Dungeon Master
Liu Xia's badly worn soles crushed the half-broken concrete beside his feet, and the moss that had just been contaminated in the tunnel squeezed out dark green juice in the grooves of the soles.
She silently watched everything in front of her. This was the first time she saw the outside world and the dungeon lord who had always been so famous.
The world outside the open space is not the same as imagined. It does not have the cyber sense of airships flying everywhere in the fantasy world, nor does it have the feeling of an uncivilized desert covered with loess and gravel. Instead, you can see the architectural forms of many tall buildings.
She looked up at the ruins of the office buildings that were slanted into the clouds. The buildings had long been dilapidated. The tempered glass curtain walls inlaid in the buildings looked like they had been gnawed by giant beasts. Vines as thick as wrists hung from the cracks, covered by many green plants.
The wind blew the smell of damp humus past the tip of the nose. Looking back, the place they had just driven out of turned out to be a dilapidated subway station entrance.
The sign hanging diagonally on the rusty steel frame, although most of the paint had peeled off, still had the white letters on a blue background that read "Xinglong Lake [Metro Line 1 Exit B]. She vaguely heard the electronic sound of the subway station announcement in the original world.
The architectural forms of the two worlds actually overlap with the real world in our impression, which gives people a very strange feeling. Is there any connection between the two worlds?
There was a hint of shock in Liu Xia's eyes, which were usually calm, but it was too late for her to think of a response. She only felt that the scene in front of her began to break apart and decompose again. That was the reward for recycling the garbage just now.
She has to return to her own real world for the time being.
A tiny crack appeared on Shen Wanren's mask, revealing half of his face covered in blue crystal lines. Those lines moved like living things. "Put down your offensive weapons. I promise you won't be hurt."
"Don't resist, protect my body."
This was the last scene Liu Xia saw and his final explanation.
With He Tianlin and Ding Ruotong's fighting abilities, they could never defeat this group of people. Moreover, even if they were still conscious, they could not guarantee everyone's safety.
As long as we wait for her to come back, we will still have the strength to fight. Then we can decide whether to run or stay and see the situation.
…
The smell of disinfectant penetrated into Liu Xia's nose. When he regained consciousness, the infusion needle on the back of his hand was trembling slightly.
Sunlight filtered in through the gaps in the ward's blinds, creating tiny specks of light on the monitor screen, a stark contrast to the eternally gray sky of the other world.
Bai Fei was sitting cross-legged on the hospital bed beside her, fiddling with the computer. The light spots cut by the blinds sprinkled on her white dress, making the whole ward immersed in a peaceful and beautiful feeling.
It wasn't until the image on the computer screen brought him back to his senses that he realized it was the ward surveillance video that Liu Xia had asked for.
"Feifei..."
Hearing Liu Xia's voice, Bai Fei shuddered slightly and straightened her back. Then she jumped out of bed excitedly, rushing to the bedside without even putting on her shoes, and said happily, "Xiao Xia, you're awake!"
Liu Xia felt the heat coming from Bai Fei, and her body briefly felt warm.
"Xiao Xia, you just suddenly fell unconscious again."
Bai Fei looked at her with some concern. She stood up, turned the computer around, and tried to lift the bed. "This is the surveillance footage you requested. I've reviewed it several times. Strangely, there's something wrong with the footage. The part where you and Liu Feng were interacting has disappeared."
Liu Xia stopped Bai Fei's movements and sat up effortlessly. As soon as she regained consciousness, she felt that even her waist had strength again, and it was obvious that her waist and abdomen had regained the ability to move.
Bai Fei's movements slowed down, and her eyes were filled with joy again. She covered her mouth and pointed at Liu Xia's waist involuntarily: "Your waist..."
After receiving Liu Xia's affirmative look, he hugged her again and said happily: "That's great, Xiao Xia!"
Liu Xia smiled and patted her on the back. Time waits for no one. There was no time for the two to continue discussing her physical recovery. She continued to urge Bai Fei to watch the surveillance video together.
The video shows that after Liu Xia opened her eyes and grabbed Liu Feng's arm, a strange distortion appeared at the key part of the picture, and then it turned into snowflakes. When the picture appeared again, Liu Xia was still lying on the hospital bed, but this time the bed was stained with blood.
The surveillance footage did not show Liu Xia tearing Liu Feng's arm with his bare hands.
"The police believe the video has been tampered with, but the technical department can't detect any signs of editing." Bai Fei picked up the water cup on the low cabinet and handed it to Liu Xia, continuing in a soft voice, "So even if there was a lot of blood in your ward, they can't say it was you who did it."
Liu Xia looked at the time display in the corner of the surveillance screen. It seemed that his consciousness had only returned for less than a minute last time, which corresponded to the ten minutes of coma in the wasteland world.
But she noticed that this time she had been back for more than ten minutes, but her consciousness did not seem to be withdrawing for the time being.
Is it because recycling more garbage can extend the time we stay in the real world?
Will the time she loses consciousness in the wasteland world also become longer accordingly?
But they had just faced the dungeon lord, and He Tianlin and Ding Ruotong certainly could not delay for too long. If their consciousness could not be restored for a long time, wouldn't it be like escaping from a wolf's den and falling into a tiger's den?
All kinds of thoughts came to Liu Xia's mind, and he had a headache, but he was helpless and could only take it one step at a time.
Bai Fei's nails tapped against the edge of the computer's hard shell, making a crisp sound, dragging Liu Xia's thoughts back to the disinfectant-filled hospital room. "Oh, right, I remember Liu Feng sent you a text message. What did he say?"
"He sent a very strange message that I couldn't understand."
Bai Fei frowned slightly, seeming to be very confused about Liu Feng's behavior. He took the phone in front of him, unlocked it, and showed it to Liu Xia.
Then I saw two WeChat messages from Liu Feng on the screen.
【13:03】
You can't protect the things in the old house.
【13:04】
Beware of people wearing blue badges.
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Liu Xia didn't understand what this meant. Could the so-called old house be the old house left behind by his grandparents after they passed away? Because the house was old and the location was relatively remote, it had been abandoned for a long time. Only some old furniture used by the elderly during their lifetime remained there.
She didn't understand what needed to be protected, and she had the impression that her grandparents didn't give her anything before they died.
The second blue badge was even more outrageous. It seemed to be reminding her, but this kind of information without a clear direction was impossible to guard against.
At least give a specific picture of the badge, otherwise there are so many blue badges and how can people distinguish them?
At this moment, the sound of rubber-soled shoes rubbing against the floor came from the corridor. When they reached Liu Xia's ward, they stopped, as if someone was standing at the door.
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