Chapter 994: Unintentional Questioning (Thanks to Tang Seng You Zhi Xiao Mao Hou for the Silver Alliance donation)

Luo Shan sat in a cafe near the police headquarters, using a white pigeon she had temporarily modified to monitor the movements of Luo Fu and Jianna.

She had drawn her own mark on the pigeon and also painted a concealed micro-camera; as long as she wore the sunglasses equipped with a receiver, she could obtain the corresponding signal. At the same time, she could use the connection between the "painter" and the painting to drive the corresponding mark, thereby commanding the pigeon.

Of course, this had to be kept within a certain distance.

Seeing Luo Fu and Jianna come out of the Star Dream Sundry Shop, Luo Shan hurriedly had the white pigeon follow them.

As she followed, she discovered that the two targets were approaching the police headquarters area, which was where she was located.

Luo Shan's heart suddenly rose to her throat.

Fortunately, her nervousness did not last long; Luo Fu and Jianna only came to this street and did not actually walk to the entrance of the cafe.

*Whew... * Luo Shan had just relaxed when she saw Luo Fu and Jianna, who were already five or six steps away from the cafe, disappear into thin air simultaneously.

*This... * Luo Shan's pupils dilated instantly.

The next second, two people sat down in the seats opposite her.

One was Luo Fu, and the other was Jianna.

Luo Shan's movements froze, as if she had turned into a statue.

"Are you monitoring us?" Jianna asked in a friendly tone.

Furanka placed the two mirrors she was holding onto the coffee table, creating a "Mirror Labyrinth."

"I, I wanted to see what you were really doing, whether you were lying to me, and if you were bad people." Luo Shan's voice gradually grew louder.

*So it's the aftereffects of that sentence in the dream... I wonder if the "Mirror Labyrinth" can deceive the "Reporter's" ability to explore the truth? Probably not... How can I guard against this kind of peeping in the future? Use mobile phones for important matters and delete chat records with an "Information Shredder" afterward? No, except for me, Lu Mian, Jianna, Anthony, and Ludwig don't know Chinese; mobile phone communication is done via voice-to-text, which would also be overheard... The "Bottle of Fiction" probably can't isolate it either, unless it's a "Secret Realm"... In the future, can I only communicate far away from "Reporters"? * Furanka thought of many things in an instant.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck her, and she looked at Luo Shan.

"If you want to follow, you can follow openly; if you want to watch, you can watch from the side. It's just that some things will be quite dangerous, and even we might not be able to protect ourselves. Well, if we are going to face such things, we will tell you in advance, and you can weigh whether you want to follow or not."

Luo Shan did not expect Luo Fu and the others to be so sincere, and for a moment, she couldn't say a word.

Furanka took the opportunity to say:

"We are going to a place next to confirm whether some people have become more 'fake.' Do you want to go?"

*Confirm whether they have become more fake? * Luo Shan felt a sudden sense of fear, but she didn't want to lie to herself forever and not flip to the answer.

She hesitated for a few seconds and said:

"I'll go."

Furanka laughed:

"It just so happens that you have the ability to explore the truth, so you can intuitively help us confirm it, without us having to come up with dangerous plans."

She didn't know yet whether Lu Mian's "Eye of Disaster" could discover the problems with Huang Jiajia, Ai Nana, and the others, so she planned to seek Luo Shan's "help."

In this way, they might even be able to discover where the fake people were fake, thereby obtaining key evidence that could be reported to the police.

In addition, Jianna had told Furanka earlier that since Luo Shan already knew that the current world was a dream and was in a state of unwillingness to believe, full of suspicion, but unable to completely deceive herself, they shouldn't delay any longer, lest she do something stupid or have her mental state appear problematic and be used by that evil god of the "Fantasy Society."

Jianna felt that since they had already chosen to be honest and truthful, they should continue this style. On one hand, they could stabilize Luo Shan's spirit and emotions through psychological counseling; on the other hand, they could let Luo Shan face the truth step by step under their control, confirm the facts, and not indulge her in wild guesses, wild attempts, or wild actions, which could likely lead to even greater disasters.

That is to say, since the problem had already appeared and could not be avoided, placing it under their own control and releasing it with precautions was better than letting the problem develop on its own.

Therefore, instead of using "Peeping Glasses" to accomplish the task, they chose to ask Luo Shan for "help."

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Outside the Starry Sky Tutoring Center.

Furanka and Jianna took Luo Shan and sat in a white sedan that was unlocked and empty.

—Anthony, having received Furanka's WeChat message, was waiting nearby, ready at any time to treat Luo Shan, whose spirit might collapse.

"This is?" Luo Shan did not expect that there would be such a car parked on the side of the road waiting for them to use.

"It was driven over by our companion to facilitate our observation." Furanka explained simply.

Luo Shan asked back with a sudden realization:

"The Lu Mianna who played cards together?"

That was how Furanka and the others had introduced her.

"You could say that." Jianna had no intention of letting the "audience" step onto the stage.

