Several times, I've awakened feeling different from how I was before sleeping.
This feeling has now appeared in Britney.
Previously, when Wen Xishu switched to other characters, Britney was ensured to be resting, sleeping.
But this time, when Wen Xishu switched to Zhou Fei, Britney was in the kitchen.
Britney was a bit confused:
"I actually… inexplicably made so much food for them?"
Britney, from afar, was also doubting her life choices.
But she could not compare to the confusion in Zhou Fei's mind.
"Your uncle's family did bad things to you. You shouldn't give bad people a chance. Do you now regret it?"
Chris's voice sounded somewhat weak.
Zhou Fei was shocked:
"Who are you, how do you know my past?"
Chris smiled and said:
"I am someone who can save the three of you. Haven't you noticed, everyone in the ward isn't human?"
Zhou Fei remained silent.
Wen Xishu knew that Zhou Fei was still in a state of bewilderment.
Wen Xishu said:
"The character I'm controlling now is called Chris, a retired soldier. You also have a partner named Britney, a household name, a big star."
"I can control the three of you. My mission is to help the three of you escape from here."
Zhou Fei said:
"Why should I believe you?"
Wen Xishu didn't explain either:
"You will bite your finger."
Then, Wen Xishu immediately switched Zhou Fei's body and bit his own finger. Then switched instantly to Chris.
Zhou Fei only felt his consciousness blur, then he felt pain in his right index finger.
"You!"
Wen Xishu said:
"Do you believe now? If I wanted to kill you, if I wanted to harm you, I wouldn't need to go to so much trouble. Of course, you can choose not to believe me and stay here, becoming part of them."
"My task is to ensure that one of the three survives at least, though I hope all three survive, and together we solve the mystery."
"But if you don't cooperate, that's fine, I can choose the other two or even just one."
Zhou Fei, being Wise, remained silent for a while, then said:
"So, was it you who caused their large-scale departure from posts earlier?"
Wen Xishu thought to himself, this guy finally gets it.
He wants to make the three of them cooperate, but he can only control one person at a time... so he must test if when controlling one, the other two can follow his commands.
It seems now that his testing was essential and very effective.
Wen Xishu said:
"Yes, Britney's culinary skills attracted these monsters, which gave me a chance to lead you away. Though it might not be this time."
Zhou Fei said:
"But what will you do? I can't open the door of this confinement room."
Wen Xishu said:
"First, I need you to start with speaking about some events in your life that have greatly influenced you. I hope you can express them succinctly."
This is what Wen Xishu plans to have Zhou Fei tell Chris later.
He's already certain that triggering behaviors in the Good People Hall can unlock memories, and the more memories unlocked, the more skills can be gained. It's like an upgrading system.
Only the mechanism isn't about fighting monsters, but self-exploration.
But Wen Xishu felt that was too slow.
He wants to exploit a bug, to excavate all of Zhou Fei's and Chris's memories at once.
Zhou Fei naturally feared exposing his privacy:
"Why? If you can control me, can't you read my memories?"
Wen Xishu, controlling Chris, said:
"No, instead of doubting me, why not cooperate? Zhou Fei, I need you to do this, and I can lead you away; if you think this is a conspiracy, you can consider if they have a reason to play tricks on you?"
"Even though you have strong drug resistance, how much longer can you last?"
These words made sense.
Zhou Fei had actually long discovered that the Good People here weren't human. They seemed to follow some kind of will, like insects.
At this moment, Zhou Fei also felt that he was an insect, and Wen Xishu was the Insect Sect Queen.
But he did feel...
Wen Xishu's motives were different from the Good People.
To become a Good Person or to trust Wen Xishu, Zhou Fei made his choice quickly:
"Alright…"
Now, Zhou Fei begins to recount those critical experiences in his memory.
Wen Xishu also successfully begins to exploit the bug. Because as Zhou Fei speaks halfway, Wen Xishu tested switching to Zhou Fei's perspective.
Soon, Wen Xishu received a prompt.
[Memory accumulation reached stage one, unlocking the Wise ability: Preference for illogical behavior.]
[Memory accumulation reached stage two, unlocking the Wise ability: Small-scale error interpretation correction of rules.]
[Memory accumulation reached stage three, unlocking the Wise ability: Overload drug resistance]
[Memory accumulation...]
Zhou Fei began to upgrade frantically.
Wen Xishu suddenly realized that if upgrading continued at this speed and character refinement — perhaps there would be no need for the confinement room key.
Maybe... Hero Chris, after reaching max level, could walk out of the confinement room by himself.
At the same time, Wen Xishu also detected some clues from Zhou Fei's memory.