Wen Qing pinched his palms tightly, and the slight pain made him calm down. He focused his attention on Lin Xia on the beach.
There were two crooked marks on the beach behind Lin Xia. They were not footprints, but a long continuous mark. It was not known whether she did not lift her feet to walk or was dragged by something.
Thinking about it, Wen Qing looked at Lin Xia's profile.
Her eyes were closed, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised, as if she had fallen into a sweet dream, or as if the corners of her mouth were deliberately raised after death.
Wen Qing subconsciously looked at Ye Ye next door.
The wall was frosted and he couldn't see what was happening over there.
The next second, Wen Qing caught a glimpse of the rising waves at the seaside, and in an instant, they pressed down towards Lin Xia and swallowed her.
Wen Qing had just pressed the doorknob and before he could even open the door, he saw that the beach was empty and there was no one there.
There was only a little sea water left where Lin Xia had just stood, which slowly seeped into the beach. Soon, the beach returned to its original appearance, as if nothing had happened.
Wen Qing was so nervous that her heart was beating fast.
He locked the door again with trembling hands and thought of Sikong's words.
【Don’t go out at night. 】
He paused for a moment, exhaled, and looked straight at the sea.
Lin Xia’s figure or body was not seen in the sea.
Lin Xia seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.
There is a transparent wall on the beach, and as far as we know, only non-living things can pass through it.
Is Lin Xia dead?
The sea was calm, with occasional waves rising up towards the beach.
After a long while, Wen Qing's feet were numb from standing, and finally a bigger wave came.
The waves hit the transparent wall silently, and the sea water trickled down along the invisible wall.
Wen Qing climbed back to the bed with cold hands and feet, pressed the four corners of the quilt under her body, and wrapped herself up like a cocoon, leaving only her head exposed, breathing in fresh air.
He asked 001 nervously: [001, are you there? ]
001 hummed: [I'm here.]
Wen Qing felt a little relieved. He pursed his lips and asked, "That, that Lin Xia incident just now, wasn't my hallucination?"
001: [No.]
Wen Qing grabbed the corner of the quilt tightly and continued to ask: [Is she dead? ]
001 didn't speak.
Wen Qing waited for a while, but there was no answer from 001. He asked in a low voice: [Can’t tell? Or do you not know either? ]
After a while, 001 sighed softly: [I can’t say.]
Wen Qing responded, buried half of his face in the quilt, and stared at the air in a daze.
001 cannot answer this question, which means that Lin Xia’s life or death situation is very important.
The bed gradually became warmer. Wen Qing pursed her lips tightly, but her heart was still cold. She even regretted sending Ye Ye away.
Although Ye Ye can talk nonsense, he is still a living person after all.
Being alone in this situation, he couldn't help but have wild thoughts, and all kinds of horrible scenes flashed through his mind.
Just as he was thinking, Wen Qing suddenly heard 001 say: [You are not alone.]
This sentence was simply a standard horror movie. Wen Qing's body suddenly stiffened, and he clearly felt a cold air flowing down his neck into the quilt, making his back feel cold.
He was so frightened that his eyelashes couldn't stop trembling and tears welled up in his eyes.
[Who, who...what is behind me? ]
001: […Nothing.]
Wen Qing: [Then why did you suddenly say that I am not alone? ]
After a long while, 001 slowly spoke: [Because I am still here.]
It bit the words, with a hint of dissatisfaction in its tone.
Wen Qing was afraid. He didn't have any romantic thoughts when he heard this. He only had one thought in his mind: [But you are the system.]
【……】
001 was silent for a moment, then asked in a cold voice: [I am the system, what's wrong? ]
Wen Qing pursed her lips and whispered: [I am still alone. ]
[At best, we are now one person ruling the country. 】
001: [……]
Wen Qing took a long break, his back still felt chilly, and he quickly asked: [Is there really nothing behind me? ]
[Are there no ghosts or anything like that? ]
001: [No.]
Wen Qing thought, then why did he feel a chill on his back?
Was there something watching him from a distance?
001: […The quilt is not covered properly.]
Hearing this, Wen breathed a sigh of relief, turned his head and looked, and sure enough, the quilt was not covered properly and was leaking air.
He pulled the corner of the quilt to plug the hole.
Because of the conversation with the system, Wen Qing's tense nerves gradually relaxed.
He was sleepy, but didn't want to sleep, and didn't dare to sleep.
Sensing his thoughts, 001 whispered: [Go to sleep.]
Wen Qing rubbed his eyes. He was worried that if he fell asleep, something would knock on the door again, and then he would open the door...
