In the clean and bright laboratory, a dozen or so researchers in uniform stood in front of the glass wall, observing the scene inside and occasionally glancing down to record something on an ultra-thin computer.

Opposite them, on the other side of the glass wall, were rows of neatly arranged nutrient tanks, their colorless, transparent containers filled with pale blue nutrient solution.

Inside each nutrient tank, a naked human body floats motionless in the nutrient solution, curled up in the position of an infant in the womb.

Xia Linyin was in one of the nutrient tanks. Her eyes were closed, her legs were bent, and her back was curved into a beautiful curve. Her skin, which was immersed in the light blue liquid, was dazzlingly white.

Her body was covered in various thin tubes, and she wore a helmet that kept flashing blue light.

Suddenly, the light from her helmet changed from blue to red.

Upon seeing this, the experimenters standing by the glass wall immediately notified the others, "Participant number 260 is about to wake up."

On the other side, the experimenters responsible for detecting the data immediately brought up the interface for participant number 260.

On the semi-transparent interface, various data characters were rapidly refreshing.

Heart rate – normal!

"Pulse - Normal!"

"Blood pressure—normal!"

...

“Participant No. 260 has been disconnected from the game.”

"The inflatable mat is ready!"

"The cleaning robot is ready!"

"The injection is ready!"

...

"Open the hatch!"

With a command, a "click" sounded as the spherical nutrient tank opened from below, and nutrient solution poured out. Xia Linyin fell out of the tank and landed on the inflatable cushion below.

Her sticky fingers twitched slightly.

The medical staff immediately rushed over and removed the tubes from Xia Linyin's body.

The robot sprayed clean water to wash away the nutrient solution on her body. The warm water flowed onto Xia Linyin's face, and she shivered twice before slowly opening her eyes.

Water droplets clung to her long eyelashes as Xia Linyin stared blankly at the swaying figure before her.

A clean, large bath towel was placed over Xia Linyin's body, and two medical staff lifted her up, one on each side.

Xia Linyin felt dizzy and lightheaded. Her legs felt weak and limp, like two noodles, and her feet felt like they were walking on clouds, unable to find any foothold.

All I could see were blurry images, and I couldn't hear the sounds around me clearly. My head felt like it was filled with a heavy, sticky paste, which had clouded all my thoughts and senses.

In a daze, she saw a touch of green, a pale green liquid contained in a spiral glass tube, swaying gently, like red wine in a stemmed glass, creating a mesmerizing arc, it was extremely beautiful.

The green hue drew closer and closer to her, and then—

A needle suddenly sprang out from the metal tip of the glass tube, its tip gleaming coldly, and the green liquid became as chilling as if it had been poisoned.

Xia Linyin instinctively struggled, but the medical staff on both sides restrained her movements. The needle was cleanly and neatly inserted into her body. As the cold liquid was injected, Xia Linyin's struggles became less and less intense. Her vision went black, and she fell into unconsciousness again.

...

Xia Linyin didn't know how long she slept, but when she woke up, she no longer felt dizzy or lightheaded. Her mind was clear, she felt refreshed, and her body was no longer weak or exhausted. She was in the best possible condition.

She glanced around. It was a rectangular room, not very big. Apart from a bed, there was nothing else. There were no windows or doors. The walls were silvery-white, smooth and hard to the touch, probably some kind of metal.

A closed room...

Xia Linyin lowered her head and ran her fingers through her hair. Was she still alive? Had she not died?

Her wrist was clean, without any patterns of high heels, crescent blades, or dice cups.

That unspoken connection with the game seems to have been severed.

So, death in the game isn't the end, but rather a return to reality?

So, will Xiao Li, still in the game, still remember her? Will he still remember the last things she said to him?

A deep sadness and grief flashed across Xia Linyin's eyes.

She hoped that Xiao Li wouldn't remember her, wouldn't remember who she was, otherwise, when he woke up and realized that he had personally stabbed her, how painful it would be for him.

If he remembers everything, she hopes he will never forget her last words to him: she said she might not die.

Xia Linyin closed her eyes, recalling the scene she saw before she fainted. She felt that she must have fallen into the hands of some research institution and been captured to conduct some kind of human experimentation.

Was the horror game part of an experiment? She wasn't sure, and she had no idea when she had been brought to this place.

What is the purpose of the experiment?

Or perhaps, because they discovered she was a player of a horror game, they captured her to study the secrets of horror games and the mechanisms that draw people into them.

If possible, she must go back to the game and find Xiao Li.

She was wearing a loose white outfit, somewhat like pajamas, with a comfortable feel to the touch, and her hair was only past her ears.

This situation really feels like the start of every game.

And it's the kind of escape room game.

Xia Linyin fumbled for the only object in the room. When her finger touched a raised button under the bed board, the entire bed suddenly flipped ninety degrees and then pushed into the wall, fitting together seamlessly with it.

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