Am I really hallucinating?

Chapter 372 Declaration of World War II
"As expected of Sister Ye," Lin Yilin said frankly.

Luo Ye's experiences and strength are her sources of pride. Although she handled friendships poorly at a certain point, she is undoubtedly someone who can make the world her backdrop.

"This kind of tactic must have been done by Subway Zero. I'm not surprised that something would appear after an earthquake, but you guys got on the train so quickly. You really can't sit still," Luo Ye said with a smile.

"Actually, I was busy for three months after the earthquake, and then I unexpectedly got involved here. Sister Ye, did you know about Metro Line 0 a long time ago?" Lin Yilin explained first and then asked.

Luo Ye smugly tossed his red hair: "That level of deception is completely meaningless to me. Besides, although the Zero Subway is currently sealed, it has never stopped running. I spent some time on it when I was in the Dark World, and to be honest, the experience was quite good. Since it's going to reopen in a few months, I'll go and take a look back then."

“This is frying fish, it’s completely immoral!” Zheng Fan pointed his finger and accused.

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"What are you all doing, staring at me without saying a word?" Zheng Fan spread his hands innocently. "This is different. This is a new account. I didn't bring anything with me. Little Sister Lin Yilin can vouch for me."

"To be honest, because of the game of Dou Dizhu I just played, my conscience isn't quite at ease about helping to give false testimony."

"How could you be so mean? So what if the landlord has some advanced technology?"

Luo Ye cleared his throat, interrupting Zheng Fan's cryptic howling: "Anyway, you've really had a hard time pretending to be weak while actually being strong. What are you planning to do here? Or are you planning to revisit some of the scenery you missed during the earthquake?"

Lin Yilin gave a brief overview of what had happened along the way.

Luo Ye reached out and caught a falling raindrop. The earthquake that struck "Losevier" didn't seem to stop the localized drizzle. "So that's how it is. I think I know what's going on. You can just call it 'Rain Man.' It has nothing to do with the infinite overlap. This is a problem with Metro Line Zero."

"It wasn't a product of events that unfolded at this site?" Lin Yilin asked.

"To be precise, it's an outsider who spontaneously intruded into this station taking advantage of the events unfolding beneath it. As I mentioned before, even if Metro Zero was forgotten and sealed away, it was still running within its own closed loop of time and space. And when it was sealed away, many people or things were left on this metro. They either found a station and tried to stay there forever, or they coexisted with the metro in various forms." Luo Ye said, picking his tongue with his finger.

After a bout of dry heaving, she pulled out a train ticket that still had some saliva on it.

Seeing this, Zheng Fan also took out his ticket and compared it with Luo Ye's ticket; they were exactly the same.

"Because of these relationships, the Zero Metro, as a fantasy world, has undergone corresponding changes, both for the better and for the worse. This is how the ticketing system came about, and the mechanisms within the stations are also different from the past."

"I don't know the exact origin of that person in the rain, but it should be related to the water world. However, it ended up on the subway in a different way. You could encounter it in any situation where there is rain or something related to the water world." Luo Ye looked at the rain and mist in the distance. "It doesn't seem like an illusion. It's related to the concrete logic of the world and it's not aggressive. I tried to deal with it on the train, but I couldn't catch it, so I gave up in the end."

“You used to be so handsy,” Zheng Fan couldn’t help but say.

“Someone told me that the most important thing is to be happy.” Luo Ye raised his chin matter-of-factly, not feeling that there was anything wrong with it.

"Alright, you do have the ability to back it up. As long as you don't get knocked down and apologized for by some weird things that fall from the sky or grow from the ground, there shouldn't be any problems," Zheng said sarcastically.

Luo Ye grunted, but did not refute.

Zheng Fan turned around and said, "I'm still quite curious, let's go find it and take a look."

They left without warning and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Lin Yilin, Luo Ye, and Mo Mang remained standing in place, the shockwaves from the earthquake and the explosions caused by the battle continuing. Mo Mang appeared calm and composed on the surface, but in reality, he had been gone for quite some time.

Even the most composed and hardened mind of an office worker can't withstand such torment.

Compared to the stack of train tickets in his hand and his experience with Metro Line 0, he realized that what he wanted most was to go home safely, take a shower, drink a cup of hot milk, and sleep soundly in a warm bed until dawn.

Upon reflection, he realized that he had been staying up late for a long time.

Be prepared to work another night without sleep, but luckily he's quite experienced in this area, so consider it as unexcused overtime.

