absurd deduction game.

As someone who had engaged in in-depth communication with the system, Yu Xing knew the system's apprehension about Yin Yang City itself, because within Yin Yang City, the system's control over the instance would be infinitely reduced.

If the system is affected and blocked or deceived in high-level dungeons with other evil gods, only able to function at 60% of its usual level, then in Yin-Yang City, with six other evil gods of equal rank to Him, the system's control will directly drop to one-seventh.

This doesn't even include the half of the Experience Master system that He split off from.

Since the system had gone to great lengths to give the strategists the opportunity to enter Yin-Yang City, it was obviously planning something. Its first priority was to ensure that too many of the soldiers it sent in did not die at the beginning.

Therefore, conducting a simulation test... is the greatest effort He can make.

【副本开启倒计时：5、4、3、2、1】

[Hello, ticket holder.]

After the countdown ended, Yu Xing was not immediately teleported, but was frozen in place. The system's flat female voice rang in her ears, its mechanical feel largely gone, and it was becoming more and more like a human speaking.

However, Yu Xing did not sense the familiar tone of voice. It seemed that the system was still sending "mass messages" without any awareness of its own.

Before his eyes appeared lines of scarlet text, arranged like congealed blood. Such a formal introduction to the dungeon had not appeared for a long time.

[The source of the tickets is being investigated.]

[Multiple marks have been detected on you. According to the Yin-Yang City's entry rules, the first mark will be used as the entry ticket; the remaining marks will not be counted.]

[The following is visitor information.]

[Visitor to Yin-Yang City: Yu Xing]

[Personality: Unknown]

[Rank: Realistic]

[Team Affiliation: Broken Mirror] (A dark horizontal line crosses this line, removing it)
【Source of Power: Demon Sinking】

[Affiliation: Qianjie]

In this game, you take 30% more damage from Ghostly Sinking and 30% less damage from Thousand Knots.

[Titles: Stunning Schemer (Rare), Destroyer of Faith (Rare), Anchor Point That Cannot Be Looked At (Unique), Unraveling the Mystery, Locust Blossom and Magnolia]

[Offerings: Cursed Tongue, Dream of the Azure Sea, Puppet Life]

[In this simulation, the Dreamscape of Qing can only be used as a weapon; Qing's Ghostly Awakening cannot provide any assistance.]

[Completing the deduction will grant the following rewards: 1. Upgrade any ordinary offering to a rule-based offering. 2. Upgrade any item to a title buff.]

[This simulation is a system projection environment, not the actual Yin-Yang City area. All objects appearing within Yin-Yang City are system simulations.]

Please note—

If a visitor descends into madness during their death, and their personality deteriorates out of control, the system will activate personality protection, reverting the visitor's state to three minutes prior to entering the deduction exercise, at which point the exercise will automatically end. However, the participant who proves incompetent will be stripped of their ticket, and no further tickets will be issued to any other participants.

[According to the rules, you will be descending into the Thousand Knots Faith Zone.]

[Scenes being randomly projected within the area...]

[Projection complete. Your visit location is: Maoyan Logistics Company]

The blood-red words in front of Yu Xing suddenly disappeared.

The rich crimson color merged into one, spreading and enveloping everything around him. In an instant, all he could see was a blinding red. A faint sense of dizziness washed over him, and breathing became as difficult as if he were immersed in blood.

About ten seconds later, the crimson color dissipated. Yu Xing's vision cleared, and she found herself standing on a street with a rather retro style. The overall color saturation of the street was very low, as if it were covered with a veil.

He changed his clothes into a white shirt and black leather shoes, wore glasses on his nose, and had a brown leather briefcase tucked under his elbow. The edges of the briefcase were cracked and felt rough and grainy to the touch.

The system narration introduced the characters' backgrounds as if telling a story.

You are a corporate slave working at a logistics company.

This is Wenming Road, the only road you take to get from your dormitory to work.

Every morning, you rush past here on an empty stomach, just to sleep in for an extra ten minutes. You don't care who's walking alongside you or which shop has changed hands.

【Oh dear, we're going to be late again today. What are you daydreaming about? Hurry up and head to the company!】

Upon hearing this, Yu Xing sensed something was amiss.

It sounds like the system isn't just introducing the characters, but rather acting as a real narrator, with the intention of continuing to talk.

He cooperated and walked forward, glancing at both sides as he went.

Yu Xing hadn't looked closely before, only noticing that the scenery was veiled in a mist. Now, however, he realized that the shop signs around him were blurry and unclear. Although they were clearly written in Chinese characters, he couldn't understand them. His brain couldn't recognize them, and he had no way of knowing what kind of shops they were.

Some indistinct figures walked past him, their presence so faint as to be like shadows. If he hadn't heard the narration, he might never have realized that he wasn't the only one on this road.

As the narrator says, he "doesn't care," so these things leave no trace in his mind.

It's a strange feeling.

Is Qianjie's cognitive distortion so pervasive in her own domain?

This is just a simulation by the system...

As Yu Xing was pondering this, the system spoke again.

It's 7:50 now, you have to be at the company before 8:00. Sigh... get running, even though you're terrible at running.

Yu Xing started running.

In the realm of cognitive distortion, "obeying" the narrator's words seems to become a matter of course. He didn't hesitate for a moment, and before he knew it, he was already running.

An anxiety and fear of being late welled up in his chest, along with the fatigue in his limbs from running. Even after just a short distance, he was already panting from exhaustion, despite his physical condition.

Yu Xing's body was not restricted, and he was in peak condition during this simulation.

But the idea and perception that he "couldn't run anymore" quietly took root in his mind.

He hadn't felt this tired in a long time; it was almost like the kind of unavoidable weakness he felt when he hadn't yet been freed from the side effects of the curse.

'If I'd known, I wouldn't have been so greedy for those ten minutes of sleep.' His somewhat uncontrollable consciousness thought to himself as he stopped, bracing his knees to catch his breath.

[You stopped. I knew I shouldn't have lingered for those ten minutes of sleep. Every office worker makes pointless complaints after making a choice.]

But life is full of surprises. An ordinary office worker's day can be interrupted at any moment by anything. Hey, look up!

Yu Xing subconsciously tried to look up.

But in that instant, he heard the sound of air being cut above his head, and he forcefully suppressed his instincts, lunging forward with agility!
A loud bang.

The very next second, a rusty metal light fixture crashed down right where he had been standing. Perfectly square. (End of Chapter)