"I will send you off one last time" [Global Examination]

[42] You Seem Delicious: The Past in the Diary

"We have a place like this in the System?"

"I've never seen it before..."

"..."

Slowly, all the invigilators turned towards You Huo, silently begging him for answers. Chu Yue had a dark look on her face, and while Chu Yue was usually the friendlier of the duo... right now, they felt like she'd probably murder them if they said something wrong.

You Huo stared at the location in disdain, before replying, "The core."

"..."

"So the core looks like this..."

No one else knew what to say.

It was clearly a place that You Huo and Chu Yue were unhappy about... and Qin Jiu was also involved in this...

...

"Keep watching." You Huo ordered, and everyone obeyed.

There was no one else in this scene in the confinement room. There was no Invigilator A standing before him.

Qin Jiu walked along the protective fences.

154 was... cold... so cold... like his body could no longer emit any warmth...

Like he no longer existed... drifting aimlessly in the void of nothingness...

A flash of warmth shot through his body, and 154 looked up.

Wen Yuan was gripping his arm gently, shaking him out of his stupor, concern shining in his brown eyes.

154 lowered his head, and wrapped his coat tighter around himself.

In the distance outside the ruins was a forest. The tall and straight branches pointed at the sky. Occasionally birds would suddenly become startled and swarm into the forest.

On the other side it was a mass of fog and there were some traces of smoke.

Wen Yuan stared. Perhaps a little too intently...

He couldn't help it.

...

Hmm... the core...

Why did that sound so familiar?

Something in his gut... get closer to the core...

...

And now, he was staring right at it...

154 nudged him slightly, bringing him back to reality, "You... okay there?"

"Hmm?" Wen Yuan turned to him, "Oh... yeah, I'm fine. Just... thinking... You? You kinda... froze..."

154 shrugged weakly. Meanwhile, Wen Yuan just tugged the shorter man towards himself gently.

As an invigilator, Qin Jiu had a good understanding of the confinement rooms.

Here, people would be exposed to the most feared event in their life and be forced to experience it repeatedly.

He truly believed that this was true because all the examinees who had entered the confinement rooms would wet themselves. Even 154 and the others who had become invigilators feared this place.

That surprised the invigilators slightly. So it wasn't just 154 who feared the confinement rooms... it seems like 922 was the only one that seemed to have forgotten to fear the confinement room...

But now, he felt that it was all just an exaggeration.

A field of ruins, a forest and this quiet environment – What was there to be "feared"?