harleyscars Chapter 18: Hints from Xia Ning
Chapter 18: Hints from Xia Ning
Inside the cabin, whispers gradually rose, and it was clear that Lin Feng was not the only one who was confused.
"Strange, why do I feel like... a little less time?" Ivan shook his huge head, looking confused.
"I feel the same way," Jinguji Rin said, her brows furrowing slightly. "My memory seems to have stopped after the flight attendant announced the rules, but the countdown shows that more than an hour has passed."
"Could it be that the group was collectively hypnotized?" Jeanne suggested. "Perhaps the hidden rules are related to dreams, hypnosis, or memory manipulation?"
"It's also possible that our perception of time has been distorted," another Chosen One interjected. "The effect of the rules is that we've lost a period of time?"
The crowd discussed it extensively, with various speculations pointing to anomalies on a mental or temporal level, but none of them could be confirmed.
Just then!
"Uh... Ah...!"
Bruce, the chosen one of the Raccoon Kingdom, suddenly let out a painful groan, exactly the same as "last time," and slid off his seat, collapsing to the ground, convulsing violently, foaming at the mouth.
"Quick! Turn him to his side! Don't let him bite his tongue!"
"Call a flight attendant!"
The rescue operation, almost reflexively, was carried out once again.
Lin Feng stared at the incredibly familiar scene before him, the intense sense of déjà vu almost tangible, and his heart clenched sharply—
He definitely experienced this scene firsthand!
But when he tried desperately to recall the details of "last time," his mind went blank.
Flight attendant number 005 reappeared, handled the emergency in the same efficient and indifferent manner, and then left.
Then the plane encountered turbulence, and the red wax figure of the Wagner fell out of the overhead luggage compartment again, and was placed in an empty seat in the last row by the flight attendant...
The celestial island in the sky and the alluring fairies outside the window arrived as expected, but the group worked together to resist them and overcome the dangers...
Each time an event occurred, Lin Feng's feeling of "having already experienced it" deepened.
【9:33:09】
When Lin Feng saw Sowin from the Kingdom of Pastries standing up unsteadily with vacant eyes, his pupils suddenly contracted!
A sense of crisis emanating from the depths of his soul made the hairs on his body stand on end!
Almost without thinking, he sprang up from his seat and roared with all his might:
"Stop him! Stop him now!"
The moment that shout escaped his lips, Lin Feng himself froze—
Why is he so nervous?!
However, it was still too late.
Sowin's face once again revealed that eerie yet resolute smile. With all his might, he pulled down the Death Handle!
Whoosh—!
boom!!!
The familiar alarm! The familiar loud noise! The familiar, irresistible, terrifying suction!
In the final moments before his body was violently thrown into the air and his consciousness was swallowed by coldness and suffocation, Lin Feng saw the equally horrified figures of his companions being swept into the sky, and two words flashed through his mind like lightning—
cycle!
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Lin Feng woke up with a start once again, his back soaked in cold sweat, his heart pounding wildly.
He immediately looked at the countdown screen—[9:29:54].
Time jumped forward again, but his memory of those "lost" two hours remained a blank.
Inside the cabin, the confused whispers quickly turned into open discussion.
"No! This feeling is too intense! I feel like I've just experienced the scenario we're discussing right now!"
"Could it be a collective dream? Are we all actually trapped in the same dream?"
Lin Feng forced himself to calm down and voiced the most absurd yet reasonable conjecture in his mind:
"Perhaps worse. Is it possible that we're trapped in some kind of time loop?"
"Is it just that our memories are partially erased at the start of each new cycle?"
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Dragon Kingdom Live Stream Room:
"Holy crap! Brother Feng's mind works so fast! He hit the nail on the head!"
"666! While others are still questioning their existence, Brother Feng is already close to the core concept!"
"His observational and associative abilities are so impressive; he deserves to be the protagonist!"
"The hope of the Dragon Kingdom! Let's see how Brother Feng breaks this deadlock!"
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Inside the cabin, Lin Feng's "cycle theory" immediately sparked a heated discussion, quickly forming two mainstream viewpoints: the "dream school" and the "cycle school".
The "Dream School" suggests trying a method similar to "Inception," where the character is awakened by "falling."
The "cycle faction," however, realized that if memories could not be preserved for the next round, then each time would be a fresh start, making it impossible to prevent the inevitable disaster.
The most urgent task is to find a way to get the information down.
The first thing everyone thought of was to take notes.
They searched through the storage pockets on the back of the seats and even carefully opened the overhead luggage rack, but found nothing.
There were absolutely no writing instruments to be found in the entire cabin.
Without further hesitation, Lin Feng pressed the call button.
The curtain was lifted, and Xia Ning walked in slowly.
Lin Feng immediately noticed a pair of uniquely designed earrings on her fair earlobes—
The silver lines twist into a perfect Möbius strip.
As she walked up to Lin Feng, her fingers seemed to unintentionally touch the earring lightly.
Lin Feng was shocked!
The Möbius strip, a symbol of infinite loops!
At this critical juncture, she wore this and even touched it in front of herself.
He would never believe it if you told him he wasn't hinting at something to himself!
He immediately suppressed his shock and gave an appreciative smile: "Your earrings are very special and beautiful."
Upon hearing this, Xia Ning smiled sweetly, a hint of meaning in her eyes: "Thank you. Is there anything I can help you with?"
"Do you have paper and pen? I'd like to jot down some thoughts."
"Hold on."
Just as Xia Ning turned around, Lin Feng struck again, slapping her firm buttocks hard with a "Pia" sound.
[Xia Ning's favorability with the mysterious flight attendant increases by 3!]
Current favorability rating: 73/100
Xia Ning paused slightly, but did not turn around, and quickly retrieved paper and pen.
As she handed it over, her fingertips lightly brushed across Lin Feng's palm, creating a cool, slightly itchy sensation.
She then looked up at him, smiled, and her eyes held an unreadable meaning.
Lin Feng's heart skipped a beat, and he was trying to decipher the deeper meaning behind this ambiguous gesture—
"Ugh...!"
Bruce, who was in the corner, let out another painful groan and slid to the ground.
Lin Feng jolted awake, glanced sharply at the countdown, and then quickly wrote down on the paper he had just received:
[9:13:42, Bruce, the Chosen One of the Raccoon Kingdom, suffers an epileptic seizure.]
Then, the two key events of the wax figure falling and the illusion of the fairy island were repeated.
Lin Feng's pen flew across the paper, accurately recording the time and events:
At 8:55:17, a wax figure fell from the luggage rack and was placed in the last row of seats.
[8:41:03, a vision of a fairy island appeared outside the window, possessing a strong spiritual allure, which has been successfully resisted.]
until--
【8:33:09】
Sowin of the Noodle Kingdom stood up once again, his eyes vacant.
In that instant, a strong sense of déjà vu struck Lin Feng’s brain like a high-voltage current!
A blurry yet incredibly real fragment of a terrifying memory suddenly surfaced:
A tremendous suction force, biting cold, and being mercilessly thrown into the azure void...
It turns out that the shuttle temperature is the switch for restarting the cycle!