After midnight

Su Ziling was completely sleepless. He wanted to twist his thigh or arm to see if it would hurt. But he didn't do that. He didn't even dare to move.

He still suspected that he was still asleep, like a dream within a dream, but unfortunately he was not.

This is still a room, but it is a completely different room. Wooden floor, white bed, in short, everything is different, there is no table like that table. Oh, yes, it is the pebble. Su Ziling stared blankly at the pebble hidden in his palm.

He threw it away, picked it up again, and fiddled with it for a long time, but the stone remained motionless. Su Ziling gave up in frustration. He turned his head and looked at the door. The door was right there, but he didn't dare to get close. He huddled in the farthest corner, leaning against the wall, staring at the door and the stone in his hand, forcing himself to stay awake, but he still lost consciousness at two o'clock in the morning.

The next morning, Su Ziling woke up from the floor. He felt sore all over from sleeping on the floor. He looked at the pebble again, and it was still the same. He thought about the door for a long time, and finally walked over and pushed it open.

It was a common little apartment. He went down the stairs, walking carefully and cautiously, and reached the front door.

He put his hand on the handle, and the door opened, and Su Ziling immediately panicked because he was not the one who opened the door, and he didn't even have time to put force on it.

Su Ziling tried to hide backwards in panic, but it was too short a time, and a very beautiful girl outside the door had already seen him.

He wanted to run out the door again, but his feet moved back automatically.

This girl had a pair of bright big eyes and delicate fair skin. She wore a white T-shirt and jeans, with smooth black hair casually draped over her waist. She looked tall and cute. But she didn't even look at Su Ziling. She closed the door and walked straight in without looking around.

Su Ziling looked at the closed door, bit his lip, and followed her back.

"Aren't you going to escape?" She turned around and stared at him and asked. As soon as she said this, Su Ziling felt that the girl in front of him was not simple. He cautiously did not reply and did not dare to move.

"Come with me." Su Ziling followed her closely.

"Sit down, don't worry. Can you tell me who you are first?" she asked while sitting on the sofa.

"Su Zi Ling."

Her pupils shrank slightly, and she looked at Su Ziling from head to toe before saying, "It's you."

Su Ziling felt uneasy under her scrutiny. What did she mean by that?

"Who are you?" Su Ziling asked.

"My name is Lin Nuan, An Yan's friend."

"An Yan? Yes, where is An Yan?" Su Ziling intuitively found An Yan and found all the answers. He didn't notice that his tense nerves suddenly relaxed.

"Him~" Lin Nuan's tone was light, but Su Ziling felt very sad. "I can't tell you where he is now."

Su Ziling's heart skipped a beat. Could it be that something really happened to An Yan?

"An Yan is fine now." As if knowing what Su Ziling was thinking, Lin Nuan told him and comforted herself.

What does "now" mean? What does "not yet" mean? Su Ziling wanted to ask her, but Lin Nuan didn't give him a chance to speak. She then said, "Don't worry about him first. Do you know your current situation?"

Su Ziling quickly shook his head.

"You haven't left the house yet, which proves that I am the first person you have seen in this world."

Su Ziling nodded quickly.

Lin Nuan stood up after hearing this. "That's good. You stay here and don't go out. There's food in the kitchen. I'll bring someone over tomorrow. We won't harm you, but remember, don't go out."

Su Ziling nodded obediently.

Lin Nuan got the assurance and then left.

After Lin Nuan left, Su Ziling collapsed on the sofa where Lin Nuan had sat. But before he had even laid there for two minutes, he jumped up as if a needle had pierced his butt. He walked to the window and opened the curtains. The sky was blue, the clouds were white, the roofs were white, the streets were alleys, nothing was as strange as he had imagined. Did he really come to another world?

He didn't have his cell phone with him and couldn't contact his family. He couldn't figure out the situation for a while, so for now, it was most important to listen to that woman. Safety first, worrying is useless. After Su Ziling figured it out, he took a few more glances outside and closed the curtains, trying to keep everything as it was.

The next morning, the doorbell rang. Su Ziling was stunned for a moment before he shouted "I'm coming" and ran to open the door. As expected, two people came in. Coincidentally, he knew both of them. One was Lin Nuan, and the other... had appeared in front of him with An Yan.

"He is Lin Xuanfeng, An Yan's senior brother."

