He had deduced that some of the things that had appeared in the illusion were related to reality, and Lu Qi, who had noticed the existence of the illusion earlier than him, could naturally do the same.
What he wondered was why Lu Qi hadn’t taken advantage of the situation and waited for the illusory train to arrive at the station before going back, “wasting” the opportunity to collect clues.
Shen Qingcheng asked Lu Qi inquiringly about it.
Lu Qi avoided Shen Qingcheng’s gaze, looking in the direction of the fog without opening his mouth. His well-defined facial features were sharp and handsome, displaying a hint of indifference.
Shen Qingcheng’s heart moved, and he changed his question with a chuckle, “What was the key to making you aware of the illusion?”
Lu Qi said, “Someone is coming out.”
“It’s useless to change the subject.” Shen Qingcheng was not fooled. He touched his chin, and his dark eyes cut to the other man from time to time.
“Let me guess, it was because of me, right?”
Could it be that “Shen Meiren” made so many scenes in the illusion that Lu Qi couldn’t bear it?
But in his fantasy, he couldn’t help but add drama to Lu Qi. The “Shen Meiren” in Lu Qi’s fantasy should have been as cold as him, right?
While distracted and deep in thought, Shen Qingcheng still tilted his head to block the man’s line of sight, not allowing the other party to escape.
“Shen Meiren.” The deep voice recalled Shen Qingcheng from his thoughts.
Lu Qi stared at him with inscrutable eyes and arched brows. His nose was high and his lips were thin,and his tone inexplicably oppressive. He said, “Do you know what you are asking?”
Of course I know, I’m asking if you noticed the existence of the illusion because I was OOC!
Shen Qingcheng didn’t dare to say those words.
For some reason, he always felt that the current Lu Qi was a little different from the past him.
Instead of ignoring his question directly or telling him to shut up, he had asked if he knew what he was asking.
Nonsense, how could he not know what he himself had asked?
His tone of speech was also aggressive--no, incursive.
Even if “Shen Meiren” did something, it was in an illusion! If, under the influence of his own subjective emotions, he took his anger out on him, wasn’t he being wronged?
Although Shen Qingcheng didn’t speak, his eyes clearly showed a bit of inexplicable resentment.
The emotions that had been suppressed in Lu Qi’s chest for nearly four hours suddenly dissipated.
He smoothed his expression and didn’t argue with Shen Meiren, saying in a calm tone, “En, it was you.”
So perfunctory.
Shen Qingcheng couldn’t be happy despite the positive answer. Fine, Lu Qi should be called the face-changing king.
Just now, there were turbulent undercurrents and magnificent waves, but now he was calm and tranquil.
“Someone is coming out,” Lu Qi said again.
Shen Qingcheng looked back and saw that several people had managed to come out, unexpectedly including Lan Xiu’er.
Lan Xiu’er, who was carrying her child on her chest, was walking slowly towards their side. Unlike Shen Qingcheng, who had had his eyes closed when he walked back, Lan Xiu’er’s eyes were open wide.
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Her hands were constantly patting the child to reassure it, and her face was full of unease and fear.
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Shen Qingcheng: “Speaking of which, with my eyes closed, I just happened to walk into your arms. Lu-dage, we’re really destined!”
Yo mbegrf tf xcfk atja atlcur kfgfc’a rb mblcmlvfcaji, jcv Oe Hl wera tjnf kjixfv lc ogbca bo tlw jcv yibmxfv tlw, yea atja vlvc’a rabq tlw ogbw afjrlcu Oe Hl.
Oe Hl: “…”
Vtfc Hlcumtfcu: “Ktja ilaaif yjys kjr jirb lc jc liierlbc bo tlr bkc?”
Lu Qi: “Too small.” There was no memory or cognition to construct an illusion from, nor was it necessary.
Oh, so it hadn’t had one.
While the two of them were talking, Lan Xiu’er had walked past the wall of air that separated the light and darkness. The suddenly bright environment made Lan Xiu’er unconsciously close her eyes.
But she did not dare to close them for too long, because she was not sure whether her current environment was safe.
Unlike Shen Qingcheng; he knew that as long as Lu Qi was with him, he would be safe, so he had dared to simply walk with his eyes closed.
Lan Xiu’er opened her eyes.
There were two men standing not far from her. They were of similar height and stood very close together.
