The safe zone for Chapter 33 dungeon relocation has been locked.
"have no idea."
Liang Jun shook her head, took the cup, drank some water, and swallowed all the food in her mouth.
She saw with her own eyes how Gu Keke's eyes were gradually filled with disappointment.
“You should know that our meeting was also an accident.” Liang Jun stopped eating. “If I hadn’t come to the pharmacy, I wouldn’t have met you, and I wouldn’t have known that we would live so close to each other.”
Seeing that Gu Keke remained silent, Liang Xun continued, "Although it may disappoint you, I still have to say that Luo Chuange is very likely not in the same city as us."
Hearing this, Gu Keke was full of surprise, "Why?"
"I don't know if you've noticed, but on the first day of the dungeon, we encountered a few foreigners."
Gu Keke pondered for a few seconds, then shook her head.
On her first day, she was preoccupied with figuring out how to survive, so how could she possibly have the time or energy to observe the players around her?
“They don’t speak Chinese, and they even communicate with people around them in foreign languages,” Liang Jun continued to analyze. “This means that they are very likely to have entered the rule-based world directly from other countries.”
Upon hearing this, Gu Keke gave a helpless twitch of her lips.
"So, does that mean we've been completely overwhelmed by a world of rules?"
Not just this city, this country, but even the world.
Liang Jun did not answer her question directly, but instead swallowed another big mouthful of rice.
"Let's eat first, the food's getting cold."
Gu Keke smiled bitterly, and then the two of them fell silent.
After finishing all the food, Gu Keke invited Liang Jun to sit on her mattress.
“My house is too small, so I didn’t put a sofa in it.” Gu Keke patted the bed. “No one usually comes to my house, so you’ll have to make do for now. It’ll be more comfortable sitting here.”
Liang Jun looked around and asked curiously, "Is this the house you rented?"
Gu Keke smiled and shook her head somewhat embarrassedly, "This is a house I bought. Renting a house would require moving back and forth, which is very inconvenient for someone like me who does live streaming."
She pointed to her desk, "I usually stream from that desk. I don't have a team, so I have to work alone. It's been many years since I started streaming, and I've barely managed to build up a tiny fan base."
Gu Keke lowered her head and let out a heavy sigh.
"Although now they're all gone..."
Perhaps because of the excessive trauma she suffered in the dungeon, Liang Jun felt that Gu Keke was not as optimistic as before after escaping the dungeon.
They were dejected, as if life was full of pessimism.
This can't go on.
Liang Jun gently placed his hand on her shoulder and gave it a couple of squeezes.
"Would you like to live with me?"
Gu Keke turned her head in surprise and met Liang Jun's bright eyes.
“My home is only a few kilometers away from yours, not far at all. Although it’s a rented place, it’s much bigger than yours.” Liang Jun’s lips curled up slightly. “If we live together, we can take care of each other, and at least we can guarantee that nothing unexpected will happen during these fourteen days of rest.”
Liang Jun's eyes were always smiling, which made Gu Keke suddenly panic.
The other person quickly looked away and began rubbing their thighs with both hands.
"I……"
Gu Keke struggled to get up, "Then I'll go pack my luggage..."
She didn't need to tidy up.
In a world with rules, Gu Keke no longer needed to do the tedious daily live streaming work, so she simply left the large bag of live streaming equipment on her desk.
She packed only a few changes of clothes, locked the door, and, leaning on her cane, got into the van parked on the street with Liang Jun.
Gu Keke opened the car door with a bit too much force. The war-damaged van couldn't withstand such a large external force, and the door was almost torn off.
She recoiled in alarm, looking up at Liang Jun sitting in the driver's seat. "Is this car... really okay?"
Liang Xuan remembered Zhu Bieming's reminder, "It's okay, get on first, I'll get a different car when I get back."
Liang Jun drove slowly and leisurely along the road, using the navigation. Fortunately, this time there were no more reckless sports cars suddenly appearing, and the two of them arrived at the parking lot safely.
