No shadow
Who has no shadow
Tang Ning raised her head in a daze and looked at Qi Yun's back. There was no sunlight in the room, so she couldn't tell whether Qi Yun had a shadow or not.
In fact, whether there is a shadow or not, Qi Yun is full of mysteries. Why does Qi Yun have such amazing deterrence against the monsters here? Why can Qi Yun get fresh meals from the cafeteria? Why does Qi Yun have a fatal attraction to him
Too many mysteries are centered on Qi Yun, who is like an invisible umbrella that blocks out the disturbing prying eyes of the outside world.
"Today's lunch is fried rice with egg." Qi Yun placed the steaming hot meal in front of Tang Ning, but it was still just a bowl of rice.
He also took out a peach like a magic trick, "This is the fruit after the meal."
Tang Ning didn't expect to see fruit in this copy. It was a ripe peach with a bright red spread across the pink skin. It seemed as if sweet juice would flow out if he poked it with his finger.
"Where did you get this peach?" Tang Ning asked.
"Preserved." His slender fingers fell into the small depression formed on the top of the peach. He rubbed it and tore off the ripe skin.
The juice wet his dry fingertips. Qi Yun stuck out his tongue and licked his fingertips with a cold face, "So sweet."
The tone was the same as when he praised Tangning's tears for being sweet.
Tang Ning lowered his head and couldn't help thinking about what happened last night. He picked up his chopsticks and ate the egg fried rice. It was delicious, even though the ingredients were just simple eggs, sausage and rice. The sausage in particular appeared many times in the diary.
If you think about it carefully, sausage is indeed a food that is very easy to preserve.
"Why aren't you eating?" Tang Ning asked in a low voice. He saw Qi Yun was still carefully peeling the peach, revealing the white and pink flesh inside.
"I've eaten it." Qi Yun peeled off the last bit of the peel and stared at Tangning quietly, "Eat it quickly."
Under Qi Yun's gaze, Tang Ning ate all the rice, then took the peeled peach and ate it in small bites. The fragrant juice filled her mouth, and it was so delicious that it reminded Tang Ning of her last supper.
Qi Yun took out a tissue and wiped the marks on Tang Ning's mouth bit by bit. After wiping it clean, he took Tang Ning's hand, led her to the dormitory, and then drew the curtains.
Tang Ning had no idea what Qi Yun was going to do. His eyes were filled with uncontrollable anxiety, much like a stray cat that had just been brought into a new home. Even if it was just exposed to the gaze of its new owner, it had to use all its strength to stop itself from trembling and flailing.
Only when they are extremely hungry or in danger will they carefully stick close to their new owners, meow commercially, and be ready to run away at any time.
But he is so handsome and so fragile, and the closeness he occasionally shows can make people fascinated.
Qi Yun walked towards Tang Ning.
Tangning, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, nervously moved to the corner, looking like she wanted to keep some distance from him. However, Qi Yun sat down right next to her, deliberately looking at her tense appearance.
Their shoulders touched each other, and their legs bumped into each other. Although there was clothing between them, Qi Yun could imagine the beautiful rosy white color under the thin fabric.
The earlobes turned a light pink.
I don't know how the other person will shiver if I blow hot air towards them.
"Don't you want to know why you were bullied?" Qi Yun said softly.
Tangning nodded quickly.
Qi Yun took out his phone and opened a video that was placed between him and Tang Ning. Tang Ning had to lean over to watch the video.
The video begins with a noisy sound of human voices. The camera is a little shaky, shaking from the dirty ground to the paint-chipping wall, then to the dark ceiling, and finally penetrating the backs of a group of people and aiming at a crying face.
The moment the lens focuses, the whole picture seems to brighten.
The surrounded boy was wet all over, as if he had just been drenched in water. His wet white shirt outlined his slender waist, and water was dripping from his hair to his eyelashes, like a pink rose blooming in a rainstorm.
"Are you cold?" someone asked him.
The boy opened his mouth in confusion and panic, his lips trembling as he could not utter a complete sentence.
"How did a cold shower turn out like this?"
"Why don't you take off your clothes when you take a shower?"
"Give him a cigarette to warm him up."
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There was bad laughter all around, and a lit cigarette was handed to the boy.
Tang Ning looked at the person in the video who looked exactly like him. Seeing him soaked to the skin, he couldn't help but think back to the rainy night when he escaped from the villa in the first instance.
It was as if invisible drops of water were dripping from his hair, chin, and the corners of his clothes. The familiar dampness and embarrassment made Tang Ning tremble all over.
The "Tang Ning" in the video shook his head and pushed the cigarette away to refuse, but his wrist was grabbed by someone and a person impatiently stuffed the cigarette into his mouth.
Tang Ning's wrist ached slightly, and the pain of being restrained by a pair of hands yesterday spread throughout her body.
