Livestreaming: I am retarded, but selected to join the analoghorror game?!
Chapter 181 - 176: Embodiment of the Mind

Chapter 181: Chapter 176: Embodiment of the Mind

Xiao Yi’s encounters had grown increasingly complex, from strange dreams at night, to suddenly entering dreams, to the entire hotel’s guests sharing the same dream.

Even Xiao Yi noticed something was amiss.

"Dreams? What are you all talking about?" Nania simply couldn’t believe this, "How could this be a dream? Are you telling me you all are just characters in my dream?"

Xiao Yi said, "Perhaps it is I who am dreaming of you, dreaming that I believe I am dreaming, when in fact I am but an existence within this dream."

This would just infinitely regress, hmm... It does remind me of a story known as Dream Butterfly," Clements mused, his head slightly lowered in thought.

"No, is this really the time to discuss this? What’s most important right now is to figure out our situation!"

Nania, feeling helpless, threw a punch at the wall beside her and naturally let out a whine of pain.

"Ouch... See, I told you this isn’t a dream. Where in a dream would you feel pain like this? Obviously, we must have been knocked out by someone and then brought to this place."

"Indeed, that’s also a possibility. But..." Clements analyzed, "I have no memory of passing out myself, only of my eyes opening and closing, and then finding myself here."

"That..." Nania fell silent. She experienced the same. Therefore, she couldn’t be sure of what the situation really was either.

"Anyway, let’s get out of here first," Clements looked to Xiao Yi, "Xiao Yi, since you’ve been here before, you know the way out, right?"

"..." Xiao Yi went silent for a moment. He had actually forgotten, but he wasn’t going to admit it, so he said, "I think I remember."

"That’s good."

"... I’ll take the lead then!" Nania was still breathing heavily, still uneasy and frightened, but she insisted, "Although I’m not sure what happened, don’t worry, I’ll protect you! After all, as the eldest here, it’s my responsibility to look after everyone!"

Xiao Yi: "Auntie, you can barely stand on your legs."

"Shut up! I’m perfectly fi... Ah! Something’s coming! I’ve had it with you aaaaah!!"

Something suddenly floated over, scaring Nania into frantically swinging her fists at it.

And then, that something landed on her face.

"... Uh!"

"... What is that?"

Xiao Yi rushed to pull the object from Nania’s face—it was... a page from a book!

The moment Xiao Yi got hold of the page, a powerful burst of light enveloped everyone, and they reflexively closed their eyes.

But when they opened their eyes again, they each found themselves lying in the open space in front of the hotel’s entrance.

It was nearing dusk at this moment.

"What is...?" Clements and Nania stood up from the ground, full of confusion, "Why have we suddenly come to this place? And what just happened?"

"!" Perhaps because they had left that place, although Liliana’s pupils were still contracted and her breathing was rapid, she seemed much more mentally stable.

Upon seeing this, Nania hurried over and asked, "Little Anna, are you okay?"

"... I’m, I’m okay. Have we returned?" Liliana looked around somewhat dazed.

"Yes, we’re back, but what exactly happened?" Clements looked toward Xiao Yi again, "Xiao Yi, do you have any idea?"

Then, Clements noticed Xiao Yi scrutinizing the book page and immediately leaned over to take a look as well.

The contents on the page this time were still similar to before.

"Betrayal is the most intolerable act for humans, and the most intolerable betrayal is the betrayal of one’s beliefs. Therefore, I chose to sever all ties, for without having invested anything, there is no fear of betrayal. I admit it’s due to cowardice, I admit I am weak, but that doesn’t stop me from despising those fools who, even when betrayed, continue to believe in something. However, I must also admit... I am envious of their stupidity."

"What is this thing?" Clements squinted slightly, unable to make sense of it.

"Who knows?" Xiao Yi also shook his head.

"This is... the thing we got just now, right?" Nania puzzled, "Why is it still in your hands? So that place wasn’t a dream after all!"

"Before that, we should first figure out why we all appeared there together."

As Clements was speaking, he inadvertently saw the name of the hotel, the name they had all ignored until now.

"...Mind Manifestation Hotel?"

Xiao Yi and Nania also looked toward the hotel’s name, which had always stood at the entrance, but had gone unnoticed by anyone.

"Mind Manifestation?" Clements suddenly thought of something, "Could it be that this hotel materializes the things we are thinking of?"

"Then according to what you’re saying, whose thoughts were we seeing before?" Xiao Yi asked.

"This..." Clements couldn’t answer.

"..." And Liliana lowered her head.

"Anyway, no matter what, we really can’t stay in this hotel. We shouldn’t stay in such a dangerous place," Nania immediately suggested, "Whether there’s a car or not, we should leave here as soon as possible."

"I agree, whatever the case may be, safety is the most important. I’ll go and pack the supplies right now, and we’ll set off immediately."

Having said that, Clements immediately went inside the hotel.

But at that moment, a childish voice arose in everyone’s hearts.

"Do not attempt to leave; all efforts to escape are futile, for you are destined to exist only here."

Everyone instinctively looked up at the sky.

The orange-red sky began to rotate, the sun, moon, and stars appearing and disappearing again and again, with the colors of light becoming ever more dazzling.

The ethereal aurora, unbelievably enveloped the sky like a veil.

"Reality and illusion, the two extremes of opposition, often have the power to reverse in an instant."

Her figure existed, transcending time, the notion of causality; she had always been present.

"People often use illusion to embellish, to justify doing the things they find most repulsive, but that is not right because illusion is not nothingness; it exists just as tangibly."

Everyone watched stupendously as she walked gracefully towards them, their minds shaken in an instant.

Among them, the most surprised was without a doubt Xiao Yi because he recognized the girl walking toward him.

"You, you are...!"

The girl gave Xiao Yi a nostalgic, tender smile.

"Finally... I meet you again."

"...Mother!"

"Don’t call me mother!"

And thus, the scene she had meticulously prepared for this moment, the lines she had made such an effort to remember, all crumbled due to that single utterance.

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