Chapter 116: The Dream Awakens and the Light Dissipates. Even with all his acting skills, he can’t…
Wen Yi slid off him and landed lightly on the ground. She walked to the rock and looked into the crack.
Countless luminous particles create a flickering light, like breathing, like a heartbeat, and like blood flowing slowly in blood vessels, as if alive.
She stared at the faint blue light and was suddenly startled.
The light before her eyes, its flow rate, color, and the pulsation that was almost like breathing... actually reminded her of that ball of light.
The first time "they" spoke to her, they were just like the flowing light at this moment, slowly spinning and floating in the deep sea.
So similar.
...Is she overthinking it?
Wen Yi felt her scalp tingle. Something within her body resonated silently, traveling through her bloodstream all the way to her heart. She muttered to herself, "When I came to Qingluan Mountain before, it was always during the day. I never noticed this... magical stone on the mountain."
"It might be some kind of phosphorus-containing mineral," Gu Yifeng speculated as he squatted beside her and squinted his eyes before taking a closer look. "This type of mineral will briefly glow when stimulated by light."
He paused, adjusting his nonexistent glasses out of habit. "But... this yellow-green glow is more like the bioluminescence of some lichen or fungus. It's not uncommon, nor is it dangerous."
Wen Yi was startled and turned to look at him: "What did you say?"
He reached out and gently touched the rock. "Normally, this type of luminescent algae emits a yellow-green light in humid environments. It's unusual to see it in Qingluan Mountain. It's usually found on coastal rock faces."
She followed his finger—yellow-green light?
What was he talking about? She saw a slowly pulsating blue light.
"What color... is that light you see?" She tried to keep her voice steady, but her fingertips trembled slightly.
"It's a very faint yellow light." He turned around and asked, "Is what you see different from what I see?"
After pondering for a moment, she tentatively asked, "Does the yellow light you see move? Like... like some kind of rhythm."
Gu Yifeng was stunned.
He looked at the rock, then back at her, frowning, "No."
The night wind swept across the mountain wall. The two of them were silent at the same time, with only the rustling of leaves.
Wen Yi's heartbeat suddenly quickened. Her earlier guess... wasn't an overreaction. He and she saw completely different scenes.
The light that only she can see and the frequency that only she can perceive are not coincidences. This means that she has accidentally approached a certain truth.
Gu Yifeng looked at her profile, gently held her hand and said soothingly: "Don't think too much, I will find out what these are later."
Wen Yi turned to look at him, a puzzled look in her eyes: "Why not take a sample now? Can't you just take some back?"
He calmly changed the subject: "It's almost dawn, let's go watch the sunrise first, okay?"
She looked at the blue veins, then looked at him again, and finally nodded.
Gu Yifeng took her hand and continued walking up the mountain, and looked back quietly before leaving.
Dr. Gu (Customized Version): System, mark the geological sample location at the current coordinates and send it to the Weiyi Institute of Physics in encrypted form.
[System: Received! 12 abnormal points have been marked, awaiting real-world sampling and analysis.]
The two of them walked slowly along the mountain path to the top of the mountain, each of them keeping silent with their own thoughts, and did not bring up the previous topic again.
The skyline began to turn blue, and they finally reached the summit before sunrise.
The autumn wind was howling on the top of the mountain. The two of them walked to the edge of a cliff and stopped, waiting for the sunrise side by side in the dark night.
The forest beneath my feet is ablaze with color. In the distance, the Yunlan River flows day and night, never ceasing.
The world and the hustle and bustle seemed to be blown farther and farther away by the wind, and only each other was left between heaven and earth, floating above the world at this moment, like a dream that refused to land.
Wen Yi looked at the maple forest in front of her. The leaves rustled as if whispering, maliciously reminding her of the past that she didn't want to recall.
When she was young, she fell off a cliff and nearly died; when she revisited the place fifteen years later, she encountered a nuclear power plant collapse and bullets pierced her body, and her life was hanging by a thread... Thinking of this, she was suddenly shocked. Qingluan Mountain actually carried so many painful memories for her.
