They went back to the capital star from the technology star separately, so they didn't know what happened to Lu Yao and the others.

But if something really happened, there would be a lot of news on StarNet.

"I want to go to uncle's house to take a look." Gu Qi was a little worried.

"I'll accompany you." Yuan Zeyi took a step to the side and walked to her side.

"Okay, let's split up."

After saying that, they secretly left while the people in the base were paying attention to the principal.

When Gu Qi and Yuan Ze arrived at Erxing Road, they were both in a hurry.

She went forward, entered the password, and walked inside as the door opened.

I thought something was going to happen, but I was stunned when I saw Gu Yuan coming out of the room unharmed.

“Uncle…”

Gu Yuan yawned loudly and squinted his eyes to look at the two people in front and behind him. His hair was a little messy and his breathing was a little disordered.

Gu Yuan: "Why are you here? Isn't today the homecoming day?"

After seeing with his own eyes that no one was hurt, Gu Qi felt relieved.

She sat next to Yuan Zeyi and asked casually, "Nothing, I called your computer but no one answered, so I thought something happened."

Gu Yuan took a sip of water, then raised his laptop to take a look after hearing what she said.

“There is no caller ID.”

Gu Qi and Yuan Ze were both stunned. She walked over to take a look and found that there was indeed no record of her calling.

She frowned, took out her computer and dialed Gu Yuan's number again. The next second, the phone rang.

"Is it a signal problem?" Principle guessed.

But if there is a problem with the signal, it would be a very incredible thing.

In the interstellar age of history today, there will absolutely be no problem of signal interruption.

Gu Yuan thought for a moment and asked, "What did you do when you returned to school today?"

Gu Qi: "Attend the celebration."

"Barbecue?" Gu Yuan dug up old memories from his early student days.

"Um."

After she said this, Gu Yuan understood.

"That should be because the chief has activated the signal jammer."

This explanation did make sense. Gu Qi shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

"How is Lin Xun?"

"I slept through it."

Gu Qi, who originally wanted to chat with her, had to give up.

"Then we'll come back tomorrow."

They sneaked out and they didn't know if the principal had noticed.

Gu Yuan waved his hands and had no intention of getting up to see them off.

Gu Qi and Yuan Zeyi didn't care, and the two of them walked quietly on the road.

The evening breeze brought a hint of heat, but the sycamore trees beside were still green and crisp.

"Principle One." Gu Qi suddenly stopped and his eyes fell on a tree trunk not far away.

"Do you... feel like something is odd about your day?"

After returning to the Capital Star from the Technology Star, Gu Qi always felt that many things were a bit inconsistent, but strangely, they were always reasonable and just right.

As soon as Principle understood what she meant, he felt the same way.

But when they couldn't find anything specifically wrong, they could only think that they were being too conspiracy-minded.

"Let's first ask Qi Ming how they are doing." Although nothing has happened here, it would be better to ask.

Principle One dialed the number in the address book, but surprisingly, just like the previous times, no one answered the call.

At this point, Gu Qi and Principle 1 knew that the reason given by Gu Yuan was no longer applicable.

Principle One switched to Ling Beihuai's call: "There is really a problem with the signal."

As soon as he finished speaking, the computer was hung up again.

"Let's go back to school first." Principle Yi thought that after he informed them that everything was OK, they would definitely go back to school.

"Um."

Before stepping into the floating car, Gu Qi looked back at the sycamore tree standing nearby.

Everything seemed so perfect.

——

As expected, when they returned to the headquarters, Qi Ming was waiting for them at the door.

"You are finally back, and something is really wrong." Ming Xiangnan couldn't help but say as he saw them.

They found that as long as there was no line of sight, the signal would be interrupted.

This situation is not only for them, but also for Lu Yao and others.

"I asked my father, and he said it was obviously impossible to do."

"No shield can cover the entire capital planet."

Qi Ming logged into the Star Network from the optical computer. The hot searches on the Star Network were still the same as before, but he could not find anything about the signal.

Gu Qi stood behind Yuan Zeyi, lowering his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

After a while, she looked around.

Gradually, he fixed his gaze on the night sky above his head, and became slightly absent-minded.

Principle One noticed it without hearing her say anything, and he turned around to look at her.

His eyes stopped at one place, and then he frowned.

"Do you want to sleep?"

Hearing this, Gu Qi turned his gaze back.

With a somewhat hesitant look on his face, he asked a little late:

"What did you say?"

Principle 1 repeats: "Do you want to sleep?"

Before Gu Qi could answer, Ming Xiangnan interrupted.

"Yeah, it's time to go to bed!"

"But why am I so energetic? I'm not sleepy at all, just like..."

As he was speaking, he suddenly hesitated for a second, and it was Gu Qi who took over his conversation.

“It’s like being in a virtual world!”

The tone was particularly decisive, as if he was stating an absolute fact.

Everyone couldn't help but look up at her.

Principle 1: "You think we are still in a virtual world."

Gu Qi: “Yeah.”

As soon as these words came out, all the ambient sounds around him fell silent.

Qi Ming asked: "How can you be sure?"

It's not that he doesn't believe it, he just finds it a little hard to believe.

When did they re-enter the virtual world?

Gu Qi waved at them and asked them to look at the roadside.

"Did you notice anything wrong?"

When people looked over there, they could only see rows of beautifully growing sycamore trees.

Gu Qi has been keeping an eye on it since he noticed it on Erxing Road.

So is there really something wrong with the sycamore tree?

"No leaves have fallen." Gu Qi gave the answer himself.

The sycamore tree is a common tree on the streets of the capital star, and is often used for street viewing.

But it is a deciduous tree and loses its leaves early in autumn.

Since their second trip to the Military Park, the capital planet had already entered autumn.

Before leaving, Gu Qi inadvertently glanced at the fallen leaves at the door. It didn't make sense that the sycamore tree would turn green again after the competition.

"I...was I really right before?!" Ming Xiangnan covered his mouth in surprise. He didn't expect that his words would come true.

"But when did we end up in the virtual world again?"

Lu Zhifeng recalled everything that happened after the database exploded and they were thrown back to the military park.

All that can't be false!

The companions are real, Ming Xiangnan being injured and treated is real, and Lu Yao is also real!

What they said before revealed secrets that cannot be constructed from data.

Gu Qi had already thought about it on the way here, what if time could be turned back.

Where is the node that allows them to re-enter the virtual world?

She proposed many possibilities, but she overturned them with various reasons.

However, the most unlikely situation kept appearing in Gu Qi's mind, forcing her to take it seriously.

"If I say, I feel like we've never been out of the virtual world."

"Do you believe it?"

After struggling, Gu Qi still believed in this possibility from the bottom of his heart.

"But... this is impossible!" Ming Xiangnan denied it first, because he was the only one who knew that he was really rescued from coma by Gu Yuan, and the few days of recovery from injuries really happened.

"If we had never left the virtual world, then what would I be like now?"

What he said really made sense, leaving no one able to think of any excuse.

But it also makes everyone wonder, is the current Ming Xiangnan really Ming Xiangnan?

Once the seeds of doubt are planted, they will surely take root and sprout!