Chapter 187 Mizuki Private High School (Fifty-nine)
Bei Xi didn't have that much time to listen to her nonsense. When the iron axe stabbed at Morpheus's projection, the other party had already turned into a wisp of black smoke and disappeared, leaving only a look of resentment and determination between the two.
The second layer of the dream was broken, and the sky where the moon was hanging seemed to be torn open. The two suddenly felt a huge suction force and were sucked into the darkness.
When they opened their eyes again, they still did not return to the dormitory, but returned to the game hall in the rest area.
Bei Xi and Nan Huan were both very conscious, so they were very sure that a few seconds ago they were still trapped in the second level of the dream by Morpheus. It was impossible for them to be awake now, nor was it possible for them to really leave the copy and return to the resting place.
"Oh my god, what's going on? Am I hallucinating?" A familiar voice sounded. It was full of energy, unlike the dull voice that was obviously imitating before. "You were setting fire to the dormitory just now, and now you're suddenly back in the rest area. Liushen, can you pinch me?"
Twelve's voice was so crisp that it was hard not to attract other people's attention, especially when she saw her companions who had entered the dungeon were all around her.
"Stop it, this place is wrong."
Liushen pressed down her hand that was moving around on him for confirmation, and stood still to use his skills to sense the mental state of his companions. "The eldest lady and the first guild leader are real, and the people from the second guild are also real."
Although the words were affirmative, the tone was questioning. After all, it was very strange that they suddenly appeared in this place.
Nan Huan and Bei Xi naturally saw them as well. Driven by Bei Xi's strong intuition, she did not shoot another arrow at Twelve.
"This is the first level of dreamland set up by Morpheus's skills. It's not the real game lobby," Bei Xi took the lead in explaining it to the players in his team, "but something doesn't seem right..."
Nan Huan also noticed something was wrong. If Morpheus had to let their companions enter the first level of the dream because they had to enter the dream world in order to use the player's skills, then why were there other players not far away who looked confused like him?
Yes, there were not only players from Guild One and Guild Two present, but also other players who were temporarily alive in the dungeon. Apart from the few who were receiving after-school tutoring, even the Doctor, the Ghost, and the Disciples were there, but there was no sign of Morpheus and the three people beside her.
If this was the only situation, Nan Huan would at most suspect that Morpheus had some evil intentions again, but now she found more than just this strange thing, because someone in the game hall had already noticed their sudden appearance.
The players walking around in the game lobby were not like the phantoms before. They looked very much like real players. It was just that they appeared a little suddenly, or for some reason, they looked confused, just like the players in the copy.
"Six Gods..."
Nan Huan shouted, as if he had thought of something and needed Liushen's help to confirm it. However, Liushen had already noticed something was wrong and closed his eyes. But before there was any result, Nan Huan's words were interrupted.
"Eh? Aren't these Guild One and Guild Two, the group that entered the dungeon this time? Why did they come out now? I didn't hear the system announcement. Who took the Faith Totem fragment this time?"
"You're still concerned about this question. Let me ask you, do you remember what you were doing before you got here? I was sleeping in my own bed just now, and I found myself here the second I opened my eyes. Who did this?"
"Hey, why am I here suddenly? This shouldn't happen."
"Did the system suddenly issue a task? Besides the system, who else has such a great ability?"
After a few seconds, a noisy sound broke out in the crowd. The players in the game hall did not seem to be here of their own volition. Compared with the number of players in a normal game hall, the number of players here has decreased a lot, but it is still crowded.
And there are many of them. At a glance, the twelve can call out their titles and names, and they are all ranked high.
[Warning, warning, the system has been hacked, and a large number of players in the rest area have been forced into sleep...]
As if in response to the doubts in most players' minds, the system finally jumped out. After all, this didn't look like a simple prank.
But this disappearance is not good for the players.
"What? The system was hacked? I've never heard of this. How is this possible?"
"That's just something you haven't heard of. It is said that this happened once when the young lady and the elder entered the dungeon, and almost everyone died. Oh my god, why did this unlucky thing happen to me? There were obviously several players in our guild drinking together."
"Forced to dream? What does that mean? Does it mean that we are dreaming now? Then we won't feel any pain, right?"
With a snap, a finger mark appeared on the player's face.
"Hiss....Why the hell did you hit me?"
"Look, it's a dream, but it's not an ordinary dream. You will feel pain, and you will die after you finish talking."
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[Warning, the system has been locked and will automatically go to sleep in five seconds. ]
【5, 4, 3...】
"Oh my god, what's going on? What does it mean that the system is in hibernation? But the control panel is still usable, and my personal skills can also be used."
