306. Chapter 303 New Chapter 0277 The Second Disappearer
"It's that simple in theory, but in fact it's not easy to reach this edge."
Li Mengnan drew two more concentric circles within the circle on the paper. He painted green, yellow and red colors from the inside to the outside with the colored markers used for restaurant posters. He capped the pen and threw the pen aside.
"I said that there are loopholes in any rules... Although the rules of the conscious world can prevent the controller from harming the access person, it will not prevent him from trapping us. After all, confinement is a very vague thing.
Concept, restricting freedom can also be regarded as protection in a sense."
Li Mengnan pointed to the green circle in the center and said: "This green range represents the center of the conscious world where we are currently. The consciousness plate here is the most stable, and it is also the farthest from the edge of consciousness. We can move freely in this area.
It will not cause a counterattack from the conscious world."
"But didn't you just say that the conscious world will only protect us and not attack us?" Yu Meixin intentionally leaned closer to Li Mengnan.
There were only four boys present - Zhang Goudan, the coward, was definitely out of reach; Shi Taishan, who was tall and strong, had been pursuing Cai Lanzi, and this was a good opportunity to show off his masculinity, and he would definitely take the opportunity to show his courtesy.
The other girls did not pretend; although Wu Mingyuan had a high level of force, he was still a couple with Miss Zhuang Jiazhuang. If he jumped in hastily, not only would he not be taken care of, but he might even be ostracized.
After thinking about it, Li Mengnan is the one I can rely on at the moment.
If it weren't for her good sister Le Youyou who seemed to be interested in this Li Mengnan, and he wasn't her type, Yu Meixin would have even planned to find a chance to give him a sweet spot, so that Li Mengnan could do his best in this dangerous place.
Protect her.
Although you can't go too far, it's still okay to play the friendship card and have a little ambiguity.
Feeling the softness on his arm that seemed to have been rubbed unintentionally, Li Mengnan subconsciously glanced at Yu Meixin beside him.
With his experience, he couldn't see through this girl's intentions. However, the two of them had met once before and were Le Youyou's friends. Under the threat of death, a weak woman wanted to find someone to rely on, so she had to resort to small tricks.
There is nothing wrong with that.
Although he could see it clearly, Li Mengnan did not make it clear. The best way to deal with this situation was to pretend not to notice anything, pretend to be a moral defender, and angrily scold the other party, hurting the other party's face without saying anything, and making other people unhappy.
People feel that they are lacking.
What's more, deep down in his heart, he still enjoyed this feeling a little bit.
"Have you ever heard of a saying? 'If you save people and lose land, you will both save people and land; if you save land and lose people, you will lose both people and land.' It means that when faced with a war, when faced with the choice of protecting people or protecting land, priority should be given to
Choose to preserve your strength. Only in this way can you have the opportunity to regain your position in the future."
"Does your consciousness mean that the rules of the conscious world also have different priorities? The priority of rules that limit the scope of our actions is higher than the priority of rules that prohibit personal harm to us?"
Wu Mingyuan, who comes from a family of warriors with strict rules, obviously understands the priority of this kind of rule execution better than others.
"Yes, that's it." Li Mengnan tapped the yellow ring on the paper with his finger and said sternly: "I call this yellow area the warning area. When we enter this area, the consciousness of the world will affect us.
The rules restricting movement will begin to take effect, and the 'power' of this world will begin to operate automatically, preventing us from moving forward in various almost coincidental ways... Of course, this kind of prevention is mostly a warning, and the method is relatively gentle, generally
There will be no life-threatening situation."
"Sorry to interrupt." Chen Lingling raised her hand in confusion, "What is the 'potential' of this world?"
Chen Lingling's question is obviously what others here want to ask.
"'Potential' can be understood as the general term for the invisible force that maintains the operation of this conscious world. It does not exist in the form of some tangible entity, but it will actually affect the world in which we live.
Everyone...do you understand what I’m saying?”
There was silence below.
Li Mengnan shrugged indifferently. He was not surprised at all. If this abstract concept could be understood instantly with a simple description, it would be really weird.
"Can it be understood as luck?" Cai Lanzi thought for a while and asked.
"Although it is not accurate, we can understand it this way for the time being." Li Mengnan did not intend to waste time on meaningless science education. He took a sip of the slightly bitter cup of coffee in front of him and pointed to the last and final one.
The red circle on the outside said: "The last area is the danger zone. When we enter this area, the 'potential' of this conscious world will lose the tender veil of the warning area and become as manic as a dead man's shrew.
...Sorry, please forgive my vulgar metaphor, but I think this is the only way to make you realize the horror of the danger zone."
No one thought that Li Mengnan was being alarmist. After all, at this moment, there was no need for him to tell a lie that would soon be exposed.
"Then what's your plan next?" Wu Mingyuan and Shi Taishan said in unison.
In this heavy atmosphere, only boys can maintain the most basic calmness... Of course, the boys mentioned here do not include Zhang Goudan.
