Survival by Rewinding: I Really Am Not a Big Shot
Chapter 129

"Survivor": Then How the Hell Was This Instance Supposed to Be Cleared??

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Seeing the Blue-Gray Entity ahead, gesturing for him to follow, Xu Xi didn't hesitate and followed after it.

He hadn't expected to find the Skull Symbol in this episode anyway; he figured he could just ask the Production Team in the next one.

But now that the supernatural is helping him, things are much easier for him.

While the other three teams encountered different attacks, this group of individuals maintained a safe distance and moved in a certain direction.

The corridor grew deeper and deeper, the light becoming increasingly dim, with only the faint green glow emanating from the widely spaced emergency lights on the ceiling.

Xu Xi thought that the other party actually wanted to lure him to some unspeakable corner and then kill him.

Fortunately, the figure in front stopped in front of a tightly closed wooden door.

Xu Xi shone her flashlight in that direction.

Even though the three characters on the doorplate are rusty, they are still conspicuous: Archives.

Hmm? The symbol is in here?

Xu Xi subconsciously looked at the Blue Entity that had led the way, only to see it gradually blend into the wall, as if it had passed through it.

Seeing this, he no longer hesitated and simply pushed open the door.

Really.

Inside the door, a figure in blue was hanging upside down in front of a set of filing cabinets, swaying back and forth.

Upon seeing the young man enter, it stretched out its slender arm, and a rather thick booklet fell from the cabinet and landed on the floor.

Where the booklet was originally placed, a red Skull Symbol was quietly printed on top.

They actually found it!

Xu Xi did not check immediately, but first swept the entire Archives with a flashlight.

The room was small, and the air was filled with the musty smell of damp paper and a faint smell of dust.

Apart from the Blue Entity hanging upside down in front of the cabinet, as if waiting for his response, there was nothing else unusual.

The Skull Symbol on the cabinet was exceptionally bright, its striking color clashing with the drab Archives, clearly indicating it hadn't been printed long ago.

But these are not the main points.

Xu Xi looked the symbol up and down, her expression the same as when she first saw the empty Dungeon last night.

We've found the red Skull Symbol, so what's next?

He looked up to look for the security camera footage and found that there really was one.

But the Production Team remained completely silent.

Okay then.

Xu Xi turned her gaze back to the cabinet. No matter how she looked at it, the symbol seemed to be just a simple mark.

Was his line of thinking wrong?

This symbol is actually similar to those three challenges; they're all just smoke and mirrors?

Xu Xi clicked her tongue.

I wouldn't say I was particularly annoyed, just a little disappointed that the expected clues had fallen through.

Fine, smoke grenades it are, he can afford to wait.

Just as they were about to turn and leave, they saw the Blue Entity, which had been hanging upside down, suddenly land lightly on the ground.

Beside it, an open booklet displayed neatly printed text.

Xu Xi raised his eyebrows slightly, paused for two seconds, then bent down to pick up the heavy booklet from the ground and dusted it off.

The booklet cover was a plain hardcover, with badly worn edges.

Upon opening it, he discovered it was a neatly bound Victim Dossier.

On the page that had just been unfolded, there were several photos of men and women of different ages. Below them were brief personal profiles and death notes. The information on the page was more comprehensive than that on the photo wall outside.

Suddenly, his gaze was drawn to a line of death notes.

"... As the only surviving Townspeople, after investigation, his true identity was officially determined to be Spy, and he was executed by firing squad."

Among the numerous death notes indicating that people died in the massacre by the Rebel Army, this note stands out.

Xu Xi glanced at the photo.

She was a young woman with short hair, and her eyes showed obvious fear when she looked at the camera.

The more he looked at it, the more strangely familiar it seemed.

He subconsciously glanced at Blue Entity, who had been quietly standing to the side for some reason, out of the corner of his eye.

"!"

Xu Xi held the booklet up to the other person and compared it carefully, discovering that the eyebrows and eyes were indeed extremely similar.

He paused, then pointed to the photo and asked cautiously, "Is this you?"

Blue Entity remained silent.

But silence itself is sometimes an answer.

Xu Xi understood immediately.

It seems so.

"This record states... your identity is that of Spy-- "

Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly saw Blue Entity bar its teeth at him, as if it were about to pounce on him at any moment.

Xu Xi immediately changed her tune. "--So you're not Spy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Blue Entity fell silent again.

"..."

The contrast in the other person's emotions before and after has already explained the problem.

It is obvious that this death note is fake.

Xu Xi didn't consider herself particularly smart, but she wasn't stupid either.

This Blue Entity, being the only survivor, was clearly silenced.

Thinking about this, he was momentarily speechless.

After a while, he asked again, "Can you speak?"

This time, the Blue Entity responded; it slowly opened its mouth.

By the light of the flashlight, Xu Xi discovered that the other person was missing a tongue.

"..."

At that moment, Xu Xi inexplicably thought of a sentence—

He deserves to die.

But while we sympathize, the dialogue must continue.

After all, he came here to challenge the Dungeon.

"Were you the one who gave those reminders before?"

Blue Entity remained silent after hearing this.

"Why are you in such a hurry for us to leave?"

The Blue Entity stirred, and a line of words appeared on the ground.

He's coming out.

"He"?

The first thing that came to Xu Xi's mind was the Living Corpse Man from the previous episode.

"Does 'he' refer to the Rebel Army Leader?"

Silence.

Just as Xu Xi was about to ask something else, Blue Entity suddenly became agitated.

"Retreat"

The bright red handwriting was even more glaring.

Xu Xi's expression hardened.

Is it almost noon?

Seeing that Blue Entity was about to disappear, he quickly asked, "One last question, is there a way to seal or destroy him?"

The bluish-gray figure gradually dissipated, and the character "retreat" on the ground twisted.

"None"

This information-packed question-and-answer session caused the Livestream Room to erupt in excitement.

Especially compared to the other three teams' unsuccessful challenges and the forced elimination of players, this side seemed overly harmonious.

Putting aside the young man's concise yet precise and direct question, the information revealed by Blue Entity and his final actions gave netizens a vague sense of unease.

Under the watchful eyes of many netizens, the young man on the screen calmly put the booklet back on the cabinet, turned around and left the Archives, then walked towards a certain direction with a clear goal.

In fact, Xu Xi's heart was far from as calm as it appeared.

He was having a headache as he made his way toward the Dungeon.

The Living Corpse Man can't be sealed or destroyed, so how the hell am I supposed to get through this Dungeon??

The anticipated way to clear the game was wrong, proving that his previous theory of factions was also incorrect.

Xu Xi couldn't help but sigh.

He stopped thinking about it and quickened his pace.

Should we verify the other hypothesis first?

*

Inside the Dungeon.

Xu Xi stood in front of the smooth stone slab.

The growing chill made him subconsciously touch his arm.

In fact, he had already basically made up his mind.

But since he wanted to Rollback anyway, doing it here would save him the trouble of doing it himself.

And so, in the time that followed, he witnessed a recovery firsthand.

The moment their eyes met, Xu Xi waved.

"We meet again."

--

The Livestream Room was completely silent.

They first watched as the Huaguo man died at the hands of a man who inexplicably emerged from underground, resembling a corpse.

Just as some netizens were still mocking the arrogant Huaguo man for his downfall, the remaining players were seen dying one by one.

Final.

No one survived.

After a long silence, someone couldn't help but ask a question.

[What does the Huaguo player mean by saying "We meet again" at the end? (IP Coffee Country)]

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