They ran straight to the front of the furnace.
Mono, not caring about rest, jumped directly, grabbing the handle of the tightly closed iron lid.
Bracing his feet against the wall, the furnace lid slowly opened.
Letting go, his body fell back to the ground.
Meanwhile, behind them, the last iron shelf had been completely flattened by the Fat Doctor.
Its huge body was crawling towards them.
"Six, get away!" Mono hurriedly said to Six.
As he spoke, he began to laboriously climb onto the furnace.
He no longer had time to check if the internal structure of the furnace was really like in the game.
But he also had no other way out.
Either move forward and gamble, luring the doctor into the furnace to burn to death.
Or they would be killed by it.
Now there were only two paths to take.
So... they couldn't retreat, and they couldn't stop.
Six, hearing Mono's words, instinctively took a step, but seeing Mono's actions, she paused.
Mono said the plan was to lure the doctor into the furnace to burn to death, so what is he doing now...
Mono's body had already climbed to the middle of the furnace.
Six thought of Mono's plan, looked at his actions, and couldn't stay put. Huh?
Her body turned, her foot stepped, and she directly leaped towards where Mono was. Mono only heard a rush of wind behind him.
Before he could react,
He then felt his body being yanked, followed by a sense of weightlessness.
He directly fell onto a pile of corpses to the side.
"Six..."
Mono came to his senses and hurriedly scrambled up.
Besides Six, no one dared to treat him like this.
Looking up, he indeed saw a familiar figure.
Just as he was about to say something...
"Mono, don't come out..."
Six's words came through.
Mono, watching the Fat Doctor roaring towards them, could only curse inwardly. The yellow figure stood tall in such a dim environment, somewhat
dazzling.
And him, standing on the pile of corpse bags, couldn't compare in presence.
The Fat Doctor directly ignored Mono, crawling on all fours towards the yellow figure who had already jumped onto the furnace.
Mono had no more time to say anything.
Six's figure had already disappeared into the furnace entrance.
And the Fat Doctor followed closely behind, burrowing into the furnace.
"Dammit!"
Mono gritted his teeth, his steps weary and soft, and rushed directly to the side of the furnace, grabbing the iron door and slamming it shut with force.
Clang! Tightly locked.
Mono, without time for further thought, immediately after closing the furnace door, hurriedly ran to the ash collection entrance connected to the furnace's lower layer.
"Six, here, come out quickly!!"
Mono shouted loudly into it, his face flushed, his voice hoarse.
Grr...
However, what answered him were only howls and the tremors caused by constant collisions.
"Six, hey, can you hear me!!"
Mono felt uneasy, and he felt something was wrong.
Why isn't Six replying?
"Hey!! Come out quickly!"
He shouted again.
But there was still no response.
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Clothes?
On the contrary, the furnace suddenly began to shake violently.
The tightly locked door suddenly began to shake under a series of violent impacts. Fat Doctor was trying to smash open the iron furnace's lid.
"Six! Hey!"
Mono continued to shout.
But there was still no response.
Could it be... there's no exit leading down inside the furnace? No, how is that possible?
Isn't everything supposed to be the same as in the game?
How could there be an accident?
How could this be?
"Six!"
Mono pressed against the dust-covered entrance grate, staring blankly.
His voice trembled slightly.
Still no response.
The banging on the door grew even more violent.
*Impact sounds*
*Clang~*
A bolt had already been knocked loose and flew out; the once square iron door was now warped.
Mono slowly stood up.
There's no time.
There's no time.
He had to light the furnace fire, or the doctor would escape. But, Six...
Mono's hands and feet turned ice-cold...
*Crack*
A soft sound followed...
*Muffled noise*
The iron furnace suddenly flared with a red light.
*Hiss--*
*Sizzle crackle~*
An even more piercing shriek instantly erupted from within the furnace. The iron furnace shook violently, convulsing.
Something inside was struggling.
But, after a few seconds, everything returned to calm.
A strange, charred smell wafted over.
Yet Mono didn't feel nauseated.
Under the firelight, he only felt... a chill.
The doctor... is dead.
But,
Six... is dead too?
He didn't want to admit it, but listening to the silence that reached his ears, seeing the terrifying high temperature radiating from the bright flames before him, he had no choice but to acknowledge...
No one... could survive in such a horrifically high-temperature environment.
She's doomed.
Mono silently sat down on the ground.
His gaze grew vacant,
staring straight ahead, dazedly facing the emptiness before him.
How could it end up like this?
Clearly... everything was planned... Why did it turn out this way...
Why did such an accident happen... *...seeking flowers..*
Whose fault is it...
If she had listened to him...
She wouldn't have died...
But...
Why...
Didn't she just listen...
So is it her fault...
Can't blame him...
He had made the plan... tried his best to save her... but... why...
Still... he feels... resentment... hates himself... powerless... hates himself... incompetent... hates himself... weak... Could he really not change any of this? Was the tragic fate truly predestined? How laughable that he...
Had always been so confident... thinking that with effort, he could change it... Turns out he couldn't...
Because, he's nothing but...
A loser... *...*
Nothing but... a laughable... clown... nothing but... a laughable... clown... "Ding!"
"Detecting abnormal host state!"
"Warning! Host mental fluctuations are abnormal!" "Warning! Host mental fluctuations are abnormal!"
*Huff?*
A soft chuckle sounded from the darkness.
On a childish face, which should have been gentle, there was now a frightening calm.
Black eyes, illuminated by the firelight, yet emitted a grayish-white glow, as if ready to devour all light.
Failure...
Too terrible
This feeling of being utterly unable to control one's own fate...
This feeling of utter despair...
Wanting to destroy...
Wanting to wail...
Wanting to cry...
Wanting to scream...
Suppression...
So heavy it's suffocating...
Absolutely terrible...
He...
Everyone... the whole world... is too terrible...
A strange, sinister chill circulated within the incineration room.
A shoulder, gradually calming... then trembling again...
A suppressed sound, like laughter yet also like weeping—an ethereal noise—spread out, stifled...
Under disheveled hair, contained, yet seemingly mad...
A wind suddenly picked up around.
Blowing...
But just as everything was about to solidify into darkness...
"Mono..."
From the darkness, another soft utterance came...
The small figure, head buried, shuddered, then silently turned around...
The next moment, their eyes met...
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