Xia Linyin's face was ashen, as if all the blood had been drained from her. She shook her head, her hands and feet icy cold. "I don't know you. I don't know what you're talking about."
Looking at Xia Linyin's pale face and blank eyes, Sister Hua asked incredulously, "Have...amnesia?"
The sixth game she started after arriving in Area A was Xia Linyin's tenth game. At that time, if Xia Linyin hadn't ventured deep into the vampire's lair alone and killed the vampire's ancestor, she would never have survived.
"Sorry! You've mistaken me for someone else!" Xia Linyin pushed Sister Hua aside and rushed out of the bar.
"Lin Yin!" Su Jin Yan quickly chased after her.
Sitting on the electric scooter, Xia Linyin stared silently at the receding scenery outside the window.
Su Jinyan was driving and wanted to speak several times, but when he saw Xia Linyin's bloodless, pale face that was heartbreaking, he held back. He knew that Xia Linyin's thoughts were more chaotic than anyone else's and what she needed most was quiet.
"Jinyan, I really can't remember."
Xia Linyin's calm voice startled Su Jinyan. After thinking for a moment, he comforted her, "Since you can't remember, don't force yourself. Look ahead and let nature take its course. We'll deal with whatever comes our way."
"Hmm," Xia Linyin responded faintly, without saying anything more.
After arriving home, Xia Linyin looked at Su Jinyan and said, "Jinyan, I want to be alone for a while."
Su Jinyan nodded, "Okay, if you need anything, just let me know."
He gently patted Xia Linyin's head and said, "Take care of yourself."
Before turning to leave, Su Jinyan said, "Your matter might be related to Li Luo."
Xia Linyin trembled. After closing the door, she could no longer support herself and slowly slid down against the door, sitting on the ground. Xia Linyin bent her knees and curled herself into a ball, propping herself up on her elbows and running her fingers through her hair.
"Linyin, have you really never practiced Taekwondo or any other martial arts before?"
"Xia Linyin, what are you doing here? Didn't you already leave?"
"Xia Linyin, explain yourself! Why are you here? You clearly left!"
My mind was a jumbled mess, and my whole body felt as cold as if it were in an ice cellar. It was as if I had fallen into a deep pool and was being sucked into the bottom by a whirlpool, slowly being invaded by darkness.
Xia Linyin stood up, walked to the water dispenser and poured herself a glass of water, but her hands trembled uncontrollably, causing the water in the glass to splash.
She tilted her head back and drank the water in her cup in one gulp, then grabbed the handrail and climbed up to the second floor step by step.
Xia Linyin thought she would toss and turn and not be able to sleep, but she fell asleep shortly after climbing into bed, whether because her brain was too tired or something else.
Thick black fog enveloped the surroundings, like a prison. Where was this? Xia Linyin frowned in confusion.
Are you leaving?
That voice sounds so familiar. Who is it? Who is speaking?
"Yes, I'm leaving."
Wait, isn't that voice... hers?
"Don't even think about it!"
Upon hearing this voice, Xia Linyin's body trembled inexplicably, as if an electric current had surged through her entire body; she couldn't tell whether it was fear or something else.
Then she heard herself say, "I really can't bear this pain anymore."
"Can you really bear to leave me like this?" Her dejected tone was heartbreaking.
"it's all over."
"No, everything is just beginning anew."
With that evil, deep voice, a powerful force dragged her into the depths of darkness, as if a giant python were coiling around her.
"Ah!!!" Xia Linyin suddenly sat up, her hair, soaked with sweat, sticking to her cheeks.
This dream...
This familiar dream...
Wasn't that the dream she had before entering the game? The beginning of all nightmares.
The room lights suddenly turned on, and Number 83 said, "Master, you had a nightmare. Would you like me to play some soft music?"
"No need." Xia Linyin calmed her racing heart. "Just get me a piece of paper and a pen."
The swirling air currents carried the notebook and ballpoint pen to Xia Linyin's front.
Grabbing the ballpoint pen and opening the notebook, Xia Linyin wrote on the paper:
The first game – Falling Apart.
The second game – Falling.
The third game – Xiao Li.
The fourth game – Xiao Li.
The fifth game – Fallen.
Xia Linyin looked at the handwriting on the paper and felt as if the words were twisting and forming a black hole, sucking her soul out of her body, making her feel dizzy.
Su Jinyan arrived in Area A earlier than her, and during her time in Area A, Su Jinyan did not see Li Luo appear.
"Falling away..."
Xia Linyin murmured something to herself, placed the paper and pen on the bedside table, and lay down again.
Xia Linyin, who should have returned to reality, suddenly appeared in Area A and had lost her memory, causing great panic among the players.
These players risked their lives trying to leave the game and return to reality, but now some players, after successfully completing ten game tasks, did not return to reality as the game promised. Instead, they lost their memories and had to start all over again, like a cycle of reincarnation. How terrifying is that!
The news was devastating, extinguishing everyone's hope of continuing to struggle and leaving them utterly hopeless.
A thorough search organized by veteran players was launched in Area A. To everyone's relief, apart from Xia Linyin, none of the players who had successfully left the game before appeared in Area A.
Therefore, everyone speculated that Xia Linyin had suffered some kind of accident that caused her to lose her memory, and then the game mistakenly judged her as a novice player and made her start over.
People always want something to look forward to, and the players quickly accepted this guess that Xia Linyin's appearance was just an accident.
Therefore, every time Xia Linyin went to the training ground, she could see people looking at her with pity. She automatically ignored these gazes coming from all directions and focused all her attention on training.
Wearing boxing gloves, Xia Linyin slammed her fist into the sandbag, sweat dripping down her face, a determined glint in her eyes.
This time, she will definitely be able to leave the game and return to reality!
On the day the sixth game arrived, after receiving a red notification, Xia Linyin sat quietly on the sofa waiting for the game to begin.
...
"Ring ring—"
The bell rang throughout every corner of the campus, and the students who were playing and frolicking in the corridors rushed into their classrooms.
"Xiaoyin, class is starting, don't sleep!" An Meimei stuffed potato chips and milk tea into the desk and shook Xia Linyin's body as she called out.
Xia Linyin reached out and touched the marks on her face from sleeping, then sat up straight and casually glanced around.
It was a classroom. Above the blackboard hung the words "Study hard and make progress every day," and on the blackboard behind it, the words "188 days until the college entrance examination" were written in chalk.
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