The camera moved in little by little, getting close enough to see everyone's expressions clearly. When "Tang Ning" was choked by the smoke and started coughing, the people around him had actually stopped laughing.
The expressions on their faces changed from evil smiles to extremely consistent stunned and dazed looks.
Under the milky white smoke, "Tang Ning" was as fragile as a ball of elusive fog, and too beautiful to be real. The boy closest to him snorted, as if he was smelling the smoke choked by "Tang Ning".
There was an unconcealable fascination in his eyes.
"Tang Ning" was still coughing, and a half-filled cigarette fell from his mouth. The boy immediately caught the cigarette, like a vicious dog grabbing a bone. He greedily smoked the used cigarette, as if he was enjoying some supreme delicacy, and he spit all the thick smoke onto the boy's confused face.
“They’re obsessed with you.”
"But being homosexual is not accepted in this era."
“They don’t want to admit they committed a crime.”
“So I want to dirty this beauty.”
Qi Yun's voice was cold and pleasant, and every word he spoke seemed to be judging a crime. It pulled Tangning out of his thoughts that were immersed in the video and diary. He heard Qi Yun's tone suddenly soften:
"It's never your fault."
"There's nothing wrong with you."
Qi Yun held Tangning's face in his hands and whispered, "You are beauty itself."
If he was the real "Tang Ning", he would have completely fallen for her after hearing these words, right
Looking at Qi Yun's affectionate peach blossom eyes, Tang Ning couldn't help but have this thought in her mind.
But he is just an outsider player.
What he is most concerned about now is actually
Tangning stretched out her hand and pointed at a few faces in the video, "I think they look familiar. They seem to be from our class."
"Xu Yunxi and Xia Yun, your classmates, don't you remember them?"
"But aren't they dead?" One fell down the stairs and hit his head against the wall, and the other had a fork stabbed in the throat.
It was clearly written in the diary, so why am I still taking classes with him every day these days?!
Qi Yun laughed, "Didn't you find out a long time ago?"
"In this world, the dead can come back again—"
With the deepest malice, it is inflicted on those who are still alive.
"Everything is almost over, let's go to class." Qi Yun turned off his phone, his tone so relaxed and calm as if he was announcing that the game was over.
Tang Ning inexplicably felt extremely uneasy.
But Qi Yun did not reveal any other intentions.
Tang Ning left the dormitory with Qi Yun, holding the diary. She was ready to wait for Qi Yun to bring an umbrella downstairs, but suddenly found that Qi Yun did not have an umbrella.
"Your umbrella," Tang Ning reminded hesitantly.
A gaze that seemed to be able to see through everything fell on his face, and Qi Yun said meaningfully: "Since the things you want to cover up have been exposed, there is no need to hold an umbrella anymore."
After saying that, he calmly walked into the sunlight. Under the sunlight, Tang Ning did not see his shadow.
Does System Qi Yun no longer want to install the system anymore
Tang Ning's terrified gaze was as if he was looking at a bomb that could explode at any time.
Obviously, yes.
The sun was shining brightly, but Tang Ning felt a chill in his fingertips. He didn't know what Qi Yun would do next, but he could sense the danger lurking in the dark.
"Let's go." Qi Yun held Tang Ning's hand, holding their fingers tightly, and walked in the quiet campus.
We walked along the path of wisteria flowers with falling petals, along the lush green ivy, along the sparkling lakeside, and into the old and silent teaching building.
Just like in the morning, Qi Yun walked Tangning to the classroom door. Everyone looked up and stared at Tangning. The bell rang and Qi Yun patted Tangning's head and said with a smile, "Come in."
Their lips curled up in strange arcs as they stared at Tangning with smiles.
Tangning walked stiffly to her seat under the strange gazes. Gu Ming looked around solemnly. The moment Tangning sat down, he handed her a piece of paper. It read, "I found more corpses. Zhou Chuan and I have a very scary guess. All the NPCs in this school may be dead!"
Tangning took the note and wrote on it with difficulty, "As far as I know, there are indeed several NPCs in our class who are dead."
Gu Ming approached Tangning and whispered, "Which ones?"
Tangning carefully turned his head and looked around. He saw Xu Yunxi sitting in his seat and was about to point his hand at him.
Suddenly he realized that Xu Yunxi and the others were not only watching his every move, but were also groping in their pockets. He took out the lighter that Tangning had seen in the video.
The other hand was not holding a cigarette, but a workbook.
As Tang Ning stared blankly, Xu Yunxi lit up the homework book, smiled and threw the burning book towards the curtains in the classroom. The flames licked the curtains enthusiastically, instantly setting the entire curtains on fire.
All the students in the classroom burst into laughter.
Perhaps you have seen such a scene: high school students collect all their discarded test papers in the days leading up to the college entrance examination. Holding the thick stack of papers, they wantonly pour out the hard study and bright youth they have written over the years.
