One day, Nan Huan was just stepping into the bathtub,
When she was suddenly pulled into a mysterious game.
She initially thought this game was her chance to find her missing girlfriend,...
Chapter 215 Mizuki Private High School (Eighty-Seven)
As Yanqi finished her last sentence, a water-blue light flashed from inside her body, and something emerged from her body. Immediately afterwards, Yanqi's body gradually became transparent, as if it had lost its energy source.
It was not until the thing was fully revealed to everyone that Nan Huan recognized that what was hanging in the air was an hourglass with a water-blue glow. It was exactly the same as the giant hourglass they had passed before, except that it was a little smaller in shape.
The small hourglass seemed to have a spirit and stayed there for a few seconds. Finally, it seemed to have found its destination and moved towards Chaka and sank into his body.
Nan Huan and Heer saw that Chaka was tightly wrapped in the light, and her face, which was different from Beixi's, was also gradually changing. However, after a few seconds, her face was almost the same as Beixi's, except that her eyes were a sandy golden color.
【bite--
The Book of Infernal Affairs has been activated. Players can spend 100 points to ask a question about the god-level item Infernal Affairs Hourglass. Do players use this right to ask a question? 】
The system prompt interrupted Nan Huan's surprise.
In the past, it was only when Heer had not yet changed into his original form, or encountered some danger, forcing Nan Huan to use their props. But now Chaka has changed back to his original appearance and there is no urgent need, so Nan Huan did not use the right to ask questions immediately.
It was Chaka who woke up first and put his hands together.
Nan Huan saw Yanqi about to disappear, and his body seemed to stop at a certain state as it gradually became transparent. Then Chaka fiddled with Yanqi's body from a not-so-close distance, just like turning the pages of a book.
Nan Huan and the Ghost King Heer both saw a golden object made of sand that looked like a dial appear on Chaka's wrist. There were no scales on it, only a pointer that rotated counterclockwise, and under Chaka's control, it quickly turned back.
Meanwhile, Yanqi's figure on the opposite side was also gradually changing, shrinking little by little, until her shadow turned into the original appearance when she was waiting for Chaka.
In the frozen moment, Nan Huan saw a smile appear on Yanqi's face, and the mist of sorrow that had originally shrouded his brows disappeared as he returned to a younger state.
Then her figure was absorbed by the dial on Chaka's wrist and completely disappeared in front of the three people.
"Can you make the time dimension flow through a person?"
Nan Huan did not find it strange that Chaka rescued Yanqi. Instead, she was more interested in Chaka's abilities.
Chaka, who has transformed into his original form and restored his original memory, looks a little calmer than before, and his actions become more and more like Beixi.
She first used a complicated look to confirm that Nan Huan was standing in front of her safely, and then she couldn't help but hug him for a long time. In the condemning and dissatisfied eyes of the Ghost King Heer, she let him go and found her own voice.
"No," Chaka shook his head and spread his wrist for Nanhuan to see. "The Infinite Hourglass itself is a time dimension, but it seems that only I can use it. Even if I let Yanqi keep it temporarily, she still can't use the hourglass's skills. Theoretically, using the Infinite Hourglass, I can go back to any moment in the past and do something different from before, as long as my own memory is complete and continuous. Because the Infinite Hourglass stayed in Yanqi's body for a while, I wanted to try to see if there were other ways to save her. It turned out that the Infinite Hourglass retained the mark point when Yanqi first saw me in her body, and saved her instead."
"I guess it's because I used the time dimension of the Infinite Hourglass to peek into what will happen in the future, so I made these preparations."
The platinum mark on her wrist turned repeatedly under Nan Huan's guidance, like the gears in a clock, occasionally flashing tiny lights.
Nan Huan noticed her choice of words, "So your current memory is not complete and continuous. And because you glimpsed the future timeline, you set up many protective barriers in the school to protect those students and us, waiting for us to trigger the timeline back and return to the present."
Nan Huan finally figured out the whole story. It was similar to what she had thought before, but she didn't know much about the ability of the Wujian Hourglass before, and of course she doesn't know much about it now.
"So why this time?"
Ghost King Heer at the side did not understand, "If you are so strong, why don't you just go back to the beginning and deal with that Morpheus and the black energy? Then Nanhuan would not encounter these things later and would not be in danger?"
"And wouldn't it be great if you could go back to a certain moment in the past at any time? If things go wrong, you can go back and correct them immediately. Wouldn't that be great?"
Obviously there is such a way to solve the problem once and for all, but the Ghost King Heer doesn't quite understand why Chaka doesn't use it, so his tone of voice was not very good.
Nan Huan seemed to have gotten used to their subtle and competitive relationship. Before Chaka could speak, she tapped Ghost King Heer on the forehead and said, "Didn't you hear her say that she needed to ensure that her memory was continuous and complete?"
