Recap
Just as he was about to think about what was going on, the elevator at the end of the corridor suddenly dinged.
Shen Xiuzhe stopped and Chu Shici subconsciously turned his head to look.
Several guards kept a tight hold on a man out of the elevator as if escorting a dangerous person.
He had a sack over his head and Chu Shici couldn’t see clearly.
As he walked, the chains on his feet rattled.
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Chu Shici felt that the man’s figure looked familiar, but before he could take a closer look, Shen Xiuzhe was pushed in by the guard.
The big metal door slammed shut and someone locked it from the outside.
Chu Shici listened carefully to the movements in the corridor.
The sound of chains sounded from far to near, and finally stopped in front of their door.
Through the thick metal door, Chu Shici could vaguely hear several guards talking in low voices.
“Fuck, is it his turn again?”
“I get a headache whenever I see him. Both of them are living ancestors. I died three times in their hands. Not even a penny was left from my salary, and they even charged me extra.”
“Then you deserve it, looking at other people’s ass every day. I’m telling you, this is a big man, what’s the point of staring at him?”
“You don’t understand, you have to try…”
In the middle of his words, he suddenly heard an ouch, as if he had been punched by someone.
It took several guards a while to control the man.
“The woman who lived here last time was played to death by me! If you keep pretending to be noble, I’ll fuck you up as well, see if you’ll be able to beat me then!”
The sound of fists hitting flesh outside the door made people’s teeth ache.
It took several people’s combined efforts to push him into the room.
The big metal door closed heavily, and someone opened the small window and threw the box for collecting cards in.
A guard whispered, “Lao Li?”
“Stop screaming, he’s out of breath. He died four times in a row. Why did you provoke him?”
These people did not explain to the new man about collecting cards to redeem rewards, and left in a hurry dragging the bodies of their companions.
After Chu Shici listened to the whole happening, he was sure that their new neighbor was another Shen Xiuzhe.
But both parties were enclosed within metal doors, how can they help him?
Compared with the previous few people, the new neighbor was really quiet and made no sound from beginning to end.
At night, the prison warden came to record the set meals.
Chu Shici heard a familiar voice coming from the opposite door, “C.”
The voice and tone were exactly the same as Zhe-ge.
It feels a bit magical.
At five o’clock the next morning, Chu Shici got up and listened to the news as usual.
The news today was so exciting that Chu Shici was stunned.
[# Shen Xiuzhe, who was once named one of the outstanding youth representatives, was sent to a Moral School for reform by his adoptive father, Mr. Shen, because of his low moral value. #]
[# Mr. Shen said, ‘No matter what it is. I will never give up on my children.’ As one of the main investors of the Moral School, Mr. Shen believes that this school can help his son get back on track. At the same time, he calls on the general public to pay attention to the Moral Reshaping Education which gives children who have made mistakes a chance to turn over a new leaf. #]
[# The first batch of holographic capsules were put into use, causing heated discussion in the society. Our reporter made a special trip to interview the first batch of testers. #]
[# Hello sir, what do you think after using the holographic capsule? #]
[# The scenes are very real and shocking, but the characters in it are too stiff. I am only playing a walking simulator style game. The actions of the passers-by NPCs are too stereotypical. I hope the NPCs can be more intelligent. #]
[# Me? What do I think it feels like? To be honest, it’s pretty average. The graphics are good and the degree of freedom is high, but compared to sixth-generation VR games, it’s just a bit dull. #]
[# You’re asking me? I only have one thing to say, please give me my money back! #]
After running through a few more interviews, the news segment ended.
Chu Shici turned to look at Zhe-ge. Shen Xiuzhe’s face was extremely ugly.
Chu Shici was also in a bad mood, he cursed out loud.
When the male protagonist was falsely accused and framed, with his ability as the adoptive father, he could turn public opinion around with just a little help.
But not only did he not help him, he put the male protagonist in solitary confinement at the most critical moment, cutting him off from the outside world.
By the time the male protagonist was finally released, rumors had already spread uncontrollably and there was nothing he could do at that point to stop it.
Chu Shici originally thought that the adoptive father was just stubborn, but after hearing that he invested in the Moral School, Chu Shici completely figured it out.
That old thing did it on purpose.
The male protagonist had grown up and began to have his own thoughts. No longer listening to his orders, and even wanting to escape from his control.
So the adoptive father took advantage of the momentum of the public opinions and secretly set up a Moral School to try to legally imprison the male protagonist.
Deep down, he probably wished that the male protagonist’s Moral Value would flatline.
When the senior framed the male protagonist, he might have been fanning the flames.
A bolder theory would be that the adoptive father is the mastermind behind the scenes, and the senior is just a pawn on the surface.
So long as the male protagonist is sent to the Moral School and kept in a fully closed management. They can just make him disappear legally.
Chu Shici thought of Sister Qiu, Xiao Jinzi, Teacher Hao and others.
Before they were imprisoned, their moral values also dropped to negative numbers.
