Chapter 173 Guardian (Thirty-one)
Zou Lu must know something, but judging from the other party's expression, he would not tell them easily.
Qiao Yuan didn't want to alert the enemy completely. After all, players could not be attacked in this copy. Although Zou Lu looked weak on the surface, she might drag them to death if she was forced into a corner.
She nodded along with Zou Lu's excuse, and said with a look of sudden enlightenment: "So that's how it is."
Zou Lu stared at Qiao Yuan's expression, and only after he was sure that the other party seemed to have been really deceived did he seem to be temporarily relieved.
Qiao Yuan also had a full view of Zou Lu's performance, but her eyes soon fell on Su Zeyuan.
Qiao Yuan: "Actually, I already had a suspect—"
"Su Zeyuan."
Her words were like another bombshell. After telling everyone that it was all a dream, it was another shocking thing for them.
Because he was deceived by Qiao Yuan's expression, Zou Lu thought that the other party had guessed it, and there was some astonishment in his eyes when he looked at Qiao Yuan.
Tang Huan subconsciously looked at Su Zeyuan, while Sheng Yegui quickly came to his senses after a brief moment of shock.
After hearing what Qiao Yuan said, Song Yanchi repeated it subconsciously. He always believed in Qiao Yuan's words unconditionally, so after hearing the name Qiao Yuan said, he just wondered if he had heard it wrong, and asked hesitantly: "...Su Zeyuan?"
Qiao Yuan nodded.
After Zou Lu's help, some of her previous guesses about the owner of the dream could be matched one by one.
Now it seems that Su Zeyuan is the master of the dream.
After confirming who the owner of the dream was, the players' worries showed no sign of dissipating. Now another important matter came to mind -
How are they going to wake up Su Zeyuan?
Judging from Su Zeyuan's appearance, the other party didn't know that he was in a dream, but how to wake him up became a very important issue.
Qiao Yuan decided to try the most direct method first, and directly told Su Zeyuan that he was dreaming. After all, the other party had experienced Yang Zhe's sudden death, and his worldview was temporarily shaken by it, so he should have a certain ability to accept this matter.
When Su Zeyuan heard what Qiao Yuan said, his expression was blank for a moment, as if he was trying to understand what the other person said, but soon a smile appeared on his face: "Very interesting conjecture."
It was obvious that he took Qiao Yuan and the others' words as a joke.
Qiao Yuan was just trying it out, so she wasn't too upset when her method failed. This method didn't work, so Qiao Yuan and the others could only think of another way.
Generally, when people wake up from a dream, it is either because they wake up naturally, or they are awakened by an alarm clock, or they are awakened by sudden pain or the content of the dream.
However, the first two are obviously not applicable to the current situation. As for waking up due to pain or the content of a dream, Su Zeyuan has many concerns.
This thought soon brought them to the day before the college entrance examination. Since they already knew that they were in a dream, the players were not as excited about the passage of time as they were at the beginning, while Song Yanchi and Tang Huan held on to the beautiful idea that Su Zeyuan would wake up after he dreamed about the college entrance examination.
What the two did not expect was that time froze at this moment.
At first, both of them thought it was just their illusion, but as they looked at the time that no longer changed, they finally realized that it was not their illusion, and time had actually stopped at this moment.
Except for the players, the other students obviously didn't realize this and were still preparing for a tomorrow that would never come.
However, because so many shocking things had happened to them recently, this incident only shocked them for a few seconds. They quickly came to their senses and realized that the success rate of hoping that Su Zeyuan would wake up naturally was not high.
Qiao Yuan had anticipated this possibility, so she was not too surprised. Moreover, she had already thought of a possibility -
Su Zeyuan never mentioned much about things outside of school.
Everything that is happening now is happening on campus, perhaps because the other party has not constructed a world outside of campus in his dream at all.
After realizing this, Qiao Yuan quickly realized that he could try to take the other person out of school.
After proposing this idea to other players, they quickly agreed.
When Su Zeyuan heard Qiao Yuan and the others suddenly proposed to take him to skip classes and go outside the school, he was a little hesitant. After all, not to mention that the college entrance examination was approaching, he was a person who would never skip classes except for special circumstances, not to mention that his subconscious mind also made him not want to go out.
But he couldn't resist the persuasion of Qiao Yuan and others, so he finally followed them out, but he didn't forget to say: "I don't think it will succeed. I heard from other students that the school's security is very strict..."
"For the graduation commemorations, we will wait until we can take the college entrance examination."
However, time has now stopped and after the college entrance examination, it has become an empty talk.
Qiao Yuan said quickly: "It's okay, we can talk it out."
Su Zeyuan didn't have the heart to dampen Qiao Yuan's aspirations, so he could only gently remind her : "They will probably only follow the school rules and are unlikely to listen to those principles."
