Doomsday Wonderland Vol. 13: Sleepwalking in Dreamland

1602: Resurrecting from a Blank Corner

Was Abby still present in this body? Wu Yiliu didn't know.

The "driver" of the pocket dimension had, from the beginning, clearly delineated the roles of the hunter and prey, apparently without any intention to maintain a balance between the two sides.

The warnings that the pocket dimension sent to the prey were less for their sake and more to increase the difficulty for the hunters. But this was the only slight advantage Wu Yiliu could grasp.

He speculated—or more accurately, hoped—that the pocket dimension had set other limitations for the hunters, exactly what could be used by the prey for self-defense. Therefore, after the story was over, Wu Yiliu asked "Abby" once again, "What will happen to the person being driven after the pocket dimension ends?"

"Abby's" answer was, "They will be completely mine."

He found the word "completely" intriguing. Could it be that before the end of the pocket dimension, it was not "complete"? Was there a chance for Abby to escape from the "vehicle" status?

But on second thought, this could hardly be considered substantial evidence. It could either be a hidden truth unintentionally revealed, or simply a casual expression by "Abby" without any deeper meaning.

Which one was it?

In his anxiety, Wu Yiliu stared intently at the woman sitting across from him in the pouring rain. Her face, soaked white by the rain, suddenly threw back her head and erupted into laughter. Wu Yiliu's heart sank into his stomach.

"No wonder you didn't react at all, even though he has been whispering in your ear for so long!" the person inside Abby's body said, laughing and slapping her knee, looking past Wu Yiliu as if there were someone else there.

Of course... of course, was there an invisible third person here?

Wu Yiliu squinted in the heavy rain, his whole body tense. The story was over, and he had lost his tool to resist the whispers. If Abby couldn't really be saved, he would be left alone in this rain-shrouded forest, facing four other players.

"You really caught us off guard, attacking from this angle. We thought you were going to kill and run, so we watched you from the front and back, but you didn't move," someone said from behind.

"Abby" smiled. "It's a pity, once the brainwashing is successful, it's successful. That's the rule of the pocket dimension. Did you think you could resist the rules of the pocket dimension by telling a story?"

Rainwater flowed into Wu Yiliu's eyes, stinging a bit. He blinked hard, but his vision was still blurry. Through the rain curtain, he couldn't see anything unusual about "Abby."

Was there really no hope?

Had the original Abby truly disappeared when this player "moved in"?

After Wu Yiliu had rushed into the forest with Abby, he belatedly realized that something was wrong with her. At that moment, Abby didn't know that he had noticed. Facing an unguarded enemy, he had two choices: either to ambush Abby and then try to escape or attempt to "awaken" Abby herself.

Needless to say, the second option was riskier and less likely to succeed. But Wu Yiliu had instinctively chosen it—not only because it was more humane but also because he felt he had some chance.

Looking back, he couldn't say what gave him that feeling.

The rainwater was so uncomfortable in his eyes that Wu Yiliu couldn't help but wipe them with his hand. As he looked down for a moment, he saw his other hand, resting on his knee, suddenly raise a finger.