Cluttered room.
Yellowed walls.
Blood, hair, and mutilated limbs all over the floor...
The pungent smell of blood wakes Gu Yi up. He struggles to get up from the ground and stares blankly at his palm.
"Where am I?"
Gu Yi looks around.
A cold voice pierces his ears.
"Welcome to the eerie space. Please be cautious and calm. This will determine whether you can survive in this world."
Gu Yi shudders all over, and his heart jumps to his throat. "I'm actually in the eerie space?"
This world is a world controlled by the "eerie space".
From time to time, the eerie space will draw a group of humans to the eerie world for adventures. They will represent their respective countries to challenge the eerie world.
If the challenge fails, the monsters in the eerie space will invade the country represented.
Gu Yi feels a tightness in his throat and sweating palms. His mind is still a blank.
"Calm down, calm down..."
Gu Yi takes a deep breath and tries his best to soothe his nervous and fearful emotions.
He has lived in the Dragon Country for twenty years and has developed deep feelings for this country.
Even if not for himself, for the country, for parents, brothers, and compatriots, he must be brave!
Gu Yi pulls himself together again and takes a deep breath.
At this time, that cold voice rings in his mind again.
"Adventurers enter the eerie space for the first time and can get a chance to draw talents for free."
"Do you want to draw?"
Hearing this, Gu Yi's mood slowly calms down.
Every adventurer can draw a lottery for the first time they enter the eerie space and obtain an initial talent.
Some of these talents can strengthen the adventurer's physical strength and make them move more quickly; some can enhance their mental strength so that they are not easily scared to death by the monsters in the eerie space.
It is recognized all over the world that the talent of strengthening physical strength is the most practical initial talent in the entire space because there are many levels that can be cleared by escaping.
At first, because Gu Yi was too nervous, he actually forgot about this. It was only when the space reminded him that he remembered.
"Draw talent."
Jingle bell—
A bell rings in Gu Yi's ear.
"Congratulations to the adventurer for obtaining the SSS-level talent - [Infinite Deduction]!"
"[Infinite Deduction] can help adventurers deduce everything that may happen in the future. Each deduction requires the host to consume a certain amount of mental strength. Silently recite 'start deduction' in your heart to use the talent."
"The deduction is carried out immediately and completed instantly, and it will not affect the process in reality. But your memory during deduction and the mental trauma you suffer will be retained. Please always keep a calm mind."
"At present, the adventurer's mental strength is 50/50."
Infinite deduction?
A glimmer flashes in Gu Yi's eyes. Although he still doesn't quite understand the specific function of [Infinite Deduction], just hearing the SSS level is enough to reassure him.
The probability of the appearance of SSS-level talent is one in ten million.
The last adventurer who awakened the SSS-level talent cleared five copies in a row, while other players can only clear one or two on average.
Before Gu Yi has time to study his talent ability, the surrounding scene changes again, and his body involuntarily seems to be at the mercy of others like a puppet.
At this time, Gu Yi is lying on a hospital bed and cannot move. The system prompt sounds in his ear again.
"The copy is about to start. Please be prepared, adventurers."
[Copy Name] Famous Doctor
[Copy Introduction] Every night you will see your fellow patients disappear one by one. But when you ask the people around you, they all insist that they have never seen this fellow patient. You are very worried and afraid that you will suddenly disappear one day...
[Passing Conditions]
1. Perfect level: Investigate the truth behind Chongshan Hospital and catch the "unspeakable".
2. Excellent level: Successfully escape from Chongshan Hospital.
3. Ordinary level: Survive in Chongshan Hospital for one month.
The pressure on Gu Yi disappears and he regains his freedom. However, he doesn't rush to get up from the bed. Instead, he closes his eyes and silently recites in his heart.
"Start deduction."
(The deduction begins!)
(You use the talent skill for the first time and are excited.)
(You get up from the bed and observe the surrounding environment.)
(This is a special care ward. There is a bed against the wall in the room. There is a bedside table beside the bed. There are messy clothes scattered on the ground and an empty cardboard box.)
(You turn around and open the window.)
(There are bars blocking the window. The bars are very firm. It is impossible to escape through the window.)
(You turn around and try to find clues in the ward.)
(The door of the ward is locked from the outside and cannot be opened.)
(You come to the bedside, lift the quilt, sheet, and mattress, but don't find any clues or hints.)
(You turn your head and look at the bedside table. Open the first drawer. There are only some pills and sundries inside.)
(Boom boom boom—)
(There is a knock on the door. Someone asks about your situation.)
(You don't answer.)
(The door opens. A doctor and two nurses enter the ward.)
(The doctor and nurses are all wearing beak masks.)
(The doctor glances at you. He checks your first drawer.)
(As soon as he takes off the mask, his head immediately turns into the appearance of a monster.)
(Your eyes are filled with blood red.)
(You are dead.)
(The deduction ends.)
"Ah!"
Gu Yi suddenly opens his eyes and lets out a soft cry.
The simulated deduction picture is too real. Even the feeling of the monster piercing his heart can be perfectly simulated. He has truly experienced death once.
In the first deduction, Gu Yi was killed by the monster doctor in the hospital before he even left the ward. He didn't find any effective clues.
"Damn it. Why did I die without doing anything? What instant death flag did I trigger?"
At this time, Gu Yi's mental strength becomes 40/50. It seems that one deduction requires consuming 10 points of mental strength.
That is to say, Gu Yi must find effective clues in the remaining four deductions. Otherwise, there is only one way to die.
Gu Yi only has one piece of effective information. That is, the doctors in the hospital are monsters. Moreover, he must have missed some key information, which is why he was suddenly killed by the doctor.
"Calm down. I must have missed something. Once again. Start deduction!"
Gu Yi takes a deep breath and closes his eyes again.
(The deduction begins!)
(You summarize the failure experience of the first time. Instead of wandering around, you focus on finding clues to clear the level.)
(You don't search on the bed but focus on the bedside table.)
(There are three layers in the bedside table. You have already checked the first layer. So you start checking from the second layer.)
(The second layer is empty.)
(There is only a folding fruit knife in the third layer. You put it in your pocket.)
(You didn't find any clues. So you lie on the ground and finally find a note at the position against the wall under the bed.)
(You take off your shoes and hook out the note in the corner.)
(This is a note with hints.)
([Patient Manual])
(1. Take medicine on time in the morning, noon, and evening.)
(2. Please keep the ward clean at all times.)
(3. People wearing beak masks are doctors or nurses. Please follow the doctor's advice.)
(4. If you see blood dripping from the ceiling in the corridor, don't panic. This is a normal situation.)
(5. There are always two people in the special care ward. Please keep this in mind.)
(6. If you see any equipment damaged, please contact the person wearing an elephant mask immediately for repair.)
(You turn over the note. There is a line of words written in blood on the back.)
("Don't take any medicine they give. They are a group of devils. They will lead you into the abyss.")