After Liang Jun parked the van steadily in its original spot, she and Gu Keke got out of the car together.
She didn't know much about cars. After looking around, Liang Xun pointed to a Chevrolet and asked her, "How about this one?"
Gu Keke leaned on her cane in the distance and carefully observed the scene.
"How about we get a slightly larger one?"
She looked around, then gestured to Liang Jun with her eyes.
"What do you think of that black Toyota Highlander?"
It was a large SUV that looked very heavily engineered. Under the sunlight, the body gleamed like obsidian.
Gu Keke walked forward and peered through the car window.
"It's still a seven-seater, so the space is big enough."
"I'm afraid I won't be able to drive this kind of car..."
Liang Jun followed her over.
Her concerns were not unfounded.
Aside from the driving school's training car, the only other vehicle I've ever driven is that dilapidated minivan. The reason I was considering choosing that Chevrolet was because it was smaller and seemed easier to handle.
But the Highlander in front of me is a fully high-view SUV, and in addition, it is an automatic.
Liang Jun was even more uncertain.
Knowing what she was worried about, Gu Keke pushed her towards the car door.
"It's okay, I can drive."
After seeing Liang Xun take off the car keys, Gu Keke continued, "I've been driving for many years, both manual and automatic, so you don't need to worry at all. I can drive this car from now on."
“This large SUV has much more space than a regular sedan,” Gu Keke continued to explain her reasoning. “If we need to stockpile supplies or make more friends in the dungeon, this vehicle will be very useful.”
Liang Yan was not an inflexible person.
She thought about Gu Keke's words carefully and felt that they made sense, so she gladly accepted the big vehicle.
When Liang Jun moved into the rental house, the landlord left behind a brand new mattress and a sturdy-looking folding bed.
But since Liang Jun herself didn't need these things, she put them all into the storage room.
Fortunately, the living room of the rental apartment was spacious enough, so Liang Yan brought out the mattress and folding bed.
"Try it out and see which one you find more comfortable to sleep on."
Gu Keke lay down for a bit, "I'll sleep on the mattress. I always sleep on a mattress at home, I'm used to it."
"good."
Liang Jun tidied up the folding bed again, and instead of putting it in the storage room, she put it behind the bookcase.
The two got along very well.
After all, they had already shared a seven-day stay in the instance, and their daily routines were almost completely identical.
Because the dressings are changed regularly every day, the healing speed of my wounds is gradually increasing.
After about five days of rest, Gu Keke was able to get rid of her crutches and move around on her own without any problems.
Once both of them had recovered, Liang Jun took Gu Keke to the gym together.
There is a gym right across from her house, which has now been classified as a "public resource" by the system, and the gym equipment inside can be used freely.
Without the supervision of a fitness coach, the two of them were too afraid to touch any heavy equipment.
Remembering how badly Di Qing had chased them in the previous instance, Liang Xun and Gu Keke set up camp on the treadmill and practiced long-distance running every day.
After several days of exercise, both of them were noticeably more energetic, and their lung capacity and endurance had also improved significantly.
Liang Jun even developed abs, and Gu Keke's leg muscles became firmer.
Before we knew it, we had reached the final stage of rest.
Both of them knew that the system would announce the entry into the instance at four o'clock in the morning.
So the afternoon before, Liang Jun and Gu Keke specially prepared a hot pot at home, thinking of indulging in a meal.
The steaming hot pot filled every corner of the room with the rich aroma of the food.
Gu Keke wiped her nose while eating beef, and finally couldn't hold back any longer, so she stood up abruptly from the ground.
She inhaled sharply and waved to Liang Jun on the ground.
"Where's the water? I'll go get a bottle of water."
Liang Jun casually pointed to the refrigerator in the kitchen and continued to tear at the beef balls on her chopsticks.
After swallowing the scalding hot meatball, Liang Xuan opened her mouth slightly and fanned the hot air in her mouth with her hand.
