Xingtetsu: You are not included in Elio's script!

Chapter 877

"Is that... me?" Huang Quan's voice suddenly tensed. She subconsciously touched the ends of her hair and looked at the figure on the screen. Even the sword at the waist was exactly the same.

Cold sweat instantly soaked her back. She held Lin Yu's wrist and said hurriedly, "Am I exposed? Is this a wanted poster? How could they have me like this?"

Lin Yu's face turned red instantly, and he was so embarrassed that he wanted to find a hole to crawl into.

How does he explain it? That this is a game, that the people on the screen are "virtual characters," and you're just an "NPC"?

But the Huang Quan beside him is clearly alive. He gets nervous, alert, and his ears turn red when his waist is touched. How could he be a virtual image made up of code?

"It's not a wanted order! Don't be nervous!" Lin Yu hurried to comfort him, but he didn't know how to organize his words, so he could only say vaguely, "This is... a cultural activity? People will imitate their favorite images and then make a video to put on the screen. They are not trying to arrest you."

Before he could finish his words, a group of young people gathered around him.

A girl with twin ponytails held up her phone, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Huang Quan. "Wow! Sister, your cosplay of Huang Quan is so realistic! The props are so realistic!"

The boy wearing glasses next to him also came over and pushed his glasses.

"Can I take a picture, please? I'm a loyal player of Star Iron, and your demeanor is even more like the official cosplay!"

"Cosplay? 3D printing?" Huang Quan's eyes grew even more bewildered. She subconsciously hid her sword behind her, her body tense. "What do you want to do? Why are you filming me? What do you mean by 'gamer'?"

More and more people gathered around, some took out their phones to take pictures, and some discussed in low voices.

“This cosplay is too realistic.”

“Is this an official surprise event?”

The noisy sound made Huang Quan's breathing more and more rapid.

Lin Yu quickly stood in front of her and gave an apologetic smile to the crowd.

"Excuse me everyone, we still have to attend the offline activities of the comic convention. Can we talk about taking pictures next time?"

As he spoke, he quietly pushed Huang Quan's back and lowered his voice, "Don't be nervous, they don't mean any harm, they just think your outfit looks good. Let's leave here first, and I'll explain it to you slowly."

Although Huang Quan was still confused, she knew that now was not the time to ask further questions. She followed Lin Yu out of the crowd and quickly walked into a secluded alley.

There were no street lights in the alley, only posters covering the walls. On one of the posters, Ah Ha's playful smiling face was particularly eye-catching.

In the picture, Aha is wearing a bright backless dress and holding colorful balloons in his hands, with the words "Happy Star God? Aha character setting revealed" written below.

"Aha!" Huang Quan stopped and pointed at the poster, his voice filled with shock. "Why is she here too? Printed on paper like me? Did the Watcher arrest her because she appeared in this fictional world?"

Lin Yu looked at Aha on the poster, and his doubts grew deeper and deeper.

Why is the world bubble of the Imaginary Number Tree a blue planet?

"I don't know either." Lin Yu rubbed his eyebrows and tried to sort out his confused thoughts.

"This world has no destiny. People rely on technology to survive, and games are their form of entertainment. But Aha is a real star god. Her appearance here broke the rules of the dimension. Perhaps the monitors captured her because she violated this rule."

Lin Yu nodded and was about to say something else when the electronic screen at the entrance of the alley suddenly flickered and the advertisement that was originally playing turned into a snowy screen.

A few seconds later, Aha's figure appeared on the screen.

She was imprisoned in a golden cage, her face devoid of her usual playfulness, her eyes filled with seriousness.

She faced the camera, slowly raised her finger, pointed at the glass-walled high-rise building at the end of the street, and then the picture instantly returned to normal.

It was Aha's hint Lin Yu immediately looked at the tall building. The "Mihoyo" sign on the roof was particularly conspicuous in the night.

Didn't expect to see it here.

"She's in that building! Let's get there!"

As the two rushed out of the alley, they heard the shrill sound of sirens behind them.

They looked back and saw two police cars heading towards them, their alternating red and blue lights particularly dazzling in the night.

"Not good!" Huang Quan subconsciously wanted to draw his sword, but Lin Yu held his wrist tightly.

"Don't use force!" Lin Yu's voice was urgent. "There is no destiny in this world. The police are the ones who maintain order. If you draw your knife, you will be regarded as a dangerous element. Let's run and get rid of them!"

He grabbed Huang Quan's hand, turned around and ran towards the tall building.

The speeding cars around her made her dodge subconsciously.

But Lin Yu seemed to be very familiar with this road. He took Huang Quan into a narrow alley. At the end of the alley was a rusty iron gate. He pushed the iron gate open with force, and inside was an abandoned warehouse.

The two hid in the shadow of the warehouse and breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the sirens gradually fade away.

Huang Quan leaned against the cold wall. "This world is so strange. There is no energy, but there are so many rules. I can't even use force to protect myself."

"The rules here are different from our world." Lin Yu walked to the window of the warehouse and looked at the lights of the tall buildings in the distance. "But we have to adapt, because Aha is there, and the observer must be there too." He took out a clean cloth from his arms and handed it to Huang Quan, "Wrap the sword and don't let anyone see it. Let's pretend to be players participating in offline activities and sneak into that building."

Huang Quan took the cloth, wrapped the sword, and put it behind his back.

The two men straightened their clothes and overall looked no different from young people attending a comic convention.

Walking out of the warehouse, the night became darker.

Lin Yu popularized the common sense of Blue Star to Huang Quan and told her that mobile phones are the same as ours, which are tools for communication.

Comic conventions are events where people who like the two-dimensional world gather, and players are people who play games.

Huang Quan listened very carefully and occasionally asked questions.

“Why do people talk to little cubes?”

“Why is all the food here in boxes?”

Lin Yu patiently answered her questions one by one, and seeing her curious look, the anxiety in his heart gradually faded.

When they reached the entrance of the high-rise building, they were stopped by security guards in black suits.

"Hello, do you have a reservation code for offline activities?"

Lin Yu had already thought of a countermeasure and took out his cell phone.

He mobilized his energy and forged an appointment code on the screen.

"Yes, look."

The security guard took the phone, checked it carefully, and nodded, "Go in, the event is on the 15th floor, the elevator is over there."

Get into the elevator.

"Is there any danger in there?" she asked in a low voice.

"Of course there is, but we have no way out."

"Don't worry, I'm almost healed. I will protect you."

The elevator doors opened, and the corridor on the 15th floor was filled with character posters of Star Dome Railroad.

Lin Yu's eyes swept across the poster and he was suddenly stunned.

On one of the posters, his own figure is prominently featured.

The "Lin Yu" in the picture is wearing a uniform, with Sanyueqi and Danheng standing beside him, and it says "The protagonist? Lin Yu, customizable image" below.

His heart felt like it was hit by a heavy hammer. Lin Yu paused, his fingertips trembling slightly.

If even he himself is the "protagonist" in the game, then are his previous adventures, the bonds with his companions, and his determination to fight against the monitor all arranged plots?

"Lin Yu, what's wrong with you?" Huang Quan noticed that something was wrong with him and touched his arm with concern.

Lin Yu suppressed the confusion in his heart.

Regardless of whether this world is fictional or not, his friendship with Huang Quan is real, Aha's plight is real, and he must save her.

"Nothing, let's keep going."

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