After turning off the computer and pulling out the USB drive, Feng Yu did not immediately go to sleep. Instead, he stood by the floor to ceiling window, looking at the streetlights below, falling into a moment of confusion.
He took out his phone and opened that familiar livestream room. Amid the terrifying background sounds, a very pleasant voice rang out.
“Witch, run. The witch is coming!”
Tang Guo’s voice came through the phone. “If you get caught by the witch, she will throw you into a pot of oil and boil you.” Paired with the horror background sounds, her voice carried an extra hint of eeriness, scaring the viewers into screaming as they hid under their blankets while still unable to resist peeking.
“Alright, we have already escaped the witch’s pursuit and are finally heading toward the king’s castle. It is a castle with no people. Inside it is hidden a key. As long as we get the key and open one of the doors inside the castle, we can lift the witch’s curse and restore the entire kingdom.”
“Of course, if we fail, we will also fall under the curse and can only wait for later people to save us. My lovelies, next there are three paths. One is a bridge over the river, one is a cliff, and one is a road through the forest.
In the river are terrifying white bones with no flesh. They will grab our legs as we cross and drag us into the river. The water will corrode our bodies and turn us into white bones. The cliff is very narrow. With even a little carelessness, you will fall and be smashed to pieces. The forest is very mysterious. No one knows what is inside, but legend says that no one who enters ever comes out.
So which path should we choose to reach the king’s castle?”
Feng Yu listened to that deliberately eerie yet pleasant voice and looked at the phone screen. A little girl stood hesitating at the fork of three paths. Once a wrong choice was made, her game would end. To clear it, she could only start over.
Games could be restarted. He frowned. Life could not be restarted.
He gripped the phone tightly. Two figures continuously flashed through his mind. One was Xia Yi, who had accompanied him for five years. The other was Tang Guo, who in just a few months had left a deep impression on him. Without a doubt, Xiao Guo was an exceptionally outstanding girl.
If he had understood her this well from the beginning, perhaps he would not have chosen her and would have selected someone else. But he had made so many preparations. Every time he saw Xiao Yi, he could feel the expectant look in her eyes. Xiao Yi liked him so much and had accompanied him for so long. If he said that it might not work now, how disappointed would Xiao Yi be?
He loved Xiao Yi, so he could not let her down. He looked at the screen. As for Xiao Guo, he closed his eyes. He could only be sorry to her for now. Xiao Yi had stayed in the virtual world for too long. He wanted her to come out and see this beautiful world first.
As for Xiao Guo, he would bring her out later once he found a suitable opportunity. Originally, he had planned to erase her brain waves. Now he had changed his mind. Perhaps he needed to design an accident for the exchange of their brain waves, rather than something artificial. His hand trembled slightly and his lips pressed together tightly. He did not want Xiao Guo to know that all of this was a conspiracy.
Xiao Yi did not know about this matter. Only he knew, so hiding it would not be a problem.
After thinking it through, Feng Yu let out a long breath. When it reached midnight and Tang Guo’s livestream ended, he dialed Tang Guo’s number.
“Ah Yu, you have not rested yet. Do you miss me?”
“Yes.”
Feng Yu answered subconsciously. He quickly brushed aside that strange feeling. “The gaming pod I gave you last time should be usable before long. Are you interested in being its first player?”
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