The sage was determined to die.

"What are you like when you're not fully conscious?" Ji Bai had some guesses, but still couldn't help asking.

In the darkness, the girl rested her arm on her knee, propping her chin up in an awkward position, and whispered, "Are you sleepwalking?"

Ji Bai shook his head, then, thinking that the other party probably couldn't see his movements, denied it again.

The girl raised her voice and said, "It's like sleepwalking."

The girl, feeling a surge of kindness, tried her best to explain using metaphors that the other person could understand, gesturing with her fingers to follow the words: "Although the body is one's own and there is a vague consciousness, one cannot control one's own behavior."

"Like a split personality?" Ji Bai said.

The girl shook her head and said, "No, it's like a parasite controlling your brain and then sending instructions to control your body."

She paused, then added, "I've lost the ability to keep track of time, but I've lived here for at least twenty or thirty years, and my appearance hasn't changed at all. So I often think that maybe the me in the real world is long dead."

Ji Bai forced a smile and tried to comfort the other person: "You really are a pessimist."

"No," she replied decisively, "I am a materialist."

"Yes, Miss Materialist."

Ji Bai felt like a Babylonian expressing friendliness, extending his hand to her. She was initially wary, then briefly clapped hands with him before withdrawing her hand.

"I've met other people here."

Her somewhat cheerful voice came from the darkness, "But they don't remember as much as you do. I originally thought it was because of differences in intelligence, but now it seems that's not necessarily the case."

Ji Bai was somewhat speechless: "...Are you implying I'm stupid in a roundabout way?"

She shook her head, defending herself: "Of course not, it seems we're the lucky ones now."

No, actually I'm the only lucky one.

Ji Bai did not say those words.

"While I'm still lucid," she said, "I can help you."

"You just need to do me a small favor."

After quietly explaining his plan, Ji Bai noticed the other person seemed to be thinking and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Is lying too difficult for you?"

The girl paused for a moment before responding, "Oh, no problem. I thought you were going to tell me something important. Leave this to me."

After a while, she blinked her clear black and white eyes and said, "I didn't mean to ignore you just now. I was thinking about LEP."

Considering the other person's intelligence, she explained, "It's the Large Electron-Positron Collider."

Ji Bai: "..."

……

Ignoring what was happening outside the wall, Chu Ze looked up at the sky.

Chu Xi glanced at him and couldn't help but tug at his arm: "Brother, what are you staring at? You've been looking for a while."

Chu Ze looked at him speechlessly, "Don't you think they took a little too long to get inside?"

"It doesn't matter," Chu Xi shook her head indifferently. "Anyway, we're not planning to be in the first batch."

"Hmm." Chu Ze was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "Would it be better to go in first this time?"

Chen Ji was also looking at the sky. He had been in that position for a while. When no one called him, he turned to the people around him and asked, "Why didn't anyone call me?"

Those around him looked left and right, remaining silent.

Chen Ji didn't say anything more, but sighed.

"I wonder if this person is reliable or not."

"But it doesn't matter anyway," Chen Ji scoffed. "It would be best if he died."