PFRG: Chapter 156

The Dawn team’s remarks didn’t cause much waves in the outside world.

After all, compared to the players in the instance, the audience outside had a more intuitive God’s perspective as they watched the teams passing through the entire process. The situations in each instance were under their attention. At this time, compared to the inferences given by unraveling the mystery, the other teams had already given more intuitive results in the instance.

The attention to live stream room 103 was continuing to increase. There were many teams like this instance team. They were just one of the many unlucky ones.

After getting up and gathering, the scene that should’ve been lively and bustling became silent. The remaining two people just stared at the man named Zhu Shan, who had just walked out of Room 3.

Three days of operation had passed. The team only had three members left due to the obvious lack of fighting power. In order to survive the next four days, their only way out was to collect as much food as possible. Due to this, there was a discussion last night before Zhu Shan, the strongest member of the team, chose to stand up and increase the purchase quantity of his mailbox to five times the original amount.

The captain of the Peace team was also covered in wounds. He was relieved to see Zhu Shan come out of the room unharmed. Then his face turned pale due to the next sentence. “What did you just say?”

Under the gaze of his two former teammates, Zhu Shan looked blank and empty. He repeated in a daze. “Who are you… who am I, and why am I here?”

A strange atmosphere spread. The captain of the Peace team tried to open his mouth, but he was completely speechless.

The successfully completed purchase order allowed them to have a sufficient reserve of the blue incense. Who would’ve imagined that the price they paid for it was actually this? They seemed to have completely lost a teammate.

The Zhu Shan in front of him developed memory gaps overnight.

He forgot the two teammates standing in front of him, forgot the purpose of coming to this instance, and forgot the many important things he needed to do right now.

He even forgot himself.

But among so many crucial memories that had been forgotten right now, the most crucial point was that when a player forgot that he needed to work hard to leave the instance, it meant he could no longer get out at all.

There was a long silence before the captain of the Peace team finally broke down. He grabbed Zhu Shan’s shoulder fiercely, as if he could use this almost hysterical shaking method to make his teammate recall his memories. “Zhu Shan! Zhu Shan, stop playing around! Come on, look at me carefully. Look at me, tell me who I am! Look, look at Old Xiang. If you haven’t woken up yet, wake up. Come on, I want you to wake up! Huh? Do you hear me?”

As the teammates nearby reacted and stepped forward to persuade them, the scene became chaotic for a while.

At this moment, in the squares of every world, there were groups of silent figures in front of similar scenes.

In the silence, even the occasional breeze of air carried a cold and desperate atmosphere.

There were still many people standing around, but the players subconsciously tightened their clothes as they felt the chill seeping from the soles of their feet. Even so, it seemed as if something was trying hard to get into their collars. This made them shudder.

The situations that appeared on each screen seemed to be telling them in another way that as long as they continued to purchase every night, this would be the final destination of all times once the memory loss exceeded a certain line.

Of course, some of the top teams with the strongest combat power still had options.

But once they understood this truth, what choices would each team make in the end?

Should they continue taking risks and test where that ‘line’ was, or were they willing to adopt a more cautious approach, obtain local materials from customers, achieve full self-sufficiency, and never touch the unknown forces that couldn’t be controlled in the procurement process again?

Of course, the teams were also very clear that the time point of the final decision to stop the loss was particularly important. If they were one step more aggressive than others, their ranking would move forward. Otherwise, it would regress. It depended on whether they dared to gamble and win.

Before entering the instance, no one had ever thought that the so-called independent team instance would eventually become a psychological game between all teams.

The new discovery was enough to make the members of the Dawn team lose the desire to go back to sleep.

Everyone gathered together. They listened to Lu Nanling’s summary analysis, and all fell into a long contemplation.

“So the reason I can’t remember the past is entirely due to the sleep I’ve had the past few nights?” Ji Xingque tried very hard to sort out the thoughts behind it. “From the current situation, the disappearance of these memories isn’t based on the time. It is possible that we can still remember things from earlier times, but not the things that happened later. If this is the case, wouldn’t it be very troublesome if any of us accidentally forgets what happened before and after coming to this instance? This is like opening a blind box!”

This time, Lou Yueren really looked at Ji Xingque with different eyes. “Sometimes, your intuition is really good. This description is indeed accurate.”

“It is almost like a blind box. It is due to the uncertainty that we can’t control. So the most troublesome thing right now is…” Lu Nanling slowly looked around at everyone. “We have no way of figuring out what we have forgotten.”

Ji Xingque’s face was bitter. “Indeed… if Sister Meimei hadn’t reminded me, I wouldn’t have felt it at all. After all, I have forgotten it. No one can remember something that ‘didn’t happen’ to them.”

