Zhuo Qingxuan
Zombies' vision is severely impaired due to the virus, so they cannot see. However, their hearing and sense of smell are several times stronger than those of normal humans.
Soon, the zombie located the direction of the ringing phone and staggered over there.
However, another figure was faster than it.
A gust of wind blew by, and a woman in a white dress walked into the room with a little girl.
The woman in white who was drawn by the ringing bell was none other than Zhuo Qingxuan from Limitless Star, and the little girl was Sherry, who had always been with Zhuo Qingxuan.
Even among these five people, Zhuo Qingxuan's combat strength was among the best. She pushed aside the messy scraps of paper on the desk, revealing a telephone hidden inside. After a moment of silence, she first made a hand seal and used an offensive technique to kill the swaying zombie. Then, she stretched out her jade-like arm and grabbed the telephone receiver.
When Li Wei heard the ringing tone from the receiver, he immediately felt relieved. He had been worried that no one would hear the call, and now that someone had answered, Li Wei was at ease no matter who it was.
He immediately changed his voice deliberately, using a deep, resonant tone to say, "Hey."
There was a long silence on the other end of the line before a pleasant female voice asked, "Who are you?"
Li Wei wasn't in the theater, so he couldn't see the big screen and therefore didn't know who answered the phone. However, he immediately recognized the caller by voice alone.
Was it her? Zhuo Qingxuan, it was actually her who answered the phone.
As for whether Bao Ling answered the phone, Li Wei didn't care. He had planned from the beginning that as long as the call went through, whoever answered would have achieved his goal.
"Wait a moment," Li Wei said into the microphone, then pressed the microphone against his body and turned to Greedy Wolf beside him, saying, "Go back and check if you can hear my voice on the screen in the theater."
Greedy Wolf was already speechless from Li Wei's actions and admired Li Wei immensely. Upon hearing Li Wei's words, Greedy Wolf hurriedly ran back.
Li Wei, having calculated that the Greedy Wolf had returned to the theater, picked up the microphone again. After thinking for a moment, he deliberately said, "I have the information you want, but before that, please identify yourself."
Zhuo Qingxuan on the other end of the phone was silent for a moment, seemingly considering Li Wei's words. Receiving such a strange phone call in the story world was mysterious in itself, and she was probably trying to figure out Li Wei's identity.
At this moment, Greedy Wolf hurriedly ran back and made a hand gesture to Li Wei.
"In the theater, you can only hear Zhuo Qingxuan's voice, but not mine? Hehe, that's fantastic!" Li Wei smiled upon seeing Greedy Wolf's gesture.
Finally, Zhuo Qingxuan's voice came from the other end of the receiver. "I am Zhuo Qingxuan from Limitless Star. May I ask who you are?"
Li Wei's previous statement was simply a test to see if his voice could be heard in the theater. Now that the result is in, he naturally has no more reservations.
"So you're a master from Limitless Star. It's a pleasure to meet you. I never imagined that the White-Brow Daoist could have taught such an extraordinary disciple." Li Wei's words were purely teasing. Then he said seriously, "As for who I am, forgive my bluntness, but you don't need to know. You only need to know that I can help you complete this mission, and that's enough."
On the other end, Zhuo Qingxuan's behavior was clearly unfriendly. She was proud and had never been teased like this before. Not only was she being teased, but her master, the White-Brow Daoist Venerable, was also involved, which made her very unhappy.
Unfortunately, at the same time, a dozen or so zombies outside the house seemed to have smelled the scent of raw meat and were moving toward her. In just a moment, the low growls of the zombies could be heard.
Zhuo Qingxuan glanced at the zombies, a hint of disdain on her lips. Although these zombies were extremely slow for some reason, they possessed considerable combat power. However, in her eyes, she could take them down with just one move.
She was filled with resentment because of Li Wei's words, and now that she had these zombies to vent her anger on, she made a hand gesture with one hand, and with a flick of her wrist, she threw a punch from a distance.
The punch, though seemingly soft, created waves of air that instantly sent the dozen or so zombies sprawling. Each of these zombies had been hit at least dozens of times; their already fragile bones were shattered by the chaotic blows, and none of them could get up again.
Little Sherry, standing to the side, clapped her hands with a grin and exclaimed, "Big sister, you're amazing!"
After doing all this, Zhuo Qingxuan regained her composure. She first smiled at Little Shelly, then spoke into the microphone in a deep voice, "Why should I believe what you say? And who exactly are you?"
