“Junjun, wake up, you’ve gone too far.”
Zhou Liye was sent flying by the boss, the screen flashing with blood, but the boss seemed to have one foot stuck in the broken counter.
He quickly got up, pushed open the door, and let Junjun run inside first.
This is the back room, which has a reception area and consultation desk for psychotherapy services.
The boss started smashing the second door.
From inside the door of treatment room one at the back, a woman's voice came again:
“Junjun, it’s time for you to wake up. We only plan to proceed to the fire today. Don’t see the prisoners’ faces, Junjun, your mind isn’t ready yet.”
Zhou Liye had already figured it out. He stood against the second door, temporarily blocking the boss for a while.
I don't know where the wound is on my head, but the screen is still covered in blood and I can't see it clearly.
He managed to find his daughter and said, "Hurry inside, Junjun, Daddy can't hold them off for much longer."
Junjun cried, "I don't want to go, Daddy, I don't want to. If I leave, I'll never see you again..."
Zhou Liye said through gritted teeth, "Wake up, Junjun! I'm not your father, I'm just a figment of your imagination! Once you wake up, the world will return to normal!"
“But if this is a dream, why would the father in the dream know it’s a dream?” Junjun asked.
Zhou Liye paused for a moment and said, "It's probably because, in your heart, your father is the most amazing, and your father knows everything."
190. One more layer
I've finally finished playing "Inside" this time.
After blocking the doorway, Zhou Liye disregarded his own life and death—after all, it wasn't a real person, just his daughter's fantasy.
He watched as the little princess pushed open the door to the treatment room and went inside.
Zhou Liye: "Sigh..."
Audience: [Sigh...]
Soon, the monster outside finally broke down the door.
At that moment, the game screen went black, and the credits dropped.
This time, Zhou Liye was in a very calm state of mind. He let the list continue to be processed quietly, while he turned on his camera and began his routine chat with the audience.
"Let me tell you, this game is really fun."
"It's actually 2019 now, but the tragedy happened in 1999, which means 20 years have passed. Of the three family members who died in the fire, only the youngest daughter, Junjun, is still alive. She has been diagnosed with severe PTSD, which is post-traumatic stress disorder—you all know about that, right? If you don't, go look it up on Wikipedia."
"Then, Junjun went to see a psychologist to treat her PTSD. During the treatment, the psychologist probably hypnotized her or something, which caused her to have this dream."
"Dreams are always rather bizarre. The monsters here are all burn monsters, because that fire left Junjun with tons of psychological trauma. It's possible that she also has scars on her body, which is why the impression is so deep."
"Schools, playgrounds, and villas were all places Junjun frequented when she was just a few years old, so they all ended up in her dreams. Also, her father died in a fire a long time ago, but she subconsciously imagined a father—that is, the protagonist, which is me, hehe."
"This might be a human self-protection mechanism. When recalling terrifying things, people always need to find emotional support and comfort. In Junjun's mind, the most reliable and trustworthy person is her father."
"So the good ending of this game is that her father escapes safely with Junjun, but we didn't realize that the ending was Junjun's therapy dream, so it wasn't the real ending. But now we've discovered it, and we've talked to her about it. Junjun should wake up in the therapy room soon, and this fantasy world will no longer exist, so it's the real ending."
Zhou Liye spoke eloquently and even casually included the production team list.
The audience, without even realizing it, finished reading the list while listening to Zhou Liye's analysis.
[That makes so much sense! The young lady truly is both intelligent and courageous.]
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No wonder the carnival venue was called the Healing Hall; everything in this game is actually for the daughter's healing! No wonder the game is called Inside; everything happens in the daughter's dream!
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and the production team list was slowly scrolled down.
The finale has finally arrived, and everyone is holding their breath.
After the screen lit up again, it showed a white light, but nothing else was displayed.
The female psychologist's voice rang out again: "Are you really ready? You've always remembered the truth from back then..."
The sound faded, and the image reappeared.
This is in a perfectly normal corridor, and everything looks like a scene in slow motion.
The family of three was present, but the man and woman were standing in the hallway.
This man is exactly like the protagonist of the game, the same person Zhou Liye has been seeing in the mirror.
Meanwhile, her seven-year-old daughter, Junjun, hid in the bedroom. She secretly peeked through a crack in the door, peeking out with one eye to watch what was happening in the hallway.
In the hallway, the couple seemed to be arguing, with the woman chasing the man through an L-shaped bend.
At this moment, the male protagonist's pupils suddenly contracted sharply, and his expression became quite blank.
He turned his head and saw his wife's face. It was as if he had seen some terrifying monster. He was so frightened that he retreated in terror.
The woman was even more bewildered than he was, and hurriedly came up to check on him.
The man was so terrified that he fell to the ground. Instinctively, he grabbed a crowbar from the ground, turned around, and swung it at the woman.
"don't want!!!!"