Chapter 263 Clues in the Book

The four met on the first floor of the mall and exchanged the existing clues.

Huo Ziyan and Zheng Xun looked at each other, and the latter nodded.

Huo Ziyan first talked about their findings.

"We marked the places where players can move, and then entered the theater on the fifth floor..."

Huo Ziyan, as Zheng Xun's spokesperson, briefly explained the previous experience.

What happened in the theater made Meng Lian and the others sweat.

"It's okay, it's okay."

Meng Lian stuttered. She could feel how thrilling the scene was just by listening.

Even the omnipotent Zheng Xun was almost shot through by a bullet...

Zheng Xun's biggest gain today was marking the location, and there were not many clues about the building.

Meng Lian said that they did find some.

Like Huo Ziyan, she also asked for the captain's consent before speaking.

After Song Yao nodded, she took out the book that had been between her elbows, looking a little worried.

"You just said that you watched a movie in the cinema. I think I can add some clues about that one."

Before in the cinema, Zheng Xun and his team found two special movies in total. One is called "Son of the Moth" and the other is called "The Man Who Can't Get Out of Time".

Xiao Huo also asked if they could see the latter since they only watched the former.

Zheng Xun shook his head.

It's not that he doesn't know, but that he can't see it. During the simulation, he also tried his best to know the content of the other movie.

But it didn't work. There was no clue or information pointing to the way to watch this movie.

This time Meng Lian said that they found a book in the bookstore on the first floor.

"This book is called "Smoke Like Smoke". It is a book...like an autobiography. The first sentence is 'I am a person who can't get out of time'.

The author of this book is not marked on the cover of the book. It can only be seen in the postscript. The author is called...Ying Siming."

Ying Siming...Si Ming...Simao Building.

The name of the building should have come from her.

Zheng Xun searched his memory. He learned about Ying Siming from other clues, which was different from Xiao Meng's information source.

This building is inseparable from her, so there are clues about her everywhere.

The book in Xiao Meng's hand should be one of them.

Meng Lian roughly summarized the contents of the book. She was good at reading quickly, and could remember the main contents in a short time, and some details worth paying attention to were all remembered in her mind.

While Meng Lian was narrating in an orderly manner, Huo Ziyan took the time to glance at Song Yao.

Yinxue Guild is really interesting. People with abilities were put aside, and some mediocre people were promoted to the position.

No matter how Qinglan tossed, Xu Guan was in charge. As long as Xu Guan was there, the core of the guild would not fall, and there would be no big problems.

On the other hand, Yinxue, which was originally one of the best guilds, was turned into a mess.

It's a pity.

Huo Ziyan's sight shifted from Song Yao to Zheng Xun on his right.

Zheng Xun was listening, listening with his eyes open.

But if you look closely, his upper and lower eyelashes would fight every three seconds, and his consciousness had been somewhat withdrawn from his body.

Meng Lian made the clues very clear.

Three-quarters of this book is about Ying Siming's life. She was born in a scholarly family, and both her parents were highly educated.

Influenced by such a family environment, Ying Siming walked step by step on the life path arranged by her parents. She studied, went to school, obtained a doctorate degree from a well-known university, and entered a research institute after graduation.

Not long after graduating with a doctorate, she met her lover, who was the owner of this building.

Ying Siming's love story is nothing new. It is not uncommon for her to be appreciated by equally excellent people because she is excellent.

A year later, she got married.

After marriage, because Ying Siming was busy with work, she and her husband never planned to have children. The two have always been in love. The research institute where Ying Siming worked was very mysterious, and there were many things that needed to be kept secret, so she only mentioned it briefly in the book.

This book was not meant to record her success at work. She was just calmly narrating her life.

However, this calm was broken in the fifth year after marriage.

Ying Siming's writing began to become anxious, nervous, and panicked.

She was always suspicious, suspecting that people around her wanted to hurt her, especially her husband.

The sentence she said most was - you are not my husband, who are you.

Ying Siming was aware of her own bad state. But her sobriety seemed to last only for a while. And she herself could not control her consciousness at all. She didn't want to fall into chaos, but chaos always crushed and destroyed her.

Ying Siming gradually couldn't stand herself like this. She saw many psychologists, but the existing treatment methods had little effect.

In the endless self-torture, Ying Siming finally couldn't stand such a disordered self and chose to end her life.

Meng Lian couldn't help but sigh when she said this.

After Ying Siming died, her husband was heartbroken. Just as the building was about to be completed, he named the building after his wife.

This is how the Siming Building came about.

At this point, Zheng Xun interrupted.

"Xiao Meng, does the book mention Ying Siming's family? Does she have an older sister?"

"This..." Meng Lian quickly flipped through the book, combined with his own memory, and finally gave Zheng Xun a negative answer, "No. Or yes, but it is not mentioned in the book."

Zheng Xun nodded.

"I know."

"Then...what does the beginning of 'can't get out of time' mean?"

After Zheng Xun, Huo Ziyan also asked a question. While he was asking the question, he was also thinking.

This is a very meaningful question.

"Ying Siming had an extremely painful life in the last one or two years of her life. Her memory is completely messed up, and the overall narrative has become incoherent. It's like...there is more than one of her writing this book."

"Split personality?" Song Yao said.

Meng Lian didn't seem to agree with this.

"Although her doctor and family suspected that she had a psychological or mental illness, I always felt that Ying Siming had discovered something or experienced something."

Meng Lian felt that his words were not particularly clear, so he added another sentence.

"I think some of her nonsense is true."

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[Baita Encyclopedia]

1. Zheng Xun does not have a daily life in the dungeon. In addition to spending time in the mansion, he hangs out in other guilds.

2. The most frequent guild is the Mingque Guild. In addition to Xiao Jun and Cheng Jie, Zheng Xun also often eats and chats with other team members in the guild.

3. The territory of the Mingque Guild is actually very large, because it is not short of money. Zheng Xun is gone again, and often turns around to find that he has disappeared while chatting. Don't worry at this time, just shake the snack bag and the person will peek out from behind the sofa or door.