Third Day

Various numbers that could symbolize "3" appeared in Luo Di's mind, along with the word "End".

As the characters disappeared, Luo Di suddenly woke up from his dream.

The Third Day, as depicted in the videotape, has arrived.

But Luo Di didn't immediately pay attention to the time, where he was, or whether there was any danger around him.

Instead, he looked at his own hands.

The fingers were completely severed, and there were obvious teeth marks on the cut surface.

This situation actually reassured Luo Di, and his heart rate also decreased.

Furthermore, each hand has only five finger breaks, indicating that there is no problem with the number of breaks.

However, Luo Di still did not immediately attempt to regenerate his finger. He became extremely cautious and even felt that he had developed related PTSD to some extent.

After confirming that there were no problems at hand, he began to focus on his own condition and the environment he was in.

The body still feels a little tired, but the overall condition is fine.

The Blood Bible is temporarily unavailable. Its blood is not unlimited; the collision with the Mist Man nearly depleted its reserves, and it is now slowly recovering while buried in the cellar soil.

The thought of the connection between the Bible and the Cinematic Transformation, which could be presented as a "Fake Blood prop," made Luo Di temporarily forget about the problem on his finger, a smile playing on his lips.

"I fucking survived..."

As he unconsciously swore, Luo Di suddenly remembered the Girl in the Iron Barrel and his eyes quickly searched the area.

This isn't a school dormitory; it's more like an off-campus hotel with triple rooms.

However, the room was unusually damp, with water puddles on the floor and water droplets of various shapes crawling on the walls, and the bathroom was constantly dripping.

The iron bucket was placed at the head of the bed, and the Girl still slept inside it.

Mia was sleeping soundly in her own bed, wrapped in blankets, and didn't bother Luo Di.

The third bed was already neatly made. Wu Wen was not in the room at the moment, but her faint scent lingered in the room, as if she had just left.

All the guest room windows were tightly closed, and the curtains were not only drawn but also glued on.

Luo Di quickly got up, put on his shoes, and went to the bathroom. He needed a mirror to check his full condition.

Take off your clothes and turn on the brightest heater in the bathroom.

Using the mirror on the washstand, I carefully observed every detail and corner of my body to make sure there were no finger structures like in my dream.

He even grew tentacles and inserted them into any opening on his body, forcibly searching his internal organs.

Last night's dream,

He remembered it too clearly, and it was too long, even several times, more than ten times, longer than the battle with the Mist Man!

In his dream, his body was completely formed into fingers, filling the entire bathroom. He had to rely on sheer willpower to tear all of these fingers off.

Despite having such an exceptionally dangerous nightmare that could affect reality, Luo Di still gained a lot from it.

He basically figured out the true nature of the incident, and his own understanding of fingers also improved.

After confirming that everything in my body was normal, I breathed a sigh of relief.

The focus shifts back to the mutilated hand. Using the physical energy from the spine, the framework of the fingers is first woven from metal wire, and then flesh and blood regeneration begins.

Strangely,

Even with the correct number of fingers, and even with his own fingers, Luo Di still felt some discomfort when moving them.

He even forgot how to hold a toothbrush, whether to use five fingers, two fingers, or to hold it between his fingers.

Just then,

Clang!

The bathroom door was pushed open, and a sleepy-eyed Mia hugged Luo Di from behind and started brushing his teeth for him.

There was no further communication; they simply smiled at each other through the mirror.

His eyes held gratitude, admiration, and something else entirely.

"We're off campus now, right, Mia?"

"Didn't you receive the message from the brain? Third Day has arrived, which is also the last day of this incident. The clues we have obtained so far have determined our direction for today's actions. We'll prepare to set off once Wu Wen returns."

Based on the clues,

The participants in this incident will likely become competitors in the end, but don't worry, we're all in this together. We'll at least wait until we've eliminated the others before we start our internal power struggle.

