DSMC Chapter 96.1

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“I already can’t understand this instance anymore. Where exactly did Kitty Baby reach? Why have we never seen this place before?”

“Of course it’s because no one has seen it. No player has been able to get promoted and get a raise, then go on to experience being suspended from work. Other players are still acting cute to get the visitors’ attention.”

“To be honest, although I know what the final secret is, that’s only because a previous player triggered a certain mission and discovered it. No one has ever unraveled it layer by layer like Kitty Baby is doing. I’m really looking forward to how this big secret gets uncovered.”

“I think I’ve already guessed the secret of this instance. It must be that human souls went into animals’ bodies, and they gained rebirth in those animal bodies.”

“That can’t be, right? If souls truly gained rebirth, why don’t the animals look like humans?”

“Wait a second, this instance lasts 5 days, right? Based on past experience, once you get to this stage, doesn’t that usually mean the instance is almost over?”

“Jiejie above, you’ve hit the key point! Could it be that our Mimi will finish the instance in less than 3 days? He ended his previous instances early too.”

“Very possible! Damn, then I need to look at Kitty Baby a few more times, otherwise the next time we see him will be 10 days later!”

“Tsk, you guys are being too absolute. Even Easy-level instances aren’t easy. How could he possibly finish within three days? Keep bragging.”

“Ge, you must be new here, right? You know nothing about Mimi’s power!”

What Yan Jiyun was troubled about was his naturally wavy hair. However, with so many researchers and staff here, they probably hadn’t noticed him. With glasses and a mask covering his face, there shouldn’t be a problem.

He had also considered using Dr. Peng’s method of threatening Dr. Zhou to shut off the power, but there were still patients here. If he cut the electricity and the ventilators stopped working, wouldn’t that indirectly sabotage his own task? He only thought about it briefly before discarding the option.

It was past 4 PM, and fatigue was written on everyone’s faces.

At that moment, Yan Jiyun heard someone calling for a meeting, the one questioning was the old professor who had just fainted.

Wasn’t this the perfect opportunity for him?

Most of the NPCs surged in one direction. He walked along the corridor in the same direction as them, and no one paid attention to him at all.

When only a few scattered NPCs remained in the hallway, Yan Jiyun seized the moment they weren’t paying attention and found the office the old professor had come out of.

Actually, he had wanted to find Dr. Zhou’s office, but he hadn’t been able to. The old professor seemed to have the greatest authority here at the moment, so he chose the professor’s office instead.

The professor’s office was larger than he had imagined. A huge filing cabinet stood behind his desk.

There was also a freshly delivered medical record on the desk.

Yan Jiyun saw “Number 9” written on the file. It had come without effort.

Who was patient Number 9? And which experimental animal did they correspond to?

He quickly skimmed through the thick file. It was far more detailed than the room full of failed cases.

In the failed cases, they had used several species for experiments, and it could be concluded that the success or failure of the experiment was unrelated to the species.

This one was a successful case!

Under Number 9’s file was a stack of brown bear photos.

They had photographed comparisons of the brown bear’s gaze before and after, as well as observations of its habits.

This was a before-and-after comparison record following a successful experiment.

[Player has found Number 9’s file. Confirm as a special patient identity?]

Yan Jiyun thought to himself, ‘Don’t you know whether I found it or not?’

What would happen if he confirmed incorrectly?

Was this multiple-choice question one without a wrong option? Otherwise, why did the system keep reminding him again and again? It was clearly digging a trap for him.

Yan Jiyun chose to confirm.

[Player has successfully identified a special patient identity (1/?)]

[Mission Prompt: The player has only two chances to choose incorrectly. Choosing too many or too few will not count as completing the mission.]

[Does the player confirm completion of “Main Mission 3”?]

Yan Jiyun chose [No].

This prompt was really sly. Previously, when drawing blood samples, it had confirmed the number of animals. Now it deliberately omitted even that hint.

Were Easy-level instance tasks already like this? He even had to guess how many special identity patients there were!

How was he supposed to know how many special patient identities existed?

The instance truly only got more treacherous and more difficult; it would never let players take even the slightest advantage!

One thing was now very clear: only by finding both the patient and the corresponding animal body would the identity confirmation be considered complete.

No matter how the game was arranged, he had to continue searching for information!

There were no other patient files on the professor’s desk.

Yan Jiyun used a lock-picking item to open the cabinet behind the professor.

The advanced lock-picking item could only be used 10 times, with each use reduced the count by one. There were 8 uses left now.

The cabinet opened with a click. There were indeed files inside, neatly sorted into file boxes, but only three.

Yan Jiyun quickly opened the folders, one was better than none.

It was a family of three: the male alpha wolf, the female alpha wolf, and their son. 

It turned out the family of three had been in an accident at sea. For some reason, all three remained unconscious and were sent here by their family.

Yan Jiyun saw the photos taken after their accident and could only sigh. All three had suffered severe burns. Even if they woke up, they might not have wanted to go on living. Perhaps it really was better to change skins and live another, freer life.

