Chapter 49 Island Escape
After Lu Yusheng connected with it, Chu Liuxiang could clearly feel that although the scene in front of him was still dark, the originally unchanging scene seemed to come alive.
Strangely, the moment the surrounding darkness began to flow, he clearly knew he was on flat ground, yet he still felt a sense of weightlessness.
Instinctively, he looked around at the pitch-black surroundings and asked, "Miss, are you still here?"
"Yes, yes," Lu Yusheng replied repeatedly, and stood even closer to the other person in case he couldn't hear him.
Because of this sound, Chu Liuxiang also found some ways to distinguish external sounds.
He nodded in Lu Yusheng's direction, indicating that he was ready.
Lu Yusheng didn't rush to start. Instead, he stepped forward and took off his headphones, guiding his hands to touch both sides of the headphones, and instructed, "If your ears feel uncomfortable, you can take them off here."
Chu Liuxiang nodded, and then he heard the girl's voice, which suddenly became clear, continue: "And this thing you're wearing on your head, push it forward and then lift it up to take it off. If the images inside are shaking, close your eyes, understand?"
He continued nodding, waiting for the series of emergency evacuation methods to be explained, when the scene before him suddenly changed again.
Throughout Chu Liuxiang's career, he considered himself to have seen his fair share of treasures, but rarely had he encountered anything like this...
It makes it difficult for him to assess its value.
When the loaded standby screen appeared, he clearly remembered that his body was still in place and had not moved an inch, but the scene in front of him suddenly changed from darkness and nothingness to a canyon full of flowers.
Like a colorful scroll suddenly unfolding, all sorts of vibrant colors flooded Chu Liuxiang's eyes in just a few breaths, and the scene from black to color really gave him a huge shock.
My eyes, which had grown accustomed to black, were instantly filled with this magnificent sight.
The item that Lu Yusheng bought was picked out for her by the system from the store. In order to lure people in first, she didn't even look at it carefully herself.
Now, upon closer inspection, she realized she had never seen this model before. In a flustered state, she brought up the system screen and quickly swiped her fingers in the air to check the user guide.
Judging from the remaining balance in the account, this device must be quite expensive.
Sure enough, after checking, Lu Yusheng discovered that this product from some unknown dimension could actually connect directly to a mobile phone, which was quite user-friendly.
By the time she had navigated through three or four windows and finally finished downloading the corresponding app, Chu Liuxiang had basically seen every detail in that animated sequence.
Fortunately, the novelty of being in a paradise hadn't worn off so quickly. He tried to wave his hands in front of him, but his own hands didn't appear in the picture.
Just as Chu Liuxiang was feeling disappointed, he suddenly discovered that when he turned his head, the surrounding scenery could change angles according to his movements, as if he were truly there.
When he looked up at the sky, he saw the purple-orange sunset overhead, which seemed within reach. Even though he knew he couldn't see his own arm, Chu Liuxiang still couldn't help but reach out and grab at the void.
Seeing that the other party had already begun to explore on their own, Lu Yusheng silently increased his reading speed.
As she was looking around, she suddenly heard a rustling sound beside her. She looked up in confusion and saw that Chu Liuxiang, who was so engrossed in the scenery, had involuntarily spun around 360 degrees.
As he took in the panoramic view, feeling utterly satisfied, this scene appeared to Lu Yusheng as—
The guest was so anxious he was spinning in circles.
A wave of unspoken tension washed over her. She swallowed hard and reassured him, "Don't worry, young master, it'll start soon. I get an intelligence boost when I look at these things."
"What?"
Chu Liuxiang, who was wearing headphones, only vaguely heard a few words, so he immediately took them off, mimicking the posture she had just taught him.
Upon realizing he had missed an important step, Lu Yusheng didn't repeat it. He simply said "sorry" softly and then searched through a pile of packages he had just opened in the corner.
Sure enough, she found the pink box that she had deliberately overlooked before.
When Lu Yusheng took off the main headgear, he thought the rest were just random purchases by the system, since they didn't have any patterns on them and the colors weren't the same as the other equipment, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
When I opened the box and took out the peripherals that were attached to my legs, I couldn't help but apologize to the system for my assumptions.
There was no response from the other party, who obviously did not know the reason. Lu Yusheng did not say much. Just then, Chu Liuxiang had not put his headphones back on, so he said, "You haven't finished putting on your equipment yet, young master, please take off your glasses first."
"Glasses?" Chu Liuxiang, who had just removed the foreign object from his head, repeated the word unconsciously.
"The mechanisms inside are truly ingenious," he exclaimed repeatedly, then continued to ask Lu Yusheng, "Do you know what I saw inside, young lady?"
The latter nodded knowingly upon hearing this: "I have a rough idea, but that's nothing compared to what's to come."
