Containment

During breakfast.

Han Dong also said he was feeling unwell and carried his fried egg noodles back to his room... In truth, he had something to do.

First, he analyzed Herbert's death.

He took out paper and a pen, placed them beside his bowl of noodles, and began recording and analyzing as he ate.

"Everyone encountered an evil spirit coming to their door last night.

Of the four of us who survived, some left their bedding, but no one left their room... Yet Herbert's window was open! Clearly, in his panic, he chose to jump out the window and was targeted by the evil spirit.

Restrictions!

My guess should be correct.

At least last night, the evil spirit may have been restricted from entering rooms... Or perhaps it was limited to killing only one person, which was why it deliberately chose Herbert after he jumped out the window.

But I can't guarantee that such restrictions will continue indefinitely.

Perhaps as the time limit grows shorter, the evil spirit's restrictions will become weaker and weaker.

After all, at its current rate of killing, there may only be two of us left alive by the time the event ends."

Han Dong wrote down every reasonable speculation he could think of, intending to use subsequent events to verify them.

More importantly, his main reason for returning to his room was...

After the siblings succeeded last night, Han Dong received a system prompt:

Side Event: Choice—Completed

When this event ends, the chance of obtaining a "Destiny Card (Novice Grade)" will increase by 10%.

In addition, your intimacy with the important character Chen Li has greatly increased, while your relationship with the important character Da Qing has slightly improved.

Greatly increased!

This was the bountiful result Han Dong had gained from proactively approaching Chen Li yesterday and offering to help her.

During breakfast.

Han Dong secretly slipped Chen Li a note, asking her to pretend she was unwell and come upstairs for a private conversation.

"Faced with life and death, a temporary team of strangers isn't trustworthy... The only people I can fully trust are the characters involved in the event."

About five minutes later, Chen Li also came upstairs carrying a bowl of noodles.

"Come in..."

As Han Dong closed the door, he deliberately used newspaper to cover the glass window.

"Thank you."

For a moment, Chen Li, the Possessed Chen Li whose frightening appearance had led the team members to mistake her for someone possessed by an evil spirit... lost control of her emotions and burst into tears the instant she was alone with Han Dong.

The hatred she had suppressed for years finally poured out completely.

"It's all over now."

Han Dong stepped forward to comfort Chen Li... doing his best to raise their intimacy even further.

As for Granny Wang and her husband, who had been killed, Han Dong felt nothing.

In Han Dong's eyes, everyone in Destiny Space, which resembled a game scenario, was merely an NPC rather than a real person. The various intimacy ratings and plot settings further confirmed this.

Just as Han Dong finished comforting her, another system notification sounded:

Intimacy increased. Your relationship with the event character Possessed Chen Li has advanced to "Close Friend." (Note: Intimacy can be increased further.)

Chen Li gradually stopped sobbing and looked at Han Dong. "Thank you... If you still need to keep filming, I'll cooperate and act along with it."

"No need... Miss Chen Li, filming is a trivial matter.

I called you to my room because there is something extremely important that I need you and your brother to help me with."

"What is it?"

Han Dong spoke with a serious expression. "Something that concerns my life and safety. You're the only one who can help me."

If their relationship had not reached the level of Close Friend, Han Dong would not have dared reveal his situation like this.

After Han Dong explained everything.

Chen Li, who had originally come upstairs carrying a bowl of noodles, somehow produced a kitchen knife... as though she could pull out a kitchen knife at any time.

A wave of killing intent immediately spread through the room, even causing the temperature to drop by two degrees.

For an instant, even Han Dong doubted, Is Chen Li... human or a ghost?

"...I'll definitely help you!"

Just as Chen Li said this.

Buzz!

A ringing filled Han Dong's ears, followed by a deep voice in his mind, entirely different from the prompts in Destiny Space.

A special lifeform has been detected with a close relationship to the host. If the target is subjectively willing, "Perfect Containment" may be carried out.

"Special lifeform!? So Miss Chen Li really isn't an ordinary person!"

Han Dong was shocked.

A wonderful opportunity lay before him. If he truly seized it, he could not only deepen his understanding of the Portable Prison, but also gain a powerful helper.

This was crucial for Han Dong, whose physical body was comparatively weak.

"In the movie's setting, Chen Li was originally a village girl who fell into the abyss of revenge after her mother's death... For revenge, she had even prepared herself to be imprisoned and sentenced to death.

Her life's goal had already been achieved, and she had few attachments left in this world.

Now is the perfect opportunity to contain her."

Hesitation meant defeat.

Portable Prison, activate!

The transfer was completed in an instant... but their circumstances were completely different.

Han Dong stood in the prison corridor, while Chen Li appeared directly inside the only cell!

What happened next shook Han Dong.

The spotted tentacles lurking within the cracks of the stone walls began growing wildly the moment they sensed an outsider entering.

They wrapped around Chen Li's hands and feet... while another tentacle ignored her skull and pierced into the back of her head.

Analyzing Contained Object information...

Because the tentacle had entered through the back of her head, Chen Li was in a strange state, her eyes rolling back and forth.

Han Dong's expression darkened when he saw this... In truth, he wanted Chen Li to choose for herself whether she was willing to follow him to a new world, rather than being forcibly contained like this.

"According to the system prompt, Chen Li herself should be willing... I just hope this method of containment doesn't harm her."

After waiting for about five minutes.

Analysis complete—Possessed Chen Li

Containment method: Perfect Containment (high intimacy; the Contained Object is willing to undergo the containment ritual)

Category: Corrupted One (while alive, extreme negative emotions nurtured tangible evil resentment within her; combined with long-term residence in an area rich in Yin Energy, this caused the individual to undergo a minor corruption)

Combat Rating: E+

Advancement Path: Evil Refining

Abilities:

1. "Corruption"—permanently increases all basic attributes.

2. "Kitchen Knife"—her innate weapon.

"No wonder the system gave Chen Li the prefix 'Possessed.' She truly fell onto an evil path through hatred!"

Once the analysis was complete, the tentacles binding Chen Li automatically released her and withdrew into the walls.

At the same time, an inconspicuous dark mark had appeared on Chen Li's neck... It could only be noticed upon close inspection.

The mark was a Faceless Figure, surrounded by eight curved tentacles arranged in an orderly pattern.