Nonexistent Door

At 7:30 a. m. sharp, everyone gathered in front of their respective rooms.

It was now the third day since I arrived at this Apartment.

So far, there have been no casualties.

"Your guess is correct. If you chose to play the Game, then there will be no abnormalities in the room."

In the Circular Hall, Heavenless Heretic was the first to speak.

I don't know what he went through last night. Although he seems to be in good spirits now, the expression on his face is inexplicably gloomy.

"My current score is six points."

He took out his card and placed it on the table, Heavenless Heretic simply concluded his sentence with a sentence about books.

Me too.

Turning her head to glance at the gloomy-looking Heavenless Heretic, PrayerUnderDreams shrugged.

"There's not much to say about what happened tonight, but I did accumulate some points, which I'll check out at the Supermarket today."

--The same perfunctory and glossed-over answer.

"I went out around 9:30 last night."

Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly and began to speak directly.

Ignoring the strange looks that flashed across Heavenless Heretic and PrayerUnderDreams's eyes, and disregarding the shocked expressions on Night Owl and Zither-Drum Harmony's faces, Bai Zhi calmly recounted his experiences from the previous night in detail, including the five questions he had been asked during the [Truth or Dare] Game.

Some things are actually quite obvious.

Faced with the rather perfunctory answers from Heavenless Heretic and PrayerUnderDreams, Bai Zhi directly demonstrated his sincerity. After all, once the seed of doubt is planted, it is extremely difficult to eliminate it.

Of course, although he told everyone everything, he also held back a little. When it came to his own Equipment, Skill, and even items, Bai Zhi only mentioned them briefly.

He did go out again last night.

After completing the [Truth or Dare] Game, as is customary, Bai Zhi left a Shadow Guard in the room as a final precaution before heading straight out to the Entertainment Area.

He didn't know what Special Effect the other shops in the Entertainment Area had, but he did know about the buffs that came with the drinks at Bar.

It temporarily increases one's own Attribute Value, enhances one's own Spiritual Energy recovery efficiency, increases one's own maximum Spiritual Energy value for a certain period of time, and grants a temporary invisibility Special Effect for five minutes after drinking it... and so on.

With a rare surplus of Spiritual Energy Value, Bai Zhi drank while continuously summoning his Shadow Guard to conduct a thorough search of the Apartment that evening.

"If you go out after 9 p. m., you will gradually be attacked by strange things as time goes by. That's why it's best not to go out after 9 p. m."

Bai Zhi spoke calmly.

"The night before last, while I was exploring the Supermarket, I was attacked by those come to life Doll Model. Last night, when I was in the Entertainment Area, the Lights were flickering, and in the gaps between light and darkness, a Black Shadow gradually approached me..."

"Wait a minute, what did you just say?"

Suddenly interrupting Bai Zhi, Heavenless Heretic's gaze was intense.

"If I go out after nine o'clock at night..."

"Not https://www. hetushu. com. com, the next sentence is, what happened at the Supermarket?"

"... Those Doll Model have come to life."

He quickly understood what the other person meant, and after inwardly marveling at the other person's strange focus, Bai Zhi's lips twitched slightly.

"It's decided! I'm going out after 9 PM tonight!!"

He suddenly slammed his hand on the table, and Heavenless Heretic stood up excitedly.

"That way, I can see my wives come back to life!!"

Count me in, we can all go together.

PrayerUnderDreams raised her hand firmly and solemnly.

"I remember there are quite a few Figurine at the Supermarket; we can split them equally."

"Dream on! How could I possibly give you my wife?"

Heavenless Heretic glanced at PrayerUnderDreams and sneered.

"Keep dreaming. Anything can happen in dreams, that's my wife!!"

"What?! That's your wife?! That's my wife!!"

Seeing that someone wanted to eat alone, PrayerUnderDreams immediately flew into a rage.

Night Owl / Zither-Drum Harmony: "... and books..."

"Once those Doll Model come to life, they'll disappear as they leave the Supermarket. If you're confident you can survive one night in that fairly large Supermarket, then go ahead."

Bai Zhi rubbed his forehead, somewhat speechless, and began to speak.

"Alright, I've told you everything. Now you can do whatever you want. But I can tell you very clearly that if we continue like this without any progress, we will all be wiped out before the Seven Days arrives. This is not an exaggeration."

"Last night, the things in the posters on my wall came out of the paintings."

He and PrayerUnderDreams exchanged a glance, shrugged, Heavenless Heretic spoke first.

"The three posters on my wall depict a Young Girl taking a nap at a table, a black-haired Girl gazing at the night sky from a balcony, and a man washing his face in front of a mirror. Note that I can't see the faces of any of them, but last night, the man washing his face in front of the mirror raised his head... and it was a face like Monster's."

At this point, Heavenless Heretic's face showed disgust.

"The upper half of its face was relatively normal, but abruptly, the lower half was missing, replaced by a jaw resembling the mouthparts of an arthropod, creating a Nightmare and bizarre effect. And its hands, obscured by the view, were actually two slippery black tentacles..."

"Well..."

Just by briefly reconstructing that bizarre appearance in his mind based on the other person's description, the Night Owl immediately felt uneasy.

"No one would feel at ease leaving something like that in their room. I wanted to see if I could burn the painting, but as soon as I did, the bathroom mirror shattered, and that disgusting Monster crawled out of it... Now I have to clean up the broken glass in the bathroom afterwards. I think these guys are deliberately messing with me."

Heavenless Heretic looked utterly dejected.

"After defeating this Monster, I got a card with this sentence written on it."

[Among the five of you, one of you entered through that Nonexistent Door.]