The gray space presented itself as a huge cylinder, with the dense doors distributed along the sides. If it weren't for the walls between the doors, Xu Fang would have mistaken the sides as purely made up of doors.
Xu Fang took half-meter steps from the center to the edge and walked for two hundred steps. Based on this estimation, the diameter of the cylindrical floor was about 200 meters, equivalent to the size of four football fields.
The number of doors...hmm, Xu Fang roughly counted and estimated that there were around two thousand visible doors. Beyond that, there was a denser gray mist.
The doors were densely and neatly embedded in the side walls, with almost all of them being gray. However, there were a few that stood out in white.
Xu Fang randomly chose a gray door and turned the doorknob.
It wouldn't open.
He tried to open other gray doors, but they also wouldn't budge.
Perhaps the white doors can be opened?
Xu Fang felt a sensation similar to playing an RPG puzzle game.
There were a total of four white doors, arranged closely together at the bottom level.
Xu Fang approached one of the white doors and as soon as he touched the doorknob, a strange sensation filled his heart. In a seamless motion, the door opened.
His surroundings brightened, and the scenery around Xu Fang changed once again. The gray space merged with a familiar scene, ultimately replacing it completely.
The scenery around Xu Fang underwent a significant change.
Dim light poured in from the window, casting worn-out desks and chairs inside the classroom. Spider webs hung in dark corners of the room, and blue porcelain tiles were covered in thick layers of dust.
It looked like a dilapidated school after doomsday...this was the classroom of the haunted exam hall!
Xu Fang looked at his hands and body, which were still shrouded in mist.
He turned his head to observe his surroundings and compared them with his memories. Besides the exit door being open, everything else was identical.
Xu Fang looked at the gate that led to hell.
After the invigilator finished announcing the questions, the gate would open and the candidates had to pass through it to take the exam. Once they left the classroom, the candidates would step into the gates of the underworld, which was extremely dangerous. Any slight carelessness would mean endless torment.
Could there be dangers in the haunted exam hall of the gray world?
Xu Fang fearlessly walked out through the gate.
He had already conquered this hell once before, so he had the ability to conquer it again. Moreover, Ye Huai was already dead, so there was no reason for the haunted exam hall to hold any ill will towards him.
Behind the gate was a dim corridor. Xu Fang walked slowly in the darkness, as his mist-like presence didn't emit any sound, making him appear like a ghost.
At intervals along the corridor, there were small doors, some tightly closed, while others had a slight gap revealing faint light.
Xu Fang casually pushed open one of the classroom doors, only to be greeted by another familiar scene.
It looked like a basement, roughly 70 to 80 square meters in size, with cement walls and a low ceiling. Various broken desks, chairs, and bookcases were scattered inside, without any windows.
The difference from the basement in his memory was that there was no foul odor, horrifying heads, or as many candles. There was only one light bulb emitting an orange glow hanging from the ceiling.
Everything seemed normal.
Xu Fang thought for a moment and started exploring other rooms. If he guessed correctly, all the scenes of the haunted exam hall could be found here.
Next, Xu Fang successively discovered the "Chess Room," the "Small Classroom with Five Desks," and the "Room of Mystery" that resembled a spherical structure of a universe simulator.
During this process, Xu Fang didn't encounter any ghosts or anything ominous.
However, this also left Xu Fang feeling somewhat disappointed: this haunted exam hall had lost its soul.
The universe simulator had always been on Xu Fang's mind, even the original alter ego praised it endlessly.
A machine capable of simulating the universe...it required an enormous amount of calculations. Even if the computing power of all the computers on Earth was combined, it would still be impossible to simulate a universe in 1 nanosecond. Not even the Einsteinian static universe would be possible.
The universe simulator was a machine capable of calculating the future. Unfortunately, it was just a small flashpoint in a bizarre event, and after the event ended, it would never appear again.After exploring all the areas, Xu Fang found no other valuable discoveries. It seemed that only the places he had experienced in the Spirit Trial Chamber would be presented here, and the other areas were all closed doors.
What would happen if he forced his way in?
Xu Fang tried to forcefully break down the door, but he immediately "logged out" of the Spirit Trial Chamber and returned to the gray space.
Looking at the white door symbolizing the Spirit Trial Chamber and the surrounding gray doors, Xu Fang fell into contemplation.
Did the white door suddenly appear here, or was it transformed from a gray door? And what did the gray doors in the gray space represent?
