Leaning against the wall, Jiang Ning seemed to be asleep, his eyes were closed for a long time, the depression in his heart could not be alleviated, and the more he looked at the words on these walls, the more desperate he felt.

More desperate than the situation that he had been trapped in the cycle of time, and even more desperate than the fact that he knew that the crow would not survive at all, but still kept helping him.

This despair is buried in the heart and will take root over time.

From the "premonition that I will lose my mind one day" in the first wall, to the ending of looking for the legendary "slim hope" but never getting it, and finally the mental state reaches a critical point, despair and madness.

It's always something he'll never forget.

I don't know how long it has passed, as said on the first wall before, before 2:30, it is impossible for the black-robed man to find this place, but after this time node, the ending still can't escape.

So the purpose of this basement can only be to extend his remaining life for another two hours plus thirty minutes.

Jiang Ning let out a long sigh, stood up against the wall, and he felt some numbness in his legs and feet, and he subconsciously bent down to rub the numb parts.

At this moment, the note that he had picked up on the wooden board on the ground after entering the elevator fell out of his pocket, the note with unknown words written on it.

Seeing this note, Jiang Ning suddenly realized that the "number of times 371" written on it might be a record of what they tried in the reincarnation before.

There is a great possibility that this is the "faint hope" they are looking for, but now Jiang Ning doesn't know what this note means, and it seems that he still has some clues that he hasn't found.

Jiang Ning carefully recalled that the hotel was divided into three floors, the first floor was the reception and lobby, as well as the kitchen, and the outside was the "garden" of the hotel.

On the second floor is the utility room and study, as well as a secret door to the basement.

On the third floor, there are Enoshima and Enoy's own guest rooms and washrooms.

If you think about it, the places you haven't explored yet are the kitchen, Enoshima's room, and the bathroom, so if you want to find the "slim hope" mentioned on the third wall, you have to look for these three places.

Although he didn't know what time it was, Jiang Ning knew very well that he still had some time before his death, and if he went up now, he would be bumped into by the black-robed man, so he might as well continue to explore this basement, in addition to seeing the three walls, there was also the intricate pattern based on the circle that was not explored.

Jiang Ning quickly cheered up, originally he always thought that it was unfortunate that he was trapped in the cycle of time, but now after seeing "them" in the basement, or his own notes, this despair has always been attached to his heart, so in order to live, in order not to experience this despair, in order to no longer suffer those pains, Jiang Ning chose to inherit the hope of "them".

Walking to the center of the basement, the intricate pattern based on the circle looked more like a magic circle.

The perimeter of the circle is made up of ropes made of white strips of cloth, and the inner structure is painted with white paint, and the four corners are placed with stones and jars painted with red dots.

It turned out that the things in the wooden box that he had seen in the utility room before were used to form this magic circle, Jiang Ning thought for a moment and continued to search for clues.

In the center of the circle, a piece of paper that had been folded many times fell.

The paper seems to have come from an old book, neatly cut off with a paper cutter, and the paper has been yellowed and old, with varying degrees of defacement everywhere.

When unfolded, you can see an intricate pattern based on a circle drawn on the paper.

According to the notation on the paper, it is known that this is a circle, composed of a rope made of white cloth strips, white paint, stones and jars with red dots, and the pattern drawn on the pages of the book is the same as the circle on the ground, but the center of the circle is different.

In the center of the pattern, the words "Offering: ■■" are marked, and the second half of the text is stained with black stains that make it difficult to read.

In addition, there was a string of strange incantations written under the pattern, which Jiang Ning couldn't understand, and couldn't even express it, because he didn't even know the words that made up the incantation.

In addition, in the corner of the basement, Jiang Ning found a strange bottle of liquid, the viscous red liquid in the glass bottle reminded him of blood, but after pulling out the wooden bolt, he couldn't smell fishy.

The glass bottle was pressed against a slip of paper on which a sentence was written in familiar handwriting he had ever seen.

"If you want to get rid of backtracking, this bottle can help you, but it can only be used on items, and if you can drink it, you really 'get rid of'."

This handwriting is exactly the same as that on the newspaper, in the notes, on the wall, and even in writing habits.

It's just that Jiang Ning is a little strange about this sentence, first of all, the bottle of liquid it excludes is not blood, but a bottle of medicine.

The note said that it could be used if you wanted to get rid of the traceback, but only on objects, not people.

Therefore, the second half of the sentence should be saying that if you drink this bottle of potion, you will die, and you will never be resurrected backwards like now.

Jiang Ning glanced at the note with unexplained words and symbols written on it, although he didn't understand what the effect of this bottle of potion was, but he had a guess in his heart, let's try it first.

He poured the potion on the note, as if seeping into it, the viscous liquid did not form a stain, obscuring the words on the note, only changing the color of the note, which was the red color of the liquid.

Other than that, nothing strange happened, Jiang Ning touched the back of his head, a little overwhelmed, he stuffed the red note into his pocket again, glanced at the layout of the basement, and after finding that nothing was missing, he walked to the small elevator.

Pressing the button to go up, the elevator carried Jiang Ning up slowly, and after about two minutes of darkness, he returned to the secret room of the study.

At this time, the hotel was already dark, and it was quiet outside as if time had been frozen, only heavy footsteps sounded downstairs, and accompanied Jiang Ning back to the second floor, and the owner of the footsteps quickly noticed and walked towards here.

Jiang Ning quickly came to the utility room next door, rummaged through a few random times, and found the kerosene lamp and matches.

After it was lit, a temporary glow filled the utility room, and at the same time, the sound of footsteps stopped outside the door.

Jiang Ning swallowed, it was his choice, he was going to face the black-robed man who had been giving him nightmares, and try to attack - although he knew it would definitely be ineffective.

"Come on, I'm not going to hold back anymore, I'm not going to be passive anymore, I'm going to fall into despair."