Tan Yan walked into the ward with a glass of water. Seeing Liang Xian's eyes open, he walked up to him, touched his forehead, and asked, "How do you feel?"
"It's okay. My headache is about to explode. Have you ever encountered this situation before?" Liang Xian asked.
"When I was in the other world," Tan Yan explained simply, "one time... I suddenly felt a severe pain and fell directly into the sea. I found a plank to climb out and floated for two days before finally floating to an island."
He didn't say much, but Liang Xian could guess from Tan Yan's words how dangerous that time was. However, Tan Yan's tone was very calm, as if it was just an ordinary thing.
"Are you alone?" he asked.
"Um."
"Since the discovery of the 'void', you have been the only one?" Liang Xian knew that this question might be confidential. "The country has never taken care of you?"
"They didn't know at first," Tan Yan tried to avoid mentioning the age issue, "and then Minister Yu found out and knew I could enter the 'Void', so he started selecting team members, and now you're all in together."
When he said this he smiled and seemed quite happy.
Liang Xian felt a little sad, and he couldn't tell whether he felt sorry for the man in front of him or felt unfair for him being so stupid. He rubbed his temple and whispered, "I can't be as selfless as you."
Perhaps truth will come to light sooner or later. As more and more people enter the "void", one day someone will discover that supernatural powers can also be used in the real world. Liang Xian is not quite sure what kind of wave this will cause in society.
But one thing is certain, there must be more people who hope that they or their subordinates have superpowers. At that time, the "void" will turn from a disaster into an opportunity in the eyes of these people, and countless people will be thrown into it to die. Many people may die at the beginning, but gradually the information about the "void" will slowly spread, and there will always be someone with superpowers who will come back alive...
Those of them who originally possessed superpowers might also be exploited and become pawns of others.
Of course, it is also possible that the country will conceal this matter very well and send more soldiers to awaken their powers, thereby slowly improving the human physique and ultimately achieving human evolution.
Before something happens, no one knows whether the outcome will be good or bad.
All Liang Xian could do was to maintain this peace as long as possible, at least... until he fully mastered his supernatural powers, had an absolute advantage, and had the right to speak.
"If our power could be used in the real world, what do you think would happen?" Liang Xian asked.
"That's impossible," Tan Yan said with a smile, "If everyone could use it, it would be a mess."
Tan Yan's eyes were always firm. He really believed that there were no superpowers in the real world. However, if you think about it carefully, this idea itself is incredible. No matter who it is, after getting the power, they will try to use it in the real world. It has nothing to do with good or evil, it's just out of curiosity.
Why is Tan Yan so confident
"Have you tried it since you came back?"
"No." Tan Yan felt very strange. "Why did you try if you knew it was impossible?"
He touched Liang Xian's forehead and fed him a sip of water. "Go to bed early. I'll buy some porridge tomorrow morning. You'll probably feel uncomfortable for a few days."
Liang Xian thought Tan Yan's idea was a little weird. Who would not want to try it out in the real world if they suddenly got supernormal power? Didn't he even have the heart to explore
Others were also very surprised. Liang Xian knew that most people who were engaged in scientific research were skeptical about everything and would not easily believe in one person's words. Everyone just listened to Tan Yan's words "superpowers cannot be used in the real world", and no one tried to doubt it.
Including Liang Xian himself, when they just regained their vision at night, they did not realize their abnormality for a long time.
consciousness…
He rubbed his brain, which was still aching. Is the power of consciousness really that strong
With such doubts in mind, Liang Xian slowly fell asleep. In a daze, he felt that someone was sitting next to him and had not left all night.
I realized that this was Tan Yan, and I could confirm it without opening my eyes. It was not through the five senses, but through feeling, intuition, sixth sense, or consciousness...
The next day Liang Xian was awakened by the delicious smell of porridge. He had vomited everything last night and was very hungry. When he opened his eyes, he saw Tan Yan holding the lunch box and trying to cool the porridge. He felt warm in his heart.
Even though he had doubts about some of Tan Yan's thoughts last night, Liang Xian never doubted Tan Yan. Tan Yan never lied, he just didn't "realize" that everything happened inadvertently.
