5.88 per cent for option I, 17.6 per cent for option two, 52.9 per cent for option three and 23.5 per cent for option four.

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[Option 3]

【Go to the hotel where you will stay on the first day】

……

"Ahhh......h It hurts to death...... What exactly is this...... What ...... situation? ”

Zheng Zhuo dragged his injured hand and walked forward. It all happened so suddenly, not to mention the preparations, he didn't even quite react.

Now, there is no one left. Instead, he felt a sense of unreality in his mind.

From the moment I entered the cave, I continued to experience all kinds of things. Being attacked, attacking others, fainting, strange powers, other people attacking each other, all sorts of rules......

"This must be another dream. Ha ha...... ...... in a Dream Dream ......"

The page still pops up. The name of the software, the collective subconscious, hangs on the top.

"Subconscious? After all, what does this have to do with the subconscious? Could it all be my hallucinations? In hallucinations, only by subconscious action ......"

He walked back to the hotel he had found on arrival. The doors of the hotel are closed.

Zheng Zhuo raised his hand and pushed the door. There was a tingling pain in the wound.

"If it's subconscious, don't hurt so much...... No...... Better...... ......! ”

Zheng Zhuo gritted his teeth and forced.

The door opened.

……

…………

………………

The lights were on in the hotel. As with the streets, it's quiet.

Zheng Zhuo subconsciously looked to the right side.

The girl who always sat there was gone.

(Sure enough...... All of them are gone. ）”

Zheng Zhuo stood at the entrance for a while. To his surprise, when he returned here, he felt his head clearer a bit.

He wasn't sure if it was because he had treated the wound or because he had been out of a stressful situation. Or maybe it's related to the fact that everyone is gone.

But he felt that when he was with explorers or thieves, especially when he was in conflict and talking to them, there seemed to be an echo buzzing in his head, and his spirit was very weak.

(in the kitchen...... No one either. ）”

He walked up and down, and then used the key to open room 204 where he had been living.

When he entered room 204, he noticed something he hadn't noticed before.

(All the windows are open on one side...... At the same time, it can be sealed and locked. ）”

Over here......

Excellent as a hideout.

(Is it a coincidence?) Still is...... ）”

Zheng Zhuo pondered for a while, but decided to move first.

He fastened all the windows and locked the doors.

After doing this, he looked at the voting page.

"The option this time...... I just said "go to the hotel where you stayed on the first day". ”

Next, should supplies be looted? Change the next place? Or is it ...... Rest?

"Vote...... No. ”

Zheng Zhuo moved his injured arm. He thought, he might have to choose to rest first.

Zheng Zhuo sat down on the spot.

As he moved, a piece of paper floated out of his pocket.

"Ah...... Then. ”

This is a memo note he wrote before he left the day before yesterday.

……

【Question Now】

1. What does the increase in the progress bar mean? What does the reduction in the progress bar mean?

2. What kind of intelligence increases the progress bar the most? Is it possible to assume that there is currently a hidden truth, and the closer you get to the truth, the more it increases?

3. How is the winner determined at 12 o'clock in the morning? Do the rules for determining victory or defeat include elements of personal harm such as mutual attacks?

4. [Clown] is an illusion like the store manager's father and daughter? Or, like me, a conscious "living being"?

5. Is there any other identity besides me and [Joker] who hold [Explorer]?

……

"Haha. After walking around, I don't understand how much more. ”

Zheng Zhuo tried to pull out the pen. Fortunately, the pen still works.

He looked at it and wrote "increase = leave" on the first article, ticking the second half of the second sentence.

The third rule is to determine the winner of the sentence "the one who knows the most truth."

The fourth ticks the box on "hallucinations".

Article 5......

Article 5.

“…… The thief said that there were at least twelve people. He said heroic...... What else, damn it......"

Zheng Zhuo pressed his forehead hard, and he tried to remember.

"Ah...... No way. At the end of the day, those are the words of the thief. He ran away...... Or rather, gone. Can I trust him? No, it should be credible...... He didn't have to lie to me...... He doesn't know how much I know. At least for now, the more truth is investigated, the more progress bar grows......"

That's right.

Progress bar.

Zheng Zhuo raised his head suddenly. He swiped the page.

The progress bar is 31.2%. If memory serves, this number was displayed when he left the cave with the thief and returned to town.

"I asked the thief so many questions. It didn't go up at all? ”

Zheng Zhuo rubbed his temples with the end of the pen.

"Only information related to the 'truth' will make the progress bar go up?"

He began to use his pen to add everything that was still impressive.

……

【About the progress bar】

……

6. Enter the pit. (The progress bar increased by about 29%).

……

[Current situation]

……

3, Zheng Zhuo: [Explorer]

4. The winner of the first night: [Joker]

5. The winner of the second night: [Wise Man]

Second Night's Out: [Love] [Caregiver] [Creator]

6. Thief: [Orphan]

……

“(…… What does this mean? What does it say ......)"

Zheng Zhuo tilted his head and pondered.

That's when it happened.

Boom!!!

The earth shook suddenly. Zheng Zhuo fell to the ground.

Firelight, soot, the smell of burning.

(What...... What's what!? ）”

Zheng Zhuo lay on the ground. The strong impact made it impossible for him to stand up.

"Earth...... Earthquake? Explode? Raid? ”

What's wrong!?

The shaking lasted for a few minutes. Finally, it weakened a bit.

Zheng Zhuo crawled to the window with his hands and feet, and opened the window that he had just tied with his own hands, wanting to see what was happening.

Just as he pushed the window open a gap......

"- Help, help, help——!!!!"

A terrible cry for help reached his ears.

The voice was somewhat familiar to him.

“！！！”

Zheng Zhuo leaned against the window and looked out through the gap. In the distance, thick black smoke covered the sky. On the empty street, there was a man stumbling down the street.

It's the thief who just ran out and disappeared! At this moment, he was covered in blood, and he ran for his life in this direction—

— rather, running towards his own hiding place. As he ran, he shouted to the hiding place.

"Help!! Help me!!! ”

He thought he was still there?

Zheng Zhuo's heart moved.

However, he then noticed that a man was following the thief.

It was a somewhat chubby man. His body was also splattered with blood, and he had a gun in his hand and was slowly approaching the thief.

“……”

Zheng Zhuo watched this scene.

The thief is still calling for help.

On Zheng Zhuo's left side, a faint light lit up.

……

【Question】

[The person who has invited cooperation is being hunted down.] It is not known if it is trustworthy or not. He's asking you for help, do you want to? 】

[Option 1]

[Throws items and attacks the pursuer.] 】

[Option 2]

[Make a noise to distract your pursuers.] 】

[Option 3]

[Your own life is the most important thing. Do nothing. 】