Chapter 185: Fatal Weakness She is about to die.
The slightly cool fingertips touched Cecilia's cheek, only to be met with an even colder touch.
Her body temperature was dropping rapidly, gradually approaching that of a corpse.
Boris leaned over and whispered coaxingly, "Hill, don't you think it's a pity to die so worthlessly?"
"I can give you a chance, a chance to survive."
The sticky sound entangled her consciousness, like the snake in the Garden of Eden spitting out its tongue to lure her.
"Although your body is no longer usable, your soul is still intact. As long as you are willing to merge with the pollution, you can live with me."
"Then you will also be able to see the world controlled by me."
it's a pity.
Cecia thought.
The last thing he heard before he died was Boris's crazy talk.
She really wanted to punch the man in the face, but she simply didn't have the strength left.
She is going to die.
Cecia slowly closed her eyes.
[The player's current situation has met the conditions, and the special item "Start Over" is forcibly triggered. 】
[Item name: Start over]
[It has no entity, but it forcibly occupies a space in the system backpack. It cannot be removed, taken out, or given to others.]
[The specific ability of the item is unknown, and the player cannot actively use this special item, but after meeting certain conditions, it will be activated and automatically take effect. ]
...What is this, a hallucination before death?
[Activation successful, time has been returned to before the instance was opened.]
The pain in her body dissipated, and the feeling of loss of control was also removed from her body. When she opened her eyes again, she was met with the inquiring gaze of the black cat.
"Are you ready?"
Black Cat questioned angrily, "I was just about to send you into the dungeon, but suddenly I fainted..."
"With this physical condition, can you really pass the customs smoothly?"
There was doubt in the golden eyes, and the black cat scratched her twice with its claws in distrust.
She didn't die. Was it the black cat who saved her?
No, the system prompt sounded for a long time just now, as if it was saying that something was forced to be used... Do it again, can't it be a literal meaning?
She stood up and stretched her body.
The body was intact, without excessive blood loss, and there was no big hole in the chest.
The current situation seems to be more like going back to the time before she entered the dungeon and discussed countermeasures with the black cat.
So, did she die and come back to life?
The feeling of impending death still lingered in her mind. She let out a long breath and adjusted her state.
"Hey! Are you listening to me?"
The black cat tapped the ground with its tail in dissatisfaction and looked at her with narrowed eyes.
"Forget it. You look quite energetic. If you have nothing else to do, go to the deputy—"
"etc."
The black cat's movements were interrupted by her.
"Do you know anything about the special item [Do It Again]?"
"What is that? Never heard of it."
The black cat jumped lightly onto the chair and operated something that looked like a computer.
"Well, there is no such special item in the system at all."
No... Was it that the black cat had never noticed its existence, or was it that after it was used forcibly, its existence was completely erased?
No matter which situation it is, it means that others have no memory of "starting over", and this is an advantage that belongs only to her.
According to Boris, he should have been killed by her before, but Boris voluntarily sacrificed his soul and merged with the pollution, so he survived in such an ugly way.
Since both Evil Thoughts and Boris were consumed by pollution, their weaknesses were clear—
Human beings.
As long as humans are around, pollution poses no threat at all.
Boris probably knew this fatal weakness and was worried that she would find humans after escaping, so he kept hiding himself and waited for the right opportunity to launch a sneak attack.
If she confronts them head-on, she won't be able to kill the pollution, but in the dungeon she has no magic power and won't be eroded by the pollution, so the pollution can't do anything to her.
This is a battle to overcome information asymmetry.
And the memory in her mind is the most valuable information.
Holding the black cat by the scruff of the neck, Cecia held down its struggling claws and said seriously, "Listen to me, I have a good plan..."
…
[Welcome to the ordinary world, everything here is ordinary, you need to find the only "special" thing in the world...]
The familiar system prompt sounded again, and her condition was completely different from last time.
She stretched herself and walked leisurely to the river bank, even planning to stop the murder on the bridge.
Of course, the copy took control of her body in time, forcing the plot to continue, and took the photo of the murderer pushing someone.
The plot at the resort was over, and just like last time, she was transferred to her "home".
She didn't rush to open the computer, but picked up a blank notebook and sorted out the current information.
Judging from the situation of her death, she has six days in this copy. If she fails to pass it on the sixth night, she will be touched by the monster in her dream and rot to death.
She had wasted several days before because she didn’t understand the situation, but she would not do that now.
Cecilia skillfully took out the factory key from the secret compartment, sat in front of the computer desk, and pressed the power button.
No, why no response?
Facing the screen that was dark enough to only reflect her face, she felt a little dazed.
Although she didn't know much about this kind of modern equipment, the system controlled her body to operate it many times. Later, she tried it herself a few times, and it was clearly turned on like this...