"After we finish this meal, I'll drive you home," Liang Xun shouted loudly in Gu Keke's direction. "It seems more reliable to log in to the instance at four o'clock tomorrow morning within our respective safe zones."
Gu Keke had no objection and took out two bottles of mineral water from the refrigerator.
"That's what I was thinking too, but what if we're not in the same instance?"
If, as previously speculated, all of humanity enters the rule-based world simultaneously, then based solely on the capacity of the previous instance, it would be impossible to accommodate so many players.
It is only possible that multiple copies exist simultaneously and operate together.
Seeing Gu Keke sitting cross-legged on the ground, Liang Jun took the bottle of mineral water.
The icy liquid rushed down her throat, and Liang Jun shuddered, feeling her stomach instantly cool down.
"It doesn't matter if we're not in the same instance. We've been training for so many days, as long as we follow the rules, nothing unexpected will happen."
The two looked at each other, and their water bottles collided with each other.
"cheers--"
[Fluctuations in replica inventory detected...]
[Initiating dungeon relocation, please wait...]
The system's cold voice rang out simultaneously with their enthusiastic toasts, and Liang Xun and Gu Keke's expressions instantly turned serious as they decisively stood up from the ground.
What does this mean?
Liang Jun watched the door warily, while Gu Keke gathered a handful of bamboo skewers from the dining table and pointed them at all possible locations where something might be amiss.
[Safety zone delineation is in progress...]
A few machine-like clicking sounds flashed through my mind, like a radio tuning error, which made me feel inexplicably irritated.
[The safe zone has been successfully defined.]
[Checking current player level...]
"What is the system doing?"
Gu Keke's hand, gripping the bamboo skewer, trembled slightly. "What should we do now?"
Just as Liang Jun was about to speak, the system's voice sounded again.
[Player level matching detected; dungeon reassignment completed.]
The safe zone has been locked down.
"blockade?!"
Gu Keke exclaimed in surprise, but she didn't lose her composure and stayed by Liang Xuan's side.
"What does this mean? Does it mean we can't leave this room?"
"I don't know either."
Liang Jun shook her head, then slowly approached the gate.
She peered through the peephole. The view outside was still the same old hallway, unchanged.
Considering that the sun had not yet set and it was still daylight outside, Liang Jun waved to Gu Keke.
"Let's go out and take a look."
Without saying a word, Gu Keke decisively grasped Liang Xun's outstretched hand.
After confirming that it was safe outside through the peephole, Liang Jun pushed open the door.
The two walked out of the room together and stepped onto the gray cement ground in front of the door.
"It seems not..."
Gu Keke had only spoken halfway when the brightness in the hallway suddenly dropped.
It was as if she were shrouded in darkness. Liang Xun looked out the window and found that it was still daytime outside, but no light could penetrate into the corridor.
In an instant, everything went completely dark, and no outlines could be seen.
I don't know whose palms were sweaty, but the place where their hands were clasped together was sticky and uncomfortable.
After an unknown amount of time, the view gradually became clearer.
Liang Jun subconsciously looked up and found a familiar electronic timer hanging directly in front of her, with red mechanical numbers displaying "03:00:00", and then stopped moving.
He found himself at the bottom of a large slope, with a dark, open doorway below the timer.
Liang Jun didn't go any further, but squinted and stared intently, trying to make out the outline inside.
Gu Keke was the same. She frowned and thought for a long time before finally managing to squeeze out an answer.
Is that... a car inside?
Before Liang Xuan could answer her, footsteps could be heard coming from the top of the slope.
The footsteps were chaotic and disorderly, suggesting that many people were making them simultaneously.
"Move to the back."
Liang Jun pulled Gu Keke along, trying to keep as much distance as possible from the unfamiliar outsiders.
While hiding, Gu Keke accidentally knocked over a tin oil drum. The sound of metal hitting the ground echoed throughout the empty space.
"Thump—"
Welcome to the second level: The Desperate Parking Lot!
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Author's note: I'm back! Hehehe!
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