"I’ve always rembered because I realized there was a girl who was always paying attention to ," Su Ming’an whispered to her. "Actually, you’re not alone, you know? When I was livestreaming, I felt very depressed... I couldn’t find my own value and didn’t have many friends. But fortunately, there was a viewer who was always there, constantly comnting, encouraging with every single video, and her positivity infected . Including in reality, I noticed your gaze... so, in a way, we were relying on each other. You don’t need to feel that you have to be very sad; you’ve always existed in my eyes."
...Actually, she hadn’t.
He would upload his videos and then turn them off, never caring what people in the comnt section said, and all that talk about feeling bad was just nonsense.
But if he could align his situation with what she described, it would help to lower her guard.
Even though he thought the person in front of him was sick, he now had to make her realize that he didn’t bla her for anything, to prevent her from feeling so low about herself that she would do sothing drastic.
It seed Shen Xue believed him.
Even a large number of viewers believed him:
[Did Ming’an really have it that rough before... I feel sorry for him now]
[He actually rembers that girl’s birthday, did they actually have a relationship before?]
[I’m moved, is this mutual salvation?]
[She waited a full twelve years! I declare this isn’t an Underworld campus instance, it’s a youth romance reunion drama! Get together——]
[Get together! Get together! Ohhhhhhh——]
[Wait a minute... do I sll a lie...]
[Snap out of it, lovebirds, Ming’an is a Lighthouse romantic; what he’s saying now is just to Perfect Pass. Stay sharp!]
[But actually, Shen Xue is also a victim, her father, that horoom teacher, is the chief culprit of exploitation... It’s not wrong for her to want to be with the person she likes, I also want to be with my favorite strear wuwuwu...]
[...]
"I find it a bit strange," Su Ming’an said. "The instances in our Dragon Country are split into fifty thousand identical ones, to accommodate so many players entering; the instance I’m in is just one of those fifty thousand... You ca for , so in the other forty-nine thousand nine hundred ninety-nine instances, that you... is it still you?"
...He always felt that this level was targeting him, and later found out that the boss at the end was coming straight for him.
"It’s ," Shen Xue said with a smile, looking at him. "They... are all Shen Xue, all . I sent the most like , the most heartfelt version of to the instance you’re in—this right in front of you. Ming’an. You still rember my birthday; you said you’ve been paying attention to ."
Shen Xue stared into his eyes, corners of her lips upturned with a smile.
Her gaze was naively youthful, yet when she looked at him, it carried an intense fire-like aning, as if she wanted to anchor him firmly by her side, sensing the slightest mont away from him could an loss.
...In fact, she had lost him for twelve long years.
Even though she had never really had him.
"Ming’an... then you, then you also like , want to be with ... right?"
Her eyes curved slightly, and the emotions within them surged together as if crushed.
In those dark, glossy, glass-like pupils, stars of light shimred.
"Yes," Su Ming’an had to reassure her first. "I want to be with you."
Following that, he saw her smile brighten even more.
He felt a pain in his chest.
The dagger in Shen Xue’s hand traced across the front of his left chest, sliding down his shirt, carving a bloody line.
The wound wasn’t deep, but blood quickly seeped out, staining the front of his shirt a deep red.
"Su Ming’an..." Su Ming’an imdiately recoiled backward.
The iron hoop in his hand made a crisp clang, and Shen Xue, emptying one hand, circled it around him, whispering softly into his ear:
"...then beco the sa existence as , stay with — together, beco the [Eternal] of this world."
...She intended to do the sa thing as the class teacher, to transform him into the sa type of being as those students.
"Such love lacks a soul," Su Ming’an said with a wary look in his eyes.
"...No," Shen Xue sighed. "We shall be eternal."
The dagger in her hand plunged deeper.
"Su Ming’an." Tears shimred in her eyes: "...I just like you."
The next mont, Su Ming’an sighed.
"Bang!"
Shen Xue’s smile froze on her face as a pair of hands suddenly appeared from behind and flipped her over.
"Clang—!"
The blood-stained dagger fell to the ground, ringing clearly.
[Deducting five Occupation Points, resurrect Cloning, remaining Occupation Points five.]
Ming Ying underwent another transformation, the fragile three hundred health points bar reappeared in the upper left corner of his vision, and Su Ming’an returned to "Shadow" status.
Cloning flipped Shen Xue over, releasing Su Ming’an from the iron hoop.
After landing and loosening his tired wrists, Su Ming’an downed a Blood Bottle, recovering the wound on his chest. He saw Shen Xue in a blue dress swiftly climbing up from the ground. Taking advantage of Cloning not having caught up, she pulled a nearby chanism and fell into the Secret Door, disappearing from sight.
[Perfect Pass·Hidden Line·Radiant Line: Completion 45%]
"Her [Eternal] is a bit too twisted," Cloning comnted while leaning against the sword, waving a hand casually: "Long ti no see?"
"Go scout ahead," Su Ming’an pointed toward the open doorway behind, which was dark and seemingly free of danger.
After Cloning set off, he opened the system panel, thinking of sending a private ssage to Lv Shu and the others, but found the private ssage function was disabled.
He glanced at the basent, which was emptily silent; nothing was inside. After receiving a safety signal from Cloning, he stepped through the doorway until he saw another slightly heavy door.
As he opened the door, a dim and eerie red light spilled in.
His view dramatically widened.
He saw a school auditorium.
The bright red curtains had already been drawn, and he saw that there were already a few people standing inside... A few people who were dressed differently from before, Xiao Xiao with cat ears and holding a wand, Wang Zhenzhen with bunny ear caps and fluffy pajamas, a man in armor wielding a spear, Wang Xingkong with a paint bucket wearing a short coat, and a figure wearing a bright red dress trailing on the floor, back turned to the others.
They were dressed as characters from Alice in Wonderland, and Su Ming’an recognized the man in armor as Yang Changxu, the soldier he first encountered in the initial world—so it seed the music teacher who sang military songs was him, within the sa instance as himself.
His guard rose when he caught sight of the figure in the bright red dress, not sure whether it was Shen Xue or Shen Yue, but his caution solidified when he suddenly saw the Mantis perching on that person’s shoulder, causing him to halt in his steps and then take a half-step back.
"So why am I the Queen of Hearts?" Lv Shu turned around with an impassive face, red butterflies fluttering around him as his bright red dress dragged on the ground.
...
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