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He Fei was a natural acquaintance. As soon as they met, he had a lively conversation with Chi Lian and Cheng Xubo. Mu Sichen wanted to ask something, but he couldn’t get a word in.

 

But Chi Lian and Cheng Xubo patiently explained the game to the newcomer He Fei.

 

They didn’t know as much as Mu Sichen, but the content they knew was safe information that could be known at his level, and by having them explain to He Fei, it also saved Mu Sichen, who knew too much, from not knowing where to start.

 

There were seats in the library, so the three of them found a table and chatted.

 

Chi Lian and Cheng Xubo had waited for the mists of the boundary field to disperse before running in. Cheng Xubo’s barrow contained some food that Mu Sichen had already purified, and when he saw that He Fei was so hungry that he was about to go hypoglycemic, he took out some food and water from the barrow, and the three of them chatted as they ate.

 

“Oh,” He Fei, who had been listening for a long time, wasn’t sure if he understood it or not. He grabbed a handful of melon seeds and summarized while eating them, “‘Pillars,’ fields, emotional energy, rules, and so on are too complicated. In short, it’s just following Mu Sichen to grab territory from monsters that are so powerful that one can die at the sight of them, right?”

 

“Your ability to summarize is good.” Chi Lian commented like an interviewer.

 

Mu Sichen saw that they had finally finished chatting and took advantage of the opportunity to ask, “When did you come?”

 

Cheng Xubo: “Ten minutes after you entered the game, we couldn’t sit still. We didn’t care whether we could go to work tomorrow or not. We directly logged into the game to find you. But when we came in, we didn’t know where you were. We had to wait in front of the fog and rushed in when the fog dispersed.”

 

Mu Sichen: “Then you…”

 

Mu Sichen spoke a little late, and just as he started, he was beaten to the punch by He Fei: “Then why did you bring so much food in?”

 

Eating couldn’t stop He Fei’s mouth.

 

Cheng Xubo explained, “We dare not eat the food here indiscriminately. What if it gets contaminated? The food in the processing plant has been purified by Captain Mu, so I put some in the barrow to prevent us from being trapped in the ‘pillar’ for too long without food.”

 

He Fei, who had been hungry all night, agreed: “That’s great. Bring more food in the future. With food in hand, you won’t be panicked.” He wanted to say something, but Mu Sichen covered He Fei’s mouth and said, “Eat first; wait until I finish asking before speaking.”

 

He Fei had to hold back his stomach full of nonsense.

 

“Let’s compare the time. When everyone entered the game, what time was it in reality and what time was it in the game?” Mu Sichen asked with a pen and paper in his hand.

 

He Fei: “I entered the game around 9:40 or 50 in the evening, and the game and reality time were the same.”

 

Mu Sichen: “I entered the game around 10 pm, and the game and reality time were the same.”

 

Chi Lian and Cheng Xubo: “Around 10:10 pm, the game and reality time were the same.”

 

After entering the game, there were no more questions. He Fei stayed in the library for nearly three hours, while Mu Sichen spent more than an hour passing through the boundary area. Later, he met up with He Fei, spending about two hours and forty to fifty minutes in the process.

 

Chi Lian and Cheng Xubo entered the game ten minutes after Mu Sichen and waited for about two and a half hours.

 

“No way?” Chi Lian bit her lower lip. “Are the game time and real time synchronized?”

 

This was the last thing everyone wanted to see.

 

If the game and real time were the same, they would be trapped in a “pillar” for a week or two, which was equivalent to disappearing from the world for a week or two, which would make their family and friends worry and would also affect their studies and work.

 

“Not necessarily.” Mu Sichen said, “I suspect that during the time we were in the game, the real time was around 22:10, and even if it exceeded it by some, it shouldn’t have been long.”

 

“Is there any basis for such a guess?” Cheng Xubo asked.

 

Mu Sichen analyzed, “He Fei was bound to our team from the beginning because of me and was in our game chat group right after he created his account. He was the first to enter the game, and he was able to send us messages through the group chat in the game and was even able to see the messages we replied to.”

 

“This proved that we were a whole that could interoperate between the two worlds.”

 

“At that time, he was within the game and we were in reality, so the four of us had a channel between the two worlds.”

 

“Because of this passage, the time between the game world and the real world was temporarily synchronized.”

 

“When the two of you entered as well, all of us were in this world, the channel closed, and time in the real world stopped.”

 

“That’s an interesting guess, but then why was the time delayed by half an hour last time when we returned to the real world? Is it related to the fact that we stayed in the game for three days?” Cheng Xubo asked.

 

Mu Sichen said, “I guess it’s because of Ying Mao.”

 

Ying Mao had entered the game in the same batch as Mu Sichen’s trio, but while Mu Sichen and the others went back, he didn’t go back but instead spent another three days in the game, so with this point, three days had passed in the real world as well.

 

Ying Mao’s time caused disarray, and after taking Ying Mao’s soul back to the real world, they lost half an hour in order to adjust this disarray.

 

Chi Lian couldn’t figure it out. “But when we were in the real world, the time in the game world passed at the same rate as the real world, so why did time change when we came here?”

