Chapter 154 Hold My Hand

Sun Yuancheng sat in a corner filled with miscellaneous items, his brows furrowed, staring intently at the top ten list of player points from the previous dozen sessions that he had just retrieved from the system.

The two people inside particularly surprised him.

One is Bai Yu.

Li Ziyue mentioned before that Bai Yu had not been a dungeon player for a long time. At most, he had only been in the virtual world for two years longer than Li Ziyue. However, why was Bai Yu's name and photo on the top ten of the first scoreboard decades ago?

Sun Yuancheng's gaze stayed on the system interface for a long time.

He had never seen Bai Yu before, so he wasn't sure if it was just a simple coincidence of names. If it was, it would be fine, but what if it wasn't?

What kind of person can stay in an infinite dungeon for decades without any change in appearance?

His hands were shaking slightly.

That’s not the point.

If you scroll down the list, you can see a strange last name flash by.

During the previous melee in the mechanical world, Sun Yuancheng had heard surrounding players complain that people with the surname Zhang never entered dungeons. This was also true from the names of the players on the list, but more than ten years ago, a member of the Zhang family suddenly appeared on the list.

Zhang Xingzhi was ranked 99th at that time. One month later, when the "Advanced Pseudo-Human Copy" was opened, his ranking suddenly rose to 6th and he was successfully selected into the copy.

Sun Yuancheng stared at the personal photo next to the player.

The same sharp eyebrows and bright eyes, but there is a hint of gloominess between this person's brows compared to Zhang Xingzhi.

Unless Zhang Xingzhi also has a twin brother, this is him.

However, the clearance rate of "Advanced Pseudo-Human Dungeon" is still 0. If Zhang Xingzhi is Zhang Xingzhi, how did he escape from the dungeon? ! How come his appearance has not changed at all after so many years? !

Or rather...

Sun Yuancheng's heart was trembling.

The real Zhang Xingzhi (Zhang Xingzhi) died long ago, and the people who have been with them have always been fake people.

The doubts don't end here.

If Zhang Xingzhi wanted to conceal his identity, why didn't he change his name and appearance completely, but only changed his surname to cover up the truth?!

Besides, why did Zhang Xingzhi, who had finally escaped from the "Advanced Pseudo-Human Copy" go to so much trouble to come to this copy?

“Crack.”

There was an inexplicable sound of a small object falling in front of him, and Sun Yuancheng suddenly tensed up.

Someone.

His instincts never deceived him.

At some point, someone sneaked into the room where he was hiding without anyone noticing, and judging from the "click" sound, the person was less than one meter away from him.

Sun Yuancheng suddenly raised his head and looked upwards.

Facing a pair of bloody human eyes.

…

Li Ziyue's face turned pale in an instant. He coughed violently twice and moved back vigilantly.

"Bai... Bai..." He actually started to stutter.

"What do you mean Bai?" Bai Yu laughed and knocked on his head. "You should address me as Senior."

Li Ziyue was still in shock, he just lowered his head and murmured: "I... I woke up..."

Bai Yu rubbed his head: "It's over, Yuezi, you really made a fool of yourself while doing the test, your senior sister will scold me again soon."

Li Ziyue froze.

Doing questions… ?

Senior?

"We are in a high-level pseudo-human copy..." Li Ziyue tried hard to keep himself calm, "Which high-level pseudo-human copy?"

Bai Yu tilted his head again in confusion: "What happened?"

"Of course it's the first one," Bai Yu was confused. "No, I was also misled by you. We can't split ourselves into multiple high-level fake copies. What's the first and second?"

"It's all over," Bai Yu said sadly, "Yuezi, do you still remember what 1+1 equals? I have to prepare in advance for Huo Qianyun to hang me up and beat me up later."

Li Ziyue's eyes were dull for a moment. He stared at Bai Yu with lifeless eyes, as if he was possessed by another spirit.

Bai Yu was completely panicked.

"It's fine, it's just that the back of the head was hit accidentally, Yuezi, what happened to you?"

Li Ziyue was so emotional that he couldn't speak. After a long time, he choked up.

"This is all my dream... right..." Li Ziyue's voice was hoarse, "Senior... I didn't... I didn't..."

I didn't kill you... did I?

Everything that happened before was just a long dream, right...

"Nothing?" Bai Yu was still confused. "What did you dream about just now?"

Li Ziyue's eyes were red, he lowered his head and said awkwardly: "Nothing... nothing."

"Are you having a nightmare?" Bai Yu smiled and touched the back of his head. "It's okay, it's okay. We are all here. We will take you to find your senior sister later."

"Where are the seniors?" Li Ziyue asked hurriedly.

