[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world":3,"chapter-survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-chapter-344":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Survival Guide in a Mysterious World",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2299313,4497,"Chapter 344: Have You Said Thank You Yet?","survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-chapter-344",344,"\u003Cp>What kind of face was that…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eyes, nose, lips, ears… each feature was utterly ordinary, yet together they possessed no memorable trait—vague, indistinct, even gender unclear, as if this person had long been forgotten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a face without features, a face of Fenwu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More precisely, it was the face of “Fenwu as perceived by Lan Shiwén.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the instant he saw this face, Bé Dàng froze, his eyes instantly clouding over, then quickly clearing again—more alert than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is this… inside the opera house? Is that the Gambler?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bé Dàng frowned, staring fixedly at the motionless Gambler across the table, muttering to himself: “When did I get in here? Was I gambling with the Gambler? Where’s Méi Lín? Where did she go?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\" Looking at Bé Dàng’s expression, Níng Zhé shook his head: \"As expected—I couldn’t erase Bé Dàng’s entire mind and turn him into a hollow shell. I only wiped a short span of memory—from when he entered the opera house until now… The rules of Tàisù do have some limitations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A limitation neither he nor Lan Shiwén knew about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Níng Zhé turned his gaze to Fenwu, slumped lifelessly on the sofa across the table—his chest rose and fell faintly with breath, but he had lost all self-awareness and agency, reduced to a hollow shell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bé Dàng’s memory could only be partially erased, but this man’s memory was completely purged without resistance—his consciousness entirely drained, turned into an empty vessel… What’s the difference between them that causes such divergent manifestations of Tàisù’s power?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Was it because this man had already been brainwashed by Fenwu? Or because the Fenwu simulated by Tàiyì lacked the true strength of the real Tàisù?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or was it something else entirely?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Níng Zhé felt he was on the verge of grasping the key—if he could understand this, he would be close to cracking Fenwu’s core rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alright, first, summarize the current situation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, he had successfully stolen a fragment of Fenwu’s identity—though incomplete, it allowed Níng Zhé to simulate part of Tàisù’s power through Tàiyì, breaking the dead end of this sealed timeline.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tàisù’s ability: under certain conditions, it could delete others’ memories to some degree; whether it could alter them remained unknown, since this identity was far too thin, drawn solely from Lan Shiwén’s perception.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Níng Zhé could roughly guess the process of stealing Fenwu’s identity—it boiled down to two words: suicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“According to Xià Yubing’s account, Lan Shiwén had triggered death-rebirth multiple times before. In previous cycles, he already understood Fenwu’s abilities and the opera house’s conditions, which allowed him to immediately find Xià Yubing and pass Fenwu’s intel to me via the notebook.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And Lan Shiwén’s memories are the foundation of my theft of Fenwu’s identity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Briefly outline the process:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1. Lan Shiwén knew Fenwu had trapped Níng Zhé in the opera house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2. Lan Shiwén knew Fenwu could alter memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3. Níng Zhé had previously stolen Lan Shiwén’s identity, used it to commit suicide, triggering Lan Shiwén’s automatic death-rebirth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Passively triggered death-rebirth made Lan Shiwén assume Fenwu had killed Níng Zhé, causing his reset—but another possibility existed: Níng Zhé had committed suicide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can think of this. The previous cycle’s me could have thought of it too.” At the moment he erased all memory of this “Fenwu,” Níng Zhé knew he had won the gamble.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the previous cycle, Níng Zhé had committed suicide, yet Lan Shiwén still assumed he had been killed by Fenwu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, this false perception became the bridge for Tàiyì to steal the identity—he successfully stole the identity of “Fenwu as perceived by Lan Shiwén.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But strangely, the identity stolen by Tàiyì carried no memories at all—I didn’t realize I had already stolen a fragment of Fenwu’s identity in the previous cycle, or I wouldn’t have been cornered by Fenwu.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously stolen identities always came with fragments of the original’s memories—but Fenwu’s carried none. His identity had no memory attached.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Memory… again, memory… Níng Zhé’s eyes flickered—he realized this too was a clue about Tàisù’s rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hello, have you seen a tall woman before?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bé Dàng studied Níng Zhé’s vague, ordinary face and asked cautiously: “The woman is around 25 to 26 years old, wearing a khaki equestrian outfit, with neatly styled short black hair, very beautiful, with a neutral aura—once seen, unforgettable. Have you seen her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You mean Miss Méi Lín?” Níng Zhé glanced at Bé Dàng and smiled: “She said she was going to find a certain young lady, and before leaving, she asked me to watch over you…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Níng Zhé had long practiced deception through Tàiyì—he was now skilled at weaving lies without hesitation, and soon spun a tale nine parts truth, one part falsehood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He claimed: he was an innocent bystander caught up in the Gambler’s game; fortunately, Méi Lín and Bé Dàng—who had been pulled in earlier—explained the rules to him, allowing him to survive at the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the man slumped on the sofa across from him, he had been turned into this state after losing the bet; Níng Zhé didn’t know the details…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hearing Níng Zhé’s account, Bé Dàng gradually understood the situation:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After Méi Lín lost, she used the bronze mirror to forcibly leave. With no one designated to place the next coin, the game stalled. The Gambler, bound by his ‘player’ identity, couldn’t leave the game—and thus couldn’t forcibly drag her back.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A lie nine parts truth was hardest to expose. After understanding the events, Bé Dàng exhaled in relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though he didn’t know why he’d lost his memory from entering the opera house until now, at least Méi Lín had successfully trapped the Gambler—so the strange event’s impact wouldn’t spread further. Their purpose in coming here had been achieved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anything could happen in a strange event—who could be certain?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Thank you for watching over me.” Bé Dàng nodded to Níng Zhé in gratitude, already pondering how to escape the game.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No, no, no—I’m the one who should be thanking you.” Níng Zhé replied, visibly flattered: “If not for you, Mr. Bé Dàng, and Miss Méi Lín, I’d already be dead in this ghost’s hands.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bé Dàng shook his head: “Regardless of sentiment, gratitude must be expressed. It’s the custom of my family, the Astalti.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Níng Zhé no longer refused, thinking: He should be thanking me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1056,"2026-06-20T06:29:22.815Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","5b1e100d543e8950bc526cee4777fd9dcd5efdbdb5f3fd06a9ef74ea9c8c3c66","survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-chapter-345","survival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-chapter-343",353,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fsurvival-guide-in-a-mysterious-world-cover.jpg"]