Chapter 224 Do You Like Me?
Yu Shujun received a message from Wen Nan when he was less than 500 meters away from the final finish line.
At that time, Yu Shujun had reunited with his members, found a shelter, and prepared to make deployments before the final sprint.
The message alert in his mind made Yu Shujun distracted again.
I opened the chat box, but didn't receive any messages. I only received a system prompt:
[“Master - Self-righteous Idiot” withdrew a message]
Seeing this, Yu Shujun frowned and his face became a little gloomy.
That idiot would never withdraw the message even if he said something wrong.
Without much hesitation, Yu Shujun sent a message -
[Slave Master: What do you want to say?]
Click Send, and the next moment, a red "!" appears next to the message.
The gloom on Yu Shujun's face became increasingly heavy - their chat system was bound to the golden driving pattern and had the highest communication authority in this game world. No copy map could block their chat messages.
unless……
Yu Shujun clicked on the red “!” and checked the explanation message——
[Your message failed to be sent. It was detected that the recipient was in an unknown space. This space has a one-way valve. All signals can only be transmitted outwards and cannot be received by the space. Please be aware.]
A one-way valve with such high authority that even chat messages with golden control patterns cannot be sent...
Yu Shujun's heart sank.
The member next to him was still talking, but Yu Shujun could no longer hear anything.
Raising his hand, Yu Shujun pulled down the collar from his neck, then turned to look at the golden pattern branded on his back.
Before entering this copy, Yu Shujun always hid the golden driving pattern well under his collar and did not tell anyone about the existence of the pattern.
The member next to him was seeing the golden pattern for the first time. His eyes widened in shock and he was speechless for a long time.
Yu Shujun ignored the other party's shocked look, pressed his palm on the back of his neck, and felt the signal transmitted by the golden control pattern——
No, nothing received.
Not a single signal was received that one was being summoned, that one was urgently needed, and that one was required to rush to the scene immediately to rescue the other party.
This idiot, he was clearly in such danger, why didn't he summon me? Yu Shujun felt suffocated and angry for no reason.
"President!" The member next to him grabbed Yu Shujun's hand that was pressing on the back of his neck, his eyes reddened and he gritted his teeth and said, "Who is this bastard! How dare you brand this thing on you!"
As he spoke, the member quickly pulled out a hidden weapon from his waist and said angrily: "Tell me who it is, I will kill him for you and remove this pattern!"
Yu Shujun was completely focused on Wen Nan's problem at the moment, and had no intention of explaining anything to him. He just said coldly, "Do you think you can hurt the person who can print this pattern on me?"
After hearing what Yu Shujun said, the member's momentum instantly waned, and the hand holding the hidden weapon dropped, but he still said angrily: "I can try..."
Yu Shujun sighed and had no time to think about anything else. He directly awakened his system in his mind and asked if he could use this golden control pattern to reversely locate the position of the pattern's owner.
The system prompt sounded soon——
Jun Xin: [It is detected that the target Ye Jiu is in a special space. The radiation signal of its golden driving pattern is rapidly declining. The current remaining signal is 20%, which is higher than the minimum detectable signal threshold of 5%. ]
Jun Xin: [The golden driving pattern signal positioning function has been enabled for you. The target location is being searched in real time. Please wait...]
Jun Xin: [The target's real-time location information is detected, as follows——]
A blurry map appeared in my mind. On the map, there was a small golden dot, flickering like a firefly.
Yu Shujun quickly asked if he could be teleported back to the location, and soon the system responded -
Jun Xin: [It is detected that your golden driving pattern contains a special rune "∈", which matches the one-way valve at the target position and can open the exclusive channel for the golden pattern. ]
Jun Xin: [Attention! This one-way valve was built by the Creator God of this world and has the highest authority. Once you enter, you will be at risk of never being able to leave! Please be careful when choosing whether to enable the transmission! ]
A one-way valve is likely a door that allows you to enter but not exit...
The pattern on the back of Yu Shujun's neck was flashing with a breathing light.
The member next to him suddenly realized something and grabbed Yu Shujun's arm, "President! Are you going to respond to that person's call and leave this copy at this time?!"
Oh, that person didn't summon at all.
Yu Shujun sneered in his heart, raised his hand, and a lightsaber flashed in his palm in an instant, "He is in danger, I must go."
