For whatever reason, she did not show up that day.
After that, the man began to fall into frequent mental comas, and each day the coma lasted longer than the last.
The monitoring showed intense brainwave activity, which likely indicated that he was lost in his own dream.
In the man's memory, he had not seen his daughter for 20 years, so the only image he could imagine was of his youngest daughter in 1999, when she was 7 years old.
She's so cute, like a little angel.
He relied heavily on himself and deeply trusted his great father.
The psychologist's final consultation record stated:
His dreams were both a rejection of the real world and a form of self-punishment.
When Zhou Liye finished reading the record, the comments section fell silent for a while.
Suddenly, someone said:
[It was just one mistake, and there's no going back. quq]
Yes, some mistakes can only be made once in a lifetime. In a game, you only get one chance. In the first situation, I think anyone would have been tempted to fight back against the monster, right? No one would have imagined that they were actually mentally ill, and that the monster was an innocent being who shouldn't have attacked… Just like this man, he only had this one chance to discover the truth, but it was so difficult…
So pitiful
So, does "inside" actually refer to the protagonist's inner world?
It wasn't that the daughter was fantasizing about a perfect father in her dreams. Actually, it was that the father was fantasizing about a daughter who needed his protection.
Zhou Liye sat on the bed in silence for a while, looking at the protagonist in the mirror.
Suddenly, he said, "Is there really only one chance?"
He immediately quit the game and then found the folder containing the game "Inside".
Strangely, the game seemed to know what he was going to do.
The archive folder is named as follows:
savings :)
Zhou Liye: = =！！
192.OUTSIDE
Zhou Liye really wanted to smoke a cigarette to calm down.
Unfortunately, he doesn't smoke, and he only has a back scratcher on his foot, which suddenly makes him active.
"Ha, ha, ha ha ha..."
Zhou Liye looked weak and listless, his tiger-like eyes filled with tears.
I still remember that two months after the leader of the Ming Dynasty disappeared, he suddenly pulled out a small game called "Wormhole Wave".
Zhou Liye tampered with the game's save file, resulting in an ending that was "n years later".
Zhou Liye: This is so hard for me.
During his silence, the comments section was incredibly perceptive:
[Hahahahahahahahaha, this seems so familiar!]
An eerie silence
You designers are all so heartless...
This game is really fun. "Inside" means: inside (or towards); in prison; being [illegible]. "Savings" means: savings; savings; deposits; rescue. Of course, many games call their save files either "save" or "savings," it's a matter of personal preference.
As he spoke, Zhou Liye had already made up his mind.
He backed up his save file from his third playthrough and then deleted it.
When I returned to the game, the rag doll appeared before the title screen even appeared.
The rag doll remains a three-question salvo that strikes straight to the soul:
Are you really ready to make a decision?
"Are you willing to trade all your hard work for a single chance at success?"
"If we fail this time, can you handle the consequences?"
Zhou Liye: "..."
He kicked the rag doll away.
He'd been annoyed with it for ages! What kind of sarcastic tone is that for a doll? It's so infuriating! He was already so frustrated about giving up on saving his game!
The rag doll flew away, but the game title still started as usual. This time, there was no "Continue Game" option; only "Start New Game" remained.
Zhou Liye took a deep breath and re-entered the game.
Then, at the very beginning, he was standing in the corridor again, and he saw that terrifying monster.
"That's my wife, that's my wife, that's my wife..."
Zhou Liye muttered to himself, trying to suppress the tingling sensation on his scalp, as the monster slowly passed by him.