Chapter 133 Daily Life (Twenty)
For five days, Mu Yu's heart has been hanging high in the air, with no support.
The rope hanging him was suddenly cut, and he fell heavily at this moment.
The strong wind hit him, and he finally felt the power of the earth's gravity and fell to the ground in a mess.
Intense fatigue and pain attacked every part of his body. He looked at the nearby land, his Adam's apple rolling and his eyes filled with heat.
Mu Yu didn't dare to turn around and let Mu Chenxi see his current expression. He clenched his hands tightly and said in a hoarse voice: "So...either he has returned to his world now, or he is still in the misty world, but he is fine."
"Are you stupid again?" Mu Chenxi sneered, "Of course it's the latter."
Since Lu Chongnian exploded, he must have been torn into pieces.
At that time, there were only two minutes left before the end of the copy. No matter how powerful he was, it was impossible for him to recover to his original state in such a short time and find a way to get out of the fog.
Mu Chenxi said calmly: "Although I may not be able to help him, if you have nothing to do and just let your mind wander, you might as well think about what is in the foggy world and how he can get out."
When Mu Yu heard this, his body stiffened again, but soon, a vague idea popped up in his mind.
"...Brother," he turned around and said suddenly, "Let's go back to the Life Science Museum!"
Mu Chenxi: “?”
*
It can be said that he does whatever he wants.
However, given Mu Yu's current mental state, Mu Chenxi could only obey him.
The Life Science Museum closes at 8 o'clock every night. It's not that time yet, but there are already very few people in the museum, and it's empty.
Mu Yu went straight to Hall D on the second floor and stood at the entrance, panting.
"So, what are you doing here?" Mu Chenxi followed him slowly, with his hands in his coat pockets.
"I don't know. I just feel that..." Mu Yu walked towards the crib and swallowed. "What Jiang Shuyue said makes sense. Why didn't the thief simply set the space outside the copy map to nothingness? Why did he create the foggy world?"
"He has specially set up such a space. There must be a reason for it, right? Besides the fact that players may not die immediately after entering, there is also something inside - but what could it be? He will not hide his secrets inside, right? Then what can players get when they walk out of the foggy world? Or can they just leave the dungeon, or get a reward for clearing the level?"
"But all along, players who have cleared the dungeon have gained nothing except 'surviving'. I don't think it will be any different in the foggy world. What reward can He give us? Wealth? Superpowers? I don't think He is that kind."
"The reward is that we can stay away from the dungeon forever? Then we can drop out of school immediately and stay away from this university town. We can also achieve this goal."
"So in the end, the only meaning of the existence of the foggy world is that players can go in and have a chance to get out? But on the other hand, isn't this meaningless?" Mu Yu was almost incoherent, "Brother, do you understand what I mean?"
"I think the reason why He created the foggy world is probably because He was restricted by the guardians and had no choice but to do it this way! What was the only way? What was the area around the dungeon map originally? It's the space where we live normally!"
"——He can only use fog to cover these normal spaces. This is a crude cover-up due to His lack of ability!"
Mu Chenxi had been listening quietly, and now he spoke: "So you think that the fog is actually the normal real world. But if that's the case, now that the instance is over and the fog has dissipated, the people in the fog should naturally come out."
But obviously, this is not the case.
Mu Yu opened his mouth, but before he could say the next word, his body suddenly shook, as if something pushed his shoulder.
Mu Chenxi came over immediately: "What's going on?"
Mu Yu stood there stiffly, motionless.
*
Lu Zhongnian woke up after the explosion and everything around him was silent.
In the blurry and shaking vision, white fog flowed horizontally like a cloud.
He lay on the ground, raised his hand with great effort...and regained his shape?
The limbs and torso seem to still be there... Did the body automatically recover after entering the foggy world? Or...
No, that's not right.
It must be because the copy has ended.
He exploded in the mist, and was reborn in the mist after the dungeon ended, but Mu Yu...he...
Lu Zhongnian became drowsy and lost consciousness again.
…
When I woke up again, I had no idea how much time had passed.
He lifted himself from the ground.
His cell phone and other things were gone. When he raised his hand to rub his dull and aching forehead, he found that a small half of his palm and arm had disappeared.
There was no pain or flesh in the place where it disappeared, only rough flesh-colored texture.
My thoughts started to work slowly.
...It doesn't look like it was eaten by some creature. From its shape, it looks more like it was dissolved.
Will the foggy world dissolve the human body?
But the speed didn't seem fast... Although he couldn't estimate the time, his intuition told him that at least one day had passed.
It only devoured this little bit in 24 hours. It would probably take a long time to completely dissolve it.
So... this should mean that there is still a chance to get out, right?
After all, if entering the foggy world meant death, then with His abilities, there should be no need to make the process so complicated.
He is not some large creature that absorbs nutrients by digesting humans...
Lu Zhongnian stood up from the ground and looked around.
The fog was white, and behind it there were blurry, illusory, slender ghostly shadows that appeared and disappeared from time to time.
