I glanced around at everyone and said, "In the room outside the secret chamber, I saw several rosters. Each roster had different names, but most of the names overlapped. That included us. I suspect this isn't our first time on Zombie Island, but rather many, many times..."
Everyone's features contorted in shock. Chen Hu, panting heavily, stepped forward and said, "Many times? But in my memory, I have a continuous record from birth to entering the zombie island. How could it be that I've entered many times?"
My gaze swept past Chen Hu and fell upon the numerous space capsules behind the glass: "Perhaps our memories are not truly our own, but rather memories given to us by them. Perhaps the present us are not truly ourselves, but rather the ones lying underground are the real us."
Everyone turned to look down, and Ji Lin'an said coldly, "Perhaps, as Su Yi guessed, we may just be consciousness entities now. Our past memories may have been given to us by the manipulator behind the scenes, so that we could enter the zombie island as zero-experience individuals to participate in this killing game."
I shook my head: "My guess isn't just on Zombie Island; perhaps we stopped being the real us the moment we gained our skills."
Everyone remained silent. I felt a little dizzy, and after swallowing hard, I said, "Does anyone dare to take a bet?"
Yuan Rui looked up, exhausted, and asked, "What are we betting on?"
I said slowly, "I'm betting we won't really die."
"How do we gamble?" everyone asked in unison.
I stared intently at everyone: "If we commit mass suicide, and if we are really just consciousness, then after we commit suicide, our consciousness might return to our physical bodies, which are the bodies in these space capsules below. After returning to our bodies, we will know what really happened."
Ji Lin'an frowned, his eyes red, staring at me without saying a word. Xiao Dian then jumped out and said, "I agree. We'll all die sooner or later anyway."
Yuan Rui was silent for a moment: "Perhaps we can try opening the gate to the zombie island first. What if it's not what you guessed, and we really die?"
Zhang Funan nodded: "I agree. We can try to open the gate to the zombie island first. If anything else happens, we can commit mass suicide then."
Seeing the determination in their eyes, I looked at Ji Lin'an and Chen Hu. Ji Lin'an didn't react at all, but Chen Hu nodded at me, and Ji Lin'an nodded as well. I said, "Then let's give it a try. This access card in my hand might be able to open the door to the control center."
Yuan Rui said, "Let's go then, let's go and get the points first."
I turned and walked towards the outside of the secret room. Everyone quickly followed me. When we reached the main entrance on the first floor, I slid the access card around the door. After a "beep," the door opened automatically. We rushed out. Zhu Chen was the first to rush forward and look around. Ji Lin'an pointed in the direction we came in and said, "Go that way."
Zhu Chen glanced back at the direction Ji Linan pointed and then turned and walked away. We returned to Yanmo by the same route. After the mechanism was deactivated, the journey was greatly shortened. As soon as we entered Yanmo, we could see the exit in the distance. We quickened our pace and walked out of Yanmo to the fork in the road, then turned into the Misty Forest.
Like the desert, the Misty Forest was much smaller after the mechanisms were closed. As soon as we entered the Misty Forest, we saw a group of zombies not far away. There weren't many, probably close to two hundred. We quickly went forward and everyone used their skills to kill the zombies. There were only 7 of us, so on average, each of us had to kill more than 20 zombies. We were already very skilled at killing zombies, and we took care of all the zombies in less than ten minutes.
Ji Lin'an glanced at his phone and thought for a moment: "It's almost midnight. Let's grab something to eat first, then we'll each go scout out the locations."
Everyone nodded. I took out some food and water from my space for everyone. Everyone seemed to have a poor appetite. Chen Hu quickly finished a piece of bread in three bites and then sat there in a daze. Ji Lin'an and Yuan Rui didn't even tear open the packaging of their bread. Only Xiao Dian ate his bread slowly, taking a bite of bread and a sip of water.
Half an hour later, we parted ways from the Misty Forest to scout out our respective switch locations. We agreed to meet at the crossroads at 2 o'clock. Ji Lin'an and I went to the Rock Desert together. I checked the distribution map Yuan Rui had drawn on my phone. The three points were not far apart, one at the entrance, one in the center, and one at the exit. I was in charge of the entrance, and Ji Lin'an accompanied me. We searched for a long time and finally found the switch hidden in the crack of the rocks near the entrance.
After finding my switch, I accompanied Ji Lin'an to look for his switch. The switch, located in the middle of the desert, was difficult to find. We searched most of the desert but still couldn't find it. Ji Lin'an sighed and said, "Let's look for the switch at the exit first. It should be easier to find than this one."
I nodded and followed Ji Lin'an quickly toward the exit. The switch at the exit, like the one at the entrance, was hidden in a crevice in the rocks. After finding it, we returned to the center of the desert and looked around. "We searched almost like a carpet search but still couldn't find the switch."
Ji Lin'an stood on a rocky slope with his hands on his hips: "Perhaps the switch isn't hidden in the cracks in the rocks. Let's try a different approach and see if there are any movable stones. It might be hidden under one of them."
I nodded and immediately turned around to start searching. It was almost 2 o'clock, and I was so exhausted that I slumped down on a rock and looked at Ji Lin'an in the distance. I was about to get up again to continue searching when Ji Lin'an suddenly said, "I found it."
I got up and jogged to Ji Lin'an's side. I saw that Ji Lin'an had stood up a large rock under him. The switch was not on the ground, but hidden in the rock. I breathed a sigh of relief. I checked the time and there were less than 5 minutes left before the meeting time. Ji Lin'an and I quickly left Yanmo and returned to the crossroads.
As soon as we came out, we saw Xiao Dian leaning against a tree, fast asleep. Yuan Rui and Zhu Chen were sitting by another tree, and Chen Hu, Zhang Funan, and others were waiting at the door. When we came out, Chen Hu quickly walked over to us and asked, "How is it? Did you find it?"
Ji Lin'an and I nodded: "What about you? Have you found them all?"
Everyone nodded, and Yuan Rui stood up and walked over: "Now that we've found it, we can give it a try."
Everyone nodded in agreement. I walked over to Xiao Dian and pulled him up, saying, "Little one, wake up! We're about to start the trial."
Xiao Dian pouted and rubbed his eyes, looking dissatisfied...
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