Although the other person's voice remained calm, Li Wei could tell that the girl was definitely angry. Li Wei was naturally not afraid of her, but Zhuo Qingxuan was right; it was time for him to offer some leverage, otherwise, the other person might not easily believe him.
"Miss Qingxuan, the place you are in now is a special mission world, a story world within the Pluto Island Grand Theater. It's a place full of monsters. Although these monsters aren't much of a challenge for someone of your level, completing the missions in this story world and obtaining the rewards won't be easy... Uh, have I said enough?"
After a pause, Li Wei continued, "As for me, I'm just an outsider. You can call me Brother Audience. I have a lot of information that you can use. You just need to do one thing for me, and you can get this crucial information."
Zhuo Qingxuan on the other end of the phone was also taken aback. The other person actually knew about Pluto Island and the Grand Theater, so they must be one of the people who arrived at Pluto Island this time. And the other person's self-reference as an 'outsider' and 'spectator' made the meaning even clearer. In other words, the person she was talking to was someone in the theater.
Since entering this story world, Zhuo Qingxuan has completely lost contact with the outside world. It wouldn't be bad if someone could give her some advice.
"Tell me your conditions," Zhuo Qingxuan said. She felt that if the other party's conditions weren't particularly harsh, she could consider cooperating with this guy.
"I need you to find a few other reincarnators and stay with them for the next 10 hours," Li Wei continued in his unchanged tone. "Of course, when you're on the phone with me, try to act naturally. Don't reveal any details related to the plot, and definitely don't reveal my identity or even my existence. It's best to just say 'yes' or 'no'."
Li Wei's words were also a veiled reference to Zhuo Qingxuan.
If the other party were even slightly intelligent, they would immediately understand Li Wei's meaning, and Zhuo Qingxuan was clearly not a fool; she quickly grasped Li Wei's thoughts.
"Can they see what I'm doing on the big screen in that theater?" Zhuo Qingxuan wondered to herself, her face flushing slightly as she felt grateful for the reminder from the 'audience member' on the phone.
"Can you tell me why? Why do we have to act with other reincarnators?" Zhuo Qingxuan asked in a very low voice. At this point, she had already reached an agreement with Li Wei, so she immediately asked this strange question that had been on her mind.
"Just do as I say. By the way, is there a little girl next to you?" Li Wei asked tentatively.
"Hmm," Zhuo Qingxuan turned to look at Sherry, then asked, "What's wrong?"
This time, Zhuo Qingxuan's words were simple. She knew that if someone in the theater was watching her through the big screen, it was best not to reveal any important information.
Li Wei thought for a moment before saying, "It's nothing. You need to take her with you and protect her, but at the same time, you must be wary of her... You must be wary of her. When you find the other reincarnators, you'll understand why I said this. Okay, that's all for now, otherwise someone will become suspicious. I'll contact you by phone again next time. Good luck."
After saying that, Li Wei hung up the phone, smashed it to pieces with his fist, then turned around and took a deep breath. He followed Greedy Wolf back to the theater.
At that moment, Zhuo Qingxuan on the screen had just put down the phone, her face calm and composed, like a still lake, and no one knew what she was thinking.
After returning to his seat, Li Wei began to plan. Just now, the people in the theater had seen Zhuo Qingxuan using the phone on the big screen. He believed that soon, this secret connecting to the story world would be exposed, which was why Li Wei had destroyed the phone in the corridor.
He didn't want others to establish contact with people in the story world via phone. As for how to contact them afterward, Li Wei speculated that there shouldn't be only that one phone in this grand theater.
Sure enough, many of the reincarnators soon thought of the telephone, and those with better memories recalled seeing a telephone in the corridor when they entered the theater.
Immediately, someone rushed out of the hall and headed towards the telephone.
However, when they finally found the phone, they were dismayed to discover that it had been smashed by someone. The phone was now in pieces and completely unusable.
The group, having returned empty-handed, were already cursing the guy who sabotaged the phone, while Li Wei, the culprit, was pondering his next move.
The reason he instructed Zhuo Qingxuan on the phone to gather several reincarnated beings and Sherry together was that Bao Ling could stay with all four Sherry at the same time. In this way, one of the four Sherry would be real, and the poison in Bao Ling's body would not take effect.
Of course, Li Wei also knew that among the four Sherry, three were genuine monsters, which was the real troublesome part.