Normally, she had only watched Bei Xi tapping Twelve's forehead like this. Now she had the chance to tap Bei Xi's. Although it was not Bei Xi in his complete state, it was enough.
"I asked you before, didn't you say you couldn't remember a lot of things? So not only her, but all of your memories are incomplete. If it's really like you said, you can go back to any moment in the past at any time, then this power is too strong, right? So I think there should be other restrictions."
"As for why it has to be this time, I guess it's because this should be the only time point in her memory that I can go back to and get rid of those monsters, right?"
Nan Huan's gaze has already turned to Chaka, "So do you still remember this? How are we going to deal with those monsters outside that have my blood?"
After Chaka's transformation, her pretty face showed a rare bit of embarrassment because of Nan Huan's question. She stretched out her hand to scratch the tip of her nose, not daring to look at Nan Huan. "I just said that I may have seen some timelines in the future, so I made this decision. You all remember the dream I had before, the person in it was not me in this time and space, so I think my timeline is messed up. To be honest, I don't know how to deal with the monsters outside."
It was rare for her to speak so unconfidently. Seeing that Ghost King Heer's ridicule was once again intensified because of Nan Huan's actions, she quickly said seriously, "But I am sure that Anan's guess must be correct. This time point must have been carefully selected, otherwise there would be no need to spend so much effort."
"As for limitations, there are indeed some. Every time you go back to the past, everything can only continue to develop from the point in time you go back to. In other words, you have to go through everything you have experienced, whether it is the same or different, all over again."
Nan Huan and the Ghost King Heer were both silent. The former did not seem to have expected this kind of restriction. What did it mean to experience it all over again? Then what would happen to these players who were not supposed to be here?
The Ghost King He'er did not expect that this ability would have such a big bug. It was not just about killing but not burying. She even suspected that this was made up by Chaka in order to spend more time with Nanhuan, so she simply looked at him with disbelief.
In this situation, there is no point in regretting, as we are already here.
Nan Huan took a short time to calm himself down, thinking about dealing with the monsters outside first, and then thinking of other ways to get back. Such a big mall should have props for this purpose.
Nan Huan also knew that this situation could not be blamed on Chaka, and if she had not set up the time rewind in advance, those students, including the players who entered this copy, would probably have been beheaded.
Ghost King Hel was too lazy to complain, and only rolled his eyes. "I have another question. What's going on with Morpheus and those black air? Can they also go back in time and enter your time dimension?"
If Chaka's expression before was slightly relaxed because the fact was not too heavy, when the Ghost King Heer asked this question, the expression on her face had completely changed.
"I don't know how they did it, but it's clear that my ability to go back in time didn't involve them. It's clear that they followed in after they noticed something was wrong. And I can feel that the black energy is not simple. Although it was hurt by you, it didn't completely disappear."
Nan Huan was thinking about another question at this time. She felt that no matter which time dimension Chaka was in, she should have foreseen that Morpheus would come to this time point with the black air, or she foresaw that only the result at this time point would be good, so she sent out Wan Nan.
Whether it was Yanqi hiding here with the Infinite Hourglass, or the timely appearance of the Ghost King Hel, or even that only her Infinite Soul Whip could hurt Morpheus and the black air, they should have been encountered.
So in other words, she must have a way to solve the current dilemma here.
Nan Huan suddenly thought of something, but before he could open his mouth, something flashed in front of his eyes.
"You two," Nan Huan said, suddenly pointing in another direction, "was there this thing over there just now?"
The two people named stopped talking and looked in the direction Nan Huan pointed.
Right where Yanqi had just stood, there was a grain of black sand hanging in the air, flashing with black light. It looked similar to the sand that had entered Chaka's body before, but it was not platinum in color, but black.
"Didn't you just now?"
The ghost king Heer immediately walked closer and was about to touch it, but was stopped by Nan Huan halfway.
It was only after Chaka reached out and felt the dial on his wrist that he confirmed, "These are not my memories. They seem to be memories stored in Yanqi's body, but there seems to be some kind of barrier set up. In this state, I can't see the contents inside."
The black gravel, suspended in the air because of the tea card's detection, jumped twice, as if it was afraid of being ignored.
"Both of you stand back, I'll take a look."
If it was just a memory, there shouldn't be any danger. However, to be on the safe side, Chaka asked Nanhuan and Heer to step back, and he reached out to touch the black sand.
If it was a normal memory, she should be able to open the passage and enter the memory, just like before.
But when the tea card touched the black sand, it disappeared instantly, and a brown door suddenly appeared in front of everyone, with three words posted on it.
"Can't open it?"
The Ghost King Heer did not give up and tried several times. When he was about to touch the whip, he was stopped by Nan Huan.
