Excessive ferocity due to caution

The hunter is an NPC in the company's game, not a participant in the game.

...

On the sixth floor, in the golden rotunda, many of the masked people made strange noises.

"Why did Zhao Yi go to the storage room?"

Why are there no security cameras inside?

"Damn it... I'm so anxious!"

"Chris? Chris!"

Chris clapped his hands and said softly:

"Don't worry, everyone. There's a little Easter egg the hotel left for the players inside. Because it's a surprise... we won't be releasing it for now."

Upon hearing that there was something to be desired, the other masked figures stopped arguing.

Chris lowered his head again, continuing to stir the murky liquor in his glass. Behind his mask, his smile and murderous intent grew even stronger.

Just a little bit more...

...

Continue forward along the secret passage.

Zhao Yi finally reached the end.

He pushed the ceiling above his head.

There is a latch.

Once untied, you can push open the ceiling above your head.

A ray of light immediately shone in.

Zhao Yi climbed onto the ground.

A strange machine appeared before them.

Many tubes, filled with an unknown liquid, were connected to a crystal sphere in the distance.

The sphere was filled with liquid, and floating inside was the body of a woman covered in red fruit.

Very thin.

He wasn't developing very well, around thirteen or fourteen years old.

skinny.

From behind, you can clearly see her ribs one by one.

Zhao Yi arrived at the front.

He was slightly taken aback.

This scene... seems somewhat familiar.

The girl in front of him at this moment looks almost exactly like him when he was lying on the shelter platform in the memory world!

His chest was cut open.

Most of the organs have been replaced with certain black instruments.

However, the girl's most important organ, her heart, was preserved.

Therefore, she was able to survive for a long time.

She is indeed still alive.

Because through the glass and the liquid, Zhao Yi could clearly see the girl's heart... still beating.

"Did Chris send you to kill me?"

The sound seemed to come from a distant abyss.

It's a very cheerful female voice.

Zhao Yi looked down.

There was no one else.

That is the body of the girl in front of us.

Zhao Yi replied:

"I don't know Chris."

"But someone did guide me to this place."

"By the way...who is Chris?"

Girl:

"Chris... is my brother."

"My own brother?"

Yes, that's right.

While searching for some documents in the room, Zhao Yi asked:

"Did he lock you up here?"

The girl smiled playfully:

"Of course not."

"It's...someone from the company."

Zhao Yi raised an eyebrow:

"company?"

Girl:

"Luanjie Entertainment Co., Ltd."

Zhao Yi suddenly realized.

"It seems you possess some kind of ability to seal away the power of others."

The girl clicked her tongue in admiration:

"If Chris didn't tell you, then you're really smart."

"But it's not a seal... it's a suppression."

Zhao Yi continued:

"Is the purpose to ensure fairness in the games at this hotel?"

The girl replied:

"right."

"Those adults like to see the people at the bottom struggling to survive, and they like to see them bite each other like mad dogs and kill each other for a steamed bun or a bottle of water."

Zhao Yi:

"So how long have you been here?"

The girl remained silent for a while:

"I don't know..."

"I have been in a state of neither life nor death, and I have long lost the concept of time."

"What may be a second to you is an infinitely long time to me."

"Or perhaps, what is an extremely long time for you is just a fleeting moment in my eyes."

After listening, Zhao asked:

"Is this why Chris wants to kill you?"

The girl hummed:

"No……"

Chris doesn't want me to die.

"I asked Chris to find a way to kill me."

"Living like this... is really too painful."

"Every second, I feel extremely uneasy and extremely empty... Never mind, you wouldn't understand that feeling."

Zhao Yi smiled and said:

"In fact, I understand perfectly."

"But if that's the case, why doesn't Chris come and kill you himself?"

"He must have considerable authority at the hotel, right?"

The girl said languidly:

"Because this violates his 'rules'."

"Those adults went to great lengths to provide for me so that I could live and serve them forever, setting up many 'interesting' rules..."

The girl's tone was laced with sarcasm when she spoke of those adults.

Zhao Yi could tell.

The girl's optimism stemmed from a resigned acceptance of her tragic fate.

Anyway, it's already like this.

What else could she do?

"Is this baby... also your creation?"

In response to Zhao Yi's question, the girl explained:

"no."

"You can think of it this way: this baby is about the same size as me."

"She's just a little bit luckier than me."

"She's too young, she's confused and doesn't have a clear mind, so she'll suffer much less."

Zhao Yi sighed:

"So how can I kill you?"

The girl said with a grin:

"I don't have lungs anymore, and I'm only surviving on the special oxygen from these nutrient solutions."

"Do you see that electrical outlet in the corner?"

"If you pull it out, I'll die of oxygen deprivation very soon."

Zhao Yi brandished his scalpel:

"Is there a faster, painless way you'd like to try?"

The girl raised her voice:

"Oh?"

"Is there really such a good thing?"

"Bring it on!"

Clang! Thud!

Zhao Yi's scalpel successfully shattered the crystal ball with the chaotic damage and severed the girl's heart.

A large amount of nutrient solution poured out.

Zhao Yi picked up the warm heart from the ground.

The last sound reached my ears:

"whee!"

"Please tell Chris, I absolutely adore him!"

Zhao Yi weighed the heart in his hand and placed it into the system.

[Item: Chris's sister's heart]

【Quality: Special】

[Synopsis: An ordinary heart will soon rot.]

【Effect: None】

[Chris's sister's message: If you absolutely must find a use for this heart, perhaps you could try slicing it and cooking it. But I don't think my heart would taste very good; it'd probably just taste like nutrient solution inside...]

PS: Second update.

I forgot my keys when I went out to buy groceries this afternoon.

They squatted at the door of a house with a beggar.

I didn't go inside until they got off work and came back after dark...