"Hello, I am……"

"I know you, so there's no need to introduce yourself." Lin Xuanfeng spoke without any politeness.

Su Ziling shut his mouth.

"Su Ziling, before I answer your questions, you have to tell me what happened that day." Lin Xuanfeng asked the question first.

"When?"

"The day you first met me. Think carefully about what happened around eleven o'clock in the morning."

Eleven o'clock? An Yan had mentioned this time, too. What was going to happen at this time that day? Su Ziling didn't dare to let his imagination run wild, so he just told the truth.

"That day was Sunday, and we didn't have classes. That morning, my classmates and I made an appointment to go on an outing. At 11 o'clock in the morning, I remember very clearly that I was having so much fun that I got separated from my classmates and accidentally fell into the lake. I couldn't swim, and I didn't have time to think about anything at the time. I just floundered and shouted for help. Then I was rescued. I remember that when I regained consciousness, I was already by the lake, surrounded by my classmates."

"no yet?"

"Yes. The strange thing is that none of them admitted that they saved me, and no one knows who saved me."

Lin Nuan and Lin Xuanfeng looked at each other when they heard this.

"In the end what happened?"

"What do you want to know?" Lin Xuanfeng asked him back.

"Where is this place? Where is An Yan? How should I get home?" Su Ziling spoke very quickly, and it seemed that he already had a lot of ideas.

"I can't explain to you where this is, I can only tell you

The country is called Jiuguo. An Yan is trapped in a place and you can't find him. As for the last question, you can't go back for the time being, so it's useless to tell you the method. "

Su Ziling nodded as calmly as possible. He had already anticipated the first two questions. It didn't matter where it was. It was just a strange country for him. An Yan must be in trouble. As for the last and most urgent question, although Lin Xuanfeng didn't say anything, he felt relieved. The small stone hadn't moved for two days. He no longer had the extravagant hope of being able to go back immediately. As long as he could go back, it would be fine.

Lin Nuan and Lin Xuanfeng were somewhat surprised by his reaction. Lin Xuanfeng frowned and looked at him without saying anything. He nodded to Lin Nuan and then left.

"Don't worry. The reason you can't go back is because the time has not come yet. If you want to go from this world to the new world, which is the world you originally lived in, it takes 24 days for the passage to open. So, you have to wait at least another 22 days before you can go back."

"So that's how it is." Su Ziling was extremely relieved. Didn't that mean that he just had to stay here obediently for the next few days?

"Don't be too happy too soon."

"What's wrong? Is it related to...An Yan?" Su Ziling restrained his expression and became nervous again.

“Did he ever tell you something like a death prophecy?” Lin Nuan’s words sounded like a thunderclap in Su Ziling’s ears.

"It seems so." Lin Nuan said, guessing Su Ziling's expression.

"Let me put it this way. He came after you because you were his target. Now the mission went wrong, so he had to come back to be punished. In other words, you didn't die because he made a mistake, but he couldn't and couldn't make a mistake."

Lin Nuan suddenly looked at him coldly. Su Ziling was stunned, and his focus was obviously not on Lin Nuan's last sentence.

"Su Ziling." Lin Nuan lowered her eyes. "An Yan has a special identity. After Lin Xuanfeng rescues An Yan, you will flee with him. Apart from An Yan, no one else can save you and we have no obligation to save you."

"…Can't I stay here alone? I'll be careful not to be discovered."

"Impossible, this is An Yan's home. As soon as An Yan escaped, this place was discovered immediately. Moreover, this place has always been under surveillance. To be honest, I don't know why you came here. You are the first person to appear here from the New World."

"So I have to run away no matter what, right?"

"Correct."

Su Ziling had no choice now, so he didn't dare to speak up and express any objections.

"Just stay here and wait for news. It won't take long. I have something else to do and I have to leave too."

After Lin Nuan left, Su Ziling kept convincing himself to accept the fact. In front of Lin Nuan, he seemed to have accepted it, but only he knew how scared he was. He was alone here and knew nothing. Everyone told him to wait, but there was no limit to waiting.

He wanted to tell himself that this was a dream, and when he woke up from the dream, he would still live an ordinary life with family and friends, going to school and coming home. He didn't have to worry about his own safety, worry about tomorrow, or even have such a hard time closing his eyes. But every time he moved his eyes from one place to another, he knew that the strange wall alone was enough to remind him of the situation he was in.

