"Respirator..."
"Heart rate monitor..."
"Vital signs normal..."
"We can proceed!"
"Alright, copy that. First test, commence."
A powerful current surged into his temple, and numbness instantly spread throughout his body.
"...It's happening!"
"Is... is this his consciousness?"
...
"Damn it, there's a backlash! Shut down the equipment! Quickly!"
...
"Injecting inhibitor #2 for cerebral nebula plaque, continue the experiment."
"Sir, he can't take it!"
"Inject more!"
...
Gu Ya slowly opened his eyes and felt the soft bed beneath him.
He lifted his head slightly, feeling dizzy.
After a long moment, Gu Ya slowly felt himself over. His clothes were still on, and he immediately felt relieved.
His memory stopped at being dragged into the hovercar by Fang Fei and Lan Ya. After that, there was nothing.
He never expected to get so drunk that he blacked out from just a 12° drink.
Gu Ya gathered his strength and managed to sit up, looking around.
He was in a luxurious guest room, on a large bed.
"Fang Fei?" Gu Ya called out cautiously.
No one responded.
After fumbling around for a while, Gu Ya finally stood up from the bed. He raised his wrist and checked his chrono.
"Holy crap, I slept for 15 hours!" Gu Ya quickly grabbed his jacket and rushed out of the room. After paying the room fee, he hurried to the academy.
Fang Fei and Lan Ya, those damned women, what might they have done to him last night while he was blacked out!
Gu Ya thought fiercely.
If he were a woman, he might know if he had been violated.
But Gu Ya was a man; even if his vital fluids were taken, a quick clean-up afterward would leave no trace.
"Damn it, I need to use the consciousness visualization equipment to see what happened last night."
In less than twenty minutes, Gu Ya was back at the academy.
He had just made it in time for class.
Gu Ya rushed into the classroom and immediately spotted Fang Fei sitting in the corner.
She was idly spinning a pen, looking at a holographic textbook.
Gu Ya couldn't hide his anger. Squinting, he sat down behind Fang Fei and placed his hand heavily on her shoulder.
Startled, Fang Fei turned around and asked angrily, "What are you doing?"
"What did you and Lan Ya do to me last night? Tell me the truth!" Gu Ya said in a low voice, suppressing his anger.
Fang Fei looked at him innocently, as if he were an idiot, and said, "I was in the dorm all last night. Are you possessed?"
Gu Ya stared at her, but Fang Fei's eyes didn't seem like she was lying.
"Zhan Yan?" Fang Fei said softly, "My shoulder hurts."
Gu Ya blinked and asked, "What did you call me?"
"Zhan Yan! Hey! You're hurting my shoulder!" Fang Fei pulled Gu Ya's hand away, glared at him angrily, and turned back, ignoring him.
Just then, the class bell rang, and Teacher Lan Ya walked onto the stage energetically, announcing cheerfully, "Class is in session!"
After school in the afternoon, Teacher Lan Ya maintained her vibrant energy, finishing today's lesson.
Gu Ya followed Lan Ya out of the classroom. Once they were in a secluded spot outside the teaching building, Gu Ya stepped forward.
"Teacher Lan Ya, what did you and Fang Fei do to me last night?" Gu Ya asked in a low voice.
Lan Ya was completely baffled by Gu Ya's behavior and said, "I was with my boyfriend last night. What's wrong, student Zhan Yan?"
Gu Ya quickly lowered his head and walked away.
Both Fang Fei and Lan Ya acted as if they had amnesia, and they were calling him by his alias. This was very strange.
No...
Gu Ya suddenly stopped, a spark of realization hitting him.
Something was wrong.
He quickly raised his wrist and checked the time again. It was 5:58 PM on May 27th.
"May 27th was the date I returned from my mission, meaning yesterday in my memory."
Gu Ya looked around vigilantly. Everything here felt so real.
"There's also something very important!"
"Yesterday I could summon my mecha, which means I was indeed in reality at that time. So this world..."
Gu Ya looked up at the sky.
Suddenly, the entire sky flickered, like a display screen turning off and then back on.
He understood. This was a consciousness world.
After being tricked into getting drunk and blacking out, someone had made him enter a consciousness world.
Gu Ya slowly lowered his head and looked at his hand.
He concentrated all his attention, repeatedly chanting in his mind, "Turn into a crispy rice cracker..."
His hand remained intact.
It seemed this was someone else's consciousness world.
Gu Ya lowered his hand.
"I don't know what the situation is in the outside world. I can't summon my mecha or exoskeleton, or I'll be trapped, or even fall into the abyss of consciousness."
