Chapter 99 Night Market Street (End)
Mu Yu always has a question in his mind.
——Why can you only see the shadow of the city behind the fog on one side of Garbage Street, but only nothingness on the other side?
What is that nothingness?
Due to time constraints, he did not have the opportunity to explore the other side of nothingness, but at this moment, he finally understood.
"——The other side of Garbage Street is also an 'abyss'?!" Jiang Shuyue asked in surprise.
"Fuck, I get it!" Zhang Huawei was shocked. "If the place we are in now is a table, then Garbage Street is right next to it, right?"
"Yes," Mu Yu said, "Judging from the locations of Garbage Street, Xinlian Hotel and Night Market Street, Garbage Street should be the only one that is attached to the 'table edge', so the copy has to set up the 'eyes' function for our group."
From Garbage Street to where they are now, they should have walked from one corner of a table to the other corner diagonally.
And speed——
Why would the copy rather speed them up than place the monster generator so far away?
The answer is actually very simple. In order to prevent players from easily noticing that they are on a table, the player's body must be shrunk small enough, and at the same time the table will become infinitely large.
The area of the entire map is here. If you want to make the entire game "complete", you can only speed up the players.
In addition, the coma that every player experienced when the dungeon first arrived was actually very strange.
Mu Yu considered whether it was because the distance they were moved in this copy was too far - they had to be moved to the same starting line from all over the place - that their reaction was so strong. But now that he thought about it, they were not just moved a distance, they were actually thrown onto a table, and their size was changed!
After listening to Mu Yu's analysis, the others were stunned.
"So the true scope of this copy..." Miao Xiang murmured.
They all looked forward.
Old Yang dozed off in the dark.
Only at this moment could they vaguely make out from the black night… The old man seemed to be taking a nap in a rattan chair.
"This is the rattan chair that Old Yang often used in the night market when he was alive!" Gao Zhanyuan said firmly.
So, Lao Yang is still in the night market!
They are still in the night market street too!
The scope of this copy is not large at all. It is even the smallest copy map, consisting of only a table and an old Yang. It is just that they have been shrunk, so this world has become so huge for them!
Wang Hao shuddered: "Then, then Jinjin and the others fell down, they..."
Zhang Huawei opened his mouth when he heard this, then closed it again.
If the hotbed carrying the two people was still moving, then the distance between the corner of the table and the rattan chair where Lao Yang was sitting would be their last stretch of the journey...
"——Hurry up and find the monster generator, then there's still a chance!" Mu Yu said to them, "That sunflower pattern should be the clue, the 'mark on the table'. If we can't find the generator on the ground, then the generator may be 'underground'."
"Underground? On the ground?" Zhang Huawei didn't react for a moment.
"It means the other side of the table," Hong Yang said, "the back of the table, the inside."
"How do we get inside the table?" Miao Xiang asked in shock.
The attraction of the earth does not allow it.
Lu Zhongnian walked to the edge of the cliff, poked his head out, and said, "From here, we can't tell how thick the 'table top' is. We can only go down and take a look."
"I'm flexible, let me do it!" Gao Zhanyuan walked out.
He took off his shirt, revealing a thin layer of muscle on his small body: "One of you come grab my feet and tie our hands and feet together with clothes!"
Jiang Shuyue: "Then let me do it!"
Two people were not enough, so Lu Chongnian joined their camp.
Lu Zhongnian grabbed Jiang Shuyue's ankle, and Jiang Shuyue grabbed Gao Zhanyuan's ankle.
They used clothes to fix the joints of Gao Zhanyuan's hands and feet, and then slowly lowered him headfirst into the room under everyone's nervous gaze.
Gao Zhanyuan was holding a mobile phone in his mouth. The flashlight on the phone was turned on and the beam of light moved all the way downwards.
Mu Yu stood on the edge of the cliff and looked down——
With the light on, the edge of the tabletop instantly became clear.
Gao Zhanyuan was now moving down along the edge of the table, which was wrapped in smooth black plastic.
Lu Chongnian and Jiang Shuyue were both very careful. Even though time was very tight, they did not dare to act rashly at this time.
Gao Zhanyuan was lowered about one and a half meters, snorted and waved his hands.
Everyone asked nervously, "Have you seen the Devil's Moon?"
Gao Zhanyuan: “Hmmmm!”
"Is it far? Can you reach it?!"
Gao Zhanyuan took the phone out of his mouth and shouted, "It's very far away. The thing is stuck to the back of the table, probably where the sunflower pattern corresponds to. It's about nine or ten meters away!"
Everyone's face changed slightly.
It would take almost all of them to get on the battlefield to swing over and get it!
Lu Zhongnian turned around and said to them calmly, "Mu Yu and Zhang Huawei don't need to come up. You guys hold the last person later to make sure the whole team isn't dragged down. Yan Shaowen, come behind me. Hong Yang is next. Miao Xiang will also come up. Finally, it's Yu Ning and Wang Hao. Hurry up!"
