Is this her base?

Wasn't she carrying out a timed mission from that ridiculous system? Why is she lying on the bed in the base's bedroom?

Lu Sheng felt weak all over, like a noodle, and heard a buzzing sound in his ears.

Just as she was feeling confused, she suddenly noticed a figure sitting on the beanbag chair right in front of the foot of the bed.

With strong, straight lines, a handsome face that resembles Nuwa showing off her skills, and a pair of half-rimmed gold-rimmed glasses lazily perched on the bridge of his nose.

Is that Teacher Xu?

Why was Teacher Xu in her room?

Why are you here?

Lu Sheng suddenly felt a sense of tension for no apparent reason.

She awkwardly fiddled with the duck necks that Zhuangzhuang had collected, and frowned as she asked a question.

Xu Yi didn't say anything, but instead stood up from the sofa and strode over to Lu Sheng's side.

He propped himself up on the headboard with one hand, leaned over, and stared at her with a half-smile.

The distance between the two was only about a fist's width. From Lu Sheng's angle, he could clearly see Xu Yi's beautifully shaped collarbone and his chest muscles, which made his nose tingle.

The feeling of tension and heat made Lu Sheng's lips burn, and she unconsciously swallowed.

A faint smile appeared in Xu Yi's narrow eyes behind his glasses. He suddenly lowered his gaze and moved closer.

The distance shrank from a fist's width to just two fingers' width.

She could feel Xu Yi's hot breath evenly brushing against the tip of her nose.

Lust is a double-edged sword!

A few powerful words suddenly exploded in Lu Sheng's mind at the crucial moment.

She was jolted awake and instinctively pushed Xu Yi away.

Men would only slow her down the speed at which she drew her sword, no way! Teacher Xu treats her as a friend, yet she tries to take advantage of him?!

What?!

The moment Lu Sheng pushed Xu Yi away, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head, and then the scene in front of him changed drastically.

The lamb-shaped bed sheet was gone, and the eerie underground corridor had returned to normal.

Not far away, Zhuangzhuang and Huojian, the cat and dog, were probably having a sweet dream, cuddling together and licking each other's fur.

Xiao Yu and Zhang Xiaojuan were lying unconscious on the ground. She was tightly gripping a Tang sword, which was already half-drawn from its sheath.

Lu Sheng's mind sank.

“A psychic has created an illusion to trap us.”

Xu Yi's voice came from behind.

Lu Sheng wanted to turn around and ask a few more questions, but when she saw Xu Yi's shirt, which was always buttoned up tightly, she couldn't help but recall the image of Teacher Xu with his clothes half-undone in the illusion just now.

She turned her head awkwardly, trying to shift her gaze elsewhere, "Let's see what they are like first."

Lu Sheng and Xu Yi lifted Xiao Yu and Zhang Xiaojuan from the floor and shook them vigorously a few times before finally waking them up from their unconscious state.

Zhuangzhuang and Rocket were easy to deal with. As soon as Lu Sheng opened the pet food can, the two of them, as if on their deathbeds, sat up in fright, jumped up and pounced on him.

"I...I just dreamt I married Tiantian..." Xiao Yu looked bewildered, rubbing her forehead and pounding it twice. "How can I fall asleep standing up?"

Zhang Xiaojuan had a strange expression on her face. She ate several pieces of sour jujube cake before she came to her senses. "I actually dreamed that I was at a farmhouse with that idiot Han Rui."

"I dreamt that my human prepared a warehouse full of cat food for me!" Zhuangzhuang hinted wildly with his eyes.

"We were trapped in an illusion, but luckily we escaped in time."

Lu Sheng took out filter masks and tossed them to a few people, and then gave each of them some refreshing mints.

Psychic abilities can kill without leaving a trace. Many ability users are so immersed in illusions that they are unaware of it and eventually starve to death in their sleep.

The apocalyptic world is a living hell, making it easy for people to fall into a fantasy world to escape the cruel reality.

"Sister Lu, what's your illusion?" Zhang Xiaojuan asked, leaning closer with a gossipy look on her face.

Lu Sheng: "..."

Where's the guy with glasses?

She quickly concealed her fleeting embarrassment and shone the flashlight towards the depths of the corridor.

It was deserted, not a soul in sight.

"We...we're not going to get tricked by him, are we?" Xiao Yu asked with some concern.

The group exchanged glances, a strong sense of crisis rising within them.

"Don't worry, I can locate Tian Tian and Han Rui."

Xu Yi took out the cordless phone he had shown Lu Sheng before, and pointed to the stairs on the other side based on the display on the screen.

"This family cannot live without Teacher Xu. Without Teacher Xu, this family will fall apart sooner or later."

Zhang Xiaojuan patted her cheeks hard, cheered herself up, and followed.

Following the guidance of the mother-daughter unit, Lu Sheng and his group quickly found the door of a warehouse.

Lu Sheng and Xu Yi exchanged glances, confirming that this was the location of Sun Tiantian and Han Rui. They immediately kicked open the door with their long legs.