Struggling to Survive in Hell Difficulty

Chapter 88.

"...destroyed? What do you-"

"Sorry, but can you hold that question for now?"

[Your Call with Plina has ended]

The cold system message that popped up almost immediately after Plina terminated the call only caused thoughts to swirl and fester in my mind.

I was definitely the only person left alive until the very last moment, but I still ended up dying and meeting Bailey's original body (?) in the dark space. TIZ did interfere when things got hairy and Muriel also came to apprehend Bailey, but I obviously had no idea what ended up happening after Bailey was apprehended by both TIZ and Muriel.

And by no idea, I meant both Bailey who should be detained right now... and to Proteus which I could not return to before.

"...Proteus is... destroyed?"

I quickly opened the system and tried to open FIS-HE interface before searching for Miriande Gloralis. And just like Plina said, I immediately found the official website of Miriande Gloralis at the topmost result of the search.

But when I clicked on the link another system message popped up in front of me.

[Warning. It is not recommended to open the official website while playing the game. There will be a massive resource allocated to load the webpage, which may break the immersion of the game]

[Are you sure you want to load the webpage?]

"........."

{What are you going to do?}

By the time I realized, TIZ's thorny message window was already floating in front of my face, blocking the prompt on opening the webpage just behind it.

...it seemed like I was too shocked to realize that TIZ was trying to talk with me.

"...what do you think... I should do?"

{Given that you are too distracted right now, I think it might be better to just find out more about the situation in Proteus}

{After all, Muriel is not here. And I don't really know if something had happened after you logged out, because I was with you until you fell asleep}

{If you just try to proceed with the Quest, your mind might wander to the fate of Proteus again}

"...right... I guess that's true..."

With my mind somewhat still in a daze, I tried to log out from the game. But even after pressing the option, a system prompt popped up in front of me, telling me that I should find a 'safe place' first before logging off.

"...I guess I should find an Inn like before..."

{Why an Inn? If I remember correctly, you are able to just leave whenever you wanted}

"...uhh... when I left 'whenever I wanted', it is either after I died and got brought into the black space, or I got ejected by something else." I turned around and began to walk away from the area. "...and I'm not trying to make dying so easily a habit."

{Given your recent suicidal actions, I am not surprised if you have that kind of habit}

"...no, even if I want to make that a habit, getting injured still hurts in here just like real life..."

I began navigating the map and looked around the area, tapping here and there trying to find an Inn or something like that on the map. But even when I could find random things like [Meli's house] and [Triyun's Bar], I could not find an Inn or even a single shop anywhere on the map.