Being an Extra Actor in an Escape Game

In the stream, the viewers are in a heated discussion.

woah, im really curious what the rules of the game actually are now

wu shen said theyll have to do it behind the missiontakers back even if hes curious what could it be? I feel like there might be two different factions?

Beibei y u not telling us? or u want us to guess?

host always makes us think over his riddles anyway lol

I have a hypothesis now

its the dalao! ill wait and listen!

Watashi ga kita!Was typing just now.

So Wu Shen said the Missiontakers cannot know, but its obvious he is in with our Bei, therefore, we know at least two different factions in the hub map of this game.

He mentioned our Bei having to act earlier, so lets call their faction the Actors, and the other is, as they say, the Missiontakers.

What would the difference be?

The answer is simple, the Actors must have blend into the NPCs in-game! And they Act as the NPCs!

The reasoning is simple and straightforward. Think about how we thought Wu Shen was an NPC because he was so convincing at being one; if he didnt bust himself, he was practically no different from one.

And going back, we joked earlier that the host was practically being used as an NPC, and in fact, his role did appear to agree with the remark.

Given that Beibei once told us some players receive special roles and identities after logging it, it seems that it would be referring to the Actors and Missiontakers precisely.

At this stage, there seem to be advantages and disadvantages to either role, respectively.

The Actors clearly know a lot, and the keyword, Act, would imply that they are performing some fixed script verbatim. This is their limitation;

The Missiontakers look to be wholly uninformed when they enter the Nightmares, but they are free to explore and do other things. They are unrestricted.

We do not yet see a clear conflict of interest between these two factions, but that is not necessarily true or false for now.

PS, I like how Beibei is pacing this right now, hiding clues and key information in everyday conversation and actions, so that we can figure out the truth of the Nightmare and the mechanics of the game itself! Please keep it up!

woah, as expected of a dalao, i got it!

tho i cant get half the info just listening to Beibei talk (pout emoji), but theres the detective dalao for me (flowers emoji)

hahahaha our Beibei really is good at keeping us on the edge! we (I mean the dalao) like this!

X Beijin

He isnt keeping them on edge! He just simply cant say a thing more to these people from the outside!

Realising how far away the viewers thoughts have drifted from the truth, X Beijin is sinking into hopelessness.

Worse, he cant even try to clear his name or action up, and can only watch that certain overly imaginative individual continuing to fire the mood up

Even worse, up to this point, every statement that imaginative monster has conjured up has been technically correct Besides that suspect hostism thing, of course.

X Beijin is back at the bookstore at this point, and is quietly blanking out behind the counter, with his glass of water in hand. His gaze is empty and unfocused; he could be described as having lost meaning in life.

With the camera source having been moved back to the Missiontakers, he is able to take a sip of his water in solitude. It cheers him up somewhat, readying him to keep watching the stream.

Earlier, Wu Shen worried over his lack of sleep. That is definitely true. Although the Towers special circumstances mean there isnt exactly a problem with that, but mentally, he has always felt endlessly exhausted.

He is easily bummed out. His mind is often dozing off to recover. Most of time, despite his poker face, he is actually deep in idle, meaningless thoughts. His eyebags is part of his regular facial feature at this point Mentally, he is convinced he severely lacks sleep, therefore it is reflected on his surface as seriously needing and wanting to sleep.

Drinking juiceOr, if nothing else, just waterIs one way he has of raising his mood slightly.

Of course, that also goes for food and snacks, but theyre nowhere as economical as drinks. There are also showers, strolls and the occasional exercises. Every little thing helps.

As for actually sleeping

That is not something X Beijin can consider at the moment(TL: Will be explained in about a hundred plus a dozen chapters or so. Yup, the pacing isthatslow).

His attention is drifting towards the stream when the bookstore door is suddenly pushed open to reveal a wild Lin Qin.

X Beijin turns his head around to gawk at him.

Because There is a whole pile of drinks in Lin Qins crossed arms(TL: Something likethis picture).

Then Lin Qin walks over, throwing all the soft drinks and canned drinks onto the counter, saying, its for you.

X Beijin

He is still blinking, stupefied.

A strange idea begins forming in his head.

Lin Qin is

X Beijin looks up at the dalao who is inhumanly powerful. Seeing his face that is expressionless save for furrowed brows and the fixed gaze at him He can almost predict the words that will come out next.

Lets fight.

Lets fight, says Lin Qin.

X Beijin suddenly begins chuckling.

Lin Qin knits his brows tighter, looking at him with this displeased expression. He has already handed the man the drinks he supposedly likes. What is with the reaction?

Laughing? What is there to laugh at.

Lin Qin then adds, I heard you like drinks.

X Beijin nods.

So Lin Qin goes on, so lets fight. I already brought the drinks you like over.

X Beijin counters, saying, you cant force a gift on me though, right?

Lin Qin nods and says, I am negotiating with you.

X Beijin answers, I dont want to fight.

Oh, Lin Qin remarks, as he takes the drinks away, saying, Ill ask again.

