Chapter 482 Mirage
Even the usually oblivious Lu Cheng noticed something was wrong: "What's going on? Did everyone have a wonderful dream? It feels a bit strange. I rarely dream, I don't know what happened last night, I just kept dreaming."
Zhang Yan interjected, "What do you mean everyone had a beautiful dream? I didn't!"
Lu Cheng replied casually, "I had actually forgotten about you."
Zhang Yan: "..."
“We’ll delve into the reason for the dream later,” Meng Qingyin said. “I’ll go in first and see what’s going on with Chen Leying.”
After she finished speaking, she gestured for the three men present to leave for a moment. Once their figures disappeared into the thick fog, Meng Qingyin unzipped the tent.
Inside the tent, Chen Leying was still fast asleep. Her face was rosy, her breathing was even, and a faint smile lingered on her lips.
Seeing that she was alright, Meng Qingyin was slightly relieved.
She reached out and nudged Chen Leying's arm. "Chen Leying, wake up."
Chen Leying remained asleep and showed no reaction.
Meng Qingyin called out several more times, but Chen Leying still didn't respond.
Meng Qingyin's heart sank.
Qin Jiu asked with concern from outside, "Why are you sleeping so soundly? I can't wake you up. Did you get a fever last night because it was too cold?"
Meng Qingyin just checked, and Chen Leying's temperature is normal; she doesn't have a fever.
She got up and left the tent, lowering her voice to Qin Jiu, "I suspect that Chen Leying may be so engrossed in a beautiful dream that she doesn't want to wake up."
Qin Jiu was startled. "Immersed in a beautiful dream and unwilling to wake up? Is that even possible?"
Meng Qingyin immediately said, "Shh, keep your voice down, don't make a sound."
Qin Jiu quickly realized, "Who are you guarding against?"
Meng Qingyin uttered two words in a low voice: "Fei Qiu".
Qin Jiu hurriedly asked, "What happened to Fei Qiu? Has he been possessed?"
Meng Qingyin: "Originally, I didn't want to alert him, but I suspect that this guy impersonating Fei Qiu is involved in our collective dream. So I have no choice but to interrogate him first."
As she spoke, she sent a message to Zhang Yan, asking him and Lu Cheng to "escort" Fei Qiu over.
Zhang Yan didn't understand what he meant, but he still obediently did as he was told.
Before long, he and Lu Cheng brought Fei Qiu back, one on each side of her arms.
Fei Qiu's expression was somewhat strange: "What are you doing?"
Meng Qingyin was too lazy to play games with him and asked directly, "If you're not Fei Qiu, then who are you? And this thick fog, isn't it all related to you?"
A hint of surprise flashed in Fei Qiu's eyes. "How did you know?"
Meng Qingyin: "Although you disguised yourself very well, you walked freely in the fog with no obstruction to your vision. That's where you gave yourself away."
She had sensed that Fei Qiu was acting strangely from the moment she spoke.
When she was in front of Fei Qiu's tent, the fog was so thick that she had to feel her way forward to find someone, but Fei Qiu walked over accurately. Afraid that she would overthink things, she deliberately asked Fei Qiu to go look at the fire, but Fei Qiu still walked to the campfire with perfect accuracy.
Just as the thick fog had no effect on him at all.
This looks very strange no matter how you look at it.
Fei Qiu suddenly burst into laughter, "You guys are really interesting, you actually managed to wake up from my 'mirage'."
"Where is the real Fei Qiu?" Meng Qingyin asked. "And how can we break free from the mirage?"
Sure enough, it was all the work of the thing in front of us.
Fei Qiu shook his head, his tone filled with regret. "My mirage cannot be broken. Even if I die, the mirage will still exist. Unless the person in the mirage breaks free from the dream and wakes up. But since she is already immersed in the dream I wove for her, she naturally does not want to wake up. In the end, she will only turn into nutrients to nourish the plants and trees in this mountain."
The "she" he was referring to was Chen Leying.
After he finished speaking, the fog in the mountains became even thicker, and even people face to face could not see each other's faces clearly.
The next moment, Zhang Yan felt his hand loosen, and the thing actually disappeared from his grasp.
"Hahaha, you will eventually become nourishment for this mountain too."
Then, the thick fog gradually dissipated.
The dappled sunlight filtered through the leaves and fell on their faces, illuminating the solemnity on their expressions.
“Zhang Yan, Lu Cheng, you two take Zai Zai and Ye Tao Hua to find Fei Qiu,” Meng Qingyin said in a deep voice. “Qin Jiu and I will stay here with Chen Leying and try to see if we can wake her up.”
The two immediately went to find Fei Qiu, led by Zai Zai. Qin Jiu then asked, "What exactly was that thing? Is the mirage it mentioned really that terrifying?"
Who would have thought that beautiful dream would turn out to be a death warrant?
Meng Qingyin: "If I'm not mistaken, we can't leave the mountain now."
That thing just left behind probably meant this.
Although they escaped this mirage, who can guarantee they won't sleep forever?
Once they fall asleep, that guy has the opportunity to drag them into a mirage, where they are completely unsuspecting in their dreams.
Qin Jiu was startled, "Then we must quickly stop more players from entering the mountain!"
After saying that, she sent a message in the chat area, explaining the situation in the mountains and warning everyone not to go into the mountains anymore.
Fortunately, the message could still be sent, and Qin Jiu successfully sent it.
The two tried everything to wake Chen Leying, but to no avail.
So it seems that, just as that thing said, Chen Leying can only wake up on her own?
But Chen Leying was already immersed in her dream and was completely unaware of external stimuli, so how could she wake up?
If you can't wake up, you can only be used as nourishment.
Meng Qingyin squatted there in utter frustration, helpless and hating her own powerlessness.
Qin Jiu was also heartbroken. After going through so much together, she couldn't bear to watch Chen Leying die in her dream.
But she had no other choice.
When the two of them tried to wake Chen Leying up, even the pain couldn't rouse her.
Like a person in a vegetative state, unable to hear their calls or feel pain.
Just then, the sound of hurried footsteps came from outside.
Then, Zhang Yan shouted in a strong voice, "We found Fei Qiu, and we even brought someone back with us."
I picked up...someone?
Meng Qingyin and Qin Jiu stepped out of the tent.
Zhang Yan and Lu Cheng carried a stretcher on which lay a person soaking wet. His hair was disheveled and covered his face, obscuring his eyebrows and eyes. There was a bloody hole on his forehead, but it had stopped bleeding.
Qin Jiu asked, "Who is this?"
Lu Cheng: "Zheng Yi."
Zheng Yi?
How did he end up here, and in this state?
Fei Qiu: "When I found him, he was floating in the stream. He had lost too much blood and passed out. I just gave him some basic treatment and he is out of danger."
"And what about you?" Meng Qingyin asked, looking at him. "What's your situation?"
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