That's nothing?
The things he was seeing now were already beyond Chu Liuxiang's imagination. In all his years in the world, what kind of rare treasures hadn't he seen? He had even explored those mysterious Western Regions.
But I have never seen anything like it that can project a person's eyes to a distance of thousands of miles in an instant.
He recalled hearing storytellers talk about things like "an external body" or "out-of-body experiences," but those were too vague and ethereal. The more someone practiced martial arts, the more they could understand how difficult it was for their physical body to transcend these concepts.
For someone whose martial arts skills are already considered to be at a high level, the feeling is even more pronounced.
But if it's not like that, then it really doesn't make sense.
Although Chu Liuxiang considered himself well-informed, he still humbly asked, faced with such a novel object he had never encountered before, "What an amazing treasure! May I ask you, young lady, how does this object allow one to see scenery thousands of miles away?"
"A thousand miles away?" Lu Yusheng was taken aback at first, then realized that he must be referring to the landscape image on the loading screen.
She glanced at it when she activated it, and secretly praised it as "realistic," never expecting it would lead to such a misunderstanding.
So he tried to explain in a more realistic direction: "Young master only sees the lifelike scenery, but he does not know that it was painted by several skilled painters. Every flower and tree you see is a virtual painting and not a real thing."
"How could this be..." Chu Liuxiang subconsciously denied it; the scene he saw was something that could not be described with a pen.
Until his gaze swept over the inconspicuous bay window inside the room.
The curtains were not yet drawn, and given his height, he could see the entire view outside the window by turning his head to the side; the sun was shining brightly and a gentle breeze was blowing.
It was only then that he realized that the time depicted in the painting was not connected to reality.
It was dusk in the world reflected in the mirror, but here it was just approaching noon.
Without giving him a chance to think it over, Lu Yusheng continued, "Men and women should not touch each other. These two props should be tied between the calves and knees. Young master, you can do it yourself. I will tell you how to do it."
While he was putting on his peripherals, Lu Yusheng was also busy.
After browsing through the games tagged "parkour," I finally chose the one with the highest number of downloads.
Escape from the Isolated Island.
It sounds like an adventure story, and the cover image doesn't feature any modern buildings, which makes it easier for her to make up stories and explain them.
While its biggest advantage in topping the list is that it's free, the quality is probably decent as well.
"Alright, alright." Lu Yusheng, who had already started downloading, hurriedly urged Chu Liuxiang to put the device back on his head.
Because his expectations were gradually rising, he naturally complied without resistance.
The scenery of the canyon before his eyes gradually changed, and the sound of waves began to reach his ears. When the scene froze again, Chu Liuxiang was surprised to find that "he" was now at the seaside.
Having lived on a boat for a long time, he was quite familiar with water. Seeing the sea in the painting, he couldn't help but be curious and wanted to go closer to take a look.
No matter how he moved, he remained on the same rock where he had first appeared.
While feeling disappointed, he began to believe Lu Yusheng's explanation that this place was merely a drawing.
Just as I was thinking of her, the shop manager's voice rang in my ears: "No need to move."
He composed himself and carefully discerned her voice from the surrounding sound of the waves: "When we enter the competition, the mechanism on your leg will connect to your movements in the painting. Once it starts, the surrounding environment will automatically change to a running state. If you want to jump, just jump in place. Turning your body in place will control you to turn in the painting."
This was a long speech, but fortunately, with careful listening, he was able to hear the whole thing through the barrier in his ears.
Although he couldn't fully grasp the meaning, the scene before him had changed so much that he had no time to think about it anymore.
The rocks beneath his feet suddenly transformed into a winding pier made of several long wooden planks, and his location changed from the seaside to a bridge built in the sea.
The wind grew louder, and the sound of waves crashing against the wooden stakes below could be heard from time to time. The scene before his eyes slowly began to move after flashing through several strange patterns he had never seen before.
With his frequent use of light-footed skills, Chu Liuxiang's balance was undoubtedly excellent, so the sudden change in the scene did not catch him off guard.
Just as the girl had said, the scene of the vehicle moving automatically before his eyes made him feel as if he were walking on a bridge.
Because it's a test level, the movement speed isn't fast, and there's a flashing arrow icon ahead as a warning at each turn.
Chu Liuxiang's comprehension was quite good. When he first reached the end of a section of the wooden bridge, he subconsciously followed Lu Yusheng's instructions, turned around and changed direction, and successfully moved to the next section of the wooden bridge.
Fortunately, the bridge was quite wide, and even though I reacted a few seconds slower, I didn't fall into the sea.
After turning around a few times, he roughly realized that the pattern was instructing him to turn in the direction of the sharp corner. However, at this time, the surrounding environment was open and the road ahead was not blocked. He could safely reach the destination without the instruction, so he did not rely on it.
