Is it really normal to contain these anomalies?

"Okay then. I'll apply for cross-departmental communication regarding 'G-01-05,'" Bai Yu tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

In response, Yulia did not refuse, but just asked a question.

"I remember you said you didn't want to see 'G-01-05' again for a while, didn't you?"

"I just feel like it."

Bai Yu's tone was understated, but his eyes were looking intently at the holding room where the guide was on the display screen.

This is the truth.

He is now really interested in chatting with the guide...

Especially the topic that we had not finished discussing when we left last time.

Chapter 23: Home...Magic Mirror

【Work started, work panel opened】

[Staff: Bai Yu. Target: Abnormality G-01-05. PE-BOX Energy Collected: 0/12]

When Bai Yu saw the oak cabin from the entrance again, he realized that many new pieces of furniture had been added to the shelter.

Anvil, furnace, workbench, and... a bed.

It seems that every time an employee comes in, the oak cabin is expanded a little bit.

The abnormality inside also seemed to have adapted to daily life in the containment room.

The guide was sitting on that chair, flipping through a book brought to him by a Lobotomy employee...

When Bai Yu took his first step on the oak floor, the guide's usual voice rang out.

"Hi, Baiyu. How can I help you?"

The fantasy being slowly raised its head, closed the book, and looked at Bai Yu with a smile.

It was not until then that Bai Yu saw the title of this book...

"Urban Chronicles? Guide, are you still interested in reading this kind of thing?"

Bai Yu walked over with a smile, pulled out another chair in front of the guide, and sat down casually as if he were an old friend.

"I'm not saying this, but the city's history is already severely damaged, and there's very little truth in what's written in these books... Be careful not to be misled."

"True and false, false and true, history is fabricated by later generations. Even if it is false, it still contains traces of truth..."

The guide didn't care about Bai Yu's explanation. He just pulled out a teapot and two teacups from behind his back like a magic trick, and then asked, "Would you like some tea?"

"drink..."

The warm water brewed the tea leaves, and nothing happened.

Everything was peaceful, as if both of them had intentionally or unintentionally avoided the unpleasantness that occurred during their last meeting.

"Please," the guide pushed the tea towards Bai Yu and stood beside him like a waiter.

"....." But Bai Yu didn't drink it. He looked at the tea in front of him for a few times and finally sighed, "Stop pretending. It really makes me feel uncomfortable."

An Abnormality is an Abnormality, and it is not the basic guide in Terraria after all.

This was the truth he understood when he witnessed Bird's death.

This tea...

He wasn't sure if he could drink it.

".....That's too much." Hearing Bai Yu's sudden refusal, the guide smiled but was not angry.

He just returned to his seat silently and took a sip of his own cup of tea.

"Okay, so what do you need from me?"

"It's very simple."

Bai Yu's voice grew increasingly low, "You said last time that you didn't know how I could leave... I found it..."

"is it?"

Hearing this, the guide's smile didn't even waver.

"certainly..."

Bai Yu then told the guide about his experiences over the past few days...

"So, I can leave now," he said, his eyes sparkling. "You know what? Guide, I'll be able to leave this damn place soon..."

"Hmm..." The guide seemed to be lost in thought because of Bai Yu's words. After a few seconds, he said calmly, "So, you came here just to show off in front of us?"

"..."

Bai Yu had to admit that the guide had indeed hit the nail on the head.

"Well, just like always, you're a horrible person."

The guide stood up, twisted his limbs, and began to walk around the oak house.

"But we were born to serve you, weren't we?"

“Alas… there’s nothing I can do… there’s nothing I can do…”

While complaining, the guide dragged something under the bed.

Soon, he dragged out a box hidden under the bed.

Bai Yu did not get up to check, but the guide who had been searching in the box for a long time also came back at this moment.

“You should recognize this thing…”

On the table, the guide pushed something like a lens towards him.

For the first time, something that was clearly not an ordinary object appeared before his eyes.

Because when he saw this thing for the first time, Bai Yu was surprised to find that the system prompt appeared again.

【Item name: Magic Mirror.

Level: TETH

Function: In the world of Terraria, using this object can return to the resurrection point.

Synopsis: Just stare in the mirror and you can go home.

This item can be said to be an item that almost all players in Terraria have used.

Bai Yu naturally recognized it, but he did not understand the guide's intention in taking this thing out.

"Magic Mirror...what do you want me to do?"

"Isn't it obvious?" The guide smiled gently. "Adventurers can't stay hidden indoors forever. Otherwise, who will remove the curse that's spreading across this land?"

"..."

Bai Yu was silent for a moment, then uttered a word coldly.

"Are you crazy, or do you think I'm crazy?"

After receiving the message from the SCP Foundation, he has hope of survival...

Why go on an adventure to Terraria, which is more dangerous than a city?

not to mention...

The second management instruction of the guide clearly states:

[Regardless of any noise you hear from inside or outside G-01-05's containment cell during your work, please do not attempt to open or leave through the containment cell's security door, or you will never be able to return to Lobotomy Corporation.]

adventure?

There was no doubt that he would leave this oak cabin. Once he went out, how would he get back?

Therefore, this is an absolute loss-making practice from any perspective.

"Reject... Now just reject it."

Bai Yu’s attitude is very clear.

But the next second, he noticed the guide... no, this Abnormality was smiling at him, but unlike the previous smile, this time, Bai Yu seemed to see something dangerous in its smile...

This dangerous thing seemed to have penetrated into his heart, making him feel terrified.

"Bai Yu, if I were you, I wouldn't be so obsessed with going home."

The guide crossed his fingers and used his hands to support his head.

As someone who was almost omniscient, he certainly knew Bai Yu's thoughts and the outcome, but he still reminded him with good intentions.

"You know, in this city, if you stay where you are, you'll die..."

"I have no use for this thing."

Bai Yu wanted to refuse completely, but until then, he found that he couldn't open his mouth.

In the guide's smile, he began to doubt himself...

Indeed, he seemed a little too immersed in the joy of 'possibly' being rescued.

"I can be saved..."

"Those who can be saved..."

"Can...can you?"

Chapter 24: First Visit to Terra

Bai Yu swallowed his saliva, and a complete chill poured down from his head like a torrential rain.

Those things he had previously ignored, he finally discovered now that he had completely calmed down.

"Yeah, I know that no matter who it is, one can't say anything too absolute."

Seeing that Bai Yu's face looked as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, the guide wanted to laugh but didn't show it.

"Bai Yu, putting your hopes on others won't lead to good results. Don't you think that now that you've come here, they will still treat you as a normal person?"

After listening to Bai Yu's description of the foundation, the guide gave his own inference.

"My past life ended the moment I arrived at Lobotomy Corporation."

"You'll just be what they call a new anomaly, or... a new SCP?"

"Honestly, I have no ill will towards you. Unlike my other colleagues, whether you are alive or dead has nothing to do with me..."

He spoke slowly, waiting for Bai Yu's response, and finally he got it.

"what should I do?"

Bai Yu knew that what the guide said made sense.

Although perhaps the guide seems to have a rather bad impression of the Foundation.

But after being involved in such a thing, it is impossible to return to normal life and be an ordinary person.

"That's it..."

The guide stood up and patted Bai Yu's shoulder with a slight sense of relief.

"I know what you're worried about, but don't worry. In this world of adventure, you won't feel hungry or tired. Time in the outside world will be suspended. The only thing you need to pay attention to is your health..."

"Use the magic mirror and you can return to this cabin..."

After hearing the wizard's explanation, the system suddenly started responding.

[G-01-05 Management Notice has changed....]

【Host please take note!!】

[Additional Supplement to Article 2 of the Management Notice...]

[2. When a staff member enters Terraria with the guide's permission, it will no longer be considered a time travel. As long as they remain working and return 'home' before the end of their work, and finish their work, no abnormalities will occur.]

Even the system came out to prove that what the guide said was correct...

"What a surprise..."