After fiddling with the computer for a long time and seeing no response, she simply gave up and lay down on the bed to rest.
According to the copy mechanism, she can only leave the room and go to "XX University" after triggering the graduation photo plot.
It was futile for her to do anything when the computer wouldn't turn on.
In addition, the key this time does not lie with her, but depends on the situation on Black Cat's side.
She could only spend her days in idleness "with difficulty".
The dream that night was exactly the same as the previous one. With the experience from last time, she could roughly understand what the dream on the first night wanted to express.
Except for the first night, she was "herself" in subsequent dreams, watching the dark monster approaching little by little.
The agony of drowning and the intense hatred I felt on that first night were probably what the monster—the murderer—felt before he died.
The last day was short of time, so I didn't think carefully about the information given by the [cracked version]. Now that I think about it, in this copy, "she" is also a vested interest.
The murderer's family was well-off and could even afford to build a dedicated laboratory in the school. The deceased was from an ordinary family, how could he be as rumored to be without any talent?
Ordinary people use the research results of rich people. Do they think rich people are fools?
The information in the cracked version conforms to normal logic.
The reason why they were willing to let the deceased, an ordinary person, join was because they were impressed by his abilities.
The deceased did most of the experimental research, but was given the name of the murderer and "she". And the things that the deceased took away a few months ago may be evidence that can threaten the murderer.
This was also the reason why the two had a quarrel.
The murderer was afraid that the deceased would expose the truth, so he killed him.
Now it all makes sense.
The only question is how did the murderer die?
Committing suicide out of fear of punishment?
No, it's impossible. Considering the murderer's family background, it's easy to deal with this matter.
The person who could threaten him is dead, the murderer's goal has been achieved, and there is no reason for him to seek death.
Even if they found out that she had taken the photos, they would just try to silence her. Moreover, she was the beneficiary and on the same side as the murderer, so she would not easily expose him.
Was it an accidental fall? This is too dramatic...
Having nothing to do these two days, she speculated on the murderer's cause of death, and ultimately ruled out suicide.
On the morning of the third day, the computer was finally turned on, successfully triggering the plot.
[Two days after that incident, you had an ordinary nightmare...]
This is actually the limited plot of the third day.
Complaining about the dungeon settings in her heart, she listened patiently and then headed straight for the entrance.
Having learned from the last lesson, she put on a mask and a hat in advance, covering herself tightly to ensure that no one could recognize her.
I ate, drank and enjoyed the scenery at school, but I didn't go to the factory.
After all, the pollution will only merge with the evil thoughts on the fourth day, and they haven't hidden in the photo yet. If she disrupts the other party's plan, who knows what tricks that guy will come up with.
On the morning of the fourth day, the note left by the black cat appeared as promised, but the content was very different from last time.
"To Cecia:
I have to admit that you are right. The souls of the teddy bear and Black have been successfully separated, the pollution is out of control, and they have merged with the evil thoughts of the copy, and used it as a carrier to break free from the shackles of the black cube. "
"Thanks to the advance preparations, there are no problems with the system. The things you asked me to find are already prepared. I will stay in the control room as you said and wait for your signal."
Everything is ready, just waiting for the fish to take the bait.
After burning the paper, Cecilia stretched her stiff shoulders and neck and casually checked her system backpack.
[Word Speaker], [Cracked Instance], [Irresistible Cage], [Ghost Whistle]...
The disposable special item used last time reappeared in the backpack, but [Restart] disappeared.
Since she already knows how to pass the level by heart, then it wouldn't be wrong to satisfy her curiosity, right?
Open the reports about the deceased on the computer, take photos of the murder and put them aside, using special items for this.
[It has been detected that the player has used a cracked version of the dungeon. Information about the murder case is being retrieved for the player...]
[The murderer and the deceased had an argument on the bridge. At the moment when the player was looking at the photo, the deceased grabbed the work badge hanging around the murderer's neck, causing the murderer to lose balance and be dragged into the river without warning.]
[When the murderer was struggling in the river, he saw the player's back running away in panic, so he hated the player and swore to kill the player before he died. ]
…Is this right?
So the murderer appeared in the dream and haunted me, is this the reason for being so careless?
It wasn't her who pushed it down!
Cecia gritted her teeth, crumpled up the photo and threw it into the trash can.
If I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have been curious. It would be better if she didn't know the cause of death...
After spending two days with resentment, she finally walked slowly to school on the last day.
Since she had never been to the factory before, there was no one guarding it this time and she easily got the key photo album without consuming any special items.
Pretending to be clueless, she flipped through two pages, threw the album aside, and continued to look through other documents in the cabinet.
As the time approached 10 p.m., the quietly lying photo album began to tremble slightly.
It seems that someone is losing his patience.
Putting away the smile on her face, she put down the documents in her hand and turned to get the photo album.
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