"What are you thinking about?" His voice broke the silence.
"Nothing." She put away her complicated emotions, forced a smile, glanced at him sideways, and met his gentle gaze.
Wen Yi was slightly dazed by that look.
She had only seen such an expression in one person's eyes.
Seventeen, twenty, thirty... No matter who he was or what he looked like, the way he looked at her was always full of affection. Every gaze that spanned time finally converged on one point, landing in her eyes.
Gu Yifeng noticed her emotions and wanted to say something to comfort her, but he kept silent. In the cool morning light, his warm palm silently covered the back of her hand.
Wen Yi's lips curled up into a smile, her eyes twinkling. She began to tell him stories of Qingluan Mountain. She told him why her parents had come down the mountain, how she'd narrowly escaped falling off a cliff, and how the police officer had saved the little girl from the depths of the maple forest.
Gu Yifeng listened silently, his eyes unconsciously looking at her gentle profile. He couldn't help but want to get closer, but thinking about himself with this NPC's face, it was really not appropriate, so he could only hold back.
As my mind wandered, I heard:
[System Alert: Degree of Consciousness Dissociation: 98%!]
Gu Yifeng was stunned. She seemed to be immersed in the memories of that year and there was no sign of her waking up.
He was just wondering what went wrong when Wen Yi suddenly said to him:
"Thank you."
She turned her head and looked into his eyes seriously.
"Actually, you don't have to be here, Gu Yifeng."
“…”
Gu Yifeng was stunned for a moment, then he understood. He smiled and nodded calmly.
Things have come to this point, and there is no turning back. Even if he has all the skills, he can't hide his love.
Just see through it, after all... she has already seen every kind of him.
In the tacit silence, a golden edge appeared in the eastern clouds. The first ray of sunlight cut through the darkness and shone upon the world, completely clearing away the unpredictable haze of the future.
At this moment, the system prompt sounded again:
[System: Dynamic genome scan completed. Memory copy will be released soon.]
[Dr. Gu (Customized Version): System, before I leave, I have one more request.]
【System: Received.】
"Thank you." Wen Yi looked at the maple forest gradually dyed red by the morning glow, her voice slightly hoarse, "... accompany me to finish this journey."
She gently leaned on Gu Yifeng's shoulder and asked in a low voice: "Are you... leaving?"
As soon as he finished speaking, in his peripheral vision, countless tiny points of light escaped from his fingertips, arms, and shoulders, fleetingly, and drifted away with the wind.
Her eyes suddenly widened, a wave of disappointment washing over her. Knowing it was only a memory copy, a mere shadow, she couldn't bear to watch it dissipate.
"Wen Yi, look at me." His voice was a little ethereal, but with a gentle smile.
She blinked hard and slowly turned her head.
As they looked at each other, her pupils shrank - his face had returned to its original appearance without her noticing.
Gu Yifeng was also looking at her with a faint smile on his lips.
The light spots on his body became more and more, and his outline began to blur. He reached out to her and stroked her face for the last time, his fingertips almost transparent.
Wen Yi reached back and held his hand, but she couldn't feel the familiar warmth.
"Don't cry." He said softly, "I wanted to stay with you for a while longer, but I don't have time."
"That's enough..." Her voice trembled, "Those regrets are already—"
"No, listen to me." He interrupted her anxiously, "To be honest, I also have regrets that I can't let go of."
“…”
"Yiyi, I've lost you twice here."
"..." She suddenly opened her eyes wide - how could he know all this?
"We have experienced separation and death time and time again here, but we have never had the chance to fall in love."
"you……"
He suddenly leaned closer and pressed his forehead against hers, and the light that escaped kept passing over her trembling eyelashes.
"Our story shouldn't be like this, Yi Yi, I won't accept it." His figure was disappearing bit by bit, and his voice became hazy.
"We should have met that summer, fallen in love in the autumn, and watched the sunrise together on an ordinary morning in the future, instead of..."
The rest of the words could not be said, and were all left in a cold kiss.
He turned into tiny specks of firefly light and spread out, circling in the morning breeze for a moment before finally fading away.
