Two Systems

When she came out, Yu Xing's stamina and health were already very low.

[Stamina: 20]

[Health Points: 33]

Fortunately, it's not too dangerous yet. This is probably the advantage of this level of difficulty in the deduction, Yu Xing guessed. Once it reaches the Differentiation Tier, the judgment of these values will definitely be more stringent, and there will be more places where the values will drop.

It wasn't until they entered the police station that Yu Xing suddenly realized, without Angel controlling the dolls, what would happen to those whose souls had been drained by the dolls and who didn't realize they were dead?

He knew those dead people could still move, because Susan's "body" had disappeared when he went down to the first floor of the villa.

They probably saw the villa's restrictions had disappeared and happily ran out.

After walking a few more steps, they found there were even fewer police officers in the station than the previous morning. When they entered Lucia's office, Lucia was asleep.

The woman in the uniform was probably sleepy, so she was slumped over the desk, her blonde hair tied in a ponytail and hanging down her back, seemingly taking a short nap during her free time.

Yu Xing looked at the gold color and suddenly his expression changed.

Coincidentally, Lucia is also blonde.

Because both Mrs. Brown and Susan have blonde hair, Yu Xing, with her quick wit, easily made a connection between them; however, blonde hair is quite common in countries like Britain.

He chuckled lightly, not dwelling on it, and stepped forward to pull out a blank sheet of paper.

"Who among you can write a report?"

Report?

Masha was taken aback, then realized that Roy wanted to write out the investigation report to save himself the trouble of explaining.

Moreover, the fact that he asked this question probably means he doesn't want to write it himself.

She glanced at York and found that York was looking at her too, his eyes filled with gentle encouragement.

Gentle...

What a load of rubbish!

She had witnessed firsthand how ruthless this guy was!

With tears welling up in her eyes, Masha knew that the task of writing the report had fallen to her. Resignedly, she took the blank paper, grabbed a pen, found a chair, sat down, and began to write down what had happened, looking Lucia.

--Like a delinquent girl forced by her teacher to do her homework in the office.

As she wrote, she cursed inwardly:

You promised my two older brothers would take care of me? Forget it!

Men are all big jerks; handsome guys' mouths are just lies!

However, she was well aware that she was somewhat useless in this simulation, at most a tool to provide yellow talismans, so she could only honestly do her best to contribute.

Well... that makes sense... Masha's body obeys, but she can't hold back the curses she has to utter in her heart!

Yu Xing to have some free time, and he wasn't one to stay quiet, so he took the initiative to talk to York: "Hey, you're pretty good."

Their characters are set as friends, but there's no strict rule about what kind of friends they are. They could be friends who act together all the time, or they could be friends who don't usually interact but only cooperate during investigations. So as long as what he says makes sense, the system won't consider it a character inconsistency.

York glanced at him. "You're not bad either, it's a pity my exorcism team is full, otherwise I might have been able to poach you to learn exorcism."

He phrased it tactfully, but with Yu Xing's comprehension skills, she easily translated it: You're pretty good too. If my team wasn't full, I might have invited you into the team.

The deducers also have a fixed team. Although there is no system guarantee, the deducers have discovered many ways to enter the same Yugi together and come up with all sorts of fancy operations.

Therefore, once you reach the Differentiation Tier, players will generally team up with people they know to enter the Yugi, which greatly increases their chances of survival.

However, Yu Xing felt something was off; something seemed amiss.

Ah, that's right!

How can a team be full when you're forming your own group? Shouldn't you be able to team up with whomever you want?

Furthermore, recognizing York's voice, Yu Xing frowned, realizing that something was amiss.

He straightened his not-so-clean shirt, then suddenly remembered something, a flash of surprise crossing his eyes, and asked again, "How many people are in your exorcist squad?"

The answer wasn't important; he mainly wanted York to speak up.

"Eight, two short of the required number. What, are you interested?" York cast a half-smile at him, while Yu Xing's pupils contracted slightly. He knew where he had heard York's voice before!

At the end of the deduction in [Corpse Carnival], Doctor. Zheng Song made a phone call.

The person on the other end of the phone Ning Feng. Because of the phone, Ning Feng's voice sounded a little distorted. Moreover, Yu Xing's attention was on Zheng Song's medical records at the time, and he didn't pay much attention to the tone of the voice on the other end of the phone. That's why it took him so long to match the voice with York's!

York and Ning Feng have the same voice!

It's not just similar, it's exactly the same.

Having confirmed this, Yu Xing didn't forget to reply to York with "not interested," and then sorted out the logic in her mind.

Strangeness.

He had already asked Zhu Yan to investigate, and there was no Doctor in reality similar to Zheng Song. He trusted Zhu Yan's abilities, so he always believed that Zheng Song was simply an NPC in the deduction world.

Ning Feng, who can talk to Zheng Song on the phone, has now actually appeared in this deduction Yugi.

Unless this deduction is actually the same world as the one Zheng Song is in, which he had previously deduced, the world Zheng Song is in is likely a continuous deduction world, that is, a complete world in which multiple independent deduction Yugi can be generated in different locations.

But there's still one thing that doesn't make sense.

In the same world, Ning Feng should be an NPC, but through the brief phone conversation, Yu Xing clearly understands that Ning Feng is probably Doctor or something similar, and it's impossible for him to have come to the West to become an exorcist.

Moreover, York's every move doesn't resemble that of an NPC at all; he clearly acts more like a player.

Players...

Yu Xing recalled the system notification that had just begun Nightmare in a Cage simulation.

[Note: This simulation is not allowed to include any words related to the system or simulation, and players are not allowed to identify themselves as players. Violators will be severely punished.]

Deducers don't usually identify themselves as players; they often refer to themselves as deducers.

Moreover, while the first and second prohibitions seem reasonable at first glance, upon closer inspection, the concepts are actually somewhat redundant.

Yu Xing finally realized the purpose of this specially marked hint from the limited information available to him.

He had seen the data collection request in the job list for selecting the market direction of the Yugi!

[Abnormal Research Project Group: This project team aims to study a recently discovered "large-scale, continuous, Absurd World" where an alternative Yugi system has naturally formed. Human players within this world are called "Experience Masters." We are currently collecting data on this world; submissions will be rewarded accordingly, subject to negotiation.]

Yu Xing wasn't sure whether the "testers" usually referred to themselves as "testers" or "players," but if you applied the "tester" system to York... or rather, Ning Feng, everything would make sense!

Why is York Ning Feng, and why does he know Zheng Song?

Because of Yu Xing's own Persona Mask assessment Yugi, she inexplicably and unexpectedly chose the world of the Experience Tester!

We've run into each other again. No wonder they've even set up a research project team; the chances of us clashing are just too high. It's impossible not to notice.