Chapter 329 Escape Plan (9) - Time Disappears
Li Mengqi asked curiously, "Where did you get this information?"
Ning Shu didn't explain in detail: "Just know that there is such a method, you don't need to know the specifics. The fewer people who know about this, the better."
Li Mengqi was grateful to Ning Shu. She hadn't expected that Ning Shu would choose her first instead of her classmate, which showed how much trust Ning Shu placed in her.
She didn't press further, but nodded in agreement, saying she would definitely keep the secret.
After everything was arranged, Ning Shu informed Ji Shi.
[The Loach Who Loves to Eat Tigers: Ji Shi, Let's Begin.]
Ning Shu bought a "pass card" in the store, unlocked the dungeon she wanted, and heard the system's voice.
Welcome to the "Winter's Lands" non-fixed instance.
[Completion Mission: Successfully survive until the dungeon timeout.]
Customs clearance time: 10 days
[Initial Resources: Items corresponding to your chosen identity in the instance.]
We wish you a pleasant gaming experience!
...
As soon as Li Mengqi and the others finished the game, they immediately looked in the direction where Ning Shu had been.
Because they were going to run a non-fixed instance, they didn't leave the safe zone and met up in the living room before setting off.
The final scene of the dungeon was too thrilling; the moment Ning Shu had to sacrifice himself to send them out of the dungeon was still fresh in his mind.
Li Mengqi and the other three all thought Ning Shu was doomed.
Just when she was heartbroken, Ning Shu appeared perfectly fine!
Li Mengqi was the most excited, and hugged Ning Shu tightly: "You rascal, what kind of hero are you? You almost scared everyone to death!"
Ning Shu was completely bewildered. She didn't understand why she had activated the defensive magic circle.
The wand was indeed absorbing its own magic, so in theory it shouldn't have been able to survive.
It's unbelievable that she's alright.
This instance has a similar background to the Magic Academy, but it mainly involves fighting against ghostly soldiers with magic on the battlefield.
Wu Yi and Tuya both seemed very excited. Wu Yi said first, "From now on, I have to call you Sister Ning. You were so cool just now! Like a superhero."
Graffiti nodded: "Exactly, exactly, that scene brought tears to my eyes."
Cheng Chuan remained silent, unsure of what to say. He only knew that he was very grateful to Ning Shu, and his feelings towards Ning Shu became quite complex.
The feeling was both familiar and strange, and he couldn't quite put his finger on it. In the end, all he could say was, "It's good that you're alright."
This sentence is very simple, but it contains a thousand words he wanted to say.
Li Mengqi finally snapped out of her excitement and asked Ning Shu, "I clearly saw you surrounded by blue flames, so why are you alright? That wasn't fire?"
Did she see it wrong?
Ning Shu didn't actually know that Si Zhong had also been burned to death by the blue-purple flames; logically, she shouldn't have survived.
Cheng Chuan suddenly realized something and asked Ning Shu, "In the last instant, I saw a faint white light emanate from your body. What was that?"
A white...faint light?
This description sounds familiar. She remembered it and touched the ear cartilage clip on her right ear.
It was the props that Si Zhong gave her that saved her life!
She cleared the dungeon at the very last moment before it ended, but she didn't leave the game!
Therefore, what An Ran said was false. This dungeon didn't give her a chance to leave at all; instead, it lowered her overall ability level from C10 to C5.
Ning Shu said in a low voice, "That was the light from the prop I was wearing. It saved my life, otherwise..."
Otherwise, everyone present knows the answer.
Li Mengqi was relieved: "As long as everyone is alright, that's good."
She was a little disappointed; Ning Shu hadn't managed to leave the game, and the method the other party suggested hadn't worked.
However, she wasn't too disappointed, after all, leaving a game isn't that easy.
She had long since accepted reality.
Ning Shu shared the same thought as Li Mengqi; she was very disappointed, extremely disappointed.
She couldn't believe that she had such a strange dream.
If An Ran really exists, why didn't so many skilled players tell her, but instead told an ordinary player?
This was indeed just a dream she had been thinking about during the day and dreaming about at night.
She couldn't understand why her overall ability level had dropped. When she asked Li Mengqi and the others, she found that only she had experienced a decrease.
She successfully completed the game, but her level dropped, while others did not.
The only explanation is that she "died" once.
Although the item revived her and preserved her teammates' memories of her, it lowered her level. Perhaps this is the price to pay for using this item.
Ning Shu was already very satisfied with this result; it was better than having to "reconnect" with her friends again after her resurrection.
Seeing that everyone's expressions were still serious, Li Mengqi quickly tried to calm them down:
"Alright, alright, it's good that you're all okay. Everyone must be tired, let's go back to our rooms and rest."
"Cheng Chuan, if you don't mind, you can rest on the sofa. We'll all have dinner together tonight."
Cheng Chuan didn't mind: "Okay."
After returning to her room, Ning Shu lay down on the bed.
After thinking about it, I decided to ask Ji Shi about the situation. If necessary, the two sides might have to meet to discuss it.
As soon as she opened the chat window, she saw that Zai Fumeng had sent her a message.
[Adorable: Sister, sister, brother is gone! He disappeared after the dungeon ended!]
[Adorable: Sister, are you there? Is brother...?]
[Adorable: Sister, please reply to me! I'm scared, what should I do?]
The other person sent her several messages, the rest of which were emojis.
Ning Shu's heart skipped a beat. Ji Shi was gone, which most likely meant... he had succeeded!
[The Mudfish Who Loves to Eat Tigers: I'm here. Everyone's alright except your brother, right?]
Zaifu Meng was probably waiting for her reply, and she received a reply shortly after sending the message.
[Cute: Everyone else is fine, but my brother is missing. Did he...do that thing?]
Zaifu Meng always kept in mind Ji Shi's instructions not to discuss leaving the game on the game panel.
Unfortunately, Ji Shi was no longer by her side at this time.
[The Loach Who Loves to Eat Tigers: Did they know about Ji Shi's disappearance?]
[Cute: I know, we all met on the rooftop and went into the dungeon together. After we came out, only my brother was missing.]
They even helped me look for my brother, but we couldn't find him, which is why I'm sending you this message.
[The loach that loves to eat tigers:]
We'll talk when we meet. You can tell the others that they can move in with me first, so we can take care of each other.
Don't say anything else; just pretend you know nothing.
Ji Shi is missing; they'll agree to let us move in.
[Cute: Okay, I'll go tell them now. (The other person sent an emoji)]
Ning Shu exited the chat window and saw her chat window with Ji Shi.
The opponent's status has turned gray, which usually happens after a player dies.
They were all inside the magic circle at the time. She, the one who activated the magic circle, should have died, but she survived because of the protection provided by the artifact.
It's possible that Ji Shi exited the game through the exit while completing the level.
This may be why Anran requested assistance from her teammates.
Even if he really died, according to convention, when a player dies in the safe zone, their body will usually return to the original location and will not disappear.
This is very abnormal; a corpse cannot simply vanish without a trace.
There's only one conclusion—Ji Shi has truly left the game!
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