Deep down he was restless.

The most he did during these days was praying and daydreaming. He prayed that he would eventually return home safely, and then told himself that this was really a dream.

Time is torturous but also fleeting. Su Ziling turned his head and looked out the window. It was getting dark outside.

Lin Xuanfeng walked through the night in a hurry. When he stopped, the building in front of him looked even more strange in the night. This building was the "Death Prison" where An Yan was imprisoned. It was located next to the street park in the west district of Jiu City. It was said that it was a prison that only held high-level supernatural criminals.

However, Song Hongtian's group of old guys would definitely have expected their actions. So, Lin Xuanfeng blatantly raised the wind, and the high-speed rotating wind produced violent agitation, which hurt people's ears. The few people following him looked at each other and half-knelt down to cover their ears at the same time. He is worthy of being the "Wind Dancer" of the Revolutionary Army.

The prison door cracked a little, and then quickly split open. Lin Xuanfeng rushed in first, dealt with a few bastards, walked around a bend, and stopped after entering the lobby.

In the quiet night, although the moon was not bright, the moonlight shining through the window still allowed Lin Xuanfeng to see a person standing opposite. The person was wearing a black windbreaker, and his face was hidden in the darkness. It was impossible to tell whether he was tall or short, fat or thin, or whether he was handsome or ugly.

However, there was a hint of murderous intent around him, which made Lin Xuanfeng feel a little interesting. Lin Xuanfeng smiled, confident, contemptuous, and determined to win.

"Welcome to the first level of Death Prison." the man said.

Lin Xuanfeng snorted.

"Lin Xuanfeng, you are really bold. You, a person with special abilities, dare to trespass here."

"Really? So you disdain me and don't even bother to set up defenses? I don't care which layer this is or how many layers there are. I will break it layer by layer until I get what I want." Lin Xuanfeng suddenly raised his voice.

"Then I look forward to your performance."

Without further ado, Lin Xuanfeng pushed hard with his right foot and rushed forward, ready to attack.

As expected of the wind, it was so fast. The man in black dodged to the left and counterattacked subconsciously. Lin Xuanfeng's right hand was entangled by the vines, and a barely perceptible smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. He stretched out his left hand and gently stroked, and the vines wrapped around him immediately fell to the ground. After doing all this, Lin Xuanfeng distanced himself from the man again.

"Vine, this is your ability."

"Yes." The man in black withdrew his hand.

"Since you know who I am, you must know my abilities and attack methods. And I know nothing about you, isn't that dangerous?"

"So, right from the start, you took the risk of using close combat, which you are least good at."

"That's right and that's not right. I'm not good at close combat, but that doesn't mean I'm really bad at it. Of course, you can't think that I'm taking a risk. Even if it was a risk, I got a reward. Didn't I know your ability right away?"

"As expected of Lin Xuanfeng."

"No, this is all taught to me by my junior fellow apprentice. He taught me that when a person's body faces great danger head-on, it will automatically defend or attack, and this defense or attack must be the thing you are most proficient in using, which is your ability."

"The Son of God is indeed very smart."

Speaking of his junior fellow apprentice An Yan, Lin Xuanfeng could not help but feel proud. That guy was definitely the strongest 'Son of God'.

"But you come here to attack without knowing my capabilities?" the man challenged him.

Lin Xuanfeng sighed. The preparation time was too short. He could only fight desperately and fight with his back against the wall.

The atmosphere, which had been somewhat relaxed due to the previous conversation, became tense again. The man in black took the lead, controlling the green vines and quickly rushing towards Lin Xuanfeng. Lin Xuanfeng jumped up, stepped onto the wall pillar, leaned over and waved his hand to create a whirlwind. The man in black then tightly wrapped the vines into a wall. The wind blade was blocked, and when all the branches and vines fell off, the wind stopped moving.

The man in black paused for a second, and just as he was about to make his next move, he found himself unable to move. No matter how hard he pulled and swung, he couldn't break free. What was going on? There was clearly nothing around.

Suddenly, the man in black widened his eyes and looked at Lin Xuanfeng in horror. There was something around him, the air was flowing.

"If it is used to catch people, why can't the wind be used? Wind is just the flow of air, right?" Lin Xuanfeng was very arrogant.

"Okay, you've lost." Lin Xuanfeng came in front of him. The whole battle lasted only one minute.