Bai Zhi's Actions

"Tsk, this last question... is it just a way to show off?"

Looking at the final score displayed on the computer screen in front of him, Bai Zhi's expression was quite grim.

He gave the following answers to the five questions: [poster], [503], [503], [503], [no].

--This is indeed Truth or Dare, and it's purely his personal truth.

That's right, he was the one who lied about his experience last night. He didn't know if others lied, but he did lie at the meeting this morning.

He didn't stay in his room playing Game until dawn the whole time yesterday; he left his room at times during the night.

After playing Snake for an hour, he noticed the disappearance of the Shadow Guard waiting outside the door, so he actually went out around 10 o'clock.

As the saying goes, fortune favors the bold. Sometimes, you have to take the risks. Survival Quest get harder as you progress. If you don't find more clues in the early stages, the risks of getting clues later will be much greater.

Of course, the reason he made this decision was because he had sufficient ability to protect himself.

The Rare Level [Holy Spirit Pendant] armor, containing a full 1000 points of Spiritual Energy, the Perfect Skill [Shadow], the [Evil-Breaking Talisman] that automatically burns to protect the body... these are all his Trump Card.

With these multiple layers of protection, it's no exaggeration to say that his ability to protect himself is the strongest among the five. Relying on others is less reliable than relying on himself, and he can only rely on himself to obtain clues.

Bai Zhi was always decisive. At around 10:10, with a sliver of desire to find out why his Shadow Guard had disappeared and to explore the secrets of this mysterious Apartment, he summoned a Shadow Guard to stay in the room as a last resort before leaving.

--That's right, he's the one who really broke the rules.

At that time, before the lights went out at 11 o'clock, Bai Zhi broke the rules and went out, hoping to get some useful clues. Unfortunately, the final result was not as he hoped.

After leaving the Dormitory Area, he first went to the Supermarket. Unfortunately, he didn't find any useful clues there, but he did find a lot of useless things. As time went by, the few [Supermarket Evil-Breaking Talisman] he had left inexplicably ran out, and the Doll Model in the supermarket even came to life and attacked him.

And when he tried to leave, the passage back to the Circular Hall mysteriously vanished...

In the end, before he was about to be dismembered by those Doll Model, he had to use the Special Effect of the Perfect Skill [Shadow] to switch places with the Shadow Guard who was inside the room.

--This is the whole story of his failed operation the previous night.

Because it would be too embarrassing to tell anyone, and he hadn't obtained any useful clues from it, plus he wanted to keep some Trump Card to himself, he lied to everyone else.

Meanwhile, this afternoon in the Entertainment Area, he did discover a hidden rule, and he did choose to keep it a secret from others.

Among the drinks displayed at Bar, some have Special Effect when consumed, such as increasing Spiritual Energy Value recovery speed by 100%, increasing maximum psionic Spiritual Energy by 300 points for a few hours, and so on.

Unfortunately, none of the items in this tavern could fit in his Inventory, otherwise he would have liked to raid the entire bar area.

As for why he didn't tell others about these things, it's because the others were also hiding their discoveries. Apart from the Night Owl who had always been by his side, the others had definitely also discovered something hidden.

Don't be fooled by the fact that PrayerUnderDreams and Heavenless Heretic seem like complete idiots. If you actually consider them idiots, then you're the real idiot.

How could becoming Player be as simple as it seems on the surface?

The sand sculpture is just an appearance, not its essence.

Because it was the truth, Bai Zhi the first four questions honestly. However, when he saw the fifth question, a strange anger rose in his heart.

Clearly, this is the other party deliberately showing off.

--Because everything I do is under the other person's watchful eye.

How can he win against an unknown entity that knows everything he's doing behind the scenes?

However, he always wins.

"So-called rules of this Apartment...?"

Staring at the computer screen in front of him, suppressing his emotions, Bai Zhi tapped the table lightly with his fingers before falling into deep thought.

The computer itself, placed on the desktop, is clearly an Anomaly, or perhaps a collection of multiple Anomaly... but none of that matters right now.

The rules... Obviously, the other party also needs to abide by some unspoken rules of this Apartment, because there is a limit to the amount of time that can be used for internet access each day, and the computer itself cannot defy the rules set by this Apartment.

... So, could we try approaching it from this angle?

Bai Zhi frowned slightly.

Furthermore, how exactly did the other party know those things?

It's not surprising that the other party knew I broke the rules by going out at night, but what about my activities during the day? I was the one who defined the Entertainment Area; how did they know I went to the Entertainment Area and not the Supermarket?

Or perhaps there are some hidden surveillance cameras in this Apartment, and their every move is being watched by some unknown entity?

No, that's unlikely.

Thinking of this, Bai Zhi shook his head slightly.

The computer doesn't represent the Apartment itself; it's bound by the Apartment's rules and couldn't possibly do such a thing. So, in other words... could it be understood that the other party obtained this information from someone else?

After all, the other party is controlling the Game. Although the Game must also follow certain rules of the Apartment, it is still possible to make certain changes to the Game within a reasonable scope.

For those with Dog-Admin, doing all this is too easy. Maybe that "[My 20 Scumbag Boyfriends]" Zither-Drum Harmony from yesterday was just like that...

... Should I just smash the computer?

Looking at the computer screen in front of him, Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly.