Rhodes Island does not exist.

So this is what a notepad is for.

So the doctor turned the page.

The yellowish-white pages moved to the next area where text was recorded, accompanied by the creaking sound of the offset paper bending.

Day 12

I found an empty notebook in this room full of empty boxes, so I'll use it for taking notes.

[P.S.: Luckily, I remembered what day it is today, otherwise I would have to start from day one.]

The text has ended.

This is the main text recorded on the first page of the notebook.

Neither the Doctor nor Skadi spoke; they simply waited for the next page to appear.

The two remained silent, understanding each other implicitly.

The professor turned to the second page.

[Day Thirteen]

This isn't a box, but a biological tank. What's most incredible is that it works perfectly, though the source of its energy remains a mystery.

[P.S.: I put the food I found the day before yesterday in there for storage.]

The second and third pages are linked together, thus connecting the content of the two days.

Day Fourteen.

This aquarium seems to have a mysterious ability to preserve food; the food I put in yesterday hasn't spoiled at all.

[P.S.: So I cut the monsters I killed today into pieces and threw them in.]

-

Thank you segment.

Thank you for the monthly pass, Foghorn.

World of Warcraft 9.0 launched yesterday, so I played it all day.

Chapter 11, Section 11: Even on the forbidden list, the resurrection of the dead ranks high.

There are several days with blank records.

However, there were no signs of the paper being torn, so the doctor guessed that the person who wrote the record probably just forgot.

Even if he forgot, the almost obsessive compulsion that might have existed in his heart made him discard the few blank pages in the middle that he hadn't made any notes on.

Just like the words he wrote at the very beginning.

"Luckily, I still remember what day it is today, otherwise I would have to start from day one."

The fact that his first page is the twelfth day instead of the first day speaks volumes about his mental state.

In other words, this is not a normal person.

Indeed, what kind of normal thought process could someone be to throw a killed monster into a biological tank?

The doctor and Skadi chose to continue reading.

Day 18

[Due to complicated reasons, I haven't written anything down for the past three days, so I'm skipping the first three pages and starting from this page.]

really.

The doctor thought to himself.

Just as he had guessed, this person was indeed a person with obsessive-compulsive disorder.

[First, regarding the strange body part I put in the terrarium, it changed.]

The originally chaotic, reddish-black mass of flesh inexplicably began to grow things resembling hands, feet, and branches, and even seemed to be sprouting skin.

Considering that something seems amiss in this building called Rhodes Island, I've decided to observe it for a few more days to see what kind of abilities it might be hiding.

As the doctor read the words on the paper, a guess gradually formed in his mind.

With this thought in mind, he glanced at Skadi beside him out of the corner of his eye, only to see Skadi staring intently at the notebook in his hand, completely undistracted.

So he had no choice but to bury his thoughts and turn his attention to the next page.

Day 19

My thinking is correct.

Although the remains I examined yesterday didn't show much change, I unexpectedly discovered food that I had put into another aquarium a few days ago.

On the thirteenth day, I put the food in to test its preservation ability and then forgot about it. Now I've found it again, but I don't recognize it anymore.

[By the way, I put in a half-eaten can of fish.]

What I'm facing now is basically half a dead fish, still bleeding. Does this mean this aquarium has the ability to recreate things?

Of course, I'm not sure if that's true; I can only make a preliminary inference.

If the truth is close to my understanding, then the strange body parts I put in there become interesting.

Could all the strange creatures roaming Rhodes Island actually be Terrans who once lived?

After reading these two pages, the professor's hand hovered over the notebook, unable to turn the page for a long time.

His thoughts seemed to be connected with the author's.

Skadi, standing beside him, now looked at the organs in the biological tanks around the room with a completely different gaze.

All they need now is confirmation from the author.

After all, so far, the only information they have is reasonable speculation, not irrefutable evidence.

Therefore, all excitement or tension is meaningless before empirical evidence is obtained.

The professor lowered his right hand and continued turning the pages.

"Wow."

The paper made a crisp, crackling sound.

A huge white object appeared before the two of them.

So the professor continued turning the page.

White again.

Turn the page.

white.

Turn the page.

white.

Large blank spaces filled the gaps in the notebook.

Then, just when the doctor was about to think that the author had left no more text, new content appeared.

Day 32

Judging from this timeline, half a month has already passed.

After some events, I found my way back to this room. Fortunately, no one has entered since I left, which is a good thing for me.

Let's talk about the canned fish first; it's alive.

I know I've already eaten half of it. So, in fact, it survived with only half its original size.

[The dark, round fish eyes, beneath its parting lips, stared at me with a terrifying expression, its lower half-skeletonized.]

Live fish bought from supermarkets or farmers' markets will still remain alive for a period of time, even if half of the fish is chopped off. A famous dish in Yan State seems to have used this method.

However, this state cannot last forever; the fish will eventually die.

But the scene before me drastically contradicted this common sense, as the aquarium was doing everything it could to keep the fish, which had been gnawed to pieces, alive.

[And the biggest problem isn't even that; it was just canned fish a little over two weeks ago.]

[A fish, after being slaughtered, processed, fried, seasoned, canned, degassed, sterilized, and cooled, can actually be restored to its original form. I think no one would have imagined such a thing could actually happen.]

But this bio-tank did it, or rather... Rhodes Island did it.

It seems this space holds many deeply hidden secrets, more than just fear.

Let's also talk about that strange body part.

In short, it turned into a hand, and it appears to be a Sarkaz hand because its skin is inscribed with ancient Sarkaz spell symbols that I recognize.

And then, just like the canned fish, it came back to life. Because when I tried to cut open its flesh with a knife, I found fresh blood flowing in its veins.

Therefore, the effectiveness of these biological tanks has presumably been fully proven.

Killing living creatures is incredibly easy.

However, bringing inanimate objects to life is virtually impossible.

Yet it did it; this biological tank did it. This small glass vessel actually revived long-dead, even altered, body parts, restoring them to their original form and giving them life.

If this biological tank were larger, would it be possible to resurrect the dead?

I really don't dare to think about that.

I plan to stay in this room temporarily this time, so I don't lose it again.

This time, I have even more things I want to do.

The handwriting stopped here, marking a brief period.

-

【weird】

The unidentified deformed creatures that roam Rhodes Island do not have a normal form; they simply crawl like mud.

Spaces occupied by the bizarre are often assimilated and become part of the bizarre.

The strange creatures all have different appearances and none of them have a specific name.

It is called strange simply because it is nameless.

Chapter 12. It doesn't matter whose bride she is, as long as she's not his.

On the thirty-fifth day of the diary, this person who recorded his actions and research on the room, or rather, the "collector" the doctor mentioned, did something.

He left the thirty-third and thirty-fourth days blank in this record, and wrote the following on the thirty-fifth day.

Day 35

Although I had said I would stay here temporarily, I still went out for a while.

[After all, experiments always require materials. My departure this time was to find materials, or rather... to slaughter the monsters of Rhodes Island.]

Thanks to my efforts these past few days, I've wiped out all the strange creatures on the last two floors. Even the wooden handle of my weapon is completely stained red.

But it doesn't matter. Things like this can just be thrown away when they break; after all, I've achieved my goal.

[Imagine this: this is a device capable of reversing the laws of life. If used properly, it might uncover something far beyond Rhodes Island.]

By then, even escaping Rhodes Island will likely seem insignificant and meaningless.

This is...exciting.

For now, I'll break these oddities into pieces and then fill them into the aquarium.

The fervor in the text had already reached the eyes of the Doctor and Skadi through the back of the paper.

Now they fully understand what exactly is in those biological tanks piled up on the walls of the room.

“What is the purpose of this behavior…the person who does this?” Skadi frowned.

"It's hard to say. If we want to investigate this matter, we must continue to observe," the doctor replied. "But at least for now, we already know two things."

The doctor held up two fingers.

"First, these biological tanks in the room have the ability to revert corpses or processed corpses back into living organisms."

"Secondly, the strange creatures that roam or appear on Rhodes Island are probably all based on humans."