After a while, they saw Huang Jiajia walk out of the Starry Sky Tutoring Center.

"That's her." Furanka reminded Luo Shan quickly.

Luo Shan, through the car window, raised her right hand and pinched the corners of her eyes.

She then saw the target person overlapping with windows, street trees, and cars.

She also saw a large number of invisible threads floating out from the target's body, extending toward the high sky.

These threads were tied to the target's joints and tied to her organs.

Following the tugging of these invisible threads, the target made corresponding movements and walked toward the nearest bus stop.

*This is just like a marionette... * Luo Shan's hair stood on end all over her body.

When she explored the truth in the past, she hadn't seen such a situation with the people around her, or rather, the situation wasn't obvious enough to be ignored by her.

Taking advantage of the fact that there was still some time, Luo Shan observed the passersby.

She saw that these passersby also had a large number of invisible thin threads floating toward the high sky, but these threads were very slack and lacked the tension to pull the human body into making movements.

"..." Luo Shan's body tensed up, then collapsed suddenly, leaning against the backrest of the car's rear seat.

She ended her exploration and said like a dream-talker:

"It is indeed more fake..."

"What are the specific details?" Jianna tried to use the way of discussing official business to alleviate the emotional impact Luo Shan had received.

Furanka sent a message to Anthony:

"Closely monitor the target's status."

Luo Shan spoke in a floating voice, describing the scene she saw and the comparison between the target and normal people.

During this process, Anthony, who had disguised himself as a middle-aged man smoking on the side of the road, narrowed the distance between himself and Luo Shan and quietly used "Pacify."

After Luo Shan finished speaking, she fell into complete silence, not saying a word.

Jianna and Furanka looked at her with heartache, temporarily not starting any new topics.

They were waiting for Anthony's notification; only when Anthony said it was okay would they speak, and only when Anthony said what aspect to chat about would they conceive the corresponding language.

"I, I want to go to the North City Cemetery." Finally, Luo Shan made a sound.

"Okay." Furanka agreed immediately.

At the same time, she received a message sent by Anthony using voice input while he had his back turned:

"The target's emotional state has initially stabilized, but there is still residual negativity, pessimism, and despair.

"Don't chat about anything; any sentence in the current situation might stimulate the target. Only answer if she asks."

Furanka forwarded these messages to Jianna, started the car herself, and drove into the main road.

The car was silent again, with only the sound of the engine faintly audible.

After the car arrived at the North City Overpass, Luo Shan, who seemed to have become a clay sculpture, whispered to herself:

"Is, is there another me in the real world outside?"

"Yes." Jianna gave an answer.

She strictly followed the "psychiatrist's" medical advice, only answering Luo Shan's questions without making any expansions.

Luo Shan fell silent again.

Finally, the car arrived at the North City Cemetery and stopped in the parking lot.

Luo Shan pressed the door handle, remained silent for a few seconds, and said:

"I'll go in by myself; you don't need to follow."

"Okay." Jianna and Furanka responded in unison.

Luo Shan opened the car door and stuck out one foot.

At this moment, she turned her body halfway and asked with dark eyes:

"Are you here to wake up Zhou Mingrui?"

"Yes." Jianna did not hide it.

On this topic, she felt it was necessary to say a few more words, so she added:

"If Zhou Mingrui is not awakened, then after the apocalypse arrives, everything will be destroyed, including this dream.

"And there are only a few years left until the apocalypse."

Luo Shan looked at the seat cover in front with hollow eyes, wanting to confirm the details:

"Why did Zhou Mingrui fall into a deep sleep?"

"To confront an evil force." Furanka explained concisely.

This was consistent with the core of the story she had made up earlier.

Luo Shan maintained her posture just now and asked subconsciously:

"Has that evil force already been defeated, and can Zhou Mingrui be awakened?"

*This... * Hearing this question, Furanka and Jianna were both startled.

They looked at each other, unable to answer Luo Shan's question for a moment:

*Yes, if the consciousness of the Celestial Worthy has already been defeated, then Mr. Fool can wake up by himself. If it hasn't been defeated yet, what is the essential difference between forcibly waking him up and the situation before he fell asleep? *

*Or does "awakening" itself symbolize the defeat of the Celestial Worthy's consciousness? *

*Mr. Fool wakes up while the Celestial Worthy is still asleep; the power will shift, and the scales of victory will tilt toward Mr. Fool? *

*Is this guess correct? If it's wrong, does it mean our direction wasn't right? *

*The Great Arcana cards have always valued "awakening," but should we have first weakened the Celestial Worthy? *

"We are currently in the stage of confirming the situation; we don't know yet whether that evil force has been defeated." Furanka answered truthfully.

Luo Shan bit her lip and didn't ask any more questions.

She got out of the car completely and walked toward the flower shop attached to the cemetery, where she bought two bouquets of white chrysanthemums.

She walked slowly, her figure gradually disappearing among the tombstones.

PS: Thanks to Tang Seng You Zhi Xiao Mao Hou for the Silver Alliance donation~

(End of chapter)