Author: Xingsheng

When I woke up again, it was already dawn.

It's just that the closed shutters blocked the light, making everything in the house look a little dark.

The flame in the fireplace burned quietly, making a soft crackling sound from time to time.

The flames danced, and the shadows they cast also floated, dyeing the air with a faint smoky smell.

Gu Chi, who was lying on the sofa, opened his eyes and looked at the chandelier with obvious repair marks on the ceiling. A trace of awakening confusion appeared in his sleepy eyes. This confusion quickly disappeared. He seemed to have remembered something.

Yes, I sat up suddenly and wanted to reach for the mobile phone on the coffee table to confirm the current time.

He didn't notice at all that there was someone lying on top of him.

The bellcat in his sleep looks cute, his long eyelashes flutter gently with his breathing, his face is light red, and his unconsciously slightly opened lips are hung with a faint crystal, and he looks like he is sleeping soundly.

Until Gu Chi stood up, she rolled off of Gu Chi like a slipped quilt cover.

Boom.

"Ouch!"

Gu Chi: "..."

He didn't mean it.

"It hurts..." Lingmao held the sofa with one hand and rubbed his head with the other, and got up in a daze. Before he could figure out the situation, he heard a cold male voice: "Don't move!"

Lingmao was so frightened that he tensed up and lost his drowsiness. It took him two seconds to realize that the person speaking was Gu Chi.

This man was staring directly at her.

Lingmao's face was a little heated by this gaze. She didn't understand why Gu Chi suddenly looked at her with such serious eyes. It could easily cause misunderstanding... She hesitated and said: "What, what's wrong? My face

Is there anything on it?"

Gu Chi: "Stand up."

Lingmao: "Oh."

The girl stood up obediently.

Gu Chi said again: "Turn around."

What a strange request... Lingmao complained in his mind, but he still turned around obediently with a red face.

Gu Chi held his arms the whole time, like an experienced chaebol.

His eyes never left Lingmao, and after the girl completed a circle, he came to a conclusion.

"You have grown up." Gu Chi said.

"Eh...?" Lingmao obviously didn't expect that Gu Chi would say these four words after looking at her for a long time. Her cheeks instantly turned red and she wanted to call Gu Chi a stinker, but somehow

, but when the words came to his mouth, someone seemed to have dropped his tongue. Lingmao lowered his eyes and glanced at his chest, and smiled shyly: "Really, really?"

Gu Chi's face was expressionless: "I mean age."

Lingmao: "..."

The air was quiet for a second.

Lingmao's face became more and more rosy, but his expression became very calm.

"Really?" She pinched her toes tightly and said calmly, "I know you are talking about age."

Gu Chi: "Oh."

While the two were talking, Mustard Soup and River Bird also woke up one after another.

Their changes are more intuitive and obvious.

Lingmao has just grown taller, and has a little more femininity between her brows and eyes - just a little more, like she has changed from a college student who has not yet graduated to a white-collar worker who has just entered the workplace. She has the elements of a mature woman in her temperament, but not much.

, overall it is still relatively young.

Judging from appearance alone, there is not much difference between Lingmao and yesterday.

Mustard Soup and Jiang Niao were different. One had gained weight and had a beer belly, while the other had grown a beard and hair, looking like an older otaku who hadn't taken care of his personal appearance in several days.

These are changes that can be seen at a glance.

Wasabi Tang and Jiangdiao, who had not yet figured out the situation, saw each other's faces——

"What a fool!?"

"Are you Tang?"

"Are you a bird?"

"How did you become such a ghost?"

Lingmao also realized at this time that Gu Chi was not joking with her, she had really grown up.

But...she glanced at Gu Chi, why didn't he seem to have changed much?

Not a single wrinkle could be found on that cool and handsome face, and no trace of time could be seen at all.

It took about three minutes for Jiangniao and Mustard Tang to finally recognize the fact that they were getting older.

"Fortunately, we are relatively young." Jiang Niao said in a thankful tone, "Let's just experience the feeling of being a mature man in advance. It's not a big problem."

Is it really not that big?

"No, the problem is huge." Gu Chi threw the phone to Jiang Niao and motioned for the two of them to take a look.

When he noticed the change in Lingmao just now, Gu Chi had a hunch that they might have slept for more than a year yesterday.

Facts have proved that his feeling was right.

"November 15th, 5782..." Jiang Niao was confused, "So we slept for five whole years?"

"That's not the point." Gu Chi looked at the two of them and said, "Your hair, beard, his body shape, belly, including Lingmao's height, all prove one thing - our own state will also be affected by this time.

Influence."

Yesterday, his attention was attracted by zombies. In addition, it was only one year, so Gu Chi didn't notice any changes in everyone. But now five years have passed overnight, and the power of time has become real.

The first night is one year, the second night is five years, what about the third night?

ten years?

Or twenty years?

What will happen in a few more nights?

Jiang Niao was shocked when he reacted: "We won't die here because of old age, right?"

Gu Chi stated the facts: "If we can't find a way to stop the passage of time, we will, and we will definitely do it."

"So that's it." Mustard Soup fell to the ground and murmured: "I'm so stupid, really, I would believe that there is really no time limit for S-level dungeons..."

"Wait a minute, did we forget someone?" Lingmao suddenly said.

Hearing this, Jiang Niao's eyes gradually widened with a look of surprise. He shook his finger and said, "Yes, yes, yes, Neil! Neil is an NPC, maybe he can help us."

"Where are the others?"

"have no idea……"

"Are you still sleeping?"

"Let's go upstairs and have a look."

They have passed five years, and Neil should have passed five years as well. Looking at Neil yesterday, he was a few years older than them. He should be in his prime at this time. Even if he can't help them solve the time problem, he is still a qualified fighter.

, can’t waste it.

Unfortunately, they couldn't find Neil.

Only a scrawled letter was found on Neil's bedroom desk.

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Guys, I've got some bad news for you - we've run out of food.

It's all thanks to this damn weather, it froze all the food we worked so hard to grow into ice slag.

A few days ago, there were always some cute little guys coming to our door to feed us, but in the past few days, they have not appeared again, so I had to go find them myself.

Someone has to stand up, right?

Remember when we first met?

I said I would provide you with food, shelter, and keep you safe.

I have been doing this before and will do it in the future.

I know it's dangerous outside, but don't worry, your Neil is not a vegetarian either... Hey, I seem to know why my father chose to rush into the hospital in the first place.

People should not live just to live.

To be honest, I'm very reluctant to part with you. I loved the time I spent living with you. Although I don't disrespect my father and my former friends to say this, these five years were indeed the happiest time in my life.
To be continued...