As a follower of the "save-Load" master, Shang Jianyao easily caught up with his previous progress thanks to his prior experience, successfully sneaking into the fifth floor of the "Tieshan City Second Food Company."

Then, without delay, he followed Jiang Baimian's advice and headed straight for the sixth floor.

Having just climbed the stairs, Shang Jianyao's eyes suddenly lit up.

The round moon outside the window seemed to hang not far away, illuminating the floor as if it were daytime.

In a daze, Pudu Zen Master even thought the sun had risen and almost started chanting the Great Compassion Mantra.

And the one in Shang Jianyao's group who was known for his intelligence easily came to the conclusion:

"The room's owner explored this place for the fourth time during the day.

"The subconscious that maintains this psychological shadow knows it's impossible to jump from the darkness of a finished dusk straight to a midday sun, so it uses a brighter-than-normal moon to replace it..."

Muttering to himself, the semi-mechanical monk Shang Jianyao walked along the corridor towards the other end.

Along the way, he kept looking left and right, observing the surrounding environment, and searching for clues that could help him overcome this psychological shadow.

After walking for a while, Shang Jianyao suddenly noticed that the light here was getting brighter and brighter.

The area near the window was covered in golden gauze, brilliantly dazzling, while the round moon outside was a fiery orange, as if burning.

Accompanying this change was the gradual dissipation of the oppressive atmosphere, giving a refreshing feeling.

Intuitively, the Shang Jianyaos all felt that this was a good change.

But the floor beneath his feet began to tremble, and large patches of paint peeled off the walls on both sides.

After the paint peeled off, what was revealed on the walls was not concrete or brick, but a dark void, as if it had no substance.

Upon seeing this, Shang Jianyao's eyes twitched, and he quickly repeated his previous actions, using the narrow windowsill to jump from the sixth floor, one floor at a time, down to the back alley, circling halfway around, and running wildly towards the starting point.

Amidst the crackling and grinding of metal, the semi-mechanical monk Pudu Zen Master felt the earth shaking, the sky burning, and the surrounding buildings collapsing one by one, the lurking "Heartless" all degenerating into phantoms.

Before this world completely collapsed, Shang Jianyao returned to the starting point and exited room "522."

"Huff, huff, that was scary, I almost cleared it..." On the corridor, Shang Jianyao panted, a look of "I haven't had enough fun yet" on his face.

Then, he temporarily left the place.

...

In the real world, Shang Jianyao straightened his back, opened the car door, and stepped out.

"So fast?" Long Yuehong was quite surprised.

This guy had only just fallen asleep a quarter of an hour ago, and judging from the progress he had described before, he had at most finished the outer route and arrived at the "Tieshan City Second Food Company" again.

Jiang Baimian asked directly:

"What happened?"

The Shang Jianyaos rattled off his encounter on the sixth floor of the food company and the subsequent changes, ending with a rather proud statement:

"Good thing I ran fast!"

Jiang Baimian listened quietly, frowning slightly, and said:

"I think it's a good thing.

"The overall change seems to be dispelling the shadow..."

"Maybe it's cleared," Shang Jianyao replied using gaming terms.

Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong had also played games, easily understanding his meaning.

The former thoughtfully made a guess:

"The room's owner finally went up to the sixth and seventh floors during his fourth exploration of the food company, and along the way, he didn't encounter that woman again, including her bones, and the strange atmosphere that enveloped the place disappeared?

"Combining the judgment that the abnormality inside the food company had no malice towards him and the state where everything had vanished, he finally broke through the corresponding psychological shadow and passed that island of fear?"

Following this line of thought, Long Yuehong further said:

"The manifestation of an outsider breaking through a psychological shadow is the complete collapse of that scene?"

"Probably," Shang Jianyao did not refute.

"Then why did you run?" Long Yuehong expressed incomprehension.

He had clearly reached the door to success, but Shang Jianyao had chosen to turn around and run!

What was the point of him painstakingly searching for clues and methods to break through this psychological shadow before?

It was unclear which Shang Jianyao sighed and said:

"You don't understand, how can you push the main quest without clearing the side quests?

"If I broke through now, wouldn't I be wasting the food company scene for nothing? There are still many things worth pondering inside."

As he spoke, he ticked off the points on his fingers one by one:

"Who does the missing photo and related employee introduction point to, and why was it torn away?

"Why does that woman's voice sound like a duck's? If I closed my eyes, I would definitely think it was a man.

"Why was she initially panicked and afraid to run away when she saw the room's owner, but when the room's owner came again a few years later, she was silent and calm, only dismissing him with a single 'Leave'?

"Why did she die not many years later, without even leaving behind any rotten flesh, and when the room's owner came for the fourth time, even her bones seemed to be gone?

"Why don't the surrounding Heartless dare to enter this area, with only a few exceptions?

"..."

Hearing this series of questions, Long Yuehong's mind buzzed, and only one phrase echoed:

"A hundred thousand whys..."

Jiang Baimian thought for a while and said:

"I do have a guess, combining it with the speculation that it came from one of the five great holy sites of Buddhism."

