We sat in a circle, staring at each other. Suicide sounds simple, but when it comes to actually doing it, it's hard to bring ourselves to do it. I said, "Can we wait for the poison gas to dissipate? Then we won't have to kill ourselves."
Yuan Rui shook his head: "The gate will only release the poison gas after it detects that three people have left, unless two people are left behind."
I pursed my lips and didn't say anything more, turning to look at Ji Lin'an. Chen Hu glanced at me and said, "Why don't you just leave the skills unused..."
I thought for a moment and smiled, "That works too."
I took a few steps back and waved to everyone: "Come on, use whatever skills you have."
Everyone smiled wryly. Ji Lin'an stepped forward and said, "How about this? Let's give everyone a quick death. I'll be the executioner. I'll use my flying axe skill."
Yuan Rui nodded with a wry smile: "I agree, it's still faster than other skills that are neither here nor there."
Everyone nodded in agreement, and Zhang Funan stepped forward: "You go ahead and use your skill. You kill me last, and I'll use an ice spike. Then we'll both attack each other at the same time."
Ji Lin'an nodded, and we stood in a row. Ji Lin'an walked in front of us, and I nervously closed my eyes. Suddenly, I felt a warmth on my lips. When I opened my eyes, I saw Ji Lin'an's big face close to mine. I reached out and hugged Ji Lin'an. Ji Lin'an whispered in my ear, "Whether I can wake up again or not, thank you for your companionship all the way. It's been worth it. I love you."
My eyes gradually welled up with tears, and I hugged Ji Lin'an tightly with both hands. Suddenly, Chen Hu coughed beside me: "Alright, alright, stop showing off your love."
Reluctantly, I released Ji Lin'an and closed my eyes again. Time seemed to slow down. I heard the sound of leaves rustling in the wind, the sound of an axe cutting through the air, and the sound of heads rolling to the ground. Then, I felt a cold axe touch my neck for a second, and the next second, I felt nothing more...
I think I had a very long dream. In the dream, Ji Lin'an and I were walking hand in hand on a street with an exotic atmosphere. The ground was a rough cobblestone path, and I was walking very awkwardly in my high heels. Ji Lin'an walked up to me but knelt down with his back to me. I understood and took off my high heels and lay down on him. Ji Lin'an slowly stood up and took the high heels from my hands that were wrapped around his shoulders.
We walked on and on towards the setting sun, and familiar figures kept appearing around us: Song Yi and Wei Bin sitting in an open-air café drinking coffee and eating cake; Zhang Funan taking photos alone by the river; Wu Feng singing and dancing with some strangers on the opposite bank of the river; An Xin boxing on the LED screen; and Chen Hu chasing a thief...
Suddenly, a sharp pain shot through my chest, and the scene before me vanished. A blinding light shone into my eyes, causing me to instinctively close them. I struggled to open them, only to find complete darkness. I groped around, finding myself in a small, enclosed space. I tried to sit up, but it felt as if I were bound by ropes. I reached out and felt my body; countless threads connected me. A wave of panic washed over me. I suddenly remembered the scene in the sealed room where we saw "ourselves." Perhaps I was now inside that spaceship I had seen back then. I had returned to my original self...
The next moment, the black ceiling above suddenly lit up, and a face scan pattern appeared on the screen. After sliding up and down the horizontal lines on the face frame a few times, the lights in the entire cabin dimmed, and the screen displayed: "Unfortunately, you have failed to escape the zombie island. The next round of the escape game will begin in 24 hours."
24 hours later? Sure enough, I was back on the zombie island. Just then, I heard the hatch slowly open beneath my feet, and the screen announced again: "Please proceed to the energy center to replenish your energy."
The next second, all the hatches opened, and I slowly sat up. In the countless other space capsules around me, people slowly got up as well. They hesitated and didn't get out of the space capsules, but looked around in confusion. I quickly found Ji Lin'an among the many heads. He was looking around with his back to me. When he turned around, we made eye contact. Ji Lin'an lowered his head and smiled. I quickly got out of the space capsule and ran towards Ji Lin'an, but my legs gave way and I knelt down.
The sound of my knee hitting the floor drew a lot of attention. I looked up somewhat awkwardly and happened to see Chen Hu not far away. Chen Hu was also surprised to see me, then laughed and climbed down from the space capsule toward me. Suddenly, a pair of big feet appeared in front of him. I looked up and saw that Ji Lin'an had already squatted down: "Idiot, you can even fall down while walking."
I gave an awkward laugh: "My body feels a little weak, I guess it's because I've been lying down for too long."
Ji Lin'an helped me up, and Chen Hu also came to my side. Ji Lin'an looked behind me, and when I turned around, I saw An Xin and Xiao Dian. Many people had already walked towards the large "Energy Center" sign at the entrance, with only a few people still standing in the distance. I looked towards those people and saw Zhang Funan, Jiang Kexin, and others. They were all looking in our direction. I also saw Wu Feng, but after exchanging a glance with him, Wu Feng lowered his head and walked towards the door.
I turned my head to look for him: "Where is Yuan Rui?"
Ji Lin'an and the others also looked around. Chen Hu said, "Not only Yuan Rui, but I also didn't see Kaka and Zhu Chen."
A question lingered in my mind when suddenly an announcement came over the loudspeaker: "Please proceed to the energy center to replenish your energy as soon as possible."
After exchanging glances, Ji Lin'an said, "Let's go to the energy center first."
We walked towards the indicated location. After exiting the space capsule's main hall, we found ourselves in a long corridor with white floors and walls. A single light source shone from the ceiling. At the end of the corridor were two forks in the road. We headed towards one of the forks. The energy center was on the left, and several people had already finished replenishing their energy and were coming out. One of them was Wufeng.
As we approached, I was about to greet Wufeng when I realized he had no intention of acknowledging us. I frowned, reached out, and pulled him aside: "Wufeng!"
Wufeng turned his head and looked at me with a puzzled expression: "You know me?"
I froze on the spot. He seemed not to recognize us, but why did everyone else have memories but he didn't? I carefully recalled that when I woke up, he was clearly standing not far away watching us. Eyes don't lie. He clearly remembered everything back then. I let go of Wufeng's arm. Wufeng looked at us with a puzzled expression and continued walking forward.
I looked at Ji Lin'an with a puzzled expression: "He didn't look at us like this when he first woke up. How come he doesn't remember anything in such a short time?"
Ji Lin'an looked at the energy center: "It might be related to energy. Maybe there's something inside that erases memories, just like how you don't remember ever being on Zombie Island before. That should be the key to making us forget."
I looked towards the energy center and saw many people walking out one after another. I saw Zhang Funan and Jiang Kexin; they walked out of the energy center one after the other. We stood there waiting for them to come over. When they were almost in front of us, I took two steps towards the middle of the path, blocking their way. When Zhang Funan saw me, he stepped aside and walked past me...
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