【bite--
Congratulations to the player for finding the storage room. The key to the storage room no longer needs to gather dust in the warehouse.
Please confirm, do you want to use the key to open the storage room? 】
This system was quite clever. Nan Huan ignored its words and took out the copper key from the control panel.
This is a special reward obtained in the "Perfect New World" copy. Nan Huan had never used it and almost forgot about it. He didn't expect to use it here.
However, this was Nan Huan’s second copy of the game. At that time, even she didn’t know which copy she would enter later, and whether she could use such precise props, but the system was very sure that she would be able to use one.
Not only did he predict that she would be able to use it, but he even predicted it in the time dimension of Chaka's past. This was a bit too prescient.
But from another perspective, if the system predicted that she wanted to get the Faith Totem Fragment, it should not be difficult to guess after entering this copy. After all, this copy has just been launched, and the name of it is also hidden in it. Fragments of Faith Totem, so she must have obtained it. So from this perspective, the system seems to expect her to get it.
Why in this copy did Nan Huan feel that the system seemed to be favoring her? Could it be that it finally felt that a special existence like Morpheus who dominated the world needed someone to check and balance him, or was there some other reason?
"How do you have the key here?"
"The system you mentioned can actually arrange for you to get the key here in advance?"
Ghost King Heer and Chaka both realized that it was not easy for Nanhuan to have the key here, but their focuses seemed to be different.
"It's a long story. Let's first take a look at this memory that even you can't detect. What information does the system want me to know?"
Nan Huan inserted the key into the keyhole and gently turned it. While speaking, he signaled the remaining two people to put aside their doubts and be alert. After all, according to the system's usual habits, it was hard to say what was inside the door.
However, contrary to Nan Huan's expectations, there were no monsters or ghosts in the door of the storage room, nor did it open the door to any new world, nor was there a passage to another world. It seemed to be just a very simple room, as its name suggested, presented in front of the three people.
The room was less than five square meters, with only a few scattered cardboard boxes piled up in the corner, all covered with dust. It looked like an ordinary storage room for sundries.
“Is it really just a room?”
Ghost King Heer walked in first. She didn't even need to turn around to see the entire layout of the room. She reached out and pulled the spider webs off the cardboard box, picked it up and shook it. "The box is also empty. There's nothing inside, and there's no label on it."
There were five or six cartons in total. She shook them first, then opened them and looked inside. She found nothing except a nose full of dust. Until finally, she shook the last carton with no hope.
"Wait, there's something in here."
When Nan Huan and Cha Ka heard her words, they had already turned around to study the wall of the storage room, but turned back when they heard her words.
"Like some document or something, very light."
The small cardboard box did not make much noise in the hands of the Ghost King Heer, so to be on the safe side, Nan Huan still reached out and took it.
"I'll open it," she added after seeing the disapproving looks from the other two, "This situation doesn't look like it's dangerous."
There were indeed only a few thin A4 papers inside. Although there was no dust in the box, they were a little yellowed due to age. The big words "Resolution to Replace the School Chairman" in the middle immediately attracted Nan Huan's attention.
But the name in the column for the new school chairman below was more familiar to her.
"Nowhere to return?"
Ghost King Heer seemed very shocked when he saw Nan Huan. He tilted his head and only saw a name. "This name seems familiar. Where have I heard it before?"
Before Ghost King Heer woke up, she only had a rough impression of what happened in Fengmen Ridge because of Bei Xi, so she didn't have a deep impression of this name. "Oh, by the way, when I was about to seal the door, didn't you rescue someone from the ghost? I remember you asked her about this name, right? But didn't you say that person was called Morpheus? How come they are not the same person?"
Nan Huan did not answer the Ghost King Heer's question immediately, because she instantly thought of how Xiao Tao answered the question about what kind of person Man Wugui was.
[As far as I know, she has many identities: the owner of a travel agency, an investor in a new type of biological enterprise, the heir to some mysterious place, with countless wealth and a social status that is difficult for normal people to achieve.]
The owner of the travel agency corresponds to the role positioning in the Fengmenling dungeon.
Investors in new bio-enterprises may refer to investors in Perfect World.
The heir to some mysterious place may not have appeared yet, or it may be referring to that ancient castle.
Now, it doesn’t seem to be a difficult task to have another school chairman.
She said that this method of killing herself seemed so familiar. It turned out that she had seen it before, but she had put on a vest in this copy, so Man Wugui knew her actions from the beginning.
"No," she turned to look at the Ghost King Heer, with a little more smile on her face, "It's the same person, it has always been her, the one who wants to kill me is her. She took the system offline once before in Fengmenling, but the time was short. This time she simply changed her routine and put on a player's vest, but it still didn't work. Later, she simply went all out, which led to this incident."