I Have Yet to Become a Doll Today

Chapter 814: Chapter 814: Sense of Dissonance
 

“Even so, it must be difficult for the Minotaur to catch up with you, right?”

Bai Youwei felt something odd, and wondered if there were details they hadn’t clarified?

“Suppose the Minotaur’s initial position is 20 rooms away from you, and you move one room while it also moves one room, the distance between you would always remain 20. Even if you turn into a dead-end midway and need to reverse direction, those 20 steps should be enough to escape, right?

But according to what you’re saying, it seems like you encountered the Minotaur quite easily. Why is that?”

The three men were stunned.

Their faces showed utter confusion and bewilderment.

“Some rooms… are very strange,” said the man named Dylan hesitantly, “Sometimes even though we are ahead of the Minotaur, after opening a few Stone Chambers, somehow… we end up behind the Minotaur…”

If they continued opening doors ahead and the Minotaur turned back to open doors in the opposite direction, they would directly encounter each other.

“So, you’re saying that some rooms can cause spatial jumps?” Bai Youwei asked them, “Do these rooms look any different from the regular rooms?”

“No… don’t know…” The three men shook their heads in bewilderment, not appearing as though they were lying.

Bai Youwei asked further, “Do the positions of the jumps have anything in common? For example, are those rooms always located near the corners, or dead ends?”

They still shook their heads blankly.

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However, that was to be expected. If they had completely figured out the room situations, they wouldn’t still be trapped here.

Asarina asked Bai Youwei, “What should we do next?”

Bai Youwei furrowed her brows and thought for a moment before saying, “Let’s rest for now. Randomly entering rooms is pointless and will only attract the Minotaur. We need to sort out our thoughts first.”

Everyone listened, set down their luggage, laid out moisture-proof mats, and each found a spot to rest.

Since they had just entered the labyrinth, they only took out water and drank a few sips. The three men were very attentive, taking out a lot of bread and water from a leather bag, and respectfully offering it to everyone.

It felt as though they had been exiled to Mars for three months and suddenly saw other living people, exerting all their strength to try and please those around them.

Although Bai Youwei was not particularly keen on the bread and water, she accepted some.

She tore off a small piece of bread and didn’t eat it but just sniffed it under her nose—it smelled like high-quality wheat.

Chen Hui moved closer and whispered, “Youwei, are these people really not NPCs?”

“NPCs would not hold items,” Bai Youwei replied.

Chen Hui pursed her lips and looked towards the three men, muttering, “I still feel something is off about them…”

“Yes, something is quite off,” Bai Youwei said, also glancing over.

Mark, Dylan, Slade had finished handing out bread and water and were now huddled in a corner, clinging tightly to each other for warmth.

“What’s off about them?” Chen Hui whispered.

“Don’t you think they are too thin?” Bai Youwei said emotionlessly, withdrawing her gaze, “Eating bread every day with no other activities, they shouldn’t look that thin, should they? Their current state looks as if…”

Bai Youwei paused for a moment and then said, “as if they haven’t eaten properly in months.”

Listening to this, Chen Hui instantly felt unsettled. She was not without compassion, but sharing a room with such people felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

“Could it be… because they’ve been in a repressive environment for a long time… that they can’t eat, and that’s why they’re thin?” Chen Hui tried to rationalize.

“Maybe I’m overthinking,” Bai Youwei said nonchalantly, “Also, when we first met, they even wanted to give us the Magic Bag as a gift, giving me the impression they don’t care about food… even though they are so thin, why aren’t they concerned about food?”