[Instance Name: Red Maple Leaf Boarding School] [Instance Type: Team Survival] [Preliminary Hint: Disasters repeat themselves, and survival is not easy; living is a kind of luck, while death is destiny]
Qi Si opened his eyes to find a rusted iron door before him.
He was in a tiny room of less than five square meters. There were no windows, only a damaged crack at the edge of the ceiling that let in a sliver of daylight.
It was daytime outside, yet the room was dimly lit. The iron door was set into a dull gray wall, its outline barely visible.
[Special Hint: In this Instance, you have a chance of obtaining the "Scarlet High Priest" Identity Card through role-playing] [Role-Playing Essentials: Calamity rather than salvation, behind the scenes rather than in the spotlight] [Note: This hint is a private clue. You may choose whether to make it public]
"Scarlet High Priest Card? Is it because I caught a glimpse of it in the Sea of Hopelessness that I triggered the corresponding hint?"
Qi Si sat against the wall, his head spinning so badly that even his thoughts were fragmented.
His stomach cramped in waves, bile rising in his throat. This was probably a physical condition forcibly imposed by the Instance.
Hunger—a long-lost yet incredibly familiar sensation. The moment he felt it, he could quickly make a judgment.
The Identity Card was not something he needed to consider for now. The immediate predicament was the pressing concern.
Qi Si shakily got to his feet and lowered his gaze. He was still wearing the white shirt he had entered the Instance in, but the body beneath it had shrunk by a full size, visibly malnourished.
Expressionless, he pinched his