As Gu Xinghe watched as countless pale arms "grew" out of the wall in the corner of the solitary confinement cell and gently swayed.
At the same time, he felt a bite on his arm.
"hiss--"
The pain in my arm wasn't intense.
It doesn't bring the feeling of cold blood flowing out after sharp teeth pierce the skin.
It's more like being pinched on the cheek by a friend while you're daydreaming, which quickly snaps you out of it and brings you back to your senses.
At this moment, Gu Xinghe looked down at his left forearm.
Currently, he still needs to touch the target object to use the skill [Empathy].
He had actually put both the bear and rabbit plush toys from his right hand into his left hand and was holding them together.
His body remained outside the solitary confinement cell, but he used his right hand to tentatively reach towards the inner wall while bracing against the cell doorway, and then activated [Empathy].
At this time.
Just as Gu Xinghe seemed to be standing silently outside the solitary confinement cell, staring blankly at the cell for a long time without any reaction.
The two dolls he was holding in his left hand chose to bite his left forearm.
Unlike the previous appearance of two dolls that gnawed at Empanci's left and right arms in a ferocious manner.
At this moment, the sharp shark teeth that appeared in the mouths of the rabbit and bear dolls were not those of a shark.
Gu Xinghe withdrew his right hand from the wall of the confinement room.
He then picked up the two dolls that were still lying on his left arm, their mouths wide open, biting his hand.
It's called a "bite," but the sensation is somewhat similar to that of a large pet dog biting its owner's hand.
From the outside, it looks like the arm has been bitten by a "vicious dog".
But in reality, their sharp teeth never touched the arm; they simply put the hand in their mouths.
Looking through the doll's open mouth, Gu Xinghe even touched the inside of the rabbit doll's mouth with his hand.
Judging from the feel of it, he found that the inside was still soft fabric.
So, Gu Xinghe hugged the rabbit and bear plush toys back into his arms and patted their heads again.
The soft touch of plush toys can indeed be therapeutic for most people.
How should I put it?
Although both tentacles had awakened him from the eerie atmosphere, Gu Xinghe now felt somewhat disgusted with them.
Cute things are definitely a must-have for tough guys.
Be careful.
Seeing Gu Xinghe's previous actions, Blake spoke up at this moment.
His tone was serious and solemn, completely different from his slightly excited behavior when he was "chasing stars".
After seeing that Gu Xinghe had already observed the situation inside the confinement room from outside the door.
Blake simply nodded and slowly pulled the door to the solitary confinement cell shut again.
As he moved, the only small patch of light at the doorway in the dark solitary confinement cell slowly disappeared.
"Bang--"
In the pitch-black, lightless confinement cell, the quiet space quickly returned to its usual darkness.
After all the light sources in the confinement room disappeared, the creatures that were originally afraid of light finally dared to show their faces.
Ceiling, walls, floor, corners.
Countless pale arms swayed gently in the air rhythmically.
It was as if I were in a dark space where I had lost the concept of time, silently counting the passing moments.
It's as if they're waiting for the next handshake after getting to know their new companions.
At that moment, the electronic mechanical voice of the game system, which had only appeared briefly, rang in Gu Xinghe's ears again—
[The Seven Mysteries: The Hand Reaching Out from the Confinement Cell] has been investigated.
Side quest completed (4/7)
Blake was now locking the door to the solitary confinement cell again.
Gu Xinghe, however, was deep in thought—
Unlike his previous experiences, in this "empathy," he felt as if he had completely become part of the confinement cell itself.
A solitary confinement cell, forever shrouded in darkness and solitude.
While fearing the light source, they also look forward to the light descending every time the door opens.
Then, in what they thought was a kind gesture, they turned everyone they shook hands with into part of themselves.
Come to think of it, it seems that each time he experiences empathy, the perspective he adopts and the level of information he obtains are different.
In the early days, in the Tavern of Doom, even before the [Empathy] branch skill was fully developed.
Gu Xinghe experiences a strange empathy with the mirror in the washroom of the staff dormitory in the tavern.
It's actually more like receiving information.
Rather than simply perceiving what he observed in the bathroom through the mirror he was in contact with.
What he received at the time was more like a synthesis of information observed from all the mirrors in the tavern.
Standing on high ground, overlooking the entire tavern.
It's also possible that Eris granted him partial "access" to the mirror after discovering his actions.
This allowed him to empathize not just with one mirror, but to receive information from all the mirrors in the entire tavern.
This also allowed him to adopt a very high level of perspective and obtain a wealth of information.
In comparison, the perspective of the "victim" who was beheaded that he experienced in the art room was much more isolated and one-sided.
Looking back now, I wonder if the plaster bust in the art room was once like what he experienced.
After being beheaded, his head was placed inside a plaster statue.
But then, hearing footsteps behind him, Gu Xinghe stopped thinking and turned around to look—
The visitors were Tao Changyi and his group, along with three new students who had arrived that day.
Just like when he first entered the campus, Tao Changyi and two others led them to the warehouse to receive their uniforms.
The people who have arrived here are probably heading towards the warehouse and student dormitories.
However, unlike the situation at that time.
After finishing lunch, Carol and Rekaya did not choose not to return to their dormitory, but instead handed over the task of leading the new students to others.
Instead, they walked together on the way to the dormitory area.
Perhaps it's because there wasn't any extra "treat" today.
Or perhaps they wanted to get to the solitary confinement cell that Gu Xinghe was currently in, a place they would inevitably pass through on their way back to the dormitory.
But this is the only way to the student dormitories and warehouses.
As security guard Blake relocked the solitary confinement cell, Gu Xinghe, who was standing in front of him, appeared to have just come out of it.
Apart from Carol and Rekaya, the other players present looked at Gu Xinghe as if he had just come out of the confinement room.
He still had his usual smile on his face, and was holding two dolls in his hands.
Their faces all showed surprise and fear.
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