Excessive ferocity due to caution

Chapter 82 "The Second Day" - The Boy

The female administrator quickly dialed the phone.

When the police arrived, Zhao Yi scanned the crowd once more.

He suddenly noticed that the cracks in his eyes... had gotten bigger.

A strange but interesting phenomenon...

What exactly are these cracks?

Zhao Yi had a vague idea of what was going on.

Luo Qili told Zhao Yi that she also felt the cracks in front of her getting bigger.

And... there seems to be something behind those cracks.

"Could it be related to time?"

"It seems the cracks only got bigger after we entered the second day."

Luo Qili looked puzzled, while Zhao Yi nodded.

This woman isn't stupid.

"It's definitely related to time, but we'll have to wait and see what the specifics are."

"Right now, we need to solve the task for the second day and find the murderer."

Luo Qili lowered her head and pondered for a while. Her sharp eyes swept across the crowd, and suddenly she thought of something.

"The mission asks us to identify the killer before we're killed... Does that mean we can just wait for the killer to come and kill us, and then we can identify them directly?"

Zhao Yi chuckled:

"Then you'll die a horrible death."

"After all... the end of the main quest doesn't mean the killer can't continue committing crimes..."

Luo Qili's body jolted violently.

She almost overlooked such an important detail!

"Based on the current situation, the killer's strength will likely become extremely terrifying during the course of the attack..."

"At least the player has no way to resist, otherwise this mission would be completely without difficulty."

"Players should only identify the killer during the period when the killer hasn't committed the crime; otherwise, even if they do identify the killer... they'll probably be killed anyway!"

Zhao Yi's analysis sent a chill down Luo Qili's and the viewers' spines.

It seemed like players could exploit a loophole in the system's quests... but it turned out to be a huge trap!

A commotion broke out outside.

A group of overweight, blond-haired, blue-eyed white police officers soon arrived at the mental hospital and began collecting the bodies.

The female manager kept chattering away, trying to talk to them, but they wouldn't listen at all. They even slapped her across the face, muttering words like "shit," "fuck," and "bitch."

The female administrator saw stars and collapsed to the ground, blood seeping from her nose. She covered her face and cried.

Some lunatics stepped forward, carefully helped her up, and said some nonsensical things to comfort the female manager.

They're crazy, but not stupid.

In this mental hospital, the female administrator takes very good care of them, and there is a lot of affection between them.

They were furious to see the female manager being bullied, but they didn't dare to step forward and berate these white police officers.

You might get your magazine emptied by the enemy in one burst, or they might just give you a suffocating meal.

After all, in the eyes of normal white people, their lives... don't count as lives.

They drove away with the body without any investigation.

After an awkward silence, some of the lunatics helped the female administrator back to rest, while the rest, even those who felt panicked, could only give up in frustration.

Who cares if they live or die?

I just hope that deranged serial killer will leave the mental hospital soon...

The crowd dispersed.

Zhao Yi wanted to go to the darkroom to take a look; they could develop photos there, and maybe they had things like batteries and film rolls.

As he passed by room 306 next to his own, he suddenly stopped.

Yesterday, before the tragedy occurred, he heard the sound of a toilet flushing next door.

And... it seems that the toilet lid was closed first, and then the water was flushed.

Normally, shouldn't you watch your poop get flushed away and make sure it's clean before closing the toilet lid?

Could it be some kind of mental illness?

Yes, I'd like to look into it.

Zhao Yi knocked on the door.

Bang bang bang!

squeak--

The door was opened.

It was very clean and tidy inside, and the air was fresh with no odor.

Most importantly... the toilet seat was open.

A cute-looking boy appeared in front of Zhao Yi, with red lips, white teeth, and innocent big eyes.

"Hello, is there anything I can help you with?"

The boy was very polite and helpful.

Unlike those crazy patients outside.

He seemed to be in good mental condition.

Zhao Yi chatted with him casually for a while.

The boy in the room spoke clearly and logically.

The boy told Zhao Yi that when he was born, his mother threw him into the toilet, and it was the director of the mental hospital who took him in.

He grew up here and his favorite program was the missionary platform. He would watch it several or even dozens of times a day, listening to the pastor recite those words.

He wanted to be a good person like a priest, helping others, basking in holy light, and going to the Garden of Eden after death.

Zhao Yi glanced at the light in the boy's room and smiled:

"Is that your holy light?"

The boy froze, glanced back, and smiled as well:

"yes!"

"Although it's a bit bright, it feels so warm under the light!"

Zhao nodded, said goodbye, and went to the darkroom.

The dark red exposure is like giving the darkroom a bloody color, which is very uncomfortable. If a player with a weaker mental capacity enters, their mental state may be affected.

After all... there's a serial killer in this asylum who could appear at any moment!

I did a search.

There was nothing related to a camera.

There were no film rolls either.

"If the darkroom doesn't have these things... then it's unlikely that other places will have them either."

"Or these items simply can't be found in this mission..."

"Or... they're hidden in some strange place, and I need to receive a hint from my 'future self' before I can get them."

Zhao Yi quickly came up with a plan.

Back in her room, Luo Qili sent a message not long after.

"The floor of the room is a bit bare."

Zhao Yi remained calm and replied:

"There are secret passages in the mental hospital."