Tears streamed down her cheeks. Wen Yi closed her eyes—it was all because the sun was too bright.
*
The hatch of the neural simulation cabin slowly opened.
Wen Yi's eyelashes fluttered as she slowly opened her eyes. Zhuo Er, clutching a tablet, jokingly asked, "Welcome back! How about the Ultimate Edition eight-pack abs?"
Wen Yi sat up, still a little confused. After thinking for a moment, she blushed and said, "...I haven't even touched you yet—"
"Ahem." She was interrupted by a light cough before she could finish her words. Gu Yifeng stood aside with an indifferent expression, as if the person they were discussing just now was not him.
"..." Wen Yi held her forehead and awkwardly changed the subject, "So... was the experiment successful?"
Zhuo Er snapped his fingers crisply. "With three groups working together, there's no reason why it wouldn't succeed. Chris has successfully captured the superpower gene fragment in your body and is now analyzing and writing a report overnight. While you wait—you're free."
Gu Yifeng reached out and carried her out of the simulation cabin: "Go back and rest first."
The next evening.
The dusk deepens and the sea breeze is slightly salty.
The villa that Gu Yifeng rented faced the sea, and the private beach was quiet and deserted.
Unfortunately, no one is enjoying the beautiful sunset at the seaside at this moment.
In the bedroom, the curtains were closed. Wen Yi curled up into a ball, buried in the quilt, like a hairy dumpling.
"Get up." Gu Yifeng patted the "dumpling" on the bed helplessly. "The lobster that the restaurant delivered an hour ago will get cold if you don't eat it now."
"Be angry again after eating, huh?"
“…” Tuanzi didn’t move at all.
"Be good, only when you are full can you have the energy to sleep..."
"Sleep?!" Wen Yi suddenly threw back the quilt. "Excuse me, have I ever slept? Coming back from the lab, from dusk to dawn and back to dusk, have you ever let me rest?"
Gu Yifeng's eyes fell on the faint red mark on her neck, which was left when he lost control last night.
Breathing becomes heavier.
"I just got eight-pack abs, what are you trying to prove?" She grew increasingly angry. "And you still say you're not angry out of shame!"
Gu Yifeng chuckled, slowly adjusted his glasses, and said seriously, "Miss Wen, I'd like to take this opportunity to give you some scientific knowledge."
"First," he held up a finger, "large muscle groups have a high metabolism, consume a lot of testosterone, and significantly reduce the stability of sexual desire."
Wen Yi: “…”
"Secondly, those with too high a proportion of fast-twitch muscle fibers have poor endurance and are prone to premature ejaculation." He gave me a look that said, "You know what I mean."
"In a nutshell, having a lot of abdominal muscles is useless. They only look good but are not practical."
Wen Yi finally couldn't help but yell at him: "You're crazy! Who wants to listen to this kind of popular science..."
"As for me," he leaned over and pulled her out of the quilt, holding her in his arms, "my body fat percentage is 17%, my muscles are moderately defined, and I have strong endurance."
He leaned close to her ear and whispered, "Better than the muscle guys, I know how to make you reach your peak..."
The moment he finished speaking, he kissed her from the corner of her lips to the side of her neck.
After a long moment, he stepped back slightly, looked at her blushing face and breathless appearance, and asked in a hoarse voice: "Do you still think... eight-pack abs are good now?"
"……Shut up!"
He tightened his arms, his fingertips slipped under the hem of his nightgown, ready to kiss her again——
"Ding ding ding--" The communication ringtone suddenly rang. Gu Yifeng paused and quickly picked up the mobile phone on the bedside.
The phone screen displays: Chris.
Wen Yi took the opportunity to break free and sat far away from him.
On the other end of the phone, Chris's voice was unusually serious:
"Gu, the genetic report is out." He paused, "You and she... must be mentally prepared."
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Small Theater:
Gu Yifeng: At night, my abs are useless. During the day, I work my abs like crazy! Roll up! [狗头]
Wen Yi: orz no more, I need to sleep [laughing and crying][rolling eyes]
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