"Can the image connect to the phone screen?"
Lu Yusheng, who had already read to the end of the instructions, suddenly brightened up and immediately looked for the screen sharing interface in the linked app.
Once loading was complete, the phone automatically redirected to the screen Chu Liuxiang was seeing at that moment.
Seeing that the coastline was almost within reach at the end of the bridge she was walking on on the screen, she knew that this meant the test was about to end, and the next step was to see if the other person had any adverse reactions such as dizziness.
Finally, when the words "Congratulations on clearing the level" appeared, the sound of waves that had been lingering in his ears subsided again, and his location and the scene returned to their original state.
Chu Liuxiang let out a breath, still not fully recovered from his previous experience, when he vaguely heard Lu Yusheng's voice again.
"How are you feeling, young master? Are you experiencing any discomfort?"
...This kind of voice-over dialogue always gave him a strange feeling that he couldn't quite put his finger on.
Although somewhat surprised by the other party's precise timing in speaking, he still shook his head frankly and said, "No."
That's great, a natural talent.
Upon hearing this, Lu Yusheng clapped his hands and stepped back to make room, raising his voice to say, "Young Master, get ready, we're about to begin the next round."
Upon hearing this, Chu Liuxiang guessed that it was probably time to change the painting again. He was somewhat looking forward to the scene that was about to appear, and he followed Lu Yusheng's advice to close his eyes when the painting changed to avoid damaging his eyes.
When he opened his eyes again, he was still on that empty, deserted island, but his location had changed from the shore to the very center of the dense forest on the island.
Behind him was an old wooden house. Chu Liuxiang wanted to go closer to take a look, but was disappointed to find that he still couldn't move.
Just as he was about to explore the surrounding scenery again, those strange patterns he had never seen before appeared directly in front of him once more. As the patterns jumped in turn, he vaguely realized that this was a signal that some kind of mechanism was being activated.
Sure enough, when the pattern jumped down to just the last "circle", the previously frozen environment began to change again.
As the trees in front of him grew larger in his field of vision, he realized he was approaching them. He immediately turned around and managed to reach a flat path in the woods before crashing into the trees.
Wandering aimlessly and looking at the scenery seems like a good idea? Since there are wooden houses and man-made paths on the island, it must be inhabited.
He was subconsciously observing the subtle clues around him, trying to extract some useful information from them.
Suddenly, a beastly roar sounded from behind, interrupting Chu Liuxiang's thoughts. Since he had previously discovered that simply turning his head would not change his direction of travel, he looked in the direction of the sound.
A creature with less than 30% overlap in features with humans, yet also walking upright, was roaring and lunging at him.
However, because Chu Liuxiang was still moving automatically at this time, the monster chasing him could only stay a certain distance away from him.
The two "people" continued their chase peacefully, one in front of the other, until a fallen giant tree appeared ahead. In an instant, Chu Liuxiang had a flash of inspiration and thought of Lu Yusheng's words about jumping in place.
Fortunately, he remembered that the space he saw when he first entered the room was not large. The distance from the roof to the ground was only about two people high. Although it was higher than a normal room, he still had to be careful with his strength.
Even though he didn't use his internal energy, he still jumped more than half a person's height off the ground, and the effect was transmitted into the game, making him leap several meters into the air.
When he landed, he looked back with some surprise. Although this distance was less than the furthest he could land when using his lightness skill, it was still quite astonishing considering the force he had used.
It was at this moment that the monster also crossed the obstacle and caught up. Although it never stopped, the distance between the two remained constant.
As time went on, the number of obstacles and road closures gradually increased, and he gradually realized where Lu Yusheng's initial wild idea of "training his lightness skill proficiency" came from.
So, despite his strong adaptability, he couldn't help but ponder the feasibility of dealing with sharp turns and various unexpected situations.
If there were no space restrictions and one could jump freely, using light-footed skills would undoubtedly greatly increase the success rate of dodging obstacles.
The various obstacles encountered during these "challenge" processes also greatly increase the participants' responsiveness.
Finally, through repeated personal experience, he came to the conclusion that—
"Huh?"
Lu Yusheng was secretly watching the live broadcast of the other person's operation on his phone screen when he saw the other person suddenly being knocked down by a falling rock from the side and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise.
Chu Liuxiang stared at the black and white words "Defeat at Guantong" on the screen, deduced their meaning, and then fell silent.
"That's truly ingenious," he finally said, taking off his headphones to offer his honest praise.
After finishing speaking, she untied the mechanism on her head and asked Lu Yusheng with some uncertainty, "I'm so sorry, miss, I was distracted for a moment and failed the test... I hope it won't affect the continued use of this mechanism?"
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