Chapter 222 In Memory——Restart!
First floor.

Under the chandelier just above the cornerless wooden table, a child in gray clothes was hanging by a rope.

Everyone gathered around and looked up.

Staring at him with their featureless faces.

"Tell me! Why are you running away?!"

The woman roughly grabbed the boy's ankles and swung him around in the air like a doll, tightening the noose around his wrists even more.

"I understand! You're feeling guilty, right?! It was you who came out last night! Haha, I caught you!!"

The woman laughed, twisted madly, and her short limbs twisted in a dislocated manner.

She twisted the child's ankle and pulled harder and harder.

The soft rope is stretched straight!
The hanging child did not speak a word, nor did he make even a groan of pain.

He just lowered his head and endured the rope cutting into his flesh.

The dark blood left glaring marks on the slender arms.

Lu Mingfei couldn't bear to look at it, so he turned his head and realized that Caesar's eyes were fixed on Su Beixun.

"Boss, is there a problem?"

He leaned over and asked quietly.

Caesar shook his head and said nothing.

puff~
suddenly!

The child fell down!

——The rough hemp rope rubbed off the outermost layer of skin, which gradually fell off under the lubrication of blood.

His back slammed hard onto the wooden table.

The woman bent down and grabbed him, lifting his head with her stubby fingers.

"Not good!"

"Not good!"

“Not good!!”

With a rough roar, the woman clenched her hands together, and there was a cracking sound between her fingers.

The child's body twitched in the air like a rag.

then……

laugh!
Like a balloon popping!

Black liquid splattered the floor!
The woman threw the meat paste and bones against the wall.

The headless child fell into the dust.

Even though he knew it was fake, the overly impactful visual effect still made Lu Mingfei tremble.

Caesar just watched coldly.

He watched the woman regain her composure and walked forward, intending to try and report her.

Can……

Noisy!
As he moved forward, the shabby room suddenly became blurry!
Everything in Caesar's eyes was like a TV screen with poor contact - the layers were mixed, and the characters and scenes were fluctuating left and right!

"Boss!"

Lu Mingfei's panicked voice proved that he had encountered the same situation.

【what happened? 】

Caesar stopped and looked around warily.

Especially the woman in front of him who was stained black!
But before he could figure out the reason.

The flickering world suddenly shattered like a mirror.

Caesar's feet suddenly slipped and he fell into the dark mezzanine involuntarily.

##
pat~

pat~

The cool liquid wet the hem of his clothes.

An unknown amount of time had passed, but when he could see clearly again, Caesar found himself standing in a bleak wilderness.

Rain was drizzling overhead, and the bare tree trunks in the distance were twisting upwards, but they still couldn't cover the dark, pointed-roofed house behind them.

Lu Mingfei stared at the familiar scene, stunned for a moment, and asked in disbelief: "Holy crap! Can it be restarted?!"

Caesar grasped the corner of his clothes, felt the degree of dampness, and nodded: "It seems so... But at least it's good news. We have room for trial and error."

While talking.

He ran towards the building in front and waved his hand to signal Lu Mingfei to follow him closely.

Lu Mingfei lowered his head to prevent rain water from entering his mouth.

"But boss...what are the conditions for restarting? Someone dies? Do we have to make sure no one dies in the house?"

Caesar thought the second possibility was unlikely, but did not absolutely deny it: "This can be verified later."

He looked at the houses getting closer and closer and began to think about what he was going to do this time.

To be honest, Caesar felt a lot more relieved.

After all, this restart shows that finding the person who violated the rules is the core of this memory... The direction is very clear!
in silence.

The two men squeezed through the iron gate again, walked along the path covered with broken glass to the eaves, and knocked on the wooden door.

Pong!
Pong!
squeak~

It was still the same woman who opened the door.

After using the same rhetoric, Caesar and Chu Zihang successfully checked in again.

The children were still gathered around the dining table under the dim light, drinking the white paste in the bowl in a "flowing" manner.

Caesar made a special observation——

It’s confirmed that there are eleven people!

And the table has a corner!
At the woman's signal, they went up the stairs and moved the two beds to an empty room again.

However, when passing by Su Beixun's room, Caesar hesitated for a moment.

With a cautious attitude, he pushed the door open again and checked his phone.

