Chapter 62: Refuge, Monster City, Mirror City——
Parting is ordinary and plain.
Li Ming opened the car window and quietly looked at the car that was going in the opposite direction from them. They parted ways today. But if we count the time they spent together, it was not even a day...
Li Ming sighed deeply and collapsed on the seat in an instant.
"What do you think?" Li Ming asked for no reason.
Jiang Huai frowned suddenly after hearing this. He opened and closed his mouth for a few times, then turned to Li Ming cautiously and asked, "Do you need me?"
"..." Li Ming was silent.
It seems that the roommate's words are no match for his brother's advice. If it were at school, Jiang Huai would have said "I don't have any feelings" in a serious tone.
Finally, Li Ming smiled helplessly and said, "No need."
"If I can't find anyone in Lingcheng, you can leave first." Li Ming said jokingly in a relaxed manner, "After all, your schedule must be very busy."
“I don’t feel real right now.”
Jiang Huai, who was driving, shook his head and said with a wry smile, "Li Ming, please stop teasing me. I really don't feel that I am special."
"It's special precisely because it doesn't feel special." Li Ming said casually. But what he was thinking in his heart, Li Ming would naturally not tell Jiang Huai.
Rather than going through eight hundred rounds of "exchange of courtesy" with Jiang Huai, he might as well end it here.
Jiang Huai's potential is obvious to anyone who has spent a long time with him.
A genius is still a genius even in desperate situations.
I just don't know what's going on with Li Yixi... Li Ming's eyes suddenly dimmed. His sister is obviously not someone who would remain unknown...
[Subject: Can someone explain the meaning of the little witch's last words? I was really shocked. How could the little witch's talent suddenly predict this? ]
[Damn it, I was planning to skip it. I didn’t expect the old thief to blow up a bomb]
[Too difficult to comment]
[Jiang Huai will go to the south, I know that; Xiao Yiyan may not go, I also know that; but if Xiao Yiyan goes, Li Yixi will not show up, I don’t know this ah ah ah!!! Why!!!]
[Is there any connection between these two people? ]
[I read the previous work thoroughly, but still couldn’t figure out the reason QAQ]
[Now I just want to shake the little witch, and then shout loudly in her ear: Tell me!!! What did you see behind our backs!!! Why didn’t you let us know!!!]
[She didn't want Li Ming to know, right? ]
[Why did it end here? Why did it end here? I turned to the last chapter and saw only Li Ming and Jiang Huai watching the car getting farther and farther away. My heart also grew colder and colder...]
【Heartbroken】
[The old thief is good at breaking the foreshadowing (vomiting blood)]
[Here I come. I urgently flipped through the comics involving the character Li Yixi, and I found some very subtle characteristics.]
【Boss! 】
【Boss! 】
【Boss!!!】
[This character has many similarities with Xiao Xiao. First of all, her activities are in the south, her whereabouts were unknown in the early stage, and she is someone's sister. She also has a certain connection with Xiao Yiyan...]
[Even Disney extras can be linked (BUSHI)]
[Speaking of which... this is weird...]
[They have so many things in common that I suspect they are the same person]
【ah? 】
[So, is Li Ming Xiao Yiyan's elder brother or younger brother? That's impossible. Can't Xiao recognize his own brother? After three years of living together, is Jiang Huai so face-blind that he can't even recognize his brother? ]
[The Xiao family only lost a daughter back then! ]
[This is definitely not]
[The Queen has a close-up photo of her face. Her facial features and face shape are completely different from Li Yixi]
【Refuse to link】
[Before Li Ming gave Li Yixi the photo, I did think that my sister was the queen. Because in the previous work of "The Mist", the queen's past was a blank state, and Li Yixi's future was also a blank state. ]
[But the Queen’s past is not blank]
[In the comics before her fall, didn't she vaguely recall that her memories were fake, her family was fake, and everything that made up her cognition was fake? ]
【Is Li Ming also fake? 】
【Finished】
[Li Ming, don't read it, it's just a rumor. ]
【（picture.jpg）】
[Honestly, after comparing the appearance of the Queen and Li Yixi, do you really think that these two are the same person? The difference in appearance is really too big]
[The Queen's facial features are more three-dimensional and profound]
【The Queen’s beauty is bright and beautiful.】
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"Classmate, do you know Li Yixi?"
