Chapter 153 5
Li Ziyue clenched his teeth together.
fine.
His breathing rhythm was disordered, but he kept patting his chest with one hand to force himself to calm down.
Zhang Lian is still trapped in that room, and he is the only one who has the key to the room. No matter what, he cannot die in such a place. He must at least rescue Zhang Lian.
So what if I woke up in the pool.
Li Ziyue gulped down a mouthful of blood in his throat, and he swallowed it forcefully.
There is always a way to crack it, unless the copy kills him directly.
Nothing is over until he dies.
Analyze the surrounding scene first.
It was night time and the light was not sufficient. Li Ziyue could only roughly see that there was a messy lawn beneath him. Half-broken and withered tree roots were growing randomly on the ground. It looked like an abandoned garden at the back of a large manor.
About ten meters away there are two buildings covered with ivy. Looking further away, only a hazy scene can be seen. This should be the boundary of a certain world. Li Ziyue wiped the water stains on his face and walked towards the building along the path.
When he struggled to the front of the building, he found that the scene in front of him was so familiar - this was the dormitory area in the "Voluntary School" copy.
Li Ziyue was frozen in place, recalling the development of the dungeon, when he heard someone shouting at the corner of the stairs: "Brother!"
Li Ziyue was startled and looked up. The person coming was none other than Sun Yuancheng.
"Oh my god! Brother! What happened!" Sun Yuancheng looked at him eagerly, about to cry again, "If you don't show up, Zhang Lian will kill someone!"
Zhang Lian… ?
Li Ziyue's mouth twitched twice unconsciously. He reached out to Sun Yuancheng, but his vision went dark. He was completely exhausted and fell to the ground.
Before he fell into coma, he felt that he had finally fallen into that familiar and warm embrace. Li Ziyue bit his lower lip to hold back the momentary redness in his eyes.
Is it Zhang Lian?
It’s Zhang Lian.
If you think about it carefully, except for a short rest when he was with Zhang Liandai, Li Ziyue was either tortured by mental pollution or thinking about decryption in this copy. He has been working non-stop and has not slept until now. In addition, he is injured, so even a body of iron will be unable to bear it.
When he woke up, the wounds on his body had been treated. In a sense, Li Ziyue finally had a good sleep.
Sun Yuancheng and Zhang Xingzhi came to ask him about his situation. After a few casual conversations, Zhang Lian, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly spoke up: "Wait until he has rested for a while before asking him again."
"You guys go first," Zhang Lian looked at the two calmly, "I'll call you when he's better."
Zhang Xingzhi was slightly surprised. He reminded her pointedly, "Zhang Lian... you should know that your class will soon face off against Class C."
"Oh." Zhang Lian said calmly, "I can handle the duel. Don't tire him out anymore."
Zhang Lian never brags. Since he can make such a guarantee, it means he must have a way. Seeing Zhang's behavior, he couldn't say anything. He pulled Sun Yuancheng, who had three question marks on his head, out.
The room finally quieted down.
Zhang Lian touched Li Ziyue's forehead which was covered with a fever patch, and tidied his messy hair: "Are you feeling uncomfortable anywhere else? If you are tired, just sleep for a while."
Li Ziyue lowered his eyelashes and sniffed: "...No."
"Are you hungry?"
Li Ziyue shook his head.
Zhang Lian curled his lips and smiled lightly.
"Zhang Lian." Li Ziyue reached out and grabbed Zhang Lian's sleeve.
"What's wrong?"
Li Ziyue turned his face away: "...Nothing, I just wanted to call you."
The system reminded him not to do anything unrelated to his identity.
Zhang Lian lowered his eyes and reached out to pinch Li Ziyue's cheek.
"Who are you?"
Li Ziyue suddenly looked up.
Zhang Lian's eyes were gentle: "You are in a very strange state now. It seems like you are hiding something from me."
He thought thoughtfully: "Have I experienced this kind of scene before?"
Li Ziyue was dumbfounded.
"But the person is wrong. To be more precise, it's you who is wrong," Zhang Lian said slowly. "If the scene is divided into the first scene and the second scene, the person I should have met in the first scene was your fake person, but now, in the second scene, it's you who appears."
"But I don't have any empirical evidence to back up my guess."
Li Ziyue tried to organize his words, but Zhang Lian spoke first again: "Don't be nervous."
"A lot of things seem weird, but considering this is a replica, it's not surprising what happened."
"You seemed to be hesitant to speak just now. Can't you tell me these? Or," Zhang Lian paused, "the system does not allow you to judge my guess?"
Zhang Lian looked at him and said, "You don't have to think about anything now. You just need to tell me if you are in some kind of trouble. Also, what can I do for you?"
Li Ziyue's eyes lit up for a moment, but then went out again. In the end, he just shook his head in silence.
"No……"
"If the so-called first and second scenes really exist," Zhang Lian interrupted him for the first time, "does that mean there is also a second me?"
"Where am I in this? You're clearly in a bad mood. If I were by your side, it wouldn't have developed into this."
Zhang Lian continued, "Could it be that the me in the second scene and you were separated for some reason? But I know myself. Even if I was separated from you, I must have left something for you."
