Work was impossible - absolutely impossible in this lifeti!
【Rest was impossible - absolutely impossible in this lifeti!】
Xiao Gui'an slowly crawled back into bed, his eyes sowhat vacant as he stared at the ceiling, attempting to pull the covers over himself again, completely ignoring the Little Light Sphere.
He had actually been back here for a full day already, mostly spent sleeping.
If it were anyone else who had experienced so much, they might genuinely develop psychological trauma.
But Xiao Gui'an had always been thick-skinned and ntally resilient - he just felt sowhat tired, without any other particular sensations.
【Host? Host!?】 The Zero System hovered suspiciously beside Xiao Gui'an, two round hands glowing with white light extending from the small light sphere to vigorously tug at the covers, yet failing to move them at all.
Thinking Xiao Gui'an hadn't heard what it just said, it repeated itself.
【We need to go to the 'First Reality World'! We can't afford any mistakes here! Get up! The Cursed Child is only two hours away from the address you ntioned earlier!
We only have two hours to adapt! How can you be so unconcerned?】
Xiao Gui'an thought for a mont and felt the timing still seed relatively ample.
Even if he was unclear about sothing later, the System could remind him in the consciousness space - nothing major would go wrong.
He lazily rolled over in bed, still feeling genuinely exhausted, his expression listless. "It's fine, I'll sleep another half hour. I already have acting ideas in my head, nothing will go wrong."
If following the original plan, there really was no urgency.
But what if a small mishap occurred?
【Well, Host, there's a tiny little problem...】 The Little Light Sphere suddenly spoke sowhat guiltily, 【Really just a tiny issue.
It's just that after leaving the horror ga world, the Cursed Child imdiately called you, but I had the Proxy System handle it, telling it to act according to circumstances——】
And this was precisely where the problem erged.
The flow rates between the two worlds - if Xiao Gui'an and the others had gone to those smaller worlds, they definitely could have returned before Xu Zisheng woke up.
But things are hard to predict - their stay in the Little Heavenly Master world exceeded the ti limit.
After returning, Xiao Gui'an was utterly exhausted, and the Zero System also needed to submit massive amounts of data, so they temporarily forgot in the busyness.
When the Zero System ca to its senses and received the ssages sent by the Proxy System, the entire little light sphere imdiately felt terrible.
Originally, after completing the horror adventure instance, Xu Zisheng needed to go to relevant departnts for psychological treatnt and contamination level assessnt.
The damage from a C-level instance was already sufficient to endanger lives.
Ordinary people needed at least a week of recuperation, and even longer if they had physical injuries.
Who would have ti to worry about others' situations?
For ga fairness and future sustainable developnt—
Unless there was very deep contact or so other mysterious thods, players participating in the sa instance would have their mories of each other veiled as if covered by a thin mist.
After the ga instance ended, they found it difficult to recall relevant details and characteristics, and had no way to learn each other's specific identity information.
This reduced the possibility of conflicts in the ga leading to real-world retaliation.
But obviously, the above two points posed no problem whatsoever for Xu Zisheng.
Xu Zisheng spent six hours in the horror adventure ga world, with roughly six hours passing in the real world too.
It seed the ti flow rate for this Hide and Seek instance was quite similar to the real world.
Lin Yimo, who entered the instance around the sa ti as him, woke up earlier than him. This ti she entered a D-level instance but spent a full three days inside it.
Lin Yimo was Xu Zisheng's university classmate, and they had previously experienced an E-level instance together.
Because Lin Yimo's family seed to have so connections with the military, her ho actually had three ga-protection pods and connection helts.
Xu Zisheng's previous ga connector, perhaps due to constant overloading, was almost unusable.
To avoid others noticing anything unusual, he ca to Lin Yimo's ho to borrow a ga pod.
Using the governnt's ga-protection pods would only increase his risk of exposure, so he absolutely wouldn't go there.
The ponytailed, pretty-faced girl Lin Yimo was clearly not in good condition.
