Mo Yi stared at the lit phone screen for a moment, then there was a soft knock on the door again, and a familiar female voice came muffled through the closed door, which sounded quite far away:
"It's me, Jiang Yuanrou, are you home?"
Mo Yi regained his composure, turned off the computer screen, stood up, and walked quickly to the door.
The light wooden door opened in front of him, and Jiang Yuanrou was standing one step away from him, her soft light brown hair made her face paler, her light lips were tightly pressed, looking Seems a little uneasy.
After seeing Mo Yi open the door, Jiang Yuanrou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief:
"Great... I couldn't contact you all day today. I thought something happened to you."
Mo Yi shrugged helplessly and said, "I'm sorry, there was a delay."
—Actually, he didn't expect that he would spend a whole day on it, and he didn't even think of looking at his mobile phone.
Jiang Yuanrou heard the meaning in Mo Yi's tone that he didn't want to talk more, so he thoughtfully stopped asking, and just nodded to indicate that he knew.
Mo Yi turned sideways to let her in, Jiang Yuanrou raised his eyes to look into the room, and couldn't help being slightly taken aback:
"Why don't you turn on the light?"
Only then did Mo Yi realize that he had been in the dark from just now, smiled awkwardly, and replied:
"… forget."
After finishing speaking, he took advantage of the dim twilight outside the window to grope for a while on the wall, only to hear a light click, and the headlight instantly turned on, illuminating the entire room.
Jiang Yuanrou followed him into the room, and the door closed quietly behind her.
She looked deeply at Mo Yi, and said:
"When I was in the dungeon before, thank you very much. When I confronted Edwin, I was really desperate. I felt that I was lucky to survive that dungeon, let alone go to Yuanbai gone."
Jiang Yuanrou took a deep breath slowly, a gleam of water flashed in her eyes, she blinked vigorously to stabilize her emotions:
"Thanks to you... Otherwise, Yuan Bai really couldn't have come out alive, really... thank you."
She stared at Mo Yi and said solemnly: "We will never forget your help."
Jiang Yuanrou's words were subtle, but people could still understand her voice - she would repay him as much as possible.
Mo Yi's face was flat, but he just smiled lightly: "I have a heart."
Suddenly, at this moment, Mo Yi seemed to think of something, he looked at Jiang Yuanrou with some doubts, and then asked:
"By the way, where is Jiang Yuanbai? Didn't he come together?"
As soon as he spoke, Jiang Yuanrou's complexion suddenly changed, and her eyes gradually became serious. She let out a long breath, and then said in a low voice:
"Yuan Bai hasn't woken up yet."
Mo Yi was taken aback: "...didn't wake up?"
Jiang Yuanrou nodded heavily, and continued: "Actually, when I couldn't contact you this morning, I wanted to come over to check on your safety, but the reason why I took the time now is because I was stumped by Yuan Bai's matter. hands and feet."
Mo Yi looked at her quietly, waiting for her next words.
I saw Jiang Yuanrou pinching the bridge of his nose wearily, a trace of tiredness stained his pale complexion, and said:
"After the dungeon ended, Yuan Bai did return to the real world, but he was always in a coma."
Mo Yi frowned: "Do you know why?"
Jiang Yuanrou shook his head slowly, and said: "We have the best family doctor and equipment, and we have done a full-body examination on Yuan Bai, and found that his body is very healthy, and his physiological functions are intact, but just... he can't wake up. Come."
Mo Yi watched Jiang Yuanrou's exhausted face, and pursed his lips lightly.
Jiang Yuanrou continued: "The doctor said... he seemed to be resisting, as if he didn't want to wake up."
... I don't want to wake up.
Mo Yi's brows were tightly frowned, he remembered what Wen Chen said in the dungeon before, Jiang Yuanbai didn't have a big problem physically, but not necessarily psychologically... Could this be what he was referring to
He asked, "Do you know when Yuan Bai will enter the dungeon next time?"
Jiang Yuanrou looked up at him, with deep worry hidden in his eyes: "One month."
Mo Yi continued to ask: "What if Jiang Yuanbai hasn't woken up by then?"
A bleak smile flashed across Jiang Yuanrou's face: "What can we do, this game will not show pity for the player because of his physical and psychological reasons, and when the time comes, the game will still drag him into the game." In the dungeon, that would definitely be waiting for death."
She paused and explained: "According to my experience, the game will select the right timing and state of the player when pulling the player into the instance for the first time, but after the first time, even if the player is not ready at the beginning of the game The status will also be pulled into the copy."
Jiang Yuanrou thought for a few seconds, then continued:
"Perhaps it is because the game will give the time to enter the game next time after the end of a copy, so if the player is not ready at that time, the game will default that he is willing to bear all the consequences."
Mo Yi nodded thoughtfully.
So... If Jiang Yuanbai doesn't wake up within a month, he will enter the copy in his current state.
