One early morning, Lu Ning and Ning Yeyi knocked on the door of the room where Si Fanngle said Cheng Wuling lived.
About thirty seconds later, the door was opened. Cheng Wuling had obviously just gotten up. His hair had not been combed yet, and he was wearing a white shirt. Ning Yeyi blurted out and asked, "You still sleep in your shirt?"
"Just changed into it, come in and sit down?"
This familiar conciseness.
When the two walked into Cheng Wuling's room, they felt like old friends meeting again after being separated for a while, even the superficial politeness was omitted.
Soon, Cheng Wuling brought over three cups of hot drinks.
"Coffee, vanilla tea, oolong tea... you still remember our preferences." Ning Yeyi was a little surprised.
"It's like you noticed some of my privacy from the little information I revealed." Cheng Wuling picked up the coffee, sat on a chair and took a sip, "Where are the others?"
"Some people will come over later."
"Um."
The response was lukewarm.
"It seems that Cheng Yurun has told you about our coming."
Two days after moving in, Cheng Yurun also visited Lu Ning and Ning Yeyi. He was obviously very happy to see Cheng Wuling again, but Cheng Wuling's expression was obviously not that happy.
"Yes, I think it won't be long before he will find a way to use your methods to build relationships."
"You are brothers and sisters, right?" Ning Yeyi almost spit out the drink.
"If you want to know the internal situation, investigate it yourself."
This was an obvious avoidance. Lu Ning would not continue to discuss this matter and immediately changed the topic.
"I have a request."
Cheng Wuling put down his tea cup and nodded at her.
"I want to be in the same scene with you again."
"Now? Don't you think about accumulating?"
"No, at least my biggest gain in the second level is that I have accumulated confidence, instead of being a little timid in the past. This time I want to see how my final growth is, and whether I can really catch up with you. "Lu Ning looked at Cheng Wuling and said in the most formal manner.
"good."
Then he got a decisive answer.
"Thanks."
"No, I will go with you when I take the mission in seven days."
After Cheng Wuling agreed to this request, Lu Ning breathed a sigh of relief, then stood up, suddenly remembered something, and added: "You won't run away again, will you?"
"Don't worry, I will stay at the third level for a long time... This is a scheduled matter." Cheng Wuling knew Lu Ning's concerns, "There will be no deviation from the scheduled plan."
Then she glanced at Ning Yeyi.
"I won't get involved in your questions. In short, this time Lu Ning wants to see you to verify how she has grown, so she doesn't care no matter what the scene is. I can't. I normally arrange my own tasks. Okay." Ning Yeyi said with a smile.
"That's fine, your plan is quite clear and there is no need for any changes." Cheng Wuling nodded, "I welcome you here at any time."
"Please smile when you say welcome next time!" Ning Yeyi muttered loudly, then waved and ended the short visit with Lu Ning.
When the two of them went downstairs, Lu Ning looked at Ning Yeyi and asked the question she was worried about: "Are you... worried about something recently?"
"nothing much."
"I remember that at the end of the scene, you showed some bad emotions? At that time, everyone was nervous. I don't believe you would be disappointed or desperate at that time, so what's the problem?"
"Ah, that..." Ning Yeyi thought for a moment, "I've figured it out."
"Huh?" Lu Ning was speechless.
"You're really not good at reading people, Lu Ning." She smiled, "Actually, it's just a coincidence. I once said that my dream was to be a policeman, which was influenced by my family. Especially me. My uncle, he is the reason why I want to become a policeman, and because of this, I am very close to my aunt's family. But I couldn't see at that time, and the darkness stimulates people's thoughts, and it also reminds me of the past..."
She looked at Lu Ning, her smile unchanged.
"I can no longer remember what my uncle looked like."
"Is it...a side effect of the treatment?"
"It must be, because the time we actually passed was not long, how could we forget it so quickly? I was very scared at the time, as if a part of my life was missing, so I had that emotion. But immediately afterwards Once I took action, I pushed my emotions aside for the time being.”