Her complexion was sowhat pale, her hands trembling slightly. Out of concern, she asked the awakened Xu Zisheng, "Are you okay?"
Xu Zisheng paused almost imperceptibly, then revealed a slightly fearful expression, his entire aura suddenly becoming sowhat listless.
As if he too had spent a very terrible ti in the horror ga world.
He gently shook his head, appearing sowhat apprehensive but still calmly and gently replied, "Fine, I'm okay, I survived."
Lin Yimo breathed a sigh of relief, her legs still sowhat weak as she curled up in the ga pod, temporarily unable to stand up. "That's good——"
Pouring her a cup of warm water and handing it over, Xu Zisheng comforted, "Drink so water. I'll go outside for so fresh air, rest a bit, then we'll go register at the Horror Investigation Bureau."
"Okay." Lin Yimo subconsciously took the cup, not detecting anything unusual.
Arriving at the balcony, away from others' sight, Xu Zisheng's posture imdiately straightened, his aura becoming sowhat profound and unfathomable. With an indifferent expression, he dialed the number Gui Yi had left behind.
"Beep... beep——"
The first ti, the call tid out with no answer.
Xu Zisheng dialed again.
"Beep... beep..."
"The number you dialed cannot be reached... Please try again later..."
The second call also failed to connect.
The Proxy System could only operate according to rules - they were not permitted to have any communication or contact with the Chosen Ones of Fate.
When the actor wasn't present, they also couldn't perform substitutions.
So it could only cut off Xu Zisheng's communication twice in succession.
Xu Zisheng put down his phone, looking at the string of numbers on the screen, his thin lips slightly pressed together, his eyes seemingly tinged with so darkness as various thoughts began surfacing in his mind.
Was it the wrong number?
It shouldn't be—
He had repeatedly confird it with Gui Yi.
Unless the other party had deceived him—
Previously, when Gui Yi died directly in the instance, he must have suffered severe backlash in the real world too.
Even after being resurrected by the Writer, it was unknown whether the damage still affected him.
The distance between them was truly too far.
He could only know through the Blood Book that Gui Yi was still alive, but had no way to learn the other's specific condition.
Xu Zisheng refused to give up, editing several ssages and sending them over, but they sank like stones in the ocean with no response.
During their brief ti together, Gui Yi had ntioned he used a ga pod in his rented apartnt to enter ga instances, and there were no other people in the rental unit.
If he fell unconscious after exiting the ga instance, no one would imdiately notice.
Without tily dical attention, who knew what might happen.
When he called for the third ti, a chanical female voice inford him the number had insufficient balance.
Imdiately topping up the number for the other party, Xu Zisheng dialed again—
"Beep..."
"Beep——"
"Cannot be reached——"
"Please try again later..."
"Beep..."
Then, a series of red "unanswered" notifications neatly lined up in his phone.
Until Lin Yimo pushed open the balcony door, "Xu Zisheng?"
The mont she pushed open the door, she seed to faintly sense the extrely low pressure emanating from him, making one shudder.
"Shall we go?" As if it were an illusion, the brown-haired young man before her seed to have returned to his originally gentle self. Putting down his phone, he nodded in response, "Okay, let's go."
Walking out side by side, Lin Yimo inadvertently glimpsed him browsing flight tickets on his phone.
After quickly placing an order, Xu Zisheng looked up at Lin Yimo and said, "I need to travel far for sothing. Could you inform our ntor for later? The assigned research topic is almost completed, I'll email it to him later."
Xu Zisheng's work was always ticulous - any slight unusual clue could arouse his suspicion.
If there hadn't been enough ti on the rooftop earlier, with the ga about to end, Xu Zisheng might have been able to extract Gui Yi's entire family history spanning eighteen generations.
Gui Yi's condition was special - if he was influenced by his other side in the real world, who knew what he might do. Back then, he had used the Origin Contract to keep Gui Yi alive - if sothing happened to the other party, it would similarly affect himself.
He had to make the trip personally.
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