Everyone's playing hide-and-seek: This crazy beauty has maxed-out third eyes.

"This photo is really beautiful! Chief of Staff, I think this photo should be hung in the game command center. It makes me feel at ease." Chen Zheng held the framed group photo in his hand and kept talking to Jiang Lai.

"Included in the game warrior collection."

"It's included, it's included. This is an extra copy I printed. I also sent a copy to An'an and Xiaoyu. Xiaoyu's parents were overjoyed."

"Okay, then let's put this in the command center. By the way, what's the status of those cats now?"

"They're still not awake."

"Still not awake?" Jiang Lai frowned.

"Yes, his vital signs are normal, but he just won't wake up."

"Let's go take a look."

The cat room is opposite Lin Sui'an's room, and the door is ajar.

Jiang Lai pushed open the door and went in. Ten cats were lying neatly on the soft mattress of the small bed, and the indicator lights on the monitoring patch were flashing.

Lin Sui'an sat to one side, staring at the Maine Coon's belly.

Li Yu lay beside him, her hands supporting her chin, also observing.

"Sister Jiang Lai." Lin Sui'an looked up and greeted the person who came.

"Good morning, Chief of Staff!" Li Yu jumped up from his chair and slapped his hand against the seam of his pants.

"Alright, you can call me Sister Jiang Lai now."

After Jiang Lai entered the house, Chen Zheng followed behind her, and the two of them stood next to the cat bed.

"Have you been watching from here the whole time?"

"No, I just got here." Lin Sui'an reached out and touched the calico cat's head. It was the same as before, with no change.

Jiang Lai looked at the observer on duty in the corner: "How's the situation?"

The observer flipped through the record board: "Chief of Staff, since check-in, his heart rate, body temperature, and breathing have all been within the normal range, without any fluctuations or signs of awakening."

"No reaction at all?"

"No response. We've tried tapping, sound stimulation, and changes in lighting, but nothing works."

Jiang Lai nodded, then turned to Lin Sui'an: "An'an, what do you think?"

"I don't know." Lin Sui'an shook her head; she really couldn't figure it out.

"In the game, after Zhuang Zhou Dreams of a Butterfly is used, the cats react immediately. The calico cat opens its mouth and makes a sound, the orange cat has water droplets in the corner of its eye, and the Maine Coon's pupils focus."

"It's like the power's out now."

Chen Zheng stood next to the silver shaded cat and glanced at its eyelids: "Could it be that something was done when the game was stopped? Like, the soul was pushed back in?"

"The soul is there."

Lin Sui'an pointed to the orange cat's chest.

"Here, it's a clump together, not scattered, not weakened, it just doesn't move."

She then pointed to the Maine Coon.

"This one's here too, in about the same spot."

"All ten are available."

Jiang Lai breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that her soul was still intact; what she feared most was that the game would suppress or strangle her soul.

"Then why don't you wake up?"

"I want to know too."

Li Yu suddenly pulled a bunch of things out of his pocket and spread them out on the ground.

Cat teaser, laser pointer, canned cat food, orange peel, cat toy ball.

"For calming the nerves, how about trying these?"

Lin Sui'an glanced down at the pile of things.

"In the game, the system says these things are useful for cats, but I don't know if they're useful in real life."

"Give it a try," Jiang Lai nodded.

Li Yu grabbed a cat toy, squatted down in front of the calico cat, and the feathers swayed back and forth in front of the cat's nose.

Left and right, spinning around, the bells on top ringing.

The calico cat remained motionless.

Li Yu moved the cat toy to another cat, but it still didn't react.

"Change the laser pointer."

Li Yu took out a laser pointer, pointed a red dot at the calico cat's eyelid, slowly moved it to the floor, and then moved it back.

The calico cat's eyelids didn't twitch.

"Where's the canned food?"

Lin Sui'an pulled open the tab on the cat food can and held it to the orange cat's nose, almost touching its nostrils.

He remained completely still, not even his beard twitched.

Lin Sui'an then placed the cans of food under each cat's nose, but there was no reaction from any of them.

Li Yu crushed the orange peel and put it near the cat's mouth, but it didn't work.

The cat toy ball rolled to the side of the cat's paw and bumped against it twice, but it didn't work.

"It's over."

Li Yu sat back in his chair, spreading his hands out.

"completely annihilated."

Chen Zheng bent down to check the data. The data had not fluctuated during the test: "The stimuli that are effective in the game environment are ineffective in reality. This may be related to the game rules. These things are just ordinary items outside the game environment."

"But the cat came from the game," Li Yu retorted.

"We brought out the cat, we brought out the soul, we brought out the props, so why didn't we bring out the reaction?"

"Maybe it will only react when the cat wakes up," Lin Sui'an guessed.

The question has come full circle, and the room was silent for a few seconds.

Lin Sui'an pulled out a deck of cards from his pocket. It was a black deck with gold patterns, fifty-four cards in total, known as the Spirit Sealing Playing Cards.

"Try this."

Jiang Lai, look over here.

"My original plan was to wait until the cats woke up and discuss it with them before using it."

Lin Sui'an flipped the cards in his hand: "Sealing a soul requires the other party's consent, at least."

She paused, then said, "But given the current situation, waiting any longer isn't a solution."

"What if the game did something wrong and locked the soul inside the cat's body?"

"The Soul-Sealing Poker can extract the soul from a cat's body and put it into the cards. Maybe by changing the vessel, the soul can be awakened."

Jiang Lai didn't immediately respond after hearing this; she was considering the risks: "What if, after being sealed inside, the soul is also in this state?"

"That at least rules out one possibility."

Lin Sui'an rubbed the cards a couple of times.

"It's possible that the cat's body is the reason its soul is imprisoned."

Chen Zheng glanced at Jiang Lai: "Logically, it makes sense. Now, ten cats have ten souls. Let's try one first; the risk is manageable."

"One card for one answer, not a loss," Lin Sui'an added.

Jiang Lai thought for three seconds: "Okay, I'll try."

Which one should I choose?

Lin Sui'an walked up to the orange cat: "This one."

"An orange cat?"

"Hmm." Lin Sui'an stroked the orange cat's big face.

"Of the ten cats, I only know the name of this one, and I know its memories."

"In the last dungeon, I used the Crystal Sphere to see the cat's memories of its previous life, and with the dream-making of Zhuangzi's Butterfly Dream, I should have the highest level of familiarity with the orange cat."

"If the Soul Sealing Poker can pull out a soul, it's safer to pull out one that I've had contact with before than one that's a complete stranger."

Jiang Lai nodded.

Chen Zheng took the notepad and pressed the pen tip against the paper: "I'll take notes."

Li Yu took two steps back to make room for Lin Sui'an, and clasped her hands together.

Lin Sui'an drew the top card from the fifty-four cards. The card was face down, and the black background with gold patterns gleamed dimly under the light. She turned the card over, and the front was blank, with nothing on it.

"Ready?"

The orange cat lay on the cushion, its chubby face up, its four legs spread out like a pancake. Of course, no cat answered.

Lin Sui'an placed the card face down on the orange cat's chest, pressing his fingers against the back of the card.

The method of using the Soul Sealing Poker is very simple: place the card face close to the location of the soul, infuse it with your intention, and the card will automatically complete the sealing.

She closed her eyes and focused her mind on her fingertips.

"seal up."