X Beijin cant help but chuckle again.

Lin Qin examines his expression for a while before asking, do you not like these drinks?

I do, X Beijin nods, and then questions him, where did you find so many, anyway?

Lin Qin is still examining him over, and perhaps he has finally concluded this isnt working for now, he answers casually, from the street outside.

The street? Is there even anything there?

Lin Qin gives him an odd look, telling him, theres a supermarket. Its closed, but I went inside and there are still some drinks that havent expired yet.

X Beijin

How did you even go inside in the first place?!

Werent the storefronts supposed to be part of the unexplorable faade background?

X Beijin is already picturing the Server hastily patching up some products for that abandoned supermarket somewhere

And X Beijins strange expression probably makes Lin Qin misunderstand something, and he explains to him, the supermarket had a glass front door, so I smashed it and went inside. I searched the racks and found all these. I checked and none of them are expired yet, so you can drink them without worrying.

X Beijin looks all speechless and conflicted, but still genuinely tells Lin Qin, thank you for doing all this.

Just for the sake of fighting him, they even troubled the Server like that

Lin Qin says, though, I wanted to do this myself, so it wasnt hard work for me, and then asks, but, cant you at least

I am sure I cant win in a fight with you, X Beijin tries to make himself sound as sincere as possible, continuing, I mean it. You can easily break the glass window of a supermarket, but I definitely cant do that at all.

Yet Lin Qin says, breaking glass is nothing, really.

X Beijin

Yeah, for you, maybe!

X Beijin is feeling genuinely troubled by now, and asks, why do you even think I can win against you?

It is already his second time asking this exact question, and Lin Qin gives him an answer as seriously as he can.

The man with the baby face tells him, because, I think you are really special, he then tries to describe it more concretely, in the Tower, everyone has their own secrets and trump cards, but yours must be the strongest.

X Beijin turns expressionless for a second, asking, why do you think so?

Lin Qin gives a simple answer, instincts.

X Beijin

Even someone as patient and soft-spoken as X Beijin has had enough, and says, I cant win in a fight against you, dalao, so please dont ask me to fight anymore.

Lin Qin gives him a silent stare for a while before sighing, then he says, alright. I got it.

Then, with the drinks he grabbed from the supermarket in his arms, he casually strolls out of the bookstore.

The lonely silhouette somehow makes X Beijin feel slightly guilty.

. Guilty, his arse!

Fighting with Lin Qin would put his arse on the line! Nobody can die in the Tower, but it is still 100% without question he would suffer being a complete punching bag!

X Beijin doesnt enjoy feeling pain(TL: Well, neither do I, and everyone el- I mean, almost everyone, other than the good little Ms, I suppose? Hehe).

He can only hope that Lin Qin is giving up for good this time around.

He shakes his head a few times and decides to stop thinking about it.

It was a good thing the viewers didnt hear any part of that conversation as the source of the sound in the stream follows the main character. If they heard it, hes sure the comment barrage would have had a field day.

The conversation took some time, too, so when X Beijin finally looks back at the stream, the three Missiontakers, back on the second floor of the dilapidated, run-down doll store, are already talking to Wu Shen.

When the flashback ended, the doll of the little girl is still looking at them, the Missiontakers, standing on the corridor with her head tilted, but after learning who she truly is, the Missiontakers dont fear her as much; theyre at least also sympathetic towards her now.

Wu Shen is back on his bed, with his eyes wide open and unresponsive inside the room.

The three Missiontakers in the corridor look at each other, nonplussed, and Ponytail is the first to speak after a deep breath, saying, lets organise the information first.

It seems certain that Wu Shen is mentally disturbed, Glasses follows-up, ending with a and killed his own daughter because of it.

Quarrelsome still seems unconvinced somehow, saying, he really looked normal all the while before

Ponytail is quiet for a bit, pondering before murmuring, thats right. There are two personalities to him we were pulled into his flashbacks twice, both because of mentioning Wu Chun, but the situation was different inside the flashbacks

Glasses then says, suddenly realising something, the first time is the normal Wu Shen; the insane one the second.

The former heard her name while he was in this half-awake state and the memory was of the day his daughter disappeared Ponytail continues murmuring, the latter was when, was when he was full-on dollified, and saw Wu Chun as she currently isAs a doll

Dollified.

This is a word she made up entirely, but refers to the state of Wu Shens sick form, when he looked completely doll-like.

The first time they went into a flashback, Wu Shen was not completely dollified. He still had some reason about him, but was also acting slightly insane.

The second time, he has become completely dollified.

In other words, under the influence of his different personalities, Wu Shens memories are not entirely the same. When he was insane, the doll-like personality is the true culprit behind Wu Chuns death.

The problem now is, does the main personality of Wu Shen, know that he killed his own daughter?

He looks like he didnt know, but what if he just stayed blind to everything on purpose?

Besides

Ponytail speaks up again after thinking a little more, I dont know if youve noticed, but the result of going through different letters brought different influences to Wu Shen as well.

Glasses and Quarrelsome both turn towards her.