001: [No.]
Wen Qing whispered: [I don’t believe in myself.]
001 said in a gentle voice: [I'll help you watch.]
Wen Qing was stunned: [Really? ]
001 hummed and said calmly: [I am not a human.]
【No need for sleep.】
[Thank you, 001,] Wen Qing yawned, feeling sleepy, he slowly closed his eyes and said vaguely, [Good night.]
【You’re welcome. Good night.】
*****
The next morning, Wen Qing was awakened by a knock on the door.
The moment he heard the knock on the door, he sat up immediately without waiting for 001 to speak.
The frosted glass in the room became transparent again, allowing one to clearly see what was happening outside.
He saw Li Ran standing at the door looking refreshed, and raised his hand to knock on the door again.
Wen Qing got up from the bed, opened the door, let Li Ran in, and then looked towards Lin Xia's room.
Lin Xia was not inside, but a tall man walked around the room with an increasingly ugly expression on his face.
He seemed to be looking for Lin Xia as well.
Li Ran didn't know what was going on, so he asked curiously, "What happened?"
Wen Qing pursed his lips tightly and said to her, "Lin Xia had an accident last night."
Li Ran was stunned: "Ah?"
"What's going on?"
Wen Qing was about to tell him what he saw last night when he saw the man in Lin Xia's room rushing out and shouting, "Has anyone seen Lin Xia?!"
Wen Qing did not close the door, and he and Li Ran clearly heard the man's roar.
Li Ran leaned close to his ear and whispered, "This is the guy called Xu Qiangfeng."
Wen Qing looked at Xu Qiangfeng. Because of his shout just now, other players walked over one after another, including Teacher Fang.
"Isn't Lin Xia in the room?"
"I didn't see her."
"I just came back from the lobby and didn't see her."
"Is she in trouble?"
…
Xu Qiangfeng looked unhappy and said to everyone, "I got up to pee last night and saw Lin Xia open the door."
"She looked very strange at the time. She was a little crooked and walked towards the beach. I didn't dare to call her. Then she walked onto the beach and disappeared in an instant."
He was unclear, and other players started asking, "Why did he disappear?"
"Why did she go out?"
"About what time?"
"Is she, is she dead?"
…………
A bunch of questions popped up. Xu Qiangfeng scratched his hair and said blankly: "She just disappeared. I blinked an eye and she was gone."
"I thought I was dreaming last night, but when I came here this morning..."
Wen Qing frowned slightly and whispered to Li Ran what he saw last night.
Li Ran turned pale and asked in a low voice: "Is Lin Xia dead?"
"Or disappeared?"
Wen pursed his lips and said slowly: "Either she is dead, or the wall disappeared."
Hearing this, Li Ran quickly ran to the beach, tentatively raised his hand and poked it. After touching the transparent wall, he immediately ran back to Wen Qing: "Brother, the wall is still there."
Wen Qing opened his mouth and was about to speak.
Suddenly a bottle of milk and a sandwich were thrown into his arms.
Wen Qing turned her head and saw Ye Ye stuffing another sandwich and milk to Li Ran, saying, "Just because the wall is there now doesn't mean it was there when Lin Xia disappeared last night."
Hearing this, Wen Qing was stunned for a moment, and quickly asked: "Did you see it at night too?"
Ye Ye nodded: "Who can't hear such a loud noise?"
Li Ran raised his hand: "I, I didn't hear anything."
"I slept soundly these past two nights, and had sweet dreams."
Ye Ye continued: "If I saw it correctly last night, Lin Xia should not be dead."
Wen Qing asked: "What did you see?"
Ye Ye: "When I saw her come out of the room, her eyes moved for a while, as if she was dreaming."
Wen Qing didn't see the scene when Lin Xia came out of the room, so he asked again: "Did she leave by herself? Or did the thing that knocked on the door take her away?"
Thinking about it now, Lin Xia’s strange posture really looked like something small was supporting her and carrying her forward.
"From that perspective, I could only see a little bit of Lin Xia's face, but not her lower body." After saying that, Ye Ye frowned and stared at Wen Qing, "What's that thing that knocks on the door?"
Wen Qing was stunned for a moment: "There was a knock on the door last night, didn't you hear it?"
Ye Ye's face turned cold: "Nothing is knocking on my door."
Li Ran looked bewildered: "I fell into a deep sleep and heard nothing. The only thing I remember is the sound of humming."
Hearing her words, Wen Qing frowned: “I slept soundly after the singing the night before last.”
"I was woken up by a knock on the door last night. When I got up, I heard singing and almost went to open the door. There might be something wrong with that singing."
