"It's that simple in theory, but in reality it's not easy to get to this tipping edge."

Li Mengnan drew two concentric circles in succession in the circle on the paper, painted green, yellow and red with the colored marker used to draw posters in the restaurant from the inside to the outside, buckled the cap of the pen and threw the pen aside.

"As I said, there are loopholes in any rule...... Although the rules of the conscious world can prevent the controller from harming the accessor, they will not prevent him from trapping us, after all, captivity is a very vague concept, and restricting freedom can also be seen as protection in a sense. ”

Li Mengnan casually pointed to the green circle in the center and said: "This green range represents the center of the consciousness world where we are currently located, the consciousness plate here is the most stable, and at the same time, it is also the farthest from the edge of consciousness, we can move freely in this area, and it will not cause a counterattack from the consciousness world." ”

"But didn't you just say that the world of consciousness will only protect us and not attack us?" Yu Meixin deliberately leaned towards Li Mengnan's side.

There were a total of four boys present - Zhang Goudan's cowardice must not be counted on; Shi Taishan, who is tall and strong, has been pursuing Cai Lanzi, and this is a good opportunity to show his manhood, and he will inevitably take the opportunity to be courteous and unapologetic to other girls; Although Wu Mingyuan's force value is quite high, he is a pair with Miss Zhuang Jiazhuang after all, and if he rushes in, he will not only not be taken care of, but he will also be ostracized.

After thinking about it, Li Mengnan was still reliable at the moment.

If it weren't for the fact that her good sister Le Youyou seemed to be a little interested in this Li Mengnan, and the other party was not the type she liked, Yu Meixin even planned to simply find an opportunity to give him some sweetness, so that Li Mengnan could do her best to protect her in this dangerous place.

Although you can't go too far, it's still okay to play the friendship card and play a little ambiguous.

Feeling the softness on his arm that seemed to rub unintentionally, Li Mengnan subconsciously glanced at Yu Meixin beside him.

With his experience, he can't see through this girl's scheming, but the two have a one-sided relationship, and they are friends with Le Youyou, and under the threat of death, a weak woman wants to find someone to rely on, and it is understandable to play some small tricks.

Although he could see clearly, Li Mengnan didn't make it clear, the best way to deal with it at this time was to pretend that he didn't notice anything, put on a righteous gentleman who was a moral defender and scolded the other party angrily, hurt the other party's face and didn't say anything, and it would make others feel that they were two lacking.

What's more, deep down he still has a little bit of enjoyment of this feeling.

"Ever heard of a saying?" Saving people and losing land, people and land are saved, people and land are lost, people and land are lost', which means that in the face of war, in the face of the choice of protecting people or land, we must give priority to preserving the living forces, and only in this way can we have the opportunity to regain positions in the future. ”

"Is your consciousness saying that the rules of the conscious world also have different priorities? Do rules that limit our range of action take precedence over rules that prohibit causing us bodily harm? ”

Wu Mingyuan, who came from a family with strict clan rules, obviously understood this kind of priority in the enforcement of rules better than others.

"Yes, that's right." Li Mengnan tapped his finger on the yellow ring on the paper, and said: "This yellow area I call the warning area, when we enter this area, the restrictive action rules of the conscious world will begin to take effect, and the 'potential' of this world will begin to operate automatically, preventing us from moving forward in various ways that are close to coincidence...... Of course, this kind of prevention or warning is mostly a warning, and the way is relatively gentle, and there is generally no life-threatening situation. ”

"Excuse me to interrupt." Chen Lingling raised her hand with a blank face, "What is the 'potential' of this world?" ”

Chen Lingling's question is obviously what the others here want to ask.

"'Potential' can be understood as a general term for the invisible force that maintains the operation of this world of consciousness, which does not exist in some tangible form that can be seen and touched, but it really affects everyone in this world...... Do you understand that? ”

There was silence below.

Li Mengnan shrugged indifferently, he was not surprised at all, if this abstract concept could be understood in seconds if it was simply described, then it would really be called a ghost.

"Can it be understood as luck?" Cai Lanzi thought for a while and asked.

"It's not accurate, but let's take it that way." Li Mengnan didn't intend to waste all his time on meaningless popular science education, took a sip of the slightly bitter cup of coffee in front of him, pointed to the last and outermost red circle, and said: "The last area is the danger zone, when we enter this area, the 'potential' of this consciousness world will lose the veil of warmth and affection in the warning zone, and become as manic as a shrew of a dead man...... I'm sorry, forgive me for the vulgar metaphor, but I think that's the only way to make you aware of the horror of the danger zone. ”

No one thought that Li Mengnan was alarmist, after all, at this moment, there was no need for him to tell a lie that would soon be exposed.

"And what's your plan next?" Wu Mingyuan and Shi Taishan said in unison.

In this heavy atmosphere, only boys can maintain the most basic calm...... Of course, the boys mentioned here do not include Zhang Goudan's classmates.

