The True Terror of the "Life Save Disk" Quest

In some ways, the gruesome state of the corpse before Bai Zhi was unparalleled.

Fine needlework tightly sewn the eyes, mouth, and ears together; the lower body was completely severed, and the wire embedded in the bone made the corpse appear even more gruesome...

From any perspective, this was a Terrifying Existence that would haunt one's Nightmare at night if one even glanced at it. Even VerdantRipple and the Traveler dared not look at this corpse more than a few times.

"What? Is there any clue on this corpse?"

Covering his nose with one hand, the Traveler staggered slightly to Bai Zhi's side—his injuries severely hampered his movements.

"Corpses don't speak on their own, but a qualified coroner can make them express what they want to express... However, strictly speaking, I didn't get good news."

Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly and answered.

"Back when Temperance Gentleheart in that Anomaly of the 'White Paper Painting' in the stairwell, you were already caught up in this Anomaly of 'Ghost Wall,' right?"

"That's right, at that time, I’m Arrogant, So What? were still alive. Based on my deduction, I believe this corpse was left before the last save."

The Traveler nodded.

Even Temperance Gentleheart could deduce the true meaning of the "Life Save Disk" quest based on its name and Bai Zhi's hints. How much more so when there's a corpse in front of the Traveler that could serve as concrete evidence?

"The Type of Mandatory Quest this time is..."

"Save and load, right?"

Bai Zhi removed the Leather Gloves from his hands and threw them next to the corpse before standing up from the ground.

"If the number of Player among the seven Player involved in this mission reaches a certain limit, a full save/load will be automatically initiated, forcing us to start all over again."

"That's right, that's what I meant."

The Traveler exhaled and nodded heavily.

"We've already had to reload a save file without even realizing it, and frankly, that's not good news."

The Traveler's expression turned grim as he looked at the half-corpse before him.

"My initial deduction was that, as time went on, we Player ourselves would be transformed into Anomaly, just like the I’m Arrogant, So What?. However, looking back now, the conclusion I reached at that time was merely a wrong deduction made by me due to physical pain and exhaustion... The true meaning of the unlimited time in this mission is actually far more terrifying than I imagined."

"Terrifying? What's so terrifying about it?"

After listening to the Traveler's words, Temperance Gentleheart couldn't help but speak up.

"Isn't unlimited time a great advantage? And we can reload our saves an endless number of times, which means that no matter how many times we die here, we can still come back to life... This save-loading rule should be a very favorable condition for us, right? After all, there's no time limit..."

"The save/load rules are the biggest trap... You've been standing there listening for so long, and this is the conclusion you've drawn?"

Rolling his eyes, Bai Zhi looked utterly disgusted.

"If you're stupid, don't just open your mouth and say things carelessly, okay?"

"You..."

"That's right, the save/load rule is the biggest trap."

The Traveler glanced at Bai Zhi and sighed.

"If we place all our hopes on the save/load rule, our ultimate fate will be... utter ruin."

"That's right, so we need to act quickly."

Ignoring the angry glare from the Young Girl, Bai Zhi clapped his hands.

"Man proposes, God disposes; plans are subject to change. For now, our priority is to find the survivors mentioned in the mission description as soon as possible. If the mission continues to drag on, other unexpected events may occur."

As he spoke, Bai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at the corpse in front of him.

From the moment he saw the corpse before him, he knew that the plan he had devised in the previous cycle of reincarnation had completely failed.

He no longer had time to search for the traitor within the team.

Why did I orchestrate the deaths of everyone else in the previous cycle? Besides saving my Teammate, the main purpose was to prevent the traitor within the team from realizing the truth about the cycle in this cycle, so that I could easily expose the traitor and complete the mission in this cycle.

However, the appearance of these Anomaly formed from the corpses of his Teammate from the previous cycle not only ruined his plans, but also made him realize where the real difficulty of this mission lay.

Despite the fact that this mission has no time limit and you can revive by reloading your save file even if you die during the mission, theoretically the danger and difficulty are relatively low.

However, with each save/load, the number of Anomaly generated from the corpses of fallen Teammate accumulates, leading to an ever-growing number of Anomaly within the Orphanage, ultimately creating a completely unsolvable dead end.

This is the true meaning of this "Life Save File Mission".

Generally speaking, the process for Walkthrough this task should be as follows.

If the team is too strong, the save/load option won't be triggered, and both missions will be completed safely. However, in reality, due to the increased number and varying skill levels of teams, this is quite rare, and a save/load is almost always inevitable.

After the first save/load, any survivor in the team with even a modicum of intelligence will be able to deduce the pattern of the mission based on the decreasing supplies in their Inventory. However, if they treat saving/load as a foolproof guarantee simply because of this, then an extremely tragic ending awaits them.

After another save/load, the corpses of Teammate who died in the previous loop will become new Anomaly in this scene. Take, for example, the Ghost Wall encountered by the Traveler and the Undead Corpse encountered by the Iron Blood. Compared to the haunted tales of the White Paper Painting Anomaly, these Anomaly are more than twice as dangerous.

Thus, with the second save and the passage of time, this mission will inevitably spiral into a vicious cycle. By the time the third, fourth, and even fifth save are completed, the danger of this mission will rise to an exceptionally terrifying level.

This is part of the truth about the mission that Bai Zhi deduced based on the corpse in front of him and the clues he had obtained before.