They knew each other; this was Lan Xiu’er’s first reaction.
It turned out they knew each other.
In the illusion she had experienced, the two had barely spoken.
Lan Xiu’er nodded at the two of them defensively, and turned to look at where she had come from.
When she saw the scene shrouded in the thick fog, Lan Xiuer’s pupils dilated, and a feeling of fright emerged, sending chills down her spine.
Fortunately, fortunately, she hadn’t gotten out of the car! Lan Xiu’er hugged her child tightly.
Shen Qingcheng took two steps towards Lan Xiu’er, not getting too close, “Congratulations, congratulations, it's good that mother and son are both safe.”
Hearing that, Lan Xiu’er turned around, almost wanting to say that that phrase wasn’t used that way. She nodded cautiously and said, “Thank you, but I’m not his mother, he’s my sister’s child.”
Shen Qingcheng: “…you’re called Lan Xiu’er, right?”
Lan Xiu’er: “En, how did you know?”
Shen Qingcheng: “I asked you in my illusion.”
Perhaps it was because the two of them seemed relatively reliable. After Shen Qingcheng gave his and Lu Qi’s names, Lan Xiu’er said embarrassedly, “How are we supposed to clear this copy?”
She had no expectations of being the first to clear the copy–it would be good enough to be able to pass the copy alive.
“Well,” Shen Qingcheng turned to look at Lu Qi, “Lu Qi, how do we clear the copy? ”
Lu Qi took out his terminal to check the customs clearance conditions:
【 Please take the “Harmony” train to “Tushan Station”. Those who arrive successfully will be deemed as having cleared customs. 】
He said, “Arrive at the last stop.”
“That’s it? There’s no requirement to sit in the front row and get off first?” Shen Qingcheng also took out his terminal, and sure enough, there was no such thing on it.
Lan Xiu’er: “Mine doesn’t have that either.”
Shen Qingcheng: “It seems that needing to sit in the front row and get off the train first was just a condition used by the ghosts to mislead us. That’s right, I just remembered that we received the message after boarding the train.”
He glanced at the thick fog over the platform again: another player had died. The ghost had tied him to a rope and hung him on a bamboo pole. Jin Da’s body was nowhere to be seen.
There were two other players who had stopped and were struggling on the spot, seemingly about to wake up. It was Lin Wen and the somewhat sick young man.
The train was so fast that only a red afterimage could be seen. Shen Qingcheng: “How do we board the train? Is this train the Harmony?”
Lu Qi: “Find the central control room first.”
“Can I come with you?” Lan Xiu’er whispered. Seeing the two of them looking at her, she hurriedly promised, “Don’t worry, I won’t hold you back, I can take care of myself and Doudou! Look, I even managed to bring my luggage!”
Shen Qingcheng looked at the suitcase at Lan Xiu’er’s feet, then at the suitcase at Lu Qi’s feet, and then at the empty space at his feet.
? ? ?
He looked back at the thick fog that he had come through. Empty.
He had forgotten to bring his suitcase out, it was gone!
Shen Qingcheng raised his head, angry and feeling wronged beyond belief, “Lu Qi!”
Lu Qi: “En.”
He stuffed his suitcase into Shen Meiren’s hands, “Enough for you.”
Shen Qingcheng: “…” A breath was stuck in his chest, neither rising nor falling, making him uncomfortable.
Lan Xiu’er looked at them curiously. What was the relationship between the two? Why did Shen Meiren seem to be acting like coquettishly towards Lu Qi?
Climbing up the stairs, the group of three adults and a child went to the station waiting room.
It was still Fengshan South Station, but compared to the dilapidated look of the station when they had first entered the copy, the current station was obviously much cleaner and tidy.
There was an electronic screen on the wall of the waiting room, and departure information was displayed in red letters on a black background:
“Harmony: xx–xx–Fengshan South Station–Tushan.”
No departure time was shown.
“We should be required to stop the train first, and then board the train to start it,” Lu Qi explained. “Let’s find the central control room first.”
Shen Qingcheng and Lan Xiu’er dragged their suitcases and followed Lu Qi around for about twenty minutes before they finally found the central control room of the station.
The door to the control room was locked, and through the glass on the outside they could see the colored buttons and flashing monitor screens inside.
Lu Qi tried to push the door open and said without turning his head, “Go a bit further away and cover your ears.”