Xiao Jinzi asked her rich second-generation boyfriend for help. The originally loving boyfriend seemed to have changed and suddenly no longer believed her.
The shadow of the male protagonist’s adoptive father covers the Moral School.
Does that mean that as long as you are dissatisfied with someone, you can pour dirty water on them first, spend money to guide public opinion, and lower their moral value. Then, they can pretend to send them to a Moral School out of the kindness of their hearts, but are actually secretly transferring them into a person for brainwashing and reform.
Chu Shici felt a chill down his back.
In this way, no matter how many people are illegally imprisoned in the prison, they will not attract the attention of the police.
Because they didn’t disappear, they were just sent to ‘study’ by their relatives and friends.
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Two more days passed, and there was still no movement in the opposite room.
Chu Shici was a little anxious. He asked Zhe-ge, “What is that person waiting for? Why hasn’t he made any moves?”
Shen Xiuzhe shook his head.
Chu Shici turned around on the bed, “Zhe-ge, how do you think we should do to help him if there is an opportunity?”
Shen Xiuzhe faced the door, pursed his lips tightly, and seemed to be in a bad mood.
Hearing this, he said coldly: “Change back.”
“?”
“The information he possesses is the key to breaking through this situation.”
Chu Shici didn’t understand much, he folded his arms and frowned in thought.
When Officer Li was brought in, he was completely confused. The woman who lived opposite previously didn’t know anything either.
They all thought it was their first time here.
This shows that the memory of the person created by data in the loop will also be cleared along with the loop.
But through Dr. Sun’s words, we can be sure that the memories of real people will not be affected by the cycle.
‘Shen Xiuzhe’ who was locked up in the opposite door must know a lot of things.
The room was airtight and there was no point of reference. Prisons disrupt meal times and lights-out times so that inmates lose the ability to keep track of the time.
There must be a very important purpose for the prison to go through so much trouble.
They want to interfere with some people’s judgment by blurring time.
Chu Shici fell into deep thought.
Xiao Jinzi said that the fat steward had switched the identities of the two Shen Xiuzhes.
And Zhe-ge, like other artificial humans, knows nothing about the cycles.
If they were to think further back, when the fat steward took Zhe-ge to Dr. Sun for a walk, Officer Li still lived in Room 3 opposite, and the other Shen Xiuzhe had not yet arrived.
The note man wanted to convey a message to another Shen Xiuzhe, but instead stuffed the note into the lunch box for Zhe-ge.
Their abnormal actions all illustrate one point.
The person who originally lived in the room where they are now was probably the real male protagonist.
And Zhe-ge, like Officer Li, was supposed to be the artificial human in Room 3 opposite.
The fat steward in charge used some means to secretly push the real male protagonist into the opposite room and let Zhe-ge live in this room.
Zhe-ge is an artificial person. He neither knows Dr. Sun’s password nor what is going on in the prison. He will only follow Brother Liu’s instructions and draw conscientiously in the room.
His existence is just a diversion, a tool used by Brother Liu to confuse Dr. Sun and others. The fat steward is using him to delay time.
Atl the end of the next cycle, the government will recycle and clear away all the data.
At that time, the evil deeds committed by this group of scum using the holographic technology will also be wiped out. After they have done enough harm to people and made enough money, they will be able to go out and have fun, unhindered by these atrocious acts.
As for what Zhe-ge said about changing back, Chu Shici still didn’t quite understand.
Shen Xiuzhe stroked his forehead, “Dr. Sun and the others couldn’t find the other ‘me’ before. He was hidden by Brother Liu in a place where no one could find him.”
“I don’t know the reason, but it must be related to the No. 3 room opposite. Maybe after he is locked up, he will be trapped in the prison cycle like Officer Li and others. Only when the people in the room take their turn can he start to appear again.”
Shen Xiuzhe paused and sighed softly: “He has no time.”
Chu Shici seems to understand but not fully understand.
Based on the current situation, it can be deduced that before the male protagonist moved in, Room 3 opposite had already passed through several cycles.
The poor man who was taken to the monster’s room late at night.
Officer Li, who kept the fat steward hostage, was shot dead in the elevator.
A woman who was tortured to death.
It wasn’t until the fourth cycle that the male protagonist moved in.
According to the information collected by Chu Shici, there are only three ways to leave the room.
1. Like Lao Wang in Room 10 next door, collect all four animal cards to exchange for the chance to leave. As for whether he really left or was taken somewhere else, no one knows.
2. The person who sent them in agree to let them out.
3. Become a corpse.
The male protagonist was sent in by the adoptive father, who was too strict with his painting skills. If he doesn’t paint for another ten or twenty years, he will never get out of prison.
At the same time, people in prison will not violate the wishes of the clients. As long as his adoptive father doesn’t allow him to leave, he will never be able to collect all four cards in his life under the secret manipulation of the prison guards.
The third possibility is even less realistic.
Before the combination of New Entertainment Laws and holographic technology, this prison was real.
