Furthermore, Anzhi also told her what she had wanted to know before: the people in the nursing home didn't seem to be lying; they didn't know who the city lord was, or even the concept of a city lord. Their psychoanalysis of Hong Xigua further confirmed Yin Zhu's judgment; she truly was a rare good person in Sin City.

"Keep a close eye on Lu Youqi. We all suspect he's involved in something, maybe even the city lord." An Zhi ended with this sentence, sounding rushed and like it was added at the last minute.

In fact, even without An Zhi's words, Yin Zhu had already noticed that Lu Youqi was acting strangely.

Indeed, Hong Xigua didn't know the city lord, but Lu Youqi, who also overheard Yin Zhu's conversation, didn't react at all. Given his flamboyant and smug personality, if he shared the same understanding as Hong Xigua, it's unlikely he wouldn't have fiercely mocked Yin Zhu for reading too many novels.

Yin Zhu was quite stubborn. She felt that if things didn't go as she expected, there must be something wrong with the events, as the saying goes, "There must be something fishy going on when things are not going as planned."

An Zhi and the others noticed the problem during their conversation when Yin Zhu visited the office for the second time. In fact, Yin Zhu had already suspected something when she went there the first time. Since it was different from what she expected, something must have gone wrong. Either Lu Youqi's perception was wrong, or his personality was a facade.

However, there's no need to elaborate on this point to the think tank; they all share the same view. All that's left is to find evidence to prove the conclusion.

Compared to Lu Youqi's problem, according to information provided by the think tank, there is another problem that is more pressing.

Think tanks from various countries reviewed all the videos and confirmed one irreversible fact—once they enter a nursing home, the chosen ones will begin to age; the only difference is whether they age slowly or rapidly.

Whether or not the Holy Light exists, there will always be some kind of "countdown" in the eerie world.

It's hard to say whether this was an unspeakable act: a patch to prevent the chosen ones from exploiting the strange mechanics to exploit bugs and living in the world of supernatural tales for ten thousand years, thus forcibly delaying the arrival of the strangeness on Earth.

After all, the instance will only be completely closed and a brand new instance will begin seven days later, once all countries have either cleared the level or died.

Theoretically, as long as there is a chosen one living immortally in the world of supernatural tales, no new rules will ever be introduced to Earth. However, in practice, these rules will simply vanish due to the existence of the "countdown."

The unspeakable nature of things makes it much harder for humans to find loopholes.

If the nursing home doesn't clear customs soon, Yin Zhu might eventually become an old man herself, becoming part of a sacrificial performance.

So far, the Dragon Kingdom has already used two reminders on Yin Zhu, which is basically equivalent to believing that Yin Zhu can pass the level in one go. Therefore, they have almost not left any reminders for the next four chosen ones. Yin Zhu feels that he is still under some pressure.

Fortunately, the general direction has been determined. Tomorrow, after eliminating other people to ensure that no details have been overlooked, Yin Zhu will start thinking about how to leave Sin City.

I wonder if talk therapy will still work for the city lord?

Or... just kill him?

The viewers in the live stream couldn't help but feel anxious for Yin Zhu, who was still staring blankly at her desk: "It's almost eight o'clock, why don't you turn off the lights!"

"Go to sleep! Stop spacing out!"

"Don't get cocky, stay calm, our Dragon Kingdom will definitely be the first to clear the dungeon!"

Although there were no comments on the screen, the alarm clock that Yin Zhu had set yesterday went off right on time today.

This reminded Yin Zhu that she should turn off the lights and go to sleep.

Yin Zhu pulled herself out of her thoughts, made all the necessary preparations, and lay down on the bed, still pondering what had just happened. An Zhi had provided a great deal of information this time, and even though it had already been vetted by the think tank, not all of it might be useful.

To clear a level quickly, sometimes you need to resort to extreme measures.

Why not just go straight to the city lord and get straight to the point, instead of going through all those roundabout ways?

You can give it a try.

Or perhaps try to get closer to Hong Xigua and achieve our goal indirectly?

That seems possible.

With Anzhi's guidance, Yin Zhu became fully aware of the dangers of becoming an old person. Although she gave up the idea, she was still curious about the rules for old people.

Of course, you can ask about this at the office tomorrow.

There is a difference between nursing homes and kindergartens. The core of a kindergarten is to protect children, but the core of a nursing home is to sacrifice the elderly.

On Earth, there are often "experts" who criticize the large number of elderly people. For example, someone once suggested that "the elderly in Japan should commit seppuku to make way for young people and alleviate the aging problem." Ironically, this person has already moved from Japan to the United States, truly demonstrating the saying "it's easy to talk when you're not the one suffering."

Now that Yin Zhu has seen places in Sin City that actually do this, her assessment is: it's hard to say.

Whether an elderly person should live or not should not be decided by others. It's true that elderly people gradually lose their ability to work, but Sin City is a completely different matter—

Most elderly people are transformed from young people.

It's just that bad people get old.