[1. Take one pill by your bedside each morning and evening; it will ensure your health and well-being for the rest of your life.]
[2. Although food is regularly available in the refrigerator, we still recommend that you eat at the community canteen. The canteen's special window for seniors offers carefully prepared meals with more reasonable and healthy amounts of oil and salt.]
3. Please participate in at least one activity group and maintain good relationships with other seniors. A fulfilling and enriching life can contribute to longevity.
[4. If you would like to learn more detailed rules, you can go to the office to pick up the "Guidelines for User Behavior of Sin City Nursing Home," although you may not be able to remember these rules by then.]
Jennifer seemed to have been brainwashed, staring blankly at the note before taking a bite of the white pill from the bottle.
After taking the medication, she did feel much better, a hint of complexity and inquiry in her eyes. She stood up and headed to the bathroom. Before Jennifer even saw herself in the mirror, the viewers in the live stream had already noticed her graying hair, which was more pronounced than a few days ago.
Jennifer in the mirror has lost the youthful energy she had when she first entered the world of ghost stories. Apart from her still resilient eyes, judging by her appearance alone, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that she is a woman in her fifties or sixties.
When Jennifer saw her reflection in the mirror, she wasn't shocked or surprised at how quickly she had aged; instead, a hint of melancholy crossed her face.
"She is quite contaminated."
Yu Qi sighed. As a psychology expert, she quickly grasped Jennifer's current mindset: "Jennifer really feels old. Those few days gave her the illusion that she had lived in Sin City for decades."
"After being contaminated, her perception of the passage of time became completely confused, and she psychologically accepted the false fact that she was getting old." He Zihan suddenly understood Jennifer's somewhat incongruous reaction. After all, they had only watched the edited clips, so they naturally felt that not much time had passed. For Jennifer, who had personally experienced the ghost story world, the passage of time was not just a matter of each day feeling like a year, but rather a rushing torrent like a raging river.
"What follows is her real retirement life in the nursing home. So far, she seems to have forgotten about the mission to complete the level and is genuinely enjoying her retirement in the nursing home," Meng Li summarized simply.
Did she go to the office later?
Tong Xinyan was a little curious.
"Yes, she went to see the 'Guidelines for User Behavior of Sin City Nursing Home,' but the camera in the live stream didn't show it to the audience, so we don't know exactly what it said."
Speaking of this, Meng Li also felt quite regretful, because knowing more information would have been of more help to the Dragon Kingdom.
"Moreover, as she gets older, the rate of aging and her amnesia are more severe than before. Even without breaking the rules, Jennifer is in danger." This was Li Tailan's addition. "As one of the first chosen ones to enter the instance, just like Yin Zhu, Jennifer's timeline should be the same. The sacrificial performance is in two weeks."
What happens after the sacrificial performance? Will Jennifer survive? Looking at the kind-faced "old woman" in the video, even if no one says it, everyone knows the answer.
The sacrificial performance is absolutely dangerous, and it may even be a deadline, for both staff and the elderly. The danger to the elderly is even greater than that to ordinary nursing home staff.
Otherwise, Lu Youqi wouldn't have written that rule:
[8. Before the sacrificial performance, ensure that more than 444 elderly residents of the nursing home are still alive.]
This is practically a blatant message to employees: the sacrificial performance should prioritize the worship of the elderly, and a minimum of 444 people are required. If the number is too small, employees will be used to make up the numbers.
After all, employees can be converted into senior employees.
Regarding pills, the employee guidelines also state: [3. If you do not have any pills at home, do not accept any invitations from senior citizen groups; if you do have pills at home, choose a group that interests you to join.]
Only the elderly need medication and community activities; employees do not.
There's a strange connection between having pills at home and having to participate in club activities.
If we consider the elderly as sacrificial offerings for a ritual performance, then there is a reasonable explanation—the offerings are fed uniformly, exercised regularly, and maintain a good mindset to preserve the texture of their flesh—but this explanation is a bit too sinister.
What kind of human ranch is this?
The think tank clearly thought this conjecture made sense, but didn't think about it too deeply, since such a thing, apart from being anti-human, would not help Earth at all.
Yin Zhu only needs to know how to avoid becoming an old person; there is absolutely no need for her to try to become an old person.
Becoming an "elderly person" in a nursing home appears to be another form of slow death. After becoming an "elderly person," Jennifer's reactions slowed, her memory deteriorated, and her appearance and physical strength increasingly resembled those of a real elderly person.
The Lavender Country was a country that allowed its people to roam freely. When they saw that she was beyond saving, they simply gave up on her, leaving only a few citizens to pray that Jennifer's death would be delayed.
At least this will allow the chosen ones from other countries to clear the level, so the next chosen one from Lavender Country can simply copy their strategies and overcome this difficulty. In that case, Jennifer's sacrifice would be more meaningful, as it not only buys precious time for her country but also saves several chosen ones from dying.
Whether by coincidence or by some unspeakable deliberate act, none of the chosen ones who became "elderly" revealed the contents of the "Guidelines for User Behavior of Sin City Nursing Home".
It seems to be just like the note said: you can collect it, but you may not remember what it says.
It's pointless to watch it.
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