Personality Assimilation Degree Increased
I feel uneasy until this problem is solved.
"Let's call them undead for now... So where did these undead escape to after breaking the glass? We didn't see any extra boats around the island when we came, and undead shouldn't be able to leave by boat. They have no way to leave this island; they should still be on the island." Nightmare recalled that there should be many, many caves or similar places on the island that they hadn't explored yet. Could they be in a cave?
Yu Xing was silent for two seconds. He thought that before the organization arrived, there shouldn't be anything special about this island.
Through the organization's cultivation of "necromancers" and the creation of malevolent spirits, the island gradually acquired abilities such as "illusions."
The closer to the center, the stronger the hallucination, which is probably related to the fact that the "necromancer" stayed in the vessel the longest, so that a certain factor remained in this institution the most.
If the hallucinations are all caused by the "necromancers" trained by the organization, then Yu Xing already knows the answer to where the necromancers go.
The hints were given as soon as all the participants landed on the first day.
"It's the sea."
Yu Xing.
"The sea? You mean... the undead went into the sea?" Carlos was somewhat surprised, but then thought it wasn't impossible.
This ability, aside from lacking a singing voice, is actually somewhat similar to that of the Sirens in Greek mythology, both using illusions to kill.
But the undead possessing physical forms, and ultimately breaking the vessel and entering the sea... why does this indescribable feeling feel so much like something out of a Cthulhu mythos??
Don't think about it too much, or you'll lose your mind.
"But how can you be sure it's the sea?" Yan asked. When she got off the ship, she was focused on finding other predictors and hadn't really paid much attention to the sea.
Yu Xing chuckled.
The illusionary power in the sea was even stronger than that in the center of the island; he had only glanced at it once, and he felt like he was going to become depressed.
That is the truly unpredictable and incredibly powerful illusion.
If Old Liu hadn't covered his eyes with his hands, he probably would have suffered for a while.
At the time, we didn't know what lay beneath that dark, deep sea, but now, after some speculation, everything makes sense.
These undead did not go far; they lingered in the waters surrounding the Dead Spirit Island, dragging everyone who gazed at the sea into the abyss.
This is probably the complete story of this deduction. As for what the undead actually looked like, and what the organization's personnel encountered that led to their hasty departure, that may be told in another deduction, experienced by another group of higher-level deducers.
"Wait a minute..." Yu Xing thought for a moment, then suddenly raised an eyebrow.
Carlos had roughly grasped the plot from Yu Xing's analysis, and upon hearing this, he uttered a single questioning syllable. "Hmm?"
"Old Liu." Yu Xing narrowed his eyes, his hands in the pockets of his casual clothes, and muttered, "Something's not right, this Old Liu..."
Old Liu had been acting strangely since day one. Yu Xing initially thought it was the collective behavior of those in the know within the team, but after meeting Wu Runhao and getting rid of Fang Yao, he realized that the two of them were quite normal.
Even knowing the purpose of coming to the island, and even knowing that there are things in the world that science cannot explain, they didn't seem to be afraid of anything like Old Liu.
Especially when Old Liu covered his eyes to prevent him from looking at the sea, he said something.
"Don't laugh, this is a serious matter. Didn't Boss Fang tell you not to look at the sea?"
This statement led Yu Xing to believe that Fang Yao, Wu Runhao, and the others also shared this "common sense."
But now that I think about it, on the third day on the ship, he was running around and often worked shift A, Fang Yao never mentioned anything about not letting him see the sea.
So... Old Liu's understanding is different from others. Does he know something?
However, the three of them wandered around the institution for a long time, and it was almost dark by then.
The simulation is about to end.
Yu Xing thought about it and decided that there was no need to dwell on whether Old Liu had actually worked at the organization before.
At least Old Liu didn't harm him.
Perhaps this is also a mystery left for other deductions...
Driven by a certain obsession, the three of them wandered around the various buildings for half a day, visiting the empty archives, the workbenches without power, and so on. Only when it was completely dark, the space was dim and yellowish, and they could no longer see anything, did they leave the organization.
The swarm of moths clinging to the wall began to stir.
After finding a comfortable place to rest for a long time, the five-day countdown ended, and suddenly, three doors appeared before the three of them.
[Push open this door and return to the preparation space]
The system notification appeared at the right time. Yu Xing stretched, nodded to Carlos and Yan, and then casually pushed open a door and stepped inside.
He returned to the pitch-black corridor, where only one large screen was lit. The screen had changed, now divided into two sections: the top section displayed scrolling comments, and the bottom section showed a dense list of donation statistics.
[Congratulations on completing the Rookie Deduction Competition - Dead Spirit Island]
Congratulations on successfully completing the hunting mission!
[The following is an evaluation of this simulation (open to the audience)]
[Case truth restoration accuracy: 90% (Due to the numerous story branches on the Dead Spirit Island map, most of which require obtaining prerequisite quests in other maps of the Absurd World where Dead Spirit Island is located, this restoration accuracy only considers the main island exploration storyline - Abandoned Organization Exploration)]
[Congratulations on obtaining the title: Story Lover]
[Story Lover: Wearing this title increases the score bonus for "Story Mastery" by 10% (Title system unlocks when a Deducer advances to Differentiation Tier)]
[Increase in Personality Assimilation Degree: 1%]
[Rating: S]
[Deduction points earned: 600 (fixed points in the Rookie Tournament)]
[The following is the total points awarded: 8648]
[The reward points will be split 50/50 with the system, resulting in a total of 4924 points.]
[Final rankings are as follows]
[Lucky: 4924]
[Magician: 3940]
[Nightmare: 2014 (Hunter incomplete, points halved)]
[The prophet and the Ghoul have died]
[Note: To prevent the live stream from becoming chaotic due to factors such as offerings or other interests, the system will collect the Persona Mask fragments of all deceased participants during the live simulations.]
Yu Xing didn't show much interest in the title system mentioned. Instead, he was more interested in the Personality Assimilation Degree level, which showed a one percent increase, something that had never happened to him before.
Previously, there was zero growth.
It's like buying an invincibility cheat in a Yugi, but this time, the cheat didn't work, and he lost health.
What went wrong?
He remained outwardly calm, glancing at the comments section a few times.
This time, the audience was also able to see the final statistics on the screen. They discussed data from various aspects, and ultimately focused on the Personality Assimilation Degree.
[Lucky's Personality Assimilation Degree only increased by 1%!? This is the first time I've seen such a small increase!]
[These kinds of hallucinations are really mentally draining. Constantly worrying about falling into them, shouldn't the Personality Assimilation Degree increase dramatically??]
[Look at the Magician and the Nightmare, one is 3 and the other is 4, theirs is normal, okay? It's not a problem with the deduction, it's a problem with Luck himself.]
Fortunately, there was something there.
Yu Xing: Well, you can't really tell anything from the comments.
He recalled that the one percent increase must have occurred within the institution, when he couldn't control himself the moment he saw the glassware.
The scene brought back memories from long ago... nightmarish memories.
After politely greeting the comments, Yu Xing chose to exit the space and return to reality.
It was still midnight in reality. Yu Xing felt a little tired, said goodnight to Qu Xuanqing, whose expression was a bit strange, and then yawned and went to sleep.