Liang Xian believes that this kind of "consciousness" is a good thing.
My headache is gone, so I'll try again today, Liang Xian thought as he drank his porridge.
When he returned to the dormitory, Cui Heyu and others had already gone for morning exercises. He and Tan Yan, one was sick and the other was taking care of a patient all night, so they didn't need to exercise. Liang Xian flipped through his tool box and installed a mechanism on his bed while Tan Yan went to wash up.
The classes will not officially start until tomorrow, and most of the interest group activities are on weekends and evenings, so they can have a day off today.
Cui Heyu returned to the dormitory and saw that Liang Xian was a little awkward. Qiu Qizheng pressed his head and asked, "How do you feel?"
"I'm fine." Liang Xian said, "I just feel a little uncomfortable in my stomach. It's probably because I used too much intravenous antibiotics a few days ago, which hurt my stomach."
Cui Heyu looked awkward and said, "I didn't know you were unwell yesterday. I just saw you... How did you fly to the bed?"
Knowing that he would not let this problem go, Liang Xian patted the head of the bed and said, "I installed a mechanism. Try it. You can do it too."
Cui Heyu walked over with doubt, and imitated Liang Xian to tap the small button on the bedside. A steel wire shot out and hooked Cui Heyu's waist, like a wire rope. As long as he moved in coordination with the contraction of the steel wire, he could easily lie down on the bed.
Cui and Yu were not proficient at first and even fell down. But after practicing a few times, they were able to fly up easily, just like Liang Xian did last night.
"Did you install the steel wire last night?" Cui Heyu still didn't believe it.
"Of course," Liang Xian looked at him and said seriously, "How can a person fly? It's absolutely impossible. What do you think, Tan Yan?"
"No." Tan Yan answered according to his words.
When he said "absolutely impossible", Liang Xian felt a little headache again, but as soon as Tan Yan opened his mouth, Liang Xian felt the pain eased.
Cui Heyu's eyes on the other side also changed from suspicion to disdain. He pulled out the steel wire rope Liang Xian had installed and took a look. He curled his lips and said, "You're so old and still like to play like a primary school student. It's really boring."
In the eyes of others, this was just a simple conversation, but based on Liang Xian's understanding of Cui Heyu, he knew that this person was particularly fond of nitpicking and generally would not easily believe what Liang Xian said. However, this time his thoughts changed so simply.
No one doubted it, including Qin Li.
Liang Xian felt vaguely scared. If the power of "consciousness" was so terrifying, wouldn't it mean that he could do whatever he wanted
Is there no limit to this power? What if someone really has a 100% awakened brain and full control of consciousness, and this person happens to be a criminal
Then if he uses "consciousness" to commit a crime, the police may not even find evidence.
The "void" problem must be solved thoroughly, otherwise the earth will really fall into a disaster.
Liang Xian was very stressed because he was the only one who was "conscious". He didn't dare to sleep for several days, fearing that his "consciousness" would accidentally affect the surrounding environment after he fell asleep. Of course, Liang Xian's power was not that strong. When he was awake, he would feel pain in his brain when he concentrated on using his supernatural power. It was even more impossible for his scattered consciousness to cause any impact after he fell asleep.
He understands this, but he still worries.
Keeping a secret is not an easy thing, especially when it comes to something as illusory as consciousness. Liang Xian was afraid of being exposed every day and lived in fear every day.
Anxiety made him lose weight at a visible rate. Only ten days after the start of school, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, his eye circles were dark, and his mental state was very bad. Lack of sleep made him dazed and often distracted. It was okay during class, because he had mastered most of the knowledge and could distract himself without worry. But it was terrible during physical training. Several times when he stood at attention, Liang Xian began to sway.
"Liang Xian, Liang Xian!" Qiao Zhixue shouted Liang Xian's name loudly and almost walked down from the podium to shake him.
