The Disappearing Class (Part 9)
The temperature around them was getting lower and lower, and the fog was getting thicker and thicker. From time to time, some ghosts crawled out of the fog and attacked the four people.
They ran all the way to the bottom of the teaching building and saw someone standing with his back to them from a distance.
The man seemed to have noticed their arrival and turned around. It was Gu Xitong.
When they separated, she was clearly besieged by many ghosts, but when they met again, she didn't look the least bit embarrassed. The only difference was that she had a black chain wrapped around her hand.
Only one end of the chain was on her wrist, while the other end extended infinitely into the increasingly thick fog.
"You are here." She smiled and raised her wrist. The other end of the chain stretched out from the fog and tightly bound the ghost chasing after them.
There were cries, curses and the friction sound of chains sliding on the ground.
"Go in. I won't be able to help you once you're in." Gu Xitong said, "But I believe you can do it."
He Guang looked at the dark teaching building and asked, "Is there anything particularly powerful in there?"
"Maybe, I don't know. You can just burn down the classroom and go back." Gu Xitong said.
Mo Liuying looked at her strangely, as if with a kind of awe, "Who are you?"
“I am who you think I am.”
This kind of conversation was no different from not saying anything, but Mo Liuying seemed to have gotten some answer and just said, "Thank you."
"Let's go!" Gu Xitong said, smiled at He Guang, turned around and disappeared into the mist.
[Who is this big guy?]
[Don’t worry, we will definitely know after the anchor returns]
[Speaking of which, the system was really offline from the beginning to the end this time. It can't be really dead, right?]
[Every time the system goes offline, you guess that they are not going to fail]
[Life is not easy, the system sighs]
[That chain looks so familiar, especially like the one the anchor used in Liwan]
[Meow meow meow, the friend in front of me, could it be that...]
[Ahem, wait a little longer. I think the day when the answer will be revealed is not far away.]
Four people walked into the teaching building.
You Yi asked, "What kind of riddle are you talking about? Is she some kind of T master who can catch ghosts? She's quite young."
Mo Liuying shook her head, "The master you know is younger than her."
She was talking about hawthorn, but now no one remembers it except her.
None of the four people chose to take the elevator. If they took the elevator at this time, who knows where they would end up.
According to He Guang's expectations, she thought she would see more ghosts in the building and then have a big fight, but that didn't happen. The building was calm, just as peaceful as every morning when they came to class.
But soon He Guang realized that the battle must be fought, but it was not the same as she expected.
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The sky is filled with white, and the chill penetrates deep into the bone marrow.
She lay at the foot of the cliff and looked at the towering glacier, as if she were looking at a huge tombstone.
She knew that there was no chance that his friends would be alive, and that she should sleep in the snow like them.
only……
Breaking away from the endless snowfields of their hometown, He Guang saw that they were still standing on the stairs, while the others were looking into the distance with empty eyes.
He Guang estimated that her performance just now was the same as theirs. A large number of comments flashed before her eyes, and everyone anxiously asked her what was wrong.
[Host, have you been hit by a spell that freezes you? ]
[Hey, what’s going on? Is this an illusion?]
[Looks like]
[Anchor, wake up!]
[Bold man, please analyze the situation.]
[Hey, the anchor moved, are you okay? ]
Kazumitsu nodded, "I saw some things from the past."
[Listening to the host's nonchalant tone, this situation is the most troublesome, right? ]
[Yes, according to the routine, it is the most painful thing that a person is most reluctant to recall]
Kazuhiko said, “Yes.”
[But you, the anchor, are not afraid, nor are you worried about others]
"Everyone has pain and troubles. The illusion is just a repetition. If it can pass the first time, the second time will be the same."
Even though it was painful, she didn't want to go through it again.
"I've been friends with them for so long, and I know them well. They are all strong people, and I trust them."
[That being said, I am still quite worried]
[What I admire most about the anchor is that he is always full of confidence and hope]
[The host’s strength is that he seems to only know how to use his hands, but he can solve anything]
"You make me sound like a god." He Guang scratched his face uncomfortably. "But a friend of mine also joked with me that I might become a god, but my biggest dream is to become a wise man with unparalleled strategies."
【……】
【ennnnn】
[I think we should discuss the possibility of you becoming a god]
He Guang was depressed, "Why are your answers exactly the same?"