"And after that?"
"After that, all the memories came back to me. I still couldn't remember my uncle's appearance, and the memories of many experiences became blurry. But when I calmed down and thought about it, I realized that my uncle was just a symbol. He meant the most to me. The important thing has never been his appearance, but the ideals and goals he gave me. Those who have forgotten can be remembered again as long as I can go back, but if we lose our goals, we may not be able to go back."
Ning Yeyi patted Lu Ning's shoulder: "Your situation is lighter than mine. If you can't accept it, just find a way to leave an image. The person we want to see the most is also the person we least want to see here. People, therefore, can only pray that they will not meet each other while retaining the next memory of their own."
Leaving an image - this is what a painter should do.
Lu Ning contacted Cang Su and planned to find a time to ask her to help draw a portrait. Of course, this is not the point for her. After all, the degree of damage to her soul is not as serious as that of Ning Yeyi, and the side effects will definitely appear later.
She walked towards the headquarters of Rosicrucian, intending to read more analysis and summaries about various types of third-level scenes. Although the significance of these references was greater than the actual significance, they were still valuable experiences. After all, she was not completely sure about her fight with Cheng Wuling.
It happened that Qu Tingchan was also at the headquarters today, and Du Xieyi had already entered the scene. Lu Ning simply asked Qu Tingchan for his opinion.
"Your improvement in a certain ability is no longer enough to support you in defeating such an opponent."
Although Lu Ning omitted many processes, Qu Tingchan quickly understood what she meant and gave her own suggestions.
"As a member of the Sea Serpent, you must be good at analysis and destruction. I don't know which category you specialize in. But if you want to improve your strength in this area, it is recommended to start with some peripheral skills, such as Cartography, tactical environments, quick tools, exploration. They won’t directly help you a lot in combat, but they will allow you to find more ways to solve problems that the environment allows.”
"How long will it take to learn this?"
"That depends on how smart you are." Qu Tingchan pointed to the direction of the Rose Cross library, "I suggest you omit some purely theoretical parts and focus on examples. If you are good at reasoning by analogy, It actually doesn’t take much time.”
"I understand, thank you."
"I wish you success."
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The light of the artificial sun gradually faded away, releasing again the brilliance of the sea of stars in the sky. Lu Ning stood on the steps outside the information center, raising her head and looking at the stars that would not twinkle in the sky.
"looking at what?"
"Do you think those stars are real? This is a ship, but it didn't pass any stars at close range, right? All the stars look so far away."
"Maybe it's moving within the subspace, or maybe it's not moving at all."
Cheng Wuling said casually.
"You have experienced interstellar scenes, how did it feel?"
"The map is a bit bigger, so time is tighter." Cheng Wuling said, "Keep walking, and you will definitely encounter it."
"Maybe it's a scene I'm not good at at all. Forget it, let's go take the mission."
After Lu Ning finished speaking, she walked towards the door of the information center.
There were actually not many people coming to receive the mission at this time, and the two of them also deliberately chose this time to avoid being divided into two scenes.
Everything in the information center still looked familiar, with no changes other than the location. The two of them each picked a machine and applied for the character this time.
However, when they got the envelope this time, both of them paused.
"this……"
Lu Ning glanced at the envelope. The silver-gray envelope was sealed with fire paint. A six-petal badge was printed on the lower left corner of the front of the envelope, and there was a line of golden signatures.
"I remember that the previous envelopes were not like this, right? Is there such a change in the third level?" Lu Ning asked Cheng Wuling.
"No, ordinary envelopes look normal." Cheng Wuling shook the envelope twice, then opened the seal.
[Dear visitors:
Your test site application has been approved. Now please follow the instructions and go to the next location to receive the content of this test site.
·Please immediately take this envelope to the second floor of the Information Center and enter Room 2714.
·After entering the room, please follow the instructions of the waiter in the room to receive the task instructions.
·No weapons or props are allowed in this mission.
I wish you a pleasant journey! 】
"Is it the same content?" Cheng Wuling asked.
