"I think I've seen this before." Yang Jia said.
Li Bai was a bit surprised and squatted down to observe. However, her knowledge in this area was inversely proportional to her combat effectiveness, so she couldn't really see anything. After thinking for a moment, she asked, "Where have you seen this before?"
Yang Jia shook her head, "I can't remember, I just feel like I've seen it before. But where, how, or what it is, I have no idea." And it was only this one kind. She had no impression of the other equally unfamiliar plants around.
Simply put, she just had a feeling of "déjà vu" about this plant, but Yang Jia was sure it wasn't a trance. She even felt like its name was on the tip of her tongue, ready to be called out, but she was stuck at that step, unable to remember what it was.
More like forgetfulness than an illusion.
If anyone else heard this, they might think she was deliberately teasing them, but Li Bai didn't think so. She glanced at the patch of identical plants before her, plucked one from among them, and tucked it into the travel brochure. "Don't force yourself if you can't remember. I'll think of another way."
Yang Jia nodded and followed her example, picking one of the plants and putting it in the travel brochure.
She thought she might be going crazy. Even though it was just an action without any special meaning, because she was doing it with Li Bai, it seemed to have an inexplicable sense of ambiguity. Even the originally ordinary plants seemed to suddenly take on a different meaning.
No matter where she had heard or seen it before, Yang Jia was sure she would never forget it. She had picked a plant of this kind with Li Bai here in this independent system space. She would definitely remember it.
Anyway, the two people's attention was on the unconscious Zhuo Tianyang, so after Li Bai and Yang Jia finished talking, they didn't go back immediately, but found a place to sit down. Putting aside the problem of not knowing where the mission clues were and not knowing when to leave, the environment of this place was indeed very good.
Very suitable for...talking about love.
What a shame, Yang Jia sighed inwardly. It seemed her relationship with Li Bai hadn't reached that point yet. Just like now, even though they were sitting side by side, their bodies weren't touching. She wanted to touch him, but for some reason she didn't. The thought kept turning in her mind. She turned around and looked around, trying to distract herself.
The hand that was near Li Bai even unconsciously began to pull at the grass on the ground. If Yang Jia didn't find something for it to do, he was always afraid that he would lose control and it would touch Li Bai on its own.
But after just a few pulls, the hand was caught by Li Bai.
"Don't pull out these weeds randomly." Yang Jia didn't dare turn his head to look, but he could hear that Li Bai's voice was still serious, as if he was saying some truth in the world.
She said "Oh" and felt that her hand, which was held by Li Bai, was about to sweat.
This shouldn't be the case. After all, according to the season, it should be late autumn in the game, and the weather is getting colder day by day. In this situation, it is basically impossible to sweat unless you are doing strenuous exercise.
So in order to distract himself, Yang Jia could only look around harder.
As a result, she really noticed something was wrong. "Have you noticed? We can hear birds singing, but it seems that we haven't seen a single flying bird since we got here."
I was always on my way, and after all, no one would look up at the sky for no reason, so I didn't notice it. But now that I sit down, looking around, looking up and down, it's very obvious.
Li Bai nodded, "Indeed."
"I don't think the system would be so bored as to add birdsong to this birdless place. So the birdsong must be coming from outside." She pointed to the distant town, "But just like there, we can't reach it. I once played a game where every time you teleported to a new map, you would be trapped in an independent barrier and unable to leave until the trigger conditions were met. We're a bit like that now."
In fact, what she said was still what she had inferred before. The difference was that she found a reasonable explanation. This situation is in line with the "rules of the game."
But it was just a small talk anyway. As Yang Jia spoke, she secretly turned her head to glance at Li Bai, and was surprised to find that Li Bai was listening very attentively. This discovery made her unable to look away in time, and with Li Bai's keen sense, it was impossible for him not to notice if his gaze lingered on her for more than a second.
Soon, their eyes met. At that moment, Yang Jia didn't know why her face suddenly felt hot. She felt... Li Bai's expression looked like he would kiss her in the next second.
She felt a bit fresh and expectant, but before the emotions between them could be fully brewed, she heard Xu Mo's excited voice over there, "Boss, you're awake!"