【Ah this】
[Hahahaha laughing to death]
[Regardless of whether he can become a god or not, the anchor looks like a person without weaknesses]
[Really?]
He Guang shook his head, "I have weaknesses too. Everyone has weaknesses."
[For example]
[For example, he is always thinking about food, or he is too open-minded, and his acting skills are not up to par in daily life]
[Pfft, this is a shortcoming]
[Clearly a cute point]
"My weakness is my friends." He Guang turned his gaze to Chen Mengze and the other two. "Although I have full confidence in them, I am also worried that they will get hurt or leave me."
[Anchor, your eyes are scary right now, do you know?]
[But friends have their own lives, relatives, and lovers, so we will always have to part ways.]
[The previous one seems silly, the leaving the anchor mentioned is clearly death...]
Chen Mengze walked out of that summer night and said goodbye to his parents calmly, "Goodbye, Mom and Dad, I... love you."
I miss you guys too.
When he came back to his senses, he was still in the dark corridor, and He Guang was sitting on the stairs, looking at them intently.
"Have you been waiting for a long time?" Chen Mengze asked.
“No.” He Guang said, “You woke up very quickly, Shen.”
Chen Mengze smiled slightly, "Just now I remembered a lot of things from the past in the illusion, although not all of them. There have always been people encouraging me, telling me not to be afraid, there are Bai Yu, Shanzha, and you. But, He Guang, you are like a person without weaknesses."
"My other friends have said the same thing." He Guang thought for a moment, "I'm just used to not running away no matter what happens."
"It's hard to do this." Shen Mengze looked at her with eyes full of concern and worry.
You Yi coughed, "We woke up at a bad time!"
Mo Liuying took a step forward and said, "I don't know anything."
Chen Mengze sighed, "It's already this time, and you guys are still in the mood to joke around. I think this is just the beginning."
"Let's get started!" You Yi spread his hands, "Whoever wakes up first will slap the rest of us."
If external forces can really play a role, it would be a good thing.
The four people continued to move forward while talking, and they felt that the scenery in front of them changed again. In the eyes of the audience, they seemed to be under a spell of immobilization from time to time, walking and stopping, but in fact, every time they came out of the illusion, they felt a surge of fatigue in their hearts.
The passing of relatives and friends, the horrific way they died, the helpless separation, and one illusion after another, seemed to want them to experience thoroughly all the joys and sorrows of the world.
The audience noticed that He Guang stopped the least number of times and woke up the fastest, and she was always awake in the later period.
[Anchor, how are you okay?]
【yes】
[Anchor, you are awake now]
He Guang nodded. "Well, now I can only wait. Waiting is such a tedious little demon."
She said this, but she rarely showed fatigue, leaning on the handrail of the stairs.
[Anchor, are you okay?]
[The illusion has no effect on you]
[Are you a simple-minded person? You have few worries, so you have few troubles.]
Kazuhiko stared at the three people struggling silently in the darkness. "To be precise, there are very few things that make me feel painful, and... I have undergone a similar test a long time ago."
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This time it was Mo Liuying who woke up first. She saw He Guang still standing beside them, looking at them intently. She couldn't remember how many times this had happened. The stairs in the dark seemed to have no end.
"He Guang." Mo Liuying's voice was very soft, "Do you know what I saw?"
He Guang shook his head. "Don't be afraid no matter what you see. It's all fake."
"It's true. Many of them have happened before." Mo Liuying smiled, seeming to be bitter and mocking. "I have seen death and betrayal many times, my own and others', so I used to be surprised that there would be someone as naive as you in the world."
He Guang poked his face and said, "Mr. Mo, do you only want to dislike me after you wake up?"
"It's not disdain, it's admiration. Because now I realize that you are actually the smartest one." Mo Liuying looked into the void ahead, "I have killed people, and Guang..."
Her voice became softer and softer, “I killed him myself.
So I’m not afraid of ghosts.”
How could someone who dares to kill humans be afraid of ghosts?
"Okay then." He Guang was not surprised at all. She said, "I'll tell you one thing too. No matter what you were afraid of before, you don't have to be afraid now, because I'm here."
"What about you?" Mo Liuying asked this question and took another step forward, "Are you afraid of anything?"
"I'm afraid...you guys will die." He Guang lowered his eyes, "I feel very tired."
Mo Liuying turned her head and stared at her with a pitying look, "I will live, and so will they."
"Um."
