Chapter 59 Critical Region (11)
Bai Ye didn't speak to the boy again. He had to keep an eye on his surroundings while climbing with one hand; he wasn't omnipotent.
However, I felt increasingly cold during the climb, which was unexpected.
As a supernatural entity, its soul is not subject to harm; at most, its body may be injured.
The coldness emanating from the environment wasn't a real cold; rather, it was similar to what the boy had described earlier.
Bai Ye stopped and leaned against the cliff, wondering what those things below were.
It's definitely not weird, and it can't be an ordinary person either.
Could it be a ghost?
Could it really be as the boy himself said, that this bottomless cliff leads to hell?
"Big brother, why aren't you climbing anymore?" The boy, who hadn't felt any bumps, couldn't help but ask curiously.
Bai Ye didn't hide anything and said truthfully, "I also felt the kind of cold you described."
"Big brother, is your soul still intact?" the boy asked, startled.
This is my vital asset! If it breaks here, I'm probably doomed.
At this moment, the boy realized that this virtual world was not a game at all, at least not to him. He was not the chosen one; at most, he was just a passerby who had been dragged into it for no reason.
"Big brother, I still want to go back to take the college entrance exam. You must hold on," the boy pleaded humbly.
Bai Ye continued climbing down, and while doing so, he casually asked, "You're a sophomore in high school now, how are your grades?"
"What?"
What is the total score you can expect?
Bai Ye herself was also recalling what her grades were like in her second year of high school. She remembered that she wasn't very bright, but she still worked quite hard and probably scored a little over 500 points.
To everyone's surprise, the boy immediately replied, "Not much, around 400 points."
The night is silent.
I have no memory of this part at all. This can't be me. It's fake!
The boy sighed again: "I could have scored 450, but I stayed up too late reading novels the night before the exam, and I couldn't stay awake during the math exam, so I fell asleep. Oh no, I didn't finish two of the big math problems."
Bai Ye fell silent.
No other reason than that I still remember this incident vividly to this day.
Because this was the midterm exam, there would be a parent-teacher conference after the exam. He vividly remembered that his mother was unavailable for that conference, so his father came instead. He had no idea that the midterm exam papers were simply left carelessly under his desk after being handed out.
The final result was predictable...
Bai Ye had to admit that the boy who had done terribly on the exam was indeed himself.
"After your exams, will there be a parent-teacher conference?" Bai Ye asked.
The boy hummed in agreement. "Yes, I'll do it. But it's always my mom who comes. I only get a few scoldings for this result. I'll try harder next time. I swear, I'll never stay up all night reading novels before exams again."
Bai Ye listened to the half-hearted vows and no longer complained about only getting into an ordinary university in the college entrance examination.
Should!
The two chatted casually, and before they knew it, the boy suddenly asked, "Big brother, are we still not at the bottom?"
Bai Ye heard the gentle breeze and, after a rough assessment, shook his head. "No, it should still be some distance away."
An hour later, the boy asked again.
Three hours later, the boy asked again.
Six hours later, both the boy and Bai Ye fell silent.
Does this cliff have a bottom?
"Big brother, why don't we stop climbing and go back? I'm getting creeped out." As a doll, the boy was already reaching his limit.
Bai Ye was under a lot of pressure, but he had already climbed for so long, why should he just slink up again?
He probably won't have the courage to climb down a second time.
Therefore, this is the only chance.
"Hang in there a little longer," Bai Ye comforted the boy, while also comforting himself.
No one spoke again during the rest of the climb.
Just when both of them felt hopeless, Bai Ye felt resistance and couldn't climb down any further.
He picked up the whip and lashed it down. With a huge recoil, it snapped with a crisp, loud crack.
"We've reached the bottom!" the boy shouted excitedly.
Bai Ye didn't dare to relax, slowly lowering herself until she was sure she had touched the ground before letting go completely.
Below was a huge platform with exposed, uneven, slippery stones covered in water stains.
Bai Ye walked around the area and found that the bottom of the cliff was wider than he had imagined; at least he could not see the edges of the cliff.
"I need to explore further inside," Bai Ye said, patting the doll.
The boy was no longer afraid; in fact, he was eager to try. "Big brother, hurry up! This place is so similar to the Valley of Heartbreak. Maybe we can find a pool of water. After crossing the pool, there's another valley. The Little Dragon Girl, who has been missing for sixteen years, lives in that valley."
After a pause, he asked, "Brother, do you know 'The Return of the Condor Heroes'?"
Bai Ye remained expressionless, forcing a smile. "Sorry, these things don't exist in my world."
"Huh? This is really a different world. You don't even have Jin Yong's novels there. If I were to transmigrate there, wouldn't I be able to become a plagiarist?"
Bai Ye couldn't resist taking another picture of the doll.
"Brother, what are you doing? Stop hitting my head. Hitting my head can make you stupid."
Bai Ye: "Quiet down, I need to scout ahead."
The boy finally stopped daydreaming, and Bai Ye focused on exploring the path.
After walking for an unknown amount of time on the empty, uneven, dark ground, the sound of dripping water came from not far away.
Bai Ye immediately changed direction and headed towards the sound of water. Ten minutes later, a calm lake resembling a pond appeared before him.