Li Mengnan leaned back on the backrest, maintaining an extremely relaxed posture, holding his elbows with both hands and smiled: "My plan has been made very clear. Poor memory may be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease."
"you--!"
Shi Taishan was about to get angry when he heard this, but considering that he needed Li Mengnan's help to get out of here, he could only suppress his anger and endure it.
"What do you mean - pass through the warning zone and the dangerous zone, and then leave from the edge of consciousness?" Wu Mingyuan Wu Shaoxia's memory is obviously much stronger than Shi Taishan, and the gorilla's head is probably filled with muscles.
"That's right." Li Mengnan nodded.
"Is this considered a plan?" Wu Mingyuan frowned tightly.
In his opinion, this so-called "plan" is too perfunctory, just like... no, it can only be regarded as a rough goal at all.
"What do you think? I'll conduct an on-site inspection for half a year, and then make a detailed plan for you to deal with various emergencies."
"That's not what I meant, but it's a big deal. At the very least, we need to plan more carefully."
Wu Mingyuan's proposal was immediately unanimously approved by the others. This time, even Yu Meixin, who had been sitting next to Li Mengnan like a little bird, had no intention of siding with Li Mengnan.
After all, this plan is related to the life and death of each of them, and whether they can escape from this world of consciousness, so they cannot afford to be careless.
"Okay, I blame me for not making it clear to you... Your proposal is only suitable for the real world, and is meaningless in this world of consciousness." Li Mengnan slapped his hand on the paper on the table and looked around at the people at the table, "As long as
When we leave the safe zone, the "potential" of the entire conscious world will be mobilized against us, and the external manifestations will be various magical coincidences that are impossible to occur continuously in the real world. Faced with the ever-changing "potential", you
Do you think a fixed plan, no matter how detailed it is, will have much effect?"
"If the person who is chasing us is just one person, maybe we should split up and act separately, so that the chance of escaping from this world of consciousness will be greater."
Wu Mingyuan was not so kind, he just didn't want to bring more burdens, but he had to admit that his proposal still made sense.
"If you understood what the word 'controller' means, you would never say such a thing."
Li Mengnan picked up a travel guide from the bookshelf next to the dining table, flipped through it, tore out two pages, pointed to one of the street photos, and said: "This is how the world looks to us...
"
"And in the eyes of the controller..." Li Mengnan threw a map page in front of everyone, "This is what the world in his eyes looks like."
"You mean, every move we make is under the surveillance of this controller?" Wu Mingyuan's face looked ugly.
"The controller cannot use this God's perspective for a long time, and can only see images and cannot hear sounds... But even so, it is easy for him to track any of us."
What kind of killer is the most terrifying? Not the kind of assassin-type killer who comes and goes without a trace, nor the kind of mercenary-type killer whose combat power is as powerful as Rambo, but the kind of technological type who can grasp your daily information and whereabouts at any time.
Killer.
Because in front of him, you are completely transparent, and all flaws and weaknesses will be exposed in his eyes without any cover-up.
As the controller of this conscious world, Aina is playing the role of a killer with a God's perspective at this moment.
Just when everyone fell into silence again, Chen Lingling looked around and suddenly asked a question that no one noticed.
"Wait a minute, have any of you seen that piece of shit?"
Well, Zhang Goudan has become a well-known nickname for a certain passerby, classmate A, and no one cares about his real name.
After Chen Lingling said this, everyone realized that there really seemed to be one person missing among them.
"While everyone was talking just now, that guy Zhang Goudan took a bunch of napkins from the table and hurried to the bathroom. Maybe he has an upset stomach?"
Yu Meixin only vaguely remembered seeing such a scene, but she couldn't be completely sure.
There was no way, Zhang Goudan's presence was too weak. If Li Mengnan hadn't casually given him a "loud" nickname, she probably wouldn't have been able to remember that there had ever been such a person in the team.
Li Mengnan suddenly had an ominous premonition and asked, "About how long has he been there?"
"It should be ten minutes, right? It could be fifteen minutes... I didn't look at the watch specifically. Who would calculate the time for a person who goes to take a poop? I'm not a pervert." Yu Meixin looked unhappy.
, suddenly she seemed to realize something, her face changed slightly, and she said in surprise: "It's broken, could he..."
“Go check it out!”
Li Mengnan got up without hesitation and went straight to the bathroom of the restaurant. Wu Mingyuan and Shi Taishan looked at each other and followed him in unison.
"Huh? Wait for us, don't leave us here!"
The girls suddenly shuddered when they thought that there was a pair of eyes watching them all the time, like poisonous snakes hiding in the shadows, waiting patiently for the opportunity to take action. They looked at any stranger around them as if they were looking at a perverted killer.
, no longer caring about the lady's face and reserve, they followed Li Mengnan and the three of them into the restaurant bathroom.
Suddenly seeing so many people rushing into the bathroom, the diners who were taking advantage of them were so frightened that they almost peed their pants. Just as a few of them were about to scold and question them, they were immediately thrown out the door one by one by Shi Taishan, the humanoid Godzilla.