In the Spirit Trial Chamber, the closed doors representing "unexplored areas" and the doors of the gray space looked very similar. So, did the gray doors in the gray space represent unexplored areas?
Of course, it is also possible that these gray doors are just used for "storage," replicating the bizarre events - they can be opened after they turn into white doors.
"Does the white door represent a bizarre event..."
In Xu Fang's memory, he had experienced three bizarre events. The first was the Demon Game, the second was the Worm Email, and the third was the Spirit Trial Chamber. However, here in the gray space, there were four white doors.
Let's open them one by one...
Xu Fang entered the second white door.
Once again, the scenery overlapped with the first time, but he had already gotten used to it. He stood in the distance, silently waiting for it to "load."
A few seconds later, Xu Fang appeared in a small room.
The bright incandescent light illuminated the room, while outside it was pitch black. The living room was small, with only a sofa barely able to accommodate one person, and a small TV.
Clearly, this was the hotel from the "Worm Email." The image of being covered in worms at the end had left a deep impression on him. Xu Fang still remembered how he had desperately rushed into the bedroom just to escape from those terrifying insects...
He looked at his own body, still a mist.
Xu Fang tried to leave the hotel and go to the courier company, but the gray space did not replicate the world outside the hotel, so he logged out of the "Worm Email."
Next, Xu Fang entered the third door.
Outside the window was endless blood red, and the crimson light entered the bedroom, causing an involuntary panic.
The world of the Demon Game, truly nostalgic.
Xu Fang sat on his bed, silently looking at the empty beds of his roommates, reminiscing about their information when they were alive.
Zhou Wenjian, a guy obsessed with playing PUBG and League of Legends, mischievous and often joked with people. He seemed to be able to get along well with anyone.
Liu Shuo, a 200-pound chubby guy, from a wealthy family, with a girlfriend. A fake otaku, but a winner in real life.
Wang Yang, nicknamed "Big Teeth" because of his big front teeth. He had a good temper and liked playing basketball, very popular in the class.
Wang Yusheng, a local guy, everyone called him "Old Wang." He was the oldest and had a tall stature. He often wasn't in the dormitory at night, so his dorm mate Luo Xiaoming could enjoy having a bed to himself...
Xu Fang wasn't a sentimental person, but his memory was too short-lived, even a stranger would make him remember for a long time.
All of his roommates were killed in the battle royale, and the culprit was Ye Huai, so they disappeared from this world. Apart from Xu Fang, no one would remember them. Although Xu Fang had encountered various unpleasant experiences with them during the Demon Game, they were still the people who had accompanied Xu Fang for most of his "life."
"Ah, well, I'm sorry."
At that time, saving Luo Xiaoming was already very difficult for Xu Fang, and he couldn't take care of those poor roommates at all.
Those who disappeared from existence may have lost even the hope of resurrection.
...
Xu Fang arrived in front of the last white door. Although he didn't enter, he already had a vague idea of what was behind the door.
He twisted open the fourth door.
...
It was a café, with a tranquil atmosphere. Each table was surrounded by a layer of dark curtains, and the overhead lights emitted a mysterious purple light, adding a touch of haziness to the surroundings.
Xu Fang walked along the aisle and sat down at the seat where he had met Song Yu back then, quietly sitting.He turned his head to look out at the pitch-black night, silently recounting all the details from that time.
After reading Ye Huai's memory, Xu Fang discovered that "Song Yu" was not created by Ye Huai. So where did this "Song Yu" come from? Why did this lonely creature mysteriously gain a friend named "Song Yu"? Why was "Song Yu" able to seamlessly integrate into Xu Fang's memory without raising suspicion?
Xu Fang remembered being attacked by a "ghost" at that time, only to wake up and find himself back in the dormitory.
Why was he completely unharmed?
Recalling the first time Ye Huai wrote the demonic game, and then comparing it to the bizarre incident of Luo Xiaoming's suicide, the vague clues gradually became clearer.
There is no such person as "Song Yu" in this world.
In that strange incident involving Song Yu, Xu Fang was killed by a "ghost," but at that very moment Ye Huai began creating the demonic game, Xu Fang, who had descended into hell, was forcefully brought back by Ye Huai and thrown into an even more terrifying demonic game.
Everything is so coincidental, as if it were scripted.
So now, Xu Fang's mission is very clear. He needs to quickly return to Luo Xiaoming's side, and then...
Get rid of that ghost.
