Shen Xi pressed her lips together and stared at Cheng Fei with an icy gaze.
Her pure black eyes felt capable of firing blades.
“Fine, fine, sweetheart.”
Cheng Fei sighed.
“I’ll delete her.”
“Who told me to spoil you?”
“Watch carefully.”
He opened his friends list and deleted Nagasaki Asuna right in front of Shen Xi.
Only then did the silver-haired girl nod with reluctant satisfaction.
“Are you taking these flowers or not?”
Cheng Fei shook the bouquet.
“Took me forever to gather them.”
Shen Xi accepted the flowers.
Her small nose drew in their fragrance.
“Don’t you find it unreasonable that flowers can be picked inside a game, and that players can even smell them?”
“Even for full-dive technology?”
“All I care about is whether you’re moved.”
“I seriously spent ages gathering and tying them.”
“Forget being moved.”
“I genuinely like this species of flower, so I’ll accept them.”
“Tsundere.
Understood.”
“If you like them, I’ll pick them for you more often.”
“Next time, one flower is enough.”
“Worried about me?”
“Worried about the flowers.”
Shen Xi smiled coldly.
“And I dislike wasting time waiting for you.”
“Can’t you be honest for once?
Just occasionally?”
“Enough nonsense.”
Shen Xi looked around.
“Where is she?”
Numerous players were staring at the pair due to their Transcendent appearances, but Nagasaki Asuna was nowhere among them.
“Something came up.
She isn’t coming.”
“Excellent.
Let’s go.
Take me to the Fourth Layer.”
“Don’t rush.”
Cheng Fei examined her from head to toe.
“I’ll emphasize this one more time.”
“If you die while sequence breaking, you lose your equipment.”
“I’m not paying for any of that.”
Her dress had terrible protection across the back and boots reaching to the thighs, mostly white with gold trim.
Cheng Fei recognized the outfit.
“Losing it would be perfect.”
“I never liked this outfit anyway.”
“Looks good, but performs terribly.”
“Still, it’s a memento from our first date.”
Shen Xi smiled coldly.
“Date?”
“Last time you described it as, and I quote, ‘sitting on a hillside staring at each other.'”
“You’re still hung up on that?”
“Apparently you care quite a lot about how I described it.”
Shen Xi turned her face away.
“My memory is simply excellent.”
“Fine.
Once the outfit drops, replace it with one featuring white tights.”
“Forget it.”
“Don’t even dream.”
Shen Xi looked at him.
“Besides, do you have so little confidence in protecting me on the Fourth Layer?”
“I overestimated you.”
“I can’t protect you if you throw your own life away.”
“Sequence breaking isn’t something an ordinary person like you can understand.”
“I’m not stupid.”
“I won’t drag you down.”
“Hopefully.”
“I order you to depart immediately.”
“Yes, milady.”
…
“The world of Corridor consists of thirteen floating continental layers arranged vertically.”
“Players can only unlock the next layer after conquering the Main Teleport Gate on the previous one.”
“Progression is shared globally.”
“Using special methods to access a continent that hasn’t officially been unlocked is called sequence breaking.”
“The global progression currently stops at the Third Layer, so traveling to the Fourth counts as sequence breaking.”
“You can skip the basic facts anyone who has seriously played the game already knows.”
Shen Xi glanced at Cheng Fei, who was walking ahead like a tour guide.
“Sorry.
Accidentally treated you like Nana.”
“She’s more of a beginner.”
“The fact that you can utter such a disgusting nickname so effortlessly is one quality I have no choice but to respect.”
“Thank you.
Open-minded flexibility has always been one of my virtues.”
“We’ve reached the edge of the Third Layer.”
Shen Xi looked around.
“What now?”
“Jump.”
Cheng Fei pointed downward.
Shen Xi frowned.
“You’re joking.”
“The Fourth Layer is below the Third, isn’t it?”
Shen Xi looked down.
“Jumping directly will only kill us.”
“Countless idiots have already tried that.”
“Exactly.”
“So you jump there.”
Cheng Fei snapped his fingers.
Shen Xi followed the direction of his finger.
A lonely piece of rock protruded from the cliff face several meters below.
“Then what?” she asked suspiciously.
“Once you land there, you’ll discover another foothold.”
“The Third Layer is floating above the Fourth.
They aren’t connected.”
“This route still can’t possibly reach the Fourth.”
“At the lowest point, you’ll see a chain of floating ruin fragments.”
“Follow those through the platforming section.”
“Eventually, you reach the Fourth Layer.”
“That sounds dangerous.”
“If someone slips halfway down, does dying count as sequence-breaking death and cause equipment loss?”
“Obviously.”
“What?
Scared?”
“You jump first.”
“Sure—”
Shen Xi had barely finished speaking when Cheng Fei simply vanished over the edge.
She hurriedly looked down.
He was standing on the tiny foothold and waving at her.
Corridor players possessed very few methods of flight.
Everything generally obeyed real-world physics.
One wrong step meant immediate death.
Staring into the seemingly bottomless abyss, even Shen Xi couldn’t help swallowing.
Then she took a deep breath, forced herself to calm down, aimed carefully—
And jumped.
…
When Shen Xi finally planted both feet on stable ground again, she realized her body was covered in cold sweat.
“Not bad.”
Cheng Fei looked completely relaxed beside her.
“Plenty of people pay me to guide them through this route and still fall halfway down.”
“This much can’t defeat me.”
Shen Xi exhaled.
Remembering how they had stood on suspended fragments of ruins with death waiting one step away, even her legs still felt slightly weak.
“How does it feel?”
Cheng Fei studied her.
“Notice anything different?”
Shen Xi paused and flexed her hands.
“My senses became clearer?”
“Pain works properly too, so prepare yourself.”
Cheng Fei nodded.
“Anything else?”
“The interface disappeared?”
Shen Xi looked confused.
All the familiar indicators had vanished from her vision.
Health.
Stamina.
Battery.
Ammunition.
Inventory.
Every piece of information was gone.
Her vision now looked exactly like reality.
“Correct.”
“The entire user interface stops functioning after sequence breaking.”
“Even logout?”
Shen Xi made the familiar gesture.
Nothing appeared.
“You can forcibly break out of full-dive and remove the helmet.”
“But your avatar remains standing here.”
“Leave it unattended long enough, and it dies automatically.”
“So that really is how it works…”
Shen Xi’s eyes sharpened.
“Everything makes sense now.”
“Regret coming?”
Cheng Fei looked amused.
“The opposite.”
Shen Xi shook her head.
“I just realized sequence breaking is the missing piece needed to prove everything.”
Cheng Fei raised a brow.
Remembering her fantastical theory, he shook his head helplessly.
“What part of this game resembles reality besides the graphics?”
“The truth is already in front of you.”
“You simply haven’t noticed it.”
“Chuunibyou.”
Shen Xi glanced at him and raised her chin.
“Corridor is a real world disguised as a game.”
“One day, I’ll make you believe me.”
“Yes, Miss Columbus.”
“When you prove the existence of your New World, the entire planet will marvel at your wisdom.”
“In that case, take me to the boss.”
Shen Xi looked at Cheng Fei’s pained expression and seemed to be in an excellent mood.
A faint, beautiful smile appeared on her face.
“Then come search for the New World with me, First Mate.”
Thank you so much for reading until the end.
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