Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

The first group to reach their destination is the group led by Mu Jiashi, arriving at the hospital Mystic talked about.

They walked carefully along, but as the hospital was only a dozen minutes or so if in a straight line, they reached it in almost no time.

Though here, Mu Jiashi furrows his brows and stops, just a few metres short of the entrance to the hospital.

But because they can aboutseethe inside right now, Mu Jiashi comes to a stop.

Shen Ynj asks, whats wrong?

Mystic looks at Mu Jiashi, then back at the hospital again.

Mu Jiashi seems a little stunned as he says, its that psychiatric hospital.

That what?

Neither Shen Ynj nor Mystic have any idea what hes talking about; then Mu Jiashi remembers that, in X Beijins Nightmare, it was he, Fei, Wu Jian, A-One and A-Two who went to the psychiatric hospital.

The psychiatric hospital that was studying the madness.

So neither of his companions knew.

Well, it had a passing mention when they were chatting earlier, but they didnt go into details about what the hospital looked like or whatnot.

Mu Jiashi explains to them what the psychiatric hospital was doing.

Its the first time the viewers of the stream have heard about the brain being studied in esoteric methods, and even episodes about insane doctors trying to perform brain replacement surgery the comment barrage is flooded with exclamation marks.

X Beijin has a somewhat complicated complexion seeing that. He has things he wants to say about the Apocalyptic madness and extremism in human society but he stays silent.

On the stream, Mu Jiashi continues, the way the hospital building is laid out, and the style here, its completely the same the same as the one we saw in that Nightmare.

Shen Ynj seems quite surprised, asking, so this is that psychiatric hospital?

Mu Jiashi replies, quite possibly.

Shen Ynj finds this quite odd, and he is able to place his finger on what exactly is odd after some thought.

Then, he decides to put the idea out after thinking, possibly just hypothetically, what we experienced before in X Beijins Nightmare, can it be like a sort of trial preparing us for this mission in the Ultimate Nightmare?

Mystic then adds, He Shujns high school was also there, when she and I were in that mans Nightmare.

Mu Jiashi knits his brows. He cant determine whether this is completely coincidental or artificially manipulated.

The first point, is that Xie Zhijins neighbourhood, where Fei and Wu Jian are heading, was never visited in X Beijins Nightmare.

So if they are going to draw this line of comparison, could it be that Xie Zhijins neighbourhood is actually a wrong answer entirely?

But to rule this out as simply being a coincidence Two-thirds is too high a ratio to occur.

So if its intentional, the question becomes, who decided where they went in X Beijins Nightmare? Is it the eponymous bookstore owner? Or NE?

If its the latter

NEisnton their side, right?

Mu Jiashi cannot understand.

The only explanation he can conjure, is that X Beijin was helping them being his Nightmare, he might have some control over where they went, so he could also hand clues of Nightmares over to them.

The problem is why he doesnt tell them anything.

The information is so important, but no clues, not even hints in his language. When Mu Jiashi asked him about what to do in the Ultimate Nightmare, all X Beijin would say, is that they need to stay sane and awake in the Ultimate Nightmare.

Mu Jiashi doesnt think that X Beijin would still be keeping secrets when its all come down to this.

Which means, X Beijin must think that keeping their wits about them is the only thing they need to do to ensure success.

Well, that would make what theyre doing right now, still helpful to the overall cause, hopefully?

Hopefully

Mu Jiashi suddenly comes up with another possibility.

Perhaps, it is the case that, X Beijin is unable to tell them more.

Theyre closer and closer to the truth, to a successful escape, but they also seemed to have forgotten along the way, that something has trapped them in this damned game. Perhaps they are still watching.

Its possible X Beijin has no way of telling them more information, even if he has them, and knows the truth.

He can only tiptoe where it is allowed, to give them as much information as possible, on how to behave inside the Ultimate Nightmare.

Which would of course be a bare minimum expected of them, as it were.

X Beijin has always been this way. Never speaking clearly and concretely, or telling them the truth exactly as it were. Everything was up to them to discover and find out.

The same still holds in the Ultimate Nightmare.

Mu Jiashi can cast aside all his doubts and hesitation now. In fact, he finds himself invigorated in his mission, and hopeful. He realises now, that they had to at least do something in the Ultimate Nightmare.

That X Beijin couldnt tell them more is precisely proof that there is more to do.

They can do so much more in the Ultimate Nightmare, more than what X Beijin told them to do, to stay sane and awake.

What Ye Lan said is resonating in his mind.

Fate is in our own hands, Mu Jiashi mumbles, we cant be sitting ducks. We shouldnt wait for luck to come to us.

Shen Ynj and Mystic are quietly waiting for him.

Mu Jiashi takes a deep breath and says, lets go he pauses, and then adds, if this really was the psychiatric hospital we were in before, then I think where we need to look for, has already been revealed to us, in that Nightmare.

Mu Jiashi narrows his eyes to recall the route, and then says firmly, Operating Room 3.