Mysterious Revival

Chapter 1181 1147: Repeated Experiences (Merry Christmas)

The dimly lit, oppressive dining room was suffused with an eerie atmosphere.

Yet at this moment, Yang Jian, Li Yang, and Tong Qian were staring at the suddenly appeared Ah Nan, prepared to take action at any moment. If anything went awry, they would absolutely kill this Ah Nan here.

After all, anyone who could appear in this place was by no means simple, representing a huge danger.

"Although I don't know what kind of existence you are, it doesn't prevent us from killing you here unless you can give us an explanation," Yang Jian said coldly.

He needed to understand exactly who this Ah Nan was.

If this Ah Nan didn't talk, Yang Jian would rather know nothing and eliminate this person.

Not for anything else.

Merely for his own safety.

In Yang Jian's perception, this person was someone who should already be dead.

Ah Nan stared at Yang Jian for a moment, then shifted his gaze to the decapitated woman's head on the ground beside them, seemingly contemplating something. After a while, he spoke, "How did you all get in here?"

"Answer my question first, Ah Nan." Yang Jian stepped forward a few steps, with a very firm attitude.

Ah Nan said, "First, give me that head."

"You are in no position to bargain. Either talk, or die here. Our patience is limited. You'd better be smart," Li Yang said forcefully.

Tong Qian said, "If it comes to fighting, you will definitely die here. I advise you to be a little more reasonable."

"Death is not scary."

Ah Nan said, "I have long been a dead man; it's just that sometimes I don't realize it myself. You all should leave here quickly. The longer you stay, the less likely it is that any of you will escape."

"You talk too much. I've said my patience is limited. This is the last warning: don't try to change the subject. Or do you think we're just intimidating you and won't actually act?" Yang Jian said with a cold face.

Ah Nan's eyes flickered: "What do you want to know? I can tell you the information I know, but in exchange, you must give me that head."

"Xiang Lan's head?"

Yang Jian said, "If you cooperate enough, I can give it to you. This thing is useless to me. First, tell me what this place is."

"This is the last supernatural room, with an unknown room number," Ah Nan said. "All the ghosts trying to leave will be trapped in this room. But this room has recently been opened, and I don't know who opened it. Xiang Lan and I escaped from the corridor, thinking we could leave, but we got trapped here instead."

"Is it just you and Xiang Lan in this supernatural place?" Yang Jian continued to ask.

"No, it's more than us two. Occasionally, we encounter some other people, but they, like us, are trapped here, searching for a way out. All we can do is keep surviving in this place, mastering the secrets of every room until we leave here."

Ah Nan said, "Unfortunately, many people have failed. They died here."

"How long have you been here?" Yang Jian asked again.

"For a long time. There's no concept of time here, so I'm not sure exactly how long."

Ah Nan said, "All I know is that when I woke up, I was already in a room. That room is 101. As it stands, that's a safe room, with no ghosts inside."

"That's impossible! Living in such a place until now, do you really think we're that easy to fool?" Li Yang said incredulously, feeling deceived.

These words were full of flaws, with lines filled with perfunctory.

Ah Nan looked at him and said, "Who told you I've been alive until now? I've died many times. This is just the longest I've lived. But every time I die, I return to that room, lose my memory, and start over."

"Is there really such a thing?" Tong Qian's face showed a look of surprise at this description.

To die and then repeatedly resurrect seems too incredible.

"A Room 101 that allows you to resurrect repeatedly? Let's say such a place indeed exists."

Yang Jian squinted his eyes: "So if you die now, you'll lose all memories of this place, return to the moment you came in, and then begin searching for a way out again, endlessly?"

"Yes, that's correct," Ah Nan said expressionlessly.

"Then how do you know you're going through all this if you lose all your memories? You shouldn't know that you would resurrect in Room 101," Tong Qian asked.

Ah Nan said, "I record some of my experiences in the adjacent Room 102, provided I can return smoothly because it's not always smooth. Most of the time, I die while leaving Room 101 to find a way out, and it's a high probability."

"However, with time, a small probability event can become a high probability event. Room 102 has documented my experiences surviving and returning time and again."

"Why not record it in Room 101, so after each death, returning to that room, you'd know?" Tong Qian said.

"Every time I die, everything in Room 101 resets to its original state, including any records I made, which get erased. I can only record in another room," Ah Nan said.

Yang Jian said, "How long have you been trapped here? Since other people have appeared, you could certainly learn from them how much time has passed outside."

"Judging from your current time, I've been trapped here for at least eighty-two years," Ah Nan said.

This was a number that caused despair.

Eighty-two years.

Way too long. It's unbelievable to imagine someone repeatedly resurrecting and dying in this ghostly place for eighty-two years.

"So you're from the Republic of China Period," Yang Jian squinted his eyes.

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"Back then, I was a university student participating in a march and demonstration on the street..." Ah Nan said.

"Who is Xiang Lan?"

Ah Nan said, "She's someone who entered here with me. She, like me, can resurrect repeatedly. Her room is 701. I met her during a chance encounter."

"Does the first room of each numbered set allow one to resurrect repeatedly?" Yang Jian noticed this numbering.

Ah Nan is 101, Xiang Lan is 701.

Which means, there's also 201, 301, 401... rooms of a similar nature.

No wonder he said it's not just him here.

Ah Nan continued, "But repeated resurrection isn't always successful. Sometimes it fails. I've seen people in some rooms I never saw again later; the dangers hidden in those rooms are too numerous, too terrifying, and some ghosts will cause your resurrection to fail after killing you."

"That's what happened to Xiang Lan. She died and never resurrected again. I haven't found her in Room 701 since."

"So that's how it is."

Yang Jian showed a slight change of expression: "However, your words can only be temporarily believed. Whether it's as you said still requires verification. Don't tell me you're the only one who's been resurrecting repeatedly for over eighty years without any other survivors?"

"There are," Ah Nan said with certainty.

"Do you want to see others?"

Yang Jian said, "Of course, if possible."

"Give me that head and I'll take you," Ah Nan said.

Without saying a word, Yang Jian picked up the woman's head from the ground and tossed it over.

Since the other party did not play tricks, he also kept his promise.

Ah Nan caught it, took a look, then turned and said, "Follow me, but let me warn you, don't blame me if you die on the way. There are many ghosts here."

"Don't worry, we won't die that easily," Yang Jian said.

"That's good," Ah Nan said, carrying the head and gradually walking towards the door of the dining room.

Yang Jian wasn't afraid. He immediately followed and signaled Li Yang and Tong Qian to stay behind him, in case of danger he could respond first.

"If he acts suspicious, just take him out," he thought to himself as he kept an eye on the Ah Nan ahead.

"Stay alert, be cautious of danger," Li Yang said in a low voice.

Tong Qian nodded slightly and said, "I know, don't worry, I'm not that careless. But do you think Ah Nan's story is true or false?"

"The truth or falsehood doesn't really matter. We don't have the energy to discern the truth of a matter. We just need to see the result; when the result appears, the truth will also emerge," Li Yang replied. "Anyway, I hold a skeptical attitude."

"I think what he said is true. He's always been concerned about that head; the woman should be Xiang Lan," Tong Qian said.