No wonder he was so excited.
For everyone dragged into this place, reality meant something else, too: home.
"Ye Lin...!"
"So... so An Ke and the others were contacting reality?"
"Can you talk to people on Earth? Can you call them, or even see them!?"
Struggling to contain his shock, Li Tianyang was so excited that his lips trembled. He grabbed Ye Lin's arm, his gaze repeatedly darting toward the rooms.
For a moment, he was as nervous and anxious as a child.
They had thought about contacting reality, too. Every examinee had.
But they couldn't do it. Staying alive alone took everything they had. For so long, contacting reality had been nothing more than an elusive dream.
Yet no one had expected Ye Lin to pull it off. Ye Lin could contact reality!
In his excitement, Li Tianyang completely failed to notice the light fading from Ye Lin's eyes.
He fumbled through his belongings, as though he had something to ask Ye Lin to help him with.
"Ye Lin, can I contact reality!? There are some things I want to tell people outside!"
"Does contacting reality cost a lot? Is there some price to pay!? I have points. I'll give you as many as you want!"
As he spoke, Li Tianyang pulled a pendant with a recording function from inside his clothes.
Like Ye Lin, he bore far too many burdens as the captain of the Tianyang Team.
But before Li Tianyang could transfer any points, Ye Lin shook his head.
"Tianyang."
"An Ke and the others are dead."
"You can try contacting reality, but I'm not sure they can still receive messages now."
Li Tianyang froze at those words, standing rigid as a statue.
The revelation hit like a bomb. He raised his head to meet Ye Lin's