Who Was the Traitor?

The search for Iron Blood and his team went exceptionally smoothly, without any unexpected incidents along the way.

Of course, "smooth sailing" here refers to the absence of any abnormal casualties along the way, not to the absence of any other Anomaly still roaming the building.

Although most of the dangerous and terrifying Anomaly in the building disappeared with the reappearance of the sun, an Anomaly number of them still linger in various corners.

It was precisely because of this that the short distance from the Third Floor to the Second Floor took Bai Zhi and his group a great deal of time. In addition, VerdantRipple was Wounded Person among them. So when Bai Zhi and his group finally found Iron Blood and Doloth in a room on the Second Floor, almost half an hour had already passed.

Like the Traveler, Iron Blood was also covered in wounds of all sizes. However, in terms of the combat power it retained, Iron Blood was much stronger than the Traveler. As for Doloth, her left arm hung limply at her side, and there were faint signs of burning on her clothes.

--Before Bai Zhi and the others arrived, the two of them had just solved Anomaly together.

It was precisely because of this that, with almost everyone bearing injuries, Temperance Gentleheart, who had never suffered any injury throughout her life, became the focus of everyone's attention.

"I’m Arrogant, So What? I've disappeared?"

After exchanging information with each other, Bai Zhi couldn't help but frown slightly.

Given the current situation, their disappearance within the Orphanage suggests a predictable fate for them, even without being explicitly stated.

"That's right, they disappeared more than an hour ago."

Doloth glanced at the Traveler with a strange expression, then nodded.

If the other person didn't actually look like a living person, judging solely from the identical half-pair of Damaged gold-rimmed Glasses on their face, she would almost have thought that the corpse they had burned on the first floor had come back to life.

"Even if what you're saying about reloading save files is correct, I think we'd better hurry. Once the sunlight disappears, all the horrors hidden in this Orphanage will surface one by one. And what if we wait until sunset? Nobody knows how terrifying the Orphanage will become then. So we must resolve everything before sunset."

"So we should be grateful that today is a beautiful sunny day."

Shrugging, Bai Zhi walked over to Iron Blood, who was sitting against the wall. Tie Xue was always reserved and silent. Apart from the first few words, he hadn't said anything else. Instead, he sat down beside him and silently tended to his wounds.

When Cihe-Tu-Shu saw him approaching, the other person looked up at him, but still showed no intention of asking any questions.

"What percentage of your combat strength are you capable of right now?"

Without any hesitation, Bai Zhi went straight to the point and asked the other party his question.

"Fifty percent."

With a touch of the straightforwardness unique to Soldier, Iron Blood calmly gave his answer.

"If you were given ample rest, what percentage of your combat strength could you recover at most?"

"At most 80%."

After a moment's thought, Iron Blood replied.

"Very good, let's go to the sixth floor and find a place to rest until our combat strength is restored to its peak."

Bai Zhi snapped his fingers and made his decision.

"Until then, everyone should prepare for battle."

"But the search for survivors..."

Doloth seemed slightly hesitant.

"I already know where the survivors are hiding, but now is not the time for us to go looking for them."

Bai Zhi turned his head and glanced at Doloth.

"We can't afford the cost of having to reload another save."

All the rooms on the sixth floor had previously been occupied by those "Man-eating Room." After Bai Zhi destroyed the core of the "Man-eating Room," the rooms on the sixth floor returned to normal. A large amount of undigested supplies were piled up everywhere in the rooms, creating a chaotic scene.

Of the six Player, VerdantRipple was the most seriously injured, followed by Iron Blood Xue, then Doloth, Traveler, Bai Zhi... and the unharmed Temperance Gentleheart. As for the I’m Arrogant, So What? Player, everyone had already assumed he was dead.

It has to be said that, given that everyone else has suffered injuries of varying degrees, it is nothing short of a miracle that Temperance Gentleheart has maintained her full strength to this day.

After all, considering overall strength, she is the weakest, perhaps even weaker than that I’m Arrogant...

This once again proves how important it is to find the right powerful backer.

During the time they were resting in this room, the sun was blocked by clouds twice more, but fortunately, they had the experience of the last time they took shelter in this situation, and both times they escaped unscathed.

As time passed, the sun began to gradually set in the west, and the time quietly approached three or four in the afternoon. During the time that Bai Zhi was resting in this room, he was secretly observing the others.

Unfortunately, he couldn't find anything unusual in the behavior of the crowd. Instead, because of his miscalculation in telling Temperance Gentleheart about the mole ahead of time, Temperance Gentleheart's suspicious and paranoid behavior made her seem more like the mole...

Who exactly is the "Werewolf" lurking within the team?

Standing with his arms crossed against the wall, Bai Zhi frowned slightly.

Strictly speaking, he doesn't have much time left to find the Fallen Species One. Before completing that final mission, he must find and eliminate the biggest threat within the team.

He learned about the concept of Fallen Species from Lin He. Currently, such a concept has never appeared among the Player community. Either these Fallen Species very well hidden, or they have killed all those who know their true identities... Bai Zhi personally leans towards both possibilities.

If we think about it from the opposite perspective, was the reason for having to reload the save in the previous cycle because the Fallen Species lurking in the team was forced to reveal himself under the threat of those Anomaly, and went on a killing spree to protect his secret, thus forcing him to actively start the next cycle?

Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly as he scanned the other Five Players in the room.