Then came Zhuo Tianyang's faint voice, "You won't die. Everyone, step aside and let me breathe some fresh air..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xu Mo stepped aside, and Zhuo Tianyang saw the two people staring at each other affectionately. What was even more intriguing was that when he looked over, the two people suddenly turned to look at him at the same time, which made Zhuo Tianyang feel guilty, as if he would be struck by lightning for disturbing other people's love.
Holy shit, these two are enough! While he's lying here, uncertain whether he's dead or alive, they're actually still in the mood to talk about love?!
Perhaps it was the stimulation, Zhuo Tianyang's originally weak body suddenly gained strength. He stopped lying down and stood up to try. Feeling that there was nothing wrong, he tentatively walked towards the direction of the town.
Walking and walking, walking and walking... By the time others realized something was wrong, Zhuo Tianyang had already reached the entrance of the town.
The four people who stayed behind were speechless for a moment. Zhuo Tianyang, who was standing at the town gate and looking back, had an innocent look on his face.
"Is it really useful to eat anything randomly?" Yang Jia had the illusion of opening a new world. Why was the design of this game so similar to that of Zhuo Tianyang, a middle school student with a psychopathic disorder who could not be reasoned with by common sense?
"Let's give it a try." Li Bai said, and was about to pull out the weeds.
Yang Jia quickly grabbed the man and said, "Ahem... I don't think you have to eat plants. You'd better be careful with what you put in your mouth. Let's go to the stream and drink some water." Stream water is much more reliable than unfamiliar plants. You can't eat anything carelessly! After all, Zhuo Tianyang had fallen down once. If it is not a necessary process, it is better to skip it.
However, the two of them reacted quickly, and there were two loyal supporters of Zhuo Tianyang over there. Before Yang Jia could stop them, they both swallowed the plants that Zhuo Tianyang had eaten and then fell to the ground.
"..." Yang Jia turned his head silently. It was amazing that the three of them could survive until now. Oh no, this is a game. After dying and resurrecting, you can be a hero again...
As expected, players are willful. Yang Jia looked down at the stream water and when he was about to reach out to scoop it up, he felt it was not a good idea. He picked up a long leaf from the side, grasped the two sides of the leaf, folded it into a shape similar to the pointed corner of a rice dumpling, and then used it to scoop water.
After she finished drinking, she realized that her actions just now seemed... too smooth, as if it was a natural thing to do, without any thought at all.
Yang Jia stood there in a daze.
That strangely familiar feeling came back.
It was as if she had done this thousands of times somewhere before, so much so that it had become a habit or a conditioned reflex, and she did it without thinking.
But Yang Jia was even more certain that he had never left the city since he was a child. There was no mention of such a thing in his "memories." After all, the thought of "leaving the city" was something the NPCs had never considered before the game launched.
"What's wrong?" Li Bai asked.
"I..." Yang Jia looked down at the leaf in his hand and handed it to Li Bai. "Do you know how to do this?"
Li Bai shook his head. Earth's vegetation was limited, and there were no streams of water so clean and clear that one could drink it directly. Naturally, such an experience was out of the question. Besides, when Li Bai was living on Earth, he'd only been in the lab, collaborating on various research projects. After joining the military, he'd spent more time in space. There were even fewer plants there. Even when he occasionally participated in extraterrestrial operations, he couldn't touch anything there.
Yang Jia shook his head and put the matter aside for now. Whatever the situation was, he could think about it later when he got back and had more time.
After watching Li Bai drink the water, the two waited for a while. After Xu Mo and Zhuo Han woke up, the four of them walked towards the town together. As expected, this time there were no obstacles. They successfully arrived at the town gate and reunited with Zhuo Tianyang.
Zhuo Tianyang, who witnessed everything, was educating his two followers with a look of frustration.
Yang Jia stood at the intersection, looking into the town. It was quiet, but unlike their previous location, this quietness was filled with life and people. Occasionally, townspeople would emerge from their homes and, upon seeing the five strangers, would glance curiously, but without asking too many questions. Afterward, they would leisurely go about their business.
Life in this small town is leisurely and peaceful, neither hurried nor slow, and Yang Jia likes it here very much.
But after walking around the town, the five of them didn't get any hints or any signs of leaving. In other words, their mission was still unfinished.
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