Li Mengnan leaned back on the backrest, maintained an extremely relaxed posture, held his elbows with both hands and smiled: "My plan has already been made clear, and poor memory may be a precursor to Alzheimer's disease." ”

"You-!"

Shi Taishan was about to have a seizure when he heard this, but considering that he had to have Li Mengnan's help if he wanted to get out of this place, he could only force his anger and endure it.

"You mean - go through the warning zone and the danger zone, and then leave the edge of consciousness?" Wu Mingyuan and Wu Shaoxia's memory is obviously much stronger than Shi Taishan, and the gorilla's skull is estimated to be full of muscles.

"That's right." Li Mengnan nodded.

"Is this a plan?" Wu Mingyuan's brows furrowed tightly.

In his opinion, this so-called "plan" is too perfunctory, almost like ...... No, it's just an approximate goal.

"What do you think? First conduct a site visit for half a year, and then make a detailed plan for you to deal with various emergencies? ”

"I didn't mean it that way, but it's a matter of urgency, at least we have to plan it carefully."

Wu Mingyuan's mention was immediately unanimously recognized by others, and this time even Yu Meixin, who had been next to Li Mengnan as a bird, did not mean to stand on Li Mengnan's side.

After all, this plan is related to the life and death of each of them, and whether they can leave this world of consciousness, and they cannot be careless.

"Well, blame me for not telling you clearly...... Your mention is only suitable for the real world, and it is meaningless in this world of consciousness. Li Mengnan's hand slapped on the piece of paper on the table and looked around at the people in front of the table, "As long as we leave the safe zone, the 'potential' of the entire world of consciousness will be mobilized against us, and the external appearance will be all kinds of magical coincidences that cannot occur continuously in the real world." In the face of changing 'trends', how useful do you think a fixed plan can be, no matter how detailed it is? ”

"If the person chasing us is just one person, maybe we should split up, so that the chances of getting out of this world of consciousness will be greater."

Wu Mingyuan is not so kind, he just doesn't want to bring more burdens, but I have to admit that his mention still has some truth.

"If you understood what the word 'master' meant, you would never say anything like that."

Li Mengnan picked up a travel guide from the bookshelf next to the dining table, flipped through it roughly, tore off two pages from it, pointed to one of the street view photos, and said, "This world is what it looks like in our eyes......

"And in the eyes of those in control...... "Li Mengnan slammed a map page in front of everyone, "and this is how he sees the world." ”

"You mean, our every move is under the watchful eye of this master?" Wu Mingyuan's face was difficult to look at.

"The controller cannot use this divine perspective for a long time, and can only see images, not hear sounds...... But even so, it would have been easy for him to track down any of us. ”

What kind of killer is the scariest? It's not the kind of assassin-type killer who comes and goes without a trace, nor is it the kind of mercenary killer whose combat power is comparable to Rambo, but a tech-based killer who can grasp your daily information and whereabouts at any time.

Because in front of him, you are completely transparent, and every flaw and weakness will be exposed in his eyes without concealment.

As the master of this world of consciousness, Aina is playing such a killer role with God's perspective at the moment.

Just when everyone fell silent again, Chen Lingling looked around left and right, and suddenly asked a question that no one noticed.

"Wait, which of you saw that dog?"

Well, Zhang Goudan has become a well-known nickname for a certain passer-by, and no one cares what his real name is.

After Chen Lingling said this, everyone realized that there seemed to be one less person among them.

"Just now, when everyone was talking, that Zhang Dogan took a stack of napkins from the table and hurried to the bathroom, maybe he had an upset stomach, right?"

Yu Meixin only vaguely remembered that she seemed to have seen such a scene, but she couldn't be completely sure.

There's no way, that dog's sense of existence is too weak, if it weren't for Li Mengnan casually giving him a "loud" nickname, she probably wouldn't have remembered that there was such a number one person in the team until now.

Li Mengnan suddenly had an ominous premonition and asked, "How long has he been there?" ”

"It should have been ten minutes, right? Or maybe fifteen minutes...... I haven't even looked at my watch, so who's going to count the time for a person who goes to? I don't change my mind. Yu Meixin's face was displeased, and suddenly she seemed to realize something, her face changed slightly, and she exclaimed: "It's bad, shouldn't he ...... too?"

"Check it out!"

Li Mengnan got up without hesitation and went straight to the bathroom of the restaurant, Wu Mingyuan and Shi Taishan glanced at each other, and they also followed.

"Huh? Wait for us, don't leave us here! ”

Thinking of a pair of eyes watching them all the time, like a poisonous snake hidden in the shadows, patiently waiting for the opportunity to make a move, the girls suddenly shuddered, and looked at any stranger around them as if they were looking at a perverted killer, and no longer cared about the lady's face and reserve, and 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 in it were so frightened that they almost didn't pee their pants, and a few of them just wanted to scold and question, and they were immediately thrown out of the door by Shi Taishan's humanoid Godzilla one by one.