Ye Ye frowned: "I don't feel anything."
He looked at Li Ran, then at Wen Qing.
There are three different situations for three people. Why are Li Ran and Wen Qing affected by the singing?
Ye Ye asked: "Are you sure it's because of that singing voice?"
Wen Qing hesitated and said, "I'm not sure, but after the song, I slept soundly and had a dream."
"Me too," Li Ran nodded and said, "I dreamed that I went home, my dad came to pick me up, and my mom made dumplings for me..."
Wen Qing's expression changed slightly: "I also dreamed of returning to the real world."
If the song could make them dream of the things they most desire and the people they most want to see... Lin Xia, influenced by the song, would indeed open the door.
Li Ran felt a chill on his back and asked stutteringly, "Why, why us?"
Why is it her and Wen Qing?
"Why are you okay?" Li Ran couldn't help but look at Ye Ye.
Ye Ye said coldly: "Maybe it's because you are weak."
Wen Qing: “…”
Li Ran: “…”
Li Ran tugged at Wen Qing's sleeve and whispered, "It could also be based on the face."
After sensing Ye Ye's death gaze, Li Ran quickly said, "I'll go ask around about other people's situations."
After saying that, she hurried over to the players next door who were still discussing Lin Xia.
Teacher Fang glanced at her, then glanced at Ye Ye and Wen Qing calmly, revealing a kind smile: "Ms. Li, why did you come here suddenly?"
Li Ran said calmly, "I have something to talk to Lin Xia about."
"Lin Xia is missing." said one of the girls.
Li Ran opened his eyes wide: "What's going on?"
"I also want to discuss singing with her."
Upon hearing this, Teacher Fang immediately asked, "Is there anything wrong with the singing?"
"We haven't seen Lin Xia since today."
Li Ran said casually: "When I was chatting with Lin Xia yesterday, I said that we had the same dream last night."
"I dreamed that we were going home."
Hearing this, the two female players' faces changed drastically: "I, I had this dream too."
“I also dreamed of going home…”
The male players didn't react at all. Xu Qiangfeng muttered, "Thank God I don't have a nightmare."
…
On the other side, Wen Qing was unwrapping a sandwich while glancing at Li Ran's situation.
Seeing Li Ran chatting with them, he breathed a sigh of relief and drank some milk.
Ye Ye sat opposite him, tapping his fingertips on the table, and asked directly: "What did the tour guide named Sikong do last night?"
Wen Qing looked at him blankly: "How should I know?"
Ye Ye frowned: "You didn't ask him?"
Wen shook his head gently.
Ye Ye frowned even more tightly: "Don't you think there is something wrong with him?"
"He didn't come the night before yesterday, and nothing happened. He stayed in your room for no apparent reason last night, and then something happened that night."
Wen Qing blinked. He had never doubted Si Kong.
The coincidence yesterday made him feel that Sikong wanted to do something to protect everyone, but he didn’t know if something went wrong or someone was in trouble.
Although Wen Qing didn't say anything, the expression on his face showed what he was thinking.
Ye Ye asked with a sour face: "Why do you trust him so much?"
Wen Qing looked at him and said slowly, "I believe you too."
Ye Ye was stunned, and the curses on his lips disappeared.
"You have good taste," he snorted twice, turned his face away, and after a while, asked softly, "He is your..."
Ye Ye's voice was too soft, Wen Qing didn't hear it clearly, and asked, "What about me?"
Ye Ye cleared his throat and asked again: "Is he your ex-boyfriend?"
Wen Qing: “…No.”
A hint of joy appeared on Ye Ye's brows.
Wen Qing was a little puzzled. What was there to be happy about?
Just as he was about to follow up this topic and tell him that he and Bai Tong were just friends, Li Ran rushed in anxiously.
She locked the door, picked up the milk on the table, gulped down the whole bottle, and said to the two of them, "The players who are affected by the song are all girls."
Except Wen Qing.
Wen Qing was stunned. Is he the only boy?
Is it because of the guide buff on him?
So those who sing and knock on the door are non-human?
Wen Qing raised his eyelids and met Ye Ye's direct gaze.
Ye Ye stared at his beautiful eyes and eyebrows, his gaze gradually moved down to his small Adam's apple, flat chest, and finally stopped at his lower body.
Wen Qing: "...I am a man."
A hint of doubt flashed across Ye Ye's face.
Wen Qing: "...Do you want to see it?"
Ye Ye was stunned for a while, his eyes wandering, and he said slowly: "It's not impossible for me to check it..."
Wen Qing: “…”
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