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Chapter 372 New Space

Lin Xiyue stared at the screen, a sense of doubt rising in her heart: there doesn't seem to be anything special about it.

She blinked, thought for a moment, and then decided to reach out and tap lightly in various corners of the screen, trying to find any hidden buttons.

Her fingertips moved nimbly across the screen, as if searching for hidden treasures, leaving no corner unexplored.

Each click carries a hint of anticipation, hoping to trigger some unexpected reaction.

After all, this thing feels too much like a modeling software or an architectural application.

If hidden operation buttons really exist, it's not entirely impossible.

Sure enough, just like playing a hidden object game, there's always that one item that you just can't find, and it's often the key to the end.

Lin Xiyue continued clicking randomly on the screen, not missing any seemingly ordinary spot.

Just when she was about to give up, her finger accidentally touched a spot that she had already touched seven or eight times before.

In an instant, a faint light flashed on the screen, as if a sleeping spirit had been awakened.

Lin Xiyue was overjoyed and quickly looked closely. Sure enough, in the spot she had clicked many times before, a small icon appeared that she had never noticed before.

She couldn't help but chuckle; it turned out the hidden button had always been there, and it wasn't as hard to find as she had imagined.

After the first one was discovered, the others were all fine.

After groping around the room on the screen, Lin Xiyue finally discovered the buttons by chance.

These main buttons are located on the pillar in the very center of the room, and should logically be easy to notice.

However, because these buttons are cleverly decorated to blend into the surrounding pattern, they are almost visually imperceptible.

Just as Lin Xiyue was clicking these buttons in succession, the entire space suddenly trembled violently, as if an earthquake had occurred.

The floor, walls, and ceiling began to shake, making one feel dizzy.

"Lingye, sweetie, come here quickly!"

Lin Xiyue screamed in terror, her voice revealing a hint of panic.

She realized the situation was dire and that she needed to get Lingye and Guaiguai to her side as soon as possible so that everyone could escape immediately if anything went wrong.

Hearing Lin Xiyue's shouts and feeling the violent tremors in the space, Ling Ye rushed towards Lin Xiyue without hesitation.

At the same time, Lin Xiyue quickly turned around and ran towards the opening they had come from.

She knew that only by getting there as quickly as possible would she have a chance to escape this dangerous place if a real problem arose.

What did you press?

Ling Ye's voice suddenly rang in Lin Xiyue's ears, startling her.

She turned her head and saw Ling Ye looking at her suspiciously, while Guai Guai was being held in his hand like a chick.

"It's this screen. I accidentally tapped it just now, and then it started vibrating. I think this screen might not be just an ordinary screen; it might also be a controller."

Lin Xiyue pointed to the screen in her hand and said to Ling Ye.

Ling Ye frowned slightly upon hearing Lin Xiyue's words, and then took the screen to examine it carefully.

"Haha, you're absolutely right, this is the controller. We used to use similar controllers to control some confidential places, so I recognized it at a glance."

After a while, he suddenly laughed.

As he spoke, Ling Ye, perhaps because he was very familiar with controllers, pressed the button that Lin Xiyue had pressed earlier without hesitation.

With a soft "click," the vibration in the entire space instantly stopped.

Immediately afterwards, next to the table where they had obtained the screen, a hidden door opened silently and slowly, as if it had always been there waiting to be discovered.

"Should we... go in?"

When the cave entrance appeared, Lin Xiyue's voice seemed to have lost its soul, hollow and powerless, as if her body was no longer under her control.

Her words were like the whispers of a ghost, inspiring fear in those who spoke of them.

Before she finished speaking, Lin Xiyue's feet moved forward involuntarily, each step feeling unusually heavy, as if an invisible force was dragging her forward.

"You? What's wrong?! How are you feeling?"

Ling Ye felt a sudden tightness in his heart when he heard Lin Xiyue's strange voice.

He was still hesitant about whether he should leave this place first and then make plans, but Lin Xiyue's condition made him instantly give up that idea.

Ling Ye hurriedly reached out and grabbed Lin Xiyue's hand, trying to stop her from continuing forward.

However, Lin Xiyue's hands were as cold as ice, giving people a feeling of lifelessness.

"You, let me go..."

After being captured by Ling Ye, Lin Xiyue slowly turned her head, her eyes glazed and blank, like a doll that had lost consciousness.

Her voice was equally emotionless, mechanically repeating the instruction to Lingye to let go of her hand.

Looking at Lin Xiyue, Ling Ye felt increasingly uneasy.

He realized that, without his noticing, Lin Xiyue must have encountered something strange, which caused her to be so abnormal now.

"You... well, this is the only way."

Lingye sighed helplessly.

Then, he pulled a thin needle from his pouch, which looked cold and sharp in the dim light.

Ling Ye picked up the needle, gently pinched one end with her fingers, and then quickly aimed the needle tip at Lin Xiyue's fingertip.

Just as the needle tip was about to touch Lin Xiyue's skin, Ling Ye hesitated for a moment, but finally made up his mind and plunged the needle tip into Lin Xiyue's fingertip.

"Hiss—Huh? What are you doing?!"

Lin Xiyue suddenly let out a scream. Her body trembled violently, and her previously empty and lifeless eyes instantly became lively, as if her soul had finally returned to her body.

Seeing Lin Xiyue's reaction, Ling Ye breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time felt a little guilty.

"You were just being controlled, which is why I woke you up like this. Pain is one of the fastest ways to do it. Luckily, I had needles with me, otherwise I really wouldn't dare to slap you."

He explained helplessly.

Lin Xiyue stared wide-eyed at Ling Ye, seemingly still not fully recovered from the shock she had just experienced.

"By the way, what did you just ask me?"

After a while, she came to her senses and asked with a frown.

Lingye quickly repeated his question: "What did you feel just now?"

"Just now... just now I felt someone calling me, telling me I had to go and see. The voice was very faint, I couldn't hear it clearly, but I just felt I had to go."

Lin Xiyue thought for a moment and then answered.

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