The activity of the interest group every night is to give lectures. Qiao Zhixue sorted out the knowledge of quantum mechanics for everyone, which was very boring. Qiao Zhixue's IQ was too high, and he was imaginative when he gave lectures. He said whatever he thought of. Many knowledge points were not understood by even Ah San, and he had to look for relevant books after class to help understand. Many students did not understand the meaning of joining such a group. It was so mysterious at the beginning, but they did not expect it to be a mutual aid group for learning.
When Qiao Zhixue was giving a lecture, Liang Xian was sitting next to Tan Yan. He tilted his head and fell asleep on Tan Yan's shoulder.
Tan Yan was very considerate of him and quietly changed his position to make Liang Xian sleep better. However, Qiao Zhixue could not stand Liang Xian being so casual. It was fine if other people were not interested, but Liang Xian, as an insider, how could he be so unmotivated.
After class, several people who knew the situation stayed for a small meeting, and Qiao Zhixue criticized Liang Xian's attitude by name.
"I know that Hollow hasn't appeared for nearly a month, but you shouldn't be so lazy." Qiao Zhixue scolded, "Look at your mental state, do you still look like a people's soldier?"
Liang Xian forced himself to cheer up, nodded repeatedly, and pretended to be taught.
Seeing how tired he was, Tan Yan couldn't help but defend him, "Liang Xian wasn't feeling well to begin with, and he's been helping me with my lessons these days, so he's really exhausted."
"This can't be considered tiring," Ah San frowned and said, "Liang Xian, in your current state... why do you feel like you're under a lot of pressure?"
"I feel pressured when I think that the 'void' may appear at any time. We almost died in it last time, and this time..." Liang Xian made up an excuse following Ah San's words.
"You'd better adjust your state quickly. If you are still in this state when the 'void' appears, the organization will not allow you to enter." Qiao Zhixue was very sad.
Liang Xian is an outstanding talent that they have chosen, and he is very likely to become Tan Yan's successor in the future. If he can't even withstand such a little pressure, how can he become a qualified leader in the future.
After the meeting, Liang Xian slowly followed Tan Yan. He looked very tired, and every step he took was so heavy. The secrecy during these days made Liang Xian not even have the energy to explore whether his feelings for Tan Yan were just a suspension bridge effect or he was really moved.
Tan Yan also walked slowly. Seeing that Liang Xian was still listless, he walked a few steps slowly to parallel him: "After returning from the 'Void' for the first time, I was the same as you."
Liang Xian raised his head.
"I was very scared," Tan Yan recalled, "so I went to the police chief at the time to report the case. He thought I was crazy and wanted to send me to a mental hospital for treatment."
"How could that be? As long as we take a photo with our mobile phone and have evidence, our superiors will definitely take it seriously." Liang Xian asked puzzled.
Tan Yan smiled bitterly. He didn't have a mobile phone at that time.
"In fact, I could have taken him with me, but I was pretty useless at the time. I couldn't even move around in the 'void' by myself, and I couldn't protect anyone. I was afraid that my boss would really think I was a psychopath, so I asked people everywhere to speak up for me, and I managed to keep my position."
"Position?" Liang Xian frowned. "Weren't you in junior high school at that time?"
Tan Yan, who can't lie: "..."
"Anyway, I couldn't tell anyone. I was afraid to go in again. Every day I worried that the 'hole' would appear again." Tan Yan glossed over it and continued, "But the second time the 'hole' appeared in front of me, I just wanted to run. I ran two steps and saw a cat screaming as it was sucked in."
Tan Yan paused, as if lost in deep memories: "Not far from the hole is a residential building, and the dog in the yard is barking non-stop. If I delay for another minute, the residential building will be swallowed up by the 'hole'."
His legs were shaking, and every cell in his body wanted to escape in the opposite direction of the "void". This is the fear of nature, it is instinctive.
But Tan Yan heard the barking of the dog, looked at the house, touched the police badge on his hat, and rushed towards the "hole".
"I ran in and the cat was already dead." Tan Yan continued to recall, "I wrapped the cat in my arms and burned it when I came back. I put the ashes in a small bottle and brought the small bottle with me every time I went in."
“When I can’t sleep at night, I touch the bottle and I feel sleepy. When I’m scared, I touch the bottle and I’m not scared anymore.”
