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The scene abruptly changed again.

"Hehe."

In the bloodstained frame, a burly man took the petite, unconscious girl off his shoulder and placed her in front of the young man lying gravely injured on the ground: "Yi, I leave her to you."

"And there's this."

With somewhat slurred speech, the strong man pulled a cigarette case from his shirt pocket and, scratching his head with a hint of embarrassment, said, "When I get a tomb of my own, bury this with me."

"I'm heading off first."

Having said that, the brawny man walked toward the cave exit, and the scene seemed to be set within a gloomy cave.

About several minutes later, it went silent outside.

The young man, who was injured and leaning against the cave wall, stayed quiet for a while before struggling to his feet with the wall's support, looking back at the few people behind him: "I'll go have a look. You take her and go."

At that moment, the girl seemed to awaken, her eyes barely open and her voice weak.

"I'll go with you."

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"You follow them to find Tuberculosis Rabbit."

"No."

The scene flashed away once more, and a new scene emerged.

...

Meanwhile, Chen Yi sat in his chair, eyes filled with shock, utterly unable to calm his mind as he stared intently at the screen on the wall—even though a new scene had already appeared, he didn't look away.

What he had just seen replayed continuously in his mind.

Tie Chui, Jiaye... and himself!

The man lying injured on the ground was none other than him.

The face was identical to his own, with only the clothes being unfamiliar to him.

To witness himself undergoing a sequence of events he had no memory of gave him a strong sense of unreality and absurdity.

He was desperate to know how that scene would continue!

But just after Jiaye's words, that scene abruptly ended.

Tuberculosis Rabbit said he died.

Did he die there?

Die alongside Jiaye?

Was he already with Jiaye in that scene?

He had a vague idea that Jiaye seemed to have feelings for him, but he had absolutely no interest in Jiaye.

It wasn't that Jiaye didn't fit his aesthetic.

Rather, he just hadn't thought about starting a relationship at all; he couldn't imagine what life would be like with a lover, accustomed as he was to having Tuberculosis Rabbit with him all the time.

Suddenly introducing someone new.

It would leave him feeling at a loss, unsure how to deal with it.

Furthermore, they had only met a few times; nothing substantial had even happened between them. He couldn't fathom where Jiaye's thoughts were coming from.

Was he separated from Tuberculosis Rabbit in that scene?

Impossible!

Ever since meeting Tuberculosis Rabbit, they had never been apart, rarely acting alone. They had grown accustomed to each other's presence, and he even felt uncomfortable eating alone.

How could he possibly separate from Tuberculosis Rabbit under such dangerous circumstances and instead be with Tie Chui and Jiaye, along with several strangers he didn't recognize?

And the cigarette case in Tie Chui's hand in that scene looked oddly familiar.

He had heard Jiaye mention that Tie Chui would put the cigarettes he gave him into a case and keep it in his shirt pocket—he had seen it a few times.

The future he saw induced a subconscious resistance within him; he found it hard to accept that Tuberculosis Rabbit could die so easily.

He somewhat struggled to accept that the acquaintances he had made these days would all die one after another before him.

At that moment, a discussion suddenly started inside the room.

"The man in that video just now... he looked like Chen Yi. I've seen his face when he appeared globally last time."

"It must be him. That strong man also called him Yi. But who would have thought that even Chen Yi could die in the future?"

"Is Yi also in this room with us?"

"If even Chen Yi might die in the future, how are we supposed to survive?"

The scenes kept changing on the wall.

Although the ten players within the room looked distressed as they watched the continuously shifting scenes, up until now, it seemed their fates in the movie were all death.

Finally.

Who knows how much time passed.

The scenes slowly came to a halt.

Red text once again emerged on the wall.

"This screening has come to an end, players will return to the real world in 10 seconds."

"The outcomes depicted are not necessarily the players' fate. Players need not worry too much, as there are many ways to die in this world. The movie merely displayed one possible death you might encounter."

"The screening is over, farewell to all."

And then——

A flash of white suddenly crossed Chen Yi's vision, and when he awoke, the surroundings were once again familiar. It was his rented room, the same messy bed.

And there he was, lying on the bed, with Tuberculosis Rabbit's voice sounding slightly anxious and angry nearby.

"You're telling me you fell asleep?"

"Do you freaking believe I can twist your head off and kick it around like a soccer ball? How the hell couldn't I wake you up when I shouted, and you're telling me you were asleep? Show me how you sleep like that."

"You clearly looked just like those people I've knocked out before!"

"Big Brother..."

Immediately after, a middle-aged man's voice, tinged with a cry, rang out, "He's really just asleep, his breathing is steady, heart rate is normal, and pulse is fine; it has nothing to do with shock or fainting."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

"Okay."

