Chapter 140: Moved

[Factory] After that, the child's body changed again.

He was originally made up of fragments from countless copies. Since 90% of them were collected by Lin Han, Lin Han could easily find those familiar points on him.

For example, the silver pupils that are almost identical to Yin Yue’s.

Those fragments seemed to be completely rational when they were born in their respective copies, but they disappeared as the copies were cleared.

Became that ignorant and quiet person.

Lin Han didn't know when she heard him talking to her when she passed by.

"Good afternoon." His voice was so soft, filled with a warm smile, and his silver pupils, which should have been cold and distant, were filled with the same happiness as Jiang Xuchen.

Perhaps it was Jiang Xuchen's long-term companionship that made his brother inherit some of his characteristics.

Lin Han didn't know how to evaluate this pair of brothers.

He responded with a normal "Good afternoon" and walked away quietly as he turned back to maintain his original posture.

This seemed to be an insignificant episode and did not disrupt Lin Han's original plan.

He just wondered, is this pieced-together person really the "brother" they were talking about?

Lin Han was incapable of seeing things on a deeper level. He simply looked at him and felt that there seemed to be something different about him from the person he knew.

But Jiang Xuchen and Ling Yueqing didn't think anything was wrong, so Lin Han didn't need to worry.

Even if the sky falls, there will always be someone tall to hold it up.

He just needs to continue his normal life, eat, sleep, go home often and play dungeons.

This has almost become his daily routine.

And, how many times has this happened?

Lin Han couldn't count them all.

Just like when he was in the [One Day] dungeon, repeating day after day, and suddenly one day he couldn't remember how many days he had lived, Lin Han could no longer remember how many times he had seen Alfred in the dungeon.

The dungeon he is in now is called [Tower], which is a tower climbing game with very simple gameplay.

The destination is at the top floor, and all they have to do is go all the way up and pass the tests of the gatekeepers on each floor, or monsters or checkpoints, which can be said to be full of dangers.

The reason why I say "they" is because Lin Han has nineteen teammates this time, but now he can no longer use "they" because all his teammates are dead and he is the only one left.

The gatekeeper of the first floor was Alfred. He became ordinary-looking and ran away after leaving behind a few monsters, but Lin Han recognized him.

The gatekeeper on the second floor was a deformed monster two people tall. It immediately killed the player in the team who had a detection item and a weird look on his face, so that he died on the spot without leaving any information.

Of course, the monster couldn't hold on for long. After all, it was on the second floor, and it was soon beaten to death by the players.

Only Lin Han knew the reason why the player looked strange—the gatekeepers on the second and first floors were the same.

The exclusive perspective is very useful, and you can tell at a glance who has been blacklisted.

Vivian's ability is also very useful. No matter what disguise Alfred is in, Lin Han can see his true appearance.

I don’t know what means Alfred used to become the gatekeeper NPC of the second floor of the [Tower] dungeon.

At that time, Lin Han thought that everything was over, but the third, fourth, and fifth floors...

Every floor is him.

Although they looked different, they were indeed Alfred.

The tower has one hundred floors.

When they climbed to the 28th floor, all of Lin Han's player teammates had died, leaving him alone.

Alfred stopped pretending.

Although he uses different abilities and a different name, his appearance remains the same.

Lin Han reasonably suspected that it was the snot-like monster that had broken the defense of Alfred, who always loved cleanliness, so he took care of the rest of the players in one go.

Anyway, based on their abilities, they can't reach the 100th floor.

But even if Alfred stopped pretending, if Lin Han didn't talk to him, he wouldn't talk to Lin Han either.

Lin Han climbed the tower honestly. He swore that he had never imagined for even two seconds that Alfred might give him a backdoor and let him directly reach the 100th floor.

As for why it is two seconds, Lin Han said that one still needs to have fantasy.

When he was on the 40th or 50th floor, Lin Han still remembered which floor it was and could even count down in his mind.

When he was on the 50th or 60th floor, Lin Han started to get angry. Every time he climbed to a new floor, he would see an identical Alfred, as if the monster he had killed in the last round had come back again.

Lin Han walked down quietly and could still see Alfred, who was "beaten to death" by him, still lying on the open ground.

The one on this floor is dead, but Alfred on the next floor is still alive and kicking.

He seemed to have strayed into a maze.

Lin Han: “…”

Later, Lin Han finally couldn't hold back anymore and asked Alfred which floor this was.

Alfred: "Seventy-second floor."

The conversation ends and we continue climbing the stairs.

Lin Han climbed up and became dazed.

Compared to those messy-looking and hideously ugly monsters, Lin Han felt that seeing Alfred a hundred times might also be a form of spiritual pollution.

