"Worthless and misleading clues:"
"1. When you pass through the fourth floor, a special space on the fourth floor basement will appear. It is a hidden search room with no valuable containers and no decryption value."
"2. The first ward on the fifth floor is full of transparent figures. Among them, the patient in ward number 13 is always facing the wall and sobbing. There is no value in deciphering it."
"3. Any surgical record text is an inverted mirror image, which has no decryption value but can be used as background for the game."
"Mirror text summary (Nurse Station Shift Log):"
"On December 24, 1947, the dean ordered the discontinuation of sedative No. 13... The children began to say that they saw 'another me'."
"The 1947 'Employee Handbook' appears to be a temporary identity change for the new cycle, with all player names recorded... Hello, Su Lin, D-1 God Survivor."
"Confirmed leads:"
"1. The hospital lights flash every 13 seconds, the morgue freezer temperature is -13℃, there are thirteen bloody claw marks on the third floor, the central clock on the fifth floor shows the thirteenth hour... The number of people confirmed to escape is 13."
"2. The location of Key No. 1 is in the incineration room, behind the blood-written words on the bathroom mirror, inside the doll in the children's ward, and in the pocket watch of the thirteenth corpse in the morgue; collect them all to open the safe in the fifth-floor director's office and obtain an escape spot."
"3. Escape location: the thirteen beds in the innermost ward on the fifth floor. Simply put on a hospital gown and lie down; if there is no hospital gown, then that bed (escape spot) has already been used."
"Deeper Mystery (Unverified):"
"1. A photo of the crack in the wall of the 13th ward on the 4th floor basement. The photo shows the player as a child. The information on the back of the photo is marked [21 grams]."
"2. There is a suspected altar structure on the top floor ceiling, which is related to the practice of soul sacrifice. It is not recommended to take any risks."
"3. The ghost doll will patrol randomly on floors 2-5. If you have already obtained the key, do not stay in one place and do not try to fight it. If it catches up, you will die. Based on the preliminary analysis of the building layout, going to the left is the most effective way to avoid it."
"The general outline of the game's story has been analyzed: The Dean conducts soul experiments, aiming to extract the souls of children (21 grams) as the experimental target. Ultimately, he is backfired by the suspicious target (the ghost doll in its previous life), causing a fire."
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"What...what is this?"
Su Lin frowned, scanning the entire note. He muttered, "Is this the 'Complete Guide to Clues for Clearing the Game'?"
Su Lin felt somewhat dazed.
Just as I was about to search again with Xiao Linlin to try and escape the dungeon in the second loop, the answer to clearing the dungeon was delivered right in front of me?
"This is a player's notebook, left behind by someone. The ink is still fresh, and judging from the handwriting, it should be a man's."
Xiao Linlin whispered, "I suspect he has already escaped this instance; he must have known about the special nature of this room and used the subtle changes in the hospital layout after each cycle to pass information down."
"He's such a good person."
Su Lin shook his head: "There's no such thing as a free lunch. What good would it do him to help someone escape?"
"But in fact, he did do it."
Xiao Linlin took a deep breath, frowned slightly, and made a definite judgment: "The clues he gave basically overlapped with my analysis, and the other details were also within the scope of my analysis."
"I'm pretty sure this answer key is real."
"Based on this note, it can be seen that he should be in the team on the fifth floor shown on the map, and should be a solo player... He escaped in the first round of the loop, which means that the fifth floor must have a hidden solo speedrun slot or a shortcut."
"But no matter what, the fact that he managed to escape in the first round shows that this man is extremely intelligent!"
"Big brother, look closely, he clearly mentioned your name."
"This is a proud and very intelligent man. Perhaps he doesn't intend to help anyone, but is simply using this method to [provoke] you? Or [show goodwill]?"
Xiao Linlin looked up at Su Lin, and she was pretty sure that the note was for Su Lin.
"Provocation? A gesture of goodwill?"
Su Lin said expressionlessly, "That's unnecessary."
He's not incapable of escaping, so why would he need to provide the answer?
Su Lin flipped the note over and saw two more lines of smaller print.
One line reads: "Perilous situation."
One line reads: "Looking forward to meeting you in dire straits."
Clearly, this was written to Su Lin.
Su Lin frowned and looked at Xiao Linlin, who shook her head: "Actually, we don't need to pay attention to him. He's just pretending to be a ghost."
“Dad said there are many smart people in this world. It’s not a big deal to escape in the first cycle. Besides… Big Brother is the strongest in D-1. Your name is probably already known to the other people in the waiting area. These are not very useful pieces of information.”
Su Lin could tell that there was a hint of defiance in Xiao Linlin's tone.
She was about to solve the mystery, but someone threw the answer in front of her, making Xiao Linlin feel insulted and disrespected.
"You're no worse than him."
Su Lin smiled and rubbed the little girl's head: "We landed outside the hospital. At the beginning, apart from the basic mystery, there were no useful clues. It's normal that we escaped a little slower."
"Let's go, let's continue the search, ignore him."
"Hey! Big brother, let's check the correct answer!"
Xiao Linlin grabbed Su Lin's collar, signaling him not to drop the note: "Since the answer is right in front of us, we might as well use it."
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