As soon as he arrived in Lingcheng, Li Ming rushed to Lingcheng University. The last time Li Ming came here was when his sister reported as a freshman.
The two of them carried large and small bags and followed the volunteers, weaving through the bustling crowd.
However, the school is obviously bleak now.
Li Ming was worried about whether he would meet anyone on the road, but fortunately, the situation at Lingcheng University was obviously more peaceful than that at their university.
"classmate?"
The boy who was questioned by Li Ming was stunned at first, then he looked at his clothes and muttered strangely: "Is it so obvious..."
The boy cleared his throat and answered directly: "I am not a student of Ling University."
Li Ming nodded calmly.
He had expected this. It had been a month since the disaster, and the search would definitely not be as simple as he imagined. But Li Ming couldn't help but ask:
"Have you met Li Yixi? Or other Lingda students?"
"I've met students from Ling University, but I really don't know this person." The boy scratched his head and asked angrily, "You came to the shelter just to find someone?"
"Huh?" Li Ming asked in surprise.
"Has the government set up a shelter here?" Jiang Huai suddenly asked. He looked up at the fog in front of him and the school building looming in the fog, and frowned.
"What are you thinking?" The boy rolled his eyes. "Of course it's organized by the citizens themselves. Now that communications are down, how can the government send people over?"
"The nearest army to us will only go to Ningcheng."
There was an unspeakable irony in his last words.
"Don't you think the school is dangerous?" Li Ming asked hesitantly. After experiencing the school's characteristic disasters such as faceless students and long-necked teachers, Li Ming thought that the school was dangerous everywhere.
"Then you can just stay in the city." The boy snorted disapprovingly, "You won't even know you were eaten by a monster in your dream. At least it's safer in the shelter."
"Monster?" Li Ming repeated in a low voice.
"Yeah, don't tell me you came from outside. There are so many monsters in this city now, and the fog is so thick..." The boy rolled his eyes and complained subconsciously, "I really don't know where the fog came from..."
He bent down, pulled the cart beside him, and walked angrily into the depths of the school. The wheels of the cart slid on the concrete floor, making a harsh sound.
After hearing this, Li Ming and Jiang Huai looked at each other.
This is so different from what they experienced...
So Li Ming took a few steps forward, walked up to the boy and said with a wry smile: "We are indeed from outside. Could you please tell us about Lingcheng's situation--"
However, before Li Ming could finish his sentence, the sound of the cart's wheels suddenly stopped.
"Outside? Is it outside Lingcheng?"
The boy stared at Li Ming with his eyes fixed, his expression alert as if he had discovered that the person next to him was actually a spy hidden in the crowd.
Li Ming nodded blankly and asked, "Is there any problem?"
"No problem, of course no problem."
The boy sneered, but soon he pretended to be normal and said, "Then you have to follow me. I have to take you to register."
"……Um."
Li Ming fell silent. He looked at Jiang Huai behind him, and the two of them couldn't help but reveal similar subtleties on their faces.
There is definitely something wrong with Lingcheng.
But neither of them knew what exactly happened in Lingcheng.
With the mentality of "Jiang Huai is standing next to me", Li Ming pretended to talk to the boy normally. The boy's name was Guo Kai, a student from another university in Lingcheng, and he had been staying in this shelter for almost a week.
"How amazing! You are a student of Shenda University. I have always dreamed of going to Shenda University." Guo Kai couldn't help but show an envious look on his face after hearing this.
Li Ming scratched his head embarrassedly: "Shenyang University is indeed very good, but I am not very good at it, hahaha..."
Jiang Huai suddenly hesitated to speak.
This was different from what Li Ming had told him. Although Jiang Huai knew that Li Ming wanted to get closer to Guo Kai, he still felt a little uneasy about it.
"So you came from Shencheng to find your sister?"
Guo Kai murmured in envy, "How amazing! I haven't been able to leave Lingcheng yet..."
"Is it impossible to leave Lingcheng now?"
"Not really..." Guo Kai murmured silently after hearing this. He suddenly raised his head, looked directly at Li Ming and said, "But you guys, did you feel a vague connection after entering Lingcheng?"
"What connection?" Li Ming seemed to understand.
