However, the other party specifically pointed out not to go to the delineated area in the west, suggesting that there are probably important things there!
[The robotic cleaners broadcast the mechanized voice of ’command received, starting work’ and their tracks started rolling, scattering towards the corridors around.]
[You blend in with the robots, heading into one of the corridors...]
Mu You didn’t rush to the western area as he assumed the defence there could be severe. Being new to the place, he decided to first explore his surroundings and get a grasp of the situation.
[You follow the corridor, cleaning up the debris on the ground while exploring. You notice plenty of insect shells and corpses scattered on the sides of the road, while the stone walls on either side are covered with a moss-like plant.]
[This is the ’rot-grass’ unique to damp underground environments, which provides food for various insects, and in turn, the bodies of insects provide fertiliser for the rot-grass. If not cleaned regularly, insects in the grotto will breed in large numbers...]
This rot-grass seems to be the main content for the cleaning robots’ work. Of course, Mu You has no time to act as a cleaner for them, yet he still needs to keep up appearances.
In his robot form, he doesn’t have to worry about his actions, so Mu You pretended to ’clean’ while recklessly ’exploring’ the ’north area’.
After a couple of loops, he discovered that this north area was like a self-sufficient village with a tremendous range. It had a confinement area, a living area, a dormitory area, and an amusement park. But it seemed the entire area had been abandoned, with only unoccupied houses remaining.
Mu You explored and found that all the houses were empty, not a single person encountered.
He spent all afternoon searching until he finally found a place of interest.
[You find an abandoned storage room ahead.]
[You walk to the door and peer in through the rotten wooden door’s crack to find garbage piled up like a mountain inside. They appear to be children’s toys. All the items are covered in dust, indicating that the place has been abandoned for at least a year.]
Mu You, looking at the latest text, was struck by an idea. If the storage room was filled with children’s toys, perhaps he could find something belonging to Louise!
[You scan the surroundings to ensure that no one is nearby, then switch back to your vampire form.]
[You cast the Unlocking Spell on the old wooden door, and the door lock opens in response.]
[You enter the storage room filled with rubbish, sweep your magic wand and release a search spell. Your search keyword: Corday·Louise.]
[Golden runes surge from the tip of your magic wand, enveloping all the items in the room. Various information swirls fast in front of you like a kaleidoscope...]
[Search successful: You found an item related to Corday·Louise.]
[You follow the guide fight to find and turn over garbage covering the ground. Eventually, you find an old rag doll at the bottom of a rotten box.]
[This is just an ordinary stitched doll, but you notice some edges on the doll’s stomach. You tear open the doll’s stomach and indeed find a folded paper in the cotton stuffing, which is filled with crooked text.]
[The paper has turned yellow and has become ragged under the corrosion of moisture, but you can still vaguely recognize the content on it.]
[Remnant page of Louise’s Diary: Corday·Louise had the habit of keeping a diary, noted her experiences here, and when she sensed danger, she hid pages with relevant information at various places in the palace. Finding these pages might help uncover what she experienced back then.]
[...Recently, rebellious voices have started to circulate within the hospital, I knew that I couldn’t be the only one fed up...We, a dozen or so, conspired sneakily, decided to resist together, and escape from this hellhole before the next treatment session...I also invited Mian Mian to join us, but she refused me and persuaded us to give up, not to be foolish, that they would never let us escape, the consequence of pursuing hope will only bring greater despair, this is their real purpose...I understand her, she might be right, but I can’t stand it anymore, and if I keep going, I will go mad, even with a slim chance, I want to give it a try tonight, either freedom or death...]
4-8, that is to say, there are eight pages in total, and this is the fourth one.
The diary entry is sparse, it seems a group of children prepared to rebel, the result is still unknown, but as expected, they probably failed.
What caught Mu You’s attention was the person ’Mian Mian’ mentioned in the diary.
And Mian Mian was the name Ye Rumeng introduced to him as her sister’s.
Without another word, Mu You opened the entrance to the spatial bag and arrived at the girl’s room, ready to ask about her sister.
But no one was in the room.
He also looked in the zoo bag but didn’t find Ye Rumeng.
Mu You didn’t think much of it, assuming she had entered another dream space after falling asleep. Being elusive, the little girl’s frequent disappearances were something he had gotten used to.
Leaving the dimension, Mu You was planning to continue playing the game.
But just as he picked up his phone, he suddenly felt a strong vibration coming from something on him.