Lin Yilin looked at Luo Ye with curiosity and asked, "Sister Ye, can you easily accept the fact that you know you're an imposter?"

"What's so unacceptable about that? Putting aside the fact that this subway can turn the fake into the real, and regardless of whether it's real or fake, I am who I am, and my will will not waver because of the circumstances I'm in," Luo Ye said matter-of-factly.

"As expected of Sister Ye." Lin Yilin wasn't surprised, but she still sighed in admiration.

Her respect for Luo Ye initially stemmed from Luo Ye's abilities and experiences, but upon deeper reflection, it extended to her character.

Lin Yilin didn't think Luo Ye's previous actions towards her were wrong from his own perspective. Her resistance and disgust stemmed solely from her own standpoint and desires. If it weren't for Zheng Fan, Lin Yilin would have complained about whatever Luo Ye arranged for her, but she would have silently agreed. Although there might have been underhanded dealings later, she wouldn't have openly broken ties with Luo Ye.

The so-called admission of wrongdoing is Luo Ye's submission to Zheng Fan and Lin Yilin's even stronger violence.

As long as Luo Ye remains invincible like the protagonist of the world, no one can question her mistakes, and all her arrangements for those around her are undoubtedly correct.

No one would think there's anything wrong with a powerful "protagonist" taking care of all sorts of things for the people around him. It's thorough, rational, and with just the right amount of inhumanity.

Unless the protagonist loses.

She is no longer the main character; being right is naturally wrong.

After that, Luo Ye did not cling to this "position" and instead chose to consider things from an equal perspective, as well as those of Lin Yilin and other friends.

"Speaking of which, I haven't been in touch with Sister Ye much since the earthquake. Where are you planning to go next, Sister Ye?" Since she couldn't get in touch with Luo Ye recently, and since he was right next to her, Lin Yilin casually asked.

After the incident, she didn't even have time to properly thank Luo Ye before she suddenly disappeared again.

In terms of doing things my own way, he hasn't changed much.

Luo Ye whistled: "If I answer now, wouldn't I be selling out my future self?"

"That's true." Lin Yilin didn't deny it.

"The metropolis becomes interesting after the earthquake. Something like the Zero Subway is a catalyst, disrupting the existing order and bringing back more troubles from the past. The subway has a high ceiling, and as it runs after the seal is broken, it will become more and more powerful, and the things it can do will also increase. In the end... it might even be able to span the entire history of the metropolis." Luo Ye was not exaggerating.

"Ah."

"As for me, I'll probably try to find some old guys I'm interested in to practice on. And I don't plan to let those powerful illusions go. It's time to pick up my old profession again." Luo Ye stretched.

"That's practically saying nothing at all," Lin Yilin commented.

"I'm just that easygoing, and I really can't tell you too much, since you're on Zheng Fan's side now," Luo Ye said casually. "And then, I need to prepare for my second match against him."

Lin Yilin couldn't help but widen her eyes.

Is the title of "Lao" generation something you never want to take off in this lifetime?

"That's really hurtful. The first thing you thought of was that it was impossible, right?" Luo Ye reached out and lightly tapped Lin Yilin's forehead with his manicured fingers.

“Because it is indeed very difficult.” Lin Yilin did not deny it. “Not to mention that Mr. Illusion could not be outmaneuvered by you again, even if you didn’t possess him, your chances of winning would be very slim. Now Mr. Illusion and I can reliably enter the state we were in back then. If we did it again, you would not have a chance of winning.”

“Very good, that’s the right kind of confidence.” Luo Ye’s smile remained unchanged. “That’s what makes the challenge worthwhile.”

Seeing this, Lin Yilin nodded gently: "I understand."

"So, before that scheduled challenge, now that you know it's fake, would you mind giving me this station, you and Zheng Fan?" Luo Ye looked at the battle in the distance, feeling a little itchy to fight.

Lin Yilin looked in the direction Zheng Fan had walked and said, "Please go ahead. Mr. Illusion's interest comes and goes quickly. He should be losing interest in counterfeits by now."

Luo Ye handed the train ticket to Lin Yilin: "Here, take this. Although you can't use it on the subway, consider it a souvenir."

After saying that, she vanished from the spot in a flash.

Lin Yilin looked at the train ticket in her hand.

Mo Mang, who was standing to the side, looked at her, took out a portable tissue from his pocket, opened it, and handed one to Lin Yilin.

Lin Yilin thanked her and accepted the ticket, then disgustedly wiped the drool off the ticket.

(End of this chapter)