 

Mu Sichen said, “You can understand that the two worlds are two parallel lines; under normal circumstances, time should have moved together and not interfere with each other, but because of some kind of accident, we came to the game world, the two supposedly parallel worlds seemed to intermingle, and during the intermingling period, time was confused. Once separated, each returned to normal again.”

 

Chi Lian was still thinking.

 

At this time, He Fei spoke up, “I understand. We usually follow our own timelines. Once we cross, our world will press the pause button, and when we come back, we will press the start button. But if there is a situation where some of us are in reality and the others are in the game, it will temporarily form a channel and synchronize time, so it’s best for us to enter the game together.”

 

“That’s the reasoning.” Mu Sichen nodded.

 

“Why would our world press the pause button?” Cheng Xubo asked in puzzlement.

 

Mu Sichen sighed slightly and responded, “Once two worlds merge, which world will face danger? And which world will be protected by pressing the pause button?”

 

“It’s ours.” The three said in unison.

 

“You mean the real world and the game world are intermingling?” Chi Lian asked with an ugly expression.

 

He Fei: “That’s for sure. Why would we come here if it’s not intermingling? And I think I saw it at the company. Huh?!”

 

He Fei finally remembered the butterfly totem he saw at the company as an afterthought and remembered his colleague who died suddenly in his sleep, and suddenly his expression changed drastically.

 

“This matter ends here,” Mu Sichen said. “Everyone shouldn’t think or guess in the future; just know that we don’t have to worry too much about time.”

 

The three of them had self-stickers directly affixed to their bodies, so Mu Sichen exerted pressure on them through the power of the totem, implanting a command in their subconscious mind “not to think deeply,” preventing them from thinking too deeply, knowing things they shouldn’t know, and thus falling into insanity.

 

The four of them exchanged words for a while longer, and Mu Sichen told them about going to other towns in the future to seize the “pillars.”.

 

“Hope Town is currently safe; if you don’t want to go, you can log into the game with me and stay in Hope Town afterward, waiting for me to return before we log out together.” Mu Sichen said.

 

Chi Lian asked, “Hope Town was established by you; if you have an accident, can we still log out of the game?”

 

Mu Sichen asked the system this question, and after getting a response, he answered, “Yes, but it will only last for a while. With me gone, the power of the pillar will slowly diminish, and one day, the town’s domain will be destroyed, and some other ‘great being’ will rule the town.”

 

“There are systems in you that will force you into the game every so often, and there will come a time when you will never be able to leave again.*

 

“But I’m not sure how long that time is.”

 

“So what else is there to choose from?” He Fei said, “Accompany you, protect you. It’s better to live a few more days by your side; what’s the point of being scared every day?”

 

Chi Lian nodded, “Although my combat strength is average, the ability to ‘cut and paste’ can always play an unexpected role, and following you should come in handy.”

 

Cheng Xubo: “I am a logistics supply. With me here, everyone doesn’t have to worry about going hungry.”

 

Mu Sichen smiled contentedly; his teammates were truly reassuring.

 

“I can lead a total of five teammates, but currently there are only three spots available. In the future, we should add more teammates,” said Mu Sichen.

 

Chi Lian: “Will there still be players entering? What is the system really trying to do? It’s bringing in so many people from the real world.”

 

Mu Sichen’s expression darkened. Although the system didn’t say anything, he vaguely guessed that it wasn’t necessarily the system that brought them into this world.

 

The only thing the system could do was probably to cut off the passage between the two worlds and wait for a safe town to be established before reopening the passage.

 

“The frequency shouldn’t be too high, and the number of people shouldn’t be too many, “Mu Sichen finally responded.

 

After all, there were only four to five thousand people who entered before.

 

“I hope it’s a little less; there are only two spots left,” He Fei said.

 

“You sound like someone who is willing to grab this spot; the towns outside are so dangerous, “Chi Lian said.

 

“I’ll go,” a calm and steady voice rang out.

 

The four of them looked around and saw that the maid had sat down at the table at some point. There were also many melon seed shells piled up in front of her; they didn’t know how long she had been listening.

 

“This…” Mu Sichen looked at her with some difficulty.

 

The maid continued, “If you destroy the ‘pillar,’ Admiral Qin won’t be so tired, will he? Your goal is to destroy the ‘pillars,’ so I will go with you.”

 

“With my current strength, I absolutely cannot reach Xiangping Town,” Mu Sichen told her.

 

Maid: “I’ll follow you; you will arrive sooner or later.”

 

At present, there were still vacancies available. The maid was a dependent of Qin Zu and was also trustworthy.

 

Since she was so persistent and they couldn’t gather enough people anyway, Mu Sichen would certainly agree.

 

He was about to speak when He Fei said, “We only have two spots left, so you have to compete for the position. The three of us are hope dependents with a strong backing. If you want to compete for this spot, you need to first talk about your advantages.”

 

Mu Sichen: “…”

 

Who would want to compete for the two death penalty spots?!

 

He Fei was really a little master of enlivening the atmosphere, and under his reminder, Chi Lian from the personnel department also got energized and said seriously, “Name, age, education, work experience… no, your resume and ability.”

 

They made it like an interview.