“What we need to do most now is make a decision.” Lu Nanling looked straight at Chi Ting and casually threw out the difficult question. “Even if we don’t make any purchases in the future, we already have ways to deal with those customers. We can safely get through the next few days of business. At most, the final ranking might not be that good. What to do in the end is up to you, Captain.”

Ji Xingque agreed. “I’m fine with anything. Captain, you make the final decision.”

Chi Ting saw the team members looking at him one after another and rubbed his temples helplessly. “You don’t have to take responsibility, so there is no pressure, right?”

Hua Qianmei laughed. “How can you say that? It is obvious that those who are capable should do more work, right? Old Song, don’t you agree?”

Song Xuefeng’s attitude was as easy going as ever. “I’m fine with anything.”

Chi Ting turned his head.

Lou Yueren met his gaze and smiled as if it had nothing to do with him. “Ah, I will follow Captain Chi’s arrangements.”

“……” Chi Ting sighed. “Okay, I’ll think about it and tell you the answer tonight. But don’t waste the afternoon. If you can’t sleep, make some memos. Write down any important things in advance. In case you really forget them, it can be regarded as a reminder to yourself.”

“Good idea!” Ji Xingque’s eyes lit up. He opened the points mall and started searching. “For memos and such, it would be much more convenient to buy a video recorder to take selfies… Hey, there are several models here that look pretty good.”

“Really?” Hua Qianmei leaned over to take a look after hearing the last sentence.

Song Xuefeng was too lazy to look through the mall list. He waited by the side, ready to copy their homework when they finished shopping.

Chi Ting grabbed a handful of hair at the back of his head and prepared to go back to his room to reminisce about life. He had taken two steps when he saw that the person next to him suddenly had a notebook in his hand. He turned his head and looked over. “Are you planning to write a diary?”

“Yes,” Lou Yueren responded while writing quickly. “With today’s technology, it is too simple to change the face in a video. I’m a very suspicious person. If someone suddenly showed me a video like this and told me it was a memory I had forgotten, I think it would most likely be listed as suspicious. So handwriting is more appropriate. After all, handwriting isn’t that easy to imitate.”

Chi Ting was about to say that handwriting wasn’t difficult to imitate until his peripheral vision glimpsed the notebook in Lou Yueren’s hand. He immediately took back the words that were on the tip of his tongue. “…I can see that you are very suspicious. You even encrypt every word you write.”

Lou Yueren paused when he heard this and appropriately defended his flamboyant handwriting. “This is called cursive writing.’

“Okay.” Chi Ting didn’t try to hold back his laughter and laughed loudly. “So, Brother Ren, what did you write in this cursive script? What did you just remember?”

After hearing the words ‘Brother Ren’, Lou Yueren’s eyes stayed on Chi Ting’s smile for a few seconds before he spoke again. “Of course, it is a very important thing.”

“Very important thing?”

“Hey, look.” Lou Yueren reached out and put his hand on Chi Ting’s shoulder, motioning for him to come closer. He pointed the tip of his pen at the content written on it, and translated the ghost handwriting word by word. “This sentence says that I was a socially anxious corporate drone in an instance for a while. At that time, I met a neighbor called Chi Ting, who later became someone I liked very much.”

“Then this sentence says that if I really forget, just remember that he is very beautiful. He has long black hair, likes to wear a choker, has a red stone necklace that is actually a storage space, and a string of white delicate beads that can be short or long. But there is no need to write so much detail. Even if I forgot, I believe I will like him again when I see him again.”

“Next, Chi Ting is a very good cook. He can cook many dishes. He looked very gentle when cooking. His dishes are very much to my taste.”

“The next sentence is about how we played a master-servant game in the Lost Treasure instance. Objectively speaking, it can be considered as our first kiss…

“Hey, Brother Ren.” Hearing this, Chi Ting’s heart skipped a beat and he couldn’t help clearing his throat. He almost subconsciously avoided the gaze that Lou Yueren cast at him and reminded this person responsibly, “We don’t have much time to record our memories. If possible, it is better to record the most important things as much as possible.”

“I just said that this is the most important thing. I’m not kidding you.” Lou Yueren blinked strangely. His eyes were fixed on Chi Ting without moving away. “Believe me. I have more say than anyone else about this type of memory loss. It might be very difficult to recover some of my other memories, but you are most important to me now.”

He slowly closed the book and lowered his eyes, his lazy tone filled with a hint of expectation. “What type of record are you going to make? The first thing you want to record shouldn’t be unrelated to me, right, boyfriend?”

Chi Ting wanted to tease this man about his rapidly improving shamelessness, but he couldn’t refute it when these words came to his lips.

After reminding others to take a memo, the first thing he must remember came to his mind. The man related to this matter was named Lou Yueren.

A few seconds later.

“Okay, I admit it has something to do with you.”