Ch50 - Battle of Wits (1/2)
Zhou Sheng got up and sat on the bed listlessly. He and Yu Hao just stared at each other.
“Let’s play a game ba.” Zhou Sheng said, “Call Kaikai for a game.”
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Yu Hao called Chen Yekai, but he didn’t pick up. Yu Hao thought, crap, is he sleeping? Not a moment later, Chen Yekai replied to his WeChat message, “I don’t have good reception here, you guys go ahead.”
Zhou Sheng, “Talk to him, don’t let him sleep.”
Yu hao chatted idly with Chen Yekai intermittently, and Chen Yekai also responded every so often. Their messages were spaced about five to ten minutes apart in their conversation. Rather than being in the United States, Yu Hao felt that Chen Yekai was on Saturn instead.
Not long after, the group chat that Yu Hao, Zhou Sheng, and Fu Liqun were part of began to light up with messages. Inside it was a selfie that Fu Liqun and Cen Shan had taken at night by a river.
“Pei!” Zhou Sheng said, “I’m quitting the group!”
Yu Hao, “Congratulations!”
Cen Shan sent a sweet voice message in the group, “I’ll come see you guys some other day.”
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Zhou Sheng pressed the voice key, “It’s good that you guys got back together.”
Cen Shan, “Zhou Sheng, when will you……”
Zhou Sheng cut it off halfway. Yu Hao didn’t react and just played Cen Shan’s complete voice message.
“Zhou Sheng, when will you start dating too, un? You know what I mean.”
Zhou Sheng said into his phone, “Shan Jie, I’m really quitting the group this time.”
Yu Hao began laughing. At first he didn’t understand what Cen Shan meant, but after coming to a sudden realisation, both of them were a little embarrassed.
In this group of four, Cen Shan only asked Zhou Sheng “when will you start dating” and didn’t tease Yu Hao at all……
In the end, Zhou Sheng suddenly said, “How’re things on Kaikai’s side?”
“He’s still there.” Yu Hao said.
“Sleep ba.” Zhou Seng said, “See you in the dream.”
Both of them were a bit sleepy. They laid down separately, and Zhou Sheng continued, “Don’t be afraid, we’ll come save you now.”
Yu Hao wanted to say something else at that moment, but held back in the end. If there are words left unsaid, then he’ll still be able to eat chicken later. But once spoken, he might not be able to eat the chicken anymore.
Yu Hao drifted in and out of slumber. The effects of the caffeine from the coffee he drank during the day hadn’t waned, but then he felt Zhou Sheng reach over with his hand and gently pat his forehead. Yu Hao then fell into the dream.
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Zhou Sheng was standing in front of the Golden Crow Wheel clad in a suit of armour.
Yu Hao, “He hasn’t slept yet?”
Zhou Sheng frowned as he shook his head, “We could wake up and wait awhile longer? It’s only 1pm on his side.”
“What would happen if a situation like this occurs?” Yu Hao asked.
But this time, instead of Zhou Sheng, the Golden Crow Wheel erupted with a bright flare that engulfed Yu Hao’s body and answered him — the answer rushed directly into Yu Hao’s consciousness.
If Yu Hao and Zhou Sheng didn’t enter the dreamscape in time when the owner fell asleep, then they would still be dragged into the owner’s conscious world when they next entered the dream. No matter what kind of events had taken place in that conscious world.
It also meant that if Chen Yekai’s conscious world was destroyed in their absence, and the owner fell into his subconscious, when Yu Hao enters the dream again, he would be forcibly pulled into the subconsciousness of the previous dreamscape.
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“It seems a bit dire.” Yu Hao muttered.
Zhou Sheng, “That depends on whether our Chen Laoshi would get KO-ed by Ryuusei after he rushes over to Ryuusei without our help.”
“What’ll happen if he gets KO-ed?” Yu Hao asked again, but he could vaguely guess even without Zhou Sheng’s answer. The situation in Chen Yekai’s conscious world was quite critical now: the rainforest outside Chichén Itzá was on fire, and his conscious world had almost completely disintegrated. However, he had never encountered such a situation.
“Mental breakdown.” Zhou Sheng said, “Through destroying his consciousness himself. Let’s get up and wait ba. Good night.”
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The time zone difference was tortuous. Yu Hao suggested, “Let’s go out for an all-nighter?”
The dormitory wasn’t closed yet. Yu Hao and Zhou Sheng went to the Internet cafe outside their college for an all-nighter. Zhou Sheng watched a soccer match as he bitterly complained, “Why the hell are you still working on your English Listening Comprehension during an all-nighter? Could you not be so annoying?!”
Yu Hao said, “But it’s not like I know how to play online games! What do you want me to do?!”
So Zhou Sheng could only ignore him. He took a short nap on the sofa later in the night. Half an hour later, he got up, “He hasn’t slept yet.”
The two of them stayed up until 7am before yawning as they returned to their dormitory. Zhou Sheng said, “Just hold on a little longer.”
“What if Fu Liqun returns in the afternoon?” Yu Hao was concerned about being woken up by Fu Liqun.
Zhou Sheng, “I sent him a message saying that we did an all-nighter, and asked him to be quiet when he comes back.”
Yu Hao could tell that he wasn’t very lucid anymore. It was hard for him to stay up until 9am.
“I can’t……” Yu Hao said, “I’m so damn sleepy, I don’t care anymore……”
But when they entered the dream again, they were still standing in front of the Golden Crow Wheel.
Zhou Sheng, “He’s still not asleep? That kid can really hold out, huh.”
Yu Hao sat on the bridge railings and looked at Zhou Sheng with an utterly listless expression. Zhou Sheng said, “We’re already in the dream! We’re not sleepy anymore!”
“But I’m still really sleepy……” Yu Hao only wanted to lie down on the bridge. He didn’t know why the sleepiness from reality had followed him into the dream.
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Zhou Sheng, “Don’t sleep, I don’t know how to wake up someone who falls asleep in a dream!!”
Yu Hao rallied and was about to say something when he suddenly heard a noise.
“Fu Liqun is back.” Yu Hao said, “I’ll go open the door.”
“Didn’t I tell him to keep it down?” Zhou Sheng said.
Yu Hao felt muddleheaded and thought, what’s going on? He forced himself to open his eyes. His eyes were painfully dry, and someone was knocking on the door.
“Who is it?” Yu Hao got off the bed and looked at the time. 1pm. He had to go open the door.
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When he opened the door, Yu Hao’s heart almost stopped, and he thought that he was still in the dream.
Chen Yekai was standing in the corridor outside the door.
Yu Hao, “……”
Chen Yekai, “Is it convenient to talk now?”
Yu Hao, “Zhou Sheng! Get up!”
Yu Hao immediately turned around and was still wondering if he was actually dreaming, or if this was reality. But Chen Yekai naturally entered the dormitory and casually closed the door behind him.
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Yu Hao shook Zhou Sheng a few times. Zhou Sheng was woken up, so he sat up in annoyance, “What are you guys doing——
He abruptly stopped speaking. When Zhou Sheng saw Chen Yekai standing in their dormitory, he was also stunned speechless.
“You’re back?” Zhou Sheng said.
“I’m back.” Chen Yekai said, “Let’s talk ba.”
Yu Hao had been very sleepy, but Chen Yekai’s sudden return completely stirred him into alertness with fright.