Let's walk together for the rest of our lives. If the host says to leave, she will leave.

A sentence rang in her ears again, and this time Gu Ling was sure that she was not hallucinating.

There weren't many obstructions in the small ward, so everything could be seen at a glance. Gu Ling bent down and took a look under the bed.

Empty, nothing.

Gu Ling thought to himself: What the hell?

But in the book, there were no women talking around at that time. When Cheng Mu heard the words "I saw a ghost", he thought he might have seen the same ghost.

He swallowed silently, but on the surface he had an expression that said "I don't want to play with you guys". As soon as he left the sight of this group of people, he immediately entered the space.

He tentatively said, "Hello? Are you there?"

There was no response, and he breathed a sigh of relief: Maybe Gu Ling has driven me insane recently. That's what I meant. Why would someone talk in my ear?

Gu Ling in the ward was already stunned: "Brother, who are you?"

There was no response. Gu Ling was silent for a while, and turned the words he said into his heart: What if someone really talked in your ear?

When Cheng Mu heard this, he jumped three feet high and fell into the pool with a splash.

He stood up again, his mind a little fuzzy. After he traveled through the book, another unscientific incident happened. He felt a little confused and waited for him to sort it out.

He had been alone for so long in the book, and it was only today that he heard other people's voices.

The only unusual thing recently was that Gu Ling shortened the time interval between his two deaths, and there was only one thing -

The big tree that he accidentally broke.

He repented for a long time in front of the tree, and the spiritual spring water gushed towards the tree but still failed to heal the tree's wounds.

Just as he was about to accept his fate, he discovered a green crystal in the trunk of the tree.

The crystal is crystal clear, and there is a peaceful and magical energy surging within it.

After he took it out, the big tree, which he called "Brother Peace", withered in an instant. From such a scene, anyone could see the extraordinary nature of this crystal.

Once he uncovers the secret of the crystal, maybe he will no longer be at the mercy of the plot.

If we analyze it this way, could it be that the system hidden in the crystal has appeared?

Gu Ling: ...

"This wave of analysis is quite detailed, and the cause and effect are clearly explained, but I am not a system."

Hearing this, Cheng Mu looked at the crystal in his hand and thought of a possibility. He gritted his teeth and said word by word: "Gu Ling is awesome!"

Although he couldn't see it, Gu Ling still gave an awkward but polite smile: "Thank you for the compliment."

Cheng Mu yelled at Shui Jing: "You're too much! Did I praise you? Do you know what kind of life I've been living these days?"

After roaring, he drooped his eyebrows again, looking like a homeless stray dog, so pitiful.

"I just scolded you at the beginning, and you scolded me back. Since I'm in such a miserable state, please let me go home, okay?"

After that, Gu Ling didn't respond for a long time. After a while, Cheng Mu heard her say, "Uh...did you say anything just now? It seems that we have to talk in our hearts so that the other person can hear it."

The sad atmosphere disappeared in an instant, and Cheng Mu repeated what he had just said, but the full emotions just now could no longer return.

When Gu Ling heard the other party speaking angrily and pitifully in a straightforward tone, he felt that the other party had a good psychological quality and should be able to accept what she said next.

"Before today, I didn't know you were in a book, so I don't know how to get you back."

Then Gu Ling told Cheng Mu what had happened to her during this period, and finally asked, "Are you okay?"

"What do you say?"

After realizing that getting angry or playing the victim would not solve his problem, Cheng Mu calmed down in an instant.

He sat by the spiritual spring pool, looking at the crystal in his hand, and suddenly asked: "If I die, you will also be unlucky, right?"

After asking this question, Cheng Mu immediately threw the crystal into the air. The moment the crystal fell, he asked another question: "Are you in the hospital now?"

This time he wrapped the crystal in his sleeve and held it in his hand.

Cheng Mu smiled silently. The answers to these two questions were obvious, and he didn't need to ask again.

He just did a small experiment and then realized one thing: as long as the crystal is isolated from the skin, he will not be able to hear the other person's thoughts.

This is more like it. Otherwise, if the other person can hear everything you think, wouldn’t you have no privacy at all?

Cheng Mu took the crystal in his hand again and pretended to have heard the other party's answer: "Oh, then you should take good care of yourself."

Gu Ling checked Cheng Mu and got to know this person quite well. He knew that he was not a naive person.

Knowing that he could communicate with the author of "When the End Comes", according to his personality, he should have suggested that the two of them work together. In short, it was absolutely impossible for him to ask these two obvious questions.

So, what is Cheng Mu’s purpose?

When Gu Ling heard Cheng Mu's voice again, he suppressed all the thoughts in his mind and asked, "Were you doing some kind of test just now?"

Cheng Mu was shocked: Gu Ling could hear my thoughts just now?

After hearing what the other person was thinking, Gu Ling knew what Cheng Mu had just done. She said seriously, "What are you talking about? I can hear it the whole time."

After a moment of surprise, Cheng Mu understood that if Gu Ling could really hear, he would not ask this question.

His negative impression of Gu Ling finally weakened a little, and he said firmly: "You cheated me."

Gu Ling smiled and said, "We are barely on the same boat. The most urgent task is to find out what this mysterious power is. So, it's not a good idea to conceal important information. My new teammate."

After fighting alone for more than three months, does Cheng Mu have teammates now?

Cheng Mu's lips curled slightly, and his tone was a little nonchalant: "So, my dear new teammate, can you tell me your name?"

"Gu Ling."

Cheng Mu looked strange, thinking of the pen name "Gu Ling Chao Bang", and couldn't help but complain: "'Gu Ling Chao Bang', use your real name on the Internet!"

Gu Ling was also unceremonious: "How dare you say 'Cheng Mu is the most handsome' to me?"

The two of them were silent for three seconds, and then snorted in unison: "What a narcissist!"

……

After the two people knew that their actions would hurt a living person, they no longer dared to act as recklessly as before.

The two made three rules: Cheng Mu was not allowed to hurt Shui Jing, and Gu Ling was not allowed to arrange the male protagonist's death again.

Gu Ling was worried: "If I don't write this plot, how can I write the novel next?"

Cheng Mu started to chatter: "I've long said that there's something wrong with your setting. It's too cruel to increase your strength every time you die. The world is so beautiful, and you're so violent. This is not good."

Gu Ling rolled his eyes: "Your apocalyptic novel relies on reasoning to save the world!"

Cheng Mu's eyes lit up: "This is a good setting!"

Gu Ling: ...