"Everything is the same except for the room number." Lu Ning also took out her letter. She was in room 2536. Judging from the number, it seemed very far away.
"At least make sure that the two of us are in the same scene, otherwise the mission descriptions would not be the same." Cheng Wuling said, "But judging from the fact that the starting points are not together, the team formation in the scene is more likely. Of course, , maybe confrontation.”
"It doesn't matter, I can't find anything more from this letter."
The two quickly reached an agreement and walked up to the second floor together, each looking for the room they should go to.
This was a very narrow small room that even looked like a prison cell. Lu Ning couldn't help but suspect that the first goal of this mission was to escape from prison again. However, the waiter standing in the room was not as indifferent as last time, and still let Lu Ning into the room in a polite manner.
"Miss Lu Ning, I will guide you on this mission." The waiter with a top hat bowed slightly to Lu Ning, and then turned on the lights in the room.
Under the white light, there was only a single bed leaning against the wall in the entire room.
"At the beginning of this mission, you only need to lie on the bed and do not need to perform too many actions. Information related to the mission will be communicated through dreams, and you will remember it."
"This envelope is very special."
"This envelope will accompany you into the scene, and the information inside will change accordingly. It is recommended that you read the content on the envelope first after entering the scene." Top Hat said.
"I know, is there anything else?"
"If you are ready, please sit on the bed and I will read you the second message of this mission."
Lu Ning nodded, looked around, and saw that there was nothing else, so he sat on the bed.
Top Hat pulled out a roll of parchment from his inner pocket, unfolded it and read:
[Visitor Lu Ning:
This trip is "Four Seasons Garden", please read the updated content in the envelope when you wake up for more information. There is no return time limit in this scenario. Once the task is completed and the requirements are met, you can return to the distribution center.
This tip:
1. This mission is a single-player confrontation scenario. Visitors can choose to go alone or form an alliance in the scenario to gain an advantage, but the performance bonus of allies will not be considered when calculating scores.
2. There are no necessary role-playing requirements for tourists in this mission. Please make good use of the props and characters in the scene.
3. After entering the scene, all visitors will be given five minutes of preparation time to read and think about the scene plan. However, if the scope is limited, and if you leave the scope voluntarily, the preparation time will expire early.
4. Pay special attention, do not underestimate the strength of the characters in this scene.
I wish you a pleasant journey! 】
"Single-player confrontation scenario?"
Lu Ning glanced at the waiter.
"Yes, in a single-player confrontation scenario, that is, all tourists in the scene are regarded as 'hostile' parties. Of course, this is only the judgment criterion of the distribution center, in order to avoid someone passing the level and earning a lot of points by forming alliances with powerful people. To put it simply, how many points you get depends entirely on your performance.”
"Exactly what I want." Lu Ning nodded, "Any special reminders?"
"No more. I have explained everything that can be explained, so if you are ready, I will leave."
"Just lie down, right?"
"Yes, you will have a comfortable dream and it will relieve all your fatigue."
After speaking, Top Hat bowed and left the room.
Lu Ning took a deep breath, then raised her head and fell on the bed. In an instant, the lights went out and the surroundings fell into darkness.
"Comfortable dream? Ha..."
Obviously this is just rhetoric.
Lu Ning, who gradually fell into a deep sleep, experienced a fragmented dream.
The sky is smeared black by pollution, and the "alleys" are composed of dirty and narrow lanes. The life-threatening running and the rotten smell that can be felt in the breathing, garbage and corpses floating in the ditch without cover...
The pain, the death of companions, the successful escape, the hateful gaze that was not noticed at that moment.
——"Why didn't you die?"
——"If you can't use one arm, you won't be able to bring any value in these three months."
【Aren’t we companions! 】
The "salesman" in a blue uniform stood in front of him, who was defenseless, with his black-gloved hand raised.
"Little girl, if you have a chance to live, remember these words."
A flock of sheep cannot survive in an alley, but a lone wolf can.
