Chapter 14

The sound of wind caused by running roared in my ears, and Mo Yi gritted his teeth and ran up the stairs.

He ran while pondering in his mind.

Before the false Chen Lei's face was revealed, he was not actually ready to attack them. Instead, he took them to the "safety zone", deliberately allowing them to discover the correlation between the passage of time inside and outside the fantasy, and inducing them to think that "staying enough time in the fantasy" can successfully escape.

Even after his true face was exposed, he did not take action immediately, but instead gave himself a chance to escape.

Why?

Just when Mo Yi was puzzled, suddenly, his ears became silent in an instant.

Mo Yi suddenly came back to his senses, and then he realized that the arms around him that were attacking them were completely gone, and the photos floating on both sides turned into the same picture:

The man in the photo.

I saw him staring at him with a strange smile on his face, and then, thousands of photos were spoken together, and the cold voice resounded throughout the empty illusion:

"You can't escape."

Mo Yi suffocated his breath and forced himself not to look at both sides, and continued to run upwards.

"What's the point?" Thousands of voices gathered into a bewitching sound stream, impacting his eardrums: "Since you're in, you'll never be able to go out. What's the point of struggling?"

Mo Yi forced himself not to be affected by the sound, and moved his legs mechanically and climbed up the ladder.

If his inference is not wrong...if the spaces inside and outside the illusion are also related to each other...

Then, this staircase is definitely not without an end, but is the same as outside the fantasy: up to four floors.

It’s just that the distortion and lengthening of the space make the entire distance more distant, making the stairs look like there is no end.

Mo Yi didn't know what was there at the end of the stairs, but now, walking to the end of the stairs was his only choice.

The voice continued, "...Why should you resist? Is it not good to stay where you are? I promise that you will have no pain in your death, just like falling asleep..."

Stay where you are?

Mo Yi was shocked and his mind suddenly became clear.

The purpose of this photo was clear from the beginning, but he was too blind and ignored it!

It requires Mo Yi and Jiang Yuanbai to stay in the illusion for enough time!

In this case, they need to escape from this illusion!

Mo Yi is now more convinced that if he and Jiang Yuanbai really stay here until the countdown ends, they will probably be a more terrifying scene.

He gritted his teeth, changed the frame he was holding in his arms to a certain angle, clamped it to his left armpit, and continued to run up the stairs silently, taking the man's words as wind in his ears.

Suddenly, Jiang Yuanbai, who was following him, screamed: "Look at it! In the photo frame!"

Mo Yi lowered his head in confusion and looked at Jiang Yuanbai's gaze.

I saw that the picture in the photo frame in my hand changed at some point...

The silver photo frame was pitch black, like an indelible ink color. The thick darkness filled the entire space, like a natural cage. And in that darkness, two shadows could be seen.

Mo Yi leaned closer, squinted his eyes, and looked carefully.

One of the figures moved, then raised his head and revealed a familiar face.

Chen Lei?!

He looked obviously exhausted, his clothes were torn and stained with blood solidified into dark colors, as if he had experienced a big battle, with a deep wound on his side, dripping blood and shocking.

Chen Lei stared at him in a daze, as if he had not figured out the difference between reality and dreams.

Jiang Yuanbai put his face close, reached out and patted the photo frame, shouting loudly: "Chen Lei! Chen Lei! Can you hear it?"

Mo Yi silently moved his face away and rubbed his ears that were shocked and painfully shattered.

Chen Lei was stunned for a moment, his eyes came to a clear light. His face turned stern, and his sharp expression reappeared in his pupils. He supported the ground with his hands and struggled to stand up, but as if he was imprisoned by something, he stumbled back a few steps, and supported himself with his hands so that he did not fall back to the ground again.

Mo Yi stared at him without saying a word, his eyes stayed on his palm that was holding the floor for a few seconds. After confirming that his habit of using his hands was indeed his left hand, he moved away without a trace.

He lowered his eyelids and slightly dispelled some of the alertness in his eyes. After all, under the current situation, it is absolutely not a bad thing to be more vigilant.

Chen Lei shouted anxiously: "You must not stay here! Don't trust that person!"

"Do you know how to get out?" Jiang Yuanbai approached and asked.

Chen Lei's eyebrows and eyes were bitter: "...If I knew, would I still be here?"