"This thing can either help you find me, or it can save you in a critical moment."
Li Ziyue was so surprised that he was speechless.
He had long thought that Zhang Lian was smart, but who would have thought that Zhang Lian could actually deduce the general truth of the matter based on his short reaction.
"You were surprised," Zhang Lian said, "and your eyes unconsciously looked down and paused for a few seconds, which means you were lost in some memories or thoughts."
"I did leave something for you in the second scene, but you didn't think that those things might save you, right?" Zhang Lian pursed his lips. He put his hand on the back of Li Ziyue's neck and patted it gently. "It's sad to think about it this way."
"Brother." He leaned down slightly and left a kiss on the tip of Li Ziyue's ear. "Rely on me once in a while, okay?"
The warm liquid quietly fell into Zhang Lian's palm.
Zhang Lian leaned down, gently lifted Li Zi's chin upwards with one hand, and slowly kissed the tear at the corner of his eye.
"You're not someone who cries easily," Zhang Lian's voice became hoarse, "You must have had a hard time during this period. I must be a jerk, otherwise why wouldn't I be by your side?"
No.
Li Ziyue choked with sobs.
If it weren't for you, I would have lost my mind just now when I found myself waking up in the middle of the pool again. It was the thought of rescuing you that supported me to see you again.
support?
Li Ziyue was stunned.
【Zhang Lian changed the subject: "You haven't been to my world yet, right?"】
[Li Ziyue seemed to understand what Zhang Lian wanted to say. He froze for half a second, then shook his head.]
[“Let’s go together later.” Zhang Lian’s tone slowed down.]
At this point, Li Ziyue finally understood why Zhang Lian took the initiative to trap him in the room, gave him the only key that could open the door, and then pushed him out.
【Zhang Lian just smiled: "I told you, I am a very despicable person. Despicable people are naturally good at threatening others."】
All Zhang Lian did was just to keep him alive.
Li Ziyue is a person who finds the self-worth that allows him to survive from the dependence of others on him. On that cold snowy night, he allowed himself to survive because of the self-kindness he found in Zhang Lian. In this copy, Zhang Lian will give him the reason to continue living.
Li Ziyue slightly bent his upper body and swallowed the tears that were welling up in his eyes. A few tears gradually blurred his vision.
sorry.
Until now, I am still not a great person.
…
The scene around him changed again without him realizing it.
When Li Ziyue opened his eyes again, he seemed to be standing in front of a square piece of transparent glass. There was nothing else around him, just a stretch of pure white that seemed to have no end.
Something else could be seen through the glass, an unpainted concrete wall, and when Li Ziyue looked down further he could even see the dry sink, the faucet covered in dust and surrounded by tiny spider webs.
here it is……
If he was not mistaken, he should have returned to the "Advanced Pseudo-Human Copy", no... he should have returned to the copy he imagined.
Li Ziyue frowned slightly.
He remembered that Li Ziyue could smash the glass from the inside and then enter the space where he was.
Li Ziyue touched the edge of the glass. It was solid but not hard, as if it could be broken with a little force.
[The glass is cracked, just repair it with blood]
[Li Ziyue] smashed the glass without hesitation and repaired it with his own blood. In rule-based copies, rules are everything and treat NPCs and players equally. [Li Ziyue] would not do anything to put himself in trouble. Does this mean that smashing the glass will not have any negative effects?
Li Ziyue tried to hit his fist against the glass.
Once again, unexpectedly, he didn't have to use much force and the edge of the glass broke. Several fragments fell backwards, and a gap appeared on the lower right side that was big enough for his arm to pass through.
At the same time, the bathroom door was slammed open.
When Li Ziyue looked over there, he met Li Ziyue's dark face.
"You're crazy." [Li Ziyue] said angrily, "Do you think you can break the glass?"
Without hesitation, he cut his wrist with a knife, and blood gushed out instantly. Li Ziyue carefully smeared the blood on the crack of the glass. The glass absorbed the blood and soon returned to its original state.
Li Ziyue stared at [Li Ziyue] intently, his heart beating inexplicably fast.
[Li Ziyue] This behavior is really too abnormal.
Li Ziyue remembered the third rule of the [Mirror Rules]: Please do not touch a cracked mirror. If you accidentally touch it, please smear your blood on the cracks in the mirror.
The rules only said that the cracks should be filled, but did not indicate whose blood should be used. Given Li Ziyue's character of not being able to bear any loss, it would be reasonable to cut his hand to extract the blood.
[Li Ziyue] Why did he dare to stab himself? Why did he act so hastily? Could this rule have other meanings?
However, who would have thought that as soon as Li Ziyue opened his mouth, the scene in front of him changed again.
Why did it change?!
Li Ziyue's vision was already dark, but he was still surprised.
He has already returned to the Advanced Pseudo-Human Copy, where else can he go... Could it be that he has fallen into a loop again and has to go to the Primary Pseudo-Human Copy again... ?
Who would have thought that this situation made Li Ziyue feel the most desperate.
He opened his eyes dazedly, and before his pupils focused, he heard someone beside him say something that made Li Ziyue shudder.
"You finally woke up."
And the person who woke him up this time was Bai Yu.
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