Low whispers were heard from all directions, so inaudible that it was hard to hear clearly.
It was as if countless monsters were hiding behind the thick fog, spying on him and plotting something.
Lu Zhongnian remained calm and looked down at his feet.
He vaguely remembered that when he was thrown into the fog, his head was facing in the opposite direction of the building, which was the direction he was facing now.
If he wanted to go back, he should turn around now.
Although the instance has ended, even if he goes back, he should be...
Twist on your toes.
He turned behind him.
——There is still thick fog ahead.
Lu Chongnian seemed to be thinking about something.
...However, if I could just turn around and walk back in the direction I came from, that would seem a bit too easy.
But there are no examples to refer to. In the society recruitment copy, Zhao Jiayang had been sentenced to death by the copy when he walked into the fog. He was determined to commit suicide at that time, so naturally there was no way he would look back.
As for Shen Leng and Xu Jin in the Garbage Street copy, the two of them were brought into the fog while sitting in a hotbed. They had already lost their self-consciousness at that time. No one could rescue them from the two machines, and they themselves could not resist the will of the copy.
All in all, he can only figure it out on his own now.
Lu Zhongnian walked forward.
The fog hit him in waves, damp and cold.
Ghost shadows flashed in front of him from time to time, but it seemed that they had no intention of attacking him for the time being.
He remained alert and continued to think.
The humanoid entity that attacked him was obviously abnormal. Although he had no basis for it, he could vaguely feel at the time that the other party had thoughts and intentions - a feeling close to that of an intelligent creature.
Is it Him?
He wanted to kill him and make this copy fail?
But Mu Yu——
Lu Zhongnian paused for a moment, then stepped forward heavily again.
...Mu Yu obviously used other means to force his way through the copy.
So the current situation should be that everyone else is safe, and in his world, "he" should have become a walking corpse.
If he can't get out of the fog before being completely dissolved, things might be a little bad.
He and Mu Yu have always been the most special anchor points in the two worlds. He changed his previous attitude and went to great lengths to interfere with the copy in order to kill him. It was probably because if either he or Mu Yu died, things would go in the worst direction.
For example, the two worlds can no longer overlap, and the arrival of copies can no longer be prevented.
Suddenly, a figure flashed in front of him, interrupting his thoughts.
Lu Zhongnian stopped.
people?
He did not rush to chase the other party, but observed quietly.
The next second, the figure was stretched into a long and thin shape, and then a thick fog came and blocked it.
...Another phantom.
Lu Zhongnian did not take another step.
He had walked at least a hundred meters away, but he remembered that he was not thrown that deep into the fog. He exploded at the edge of the fog.
At this moment, there is still thick fog ahead, and there is no sign of an exit, so going in the direction we were heading back and forth was indeed a wrong choice.
So, what to choose next?
Common sense and vision are all unreliable, this space is full of misleading illusions...so why not try closing your eyes?
Lu Chongnian closed his eyes decisively and immediately fell into darkness.
…
At first, there was a creepy feeling.
The feeling of being spied on and surrounded became stronger. The rustling whispers were amplified. The monsters seemed to be communicating and planning all the time, but he could not hear them clearly and did not understand what they were saying.
His body instinctively wanted to open his eyes and stare at everything around him, but he forced himself to hold back and listen carefully.
...After a while, the whispers began to fade away, and the feeling of being peeped also faded away.
These things that disturbed his judgment were disappearing quickly, and he found that he seemed to be standing in a vacuum zone. Not only was there nothing around him, but there was nothing even under his feet.
Lu Zhongnian frowned.
What kind of space is this?
...Forget it, since the direction I’ve chosen now is wrong, let’s just go back to the starting point.
He turned around with his eyes closed and walked slowly in the direction he came from.
Every step was taken slowly and steadily.
It felt like he was walking on clouds; he could even faintly feel the wind blowing up from below.
...Is he floating in the air?
He counted his steps in his mind, two steps per meter, and when he took the 157th step... he suddenly walked through a wall.
Lu Zhongnian stopped suddenly.
…I reached out my hand and felt behind me. It was indeed a cold wall.
He opened his eyes and the cold touch disappeared. Turning back, he saw his hand suspended in mid-air.
Lu Zhongnian's heart moved slightly and he closed his eyes again.
——The touch returned, and the wall was back behind him.
Closing your eyes and opening your eyes are two completely different worlds.
What he is touching now should be the real world.
So, where is it?
Lu Zhongnian continued to move forward.
The rustling whispers came again.
However, this time, the low and strange sound of conversation was not like before, vaguely surrounding him, but was clearly located in front of him.
He walked forward without hesitation, approaching the direction where the sound came from.
—Until he bumped into something and the muffled sound suddenly stopped.
*
In the lobby on the second floor, Mu Yu stood frozen in place, not moving.
Mu Chenxi's brows were tightly locked: "What's going on? Say something."
"Shhh."
Mu Yu quickly signaled for silence and his eyes fell on the air.
He took a step forward, feeling it calmly.
