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Beyond the railings, darkness deepened, and distant lights scattered in a chaotic pattern. The women's dormitory building had become an isolated island, unseen and unresolved.
Cai Lu followed a few people into the building and saw that the corridor was crowded with people. They were all huddled up under the fence, pretending that the building was empty.
The school has four dormitory buildings, and it seems that only this one is under protection.
"It's a girls' dormitory after all, so we can only let the girls rest inside." Yue Xiaoyan said as they walked. "Even though everyone is behaving themselves now, half an hour ago, two boys tried to force their way into the girls' dormitory, saying things like friendship and mutual assistance. Ugh!"
Lu Cai was not surprised. The situation was chaotic and people's hearts were in chaos, so naturally there would be people who would take advantage of the chaos and do whatever they wanted.
"In the end, it was Ji Fengfeng who dragged the boy who led the trouble out of the building and confronted the beast head-on, and only then was he able to subdue the restless group." Yue Xiaoyan smiled, as if mocking him.
Lu Cai glanced at Ji Fengfeng in front of her. She was not surprised at all and even wanted to say "well done" to Ji Fengfeng...
Finally, they stopped at the corner at the end of the corridor and sat cross-legged on the ground.
"Lu Cai, what's wrong with you?" Zhao Yan spoke first. "Are you like Ji Fengfeng? Exploding superpowers?"
Burst of superpowers? Lu Cai glanced at Ji Fengfeng, who just smiled.
So this is Ji Fengfeng's explanation to them? In less than two hours, a sudden burst of superpowers?
Can they believe this?
There were people all around now. She touched the red rope on her wrist. The red rope was given to her by Lu Xiaoliu. It would not be good to involve him.
Lu Cai raised his head to look at Lu Xiaoliu, glanced at Lu Jue and paused, then made eye contact with him. Both of them understood what the other meant.
Lu Jue lowered his eyes and agreed with Lu Cai's decision.
"Maybe I was scared..." she explained, "It just happened for no apparent reason."
The others were a little envious. Yue Xiaoyan said, "I wish we could have super powers someday."
Cai Lu looked at everyone carefully and couldn't help pursing his lips when he saw them discussing with each other.
She discovered something interesting.
"Wen An and Yang Zigui haven't come back yet?" Ji Fengfeng suddenly spoke.
Yue Xiaoyan also explained to Lu Cai just now that Guan Chengyu suddenly disappeared half an hour ago. Because he kept talking about saving the world before he disappeared, Wen An speculated that he had read too many counterattack novels and automatically put himself in the shoes of the savior protagonist, so he took the opportunity to sneak out and prepare to "upgrade, fight monsters, and save the world."
The others were just classmates with Guan Chengyu and couldn't put themselves in danger for him, but Wen An couldn't ignore her cousin. And Yang Zigui was just a "sister in name only," so she had no choice but to go out with Wen An.
In fact, everyone knows that if they are separated from the main force at this time, there may not be a chance to reunite.
"Now that the two beasts are dead, they will be safer." Yue Xiaoyan's voice became smaller and smaller.
"Aren't you worried about your families?" Lu Cai suddenly spoke, his eyes calm as he quickly glanced at the few people.
Several people were stunned for a moment, as if they didn't expect her to ask this suddenly. They all looked puzzled, except Ji Fengfeng.
Ji Fengfeng raised his eyebrows.
"Do you still remember your families?" Lu Cai looked at the people in front of him and felt very strange. Among so many classmates in the school, the ones she had a good relationship with were different.
Yue Xiaoyan didn’t quite understand: “Of course!” She immediately wanted to talk about her family, but her mind went blank, and she became confused belatedly.
In fact, Lu Cai discovered this problem because she noticed that the people in front of her were not sad at all, which was very different from the students nearby. They seemed to have adapted to this chaotic and precarious situation.
More importantly, she realized that she had already forgotten Lu Lifeng. If Gu Mengshu and Lu Jue hadn't been in front of her, she probably wouldn't even remember them.
It’s not that I have lost my memory, but that my feelings are fading little by little.
This situation started after the evening self-study class.
"Do you understand the reason?" Lu Cai looked at Ji Fengfeng, or to be exact, at her forehead.
There is an invisible force hidden deep in Ji Fengfeng's mind.
"2, 1, 9, 5?" Cai Lu said uncertainly.
Ji Fengfeng:!!!
2195:!!!
Seeing Ji Fengfeng's eyes widen, Lu Cai smiled: "It seems to be true. There is an unclear shadow on your head."
Lu Cai looks at the things around her not just as objects, but everything, in her eyes, can be turned into a pile of data at any time.
"Fuck, I really can't remember my family!" Zhao Yan looked surprised, a little panicked, and a little confused.
Lu Cai was surprised. Did they completely forget about their families?
Shi Rukui rubbed his brows: "What's going on?" He looked around, and no one noticed their abnormality, even though they spoke loudly.
"Because you are players." Ji Fengfeng said helplessly. She looked up and saw the confused expressions of everyone.
[2195: Their memory blockades have been loosened, but it will take time to fully recover.]
Zhao Yan was puzzled: "Player? What does that mean? Do you mean that we are in the game now?" He was laughing at first, but seeing Ji Fengfeng's serious expression, he gradually put away his smile.
"Is it really... a game?" Zhao Yan asked carefully.