The Shang Jianyaos immediately looked over with bright eyes:

"What is it?"

Jiang Baimian weighed her words and said:

"Perhaps, when the Old World was destroyed, an employee inside the 'Tieshan City Second Food Company' was stimulated and suddenly awakened, and belonged to the 'Bodhi' domain.

"He, should be male, and the abilities he mastered are 'Destiny Vision', 'Consciousness Stripping' and 'Six Paths of Reincarnation'.

"And in the disaster that destroyed the Old World, he, like DiMarco, lost his physical body and had to rely on 'Destiny Vision' to forcibly occupy the body of his female colleague, Liu Lu.

"This can explain why the woman named Liu Lu would have a male voice, and why there is a strange gaze watching in the dark."

These were all speculations based on existing information, and the more Long Yuehong listened, the more he felt it was quite possible.

Clap clap clap, Shang Jianyao applauded for this.

Jiang Baimian glared at him and continued:

"He hasn't had contact with people for many years, and lacks a sufficiently clear understanding of how strong his abilities are, so he was directly scared away when the room's owner entered for the first time.

"Not knowing the outside situation, afraid of revealing his true identity, he had already torn off his photo and related introduction from the employee section, and took advantage of the room's owner searching the third floor to secretly attack the other party with 'Destiny Vision'.

"He may not have 'truly' killed anyone yet, and was afraid to strike, so after succeeding, he just moved the other party to a safer area outside.

"When the room's owner returned for the second time, he already knew how strong he was, so he was no longer afraid and easily stripped the other party's consciousness, sending him away.

"Unfortunately, he didn't realize that the mismatch between the body and the spirit would lead to the former's accelerated decay, and by the time he realized it, there were no humans nearby to choose from, so he could only follow Liu Lu's body to its death.

"When the room's owner came to the food company for the third time, his consciousness had actually dissipated, and only his spirit, or a trace of his aura, remained, bringing a ghost story-like experience."

This strung everything together, and regardless of what others thought, Long Yuehong believed that this was probably the most reasonable and natural explanation currently.

Shang Jianyao didn't applaud, and seriously said:

"There is still one question."

Jiang Baimian didn't ask what it was, and said to herself:

"If that's really the case, then it can extend to a very important question.

"Is it because the 'Tieshan City Second Food Company' is indeed a Buddhist holy site, hiding some kind of specialness, that the male employee awakened the ability of the 'Bodhi' domain, or is it because his remaining aura transformed the place, causing the monks of the 'Crystal Consciousness Church' who later explored the place to think it was a holy site?

"Or, is he the embodiment of 'Bodhi', or did he encounter the descended 'Bodhi' and receive enlightenment?"

The more Long Yuehong listened, the more frightened he became.

"If there's a chance, we have to go to Tieshan City," Shang Jianyao responded to Jiang Baimian's question with a longing expression.

Jiang Baimian "Mm"ed:

"The answer to this question can only be found through on-site exploration."

"That's why I'm holding back on clearing it, wanting to do some more exploration," Shang Jianyao brought the topic back.

Jiang Baimian didn't object, but made two points:

"First, if the room's owner didn't gain anything and didn't find any clues, no matter how much you explore, you won't find anything.

"Second, do you have a way to resist the sudden 'Destiny Vision' and 'Consciousness Stripping'?"

Shang Jianyao shook his head:

"No, I can't even detect who attacked me, the room's owner was the same."

This meant that it was impossible to cover it with a range-type ability.

"Then it will be difficult for you to continue exploring," Jiang Baimian sighed.

Shang Jianyao suddenly smiled:

"I have a plan."

Hearing this sentence, Jiang Baimian's alarm bells immediately went off:

"What is it?"

This guy wasn't going to start courting death again, was he?

After Shang Jianyao briefly described his plan, Jiang Baimian and Long Yuehong were both a little dumbfounded.

Would this work?

What a whimsical idea!

Normal people would never try such a thing!

...

After resting for a while, Shang Jianyao entered the "Mind Corridor" again and came to the "Tieshan City Second Food Company."

He went up to the second floor, reached the end of the corridor, hid in the darkness, and waited for the sound of footsteps to come.

Not long after, the "professional woman" named Liu Lu came down from the third floor and entered the room to his side and front.

After the rustling sounds subsided slightly, Shang Jianyao sat cross-legged and turned on the flashlight, placing it in his arms.

Then, he turned the "Six Senses Beads" in one hand, and materialized the replica of the medical record in the other - the medical record from the ruins of the "Changhe City United Steel Factory," another Buddhist holy site.

Without any hesitation, the semi-mechanical monk Pudu Zen Master, wearing a monk's robe and a cassock, chanted a Buddhist prayer:

"Namo Ratna Trayaya, the name is Fan Wensi, gender female, age 52, marital status married, address: Family Area 2, Building 4, Room 302..."

He recited the contents of the medical record in a cadence, as if spreading Buddhist teachings.

He wanted to see what kind of changes would occur when the two major Buddhist holy sites "collided" in this way!

ps: Asking for guaranteed monthly tickets at the beginning of the month ~