[The conversation entered a very profound and unfathomable state]
[I don’t understand anymore, please analyze it boldly]
【Unclear but impressive, mysterious and moving】
[Wow, I don’t know why I feel like crying when I see this. None of the kids standing here have it easy.]
[This is a heart-to-heart talk, right? Well, the host is finally willing to say what he wants.]
【Why don’t I understand what you are saying?】
[The heroine is indeed a hidden talent, a big shot]
[We all have our own stories. In comparison, it turns out that Brother Youyi looks the most innocent.]
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Youyi's eyes came into focus and he came back to realize that his whole body was soaked in cold sweat.
He Guang gently patted his shoulder and said, "Youyi, you are awake from your dream."
He looked at He Guang, and it took him a while to recognize who she was. He forced a smile and said, "I just saw Nan Zhou."
He said, "I saved him sixteen times, but failed every time. He was still killed by the curse. Do you think this is a punishment? If I cared about him a little more, I would have found out about what he was investigating. He has been taking care of me all this time. I..."
He Guang stared at him silently.
You Yi showed a rare look of regret and pain, "I regret it very much."
He Guang still spoke in that reassuring tone, but unlike before, there was a hint of compassion in her eyes this time, "I've been through similar things before, so I understand how you feel now. But Youyi, you tried your best. Losing the people you want to protect in front of a more powerful being is not a mistake."
"Maybe." You Yi turned his head to look at her, "I just... Nan Zhou is a very gentle person. He doesn't do things radically and doesn't like to take risks. I am the one who likes to do this."
He said, "Do you still remember the Twin Villas? At that time, you were the most fearless and special among all the people, so I suspected that there was something wrong with you at the beginning, and I chose to take Nan Zhou and separate from you."
He Guang suddenly realized that it was no wonder that You Yi had been particularly targeting her at that time. Later, when they got along with each other, she found that although You Yi had a bad mouth, he was not a mean person. It turned out that this was the root of the problem.
"I remember."
You Yi smiled, "Actually, I was also worried at that time. What if the Nan Zhou next to me was fake? What if he was left alone? I was worried that his indecision would make him miss the opportunity, so I told him that if he encountered something similar again and I was not by his side, he should be more decisive and take the initiative."
He Guang looked at him, "So you think it was your words that harmed him?"
Cruising in silence.
He Guang said, "Are you sure he still remembers what happened in the Twin Villas? You must have just remembered everything."
"I know that loss is hard to bear, so it is human nature to desperately look for one's own faults and regret desperately. But I believe that the people who sacrificed would never want to see us like this, they would definitely want us to be alive, because this is what they risked their lives to achieve."
“We can’t let them down,” she said.
You Yi lowered his head and smiled, "Yes, I have to live."
He Guang took a step towards You Yi and said, "If you can't hold on any longer, you can lean on my shoulder to rest for a while, but you can't stop moving forward. We have to keep going."
You Yi raised the corner of his lips and said, "No, if Nan Zhou knew that I cried by a girl, I don't know how he would despise me for being useless."
He took a step forward, caught up with Chen Mengze and Mo Liuying who had left him behind, and turned back, "He Guang..."
sorry.
"Hmm?" He Guang didn't hear clearly what he said.
"Nothing." You Yi turned his head.
I'm sorry that you have to support all of us alone, even though your pain is no less than ours. But you definitely don't want to hear this sorry. All I can do is to keep going as you said, until the end.
[Oh my god, I feel like crying]
[I feel like everyone had a heart-to-heart with the host during this adventure, which is great]
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How many times has this happened?
This was the first thought that came into Shen Mengze's mind when he regained consciousness. He supported his body with one arm to prevent himself from falling to the ground, and covered his neck with the other hand. The pain of having his throat cut by a knife in the illusion was still so clear.
He took a moment to catch his breath and found that he had reached the last step.
Mo Liuying leaned against the wall of the corridor, half-closed her eyes, and breathed softly.
She should be the first to finish walking. As this thought came to his mind, a hand reached out and helped him up.
"Are you awake?"
Chen Mengze stood up with the help of He Guang. He saw that the other party's face was paler than ever before, but his eyes were still clear. He didn't know how many times he felt admiration for him.
"it's over."
He Guang gave him an encouraging smile.
Soon Youye arrived, and the three of them sat side by side. When the fire started, they lost consciousness in peace.
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