Upon seeing this, the boy burst into laughter, "No way, this is really a scene from a novel."
Bai Ye felt a chill run down his spine, hoping that the immature teenager might actually be right.
"Brother, go and take a look. There might be a path at the bottom of the lake," the boy urged.
Bai Ye had no choice but to keep walking forward. Just as he was about to squat down to check the water quality, ripples spread across the calm lake surface.
After the ripples dispersed, the lake surface became even clearer, and a pale white light began to illuminate it from below.
The light grew brighter and brighter, eventually illuminating the entire lake as if it were daytime.
Bai Ye instinctively stood up, took two steps back, gripped the whip, and was on high alert.
However, nothing emerged from the bottom of the lake; instead, a blurry image was gradually forming in the center of the aperture.
"What is that? Is...my world?!"
The boy was the first to see clearly, especially when he saw the familiar street scene, and he immediately shouted out.
Bai Ye also felt a sense of familiarity, but that was a county town from more than ten years ago.
Within the aperture, a bicycle is waiting at a traffic light on the crosswalk, with a boy carrying a schoolbag on the back. Judging from the sky, school has probably just let out, and the boy seems to be in a good mood, nodding and swaying his head.
However, before the green light could turn on, he was enveloped by a huge shadow.
A semi-trailer truck veered off course while making a right turn, running over the safety netting of the pedestrian crossing. The driver, unaware of this, continued turning right, and in the huge blind spot, an innocent teenager waiting to cross the road was pulled under the truck...
The scene that followed was too gory, so Bai Ye covered the doll's eyes with his hand.
In his mind, the boy was shouting, "Big brother, let me go, let me see again."
"What are you looking at? Don't look too closely at traffic accidents; it can easily cause long-term effects. Aren't you afraid of having nightmares?"
"No, bro, that person was wearing our high school uniform. I wanted to see if I knew him."
Bai Ye then noticed the school uniform, which was indeed from his old high school.
However, he still didn't let go of the doll. "No, don't worry."
As far as I can remember, none of my classmates got into trouble during my three years of high school.
The boy didn't believe him. "How do you know? You're not from our high school."
Bai Ye didn't explain, but continued reading. This level of gore was no longer a problem for him.
After all, he used to face even more horrifying scenes every day. Some things, once seen too often, become desensitizing.
Bai Ye stared at the aperture, wanting to know what would happen after the traffic accident.
Upon closer inspection, a faint gray tinge was noticeable on the traffic police officer who had come to handle the accident.
That shade of gray was very light, but it was real.
As the traffic police were handling the scene, it drifted out on its own and then lingered on the boy who had been crushed.
"The innocent are supreme; those who disobey the order will ultimately pay the price. Humanity, do you desire revenge?"
The boy's fingers trembled slightly, and his gray voice was excited, "Very well, I accept your request. Evil will be judged in the end."
The scene shifts, and the environment within the aperture darkens.
A semi-trailer truck was speeding along the highway with almost no other vehicles around it. As the driver drove, he began to doze off.
A tempting voice whispered in his ear, "Speed up, speed up! On this deserted highway, you can go as fast as you want without any problems."
The driver did indeed accelerate, from 100 km/h to 120 km/h, gradually increasing until he reached 180 km/h.
A semi-trailer truck is traveling at 180 km/h on the highway.
This is a serious violation!
Bai Ye was almost certain that the driver was courting death.
However, within the aperture, the driver's semi-trailer continued to move forward without any traffic accident.
Just as Bai Ye was wondering, a dark section of road appeared on the highway. The semi-trailer truck didn't notice it at all and drove straight into that section of road.
The next second, the semi-trailer truck sped into the city avenue, running several traffic lights in a row.
Someone was hit and thrown into the air, fell to the ground, got up, and pointed at the car while cursing.
The driver didn't hear it and continued driving until red 3D lettering lit up the sky, a warning sign that was everywhere.
"Bang--"
A gunshot rang out, and the driver was hit right between the eyebrows.
The semi-trailer stopped right in the middle of the road. Someone walked over, quickly pried open the car door, and dragged the person out.
The other party looked disgusted and opened the communicator, "Orderer 235, this is Huaihai Avenue, something has invaded, it has been killed."
"receive."
Bai Ye stared blankly as the driver was dragged away.
Familiar streets, familiar pedestrians who seem unkillable, and... familiar enforcers of order.
So this is how people in the real world are dragged into a bizarre world?
Thinking of something, Bai Ye let go of the miniature doll, his eyes dangerous, and said, "Tell me, what exactly is going on with you?"
"Huh? What?" The boy looked completely bewildered.
Bai Ye's tone was heavy, "Did you do something bad? You're so young and you're not learning good things. Did you ride your bike without a helmet, or ride against traffic? And did you run a red light?"
This instance world places great emphasis on order.
Aside from the gamers, most of the ordinary people in the real world who were brought in were people who had made mistakes.
The boy wasn't as guilty as the driver, but since he was in there, it meant he had made a mistake.
Bai Ye couldn't help but feel a headache coming on. What mistakes could he have made in high school?
How do I maintain relationships with customers who have made mistakes?
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