Chapter 242 Detachment

Sheen used some special means to obtain 30 liters of gasoline—enough to drive for a while longer. In high spirits, she returned to her car and decided to head south. The police at the registration point said there was a self-service station there, and perhaps they could find a way to earn some Nightmare Points—although she still didn't know how to get them.

She started the engine, and the person in the back seat suddenly straightened up and leaned closer.

Sheen turned his head, and Bell handed him a key and some blueprints.

"The map of Sunset Hill is the key to opening the door and saving your life."

She said that.

Sheen took it somewhat blankly, not knowing why she had suddenly become normal. It was truly unfathomable. The blueprint was actually the same ID card that had no information about the operatives from before. During the slap battle, Belle had drawn a map on the back of it.

The content is incredibly complex yet detailed, bordering on precise; it's hard to imagine that a madman could have drawn it while curled up in the back seat of a car. Overall, it resembles a maze, with lines suggesting paths arranged according to specific rules and possessing very precise proportions. Sheen could even pinpoint the corresponding locations—like the supermarket at the beginning.

“This is an unaltered map,” the person in the back seat continued.

“What do you mean by ‘not tampered with’?” Sheen asked.

“It’s the passageway that leads us out of here.” Bell’s expression was extremely serious, and his speech was equally rapid. “I don’t know when it will change, but it shouldn’t be that soon. We must pass through these coordinates, we must follow its rules, and only then can we leave and return to the outside world.”

Sheen stared at the map and had to admit it was really well drawn... it was just too damn small. She was having a headache over the complicated and confusing route, while her brain was quickly calculating how much time it would take to walk the route every day, how many kilometers it would be, and which potentially dangerous coordinates she would have to pass through—Bell Herra had specially circled them with a marker.

"To be honest, I'm too lazy to know what happened in this so-called Sunset Hill that could scare you so much, but I know it couldn't be anything good." She said, then looked at the people behind her. "Now that you're back to your senses, that's rare. So I guess I have no choice but to find out, right?"

Bell nodded, moved a little closer to her, and looked into Sheen's eyes. The light in her pupils became even clearer, as if it were burning towards another unknown place.

"I am a person who lives between illusion and reality."

“Of course I can tell,” Sheehan said.

"The reason I'm in Black Goat Asylum isn't because I wanted to escape, well... okay, that's one reason too. The reason they agreed to it is because I really am insane."

Sheen didn't say anything at this point, but just kept staring at her.

“And I went mad because I used the characteristic of ‘imperfectionism’ to do something terrifying… I still can’t process that power.” Bell patted her shoulder, his tone tinged with sorrow. “I’m alive, but I’m also already dead. I did die, but it wasn’t in accordance with the rules, so I broke down…”

She paused for a long time after saying this, as if recalling some very painful past event.

“I was actually lucid for a long time. I even met Li Lin—the one who played the savior role. He offered me many generous terms and tried to cooperate with me. Then I went crazy.”

Damn, you have such a past? Xi En thought, his brows furrowing. So you were driven crazy by Li Lin. How could you do that to someone so good-looking? You really are a scumbag.

Looking at the actor in the back seat recounting his suffering, she felt a deep empathy and pain. No one wants to stay in such an alien space, let alone listen to a half-madman talk about these things.

Clearly, this place is similar to Eoubs, both belonging to a chaotic and incomprehensible hell. It seems to have the etiquette and rules that a civilized society should have, but in reality, everyone is crazy, defying the laws, breaking the limitations given by the creator, and wanting to obtain something, such as something deadly or twisted.

“I can’t… I can’t stay conscious for very long.” Bell laughed nervously for a moment, then took a deep breath and continued, “I’m trapped… Actually, that property can be used multiple times, but there’s still an ‘I’ in my mind, stubbornly keeping myself trapped in madness. I’m afraid I can’t help you much. I’ll try to tell you what I can remember, but I’m sorry… I probably won’t be a good helper. All I know is that this is the key I can project, inside at the end, there’s a door… because I’ve been here before.”

After she finished speaking, she looked out the window, her expression becoming dazed. The light from both sides of the street shone on her face, making her look holy and moving.

This made Sheen feel inexplicably uncomfortable. From the beginning, she hadn't had much close eye contact with Bell because this person... gave her a bad feeling.

She carried an aura similar to that of a wave layer, but much more stable. That bizarre, mysterious, and destructive power was presented in a hazy form on this person.

Sheen chose not to look at Bell anymore, then put the ID card away in her pocket, turned the car around, and drove towards the nearest coordinate point—a place marked as the chilled goods after-sales service hall. They had to drive there; that was the rule, there was no way around it.

"So..." After a few minutes of silence in the car, she suddenly spoke up, "You can't remember anything about what happened when you came here last time?"

“It’s blurry, but it’s something terrifying.” Bell snapped out of his daze, his voice still a little hoarse. “I’ve been through many control missions, the Gospel of Heaven… Yes, I died before the first infection spread, but I died voluntarily.”

"What do you mean?" Sheen was stunned. She had heard He Yu say that there were fragments of the Law of Fate in the infected area, as well as the existence of 'them' at different nodes. Perhaps Bel Hera was killed by her counterparts at other nodes?

I can't describe it.

"That feeling... is like having already foreseen your own death. You involuntarily give up any resistance, feel futile, and feel powerless."

"Like—if ordered, it is written into the entire record book."

"But now I'm alive again... living in the world of dreams, living in a virtual space created by a forbidden object."

"That great power also took root in my body along with my resurrection."

Sheen clearly didn't understand.

"Alright, let's continue then. While you're still relatively lucid, share as much information as possible."

Although she couldn't analyze it, she would remember all those words.

Do you play Genshin Impact?

Bell suddenly changed the subject.