At the critical moment, Lu Chongnian's simple and concise allocation allowed everyone to improve efficiency.
They lined up in order, and Mu Yu and Zhang Huawei helped to tie up their hands and feet.
A long human chain was formed, and the time had already reached 7:27.
Jiang Shuyue is not dead yet, but he only has one minute left.
He clenched his teeth and said nothing.
Mu Yu and Zhang Huawei ran to the back of the team, hugged Wang Hao's waist tightly, and shouted: "OK!"
Suddenly, the whole team moved forward quickly.
One by one, the little friends were let go.
First it was Jiang Shuyue, then Lu Chongnian, then Yan Shaowen, Hong Yang...
In the darkness, the human chain quickly hung down under the table.
Mu Yu calculated everyone's height in his mind, and after Yu Ning threw himself out, he shouted, "It's almost there, you guys give it a try!"
Hong Yang's voice came from below: "Hold on tight!"
Mu Yu and Zhang Huawei's feet were almost embedded in the mud. Veins popped out of Zhang Huawei's forehead. "We're holding on tight. Hurry up!"
Gao Zhanyuan shouted: "Everyone, try your best to get in! 1, 2, 3——"
At this moment, everyone roared, the human chain shook, and Gao Zhanyuan was shaken into the table!
However, the amplitude was too small, and he soon swung out, leaving a trail in the darkness!
"No, try it again, with a bigger amplitude, don't be afraid!" he yelled.
Yu Ning's face turned red, and he shook his hands vigorously.
Starting from him downwards, everyone twisted their bodies and arms hard!
Wang Hao was at the end of the team, holding the position together with Mu Yu and Zhang Huawei. They were like nails stuck in the ground, exerting so much force that their blood vessels burst.
Gao Zhanyuan was thrown into the table again, this time with a greater amplitude—
But he failed again and swung out again!
“——Not even a little longer! Push harder. Don’t worry if you might throw him out. It’s meaningless if you can’t get the generator! Use all your strength!!”
Suddenly, Hong Yang had a strange feeling.
He seemed to see a huge cloud of fog rushing towards him rapidly.
No... He was approaching the fog, and the cold crystal coffin carrying him was rushing towards the unknown world...
Hong Yang suddenly realized that the journey of him, Shen Leng and Xu Jin might be about to reach the end.
Below the team, Jiang Shuyue's legs suddenly disappeared——
He let out a muffled groan, and Lu Chongnian reacted quickly by clenching his empty trouser leg. Blood flowed down quickly, staining the fabric red.
"Someone is gnawing at my body--" Jiang Shuyue said in pain.
His time is coming too.
Lu Zhongnian frowned and shouted, "For the last time!"
Gao Zhanyuan was at the bottom, shouting like crazy: "Push harder, push harder, throw me in!"
Everyone shouted out in unison.
The human chain finally swung out its largest arc.
In an instant, Jiang Shuyue's waist disappeared, and the connection between him and Lu Chongnian was severed.
He and Gao Zhanyuan flew into the table, and the people on the remaining half of the chain all felt the weight lighten. Mu Yu, Zhang Huawei and Wang Hao all fell backwards to the ground!
"Look!"
"Jiang Shuyue!"
"High vision!"
"Fuck his ancestors!"
Everyone who was still wandering in the darkness was panting, their eyes were bloodshot, and their hearts were filled with despair.
Then they saw something falling.
It was a beam of light.
It was the light coming from the mobile phone that Gao Zhanyuan was holding in his hand.
He and Jiang Shuyue were falling.
Jiang Shuyue was left with only his chest and a head, and the light in his eyes was gradually fading.
Gao Zhanyuan faced them and grinned.
He raised his other hand and shook it, and in his hand... was a bright white moon.
As he fell rapidly, he clenched his fingers tightly.
He crushed the moon in his palm.
*
6:30.
Mu Yu suddenly came to his senses.
"Wait, I think I saw you—"
The phone was busy with a call, and Mu Chenxi stopped talking halfway through.
After two seconds of strange silence, he continued.
“…I think I saw you.”
Mu Yu was a little too busy to take care of his own brother at the moment.
He turned around and met the eyes of Gao Zhanyuan who was behind the barbecue oven in the restaurant, and secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother Yu!" Gao Zhanyuan lowered his voice, his face very excited.
They successfully left the copy!
Mu Yu nodded, and then said to Mu Chenxi: "Brother, I, um, come over here, I have something to do here, hang up the phone first!"
"……OK."
After Mu Yu hung up the phone, he took two steps outside, looked around and dialed Hong Yang's number.
He saw Zhang Huawei and Shen Leng in the crowd.
The two people are one on the left and one on the right side of the barbecue stall.
When Zhang Huawei saw him, his eyes lit up and he happily squeezed through the crowd to come over - he had returned to his normal size and weighed at least two hundred kilograms.
And Shen Leng looked particularly thin among the crowd.
His eyes did not meet Mu Yu's. After turning around expressionlessly, the boy gradually walked away and disappeared in the brilliant lights.