For a moment, Yan Jiyun didn’t know whether this experiment was good or bad.

[Player has found patients Number 30, 31, and 32’s files. Confirm the three as special patient identities?]

Yan Jiyun: [Yes]/

[Player has successfully identified special patient identities. (4/?)]

[Does the player confirm completion of “Main Mission 3”?]

Yan Jiyun: [No].

There were two more files. One belonged to the brown bear — a middle-aged man tormented by cancer who, unable to endure the pain any longer, chose to continue living in this way.

The other was the elephant’s file — likewise someone who, because of various sufferings in the secular world, chose to escape to the zoo.

At this point, Yan Jiyun had found a total of six special identity patients.

He knew very well that there were more than these six. The files of black panther, Orange, and Xixi were not here.

Could the experiments have been conducted in groups?

Oh yeah, Dr. Zhou! He had originally been the Veterinary Director. He must have had the deepest understanding of this experiment.

He must still have other patients’ files in his possession.

But where was his office?

Yan Jiyun restored the professor’s filing cabinet to its original state and slipped out quickly.

Dr. Zhou clearly knew the passage leading upward. Why hadn’t he gone up to Basement Level 2 with him?

Could there be an insider here cooperating with Dr. Peng from the inside? Otherwise, how could Dr. Peng have so precisely located the black panther and the others for blood samples?

If there was an insider, then Dr. Peng should have known the entrance to the laboratory. However, it was also possible that the insider had been cautious and hadn’t revealed everything to Dr. Peng.

Which office belonged to Dr. Zhou?

He couldn’t ask the NPCs outside. Such a secret experiment certainly wouldn’t recruit people casually. A staff member who didn’t know where Dr. Zhou’s office was would be exposed instantly.

Of course, Yan Jiyun wasn’t referring to Dr. Zhou’s veterinary office, as he had already searched it thoroughly. There were indeed no valuable clues there.

He could only use the old method, checking the offices one by one.

Not this one. Not this one either. That one looked like it, but a female researcher walked out of it; inside was just ordinary office furniture.

After circling past all the office doors, he finally saw a special door number: 219.

The layout of Basement Level 2 and Basement Level 3 was the same. Neither level had the number 9 in their room numbers, only Dr. Zhou had mentioned 9. Presumably, 9 represented Dr. Zhou.

Yan Jiyun did not hesitate to pick the lock and enter 219.

Dr. Zhou was currently locked up on Basement Level 3 and hadn’t come up yet. But he was capable of escaping. Yan Jiyun still couldn’t understand why he chose to remain down there. Could he still have some special confrontation with Dr. Peng?

Probably not. The confrontation should have ended. Then perhaps he was waiting for something. Or perhaps he had hidden something on Basement Level 3.

Yan Jiyun thought to himself that NPCs were clever. After knowing he had found the corresponding files, he would have to rescue “them.” The original bodies were on Basement Level 2. Dr. Zhou knew he would go down again, so he wasn’t in a hurry.

Sure enough, there were several important files in the cabinet behind Dr. Zhou’s desk.

It seemed that the patients he and the professor were responsible for were different.

Here, he found the files of Orange, Caesar, and Xixi.

Orange was a well-known entrepreneur, commonly referred to as the CEO of a certain company. After being poisoned and suffering brain nerve damage, he was sent to this experimental center by a close friend.

Caesar was a rich second-generation heir with extreme sports as a hobby. Seeking thrills, he went skiing on the world’s highest mountain in winter, fell and injured his brain, and was later sent here.

As for Xixi, at first Yan Jiyun had overlooked it, but its intelligence had drawn his attention.

Xixi was a genius esports player. After overtraining, he suddenly felt heart discomfort and collapsed in his own game room and never woke up again. By coincidence, he was transferred here from the hospital. An esports prodigy became a parrot. No wonder it learned to curse so quickly. How could a MOBA master play games without some swearing on the side?

[Player has successfully identified special patient identities. (7/?)]

[Does the player confirm completion of “Main Mission 3”?]

Yan Jiyun once again chose [No].

He noticed that neither in the professor’s office nor in Dr. Zhou’s office was there any file on the black panther. Who had hidden his file?

Among all the animals he had interacted with, only the black panther had the clearest line of thinking. It was also the one who disliked the zookeepers the most.

He searched Dr. Zhou’s office a bit longer and found eleven ongoing case files on his desk. These were newly admitted patients.

After excluding the cases he had already found and the failed cases, adding and subtracting, Yan Jiyun came to a conclusion: there was no file for Number 1. 

Therefore, Number 1 should correspond to the black panther. But where was its file? 

Was he under Dr. Zhou’s responsibility, or the old professor’s?

Yan Jiyun searched Dr. Zhou’s office thoroughly but still found nothing useful.

He found a total of seven special patient identities so far. The only one missing was Number 1.