Take another step.
The back quietly became stiffer.
"…Something is following me." He said in a low voice.
Mu Chenxi's eyes moved slightly.
At this moment, there were only the two of them in the entire second-floor hall, and it was very quiet all around.
Mu Yu did not look back, but walked forward slowly step by step.
Halfway through his walk, he turned and walked towards the crib.
Gradually, his eyes began to glow and his eye sockets turned red.
"...Lu Zhongnian, is that you?"
"I can feel it, you don't have to be afraid of scaring me."
He stopped beside the crib.
Then, he felt his hand being touched.
It was so gentle, like an illusion.
He subconsciously raised his hand, palm up.
The touch became real and continuous - the other person was writing in the palm of his hand.
Mu Chenxi came over, and the two brothers looked at the empty palm together. Mu Yu's breathing became disordered.
【It’s me.】
"…It's him! He's right here!" Mu Yu raised his head and said excitedly, "The foggy world is indeed the real space around the dungeon map!"
With a definite answer in his mind, his thoughts began to work faster.
"I think the Thief must have copied the real world when creating the replica. He couldn't cleverly pick out a certain place and copy it. He could only copy the entire real world, then transform one of the places into a replica, and turn the rest into fog."
"Once the copy was closed, these copied spaces could not disappear on their own and remained there!"
Mu Yu's tone slowed down: "But since Lu Chongnian is here, but we can't see or touch him, then aren't our two sides like parallel spaces? ... Can we only wait for the next instance to be opened? But is the foggy world connected to the next instance the same one where Lu Chongnian is?"
Seeing that he had completely recovered, Mu Chenxi glanced at him and said, "Hasn't it ever occurred to him that the thief might have been using the same copy space from beginning to end? He transformed that place into a copy today, and transformed this place into a copy tomorrow. All the copies are connected to the same misty world. Since He has gone to such great lengths, can He still copy again and again?"
Mu Yu listened, and his eyes lit up again: "Hmm!... Lu Zhongnian is writing again!"
He stared at his palm and said after a moment: "He asked us how long it had been."
"Five days, five days have passed, Lu Chongnian!"
Mu Yu looked at the air, his Adam's apple rolling, and asked again: "...Are you okay?"
In the palm of my hand, the vague touch began to write again.
[My body is dissolving, but I should be able to hold on until the next instance.]
【don’t worry. 】
[I can't hear you clearly, can you speak louder? ]
Are we on the hall side of the crib or the wall side?
Mu Yu glanced at the crib in the corner: "It's on the side facing the hall. What's wrong?"
After a while, the following words were written on the palm of my hand:
[If my positional judgment is correct, when I was thrown out by the fragment condensation, I was thrown to the side close to the wall.]
[The foggy world seemed to have moved me to the side of the hall. I thought going back was the way out, but in fact I was getting further and further away from the crib.]
"What is he talking about?" Mu Chenxi raised his eyebrows.
"He's talking about the rules of the Mist World," Mu Yu frowned and thought, "From what he said, the Mist World should move the players who enter to the opposite position around the dungeon map."
"If you are still in the dungeon and accidentally enter the fog, you should go forward to get back to the dungeon. Turning back will only get further away from the dungeon."
...There are too many twists and turns.
Mu Yu asked again: "The one who attacked you was the Yin Piece Condensation?"
[Yes, it condensed into the shape of Qu Ge. It should be that a part of it was controlled by Him long ago and hid in the corner.]
After a while, Lu Chongnian wrote again.
[The next instance will definitely not be near here. I can't stop here. I have to leave early so that I can arrive when the next instance opens.]
Mu Yu was stunned and asked quickly: "But how do you know where to go? The university town is so big..."
[I don’t know, but I feel it]
Lu Zhongnian paused for a moment, probably thinking.
[It can’t be a very remote place. And I’m not dead yet, so I should still be considered a player? If the signs of a dungeon appear, maybe I can still feel it.]
Mu Yu wanted to talk but stopped himself. There were too many problems here.
As if he could sense his confused and worried emotions, Lu Zhongnian comforted him.
[There will always be a way out when you reach the mountain, so don’t worry. 】
【Thinking from another perspective, we can finally be in the same world. 】
"What are you talking about again?" Mu Chenxi asked with his arms folded across his chest.
Mu Yu answered honestly, and Mu Chenxi looked at him with a look that asked, "Are you stupid?"
"Let him try to get on our car. If he can even get on the car, then why not just let him follow you? He can eat, drink, defecate and urinate together, how can you lose him? When the next copy comes out, just let him follow you."
Mu Yu: “Ah!”
Mu Chenxi looked puzzled: "Are you embarrassed or did you really not expect it?"
Mu Yu stuttered, "I, this is our first time in love!"
"Even if you haven't eaten pork, you've seen pigs run. When they fall in love, they're like conjoined twins," Mu Chenxi sneered. "And I see that you guys are pretty self-taught in 'other things', aren't you?"
Mu Yu: “…………”
He really didn't want to understand it immediately.
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