The Problem of Time

First Floor Hall.

"The flesh and blood inside have completely disappeared. In this situation, the only option is to undergo a long period of recuperation, or to purchase some healing items from the Auction House."

After helping to bandage the Iron Blood's arm, Doloth frowned slightly and offered a critique of the injury.

"It's just a minor injury."

With a calm expression, Iron Blood walked up to the corpse hanging in the stairwell.

This corpse, which is immune to all attacks and can devour the flesh of anyone it touches, is indeed difficult to deal with. However, if you find its rules and weaknesses, it is actually quite easy to handle.

--They used each other's intestines to hang each other up again.

This is a fairly obvious clue, since when they saw the corpse, it was hanging in mid-air with its own intestines. It wasn't until Iron Blood cut off the intestines with Poker that the corpse began to wake up. Before that, the corpse was just a corpse.

... Is this perhaps a version of using one's own spear against one's own shield?

With the pouring of a bucket of Gasoline and the ignition of flames, the body, which was originally impervious to water and fire and capable of rapid recovery from injury, was reduced to a pile of black ashes in just a few minutes.

[A Hidden Anomaly Source has been resolved]

--The system notification popped up in front of them for the fourth time.

"What do we do next? It seems like I’m Arrogant has run up to the sixth floor."

Standing in the stairwell, Doloth glanced upstairs before turning his gaze to the Iron Blood. In the process of dealing with the corpse and suspending it again, the Iron Blood's right hand was practically useless, but Doloth himself was unharmed.

"Never mind him, let's continue exploring the Second Floor."

He shook his head, his right arm hanging limply at his side, and Iron Blood stepped back up the stairs.

"There are still two Anomaly Source that need to be identified and resolved; we need to act quickly..."

Before Iron Blood could finish speaking, another System Prompt popped up in front of them.

[A Hidden Anomaly Source has been resolved]

"Wow, seriously? You're that poor? You'd even steal Dead Person's shoes?"

Looking at Temperance Gentleheart in front of him, Bai Zhi's face showed disgust.

"You're even putting a plastic bag over your face, are you afraid people won't know you're a pervert?"

"... You already figured it out, didn't you?"

She looked up at the other person, Temperance Gentleheart.

"You prepared so many flashlights for the last Novice Quest, it's impossible that you only prepared a Gas Mask for this mission... You actually don't want me to come in here, right?"

"Don't get the wrong idea. I'm not that kind. What if I lend you my gas mask and you refuse to return it like Night Owl?"

With a pursed lip, Bai Zhi turned around and walked out of the ruins.

"Even the cheapest Gas Mask on Mao Bao costs tens of yuan, which is enough for me to eat breakfast for several days. Nobody can take advantage of me, understand?"

"..."

Carrying the shoe in her hand, Temperance Gentleheart silently followed behind the other person.

Soon, they left the Damaged room filled with strange smells and arrived at a ventilation shaft at the end of the corridor.

"... These shoes were custom-made by me personally, and they even have my initials embroidered on them. There's absolutely no way I could mistake them."

Before Bai Zhi could even speak, Temperance Gentleheart, her face pale, placed the shoe on the pool and spoke first.

"But this shoe, which should have been on my feet, is now inside the clothes that haven't been completely devoured... Am I just a ghost now?"

"ZMG... Zhao Mugong, tsk tsk tsk, so your Zhao Mugong? Hmm, not bad, a very unique name, quite memorable."

Without any intention of answering his question, Bai Zhi nodded in deep agreement as he looked at the three letters embroidered on the shoe.

"Since it's called that, your carpentry skills must be excellent, right?"

Temperance Gentleheart: "..."

... What the hell is that Zhao Mugong?!

"Don't worry, you're alive... at least you're alive now."

Bai Zhi washed his hands with water from the sink and responded lazily.

"I do have some speculations about the series of events we're currently experiencing, but those tweets are just speculations. I'm not going to waste my breath talking about them without sufficient evidence."

"Then, what's the deal with this shoe?"

Somewhat reluctantly, she pushed the shoe in front of Bai Zhi and began to speak with Temperance Gentleheart.

"Every time I see this shoe, I think about the possibility that I might be completely eaten by that weird thing. Can you imagine that feeling..."

"Oh, that's easy."

Before Temperance Gentleheart could finish speaking, Bai Zhi casually picked up the shoe and tossed it out the window, clapping his hands as he did so, much to the Young Girl's bewilderment.

"Now that the shoes are gone, you probably don't feel that way anymore, do you, Zhao Mugong?"

"..."

Temperance Gentleheart felt that one day she would be driven crazy by the other person.

"Well~ the name of this Mandatory Quest is called Life Save Disk. What comes to mind when you hear this name? Zhao Mugong, think boldly."

"... My name isn't Zhao Mugong, you bastard!!!"

Seeing Bai Zhi's encouraging gaze, Temperance Gentleheart finally couldn't help but speak up loudly to defend herself.

"Hmm... so that's Zhao Meng Ge? Although you don't look that fierce... well, the contrast is kind of cute..."

Bai Zhi reached up and touched his chin, looking thoughtful.

"Speaking of which, what kind of deep-seated hatred did your parents have for you that gave you this name...? Was it some kind of irreconcilable grudge?"

"... Just call me Zhao Mugong."

After deliberating between the names Zhao Mugong and Zhao Meng Ge, Temperance Gentleheart ultimately chose the name Zhao Mugong, albeit with a sense of humiliation.

"Saving data on a disk refers to Storage information from a computer onto a hard drive, preserving certain data and information so that it can be retrieved more quickly and easily the next time. A 'Life Save Disk'... that can't possibly mean Life Save File, can it? We've only just started..."

"Have you calculated the time in detail?"

He interrupted the other person again, Bai Zhi his head to look out the window.

"We accepted the mission and entered this Orphanage on Sunday, right? So..."

What day of the week do you think it is today?