"Turning back into children" was an abstract way of putting it, but considering Yu Su's current behavior, the Players felt that only such a description could aptly summarize the situation before them.
Yu Su had been acting strangely since last night. First, she had spoken rudely to Lu Li; then, regardless of the setting, she had pointed out that there was something wrong with the rice; and this morning, she had wept over the death of a companion. None of that was behavior befitting a mature player.
Qualification for the final Instance was hard to come by. The Players who could make it here had surely been carefully selected by Identity Card holders. It was absolutely impossible for someone as emotional as Yu Su to appear among them.
Yu Su's behavior could only be part of the Instance's mechanics, much like how Players in Red Maple Leaf Boarding School had developed symptoms such as memory loss under the effects of insomnia.
Li Yunyang pondered for a moment before rising to her feet. "I can't tell what triggers this Instance's mechanic.
"Before we arrived at the inn, Yu Su had been with me the whole time. She sat beside me on the train, too. She didn't do anything unusual or encounter anything abnormal."
Fu Jue said, "Random death points have no trigger conditions, only trigger probabilities. From the moment we enter the Instance, everyone becomes part of the denominator, while the numerator is the number of people who actually trigger the death point."
"Then what's the purpose?" Li Yunyang frowned deeply. "Turning us back into children, and then what? Weakening our ability to think and making us childish?"
"You could understand it that way." Fu Jue's voice remained calm. "Given this Instance's background, it could also be understood as reincarnation. According