When I regained consciousness, I was still standing at the classroom door. My classmates were still fooling around inside the classroom. I was stunned. Did I trigger Ji Meng's Time Trap? Am I trapped in this time period? I was unwilling to accept it and tried again. The result was the same. I could not enter the classroom. It felt like an invisible wall separated me from them. I began to feel the strange gazes of those around me. They looked at me as if I were a monster. My classmates no longer communicated with me. Their eyes were filled with hostility.
"Why are you still here?" Lin Yutong frowned and asked.
"I..." I was about to explain when she interrupted me.
"Don't bother," she said, "You can't save them."
"Why?"
"Because..."
She suddenly froze.
"What did you say?" I asked.
But she still did not respond. I tapped her, but there was no reaction. I realized that she couldn't hear my voice. Or rather, she didn't exist at all. Despair washed over me as I sat on the ground. Could it be that I really couldn't save them?
Time passed slowly. My life had less than three days left. Yet, I still couldn't find a solution. I sank into deep despair. Maybe Lin Yutong was right; I really couldn't save them after all. But I was unwilling to give up. I tried once more to go back to the past. The result was the same.
I was trapped in this time period. Looking around at the familiar yet strange environment, I couldn't help but feel a wave of sadness. Am I really going to die here? Just as despair set in, my phone suddenly vibrated. I picked it up and glanced at the screen; it was a message from an unknown number.
"The weakness of Time Trap is..."
My eyes widened. This is... a way to break Time Trap? Who sent it? Ji Meng? No, that’s impossible; he couldn’t help me. Then who could it be... He must have found a way to crack Time Trap. He wants to help me. But why only half the message? Has he encountered danger? Or perhaps... he doesn’t want me to know who he is?
Regardless, I must find the weakness of Time Trap as soon as possible. Once I find the weakness, I can break the cycle and return to my original time. I was thrilled. But soon, my excitement faded. I discovered a serious problem: I couldn’t communicate with anyone. I couldn’t even make a sound. It was as if I didn’t exist. Or rather, others couldn’t see me. What’s going on? Is this another trick by Ji Meng?
I couldn’t make sense of it. But I had to resolve this issue quickly; otherwise, everything would be in vain. I tried to recall every detail, attempting to identify the root of the problem. But the more I thought about it, the more confused I became.
I only felt a splitting headache.
"Ah—"
I screamed in agony.
But soon, I was stunned.
I clearly opened my mouth, but why couldn't I make a sound?
I tried again.
The result was the same.
I couldn't make a sound.
I flailed around like a madman.
The people around me looked at me as if I were insane.
But they couldn't hear my voice.
I couldn't even feel my own existence.
I was like a wisp of air, silent and invisible.
I fell into despair.
I couldn't even produce my own voice, let alone communicate with others.
I didn't even know if I was alive or dead.
Maybe I had already died.
This was my illusion.
Or perhaps, this was hell.
And I was about to descend into it.
Time passed little by little.
I couldn't remember how many times this cycle had repeated.
Gradually, I grasped the pattern of the Time Trap.
The starting and ending points of each cycle were fixed.
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