"Just... that kind..." Guo Kai couldn't help biting his lip after hearing this. He looked around carefully, leaned close to Li Ming's ear, and whispered, "The feeling of another me."
After Guo Kai finished speaking, he quickly moved away from Li Ming.
He looked around cautiously again, as if he was wary of something, or as if he was afraid of something.
Are you trying to be careful so that others can see you?
Li Ming fell into deep thought, then he shook his head as if he hadn't noticed anything wrong and said, "I haven't noticed it."
He turned to look at Jiang Huai and asked calmly:
"Jiang Huai, did you notice anything wrong when you came in?"
Guo Kai was a little flustered at first, but as soon as Li Ming finished speaking, he stared at Jiang Huai, waiting for the other party's answer.
Jiang Huai shook his head at this.
Guo Kai frowned immediately. He murmured in disbelief: "You all don't have it? There should be some, it's impossible... Could it be because of the outsiders..."
Guo Kai's words are incoherent, and one can only say that his thoughts are very confused now.
He pushed the cart and slowly walked towards the school complex building. After pushing the cart for a distance, Guo Kai asked again: "Really?"
"No."
"Really, really not?"
"……No."
Li Ming answered hesitantly. He felt restless inexplicably, but he didn't know which answer was right. Should he change his words or continue to say "no"...
After repeated questioning, Guo Kai fell silent.
The three people's footprints have reached the steps of the complex building. Li Ming can hear the conversations coming from the complex building, both young and old.
So Li Ming calmed down.
Although he still doesn't know what happened in Lingcheng, Li Ming's goal is only to find Li Yixi and then take Li Yixi away.
He doesn't need to worry about other things.
Just when the footprints stepped onto the marble steps, Li Ming heard Guo Kai's voice from behind: "Then I think you are not suitable for this place."
Li Ming turned his head stiffly and looked at Guo Kai who said this. Jiang Huai behind Guo Kai frowned and took a defensive posture.
"You are all Apocalypse people, right?"
Guo Kai murmured with resentment in his eyes: "That's great. A favored child of heaven is a favored child of heaven wherever he goes. I thought maybe he had met a companion..."
Li Ming heard the rustling sound of footsteps coming from the complex building. They walked hurriedly, and from time to time there was the heavy sound of steel colliding.
He is Guo Kai's companion.
"You are not welcome here." Guo Kai lowered his eyes and repeated gloomily: "We don't welcome you."
"Give me an explanation." Jiang Huai said coldly.
He looked up at the people who filed out of the stairs. The aura of one person was enough to rival that of thousands of troops. Jiang Huai was said to be "unable to speak", but only in front of his friends.
Guo Kai simply walked past the silent Li Ming and walked towards his companions. He turned his back to Li Ming and the others and said self-deprecatingly, "Because you are not monsters."
"This is a monster's refuge, not yours."
Jiang Huai frowned after hearing this: "I don't understand what you are saying."
Li Ming just stood there alone. He looked at the human coming out of the main building, raised his hand to stop Jiang Huai from speaking further, and said calmly:
"I'm not here to hurt you. I just want to ask-"
"Have you ever seen a girl named 'Li Yixi'? She is tall, has a ponytail, doesn't like to talk much, and has a similar aura to the person behind me..."
"Li Ming?" Jiang Huai's words were suddenly filled with worry.
"I'm fine."
Li Ming lowered his eyelashes to hide the complex emotions in his eyes. His fingers tightly grasped the corner of his clothes, and his figure trembled as if he was about to explode in the next moment.
[Disaster Realm: Mirror City]
【Features: ownerless, semi-closed】
[Note: Have you ever seen another self? Have you ever thought about what kind of existence you will become in the future? Humans have been afraid that the person in the mirror will replace themselves. ]
[But what if the future self reflected in the mirror is a monster? ]
[You have a closer relationship than any other person or monster in the world. The same sequence, the same habits, the same preferences, and——]
[An endless confrontation.]
[This is the mirror city of monsters. Only monsters will come out of the mirror, and only monsters can be resurrected from the mirror. If you want to stop this behavior, break the small mirror.]
[You asked me where the small mirror is? Guess.]
[Monster City, Mirror City——]
[We are all human beings, so why can't we coexist? 】
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