Furthermore, the extent of the environmental deterioration is still unknown; the fog enveloping the entire city should have reached its maximum danger level today.

"Where are the clues?"

"No rush, Wu Wen will summarize it together later."

When the two of them came out of the bathroom, they ran into Wu Wen, who was returning with a Western breakfast for three people. The portion was very large, meaning that they would have to eat this meal until everything was over.

During breakfast,

Luo Di began by briefly recounting how he faced the Mist Man alone, using his Undying Trait to stall for time until the opponent gave up attacking and eventually disappeared on its own.

However, Luo Di did not recount the important clue he obtained through spying; it was a clue he had only obtained on his own.

Wu Wen, however, noticed something amiss:

"Did you drag them by force? When we found you, you were acting strangely, as if you were wary of your fingers. What was going on?"

"The brain of the Mist Man is shaped like the fingers of those students who committed suicide. I have a vague feeling that I may become something similar."

Therefore, I consistently rejected the element of 'fingers' during battles, which may have caused my external body to perceive my fingers as heretics and devour them.

Is that so?

Although this explanation made sense, Wu Wen still felt that something was off. After all, the image of Luo Di biting her fingers last night was too vivid in her mind, and it was definitely not just ordinary finger-eating.

However, she didn't pursue the matter further.

She felt more admiration and gratitude for Luo Di's willingness to risk her life to do this, and even sensed a rare charm in the young man.

"Thanks to you for buying time last night, Mia and I gathered [important clues] on campus."

Previously, newspapers reported that the "remains" that could cause a fog to spread throughout the city had been sent to the School of Life Sciences of Wenslam University for a period of research.

The researchers who were involved in the main research committed suicide soon afterward.

Suicides continued to spread, and one after another, faculty and students who had been in the School of Life Sciences were caught in the crossfire.

The school promptly reported the incident to the municipal government, and after discussion, decided to rebury the unknown remains back where they were first discovered.

However, from our current perspective, the problem has not been solved.

Mia and I tried to find the research reports on the unknown remains on the computers in the hospital, but we found that all the computers' hard drives were damaged without exception.

All paper documents were also destroyed.

However, we did make a discovery in a graduate student's office: a student who had participated in cadaver research had made notes in his notebook.

Perhaps sensing that death was imminent, the student wrote down as much detail as possible about the body and its burial location in his notebook, and instead of handing it in, he hid it.

He believed that reburying the body would be ineffective and hoped that whoever saw this message would find a way to remove the body or destroy it.

"Location information!?" Luo Di exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes! The completeness of the clues is beyond expectations, which may be related to the increased difficulty of the four of us entering the [location]... The main reason is that Luo Di, you stopped the Mist Man. If we hadn't bought so much time, Mia and I wouldn't have been able to find such an inconspicuous clue."

"Let's set off quickly and try to reach the remains as soon as possible."

"Don't rush... The situation outside is extremely dangerous. The Thick Fog has reached the third stage. If you're not careful, you'll be swallowed up. Take a moment to feel it."

As he spoke.

Wu Wen went to the window of the guest room and ripped the curtains that were glued on.

"Hmm? It's gotten lighter?"

I thought the fog would get thicker, but in reality there was only a little fog outside the window, much thinner than on the First Day.

With the view no longer restricted, the entire city felt as if it were shrouded in a thin veil.

There were no longer any concrete images of "Self-Fear" outside the window, and the crisis seemed to be dissipating.

However,

Whether it was Luo Di, Mia, or even the Girl in the metal barrel, they all showed expressions of discomfort.

Luo Di's family members were touching his body, licking his skin, and whispering in his ear.

Wow!

Curtains to block out,

The True Fear that surrounded them quickly vanished.

"This is the effect of the Third Day... No need to expose yourself, just seeing the fog will draw you in, and even reality will be affected."

As Wu Wen explained, she wiped the sweat, or rather... saliva, from her face.