 

The maid actually introduced herself for the sake of this quota: “My name is Ji Xian’an, 42 years old, and I am ……”

 

“Pfft!” He Fei, who was drinking water and posing as an interviewer, sprayed the water out in one gulp.

 

“42 years old?!” He screamed, “Look in the mirror and see if you look 42 years old. You’re only 22 at best!”

 

“Twenty years ago, she was indeed 22.” Chi Lian briefly told He Fei about people in this world whose appearance hadn’t changed in 20 years.

 

Ji Xian’an continued calmly under He Fei’s shocked gaze, “I’m from Xiangping Town, and our town’s information is shared through Admiral Qin. Whenever there is information about other towns and important information about the ‘Pillars,’ we will unify and learn it, so I know a lot.”

 

“Since the information about the ‘Pillar’ was passed on by my comrades before they sacrificed their lives, I’m not sure how the ‘Pillar’ is dealt with, but I know what is dangerous and cannot be done.”

 

“I am under the protection of Admiral Qin, I have specialized spiritual training, and I am very capable of resisting contamination. When you need a distraction, you can let me go ahead.”

 

“How can we let a girl go first? What if there is danger?” He Fei muttered.

 

Ji Xian’an looked at him expressionlessly and said, “When it comes to things, you can sacrifice me at any time. My eyes, ears, nose, tongue, limbs, skin, brain, and internal organs can all be used.”

 

“You remind me of Yao Wangping,” Chi Lian sighed. “Why are all the people in Xiangping Town like this?”

 

He Fei was scared by Ji Xian’an’s attitude and dared not speak up. His voice became softer, and he said in a soothing tone, “We don’t need your organs. This inspection is just to see your strength, what abilities you have, how strong your combat abilities are, and whether you will drag us down or not.”

 

“Got it,” Ji Xian’an said.

 

She extended her hands; both arms gradually mechanized, and ten fingers turned into sharp blades. She waved her hand lightly, and a finger blade brushed He Fei’s neck and flew out.

 

He Fei covered his neck and picked up the dagger, then handed it back to Ji Xian’an, saying, “Can it be turned back?”

 

“Sure.” Ji Xian’an put on her finger and glanced at Mu Sichen.”Currently, I only have two arms. If Admiral Qin’s totem is still there, my whole body can be mechanized, and disassembling parts wouldn’t hurt.”

 

Mu Sichen: “It really doesn’t want to go back with you.”

 

“That’s all for now,” Ji Xian’an said.

 

He Fei and the others looked at Mu Sichen, waiting for him to make a decision.

 

Mu Sichen thought for a moment and said, “We do lack personnel. You have rich experience and can enhance our combat power. I have no reason to refuse, but there is one thing I hope you remember.”

 

Ji Xian’an tilted her head and waited for Mu Sichen to make a request.

 

“Please cherish yourself more,” Mu Sichen said softly.

 

Ji Xian’an didn’t agree or oppose but showed a puzzled expression, as if this word didn’t exist in her concept.

 

After confirming the team, Mu Sichen and his companions were also exhausted, and it was time to return to the real world.

 

He left a divine edict to the people of the hope town through the three pillars of self, saying, ‘Abide by order and develop the town well,’ and instructed Ji Xian’an to help build the town. They then withdrew from the game.

 

Returning to the real world, He Fei went offline at the location where the gym had placed the game pod, while Mu Sichen appeared directly on the dormitory bed.

 

The time was just as Mu Sichen expected; it was 22:10.

 

After confirming the time, Mu Sichen sighed in relief; he lay down on the bed and wanted to take a rest when he suddenly felt softness underneath him.

 

He got up and looked; sure enough, it was the little octopus that followed him back.

 

Perhaps because there was still a tentacle at Mu Sichen’s back waist, the new little octopus grew another tentacle; it changed from the original five to six. At least it was a little more symmetrical.

 

Mu Sichen gladly reached out to touch the head of the little octopus.

 

Who knew that just as his hand was placed on its head, he was slapped by a tentacle?

 

It didn’t hurt, but it was a bit unexpected.

 

“What’s wrong?” Mu Sichen asked.

 

The small octopus’s big eyes looked towards the head of the bed and the end of the bed, respectively; its eyes were very strange for a moment.

 

Mu Sichen looked at the bedside, where there was the doll number 1 made by He Fei.

 

He then looked at the end of the bed, where the doll #2 he made during the day laid.

 

Mu Sichen was stunned. “No way, a doppelganger can still be angry over two dolls?”

 

In fact, the little octopus wasn’t only angry; it acted!

 

The small octopus with six tentacles moved very fast; it first squirmed to the end of the bed and “snapped” its tentacles to slap the doll No. 2 to the ground.

 

Then it wriggled to the head of the bed with a ‘whoosh whoosh’ sound, and with a ‘slap,’ it also threw version #1 away.

 

Then it rubbed against Mu Sichen’s chest, and its big eyes became moist and shiny again.


 

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  1. Qin Zu is such a self-sacrificing person that he probably transferred it to his believers and followers and then his followers to him. Such a tragic cycle.
    Ay, Q-octopus Qin Zu is really the best 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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