Ji Fengfeng sighed, "I only know that this world is called a 'copy' by players. Players need to complete copy missions to receive points and leave the copy."
Cai Lu, who was listening quietly on the side, glanced at the expressions of the others and knew that they all believed it to some extent.
They believe this because after the disaster, they all developed an inexplicable sense of detachment from the world.
When Lu Cai saw Gu Mengshu, his heart tightened. Others couldn't remember their families, but she still remembered them, but the familiarity of being a family member had faded.
If Gu Mengshu heard what they were discussing, would he think they were crazy?
But everything was calm and Gu Mengshu did not react at all.
"Normal NPCs cannot remember conversations about KB game settings." Ji Fengfeng explained to her, and his gaze also moved to Gu Mengshu, and then from Gu Mengshu to Lu Jue. Both of them looked unaware.
It was not until he saw Lu Xiaoliu that the system in Ji Fengfeng's mind suddenly sounded an alarm.
[2195: Alert! Scavenger data detected, please take note, Mr. Ji!]
[Ji Fengfeng: Scavenger? ]
[2195: 'Scavenger' is a security guard for the KB game management. He handles dungeon bugs and catches players who violate the rules. He once massacred a group of players who rebelled against the management and is known for his brutality and bloodshed.]
[Ji Fengfeng: KB Games' minions? They're still your colleagues, so what are you afraid of?]
[2195: We used to be colleagues, but now I've betrayed the main system. In their eyes, I'm also a violating bug. If I'm caught, they'll dismantle and throw me out of the community building!]
[Ji Fengfeng: The street sweeper you're talking about is this security guard?]
[2195: ...I'm not sure. The data on him does show that it comes from the management, but there is no trace of data tied to the main system...]
Lu Xiaoliu kept staring at Lu Cai until Ji Fengfeng's unconcealed gaze fell on him. Then he turned his eyes slightly and glanced at Ji Fengfeng thoughtfully.
"The mission of this copy is to deal with the beasts outside?" Shi Rukui raised his head after thinking about it.
Ji Fengfeng came back to his senses and spread his hands: "I don't know either."
Although 2195 was separated from the main system, it could still intercept mission information in the dungeon. However, in this dungeon, other players' systems could not be displayed, and 2195 could not collect information.
"Should we go to the laboratory building to check it out?" Lu Cai asked. Her original intention was to take the opportunity to go to the laboratory building to check it out.
"Do you suspect the murder in the laboratory building?" Shi Rukui's eyes lit up. He also remembered the rumors caused by the murder. In the rumors, didn't the monsters that hurt people look like black smoke beasts?
"Before this, we had never heard of the black smoke beasts. Today, everyone also saw the mobility of those beasts. If there is an outbreak somewhere else, it will be impossible to stop it." Lu Cai's meaning was very clear. She felt that the laboratory building was the source of these beast disasters.
"So we are all arranged to this school, actually concentrated in the key location of the copy?" Ji Fengfeng thought about it and it was really possible.
"So are we going to the lab building?" Yue Xiaoyan asked uncertainly. They were all players, but only Lu Cai and Ji Fengfeng had superpowers that could fight wild beasts. If they went, wouldn't they just be a drag and get killed?
"I'll go take a look by myself first—" Before Lu Cai could finish his words, a loud noise came from the direction of the laboratory building.
Everyone was startled, and the quiet women's dormitory building became noisy again. Everyone stood up and looked towards the laboratory building. People around were discussing in fear.
Lu Cai looked towards the laboratory building. The sound just now was like an explosion. It was not large in scale, but the shock was very strong.
Everyone around was confused and panicked, except Lu Cai, who stood there in a daze.
In her eyes, the sky changed color, and an inky black fog shrouded the surroundings, while the experimental building was surrounded by a golden light.
If one looked closely, the golden light became blurred, eventually transforming into a series of numbers. After wearing the red string, she could often see numbers, but not in such large numbers as now.
Lu Cai blinked, the scene remaining the same: black mist, golden light, and numbers, all around her. The numbers slowly spread, and as she looked around, scattered numbers drifted from everyone.
Except for one person.
Lu Xiaoliu seemed to sense Lu Cai's gaze and tilted his head slightly to meet her gaze.
In Lu Cai's eyes, he is different from everyone else. Everyone has his or her own data arrangement. Players are green, and others are orange. All the colors seem to be mixed together, yet clearly separated from each other.
Only Lu Xiaoliu, who had no data on him, stood alone in the chaotic digital world with a calm expression.
"It's the computer classroom!" Yue Xiaoyan exclaimed, pointing at the smoking window.
"Let's go and take a look now!" Zhao Yan was unwilling to be left behind.
In the end, Shi Rukui was the calmest: "We go over there? Can you defeat those beasts? Or do you plan to give them a snack?"
Zhao Yan understood this, but he also didn't like Shi Rukui's tone: "What should we do? Just sit there and do nothing? Or wait for Ji Fengfeng and Lu Cai to come and rescue us?"
"They are the strongest fighters among our group right now." Shi Rukui felt that Zhao Yan was just trying to save face. "With the two of them, one girl is worth ten boys like you."
Zhao Yan hadn't been trying to stand out for any reason other than boys and girls, but he got irritated by what he said: "What about you? Are you just going to sit there and take it for free?"
Lu Cai was speechless. How could these two people still quarrel at this time?
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