A long silence settled over the room. Neither of them spoke, and many matters concerning Female Voice remained unresolved.
Although contact between a manager and the hotel's will was inevitable, there were still ways to avoid it.
Ji Li had always been busy—busy completing missions, busy scheming, busy dealing with all manner of problems. By now, more and more matters were piling up, and he had never found the time to properly think about Female Voice.
Perhaps it was time to clear up the many questions that had remained shrouded in uncertainty...
Looking somewhat weary, Ji Li lit a cigarette, took a deep drag, and exhaled a round smoke ring before tossing the cigarette pack to Fang Shenyan.
Only after the two of them had filled the room with smoke did he speak.
"The information I have about the Puzzle Piece Fragments is incomplete. All I know is that they have nothing to do with escaping Heavenly Sea. They're merely items that will take effect at some unknown point."
Manager missions, Puzzle Piece Fragments, and Heavenly Sea's secrets were closely connected.
But Ji Li's knowledge was actually extremely vague. Even with the information Female Voice had once revealed to him, he probably knew only a little more than anyone else.
On the surface, the Puzzle Piece Fragments suppressed the managers who had died during manager missions, preventing their yin bodies from erupting.
At this thought, he had no choice but to introduce the concept of a "yin body" to Fang Shenyan.
"A yin body is generally understood to mean that someone who has died during a manager mission becomes more susceptible to ghost attacks. Misfortune hangs over them, and supernatural forces draw near.
"You can think of it this way: once someone becomes a yin body, gaps appear in their