Xi Zirui wakes up in the white limbo area, feeling a sense of peace achieved only through acceptance of one's circumstances.
No, that's not quite right.
He hasn't accepted his circumstances, he has accepted that he knows what needs to be done in order to change them.
"Uhm, Host didn't successfully finish the assignment, so no experience points have awarded again."
Xi Zirui gets up his feet with a nonchalant shrug. "Frankly, Ni Ni, I don't give a fuck."
That leaves her speechless for a moment. "Okay, does Host want to know what happened to Han Yu, and everyone else?"
He tightens his hands into fists. Why would he want to know? So there will be another scar he can add to the many he already has?
So that the Shopkeeper can hold it over his head like a carrot on a stick to ensure he continues to put himself through this, over and over again?
"Save it," he says, "Let's just go."