Even though everything that happened before might just be a dream, Li Ziyue did not dare to take it lightly.

Previously in the "Advanced Pseudo-Human Copy", Huo Qianyun, Xu Jingyi and Xu Jingshi were the first group to set out to inquire about the copy information. Bai Yu had a separate side quest. Li Ziyue had not finished the test paper yet, so Huo Qianyun kept him in the room to do his homework for fear of delaying the subsequent process.

At this time, Bai Yu had just finished his task and came back. He happened to meet Li Ziyue who was accidentally knocked unconscious by a wooden stick flying in the room (this is what Bai Yu said, but Li Ziyue expressed doubt). He was so scared that he quickly put Li Ziyue aside and made him lie down. He also tidied up his test papers, then squatted beside Li Ziyue and prayed with his hands folded.

Li Ziyue woke up at this point.

And he will never forget what happened afterwards.

Just a few minutes later, the elder brother Xu Jingshi, who had just been separated from his younger brother Xu Jingyi, was forced to participate in a card game with the fake person. He usually had good luck, but for some reason the situation suddenly changed 180 degrees here, and he got bad cards every time. Even if he tried every way to turn the situation around, it was of no avail.

Xu Jingyi, who suddenly suffered a heart attack in the distance, realized that his brother might be in danger. However, when he rushed over, the person he met was not his real brother, but a fake version of his brother.

[Xu Jingshi] complained bitterly to Xu Jingyi: "I lost all my points and props to the card game, but luckily, I pulled out the last one and won a grand slam. Otherwise, I would have died there and you would never see me again."

Xu Jingyi said "Ah" in a daze: "Brother, then you come with me from now on."

Xu Jingyi was not a stupid man. He immediately understood that the person in front of him was not his real brother. However, when the fake man came out, the real man was gone. He thought that his brother should be controlled by this fake man. He pretended to be ignorant and then tested the fake man.

At this time, he didn't know that his brother's body was only separated from him by a wall.

When the fake person handed him the cards, Xu Jingyi's heart beat faster for no reason, as if someone was standing behind him, grabbing his wrist, pulling it up, and letting him rub it under the table.

The bottom of the wooden table was not smooth, and there were several bumps that looked like words.

"One (Yi)"

"Don't trust me"

"escape"

Xu Jingyi's hand stopped at the last word "escape". Just as he was about to withdraw his hand, a layer of icy coldness covered it, giving him goose bumps.

Although Xu Jingshi on the opposite side had a smile on his face, his eyes were chillingly cold.

He grabbed Xu Jingyi's wrist from under the table, and raised the corners of his mouth: "Brother, is there anything good under the table? Read it to me?"

…

The structure of this copy is also quite magical. From the outside, it looks like a whole building, but there is no end in sight and no bottom in sight, as if there are infinitely increasing floors.

All the rooms in the building are painted white, and you can't see anything from the outside. After opening the door, you will find that each room is an independent space, some are as small as a normal bedroom, and some are as vast as a hot desert with no end in sight.

If there are no clear markings for the floors you pass through, sooner or later you will be trapped in an infinitely extending world.

Huo Qianyun tried to use props to mark the white wall, but no matter what method she used, the mark would always disappear in the next second.

These walls are like quicksand that swallows everything.

Huo Qianyun frowned slightly.

Only the interior of the room is unique here. If you want to find the specific floor, you have to keep opening the room. However, most of the things in the room are not player-friendly.

What should I do?

On the other hand, Li Ziyue didn't dare to delay. If he was one second late, the hope of the senior sister's survival would be reduced by one point. In the end, even Bai Yu couldn't catch up with him.

fine……

Fortunately, everything is done in time.

Huo Qianyun's figure finally appeared in front of Li Ziyue. His legs almost went weak and he was unable to stand normally.

"Yueyue?" Huo Qianyun looked at him in surprise, "Why are you so anxious? What happened?"

"It's okay." Li Ziyue panted and shook his head, "Senior, you didn't see anyone else, did you?"

"Who did you see?" Huo Qianyun asked puzzledly.

Li Ziyue paused for half a second and said seriously: "Me. Have you ever seen me?"

"Aren't you just..." Huo Qianyun suddenly understood, "No, I haven't seen your fake person yet."

Li Ziyue's eyes narrowed slightly, his brows trembled twice, and he said as if he had just survived a disaster: "That's good."

"Come to think of it, I saw Xu Jingyi running over in a panic just now. He is a very calm person. Could something have happened to Xu Jingshi?" Huo Qianyun frowned in thought.

Xu Jingshi and Xu Jingyi?

Li Ziyue's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

"Let's go," he grabbed Huo Qianyun's wrist, "Hurry up, or Xu Jingyi will die too!"