— Definitely doomed.
I only heard Jiang Yuanrou continue to say: "Now our family doctor has fully taken over, and the medical equipment is also the most advanced. Besides... I have nothing else to do."
She pursed her lips hesitantly, looked up at Mo Yi, and asked in a low voice with some embarrassment:
"By the way, can I ask... what happened when you rescued Yuan Bai? Do you mind revealing it?"
Mo Yi lowered his eyes slightly, the light above his head shone down, and his eyelashes cast deep shadows on his pale face.
He shook his head slowly and replied:
"Sorry, it's not just me, but also a friend of mine who contributed to this matter."
Mo Yi raised his eyes to look at Jiang Yuanrou, and said sincerely: "And it can be said that he played the main force, so..."
He didn't say all the rest, but it was enough for a wise man.
Jiang Yuanrou nodded, with an apologetic smile on his face:
"I understand... In fact, I am also rushing to the doctor in a hurry."
At this moment, Jiang Yuanrou seemed to think of something, and the expression on his face suddenly became strange:
"By the way, the helping friend you mentioned...is that the gentleman we met after we left Edwin's spiritual world?"
Mo Yi was stunned for a moment, and the previous image in the dungeon instantly returned to his mind—the kiss that made people blush and intertwined lips and teeth came back to him vividly again, as if it was imprinted into the senses.
He felt a little hot on his face, and couldn't help coughing lightly: "It's him."
Jiang Yuanrou showed a teasing smile:
"Don't forget to introduce him to us if you have the opportunity. I just haven't thanked him in person yet."
Mo Yi's complexion returned to normal, but he still looked a little embarrassed:
"Actually we're not..."
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he was choked - he wanted to explain that they were not the kind of relationship Jiang Yuanrou imagined, but according to what Jiang Yuanrou saw before... this weak explanation can't even help convince himself.
Mo Yi's unspoken voice spun around his mouth, and finally replied:
"... if there is a chance."
Jiang Yuanrou picked up her bag, turned around and walked out, saying as she walked:
"Since nothing happened to you, then the purpose of my coming has been achieved."
She put her hand on the doorknob, turned her head to look at Mo Yi solemnly, and said solemnly: "It's really scary that you have been out of touch for a whole day, and we are all worried."
Jiang Yuanrou opened the door, and the lights in the corridor outside the door lit up with the sound of her opening the door, illuminating the entrance along the open door.
When she was standing at the door, she suddenly thought of something, and asked, "By the way... are you going to see Yuan Bai?"
Mo Yi thought about it—to be honest, he couldn't say he wasn't curious about Jiang Yuanbai's current state, and he had worked so hard to rescue him before, so it wouldn't make sense if he didn't see each other.
So he nodded, then looked down at the watch on his wrist, and added:
"Yes, but it's too late today. I'll see him tomorrow."
Jiang Yuanrou nodded, and gave him a faint smile: "Well, that's fine, see you tomorrow."
After finishing speaking, she bowed deeply to Mo Yi again: "This time, I really thank you very much."
Jiang Yuanrou straightened up, took one last deep look at Mo Yi, and said, "Good night."
After finishing speaking, she closed the door politely and quietly, and Mo Yi could hear the sound of her high heels hitting the ground muffled through the closed door, and then gradually faded away.
The room fell silent again.
The warm yellow light from the top of the room is reflected on the clean window, which overlaps with the street lamps and moving car lights on the road far outside the window, making it look colorful and bizarre.
Mo Yi stared out of the window for a while, then let out a long breath, turned and walked into the bathroom.
He turned on the cold water faucet, and the cold and clear water washed down instantly. He put his hand under the water, and splashed a handful of cold water on his face.
The icy feeling rushed straight to the top of the head along the skin of the face, making Mo Yi's whole body tremble, and the whole person instantly woke up—
According to his current progress in deciphering that string of codes, tonight might be a long night.
Mo Yi reached out and took the towel hanging on the side and wiped his face casually, his eyes fell on the sink beside him inadvertently.
The ribbon that had been wrapped around his wrist in the copy before was lying quietly on the white porcelain sink, glowing faintly under the light.
He was slightly taken aback, reached out to pick up the ribbon, and looked at it carefully.
Mo Yi was in a hurry to take a shower before, so he tore it off and put it aside without carefully observing it. After that, he was directly attracted by the code found in the dungeon and spent a whole day beside the computer. time of day.
— so he only discovered the above changes now.
Mo Yi's brows and eyes were slightly condensed, the corners of his lips were straightened, and his dark eyes were fixed on the strap in his palm.
I saw not only a bright blood line on it, but also deep ink traces smearing the edge of the silk ribbon, spreading deep and shallow on the silver-white silk ribbon, flowing with the undulation of the fabric.
It's like... absorbing the dark matter that imprisoned Jiang Yuanbai in the dungeon before.