Countless test papers were thrown towards the burning curtains.
The flames rising into the sky were dazzling, the scorching fire waves devoured the fluttering papers, the air was filled with smoke, and the growing flames broke free from the curtains and flew out in a whoosh!
Tangning's eyes widened as he reflected the brilliant flames gushing out of the billowing black smoke. He heard the voice of his math teacher who had just entered the classroom: "Students! The bell has rung! Everyone, pay attention and listen carefully!"
"Fuck! This is the same dead end as last night!!!" Gu Ming stood up, grabbed Tangning's hand and rushed out, "Run!"
"Tangning! Gu Ming! Zhou Chuan!" the math teacher shouted angrily, "Why are you three running?! Are you going to class or not?"
Pairs of hands stretched out from all directions, grabbing Tang Ning's clothes and limbs. They laughed and asked, "Are you still going to class?"
The all-consuming flames danced in the classroom, flickering in everyone's dark eyes, like a demon that controlled everything trying to burn everyone into flames.
Gu Ming tried his best to pull off the hands that were holding onto Tang Ning's clothes, but since he had a broken hand, his efficiency was too low. Gu Ming's eyes turned fierce, and he bent his knees and rammed into the stomach of an NPC that was holding onto Tang Ning tightly.
He then supported himself on the table with one hand, leaped into the air, and fiercely kicked away a group of NPCs who were clinging to Tang Ning.
The NPCs fell to the ground stiffly, but the next second, they scrambled to their feet, staring at Tang Ning and the others with greedy and vicious eyes.
"Zhou Chuan! Open the door!!!" Gu Ming turned around and shouted at Zhou Chuan who had already rushed to the back door.
The back door of the classroom was blocked by a group of NPCs. They stood densely in front of the door, forming a new human wall.
Zhou Chuan squeezed into one NPC after another. The hunter card made his physical fitness far superior to that of ordinary people. He squeezed into the crowd like a hungry tiger pouncing on a sheep. Flames were burning behind him, and the fighting spirit in Zhou Chuan's body was also rising. He used all his strength to break through the encirclement of these NPCs and broke open the door at the moment when the flames were about to catch up!
Gu Ming pulled Tang Ning and rushed out closely behind him.
"You will be punished for leaving early! You have violated the school rules!!!" The math teacher waved a burning triangle ruler and roared angrily at Tang Ning and the others.
Tang Ning had just stepped out of the classroom door when she turned around and saw her classmates standing in the sea of fire with strange smiles on their faces. They said in unison, "You have violated the school rules! You will be punished!"
Flames climbed up their weird smiles, devoured their flesh, and then erupted from the door frame.
Gu Ming suddenly dragged Tang Ning to the end of the corridor!
A gust of hot wind blew by, and flames spread from one classroom to another like a wave. Countless test papers were thrown out of the window. The endless flames seemed to have life among the flying papers, and rushed towards Tang Ning and his group like a flexible giant python.
Tangning continued to pant as she ran. Just as she was about to reach the corner of the stairs, a familiar scene appeared in her vision—
Qi Yun appeared from the end of the corridor.
In the raging fire, Qi Yun and Gu Ming reached out to him at the same time.
Qi Yun’s appearance made everyone quiet down.
Even the surging flames seemed to stop for a moment.
Gu Ming and Zhou Chuan looked at Qi Yun warily, but Qi Yun didn't even spare a glance for the two dusty men. He walked towards Tang Ning step by step with graceful steps and placed his spotless hand in front of Tang Ning.
"This time, come with me." Qi Yun said politely.
Like a gentleman inviting his beloved to a dance.
Woodcutter card setting 2: If you choose the wrong one, you will be chopped to death by an axe
Tangning stood between Qi Yun and Gu Ming. He looked up at Qi Yun and asked, "Did we violate the school rules?"
Qi Yun nodded.
Tangning asked again, "We will die soon, right?"
The flames surged in Qi Yun's dark pupils, like the fire of hell burning in the cold abyss, "You won't."
What do you mean I can't
Tangning stared at Gu Ming and Zhou Chuan blankly, "Are they going to die?"
Qi Yun nodded.
Gu Ming was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He looked at the hand he was holding tightly on Tang Ning's hand. He was silent for a moment before gently letting go.
"Then can you please save them?" Tang Ning asked as he did last night. His teammates did not abandon him but tried their best to rescue him from the sea of fire. He could not give up on his teammates.
Her beautiful eyes sparkled with hope, and Tang Ning raised her face, waiting for Qi Yun's salvation.
"Sorry, this is a death rule that cannot be violated." Qi Yun refused in a calm yet cruel tone.
Tang Ning was stunned.
The hope he had originally had was shattered at this moment, but Tangning did not give up completely.
