I went into several surrounding rooms, but still couldn't find Ji Lin'an. Ji Lin'an's calls continued. Suddenly, I had a splitting headache, and my eardrums felt like they were about to burst. I felt dizzy and nauseous for a moment, and slowly started to have trouble breathing. Just when I thought I was about to suffocate, I heard a voice above me again...

Ji Lin'an said, word by word, "Su Su, calm down. I'll take you out, but don't resist. Just think about going back to the space capsule."

I stood there, leaning against the wall, and closed my eyes. The scene of the space capsule appeared in my mind. I heard a few beeps and felt as if something pushed my body. The next second, I woke up in the space capsule. I was still in the original space capsule. It seems that the resettlement base, like the zombie island, is also a consciousness illusion.

When I woke up, Ji Lin'an was standing to my side, wearing a white protective suit. Ji Lin'an pointed to my hand and said, "Su Su, there's a switch next to you. You can press it to open the space capsule."

I reached out and groped around until I found the switch Ji Lin'an had mentioned. After pressing it, the capsule's dome slowly opened. I quickly sat up and asked, "What happened?"

Ji Lin'an looked around anxiously: "There's no time to explain. Get up first, find Chen Hu and the others and wake them up. There's an operating system on the right side of the space capsule. Find the button in the upper right corner and you'll see the current location of the people inside. Remember, you must make them calm down and subconsciously return to the space capsule, just like you. Then press the button in the lower right corner. It might not work on the first try. If the people inside haven't fully returned to the capsule subconsciously, it won't work. You'll need to keep pressing the return button."

I listened attentively and nodded. Ji Lin'an made a gesture, and I turned around and started to move. I searched through the space capsules one by one, and the first one I found was Chen Hu. I pressed the button as Ji Lin'an had instructed, and the operating system screen immediately showed Chen Hu's current location. Chen Hu was driving a truck on the highway. I hesitated, worried that making a sound might scare him and cause a traffic accident. I looked at the other buttons, and there was a button on the left marked with two arrows, which looked like a fast forward button. I tried pressing and holding it, and sure enough, the screen showed that it was accelerating. Chen Hu's car instantly seemed to be speeding at more than 200 miles per hour.

Soon Chen Hu pulled into a service area, and as soon as he stopped the car, I said, "Hello, Chen Hu."

Chen Hu was startled by the sudden sound and turned his head to look around the car. I immediately said, "You can't find me. Don't be nervous. I'm here to save you."

Chen Hu frowned deeply, reached for his phone, checked the time, wiped his face hard with his other hand, and asked warily, "Who are you? Did you install a surveillance camera in my car?"

I quickly said, "No, listen to me, you're not in reality right now. Your consciousness has entered a dream-like place, and I need to bring you back."

Chen Hu swallowed hard, his brow furrowing. "What...what are you trying to do? Are scams these days?"

I frowned slightly in exasperation, thought for a moment, and continued, "It doesn't require you to spend any money or do anything. All you need to do is imagine something in your mind. It's not too much to ask for a little time, is it?"

Chen Hu asked with some skepticism, "What are you thinking?"

I said, "Have you ever seen a spaceship in a movie?"

Chen Hu hesitated for a moment and then nodded. I continued, "Imagine you are an interstellar traveler. Your consciousness has been transported to where you live now. You want to return to the space capsule and wake up. So keep thinking that you want to go back to the space capsule, that you want to come back."

Chen Hu looked somewhat disgusted, raised an eyebrow and glanced around: "You're probably sent by the rivals to mess with me, aren't you?"

I clenched my fist in exasperation: "No!! Just do as I say."

Chen Hu squinted his eyes reluctantly. I kept pressing the return button, but there was no response. I got a little anxious: "Concentrate. Think about coming back. When you come back, there will be countless beautiful women and gold and silver treasures. You are eager to come back to the space capsule."

Chen Hu's lips twitched into a slight smile, clearly mocking me, but soon he started experiencing a severe headache, just like I had before. I continued, "Yes, that's it. Hang in there for a while, keep thinking."

After Chen Hu felt a wave of discomfort, I pressed the return button dozens of times and he successfully returned to the space capsule. However, he had already lost his memories of the zombie island. At this moment, he looked at the unfamiliar place with some vigilance and observed his surroundings. I taught him how to open the space capsule and told him to wait where he was.

I woke up Chen Hu and continued running towards Xiao Dian's space capsule. Xiao Dian was playing basketball with his classmates at the time. I fast-forwarded the scene to Xiao Dian returning home and lying in bed. I started to explain to him slowly and finally successfully brought Xiao Dian back.

I looked towards Ji Lin'an. He had woken up Song Yi and Wei Bin. I found An Xin and was about to try to wake him when Ji Lin'an suddenly ran to my side, pulled me down, and made me squat down. He stood at the door. Someone came in and tried to look inside, but Ji Lin'an blocked his view. I saw Ji Lin'an say a few words to the person and then leave. Ji Lin'an quickly ran to me and said, "It's too late. We can only take the four of them and leave first."

I asked, puzzled, "Where to?"

Ji Lin'an calmly said, "Back to reality."

I was somewhat surprised: "You found a way?"

Ji Lin'an nodded, and without giving me a chance to ask any more questions, he gathered Song Yi, Chen Hu, and the other two and walked towards the door. Ji Lin'an cautiously peered outside, and after seeing that no one was around, he quickly led us into the elevator to the second floor. As soon as the elevator doors opened, there was a white door. Ji Lin'an took out his chip card and swiped it to open the door. He stood at the door and waved to us, signaling us to hurry up and go in.

After turning several corners, we arrived at a metal door. Ji Lin'an swiped the chip card to open the door again. Inside, there was a control panel with indicator buttons, and next to it was a place that looked like a shower room. Ji Lin'an took out his phone from inside his protective suit and made a call. It rang for a while but no one answered. Ji Lin'an paced back and forth in the room anxiously. Just as I was about to go up and ask him something, the door opened again.

The door slowly opened, and I saw that it was Xu Qi who came in. Xu Qi looked at us with a smile: "You even brought a few people with you. How thoughtful."

Ji Lin'an frowned deeply: "Hurry up."

Xu Qi sat down at the control panel: "Don't rush, there's still plenty of time. Take turns, girls first. One person go into the destruction room."

I frowned and asked, "Destruction room? What's this for? To destroy us?"

Xu Qi nodded without answering, so I continued, "Isn't destroying it the same as killing us?"

Xu Qi smiled and looked at me: "Don't ask so many questions. Your man always listens to me. You'll know what it's like when you go in."

I looked at Ji Lin'an, and Ji Lin'an nodded at me. Half-believing, half-doubting, I walked towards the destruction room...