Although Huo Qianyun didn't know how Li Ziyue came to this conclusion, she didn't hesitate. However, as soon as she took a step, she felt a sharp pain in her wrist.

“Snap!”

The sound of the meat falling was so harsh in the silence.

The blood was like a bright flower, slowly blooming on the pure white floor.

Li Ziyue turned his head stiffly: "No...you..."

Huo Qianyun's eyes fell on the blood-red spot on the ground, and she didn't even notice that blood was flowing from the wound on her wrist.

The system prompt sounded in Li Ziyue's mind.

Rule 4: Be me

[Side quest: Hide your fake identity. When someone believes you are a real person, you will get a surprise reward]

All the blood in his body seemed to be sucked out at this moment. Li Ziyue's face turned pale instantly and his body was extremely cold.

What's the meaning.

Huo Qianyun looked at Li Ziyue in shock.

Am I a fake person?

What's the meaning.

Who am I?

What……

Rule #4…Be me.

No, no, no.

It turns out that all this was not just a dream.

I didn't really wake up either.

Who am I?

I am a real person.

Still a fake person.

“Tick-tock.”

The blood on Huo Qianyun's wrist gathered into small round beads and fell directly to the ground, making a crisp "tick-tick" sound.

“Tick-tock.”

“Tick-tock.”

Endless drops of water fell.

“Tick-tock.”

“Tick-tock.”

[You are tied to a wooden bed, and can only watch the water dripping down your forehead right in front of you all day long.]

[Whenever you are about to pass out, the cold water drops become sharp needles, instantly waking you up.]

[You can hear the sound of water again.]

“Tick-tock.”

“Tick-tock.”

[You can't escape the sound of water until you are tortured by it and have a mental breakdown, until you are eaten away by this transparent, seemingly harmless water.]

Li Ziyue's heart was beating very fast, his mind was confused, and he had an unbearable headache.

He pressed his temples painfully, and his vision went dark again. Blurred, he seemed to hear the miserable cries of countless people.

Some people called him cruel and cold-blooded.

There were also people who asked him for help, but when they didn't get a response from him, they accused him of indifference.

"Why don't you help me?"

"Why can't the No. 1 on the standings do everything perfectly?!"

"Your life is our life, isn't it?! Why should we become experimental subjects on your road to success? Why can you have everything just by sitting there, while we can only keep struggling in the dungeon, fighting for a little living space!"

"Yueyue..." The senior student called his name weakly, "Li Ziyue..."

"Don't listen to what these people say..." She seemed to be unable to speak anymore, "Hurry up... run away... hurry up..."

escape?

Li Ziyue was in a daze, with lifeless eyes, like a corpse without self-awareness.

Senior.

Where can I escape to?

Next second.

After a snowy night, bright sunshine shone through the rectangular windows high up, and Li Ziyue saw the tiny dust particles in the air dancing up and down.

It was sunny outside, but it was dead silent and dark inside, and Liu Yuche's body was frozen on the balcony.

The light penetrated into the living room of the last human base, melting a little of the fine snow that had sneaked in from outside.

Blood and snow water mixed together. Zhang Xingzhi's abdomen was cut open and Zhang Lian's tendons were cut. The two men fell to the ground covered in blood, both of them were dead.

Li Ziyue stood woodenly among the corpses, his arms raised uncontrollably, the dark gun pointed at the man in front of him who had the muzzle of the gun pointed at his temple, ready to gamble the rules with his death.

[Side quest: Shoot yourself]

[Friendly reminder: Please complete the task within one minute. If not, the system will forcibly start the second mode]

【Countdown 59 seconds】

【Countdown 34 seconds】

Li Ziyue's vision gradually blurred and his body gradually lost consciousness. He knew that the "second mode" that had made him lose all consciousness was now devouring his sanity.

The last time he killed an innocent player was under such circumstances.

this time.

He wants to kill himself.

【Countdown 10】

…

The ice and snow melted beside him. Li Ziyue, who was frozen in the icicle, saw a man coming from a distance, wrapped in snowflakes. The man untied his black cloak, revealing a slightly immature and indifferent face.

That is [Li Ziyue].

It’s 20-year-old Li Ziyue.

He remained silent, holding a sharp ice hammer in his hand. The ice hammer made a few "clang" sounds, smashing the ice around Li Ziyue to the ground.

The ice around him broke apart piece by piece, and Li Ziyue's limbs that were imprisoned by the ice finally gained the power to move.

Then, Li Ziyue extended his hand towards him expressionlessly.

"Hold my hand." [Li Ziyue] said calmly, "If you want to live."

…

"Bang."

The silent gunfire merged with the avalanche outside.

The world returned to silence.