They eat its flesh and drink its blood; their words can be transformed into knives that cut people to pieces.

When the real victims suffer greatly due to the malicious misinterpretation by outsiders, they will naturally become distorted and wail in pain.

A person's mouth is not only for speaking, but also for eating.

In the human bone corridor, the bits of flesh and blood are the product of the evil people who eat human blood buns chewing and biting a person to pieces.

The same newspaper and publishing house, the same writer—the background behind the human bones is a mixture of flesh and blood, indistinguishable from one another because they all shared the same experience, both of them brutally crushed by this person who wrote under the pen name "Gu Fang."

Shi Jinzhe's blocked thoughts suddenly cleared up, and he said to Sheh, "We analyzed it before we left. Last night, from the moment I stepped into the sixth-floor corridor, I had already entered a false fantasy space. So the human bones I saw must also be illusions, except that they are not my illusions, but other people's."

He extracted the key point: "Do you remember what Wu Yu said? There are two tenants on the sixth floor, and one of them didn't sleep last night."

"He's an artsy young man."

Shekh immediately realized, "The sixth floor is where Xiao Huang and his mother, a teacher, live, as well as Xiao Zhao and her husband, an artsy young man. And those human bones are close to 602. The human bone corridor is the embodiment of his fear."

"That's most likely the case." Shi Jinzhe didn't draw a conclusion immediately; more clues were needed to determine if it was true.

He took out the skill card "Insightful Understanding" and prepared to switch back to his second skill.

Skill: [Insightful Analysis]

Effect: When the correct clue is found, you have a chance to gain +3 clues and directly obtain 4 correct clues, but you can only use this opportunity once per dungeon.

Looking at the card, which could only be used once, Shi Jinzhe thought for a moment and then put it back.

It would be more worthwhile for him to continue looking for clues and use this skill only when he could find no more.

"Let's go, let's continue the inspection."

Shi Jin took the file folder with him, and before leaving, he turned his hand and produced an inconspicuous seed, which he then dropped inside door 205.

The lock was broken, so they had to hurry and check the next room.

They found nothing in room 204, but there was life energy in room 203, so neither of them went in.

After checking the last room on the second floor, Shi Jinzhe said, "Floors one through four are cheap dormitories rented by outside companies. Players cannot leave Building 3. The one in 203 should be a player who replaced the original resident. Except for 206, all the rooms on this floor are occupied."

"If only I could get into room 202." Shekh stared at the door of room 202 with some regret before leaving.

“I lost the flower seeds. I’ll know if no one’s here anymore. Let’s go downstairs.”

Sher agreed and, together with Shi Jinzhe, quickly searched the entire first floor, but found no clues.

As time passed, I glanced at the sky and saw that darkness had descended once more. Before five o'clock, it was completely dark.

People gradually appeared at the main entrance on the first floor; the indigenous people who had gone out were returning.

Shi Jinzhe didn't rush to leave. He pulled Shehe to the corner between the first and second floors, pretending that he had just returned from outside.

Upstairs, Zheng Jingjing, who had gone to find Xiao Zhao, returned to the second floor around mealtime. She left in a hurry and did not notice the two people peeking from around the corner.

Sher's nostrils twitched slightly as she caught a faint smell of alcohol on Zheng Jingjing. She leaned forward slightly and, following the scent, noticed a dark, damp stain on the hem of Zheng Jingjing's clothes.

"Some wine was spilled on her."

Shi Jinzhe mouthed, "Not drinking?"

Xiao Zhao and Zheng Jingjing were classmates. They confided in each other and spent the whole afternoon together. It was more reasonable for them to drown their sorrows in alcohol.

Shekh was certain: "She didn't drink. I didn't detect any alcohol in her breath, just the smell on her clothes."

Shi Jinzhe: "That means Xiao Zhao drank it herself, or she accidentally spilled the wine."

"We'll see. If necessary, we can go up to the sixth floor tonight to take another look."

Hearing footsteps coming from the main entrance on the first floor, Sheh tugged at Shi Jin's folded sleeves, "Let's go back first."

"Yes, but before we go back, we need to go to the seventh floor first."

The locks on the first and second floors were all broken. Zheng Jingjing and her boyfriend had run into him and Shehe at noon. He needed to find a scapegoat to shift the suspicion to Old Zhao, the landlord on the seventh floor.

Upon reaching the seventh floor, Shi Jinzhe first knocked on the door of room 705, then sensed the life energy inside, only to find that no one was in room 705.

He knocked a few more times, then pretended to greet people at the door, saying "Hello, sorry to bother you" several times. After silently counting to thirty, he pulled Shekh and paced around the doorway.

After going back and forth several times, having played the role of a helpful tenant to the fullest, Shi Jin finally returned to the fourth floor.

Sheikh looked at his convoluted actions and said, "It's a shame you're not acting with that kind of talent."

"To be honest, I was approached by talent scouts back then, but I didn't go."

Shekh retorted, "Why don't you go? That way, when you find me, you won't only have two hundred dollars left."

"After buying you the dress, I only had two hundred left. The main problem is that I don't know if this talent scout is a trap. What if he tricks me into going to a pervert or a rich woman?"

"...Don't you think you'd do anything to survive?"

Shi Jinzhe looked at him with a resentful expression, "This really won't do."

He picked up the seeds left at the doorways of the master bedroom and the side bedroom, and after they sprouted, he gave them to Sheh. “Everything is normal in the room. If Zhou Xiao doesn’t come to deliver a message before 10:30, we’ll go to sleep early.”

This instance blurs the lines between two spaces, making it unsuitable for reckless actions. Before gathering sufficient information, Shi Jinzhe decided to proceed with the game step by step.

Shekh asked, "Aren't we going out tonight?"

"Not today." Shi Jinzhe held her shoulders: "You don't need to worry about me or be anxious for me. Trust me, I'll get through this."

He needs more training to deal with unexpected situations when Sheh is not around, so that even if she is taken back by the system one day, he will have enough power to win Sheh back.

In addition, through these two instances, Shi Jinzhe confirmed that there are other things that are no less powerful than the game and the system. Could these things be the reason why Mom asked the system to hide Shekh?

The system spoke intermittently with Shekh last night, which likely means there's something in this instance that can affect it.

It knew this world was dangerous, yet it still sent them in; the system must be planning to use them for something...

Shi Jinzhe lowered his head and looked at Sheh: "No matter what happens, I will never leave you."

Shekh blinked and saw a certain determination and seriousness in Shi Jinzhe's eyes.

Without hesitation, she silently leaned into Shi Jinzhe's arms, her arms wrapped around his back, and said, "Mmm."