mesbooks Chapter 123 is just like playing a game.
Chapter 123 is just like playing a game.
After catching his breath, Liu Yan turned around and quickly moved the things that had been moved aside back to their original positions.
As more items were added, Lu Cheng, who had been replaced, breathed a sigh of relief and joined Liu Yan in increasing the weight of the obstacles at the door.
"Phew... Alright, they shouldn't be able to get in for the time being..."
Liu Yan put down the last stool, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and slumped to the ground. The vegetables he had eaten earlier had long been used up and were no longer enough to sustain his strength.
The chase and the intense mental strain left Liu Yan feeling completely exhausted.
If it weren't for his parents regularly getting him to exercise a little, he definitely wouldn't be able to run so fast.
Liu Yan was covered in a cold sweat and just wanted to lie still and not move.
Lu Cheng, who was next to him, was in the same situation, his forehead covered in sweat.
He had never run like this before. The burst of energy he had in the face of life and death only allowed him to run halfway. The rest of the time, Liu Yan had to pull him up from time to time so that he could run into the room with her.
After calming their breathing and regaining their strength, the two immature male insects began to discuss what had just happened and their plans for the future.
"What should we do now? How...how did they become like that?"
Liu Yan was puzzled by his companions' change in attitude. He recalled the way they looked at him when they chased him, as if they regarded him as a delicious meal they desperately wanted.
If they hadn't run fast, they might have been caught up and eaten.
"I suspect it's the food on the table, maybe some kind of medicine, but I'm not sure because we ate it too, and we're fine..."
Lu Cheng vaguely recalled the scene that had just happened. They ate the food on the table together. Wei Ning ate first, followed by Zhang Bochao. The order in which the symptoms appeared also started with Wei Ning.
But he and Liu Yan ate too, so why didn't they... wait!
"Liu Yan, what did you eat from the food on the table just now?"
As if he had thought of something, Lü Cheng asked Liu Yan.
"What? I...I ate, I ate fruit, and a little bit of vegetables and dessert, but not much, and Wei Ning started to throw up. What's wrong? Did you think of something?"
Liu Yan tried hard to recall what he had eaten at the time, and finally, seeing the thoughtful expression on Lü Cheng's face, he asked him a question.
"Vegetables, fruits, and desserts—that's all I ate. You didn't eat meat, and neither did I, but they did..."
As Lü Cheng organized the information he knew, his suspicions became even more certain.
"What's wrong with the meat? I felt nauseous, so I didn't eat it. Is it because of the meat?"
As Liu Yan listened to his words, he also recalled that back then, Lü Cheng had indeed been like him, never having touched meat.
"I guess that's it. I didn't want to eat because of what was at the door yesterday...
But apart from the two of us, everyone else ate meat. Wei Ning ate first and the most, and his reaction was the earliest, followed by Zhang Bochao.
Although Lu Cheng's words were a guess, his tone was already certain. It only took them a short time from leaving the room to finding the source of the fragrance.
From last night until now, they haven't eaten anything except what's on that table, not even water.
Therefore, Lu Cheng couldn't think of a more reasonable reason than this.
"Then...if that's really the case, why did the perpetrators who brought us here only poison the meat, and not the other parts? What are they trying to do?"
Liu Yan pondered Lü Cheng's words with great confusion, but he also agreed with his guess.
Following Lü Cheng's line of thought, Liu Yan felt even more confused, even more distraught, and had even more questions.
He had absolutely no idea what the purpose of those unknown beings who brought them here was.
When they first came in yesterday, they searched everywhere but couldn't find a single female or sub-female insect. They didn't even see the service robots that are usually everywhere.
The facilities here seem very outdated and old-fashioned. Although the furniture and other items are complete and fully functional, they are very inconvenient and unfamiliar to those who are used to using technology.
Even the most backward and remote star systems, as reported by the quantum computer news, are better than this place.
There is no intelligent technology, no female or sub-female insects,
There were no communication devices, and even their own personal computers had no signal.
They wanted to go out the way they came in, but they found that they could never get back to the first floor where they came in. Every time they went downstairs, they would end up back on the second floor. They walked for a long time and finally had to give up.
I've tried other methods, like breaking the window and breaking down the door to the second-floor balcony, but nothing worked.
After they jumped down, they returned to the second floor, as if they were trapped there.
Later, due to disagreements, they began to scatter in search of ways to leave, until the first male died, then the second, the third...
They couldn't find the cause of death; each search only yielded bloodstains and one or two broken internal organs.
In order to find the cause and reduce the number of deaths, they listened to Lü Cheng's advice and reunited.
But now, of the six male insects that were still alive, only two remain.
"I don't know. What I just said was all just my guess. Liu Yan, don't panic. It's been so long, and the perpetrators haven't shown up."
If he really did use poison, then it just proves that he only wanted to torture us, not kill us outright.
Just like the games we play in the game pod, he's just toying with us..."
Lu Cheng spoke words he himself was unsure of, trying to comfort his companion who was already somewhat on the verge of collapse, and also trying to comfort himself.
But Liu Yan, hearing words he himself was unsure of, could only shake his head with a wry smile and remain silent. Looking out the window at the still bright and sunny daytime, his fear did not lessen in the slightest.
Seeing his expression, Lü Cheng knew that his words were not very convincing, so he gradually fell silent and sat quietly on the ground, leaning against the various things blocking the doorway.
Night fell quickly, and the two, who were stressed and had no food to eat, unknowingly fell asleep again.
"Knock knock... Liu Yan, are you inside? Liu Yan, Lü Cheng..."
"Lu Cheng! Are you inside?"