"If you can't play in the NBA in the future, it's also a way out to be a bodyguard for a local tyrant, and no matter how strong the special forces soldier is, he can't catch up with the deterrent power of your body."

Li Mengnan gave a thumbs up, no matter what the relationship was, he always praised the merits of others.

Probably aware of Li Mengnan's words, Cai Lanzi paid more attention to him, and this big man who had always been unhappy actually smiled at Li Mengnan for the first time.

If that look worse than crying is indeed a laugh.

After Shi Taishan cleared the entire men's bathroom with his "domineering spirit", Li Mengnan began to inspect the inside of those compartments one by one.

Wu Mingyuan and Wu Shaoxia probably felt that the obscene action of lying on the ground and looking at his toes really damaged his status as a master, and he had no intention of stepping forward to help at all, just standing at the door with his arms crossed and expressionless.

"What did you find?" Seeing Li Mengnan get up, Cai Lanzi hurriedly stepped forward to inquire about the results.

"That compartment ......"

Before Li Mengnan could finish speaking, Shi Taishan kicked open the wooden door of the compartment with a 45-yard foot like a rhinoceros running wildly.

At the door, a pair of disheveled young men and women hugged each other in a strange posture, looking at everyone outside in horror and shivering.

“…… Someone. Li Mengnan sighed, turned his head to Shi Taishan and complained: "You should wait for me to finish your words before you do it!" Look at how scared people of it! ”

Shi Taishan suddenly realized that he had been pitted by Li Mengnan again, and he had nowhere to vent his anger, and the pair of field men and women in the compartment became his punching bag, and he didn't even give time to sort out his clothes, so he grabbed the collar with one hand and threw it out of the bathroom door.

"This compartment may be the compartment where Zhang Dogan went." Li Mengnan walked to the innermost 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 in the door below, there seems to be no one inside." ”

That is to say...... Zhang Dogan is also dead? ”

Yu Meixin's face turned pale, Chen Lingling buried her head in Cai Lanzi's arms and sobbed in a low voice, Miss Zhuang seemed to be calm and speechless, but the ends of her fingertips kept shaking uncontrollably.

Wu Mingyuan stepped forward and broke the door latch from the inside with a palm, pushed open the door and picked up a napkin scattered on the shelf, looked at the toilet paper box on the partition wall, and said in a solemn tone: "Zhang Dogan should have died here......"

"It's a pity that the way we people save is too special, once we die, all traces will disappear from this world, not even the corpse can be left, and we don't even know what method the murderer used to kill people...... Cai Lanzi sighed regretfully.

Calculating that the time was almost up, Li Mengnan reminded in words: "It's time to go, the movement we just made is not small, and if we don't leave, I'm afraid we will have to deal with the police in this world." ”

Although you don't need to make any plans, you still need to do the necessary preparations before leaving.

After leaving the restaurant, Li Mengnan and his party temporarily settled in a hotel.

In order to avoid the recurrence of the situation of the members being alone, all of them shared a large enough luxury suite, although there were not enough beds, but fortunately the central air conditioning in the room was sufficient, and the boys could cope with it by making a bunk on the carpet.

Although two people have died, because there are no corpses left behind, and there are no shocking murder scenes, the feelings of the girls who are most likely to be feared are still 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 big bed in the luxury suite, Cai Lanzi suddenly brought up this matter again, "Don't get me wrong, I didn't mean to separate, I just think that our current actions are completely unorganized, too chaotic, and it is easy to give the killer in control a chance......"

"I agree with President Cai Lanzi's opinion." Yu Meixin also expressed her support for Cai Lanzi in a timely manner, and it seems that Cai Lanzi is not the only one who has this idea, "Although we have now set the rule of at least two people no matter where we go, this group matching is random, and no one is responsible...... Moreover, this kind of random match is often only two girls, and even if it is really dangerous, there is no ability to resist at all. ”

"And what do you mean?" Li Mengnan leaned on the wide sofa and opened his half-squinted eyes.

As the leader of this team, he never minded doing some kind of welfare for himself within reason.

Yu Meixin and Cai Lanzi glanced at each other and said, "What we girls mean is to divide the entire team into several fixed groups, ensure that each team has a combat member who can protect everyone in a dangerous situation, and after the grouping is completed, all future actions will be carried out in small groups." ”

"Is this the opinion of all your girls?" Li Mengnan said that he didn't believe it, and it was hard for others to say, at least Miss Zhuang would definitely not be involved.

"Well, at least that's the overwhelming majority of opinions...... We have always been very democratic. ”

This is not a lie, Cai Lanzi and Yu Meixin unanimously agreed with this proposal, Chen Lingling did not care if it was abstaining, and the remaining Zhuang Jia would be in vain even if he opposed it.

The so-called democracy is not the minority obeying the majority.

"Now that you've decided, do as you say."

Li Mengnan nodded, this is okay, each group has a special person in charge of safety, which can not only detect the danger at the first time, but also reduce his workload.