bioinnovel Chapter 234 I was tricked
Chapter 234 I was tricked
At this very moment, inside the arena.
All ten players from Moonlight Academy and Blue Willow Academy have entered the battle map – Sanctuary Starry Sky.
The spawn point for Lan Zhiyuan's side.
Looking at the familiar scene before her, Xue Youyou's heart skipped a beat.
She could confirm that this Sacred Realm Starry Sky was the same one she had seen in the Tower of Ten Thousand Beasts.
Apart from her and Lu Yutang, the other three were witnessing such a spectacular sight for the first time.
Countless glittering stars silently swirled in the sky above, and nebulae brushed past like a thin veil, filling the world with an almost sacred tranquility.
Just then, in front of everyone, Xue Youyou suddenly reached out and took Meng Yanqing's hand without warning.
She squeezed the back of her hand and palm, and touched her knuckles, her movements natural and serious, as if confirming something extremely important.
Meng Yanqing was stunned for a moment. It wasn't until the warm touch clearly entered her heart that she belatedly realized what was happening. Her face flushed instantly, and she gently withdrew her hand.
She looked away, her heart inexplicably skipping a beat. She wanted to say something, but didn't know how to begin.
This is the scene at the finals, where the eyes of billions of viewers are focused.
Xue Youyou's untimely actions were perhaps a bit too bold.
Under the strange gazes of Meng Yanqing and the other three, Xue Youyou acted as if nothing had happened, withdrew her hand, and calmly uttered a seemingly nonsensical sentence: "After the countdown ends, you all run backward at full speed, the farther the better."
Upon hearing this, the expressions of the four people changed simultaneously.
Lu Yutang, who was already a little jealous of Xue Youyou's gesture of touching Meng Yanqing's hand, was the first to lose control at this moment.
She frowned, her tone tinged with resentment and grievance: "We know we can't interfere with your battle with Mutsuki, but at least we can spar with the others in the Moonlight Institute, right? Besides, I have the secret of resurrection; maybe I can help you at a crucial moment!"
Su Wanrou followed up with a gentle yet unusually firm voice: "Captain, it's not that we don't listen to you. It's just... this is the highly anticipated final, and even if this is truly the most reasonable tactical arrangement, we can't justify deserting."
Cui Yelan rarely spoke up: "It's not just you and Yan Qing, we've also been preparing and looking forward to this for a long time."
Meng Yanqing didn't speak, but her eyes conveyed the same thoughts as the three of them. She had finally become an ultimate beast tamer, and naturally didn't want to just stand by and watch.
The air fell silent for a moment.
Then, Xue looked at them and sighed softly, her voice deeper than before: "Didn't any of you notice something was wrong?"
All four were taken aback upon hearing this.
"What's wrong?"
Xue Youyou surveyed her surroundings, her gaze sweeping over the unrealistically beautiful starry sky, and slowly said, "Haven't you noticed that this Sacred Realm Starry Sky we're in right now isn't a projection at all?"
All four of them paused in their breathing.
With the Alliance's latest technology, the realism of the projection can reach 99.99999%, almost identical to the corresponding scene in the real world.
The near-perfect replication was flawless, down to the smell in the wind and the feel underfoot. Add to that zero latency, and not only ordinary people, but even top-tier beast tamers couldn't distinguish the difference.
They have no way of knowing that.
Rather, it's more accurate to say that Xue Youyou, who is able to perceive this, is the one who is abnormal.
But if what she said is true, then it's not just a little serious.
A chill ran through the four of them, and they dared not argue any further. Their expressions changed from resistance to seriousness.
A hint of wavering appeared in Lu Yutang's voice: "No...no way? Maybe you're mistaken, Youyou?"
She paused, as if desperately searching for evidence to support her judgment: "I feel there's no difference between when I went to the Alliance Leader's place for tea last time?"
Xue Youyou shook her head: "I'm only just realizing now that that should really be the Holy Domain Starry Sky. It's just that the Alliance Leader deliberately lied to us, saying that it was fake."
She raised her eyes, looked at the four of them, and said solemnly, "I squeezed Yan Qing's hand just now to confirm this."
"I can still distinguish that completely realistic touch, temperature, skin smoothness, and slight bone movement from what is simulated in virtual space."
However, only Xue Youyou herself could sense what she was saying; the other four still couldn't believe that what she said was true.
Su Wanrou asked nervously, "Is there any other evidence?"
Xue Youyou glanced at Su Wanrou and continued, "Of course, how could I say something so irresponsible just because of one doubt?"
"Do you guys remember the distinctly different feeling we got when the map loaded earlier?"
Upon hearing this, all four of them froze.
Xue Youyou didn't mention it, and they didn't take it seriously at all.
Only after Xue Youyou revealed it did they belatedly realize that it was indeed true.
"That's probably because it's not a projection, but a transmission, which leads to this obvious difference."
Xue Youyou paused, her gaze quickly sweeping across the four people's faces, and said, "We should now be teleported to the location of the true Holy Domain - Starry Sky."
This time, after hearing Xue Youyou's argument, the four of them were somewhat convinced.
Su Wanrou stared in disbelief, "Then... why... why would the Alliance do this?!"
Xue Youyou sneered inwardly.
She's realized it now.
I'm afraid the Alliance Leader would prefer that he and Mutsuki perish together.
However, Xue Youyou did not tell them what was on her mind.
She simply said in a gentle tone, "It might be a staff mistake. Anyway, just listen to me and run towards the border of the Holy Land, the faster the better, the farther the better."