The member felt desperate. He knew he had no right to stop the president's decision, but he still tried to argue and persuade the other party: "The final destination is right in front of us! We only need to kill the last two teams to get the treasure chest. It's just the final touch, but you want to give up all your efforts at this time?
"If you leave, how can you guarantee that you will come back before the mission countdown ends? If you fail to come back on time, you will be judged as a mission failure and your player account will be permanently cancelled!"
This is a fact.
Yu Shujun raised his eyes and looked towards the finish line.
The flickering light of the treasure chest could be clearly seen from where Yu Shujun was now.
They are very close to the final destination.
Feeling Yu Shujun's loosening, the member stood up, grabbed Yu Shujun's hand, and said anxiously: "Let's abandon the previous tactics and use the most risky and radical method to rush to the finish line as soon as possible--"
“—It’s too late.”
Yu Shujun pulled his hand out of the other person's palm and shook his head.
In my mind, the system prompts kept changing——
Jun Xin: [The target Ye Jiu's golden driving pattern radiation signal is detected and is rapidly declining. The current remaining signal is: 13%. ]
In just a few words, the opponent's pattern signal has declined from 20% to 13%, and will soon be below the minimum detectable threshold of 5%.
Once it falls below the threshold, even if Yu Shujun wants to teleport himself over, he won't be able to do it.
Yu Shujun transferred all the life-saving equipment and props from his spare equipment column to the member and told him:
"Use the safest way to pass this level. If I don't get back before the mission countdown ends, don't wait for me."
"What……"
The member was stunned and stared at Yu Shujun blankly.
When she came to her senses, Yu Shujun's figure had completely disappeared in the golden light of the golden driving pattern.
…
…
Stepping into Ward 404, Yu Shujun chopped off the woman's head with a sword, then stood at the door and looked at Wen Nan.
I heard the other person say with a smile: "You shouldn't have come in."
At that moment, Yu Shujun's resentment became even stronger.
The golden cold light on the long sword flashed, Yu Shujun tightened his fingers holding the sword, and said coldly: "If I don't come, do you plan to be trapped here forever and never get out?"
Wen Nan sighed in his heart.
Just now, when he was trapped in that illusory and real scene, the reason why he withdrew the message sent to Yu Shujun was that he recalled the warnings of Yu Shouling.
Although he still didn't quite understand what was going on in this ghost place, with Wen Nan's keen intuition, he had vaguely guessed that once he entered this place, it would be very difficult to get out.
It was precisely because of this that he retracted the message and no longer tried to use the golden driving pattern to summon Yu Shujun.
Being trapped here was his choice, there was no need to drag Yu Shujun into it.
But unexpectedly, the other party still came.
Just because of his withdrawal message, I came here without hesitation.
This moved Wen Nan.
While he was moved, he couldn't help but feel a little strange. Curling the corners of his lips, Wen Nan half-jokingly expressed his doubts:
"You know there's no way back, but you still followed me in? You're not...really in love with me, are you?"
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Yu Shujun's eyebrows twitched and the wrist holding the sword shook.
With a "whoosh" sound, a golden light swept horizontally, and a "puff" sound came from outside the door, and then a figure collapsed to the ground.
Wen Nan looked towards the door and saw half of the bloody face of the female nurse lying on the ground.
It seemed that the other party heard the noise in the room and came over to check the situation, but was killed by Yu Shujun with one sword.
Wen Nan got up from the ground and was about to walk to the door when he heard a familiar middle-aged man's voice outside: "I've called the police, you'd better--"
Doctor Zhang had just finished speaking half a sentence when another sword fell.
When Wen Nan rushed to the door, he saw two figures lying in a pool of blood outside.
The scenes in this place were restored so realistically that when Wen Nan first came in, he thought he was dreaming. Only the paradise in dreams could be restored like this.
Therefore, when Wen Nan saw Dr. Zhang dying with his eyes open, he couldn't help but feel touched.
Seeing Wen Nan's expression, Yu Shujun coldly put away his lightsaber and said, "I'm sorry for ruining your paradise."
Wen Nan glanced at the person next to him and smiled, not knowing what this person was saying so sarcasticly.
