14 Movie 14‖Out of the game
Yan Shuang wasn't one to comfort others, but he still patted Xu Yaoyu on the shoulder and said softly, "It's okay, don't worry. We all made it out alive, and we can go back after leaving that door."
Xu Yaoyu raised her head, tears glistening in her eyes, and said in a choked voice, "I wanted to wait for them here... If I hadn't met you, I might have died in the game a long time ago. Thank you for saving my life!"
"Okay." He didn't urge, he also wanted to wait.
Xu Yaoyu nodded and looked at Yan Shuang with gratitude. She knew that she was able to survive thanks to the help of these strangers.
Yan Shuang sighed softly. He understood Xu Yaoyu's feelings. At the same time, he secretly felt lucky. If he hadn't run into Jing Ning right after entering the game, he might have simply turned around and left, ending up like the curly-haired girl.
He knows very well that it is not easy to survive in this cruel world, and every challenge is a battle between life and death.
Not everyone is willing to help strangers for no reason.
Just as he was lost in thought, he heard the sound of chaotic running above his head. Yan Shuang knew they were back.
Jing Ning jumped down first. When he saw Yan Shuang, he was stunned for a second, then quickly returned to normal: "You haven't left yet."
Yan Shuang looked at the fine beads of sweat on his forehead and his slightly red cheeks, and a wave of emotion surged in her heart: "Well, I want to wait for you."
Jing Ning smiled easily and reached out to touch Yan Shuang's hair: "It's over."
"Ah--" The moment Lin Haichen jumped down, he felt a sharp pain in his right hand.
"Doctor Lin—" Xu Yaoyu yelled anxiously.
Yan Shuang looked up and saw that Zhiyi's hand was tightly grasping Lin Haichen's wrist like an iron clamp, and her sharp nails were deeply embedded in the flesh. Blood flowed down her arm and dripped onto the ground, forming a pool of blood.
Zhiyi's eyes were filled with despair and anger. She seemed to have lost her mind and was desperate to stop Lin Haichen from leaving.
Lin Haichen shook his body desperately, but Zhiyi's nails dug deeper and deeper.
Yan Shuang stared with wide eyes as Lin Haichen's body was dragged up little by little. He had never expected such a change to happen, and he looked a little flustered.
At this time, they were at least three meters away from the box entrance, and there was no other object in the entire room that could be used except the tightly closed black door, which made Yan Shuang feel desperate and helpless.
"Don't worry about me, hurry up! Open the door!" Lin Haichen said with difficulty.
Jing Ning's eyes suddenly darkened, and then he quickly walked to the door and pulled it hard, and the ink-black door slowly opened.
Yan Shuang was almost unable to open his eyes due to the sudden strong white light. He subconsciously raised his hand to cover his eyes. Not long after, he felt a dark figure approaching, tightly grasping his hand and leading him towards the white light.
There was a sound of something heavy falling behind me.
A feeling of dizziness came over me, but it only lasted for a second. When I opened my eyes, I saw a white light shining from above my head. There were some faint voices and keyboard tapping sounds around me, and I could see the computer working in front of me.
Back? Yan Shuang was momentarily bewildered, even a bit dislocated. Like a dream, he pinched his thigh hard, grimacing in pain before finally coming to his senses and accepting the reality.
After taking a moment to pause, he looked at the computer screen again. The game cover was dark and bright red, with the word "shadow puppet" written crookedly on it.
Yan Shuang finally saw the cover clearly: a dark path, a dense jungle, a dilapidated hut, and a bright moon in the sky.
Yan Shuang moved the mouse, wanting to turn off the screen, when another change occurred. A line of words appeared at the bottom of the screen: "A few feet of cloth, a lamp, that's the stage. A leather figurine, a singing voice, performing all the happenings of the human world. This is the world of human shadow play."
The shadow puppet game has been cleared. The next level is loading and will be available in ten days...
This time there was no movement on the screen, and Yan Shuang successfully turned it off. He looked at the time, Friday, 7:20 pm.
He clearly remembered that at 7:19 he had just finished his work and wanted to take a break, but he saw a game that inexplicably appeared on his computer, and he clicked on it out of nowhere, which led to the next few days of gaming.
It turns out that the few days of desperately trying to find a way to survive in the game are just a blink of an eye in reality.
"Fuck Yan Shuang, what's wrong with you? You look so bad. Why do you look like you're going to a grave at work?" asked Ye Jing'an, a colleague next door.
"Oh, it's okay." Yan Shuang was in a daze for a while before reacting.
"Are you sick? Do you want to go to the hospital? The flu is very serious recently! I see that your lips are pale. I will ask for leave from your boss for you." Ye Jing'an looked at Yan Shuang worriedly and said.
Yan Shuang nodded: "Then I'll go back first." He felt physically and mentally exhausted and really needed a good rest.
As Yan Shuang walked along, scenes from the game kept replaying in his mind. Especially the final moment when the heavy object hit the ground, he kept wondering if it was Lin Hai who had sunk. He wanted to know what was going on, and he had many questions for Jing Ning.
Yan Shuang subconsciously reached into his pocket, ready to take out his phone to ask. However, when his hand touched the phone, he realized that he didn't have their contact information at all.
Yan Shuang returned home somewhat discouraged. The place he lived in was left by his parents before they passed away. The furniture inside was quite old, but he did not intend to replace it. Firstly, he had no money, and secondly, he had feelings for it.
At this moment, the cell phone suddenly rang. Yan Shuang picked it up and saw that it was Ye Jingan calling.
"Hello, Yan Shuang, you're home now." Ye Jing'an seemed to have just gotten off work, and the noise on the other end was a bit noisy.
Since his parents passed away, he had fewer and fewer friends, and Ye Jing'an was one of them. At that time, Yan Shuang had just entered university and had an ordinary and happy family. However, due to a sudden car accident, his life changed drastically. This disaster not only took away his parents, but also plunged him into endless grief.
From that moment on, Yan Shuang gradually became silent and even a bit withdrawn. During this time, some people were reluctant to have anything to do with him, but Ye Jingan was the only one who treated him as a true brother. He often worried that Yan Shuang would go hungry due to lack of money for food, but he was also afraid of hurting his friend's reputation. So, he would always find various excuses to help him, such as "I bought too much" or "this store is having a sale today."
Yan Shuang always knew that these were all his excuses. Who the hell would have a store with daily promotions? Later, he didn't even bother to find excuses and would just buy double the items.
He remembered what Ye Jing'an had said: Don't be fooled by his rough appearance, he is a very smart person.
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