As Tan Yan was talking, he felt Liang Xian's head hit his shoulder. He did not move, letting Liang Xian lean on him and continued, "Later, the bottle was accidentally broken, but I was no longer afraid."
"You are alone..." Liang Xian was a little unable to continue. He had tasted the feeling of hiding secrets alone to protect others these days. It was so difficult to keep it secret. How did Tan Yan hide such a big thing? He also had to restrain his fear of the unknown.
"Fortunately," Tan Yan said, "I felt that I did the right thing at the time. It will be easy once I get through the first few days."
"How old were you then?"
“Eighteen…” Tan Yan just finished speaking when he remembered that his ID card showed he was only eighteen years old, so he shut up.
"How old are you this year? You don't have a baby face..."
Liang Xian was mumbling when he suddenly thought that Tan Yan was just like himself now, keeping a secret. Knowing the pain, why did he ask about Tan Yan's age
"You haven't slept well for several days." Tan Yan tapped Liang Xian's dark circles.
"I'm a little worried," Liang Xian tried to express his feelings. "The brain is so powerful. It would be terrible if I accidentally used my supernatural powers while sleeping."
"How could that be?" Tan Yan felt that he was worrying too much. "Didn't I tell you that it can't be used in the real world? If it can be used in any way, it will be a mess."
Liang Xian: “…”
He seemed to understand why Tan Yan firmly believed that supernatural powers could not be used in the real world.
Because he subconsciously "realized" that this was not a good thing, he blocked this possibility himself. As he said, he was afraid of "chaos" and causing unrest.
Liang Xian stood beside Tan Yan and took this opportunity to conduct an experiment.
He tried to see the dormitory building in the distance, but saw nothing.
The power cannot be used.
Looking at the determined Tan Yan beside him, Liang Xian understood that Tan Yan firmly believed that he could not use his supernatural powers. His brain development was far more advanced than his own. As long as he was within the range of Tan Yan's observation, or the range of his "consciousness", he could not use his supernatural powers.
The reason he could use it that day was because Tan Yan fell asleep.
Suddenly I thought of a way to fall asleep.
Liang Xian still kept his head on Tan Yan's shoulder, and whispered carefully: "Um... I can't sleep well alone these days, can I share a bed with you at night?"
Tan Yan: “…”
Such a big guy, is he still afraid of the dark
"No, I've been to the 'Empty Hole' once and I'm a little unsure..." Liang Xian was not good at showing weakness and he couldn't continue after just a few words.
"I understand," Tan Yan felt relieved, "Okay, let's just squeeze in these few days."
So that night Liang Xian took advantage of the others sleeping and sneaked onto Tan Yan's bed. He slept very soundly that night, and the fact that he "realized" that Tan Yan was by his side made Liang Xian feel at ease.
The next morning, Cui Heyu, who got up first, said: "…"
His bed was next to Liang Xian's. As soon as he opened his eyes, he felt that there was no one next to him. He looked around and saw two grown men sleeping soundly in each other's arms on a small bed opposite.
Cui Heyu rubbed his face, climbed out of bed with a numb look, rushed to the bathroom and wiped his face with cold water. When he returned to the dormitory, he saw Liang Xian sleeping soundly on his bed.
Cui Heyu: “…”
Don't think that if you sneak back I'll think I'm dazzled!
He also noticed that Liang Xian was a little absent-minded these days. At that time, he was wondering how such a proud person like Liang Xian could have psychological problems. Now he suddenly realized.
It turns out that he is struggling violently after discovering that his sexual orientation is different from that of ordinary people.
The problem is that he changed too quickly. He went to sleep on a bed right after he felt relieved. How did he convince Tan Yan
During the daytime class, Cui Heyu kept staring at the two of them. Liang Xian looked refreshed, and Tan Yan also interacted with Liang Xian openly, with no sign of anything unusual.
According to Cui Heyu's understanding of the two, Liang Xian must be arrogant and cunning, and it is normal for him to do this, without blushing at all. But Tan Yan is a conservative and traditional person. He will probably go on a blind date, get married, and have children in the future, and live his life step by step. He shouldn't be so calm.