The layout inside is no different from last time.

After a brief search, he reached under the pillow again and pulled out the cowhide book.

Lu Mingfei asked curiously: "Boss, haven't you seen it?"

Caesar explained as he flipped the book open: "I have read it... but I always feel that the existence of this book is incompatible with this memory... What does the cannibal represent?"

He whispered softly.

The action of turning the pages of the book suddenly stopped!
Right behind the [Ogre]...

He actually turned to the next chapter!
The stuck pages loosened, revealing new words——

[Second Person]

Caesar immediately looked down.

【Have you heard of it? 】

[In our brains, there is a potential embryo of another person.]

[He takes root in our bodies and grows, waiting for the opportunity to burst the skin and replace us...]

[I once met a friend in the gym. Later I heard that he lost his memory due to dropping objects from a high altitude and was admitted to the hospital.]

【And two months later. 】

I saw him again in the gym.

【Out of politeness, I took the apple from my bag and handed it to him. 】

[——Are you feeling better? Did you find the guy who threw the stone? I think you should blackmail him! Hey, why aren't you talking... Sorry, sorry, I brought up an unhappy topic. Have an apple.]

[——Apple? What apple? ]

[——Ha... You're such a joke! Don't you like apples the most? ]

[——Is that so… (click) It tastes terrible, terrible…Why would I like to eat something like this?]

[He threw the apple he had taken a bite of into the trash can and left.]

【I am a little overwhelmed.】

[So strange... I started to feel very curious about him, and always observed him silently when we met. ]

[I found that his interest in fitness seemed to have disappeared. Every time he came here, he would just stare at other people's backs gloomily.]

What does he want to do?

【I have no idea. 】

【But one day two weeks later. 】

[I was working out when someone suddenly hit me on the back of my head and I fell to the ground unconscious.]

【…】

【Two months later.】

【I am discharged from the hospital.】

【But……】

【I do not understand……】

[Why do I have so many gym memberships at home? ]

Lu Mingfei felt like he was getting goosebumps all over his body.

How come there is a horror story every day?

He was too lazy to ask any more questions and just turned his gaze to Caesar as usual.

"I do not know either."

Caesar shrugged and tried to climb back over, but as expected, he failed.

He frowned.

Why can we open the second chapter this time?
Because they reopened?
But what does this mean?
"Perhaps... as we reopen the book more and more times... it will slowly become a part of this memory." Caesar murmured, closed the book, and stuffed it back under Su Beixun's pillow.

##
Night falls.

Caesar opened the wooden door and secretly observed the corridor in front of him.

He wanted to see who was coming out tonight?

As time passes little by little.

Caesar's pupils suddenly froze!
He saw a dark figure standing in the corridor in front of him, slowly walking down the stairs holding the handrail!

But Caesar didn't even see how he came out!
It was like just a blink of an eye!
There were no footsteps, no sound of a door opening, and no movement down the corridor.

When Caesar saw him, he was already standing at the stairs!

【It’s not that easy after all. 】

Caesar was not surprised.

They pushed open the door and followed carefully.

But before he took a few steps, he heard a shrill roar coming from downstairs: "Who is it?! Who's outside?!"

Caesar narrowed his eyes, but did not return to the room. Instead, he stuck to the wall, trying to observe the man's movements as he returned.

soon.

The shadow ran up the stairs!

But the moment he stepped into the corridor, his figure disappeared in an instant!
Caesar tutted in displeasure.

no way.

He had to quickly return before the woman caught up with him.

……

the next day.

The rain outside stopped.

The green glass made the light that came through look strange.

Caesar still didn't sleep, and Lu Mingfei did the same this time.

——In this world, they seem to have no need for sleep or food at all, and their bodies can always be kept in the best condition.

In the dark corridor.

After waking up all the children, the woman went forward to greet them as usual.

"Good morning, sir. How did you sleep last night?"

After Caesar returned the gift and allowed her to stay for a few more days, he and Lu Mingfei followed the woman downstairs.

The dishes and chopsticks had been placed on the dining table, and the eleven children sat down at their respective seats.

Caesar changed nothing and repeated the previous conversation like an actor.

only……

When the woman once again held the child's head and slammed it on the table, she asked who had gone out last night.