But this world felt so real!
Whose consciousness world would be identical to reality? That would be so boring.
If you are in a consciousness world, there will be boundaries and abysses.
At this moment, a group of boys and girls walked past.
They were students from two grades below him. Gu Ya's grade was the third year, the graduating year.
"If this is a consciousness world, then reckless destruction might attract the attention of the consciousness owner,"
Gu Ya muttered to himself, then quickly walked towards the group of younger students. Without a word, he threw a punch directly at one of the boys.
"Ouch! What are you doing?" The punched boy staggered a few steps and sat on the ground, his nose bleeding profusely.
The other boys, seeing their companion beaten, swarmed forward and pinned Gu Ya down. Over a dozen fists rained down on him.
Intense pain spread throughout Gu Ya's body; it felt incredibly real.
After they had beaten him up, the group finally stopped and walked away.
Gu Ya slowly sat up from the ground, a surge of anger rising within him.
"Is this fun?"
At that moment, a woman's voice came from behind him, her tone cold but strangely familiar.
Gu Ya turned around.
"Dou Mei?"
Dou Mei walked in front of Gu Ya and squatted down, placing her hands on her knees. She smiled sweetly and affectionately at Gu Ya, saying, "This is reality."
"Impossible," Gu Ya said calmly.
He stood up and walked behind Dou Mei, grabbing her collar and pulling it hard.
A star-shaped birthmark appeared on Dou Mei's left shoulder blade.
"You're fake," Gu Ya said, releasing Dou Mei's collar. "This entire world is fake."
Gu Ya raised both hands, palms open, fingers spread.
[Code Tampering]!
Suddenly, the system interface in front of Gu Ya analyzed and displayed lines of pink code.
But immediately, the code began to switch rapidly, its order completely disrupted.
"Someone is interfering with me..."
Gu Ya sneered and instantly activated [Star Construction Blueprint].
It was as if a blue sky appeared in his mind, with white clouds beneath it, and endless darkness below the clouds.
Within that blue sky, the blue color began to materialize.
Blue stripes started to appear.
Just then, three people walked over from a distance.
It was Zeng Lang, Liu Feng, and Wu Xuan.
Following them, Ling Ling, You You, and You Ran also walked over.
They stood in a line, quietly watching Gu Ya.
Those blue stripes continued to appear, gradually forming the shape of a room, with lines of various sizes continuing to outline the room's details.
At that moment, the crowd parted to the sides.
A young girl with black hair and a beautiful, pure face walked over.
"Ye Ying?" Gu Ya was startled.
How ruthless! The opponent not only knew his friends and family but also his beloved.
This was definitely intentional! The opponent was targeting Gu Ya!
Ye Ying slowly walked up to Gu Ya, reached out, and gently hugged his waist, whispering, "Gu Ya, stop struggling. Stay here, okay? Let's do it again tonight, like we did when we held each other that night."
Gu Ya let out a cold laugh. The person who created this consciousness world probably never imagined that he and Ye Ying hadn't even been intimate yet.
Moreover, only one person knew that Gu Ya had spent a night with Ye Ying!
Gu Ya's [Star Construction Blueprint] continued to materialize the room before him.
Gradually, a bed appeared in Gu Ya's mind,
And a person's body, lying on the bed.
Gu Ya recognized at a glance that the person on the bed was him!
This meant...
"This is your consciousness world!"
"Lan Ya!"
Since Lan Ya knew so much about Gu Ya, and even Dou Mei had appeared, it was understandable.
"Lan Ya, you're from Special Department Nine!"
Suddenly, the entire world, centered on Gu Ya, split in two. All scenery flew rapidly to the sides, and immense darkness enveloped Gu Ya.
Only the ground beneath Gu Ya's feet remained illuminated, making him look like he was on a dark stage, bathed in a spotlight.
"Clap! Clap! Clap! Clap..." A faint, rhythmic applause began, growing louder.
A woman's ethereal voice echoed, "Very good. You solved my labyrinth in just one minute."
"This is nothing. The real show is about to begin."
As soon as she finished speaking,
A giant, inverted mountain appeared above Gu Ya's head!
It was rapidly falling towards Gu Ya, the peak getting closer and larger!
No, Gu Ya suddenly realized, it wasn't the mountain falling towards him.
It was Gu Ya who was falling towards the peak!
His head was up before,
Now he felt like he was head-down.
Furious, chaotic winds roared in Gu Ya's ears.
If he didn't do something soon, Gu Ya would be shattered into pieces.
But he couldn't summon his exoskeleton or mecha here, or the room would be destroyed.
The deadly peak was directly below!