"So can you please focus on something a little weirder? The real thing is how are we going to get out?"
"Who brought us in? What do they want us to do? Isn't that the point?"
"The system is in hibernation. Does this mean that the in-game rule of 'no killing each other' is invalid? Will the damage in the dream have an impact on reality?"
After talking for a long time, someone finally touched upon the most important issue. As soon as these words came out, the players who had originally swarmed together suddenly took a step back in tacit understanding and looked at each other with vigilant eyes.
This is the limit of the questions that an average smart player can think of.
But it is not only these middle and upper players who are forced to follow the dream, of course there are also upper-level players, and some players with bad intentions.
"There are so many people here today, but I don't see any players from Guild One or Guild Two, except for those who are doing dungeons?"
Finally, the topic returned to the circle of people standing in the center, and someone finally realized that this incident started with their appearance.
"So they encountered some trouble in the dungeon, entered the dream, and implicated us as well?"
"Although the latest piece of the Faith Totem fragment has not yet been found, the young lady still has three pieces on her body. Although it is in a dream, the damage is real, especially now that there are no restrictions on the rules, the system can no longer control the cannibalism."
These words are like throwing a handful of bait into a pond full of goldfish. Without any instructions, all the goldfish will head towards the bait. Even if they don't move for the time being, just the greedy look in their eyes is enough to be oppressive.
The situation is not clear yet, and Bei Xi and her team did not act rashly. They still occupied the center of the game hall, but more and more players looked over. Their formation has been adjusted so that those with strong combat effectiveness are responsible for the periphery, and the remaining players stand in the team inside and act.
"Oh my god, how did Morpheus do that? How is this possible?"
Twelve was the first to be confused. "Am I dreaming? Is someone going to pinch me? How can a nameless player like her have such great abilities?"
Maybe she started to doubt life after a good night's sleep and forgot that she was in a dream. Her speech was a little incoherent. And because the president just talked about the level of dream he had just had, she instinctively looked at her president, only to find that the president's face was also very heavy.
"Normally, this is impossible," Nan Huan was still calm as he explained to Twelve, "The other party has set up three levels of dreams. Regardless of the actual situation and my guess, the relationship between these three levels of dreams should develop in a progressive manner, and decrease from the third level to the first level. Morpheus's power should be the weakest here. After all, the two levels just now were like this. Moreover, in the second level of dream, Morpheus's projection was found and the dream was broken. She should have been affected a little. Therefore, the current first level of dream should not and cannot be so powerful that it can allow so many players in the rest area to dream at the same time."
Twelve was puzzled. He didn't know why the eldest lady deliberately emphasized that this thing was impossible, but now it was actually happening.
However, the six gods around her, President Barbie, and even President Yi seemed to understand the implicit meaning of Nanhuan's words.
Twelve was so anxious that he quickly pulled the sleeves of Sixth God. A person who is slow to react is really anxious.
Fortunately, the leader did not let her doubt for longer. "If she did it, it only means that her own strength is much stronger than that of ordinary players. When she was in the dungeon before, it was covered up by some active or passive power. Perhaps it was a restriction made by the system, allowing the other party to behave like an ordinary player and blend in with us without revealing her true face."
The surrounding players have stopped watching with eager eyes and started to slowly narrow the encirclement towards the center. Bei Xi's index finger is already on the bowstring. If they dare to break through the safe distance, an explosion will sound in the densest area in the next second.
"But since Morpheus lost his chance in both dreams, he had to use this last dream to get the fragment of the faith totem from the young lady, even if it might expose her true identity to us."
The others, including Twelve, had no idea what happened in the other two dreams, but they were sure that it was not a good thing, especially since the president's face did not look very good.
Twelve finally understood the message hidden in his president's few light words. Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by a voice from the crowd.
"Oh my god, why are there so many people here to watch the fun?" The voice was a bit lazy, a bit relaxed, dissolving the hostile oppression, but also with a certain relaxation of a superior. "Why are you so scared when you see President Yi and President Barbie, not even daring to say hello? Now that you know you are in a dream, you come out to join in the fun, right?"
Alice finally squeezed out of the crowd and teased the players around her in a bad mood without using any swear words. Fortunately, she did not come alone, and was followed by many people from the Fourth Guild.
It was a coincidence that they had just come out of a dungeon today. The discussion lasted until very late. Not long after they took a break, they came here as soon as they opened their eyes. She felt something was wrong just now, so she quickly gathered all the people in her guild who had entered the dream and rushed here. Fortunately, it was not too late.
"President Alice?" Twelve's tone was filled with surprise and joy, as if he didn't expect to see her here, and he didn't expect her to come so timely.