But then again, how come this place can reproduce the scene of Ward 404 of Taoyuan Mental Hospital so accurately? Although some of the characters' behaviors are slightly distorted, for example, his first love is not so weak and crybaby, but overall the reproduction is still close to perfection.
Especially some of the details, except for the one or two people closest to Wen Nan, no one else knew about it...
Moreover, there is even interaction between these people and Wen Nan. For example, the nurse and Dr. Zhang who just rushed to the scene to check the situation have their own thoughts and their own behavioral logic.
"Where exactly is this place?" Wen Nan asked almost to himself, not expecting to get an answer at all.
Unexpectedly, the person next to him said, "The sheath of the divine staff."
"Huh?" Wen Nan was startled, "You know this place?"
Yu Shujun frowned, and the dissatisfaction and anger from before reappeared on his face, "You don't even know where this place is, and you dare to barge in?"
Wen Nan shrugged, "Once you're in, you're in."
"This place is a one-way valve. It's very likely that you can't return once you go there. Don't you know—"
"——I know." Wen Nan replied calmly.
Yu Shujun was stunned for a moment, and then, he was further angered by the other party's nonchalant attitude, "Why do you always make such rash and reckless decisions?!"
"I want to find support for Guan Ailin," Wen Nan replied, "This place may be able to help her."
Yu Shujun was choked by the other party's words and remained silent for a moment.
After a moment, Yu Shujun snorted and laughed, "She is just a character in a game. Is it worth doing all this for such a fake character?"
Wen Nan shook his head disapprovingly, "In my heart, I never regarded her as a fake character. We have been in a relationship and had feelings for each other. These are all real, aren't they?"
After a pause, Wen Nan continued, "Besides, I promised her that I would release her from that card."
Yu Shujun stared at Wen Nan's face for a long time.
Wen Nan looked back at the other person, expecting that this person would make some sarcastic remarks like before, saying how stupid he was, how foolish he was, and how inexplicable he was.
But Yu Shujun said nothing, just looked at Wen Nan quietly.
After too long, Wen Nan felt that the atmosphere became a little weird.
He read some strange emotions in Yu Shujun's eyes, but he couldn't tell what they were.
After all, it's not a negative emotion.
Lowering his eyes and no longer looking at Wen Nan, Yu Shujun picked up the lightsaber, walked to the wall, and groped for the window.
Wen Nan followed and heard Yu Shujun groping for the window while saying:
"Inside the sheath of the scepter, there is a very powerful energy left by the creator god, the scepter's forger, the great mage Aghanim. This energy is bewitching and can extract the most unforgettable memory from the deepest part of the heart of the player who accidentally breaks in, create an illusory scene for the other party, and then trap them here forever."
...The most unforgettable memory? Wen Nan recalled that although many parts of what happened just now were changed by magic, it was indeed the most impressive thing he had ever experienced in the real world.
Just as I was thinking about it, I saw Yu Shujun open the window.
Outside the window, according to Wen Nan's memory, there should have been a green lawn, but at this moment, it was all white and there was nothing.
Yu Shujun raised his hand, put his palm into the white light, pressed hard twice, and then retracted his hand, "It's the inner wall of the sheath of the divine staff."
As he spoke, Yu Shujun's eyes quickly swept around the ward, "Now this ward, plus the corridor outside, is the living coffin made for you by the sheath of the divine staff."
Hearing the words "living coffin", Wen Nan chuckled, "It's not that scary."
Yu Shujun ruthlessly exposed him, "You obviously also believe that there is no return from this place, right? Otherwise, why did you insist on not calling me in?"
Wen Nan raised his eyebrows, "Since you know everything, why were you so angry just now?"
Yu Shujun was stumped by the question.
Yu Shujun himself does not have the answer to this question.
If the man next to her was trapped here forever, the brand of the pattern on the back of Yu Shujun's neck would be completely removed.
I should have been thankful and watched him kill himself, but I not only took the initiative to chase him in, I even felt angry because he didn't summon me...
Yu Shujun raised his hand and pressed his palm on the golden pattern.
After a moment, Yu Shujun successfully found an excuse for himself:
"I'm angry because you don't believe in me and don't believe I can take you away from here, so you gave up the summoning at the last minute."
Wen Nan was slightly startled, "Do you have a way to leave?"
(End of this chapter)
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