Chapter 569 No Other Choice

Chapter 569: No Other Way Out

"So the information Miss Xie received is... they are trapped in the Neonatal Department of No. 666 Hospital, but they are still alive?" Su Bai was also unfamiliar with the Neonatal Department and could only continue to ask Jie Ying for new information. "If Miss Xie came here because she received a distress signal from your companions, then you likely entered this game actively through some means, rather than being dragged into the Nightmare World like us."

Jie Ying had previously mentioned that "Deep Dive" was a team that operated permanently within the Nightmare World. So for her, there were originally two ways to enter a Nightmare Game: one was being pulled in roughly every half month, and the other was actively entering an area that would become a game scenario.

Just like when Su Bai accidentally entered the Ghost Bride game scenario before.

When a game wasn't active, the various regions and buildings of the Nightmare World weren't strictly off-limits forbidden zones, aside from having a higher concentration of Eerie Entities.

Of course, that was assuming those Eerie Entities were *only* a few more.

Su Bai felt that the reason Deep Dive's research on Meditation methods remained unknown to the world was likely because Jie Ying's three companions encountered some catastrophe after entering the Neonatal Department of No. 666 Hospital. They ultimately failed to bring the research results out of the Nightmare World, and the three of them were "left behind" in the Reverse Birth Corridor.

And now, as the last member of Deep Dive, Jie Ying entered the Neonatal Department carrying that crucial book and ended up getting swept into the Nightmare Game Su Bai and the others were in.

Su Bai's fingers absently rubbed his cuff. In his past life, he hadn't taken part in the Neonatal Department game of No. 666 Hospital. Seeing how powerful the Eerie Entities entrenched here were now, combined with the constant hopeless situations they encountered along the way, he had a vague suspicion—

In the timeline of his previous life, Jie Ying, along with other players, was probably completely "left behind" in this Reverse Birth Corridor just like her companions, never having a chance to leave again.

The existence of "Deep Dive" was subsequently lost to history.

Le Shiya was still playing the role of the "messenger."

"No, they didn't call for help, and they couldn't have." Jie Ying didn't deny Su Bai's other speculations. "What they wrote on the paper wasn't a call for help."

"'Although it's regrettable to stop here, rest assured, we have not died. We are merely staying in the safest place for players.'" Jie Ying read out this passage. "These were the final words they left on the paper."

"They wrote down everything they knew about No. 666 Hospital and the Neonatal Department." Jie Ying continued slowly, her tone still calm, but her fingers tightened slightly, her knuckles whitening. "And they wrote this sentence at the end."

She took a deep breath, seemingly trying to completely calm her emotions, before continuing: "Before you all arrived here, I had been wandering around the fourth floor for a while."

"There... was almost nothing." She looked up and said slowly. "Apart from wards and corridors that were like ruins, I found nothing."

"Later, in the blink of an eye, I was brought to the fourteenth floor, a stark contrast to the ruins, and I heard the sounds of other players. That's when I knew I had probably been caught up in a game."

Jie Ying's gaze lowered slightly, as if recalling something. After a moment, she looked up at Su Bai again, her tone extremely firm: "Mr. Su, part of what you said is correct."

"But my companions wouldn't lie."

"They wouldn't call for help."

"They are definitely still alive."

Her tone left no room for doubt: "They must still be somewhere I haven't searched yet."

"It seems Miss Xie already has some guesses about that place." Su Bai remarked, adding a warning. "And that fog is upon us. It looks like we're down to one option."

Through the blood butterfly's eyes, Su Bai "looked" towards the safety door on the fifteenth floor ahead.

Chi Yan and the others didn't know how Su Bai, with his obstructed vision, knew, but the fog behind them was indeed closing in. Apart from entering the fifteenth floor, they had no way out.

Chi Yan's breath caught. His fingertips tightened; he swallowed and made his decision: "Let's go."

He took a deep breath and took the first step forward.

The rest of the team didn't hesitate further. At that moment, everyone rushed for the fifteenth-floor safety door.

They were out of options.