"Hey, you're too biased. I've been standing here for quite a while. You can't just ignore me because she spoke first, right?"
Before Twelve was finished being surprised, he heard a more familiar voice from the other side, "After all, we were cooperating first."
President Hongfen also rushed over with the people from the Sixth Guild. This time, the crowd had consciously made way for them and cast many glances in their direction.
After all, on one side is a weird role-playing team, and on the other side are real beauties, each with a seductive expression on their face.
So even though the Sixth Guild is ranked last, it still has more face.
If there were only eight people from Guild One and Guild Two, it would be normal for the other players to be eager to make a move. But now the presidents of the other two guilds have appeared, and brought their people with them. Any player would have to think twice before taking any action.
Therefore, the teams that were originally pressing towards the center suddenly stopped where they were, but the teams never dispersed. After all, even with the addition of the strength of the two major guilds, they did not have any advantage in numbers. It would be a pity to give up such a good opportunity.
"President Hongfen, why are you here too?"
In order to avoid losing one thing while focusing on another, Twelve, a little genius in society, hurried to socialize on behalf of a guild.
President Barbie is an old friend of these two, so she was able to reach a cooperation with President Yi and the eldest lady and get the admission letter before entering the copy.
"Hey," President Alice stood beside Bei Xi and nudged him with her elbow naturally, "What's going on? Is it exactly the same as before in Fengmen Ridge? What did you encounter in the dungeon?"
President Alice came out of Fengmenling with the eldest lady and the first president. Of course, she knew what happened inside and she had not forgotten it. The tour guide suddenly seemed like a different person, and the system also prompted that it was invaded and the map was modified. However, she did not know much at the time and simply thought it was a bug in the system, although the system had never had any bugs before.
But now it seems that a system that has been fine for such a short period of time should not have two consecutive bugs for no reason.
Bei Xi dodged to the side helplessly. She was not used to others communicating with her like this. She blocked Nan Huan in front of her to prevent President Alice from continuing to touch her. She also announced that she was a family person and warned the other party to be careful. Then she briefly explained to her and Hongfen what happened in the copy.
"So the unknown existence before was only behind the scenes, using the tour guide to do some weird things, but now it has started to play the role of a player openly?"
Hongfen found it unbelievable. She had never experienced Fengmenling, but after all, a cooperative relationship was reached. Nanhuan and Beixi did not hide anything from her. Although these words sounded rough, the key causes and consequences were not revealed.
Nan Huan admired her superb ability to summarize and nodded. "Although there is no substantial evidence to prove that these two people are the same person, or belong to the same organization, it is obvious that Morpheus is not an ordinary player. She can work with the system to temporarily make all the players in the game hall fall into hallucinations. Now she can create a scene in the dungeon that even the players in the rest area can fall asleep. With such a great ability, she is still just an unknown guild leader ranked outside the top 200 in the game. Do you believe it?"
Anyway, Nan Huan didn't believe it. It's not that she didn't believe that there were players in the game who deliberately let their rankings fall behind in order to hide their abilities and control their rankings and not get into trouble.
But Morpheus's power is much stronger than that of ordinary players, and it doesn't seem like a player can get it through normal means. And as Nan Huan once told Bei Xi, Morpheus is not familiar with the deployment of troops and generals, and does not have the skill points and vigilance that a guild president should have, so she suspected that this identity was most likely a replacement for someone else.
But if she can even replace the identity of other players, then she must not be an ordinary existence. Nan Huan had some guesses about the existence behind the tour guide when he was in Fengmenling, but from the existing evidence, Morpheus in this copy has no connection with his guess, so Nan Huan cannot be sure whether there is only one such existence or they belong to the same organization.
"I definitely don't believe it."
President Hongfen and President Alice understood in unison the key to the matter. It was not that the dream before them was so dangerous. Of course, it was dangerous, after all, so many people were involved.
But more importantly, since they entered the game, they all thought that there were only players in the game. Apart from the system that could control all players, there should be no other groups or individuals in this game system, no matter what their identities.
But the previous incident in Fengmenling taught them that the system is not omnipotent. It may even have bugs, be invaded, and be temporarily offline.
And now the existence of Morpheus means that, at least within the game, there are other existences besides the players, and their power is much stronger than that of the players, and they can even compete with the system. This is a subversive discovery, so that the original relationship between the system and the players, which is either opposing or unified, will undergo unpredictable changes due to the appearance of a third party.
More importantly, they didn't know what Morpheus wanted. Judging from her mentality of being willing to do anything to get the fragments of the Totem of Faith, even dragging so many players into it, she didn't seem like a good person.
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