After climbing a few more floors, Lin Han once again forgot which floor he was on.

He climbed the stairs angrily, convinced that there was no sign on the stairs that wound around the outside of the tower to tell him which floor it was.

He doubted that if the tower had secretly added a few more floors, he would not be able to detect it.

Lin Han: “…” It’s a sin.

When he saw Alfred again, Lin Han asked the same question again.

Alfred: "Seventy-seventh floor."

As Lin Han climbed up, he began to count the floors he had climbed with his fingers, but after the fight, he looked at his open palm and completely forgot the numbers he had counted before.

When he was face to face with Alfred, Alfred answered before he even had to speak: "Eighty-sixth floor."

Lin Han: “…”

He always felt that he had climbed more than ten floors.

Lin Han, who didn't believe in evil, retreated one level down. Although he didn't think the corpses on that level could give him any reminder, he still wanted to go and take a look.

Then, Lin Han, who had not yet come down the stairs and was holding the handrail, heard the corpse lying on the ground talking to him.

"Eighty-fifth floor."

Lin Han: “…”

It's like seeing a ghost.

Damn Alfred, this is absolutely mental pollution!

Eighty-seventh floor.

Eighty-eight floors.

......

Ninety-nine floors.

One hundred floors.

The hundredth floor was different from every previous floor. The previous floors all had spacious spaces, but the hundredth floor was just a small room with only two chairs and a small round table between the chairs.

When he stepped onto the 100th floor, Lin Han knew that Alfred was still sitting inside, but when he really saw Alfred, his eyes went dark.

He inexplicably felt like he had completed a hundred dungeons in one day.

Even looking at Alfred who was sitting there obediently waiting for him to come in, he couldn't help but feel so absurd that he wanted to laugh.

When did this person become so childish!

Lin Han sat on the chair opposite Alfred under his gaze, trying to control his emotions: "Why are all these 100 floors you?"

Alfred: "They're too busy, I'll take over..."

Lin Han raised her hand to signal him to shut up: "Speak human language."

What kind of copy can gather a hundred college teachers? Even if students are used to make up the number, who is busy?

Ninety-nine people, is there not even one available?

Lin Han would not admit that the snotty guy was also a member of the academy.

Moreover, Alfred used this excuse once in every copy, and Lin Han's ears were almost covered with calluses from hearing it so many times.

Alfred was silent for a moment. "I told them 'leave or die'."

The ones here are obviously the gatekeepers of the original tower.

Lin Han choked up: "So they are all gone?"

Alfred smiled slightly. "I killed them from the 100th floor to the 85th floor. They realized I wasn't kidding, so they left."

Alfred simply replaced the gatekeepers and actually completed their original duties, so he did not violate any rules.

Lin Han: “…”

Lin Han could almost imagine the stunned faces of the gatekeepers on the fifteenth floor, one hundred floors below.

Didn’t we agree to start from the beginning when climbing the tower?

Why are you targeting me directly?

Lin Han didn't continue the topic.

He leaned back, resting his arm on the armrest, and looked at Alfred seriously.

"I think I have understood the meaning of your recent behavior correctly, right?"

"No."

"You will make many people's hearts flutter in the future."

This sentence once came from Alfred's mouth, and now it was repeated from Lin Han's mouth and returned to him.

Alfred didn't think that what Lin Han said at this moment was offensive. He nodded in agreement and looked directly at Lin Han and spoke quite honestly.

"I'm also making a lot of people's hearts beat faster now." Alfred didn't feel embarrassed at all, it seemed like the most normal thing.

Lin Han was speechless.

Indeed, countless people, both inside and outside the New World, were fascinated by Alfred's appearance and abilities, even before he appeared.

Alfred then spoke: "You too."

Lin Han had been pursued in the past and had received favor from others, and now it is even more so.

Lin Han pursed his lips and wanted to say something, but Alfred didn't give him a chance.

"But I'm tempted." His dark pupils blazed red as he looked at Lin Han as if he wanted to engulf her in the flames. "You too."

Lin Han had been pretending to be stupid, perhaps because Alfred had rejected him at that time, or for some reasons that he himself was not aware of. After noticing Alfred's abnormality, he pretended to know nothing.

Or just ignore it directly.

It's not that he didn't know, he just realized the difference between him and Alfred after he broke away from the almost pathological dependence brought about by the "One Day" copy.

He didn't even know what Alfrid was, but he knew very well that he was just a human being.

In fact, because of the gap between Lin Han and Alfred, he could even think of Alfred as an NPC in a game. It was almost an insurmountable gap, a complete difference.

That's why he pretended to be stupid and let it go, as if after a long time, everyone would continue to get along normally as if nothing had happened.