Chen Yi sat up from the bed, scanned the room, and looked towards Tuberculosis Rabbit and a middle-aged man who had appeared at some point, somewhat absent-mindedly waving his hand.

"I'm fine, Tuberculosis Rabbit. See the guests out."

"Yi, you're awake!"

A glint of surprise flashed in Tuberculosis Rabbit's eyes, then he gave the middle-aged man beside him a kick out of the doorway and scurried to take out two dishes from the microwave and place them on the table.

"It's good that you're okay; you really were just asleep. It seems like the map this time was indeed exhausting."

"Our upstairs neighbor just brought down two dishes, said they made it themselves, for us to eat."

"I let them taste it first, no poison."

"I've been keeping it warm in the microwave, Yi, you should come down and try it soon, one dish of stir-fried pork with chili and one of shredded potatoes, tsk tsk, truly luxurious."

"I haven't had such hot dishes in a long time."

"I also steamed a pot of rice, Yi, get up, I'll go serve some."

"Hmm."

Chen Yi nodded, climbed out of bed, looked towards the blazing sun hanging mid-air outside the window, rubbed his slightly sore neck, shook his head, and spoke, "How long have I slept?"

"Over four hours, I think."

That long?

He silently recited to himself, stood up, stretched without saying anything by the window, and felt that he had spent less than an hour in the Life Cinema, yet four hours had passed outside.

And it was different from entering the map.

He wasn't physically present there.

Was it consciousness viewing?

He glanced down at the personal panel chat channel where Jiaye had sent a message.

"Jiaye": "Yi, haven't you come out from the map yet? My brother has already finished the competition. My brother took first place and earned the title of King Malphite, isn't that great?"

"Jiaye": "The Children's Day limited event is about to end, Yi, haven't you come out yet?"

"Jiaye": "That old man who came to buy costumes from you last time, he came to Yancheng yesterday looking for you, said there was a map with high difficulty, wanted to invite you to join, but he didn't find you so he came looking for me, I was worried he might have ill intentions towards you, so I just said I didn't know where you were."

"Jiaye": "It's been 10 days, Yi, you haven't had an accident, have you?"

"Jiaye": "..."

Chen Yi looked at the messages Jiaye had sent in the chat box with a complicated expression, silent without speaking. Originally, he had no particular feelings about Jiaye, but the scenes he saw about Jiaye in the Life Cinema.

There was suddenly a strange feeling inside.

Someone who could die alongside him was, at the very least, not malicious towards him.

But then again.

Why would he die there?

He had a Christmas sleigh, after all; with just one activation, he could go anywhere under the sky, so how could he be trapped in a cave?

And Jiaye and Tie Chui, don't they have a combo move?

With their combo move, how could they be trapped in a cave with him? It made no sense.

Unless... there was some rule in that cave?

A rule that restricted their moves?

Or had they fallen into some trap, a curse that rendered their vehicles unusable?

Chen Yi shook his head without understanding, but he silently noted this event, planning to avoid caves in the future as much as possible.

"Dinner is served, Yi."

Just then—

Tuberculosis Rabbit's voice pulled Chen Yi back from his thoughts.

"Yi, why do you seem a little distracted since you woke up?"

"It's nothing."

Chen Yi shook his head, walked over to the dining table, pulled out a chair to sit down, and then reached out with chopsticks to pick up a shred of potato and put it into his mouth.

"This doesn't taste bad at all. Why did the family upstairs suddenly think to send us dishes?"

"They were just the first."

Tuberculosis Rabbit helplessly pointed to the pile of gifts at the doorway: "Maybe because they knew I accepted the two dishes from the upstairs neighbor, after that, almost every family one after another came to bring us gifts."

"Just for cigarettes, we received over twenty packs, and it'll last us a really long time now. They're all nice cigarettes that we couldn't afford before."

"If I hadn't put up a notice at the door saying that we are not accepting gifts, I reckon people would still be coming to give more."

"Hmm, let's eat first, and then come out with me after we finish."

"Alright."

Chen Yi picked up another piece with his chopsticks and into his mouth, then started to check the system messages he hadn't received while inside the map.

The June 1st Children's Day event lasted only for three days and had already ended.

There were quite a few rewards quietly lying in his system notification bar, waiting for him to check them out.

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PS: Thanks to the boss 'Riddle_' for rewarding another Silver Alliance leadership, thank you, boss, so magnificent! These two days there will be an extra update for the boss!

Don't dare to reward the Silver Alliance, not at all, I'm already content with two leaders, boss, please don't be impulsive!

By the way, just reporting performance, this book passed ten thousand average orders a few days ago, forgot to mention, it's also kind of a milestone, thank everyone for the support.