"If you can't play in the NBA in the future, being a bodyguard for some rich man is also a way out. No matter how powerful the special forces soldier is, he can't match the intimidation of your body."
Li Mengnan gave a thumbs up. Regardless of the relationship, he always appreciated the merits of others.
Probably sensing that Li Mengnan's words made Cai Lanzi pay more attention to him, this big guy who always looked unhappy actually gave Li Mengnan a friendly smile for the first time.
If that expression that is uglier than crying is indeed a smile.
After Shi Taishan cleared the entire men's restroom with his "domineering spirit", Li Mengnan began to inspect the interior of the cubicles one by one.
Wu Mingyuan and Wu Shaoxia probably felt that the obscene action of lying on the ground and looking at his toes was really detrimental to his status as a master. He had no intention of stepping forward to help. He just stood at the door with his arms folded and expressionless.
"What did you find?" Seeing Li Mengnan stand up, Cai Lanzi hurried forward to ask for the result.
"That compartment..."
Before Li Mengnan finished speaking, Shi Taishan kicked open the wooden door of the compartment with a 45-yard kick like a running rhinoceros.
At the door, a pair of disheveled young men and women hugged each other in a strange posture, looking in horror at the trembling people outside.
"...There is someone." Li Mengnan sighed, turned to Shi Taishan and complained: "You should wait until I finish speaking before you take action! Look, you scared people!"
Shi Taishan suddenly realized that he had been tricked by Li Mengnan again. He was full of anger and had nowhere to vent. The pair of wild men and women in the compartment became his punching bag. They didn't even have time to sort out their clothes, so they grabbed their collars and threw them away.
Exited the bathroom door.
"This cubicle may be the one where Zhang Goudan went." Li Mengnan walked to the farthest position of the bathroom, reached out and pushed the partition door in front of him, "The door is locked from the inside, but from the crack below
Look, there doesn’t seem to be anyone inside.”
"In other words...Zhang Goudan is also dead?"
Yu Meixin's face was pale, Chen Lingling buried her head in Cai Lanzi's arms and sobbed softly. Miss Zhuang seemed to be calm and closed her eyes speechlessly, but the tips of her fingertips were shaking uncontrollably.
Wu Mingyuan stepped forward and broke the door latch from the inside with his palm. He pushed open the door and picked up a napkin scattered on the shelf. He then looked at the toilet paper box on the partition wall and said in a solemn tone: "Zhang Goudan should
It was here that he died..."
"It's a pity that the way we exist is too special. Once we die, all traces will disappear from this world, not even the body will be left, and we don't even know what method the murderer used to kill..." Cai Lanzi sighed regretfully.
Calculating that time was almost up, Li Mengnan warned: "It's time to go. The noise we just made is quite big. If we don't leave, we may have to deal with the police of this world."
Although you don’t need to make any plans, you still need to make the necessary preparations before leaving.
After leaving the restaurant, Li Mengnan and his party temporarily settled in a hotel.
In order to avoid the situation where members are alone again, all of them live in a large enough luxury suite. Although there are not enough beds, fortunately the central air-conditioning in the room is sufficient. The boys play on the carpet.
The floor covering was also dealt with.
Although two people have died, since there is no body left and there is no shocking murder scene, the emotions of the girls who are most easily controlled by fear are currently relatively stable, but the inner uneasiness and panic are still unavoidable.
"I think we should divide into groups as Wu Mingyuan said." Sitting on the soft bed in the deluxe suite, Cai Lanzi suddenly mentioned the matter again, "Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying we should separate. I just think that our current actions
There is no organization at all, it is too chaotic, and it is easy for the killer to take advantage of it..."
"I agree with President Cai Lanzi's opinion." Yu Meixin also expressed her support for Cai Lanzi in a timely manner. It seems that Cai Lanzi is not the only one who has this idea. "Although we have now set a rule that no matter where we go, we must go in groups of at least two.
, but this group matching is random, and no one is responsible... Moreover, this kind of random matching often only has two girls, and even if they are really in danger, they have no ability to resist."
"Then what do you mean?" Li Mengnan leaned on the large sofa and opened his eyes with half-closed eyes.
As the leader of this team, he never minds providing certain benefits for himself within a reasonable range.
Yu Meixin and Cai Lanzi looked at each other and said: "What we girls mean is to divide the entire team into a number of fixed groups to ensure that each group has a combat member who can protect everyone in dangerous situations.
After the grouping is completed, all future actions will be carried out as a group."
"Is this the opinion of all you girls?" Li Mengnan expressed disbelief. It's hard for others to tell. At least Miss Zhuang will definitely not be involved.
"Well, at least this is the majority opinion... We have always been very democratic."
This is not a lie. For this proposal, Cai Lanzi and Yu Meixin unanimously agreed. Chen Lingling was indifferent and abstained. Even if the remaining Zhuang Jia objected, it would be in vain.
The so-called democracy means that the minority obeys the majority.
"Now that you have decided, let's do what you said."
Li Mengnan nodded, that's good. Each group has a dedicated safety person in charge, which can not only detect dangers immediately, but also reduce his workload.