Chapter 202: First Discovery of a Game Bug (Guaranteed Second Update)

This time, the sheepskin parchment didn't pause—it immediately displayed text.

【I am Fang Yue. I want to save Divine Doctor An, building on what came before.】

【But it's too difficult. With my own strength, I simply cannot do it.】

【I've decided to seek help from Chief Captain Lin Duoduo.】

【Lin Duoduo offered a solution.】

【I weighed the pros and cons, and finally made my decision…】

So it takes Lin Duoduo's help to have any chance of saving Divine Doctor An.

Fang Yue frowned slightly.

And the parchment's text stopped appearing here.

Just then, a knock suddenly sounded at the door.

Knock-knock-knock.

"Come in."

Fang Yue tucked away the parchment, while his tail ushered in Lin Duoduo and the other three.

All three Captains looked grim.

That was normal—anyone who had just been tricked and then called back would be in a bad mood.

"Tail, you wait outside. I have urgent matters to discuss with the three Captains."

"Huh?"

Tail's expression clearly froze.

Called when needed, dismissed when not—Ye Ge, are you treating me like a tool…

Though Tail quickly masked her shock, Fang Yue sharply caught the shift in her emotion.

Fang Yue thought for a moment, then sent her a message explaining the situation simply: stay hidden in the inn, don't reveal anything if you see Divine Doctor An, or you'll be killed!

Only then did Tail understand Fang Yue's thoughtful intent.

Knowing this, if she saw Divine Doctor An, she'd inevitably show signs—once detected, it would mean Memory Erasure or immediate death.

But…

"Ye Ge, this is insane! The game erased my memory?"

Seeing this message, Fang Yue froze.

He had encountered the bizarre in reality, and gained power in reality.

Unconsciously, he no longer viewed this game through the eyes of an ordinary player.

So he never thought it strange that the bizarre had erased his memory.

But if an ordinary player had their memory erased, it would spark massive controversy—and huge public outcry outside the game.

A game affecting the real world? That would be major news!

Wait…

That doesn't make sense!

Fang Yue frowned.

If the game could so easily affect reality, the real world would already be in chaos.

His in-game experiences were unique, but he wasn't arrogant enough to believe no other player had encountered bizarre entities with abnormal abilities.

If the bizarre could affect reality, it would've been discovered long ago—the forums would've exploded.

Could it be…

Fang Yue suddenly had a flash of insight.

"Wait a moment, all three of you."

Telling Lin Duoduo and the others to wait, Fang Yue silently thought—Exit Game!

His vision went black; when it returned, he was awake in reality.

He shook his head, recalling the events from the game.

Memories… surged back completely!

Everything in Ma Ling'er'er's room came back clearly!

Memory Erasure? It had no effect at all.

Oh…

Fang Yue was stunned—so the Memory Erasure's effect only existed within the game?

Back in the game, his memories of Ma Ling'er'er's room remained intact, as if reality's memories had overwritten the game's, making every experience vivid and instantly recallable.

A loophole.

The game's influence only lasted within the game; once you exited, the effect vanished—as if a barrier separated the two, blocking mutual interference.

And this? This was a loophole—the so-called game bug!

Fang Yue's eyes lit up, but he quickly realized this loophole was useless against the Memory Erasure entity.

Because the moment he exited and reentered the game, he'd be killed by Divine Doctor An ten times over.

Still, this confirmed one of Fang Yue's suspicions.

That is, the game is still just a game. Though its bizarre entities are absurd, their powers haven't spilled into reality.

No matter what happens in the game, once you leave, everything returns to normal—probably why the bizarre's abilities haven't caused major news on forums or other major sites. Or maybe they're just dismissed as manipulation…

Without further thought, Fang Yue reentered the game.

He told Tail his discovery; she finally exhaled in relief.

"Oh, so it's just temporary memory loss inside the game? Exiting fixes it? That's actually kind of interesting—if Divine Doctor An doesn't kill me, I'd even want to try it…"

The tail actually wanted to try that feeling—something Fang Yue never expected.

In fact, Fang Yue thought it was absurd that the Memory-Erasing Possession could erase players' memories; it wasn't something you could just accept because you logged out unharmed.

But for a normal player, losing a memory, logging out, and then remembering it later would probably not bother them much—they'd simply assume they'd forgotten something.

If not for the parchment's hint, Fang Yue had merely felt all along that he'd forgotten something.

Under normal circumstances, if a player encountered the Memory-Erasing Possession, had their memory briefly erased, and was killed, then logged out and recalled it later, they'd only think they'd been forcibly controlled by a Possession and then killed.

Only someone like himself, who hadn't died and later recalled so many details, would sense that something was seriously wrong.

Of course, Fang Yue had long known the game wasn't simple, so he wasn't particularly surprised.

After telling the tail to stop having such strange thoughts, Fang Yue turned to Lin Duoduo and the other two.

"Three Captains, I need your help!"

Lin Duoduo looked at him calmly: "If you can't give us a reasonable reason to keep coming back here, I'll help you right now—by removing both your arms."

Lin Duoduo's cousin is terrifying!

Fang Yue's expression stiffened slightly, and he hurriedly said: "One person in my escort team has been possessed by a Possession. It's the very disaster that wiped out the village!"

"What?!"

"This can't be real?!"

"What the hell were those guards at the village gate doing? Why didn't the Possession-Detection Talisman detect it?!"

All three's expressions changed—they were clearly shocked and furious.

"Who is it? I'll kill it!" Lin Duoduo's face darkened, her voice cold.

"Divine Doctor An!"

What?!

All three were stunned again!

If it had been anyone else, they might have accepted it.

But Divine Doctor An… he was the Divine Doctor of Mo Cun!

Lin Duoduo's face grew grim: "How could this happen? How could Divine Doctor An be so careless? He's a martial artist too! Are you absolutely certain he's been possessed? I saw no abnormality in him before."

"Yes, yes!"

The other two also agreed.

Divine Doctor An was renowned far and wide; even though Luoye Cun had Luo Shenyi, whose medical skill approached Divine Doctor An's, Divine Doctor An remained a revered figure—and the soul of Mo Cun!

Killing such a man… Luoye Cun would inevitably fall out with Mo Cun. Even if they claimed Divine Doctor An had been possessed, it would be hard to soothe Mo Cun's anger.

Lin Duoduo was torn—she even considered forcing Fang Yue's escort team, this hot potato, to leave Luoye Cun overnight and let them fend for themselves.

"There's no mistake—I witnessed him transform into a Possession with my own eyes!"

Lin Duoduo frowned tightly.

"Impossible! If you saw him turn into a Possession, how are you still alive?"

"Because it still wants to remain hidden in the team. I don't know its purpose, but as long as it stays, the team will never be safe!"

Seeing Fang Yue firmly insist that Divine Doctor An was compromised, Lin Duoduo glanced grimly at the other two Captains.

They both gave slight shakes of their heads.

(End of Chapter)