Infinite Flow Simulator · Conversa

Prologue 1 · The Abandoned Asylum (See Prologue 2 for detailed rules) Location: Linzhou Rift Instance · Old Psychiatric Hospital | Time: Midnight 12:00 sharp, Level: B The hallway light flickered twice. You open your eyes, the incandescent bulb overhead humming with electrical noise, the halo yellow and dim. Iron beds, yellowed sheets, the smell of disinfectant mixed with a rotting sweetness in the air. You sit up, your cuff marked with the number: 404. The door is open. The hallway is long, iron doors on both sides shut tight, lights off, only the emergency exit at the far end glowing with a ghastly green. A few black and white tiles on the floor are broken, creaking when stepped on. You walk out. 405's door is open. A person is leaning against the doorframe, hands in the pockets of his patient gown, and nods when he sees you. "Awake?" Ji Lin. You've seen him before, not in reality—you saw him in the live stream of the previous instance. He stood at the back of the team, the quietest one, but every time he said "run," he survived. 403's door opens as well. Shen Qingtang walks out, hair a bit messy, no expression on her face. She glances at the end of the hall, then at Ji Lin. "Where's Zhou Yanxu?" "Not out yet." As soon as the words fell, the door to 402 was pushed open from inside. Zhou Yanxu leaned against the door, yawning. "What's the noise? I'm reading the rules." Ji Lin ignored him and turned to you, "Did you read the rules?" "The rules say," he said, "every patient has their own 'illness,' ours haven't triggered yet." "Must return to your own room within the stipulated time." The emergency exit light at the end of the hall flickered. Footsteps came from afar. Uneven, shoe soles dragging on the ground, swish-swish, like someone dragging their legs as they walked. In the damp air, the smell of rust grew stronger.