There is no such thing as a dead end in a card game, there must be a way to crack it!
And why can I break the rules of death, but my teammates can't
A sense of doubt lingered in Tangning's heart. She looked at Qi Yun who was so close to her and finally couldn't help asking him the question that was hidden in his heart: "Why are you so nice to me?"
He had nothing to offer this man.
Could it be that Qi Yun was really the prince in the card? But how could a prince look like a devil
Then, Tangning heard an unexpected answer: "I love you, and I want you to love me too."
Tangning smiled in disbelief, "What?"
Qi Yun didn't say anything.
—For monsters, the more they love you, the more they want to keep you in this copy forever. Players will leave when the time limit is up, but dead players will not!
The warning Gu Ming had written before came to mind. Tangning looked at Qi Yun, "I have one last question. If I didn't love you, would you want to keep me in this world forever?"
Qi Yun nodded again.
"Why?" Tang Ning's voice was dry, and his heart slowly sank as Qi Yun admitted it.
"Because I'm too lonely." Qi Yun's gaze passed over Tang Ning and looked at the sea of fire that was raging across the sky, emitting endless light and heat. Black smoke filled the buildings, and everything in the world seemed to be caught in this terrible catastrophe.
"Everything here is being destroyed, including people and food." He has seen flames devouring vegetation, drying up rivers, and burning steel bars. He has also seen the ground cracking, buildings collapsing, and order falling apart. He has also seen lakes backflowing, tables and chairs floating, and fish rotting.
"But when a cycle ends, they will reappear unchanged." Corpses are still piled up in the same place, but the dead have returned to the classroom, and the torn calendars have returned to the original countdown to the college entrance examination.
"I've been here for a very long time, and you're the only person I never get tired of seeing." Qi Yun's distant gaze fell on Tang Ning's face again. His eyes were very gentle at this moment, so gentle that they seemed like solid ice slowly melting.
"I love you."
Tang Ning listened to Qi Yun's confession quietly. He looked at Qi Yun's handsome appearance and affectionate eyes, but he couldn't help but picture another person's face in his mind. He whispered to Qi Yun: "But your feelings for me are not the love I want."
"Real love doesn't work like this."
"There was once a person who said he loved me. I didn't believe him at first, until he entered a world of eternal loneliness for me." Tangning took a step back and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, I can't love you anymore."
"Because I've fallen in love with that person."
Even if rejecting Qi Yun would lead to death, Tang Ning did not want to live in this world like a walking corpse.
He hated everything here, hated the dormitory manager who kept knocking on the door late at night, hated the food in the cafeteria that was heavily seasoned but couldn't cover up the rotten smell, hated the classroom that was burning
He hates Qi Yun.
What’s more, I hate myself for wanting to escape but being forced to cling to Qi Yun.
In fact, after playing the game for so long, he is really tired, and perhaps death is a good relief.
Moist mist filled Tang Ning's eyes. At the moment when she decided that it didn't matter even if she was heading towards death, Tang Ning gave Qi Yun a bright smile for the first time.
He smiled like a happy little bird.
It spread its delicate wings, flew out of the cage made of golden wire, and flew towards the forest that was burning with raging fire.
Tang Ning had such a smile on her face, her eyelashes trembled, and a tear fell from her misty eyes.
Tang Ning covered his eyes with his hands. He thought he should be able to face death bravely, but he still couldn't help but shed tears.
Qi Yun stared at the person in front of him steadily, his brows slightly furrowed, his eyes filled with confusion and a hint of pain. This pain was only a little bit at first, and then it was like a rapidly expanding crack on glass, making Qi Yun's calm and self-controlled eyes on the verge of breaking.
— “There was a guy who said he loved me.”
The hand that was extended towards Tang Ning curled up together and pressed on his temple with trembling hands. Qi Yun lowered his head with a look of pain on his face.
— "For my sake, he entered a world where he would be forever alone."
Qi Yun frowned and put his hand on his brain which felt like it was being pricked by needles. Endless pain came over him and his face turned as white as a piece of paper.
Tangning didn't see any of this. He turned around and looked at Gu Ming. He tried to ask in a cheerful tone, "Do you know what the first drama I starred in was called?"
It was a small web drama that did not make much of a splash, and generally not many people knew about it. But if you were really his die-hard fan, you would know about it.
"The Waste Beauty." Gu Ming said without hesitation.
Tangning continued to ask, "When is my birthday?"
Gu Ming blurted out: "919."
"What is my favorite thing to do when I'm not working?"
"Play games and eat dessert."
"What's my cat's name?"
"happy."
"Last question, why are you my biggest fan?"
"It starts with appearance, but ends with character."
Tangning grabbed Gu Ming's hand and said with a smile, "Little fan, take me and run away. Run away from this crazy and corrupt world."