Mo Yi's eyebrows and eyes were cold, and he accelerated without saying a word, and then asked, "You come in earlier than us. Please tell me the information you know, so we will have a chance to save you."

——We have the opportunity to survive.

The rest of the sentence three of them were tacitly understood.

Chen Lei nodded solemnly, and then briefly told what he had learned.

After hearing what Chen Lei said, the atmosphere became particularly solemn for a moment, and Mo Yi fell into deep thought.

According to Chen Lei, it appeared in the beginning as Yu Li, secretly causing Chen Lei and others to discover the correlation between the passage of time inside and outside the illusion, causing them to make the decision to "wait until the countdown is over."

Until Chen Lei discovered something was wrong with it, he was locked in this space by revealing his true face.

As his vitality slowly faded, Chen Lei gradually integrated into this space and slowly learned some information that did not belong to him.

In fact, the entire fantasy is under the control of the man in the silver photo frame.

Although Chen Lei is not clear about its purpose for the time being, what he knows is that it requires two steps to complete.

First, it is to devour human limbs to show entities, and second, it is to trap two humans so that they can get their souls.

Because, when the countdown ends, the entire game copy will be closed, and the soul of the undead person who remains in the illusion will always belong to it.

It was about to succeed: it trapped Yu Li and Shen Lei. However, Yu Li was weak and her bitten arm caused her to lose too much blood and died before the countdown ended.

That's why it will target Mo Yi and Jiang Yuanbai.

Mo Yi frowned, suddenly remembered something, raised his eyes and asked, "So, it can become your appearance because...?"

"Blood and flesh." Chen Lei replied, turning his cheek sideways, exposing the bloody crack to Mo Yi's gaze.

Mo Yi was shocked and subconsciously reached out and touched his forehead gently.

A scorching sting came from the wound on the forehead.

He remembered that when he just entered this illusion, the "Chen Lei" had treated him for his wound!

He quickly turned his head and was about to call Jiang Yuanbai, but his voice stuck in his throat - there was no one beside him.

At some point, the photos on both sides had changed back to their original state. The previous bewitching language had disappeared. He seemed to be the only one left in the eyes, standing alone in the middle of the stairs.

Chen Lei seemed to realize something was wrong, and speeded up his speech, saying, "It can only attack you before it appears. After having an entity, although it cannot cause real damage to you, it can manipulate the entire illusion, you must be careful."

——It turns out that this is why it just confuses them with words and allows them to stay, not with force.

Not because it doesn't want it, but because it can't.

"It's too late, he has already taken Jiang Yuanbai away."

Mo Yi looked solemn, thought for a while, then lowered his head and looked at Chen Lei again, and asked, "After I took off the photo frame, are you still under its control?"

Chen Lei hesitated for a moment and nodded:

"It should be, because even now, I can still feel it is constantly absorbing my vitality."

Mo Yi's heart sank instantly.

Then - Chen Lei and Jiang Yuanbai, it finally got two living people.

Mo Yi's fingers slowly tightened, and the fingertips holding the photo frame were abnormally pale due to the force.

He lowered his head again, trying to ask something, but found that the frame in his hand had turned black at some point.

Now, even Chen Lei is gone.

There seemed to be no movement in the huge space, and the silence spread. The entire illusion was as quiet as a tomb. Mo Yi could not hear anything except his slightly rapid heartbeat.

Mo Yi stopped slowly and looked around in a daze for a week. His mind was messy, leaving only some broken and scattered thoughts.

He subconsciously raised his legs and wanted to continue walking upwards, but he fell to the ground with one step.

The sudden feeling of weightlessness made Mo Yi dizzy. The edges and corners of the photo frame in his arms hit his stomach heavily. The sharp pain and nausea like the displacement of internal organs rushed up instantly, making him shudder.

He supported his upper body with his arms, his palms pressed against the cold ground, and his blurry shadow reflected on the smooth stairs.

Mo Yi stared at his reflection on the stairs in a daze, and was stunned for a while.

An idea slowly emerged in his mind.

A little light ignited deep in his eyes, and he quickly climbed up from the stairs in a hurry, running upwards in three steps and two steps.

As he approached, the white mist that enveloped the end of the stairs dissipated before his eyes.

At the end of the stairs, a wall stands before your eyes.

Just like outside the illusion, there is no fourth floor, only a wall that seems to be invincible.

Mo Yi exhaled slowly, then raised his legs and stood on the last step.
To be continued...