Qiao Yuan naturally thought of this, so he was prepared: "It's okay, if your mouth doesn't work, you can still use your fists."
Su Zeyuan's expression froze, and he obviously thought of what happened on the first day. From his expression, he had a brief regret for following Qiao Yuan and the others out.
Just as Su Zeyuan said, as soon as they approached the security booth, the security guard inside came out vigilantly and asked them what they were going to do.
When they realized that they were about to leave the school, their expressions became obviously serious and ferocious. Although they were still trying to persuade them, their hands had already reached for the anti-explosion batons on their waists, obviously wanting to forcefully drive them back.
Su Zeyuan's voice soon rang out, he stood between the security guard and these students, as if he was singing the same tune, but his expression was more humane and worried: "Let's go back quickly."
Although he tried hard to hide it, his words still revealed a hint of resistance.
Qiao Yuan also became more and more aware that something was wrong. While pretending to deal with the security guards, she took the key from them, then looked at the others and ran towards the door. The security guards did not expect them to suddenly attack, but they quickly followed.
They had discussed the plan briefly before they came to find Su Zeyuan. The other players held the security guards for the time being, while Qiao Yuan pulled Su Zeyuan directly towards the gate. At first, Su Zeyuan turned his head to look at the people behind him and made a sound of surprise, but soon there was no sound.
Qiao Yuan's attention was always on the door in front of her. At the very beginning, she noticed that there seemed to be something on the other side of the door.
When she got closer to the door, she realized that it was actually a gap.
Qiao Yuan:?
This doesn't look like a sign of age.
Was it that there was a gap in Su Zeyuan's original dream, or had the door been opened by someone?
And Qiao Yuan soon got the answer.
Su Zeyuan's face originally turned red because he and Qiao Yuan were holding hands, but when he saw the gap, he couldn't help but be stunned: "This is..."
Obviously this is not something that has always existed.
However, Su Zeyuan's attention quickly shifted from the gap to Qiao Yuan. When he realized that Qiao Yuan wanted to open the door, he wanted to persuade her again: "Wait, we..."
Because he was too anxious, he even took the initiative to grab Qiao Yuan's wrist this time, but was shaken off by Qiao Yuan.
Qiao Yuan first tried to open the door with the key, but found that the key in front of him could not open it.
She decided to just force it open.
Qiao Yuan had originally prepared for the door to be difficult to push open, but because of this gap, it was easier to open the door than she thought. With a dull sound from the heavy door, the door in front of her was finally opened.
After pushing the door open, the scene behind the door appeared in front of Qiao Yuan, but her consciousness was soon swallowed up by darkness.
When Qiao Yuan opened his eyes, he found himself in a bathroom cubicle.
The school rules are posted on the door of the compartment, but the name of the school at the top is not Pinggu Middle School, but Changyao Middle School.
Her pupils shrank suddenly, after all, she remembered that they pushed open the door and then fell into darkness. According to Qiao Yuan's idea, they should be in the school hospital after opening their eyes, but why did she appear here?
And it was the unfamiliar Changyao Middle School.
The most important thing is that she is the only one here now. Where did Su Zeyuan and the other players go?
Qiao Yuan called out to the system in his heart: "System, why am I here?"
"Is my mission still to protect Su Zeyuan?"
The system's cold voice soon sounded, and it only responded to her last question: [Of course.]
The system didn't have any hearing problems, Qiao Yuan knew it simply didn't want to or couldn't answer. However, the other party's brief two words had already told her that she was still in this copy, and her mission was to protect Su Zeyuan.
She immediately decided to go find Su Zeyuan first.
Just as Qiao Yuan was about to push the door open, he suddenly heard a trembling female voice coming from the side of the cubicle.
The other party spoke in a very low voice, as if she was afraid of being heard by others. Even though the partition was not very soundproof, it was still vague. Her voice sounded more like she was trembling. From the sound of her voice, it seemed that she was in extreme panic, like a taut string that would break in the next second.
However, what attracted Qiao Yuan's attention was what the other party said: "Zou Lu? Is that you?"
Judging from the voice, this person was not Tang Huan, another female player besides her and Zou Lu, but a stranger. However, the other party said a familiar name...
Regardless of whether the name Zou Lu is common, it is a bit strange that there is a duplicate name in the copy.
Although Qiao Yuan was full of doubts, she was not ready to answer easily without knowing who the other party was. She climbed up the door of the compartment lightly and looked down. A thin figure was huddled under the door, looking nervous, and looking around.
She seemed to have noticed something, raised her head, and suddenly collided with the face on the door panel.
When the other person was about to scream, Qiao Yuan jumped down from the door and covered her mouth.