Lan Xiu’er stared blankly at Shen Meiren who was standing still, wondering if she should leave.
Shen Qingcheng translated: “He want you to go further and cover the child’s ears.”
Only then did Lan Xiu’er carry the child away.
After Lu Qi checked the door lock and saw that Shen Meiren was still there, he didn’t say anything. He found a handy tool and started smashing the door in.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The loud sound made the ground tremble, but the iron gate, which didn’t seem very strong, remained motionless, without a single blemish.
Lu Qi stopped and frowned.
Shen Qingcheng leaned over, “How is it?”
Lu Qi: “We have to use the key.”
The key? How could they find a small key in such a big station!
Lan Xiu’er, who happened to have come closer, heard this and asked, “Are you looking for it in the station? I can help!”
Shen Qingcheng: “Although I don’t think it’s likely to be in the station, we might as well look for it here first. What do you think?” He asked Lu Qi’s opinion.
Lu Qi nodded.
But there was one more thing to settle before looking for it: dinner.
It had been evening when they entered the copy, and they had wasted half a day in the illusion; now it was almost midnight.
In the illusion, there were train attendants who exchanged food for luggage, but not in reality.
They opened the two suitcases and searched. There were only clothes in the suitcases, nothing to satisfy their hunger.
Lan Xiu’er couldn’t help but ask anxiously, “What should we do if there isn’t anything to eat?” She could bear it but the child couldn’t!
Shen Qingcheng didn’t speak and looked at Lu Qi silently.
Lu Qi: “…There should be a staff canteen in the station.”
There was indeed a staff canteen in the station, and there was food in the canteen, but it was still just raw ingredients.
Shen Qingcheng didn’t know anything about cooking, so it was impossible to expect him to cook enough to fill his stomach. Only Lan Xiu’er and Lu Qi could be responsible for dinner.
Lu Qi and Lan Xiu’er were busy in the front, and he sat in the back and played with the child.
The little kid named Doudou was white, tender, and cute, with a chubby face and dark eyes. What satisfied Shen Qingcheng most was that this brat didn’t like to cry.
Very good.
That dinner was a rare period of leisure after a stressful illusion, but after a night’s rest, they had to get their heads back in the game.
On the second day of the copy, the three began to look for the key in the station.
Lin Wen and the sick and weak young man woke up from the illusion one after another; the sick and weak young man was named Liu Shi’an. They both also joined the search for the key after they had learned the situation.
Together with the little kid, they searched the station for a long time, but they didn’t find the key, and no other players came up the stairs.
Lan Xiu’er couldn’t help asking: “Is there really a key?”
Lu Qi looked at the station gate, where they had entered the copy, “There is.”
“Let’s go, let’s go, the world outside is so big, we should go out and see it!” Shen Qingcheng said with a smile.
hi. just letting you know that when you click on TL notes on the word enough near the end, the continuation of the rest chapter is written there. my brain is so fried right now i cant english well but i hope im making sense. thanks for all the translations you’ve done till now!
Thank you very much!😍
Thanks for letting me know, it should be fixed now!
no problem~ its fixed now! thanks for all the hard work
I very much appreciated this amazing chapter 😁
But I do wonder, what exactly made LQ realize it was an illusion?
THATS WHAT I WANNA KNOW😭
That last translator note is a doozy… Thanks for the update ❤️❤️❤️
my brain is fried for some reason-, thanks for the chapters! <3 🙂
Thank you for the chapter <33333
I feel very bad to say this but at first I doubted you a little bit, because your translator note at the start was similar to a translator on WuxiaClick so I thought you took they’re work (or are you them???) since you post a new chapter everyday, I am so sorry for doubting you, thank you for releasing these new chapters for us to enjoy ❤❤❤
+1
I had the same opinion as you when I started reading, but I quickly realized that I was wrong.
I previously posted on my own Wix site, and moved over here because I was having issues with aggregation sites scraping my translations (probably what happened on WuxiaClick), which is why chapters were being posted so often. Now that I’ve caught up, chapters are coming out once a week 🙂
ohhhh, thank you so much for clarifying, and thank you for the chapter ❤❤❤
Shen Qingcheng! How careless are you? 🤣
Thank you for the update.
Great plot twist, I like it
Thank you for your translation 💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚💚
I reallllllyyyyyy need to know what LQ saw to wake him up😂
Thank you for the chapter!!