Caesar took a sudden step forward.

"Ma'am, maybe I know who he is."

The woman was stunned.

Although she has no facial features, you can still see that her demeanor has softened.

"Sir, have you found anything?" he asked gently.

"Yes, that's right."

Caesar smiled and nodded.

"Because I didn't sleep well, I heard the noise when that person came out last night."

"Did you hear that?"

The woman immediately let go of the child's head and quickly stepped forward to grab his shoulders.

"Great, sir... It's simply great! Who is it? Tell me who he is?!"

The place where my shoulder was touched felt as cold as if ice was stuffed into it.

Caesar calmly looked at the terrifying head that was getting tighter and tighter, and raised his head as if in deep thought.

"I remember... the sound of the door opening was in the same row as the room I was in, about two doors away."

"In the same row... two rooms apart..."

The woman muttered, her pale head slowly turning to fix her gaze on the boy in blue sitting at the dining table.

"Su Beixun...it's you...the disobedient child..."

“It’s you!!”

boom!
The dishes and chopsticks on the table were shaken and flew up slightly.

A second pool of black blood spread on the road!
"It's you!"

"It's you!"

"It's you!"

The woman screamed and slammed his head on the table again and again.

The force is so strong that it can even create a dent on a flat surface!
Click!

There was a crisp sound.

The boy, whose hair was grabbed by the woman, laid his head limply against his chest.

——His neck was broken.

The woman chuckled with satisfaction, threw the body on the ground without a care, and took out a towel to wipe the blood between her fingers.

Lu Mingfei turned his head away.

No matter how many times he saw this scene, he could never get used to it.

Caesar took the initiative to move closer and try to talk to the woman.

"That's great, gentlemen! I'm very grateful to you..."

The woman's chest rose and fell, and she looked very excited.

But the sound of her voice drifted further and further away from Caesar's world.

……

The color in front of my eyes disappeared!

Everything turned the same grayish-white color as their faces.

Cracks began to appear in the drowsy world.

Then it broke again.

Amidst the tiny fragments, Caesar fell into a gap with nowhere to stand for the second time...

##
Familiar wilderness, familiar scenery.

Familiar sky, familiar cold rain.

Caesar stood there in silence, not knowing what went wrong.

It will still restart after reporting Su Beixun.

Do you really want to do what Lu Mingfei said... to ensure that no one dies in this step?
"Boss!"

Lu Mingfei beside him suddenly screamed, and after Caesar turned his head, he pointed his finger at his face: "Your mouth... disappeared!!"

Caesar was stunned and touched it subconsciously.

The original mouth area is now smooth!
He called out tentatively, making sure the disappearance of his mouth did not affect his speech.

But this didn't make him feel any better.

He looked at Lu Mingfei and found that his nose had also disappeared.

The skin left behind is a grayish-white color that doesn't match the surroundings.

shit!
Caesar looked grim.

They don't have much time left!

If no action is taken, they will have to start a new round two days later once the escaped child is caught.

But even if the action is taken, if the guess is wrong, the restart interval will be even shorter!
He didn't want to gamble whether or not only one facial feature would disappear in the next reboot!
Caesar felt the cold rain hitting his face and tried to keep calm.

This memory story has a very clear thread - looking for the children who went out at night illegally. It's that simple!
But what are the conditions for passing the customs?
If you let things go, you will lose. If you report Su Beixun directly, you will lose...

Should we try reporting another child this time?

Do not!
No!

No opportunity to waste like this!
Caesar took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

Now, what are the things that are still unclear?

What does a woman do in her room at night?
Is the ban on going out related to this incident?

Why did the child run away two days later?
Are you really afraid of being caught?

What role did Su Beixun play in this incident?
And his strange cowhide book...

While thinking, Caesar had already returned to the building in the rain based on his muscle memory.

There was a knock on the door.

The woman with missing facial features opened the door.

The children gathered around the only remaining corner of the table and drank rice porridge.

The stairs in the corner creaked.

Two familiar beds were moved into the same room.

After opening Su Beixun's door, the black cowhide book was taken into his hand again.

Caesar lowered his eyes and opened it.

The third chapter slowly unfolded in his eyes——

【Dancing Time】

(End of this chapter)