Chapter 554: Ch 554 : A new day — the way to break through despair

While Dottore was away searching for something, Su Yuan quickly lifted his right hand and looked at his palm:

[First of all, congratulations on surviving your twenty-fourth night.]

[Currently available intelligence]

[Omitting irrelevant details...]

[70. To escape your current predicament, there are two obvious methods and one hidden method... Utilizing the Wanderer or Bennett is one of the obvious ones.]

Su Yuan stared at the first piece of intel, falling deep into thought...

He had been racking his brain over how to escape from Dottore and Aji while bringing his companions out of the Spiral Abyss—and now, the information he needed had appeared.

Did this "obvious method" mean that the Wanderer and Bennett were both in the Spiral Abyss right now?

The Wanderer’s presence wasn’t too surprising—after seeing so many people head to the Musk Reef, he probably followed secretly.

But Bennett... based on previous intel, Bennett had a possible "Eerie transformation rule."

Could it be that the reason no one could find him before was because he’d come to the Spiral Abyss on an adventure and ended up trapped here?

If Su Yuan could find Bennett and somehow trigger his eerie condition, maybe he could use that to take everyone and escape this place!

As for the final hidden method, there was no further information given—Su Yuan had no clue at all.

He nodded slightly and continued reading:

[71. Each of Dottore’s segments possesses a different Eerie transformation rule—not every segment is completely overcome by madness and cruelty beyond the Eerie’s power.]

Reading that, Su Yuan frowned deeply...

What was this intel trying to say?

Every segment of Dottore came from a different point in his life.

At different times, what he hated—and what could provoke negative emotions—would vary.

So, naturally, the conditions for each segment’s Eerie transformation would differ as well.

This was something Su Yuan had already guessed.

Therefore, the real focus of this information lay in the second half...

Could it mean that although Dottore’s segments share consciousness and can, to some extent, maintain sanity despite their madness and cruelty surpassing the Eerie’s influence—

Not every segment is capable of maintaining absolute clarity if they undergo complete inner Eerie state?

If that were true, then Su Yuan suddenly had a brilliant idea.

If he could cause the Dottore segment beside him to fall into his own internal Eerie state—allowing the Eerie corruption to seize control—then Su Yuan might use the ensuing chaos to rescue his companions and escape!

In the past, Su Yuan might have worried about how to learn this particular segment’s transformation condition...

But now, he wasn’t worried at all—after all, it was a brand-new day, and his once-per-day ability, "Rule Insight," had just refreshed!

All he had to do was use it on this Dottore segment to uncover his Eerie state rule, then find a way to trigger it!

At that moment, a spark of hope reignited within Su Yuan’s chest.

Feeling a flicker of excitement, he continued reading the next line:

[72. Important Intel: The Nation of Night, within Natlan, is the key location for restoring the intelligence in your left palm.]

Upon seeing this, Su Yuan was both shocked and overjoyed—finally, a lead on how to revive the intelligence in his left palm!

Though he didn’t yet understand what was happening in Natlan, or what exactly this "Nation of Night" was supposed to be...

After all, wasn’t Natlan supposed to be the "Nation of the Pyro Archon"?

Still, Su Yuan knew this wasn’t the time to dwell on that.

His top priority was to find a way to escape this place alive.

Just as Su Yuan was pondering what to do next, Dottore suddenly returned from outside the room.

He looked at Su Yuan with a smile and said,

"Su Yuan, what are you looking at? Your face looks like you found something surprising..."

Dottore walked up, grabbed Su Yuan’s right hand, and peered closely into his palm...

But after staring for a long while and seeing nothing, Dottore said to Su Yuan,

"Come on, tell me — what’s so interesting about the palm of your right hand?"

Su Yuan paid Dottore little mind and instead activated his ability — "Rule Insight" — directed at Dottore!!!

Immediately, some words appeared in Su Yuan’s mind:

[This Dottore segment is a slice from when he served as a scholar at the Sumeru Akademiya... At that time Dottore was arrogant and self-assured about his theories, ideas, and logic. If, during a debate with him, you can oppose him, refute him, or stump him so that he’s left speechless, perhaps something unfavorable will happen...]

Su Yuan read the words in his mind and fell into thought...

Dottore from his Akademiya scholar days?

No wonder he performed physical examinations on Su Yuan while he was unconscious...

But Su Yuan still felt worried.

Although he now knew the Eerie-state trigger for this Dottore segment, he didn’t consider himself a highbrow intellectual — actually silencing a scholarlike Dottore in argument felt difficult...

Still, no matter what, Su Yuan couldn’t give up — he had to try his hardest.

So Su Yuan took the initiative and said, "Dottore, I’ve actually thought it through. You don’t need to force things with me anymore..."

"Want to be friends and discuss ideas with each other? Fine — let’s do it. I’d be very happy to!"

Seeing Su Yuan do a complete 180, Dottore looked puzzled and incredulous and said, "Huh? Has the sun risen in the west? Why are you suddenly so cooperative with me, Su Yuan?"

"Or — have you already learned through your intelligence network that I have some of your companions waiting at the door, and if you don’t cooperate I’ll hurt them in front of you?"

"After all, you’re a kind person — you wouldn’t just stand by and watch your comrades suffer horrible harm, would you?"

"But since Su Yuan, you’re cooperating with me now, it seems those measures aren’t necessary after all..."