never have confidently entrusted his back to them.
"You're very smart... knowing how to use this rule to save yourself."
The Front Desk regained his sanity. Looking at Yang Peng, who was motionless in the wall, and the messy scene, he understood that Yang Peng had been physically eliminated by him for breaking the rules.
Bai Yuze did not answer, and the atmosphere between the two became silent for a moment.
The Front Desk sighed. He knew that Bai Yuze understood everything and had guessed everything, and he didn't want to make excuses for his past self.
"Are you going to look for a way to leave here?"
"No... I've changed my mind... I'm going to destroy this place."
Bai Yuze didn't want to keep such a harmful Instances to continue harming others, so he decided to dismantle this residence.
"Actually... you just need to escape from here, and this Instances will collapse automatically."
"Is that so?"
Bai Yuze picked up the kitchen knife and the scalpel. Currently, there were only two Town-Suppression Strange Objects, but three were needed to open the escape route, and the iron chain he picked up from the basement was clearly not a Town-Suppression Strange Object.
The most painful thing was that Yang Peng was dead, and the clues were broken. Bai Yuze felt a bit distressed.
"Never mind, I won't think about these for now. I still need to find my companions."
The most urgent task now was to find the two girls and wake them from their illusions.
Bai Yuze pushed open the door and glanced at the room number.
[301]
"Am I on the third floor now?"
Bai Yuze pushed open the doors one by one, finding no sign of the two girls on the third floor.
"They're not here? Did Yang Peng not bring them up at all? But left them where they were?"
Bai Yuze wanted to go downstairs, but found that the stairs had disappeared.
"It seems that this residence underwent some changes while we were unconscious."
The Front Desk stood behind Bai Yuze, rubbing his shoulders, which were sore from being bound by chains.
"Then what should we do?"
Bai Yuze looked downstairs, estimating that jumping down would result in a half-dead fall.
He was contemplating whether his physical strength and recovery ability could allow him to survive the fall.
"Are you thinking of trying a rope-free bungee jump?"
The Front Desk saw through Bai Yuze's thoughts. He wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, exclaiming in his heart that Bai Yuze was quite a character!
"Then what should we do? Are you going to be my human cushion?"
Bai Yuze looked at the Front Desk speechlessly. Just then, Yukinoshita Yukino and Yui Yuigahama suddenly walked out of Room 301.
Bai Yuze was stunned, then immediately became vigilant.
"Xiao Ze, what's wrong? Why do you look like you've seen a ghost?"
Indeed! In Room 301, there were only him, the Front Desk, and Yang Peng, but Yukino and Tuanzi suddenly walked out of Room 301. What's the difference between that and seeing a ghost?
"Stay away from me. If you come any closer, I won't be polite!"
Bai Yuze held a scalpel in his left hand and a kitchen knife in his right. At this moment, he was terrifyingly strong.
"Sigh, why didn't I notice before that you were so paranoid?"
"Yes, Xiao Ze, haven't you noticed that this floor is a bit too spacious?"