In the adult world, most relationships will never be stirred up again after such a period of settling down.

But Alfred always spoke directly. After he discovered his true feelings, he was not ashamed to speak or act because of what he said.

He said he was moved, and so was Lin Han.

Lin Han is indeed the same.

The emotion of [One Day] was just a fuse, and he did not lose his interest because of being rejected.

He just hid.

Lin Han leaned back, as if the slight distance between them made him feel more at ease. "Why?"

The various differences between them made Lin Han reluctant to admit his feelings, and unwilling to accept Alfred's feelings.

Everything seems to have ulterior motives.

"The young master once asked me this question." Alfred looked at Lin Han without any deviation in his gaze. "I originally thought that it might be love at first sight that I couldn't even detect because I couldn't find a suitable explanation."

"I've met, interacted with, and talked to many people, but none of them have ever influenced me."

Alfred is a busy man and a guide to many people.

He talked with countless people, and he could see so many people's true thoughts just by looking into their eyes.

He didn't feel any emotion at all because of the appearance of those people.

"Miss Ling told me that I saw you." Alfred's voice was as gentle as every time he spoke.

He also became Lin Han's guide. He was asked to protect Lin Han. He saw every move of Lin Han in the new world, every choice he made in the copy, his troubles and struggles, trust and peace of mind.

It was only after Alfred saw Lin Han that he became curious about him, developed a liking for him, and had expectations of him.

Only when Lin Han closed her eyes and stopped looking, she woke up because she didn't get any feedback, and ignored what she said, and became the one who responded to that heartbeat.

Being seen is the beginning of an emotion, which can develop into any emotion. It just so happens that for Alfred it became an emotion that could respond to Lin Han's feelings.

To say I like you is too light, to say I love you is too heavy.

Humans are so weak, yet their emotions are so complex. Alfred doesn't want his feelings to appear frivolous and casual to Lin Han.

"I want to look at you." Whether in the future copy, the academy, or Lin Han's world, Alfred hopes to continue looking at him, "Lin Han, I want to continue looking at you."

Lin Han remained silent and did not answer immediately.

Song Ziyi said that neither he nor Alfred had a mouth. When Lin Han saw Alfred doing things without saying anything, she laughed in her heart at him for not having a mouth.

But now Alfred spoke. He was the only one who kept silent, and he was also the one who was worried about gains and losses and looked back and forth.

Being seen?

But he was human, and his life span was as short as that of anyone else in the new world.

As he ages and dies, Alfred will never see him again.

He was like a small episode in Alfred's life.

Lin Han was moved, but also unwilling to accept it.

Human greed should not be underestimated.

Almost as soon as Alfred opened his mouth, Lin Han was thinking about the future.

Compared to the present that is within reach, the uncertain future seems to make him more hesitant and troubled, and makes him reluctant to make any response.

He doesn't want to be just a passerby.

If he was just a passer-by, he might as well have never had him.

Before this moment, Lin Han didn't know that he would have such a firm idea.

He was almost so ready to reject Alfred's offer.

He thought to himself how greedy he was, but he didn't know how to start because of Alfred's calm eyes.

Faced with such a sincere answer, he felt an unspeakable shame even to refuse.

"You will share my life," Alfred said.

Lin Han was stunned: "You read my mind?"

Alfred smiled and shook his head. "I promised you. I know what you're worried about."

Alfred didn't read Lin Han's mind, he just understood him as well as Lin Han himself.

shared?

Lin Han: "Then...what if I die unexpectedly?"

In fact, it is no longer so easy for Lin Han to die from any accident.

He just wanted to ask.

What if, what if?

"I will die too." Alfred quickly gave him the answer, "So I will always watch over you."

He would avoid any crisis that Lin Han might encounter, because he and Lin Han were tied together, and those who hurt Lin Han were hurting him.

Compared to insignificant sweet words, Alfred always felt that this real bond could better soothe Lin Han's uneasy heart.

Alfred took the initiative to reach out to Lin Han: "Are you attracted to me?"

At this moment, Lin Han thought too much.

He thought of the copies he had experienced, and the entire Blue Star. He thought of Song Ziyi rolling his eyes at him and asking him why he didn't agree, and also thought of the way Alfred rejected him that day.

Before he could make a decision, his body had already sat up straight.

Lin Han watched Alfred's hand move closer to him, and all the reasons he had given himself for rejection were eliminated one by one. At this point, he no longer hesitated and extended his hand.

This question had already been clearly answered that day when Lin Han did not object.

The heartbeat is the origin, and the affection is the response.

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over.

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Author's note: [Sprinkle flowers] That's it! Thank you all for following along until now! Mmmmm! The next book will be published at the end of this month or the beginning of next month!