The people imprisoned here at that time, including the male protagonist, were all real people.
It was the prison that secretly used the holographic capsule to enter the information of the imprisoned, and then generated these artificial persons.
Now that the adoptive father is asking the prison to cooperate again, there’s no way he will feel guilty about an artificial person’s death and let them out.
The male protagonist is a living person, he did not die in prison at that time.
They can’t get out nor can they die.
The male protagonist is the last person to stay in Room 3.
After he lived in it for a while, the state discovered the anomalies and conducted a thorough investigation into the prison and rescued all the victims.
If Chu Shici guessed correctly, the moment the police broke into the prison, the cycle will come to an end.
At the same time, the prison will also start a new cycle.
The male protagonist was brought into the opposite room by the fat steward, but he was restricted by the cycle.
After the cycle begins, he cannot appear until the first three people living in the room are dead.
Not long after he appears, the cycle ends and he will disappear again.
There was really too little time left for him to do anything, and the traitorous fat steward kept a close eye on him.
Even if he had a complete plan, he will never have time to implement it.
The appearance of the male protagonist indicates that this cycle is coming to an end.
After the next cycle ends, the government will clean up the data and all evidence of the crime will disappear.
Chu Shici looked at Shen Xiuzhe blankly.
Maybe if Zhe-ge is given enough time, he will be able to find a way to break through this endless cycle, but he has no time.
Dr. Sun doesn’t know where the evidence is, and neither does the person with the note. Only the male protagonist knows what to do.
Xiao Jinzi gave Shen Xiuzhe a promise.
After the matter is completed, they will transfer his data to another place and give him a home.
If Shen Xiuzhe wants to leave the prison alive with his small speaker, he must fully assist the male protagonist.
So he decided to change them back.
He will enter the next cycle on behalf of the male protagonist, giving the male protagonist enough time to complete his plans.
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Chu Shici understood Zhe-ge’s decision, and he also knew that this was the best way.
But he couldn’t help but ask, “What about me?”
Shen Xiuzhe was silent for a long time, and his tone was unusually cold at the beginning.
“When you are with him, you can receive the morning news and help him determine the time. It can also confuse the steward’s judgment.”
Chu Shici understood. He looked up at the man with a calm face, “Then what about you?”
“Zhe-ge, you are an artificial person. If you don’t recognize me after the cycle ends, how can I get you back?”
Shen Xiuzhe pursed his lips: “Even if I don’t change rooms, after the cycle ends, my memory may return to the original state.”
“But if I am still by your side at that time, I can tell you our story. Once you go there, you will have to wait until the first three occupants are dead before you can show up.”
“Do you want to accompany me?”
Chu Shici nodded, stretched out the charging cable, and wrapped it firmly around his finger.
“Zhe-ge, I want to be with you, and don’t you dislike being alone? How about we don’t separate? There must be another way.”
Without saying a word, Shen Xiuzhe untied the charging cable.
The room fell into a deathly silence, and the silence was a little disturbing.
After a while, Chu Shici heard Shen Xiuzhe’s cold voice, “He is a real person, I’m just a made-up virtual character based off of him.”
“He knows everything and has a way to break through the cycles. But I know nothing and my eyes are completely damaged. No matter how you look at it, he is better than me.”
“We are carved out of the same mold. He has everything I have, in fact, he is even better than me. You don’t have to worry about displeasing him. There is no difference between me and him. I will accept you, and he will naturally do the same.”
Shen Xiuzhe paused for a long time, with his back to the small speaker and his head slightly lowered. The back that had always been straight bowed down.
Chu Shici looked at his back and thought that Zhe-ge had an inferiority complex.
He felt distressed for a while at first, and after a few seconds, he reacted.
This vitality value is stable and has not dropped at all.
What bullshit inferiority complex, Zhe-ge is just pretending to be pitiful.
A man who looked exactly like him moved in across the street. For the sake of the overall situation, Shen Xiuzhe has to personally send his wife over as an assistant.
He said, ‘I’m fine, go ahead, I don’t care.’
In fact, he was almost going crazy with jealousy.
He just talked in a roundabout way for a long time, just to hint to Chu Shici to coax him.
Praise him as irreplaceable and the best. And swear that his heart will not change if he goes there.
Chu Shici completely understood Zhe-ge’s little intentions.
He squeezed into Shen Xiuzhe’s arms and poked his chest in confusion.
“You were the one who proposed to change rooms, and you were the one who turned red with anger. You are so awkward. If I didn’t know your true intentions, would you be secretly wiping your tears away alone?”
Shen Xiuzhe’s face still had no expression at all, and he turned his head to the side indifferently.
Chu Shici wrapped his fingers around him again: “Zhe-ge, please touch me. I’m not a human being. I’m a small speaker. A person has to be really crazy to have ideas about a speaker.”
“People can’t, at least they shouldn’t have such a heavy appetite.”
Shen Xiuzhe: ……
What about me?
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T/N: You’re not a real human, it’s fine.
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