The three of them arrived at the nearest door. After entering, the surrounding scenery did not change, except that there were many floating stones in the air and other people.
In this way, they would use the rocks to climb up. Jiang Suonan jumped onto a floating rock cleanly and neatly, and after making sure he wouldn't fall suddenly, he nodded to Pan Yang and the other two.
Seeing this, the two climbed up the rock as well. Looking up, they saw that many people were already climbing, but none of them had climbed very high.
About three hours later, Pan Yang sat on the rock, breathing heavily. The pit was too deep. He had only climbed less than a tenth of the way, and many people had already fallen to their deaths because they were too exhausted to stand properly.
Jiang Sunan slumped onto the rock, not wanting to speak at all.
Zhou Yang sat there, looking at Pan Yang for a long time before asking, "Do you remember what happened before you came here?"
Pan Yang nodded, somewhat puzzled, "I remember."
"We know each other before, right? What's our relationship?"
“You two know each other and are in a relationship, so of course you can betray your lover and cooperate with me,” Jiang Sunan rolled his eyes and answered quickly.
Zhou Yang wasn't surprised by the answer: "I don't remember any of that."
"Then I won't remember." Pan Yang was completely indifferent. There was no other expression on his face. He just looked at Zhou Yang calmly: "It doesn't matter whether you remember or not. Anyway, you will fall in love with me again and again."
Zhou Yang fell silent. Jiang Sunan stood up beside him and said, "Alright, alright, it's not time to get all lovey-dovey yet. Let's continue."
As soon as he finished speaking, the surrounding pumice suddenly shook violently, and many people fell down again, while the pumice beneath their feet shattered.
With lightning speed, Pan Yang grabbed the boat and leaped onto the nearest floating rock. Those who had been panicking all stared intently at Pan Yang.
The voice of 001, mixed with the sound of electricity, rang in his mind: "Host, the system data is becoming chaotic. Would you like to return to the system space?"
"No return." Pan Yang answered in his mind, then used all his strength to climb onto the floating rock and pull the boat up, while Jiang Sunan was on another rock not far away.
Jiang Suonan could feel the necklace in his pocket vibrating; this world probably wouldn't last much longer.
Everyone, like machines, rushed towards the direction of Fan Yang, and as if they were not afraid of death, those on top even jumped down.
001: "Host! System data is starting to collapse, the small world won't last much longer! The system space is gradually collapsing." He stopped abruptly here, and then his voice rang out almost explosively.
"Host! Jiang Qingyan is deleting system data. If you don't leave quickly, your consciousness may also disappear! But Jiang Suonan is clearly in the small world too. Why would he do this? Doesn't he care about Jiang Suonan's life or death?"
“He doesn’t care.” Jiang Sunan replied to 001 with a seemingly helpless smile: “My godfather only cares about himself.”
"Holy crap, you can hear me!" 001 was utterly terrified.
Zhou Yang looked completely bewildered. What was all this?
Jiang Suonan raised an eyebrow at Pan Yang: "You tell me yourself."
"Kill me."
"What?" A hint of surprise flashed in Zhou Yang's eyes, but Pan Yang was not joking.
"This is not the real world; it's simulated by a certain program. The data has crashed, but there's a task within the data: my unnatural death. Killing me will trigger this program, and you can safely return to the real world, the true real world. Otherwise, you will die too." Huan Yang's tone was calm, as if he were just an outsider.
Jiang Sunan clapped his hands, seemingly quite satisfied: "Anyway, I would kill them even if you didn't, and even if we didn't kill them, those data guys below would, so..."
Zhou Yang remained silent for a few seconds, seemingly pondering Huan Yang's words. He had initially intended to kill Huan Yang, but was instead subdued. Following Huan Yang afterward was out of necessity. Even though they loved each other, he himself didn't remember it at all. If they were truly happy, how could he possibly forget?
“I have another question.” Zhou Yang took a deep breath, a flicker of emotion in his eyes, and met Pan Yang’s gaze: “Would you willingly commit suicide?”
"You said you loved me, you said we were lovers, but at this point, shouldn't the best option be for you to commit suicide and let me go? Instead, you told me to kill you and then told me these so-called truths, or that you were testing me."
Zhou Yang's eyes flickered: "You want to see if I will kill you. Or rather, Jiang Suonan wants to see, but unfortunately, I will not kill you."
But he still didn't understand; it was like a dead end, everything was both clear and blurry.
When Jiang Sunan heard his name mentioned, he didn't show any particular emotion. Now he understood that he was guaranteed to lose this bet.
Pan Yang took a deep breath, a rare smile appearing on his face. He reached out and took out the bracelet from the small bag at Zhou Yang's waist, and put it on Zhou Yang's wrist.
"But you have to understand, I'm not a magnanimous person. I won't commit suicide for you. Our ending will most likely be death."
"Then let's die together." Zhou Yang didn't care anymore. It was nice to know he had a lover before he died. Besides, his lover would appear to find him even when he had no memory. In a sense, he didn't lose out.
001: "Host, fifty percent of the system data has been cleared."
"Fifty-nine percent."
"Sixty-three percent."
"..."
Pan Yang leaned closer to Zhou Yang and kissed him. The kiss was quick, but it made Zhou Yang a little flustered. The next second, a splash of bright red appeared in his field of vision. The dagger he had been hiding had been taken away by Pan Yang at some point, and the dagger was stuck in Pan Yang's heart.
"What are you doing!" At the same time, strings of code appeared in the surrounding scene.
Pan Yang vanished without a trace, leaving Zhou Yang staring blankly at the surroundings, where he was all alone, surrounded by strings of incomprehensible data codes.
What is this?
Zhou Yang stood there, his emotions shifting repeatedly, ultimately ending in helplessness. Then, as if remembering something, he opened the bag at his waist. The coins there had changed noticeably, flashing with codes. His eyes widened, and he took out a coin…
Ten minutes later...
Pan Yang woke up suddenly, his heart still throbbing. He shouldn't have stabbed his heart so hard it was killing him. He continued typing on the computer, but after a few seconds he got up and left the room.
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