Those Classmates who Suddenly Disappeared
Chapter 1280: True or False

Chapter 1280: Chapter 1280: True or False

Everyone was in a panic, feeling a premonition that they had fallen into a terrifying environment.

Irina approached Gu Fan and asked urgently, "What on earth is going on? I remember we came from that direction, and there were no mountains there."

Gu Fan gave a wry smile, "Can you still be sure of which direction you came from now?"

Upon hearing this, Irina furrowed her brows. She truly couldn’t confirm it because it had been overcast on their way there, with no sun to determine direction.

The surroundings were all towering ancient trees, and the environment seemed the same everywhere, so distinguishing north, south, east, or west was impossible.

Just when everyone was clueless and pinned their hopes on Gu Fan, someone suddenly shouted, "Everyone, come quick!"

A surge of anxiety struck everyone’s heart, unsure of what had happened. They all ran over to see and instantly gasped in shock to find a lake beside their camp.

"What? How?" Not only Gu Fan, but a shadow of gloom also draped over nearly everyone’s heart.

When setting up the camp, Gu Fan had personally surveyed the surroundings and hadn’t discovered the lake, yet it had appeared not a hundred meters from their camp.

"What kind of predicament have we actually fallen into?" Gu Fan frowned deeply, having been to so many places, but this one was the most bizarre.

At that moment, Gu Fan noticed Lin Xi looking up at the star-filled night sky, lost in thought.

Lu Yi found it strange, "Miss Lin, what are you staring at so intently?"

"I’m looking for my constellation, but I can’t find it," Lin Xi said while continuing her search, "If I can find my constellation, then based on the season, time, and our current approximate longitude and latitude, I could figure out our whereabouts."

After hearing this, everyone thought it was indeed a method and looked forward to Lin Xi finding it.

However, after Lin Xi searched for a long time, she couldn’t find her constellation, let alone others that could indicate their current direction.

This made Lin Xi quite frustrated, "It can’t be. With the sky full of stars, not a single one of the zodiac constellations is visible? Is this a fake starry sky?"

"A fake?" Gu Fan was reminded by this and seemed to have realized something.

Su Hui saw Gu Fan’s knitted brows and asked, "What’s wrong, Gu Fan? Did you think of something?"

This is what Gu Fan said, "In all the time we’ve been in the forbidden area, have you seen the sun for a single day?"

"Yes, it’s mostly overcast during the day, but the night sky is filled with stars. Could it just be our bad luck?" Su Hui wondered, feeling something fishy.

Gu Fan added, "After we entered the Dark Primitive Mountain, we occasionally encountered sunny weather. But since entering this forbidden area, we haven’t seen the sun at all. I didn’t take it to heart initially, thinking continuous overcast days weren’t strange. But when we needed the sun to direct us, I realized the peculiarity. What’s stranger is that the clouds disperse at night, allowing us to see the starry sky."

Irina came over, nodding in agreement, "Previously, we were heading towards a mountain, and now with so many mountains suddenly encircling us, our direction has been completely scrambled."

Ouyang Jin was the first to catch on, "You mean to say, this forbidden area can change the environment, confuse our direction, and trap us here completely?"

"Is that possible?" At that moment, Gu Fan noticed Lin Xi was still looking up at the sky then suddenly thought of a possibility, "Lin Xi, did you just say that the starry sky is fake?"

"I just said it in passing, you’re not taking it seriously, are you?" Lin Xi realized what Gu Fan was thinking and initially hesitated, but then she couldn’t help but laugh.

Gu Fan nodded, "The stars, sun, and mountains that could direct us are all useless, the laws of nature cease to function here, and I firmly believe that natural forces cannot be forcibly changed by human power or technology. Thus, only one possibility remains."

"So you mean this is a fake nature, and we’ve been deceived?" Irina walked over, then looked around, how could it all be real? The trees, the underbrush, the lake.

"Even the worst natural environments have living creatures, yet there are none here," Gu Fan’s words further convinced everyone that this was a fake nature.

Lin Xi nodded, her qi field suddenly bursting forth, and Strong Wind blew fiercely, causing everyone to stagger and retreat repeatedly.

Lu Yi saw Lin Xi assume her queenly demeanor and immediately started whistling, "Go on, Miss Lin, we’re all counting on you, please..."

"Shut up!" Ouyang Jin acted swiftly, covering Lu Yi’s mouth.

Seeing Lu Yi’s interruption cut short, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief, while Lin Xi nearly broke into a cold sweat, terrified of this doomsayer.

"Okay, I’m off!" Lin Xi took a deep breath, composed herself, and then flew up into the sky.

The mercenaries were amazed to see Lin Xi display such a skill, exclaiming in disbelief: "My God, she can fly, she’s really flying, are you guys even human?"

Other mercenaries retorted, "Nonsense, we have encountered so many dangers here, we’ve escaped death time and time again. Our enemies are all non-human terrifying entities. If Gu Fan and the others were normal people, could they lead us through these perils? So there’s nothing surprising about this. Never mind flying, even if Gu Fan and the others could come back to life, it wouldn’t be strange. Who asked them to be abnormal?"

Hearing this, everyone felt there was some sense to it and accepted the fact that Lin Xi could fly.

Gu Fan, Su Hui, and Zhuo Hang found this conversation awkward but also knew how to counter it.

Only Lu Yi couldn’t sit still and protested, "Don’t lump everyone together, Gu Fan and the others may be abnormal, but I am normal, I..." Lu Yi tried to continue, but he was met with the disdainful looks from everyone, "Lu Yi, just stop, we all know you’re a doomsayer, you’re the most abnormal one among them."

"I... what..." Lu Yi was left speechless with frustration.

Suddenly, a loud bang came from the sky, jolting everyone’s nerves. They all looked up wide-eyed, searching intently.

A spark appeared in the sky, followed by another loud bang, as if something had collided up above.

Lu Yi voiced his suspicion, "It’s not that Miss Lin has crashed into a plane, right? Causing such a huge commotion?"

Ouyang Jin pointed out, "Unlikely, a plane makes a lot of noise, Lin Xi would definitely notice it and avoid it in time." Just as Ouyang Jin finished speaking, they saw something plummeting rapidly from the sky.

Gu Fan was horrified and immediately leaped onto the treetops, then, using all his might, he soared into the air, reaching out both hands to catch the falling, delicate body.