Cui Heyu, who had been struggling for the whole day, decided to give it a try. During the break of the interest group class in the evening, he approached Liang Xian and said in a neither loud nor soft voice, "Did you sleep in the same bed with Tan Yan last night?"
The originally noisy classroom suddenly became silent, and even Qiao Zhixue, who was sitting in front of the podium, could hear it.
When Qiao Zhixue learned Tan Yan’s real age and that he had never been married, his jaw almost dropped. No way!
Seeing that everyone knew about it, Liang Xian cursed Cui Heyu as a bitch in his heart, but said calmly on the surface: "Yes, what's so strange about it? When you were a child, you cried and slept on Qiu Qizheng's bed."
Cui Heyu blushed: "You know it was when I was a kid. I was in elementary school and had just transferred to a special class. It was my first time leaving home to live in the dormitory. It's normal to be scared! How old are you? You're not still afraid of the dark, are you?"
Liang Xian was about to retort, but Tan Yan said, "It's me. I just transferred here and I'm not used to it. I couldn't sleep well at night, so I asked Liang Xian to accompany me."
He had a righteous look on his face, and his eyes showed "It's normal for brothers to help each other", which made Cui Heyu unable to speak anymore.
If Liang Xian said this, everyone would think he had ulterior motives, but Tan Yan was too upright. He looked like a good kid who would hand over a penny he found on the side of the road to the police. It was absolutely impossible for him to have a homosexual relationship with his classmates.
Since Tan Yan had spoken, Cui Heyu stopped asking questions, always feeling that Tan Yan had been deceived by Liang Xian.
After class that day, Qiao Zhixue kept the two of them and asked, "Are you two in that kind of relationship?"
"Of course not," Liang Xian explained, "I've been in a bad mood recently and haven't been sleeping well. You also know that my mental state yesterday was very unstable. I found that I can only sleep well when I'm next to Tan Yan. It may take some time to adjust. It should be fine after a few days."
Seeing that Liang Xian's dark circles had indeed faded a lot, Qiao Zhixue nodded in confusion, agreeing with his statement.
Asan didn't believe Liang Xian, but just kept observing Tan Yan. Seeing that he looked calm and upright, he began to believe that Tan Yan's character was still very reliable.
Now that Cui Heyu had exposed the truth, Liang Xian no longer had to pretend. He climbed onto Tan Yan's bed before turning off the lights, saving him the trouble of sneaking onto the bed in the middle of the night.
The bed was a little small, and it was a bit crowded to cover it with two quilts, so Liang Xian just got into bed with his pillow and slept in the same quilt with Tan Yan.
He lay down in the quilt with his upper body naked, propped up his chin and looked at Tan Yan who was studying below, just like a maid warming the bed.
"Liang Xian is becoming more and more shameless." Cui Heyu shook his head and said to Qin Li beside him.
Unexpectedly, Qin Li looked up at Liang Xian and said hesitantly, "Do you think I should sleep in the same bed with them?"
Cui Heyu: “…”
Qin Li’s idea is very simple. He also entered the "void", awakened his superpowers, and was very confused. Does he also need to adjust his mentality
However, Qin Li shuddered violently at the thought of sharing a bed with a man. Forget it, his mentality was better than Liang Xian's, so it shouldn't be necessary.
The second "emptiness" came on the third night that Liang Xian and Tan Yan slept together. At that time, Tan Yan's cell phone suddenly rang. He opened his eyes suddenly when he was about to fall asleep. He looked at Liang Xian and Qin Li who also sat up. The three of them jumped out of bed, put on their clothes within 30 seconds, and walked out of the dormitory in the surprised eyes of their roommates.
This time it's not just Tan Yan, there are also Liang Xian and Qin Li. What exactly happened
Facing the surprised looks of his roommates, Liang Xian said, "It will be soon. After a while, you will know what we have been doing."
After that, the three of them left the dormitory quietly, leaving three roommates confused and full of questions.
The author has something to say: I wrote and revised this chapter yesterday, but I really didn’t make it clear. Today I feel a lot clearer, so I’m sorry.
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