Mu Yu pursed his lips tightly, his heart beating heavily.
Beep-beep-beep-
Answer the phone...
...Yangyang, answer the phone quickly!
The phone was picked up, and Hong Yang's breathless voice sounded on the other end: "Damn, I survived!"
Mu Yu breathed a sigh of relief.
He bent down, grabbed a handful of hair, and asked, "Where is Jiang Shuyue?"
"They are with me too, Miao Xiang is also here, we are coming to find you now!"
"OK!"
Mu Yu called Yan Shaowen again to confirm that Young Master Yan was alive and well, and that Yu Ning and Wang Hao were also there.
All the remaining friends were saved, and Mu Yu finally sat down on the steps and let out a long sigh.
Very good.
It was Lu Chongnian...
Alas, I didn’t talk to him much this time…
"Brother Yu, come and wipe your sweat!" Gao Zhanyuan handed over two tissues attentively.
"Thank you, Zhuzhu," Mu Yu took the tissue and patted Gao Zhanyuan on the head, "Today was really great."
"Hey, I said I would protect you, Brother Yu!"
Zhang Huawei finally squeezed over to their side, panting heavily: "Give me two tissues too, I'm dying of heat!"
Gao Zhanyuan immediately rolled his eyes: "Go get it yourself!"
"Fuck, they treat me differently!"
"That's right. Don't you see who Brother Yu is? He is my big brother forever..."
*
Before the others arrived to join them, Mu Chenxi arrived first.
He was wearing a light brown windbreaker with his hands in his pockets. His tall and handsome figure attracted the attention of many passing girls.
There happened to be an empty seat in the store at this moment, so Mu Yu said, "Brother, go sit inside."
Mu Chenxi looked at him with some inquiry, and then his eyes fell on Gao Zhanyuan and Zhang Huawei.
He asked casually, "Classmates reunion?"
Mu Yu said vaguely: "...Yeah, that's about right, brother, go sit down quickly!"
Mu Chenxi was pushed in by him and said lazily, "Then I won't disturb you if I stay here?"
"No, just eat first, I'll come and keep you company later."
After a few more minutes, everyone was finally gathered together.
At that time, Mu Chenxi was warmly received by Gao Zhanyuan's seniors in the store.
Mu Yu and his group stood outside the store, huddled in a small corner.
Their behavior was very suspicious and passers-by looked at them with great vigilance.
Zhang Huawei asked Wang Hao: "Where is your girlfriend?"
Wang Hao said with red eyes: "I just asked her to go back first... She became very strange. She clearly remembered me and what we were doing before the dungeon started, but she just didn't seem like herself anymore. She was like a stranger, very cold..."
Jiang Shuyue sighed: "All players who died in the dungeon will become like this. She is no longer herself now... But as long as their bodies are still there, we still have a chance..."
He patted Wang Hao's arm, comforting him clumsily.
Hong Yang whispered to Mu Yu: "If it was one second later, I would be finished too."
He could feel that the first person to disappear in the fog should be Shen Leng, followed by Xu Jin.
There seems to be a slight time difference between players on the same lifeline influencing each other.
The deaths of the three of them also started with the player at the beginning of the lifeline, and went on one by one.
Mu Yu didn't know what to say, so she silently put her arm around his shoulder.
Gao Zhanyuan glanced at the people present and asked, "Fox, no, where is Lu Zhongnian? Why is he not here?"
"This is a bit complicated," Mu Yu said, "Wait a minute, Miaoxiang, add me or Jiang Shuyue on WeChat, and we'll add you to the player group. We'll talk about it in the group if there's anything."
"good!"
…
While they were exchanging WeChat messages, Mu Chenxi took a sip of beer in the barbecue restaurant.
Although it is already late autumn, in this bustling place, the temperature among the people is always higher than the air temperature.
The glass was placed on the table, and condensed water droplets slid down the wall of the glass.
Mu Chenxi's eyes turned and his gaze fell on Mu Yu's back.
Just a few minutes ago...
He got off near Garbage Street and walked to the north exit.
He called Mu Yu, and before he could say a few words, he found his brother in the crowd.
Then, something strange happened.
He saw with his own eyes that Mu Yu, who was looking around in the crowd, suddenly froze in place. That moment of stillness was like a clockwork doll that suddenly released all its power and could no longer make the next movement.
Mu Yu's eyes still retained excitement, and his other empty hand was slightly raised with his five fingers apart.
No matter how you look at it, it is definitely not a natural freeze frame.
And a second later, Mu Yu moved again.
However, his expression changed, his eyes changed, and his tone changed.
He became somewhat absent-minded.
[Brother, I, um, please come over here. I have something to do here. I’ll hang up first! ]
…It was as if in that mysterious second, something happened that no one else knew about or could see.
However, his friends who came over later obviously knew.
Mu Chenxi withdrew his gaze.
He took out a tissue and wiped his fingertips that were wet by the water droplets on the wall of the cup.
During this period of time after school started, something strange really happened to his younger brother.
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